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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
FUTURE OF FARMING.
A Steady Decrease In Now Englsnd's
Rural Population.

"A 6too0y decrease IN now En8A0no'o
Rural Population.
Undeniably the best crop that the old
farmers produced was men. They sen t
forth these hardy young children of the
soil to strengthen and energize all the
higher forces of our civilization. 1t
might be unjust to say that they are not
doing it still, but it is to less extent,
relatively, than in what are now called
the good old days. The advantages Of
education extend to the boys on tho
Farm more than ever before, it is true,
and they grasp them more generally
and more eagerly. But for what pur.
pose? To escape from their humdrum
environment and enter that larger ard
more active world where the prizes as
we'll as the failures are greater. The
passion to see and enjoy life as it is
lived in the great centers Of population
and business is more intense than 1t
ever was in the days that are past, and
education rather stimulates it than
otherwise. Even the farmers them
selves have the infection, and if they do
not encourage they only weakly re-
strain their educated children from
turning their requirements to what
seems to them better account than til
lage Of the soil. Only small proper
ton even of the graduates of our agri-
cultural colleges, though given special
technical equipment for that service,
return to the farm. If they can gain
fortune and reputation and experience
in some other calling they frequently
like to resume farming as an avocatiou,
but only in comparatively rare in
stances is it adopted as life work.
These are hard facts, but we might
es well face them. The census reports
show steady decrease of population and
production in the rural portions of the
state, yet educational opportunities
were never before so general or avail
nble as now. It would be a sad confess
sion that there was no remedy for this,
but the remedy has not yet been
found. Education benefits the farmer
as much as the lawyer, both in his bust
ness and his citizenship, and it should
not be held responsible for the depres-
sion in agricultural industry; but the
social pace is such that the husband
man cannot follow it. There must
enter into the business the elements
that make success along other lines
cooperation and capital-before it will
tecome attractive to the educated and
the ambitious.-Boston Transcript.
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Troubles Of Bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping has come to be. All i'm
portant industry in California, and, "a
might have been expected, there is q
conflict going on between the beekeep-
ers and the fruit growers, the latter
asserting that their fruits are injured
by the swarms of bees that sting the
fruit in order to secure the honey. The
controversy has grown very interesting
in San Leandro, which is in the midst
of the fruit country, and the complaints
which have been lodged with the tr,,s-
tees have led to . serious tangle. A
struggle il now being made with an
ordinance that shall restrain the beea
from being guilty Of vagrancy,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13
Bees Ruled by Spraying.

It has been often argued that when
orchards are sprayed with arsenical poi
sons while the trees are in bloom q
great many bees are killed. The bees
are not only useful as honey gatherers,
but they are very helpful in fertilizing
the flowers. Some experiments made
last year at the Ohio station show con.
clusively that bees may be killed in
large numbers by spraying while the
flowers are open, and since this practice
is never necessary at that time for the
destruction of injurious insects it should
be avoided. The trees should be sprayed
just before Towering, and as soon as
the blossoms have fallen, and never
while they are in bloom.-Garden and
Forest.
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ELECTRIC FARMING.
New York Farmer Turns tho Sod with
Trolley Plow.

