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The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
They Are Finer Than Ever.

House-cleaning, in most homes, comes
put once ayear-in the spring-but it comes
twice a year for the North W Western Linn.
tied Trains. Twice a year both these IA
nous trains are run into the shops for
thorough overhauling and cleaning, and
such cleaning as they receive. Every bit
OF woodwork, nickel and brass is rubbed
and polished, all the mattresses and springs
are made over, the upholstering is done
over, new paint and varnish, and many
skilled mechanics finally turn out two
brand new trains. In fact, the daily clean.
ing these trains receive in Minneapolis and
Chicago Is much more thorough than the
most tidy housewife gives her home.
These two famous trains of the North
Western Line have just received their an
nual house-cleaning and are fresher, bright
or and finer than they ever were. They
run every night between Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Chicago-one going, one coming
and still are worthy the common and
Wen deserved opinion that they are the
most comfortable, elegant and easy ridin e
trains in the world.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Farmers Arc Interested.

. 4. y I
The farmers institute just broug hi
TO close, at Fergus Falls, has
aroused a good deal of interest in q
number of farming operations which
are now being successfully carried on
IN many places, but have never yet
been tried here. Perhaps the most
important of these is the plan of rails
ing wheat sand fax together. Rep
resentative Bush. of Olmsted county,
who was one of the instructors at the
institute, dwelt at great length on
this plan, which, he says, is prov
ing very profitable in the southern
part of the state. The plan of SOW
ing flax with the wheat was first
adopted in order to keep the cinch
bugs out of the latter grain. This
proved effective and it was soon dis
covered that the plan had numerous
other advantages. 1t was found that
1t had a tendency to keep the wheat
from lodging and that both grains
were improved by being grown to-
gether. Mr.. Bush recommends that
two parts of wheat to one of flax be
sown. This plan will produce a crop
of about 45 per cent of flax of superior
quality. The two grains are harvest
ed and threshed together and then
easily separated by a fax cleaning
machine. A great many. farmers here
contemplate trying the new plan next
summer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
TUBERCULOSIS GERMS.
The Only Way to Destroy Them IL By
the Thorough Pasteurization of
MIX and Cream.

The subject of tuberculosis is one
which interests the entire world. AL
though dollars innumerable and great
study have been devoted to securing
some method Of successfully combat
ing this disease, and although the
world is startled now and again with
the announcement that great discov-
cry has been made along these lines,
yet. only palliative measures have thus
far been found effective in any degree.
It is known that milk from cows
whose udders are affected by tubercu-
losis is liable to cause transmission of
the disease to persons, especially to
young children, the bacillus producing
this disease in cattle and consumption
among people being identical. It is
now interesting and important to know
that foreign Investigations have DEM
onstrated that tuberculosis germs are
often found in butter and that they
will there live for considerable period
of time. The only way, it is stated,
to feel sure of the butter and milk you
are consuming is to know that the milk
and the cream from which the butter is
made is pasteurized and the germs
killed. 1t is not now generally believed
that consumption or tuberculosis can
be directly inherited-it is acquired by
the offspring rather from close contact
with the mother. At the Wisconsin sta
ton some of the best animals were
found to be diseased. They were sep
arated from the others and calves bred
from them; but the offsprings were i'm
mediately removed from the mothers
and fed on the milk Of other cattle.
They have proved perfectly healthy.
The milk of diseased cattle has also
been successfully used for feeding pur-
poses after having been thoroughly
Observation-Disclosures Review.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
HER ASPIRATIONS
4 Kansas Girl Who Took . Practical
View Of Educational
= So Advantages.

