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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-29
Failure of Private ownership.

We hear a great deal from stockhold-
ers and Wall street organs about the
advantages of private ownership as
contrasted with Government owner
shop. But look at the condition of the
railroads of the country where the
principle Of private ownership has had
full sway from the beginning. The
most fragrant incompetence is every
where manifest. The railroad mag
mates are themselves admitting that
their properties are run down. The
managers continually make the gross
est blunders. The commerce of the
country Is perpetually disorganized
and thrown into confusion, and every
now and then the situation gets so bad
as to be intolerable.
Then the Government Is appealed to
and it proceeds to set matters right.
Thereafter things are little better I'M
til the financiers get them all wrong
again. They are aided by the Federal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-29

The Louisville, Ky, Chair Company
has assigned with 100000 liabilities
and assets much larger.
Judgment for $4,000 has been taken
against Luke ID. Ralph, dealer in cloth
ing, at Ogdensburg, n. \. He has been
in business thirty years.
The estimated liabilities Of Martin,
Wise & Fitzh"gh. cotton buyers, who
failed at Paris, Texas, is SSOO,GpO,
largely in Liverpool
A deed of trust, covering the clothing
store of 0. O. Connor. Paris, Texas,
amounting to So, 100, has been filed.
r. p. Monaghan. general store at
Sumter, S. c., has been closed by the
Sheriff on judgments for $4,O48. He
has been in business many years.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
of Paris, Texas has made IN assign
ment.
A bill for a receiver of the Christie
pher Columbus Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION was filed in Chicago by the
president of the association.
S. NJ. Young Il Son, groccrS at New
a.
Breeder, Talley & Co, dealers in dry
goods at Richmond, Va, have made an
assignment.
A statement by the asSlgnees of the
suspended Commercial Bank at Selma,
Ala. places the liabilities at 81, 100000;
assets, So, 266; subject to reduction
of $25 900 deposited during the three
days prior to the closing of the bank.
The books show deposits to be STA
900, almost double the amount hereto
fore estimated. The depositors will not
realize over 20 per cent.
The firm of Knowles & Poole, shoe
manufacturers, of Pittsfeld, n. H.,
who informed their employees that bus
mess would be suspended if Bryan was
elected, have made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors for $4,000
Ex-Gov. futile, manufacturer of Gus
tom clothing, of Pittsfield, n. H., made
his first reduction in wages during a
business career Of thirty years by a cut
down of % per cent since election.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-29
The difference.

What Is the difference between
Gage and sherman? Gage is in favor
of robbing the people by contracting
the money volume tGgthe single gold
standard and acknowledges 1t, while
Sherman Is in favor Of the same and
denies It, In other words, Gage is IL
barking dog. while Sherman prefers
the tactics of the gopher.-Silver
Knight.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-29
THE TIMES ARE HARD.
CHIEF CAUSE OF THIS COND-
ITlON AND ITS REMEDY.

The Government Has Failed to DO It's
Duty Toward the People in Relation
to Money-we Allow the Gold Mo-
nopolists to Run Things.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-29
Women az Rreadwinners.

Women az Rrendwinners.
It has been argued that the projected
cotton factory at Birmingham should
be encouraged because it would fur
nish employment for women. Ii not for
children. says the Labor Advocate.
This is true, but to force women into
works of any kind Is a delusion, and 1t
will be found that the adoption of this
course plays conspicuous part in the
subverSiOn of our organic law. Every
woman who stands behind a counter
forces some man to become a tramp!
by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou
eat bread was the command which
God gave man, to whom he spake an
other command equally as specific, but
quite different In its nature. We rea-
Sonably infer. then, that God intend
ed man to earn the bread. while wom-
an should play Il different part, which
he had mapped out for her to perform.
In 1870 there was not Il woman book
keeper in the United States. To-day
1t is on record that there are Pitt,
and As consequence there are as
many men who can find nothing to do
fu this line. The Storeroom, offices.
etc, have played their part also In
making tramps and diSqualifying wom-
Ell for housewives, and now comes the
cotton factory. asking us to bind it to
our Children-Our flesh aud our blood
and its agents declaring it Il place
where the poor widow may earn hon
est bread. Away with these MARIANA
thaa in disguise. Let our women who
are iOrced to earn Il livelihood return
to their domestic duties for themselves
or someone else. let our state provide
for the education Of our children. and
before another two decades shall have
elapsed we will find ourselves IA pros
porous people; the men will have ac-
quired the employment which the
women will have deserted and thereby
be given Il means Of support for them
selves and the women who hitherto
have impeded their progress.
Chincse LaundrieS Denounced.
There are ten Chinese laundries in
this city and not one of the proprietors
of these employ American labor, says
a writer in the Sioux City Union AdyO-
cate. Not one OF them contributes to
the prosperity Of this city or its inhab-
itautS. Not one of them contributes
in the slightest degree to the success
of the trades uniOnlSts' struggle for
fair wages and equitable conditions.
~ I, 70 u
number of American laundrymen here
| who do all in their power to assist
union labor; who pay taxes, employ
| American help at fair wages and i'll
vest their earnings here at home, natu-
! rally contributing to the laborer's
| cause.
And yet the Chinese laundries are
| quite largely patronized by working
men and the working classes! The
| union man who is foolish enough to
support these yellow-faced proprietors
| of suualld laundries Is not only incon-
| sistent. but he IS lnjuring his own in
| terests. himself, his family. He Is
reCreant to union principles ana Is
aiding in his own degradation. He can
not. with Justice, demand fair wages
for himself when he refuses to patron
| ize those who sympathize with MIN
| and who pay fair wages to his COM
rades in other trades. When he crosses
| the threshold of the Chinese "Washee
! he confesses his betrayal Of unionism.
Decrease in Number.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

