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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
A Bunch of DOn'ts.

Don't employ evil means and expect
good results.
Don't keep good movement on
hand; put it on foot Immediately.
Don't shirk duty for pleasure. Do
your duty and pleasure will follow.
Don't think that pounding felon and
compromising felony are synonymous.
Don't think because a diamond has
been in soak that it is of the first
water.
Don't get the idea into your head that
matrimony and poker are aggravated
evils.
Don't wait until the last minute and
try to enter Heaven on the strength Of
your epitaph.
Don't refuse to marry girl because
she is unable to cook; she may have
money enough to pay your board.-Chi-
cago Evening News.
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MARKETING LIVE STOCK.
A Combination Device Which Can BE
Used Nearly Every Day ON
the Farm,

Here is the handiest combination |
ever saw. 1t can be used nearly every
day on the farm. The cut shows it
ready for hauling hogs, sheep, calves,
etc. Two minutes work will make
a tight box of it. BY putting the strips
(a) into the. cracks (b) it is ready for
hauling corn, wood, ETC., and by taking
one side of the rack and front cid
gate off and putting strips (a) in place
you have it ready for husking corn.
l think it is ahead of rigging up lot OF
old sideboards every time you haul
hogs. And if you have just a hog
rack alone, and your box is on the
wagon, you have to change if you want
to haul corn, oats, etc.; the next day
you must change again.
The rack is made of six-inch fenc-
ing. The CRACKS (b) are 3h inches
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Always trim off the injured roots be
fore planting trees and shrubs.
The plum is more difficult to graft
than the apple, we would say to an in
quirer.
Pruning can be done at any time that
the trees are not frozen. Cions may
also be cut for grating and stored away
Tor use later.
Grape vines will stand more pruning
than most any other kind of fruit and
they will make greater returns for the
work if it is intelligently done.
Blackberries do best OF naturally fer
tile soil that has not been MANFRED, as
manure causes: them to grow too much
wood. The same is true of red rasp-
berries.-Western Plowman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
STORING ICE OUTDOORS.
Account of a Method Successfully EN-.
plOyed for Several Years by
an Eastern Farmer.

Some years ago it occurred to me to
stack little ice outdoors to save the
trouble of taking it from the icehouse,
writes correspondent of the Connect
cut Farmer. The stack was made N
the north side of building. In the ex-
pectation that warm weather would
quickly melt it, but little was put up.
1t kept surprisingly, and thereafter
large quantities were stacked yearly,
until for several years past the out~of-
doors stack has furnished ice for cream
cry and household until about Septem-
Der l. There being a scarcity of ice
this year, I had to use an inferior quail
ty, four or five inches thick. The stack
was about thirty feet square and four
feet high. 1t has furnished ice to cool
about 300 quarts of milk per day n
creamery, besides refrigerator N
house. My method is to spread few
inches of shavings on the ground for
the ice to rest on, stack the ice and
cover with shavings to depth OF
about foot. I have found low stack
best, as there seems to be compare.
lively little melted from top to bottom;
but if an opening through the side COW
ering let's the air in it will cut away
very fast, and the higher the stack is
the more difficulty in keeping the sides
covered. have used the same shavings
year after year. I doubt whether it is
important to have the stack in the
shade; the shavings getting moisture
from rain and from the ice, evaporation
keeps down the Temperature.
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A WISCONSIN WAY.

braska. Whether it will be found equal
ly serviceable in some other parts of the
country can only be told by experience.
In our second illustration is shown
the method as followed in some parts
of Wisconsin. Notice is taken of the
fact that greater cold and more adverse
conditions must be faced. The cut
shows cross section only as the beets
are really placed in a deep and wide
furrow and may be any number of feet
in length. The pile here shown is about
six feet wide and three feet high. On
top of it is 10 inches of earth with ven
tilating tile every six feet. This tile
is. left open while the roots are sweat
ing, but can be closed after that proc
ess is completed.-Farmers Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
Cleaning Curtains,

The soft, pretty Madras curtains
which lend themselves so nicely to
graceful effects are discarded by some
housekeepers because they are so read
lily soiled, and, it is supposed, are not
easily cleansed. Bran water without
soap is a perfect bath for these draper
les. Use wooden pailful of bran to
wash boiler of water. Let it boil half
an hour or more, strain, part of it, and
use for washing the curtains; let the
rest continue to boil, then strain it and
use it for rinsing water.-Good House
keeping. -.>.@ -. ~. -. l.4o. r.. ,.sc ..
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himself in feeding stock or for house
hold consumption later on. In the stor-
age of sugar beets for factory use va
rious ways have been tried. In our
first illustration we give method used
in Nebraska for the purpose men
toned. In this case the pile of beets is
about four feet wide and the pile of
dirt over them is six inches in thick
ness. Above the first layer of earth is
a layer of six inches of straw, and be-
fore cold weather comes on two inches
more of dirt are put on. The hole
shown at v is a ventilating hole one
foot in diameter. This kind of a pit
is reported to do very well in Ne:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
Conee Mould.