There was little of the idealistic about the
essay Of Kansas girl at her recent gradua,
ton. Her teacher had given her for theme
the phrase: Beyond the Alps Lies Italy"
She astonished her preceptress and school
mates by these emphatic words:
Il do not care cent whether Italy lies
beyond the Alps or even in Missouri. do
not expect to set the river on fire with my
future career. am glad have good, very
good education, but I am not going to mis-
use it by writing poetry or essays about the
future woman. 1t will enable me to correct
the grammar of any lover may have, should
ne speak of 'dorgs' in my presence, or say
he went somewhere. IT will also come
handy when I want to figure out how many
pounds OF soap a woman can get for three
dozen eggs at the grocery. So 1 do not be.
grudge the time I have spent in acquiring
it. But my ambitions do not fly so high. I
just want to marry man who can lick any
body Of his weight in the township, who can
run an 8O,acre farm and who has no fe-
male relatives to come around and try to
boss the ranch. And I will agree to cook
good dinners for him that WON'T send him to
an early grave and lavish upon him whole
lot OF wholesome affection and see that his
razor hasn't been used to cut broom wire
when he wants to shave. In view of all this
don't care if do get a little rusty on the
rule of three and kindred things as the years
go by.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
News In Brief,

Contractors working ON the piers for
the new Wabasha street bridge. St.
Paul, are disturbed over the slight rise
in the river, an unusual thing in De-
cember.
w. s. Tuttle has received the an
pointment of engineer for the HASTINGS
asylum.
Several drug store employees at Fer
tile have been indicted for selling
liquor illegally.
The proposition to bond the town of
Slayton for $40, 900 for electric lights
and waterworks was defeated fully
two to one.
The streets and business houses of
New Richland are lighted by cleo
tricity.
The improvements at Preston for
the year foot up $50, 600.
According to eastern advices, Mime
apolis is the only city in the United
States where the insurance men will
end the year with good profit. r.
The Master Barbers' Association of
St. Paul has fled articles Of incorpora-
tion with the secretary of state.
Henry Underdahl, who runs a tenn
perance saloon at Kenyon, was con-
victed of selling Intoxicating LIQUOR
without a license. = -.
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advising upon decorations and displays
for dinner parties; designing new ''fa-
vors" for fashionable dances; exercis-
ing pet dogs; training the same; also
pet mice to do tricks; also whistling to
mocking birds to teach them new
tunes; talking to parrots-this takes
patience-to teach them new sentences;
as bootblacks; as cat-washers; as bar
bers; as private detectives; as night
watchmen; as furnishers of new
houses; as manicures in downtown
buildings-their clients are almost all
men.
For men-but everyone knows that
men do queer things. ~
l know a homemade bread baker,"
widow, who has earned a living for a
number of years in this way When
she was left to her own devices with
several small children on her hands,
and at so years, she had no accomplish
ment, but she could bake bread. She
began supplying immediate neighbors,
expanded the business gradually, and is
now making a good income.
On Thanksgiving young Yale grad
uate wanted a lunch to take to New
Haven on the day of football game
when it is too crowded to think of dim
ing there. He went to the Woman's ex-
change and bought; among other
things, some pumpkin pies which hap
pened to fulfill his exalted pumpkin-pie
ideals. He bought dozen of these pes
after he got back and Took them to his
club to treat his friends, who are many.
They began by chatting him, but after
tasting the pies each man said: by
Jove, they're good!"
understand this pie woman is doing
fine business now.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
1t Pays to Keep Accounts.

The times are changing as rapidly
in regard to farm management as in
the management of any other business,
and it behooves the farmer to keep
watch of his operations with the same
keen. eye that the merchant uses in
following up every venture to it's close.
1t is. impossible to do this thoroughly
without keeping books in which are
recorded the items of expense, both of
time and money, involved in the pro.
duction of every farm product. Il
needs some care and attention to do
this, and many farmers hate to bring
themselves to such work, but it is pre-
cisely this kind of care and attention
which distinguishes the successful
from the unsuccessful men in every
kind OF business.-Farm Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Carnival at the Canital.

