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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Manurins In the Hill.

No coarse manure should ever be put
in the hill in contact with or under the
seed. 1t will dry out the soil and do
more harm than good. All that is need
cd in the hill is either some concen-
trated mineral fertilizer, or a very lit
tie well-rotted stable manure, made as
fine as possible and mixed well with the
soil. 1t needs very little to give the
plants a vigorous start, when if the
land around the hill is made as rich as
it should be, the. roots will forage for
themselves till the end of the season
of growth. In all plants that branch
much the rainfall after they have made
growth Of a foot or more is away
from the hill into the middle of the
row, and where the most water goes in
midsummer there most Of the feeding
roots will be found also.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Rran with COrnmeal,

Where cut feed is fed to horses, a
mixture of corn and oats ground to-
gether makes the best meal to put on
the cut and moistened hay. If the oats
are not to be had, grind the corn and
mix the meal with twice it's bulk of
wheat bran. Corn meal alone is too
heavy feed to put on cut hay, but
mixed with bran and the whole chewed,
as cut feed is sure to be, the saliva from
the horses mouth will be mixed with it
and enable it to digest without ferment-
ing in the stomach. When we fed corn
and oatmeal on cut hay to horses, we
usually put in some bran also, and think
the, horses liked it better, as the COM
bination of the three feeds gave the
whole a very appetizing flavor, especial
" as hot water was used to- moisten the
hay.-American Cultivator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

suits is the Kubanka wheat from the
Kuban territory, in the Volga region.
While this is spring wheat in Russia,
it is believed it can be changed to a
winter wheat here. 1t is harder than
any of our wheats, and is the great
bread wheat of the Volga region. This
wheav needs a warm climate and is
expected to give good results in Texas,
No-Man's-Land, western Kansas and
eastern Colorado. It does best in Rus
STA, where the annual rainfall is only
Is inches. In western Kansas the an
nual rainfall is 10 inches.
A variety called Polish wheat, which
was obtained, has the largest grain of
all wheat in the world, the average
length of the kernels being about FIVE
sixteenths of an inch. Like the Ku-
banka, it is exceedingly hard, but is
not bread wheat. Its use is in pastry
and as a macaroni wheat. The Polish
wheat needs a warm climate.
Several varieties of broom millet are
to come. These are for cold, dry eli
mates. They are grown in Russia for
the seeds principally and are used for
food in the way of soups and gruels.
1t is possible that we may thus add
something desirable to our dietary.
Two varieties of oats, the Swedish and
Tobolsk, are expected to be the thing
needful in the dry, cold regions of the
west. The government importation is
from this selected seed. The other va
riety is from Tobolsk, in the northern
part of Siberia, where it is dry and
cold.
The total importations amount to
about 80 varieties of cereals and for
age plants, besides vegetable seeds and
melons.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
HOW HE LOST HER.
he struck Out and She Gave Her
self to the Young Man Who
Didn't Play Ball.

A bright flush overspread the face Of the
young girl in the pink shirt waist, who sat
in the grand stand, as the stalwart young
man who had played in the field in the first
halt Of the inning stepped to the plate, bat
in hand.
!, !. Line g = ,er out. CID mani .'Thrss;ba. Z
5 m d SGS Hons !; ae1d A. h6Ed i
sung out the cranks.
The. stalwart young man carelessly lifted
his cap, replaced it., grasped his bat with a
frmer hold, moved it in graceful circles over
his shoulder, while the pitcher was doing
the preliminary mysterious juggling with
the ball that marks the high-priced player,
and as the leather sphere-it is the correct
toward him like rifle shot he swung his bat.
"Ah!" groaned the crowd.
He had famed the air.. 49,. ~ -
This phrase is also the correct form.
Again the high-priced pitcher juggled the
ball mysteriously, again it came like rife
shot, again the young man at the plate
And again the crowd groaned: . f.
The high-priced catcher rolled the ball
carelessly down to third, put on his mask,
came close behind the bat, spread his high
priced legs apart, placed his hands on his
knees, leaned forward, and made an i'm
perceptible signal to the high priced pitcher.
The vast crowd held its breath.
Which is also the correct thing to do at a
critical moment like this
Like shot the ball sped toward the plate.
L With mighty .lunge the young athlete
swung his bat third time.
It smote only the air.
Another groan burst from the crowd.
He had not only struck out, but put the
side out. =.
| 1tNFr- S,oo,,,,o,, - ga 49,
an in the pink shirt waist, turning with pale
cheeks and flashing eyes to the pimply- faced
young man who sat by her side. ri said mo-
70 you the other day. say yes now. I will
marry you whenever you ike!"-Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Fresh EGGS and Prices.

