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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
J THE WEAKER VESSEL.


r ~ n -
That's another agent, !" said Mrs. NAPLES
as she heard the bell ring. Now, I'm goina
t0H open the door myself and give him 4
freeze-out he ii remember"
4 She went to the door with stony look
of determination on her face, and confront
ed man carrying q 1atchel, and before he
had, had tine e speak she 3, snapped out Well,
For the first time in his experience that
agent lost his cue. He had intended to ask
her if her eldest sister was at home, and
was ready to address her as ''My dear young
lady,, that being his formula for any woman
under 81, but one look into that frozen coun-
tenance made him forget his own name He
cast his eyes on the doormat, and they took
IN gray and black tabby reposing there.
He was saved. :
Beautiful cat" he murmured, STOPPING
saw one just like it!'' - ~ e1 i
"Yo9 did not call to see the cat, did your"
asked Mrs. W in petriied voice.
My dear lady, I did not know that you
had ,6 a cat, much less such magnificent
<<r Mrs "" gave the first sign of thaw.
L think Mare is three years old now; he
was kitten when he came to u.s. :
"Oh, have you his pedigree?'
NO, indeed, he is only an ordinary cat.
we love him for his gentleness and because
we raised him..
Noble creature! Beautiful cat! Excuse
should have historic pedigree" and he
smoothed down the old doorstep loafer and
said ne reminded him of his home far away
in Maine. =
Then he sold Mrs. NAPLES four bottles of
new KIND OF silver polish, and asked her per
mission to call some day with kodak to
take picture of the beautiful cat, and she
mas eeen neard to say that the freezngout
Herald. ;. '-A'eS,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Pruning the grape may be done at
any time now, when the vines are not
frozen.
Long stable manure makes a good
raulch for the strawberry bed, but the
objection is that it contains too many
weed seeds.
It is claimed that liberal dressing of
salt under ounce trees as far out as
the roots extend will help to induce
bearing.
Moss-coveredtr trees will be benefited by
q whitewashing of lime and wood ashes
In equal parts, wet up to proper con-
sistency with water.
The greatest enemy of house plants is
dust. Much of, this may be avoided by
covering before commencing to sweep.
Wash the leaves occasionally.
IT proper work In pruning is done at
tie time of planting the tree and for
tie next four or five years little time or
labor will be needed afterwards.
In raising trees or plants from cut
tings the important point is to have the
ca1lus formed as soon as possible, so
that the emission of roots will be a
little ahead of the unfalding of the
leaves.7St. Louis Republic. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
FOOLISH ECONOMY.
OF Good Country Roads Make
q Great Mistake.

The increase in the valuation of the
land is the least reason why we should
improve the roads. Pleasure and home
comforts depend upon our facilities for
getting around. Churches and schools
depend on them. Show me a district
where the roads are all: unimproyed,
and will show you district that is
lacking in moral standard, and children
are at disadvantage to obtain even a
common school education. Churches
must close their doors during the VIM
ter, and when summer comes, all have
lost interest in church-going.
j. Why try to increase the products of
the farm, and not increase our facilities
for delivering them to market? It
costs the farmer more to deliver his
products to the railroad than it costs
to ship it from there to the city. Who
would take the contract to haul 100
hogs four miles over bad mud road
after big rain, for what it costs to
ship them to the city? rhave seen, in
this county, four horses attached to q
wagon loaded with less than 1900
pounds, and then it was a sin to have
them out in such mud. Often we are
compelled to walk and take with US our
butter and eggs, while our horses are in
the barn needing exercise, all because
the road is too bad to take them out.
It does increase the price of land, as
land along a good pike will bring $40
to SIS per acre more than land situated
mile away from it, if there is no pros
pect Of there ever being pike near it..
Rural New Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
A1sike Glover II Valuable,

Alsike clover is valuable forage
crop and can be grown in many places
where ordinary red clover will not
yield proitably. It is a perennial and
has no hairs on the stalk, so it is not
dusty. It's bloom is sweet and makes
good honey. It will stand any amount
of wet. Planted in wet swales and de-
pressions, it will make. abundant
growth and reseed itself from year to
year, affording vast amount of ex-
cellent feed. It does not throw out
and freeze out, as do red and mammoth
clovers. Farmers would do well to try
a patch OH any low-lying land on the
farm. It withstands cold well and has
made good growth in iAlaska.-Journal
of Agriculture., ezz-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