The St. Paul carnival will be held
during the first and second weeks in
February, the directors of the asso-
citation having decided that the dates
should be Feb. to 10, both inclusive.
This will make the opening date Sat-
urday, and bring the close on week
from the following Monday.
Incidental to the fixing of the date
it was also practically arranged yes
terday that the annual meeting of the
Farmers Alliance Association will
take place during carnival week, and
the championship meeting of the Ma
tional Amateur Skating Association
will also be held.
Last year the state grain growers
convention was held in St. Paul, and
arrangements were made for the ma
tional convention to be held there the
coming year: j. G.. Hanley, secretary
of the grain growers, who is also sec
retary of the National Farmers Al
lance, yesterday notified the secre-
tary that if the carnival association
would announce the carnival date he
would arrange his dates in accord
ance.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Woman in Finance.

. A Detroit man, whose wife was coming to
San Francisco on a visit, accompanied her
as tar as Chicago and put her on the overland
half of a five dollar bill that he had torn in
two, telling the man that his wife had the
other half and would give it to him at the
end of the journey if she were properly
looked after. When he got home he found
half of the torn bill, and a few days later he
received a letter from his wife reminding
him of the fact, and saying she had torn q
dollar Bill in two and given half Of it to. the
porter. Somewhere along the line there
of two worthless bills in his possession and
firm conviction that he has been worked
by some sort of a new fimAam game Mean
while, the Detroit man is anxious to find out
what sort of reasoning his wife used when
whole Of that one dollar bill.-San Francisco
ArpOnaut,
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been profitable, will be continued much
as before.
The Harpers have long been in diff
culties; they have had to pay high
prices for paper because they bought
at long time. They have lost money by
paying extravagant prices to authors
already successful instead of trying to
develop new men-a course which the
tickle public better rewards For, in
stance, they paid Gen. Wallace $4,000
for "The Prince of 1ndia," thinking it
would be as big success as "Ben Hur."
1t wasn't. When ''Trilby" made such q
hit-and it is part of unwritten his
tory that they would have been forced
to make an assignment then. but for the
success of that single book-they paid
Du Maurier big sum for its successor,
'"The Martian," and lost on that, but
not so heavily. They failed, in word,
to keep in touch with the constantly
changing market. One result of this
was that they preferred to publish
books by English authors to trying
American books.
"ueH was last IN London L looked
over number of manuscripts seeking
something good for New York pub
Usher who had asked me to do this.
One story by an English author was
submitted to me in this way, and was
forced to report adversely upon it. 1t
was we'll enough in its way, but not like
ly to interest Americans. 1 was sur
prised after my return to see that the
Harpers had accepted the book. They
lost money on it, however. could name
a number of such cases.
Col. Harvey, the new head of the firm
as receivers agent, is an interesting
character. He is about 40 years old, and
looks 80; he has been private secretary
to Joseph Pulitzer and William C. Whit
ney, who are two of the ablest men in
this city. He is quick, ambitious and
practical to the last minute. It's a con-
siderable honor to be, at 40, at the head
of concern with debts of S. 500 900 and
assets of twice as much; but these are
the days of the young man. Harvey
will shake up the dry bones.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Cycle Paths All Right.

In decision handed down by Judge
Canty it is held that the commission
ers of Henepin county have not only
the right to segregate part of a
highway and improve it as a cycle
path, but they have right to protect
it from use by those other than
cyclists.
The court, in a test case brought in
the district court of Hennepin county,
decides that the party against whom
the charge of violating the ordinance,
which prohibits the driving of teams
across the path, can be properly pros
ecuted, as the law is constitutional,
but in the particular case at~issue
there was flaw in the Indictment.
The. court therefore grants new
trial.
The case is of interest to wheelmen
generally as it involves the question
of the boards right to set aside part
of highway for cyclists, and decides
that as it has that power the Or
dinance which protects the path from
trespassers, is valid.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
HE WASN'T SUPERSTITIOus.
And Yet He Was Bound He Wouldn't
Travel Without His Lucky
. Coin.

