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The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
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Y, Establishes 4 Complete
ana Modern Plant. .,.

Near St. townsville, My, is a farm Of
$50 acres belonging to oG.R. Beardslee.
On this place is a complete electric
plant, which produces the current for
lighting and heating asLwen as supply
ing the power for other operations con-
nected with the farm. Sc !.
This electric installation is the first
of its kind ever used fordoing the work
of farm hands.
All the mechanical energy is supplied
by nature, and the cost and mainten-
ance of the plant is Inexpensive. 1t has
demonstrated that electricity used for
manual labor is success. s.:,.
The farm land is situated on both
sides of the East Canadian creek, which
is a good-sized stream containing two
falls within the bounds of the Boards
lee property. These waterfalls, one of
which is 60 feet and the other $50 feet
high. furnished the power.
The smaller fall was used as the oper-
ating power and near 1T was built a
power-house in which was placed 1sO-
kilowatt generator, connected with a
horizontal turbine operated by water.
From this central power house the
current is transmitted by wires to the
dwelling house and other buildings.
One motor of ten horsepower runs
a moving machine, another threshing
machine and third works a 44-incn
saw for cutting logs.
The farmhouse is brilliantly lighted
and well heated by electricity. The
kitchen is supplied with an electrically
heated cooking stove and in the laundry
the flatirons are heated by the same
power. In the dairy the churn and
other appliances all have electric moto,
attachments. The grounds are lighted
by several arc. lamps, and their use il
the barns greatly facilitates the work
and lessons the danger of fire.-N. Y
Sunday Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
LOSSES IN SHIPPING.
One of the Most Annoying Diff culties
a Shipper of Live Poultry Has
to Contend With.

One of the greatest difficulties ship
per has to contend with is that which
the commission merchant reports as
''shrinkage," which means that if you
ship 100 pounds of live poultry to mar
ket the weight will shrink to 95 (more
or less) ty the time the coop has
reached it's destination. If the coop
contains chicks, a loss of four or five
per cent. as shrinkage when prices are
high amounts to two or three dollars,
and it has caused many bones of con-
tention to exist between the consigner
and the consignee. 1t is best to ship
all fowls and chicks dressed if it can
be done, as the picking seldom costs
more than the average shrinking of live
birds, which fall off in weight, owing to
lack of food and water, though it may
be partially avoided by shipping the
fowls so as to have them arrive in the
best condition. Overcrowding causes
more loss than anything else, and even
when the shipper is very careful he is
compelled to rely on the honesty of the
merchant. Never ship so as to have
birds arrive in market on Saturdays,
in order to prevent them being on hand
Sundays.-Farm and Fireside.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
SEED CORN SELECTION.
Why the Kansas State Agricultural
College RecOmmen nds the Prnc.
tfce Of Cross Breeding.

In bulletin issued by the Kansas
State Agricultural college, Prof. r. W.
Clothier says it will pay farmers to test
the value of the following method of
selecting seed corn: Two or three rows
are planted in the middle of the field
using seed of different variety
from that used in the remainder of the
field. The tassels of the corn in these
rows are pulled before they develop pol
len, so that the ears will be fertilized
with pollen from the remainder of the
field. The seed from these rows is Sc
lected for next years planting, and it
is claimed that the yield has been in
creased by at least ten bushels per acre.
Col. Dudley, of Topeka, has done great
deal in this line, and reports excellent
results. If the yield of the Kansas corn
crop could be increased ten bushels per
acre it would mean several million dol
lars added to the value of the crop, and
obtained by only a very little increase
of labor expended. Prof. Clothier says
that about Is farmers about Manhat-
tan will cooperate with the experiment
station, and urges others to do the
same.
We see no reason why farmers
throughout the corn belt should not
make experiments along the line OF this
suggestion. AS Prof Clothier says it
will require very little labor. Any
farmer can find a different variety OF
corn from his own by going three miles,
or less, away from his home; and the
work of pulling out the tassels will be
little more than the work necessary to
cut the weeds out of the same number
of rows. Farmers, give this matter
your careful attention, and then plan
to take up the work.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26