To acquaint drivers of vehicles with
the course to be taken by a fire en-
CINE, Berlin engineers are to be equip
ped with little semaphore apparatus
The arm standing erect proclaims that
the engine is to go straight forward,
and if it is to turn into another street
the arm points right or left, according
to the direction to be taken.
DuMoNr CLARKE, president of the
American exchange bank, of New
York, has received as a present a
silver model OF the bank of England,
complete in every feature and correct
in proportions-a perfect fac smile in
miniature of the famous building.
At Ribeauville, in France, the cap
tain of tho local fire brigade recently
became a happy father: With one ac-
cord tho brave fremen sacrificed the
hirsute adornments which were their
glory, to fill velvet cushion, and this
unique gift was duly placed in the
baby's cradle, with a diploma of honor.
a<y membership Of the corps
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
EnDTMM a!IA HND||DuE
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silage from the feed car. The manure
carts were driven through the basement
in rear of the COWS. Two large cisterns
were provided in a subcellar for collect
ing the liquid manure. H.
Horse stable, room for the milk wag-
ons and ice house occupied the wing
with root cellar beneath, and storage
for hay above. The superstructure
was fitted up with feed bins, feed mills,
etc.
Automatic watering devices were sup
Piled for each cow, and the water fur
nished by large spring some half a
mile to the eastward on a. hill. 1t is a
very convenient arrangement, and the
cost was a surprise to the owner, who
had been told that such barn could
not be erected for much less than s., 900.
The frame is made after the plank sys-
TEN, and was begun by four house
carpenters, who had never done any
barn work, and two common laborers,
on Monday morning, and on Friday
morning of the same week it was raised,
thus effecting a saving of over $240 in
the cost of framing, in addition to the
saving of $500 in the timber required.
John L. Shaver, IN National Stock
man,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
ABOUT EARTHWORMS.

How they Maintain the Living Lay
err of Vegetable Mold.
A discussion on the subject of earth
worms and vegetable mold appeared
in recent issue of Longman's Maya
zine. The writer, Grant Allen, states
that it was Gilbert White, of Selborne,
who first of all pointed out the impor-
lance of earthworms as producers and
maintainers OF living layers of veg
etable mold It was the patient inves-
LEGATIONS of Darwin, however, which
fully established the fact, and raised it
to the rank of scientific discovery,
his first writing on the subject appear
ing in the Gardeners Chronicle. Later
he issued an entire book on this inter-
esting matter. Darwin showed that
earthworms act upon the soil in three
ways. In the first place they open up
and loosen the ground for the roots to
penetrate, more perfect aeration of the
soil being thus obtained. The acids
they secrete also act chemically upon
the layer of rocks beneath in way that
assists the disintegration of the latter.
In the second place they crush in
their gizzards small fragments of
stone and iberate their component ele-
ments. In the third place they drag
down into their burrows countless
numbers of leaves, which they eat, and
carry up the refuse to the surface. It
is computed that NO fewer than $4,000
worms inhabit an acre of garden soil.
These worms pass through their bodies
ten tons of material in a year, and
throw it up as mold at the rate of one
inch In depth every five years. The
greater part of the mold is composed
OF refuse of vegetable matter, and is
teeming with myriads of bacteria.
Even after allowing for other cooperat-
ing causes, earthworms are response
BILE for the formation and renewal of
this layer of vegetable mold.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
PERSONAL POINTS,

Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, has
gone to Paris to consult q specialist
about his throat. He is at work on q
historical novel turning on the great de-
feat of the Teutonic knights on the Tan
nenberg, in 141o. by the Poles and
Lithuanians under Wladislaw Jagello.
Hamilton w. Marble, the editor and
essayist, is one Of the numerous Ameri-
can wheelmen in England this summer.
Mr.. Marble sails this month for long
vacation and after few weeks in Lon
don he expects to take bicycle trip to
the lake country Oxford, Salisbury
and Wales. His wife and daughter &C
companying him. "|
Lord Wolseley is not likely to retain
for any length Of time his position as
commander in chief of the British
army. He Is afflicted with cancer of the
stomach and the disease is in a very adj
vanced state. The doctors declare that
his life may be prolonged until the end
Of the year.. He will doubtless be sue.
ceeded by Lord Roberts, Familiarity
known as "Little Bobs" by Tommy At
hns, whose idol he Is.
<. - -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
THE FARMING WORLD.
NAY GENERATES FIRE.

