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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

The lady who tells fortunes and goes into
frances had been visited by the idle youna
person with an inquiring mind.
Il don't want to know anything about
family affairs nor how to beat the stock mar.
ket," he said, cheeringly. II am great
reader Of the news, and as I hadn't seen any
thing about the Chinese emperor for long
he's getting along. I've been waiting good
while for some news from Picking or Hong
Kong or thereabouts, and I thought you
might help me out. Asia's big distance
sway" he added, doubtfuIly. Maybe you
don't make such long jumps as Asia"
Oh, yes, she answered, and, passing her
hand over her brow, she shut her eyes and
ing eyes and cue. Something tells me that
it. is the Chinese emperor. A man is run
ming away from him so fast that papers are
dropping out of his pockets and falling in all
directions. The man who runs is life in
surance agent. A lady appears. She also
has slanting eyes. 1t is the empress dow
ager. She catches the young man in the act
notes that there are bottles Of every size and
shape scattered about the apartment. SO,
she exclaims, indignantly, this is the way
you pass your time-drinking and carous-
ing! Empress dowager,' he answers, you
DO me wrong It is true that drink But
there is no carousal fluid in any Of these bot
ties Nonsense she exclaims, why, then,
have them abouty Because he answered,
need them in my profession of emperor.
Those bottles are full of antidotes' The en-
press frowns and exclaims in q whisper:
That explains it, Then she turns and
leaves the palace without another word"
That's first rate" said the young man,
as he reached for his hat and arose to 20.
/ She opened her eyes Immediately and
said: Zone dollar, Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Roots Exhaust the Soil,

All kinds of root crops are very ex-
haustive of soil fertility. They are all
great users of the available nitrogen
that the soil contains, and the turnips
also require mineral fertility as we'll.
We once grew patch of turnips in a
field of corn, where, owing to the wet
soil, the corn was pulled out by fowls,
and it was too late to replant it. The
turnips were a good crop, but when we
came to harvesting the oat crop that
grew on the field the next year there
was such marked inferiority of the crop
where the turnip crop had grown that
every passer-by noticed it. What the
root crop appears to take is the avail
able nitrogen. Wherever it is grown a
clover crop should follow as soon as
possible, to restore the kind of fertil-
ity that the roots have exhausted
American Cultiyator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
LEARNING TO MILK.
Boys Should Get Their First Lesson
Upon Cows That Will Naturally
Dry on Soon.

When a stranger begins to milk a
crease of milk production though he
may be a good mixer, says the Bos-
ton Cultivator. The better the COW
the more likely she is to be of nerv-
Gus temperament and the more she is
apt to be affected by a, change in
handling, milking or surroundings.
If the new mixer lacks experience,
it usually results in the permanent
shrinkage of the milk yield and early
drying off of the COW. But it is nec-
essary that the boys should learn to
milk if they are to remain on the
farm, and therefore they should be set
to learn upon such COWS as will nat
urally dry off soon. Do not give them
heifers with their first calf, as the
heifer should be kept in milk as long
as possible to get her in the habit of
giving milk ten or eleven months in
the year. Do not give them hard
mixers or kickers, or the uneasy
ones, which never stand still. That is
too much like giving them dull hoes
and scythes or other tools to work
with, that no man would consider fit
to use for days work. 1t is calcu-
lated to disgust them with the busi-
ness and drive them. to seek other
occupations as soon as they are at
liberty to leave home. When it is not
practicable to give them such a COW,
allow them to partly milk her and
then let some experienced mixer
finish the job, who will be sure to OBJ
tain the last drop.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Farmers and Wheelmen Both Are
Now Interested In Promoting the
Good Roads Agitation.