New York Farmer Turns tho Sod with
q Trolley Plow.
Now for the trolley pillow. The old
time farmer is out of date.
Electricity, the master force, which
by the end of the century will DOM
mate every field of human work and
solve all the problems that have so long
baffled mankind, has been enlisted in
the most essential of mortal occupa-
tions-agric,llture.
The farming of the future is to be
done by electricity. Dynamos anf!
wires will attend to the business Ct
the big farm. The sonorous ''gec
haw!" of the up-country soil-tiller will
be heard no more, and the farm hand
who would keep his job will have to be
thoroughly acquainted with ohms,
volts and amperes.
Edward NJ. Bentley, of New York, has
just made long step toward the es'
Enlistment of electricity as a hard
working factor on the farm. He has
patented an electric pillow, which runs
back and forth across q field and turns
up the soil in fashion that would have
made pioneer farmers of q hundred
years ago stand dumb with amazement.
His invention calls into use the most
recent developments in the line of trans
mission of electric power. A power
house in centrally located village can
furnish motive force for all the farm
work to be done within a radius of
many miles.
Along the two opposite sides OF a
field, poles and wires are put up, and
between these, stretching directly
across the field, is stretched third
wire, which serves as a trolley upon
which the plow travels. This wire is
slack, so that it may run through the
plow continuance, which let's out wire
behind as it progresses and winds it in
at the front.
When the plow reaches the end Of a
furrow the current is automatically re-
versed, so as to start the machine back
again. Thus the pillow goes back and
forth until the whole field is traversed.
The ends of the trolley wire, as the
work progresses, travel along on the
wires strung alongside the field.-N.
Y. journal.
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NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Removal of all the queen cells will
stop swarming.
There are more failures from bad
management than bad seasons.
A cell properly developed and of full
size is certain to produce queens.
Glass packages always show the honey
just as it is, and the buyer sees just
what he is buying.
Drone-laying queens are worthless in
every respect, for the drones they pro-
duce are deficient.
Be on the lookout for drone-laying
queens. A good colony will soon be
destroyed by them.
A colony for Matching should at all
times be strong and contain brood in
all stages of development.
Giving the old swarms young, fer
tile queen as soon as the first swarm
has left will usually prevent second
swarming.
AS soon as the honey flow or the
heaviest part of it is at an end remove
all surplus honey intended for market
or family use.
You can extract honey from frames
partly filled with brood at any time,
It is not necessary to wait until they
are sealed over.
Surplus departments or upper stories
should be kept on the hives during
the summer season, as quite a surplus
may be stored at intervals.
It will be good time now to lay away
few combs Of sealed honey for the
bees to use next winter. It beats feed
ing and is better for the bees.-St. Louis
RenIrhlic
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NESTING DEVICE.

partitioned off from another room. The
dividing partition can then be cut into.
Where the poultry house stands by it.
self alone, however, a little hall can BE-
built just inside the door, from which
these devices can be operated. The de-
vices themselves are so plainly shown
in the cuts that detailed description is
unnecessary.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13
Summer R.sorts ON tn, Monon.

The Summer resorts on the Monon Route
are having q ebig season." West Baden
and French Lick Springs are more popular
than ever, and Paoli has started Q new san
itarium to take the overflow. The waters
Of these springs have been recommended by
prominent physicians as superior in their
curative properties to those Of Hot Springs,
White Sulphur, or even the noted spas and
,'bads'' Of Germany. West Baden indeed
has been fifty called "the Carlsbad Of Amer.
ica." Cedar Lake is prettier than ever and
just as full OF fish. The railroad company
has fine park there aud 10 soon to build q
new station.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13
DURABLE WAGON JACK.

It's Introduction Makes the Oiling of
Wagons Very Easy.
My wagon jack is made of a piece of
scantling 2 by inches by 2 feet in
length, a as illustrated. A short slot
8 inches long is made in the top of at
d and q hole is bored half way down
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

On the 18th and 10th of June, also July 6,
z - and 21st aud several dates during Au-
gust, September aud October, the Chicago
round trip tickets, good 81 days from date
of sale, for one fare plus - 90 for the round
trip, to all points in Florida and the South
Tracks, trains, time, all the best: For FUR
Their information address g w: Humphrey,
n. P A., st. Paul, Mimi. City Ticket Omce'
1s2 Clark ST., Or G. L. Stone, Il. +. q 1. a.
(1hioQpO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

A cheap temporary sun-break in the
pastures will afford the stock a great
deal of comfort, and will be money in
the pocket of the stock owner, for the
stock will thrive better than if uncom-
Portable.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

WHAT is the baby's name? Indeed
We haven't one selected,
We're waiting till November comes,
To see which mans elected.
-Washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption Is
the only medicine for Coughs. -JENNIE
P1xcKARD, Spring feld, Ills, Oct. l, 1874.
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oILN0 WAGONS MADE EASY.

O1I1N0 WAGONS MADE EASY.
through which bolt passes, at e. The
lever or handle, b, is by 4 inches and
feet long and the support, c, is by
8 inches and 2 feet long with notches
cut so as to catch on bolt, IA. w.
Cooke, in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

FLANNEL next to the skin often producesa
rash, removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair aud Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

A NATURAL. manner was her aim,
Sincere and simple, and all that;
She failed, but she was not to blame,
For she resided in A fat!
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THREE GOOD DEVICES.

