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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31
FOR THE FARMER.


The one essential item IN sowing
grass or clover in the latter part Of
summer or early fall is to sow in
good season and under such con-
ditions as will make good vigorous
start to grow in the fall.
The seed must be fresh and Of
good quality. A good soil must be
prepared in filth. 1t is waste of
time to prepare the ground and
then SOW seed of poor quality.
1t is waste of good seed to SOW it
in poorly prepared soil or under
such conditions as will not secure
a good growth.
1t is not only necessary that the
seed be fresh, but that it be clean.
Many troublesome and noxious
weeds are often found on the farm
brought there in grass or clover
seed Examine closely and test
all of this kind Of seeds before SOW
ing.
The soil should be well prepared.
With grass as with wheat, what is
wanted is fine seed bed on the
surface to the depth of three inches,
and underneath this the soil should
be reasonably firm. One good way
of securing this is to pillow early,
reasonably deep and thorough, and
then fine the surface by dragging
and narrowing until the desired con-
dition is obtained Not only must
the soil be in good filth, but there
must be sufficient moisture in the
soil to induce good termination.
While seed possessing a strong vi
tality will often remain in the
ground for some time when the con
ditions Of termination are unfavor.
able and then germinate and grow
later on, yet such sowing is not de-
sirable If the soil is too dry or too
wet, the better plan is to delay the
seeding until the conditions are
such that good termination is
assured.
Use plenty of seed and take all
reasonable care to distribute it
evenly over the surface. The prin
cipal advantage in using the seed
sower is that Il more even distri-
hutton of the seed is secured. With
timothy or red top seed, if there is
plenty of moisture in the soil, no
covering is necessary; but ii dry
the better plan is to cover lightly.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31

The Hartsville College, situated at Harris
Vile. Indiana, was founded years ago in the
interest of the United Brethren Church,
when the state was mostly wilderness, and
colleges were scarce. The college is well
known throughout the country, former stu
dents having gone into all parts Of the world.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31
SCOT as a Fertilizer.

SCOT from bituminous coal CON
tains small quantities of ammonia,
potash compounds and phosphates,
and has long been esteemed in Eng
land as good fertilizer for grain
and grass. 1t is applied at the
rate Of from forty to sixty bushels
to the acre. 1t is also valued as a
fertilizer for towering plants, espec-
tally potted plants, on account of
its being obnoxious to various kinds
of vermin.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31

The profit Of keeping sheep is not
to be estimated entirely by compar-
ing the price of the fleece and meat
they produce with the cost of keep
ing them. The improved condition
of the farm must also be taken into
consideration. The advantages of
keeping sheep may not be shown in
one year, or in four or five years
The profit in the business must be
determined by comparing the con-
ditions of the farms on which sheep
have been kept for many years with
that of other places where they have
not been kept.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31

Educate YOur Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever
lOc. *5c II G. @. c fan. druggists refund money.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31

Common fowls can be greatly
improved in point of size by always
selecting the largest and best to
keep over" to breed from; and the
laying qualities can be improved
by setting only eggs from hens that
are known to be the best layers
On some farms where this course
has been followed year after year,
the fowls have greatly increased in
creased in size, and rival the Leg
horns and Hamburgs in egg pro-
duction.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31
NO-TO-Bac for Fifty Cents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC, q. All druggists
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-07-31
Best MIX Cow Feed.

have proved to my own salts
faction that equal parts of corn and
sunhower seed ground together are
superior to any other feed for milk
cows. The feed is too rich for
horses, and one part of sunflower
seed to two parts of provender
should be fed them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
GAVE THE WAITER HIS FEE.
An Irascible Mans Ignorance of the
I.aH Cnafa Him n I.iheeal Tin