If farmer wants to get the most out
of his manure supply with the least
work, the best plan we know of is to
haul out manure as it is made, directly
from the stable to the field. It may go
onto the thin points in the wheat field
or on the sod land that is to be turned
for corn next spring. There is very lit
tie wasted by this practice, and there
is only one handling of the manure.
Sometimes when the manure is spread
on frozen ground, and heavy rains come
before it is thawed out, there is some
waste by surface water, but with due
care in this matter by spreading
manure in level places in the field while
frost is in the ground, there can't be
much waste.-W. w. Stevens, in Mich
igan Farmer. .A}
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
He Tells How Easy It II for One of
His Kind to He Upset by the
, Unexpected. -.

1T is the unexpected said the re.
tired burglar, that upsets us. A man
who would walk straight into battle
with perfect readiness and calmness
might be greatly startled by the explo-
sion OF a toy pistol close by when he
wasn't looking for it. A man who was
looking for tigers might walk up to
tiger without tremor and yet be
scared half to death by cat. I was once
myself not scared exactly, but certain
ly thrown clean off my balance by so
simple thing as an ordinary domestic
cat, met under unusual circumstances.
II was prospecting the interior of a
house in the usual way and at the usual
hour of my profession, and in due
course had reached an upper chamber,
in which I set my lamp down upon the
bureau preparatory to work. There
was man asleep in the bed at my back
in this room. He was to all appearances
sound asleep, and apprehended no
trouble from him. There were in the
top drawer of this bureau few trinkets
worth removing, and when had got
them into my bag I shut that drawer
and started to open the next. 1t was a
good bureau, the drawers working
slick and smooth, and pulled the Sec
ond drawer out as far as wanted it at a
touch. AS I looked down into it I saw
something cleaning there in dim sort
OF way in the dark, and the next min
ute I heard a coop! in the atmosphere,
or thought did, and something leaped
out of that drawer and went over my
shoulder, just touching my face as it
passed.
1T was a cat. That's all. Just cat.
/ suppose it had been around the room
there in the afternoon, and that drawer
had been left open and the cat had
jumped into it and gone to sleep there,
and had been shut in there, still asleep,
when the drawer was closed, after dusk,
maybe, and the cat was not noticed. All
those things I realized as the cat went
over my shoulder, which was only a
fraction of second after the time when
l had seen it's eyes-as now know them
to have been-shining in the drawer.
But in that very brief period had in
voluntarily started back; I don't sup
pose any man is absolutely proof
against surprise. But, even so, should
have been all right in half second and
nothing would have happened if I
hadn't caught my heel in rug in STEP
ping back. 1 couldn't recover myself,
though had completely recovered my
self-control before I had fallen.
II went down with a crash that lust
made the house rattle, falling with my
head on the floor close up by the side
of the bed. The man in the bed was
lightning. He woke up, turned over,
and swung his arm in a sweep down
from the side of the bed while I was
turning over on the floor. His hand
just licked my head as I turned away
from it, only touch, but it was the
touch of a man that wasn't shy, and in
one instant 1 heard the spring of the
bed crash under him as he bounced out
it. He was after me, but by this time
had gone.
II had hung onto the bag through it
all by instinct, and so got away with
| the few trinkets I had found in the top
drawer; but in place of them I left for
him, on the top of the bureau, my lamp
for souvenir."-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Feedinr Too Much Grain.

Cows differ much in their ability to
make profitable use Of the grain fed
them. Those which have the beef tend
ency strongly developed will at once
begin to fatten on grain, unless it is fed
In such moderate amount and combined
with large amount of succulent food.
Those who hive ensilage or roots, es-
pecially beet or mangel wurtzel, can feed
more grain to cows and have the fat
go to the milk pail than those who
only have dry feed. Tt is not safe to
feed earrow cow much grain, nor yet
one that is near the time to drop her
calf, as it will then stimulate the milk
glands too much and probably cause
garget. Yet it is an advantage to COW
to be in pretty good flesh when she
drops her calf. The inside fat she then
carries will be mostly used up in en-
riching the milk the following sum-
mer. g 5s2ss p, ;,%E< ;at-sa
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CRATE FOR MOVING STOCK.