1hey Arc Really Needed on Every Up-to>
Date Poultry Farm.
There are many reasons why 1t IL
preferable to do as much of the work OF
caring for fowls outside the poultry
quarters as possible. There is thus less
disturbing of the fowls, which, in ths
case of nervous breeds, such as Leg
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

''TnEY say Barrows has writer's cramp."
"Well, I don't wonder, considering the
literature he feeds on."-Harper's Bazaar.
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Free!

A nice little booklet has Just been issued
describing the New North Western Linn:
tied" trans between Minneapolis, St. Paul
and Chicago. These trains are new from
engine to red tail light and are the finest
trains in the world and superior to any
thing OF the kind seen at the Worlds fir
or since. For copy of booklet address I.
w. TEAsDALE, General Passenger Agent,
ST. Paul, Nina.
JonNNY-"May I wake the baby, nam.
MAJ" Mamma -"Why do you want to
wake the baby2" Johnny-"So's lean play
ON my drum -Woonsocket Patriot.
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If growing pigs arc kept confined
give them good variety Of food. -
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FOR WATERING FOWLS.

from the outside. These devices can be
used in summer in the case of houses
that stand apart by themselves, cutting
into the outer wall for this purpose, but
they are especially adapted for use
where the poultry are kept in a room
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

"AN' so O'F'lannigan was stint up fer
loife, We sea" "Yis, but his friends do be
thryin' to get his sintence redooced tin
years. life.
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If Pestered Day and Night

With nervousness, take Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, which invigorates and tran.
recovery is reform in errors Of digestion.
The epigastric nerve and brain are united in
the closest bond of sympathy, SO that dys-
peptio symptoms in the gastric region are
always accompanied by hurtful reflex nerv-
Gus action. Both are remedied by the Bit
ters, which also cures malaria, biliousness,
rheumatism and kidney trouble.
''THERE is no such thing as perfection In
this world" said the philosopher. Fright"
assented the colonel. ''Even whisky has
to be nigh 80 puhsent watah. "-1ndianapolis
Journal.
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Best of All

TO cleanse the system in gentle and truly
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only so cents; the
large size 81. Buy the genuine. Manufac.
tured by the California Fig Syrup Company
only, and for sale by all druggists.
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FOR FEEDING.

horns, Spanish, Minorcas, etc., is high
~ desirable, and in particular there Is
much less soiling of the clothes and
shoes. Three devices are shown here
with that permit the gathering of eggs
from outside the henhouse, and the
feeding and watering of the fowls, also
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

HE-"At times lose myself" She Cbored
to death)-''How?"-De Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

JOHNNIE CHAFFIE-"Come, Mamie, let us
play Adam and Eve" Mamie-"How will
we play it!' 'You tempt me with an ap-
ple and I'll eat it."-Texas Sitter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

HE surely is in want of another's patience
who has none of his own.-Lavater.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Rcstorer. Free - trial bottle
Il treatise. DR.. KLINE, 1913 Arch st. Phila Pa.
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VERY low rates will be made by the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex.
cursions a August 18th, September LIST, 18th
and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the
nearest local Agent, or address JAMES BAR
KER, Gen. Pass. IL Tiki. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
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NoN-CoMM1TTAL. - Possible Suitor-'sAre
you musical, miss?" Elderly Maiden (hesi-
tatingly)-''Would that be agreeable to
ou?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
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refused it. Softly it stroked the silver
strands, as gentle as when it rested in
the hand of the lover that had once
been.
Ibid you think would leave you In
your trouble? Did you think did not
care THAT I would not give up life
itself to save you? Did you? Will it
save you, Oscar-the money my cousin
left me? I have it here now; brought
it for YOU"
She started back when he lifted his
head to look: at her.
"save myself with your money,
Elizabeth
eyes, know" she replied-''I know
how you feel; but do not feel as you
do. have learned to be poor, long ago.
shall not miss it. You must save your
self, and with this money. lend it to
you, then; do you hear? You may pay
it back-when the tide turns. Ses2"
She knew that the tide would never
turn; it was too late for full tides in sis
life, though he did not believe it.
II will pay it back to you some day,
so help me God!"
He lifted his hand; she understood
that it was an oath. When the uplifted
hand dropped at his side she was gone.
When she reached her room she
opened the letter lying upon the bureau
to add postscript.
II have reconsidered," the postscript
run. Il will start in three days for Cali
fornia. I have changed my mind, you
see; that is an old maids wsy."-Less
lies Popular Monthly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
What Schoo1teacher Saw Behind the Swinging Doors