Your pullets should now be perform
ing their duty by laying eggs. Club
with your neighbors to make up crate
and ship them to the large cities.
"strictly fresh eggs have no compe-
tition in market; they average from
four to eight cents more dozen than
cold-storage eggs. Anybody can make
''early-hatched'' pullets lay, and get
eggs III winter, because that is the way
to start in the business, and the reason
is that you must give the pullets time e, to
mature before cold weather begins in
the fail. Keep them warm and atwork,
save your vegetables, and give them a
change Of food frequently. Always en-
deavor to hatch the pull early If you
want them to lay early. - Farm !; and e
Fireside, 81 Is iss3 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
HINTS 10 sHFARERs.
How to Perforn, the work withe~t
Injuring or Everlastingly
FriEhtening the sheep.

will offer the following suggestion
Tor the guidance of amateur shearers:
professionals may smile, but this is
not intended for them), writes w. B..
Vestal in an exchange. First you want
q smooth table about four feet wide
and three feet high. The planks must
be planned so that the wool will not
cling to them. Lay the sheep up with
belly to the front strap, head down with
bell collar, then with '.jocky stick"
about four and a half feet long, with
soft lace leather strings at each end;
tie the hind feet to one end and the
lower front to the other; commence
shearing at the fore arm; cut line
from the front flank to the rear flank
and down the ham. Keep the fleece roll
ing back until you are past the line of
the backbone; by pulling the front
leg backward you will have smooth
sailing over the shoulder and half way
up the neck. Shear the belly to point
opposite the place of beginning. This
can be done by raising the stick and
gently leaning against it to keep the
ACOV up NO" TclcdSc Iuc ucdu duu
shear downward, dividing the fleece at
the throat so the fleece when off will
be all if one piece like pelt. BY lean
ing against the table, with the head
under your left arm, you will shear the
neck, breast and most of the shoulder
before turning over. To turn pull well
forward, tuck fleece close to back, then
steady the head with left hand and with
the right grasp the stick midway and
gently raise the feet and roll him over
the fleece "a good soft bed), strap down
head, turn the fleece back and you will
have clear sailing to the finish, with
fleece unbroken, sheep unhurt from
struggling and the boy having a good
time fishing at the brook. And now let
me say word to you about that boy
of yours. If you wish him to be good
shepherd, if you wish him to love sheep,
and love the farm, then don't compel
him to ''hold Sheep while you shear
them. I have some fond recollections'
of holding sheep some 40 years since
which are still fresh and green.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
PERCHES FOR FOWLS.
All Should Be Movable So as to Fac1l.
itate the Application of Disin-
fectants and Cleaning.

Fowls will jump from the lowest
perch to the next, and so on to the high
est, and then quarrel. All they want
is the highest place. 1t is preferable to
have the perches placed on level, also
the platform to catch the droppings. 1t
may be just high enough to be handy in
cleaning, and the perches about one
foot above it. All perches should be
movable, so as to facilitate the applica-
ton of kerosene, when necessary, to
every part. The reason why fowls all
strive for the highest place in the roost
is because they possess an instinct
which teaches them that the higher
they get the safer they are; hence, when
perches are of unequal height the
strongest fowls occupy the highest
place. Probably the air is as pure three
feet from the floor as higher. Fowls,
when crowded into small and close
apartment, by their respective respira-
tons give off considerable carbonic-acid
gas. This, being heavier than common
atmosphere, sinks to the floor when
cold, and may have deleterious effect
on fowls roosting very low, and odors
are also evolved from decaying animal
and vegetable matter. The perches
should be at least two inches wide and
rest firmly in a slot or mortise. Fowls
will cling to one edge of wide perch
and the width will give opportunity tc
rest the weight on the shanks. A very
narrow perch makes it necessary to
bear the weight on the breast-bone
mainly in one spot, and thus it becomes
bent to one side. This deformity- is
caused in many instances by roosting
on the chine of a barrel or on the small
limbs of trees. Old fowls have their
bones hardened, so that they will stand
the pressure without bending, but all
should have wide perches.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There il
only one way to cure deafness, and that i
by constitutional remedies. Deafness i
caused by an infamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Whe1
this tube gets infamed you have rumblinl
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it i
entirely closed deafness is the result, an<
unless the inflammation can be taken ou
and this tube restored to it's normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
Me T b 0ne d. TOR
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Cheney l. Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills, are the best.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
A MOVABLE PIGPEN.
1t ls Built Like n Sled and Is Easily
Hauled from One Field to
Another,

The accompanying illustration needs
but little explanation. When pigs are
turned out to pasture in the spring or
fall, they should have some protection
from bad weather. A pen like this is
easily made and is very inexpensive.
A bundle of straw placed inside will
keep them comfortable, and they amply
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
A DESIRABLE PIGPEN.

repay the care required to keep them
warm and dry. Being built like sled,
it is easily taken from place to place
by hitching horse to the iron round
in front, with a chain. A similar ar.
rangement could be used for chickens
If they are kept in number of yards.
It can be made as large and as long
as desired, and all in all is very conven-
lent for such use.-Orange Judd Farmer;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Grim Superstition.

