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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
PRUNING THE GRAPE.
1t Should BE Done Before the Sap
Starts in the Spring.

1t Should BE Done Before the Sap
Starts in the Spring.
Rather more than any other kind Of
fruit, unless we except the peach, the
grape requires annual and severe prm-
ing. If not properly pruned vigor-
Gus, thrifty grape vine will almost in
variably set more fruit than it can ma
ture we'll, and this excessive draft on
the vitality of the vine so cripples it
that little or no fruit is secured the next
season. To this may be added the fact
that with any tree or vine when too
much fruit is allowed to mature the
quality is almost invariably lowered.
It is necessary that the pruning be
done during the winter, and it should
be completed before the sap starts in
the spring. Otherwise the vine will
bleed, and bleeding is always injurious.
The work can be done at any time dur
ing the winter that THE weather will
permit, and that the vine is not frozen.
Generally it will be safe to cut away
fully half of the previous seasons
growth, as it is on the last seasons
growth of wood that the fruit is pro-
duced. But in pruning it should be re-
membered that the best canes for fruit
bearing are the larger ones. Hence in
pruning as a rule it will be best to cut
off about one-third of the growth of the
larger, more thrifty canes entirely,
sometimes even to the extent of cutting
away some of the older wood.
Of course there are exceptions. Some
times the weaker canes may be so stu
ated that it will be desirable to have
them for bearing wood next year, and
when this is the case it will be best to
cut back to the third bud, counting
from the base of the cane. The third
bud is usually the first perfect bud pro.
duced.
One advantage in judicious pruning
in good season is that in the number OF
clusters at least it reduces the quantity
of fruit for the vine to mature, while il
improves the quality.
It should be remembered, with all
plants, it is the production and matur.
ing of seeds that is the heaviest drain
on the vitality of the plants, and good
pruning lessons this.-St. Louis Re.
public:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
HIS NEAREST NElGHBOR,

The One Who Made Trouble Wher-
ever He Moved.
An excellent and pertinent suggestion was
that once made BY an old Quaker lady to
grumbling man: The man had formerly
lived near the Quakeress, and from his boy
hood had been in the habit of finding fault
with his neighbors, their ways of living,
their speech and ideas.
He moved to another town and on his first
return to his birthplace called on his
Quaker friend, who had to listen to cata.
logue of the faults of his new neighbors. She
spoke as soothingly as possible, but her
words produced no effect.
In the course of five years the mans bust
ness led him to make second move, and on
his next visit to his native town the old
Quakeress was again favored with call:
"How does thee like thy new home, Will
liam?" she asked.
'Oh, the towns all we'll enough" said the
man, in his usual complaining tone, "but the
people are queer. I can't get along with
them. They're not what call good neigh
bors. / wish to the land that could find
somebody that was the kind to live near. It
seems strange, with living in three places,
time"
''William," said the old Quakeress, look.
ing straight across at the moody face oppo-
site, IT think the trouble may be partly
that wherever thee moves, one of the neigh.
bors move with thee. Why not leave him
behind the next time, or at least ask other
folks opinion of him before thee moves
n?-Youth Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
How badness begins.
How to prevent it.

3 .' - . . = -
hair, and gives IN abundant and glossy
growth. Those who are threatened With
:app19aehing baldness WI! be mt intersstsd
made by Alder man s. J. Green. of Spencer,
Iowa. He writes: =.
"About four months ago. my hair com.
nenced falling out 90 rapidly that (
became alarmed, and being recommended
Dr.. Ayers Hair Vigor BY adruggist. I
resolved to try this preparation. ! have
been now using it for three months, and
am much gratifed to dnd that my hair has
ceased falling out and also that hair which
had been turning gray for the past Eve
years has been restored to it, original
color, dark brown. It gives me muck
pleasure to recommend this dressing."-
S. J. GREEN. Alderman, Spencer, Iowa.
Those who are interested In preserving
and identifying the hair will do we'll to
send for Dr.. Ayers curebook,. A story OF
cures told blythe cured. This book Of 100
pages Is sent free. on request, by the J. c.
Aver Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
STERILIZING OVEN,

are capped so that no steam escapes
except at the short nipples, or simply
holes drilled in pipe, which will an
swer very we'll. A hue opens out OF
the top of the oven, made of tin, three
or four inches in diameter and long
enough to go out at the roof. This fue
is closed by a damper just above the
oven; except after sterilizing it is
opened to hasten the cooling and as
sist in drying off the bottles which are
inside. Such an oven is never to be
used for the heating of milk, but in it
may proftably be placed not only bot
ties, but tinware, stirrers, faucets, dish
cloths, in fact, anything movable that
comes in contact with the milk.
A convenient method of handling a
large number of bottles is illustrated
by Fig. 2. This consists of shelves so
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

