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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08

and We didn't have no smudges fur the
fust time in 20 years. Nobody would
buy, however. Coin agin flies and
'skeeters was goin' agin the Lawd,
they said, and heaps of 'em predicted
that some calamity would happen as a
punishment. That's jest how it did
come out. and I hain't fairly got over
bein' skeert yit."
'But what could lave happened?" I
queried. III
.Ill tell yo'. sab. Them flies and
'skeeters and gallinippers had bin hav-
in their way since the world was
created. If they wanted to enter my
cabin in Arkansaw the doahs and win
ders was open to en-. II they could
bite a body and git away that was all
right. The news spread around among
'em, and arter TO- or five days they be-
gun to come about mighty thick. I
didn't take much notice till we Had a
cloudy day. Then they begun to come
out o. the swamps in such amazin'
swarms that we was driv into the
house, and the old mewl begun to bray
in alarm and kept it up right along.
there was h,ss-fies, blue-bottles,
swamp-wasps, house-fies, 'skeeters,
gallinippers and all sorts O flynn bugs.
Seemed like a brass band had got out
to call 'em all together, and at four
o'clock in the afternoon we had to
light a candle. 1 wasn't feelin' very
serious about it up to then, but the old
woman fops down on the floor and
cries out:
"'Abe, yo' was agin 'em, and jedg-
ment has bin sent upon us! We
amt goin' to live to see another sun
rise!'"
eyes, said them very words" added
Mrs. Hope.
"And what happened?"
''I'll tell yo', sab. By the time night
had come them insects was so thick
around the house that the roarin' OF
'em was like high wind. They sung
and buzzed and reared, and they come
thicker and thicker, and they come
agin them screens till they nude the
old cabin shake all over. OF all the
| big hoss-fiies, and of all the sockdol
oyer 'skeeters 1 ever did behold, the
tormentedest was right then and
there. They was So anxious to git at
us that they chanked their teeth and
made a growlin' noise, and I'm tellin
! yo' that wouldn't have been so skeert
of a dozen bars. I was thinkin' that
| nuthin would save u.s. when all to once
| Catfish creek, which was boomin' full
O. food water, broke over it's banksjes1
above the house. AS it came roarin
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08
VERMIN-PRoOF COOP.

the engraving; it makes sort of vesti-
bule, sheltcring the interior of the
coop from the hot sun and sudden
driving showers. At night it is let
down, and makes the coop warm, dry
and safe from rats, skunks and other
nocturnal providers. Above the flap is
an opening for ventilation, covered
with wire cloth.
When chicks are eight weeks old
two roosts are fastened into the coop
a few inches above the ground, and the
youngsters make the coop their nj ght-
ly lodging until nearly full grown.
This saves them from great deal of
persecution and suffering to which
they are liable if placed withsth older
fowls at night as soon as the mother
hen is removed.
At all times when the coop is occu-
pied it is shifted to fresh ground as
frequently as once week, and is fire.
quently turned over and sprayed inside
with kerosene George S. Martin, in
Farm and Home.
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SHADE FOR THE BEES.
They Need 1t in Hot Weather Quite
as Much AZ They Require
Plenty of Water.

