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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
FINE LIQUID MANURE.
An Ensltsh journal Tells How to Pre-
pare and Care for 1t and How
to- Use 1t.

The following directions for prepar-
ing liquid ma nure are given by the
Gardeners Chronicle: Put into a 40
gallon tank or cistern two bushels of
fresh horse dung; stir it well about,
and leave it to clear; and in about
week add one peck of fresh SCOT in
closed in canvas bag, squeeze this a
ttle/every third day, so as to make
it's contents exude. Let the mixture
get clear, and then use, say one quart
to three gallons of rain or soft water.
This is a good manure for all kinds of
soft-wooded plants. It may be made
stronger by adding chickens or
pigeons dung, at the rate, Of half
peck to the above quantities. If, in
summer time, bubbles generate on the
surface, it is symptom of fermenta-
ton, and the latter should be stayed,
by the add ton of small quantity of
white vitrol. OF course, after the cask
has been filled up twice, the contents
should be turned out and fresh lot
made up. Instead of clear water. soap
suds may ibe used in filing up the cask.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
ADVANTAGES or CLOVER.
They Are Not Only Very Numerous,
But Of the Greatest Value In
Several Directions.

One advantage with clover is that it
furnishes two crops in one season. The.
first crop is nearly always cut for hay,
while the second growth can be used
for pasturage, plowed under as
green manure, cut for hay or allowed
to mature seed. The clover plant
makes quick growth, and, if the first
crop is cut in good season, will start
up and soon shade the ground and will
furnish considerable feed during. the
summer, when it is SO often the case
that the pastures fail.
When cut for hay or plowed under
it should be allowed to make full
growth, and be cut when in full bloom.
Properly cured, it makes one Of the
very best foods for the dairy cow dur
ing the winter, as well as for growing
stock of all kinds. Even hogs will be
benefited if given good feed of
clover hay two or three times week.
When in full bloom it contains the
largest per cent. not only of animal
food, but of plant food also, hence so far
as other conditions will admit the best
results are obtained by. blowing un-
der when full growth has been made.
Usually the growing; of cloverseed
proves profitable. Occasionally when
there is full crop the price. will fall
below that of profitable production.
A small yield, running from three to
seven bushels per acre, and costing
from 70 cents to 81 bushel to thrash,
is an expensive crop to grow, and I'M
less fair prices are realized will not be
profitable.
In harvesting the heads should all
be left to turn brown. before cutting.
A self rake is rather the best machine
to cut clover for seed, as it leaves it
in punches that can be gathered up
readily with fork. tits quite an item
to handle the clover as little as posi-
BILE, as it skaters readily.
If the threshing can be done in good
season the clover can be left as cut I'M
til dried out sufficiently to thresh. But
unless you are certain that this can
be done it is best to- gather up and
stack the clover as soon as it is suf-
ficiently cured. The hulm or straw
makes good feed, equal in value to
wheat or oat straw, while it can hard
~ be excelled for bedding.
In growing wheat the turning under
of a good growth of clover will be
beneficial, as it supplies the elements
of plant food needed by this crop.
For corn or potatoes it is usually
best to allow the clover to die down in
the fall and then pillow under in winter
or early spring.-st. Louis Republic.