Every person. male OF female, shrinks
from badness. 1tsadds to the appearance
of age and is serious discomfort. The
cases are rare when the falling out Of the
hair may not be stopped. and new and
healthy growth of the hair promoted. The
hair grows IN. the scalp like plant in the
'eoil. II plant fourishes, it must have
constant attention. i must be watered
regularly and End Its food in the soil
where It Is rooted. It's SO with the hair
Neglect is usually the beginning Of bald.
ness. Daudruf is allowed to thicken on
the scalp: The hair begins to loosen. The
scalp loses its vitality, The hair, insult
6ciently nourished. begins to fade and to
fall. The instant need in such a case is
some practical preparation which, sup.
plying the needed nourishment to the
scalp will feed the hair, give il. strength.
and so produce strong and healthy
growth: All this is done by DR.. Ayers
Hair vigor. the most practical and valua.
Bite preparation for the hal: that can be
with dandruf, stops the hair from falling,
restores the original color to gray or faded
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Bad Dairy MANAGEMENT.

Permitting cow to fail in her milk
for want of suitable food is bad manage
ment; even if she can be restored to her
full flow, which is doubtful, it takes
more feed to do it than would have been
required to keep her in good milking
trim from first to last. Cows to do their
best must be pushed with feed of the
proper kind, and the more the better.
You can't get milk without feed any
more than you can get meal without
corn. To get the best work from mill
1t must be run to it's full capacity-no
corn in the hopper, no meal in the spout.
So it is with the cows, no feed, no milk;
little feed, little milk; plenty Of good
feed and proper care, plenty of milk for
q long time.-Rural World. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
THE HOECAkE.
Why Does the Wheat Bread Crowd
Out the COrn3

Why Does the Wheat Bread Crowd
Out the Corn9
Most middle-aged persons remember
well when cornbread was served upon
nearly all tables in the south and west
at least twice day. Sometimes it APP
peared in the form of "hoecake" or
'batter bread" and again in "ponies.' -
1t was par excellence the bread of the
negro, and every man who served in the
confederate army was also full gradu.
ate in the use of it. Now the darkies es.
chew it where wheat bread is to be OBJ.
tanned, and upon the tables of thousands
of southern and western whites it
never appears at all, while others con-
tinue to- use it only for dinner.
Now, why is this? Surely cornmeal
is as it ever was. Those who sincere.
~, but probably mistakenly, believe
that underground" meal is better than
the product of mills turned by steam
can always find supply of that in most
cities, and it is common enough in the
country. There is no trouble about the
meal; but we doubt whether the art
of cooking it has been preserved. The
heightened colored damsels who are
turned out by our public schools are
not the adopts that our old Aunt Dinahs
and Aunt Peggys were. No self-respect-
ing pan of dough would be conjured in to
shape by such unskilled hands. And
then we may seriously doubt whether
cornbread can be cooked in stove as
we'll as in an open fireplace.
The Indians laid their dough cakes be.
tween layers of forest leaves, or upon
the hard ground, and cooked them in
the hot ashes. Hence "ashcake," a
very luscious product, indeed, when one
has whetted his appetite for it by a
long days hunting.
The hoecake was so called because
it was originally baked upon hoe
that ever-ready and useful instrument
of agriculture. which is to be found upon
every plantation. But later on cooking
utensils were manufactured which took
the place of the humble hoe. So, too,
shingles were used whereupon to place
the dough while it went through the
process of becoming a well-done ash.
cake.-Richmond Dispatch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
The Latest Cream swindle.

A brand new scheme in the way Of
cream adulteration has been run down
by Prof. Stuart, of the milk inspection
bureau of Chicago. The scheme con-
sists OF mixing the plain, everyday
milk OF commerce with the condensed
product, and selling the combination
for cream. Compared with the price of
cream the cost Of combination Of
skinned and condensed milk is exceed
ingly small, and the consequence is that
dishonest milkmen are making immense
profits and the sales of condensed milk
are booming.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
RAINY REMINDER,
Characteristic Bit of "Ould'' Ireland
in America.

A Cleveland landlord has one of his
houses tenanted by family that is out of all
proportions to the size of the dwelling. In
fact, he strongly suspects that there are at
least two distinct families in the house, and
he is quite anxious to get rid of them. He
doesn't want to turn them out, and he has
been hoping they would take the frequent
hints he gives them and seek some other 10.
cation. Lately they have complained of a
leaky roof, but the landlord has determined
to make no repairs until they leave.
A few days ago the head of the household
waited on him.
"Well, sor," he said, "that roof has been
leakin' agin.'
elias it," asked the landlord.
"Yis, sor. It leaks right over me sister,
bed. Draps right down on her, sor. This
marnin' she came out O. the room a-cryin'
scr. It had been raining on her all night.
"Well, why in Tophet,'' inquired the
landlord, didn't she move the bed?"
"'Twasn't that, sor," hastily remarked
the tenant. "'Twasn't that"
what allied her, then?" .........
heo Why; you see SCR she were Just acryip;,,
cleveland: Plain Dealer. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

