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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-09
Flames destroye all but two business

Flames destroyed all but two business
houses at Hillsboro. e.
AT Conway, N D., three tramps set
fire to the jail and persisted in the
flames. II 5ss
GOV. schofeld opened the sixteenth
annual exhibition Of the Milwaukee
Industrial Expositio association.
The two little sons Of Adam Maiewski
were drowned at Stevens Point, Wis.
At Ocean Springs, Miss, yellow fever
was reported. and the place was quar-
.antined. 5f sts H5S III
Masked men held up . train at Irwin
Mountain. Col, and, took $4,000 from.
the express car. s .5tt i#5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-09
Ktlled by Ruu,

Hartford, Wis, Sept. g. George Schu-
macher was killed by a bull. Mr.. Schu-
macher was IS years of age. ss:.#
Brothers Drowned. q
Stevens Point, Wis, Sept. 6.--Two lit
tie sons of Adam Majewski, Mike and
August, aged seven and five respective
~, were drowned while playing on the
banks of the Wisconsin river Saturday.
It is not known exactly how the acct
dent happened. The bodies were re-
covered.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
BLACKSMITH SHOP FOR
FARMERS.

The farmer is very often two or
more miles from a blacksmith shop,
and in such case the time required for
going and coming, besides the cost or
the Job which the blacksmith is obliged
TO charge, makes most of the small
Jobs cost about three times what they
ought. With a bellows, anvil and
forge and very few tools, most farm
ers who have mechanical ingenuity
enough for their business can easily
learn to do small jobs for themselves.
The blacksmith's bill is a heavy ex-
pense to farmers who keep a number
of horses. The shoeing ought to be
more generally done by farmers than
it is. Much blacksmith work will be
done in winter, and might as well be
done by the farmer or his sons as to
have them take the work to the vii
lage shop and swap stories while 1t Is
being done. The shop should also have
4 box in which can be kept bolts, Gle
vises and most of the iron repairs
most often required for the use Of farm
Implements.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do you know that stock will drink
water in cold weather? Act accord
ingly.
A few oats given to young calves or
colts daily will pay big interest ON the
investment.
Give the boys literary education as
we'll as a farm education; they work
we'll together.
Arrange so there will always be a
good supply of good, dry stove wood
convenient to the Kitchen.
Do not hesitate to feed grain at any
time when stock need it. At present
prices it will pay big interest.
Fattening steers do not lay on fat
when standing in the shade of wire
fence with the thermometer at 20 de-
grees below zero.
The breeder who begins now to raise
a few good colts will not regret it. BY
the time they are ready for use there
will be a great demand.
Agriculture lis going into the COM
mon schools of the country just as
soon as the people become thoroughly
aroused to its Importance.
The pouEryman, the hog raiser and
dairyman and the intensive farmer
will have more money at the end of
next year than the man who plods
along in the old ruts.
Unless a man has business ability, it
will not help him to have a head full
of theories about farming. But if he
has energy though, knowledge will
help him wonderfully.
You will find that horses relish beets
as much as the cattle do. We feed them
whole to the horses-simply remove
any dirt that may be on them and
put them in the grain box.
Too many try sheep and fail because
they give only a half trial, guessing at
the rest, and they finally guess they
are not cut out for growing sheep,
which guess we guess is quite right
Roses should be covered quite late
and no carth should be placed on the
canes or come in contact with them.
We use hard coal ashes to cover ours.
They make very satisfactory cover
ing.
Grape growing will pay if wisely car
rie' In, and if the grower understands
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

RAISING CALVES.

Many patrons ofcheese factories fool
ishly kill the calves of their best cows
as we'll as those of the poor ones, thus
making 1t necessary to purchase when
ever the herd needs replenishing All
things considered, the home raised COW
is more profitable when she comes to
milking than the one picked mp at a
sale or shipped in from neighboring
State. This being the case, the ques-
tton arises, how can the patron of a
cheese factory best raise his calves
A bit of good practical experience along
this line is given by Il. r. Wetmore in
Ohio Farmer, as follows:
'For number of years we raised
ten to twenty-five calves every year.
We sold our milk to the cheese factory
and had our whey back The problem
of raising good calves on whey was a
serious one. We always started our
calves OH new milk till they were three
or four weeks old, then gradually di-
unfinished the milk and added little
why, anu at tlic clu VI week lue
whey would be substituted for the
milk, and no bad results from the
change as is often the case when the
change is made abruptly. But to make
up for the loss of the milk we boiled
a kettleful of old process oil meal, add
ing a little of this TO each feed.
'"T'hey would thrive nicely on this
till hot weather came ON, when the
whey would get too sour for calves.
This dilemma confronted us several
times. At last we decided the whey
must go, and we adopted a new sys-
TEN, which proved success. We made
hay tea, by taking an old wash boiler
and croWding it full of sweet clover
hay, then pouring boiling water over
it and covering up to steep. When the
new milk was taken away from them
at the age of three or four weeks, lit
tie of this tea and also little of the
cooked ell meal was given each calf
BY thinning with water the desired
amount of drink was obtained. This
was increased as they got older, and
also little bran added.
'-At the start tine quantity of oil meal
to be used is at the rate of two table
spoonfuls to each calf. At the age of
three months the hay tea may be omit
ted, as the calves will then be old
enough to cat plenty of grass, but they
should be on good pasture.
''The cooked oil meal and bran should
be given them all summer, Ey Thin
ming it as a drink with water. 1t
should be measured, not guessed at,
and each one fed in pail separately.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
POULTRY NOTES.