In warm weather shade is quite nee
essary for bees. If the hives are in
a sunny location, as they usually are,
shade may be easily provided by plac-
ing board two feet wide on the top
of the hive with a cleat between the
lid and the board for an air space. If
it is not desired that the bees swarm,
plenty of hive room should be provided,
and if swarms are desired little
crowding will usually start the new
colony off. OF course, honey storing is
abandoned during the swarming period,
and care should be taken to furnish
every facility for hiving the swarms as
quickly as possible so that they will re-
turn to business. Hives set near few
dwarf pear trees are well located, for
nine times out of ten the swarm will
alight on the pear trees> where they
are easily handled without the use of
ladders. Water is necessary for bees,
in warm weather especially, and they
have particular fondness for water
little salty. Keep shallow vessels
near the hives filled with salt water in
which are placed few chips of wood
on which the bees may rest while drink
ing.-Farmers' Voice. ~: >>.-' p. n 81
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One evening, as we sat on the squat
ter's doorstep, with a smoke at our
feet to drive the mosquitoes away,
asked the old man if it never occurr ed
to him to protect the doors and win
dows of his cabin against the pests.
"Lawd bless yo', sab, but doin' that
very thing mighty nigh ruined me
three years ago!" he replied, as be
struck at a gallinipper almost as big
as a bee..
eyes, sab, it cid," added his wife, as
she sat down between us, "and we
amt takin' no mo- chances"
When I had urged them to tell the
story, the old man raked some more
chips on the fire to thicken the smoke,
and then said:
1T was OWN to that Kurnel Bunker,
sab. He comes along yere one day on
his boss, and arter stoppin' fur nip
from the jug and lookin' around, he
says to me that what's keepin' the
state of Arkansaw down on her back
is the drafted flies and 'skeeters.
Couldn't no country get ahead where
her people had to fight flies by day and
'skeeters by night, with gallinippers
mixin' in between times. After an
other nip he warns up, and standin'
on this doah-step he makes one o. the
purtiest speeches yo' ever listened to-
He makes out that them flies and
'skeeters has kept America back by a
hundred years, and that the state OF
Arkansaw would be Paradise with
out 'em. He put it mighty plain that
we used up half our time slappin' al
the pcsky things, and that every won.
an, child, boss, mewl and dog in the
state would git two hours mo- SLEEP
every night if we could do away with
'skeeters. I wasn't sayin' word, and
the old woman was keepin' mighty still
and arter the kurrel had spoke fu1
half an hour he says:
"'Abe Hope, the guv'nor is busy jest
now whitewashin' the co'ncribs on his
plantation, and I've got heap to dc
to look arter politics, but thar is mar
who's got the time and the money anc
tie ambition to save the state of Ar
kansaw, and he's sittin' right yere fe
TO- me. His name ar Abe Hope, and
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CARE or CORN FODDER.



Allow the corn to stand IN the field
until the grain begins to harden and
the bottom leaves are turning yellow.
Secure as much of the fodder as pos
ssible while it's green. Cutting must,
be done before frost or the blades will
be brittle and break off, causing a
loss of the best part of the feed. Place
in shocks of medium size. They must
be large enough to stand well, but.
small enough to dry out thoroughly.
If the corn is on the green order, as
it will always be at the beginning of
the cutting season, set UP about half
of the shock, let it stand for several
days, until thoroughly cured, then cut
the remainder. Shocks 12x12 hills are
about the best size. =t:sss. !.
The shocks must remain in the field
until the entire plant is thoroughly
dried. Not only must the blades be
we'll cured, but the stalks must be free
from moisture to insure perfect keep
ing in the stack or after shredding and
storing in the NOV. The time required
will depend upon the season, but usual
ly five. or six weeks will be sufficient.
It can then be put into a stack or rick,
arrang ing the bundles or 'armfuls Of
fodder as in stacking small grain. If
left in the open field, as is often done,
there is great loss from exposure of
the surface of the shocks to the weather
and the occasional twisting down"
of shock. Stack where it will be most
convenient in fee ding. 80
Running the crop through husker
and shredder is the ideal way of TAX
ing care of corn fodder. There is some
objection to this method on the score
of the fodder molding in the NOW.
If it is thoroughly dried out before
it is shredded there is little danger
from this source. The practical expert
ence of many farmers and feeders has
proven this. True, the shredding is ex-
pensive, due to the limited capacity Of
the shredders. Improvements are be-
ing made each season, and this objec-
ton will be removed before very long.
The fodder is left in splendid condition,
and is readily eaten by all kinds OF
stock.-American Agricultural.
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CORN SHOCK TIER.