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Z & g n -
y wasn't that squan Creek lacked
parrots or patriotism in the late civil
war, but that sickness and circum-
stances and lots Of other things were
asin us. Aemida Barnes had been cap
tam OF the Squan Creek Terribles for
nve years, and everybody who had seen
MN wave his sword and shout: "For-
ward march!' said that he would sure
y prove an awful fighter on the battle
held. When it was sort o. believed that
Inc war was comm, he marched the
Ierrlbles around back of the school
mousse, ordered the drums to be beat
ana the flags to wave, and then
stepped out and said:
This day offer my life to my coun-
Try. AS many Of you as will foller me
10 war an fight an fight till victory
Is won will step forward one pace.''
Every Terrible stepped, and there
were wild cheers from th= spectators.
Aemldl was picked up and carried
around on mems shoulders, and lots
OF folks said that if he lived through
the war he would come home bigger
man than George Washington. There
was bontires in the street that night,
with shootin' and yellin' Deacon
Spooner had ben mad at Zemidi Barnes
Tor shootin' his dog. and folks said
they would never make up. The pro-
ceedin's of that day was too much for
the deacon, however. Jest at dark he
went up to Zemidi on the street and
held out his hand and said:
"Carting, you are goin' away to war
to be squashed all to squash, and l
want to say right here and now that
I forgive you for shootin' that dog
goned dog o mine.''
There was dozen other folks mad
at each other, but all of 'em shook
hands and made it up, and you could
see tears wherever you went. Two
weeks la ter war broke out. The news
came to us in the night, and the fire
bell was jing1ed to cali out the peo-
pie. Everybody looked for Capt.
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was one day when Henry Burke and
Joe Taylor got into a dispute as to
whether bobtailed dog was better
fighter than long-tailed one. After
they had disputed about half an hour,
Henry says:
If you wasn't coward, you'd enlist
and fight for your country"
$50 would you'll" says Joe.
''l'll dare you to Go it!''
"And IL ldare you'll"
And they went together to Squire
Morgan's office and signed paper, but
they didn't go to war. The squire
knew that Henry was subject to collie
and that Joe had boiis break out on
him every few weeks, and so he had
EN- sign an old tax receipt and told 'em
to quit jawin' and go home.
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trustees. In recent interview he said:.
81 had been sufferer of rheumatism for
number of years and the pain at times was
very intense. I tried all the proprietary
medicines I knew of out received no relief.
Il family placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for some
time, but they failed to do me any good.
Finally, with my hopes Of relief nearly ex-
hausted read an article regarding DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which in
duced me to. try them. Twas anxious to get
rid of the terrible disease and bought two
boxes of the pills: I began using them about
March, 1897; After had taken two boxes
I was completely cured, and the pain has
never returned. l think it is the best medi-
cine / have ever taken, and am willing at
any time to sign my name to any testimony
setting forth its good merits
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Goth day of September, A. D. 1897.
FRANKLIN C. FUNK, Notary Public.
Mr., Vangundy's statement Dug ht to be
regarded as criterion of the good merits of
these pills, and what better proof could
person want than the above facts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Establishing = Grade.