The increasing interest in the subject
OF good roads is now one Of consider
able Significance, owing to the class of
men who are working up the agitation.
In the western states the farmers and
wheelmen are working together in abb
,solnte harmony, and the interest they
are arousing is little short of remark
able. ...s
The enactment of good road laws in
the eastern states was secured through
the combined efforts of the farmers and
the wheelmen.. In New Jersey the move
ment was initiated by the farmers who
sought the aid of the wheelmen and
found their assistance of incalculable
value. This was not unexpected, for
the wheelmen have always been con-
sistent advocate of highway improve
ment, and the "Gospel of Good Roads,
formed the chief plank in their plat
form when the League of American
Wheelmen was organized. 1t has been
charged that the motive of the wheel
men was selfish one, and, in the early
days of cycling, when every wheelman
was a road rider and rode high wheel,
there may have been some ground for
the charge, but no foundation for such
a belief exists to-day. Since the adop-
ton of the safety machine as a BUSH
ness vehicle by all sorts and conditions
Of men, not one city wheelman in ten
is seen upon country road more than
a few times each year, and the wheel
mans interest in good roads is purely
business proposition, the adoption OF
which would benefit him only in pro-
portion as it would benefit any other
member of the community.
The young men who formed the
League of American Wheelmen 20 years
ago are now the substantial business
and professional men of their respec
tive communities, and their connection
with the organization is maintained
chiefly for the purpose of aiding the
movement for better roads. Many Of
them seldom ride wheel, and thei,
work for good roads is simply in tho
line of public improvement, which j:
neither more nor less creditable tc
them than to the member of an agri
cultural or other organization.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
AMERICAN APPLES.
Those of the So-Called Winter Va
rieties Sure to Find a Ready
Sale in England.

More and more the English market is
coming to depend on American apples,
by which we mean apples from the
United States and Canada. This year
the apple crop of England is reported
decidedly short, and what apples there
are there, are of the fall varieties, and
will not at all stand in the way of the
sale of winter apples. Added to that,
they are reported to be not keeping
we'll. This means that they will be
used up by the time winter sets in.
Germany, Belgium and Holland have
good crops and France has fair crop.
Reports from abroad would seem to in
dictate that if there is any surplus on
the continent that can be shipped to
England it will consist mostly of fall
and not of winter apples. Americans
are not very likely to make large ship
ments of fall apples, and so our apple
trade with Great Britain should not be
affected. Unfortunately for our OWE
part in the trade the American apple
crop is not so large that we are in a
position to fill the English market very
full of good apples. We fear the tend
ency will be to send forward other than
the best fruit, as the best is likely to be
kept at home by the high prices. The
moral of the situation is that more win
ter varieties should be planted in this
country. There are large areas of hilly
land that is good principally for the
growing of apples, such as some of the
WORKOUT farms from New York and
Pennsylvania eastward. We should
have such large supply of late winter
apples that we will always be in shape
to hold what foreign markets we may
gain.-Farmers' Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
x CORNER IN RHURARB.