There is llttle or no profit IN the
poultry business for a farmer who
lives eight or ten miles from market In
raising large numbers to sell during
the fall months. Fifteen or twenty
hens and fifty or sixty chickens Will
usually obtain half their living from
the waste, etc, of the farm during
the summer and early fall, II allowed
to run at large If more than this num-
Der is raised their living Is almost
wholly an expense to their owner.
Rearing fowls entirely on grain and
selling during November for 8 or D
cents q pound hardly pays. III sold
earlier more is realized, but the farm
err is generally too busy to sell at that
time, To sum the matter up, what is
needed for winter, few for the table
and a few for market, pays the best.
This leaves the marketable product to
come mostly from the eggs sold. II
this be fact the farmer should keep
breed almost exclusively for eggs. II
a few fowls are needed of an extra
breed for table use few sittings may
be obtained for that purpose. Extra
good layers are not the kind usually
sought for the table. Neither will the
large, f1eshy, yellow-skinned breed lay
as many eggs as some of the small,
dark -feshed breeds.
The Hmmburgs and Leghorns stand
at the head of the list as the best lay
ers. The former, being less inclined to
fight and not so wild as the latter, are
thought to be the most profitable by
those who understand the habits of
both breeds. Early chickens are the
most profitable as layers. II they are
a good laying breed, enough eggs Will
be obtained in the fall to pay all eX-
penses of Matching, care In winter,
feed, etc. The hen that has to be win
tered before it's owner receives any
thing from it to help pay for its keep
ing hardly ever pays its owner enough
to balance the expenses. Food should
be given literally. A change from one
kind of grain to another at each meal
is the most profitable. If other bust
ness makes 1T announcement to be at
home at feeding time, an upright box
should be arranged in the poultry
house holding from one-half to two
bushels, with a small hole at the bot
tom and shelf underneath to catch the
grain that works out as fast as it is
eaten. The shelf will need a piece of
old hoop nailed around the edge to
keep the grain from scattering On the
droppings 1t should be small enough
to prevent the fowls from using 1t as a
perch. If the box is tapering from top
to bottom the grain will work out clean
each time. The door may be arranged
to fill the box from the outside II re-
quired When setting hens, set four
or five at time. The eggs may be ex-
amined three or four days after set
ting, and if enough are thrown out one
hen may be given a fresh clutch, Civ
ing the fertile eggs to the others. When
the chicks hatch give each hen an or
binary brood, SO far as they will go.
If there are not chicks enough TO 60
around coop some of the hens.-New
York Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
SEEDING THE ROADSIDE.

The use Of the roadside belongs 10
the farmer owning the adjoining land.
If the road cuts through the farm ne
owns both sides between the travelled
roadway and the fields bordering the
road. In most cases this roadway Is
allowed to grow up with bushes anu
weeds. 1t ought always to be seeded.
As the farmer pays no tax on the road
way, except the road tax to keep the
wagon track in good repair, all he gets
from use of the roadsides is so much
clear gain. On a much-travelled road
the wash from the road bed, covered,
as it is, with excrement Of animals,
contains much fertility. 1t is often an
excellent place to plant trees OF the
larger varieties of fruit like apples.
Some of the fruit will be eaten by
passers-by, but if it is it at least saves
the fruit in fenced enclosures from the
1epredations of those wandering high
waymen known as tramps.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure in all its
stages, and that is CatarTh. ualPs CataTrh
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q enpstitu-
tionAl disease, requires q constitutional treat
mant. Halls Catarrh Cure is tax sn internally,
acting directly on the blood aud pa u sous sur
faces OF the system, tharsby destroying tia
foundation Of the disease, and giving ths pa
tisnt strength by building up the constitution
proprietors have SO much faith in Its curative
powers that they offer Que Hundred Dollars
for any case that II fails 10 curs. Send for liAt
of testimonials Address
E.J. CaEaRY 81 Co., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pulls are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