With the modern road machines,
earth grades can be thrown up very
symmetrically, with much less labor
and expense than with the old road
pillow and scraper. An even grade in the
center of the road allowance, 20 feet
from ditch to ditch, well arched up in
the center makes a good beginning for
a road; then, if this grade is made and
kept firm with a heavy roller, and gone
over whe hever necessary, with road
machine Or a simple triangle made of
heavy planks, to fiji in and smooth over
all ruts, So as to keep the crown high
and smooth, water cannot lie on it, and
the cost fbr maintenance is not as high
as under the old slipshod methods. It
is essential that allwork be well done.
and done at the proper time. Prairie
Farmer,
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when the patriotic populace Of quan

When the patriotic populace ofSquan
Creek discovered that none Of the ofl-
GERS of the Terribles would lead the
company to the front there was Z call
for Adinabad Spellman to rise to the
emergency. His grandfather fell at
Bunker Hill and his father fell in
Mexico, and it was generally supposed
that he himself was willing to perish
at moments notice. It didn't turn
out that way. however. He was limpin'
around when called upon to throw him.
self into the breach, and he seemed to
be sufferin' pain, as he said:
"Feller Citizens: l can't go, not for
two or three weeks yet. went out
in my bare feet arter wood the other
night and run rusty nail into my left
heel. I've got it done up in soft soap
to draw the pizen out, but will the
pizen be drawed? If it will, then I'll
be down there in time fur the fust
battle; # it won't then I've got to stay
home and die of the lockjaw. I'd go
to-day, but if had lockjaw arter I
got down there it might upset all the
plans of the army, and be the death
blow of our beloved country"
Nero Jones. who owned tomahawk
which had killed six white men, and
who was always hurrahing for Gen.
jackson, was then asked to go and
perish at the head of the Terribles;
but lie had hard cold and was taxi
ing quinine, and he wanted to wait for
two weeks. The capta1nship was Of
fered to Aaron Scott, j ohm Oldtree Jim
Burns and Ebeneezer White, but sun
thin allied 'em all. AFTER week or so
man appeared. 1t was Lucius Temp
kins. He had jest pricked his thumb
with scratch-awl, but he didn't take
that as an excuse. He stood on the
post office steps, waving his American
flag three times around his head, and
shouted:
Il will lead where glory calls! All
of you who want to shed your blood
for the gioriousest old flag in the world
foller mel"
He started down the street, but no
one follered. Some had the headache
some felt tired-some had to go home
to take cough medicine or feed the
pigs. The Terribles decided after that
to disband as company and go to war
as individuals. A great rush of patriots
was anticipated, but it didn't come off.
The nearest anybody come to enlistin'
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Barnes, but he was late in gettin' out,
and he wasn't lookin' at all well when
he showed up. He wasn't wavin' no
sword nor doin' no cheerin', and he ap-
peared to be kinder homesick as he
got up on barl to make 4 speech.
"Feller citizens" he said, as he held
his left hand to his jaw, war has bust
ed forth at last, and now is the time for
all true patriots to go to the front.
shan't be with you-not al first. This
cid boiler tooth of mine begun to
grumble two or three days ago, and
now she's on the regular jump. This
glorious old government don't want
men with boiler teeth, who'd jest keep
the army awake all night and be
swearin' all day. I'll run over to Phil
adelphia and get her plugged, and in
about a week I'll foller you down. The
union forever, and Pompey Hill will
lead the Terribles till I come down."
Pompey was first lieutenant of the
company. He'd bin look'n' mighty
thoughtful ever since he turned out O.
bed, and his face grew a foot long as
he listened to the captains speech.
Everybody expected to see him wave
his sword and to hear him yell, but
he didn't do neither. He mounted that
same bar'l and softly said:
"Iwas intendin' to go down there and
conker or die, and I've laid awake 50
different nights thinkin' how I'd rush
up to the cannon's mouth, but I'll have
to put it off for week or two. You
all know bout my rheumatism. She
ketches me in the right hip once in
awhile, and I'm no good for three or
four days. She ketched me last night,
and it's ali kin do to hobble around.
This union must and shall be pre-
served, but lame men can doit. They'll
be right in the way. I'll rub in lini-
ment and lay round the house for three
or four days, and then I'll foller you
down. Let Moses Langford lead you
till I come"
Moseswas second lieutenant, and he'd
been so anxious for war that he'd got
up at midnight several times to shoot
frecrackers and wave. the American
flag. He'd been cheerin' as the bells
rung, but when they listed him up on
the barl to speak he wasn't hankerin'
tic die for mis- country. Says he:
"You all know that when the wind is
in the east have the asthma till I
can't speak loud word. I'm all ready
to go to war, but I want to find out
fust whether they want me or rot. ]
couldn't lead no company into attic if
the wind was in the east. I'd jest have
to sit in my tent with mustard plas-
ter on my chest. Mebbe they have mps-
ta-d plasters in war, and mebbe they
don't. I'll do some inquirin' around,
and if things is all right I'll come down
and perish with you."
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in one corner we'll braced. The reel
of wire is put on as suggested for at
taching the upper wire and below the
braces at vari GUS heights when put
ting up the other wires. This brings
the wire right along beside the stakes
and at just the height desired. When
ready to staple, let the driver of the
team take hold of one arm of the reel
to keep it from turning, starting up
the team a few feet to stretch the
wire. His companion then staples
firmly, when more wire is unreeled
and the process is repeated. A slow
moving team should be used, or it will
not be safe I'd attempt holding the
Agriculturist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
REMOVING HONEY.
Recent Invention Has Made the Once
Dreaded Operation Compare
lively Pleasant.