inches from the large piece of wood
make three-eighths-inch hole through
the shaft and get a small rope large
enough to go around the largest shocks
of corn. Put the end through the hole
and tie in knot that it may not pull
through.
1t is now ready for use. When a
shock of corn is cut thrust the shaft
through it, carry the rope around and
drop the end down between the shaft
and rope. Grasping the pin, draw it
towards you and turn the shaft round
and round, using the pin for handle,
until as tight as desired. Push the
head from you and thrust the other
pin into the shock, which will prevent
it's turning back and loosening. While
in this position tie with a fodder Irvine.
This device is particularly valuable
when one is working alone.-Agricul-
tural Economist.
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when he's conkered the flies and
q desolashun, any reward he kin name
shall be his
''That's the way he talked, sah,' said
Abe, land he just made me believe
orter do sumthin' right away. When I
axed him what could be done, he told
me to go into wire screens. He p'inted
out that there wasn't such a thing
used about any house fur so miles
around yere, and that when the folks
came to see 'em they'd sell to beat the
band. I'd be maxim heap O. money
and savin' the state at the same time,
and his talk was so slick and smooth
that me n the old woman was took in
by it,"
"And you went into screens?"
asked
eyes, sah-went right in. Isent down
to Nashville and got IS screen-doahs,
and screens fur a hundred winders,
and when they came loaded 'em into
the cart and set off to sell 'em. The
kurnel had given me fggers, and when
I driv up to Bill Freeman's cabin I
knowed jest what to say. Bill comes
out and looks at them screens and
Aays:
"'Abe, It pears to me them milk
strainers is larger than any ever seed
hefo'. Is the object to strain hull
bar' of milk to once?'
Didn't yo' ever hear of fy-screens? p
I says.
"'Never did,
"'Then yere yo' are. They are fur
doahs and winders. Can't no flies git
in by day or 'skeeters at night. Let's
the air in, but keeps out the insects.
Don't have to build no smudges nor do
no slappin'. Saves half yer energy and
I'LL yer cussin'.'
q ":Abe Hope says Bill, arter takin'
time to think it over, it pears to me
yo' are agin flies and 'skeeters. If yo'
are, then yo' are also agin the Lawd.
The Lawd created the state of Arkan-
saw. He knowed what He was about
when he made her half-swamp and la
COON. The object was to raise flies and
'skeeters-heaps o. 'em. Folks was put
yere to be bit and pestered, and any
man as goes agin it won't have no
,luc-:.'
+ that's the way he talked" said the
squatter, land that was the way all the
rest Of 'em talked. It wasn't no good
putin fggers at 'em. They jest an
swered that if the Lawd hadn't reck-
oned on flies and 'skeeters when He
made this world He would have made
'em all wild turkeys instead. I driv
around fur week and didn't make a
sale, and then come home. was
powerfully put out with Kurnel Bum
ker, but he comes over and hears my
story and says: 4
"'Abe Hope, the people has got to be
given Q few weeks time and eddecated
up to it. Just fix up yer own cabin and
let 'em al zee how them fy-screens
work.. @
II fixed it. I screened the winders
and the doahs, and put screens up at
the mewl-shed and the co'n-crib. Then
liked up screens clear out to the road,
tud tie folks who come to see declared
WI was ! monstrous sight. Not fly
nor skeeter could git into the house,
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down we was picked up and carried
down the bayou and clear across and
landed on 'tother shore. We went
away from them insects like rabbit
humpin' fur home, and if they follered
along they lost US on the bayou. 1t
wasn't this cabin, yo' understand, but
the fust one built twas lifted right
up and aoated off and most of it's over
there in the swamp yit. was out $50
on fy-screens, $3.50 on the cabin, and
mem the ole woman talked in whis.
pers fur the next three months. No,
sab, we amt keepin' flies and 'skeeters
outer the house. We was agin 'em
once and had i clus shave of it; and
though I'm free t., say they dun pes
ter good deal, I'm not fur bein' agin
'em no no."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08

promptly enlisted in Company A, of the
Iwenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. In
the Army Of the Potomac he saw much fight
ing, campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley.
In the first days fighting at the battle of
gettysburg, Schitfeneder received wound
IN the right side, which afterward caused
him much trouble. With a portion of his
regiment he was captured and imprisoned
at Bell Island and Andersonville, and after
ward exchanged. He returned to his regi.
ment, which was transferred to the army OF
General sherman, and marched with him
through Georgia to the sea.
In tins campaign Mr.. Schifeneder's old
wound began to tlouble him and he was
sent to the hospital and then home. He
mad also contracted catarrh of the stomach
and found no relief for years.
IL happened to read an account of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People about
q year ago." he said, "and thought that
they might be good for my trouble. con-
Guided to try them. bought one box and
began to take them according to directions.
They, gave me great relief. After finishing
that box bought another, and when had
taken the pills felt that was cured. /
recovered my appetite and ate heartily. !
can testify to the good the pills did me-"
Mr.. Schiffeneder is prominent Grand
Army man in Chicago, whittier he moved
some years ago with his family.
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IMPROVED CHICKEN COOP.
1t Can Be Shifted to Fresh Ground
as often ~ Conditions Render
1t Advisable.

