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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
HEAVY RAINFALL.
Harvesting Seriously Interfered With in
the Northwest.

Portland, Ore, Sept 4.-Dispa tches
from all parts of Oregon, Washington
and Northern Idaho show that heavy
rains fell last night and to-day. Har-
vestng has been seriously interfered
with and grain has been damaged.
Much grain which has been standing
in the shock nearly month is ruined
except for feed and standing grain has
been badly damaged. 1t is impossible
at present to make an accurate esti-
mate of the damage to grain, but it is
thought the loss will reach fully rs per
cent Of the total yield in the North
west.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05

Port Au Prince. Sept. Am incendiary
fire in the Rue Republica to-day resulted
in the destruction of 20 buildings. Two
members of the fire department were in
jured in combating the flames.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
Trades Union Congress.

Plymouth England, Sept. 4-The Trades
Union congress opened here to-day
Messrs. OConnell and Tracy, the Ameri'
can delegates, were among those present
at the initial session.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
Increases the Term.

Pretoria, Sept. 1.-The reply of the
Transvaal republic to the demand of
Great Britain increases the term of years
of residence necessary to obtain the fran
chSR
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
He CANNOT COME.
President Mckinley Has Given Up His
Western Trip.

Western Trip.
Washington, Sept. 4.-Senator Carter
of Montana, who has just returned
from a European trip, was at the white
house to-day, and after a conference
with the president, stated that Mr..
Mckinley would be compelled to give
up his contemplated trip through the
West. He would attend the ceremonies
attending the laying of the corner
stone of the Chicago postoftice on oct.
1, but 1t was altogether improba Bile
that he would get farther West than
Chicago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
Forecast.

Washington, Sept 4-Weather fore
cast for Tuesday and Wednesday fair,
with variable winds
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
TURNIP PIES.
They Were So Well Made the Men
Thought They Were Eating
Lemon Pie.

"Good cooks are born, like poets, -
said Maj. j. B. Quinn to the New Or
leans Tmes-Democrat man. "Once
upon time I bought lot of turnips
for a government snagboat on one Of
the interior waterways, and visiting it
not long afterward was. surprised to
find lemon pie being served out to all
hands for dinner. ate a piece myself,
and although it was delicious I felt it
my duty to call down the steward
for squandering government funds.
Where did you get the lemons for these
pies?" I asked, sternly. You sent 'em
up with the others, sah,' he replied,
grinning. why, didn't send anything
except turnips,' said in surprise.
We'll, that's what them pies is made
off, he admitted reluctantly. The men
didn't like turnips no other way, sab,
so I jest made 'em up inter lemon pies
ct was strictly true, and beyond tbs
fact that he had used some sort of
chemiccl to secure the flavor, was
never able TO ascertain how he did it.
If the process was generally known it
ought to give great boom, to tho
turnip industry" s..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
4 pHILANTHRopIsr.
he Was Going 70 Get Rich ana cel
Up sonething to Coel the
PeoDle On.

/. Eyes, sir,' exclaimed the man with .
linen duster and high-crowned straw hat,
IN going to do it.
What are you going to dow asked the
policeman to whom the stranger had adj
dressed hims4lf.
You know" he went on, without heed
ing the question, that the summer months
are invariably marked by increased out
breaks of all kinds. Mems angry passions
seem to rise with the ;thermometer."
What were you threatening Just now ~
asked the policeman, sternly.
Threatening?
Eyes: You said You were going to do
something: What are you going to do"
I'm going to get rich. Pm going to get
some steady employment and save up my
money and invest it judiciously and get
rich. There's no end of good you can do
with riches. Rich men are doing . great
deal of good now. They establish schools
and colleges and libraries and let the people
get. acquainted with the soothing thoughts
OF philosophy and the sublimities Of science.
But in the months of July and August you,
as practical criminologist, have doubtless
observed philosophy and science don't work.
By the time have got rich there will be
all the colleges and Libraries that there will
be- need of, and ] will cap the summit OF
our civilization with bequest for mann
moth marble refrigerator in each town. 20
that when anybody feels his Indignation
rising he can go there and wander up and
down the stately corridors and cool off,
Warrington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
HE SOON COT WELL
Landing with the DOotjack ON tn
Leaders Nose Had q Bene-
Ccial Eject.