There is nothing more beautiful than
good, ripe fruit.
In market fruit the first considera-
ton is appearance.
One advantage in dwarf peas is that
they bear early and abunda,ntly.
Covering the scions up entirely in the
ground will save them from rabbits.
To get rid of moss on trees an appli-
cation of whitewash made of fresh lime
is good.
Grating one-year-old sticks can be
done in winter, ready for planting i'm
the spring.
Use plenty of manure in the garden.
There is little danger of getting the
ground too rich.
In selecting varieties for planting,
take those that have been tested in your
own neighborhood.
The family orchard needs a good
many varieties, some early, some me-
dunn and some late.
In fastening labels to trees care must
be taken to have the wire very loose
around the trees.
One advantage in setting out a good
variety of small fruits is that they come
into bearing so much earlier than tree
fruits.
The older tree gets the less adapted
it becomes for transplanting, and for
this reason young trees should be Sc
lected.
The life of an apple tree is often short
ened because it grows in poor, exhaust
ed soil, or soil thatis not properly
drained.
Fruit trees should always be pruned
so as to let the air have free circulation
and give the sun chance to shine
among the branches.-St. Louis Repub-
lie. *: ta ~ =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rumbling
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the, Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces. :s,... ",ss :
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. j: Cheney & Co., Toledo; O: !"
Sold by Druggists, 75c. !. II:
Halls Family Pills are the best. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
4 Benefae tress Kind Net.
From the Evening News. petro

From the Evening News. Detroit. Mich.
Mrs. John Tansey, Of $50 Baker Street,
Detroit, Michigan, IS one Of those women
who alwaYs know just what to do in ali
trouble and, sickness. One that is a mother
to those in distress. To . reporter she said:
II am the mother of ten children and have
raised eight of them. Several years. ago
we had aiserious time with my daughter,
years old. She did not have any serious III.
ness: but seemed to gradually waste away.
Having never had consumption in our fam
lily, as we come of good old Irish and Scotch
stock, we did not think it was that. Our
doctor called the disease by an old name
which, afterward learned, meant lack Of
blood.
"It is impossible to describe the feeling
John: and had as we noticed our daughter
slowly passing away from US. We finally
found. however, . medicine that seemed to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Yankee Ingenuity Explained.

= A Manchester (England) publication
gives to Americans the credit of being
far ahead of the mechanics of Great
Britain in the invention of labor-sav-
ing machinery, and attributes it to the
higher cost of hand labor in the United
States, to the absence of trades union
restriction on the use of such devices
and to the encouragement given to the
workmen to do all he can to economize
and increase production. - Chicago
Chronicle. ,rt ~ 1Et II a:-. y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

decided change for the better, and after
three months treatment her health was so
greatly improved you would not have recog.
MED her. She gained in flesh rapidly and
was soon in perfect health. The medicine
used was Dr.: Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. have always kept these pills in the
house since and have recommended them to
many people. l have told mothers about
them and they Have effected some wonderful
cures %. =
every mother in this land should keep
these pills in the house, as they are good for
many ailments, particularly those arising
from impoverished or diseased blood, and
weakened nerve force"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Florida and Flyer route

and Jacksonville, via Chattanooga, Atlanta.
Macon and Triton. Buffet Sleeper between
St. Louis and Charleston, via Nash
vile, Chattanooga; Atlanta and Au.
gusta. For information concerning rates
to Winter Resorts, Land and Home.
seekers Excursions South, Sleeping Car
reservation, ETC., apply to Briard F. Hill,
n. P. Agt. 1928 Marquette Bldg. Chicago, or
Louis, No. For pamphlets regarding lands
and resources of country traversed by Nash.
vile, Chattanooga u St. Louis Railway, ad.
dress j. B. Killebrew, Immigration Agent,
!; Room Is Chamber of Commerce. Nashville.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

More than forty thousand cases Of Asthma
and Hay.Fever have been treated by DR..
P. Harold Hayes and Associates, of Buffalo,
N. Y, and the evidence that cure to stay
cured can be accomplished is as complete as
it is abundant and convincing. All who
suffer, or have friends who suffer- can have
books and blanks for free examination sent
on application and after receiving state.
ment of the case DR.. Hayes will write his
opinion as to durability free
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

One of the oldest and most reliable houses
in Boston manufacture preparation for the
hair called Cocoaine," which is thoroughly
reliable as a means OF removing dandruff.
Identifying the hair and bene6ting the scalp
They issue pamphlet on the subject which
it is worth the while of any one interested
to send for. The firm referred to is Joseph
Burnett Co., 81 India St.. Boston, Mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
THE FARMING WORLD.
DAIRY coNvENIENcEs