Among the recent inventions in bee
keeping there is nothing of more i'm
portance than the little bee escape. 1t
is very simple arrangement, easily
operated and does not cost much. It
overcomes to a great extent the Ia
borious work of brushing bees from
sections or frames in removing either
comb or. extracted honey from the
hive.
The escape consists of small tin
box with two small springs which
nearly come together at the point,
V-shape. The bees pass out between
the springs at the point and cannot
get back. To operate the escape, get
a half-inch board the size of the top
Of the hive; cut a mortise in the cen
ter little longer than the escape and
place the escape in the mortise. The
board should have small strip about
one-fourth of an inch thick nailed
around both sides to form bee space
between the surplus case and also the
brood chamber.
In using the escape I always lift the
surplus case and put an empty case in
it's place, then put the escape board
between the two cases, putting the
, case of honey and bees on top of the
empty case, and also the escape board.
If the escape is put on the hive in the
evening the bees will be nearly all
down in the empty case by morning.
l propose to put the escape on in the
evening, SO the bees will be ready to
go to work in the morning. If honey
is coming in in sufficient Quantities the
empty case should be filled with Sec
+; tons, so that the bees will lose no
time; remove the case of honey in the
morning, or as soon as the bees are
nearly all out. If the season is over
and the bees are not very active they
will be slower in going out of the case.
1 like to get the honey off as soon as
| possible, so there will be no danger of
robbing should there happen to be
any way for bees to get in. It is
great satisfaction to be able to re-
move sections from the case without
| being bothered with great lot of bees
to brush OFF,. S. Mead, in Ohio
Farmer
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
SENSIBLE PERCHEs.
VIII Take the Place Of the Old
~" Kind Everywhere.

It is a continual source of surprise
that the poultry fraternity so slowly
adopts the method Of hanging perches,
shown in accompanying drawing. The
old style of fastening perches to wall,
floor or dropping platform is stand
ing invitation to red mites, which
usually occupy the perches entirely
too much, at best. Perches, walls,
platform, floor, all are accessible to
lice when perches are directly at
tached or supported on trestles or
timbers of any kind. Basing my asser-
ton on actual exp erience, I assert that
it requires several times as much eff
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Elk, CONVICTS BRANDED.
Past Records Serve to Keep Re.
leased Criminals Always Under
Suspicion.

"The warden of one of the largest
penitentiaries in the United States told
me not long ago that he was absolutely
certain that quite number of con-
victs in his keeping were innocent
men," said Mr.. T. S. Rollins, of St..
Louis, to Post reporter.
He said that a majority of the men
whom he believed to be serving SEN
tence unjustly were what is known as
second-terh. men, that is, men who
have before been convicted of felonies.
If they have been twice previously SEN
fenced and are arraigned before the
courts, a conviction is almost certain.
The warden's theory, and it is very
reasonable, is that when a crime is
dore, sheriffs and detectives imme-
diately begin the work of locating the
criminal, and if there happens to be in
the neighborhood of where the offense
is committed an ex-convict they are
always sure to put the blame on him.
"Circumstantial evidence is worked
up, and often it is manufactured out.
right, against the unfortunate who is
still on the blacklist because of his past
record. People are prone to think that
a man who has committed one viola
ton OF the law is very apt to perpe-
trate second, and SO, although the
man mar / may be absolutely guiltless, he is
arrested and enough evidence adduced
to cause jury to bring in verdict of
guilty. In this way, my friend tina
warden declares, hundreds of inno-
cent men are made to suffer merely
because OF their past records. Wash
ington Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Why He Was Troubled.

Jack-Come, old man, cheer up. What if
she did break the engagement; she's not the
only fish in the swim 80 = = -:
Z Tom-Oh, I don't care about her break.
ing the engagement, but you see I've got to
60 right ON paying installments on the ring
for the next six months. That's wherethc
icy breeze comes in.-Chicago Evening News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Starving for breath.

Several hundred thousand people in the
ing for breath because Of chronic Asthma,
when if they would consult DR.. P: Harold
Hayes, of Buffalo, N. w. by letter, he
would inform them how, to be- cured of this
most distressing and treacherous disease,
and cured to stay cured. DR.. Hayes makes
no charge for examine ton by mail and his
opinion as to the durability of any case.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Free Lands ia Montana.

Homesteads and pre-emptions can be
parts of the state within sight and hearing
of daily trains on the Great Northern Rail-
way. Renters and others should avail
themselves of this chance to get footing
and become independent, For printed
matter and other information, address
Moses Folsom, Immigration Agent G. N.
Ry., st. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
TIE RUSH FOR GOLD.
From the Times. Bluffs. III.

