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The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
Raising Peaches from Seed.

The prevalence of yellows among
peaches makes their propagation by
budding danger in spreading the dis
ease. 1t is in the sap,and if any tree
which the knife cuts into to make a
place for the bud is affected with vel
lows, the taint will be retained by the
knife and spread the yellows to all the
trees inoculated. 1t is quite easy to be
sure that a. rich, luscious peach is not
affected with yellows, especially if
gathered from the tree. The pit from
such a peach ought to produce valua-
BILE Seeding and free from>disease. The
low repute of Seeding peaches dates
from the time when the natural fruit
was about the only kind grown. But
even then some valuable seedlings were
found in every Seeding Produced
American Cultivator.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.

Lincoln might succeed and that some
day she and I might be free" After
the close of the war, Booker Washing
ton went with his brothers to West Vir-
ginia, where they worked in the coal
mines for pay in money. One day, on
seeing negro laboriously spelling out
a newspaper paragraph to group of
colored people, who gazed at him with
open-mouthed wonder and veneration,
q desire for study was awakened in the
boy. He obtained a situation to- do
chores for lady who taught him to
read.
Soon after, on hearing that at Hamp-
ton was a school where black boys
could learn and work their own way,
he walked and worked his passage to
that point, where he found himself sur
rounded by an atmosphere of business,
Christian influences and spirit of self
help that awakened every latent fac
ulty and brought realization of what
it meant to be a man instead of piece
of transferable property. On finishing
his school course, in 1881, he began, at
Tuskegee, Ala, what he intends to be
his life work. Without a dollar, in a
church and small shanty, with one
teacher and 80 pupils, he established a
school, which, with its spirit Of work
and industrial thrift, aided by the state
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The Feed and the Cows.

There is considerable in cows pos
sibility to give a good quality of rich
milk, but it is easy to have that posi-
bility ruined by poor feed and care in
bringing up and developing. On the
other hand, no amount Of food and care
will induce cow that gives thin, poor
milk to turn about and give milk which
is rich in solids. Good feed and good
care will help develop many cows that
have been neglected, but if there is any
decided improvement it will be made
with cows that are born to be good,
but have not had the opportunity. To
get the most out of any COW, good or
bad, good feed and care are necessary,
but it is the good COW that gives the
best returns when well fed and cared
for.-Daily World s..-. t.
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Beekeeping tor Farmers.

We believe that bees ought to be on
every farm, if there is anything at all
in the neighborhood for them to feed
upon. For the outlay there can be
nothing on the. farm that will pay bet
ter or give more satisfaction. Honey
is a delicious and healthful article OF
diet. 1t is the most delicate sweet that
we have, and, as correspondent of the
Epitomist recently said, a family will
consume an astonishing quantity of it
For home consumption alone the sub.
ject of beekeeping ought to be of in.
terest to every farmer. AS a product
for market there is much more profit
in honey than there is in butter on the
average farm Honey will sell for cash
at all times. Butter does not as a usual
thing.-Agricultural Epitomist.
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section bolt two fiat pieces of iron on
the outside and bend them over so that
when the top section is laid on the
rounds they will hold it in place. On
the lower ends of the top section bolt
two irons and let them come down
straight, and at the end bend half
circle, so they will just fit over the
rounds; this will support the bottom of
the top section and the irons at the
top will hold it in place. The ladder
can be doubled up and placed where
you want it. Push the top section up
when you desire to climb higher and
stop whenever you want it by simply
setting the irons upon a round. If it is
not wanted for an extension ladder it
can be slipped apart and used as two
single ladders. The illustrations will
show it's construction. Fig. 2 in the
cut shows the iron that holds the ladder
together. It is four inches wide at the
top, the side that has the bolts is three
inches and the short side one inch long.
At is shown the iron that is fastened
to lower end of top section.-M. c.
Thomas, in Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20

Havins Won the Young woman,s
Consent, He Succeeded with
the Veteran Father.