=, The engraving represents a coop
which have used with much satisfac-
ton for several. years. It is made OF
matched lumber, with a small door in
the rear, which could not be shown in
the front perspective. The Stats are
of half-inch stuff nailed at top and bot.
tom. The, flap is of three-quarter-inch
lumber, with cleats on the lower side
which fall between the vertical Stats
when the flap is let down. It isshung
with r hinges when raised, as shown in
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new Market for Horses.

Of the many horsestt that are taken
away by our army. now numbering in
all nearly 100000 men, not one in d
hundred will ever come back. If Grip.
/ pied or worn out they will not be
worth bringing back, and if found
they will be worth more where they
are. When they are once in the army
they cease to be competitors in the
home market with the horses remain
ing in the country. The great bulk OF
them will be consumed. With the
acquisition Of new territory, which
now seems to be q necessary result
|aof pending military operations, new
markets will be opened up for Ameri.
can horses. Rural World.
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City Girl In the Country.

The girl who expressed SO much sym
patty for the poor farmer because OF
his cold job in harvesting his winter
wheat is equal in agricultural knowl'
edge to the one who expressed q de-
sire to see field Of tobacco when ii
was just plugging out. But the dam
sci who asked which COW gave the
buttermilk is entitled to the whole
bakery. And q girl on her return from
a visit to the country who was asked
if she ever saw anyone milk cow re.
piled: ''Oh, yes, indeed have; il
tickles me to death to see uncle jerk
two Of the cows faucets ct the same
slime. Farmers Voice. s5S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Overstock your pastures and youwill
have weeds in them.
Don't be an enemy to yourself and
tree by letting the tree overbear.
The Maltese cat is said to be a SUI
perior ratter and valuable on the farm.
Many of our worst weeds may be
destroyed by blowing them under.
Camphor, pennyroyal or any strong
scented thing is good to drive away
flies.
Very diluted carbolic acid applied
with sponge is good to keep flies off
animals.
Good pure white lead paint ought
to last on q building eight or nine
years. 49,.
The sheep will turn most of the
weeds into money if they can get at
them.
Neglect to NOW the weeds this year,
and you will have double to take care
of next year. -a.r
It is reported that substitute for
rubber is to be made from corn. and we
hope it is true. $3.50, J.
If we get and keep good hold on the
Philippines, binding Irvine ought to
be cheap hereafter. ... 4......>g
Just as soon as the pastures begin
to fail supplement them with grain to
the cows and young stock. A.--.g.. {,
Don't let single machine stand out
in the possible storms and sun day.
after you are through with it's use.-,r
The hay crop is one of the most inn
portant crops grown, and if it were
baled, as rule, it would be still more
valua Plowman. s<.&5
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HE HAD TO LET GO.

Copyright, 1898. BY NJ Quad
"Purty bad weather, isn't it?" said
the man next to the door as big man
boarded the car. and firted the snow
off his overcoat. -
No answer was made, but after a
minute the question was again put:
Rather hard weather, isn't it?''
Neither was any notice taken of this.
Some men would have given up right
there, but the man next to the door
had a persistent streak in his nature,
and pretty soon he raised his voice a
note higher, and observed:
Il think this snow will turn to rain
before night" -
The big man partly turned and gave
him look, but it was a vacant, far
away look. 1t occurred to the ques-
toner that this man was deaf, and he
leaned over and said: r"
"Don't you think this will change
around into rain before night?''
Speaking to me, sir?'' quietly asked
| the big man. 80 ,,.
"Of course was speaking to you.'
"Well. I'm not deaf. I believe you
said it was rather hard weather."
II did, but you didn't answer:''''''
"Then you said you thought. this
snow would turn into rain" ,z.,.
eyes, sir, did,"
"And then you asked me if I thought
it wouldn't" iHt .>'aG'7
eyes, sir. If you have got ready to
answer civil question:, go ahead"
II want nothing to. say about, the
weather." continued the big man. "A
year ago, in car, I began talking
, about the weather with d stranger, and
he handed me his card and asked me
to call at his office.'' "tIa .l.rs q.
,"And you called? p wi, 80. T..
.. Il did. He was lawyer, I, had
asked him if he thought it was going
to snow, and he had written out a legal
opinion and charged NE ten dollars for
it, E.'>.< ...uI ~: 4gtfa +tsN
''But, sir, I'm no lawyer!" protested
the other. *@.ss H. lad :.
mo, of course; but you are doc
tor, You want. to lead up to the
weather-catarrh rheumatism and
soon get of bit of advice and send in
g bill The weather, sir, is damn a hle,
and SO are you and SO am ], and that's
all there is to it. and now let's shut
upl" .t S ~
In Germany there are no fewer than
400 baronA q W t
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TYING CORN SHOCKS.
How Any Wfde-Aval1e Farmer Can
Construct a Servfceable and
Lasting Device.