An Irascible Mans Ignorance Of the
Law Costs Him . Liberal Tip.
The .globular and ford old gentleman, as
he sat down at the table, pulled a dollar
bill out of his pocket, deliberately tore it
In two, handed one piece to the waiter, re-
placed the other in his pocket, and said:
.."Waiter, if I am satisfied. you get the
other half. Do you understand"
Eyes, sir" replied the functionary, and
became as assiduous as mother with her
first child.
But for some inexplicable reason the old
gentleman grew more and more dissatisfied
as his meal progressed, until, as he arose
from the table, he simply scowled angrily at
the expectant waiter.
,na Eass's eb. %s; ss but the waiter IN
Nav" snarled the old fellow in reply:
"Oh, yes; think you WILL" observed the
waiter, his backbone visibly stiffening. t..
Don't you be impudent, young man"
advised t the :. old fellow, threateningly.
w:'WsSf eo %S2p %Sae screamed the Old
gentleman, swelling ike an enraged turkey
cock. "I'l!.I1l report you for insolence,
II don't think you WILL" retorted the
waiter, calmly and firmly. etCome, hand
over f the Other half Of this bill. 1need dol
Explain yourself; you rascal" demanded
the old fellow, great and portentous calm
en r him. "Now, what does this
1T means at this minute you are law
breaker, sir" replied the waiter, suavely.
"Mutilating the currency is crime, and
you have mutilated dollar bill. Therefore.
unless get the dollar you'll be pinched.
Az the waiter pocketed the dollar, he
smiled.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
CURRENT TOPICS.

MRS JULIA WARD HOWE has been
reelected president of the Massachu-
sets Federation of Women's clubs, nj.
though she was unable to be present
at the annual meeting in Great Bar
rington on account of ill health.
The railway statistics for May de-.
veloped 131 roads, including certain
Canadian and Mexican lines operating
90, 2SO miles, which earned almost g..
000 900 more than for a corresponding
period in 1896. This is an increase OF
5.14 per cent
''JEAN1E DEANE's" gravestone in
1rongray churchyard is being Clipped
away by relic hunters. The name of
the girl, whose story Sir Walter Scott
used in tho "Heart of Midlothian"
and whose appeal to the duke of Argyll
procured her sisters pardon, was Helen
Walker:
In Bridgeport. Ct, they have that
matron," who is appointed by the
mayor to visit the leading theaters of
the city and request women wearing
tall hats to remove them When q
woman refuses to comply, her name 10
reported to all tho managers of thea
tors, who refuse to sell her any front
or desirable seat in the house.
GEORGE DOLBY, who was Charles
Dickens manager during his readings
in this country, says that tho great
author was always very careful as to
what he ate and drank, and that much
of his good health was due to this
watchfulness.
A MOVING staircase for passengers, in
tho shape of an endless leather belt
transferring them from one story to an
other, ID now in use in some of the
great department stores of Paris; 1t
is called a'transporting carpet End
less belts of canvas have been used for
some time to convey packages from
place to place within the store.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
otter Hunting in Ensland.

Otter hunting has been revived In
England and there are now something
like II packs of otter hounds in the
kingdom, including one in Ireland.
Hunting the otter in the spring after
the frost is out of the ground is rare
sport, and in some respects is more ex-
citing and dangerous than fox hunting.
The man who would be in at the death
must be strong in the legs and long in
the wind, Indifferent to wet clothing
and cold feet. A stout dog otter is an
ugly proposition, and will put up a
vicious, fight whenever cornered. One
Of the best packs in England last sum
mer ran So offers and accounted for IS
Of them. Chicago Chronicle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
uMMIha BIRDS
"a Dinlnutivs Home and tt Tiny Litt1s
EIGn. ~ - va.

EH80.
Suddenly CLINT shot from tho point
where my gaze was dreamily focusssd.s
That was all; but suspicion and savage
instincts were aroused. For ten min.
#utes my eyes followed the contour OF
each Of the small boughs 20 feet above
me-, mere twigs from = higher and
greater branch, which in turn declined
from mighty outstretched arm of the
giant. Presently suspicion centeredS
on the upper side Of . branch as large.
perhaps, as : lady's wrist. TWAS like
. dozen others, vet not exactly like
them. The lichen seemed to me just .
shade grayer and more regular, and
tho knob was trido too round.
feared to take my eyes away. lest It
were lost before had proved it to DO
only natural excrcscence. The sud-
den CLINT again struck my eye. there
was strange, tuneful hum. and-Eu-
rekal Directly above the point was
watching thoFo lowered, with wings
vibrating themselves into q misty
point, IN exquisite ruby-throat Then
it settled on the diminutive cup OF
lichen, and I had found my first hum
ming birds nest. By climbin far up
above, and then crawling carefully
down on q separate limb, one could
look over the nest, scarcely yard
away, to admire tho tiny white eggs
and even more fairy.like nest. marvel-
ously woven inside with the finest and
softest FIBER and coated on the outer
periphery against the weather with
delicate lichen, which just turned tho
rim. SO as to shed any insistent rain-
drop that might penetrate the mani
whole would have fitted in a circle
made by joining the index finger and
thumb.-C. ID. Lanier, in Scribner's.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
a LITTLE NONSENSE.