RACK AND BOAT FOR TREE MOVING.
able of the earth is removed from
around the outside before frost, care
being taken not to disturb the roots
any more than absolutely necessary.
The amount of earth left will depend
upon the size of the trees. This is to
remain until the ball of earth is frozen
hard enough to stand moving. Then
the apparatus is applied as suggested,
and the tree well protected after it
reaches its new home. The latter place
of reception is of course to be prepared
before the ground freezes. The tree is
launched in the same manner as it was
loaded. The size of the arms of the
standards must be governed by the
weight they must sustain. OF course
for very large trees guy ropes will
have to be used. With smaller ones,
little difficulty will be experienced in
getting the roots with their ball of
earth on to the stone boat.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
Katn,t for Manure3Hean.

Every stable should have in it one or
more barrels of kainit, the German
potash salts, to be used occasionally
to- sprinkle over manure heaps: The
kainit, being a salt, does not hasten
decomposition as any caustic potash
or soda would do. Instead Of being an
injury to the manure the kainit great
" improves its quality. It attracts
moisture and it holds the ammonia
which fermentation generates. Be
sides, almost all stable manure is de-
fcient in potash. Applying kainit to
it gives it this mineral il It's very best
form, making a nitrate Of potash or,
saltpeter, which is the best plant slime
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
TRANSATLANTIC TREES.
Description Of q Rack and Boat kcs-
pecially Designed for This
Operation. .~s. ~

It is very often desirable to trans
plant trees which have already. at:
tanned q considerable size, but it is
not safe to do this either in the fall or
spring, for before the roots establish
themselves to the new conditions Of
things the tops become lifeless. As a
consequence very few large trees are
transplanted. If the tree could be re-
moved from one place to another with
out disturbing many of its roots, by
pruning the tops, the operation would
be attended with less difficulty.
A very successful way is suggested
by the illustration portrayed herewith.
This operation is performed in winter
while the ground is frozen. Consider
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
A Young PhiloyoDher.

'.Now, Gladys" said mother, eff you
wake up early Sunday be good girl and lie
still. Perhaps you'll 60 to sleep again" But
early Sunday morning the child was out of
bed as usual and came pattering into her
reproachfully, you're naughty girl. Now
go right back to bed again. Here, iii tuck
you in So the mother arose and escorted
the Wakeful child back to her bed. Gladys
craWled under the covers, and her mother
made her as comfortable as possible. Now
sad the child, give me something to read,
shelves. what do you want?"" she said.
Give me 'Aesop's Fables said Gladys. She
took the book with a happy smile and held
it tightly in her arms. ''Now," she said,
with long,drawn sigh, "I'll read till you cali
me; And know what III read-I'll read
The Contented ASS" And the little phil
9Sopher opened the magic book.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
Arm Chair Of Solid Gold.

The shah of Persia owns the most
valuable armchair in the world. It is
Ci solid gold, inlaid with precious
stones. At one time some of the stones
were stolen from one of the legs of the
chair, and the indignant shah ordered
the arrest of number of his servants
and held the keeper of the furniture re-
sponsible for the loss, with the intima-
ticn that if the thief were not discov-
cred the keeper would be beheaded.
The culprit being eventually found,
was forthwith beheaded and his head
carried on pole by the imperial body
guard through the streets of Teheran.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
AT oW TIDE.


- purpose dead? Desire fallen asleep3
And is there naught will make '
This sluggish pulse Of mine.
Which scarce doth creep. 3a
a faster pace to keep?
For life seems only half awake. &t
That which was once q song divine. K
ana set my heart a-throbbing to it's note
IL now discord In minor key. '71
And lost Its melody. NJ /. Il. -,
Ambition is an art which lies supine.
For like boat - 80
Battered and beaten by the storms gone
by ~ -, s eoA~
Tossed high upon the beach,
Beyond, the grasping reach T..
~ tortuous wave and cruel tide.
NY shattered hopes and aspirations lie,
1nuaterent to whatever fate betide am I.
Iercnance on some suspicious day
"A careless rover on nfe's restless sea
VIII anchor slip
Anear my grounded ship,
~ the seams, and set the sail a-taut
eaten the breeze, then anchor weigh,
ana turn her PROV towards some friendly
port.
Arthur d. r. Randolph, in Lippincott's.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
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 inflamed condition of the mu-.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed 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 of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
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.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
vIGoRo Gus ARG NJ.
Able and sensible Gooa Roads Mes
4 sage Recently Issued ~ the Cow
ernor Of Vermont.


