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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-07
TREsTLE BUILDERS ACCEPT NO BLAME

New Haven, Conn. Aug Specialize. W.
Bakesee the head Of the firm of c. w Blakes-
lee & Sons the New Haven contractors VINO hao
charge Of the construction Of the Shelton-Strat-
ford trestle, accepted no blame tonight for the
disaster.
THE trestle at Pecks Mills" he said or on
the Mill River bridge. is the highest on the road
and the most dangerous. The treste is sixty
eight feet above the mud level, and the mud at
the place where the car went over is seven feet
deep and soft There is mud only on the STRAIT
ford side and the must have jumped the
bridge close TO the shore TO land In It, The rails
did not spread l am informed by my son. but
the car left the track before 1t reached the
bridge. went a few feet and toppled over The
only reason for the accident was the careless
ness OF the motorman. as the track was In hrst
class condition in every respect. / went over II
only last Friday and found everything all right.
The whole trouble with the road was too great
anxiety to get It started, and warned the COM
rany on Thursday to go slow, especially on APP
preaching down grades. The road was Duht
RAPIDLY and at immense cost, because the COM
many wanted speed but the bridge was per-
fectly safe We take no blame whatever for the
accident"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
NEGLECTED INDUSTRY.
The Honey Business Is Not Receiving
the Attention in the West
Which 1t Should.

It is a matter of congra tulation that
so many of the side industries possible
to the farm have been brought into
prominence within a few years through
the farm press and the farmers insti-
tute, but there is something still lack
ing. The honey business is rarely men
toned at a farmers institute, and many
of the farm papers do not mention it
except in the most casual manner.
Illinois has many honey plan is which
would be a source of considera BILE rev.
= enue If the honey could be secured, but
because of lack of bees thousands OF
dollars worth of nectar wastes every
year. All over the state white clover
grows and fourishes during the sum
mer, and in most of the state heartsease
and Spanish needle are found in waste
places, while golden rod might almost
be named as the flower of the state
Besides these is sweet clover, which is
a troublesome weed in most places, and
many dislike the honey that comes from
it.
Intelligent farmers recognize the
value of bees in the polarization OF
fruit flowers, and they no doubt &C
complish much good in the same way
with other crops. There is room fol
bees on every farm in the state, and il
every farmer produced only honey
enough for his own family, the saving
in the item of sweets for family use
would be larger than most men imag
ine.-Farmers' Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Qualifications of a judge.

Mr.. Mortimer lowering, of Lafayette,
Ind, in an address delivered at the an
nual meeting of the New York State
Breeders association, recently held at
Rochester, on ''Judging Live Stock in
the Show Ring" after emphasizing the
great responsibility of the position,
summed up the requirements of a, Judge
as follows: can eye for symmetry and
outline, fine sense of touch, an educa-
ton III animal anatomy to detect blem-
ishes, defects and malformation, a COM
plete knowledge of the points of excel
lence governing the variety under con-
sideration, a mathematical genius for
comparing sizes and weights, cool
head and resolute nerve, an unpreju-
diced mind, the courage Of his convic-
tons, unilnpeachable integrity, and a
disposition to do what is honest and
right.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Roots for Fattenins Lambs.

Last year an experiment was under
taken at the Minnesota experiment
station to determine the value of po-
tatoes, mangels and sugar beets, re-
spectively, as food factors in fattening
lambs. The results showed that in
feeding lambs potatoes compare favor
ably with mangels and sugar beets
in producing increase in weight, but
they are more costly food than the
other roots named; that, because of
the greater cost of potatoes as COM
pared with mangels and sugar beets,
they should not be grown as food for
lambs when the latter, can be grown
successfully; that, judging by the re-
suits obtained in this one experiment,
sugar beets are more valuable food
for fattening lambs than either pota-
s0ex or 1;angels. Is.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
'.ME AN LIZA JANE"