Neither. Do you belong to
Q cycling club, or are you unat p
aHe-'s EITHER. Tn married In
dianapolis Journal. t.. d.
Does your minister practice what
hespreaches? 2" HE has preached it so
often he doesn't need to practice it any
more. Detroit Journal.
81 Papa, how do the people in the
weather bureau find out what kind Of
weather we are going to have % Il
didn't know that they did, my son"
Yonkers Statesman.
4 IAN Age of Miracles. The Hostess
Society possesses power that is al.
most magical. Guest 1T does, in.
deed. How easily, for instance. it trans
forms an ass into lion."-Life.
Virgins had to have his telephone
taken out" 'Why?" "Well he had
told his wife they must cut down ex-
penses, and SO she called him up every
afternoon to see whether he had gone
to baseball. Detroit Free Press.
Premature Conclusion THAT was
my Cousin George I was out driving
with yesterday afternoon. You ought
to see him manage a team. He is the
most expert driver with one hand ]
ever saw" "Drove with one hand, did
he, Miss Julia ?" ''Sir! He talked to me
with the other one. He is deaf and
dumb."-Chicago Tribune: |@
-, -Fuddy-"Isn't Miss smarte a little
aextravagant? I notice she wears silk
about every day in the week. Dont
think ever saw her in Calico" buddy
-"Oh, that's not extravaganza. The
fact is, she's terribly set against the
personal element in journalism; 80
much so indeed, that she never allows
herself to appear in print.
Transcript:
twentieth Century Love Scene
Suitor-"Ah, dearest Irma, what ecstasy
lies in this sweet passion of love which
makes the heart futter and the pulse
beat faster" Irma (recent graduate OF
a medical school, selling his hand)-
"Ha, villain! You are deceiving me:
Your pulse is quite normal-only r.
Begone!" Blaetter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08

hood, the fraud and the degradatlNn
which morphia produces in its slaves.
'.But I have carried my experiment
beyond my power Of control, and to
such an extreme degree that I am now
dying as though poisoned by morpnia,
when have not used the drug in any
form. I have done this by the exercise
of my knowledge, imagination and will.
II feel that cannot live, and write
this account to you who have studied
the mind and nervous system in their
normal and abnormal relations; feel
ing assured that, influential as you
know the principle of suggestion to be,
this will give you a new idea Of its
awful and irresistible power. have
acted tremendous lie, and I am fifty
punished. There is limit to the eff
forts Of those who would advance Sci
ence, and that limit is truth,
"The daily record of my perceptions,
reasonings. emotions and volitional i'm
pulses, with their alterations, you will
find in package which will reach you
by mail tomorrow. My last thoughts
on earth are devoted to the inquiry:
Which is the more to be deprecated:
the formation of habit by INDUCING
in vicious appetite, or, by perverted
imagination and will, to create all the
morbid phenomena of that habit, and
finally to die from the condition thus in
duced?
II pray you to beg :" to forgive
me for the distress my experiment has
caused him. He has peen so forbear-
ing with me that 1 reproach myself
most grievously for the pain and dis
gust have made him suffer. I have
endeavored to make some reparation
by giving him the whole Of my estate.
You will find the will in the package,
duly executed.
''When you read these lines I shall
have persisted through a misguided
zeal, but with the full conviction that
wicked thoughts and impulses, if yield
ed to, may become an abiding principle
in ones mental organization. How
necessary, therefore, to keep the
thoughts pure and good, not only that
an evil nature may be avoided, but that
noble one may be produced. ELL"
He was insane!" exclaimed Mary,
wnen she had, with many expressions
of establishment and horror, finished
reading the paper. "No one but a lu-
matte could have acted in this way.
Don't you think he was mad, Frank?"
II don't know" replied. "Perhaps
he was, and perhaps he tells half
truth. Suggestion is powerful factor
with all of us. l can possibly form an
opinion when I have read his diary.
At present l am inclined to think that
he was victim to the use of the drug,
and his story is pure falsehood, one of
the vagaries of diseased BRAIN
Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
THE FIELDS or GLOVER.