of the young animal not imposed upon
in the least. Simply go to work and
make a crate on wheels, such as is
shown herewith in the illustration, and
into this any calf, pig, sheep or the like
can be driven, the door closed, and His
majesty wheeled away in triumph.
Indeed, if any calves happen to be
dropped by their dams in the pasture,
nothing devisable is more convenient
for bringing them into the barn. It
is also exceedingly useful for convey
ing fat sheep and veal calves to that
place where it is customary on the farm
to "dress'' them for market. The fact
is, the worth of this simple affair can
not be estimated as labor-saving de-
vice until one has used it awhile, and
as it's cost of construction in the COM
parative sense is very small, no farmer
ought to be without it.-Frederick o.
Sibley, in N. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

Warm weather till the 11th. snd very
cold since then, with frost on the
morning of the 18th, the full effect of
which was probably much modified by
the high wind. Notwithstanding tho
fact that thin ice was formed in shell
tered spots, it is thought that there
has been little injury. The apples and
plums are in full bloom, and some cor
respondents fear they may be seriously
affected, but it is generally accepted
that the fruit germ in an open and dry
blossom will survive quite low temper
atures There were rains in nearly all
parts of the state on the 9th, and show
ers on following days, but the rains
were all local in character. The heavi-
est rains were in parts of the Red River
valley. Snow furries occurred in
northern counties on the 18th. The
soil of the Red River valley continues
to be very wet, and although there
were from two to four days seeding
last week, large areas will remain un-
seeded to wheat, so that the acreage of
spring wheat will be much reduced.
Pastures are yielding sufficient grass
to support cattle. All the early sown
small grains have a good stand, and
they are stooling; they look well.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
BUYS q Railroad.

The main line of the Wisconsin, Min
nesota & Pacific, running from Red
Wing to ManlSato, has been brought
under the control of the Chicago Great
Western.
President A. B. Sticlney, of the
Great Western, and few associated
capitalists have just completed nego-
tiations for the purchase of the prop
erty, and will take possession June l..
The road was owned by Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific interests, and is op-
Grated at present as part of the Mime
apolis & St. Louis line.
The main line is 93.7 miles long. and
is considered a valuable property on
account of it's large local business, es.
pecially in dairy and agricultural pro-
ducts
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
A Talk to Teachers.

In July next the N. E. A. for 1899 meets
at Los Angeles, California. This should
mean great deal to you because it affords
an opportunity for travel to the most in
teresting part of our continent at wonder
fully low rate. 1t goes without saying
that you ought to take advantage of such q
chance and in taking advantage of it, see
all that you can.
wish to make suggestion. During the
last few years l have been brought into
quite close relations with many teachers
and schools through our series of wonder
land books issued annually. l am anxious
that our teachers should reap the full bene-
fit of this meeting at Loss Angeles and the
low rate at which they can travel. The
finest scenery in California and the North
west is found on the Shasta Northern
Pacific route via Portland. therefore, go
north when the convention adjourns, see
Mt Shasta, the Sacramento Canyon, the
also if you desire, Alaska. You can by do
ing. this see also Mts. Hood and St. Helens,
and from the Sound country, Mt. Rainier,
and perhaps Mt. Baker. Then when on
the Northern Pacific eastward bound, Mt.
Adams can also be seen. These mountains
are the finest glacial peaks in the world
this is true-and range from 10000 to near
their entire elevations.
By thus returning via the Northern Pa
cifc, the climax of the trip, the greatest
educational as we'll as scenic feature Of the
entire journey is yours-Y Yellowstone Park.
No other railway touches the Park. Re-
member that.
Make up your minds to return home as I
have indicated-via Shasta-Northern Pa
cifc, and you will always be glad you did
so.
If you have not copy of our Wonder
land '99, send me-Chas. s. Fee, st. Paul,
Minn.-six cents, and will sent you one
and also Park map folder.
For other information, rates, etc., ad-
dress Geo. D. Rogers, D. p A., St. Paul,
Mimi, and your letters will have prompt
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Many Applications.