\ It's fifty years an more ago since me an
Liza Jane, f5%
A-walkin' home from meetin', through
sweet an shady lane, .-.
Agreed it was the best fer US to join our
hands fer l1fe; I.H
An hain't alters blessed the day she said
= she'd be my wife!
We've had our little fallin's out, the same
as all the rest,
But all the while I've knowed at she's the
kindest an the best,
Inc truest an fergivin'est, fer begin to
see
She's had to be an ANGEL fer to GIT along
with me.
Fer since I'm gittin' on in years I sort O.
set around
An kind O. speculate about the things 'at's
more profound;
An as my mind goes strayin' back along
the path o. life,
Jest begin to see how much owe that
good old wife.
You wouldn't think her handsome, cause
your eyes III never see
ihe many lovin' deeds she's done to make
her dear to me-
MY God! the things at she's gone through,
fer love O. me an mine,
Is nun to make a Teller think her beauty
most divine!
s'pose done the best could to make her
burdens light,
Y1t, lookin' back, I seem to see so much at
wasn't right
So much at brought her sorrow-yit,
through all the changin' years,
I've seen her keep her faith in me, a-smilin'
through her tears.
An now we're old, together, but to me
she's young and fair
AS when the rose was in her cheek, the
sunshine in her hair:
An while hold her hand in mine an jour
ney down the hill,
I'll make life's sunset good an sweet-God
helpin' me, will!
Nixon Waterman, in l.. A. W. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
About Color and Breeds,

Many readers who take an interest in
the breeds are at a loss to understand
the advantages possessed by birds of
the same breed, but which are different
in color. For instance, there are the
white, buff, black. brown, dominique
and silver-duckwing Leghorns, but they
differ only in color, being equal in lay
ing qualities. The same may be stated
of the single-comb and rose comb va
rieties. There is a difference, however,
in hardness. The varieties that are
rare, such as the black, dominique and
STRENGTHENING Leghorns, are more in
bred, as new blood is not easily OBJ
tanned, but the bluffs, whites and
browns, though harder than the 9TH
ers, are about equal in merit otherwise
Color has but little, if any, influence in
determining quality and Fire
side.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
STRUCK A BARGAIN.
"A Deal in Cow Buying That Created
Bad Blood Between Neigh
' bOra. e" g

Blanks uglier than bear" complained
one board of trade man to another, recent.
ly. whats the matter with him, anyhow"
Haven't you heard? I'll tell you on the
quiet, but never intimate to him that you
know a thing. 1t would be all your life's
worth. You know he owns fine home out
north of the boulevard?" 80
"Of to the right near Highland Park?"
'That's the place. He has neighbor on
either side and one of them owned one of
these COWS that never wants to stay where
she's put: She was constantly breaking into
Blanks back yard, tramping the lawn to
pieces, breaking the shrubbery and using
the side of the house, in lieu of straw
stack, to rub against. No fencethat would
not deface the property would keep her out,
and Blank decided that something must be
done. He could not bear the idea of a
neighborhood row, so he went to the owner
of the cow, told him that she had become an
intolerab BILE nuisance and that he would glad
ly give $40 to have her disposed Of The Of
fer was promptly accepted, and the money
paid. A morning or two later the COW was
in the yard again, destroying things just as
of old. Blank hunted up his neighbor and
said: Il thong hit you promised me to get rid
of that COW at once
1T did and I have Sold her to your
neighbor on the other side for $50. Pretty
good deal, wasn't it; $50 for $25 cowt
Blanks been mad enough to shoot ever
since" -Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Injurious Labors in Home Life and
How They May he Avoided.