Vermont, to the state Legislature, dealt
largely with good roads Their present
law, he asserted. is entirely wrong, as
over $4,000 are annually solicited and
then distributed among the towns, to be
spent by. 245 highway commissioners
in repairing the roads OF their respect
tive towns, while not aEcent of it goes
into permanent work orfurnishes any
lasting benefit to the state. The money
is spread out so thin that it is practi.
cally thrown away.
The idea of the law was that the
smaller towns would receive from the
state, in the annual distribution, more
than they had paid as their share of the
tax, but the increase proves to be too
small to be of any material benefit. On
the contrary, the small towns would re-
ceive far greater advantages if the tax
were used toward building perma Hent
roads and they were connected by them
with the railways to which they are
obliged to carry their produce. e.,
Statistics had been prepared by the
governor ito show the cost of trans
portation of the products of Vermont
from various towns which lie away
from the line of the railroads, TO the
railroads, as compared with the cost of
transporting the same article from the
railroad to market. From these sta
tistics it appears that on butter, lum-
Der. granite, lime. brick, cement and
hay the rate is from $3.50 to 81 per ton
by team from the point Of production
to the railroad, while the rate to haul
the same articles from the railroad
station to the point of consumption is
but from $40 down to Sligo. per ton.
In none of these instances does the haul
by team exceed IL miles; in none of the
instances is the haul by railroad less
than 40 miles,
"The rates by railroad" said the gov
ernor, twill never, in my judgement, be
higher, so that whatever can be saved
by improved roads out of the cost of
teaming these products ought to go
into the pocket of the producer of the
hay or the butter or the lumber or gran
lite or whatever is teamed, The stand
ard authorities give the saving in cost
of teaming over good roads as compared
to ordinary dirt roads to be from so to-
Is per cent, so that there is from $1.25
to SO for every ton of freight teamed
to go into the pocket of the producer
In Vermont, if only good roads are made
where bad ones now exist."': :|
The governor, therefore, urges that
the Massachusetts, highway law, modi-
fed as required, be adopted in Vermont,
and that the tax of $s6, 900, now annual
~ collected for road repairs, be turned
over to state highway commissioners.
who shall control its expenditure under
the provisions of the law.
In respect to cost of hauling by team
to the railroads, the figures given by
Gov. Smith show how heavily the farm
ers suffer from bad roads, not alone in
Vermont, but in nearly all states in
which similar conditions obtain. New
Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York
are working out a remedy for these
evils, and the other states cannot do
better than act on Gov. Smiths SUCCESS
ton and follow their examples. Good
Roads. ..... 49,.
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His Preference.

my boy" they said to him warming
~, "she's. too smooth. She'll fool you
every time. She's one Of those sweet,
clever little women who know just how
to manage men. If you marry her,
she'll be the boss"
''Well,'' he replied slowly, from what
I have seen Of matrimony it is ques-
ton Of being handled with club or
with taffy, and for my part I prefer the
taffy.'
And their engagementw was announced
shortly afterward. Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
Commercial Fruit Gr 81,

It is claimed that commercial fruit
growing is overdone unless some better
method OF distribution can be devised
Prices realized are not high enough to
ray cost Of production and ge, ting to
market. # all the fruit except the first
class could be made into jelly. jam or
other similar product it, could be sold
alta price that Would make it profitab Bile,
and the frst-class fruit sent to market
would sell for twice what is now re-
aceived for it. Dakota. Field and Farm.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
American Roads Are Improvtn<.

America is, a country of poor roads,
and those working for highway reform
are laboring in wise and just cause.
but 1t is worth noting what great prog
ress has. already been made. About ten
years ago it was -emphatically asserted
in England that the bicycle cou.d,never
become popular here because the roads
were SO poor. To-day America is the
greatest cycling country in the world,
ard there has. been more. advance in
read improvement during the. last
decade than in any previous 20 years.
Baltimore News. :. E.z
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
Germany ana Asia Minor.