A delicious coffee mold that is sure
to be favorite dessert wherever it is
tried is made from six whole eggs beat
en- up together with one teacupful of
strong coffee stirred in. Heat to the
boiling point a good half pint each
Of milk and cream sweetened to taste.
Remove from fire and stir in the eggs
and coffee, adding also a half ounce Of
gelatine that has been previously dis
solved. Return to the fire and stir till
it thickens; pour into mold and serve
wher sat.-N. y. Post.
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10 = lDLE.

Do not sit with your empty hands folded,
And aimlessly walt for the night.
When the grain IN the fields OF the Father
For harvest Is heavy and white.
II may cheer you--the flow Of the foun-
JEAN tains, 3f95 8 S5
May charm you--the song Of the leaves,
But the working-tim soon will be over,
And One will ask: Where are your
Eaam sheaves?''
Do not say that the burden OF living
Is growing too heavy for you, sirs Z,
Since time weighs forever the hardest
On hands that have nothing to do!
Since pulses are fullest Of fever .s -.
That know all their beating in vain,
AS hVes that have never a purpose
Are fullest Of passion and pain!
And somewhere are aisles Of existence
Inat never sweet wind is nigh #h&5
Whose darkness your presence may tighten
AS sunshine a shadowy sky! + II
You may sit with your empty hands folded,
And ever in WEAKNESS grieve,
Or give to the desolate gladness,
And ever, in giving, receive!
IN. Y. Weekly.
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Study the Eee Question.

A poultry breeder says bushel OF
corn will produce six pounds of pork
worth rs cents, while this bushel would
keep a hen a year, says an exchange.
She would lay at least IL dozen eggs,
which, averaging ten cents q dozen,
would equal $1.20, and she would rear
brood of chickens worth twice as
much more, making total of nearly
five dollars. Experiments made at the
Utah agricultural station seem to prove
the correctness of the statement made
above. Another paper says: Forty
dozen eggs will bring more than load
of hay, which requires a great deal of
labor to produce and a good-sized patch.
of ground to grow. besides lots Of
sweat" Study the egg questiea.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
Wide Tire, for Farm work.

The wide tires seem to be gradually
displacing the narrow, especially for
farm work. They should take the place
of the narrow tire on the highways, as
the roads can be kept in condition with
much less expense where heavy loads
are drawn upon broad tires than when
narrow tires are used. 1t is not only
for the sake of the highway, but there
is a saving in draft upon almost all
kinds of road. For work upon the farm
there is no exception.-Farmers' Re-
view ..., u Il. = g.. 80 IT. ....s-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
COMBINATION CRATE.

wide, the strip (a) is three inches wide
"a fence board ripped). The rack part
is 10 inches high. The upright pieces
are fencing boards, and are two
in place and should go nearly to the
bottom to stiffen the box. They are
bolted together, while the cleats for
the end gates are nailed on. l made
the scoop end gate, which is much
handler than end gates and rods. l
take it off when I load hogs.-J. r.
Hubbard, in Farm and Home.
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Good Soil for Cucumbers.

River bottoms are found to be the
most profitable for raising cucumbers
and the greatest fields are along the
Mississippi river. The greatest diff
Guilty the farmers have TIC contend with
is securing help enough to gather the
young cucumbers before they grow
ever size, and accordingly lose in value.
There is no trouble about selling them.
AS quickly as wagon load is received,
the farmer gets his money, and 40 cents
) buxhel il considered very fair price.
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STORAGE OF r DOTS.
Illustrated Description OF Two Meth
DDS Tried with Success In Wis-
consin and Nebraska.

The time of the year is here when
the farmer must prepare to store his
roots for winter USE, While Of course
a cold storage house is the desirable
thing, yet to many farmers this is an
impossible opportunity. for the rea-
son that most farms are so far
from cold storage plant that it
would not pay to haul the roots there.
Besides, the farmer frequently wants
to store roots that he intends to use
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Sweet Things.