It was sad scene. The old man lay on
his bed, and by him sat the faithful wife,
holding his worn hand in hers and forcing
back the tears to greet his wandering look
with q! smile. She spoke words Of comfort
and of hope: But he felt the cold hand
falling on him, and he turned his weary
eyes up to her pale, wan face:
Jennie, dear wife, am going"
"Oh, no, John-not yet-not yet"
,<., Eyes, dear wife, and he closed his eyes;
"the end is near. The world grows dark
about me. There is a mist around me gath.
ering thicker and thicker, and there, a
sweet and sad"
NO, no, John, dear; that isn't angels;
"What!" said the dying man. "Have
those scoundrels dared to come here when
they knew I'm dying? Give me my boot
And in a towering rage the old man
jumped from his bed, and before his wife
could think he had opened the window and
SHE'D the bootjack at the band.
1--WE hit that fat leader in the nose!"
And he went back to bed and got well.-Tit
Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
SOD HEN HOUSE.

brick so there will be no running cracks.
Leave places for door and windows
slightly narrower than the frames, sod
up till almost to the top, then fit in the
frames tight, and over each put board,
one by IL by inches, will do, to sup
port the weight of the sod above.
Have the roof project foot over the
walls, so as to drain the water well off
the top of the walls. Grooved boards,
battened, make a good roof, although
many prefer to cover the boards with
tar felt and then layer of sod. The
only objection to thisis that after tw o or
three years the tar felt has to be renewed
and new sod added. But it makes the
warmest roof and if carefully put on
sheds water as well as shingled roof
The small drawing shows window as
it appears within, and indicates sup
ports for roosts.-Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
Medium-sixed Males Rest

- A male of medium size should be
preferred to one that is heavy and
clumsy. Most persons pay too much
attention to the size. They overlook
the fact that the larger the bird the
longer the period required for reach
ing maturity. Provided the male Sc
!ected is pure bred, it is an advantage
If he is small rather than large, where
the object is to hatch out pullets that
ere desired to mature early. In Sc
Letting the male let it be done with
some object in view and which is to be
accomplished. 1t is of no advantage to
accept one as gift if he is not suit
able for the purpose. Bear in mind also
that the male, SO far as his influence
is concerned, is one-half of the flock
Maine Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
TOO JEALOUS.
Whippleton Was zGettin9 Tee AtteH.
tive to business to Please
the BOSS.

II WISH" said the senior partner to the
manager of the executive department, that
you would discharge Whippleton, that new
man we put on a couple Of months ago."
The manager was surprised. He showed
it in his countenance. He was about to say
something, when the head of the firm
went on:
II have made it rule, as you have doubt
less noticed, never to permit any of the men
who work in this establishment to beat
me here in the morning. For 20 years 1 have
sat here at my desk, and watched the EN-
ployes report for duty"
''ies,"' the manager said, ct has become
tradition around the place that you are
always the first one here in the morning
and the last one to leave at night"
Exactly. That's why I want you to dis.
charge Whippleton."
The manager was about to carry out his
order, but turned after he had taken two
or three steps and asked:
"Have You caught Whippleton Sinking!
Does he get down to work late in the morn.
NO." the old man responded, "he's max.
ing me get up before daylight in order to
keep on beating him here. won't have it. u
chicago Times-Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01