"I tell you, shouted the old gentleman,
to buy a pig in poke or decide I case after
hearing but one side of it. don't believe
he was ever soldier or ever saw battle in
his life. I don't care 20 much for that, but
it's the false pretenses. I'm veteran and
know a soldier when see him. I'll give
him marching orders the next time he
calls"
"But, papa, see how straight he walks
and what trim figure he has. And he has
told me about lots of battles"
"Bosh! There haven't been lots of battles
since has was big enough to fight. I tell you
that he's false alarm. I'll trap him yet.
Ill bet a. house and lot that he can't go
through the manual of arms"
"But he can. He took a cane and showed
me the whole thing. It was just grand"
What in creation do you know about it ?
You couldn't tell the difference between a
right shoulder, shift and a double quick
Did he enlist from Detroit?-" -
mo, Chicago"
20. of course, some big city where it
would take time to look him up. He's
fraud" -
'sDo listen, papa. BE knows all about
you grand army people, and says that you're
the finest, .bravest, most intelligent military
men that ever kept step to fife and drum.
He. likes beans and coffee for cold lunch,
and every night he was here he turned the
lights out at ten Just from force of habit" !"
"No! And he said that about us vet
erans, hey? Well, I'll have a talk with your
mother. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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4nd ~ some people of the north, has
developed into an institution Of 1000
students, 81 teachers and 50 buildings.
From the ranks Of these students are
to be sent out well-educated, self-re-
liant young men and women to live
among the ten millions of colored peo-
pie of the south, and help to elevate
them to their own condition.
At Tuskegee institute, industrial
training goes hand in hand with mem
tai and moral teaching. Mr.. Wash
ington so earnestly, desires that the
colored people should be expert work.
men at all the trades that students
without funds are enabled to work out
all their. expenses at the school. This,
at the same time, has greatly aided in
the development of the institution it.
self. All but three of the 3S buildings
have been erected by the students.
Many of the. largest are brick, which
certain of the pupils here learning
the trades they are to follow in after
life have manufactured in the brick
yard of the school. This yard produces
not only all the bricks they require, but
many thousands more which are sold
in the surrounding country each year.
At first Mr., Washington, having no
money, was unable to impart such prac-
tical knowledge as he desired, and had
to teach from books alone. But he
was fortunate in the possession of a
friend who was willing to loan $500 to
pay towards the purchase of a farm
near Tuskegee.
The school was soon moved to this
land. The boys were taught indoors
during a part of the day, and passed
the remainder Of the time in putting
the land in order and making bricks.
A skilled man was hired to instruct in
regard to burning them the first year,
| and after that the students did all the
work themselves. Other young men
learn bricklaying, and others still to be
carpenters. A large tract of valuable
timber land is now owned by the in.
stitute upon which good sawmill has
been erected, all lumber needed being
cut here. Joiner work and carriage
making are taught. All the carts, wag-
ons and carriages used on the place
are made on the premises, and the
hickory lumber wagons are in such de-
mand that all not needed are readily
sold to surrounding farmers. It is
always intended to have building in
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EXTENSION LADDER.
That II Easily Made and OPP
Grated Without Difficulty. 2

Upon almost every farm tall ladder
would be very convenient, especiallysin
painting tall buildings, picking apples,
etc., but when a ladder is over 20 feet
long it is very hard to handle, especial
~ if one man has to do it alone. For
high work find that an extension lad
der is very handy, and I will try to de-
scribe one that is easily made and op-
Grated. Make two ladders of any length
you desire, but prefer IS feet. Make
the. bottom one wide enough to admit
the top one inside of the Frame. On
the rounds at the top of the bottom
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
opIllI0 0NS / FER.
Authorities Cannot Agree on the
Best Are 1t Which 10 Plant
Apple Trees. ts