Miss Slackleigh- How many holes on
this golf course, dear?
Miss Spitleigh Nineteen, including:
the one in your stocking, Illus
trated American.
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Very Low Rates Via the Missouri
kanaas e Texas Railway.

west. The greatest opportunity to visit
Texas, the Empire state Of the Union, un-
paralleled as to resources and products and
with an area exceeding all the Eastern and
Middle States. The statistical reports Of
products, as compiled by the commissioners
OF Texas, indicate this section as having the
greatest possible advantages in its mild and
equable climate and in the variety and pro-
ductiveness Of it's soil For further infor-
nation, descriptive pamphlets and dates of
excursions, apply to T. B. Cookery, Dist. p.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Use St. Jacobs Oil promptly and freely
And say goodbye to neuralgia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine-F:: M. Abbott, 1888
Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y, May 8, 1894.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

To Cure a Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Trouble gets into many home by means
of night latch key.--L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

When eyes snap, it must be the lashes
that crack.-Golden DAYS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

If you take cat to bed do not complain
of it's claws.-Spanish Proverb.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

o, The wise man always stops to think, but
IT'S the really wise one who thinks without
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Some people are so skeptical that they
even doubt their own doubts.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Stand straight and Strongest. Jacobs
Oil cures lame back-cures promptly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

The pain that tortures- The
Cure that cures it-St. Jacobs Oil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22

Some people seldom lend helping hand
unless it is to help themselves.-Ram's Horn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-22
Agricultural.

Our town," exclaimed the man who had
accumulated most of the desirable lots.
has hourished like great tree
"Yes, said the town cynic, 1--WE have
done the roofing and you the grating. p
Cincinnati Enquirer. $50
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"Will see you later"
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for upstairs wanted to know all about
the bathroom and the closets and if
wouldn't even take him to meals. Oh,
know they will come tomorrow
eight"
Tomorrow came.
At noon Susan was in high pitch of
excitement.
No one rang the bell.
Half-past twelve.
Still no one for those unfinished
looms.
One, two and three, yea, even four,
five and six struck on the brass clock.
And at that last hour Susan would eat
nothing.
All I heard her say was: "Oh, what
liars people are"
Discouragement was written on her
face and little tears were beginning
10 crowd their way into her eyes.
The reaction had come and with it a
hitter. crushing disappointment.
And at irregular intervals people are
looking at our rooms and going away
again still. That three line ADVERTISE
ment must have been seen by everyone
who is considering renting room with
in the next ten. years. Its mighty
strength las crushed Susan. She is not
the Susan of week ago. She has aged
Ii years answering bells and Showing
people up" And now I am only wait
ing for a month to expire to move her
and all the effects of the Throttle fam
i:y into six-room cottage, the rental
Ct which is small enough to warrant me
in assuming it all myself. Detroit Free
Press. ......F -.st
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top which we happened to have in our
belongings"
NO RELIGION, But GOOD MORALS.
OF the strange lack Of any religious in
stinct even, and Of the moral code, Prof.
Worcester says:
"They are fatallsts. The most dire mis-
fortune serves only to call forth the re-
mark: so it is appointed We never
saw the sligh test indication OF worship OF
any kind, nor could we learn by the most
diligent inquiry that they ever practiced
anything Of the sort. They deny belief
in life after death. Persons who fall
seriously i'll are deserted. hut in which
death has occurred is abandoned, the
corpse and everything in the hut remain
ing untouched. Relatives Of the de-
ceased person change their names in order
to insure better luck.
"The morals of this simple people are
seem utterly destitute OF any sense OF
mooesty, unchastity is very unusual and
adultery 50 rare as not to be provided for
in their criminal code. Although they
had every opportunity to steal from us,
they never took anything but a little
tobacco, and even this they explained
was not exactly thieving, since they put
it directly into their mouths and took
only enough for their immediate needs.
Guilt or innocence is determined by the
old fire test. A person against whom
there is a serious suspicion is compelled
to snatch from the fire piece OF hot iron.
They profess to believe that if he is inno-
cent he will not be burned. The death
penalty is not inflicted. A murderer for
feits his property to the relatives of his
victim. PoIygamy is lawful for those
who can afford it. All we could learn OF
the marriage ceremony was that the old
folks get together and talk
"A few half hearted attempts which
have thus far been made to civilize the
Mangyans have proved abortive. The
priest at Naujan told me with deep dis
gust of the reply OF a Mangyan to whom
he had attempted to demonstrate the
benefits of civilization and Christianity.
The unregenerate savage had replied that
if he adopted civilization and became
Christian it would cost money to be born,
money to be allowed to live, money to
marry, money to die and money to be
buried, and he considered himself better
off as he was. Inasmuch as his statement
OF the case was strictly correct, and as it
was my observation that morality in
creased among the Philippine natives as
the square of the distance from Spanish
centres or 'civilization,' | could not but
feel that this mountain philosopher had
decided wisely"
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beast is too filthy for him to eat. Fish
eagles, herons, carrion crows and buzz
yards are acceptable luxuries, while croco-
diles and certain species OF snakes are del
icacies to be highly priced. The huge
white grubs w ich bore in the trunks of
the sage palm are regarded in the light Of
confectionery. l fancy that the starch
with which they are filled turns to sugar
as it is digested, giving them sweet
taste, but must admit that l never dem
onstrated this point experimentally. The
Mangyans eat them alive, with many evil
dences of great satisfaction, and evident
ly find the flavor delightful"
CHANCE FOR THE scHooLMAsTER.
The knowledge OF the Mangyans, as may
be supposed, is very limited. 1t would
take them some time to learn to vote.
"The lowland Mangyans signal to eac n
other by pounding upon the roots of GER
tain trees with large clubs, thereby pro-
ducing booming sound which can be
heard for several miles under favorable
circumstances. Their standard for meas
urng distance is based on the carrying
power of the human voice, a given thing
being so many calls away.
Their numericals usually stop at three,
but their professors of Mathematics are
able to count up to twenty by making
use of fingers and toes. As they always
count in definite direction, each digit
comes to have permanent numerical
value. In actual practice, if we desired to
tell man to return in five days, we used
to tie five knots in bit of rattan and di-
rect him to unite one of them every
morning until they were gone and then
return.
w hen shown their own photographs
they failed To recognize themselves, al
though they at once pointed out the like
ness of their friends. They made the
most ludicrous attempts to catch or find
the person who stared back at them from
our pocket mirrors. Adult women would
entertain themselves for hours with
rattles which we eXtemporized by put
ting few shots into a small metal box.
AT Naujan Lake the people came from
miles around to watch the spinning of a
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CATHEDRAL OF MANILA.
1t Took Twelve Years to Complete ii
at a Cost of One Million Dollars.

