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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAI.

) Es-s N {.
q Senator Foster, of Washington,
earned his first dollar as teacher in q
Minnesota school.
The khalifa is reported to have con-
tracted leprosy and to have made him
self in consequence a second yelled
prophet of Khorassan.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States supreme court, always walks
with a gold headed cane given him by
grateful client 80 years ago. {.
In the case of an alleged criminal
trailed in Indiana by hounds it has been
dogs is not admissible evidence.
A janitor, cleaning a lodge hall in
Coalburg, Ala, recently, threw empty
beer kegs out of a window, and one of
them struck a passer-by, killing him.
Rear Admiral Henry T. Picking, as a
young officer in the war of the rebel
lion, took part in the first conflict be-
tween armored vessels in naval his
tory.
Francis C. Koehler, of Cherry Hill,
N. j., was just 21 years old when, on
March IA, he was elected justice of the
peace for the borough of Riverside, and
is believed to be the youngest magis-
trate in the country.
The brain of the noted German pro-
fessor, Won Helmholtz, has been exam
ined by Prof. Hansenmann, of Vienna.
It weighed lao grammes, which is
above the average. The convolutions of
the brain were extraordinarily COM
pick.
An average walters fee or "tip" is
ten or fifteen cents where one dimes
alone at a restaurant or hotel. If two or
three are at table, generally 20 or rs
cents are given. Fees are what their
name implies -courtesies; they are op-
tional with the giver. In no sense are
thew cOmDn1SOrv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
A Change of Heart.

II didn't used to go much on charity"
said the grocer who had given tramp
dime, ''but something happened to
convince me that 1T was my duty to
relieve the distressed. About two years
ago tramp struck me for a nickel and
gave him the boot. In wandering
around he struck my house and my wife
gave him ten cents. He invested five
cents of it in a gimlet and that night
he bored holes in three barrels of kero-
sene standing at the door and let the
last drop out. That set me to thinking,
and I've been helping my fellowmen
ever since. It's only five or ten cents
at a time, you know, and it saves heaps
of kerosene and lots of cussing.' Chi.
cago Evening News i
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
FerffliZe the Orch n I'd i.

It is certain that any crop will ex-
haust the soil in time, whether of grain,
grass or fruit. On some farms may be
seen orchards of apple trees over half
century old. Every year these trees
have produced fruit, and in return have
received nothing in the form of fertil-
izer. It is estimated that an ordinary
apple crop removes from an acre Of
soil about so pounds of nitrogen, 40
pounds of phosphoric acid and Is
pounds of potash. When clover is grown
in the orchard the land is benefited by
having it's proportion of nitrogen in
creased, but it will gain nothing in
mineral matter. The land devoted to
apples should receive fertilizer or ma
nure every year, and when there is a
heavy crop of apples in sight the fruit
should be thinned out in the early stages
of growth.-Rura World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
Joking with an Omcial.

They tell good story about an attachr
Two, jokers began "monkeying' with his
telephone the other day, disconnecting il
and otherwise bothering the official:
Shortly afterward one of the iokers called
up the officials from another office and in
troduced i himself as being the chief oper:
sake see what's the matter with your tele.
phone up there" he grufly spoke to the Of:
fetal. ,"Whatever:'s the matter I don't
know, but your electric current is flowing
like mad into the central Office here and
there's about an inch of it on the floor al,
ready" The official grew pale with fright,
and he rushed into the office of the two
jokers. Nov you've done it, he began t.,
fume with sincerity. 'The main Office has
Just called me up and says that on accoun:
of your blamed fooling the electric current II
submerrging the central Office, and the girls
are quitting work. Come in here now and
fix that up The two jokers expressed sor-
row to the official, went in and pretended to
tighten a screw and then went down eel
lar and took turns in having spinal menin.
gitis.-Waterbury Democrat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
DEVELOPING A HEIFER.
Considerable Judgment ON the
Part Of Dairymen,

Much of the value of a heifer as q
dairy animal depends upon the treat
ment given her during the two or three
months preceding the time of dropping
her first calf and the first year after
ward. She ought to be kept in good,
thrifty condition, fed good variety
of food, be handled to make her gentle,
and be given such care as is best calcu-
lated to develop her mother qualities.
When heifer first comes to her milk,
the milk glands that constitute the
udder are undeveloped. With these, as
with many other organs, growth is
stimulated by use. .5....s<.
But the. desire to secure rapid in
crease of progeny in too many cases IN
duces the owner to breed the heifer the
second time too soon, and the effect
of this is always detrimental to her
best development. Before the processes
of lactation have been fully developed,
a second process is introduced into the
system that is opposed to the produc-
ton of milk. The energies of the COW
are turned to the growing of the young
calf. One great secret in the develop
ment of heifer for the dairy is to
defer the breeding for her second calf
for at least four months, and, in most
cases, six months would be better. In
this way all her energies may be de-
voted to milk production. AS soon as
the milk flow is well established and
the danger of milk fever is past, her
treatment, both in feeding and care,
should be such as will enable her to
produce the largest quantity of milk
for the longest period.
One advantage in breeding the young
heifer so that she will drop the first
calf after grass and clover have made
a good growth is that the conditions
of milk production are then most IA
vorable, and, with good pastuage and a
light feeding of bran and cornmeal or
bran and ground oats, the young heifer
may be kept up to her full capacity of
milk production.
At the start the udder should be
rubbed and kneaded as an aid to de-
velop it. Her treatment should be such
as will keep her quiet and gentle, and
her feeding should be such as will main
tain her in good, thrifty condition.
st. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
Black Knot in Plums.