kept moist. Whoever owns a garden
with no rhubarb in it should see that
some is planted there forthwith.
A warm cellar will hasten the crop,
but moderately cool one will give a
finer product and probably better
yield. The length of time between
planting and harvesting varies from
less than three weeks to more than two
months, depending chiefly upon the
temperature. Allowing the roots to
freeze in the field will greatly facilitate
forcing. Large roots should yield five
to ten pounds per plant, and every ten
ounces of that yield will make a de-
licious pie. The color of the cooked
plant will be much brighter if it is
placed upon the stove in cold water,
and it will be sweeter if the sugar is
added just before it is eaten.-Cincin.
natl Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
COMPLAINT or OTIS.
Zach Trouble Created by Circulation
OF False Reports OF Filipino
u.s.. Victories.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Gen. Otis Fri
day cabled the war department in re-
gard to the uprising in Negros as fol-
lows: .sA<
Manila, Dec. ST. am informed the OUT
break of natives in the district of South
Negros was the result Of reported recent
great insurgent victories in Luzon and
Panay, which the natives believe The
extent Of the outbreak not ascertained
Lieut.. A. c. Ledyard, Sixth infantry,
killed. two privates wounded.
"One Of our chief difficulties arises from
the circulation Of falsehoods among the
natives, defamatory newspaper articles Of
United States and Europe promptly pub
lished in Spanish in San Francisco, Madrid
and by Hong-Kong junta and circulated in
Philippines. Insurgents have based all
hopes upon false rumors.''
"A second dispatch from Gen. Otis,
dated Manila, Friday, says:
Hospital ship Relief just returned from
Vigan bringing PIP sick soldiers, 232 Span
ish prisoners, reports several hundred
Spanish prisoners at Vigan, for which we
send transport this evening. Col. Hare,
Thirtythird infantry, took Bangued, 9TH
inst, and now with portion of regiment and
battalion Thirty-fourth infantry In pur-
suit of insurgents on road southeast to
AepdntO, tneNce 10 6OntOC, on WHICH ASul-
naldo and 800 insurgents supposed to be
retreating with American prisoners. In
habitants of western Luzon coast friendly
and give assistance"
Gen. Otis also reports the arrival of
the transport Olympia, with the Thir-
ty-ninth infantry, one battalion of the
Forty-ffth infantry and some recruits.
There were no casualties during the
voyage.
Washington, Dec. 9. - Lieut.. Led
yard, who was killed while fighting in
Negros, was son of President Henry
B. Ledyard, of the Michigan Central
railroad, and nephew of Gen. Rug
giles, formerly adjutant general of the
army. He enlisted as private in the
first Connecticut artillery, at the out
break of the Spanish war. He was
transferred into the regular service
July 8, 1898. He was attached to Gen.
Miles staff during the Porto Rican
campaign.
Manila, Dec. Seen. Young arrived
at Vigan, province of South Ilocos,
Wednesday, December 6, after hard
but successful fight with greatly SUI
perior force of Filipinos commanded
by Gen. Tino. The Americans had one
man killed and IL wounded. The enc
my's loss was heavy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
SIMPLE WAGON BRAKE,

rod (CE) seven inches long, and the
upright DF) four inches long. The
plates (9 and Az have holes in them, by
which a block of wood is screwed to the
iron. A thick piece of leather can also
be used. Save the team all unnecessary
wear and it will do more work for you.
and in this connection it may be said
that a brake is useful on a wagon OF
cart when the team is drawing Il load
up hill as well as when going down,
for nowhere should a team be favored
more than in drawing load uphill.
With a brake one can stop at any point
and rest the horses, taking the wei ght
of the load entirely off their shoulders.
The brake rod (G) should have either a
loop at the top or round knob of wood
or metal, that the hand may grasp the
rod easily and firmly.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
AN ACTIVE YEAR,
ing Conditions in Business and
Industrial Lines,

New York, Dec. 9.-Bradstreet's says:
THE last month of the year has opened
auspiciously, finding trade and industry
generally we'll employed, demand treating
close upon and even passing supply, labor
troubles averted in some instances by
widespread advances in wages, of small
Importance except in one or two cities, and
with the general level of values Of staples
at the highest point reached for eight years
past Holiday demand has opened we'll and
collections from retail trades therefore
show some improvement After year of
unprecedented activity and advancing
prices, iron and steel are quiet, with few
significant changes, partly because the
season of the year does not favor new
work, and partly also owing to the fact
that producers are very generally sold up
to the middle of next year. Prices show no
marked change. More seasOnable weather
conditions have further stimulated the de-
mand for boots and shoes at numerous
points, and hides and leather retain all
the strength gained as a result of last
months general rise. Notwithstanding
advanced stage of the season, lumber.
hardwood particularly. continues in active
demand at most markets.
r. G. Dun & Co. g weekly review of trade
says: 1.-THE approach of a new year usual
ly brings so much of hesitation in business
that the small shrinkage this year is sur
prising. Probably never before have the
productive forces of the country been so
largely covered by contracts at this date,
insuring employment and profit far into
the coming year. This results, not from
any mere speculative excitement, but from
actual demands for consumption running
far beyond the producing capacity hereto
fore, and pushing it to remarkable expan-
sion. The increase in foreign trade has
been insignificant, compared with the in
crease of $24,000GO0 in payments through
clearing houses. For the week payments
have been 20.3 per cent. larger than last
year, and 1871 per cent. larger than in 1892.
Wheat has risen three cents and corn a
fraction, with decline in western receipts of
both. Atlantic exports of wheat for the
week. flour included, were only 3,359677
bushels, against 767 last year. and Pa
cifc exports 1856, 49, against $50, 523 last year.
Failures for the week have been 221 in
the United States, against 248 last year, and
80 In Canada, against 22 last year,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
MINNESO OLA NEWS.
Ten DAYS Of Fai p;