There came still another day, and it's
consequent evening. The clouds were
lowering in the. western sky and the
aspect was as threatening as aspects
usually get at the close of a still, hot
day in midsummer. The front porch
of semi-suburban fiat was occupied
by family consisting of bewhiskered
man, northumberland woman and
two chubby little girls. Trolley cars
were whizzing merrily along the street
below and all the other time-honored
Accomplishments of quiet evening
were present in proper proportions.
Charles, for it was indeed he, was sit
ting with his feet upon the porch rail-
ing and smoking large, dark-colored
pipe. Nettie, for it was indeed she,
sat with folded arms, and gazing visit
fully into the Silly night. The two
little girls were busy on the floor with
their box of water-color paints. Pres
emily little Elsie came to her mother
and exhibited the picture she had been
painting. It was picture of ship
a generous-sized blue ship, with yell
low mast and purple sail, the whole
floating more or less gracefully upon a
dark green ocean. Her mother looked
carefully at the picture, smiled and
said: "That's very nice, my dear; bring
mamma the pencil" Then taking the
pencil she marked slowly upon the side
of the ship the word:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
VALUE OF COW PEA.
Al = Forage. Feed and Fertilixlna
Crop, Says This Writer, It
Has No Equal.

Capt. E. A. Wilson writes from WASH
ington in part as follows: "Farmersin
the north do not, as rule, half appre-
ciate the cow pea as a forage, feed and
fertilizing crop. Really, there is
nothing they can grow on the farm that
in all respects begins to equal it, and
where conditions are anything like
favorable, good, average crop is al.
most certainty. AS an upbuildery OF
poor, sandy and overworked soils, it is
especially valuable. In all-round value
there is but one, other legume that be-
gins to equal it, and that is the Florida
velvet bean, but for speedy growth
and early maturity of fruit the cow pea
stands at the head. It is wonderful
nitrogen gatherer, and it is therefore
exceedingly valuable both as green
feed and renovator of the soil. Twelve
to twenty thousand pounds of green
forage per acre, and 20 to 30 bushels of
seed is not an uncommon yield, and
with this mass of leaf and vine turned
under as fertilizer, or cut and cured as
dry feed, or used for silo, must neces-
sarily be of great value. The matured
pea is especially valuable for all stock
on the farm, as every living thing will
eat them as greedily as they would corn
or oats. Hogs do specially well on
them, and to turn them into pea field
they will fatten perfectly. TO grow a
crop fit your ground nicely, drilling
seed an inch cr so apart, and covering
about three inches deep. Or you can
seed with common wheat drill, which
will do just as well. When plants are
up to four or five inches run over field
with weighted harrow, paying no at
tention to rows, thus freeing your
ground of grass and weeds. If ground
is not too foul, this is all your crop will
need. Most of all the COW pea family is
quick in fruition and maturing OF
fruit, rarely taking over 60 to so days
from date of planting to maturity OF
fruit and harvesting of crop. This
makes, therefore, specially valuable
crop for the central and northern sec.
tions of our union, where seasons are
inclined to be short, and where crops
so frequently fail.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
thena light broke over his countenancA
"reminiscences seemed to be chasing
each other across his face.

thena light broke over his countenance
"reminiscences seemed to be chasing
each other across his face. 4
'Nettie!'' a
"Yes?'' =
do you know what day It is -
Indeed ! do, dear. It was ten years
ago to-day that we were married"
Knocking the ashes from his pipe,
Charles rose, stretched his arms and
looked first at Nettie and then from one
to the other of the little girls, and then
back at Nettie. "Ten years is long
time, Nettie," he said.
''Not so very long, either" said Net
tie, and she looked at Charles and then
from one to the other of the little girls
and then back to Charles, and may be
there was bit of tear in her eye.
Girls, this is your papa's and NAM
mas wedding anniversary, and we are
going to celebrate. We are going to
take cruise in the little ship you have
painted. Come, get your hats on, and
we'll all 60 together to have a regular
old-fashioned celebration. Come on,
Nettie; climb into shirt waist and join
this hilarious gang"
"But what are you going to do,
| Charles?" asked Nettie.
"Neveryou mind, girl; I promised you
ten years ago that we would have a
glorious old time on our anniversary,
and now we are going to have it, and I
don't care what it costs. Tin weddings
don't come every day, and guess we
can afford to spread a little bit.'
Nettie obeyed the summons, and in q
few moments the whole party were on
the street and headed for the corner.
AS they walked along the sidewalk
Charles took Nettie lovingly by the
arm and whispered to her: "When we
have been married 20 years We'll take
cruise in our yacht and we'll go round
the world, won't we?"
''That will be lovely" said Nettie.
"And it will be lovely, too"
Presently they arrived at the drug
store and all trailed in. Throwing a
half dollar on the counter Charles
swelled himself up to his full height
and commanded: "Give US four ice
| cream sodas."
And thus, in the cleaning, as it were,
passed the tenth anniversary of the
marriage of Charles and Nettie. And
the mon kept on shining, and back in
the solitude of the fiat, when the two
little curly heads were reposing on
their pillows, and Charles and Nettie
had gone out again to get the air on
the porch, there seemed to be nothing
to say. They sat silently for long
time and finally Charles remarked: II
wonder what will happen in the next
ten years?''
II wonder, too," said Nettie.-Chi-
cago Daily Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
Cause Of Leg wealxness.