just as he was starting on short business
journey his wife called him aside. evil
liam" she said, earnestly, "don't think of
going to-day. Put it off till tomorrow or
next week. Something awful will happen
# you disregard my advice, and I know it" i"
whats the matter with you? Been hav-
ing dreams or consulting one of these Sec
ondsight frauds?" "No, dear, but this is
Friday, and it is simply inviting trouble to
make a start on Friday" "0h, pshaw!
MII you, meyer get over such foolishness?
WHAT'S the day got to do with it? Honest,
it makes me tired-this everlasting supersti-
tion and belief in signs. If I paid attention
to all such things we'd starve, for I'd have
no time to do business. Put all of them out
of your head, little one. I've had Just as
good luck on Friday as on any other day,
and the only serious accident ever had was
on Monday. I can't disarrange all my plans
just to humor whim. I'll come back as
safe and sound as leave. Good-by." He
went, and she sat in the bay window look
ing just as disconsolate as though her worst
fears had been realized. At the end of 20
minutes she. saw her husband hurrying
toward the house, carrying his hat in his his
hand and mopping his forehead. She ran to
the door, pale with apprehension. "What is
it, William?. Tell me, quick. can bear
anything as long as you are all right"
'Where's that old blue vest? That lucky
dime of mine is in one of the pockets. I'd
TrOy Times.
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that it wasn't sometimes called Kan
sas crank idea.
Well, it has reached the east, and it is
no longer so cranky, of course. Would
you be surprised to learn that in sew
eral of the cities of this state: the cur
few law is now in force, and that in
others it is being considered? The New
York state superintendent of educa-
ton, Charles Il. Skinner, recommends
it in his report, and good things are
said of it where it has been enforced
AS yet, I think, no Guy of more than
100000 population has tried clearing
its streets of young children after nine
in the summer and eight in the win
ter; but others may do SO any day.
What gives the movement force is
the alarming growth of crime among
children. On single day recently two
boys under 16 murdered companions.
The prisons are full of very young
criminals, and the street is making
more at an alarming rate.
Maybe the curfew law is wise, and
maybe it is an attempt to do good
thing by ill-chosen means. But it is
interesting to know that more people
are living under that law to-day in
New York state than in Kansas.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
ulpRo OWED HIGHWAYS
stone Roads for Both Farmer i
and Business Man. q

The principle OF the good roads
movement, as advocated by the
League Of American Wheelmen, is
that the common roads of the coun-
try are as important as the railway
systems, the statement being made by
them and being easily understood
that there is not an ounce Of any COM
modify hauled over the railroads that
is not first transported by wagons
over country roads or city streets. It
does not matter if the commodity is
manufactured articles that are loaded
on cars at the factory. The raw mate
rial has first to be hauled to the fac
tory But, the greatest hauling is
done in the farming districts, and
there 1t is that good highways are
most needed.
The subject has not been given the
attention and support it deserves as
yet for the simple reason that private
capital cannot become interested in
the building of common roads, since
there would be no income from the in
vestment, such as there is in rail-
ways. Municipal, county, state and
the national governments have not
had the. issue brought directly before
them in its full significance, because
it is necessary to first educate the
people to the necessities of the move
ment. This is what is being done by
the wheelmen at the present time, and
it must be said to their credit that
they have enlisted the sympathy and
support of all the prominent farmers
organizations in the movement. With
the two classes working together it is
only q question of time until the
movement will be made a political is
sue, and then will come the desired
improvements.
Thet argument offered in favor of
the improved roads is that they les
sen the cost of repairs, make it pos
sible9to haul the largest amount of
goods with the smallest animal power,
save time and increase property valua-
tions. No railroad company would ex-
pect to do business if it's tracks and
'roadbed were in such condition as to
make it either impossible to use the
tracks at long seasons of the year or
in using them have to lose great deal
of time and have immense repairs to
make, and yet that is what the farm
ers and Others using the common
roads are doing in a comparative way
every day in the year.
They make the most impracticable
attempts at road building and repair
ing and then wonder why there is no
profit in their products, which have
been hauled over bad roads at the
greatest expense. It has been esti-
mated that in the states where the
stone roads have been built the cost
OF transportation has been decreased
to 20 per cent. of the former figures
and that the roads pay for themselves
within few years. It has been fur
ther shown that the amount lost in
the different ways mentioned will
more than pay for fthe building and
repairs of these roads on the annual
assessments made for them or that it
costs no more each year to have good
roads than it does to have bad ones,
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Girl's successful ventu-.