From the Times. Bluffs. III.
The rush of gold seekers to the Klondike
brings thrilling memories to the "forty-
Miners still alive, of the time when they
girdled the continent, or faced the terrors Of
the great American desert on the journey to
experiences which should be needed by gold
seekers. of to-day. Constant exposure and
faulty diet killed large numbers, while
nearly all the survivors were afflicted with
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22

Mamma-tIt is naughty to tell lies, Eva.
People who do so don't go to Heaven" Eva
Did you ever tell lie, mammal Nam
ma--"No, dear, never" Eva-"Won't you
be fearful lonely in Heaven, mamma, with
only George Washington? "-Oswego Daily
Palladium.
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HANDY CONTINUANCE.
Exceedingly Useful Wherever q
Barbed Wire Fence Has to Be
Put Up Quickly.

The illustration shows handy con-
trivance for paying OUT barbed wire
when building fence of this material
A stout stone drag has a round stake
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-22
Requires Constant care.

There is no greater mistake than to
suppose that q n1acaiam road once laid
needs, no care. The most economical
method Of maintenance Is to give II
constant attention.
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Ethics of Friendship.-"How sweet to
have friend whom you can trust!" eyes,
especially if he doesn't ask you to trust him.
Chicago Record. - = s. :, %
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Fortify, Feeble Lungs Against Winter
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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d i s ca S e,
m a n y of
them with
r h e u m a :
tism. Such
a 8 uf erer
was Adam
Vangun dy,
who now re-
8 i d e s a t
Bluffs, Ill.,,
VIII ere he
as been
ju stice of
the peace
and was the
first presi-
dent of the
hoard of
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Some people are SO hopeful that it amounts
to laziness. -Atchison Globe. =
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Fresh meat easily absorbs nicotine
from tobacco smoke and soon becomes
tainted.
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Halls CatarFh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-24
PERSONAL.

Rev. A. ]. D. HauDt, pastor of the
Memorial Evangelical English Lutheran
Church of st. Paul. MINI, has raised
commotion by accusing members Of the
national guard whose armory is next to
the church, Of spending more time flirting
with the young women of the congregation
than they spend at their drills.
F. A. Seynave, a resident Of Philadel-
phia, for over forty years. has been deco
re ted to the Order of Leopold and his
insignia forwarded to him through the con-
sui general to the United States by King
Leopold in consideration of many years of
labor and aetivity inileleving the destitute
and distressed citizens of that nation.
Prof. Park of Andover figures rather
amusingly in the "reminiscences of the
late Prof. Schaff just published. In 1912
Schaff, being a privat-docent at Berlin, in
troduced Park to his German friends,
among the rest to Kahnls. He relates
that under the continuous pelting of
Parks questions Kahnis finally exclaimed
in despair: God forgive Christopher Co
lumbusl for discovering America
Gen. Dragomirof, who has recently
been appointed the new civil as well as
military Governor General of the three
Southwestern provinces of Russia, is rec
ognized as the greatest authority on war
and tactics in Russia. 1t was ne who led
the crossing of the Danube from Zemnitza
to Sistoya in s1sSE and at Shipka, being
wounded by Tursh bullet in the left
knee, he bound up the wound with his
pocket handkerchief, and, inspite of much
loss of blood, continued to encourage the
defense from an elevated and exposed po-
sition without once retiring from under
fire.
Robert Bonner, In commenting on Rev
DR.. John Halls recent resignation, relat-
ed that DR.. McCosh president of Princeton
college, resolved etgF resign three years he
fore he did, because he wished to with
draw before he gave any sign of failing
powers. Mr.. Bonner who was consulted
by DR.. McCosh at the time, was unable to
dissuade him from his contemplated step
until he told him that If he resigned a GER
tain man, who was seeking the
place, would probably be his sue
cessor. No more needed to lie
said. In order to keep that man
from the presidency OF Princeton DR.. Nc
Gosh remained in office more than three
years, when DR.. Patton became available.
Then McCosh retired.