Now that the young roosters are run
ming at large they will grow rapidly if
properly fed, but should the weather
become damp they may suddenly show
weakness in the legs. If they eat and
seem well otherwise they will soon
come in proper condition, as the weak
ness is caused by the birds growing in
height rather than in breadth, the legs
seeming to, grow longer. Such birds
show the effects more on sudden
change of the weather than at any other
time, as if rheumatic. Keep them in a
dry place, feed plenty Of bonemeal,
and they will not only easily get over
it, but will eventually be the largest
ones in the f1ocl.-Farm and Fireside.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
WATER BARREL SLED,

such as is shown in the accompanying
illustration, all lifting is avoided. The
sled is about four feet wide and the
runners about five long. The cross
pieces are of two-inch boards and should
be mortised into the runners to give
strength. To keep the barrel from
sliding off the sled when passing over
uneven ground, blocks cut from 2x4
are nailed down to the cross pieces of
the sled in such way that they will
fit snugly about the bottom of the bar
rel. The longer blocks should be hewn
out. With these blocks there is little
danger of the barrel upsetting. This
sled being small and light is useful
about the farm, where only light haul
ing not requiring more than one horse
is to be done.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
NO MUSIC IN. THE AIR.
Lights of Literature to Whom Music
Was "NIere impairment
Noise"

Many distinguished men have been
totally deficient in the sense of music.
In the world of literature, where it
might have been expected that an ap-
probation of music would coexist with
sense of rhythm in language, this de-
ficiency is especially noticeable. Many
literary men have been unmusical.
Swift cared nothing for music. DR..
johnson was altogether insensible to
it. At an evening party, on hearing it
said, in praise of a musical perform
ance, that it was in any case difficult,
the great man blurted out: "Sir, I
wish it had been impossible"
Sir Walter Scott, while he had a mar
velous ear for verse and rhythm, had no
ear for music. In his autobiography
he tells us that it was only after long
practice that he acquired the power Of
even distinguishing melodies. In the
life of John Sterling," Carlyle says
that "all music was mere impertinent
noise to him." and the same might
probably be said of the sage of Chelsea
himself.
DR.. Arnold of Rugby, the greatest
schoolmaster of the nineteenth CEN
fury, is another instance of a man of
rare ability in whom the musical fac
ulty did not exist. II simply cannot
conceive" he writes, with reference to
music, what to others is keen source
of pleasure; there is no link by which
my mind can attach it to itself; can
no more remedy it than some other
men could enter into the deep delight
with which I look at wood anemones
or wood sorrel." "Wild flowers" he
used to say, ''are my music"
The writings of Dean Stanley are re-
markable for the sustained rhythm of
the sentences, yet, in the sense of mu-
sic, he was as deficient as in the sense
of smell. Archbishop TAFT, the greatest
archbishop of Canterbury, since the
latitudinarian Tillotson, was, like his
friend Stanley, totally deficient in any
knowledge or appreciation of music,
whether vocal or instrumental. It was.
therefore, matter of n rue 4 amusement
to himself and his friends when he
was invited by the prince of Wales to
be speaker at the great meeting in
st. James palace to inaugurate the
Royal College of Music. The speech,
however, in which he classed himself
with "certain unfortunate people who
are deaf to music,' is said to have been
marked success, notwithstanding
that on entering the hall he whispered
to friend that he never in his life felt
so entirely at loss.-Pittsburgh News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
SHALLOW CORN CULTURE.
2xpe rfments of the Nebraska Station
Show the Socccxs of the Compare
atively New Method.