Injurious LabOrs in Home Life and
How They May BE Avoided.
Among all the Notwithstanding occupa-
tions in which the housewife may engage
none is more productive of harm than is
the back-breaking, muscle-twisting, nerve
destroying operation of washing and scrub
bling clothes upon the ordinary wash-board.
The woman who stands over the tub inhal,
ing the hot, unwholesome vapors cannot
hope to maintain good health, to say moth
ing of the effect of being confined to
STOPPING, unnatural position, which, in time,
will wreck the strongest constitution. Do
not wreck health and happiness over the
washtub in this day of washing machines.
Get the best mechanism in this line and re-
the wash-board- instrument of domes-
tic torture which is answerable for nine
tenths of the diseases with which our wom-
ankind is cursed. Take, for example, the
Rocker Washer, which is the representative
product in this line, and compare it's work
and it's results with the labors of the old
style 'sblue Monday wash day. Not only
Of the time consumed by the old-fashioned
methods, but it does it much more thor
| oughly, the clothes being whittier, sweeter
and cleaner than could possibly be the case
were the garments cleaned by hand.
For the convenience of our readers who
realize that the highest class article in any
department of domestic equipment is not
only the most satisfactory, but in the end
is really the cheapest, we would state the
washer in question may be had from the
Rocker Washer Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
The woman who insists upon continuing in
the Notwithstanding methods and the man
who permits such cruel and unnecessary
sacrifice has much to answer for. When
work can be done more quickly and far bet
! ter without the slightest risk to health it
! is crime to persist in what causes such
general and widespread harm. The woman
who discards the dashboard for the Rocker
| Washer will, at the end of the year, be
brighter, better, healthier and happier for
the change, and could never be persuaded to
: and unnecessary slayery.-J :. n. Meyers, NJ.
D., in American Journal Of Health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
PROTECT THR BIRDS.
Important Facts COMPLIED ~ VIII
liam butcher, Of the Amerl.
can OrnitholoGastss Union.

According to the census Ct 1890 there
were in the United States the enor-
nous number Of 1854 ,641 farms, with
total acreage of 623,21s,6l9. The val
ration of these farm lands is placed at
the sum of $13,279, 252,649. The labor
of the farmer and fruit grower is re-
paid by products to thevalue of s.. AGO.
107,454 per year, but it is said that
insects and rodents destroy products
annually to the astonishing money
value of 100000, 900, even with the
birds as protectors. Just imagine what
the additional loss would be were all
the birds destroyed" They are fast
being exterminated, and unless that
large class of the population, the agri-
culturists, awaken to the gravity of
the situation and absolutely demand
that no more birds be killed for any
purpose whatever, they will soon feel
the shortsightedness in actual dollars
and cents. A difference of one per
cent. in the value of the farm products
amounts to the enormous sum of 1884,
G01,o74- The birds are now killed for
two purposes only; for food and mil.
linery ornaments For food, only a
very few are shot, i. e., the game birds,
and these only during restricted por-
tions of the year, so they do not ma
terially affect the result. There is no
excuse for shooting the second class
of birds, as their value as millinery
ornaments is far less than their value
as insect destroyers. Besides this
contrast the difference in the money
value of the two interests that are
opposed to each other. By the census
Of 1890 we find that the total capital
invested in the millinery and lace trade
is $22,939, 430, and the cost of the ma
terial used that year was $27, ,11S
Place the two interests side by side
$13, 100000, 900 against$23, 900, 900. Again
an annual product of $2,212 ,O0O, OO(
as against 27,000,0o0. I ask, and ]
wish I could shout my question in q
voice so loud and clear that every man
woman and child in this broad land O.
with their paltry interests, any RICH
to jeopardize the safety of the agri
cultural interests? Ponder! A differ
ence of only one percentum in the an
nual product of our farms and gar
dens amounts to more than the entir,
millinery and lace interests of tn,
United States. Will the farmers ant
fruit growers remain silent much long
er and permit the birds, their bes
friends, to be killed that a trifling inter
est like the millinery trade may MAKE
a few more dollars at the sacrifice O.
| so much that is beautiful, as well a.
of economic value?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09

~ and is to be hung on a pivot in such
way that the end outside the box
is slightly heavier. Put the bait (c)
at the inner end of the pivoted box.
It does not take much to induce a rabbit
to enter a hole. Once inside this the
animal crawls along until past the mid
die, when it's weight overbalances the
box, which tips up suddenly, and the
animal slides out into the larger box.
The pivoted. box then falls back to it's
original position and is ready for an
other rabbit. The trap is easily con-
structed, simple and has the advan-
tage of being always set. There can be
two entrances as Shown in the illustra-
ton. The top and sides of the box
exposed above ground can be covered
with leaves, snow or anything to dis
guise it. The trap door (a) is for re-
moving the captured rabbits Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Profit in White Glover Seed.