The question as to whether It Is bet.
ter to plant one-year-old or two-year-
old apple trees has been at times quite
thoroughly discussed by some Of the
most prominent horticulturists of the
northwest. The question has been re-
Gently taken up by the Western Fruit
Grower of st. Joseph, Mo. It has OBJ.
tanned and published the opinions Of
many prominent fruit growers, nurs-
erymen and others on the subject, but
there is nothing like an agreement of
opinion on the question. Maj. Frank
Holsinger, of Rosedhle, Kan, would,
other things being equal, plant apple
trees three or four years old, N. F.
Murray, of Oregon, Mo-, says two-year-
old apple trees do better than small
one-year-olds, but well-grown one
year-olds have many advantages and
will give satisfaction in planting new
orchards. Prof. John Craig, Of the Iowa
agricultural college, is not very definite
in his statement and evidently believes
that it depends upon other conditions
whether it is better to use one-year-
old or two-year-old trees. Peter
Youngers, Jr., of Geneva, Neb., prefers
trees two years old. J. C. Evans, of
North Kansas City, Mo-, would make no
difference, as the advantages just about
offset each other. F. Welhouse, of To-
peka, Kan, prefers two-year-old trees.
Prof. Whitten, of the Missouri agricul-
tural college, ordinarily prefers to
plant trees two years old, but knows a
good many successful horticulturists
who prefer first-class yearlings. Silas
Wilson, of Atlantic, Ia, says that year.
ling trees are all right if the land on
which they are planted is planted in
some kind of hoed> crop, but if the
ground is to be sowed with oats or
wheat or planted with corn two-year-
old trees should be used. Prof. Budd
recommends yearling trees, and 50 does
T. T. Lyon. H. E. Van Deman likes a
one-year-old tree. w. L. Hall, of An.
thony, Kan, would plant yearling trees
if he could secure those which had made
vigorous growth. r. J. Bagby prefers
trees one year old, but says the finest
are those which are cut back at the end
of the first year and then allowed to
grow another year in the nursery, Civ.
ing a one-year top on two-year root
Stark Bros. prefer strongly-rooted, well
grown, one-year budded trees. Mr.. But.
terfield's choice is medium-sized two
year-old tree.
The foregoing opinions all relate tc
apple trees. In the case of plum, peach
and pear trees when any preference was
expressed it was for trees one year old
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
FARMERS NEED THEM.
without Good Roads Life in the
Country Is Robbed of Its Most
Cherished Attractions.

Bad roads constitute the greatest
drawback to rural life, and for the lack
of good roads the farmers suffer more
than any other class. It is obviously un-
necessary, therefore, to discuss the ben
efits to be derived by them from i'm
proved roads. Suffice it to say, that
those localities where good roads have
been built are becoming richer, more
prosperous and more thickly settled,
while those which do not possess these
advantages in transportation are either
at standstill or are becoming poorer
and more sparsely settled. If these con-
ditions continue, fruitful farms may be
abandoned and rich lands go to waste.
Life on farm often becomes, as re-
suit of "bottomless roads," isolated and
barren of social enjoyments and pleas
ures, and country people in some COM
munities suf ffer such great disadvan-
tages that ambition is checked, energy
weakened and industry paralyzed.
Good roads, like good streets, make
habitation along them most desirable;
they economize time and force in
transportation of products, reduce wear
and tear on horses, harness and We
hicles, and enhance the market value
of real estate. They raise the value
of farm lands and farm products and
tend to beautify the country through
which they pass; they facilitate rural
mail delivery and are a potent aid to
education, religion and sociability.
Charles Sumner once said: '"The road
and the sch Jolmaster are the two most
important agents in advancing civiliza-
tion."
The difference between good and bad
roads is often equivalent to the differ
ence between profit and loss. Good
roads have money value to farmers
as well as political and social value.
and, leaving out convenience, comfort,
social and refined influences which good
roads always enhance, and looking at
them only from the "almighty dollar
side, they are found to pay handsome
dividends each year:
People generally are beginning to re-
alize that road building is public mat
ter, and that the best interests of Amer
lean agriculture and the American peo-
pie as whole demand the construction
of good roads, and that money wisely
expended for-this purpose is sure to re-
turn.-Maurice. O. Eldridge, Asst Di-
rector Office Road INQUIRY.
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THE NEGRO D PR EN-
Booker T. Washington Thinks It Is
Settling Itself.
How He Would Have the COlored
Race. Act Toward the Whites
Il -WOrk Accomplished at
Tuskegee Institute.
Especial Tuskegee (Ala.1 letter.