E--.. - = - W b =
The Minnesota state fair of 1900 will
run 10 days, beginning Wednesday Of
one week and continuing to Saturday
OF the next week.
This is the news that came through
one of the early discussions at the
meeting of the Minnesota State Horti-
cultural Society. 1t all came about
through>a wordy war, started by E. H.
5. Dart, Owatonna, who objected to
the manner in which the state fair
management had treated exhibitors.
He said he had been with the fair at
previous exhibitions, but the judges
made rules to please themselves and
make it easy for them, and as result
his exhibit was so distributed around
In various classes that he was ashamed
OF it, and didn't exhibit again.
Mr.. Dart also objected to the
sweepstakes idea. The largest money
prize of the fair was that offered for
sweepstakes, where the exhibitors
could gather here and there a few
things from different people and ex-
hibit them under guise of sweep
stakes, while the real growers and
producers were relegated to back
seats.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Wheat Mt Fancy Prices,

Look out for new seed wheat at
$10O pound. We see in an exchange
that the originator has just sold half his
stock of II pounds for $500. 1t is claimed
to be so prolific that only one-sixth of
the amount usually sown for seed is
needed. 1t will stool out and cover the
ground. But any good, vigorous seed
will do that when the seeds are put in
singly at about foot apart each way
in rich soil, and it is hoed in the spring.
Anyone who desires to seed his land
with six quarts of seed to the acre can
do so by taking that pains, and it will
be cheaper, and possibly result in
quite as good crop as he would get if
he. paid one dollar an ounce for the
seed.-American Cultivator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Knew NJ. Jehnssn wen.

He was one Of those garrulous old fellows
whose only aim in life seems to be to strike
up conversation with strangers in public
places. He was seated in the corner Of :
versation with the conductor, when dap
per young fellow entered and took seat on
the opposite side of the car. The old fellow
eyed him closely for several minutes and
then leaned over and touched him on the
knee. 'Scuse me-" remarked the inquisi-
tive =, old chap, but amt your name John
man replied that it was. Son of William
johnson, amt your" eyes," was the curt
answer. "Well, well, well" went on the
.oquacious old man. ri knowed you was a
johnson the minute I laid eyes on you.
sad va anow d.a
smile. An audible litter ran around the
car, and the old man got of at the next cor
ner.-Philadelphi Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
A Shrewd Nero.

humble cabin in a town in Alabama Just as
an old negro handed a couple of jugs to his
son, who was about ten years of age, and
said: "Now, Julius, yo' gwan down to de
grocery an git quart o treacle in one oh
dem jugs, an hurry back" When the boy
had gone the traveller said to the father:
=, You didn't tell him to get anything in
grocery"
"No, sah7gwan to bring it right back
home," he replied.
"But why send two jugs to get quart Of
treacle?"
"It's jes' dis way, sab. If he has a jug in
each hand he can't go dipping his finger in
the treacle and eating it as he comes along
Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Money In Skunk Skins.

The boys in the vicinity of Mime"
apolis are making nice pocket money
trapping skunks. Never before in fur
history have their skins brought SO
much, and with dealers paying from
90 cents to $1.25 for skins, according
to the color, there is opportunity for
making Christmas money. Last week
one young man out near Minnehaha
trapped seven large ones, and had no
trouble in selling the green skins.
Out in the country districts, on farms,
they are setting traps every night,
and still the dealers do not get nearly
as many as they desire. The present
cold snap will make the animals easy
prev.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
BurninH I'm the Cow.