A revolution in corn culture in Ne
brasla is promised. For some years
the advocates of shallow cultivation
have been endeavoring to prove the
value of their plan, but have made lit
tie Roadway. At the request of num-
Der of farmers the experimental sta
ton has been making thorough tests,
and a bulletin announcing results is
being prepared for publication.
Four acres of land was divided into
tracts of one acre each, and each tract
was cultivated by different cultivator.
The result showed that the acre under
deep cultivation yielded SO bushels,
while one under sha low yielded 6s and
the other two SO bushels each. The
land receiving shallow cultivation was
stirred to a depth of three inches, that
receiving deep cultivation to depth
of six inches.
49, The director of the experimental sta
ton says that:the advantage of shallow
cultivation lies in the fact that the air
does not penetrate so deeply, and there
fore does not dry out the roots in a
year where the rainfall is below nor
NAL. A study of the roots of the corn
plant shows that many of them would
naturally grow within three or four
inches of the surface, but when the
upper layer is dry, their source of
nourishment is shut off. Deep cultiva-
ton has the disadvantage, too, of tear
ing the roots, thereby hindering them
from securing the proper amount of
nourishment. The one thing insisted
upon in shallow cultivation is frequent
stirring to prevent hard crust from
forming for any time on the surface.
Wherever tried, the shallow cult
waited corn this year has proved the
more vigorous, although so we'll timed
have been the rains that the yield is
certain to be enormous. The prospects
are such that the millions of bushels
held by spectators in cribs are being
marketed as fast as possible, although
the market has sagged some within the
month.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

The end Of that detective story
startled me" You shouldn't jump at
conclusions" Philadelphia Bulletin.
Frankness.-''W ill you love me when
I'm old, George?" "Not if you look like
your mother."-ClevelandP Plain Dealer.
Mrs. O'Donovan (readjusting her
glasses) -"Yez risimble yure mither so
mooch, Norah, Old know yez her
daughter if Old niver seen aither av
yez.' Judge. .s-...,. s....z.. -.
Young Doctor Congratulate me,
old man. I'm just preparing to visit my
first patient" Young Lawyer" Goods
I'll go with you. Perhaps he hasn't
made his will."-Chicago Daily News.
Secretary-"Here's letter from your
wife at the seashore, sir; but I can't
make out a word she writes" ''Um!
Just send her check for $500. That
will cover itfor the time being.'-
GLOW much sugar do you put in your
gooseberry pie, Mrs. Wiggins?" "Well,
between you and me, Mrs. Higgins, I
don't put in any; them lboarders O.
mine allus puts in such an awful lot
themselves" -Puck: 49,
James," said his mother, II have
told you four times now to stop max.
ing that racket" Five, mamma" re-
piled the youth, who has great future
before him in the exact sciences.-Phil-
| adelphia North American.
''Hands up!" said the footpads, as
they closed in on Jorkins. "Ha, ha,' -
shrieked the victim, "what do you ex-
pect to find? My wife repairs my
clothes every night after retire." And
he laughed so fiendishly that the foot
pads fed.-The Rival.
Father" confessed the callow youth.
II have married her. We are two souls
with a single thought" ''We]l, you've
gained something. A single thought
isn't so many, but it is more than I
ever knew you to have before" the hon
est dad replied Spare Moments.
| She was a pretty young thing fresl,
from a fashionable finishing school"
She was bidding the "happiest man on
earth" fond adieu on the stoop of the
old country house. "Now, dearest, just
before I co." he said, commencing all
over again, ''what kind of ring shall it
be?'' "Oh, jack" she answered, rap
turously, ''do get me a solitaire with
three diamonds in t.'-Judy.