Oh, for one more happy day,
To run and romp and play,
Out in the fields. where over and over
could roll once more in the fragrant clover
For never was joy 80
Like being a boy.
Out in the fields of clover.
Oh, for one more barefoot run.
After the long hot day Is done,
Down In the fields Of fragrant clover.
While by my side my old dog Rover
Runs after the cows
Who stop to browse,
Out in the fields Of clover!
Oh, for one more vigorous swim
In the deep old pool where the light Is dim.
Where down ! plunge. over and over.
And when I come up smell the clover.
As the wind blows fresh
On my naked flesh,
Out from the fields Of cloverl
Oh, for one more rest at night
With my heart as free and light
AS in the days now long passed over
When I played in the fields Of fragrant
clover:
For never was JOY
Like being a boy.
Out in the fields of clover!
william Reed Dunroy. in Every Where.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
AN ISLAND IN THE JACKPOT,
| 1T In Now Part of Minneapolis and In
| Worth Many FOrtunes.


Worth Many Fortunes.
At one of the most interesting games
OF poker ever played in Minneapolis.
Nicollet island was put in the jackpot
by man who thought he understood
the game, but found there were others
who understood it better.
Fifty-five years ago Pierre Bottineau
took up claim on the spot where St..
Paul now stands. A year later he trad
ed it for Q horse and COW, which he
drove away into the wilderness, never
dreaming that the land he had almost
given away would in q few years Zoe the
site of great city. For small sum he
purchased large portion of what is
now the business part of Minneapolis
and put up log cabin on little mound
in the center of Nicollet island.
Half dozen of the old settlers, Bot
t;neau among them, had little poker
club. One evening the stakes kept
growing larger and larger, until every
jackpot contained small fortune. Mr..
Bottineau had been losing heavily, but
at last was dealt hand upon which he
hoped to regain his losses and win
something beside. lie was given four
queens, and, drawing one card, secured
an ace, leaving four kings as the only
hand by which his could be beaten. He
thought he saw one of the players dis
card king, and he considered his hand
invincible, and played it accordingly.
Soon all but Bottineau and the man OPP
posite him dropped their cards and re-
tired to watch the game. The table was
hcaped with money and the personal
belongings of the two men. The flicker
ing light of the candle shone dinly on
the flushed faces as they watched each
other warily out of the corners of their
eyes. All of Bottineau's possessions lay
on the table, and it was his bet. He
looked at his hand carefully, and then
said that all he had left was Nicollet
island, which he would bet against 5000.
The bet was called, and Bottineau laid
down his four queens with smile Of
triumph. Amid dead silence his oppo-
nent laid on the table, face up, four
kings and tray. 1t was so still you
could have heard them breathe. Then
Bottineau called for writing materials
and made out a deed to the island.
From that day he never touched card
or countenanced gambling in any form.
After drifting around the country he
went to Red Lake Falls and took up .
claim and remained there until the time
of his death. He was employed as q
guide and scout, and was one of the
principal members of the Sibley expedi-
ton. He knew every foot of the north
west country, having traversed it ever
since he was ten years old, when he
guided Lord Selkirk's colonists from old
Fort Garry. When he died the last Of
the oh-time Canadian voyagers and
guides, who were such an important
factor in the upbuilding of the north
west, passed away.-Minneapolis Trib-
une. =. ...-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
1t softened the Blow.

"The Jimson girls felt awfully when
their father married again. didn't
they?"
"Yes, they did until they found their
new mother was just their size. Now
they borrow her clothes" -Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Warning Emotions

II didn't know there had been any
death in Miss Wayter's family"
"There hasn't. She's wearing black
a. an experiment"
IAN experiments"
Eyes, old Giltedge has proposed and
she wants to see how she would look
in mourning" Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Easily Explained.