ReasoDab Well Authentica Cases
Of Spontaneous Combustion. n
Whether or not hay ignites spontane-
ously has never been determined. Usu-
ally the fire has originated where con-
siderable quantities of clover hay have
been stored. In nearly every case the
stacks or buildings were entirely con-
sumed, SO it was impossible to deter
mine the origin Of the fire. At the Penn
sylvania experiment station barns in
1895, fire was seen dropping from the
ceiling Of the COW stable. ~ 2
Investigation proved that the fire was
confined to a NOW of hay 1923 and
about % feet high. The draughts were
stopped. and the top of the NOV kept
covered with wet blankets. Openings
were made in the sides of the barn and
all the hay, about 80 tons, was pitched
out. While removing this the entire
center of the NOV was smouldering and
ready to burst into flames when ex-
posed to the air. Fortunately a hydrant
was near at hand and the top was kept
constantly saturated and the barn thus
saved. All the center of the NOW was
thoroughly packed, hot and smoking.
The high temperature of the hay made
it decidedly uncomfortable for those
who were removing the smouldering
fodder. ~ ~
The holes burned through the NOV
floor were above the middle of the sta
BILE and not near the walls. It was evi.
dent that the fire could not have been
accidental or incendiary. The hay was
second growth , clover, and timothy
mostly clover, and when harvested was
thought to be in unusually fine condi
ton. The fact that it was very com
pact gave color to the theory that the
combustion was spontaneous. Exam
ination of the hay, after being thrown
out of the barn, showed that largs
proportion of it was so thoroughly
charred that it would crumble wher
handled. Some if it had not been sub
jected to so great a heat and was only
brown in color, but was wholly unfit
for stock.
For several days previous to the fire
a peculiar odor had been noticed abou
the barn and examination seemed to in
dictate that the rowen was heating, bu
there were no indications of fire. The
odor soon became SO strong that it was
compared by some to that of burning
grain. While positive proof as to tn
origin of this fire may be lacking, the
circumstances are such that it is safe
to consider it Observation-Disclosures
Agriculturist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
MODEL b AIR 81 Rlt:f'

It Contains Every KNOWN Conven.
fence and 'Labor-Saving Device.
This dairy barn is one designed and
built for wealthy dairy farmer just
outside of the city of New York. It is
a basement barn 36x100. The excavation
was made in side hill, and the wall
B, some $50 feet long, was built some
years ago. The old barn, or rather
barns and stables, had burned in July.
The new barn was set up from the wall
some IA feet in order to permit Of a
driveway on that side OF the barn as
well as to- admit of more light and
better ventilation. The silos, which
also had burned, were to be erected at
the north end of the barn. The cows
were to face the feeding alley to admit
of convenience and ease in feeding tho
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
WASHING A FINE ART.

Washing pretty summer gowns and
belongings is a fine art, very easy to
learn. a bright day, plenty Of water
and q little pure soap are the necessary
aids in the work. To do it, fill q tub
two-thirds full Of warm water, dissolve
a cake Of Ivory soap (Which will not
fade the most delicate colors), add It
to the water, wash the garments care-
fully through it; rinse first in clear wa
ter, then in bluewater; wiring, dip in
thin starch; hang on the line in the
shade. When dry sprinkle and iron on
the wrong side. Gowns thus laun-
dered will look fresh for the entire
summer. %. 4t 5%.5@ =.
atE 3. s:t ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
HANDY TOOL CHEST.

for tools. But many think this out
of the question. In such case the gar.
den tool chest may prove serviceable.
1t is made to stand the weather, and
long enough to hold any garden tool
that is ordinarily used, such as rakes,
hoes, forks, shovels, etc. It will also
hold the garden seeds at planting
time. Everything is thus right at hand,
and hundreds of steps are saved in do
ing the work. The same chest will
also prove serviceable to take to the
field in case of the general farmer, thus
saving long trips back to the farm
buildings for some tool or other. Such
devices are in the line of economy of
labor. and it is often economy of labor
that makes the balance come. on the
right side Of the ledger in these days of
low .prices.-N. Y. Tribune. e.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
De THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