had received beating, but would not
give up just yet. would show Tina that
schoolma'ams were not altogether lack
adaisical and undeservjng. BY noon my
feet were so swollen that ! could have
screamed, and yet not moment had
come for rest. To and fro necessarily,
hurry and worry, more mistakes, more
good-natured advice from the kitchen and
civil rebukes from the proprietor. The
stupid frau l now thoroughly detested, for
she not only had let hotcakes burn and
orders wait while she gossiped with
friends, but had waddled out into the
ante-room and told the gallant cooks
not TO give us girls ''any OF that chicken
it was ''too expensive"
As came into the room l heard Henry.
the '.histrionic" pantry-boy, descanting
as usual upon his unhappy lot and our
lack of consideration for his aristocratic
lineage.
81 did have some hopes, but now that the
poor little blue-eyed girlee is gone there
amt any manners among you." And
rising from the damp and darksome cor
ner where he had been slicing Saratoga
chips he cast his empty pan ruefullv upon
the sink-table, and striking a heroic atti-
tude nerved himself for the grand bread
an6-butter act.
'Aw, come off! You're gettin' spoonyW
growled the red-headed dishwasher, who
was married.
Take that" cried Tina, throwing a
bunch of radishes at the boys Paderewski
hair and upsetting one of his skilIfully
erected towers of bread on a row of
dainty butter-pats.
Its no disgrace ter be poor, but it's aw
full unhandy," observed George, as he
stopped down to rake out some ashes from
the range.
"That's what" echoed everybody, and
the head cook, dashing young fellow at
tired like Partisan chef, emphasized his
approval by jerking open the oven door to
take out the smoking meats. His hilarity
over Henry's tragic predicament proved
too much, however, and the huge roasting
pan suddenly landed upon the floor, send
ing beef, pork, veal and mutton broadcast
around us. He quickly and gracefully
impaled each succulent mass upon his
long fork and tossed it back. House
wifely scruples had no place in the curly
head beneath that snowy cap.
"Schwei times on the roast lamb once
on the kidney saute!'
An the rush was upon us.
At the end of the third day my strength
gave out and, bidding them all good-by,
went home to recuperate. But for several
weeks afterward 1 took my lunches here,
arousing the envy of my neighbors at
table by the marvellous determinations
made in my favor ard enjoying to the full
the good will OF the busy toilers behind
| the swinging doors. Miss PEDAGoGUE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
THE FATAL ROENTGEN RAY.


!, DRAMATIs PERsoNE-PRoFEssoR NEELEY,
JOHN LAwToN and DEACON FLYNN. Scene
LectuIe-room, Telegraph Hill.
PROFESSOR NEELEY-Ladies and gentle
men, will, this evening, with your kind
permission, illustrate the most striking
discovery in recent scientific annals. The
Roentgen ray pierces all objects. Will
Mr.. Lawton and Deacon Flynn please
step to the stage to assist in these highly
interesting experiments?
JOHN LAwToN-With pleasure.
DEACON FLYNN N-CertainIy. Would be
delighted
PROFESSOR NEELEY-I am glad to hear
that. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I have
here stone jar of alcohol. will pierce
that with the light, and also will reveal
the horrid objects which it contains.
lAudience is wrapped in wonder as the con-
tents of the Jug are clearly discerned, and in
the liquid poison serpents and nondescript
other objects are seen to swim and wriggle
about.l
PROFESSOR NEELEY-It is Just as easy to
see through person. Mr.. Lawton and
Deacon FLYNN will now stand side by side
to be illuminated and magnified.
lAudience gives chorus OF obs and mani
tests horror. Lawton and Deacon Flynn are
seen as articulated skeletons only-against
each figure is a long black object bottle. and
the audience recognize that the life in each
bottle is similar to that which they have just
before witnessed.l
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
RAVEhING OF a SKEIN.