his work well, does 1t correctly and
knows his market. He must how
ever, look properly after the wants OF
his customers.
The scions used for indoor root graft
fng should be cut before the severesi
winter weather arrives. They should
be cut in nice warm, open weather
when the mercury is at forty degrees
or above.
When sheep are allowed TO go back
wards it is always difficult to get them
to going the other way. The hard
push to get them started again VIII
cost more than to keep them going. II
is strong, hard pull to get stunted
or poor sheep along to where IT ought
to have been.
Whatever trade you cater TO, put
your butter in neat, clean packages.
Wheat bran contains a little more
flesh and milk forming matter and q
little less fat than mlddlings. There Is
not much difference in the average
feeding value per ton, but the bran be
ing more bulky, is to be preferred to
middllngs for mixing with gluten and
other heavy, concentrated foods.
Pure dead white silk and satin arc
now the favorite materials and shades
for bridal gowns. Baby flower girls
are very fashionable, and make lovely
little attendants at the SWEETEST wed
dings. The little maidens are pressed
into service when they are scarcely out
of their nurses arms, and the daintlly
govned little tots look like fairies and
blossoms as they scatter roses alou:
the bridal path.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
A nazardous Occupation.

Since balloon ascensions began there
ihave never been so many aeronauts IN
iured as during the year 1896. Four
teen of them have either been killed or
badly injured by accidents. Two OF
these unfortunates were women and
both we're killed. Professional balloon
men ascribe the accidents to ignorance
and careleSsness. Only three Of tina
fourteen aeronauts referred to were
of long experience. 1t has happened
that this season there has been a great
demand for aeronauts from clrcuses
and fair associations.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.

Grape Vines Boar Early-Seedins the
Roadside-elacksmith Shop for Farm
ers-Raising Calves.
GRAPE VINES BEAR EARLY.
No kind Of fruit bears earlier than
the grape. A well-rooted vine can be
made to produce one or two punches
year after it was set which Is as early
as the strawberry will come into bear
ing. The difference is that the straw
berry makes its best crop one year
from setting, and soon runs out, whiie
the grape vine will produce more aad
more as it grows older II given ample
room to spread. In vineyards the
vines set close together will fill the
trellis when five to six years set, ana
then with judicious pruning may be
made to bear a crop that each year
vii be very nearly an exact reproduc-
ton of every other.-Amerlcan Guilt
gator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
First Half Dimes.

A United States historian says that
.the first coins struck by the United
States mint We're some half dimes, IN
1892; the first dimes were struck in
France from old silver family plate
furnished by Washington, the coins
being known as Martha Washington
times from an adaptation of the
liberty head to that OF Martha Wash
ington." ,---- :
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

We Wish to emphasize the word cooked.
for IL fed On its raw state 1t Is liable
to scour the calves. while If cooked, 1t
will not; hence very important. This
hay, after being stepped is not alto
getller wasted, for horses and cattle
will eat It more gree1ily than in its dry
state. though 1t is true much Of its
strength is exhausted
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Adolphus-I wonder If Miss Sharpe "a
guying me, or IL she Is really gone on
1ne2 Theodore-Why, what did she
say? Adolphus-She said ! would al
WAYS be fresh IN her memory.-Boston
Transcript.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

''TETTRRISE is the only remedy | ever sold
that would mako permanent cure OF totter
] sold it to person who had letter on his hand
for tffty-two years, and two boxes cured Kim.
Il. II. TASNER,
McDonald's Mill, Ga.
box by mail for SOC. in stamps.
j. I. SHUPTRINE. Savannah, Ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

F1TSstopped freeand permanentfycured. No
fits after first days use Of DR. KLISR's GREAP
ERvEREsToREh. Free 81 trial bottle and treat
Use. Send to DR.. Kline 031 Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Don't Judge mans bravery in the
day lime when there are no ghosts or
mad women around.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Piso's Cureis the medicine to break up chill
drens Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. G. BLUNT
Sprague, Wash, March S, '9i.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for children
teethng softens the gums, reduces intiama-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

All the world will beat the man whom for
tune buffets.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

He that waits for dead mems shoes may
long go barefoot.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

To give and grudge is no better than not to
give at all.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; l0c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

JUST try 10c. box of Cascarets, candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Men who strike in their anger usually miss
the mark.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Good advice is poor thing for hungry
family,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Cure guaranteed. 30 cents and Sl.00, at all
druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; l0c., &c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

Falsehood may have its hour, but it has no
future.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11
800 Reward, 500.