The request for loans made of the
state board of investment at it's recent
meeting aggregated $15O,0O0. This in
cludes the counties which desire to
bond their floating indebtedness, as
we'll as municipalities and villages
after loans for permanent improve
ments such as electric lighting plants,
water works, schoolhouses, etc. The
sale of school lands has brought the
balance on hand in this fund to nearly
half million.
The board includes in it's member
ship the governor, the state treasurer,
the chief justice of the supreme court,
the state auditor and the president Of
the board of regents of the university.
It is given entire responsibility for the
management of the permanent school
fund.-
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Keep the Manxer. Clean.

Much dust and soiled food is apt to
accumulate in the horses manger, and
as he is all the time breathing over it,
the .manger quickly becomes so Of
fensive that much food is wasted. Much
of this feed will, however, be eaten by
cattle, as they will eat freely after
horses. Even the horse excrement is
not so offensive to- them as to prevent
them from picking out bits of hay
mixed with, it. But the horse has more
delicate taste than any other farm ami
NAL except a sheep. When cows pick
over the piles of horse manure for the.
hay they are probably in need Of salt,
and are attracted BY the saline taste of
horse urine. armers' Review
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
MINNESO NEWS.
Decides Against the State.

The secretary of the interior has de-
cided a claim Of Minnesota to sections
Is and 36 on ceded Indian reservations.
The contention Of the state through
the state auditor and through the writ
ten statements from Senators Davis
and Nelson was that sections 16 and SO
were never intended as part of the In
dian reservations in Minnesota; that
by virtue of constitutional provisions
the state is entitled to these sections
Tor school land purposes. -:
Secretary Hitchcock holds that under
existing treaties with the Indians and
under the congressional enactment of
1862 the United States is under obliga-
tlon to the Indians who relinquished
these and other lands of the reserva-
tlon under the terms of the Nelson act.
IL Is further claimed by the depart
ment that at the time the treaty was
hrst made the lands were unsurveyed
and that the state could have no legal
claim to them; also that there are
precedents showing that the govern
ment is bound to keep inviolate it's
stipulations under their provisions of
treaties with the Indians.
This decision will not settle the con-
troversy. A test case is now being pre-
pared and will be brought in the
courts,
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
AN EVEN EXCHANGE.
The Fortunate Outcome of a Bank
Messengers Heart-Dreaking
Blunder.

IT was carrying 100000 worth of govern
ment coupon bonds from Washington to
Cleveland" said the bank messenger, 'and
the wisest thief couldn't have told whether
/ had bonds or old clothes in the satchel.
How the change was effected could never
figure out, but in leaving the car l picked up
the wrong satchel and had carried it half
mile before the mistake was discovered.
You may guess what my feelings were when
l realized what an awful blunder had been
made, and for ten minutes l lost the power
of speech entirely. was trusted man, but
there was 100000 gone and the doors of
state prison yawned for me. When shook
myself together l made tracks for the Wen
dell house, and I'll be hanged if the first man
l ran across wasn't German who was TAX
ing on at great rate because somebody had
changed satches with him.. was the one,
of course, and the way he went for me was
caution. He had dress suit in the satchel,
and was to attend wedding that evening.
had to treat him to four beers before he
would calm down, and as we made the ex-
change he waved his arms about and
shouted:
"'Mein Gott, my friend, but if don't get
mein satchel back l vhas damaged more ash
feefteen dollars in my feelings
"He did not know the contents of mine, !"
laughed the messenger, cor it might not have
been so easy to effect an exchange Chi
cago Evening News.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
WINDOW GAZERS.
New Method Employed by Merchants
to Attract Attention to
Their Wares.