How to Put Up sterilizins oven ana
Bottle Truck.
4 Both oven and truck for milk can
be made by any carpenter and, timer.
Fig. represents the sterilizing oven.
It is made on light frame, of matched
lumber, and inside is lined with zinc
soldered at the joints. The door should
be double with beveled edges fitting
loosely and having felt, rubber, or as
bestos packing all around the outside.
No threshold or extra floor is re-
CURED. Drainage must be supplied
preferably through the floor.
Steam is introduced by row of jets
eight to twelve inches apart in a steam
pipe laid on or near the floor on the two
sides and back and connected with the
steam supply. A valve just outside
regulates the amount to be used. The
pipes at the end just inside the door
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Gus |, toms Cases Decided.

through the Custom House have made sew.
eral decisions lately which, until passed upon
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, win hold
good. But while there is stability in that
quarter, no system failing in strength can
be properly sustained without the aid Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, genial tonic
pepsia, constipation and biliousness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
she Must Excuse Him.

: The young woman tried to be aristocratic
the conductor sof the car; but be meekly
gave her back the lozenge on which was
stamped: II Il never cease to love thee
and said he was an orphan with FIVE little
brothers to SUPPORT. and must be excused
Roxbury Gazette. 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Arctic EXPLORATION.

Smith--Of late years arctic explorers
can reach the furthest point north
Brownies, and l guess the fellow who
hugs the pole will win the race.-N. Y.
journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after FIRST days use of DR.. Kline S
Great Nerve Restorer Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch st., Phila, Pa.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

It is astonishing how many people criticise
things they know nothing about Washing.
ton Democrat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
The Uaual Thing.

1HV UBUUI 'TnlH8.
Hotel Visitor-Now, are you sure this
Servant-Yes, sir; the sheets were only
washed this morning. Just feel them; they
amt dry yet.-The Rival.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
The only Cure.

Cholly you anything that will stop
the habit of cigarette smoking?
Druggist-Yes, sir. John, give the gen.
tleman a box of Rough on Rats!"-N. Y.
World E, L.. 4 80 '@.st..4.st &. ,A@z7S q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Pawn 1t to Buv Preaent..

Robinson-Are you going to hang your
socks up this Christmas?
,Jones-:No; from the looks of things
overcoat.-Up To Date.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
It's real meaning,

. Little. Elmer Pa, what does "requiescat
in pace mean? %5 5 .ss5 {
Prot. Broad head -'tP Please stay dead IL
near enough Pearson's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

After man is 80, in thinking of coasting
he considers the walk back -Atchison
Globe
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Failed to Please.

Failed to Please.
Tom-That composer made himself very
unpopular.
Dick-How?
"By putting on such airs "-Up.to.D
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17
Then He Quits.

Prim-Man is born to rule the world.
+ Prone-But sometimes he gets married.
'Up-to-Date.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

A Handsome Metal Paper Cutter and Book
Mark Combined
Sent free of postage under sealed cover on
receipt of ten cents in silver or stamps. Tho
latest, best and most serviceable adjunct OF
every library and office Address Geo. II.
Heaford, 40 Old Colony Building, Chicago,
Illinois,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

We wonder why preachers always pray
longest when we are standing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

am entirely cured of hemorrhage of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa 1indaman, Bethany, Mo-, Jan. 8, '94.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-17

Do not permit cans and pals to stand
N the stable before using. s 81, 5s.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
ONE WOMAN'S LOVE.

/ love you with my woman's heart, my
soul.
| To- You with my very heart,
For love is all that makes this life worth
living,
And only love can compensate for death
| want no life in which you are not with
me.
No heaven above however true,
For life and heaven are not worth hay
ing
Unless they both are shared with you.
My love for you is like the mystic circle
Which never begins or ends.
| love You in a wild and reckless fashion,
And so I'm with you care not where
love tends.
Ny love for you is oft overwhelming
1t seems Il love of cruel pain,
And then my heart seems almost break
AS the blood flies madly through my
veins.
'Tis only when feel that / am near you
And | care not what torments are round
That my heart IS in its rightfuI place,
And / care not what torments are round
me
If / but sec the light of your dear face.
Asleep or waking it is ever thus.
For | love you more than heaven | say,
And you are mine both now and always
Though time and earth stand i'll my way.
You are to me my life's completeness,
In you there is naught that l lack or
miss
| remember no past and | think of no
future
Where | cannot know and love you like
this.
/ love you with lifc's sweetest, truest de-
yotion;
A love without reason nor under control,
That would risk all the future and dare
all the present
To keep you, my love, and life of my
soul.
LILA RIPLEY BA WELL.
Hendersonville, \. c., Nov, 1898.