at Cost of One Million Dollars.
Church conditions among the people of
the Philippine Islands are not ideal. Spain,
which demoralizes everything she touch
es, has used the Roman Catholic church
there for political ends, and many priests
are VIGOROUSLY far from what they ought
to be as spiritual advisers, and also as
men. BY the law of the islands every
body is Roman Catholic. No other church
services of any kind are allowed. There
the churc hes are the finest buildings, as
a rule, in the town. The Roman Catholic
cat hedral is the finest edltice in the city
of Manila. 1t is under the care of the
Jesuits, as are many OF the churches on
the islands. 1t was twelve years in build
ing, and cost Il 900 000. The very finest
and hardest wood. N he Philippines were
used for the finishing, and the structure
is of a blush tint marble. There are eX
quisite carvings, some Of which have re-
Gently been made.
The education OF the young on the
islands is in the care of the Roman
Catholic church authorities. There are
no endowed schools aud no hospitals.
The children go to school only one hour
per day for two days each week. and
study almost nothing save church history
and few verbs. Writing is not taught
and reading is taught only to The upper
classes.
All marriages have to be celebrated by
the priests. Some time ago a marriage
was performed between British subjects
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AS Spaniards See Us,

The following from Spanish sources in
dictate the general intelligence of the
educated people of that country:
Et Pas, leading Madrid journal, says
1.-The climate of the Uuited States is ex-
ecrable. When it is not sleetng or snow
ing, the heat is almost unbeara BILE
Avalanches are frequent at all times, and
these threaten the principal cities. As
Tor the people, besides the few whites en-
gagged III business along the eastern coast
the remainder Of the country is one vast
plain, covered with Indians, called cow
boys, and great herds of roaming cattle"
The impartial, of Madrid, says
@"Word has just been received that the
Indians are rising against the Yankees in
ILLINOIS, Ohio and other places. The farm
ers are petitioning the government to
protect them from the bloodthrsty say
ages, who are burning houses and killing
on every side.n
III HerdtdO discourses thus:
"There are only few thousand men in
the army, all told, and they are ill paid
and ill-fed, and are not willing to light
10 utilize this force it will first be neces-
sary to bring it to the eastern seaboard.
There Is but one railroad by which it can
be transported, and that is poorly con-
structed affair. At one place this railroad
passes over Niagara Falls, a cataract !, 900
feet high, near Labrador. At last ac-
counts the bridge at this place was in a
very bad condition."
Ell Dario Of Madrid:
1.-THE average height of the Americans
is five feet, two inches, and they have
never produced an athlete. This is due
to their living almost entirely upon vege-
tables, as they ship all their beef out of
the country, so eager are they to make
money. There is no doubt that one full
grown Spaniard can easily defeat any
three Americans"
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Impatient people water their miserles
and hoe up their comforts; sorrows are
visitors that come without invitation, but
complainin minds send wagon to bring
their troubles home in.-Spurgeon.
Wear your learning like your watch in
private pocket, and do not pull II out
and strike it, merely to show that you
have one. If you are asked what O'Clock
it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly
and unasked like the watchman.-Lo Lord
Chesterfield
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A girl should bear in mind that her
lover will overlook her faults, but she
is lucky il her usband does not find
them.
They are the most frivolous and super
fetal of mankind who can be much de-
lighted with that praise which they them
selves know to be unmerited.- adam
Smith
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in the British legation, and so much
trouble came from it that a battle we'll
nigh ensued.