"A very uncomfortable superstition
prevails in the Minieh province. When
ever pigeon house is to be made the
fellaheen consider that the pottery
used in it's construction should be
baked by the help of a human body.
A pigeon house was to be erected in
the beginning of this month at the
village of Benz Soomroock, in this prov
ince, and this necessary preliminary of
it's construction was not forgotten. A
young child was first caught, and in
spite of his struggles was put into an
oven and burned alive while the pot
terry was baked with the aid of this
human holocaust. Two men, one of
them potter by trade, have been ar
rested on suspicion. of having taken
part in this old CUSTOM Cairo Ga
zette. 'taS 4 is.5t- ~ a. t't}.s-! Is.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
He Is Learniur Now.

Agent-The Barlows haven't asked for a
cents worth of repairs this spring. What do
you think of that?
Landlord not surprised. Barlow got
house through trade few weeks ago and
is so busy filling the wants of a tenant of his
own that he has forgotten about bothering
us.-Chicago Evening News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
China's Powerful Sword.

There is an ancient and dreadful sword in
China. It gives to the man who happens to
one he wishes without danger of punish
ment. All people flee from this sword as
fearfully as stomach ills flee before the ap-
proach of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
This famous remedy cures all forms of stom-
ach troubles, beginning with constipation
and ending with liver or kidney disease. It
will be- found in all drug stores and it al
ways cures.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
A Wife's Privilege:

'How did you get this injury % asked
the doctor as he was dressing scalp
wound on the mans head. -,
I, "She broke q dinner plate over my
head" was the reply. ...e.zzg...,. ]
''Your wife % ..1.s ~ =
"Ofs course. You don't think I'd let
any strange woman come into my house
and knock me about this way, do you 2"
Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Evidence.

Mrs. Witherby-They say that husband
and wife grow to look like each other more
and more all the time.
Witherby-I have noticed how handsome
you were getting to be:-Detroit Free Press
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Sprockett-"Do you have to be examined
by a physician before you join the wheel
mems club?" Wheeler-"No; afterward.' -
-Yonkers Statesman,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

A Kansas medical student recently shot a
patient. The mere fact that he resorted to
firearms proves conclusively that he wasn't
full-hedged doctor.-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

The man who tells you secret, and asks
you not to tell, doesn't treat you right; he
enjoys telling it, and forbids you having a
good time.-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

The service of the Nickel Plate Road to
New York City and Boston is a demonstrate
ed success. The demands of the travelling
public are met by providing three peerless
These trains are composed of modern, first,
class day coaches, elegant vestibuled sleep
ing cars between Chicago, New York and
Boston, and unexcelled dining cars. Solid
through trains between Chicago and New
York have uniformed colored porters in
charge of day. coaches, whose services are
placed at the disposal Of passengers. If you
want - to co., travel ;, comfortably, economically
the Nickel Plate Road.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

"Pa," said little Willie, asking his six
teenth question. "Well, my SOM" "Pa,
how'd the man who named the first bicycle
know it was bicycle ?"-Answers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

All things come to him who waits-bad
luck included Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Do Your Feet Ache ana Burn ,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

II man is as timid as hare, he ought
TO die game.-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

People; would undoubtedly be more law.
less If there were less law.-Chicago Daily
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No
/ Asthma medi fine.-W. r. Williams, An.
tioch, ILL.,, April II, 1894.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

1T have here" he began, "a little poem,
the child Of 'I'm sorry" interrupted
the editor, ''but couldn't think of taking q
child away from its parents. "-Answers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

A few dollars more on the price Of the
buck will generally mean many dollars
more in the value Of the lamb crop.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Nursing your anger is nursing a viper
Rams Horn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Modesty Ii Unfa.hionab1e,

The modest man who takes a back seat
these days is not called up higher, but is
pushed out the back door, to make room for
the deadheads.- Galveston News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

keep going OF lose their place.
To these Mrs. Pinkham's help is
offered. A letter to her at Lynn,
Mass, will bring her advice free
of all charge.
Miss NANc1E SHoBE, Florence,
COL. writes a letter to Mrs. Pink
ham from which we quote:
Il had been in poor health for
ing been brought on by standing
ing serious womb trouble. had
just a bundle of nerves and ",
monthly periods. I doctored and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

A bad player and a bad piano make bad
combination Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
PhilOlOG1C.