Modern conditions, needs and COM
petition develop many queer pursuits -
said the State street merchant. ''The
business of carrying signs about the
streets-'sandwiching' it is called-is
century old. Merchants used to ad-
vertise their goods, you know, by hiring
man to go about ringing bell and
crying the wares of his patron. That is
one OF the street noises we have lost. I
sometimes think it would be a good
scheme to revive it. It would pay while
it's novelty lasts. The queerest profess
sion of all professions, think, how
ever, is the professional window gazer.
All pursuits are professions these
days, as you are aware. We haven't any
trades left. Never heard of window
gazer?
There are many in Chicago, and al
though they don't get rich they are paid
enough to keep body and soul together.
n window gazer, as the name implies, is
man or woman who makes a living by
gazing into a window. You know that
if you stand in State street, look fixed
ly at the twelfth story of building
across the way, you will have side
walk-blocking crowd about you in no
time at all? Well, that is what the win
dow gazer does. He strolls casually
along until opposite his employers
window. Then he stops and gazes with
an appearance of deepest interest. In
five minutes a crowd is gazing with
him. AS individuals of this crowd get
enough and move on others will take
their places for possibly half an hour.
From nearby street corner the orig
inator of the audience is looking on.
When the crowd has melted away to-
tally he gathers another by the same
simple method. He works from ten in
the morning until nine at night, and he
is paid two dollars day. This may
seem large sum for such work, but
it is not when the character of the win
dow gazer is taken into consideration.
He must be gentleman in appearance.
To dress well is desideratum' with
him. You will perceive that man fitted
out like tramp might look into win
dow for an hour without exciting any
attention or inducing AM zone to stop
and look with him. The nearer the win
dow gazer can approach to the en-
semble of man of leisure and wealth
out for stroll the more valuable his
services are. The same things hold
good of womenEg Egazers.a, They are gen.
orally placed in front Of the displays in
the finer millinery shops or the de-
partment stores. You can spot one at
any time by taking the trouble to hang
about any establishment of this char
acter and keeping your eyes open.
Chicago Chronicle. ID. ~.'' IT,
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
. CONVENIENT CRATE
Almost Indispensable Where Swine,
). Sheep or Calves Have to BE
,... Moved Around.

:. Often is it desirable on the farm to
move swine, sheep, calves and the like
from one building, pen or pasture in:
closure to another, but just how to do it
always is problem, for neither a calf,
sheep nor pig likes, as rule, to be led
or driven. Albeit they are usually
willing enough to go in company with
others, they decidedly object to going
alone, and if forced" it generally takes
lot of energy to convey them even a
little ways.
Happily, however, all this trouble
can easily be averted, and the feelings
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one Of the
hest physicians in this country for years.
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct.
ly on the mucous surfaces The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
FL CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, O.
Sold q, by all druggists price 75c.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
IMPROVED CORN MARKER.

construction. The materials needed are
one piece of wood, a, 2 by 4, about 9 feet
long, one piece, b., 2 by 4, about 4 feet
long, two pieces, d d, each feet long,
two pieces of scantling, c c, about 4 feet
long, two old plow handles, an old pair
of buggy shafts and three or four old
cultivator shovels. Set the shovels at
proper distance apart to make row of
the required width.-J. G. Alshouse, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-05-26
Joke on the Major.

The major, just returned from Boston,
tells in strict confidence this story:
II had engaged my berth, and was stand
ing on the rear platform five minutes be-
fore the train pulled out of the Park
Square depot, when middle-aged woman
and handsome girl, both ladies, passed me
and entered the car, accompanied by a
gentlemanly-looking chap who carried their
baggage. A moment later this fellow pushed
up to me and said he was in most embar-
RAISING position, had his sister and mother
aboard, and had lost his mileage book He
would introduce me to them and give me
any security for $25. I said l needed neither
lntroduction nor security, but would give
him ten dollars-all I had to spare. He in
sisted on giving me his diamond scarfpin,
and then rushed into the station to see if
ne cou Id get more cash. AS the train pulled
out without him, he came running wildly
after it, but had to give it up.
"Ihen the porter approached me tenta-
lively. Was that man annoying your he
said: told him no. He insisted on carrying
the baggage of two ladies inside, sab, am
an'-did he get any money out of your
"Of course he didn't, said I; but I took
the first opportunity of examining that pin.
It was worth about five cents. s.'-Buffalo
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