The little things overlooked rob our lives
of joyful strength
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-11

woman's most fascinating charm is nat
uralneSs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04
In the Grasp Of a Python

came. 1t was impossible for me to do
anything at night. Still I was afraid to
90 away. lest the snake should disappear.
and 1t might be weeks before could find
it again.
81 got into my canvas bag and remained
there through the night. When day.
light came l resumed my watch. but the
snake was as wary IS ever. The hours wore
away until it was nearly O clock. 1 had
been watching the snake twenty-four hours
and in all that time had not slept a wink
or eaten or drank anything. Presently
l saw the snake move. A short distance
away was a rabbit and the snake went
after him and seized him and commenced
to swallow its victim.
~ waited a few moments until the
rabbit had been fairly drawn into the
snakes throat, and then I went after the
boa. seized it by the neck and tried to
shove ii, head first, into the canvas bag.
l had underestimated the powers OF my
adversary. [ had supposed the snake
would be in such a state. owing to the
meal it was making, that there would be
little trouble in handling it; but before
knew it l felt the snake folding around
my limbs. In maryelousy short space
of time the reptile was about me as far as
the abdomen. / c.ung to its throat des.
perately, realizing that if l once lost my
hold it would be like signing my DEATH
warrant and that 1 would be squeezed to
jelly.
at is impossible for me to describe such
frightful position. The snake turned it's
head toward me and hssed in my face,
darting out its forked tongue as If it
would pierce me with it. expected to De
slowly squeezed to death. but to my sur
prise the folds did not tighten, and then
realized that owing to the position of the
raj bbitin the snakes throat the pressure of
my hands thereon was having an effect.
Bes:d this the snake was not seemingly
in the possession of its full powers, al
though it kept up a continual kissing and
glaring at me with most maievolent eyes.
Finally 1 squeezed the reptiles neck
with all the strength of which was ca pa
BILE. To my Joy. felt the hold of the
snake upon me relax. and the coils slipped
down as they loosened. pushed the head
and neck to the ground. Still keeping
one hand and my knee thereon man.
aged with the other to gain possession of
tine knife at my belt. With this l soon
ended the snakes existence.
1.-THE snake was unlike any other that I
ever saw before, but l am satisfied it was
Brazilian python. 1t was of dull brown
in color, with black spots. Its head is
about four inches long and three and a
half inches wide. Taken altogether, it
was as ugly customer as ever encoun-
tered"
The snake is being prepared for preser-
vation and before long will be one of the
curiosities of the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04

ally sweet and clear, sing or chant.stanzas
descriptive of certain animals persons or
events, accompanying the music with a
series of movements, gestures or facial
contortions intended to portray the same
clearly to the spectators.
One of the oldest of these is called the
serpent game" in which a long line of
children weave in and out and under each
others arms with a peculiar, gliding, un-
dulating motion, until they are coiIed up
in truly snakelike fashion, and then un.
coil themselves in the same manner.
The play of "tack chai." or "kick stick"
seems to be an Oriental form of ''hop
SCOTCH" in which, however, no disfigura-
ton of the pavement by chalk lines is
necessary.
tight piece OF wood Is selected for the
'chai," and one party of boys kicks it
about with surprising swiftness and ac-
curacy of aim toward goal, which they
are anxious to attain in as short q time
as possible. while an opposition party
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04

easily as an old sea.captain can with his
tongue, and he can even kick vigorously
and effectively with one leg twisted
around the other, when he feels like
showing Off before a6miring spectators.
Teasing the dragon" is much en-
joyed, and many OF the wealthier chill
oren are the proud possessors of hideous
dragons heeds, hollow and gaudy with
gliding and brilliant paint, from which
hangs voluminous curtain of red cloth.
Into one of these heads the child tbrusts
his own, ana, the red cloth completely
enveloping his figure, becomes an object
more than startling to the nerves OF any
one who happens upon him Unexpectedly.
Two or three children arrayed like this
are pursued and playfully tormented by
their companions. but if they succeed in
catching any of their small prosecutors
the positions are at once reversed and the
teaser becomes the teased.
Playing horse" is a m uch more elabor-
ate performance with these little people
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04
the Chinese Children Of San Francisco Play Horse Other

quisite EN- mbroideries and rich laces, are
fashioned by loving fingers for Chinese
babies. Their attire while they are very
young is simplicity itself. since it consists
only of being wrapped loosely but COM
fortatly in "baby blankets" of warm
flannel and silk. This style of costume,
though not particularly pretty, has it's
mpensations for there are no wearying
seasons of dressing and undressing to be
gone through. There are no tight bands
TO compress the delicate little bodies, no
cruel pins 30 jab them, and no heavy
skirts to fetter their legs and drag upon
their small spines.
A cradle finds no place in a true Chinese
household, but the loving mother fashions
a kind of hammock in which she carries
her little one on her back nearly all her
waking hours. Should the child be fret
full, as even imperturbable Chinese babies
occasionally are, she twists one OF her
arms backward and upward, and, gently
patting the small bundle OF discomfort.
sings to it some of the MANY ''baby
iiagles" which have hushed their an