DRAMATIS PERsONE-MARY, a child; Mus
TAPHA, a green and red esthetic parrot; DIoG-
ENEs, night-watchman with lantern.
ACT Thine, day.
MARy-Pretty Poll, poor Poll, hello
Polly.
MUsTAPHA-Qrrp.
MARY-Polly want cracker; good-by.
POLLY, good Polly. DROPS bail of green
and red ,0orsted near the catch, which Mus
dphG pulls in.)
MUsTAPHA-No use talking. l must
have ball. (Gulps ball doDn Nth mach
difficulty and begins to use shocking amount
of profanity; curtain falis)
ACT II-Time, night.
DIoGENEs Flashing lantern into The dyiary)
Mother of Moses. what is tnat2
MUsTAPHA (singing)-I'I wind off my
little ball of yarn.
DIoGENEs-Why, wh-y-y the blooming
bird is unraveling, don't you know.
MUsTAPHA-( (Spouting forth green and red
acorsted)-The threads of life are going
DIoGENEs-Gott in himmel, he's aus ga
spiel
MUsTAPHA-( (Disgorging more red and
green aoorstcd)- Here's to the green above
the red.
DIoGENEs-Waal, ] kinder reckon I'd
better call the boss.
MusTAPHA-( With a final effort to unravel
has iawardness) Throw out the lifeline,
for some one is drifting.
(Diogenes falls in a dead taint.)
RED LIGHT.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09

"This is queer-looking mess! Dog
meat, amt it? / ordered the best porter
house you had in the establishment"
"Never mind said a mild, maternal
voice across the room, as 1 fastened to ef-
feet the proper exchange. "Bertie likes
this>just as we'll.
Bertie grinned and renewed his fatal at
tack upon the porterhouse with such gusto
that I fled in despair to the ice-water tank
The epicure had thirsty expression, and
another beefsteak would not be forthcom-
ing for nearly ten minutes. The glass ran
over, and dry-goods clerk observed quite
audibly:
"I guess we're left this trip; that butter
hasn't come yet.
whats the trouble here?" demanded
the proprietor, swooping down upon me
with a forgotten dessert for an old lady,
and Tina fastened to the rescue by appro-
priating the tardy corn batter-cakes for
one of her own tables. The blue.eyed
"girlee" smiled in compassion.
Don't get excited! !" said new Gus
toner with a ferocious mustache, as l
darted wildly toward him in an effort to
retrieve my reputation. Don't get ex-
cited. I'm not crank, and you'll only
make matters worse if you get so con-
fused"
And he began complacently to peruse
the bill of fare, while went back to order
more corn batter-cakes and then took them
to man who wanted buckwheat cakes.
"He seemed quite satisfied l apologet-
ically explained to the watchful proprietor.
eyes; but perhaps the first gentleman
wasn't"
ITO be sure!" l reflected, remem bering
the epicure, when my eye fell upon the
picturesque youth in the corner.
"My dear young lady," he murmured,
with an air of well-bred resignation,
would you mind bringing me fork or
spoon, or something with which I might
eat this salad2"
al beg your pardon!'' l cried, rushing
away in CONSERVATION, while Tina calmly
gathered up the dirty dishes had left be-
hind and took three orders at the same
time.
"Blackberries coming up!" announced
the proprietor cheerfully, slapping down
two dishes of them on the counter in re-
sponse to the Dutch boys demand.
"Coming up right awayv' echoed that
individual to his impatient customers,
and speeding down the aisle like steam
engine he waved me aside with a flourish
of h is dishtowel and patronizing grimace
"Why do you go into the kitchen
empty handed so often?" asked the pro-
prietor, passing me the next moment with
another stack of dirty dishes. "And you
made mistake on those last two checks
This reminded me that four other people
were waiting for checks and that he prob
ably had to cast up accounts with several
of my earlier customers himself if they