It is SO difficult to cut and cure the
white clover after it has ripened it's
seed that this seed must always be
high priced. It is therefore worth
while for farmers who complain that
everything they grow is too cheap to
give them any profit to seed plentifully
with white clover on some land that is
reasonably free from weeds, and grow
this crop as a speciality. What is now
marketed is secured from the hand
picked heads of clover, out of which the
seed is pounded and the chaff blown
away. White clover heads are pretty
sure to be filled with seed. as the honey
bees pass from flower to flower and
ferti1ize #
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
MQaninr NJ Soil Aorof finn

By this term we mean the entrance
ct air into the soil, and it's consequent
effect. This is closely connected with
the benefits accruing from an increase
of depth. In many of our subsoils
there is quantity of inert plant food
which is of no use unless it has been
decomposed by the action of the air.
When the air is admitted to the soil
gradually from the surface and also
from the drains direct, the oxygen of
the air, in connection with moisture
and heat, causes a chemical change to
take place in all vegetable matter not
well decomposed and fitted for plant
food, and renders the soil richer as
we'll as deep.-C. G. Elliott, Drainage
Engineer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
SIX MEN IN LOVE,
Wrote Circular Love
Letters.

Yes, people can come close to each other
without scraping in big city. 1 stumbled
onto a case the other day. A few months
ago was let down the trapdoor of some
body's confidence. Men don't confde very
often, but when they do they make land
This one did. He told me of poor little
Columbus girl who was hopelessly in love
with him. Unrequited love is such bid
for sympathy, You know, and in this case
it seemed so dreadfully pathetic. Poor little
thing! If she could only care for some one
else! But then she couldn't, he knew. He
was worried, in lofty, condescending kind
wreck life on the shore of love-but then
he could not care for her-for, well, she
cared too much for him, you know.
Before the end Of the month I was up
to the ears in confidence! Six unfortunate
fellows, neither of whom knew the other,
were beloved by six unfortunate girls-with
side.
had begun to fear for the sense of the
sex, when one day called in on a lively
little friend of mine in a big High street
office building, and found her writing let
tiers. ''Six of them-all alike, except for the
addresses" said she.
"Circular letters? asked.
eyes, circular. love letters" she laughed
showing the addresses.
marjorie! you don't mean that you are
the composite. young woman in love will
these six menw
ooh, yes, am, and it's great fun, too
And you ought to see the way they all be
lieve. it! Talk about fattering woman
Why, they can't be touched compared to 9
man. Why, it has never occurred to one Of
them that possibly I might not mean it,
Oh. yes, I'm an object Of pity, all right
Let's see-Pm to commit suicide twice, e
into two nunnerics, and-well, die of si1
! broken hearts some way. Oh, I'm in al
! awful shape.
eyes, it is rather extravagant entertain
ing part at the theater that just need
such practice. "-Ohio State Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
ssNOt the Generals Cow"

Tommy Atkins"-the slang name Of
the British private-is not noted for
his politeness, but for his obedience to
orders. Years ago in seaport town in
England a, general and an admiral
were neighbors. The generals house
was fronted by a grass plot, on which
he pastured COW. One day his wife
complained 10 him, that the supply of
milk was falling short. The sentinel
accounted for the defciency-the pub
lie trod down the pasture. Thereupon
the general gave orders that no human
or other animal except his COW should
be allowed on the grass plot. He added
that if this rule was infringed On the
sentinel should be fogged.' Soon after
the admiral's wife, in haste to keep an
engagement, took short cut over the
plot, disregarding the sentinel's order
to keep off the grass. Common soldier,
don't you know who I am?'' calculated
the offended lady. Cali I know is that
you are not the generals cow /:
Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Chemistry Of Good Soils,