{4. '
The race question, in America, in
spite of occasional outrages on both
sides, is gradually settling itself, and a
larger part of the work of solving
the problem is being accomplished
by that portion of the population
whose skin contains the greater
amount of coloring pigment. Booker
I. Washington, who may, at the pres
ent time, be regarded as their repre-
sentative man, although there are many
others as able but not so well known,
believes that while holding firmly and
securely to. everything guaranteed by
the constitution of the United States,
or that is fundamental to citizenship,
"the colored people should make every
effort possible to secure the friendship,
confidence and cooperation of their
white neighbors in the SOUTH" They
e@auld not be TRUCKERS" but act firm
ly from principle, and gain and retain
respect. They should endeavor to OBJ
tain the friendly interest of the south
ern white man, thus inducing him to
help make laws that will, in the truest
sense, elevate the negro. He advises
the latter to do more and more of his
own thinking and in modest, temper
ate manner exercise his political rights
instead of being led by political bosses
or demagogues. Mr.. Washington fur
ther believes that a permanent cure for
many of our present evils will come
through property and educational test
for voting applied honestly and fairly
to both races. This will cut off large
number of ignorant voters now proving
such a demoralizing factor in politics.
But through the Industrial develop
ment of the negro the greatest results
will come.
Education along this line will make
him an intelligent producer, of imme-
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diate value to the community. He may
then become a property holder and as
such thoughtful and conservative
voter. With the increase of his prop
erty interests he gains in Importance
as tax payer and necessary consulta-
ions with his white neighbor about
voting measures will follow. The black
man has implicit confidence in the
white mans advice in business, legal
and religious matters, and when he
shall with equal freedom be able to
consult him regarding politics the sit
.uation will at once change for the bet
ter. A large number of colored people
in every county, owning their own neat
and comfortable homes and a bank
account, and cooperating with their
white neighbors in every manly way
for the development of their own COM
munities, will aid greatly in changing
the present status of the negro as a
citizen. In Mr.. Washington's opinion,
when both races shall cooperate in
politics, business matters, religion and
education, the problem will in great
measure be solved and political out
RACES cease.
Although so we'll known and widely
respected, Booker T. Washington is ig-
nora1t of the date of his own birth.
His began as slave on planta-
tion in Virginia. He must have been
very small boy when the war broke
out, for he once said: might after
night, before the dawn of day, on an
old plantation in Virginia, recall the
form of my sainted mother bending
over the bundle of rags that enveloped
my body, on dirt floor, breathing a
fervent prayer to heaven that 'Massa
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process of construction, for the bene
fit of the building classes. This year
it is a trades school building. Last
with seating capacity of 1900. The
plans were made by the instructor in
mechanical and architectural drawing,
a colored man named Taylor. The
pews and cornices were designed by
students. Men learning tinsmithing,
stating and putting in of electrical and
steam-heating apparatus, finished the
work. Each year men and women ex-
pert in different trades are graduated
and largely sought as teachers in other
institutions. They know their lines OF
business well, and seem to have no diff
ficulty in obtaining employment.
A large part of the furniture used at
the school is built here. Harness-mak-
ing, saddlery, printing, tailoring, black
smithing, painting, plain and fancy
cooking, candy making, millinery,
dressmaking, laundry work and even
nursing, under a capable trained nurse,
are taught. There is foundry and
machine shop.
AS a large percentage of the south
ern negroes must live in the country,
especial attention is given to agricul-
ture: Mr.. George w. Carver, head of
this department, is graduate of Iowa
state college. A recently issued pam
phlet of his tells how he raised between
two and three hundred bushels of sweet
potatoes on an acre of ground where
the average yield is less than so bushels
per acre. A large herd of COWS and a
good dairy and creamery furnish oppor-
tunity for instruction in dairy work,
to which especial attention is given.
For the last ten years a conference of
negro farmers, from dozen states, has
met annually under the guidance of Mr..
Washington at Tuskegee, to ''talk over''
their affairs. They are composed of
those born too soon to enjoy educa-
tional advantages. These people ex-
hibit such intense interest in the pro-
ceedings that their lone day in the
year" is much too short for them.
And thus is the race problem work.
ing itself out in the heart of the section
where those deeds are sometimes COM
mitted that cause so much discussion
pro and con by those at a distance
who are ignorant of the real condition
of affairs in the black belt of the south.
EDWARD JULIAN.
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FIG. 2-MILK COOLER.