I a pledge, once broken ii . pledge dis
graced,
a promise shattered is faith misplaced:
For love cannot survive the treacherous
Which stabs the trustful until true hearts
bleed;
The crimson current poisoned at its source
By wrongs beyond forgiveness or recourse
Accursed are they who. careless Of their
Insert in loving, trust doubts treacherous
10 rend apart the souls which once were
For black deceit is such venomed sin
That truest souls feel most its ranking
And In their honest wrath forgive it not.
That nature must be devil through and
through
Which tramples thus upon . trust most
Which makes pretense Of love its sheltering
TO mask its deep assassin's dagger stroke:
Which Judas-like betrays with lying kiss,
And hides its fangs beneath pretended
II 1t not pitiful that thus are found
Tnose who' unlike the poor unreasoning
Turn on the hand extended for good deeds,
TO bite 1t until hand and spirit bleeds?
lis only human beings foul, hell-born,
Who do such treacherous deeds as devils
scorn.
Yet there are those who smile in trusteul
eyes,
And hide hypocrisy in padded lies:
Who prate of love, of loyalty and truth,
Yet stab each to the heart, and then, for
sooth,
Emi1o nov oooip <ho% <ho,, ...,. &c., -.
peat,
With varying cruelties, the towards feat
Thank God! such people blackly false are
few;
The grand majority are nobly true
To those they love. through varying deeds
and days,
Though often fallible in other ways:
The faithful, though oft faulty, dwell
above
The plane of Judas when made brave by
love.
I. EDGAR JONES.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
Why EGGS Should BE Washed.


When eggs come to market they are
assorted according to quality and ap-
Pearance. If a case containing 80 dozens
has in it half dozen eggs that are soiled
the whole case is condemned and re-
duced in grade, selling at a lower
price than clean eggs, no matter how
fresh the dirty ones are. You may
think that your eggs bring just as good
a price If they are somewhat soiled, but
1t sold in that condition they reduce the
price of the whole case they are in and
the man who buys them from you makes
allowance for such things, so you not
only get lower price but others are
affected in the same way. Wash soiled
eggs before marketing them.--Farmer's
Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05

- Ill AOVA VI AOApa 0AAu - 5EefY&
that q good, restorative medicine Il
q positive necessity. It must be medi-
cine with specific virtues. As a friend,
q woman friend, let me advise the use
of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. = = 1, %5@ti: 3,.ssz "a
If your case has progressed SO that q
troublesome discharge is already es-
tablished, do not delay, take the Veg
etable Compound at once, so as to tone
up your whole nervous system; you
can get it at any reliable drugstore.
You ought also to use local applica-
ton, or else the corrosive discharge
will set up an inflammation and hard"
ening of the parts. Mrs. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash is put up in packets at
rs cents each. To relieve this painful
condition this Sanative Wash is worth
it's weight in gold.
Mrs. GEORGE w. SHEPARD, Watervliet,
N. Y, says: II am glad to state that
I am cured from the worst form of fe-
male weakness. I was troubled very
much with leucorrhna, bearing-down
pains and backache. Before using
Mrs. Pinkham's Remedies it seemed
that I had no strength at all. I was
in pain all over. began to feel better
after taking the first dose of Vegetable
Compound. I have used five bottles,
and feel like new woman. know
if other suffering women would only
try it, it would help them"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
An An,mutnition Expert.

Ammunition making is great art and
there are few men in the world who are
skilled in it. The superintendent of the am
munition department of the Winchester Re-
peating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct, is &C.
ammunition making in the world His
great skill and constant care has placed Win
chester ammunition ahead of all other
makes. For uniformity, reliability and
strong shooting qualities, it is unequalled.
The great demand for Winchester ammuni-
ton makes it easy to buy even in the most
out Of the way parts of the world. Win
chester guns and Winchester ammunition
make combination that cannot be sur
passed: Send for large illustrated cata.
logue free.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
value Of the sunno,ver.

The value of the sunfower as field
crop is unknown in this country, and
yet there are few plants which, in pro
portion to the attention required, make
larger returns. Almost every portion
is useful. The seeds are valued as a
food for cattle and poultry, and from
them may be obtained an oil not in
ferior to that Of olive. They have also
their uses in medicine, making soothing
emulsions like daxseed. In Russia
they are eaten like nuts, and in many
parts Of South America are ground to
meal, Of which bread u made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
Gooseberries ON the Farm,

The gooseberry deserves more gen.
eral cultivation than it has received, and
should find place in every farmers
garden. It will grow well on a great
variety of soils and in climates too
severe and seasons too short for grapes;
it has no enemies that cannot be easily
avoided or combated; many varieties
give excellent yields, and the fruit can
be used or marketed either green or
ripe, is easily handled and is Of char
acteristic, pleasant tartness which
makes it, green, ripe or preserved, q
very desirable addition to the house
wife's list Of relishes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
Try Aliens FOot-Ease.

+ A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen and hot,
and get tired easily. If you have smarting
It cools the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures and prevents swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
LIE Row n Y