It is inevitable that Asia Minor shall even
tually pass from the possession of Moham-
mechanism, and whether Germany accom-
plishes the task or not, the Sultan must yield
to Christian nation. It is just as inevitable
that diseases of the digestive organs must
disorders of this kind are usually called dys-
pepsia, constipation and bliousness. The
Bitters are equally good for all such COM
plants, regardless Of the name.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
Very Low Rates Via the Missouri,
:. -. K&nsas: & Texas Railway.

: Semi-monthly excursions to the south
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 it's 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.
A., Des Moines. Ia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
No Use ut All.

"Mistletoe is awfully scarce this year. -
she said: I'm afraid ma won't be able to
get any"
"What's the use?" he asked.
And the sounds which forthwith ensued
indicated that it was absolutely useless
Philadelphia North American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
When True Love Quits,

If the engagement lasts long enough, the
girl grows careless and makes her appear
ancee before her steady in her kitchen
clothes, and with her hair uncombed. Then
Love, in the mans heart, folds it's tired
hands on its breast and breathes it's last
Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
1t All Defended.

The General-I have stood unmoved
when shells were bursting round me. Could
you?
The -Actor-Well, that would depend a
great deal on the age of the eggs.-Stray
Stories.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Anna-"They say I have my mothers
mouth and nose" Hannah-'Well, your
mother was lucky to get rid of 'em."-
Yonkers Statesman,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19
View of a Laymau.

Bill-What do you reckon that doctor
Jumps me all over de chest fer?
Jake-Tryin' to see how much dough you
cinnati Enquirer
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Which is the harder, to make million or
to die and leave it?-Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

If you lend your money you may lose your
friend1but he is generally cheap at the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Deep as is the Sciatic nerve, St. Jacobs
Oil will penetrate and cure Sciatica.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Go to work on Lumbago as if you intende,
to cure it. Use st. Jacobs Oil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

believe Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs. Allie
douglass, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, '94.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Sudden weather changes bring Soreness,
Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil brings prompt cure.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Cure Rheumatism with St. Jacobs Oil
= Promptly. It saves money, time, suffering
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Bad, Worse, Worst Sprain. Good, Better.
Best Remedy-St Jacobs Oil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

The lead pencil is sometimes hard pushed
to make re-marks.-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Huge WOrkhOuse In Liverpool.
The largest workhouse in the world
lis at liverpool, and it has accommoda-
ton for no fewer than 5000 inmates. II
is not, however, often filed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

The more worthless the man, the bette
his health.-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Rams Horn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

You can't preserve happiness in Family
~. A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Something very soothing in the use of St.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia. Subdues and cures
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

IS On warm, light soil, corn should be
planted deeper than where It i cold
aud retentive.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

Fighting dogs meet their match.-Ram's
Horn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-19

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-07-27

DsWitt's Little Early Risers bentdi FER
msneutly. They lend gentle assistance 10
nature. causing no psins or weakness. pr
msnen.ly caring constipation and liver
ailments II Whipple, Manchester
Centre, A II Peltibone Manchester Depot
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-07-27

l have used Cham berlsins Cough Rene
dy in my family for years and always viii
good results, says Mr. w b Cooper OF Fl
Rio, Cal. For email children We nod l.
especially effective. For sale BY J II Whip
pie, Manchester Centre; A Il Petub Jpe,
Manchester Depot
SUNDERLAND
Tue ladies OF the Union Church Socis
y will bold lawn party 90 Friday sv.n
log. July 23lh, 90 the lawn rear the
church Ice cream and 81 The u'u.l
priees
Miss Ethel Anes Of Wsllinsiord,
vho comes highly recommended, will give
q recital 10 unioa church on Thursday
evening. Aas. g. Admission Is cents /,
10 under tie suspicts OF tia Ladies Aid
u scisty.
Gar-sho 1 veuIds ard powder barns
cuts, braises. sprsins. wounds IRON rusty
nails. lnsect stipgs and ivy poisoning, -
quiekiy healed by Dswit,'s Witch Il. rel
s,lvs. Positively prevents blood poison
lag. Beware OF eoantsrisils. "Dewnts7
IL .Irr snd suhr. J II Whipple. Msrchss
TER Centre; A Il Pe,tibone, Manchester
Depot.