conducted under the milk receptacle
by a pipe connection. The water is
taken from cooler by an overflow pipe
or faucet. Put the milk into the cool.
er as fast as taken from the COWS.
When you are done milking, the milk
is cool enough to put into the cans. A
strainer is at one end under the milk
faucet. Three feet long and 12 or Il
inches square is a. convenient size to
make the device.-J. G. Allshouse, in
Ohio Farmer.
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FIG. milk COOLER.

of the box. When running water is not
available, make the box like Fig. 2, to
have a compartment at one end into
which water is poured. The water
runs under the spaces w, w, Fig. 1, in
which NJ is the milk. If running water
can be used, the boxes can be made
without the compartment at the end
to receive the water, the water being
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FOR COOLING MILK.
A Device Which, Although Extremely
Simple and Inexpenstve, Does
It's Work Well.

Make a box of tin, zinc, galvanized
iron or wood; wood answers the pur-
pose, and can be made quickest and
cheapest. Have V-shaped bottom of
galvanized iron or tin, arranged in the
box as shown in Fig. 1. This bottom is
crimped about half as high as the sides
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
Trouble, In Siuht

Clark-I know now exactly how a
defaulter feels when he stands on tie
verge of discovery.
Green-Why, what? :
Clark-When my wife went away
she told me to be sure and have the
plumbing overhauled while she was
gone. forgot it till this minute, and
she'll be home tomorrow. - N. Y.
World.
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The. Place for 1t.

"Well, gentlemen" remarked the presi-
dent of the club, "motions are in order. It
has been suggested that we have banquet.
What shall be done?"
"Mr. President spoke up the man who
of it by laying it on the table,"
The motion was carried.-Philadelphia
North American.
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That Is, Most Men.

'There are two social functions that
a man always attends, no matter how
many previous engagements he may
have?'
"What are they?"
His own marriage and his own fu-
neral, of course" ."-Harlem Life.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20
A West Indian Hurricane

Recently travelled up and down the coast at
will, upset all calculations, and acted in an
storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acts in the same
way. 1t refuses to yield to treatment which
has cured similar cases. Then Hostetter's 8
Stomach Bitters should be taken. It will af-
feet cure, speedily and naturally. It has
cured stomach troubles for half century.
Trv If
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-20

He-Dearest, the firm says that when
I am married they will give me SUBJ
stantial raise in my salary.
She-Oh, how much? IS
Hell will tell you, if you will prom
Use to conceal the news from your
father.-Brooklyn Life. l<.-.
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STATE OF ONO, C1rY OF TOLEDO, =.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
y Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
Cure. FRANK j, CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day Of December, A. D.
1886. A. w. GLEASON,
lSea!] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
free. F. j. CHENEY l. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The Three Tellers.

"Can you tell me-" asked the summer
man, "What are the three quickest modes
of communication?
"Well, no." replied the summer girl.
"Ha! Ha! Telephone, telegraph and
tell-a-woman," and now he wonders why she
returned his ring in the middle of the sea-
son.-Philadelphia Call.
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Catching Up.

"Is your town growing?" asked the
Pittsburgh man of a fellow-traveler on the
cars.
"Well, no. I can't say it's growing" was
It tt is 'ipp IMPROVING % in s tastes right a;ong o. 0o'
"You mean that the people are assuming
a higher standard?"
II do, sir yes, sir. We now get bananas
every day from Cincinnati, and five out
of six groceries keep shredded Goldfish and
limburger cheese. We don't look for any
building boom or influx of strangers, but
We'll hold our own and gradually work up
to electric doorbells and oysters on the half
shell. Utica Observer.
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A man learns of so many honest men CO.
ing wrong that he is constantly surprised
that he doesn't go out behind the barn and
try to hold himself up.-Atchison Globe.
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Good feeding must attend rapid
growth in trees and plants as well as
in animals. Make the soil in the or
chard rich. *s 1S 'ss :. =" x: = IL
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There is nothing more discouraging to a
girl than to return home from big town
with new wrinkle in style and find that it
has preceded her-Atchison Globe.