Mrs. Walker-Where in the world
have .!cu been, John7
Mr.. Walker-To the races.
But your friend next door was to
tthc races, and he's beec home three
hours"
swell, he must have won, that's an"
-YOnkers Statesman. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Before and After,

The cheerful alacrity with which
young man will guide his girl towards
milliner's shop window before they
are married is equaled only by the mar.
velous skill with which he will steer
heraway from one after she becomes his
wife.-Tit-Bits, p. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Too DeCOllete.

Spats-How did Miss Van Dough lool
in her new $1,000 evening gown at the
ball last night?"
Socratoots-Like q bad photograph.
Spats-What do you mean?
Socratoots-She was over-exposed.-
Pittsburgh News
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Ltfe.Like.

"What did you think of the scene in
my play in which I. show modern leg
islator harapguing his colleagues?'.
asked an author.
Most realistic thing I ever beheld,"
was the reply. "Half the people in the
place were asleep" Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
ought 10 Know,

Teacher What makes you insist,
Willie. that q ounces make q pound?
Wille-I've helped pap tend grocery
for two years. an Iguess orter know.
Free Press. 5..5#s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Merely q Conjecture,

Wasn't it surprise when young
Rocksworth married the eldest of those
Berry girls?''
20. don't know. He had his pick OF
them, and l suppose he thought he
ought to take the ripest Berry."-Chi.
cago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Hard Luck.

Just iny luck!" cried the drummer.
There were "A Boston Girls in the car.
Caught in blizzard again!' he con-
tinued, DOMINIC his ear tabs.Ph ila-
delphia Press. Dis |
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Al One Man.

"They tell me that when you reached
the peroration of your zlecture out at
Jazeville the audience arose and cheered
as one man."
''Of course he did. You couldn't ex.
pect the fellow to divide himself, could
you?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
#Has Anxtety.

Disting Wished Artistic careful Of
the picture; it's not .dry.
Art Gallery Porter s all right, sir;
I've got my old coat on. Pick-Ne-Up.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
What has he done now?
Putting It Delicately.

II hope you appreciate the fact, sir,
that in marrying my daughter you mar
ry q large hearted, generous cir"
Il do. sir with emotion, and ] hope
she inherits those qualities from her
father. Harlem Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Dad Manaxenlent.

THAT young DR.. Gibbs hasn't par.
ticlc of sense"
HAS he been giving the wrong medi.
cines?''
mo; but he cured wealthy young
woman of fever in two days. Chicago
Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
The Limit.

Bark Defaulter--l .woul.l give ten
years OF my life to get out Of this
ecrape. 9 :. b. ...-....>-l- D.. e.
HIS L>wyer-That'z about what you
will get if don't succeed III getting
you o.r.-.-N. Y. Tribune. y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Hoping for the Best.

She-You know, dear, we won't get
any of fathers money while he lives,
Hell know; but he's going to re-
side with us, and you're going to do the
cooking. Let us hope for the best.-Tit-
Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08

Doesn't it make you sad when Won think
Of the poor?" Why, no, not particularly.
II makes me mad, though, when I think II
the rich. journal. = - ,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Mr.. Asbury Pepper,

=. "Matrimony,". said the sweet girl boarder.
''is holy rite"
;. "Why, then" asked Asbury Peppers,
with the air Of man sure of his ground,
why, then, is it that 80 many who marry
find they are wholly left,"-Cincinnati En-.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
noored A~ain.

Mr.. Hicks-A burned child breads tho
fire, you know, Melissa ,,l4ss..# ~
Mrs. Hicks-Well, that's where a burned
bets on horse s.-Cleveland Leader.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
Not = Saood Job.

- OUWa e1OWs
: Yes, !" he said, S. sell -made man"
II take It for granted, 3 returned the
smart young man, ooking the old fell
low over CRITICALLY that il you had 1t
to do over again you'd let the contract
out"
The young man Ind no expectations
in that quarter yway, so the remark
had no effect upon his future. Chicago
Post. Bsa