There must be reasonable limit in
feeding fat-forming feed. Prof. Otis
very truly says a true dairy COW, fed
on a ration rich in protein and light
in carbohydrates, will continue to de-
velop for years, both in ability to con-
sumo feed and to yield milk, and prop
erly handled does not reach her high
est yield until eight or ten years old,
and is then good for from five to eight
more years of profitable work. A cow
heavily fed on ration of average
composition, greatly deficient in pro-
tein and high in carbohydrates, does
burn out and will not last long.-Dela-
ware Dairyman
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Fell from the Porch.

Clarence Olson, seven years old, a
patient at the city hospital in St.
Paul, fell from second story porch
and fractured his skull. He died
within an hour. Clarence is the son
of Mrs. Annie Olson, who lives in
Franklin avenue, Minneapolis.
Clarence, with other children, was
in the hall on the second floor in the
children's department. While the
nurses attention was attracted in an
other direction he ran out on the
porch and leaned over the railing to
call down to several romping chill
pitched head first to the pavement, ~
feet below.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
RHUBARB IN CELLARS
A system Of Forcing That II Said to
Produce Wonderful and Profit
able Results. - ~

Horticultural Fred w. Card, of the
Rhode Island station, in summing up
his experience in forcing rhubarb, ex-
presses desire to impress upon every
one who has garden with rhubarb in
it the fact that he and his family may
be enjoying in February and March of
next year more beautiful product
than ever grows in the open ground.
To do it he will need to transfer few
roots to a dark corner of the cellar aft
er they have frozen in the fall, packing
a little fine mellow earth about them,
and then simply see that the plants are
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Winter Tours.

Should you desire information regarding
California, Arizona, Texas or Mexico, and
the long limit, low rate, round trip tickets
sold to principal points, the various routes
via which the tickets can be purchased
class rates, through sleeping car lines, First
Class and. Tourist, call upon or address W
G. Neimyer, Gen'l Western Agent, South
ern Pacific Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago: W
H. Conner, Com'l Agent, Chamber Com
merce Bldg, Cincinnati, o., or w. J. Berg
Tray; Pass. Agt., 22o Elicott So, Buffalo,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Root for Vice President.

Washington, Dec. s.-Formal decision
to make Secretary of War Root the can
didate for vice president on the ticket
with Mckinley in 1900 was reached by
the managers of the republican party
in this city Thursday. Senator Plat
ident Mckinley New York republicans
would favor the choice. Committee
men Payne, of Wisconsin,; Marley, of
Maine; Senator Hanna, Senator Plat
and others close to the administration
reached the decision.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Failure Due to Hurricane.

Ponce, Porto Rico, Dec. II. - The
first failure on account of the hurricane
is that of Felici Costa & Co., who
have been declared bankrupt in the
United States provisional court. Their
liabilities are 100000, and assets $780,
900, but the latter consist largely of
non-negotiable paper of planters and
others. Henry Fritze has been ap-
pointed commissioner and Hermino
Armstrong receiver. The firm has been
established IS years and did large cof-
fee and general commission business.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Wide and Narrow Tires.

The following test as reported by
the Michigan station shows a compar-
ison of wide and narrow tires on wag-
ons and also the Importance of suffi-
Gent use of axle grease. "On good roads
the drafts of wide and narrow-tired
wagons were about equal; on plowed
land a narrow-tired wagon pulled As
per cent. harder than one with wide
tires; on a road with sand two inches
deep, rs per cent. harder, and on sod,
ten per cent. harder. A wagon not
creased pulled 10 per cent. harder than
when creased -~. >
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
African NJ, e. Conferences.

Rome, Ga, Dec. s.-The African
Methodist Episcopal conference will be
in session in this city this week., The
conference represents membership of
2,hoo, 900, having churches and Sunday
schools all over the world. There are
20 bishops in the church.. At this ses-
sion delegates will be elected to the gen.
eral conference which meets in Chicago
next May.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.

It is proposed to expend 100000 In
changing New York cable to cleo
tricity.
A long-distance telephone line is just
opened from St. Louis to Fort Smith,
Ark.
An electrician of Fresburg, Austria,
has invented a process of printing with
out ink, by the power of electricity.
1t is now possible to telegraph from
San Francisco to the Klondike, a Ca
madam government line having been
strung from Bennett to Dawson City.