A very handy device for tying shocks
of corn can be easily made. Take a
piece of wood about five feet long and
shave it out round with a diameter of
two inches, tapering to point at one
end. Flatten the last six inches of the
other end making it 1x1.5 inches.
Get another sound piece of wood
three inches square and 10 inches long.
Taper this at one end as seen in the
illustration, and two inches from the
other end cut a mortise through it
four inches long and one inch wide.
Insert two pins near the lower end as
illustrated.
The flattened end of the long piece is
to be put through the mortise and
pinned fast leaving it on a pivot. Six
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08
Successful Treatment for Asthma.

sends his book on Asthma and Hay-Fever
Cured to Stay Cured" free and postpaid to
any sufferer who applies for it. DR.. Hayes
has now treated upwards of forty thousand
gases, and quotes many cases of former suf-
ferers who have stayed cured for from five
to twenty years. Names and addresses of
these are given, so that any inquirer can
Investigate fully and be convinced of the
reliability of the statements made. DR..
Hayes says that any case of spasmodic or
bronchial Asthma not complicated with or
ganic disease of heart, lungs or kidneys can
be radically cured.
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No Wonder the QueeY.

When the news came to the Chickamauga
hospital of the destruction of Cervera's fleet
one Of the nurses commenced to read it aloud.
He had got as far as The statement that the
Brooklyn had been hit As times, when fever
patient, little out of his head, shouted:
Great Scott! Who pitched for Brooklyn?'
San Francisco Wave
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What Is the Use

Of making up clothes that go to pieces before
the end Of the season or fade and get limp
and sleazy after the first washing? One Of
Simpsons Prints will outwear three of the
inferior calicoes: The colors are absolutely
William Simpson l. Sons is guaranteed of
the highest standard of quality and finish
and will give perfect satisfaction.
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Perish the ThOuchtl

"John," said Topeka wife to her hus-
band, Il will quit drinking tea and save the
War tax if you will do the same with beer"
verify, do you think it is the " part Of pat.
riotlsm to abandon your country in it's time
Of peril ?"-Kansas City Journal.
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8M l6l Sedg-
wick Street,
Chicago. He
is anAustrian
by firth,
c q m e o
America at
the age Of
twenty, and
beca me an
A m e rican
citizen. He
was living at
Milw aukee
when the call
for volun-
teers came
early in 1862,
q n Il h q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-08

The Maidservant - professor, madam
has just returned from her journey" Pro-
fessor-"Remind me by and by to give her
a kiss. "-Tit-Bits.
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Don't be impressed when man says he
will "stake his reputation" on thing: He
may not have anything at STANDARDIZATION
GlObe
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HER OES or WAR.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Inc feeling Of admiration for heroes Of
/ var seems to be innate in the human heart.
andis brought; TO the surface as the opportu.
nifty and object presents itself. 81 - 49,
Among those who proved their hernism
curing our Civil War was "a. Schiffeneier
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People hunt up their own kind just as
naturally as water seeks it's own level
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
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An emotional nature is often mistaken
for sympathetic one.-Ram's Horn.
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I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
douglass, IeRoy, Mich, Oct. 20, ~. . 4'''e
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc
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Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver.
tisement in another column of this paper.