First Student-Can you tell me the origin
of the expression giving man the mitten?
Second Student-It was the ancient equiv.
alent of (k)nit.-Crypt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

The merchant, who sent up toy balloons
18th ae h il. d painted q tRfI aRs how
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

To Cure = Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money it it fails to cure. Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Every church and schoolhouse should be
coated only with Alabastine Hundreds
Of tons used yearly for this work. Genu-
Inc Alabastine does not rub and scale Of.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

left ovary being swollen and that could
without pain Now, thanks your wonderful medicine
tired feeling is all gone and am healthy and strong"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

(NALESWOMEN understand what torture is
~ Constantly their feet whether well III. Compe1ed
to smile and be agreeable to while draoxed
down with feminine weakness Backaches and head
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
WOMEN
WHO El
THEzR LIVING

health for some time, my troubles hsy-
y standing, so my physician said, csus-
lie. I had to give up my work. was
es and would have fainting spells at
ctored and took various medicines, but
got no relief, and when wrote to you
! could not walk more than four blocks
ct time. followed your advice, tax
ing Lydia E. Pinkham;s Blood Purifier
IN connection with the Vegetable Com
pound and began to gain IN strength
from the first. l am getting to Re .
stranger to pain and owe it all to your
medicine. There IS none equal to Il,
- for have tried many others be-
8 fore using yours Words cannot
= Be said too strong in praise Of II. /"
NJ i Miss POLLY FRAME, Meade,
Ru1l. Kan. writes: .. -....
"DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM-I feel Il
my duty to write you in regard to
what your medicine has done for
me. cannot praise Il
~ enough. Since my gir1hood
Ny ! had been troubled with IT,
: MY regular and painful
SAN ~ periods and for nearly
6&S@fvey years had suffered
y = 8swith falling of the
SH@&9 womb. and whites. Also
'V'N had ovarian trouble, the
wo11en and sore that could not move
hanks to your wonderful medicine, that
:, and / am healthy and strong"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Lightning and Women.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same
place. The analogy between lightning and
doubtless quite accidental Detroit Journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12

Adam was not born. Probably that's why
he never wrote poetry Chicago Daily
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-18
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Harry Skillings has resumed his
duties with Merrill Themes Co.. after a
pleasant vacation. of two weeks.
Mr.. Fred Dyer, with the same firm, is
enjoying well earned rest. visiting rela-
tiyes through the State.
! Mr. Carroll Richardson, with ]. R..
Libby Co., Il spending his vacation ct
his old home In Naples.
Miss Ada Flckett, franklin street, has
returned from visit with relatives In
Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Wagner. MIR. Sam
Myers. Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Ro hinson
and Miss E. d. BosWorth have been
visiting in Portland.
Miss Myrtle May, tine popular ingenue
of Byron Doulgas's last summer company
at the Gem theatre. is at Peaks island fol-
short visit at the cottage of Mrs. Grace
Gallison.
Hon. greeland Howe. wife and son OF
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-18
HARB0R NEWS.
Items OF Interest Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

Captain William MoQuinney sold his
sloop Free Lance to parties from the east
ern part of the state.
Schooner K. Fl. King. Captain Hill ard
of Eastport, is being fitted with o new
foremost and new rail at Central wharf.
She sprang her old foremast last Friday
in heavy blow.
Lobster arrivals were Carrie T. Rogers,
a,ocO; Alva, 1850; Kate g. Lamson.
400.
The British bark Burman Wood, Cap
tain Morris. arrived yesterday morning
after ~ days voyage from Rio de
Janeiro. The voyage was without special
moment with the exception that while
off Hatteras the tail end or the Porto
Rioans hurricane was encountered. She
Will load deals from the Marrett Lumber
company for Rio de Janeiro.
The old privatesr schooner Polly Is ly-
ing of the breakWater.
Word has been received at the Thomson
line office that the steamers Planet Mer-
curry ana Tropea passed the Lizard on the
10th. 1t Is the intention to sail the for
mer on the 2Srd and the latter on the Goth.
The cattle for the Kildona arrived yes
terday from Montreal. They will be load
ed on the steamer early this morning af-
ter which she will sail for London.
Engineer johnson late of the Cottage
City, shipped as second engineer on the
steam yacht Eugenia.
At the present time there are vessels of
four nationalities loading lumber for
South America In this harbor. The
countries represented are Italy, Norway.
England and America.
The @. A. Warren towed the schooner
r. Bowers and ID. Howard Spear to the
Kennebec yesterday morning.
The steam yachts Idelia and Eugenia,
now in the harbor were built side by
side in Chester. Pa. This is their first
trip. Both are fine vessels and reflect
credit upon American workmanship.