Rita Wildwood, % years old, was a
atenographer in a law Office two wears
ego, with no capital except thousand
dollar legacy which she was saving for
burial expenses. She heard of the pos
sibilities Of profit in conducting coffee
plantations in Hawaii, and decided to
risk her funeral and invest her capital.
Shs persuaded her brother to join her.
In Hawaii they bought 26O acres of land
at $4 an acre. The plantation is now
paying well and she expects an annual
income Of $4,000 at the end of two
years more. She is now the richest
woman coffee planter on the Hawaiian
alands, <s 81 V
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Halter to Fit Any Horse.

Take rope of convenient length and
thickness, and make small loop at one
OF its ends and another small loop about
four inches away from it. The halter is
completed by passing the end of the
rope through the first loop and then
through the second loop. As this
halter runs through both loops it will
mt bead OF any size. Its special dis
advantage is that it requires to be kept
constantly tight in order for it to retain
its position. This objection can be OBJ
waited for any particular horse by
making knot at each of the small
loops, after determining the respec-
tive lengths of the head piece and the
nose band.-London Live Stock Jour-
nal.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Killing Lice on Hor..


To get rid of lice on swine the first
thing to do is to clean the nest and
burn it, says the National Stockman.
Then mix together by agitating pint
of kerosene half pint of soft soap
and two gallons of warm soft water
and with an old scrub broom or spray
pump thoroughly clean the place where
the nest was and the sides, or use a
whitewash made, from. fresh slaked
lime. Now we will go for the lice ON
the swine. The best Of all preparations
for this is some of the carbolic sheep
dips advertised and use as directed.
The next is to use kerosene emulsion
similar to what was advised to clean
the sty with and apply it with a broom
Or brush to all parts Of the body.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Imitation Butter in Cuba.

American butter sells for less in
the Cuban market than butter from
France, Holland and Denmark. And
yet American butter is generally bet
ter than that coming from the other
countries. The trouble is that oleo-
margarine and other limitations are
sold in Cuba as American butter. It
is precisely the same dishonest. meth
DDS which have so greatly injured the
American butter trade in Europe.
When our government stops this
fraudulent trade American butter and
cheese will sell again in the markets
of the world at prices as high as SIM
liar articles from other countries.
This dishonest practice on the part of
exporters not only disgraces the
United States, but it takes millions of
dollars annually out of the farmers
pockets by depreciating the value of
their products. s.-Philadelphia Press.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
About Continuous Mflkfur-

A writer in the Jersey Bulletin says
he or she has but one COW in a herd
OF 20 that has ever gone dry more
than month at time before calving.
That cow was brought into the herd
and was dry three months before she
dropped another calf. With her next
calf she went dry about six weeks and
does SO now. Most of the herd have
never been dry at all since they had
the first calf. Although the milk is
not used in the dairy for a month be-
fore they calve, they are MIXED regu-
1arly, and no difference can be seen
between the well-fed COW that does
not 60 dry at all and other COWS that
60 dry one or two months, so far as
health, v1gor or lasting qualities 20.
1t is largely matter of habit, and if
a heifer is allowed to go dry after her
first calf she is more apt to 20 drv
little longer the next time.