According to Prof. Ansted. good
soil should be composed of nearly equal
parts of the three earths, sand, clay and
lime; it should contain a certain guam
tity of decomposing vegetable and an
imal matter; it should take up moist
ure and give it backto the air without
much difficulty; and it should have
depth sufficient to permit the roots of
the plant to sink and extend without
coming to rock, to water or to some in
furious earth; the subsoil should be
moderately porous, but not too much
so, and in case Of need the subsoil
should be able to improve the soil by
admixture with it
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
H0w,l ThiaY

: We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
E. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price Use. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
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HANDLES FOR CRossCUT SAWS.

ANDl1LS FUR CftOSSCOI SAWS.
and without the back-breaking effect
In any event, whether saw is to be
used by one or two men, it is an advan-
tage to have one end of itfurnishedwith
two-handed handle. Some small cross
cuts are made with such handle at one
end Gig. y, but if not, the ordinary
handle can be removed from any broad
bladed saw and homemade handle in
serted (Fig~ p. In use, the sawyer
will of course hold the main stem with
his left hand, while with his right he
will grasp the lower and forked part
Of the handle. He will be surprised at
his increased command over the work.
ing Of the implement.-Guy E. Mitchell,
in Ohio Farmer
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
ANOTHER RABBIT TRAP.
BE Constructed by Any In
HeniOus Youngster.

Sink a dry goods box two and a
half or three feet deep into the ground
near hedgerow or in a fence corner,
or any secluded spot that may be fire.
quented by rabbits. Leave the top
about six inches above ground. Saw
out hole about six inches square at
the top on one side. Make a box (b)
without ends, 10 inches long, the sides
of inch and the top and bottom of half
inch boards. This is to fit exactly the
six-inch hole in the dry goods box. It
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
our naval Z station & 4 & san Ju.n.

y EOuk N1v11 S111IOM " Ssn. s1u1M. 81
. The new United States naval station to he.
located at San Juan, Porto Rico, will be nf
the utmost Importance to this country asthe
key to the situation when the Nicaragua
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Itguards the
digestive organs from attacks Of Indigestion,
biliousness and constipation, just the same as
the new naval station at San Juan will ward
off attacks upon this country by foreign foes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
A CrOsscut Saw of COnsidera bic
Power Available for Use
by a Single Man.

handles and are intended to be used by
two men, but it is frequently desirable
on the farm to have the saw availab BILE
for use by single man. Logs to be
sawed may be too large for the bucksaw
and a sharp one-man crosscut will saw
almost if not fully as fast rs 2 bucksaw
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Aunt Diana Heard From.

'sRastus!" yelled Aunt Diana in loud
voice, ''yo' en- Miami Snowflake cum in heah
dis berry instance en- stop playin' wifi dem
air white folks chillun. All dey wants is
t learn lot OBJ cakewalk fgahs en- den
dey won't hab nuthin' mo- t do wifi yo'."-
Ohio State Journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Oh That Deliciou. Coffee,

Costs but lc per ID. to grow. Salzer has the
seed. German Coffee Berry, pkg. l5c; Java
Coffee pkg. l5c. Salzer's New American
Chlcory l5c. Cut this out and send 15c for
any Of above packages or send Soc and get
all 8 pkgs. and great Catalogue free to JOHN
A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. Xxi
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09

Doctor-"I would advise you to take a
walk every morning before breakfast" Sap
py.-"'But, doctor, I-ah-never get up until
after bweakfast, y'know."-The Rival.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas,

Opens February %. In the Ozark Noun.
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery.
Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap ex-
cursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address j. O. Plank, Manager, Room
Il, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. l0l N. Broadway, St..
Louis. Mo.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09

This is the time of year for those who own
bicycles to store up wind for their pneu.
matte tires.-Olean IN. ~ Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09

It's difficult for men to check their ex-
penses unless they have bank balance
Chicago Daily News.