Before warm weather comes all the
plum trees should be looked over, and
any that show marks Of black warts
that indicate black knot should be re-
moved with sharp knife and the
wound washed with carbolic acid So
luton or some other antiseptic. In fact,
it is a good plan to spray plum trees
with a carbolic acid solution, made one
part of carbolic acid to 1000 parts Of
water. This will remain on the spores
which are dormant during the winter
until they burst their bounds and begin
to spread the disease over the trees.
The solution named is much stronger
than can be applied after the foliage
Is in its tender growth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
TREATMENT FOR sCAB.
out Going to Much Work and
r.z Needless Expense.

To make the solution, first get good
sized wooden ttib, tank or wide barrel.
Dissolve two ounces of corrosive SUBJ
Innate (bichloride of mercury in two
gallons of boiling water; then add wa
ter enough to make IS gallons. If need
ed, make double this quantity. Stir
until thoroughly dissolved. 1t is a
good plan to have the tank, or whatever
it is, stand upon a bench or other sup
port high enough so you can put in a
faucet for emptying the solution when
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

front, two feet ten inches; height of
partition, three feet four inches, slop-
ing down to eight inches at the back,
and with a short slope to the front,
leaving two feet of level top. Man.
ger board of two-inch oak, IL inches
high; Manager 20 inches wide at top and
IA at the bottom, but the angles at
sides and bottom are filled in with tri-
angular strips, making the actual bot
tom of manager three feet four inches
by II inches. In the middle there is a
half-inch rod, six inches long, with ring
and chain for tying. The gutter is
eight inches deep and one foot six
inches wide.-Douglas Merritt, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
Universal.

my DEAR" observed the cannibal at
lunch, 7 shall probably bring gen
tleman home with me for dinner" -
Il oh, how lovely of you to tell me!''
exclaims the wife. '''Will you have him
broiled or pan-fried?"
Here we see that, while the point Of
view. varies with climatic and otherin.
fuences, certain problems are mi
versa. Detroit Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

The service of the Nickel Plate Road t,
New York City and Boston is demonstrat-
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 arr
placed at the disposal Of passengers. If you
%nd sae ba ouF oud
the Nickel Plate Road.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
CHEAP COW STALL.
Sketch and Description of One That
Has Lately Been Introduced
with Great Success.

Some of your readers may be inter-
ested in the following sketch and de-
scription of successful cow stall lately
finished.
The floor of gutter, stall and manager
is cement. Partitions of two-inch
spruce with strap iron along the top
and let into the floor. Width of stall,
three feet seven inches; length from
manger to gutter, five feet. Height of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
A Dilemma;

Hungry Higgins-Here is a ad. in
the papers that says ''save your old
rags" $50. I ,,s 80 =,l%lia-s ~
Weary Watkins-That sounds. all
right, but I bet the Teller that give
that advice never had no barb wire
fence in front of him an big dog be-
hind Indianapolis journal. s,-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

TX7OMEN assaied at every turn by troubles peculiar
w to their sex. Every mysterious ache or pain is
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
coming unless properly treated. -
The history of neglect is written in the faces and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
InsinuatiOn.

"Paw, who was the most patient
man?" was little Tommy's eighteenth:
question. 4gs+E
Job used to be- said Mr.. Ngg.-De-
troit Free Press. ~ t r. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
First Talk. Then Act.

Call a public meeting in your neigh
borhood, find out the best way to inl-
prove your roads, and then do some
thing Good Roads.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
SIX THOUSAND MILES OF RAIL
ROAD.

It may be interesting to note the fol-
lowing statement of mileage of the New
York; Central, leased and operated lines,
which shows the total miles of track
east of Buffalo as g. 14.s1.
1t is, of course, generally known that
some of the Western lines have great
er mileage, but their tracks run through
number of sparsely settled States,
while the trackage of the New York
Central and leased lines is all in the
densely populated States of New York
and Pennsylvania, accommodating, by
it's numerous trains, millions of pas
sengers each year.
Here is the mileage of the New York
Central leased and operated lines:
New York Central and branches.... 81945
New York &; Harlem. 1875 80
SR e1;! @nr Pqyytl Port Morris....... S4
Troy & Greenbush. Observation-Disclosures. 600
Mohawk & Malone and branches..... 1880
and branches .:............ 624.35
Carthage & Adirondack .............. 1910
Gouverneur & Oswekatchie.. ......... 1906
Mew Jersey Jersey Junction Jun "a 4S g
Beech Creek and branches. .....".. 1873
Waikiki Valley. .......................... 328S
branches ] e4.s2
Fall Brook and branches. 1O07O
Pine Creek. Observation-Disclosures. 1880
Tivo1i Hollow. Observation-Disclosures. 1.23
St. Lawrence & Adirondack. ......... $3.50
Terminal Railway of Buffalo..."...... HOO
Total 1872 sc
Miles of track. 4, 453. SO
Miles Of siding. CSC. SO
Total number Of miles of track and
Buffalo Express, April 6, 1899.
It is one thing to talk and another to say
aamethinQ=Chicaqo Daily News
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

Take everything with a grain of mod
Grafton. A little fertilizer makes the grass
grow better, but put it on foot thick and
it kills all vegetation.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
j Played Insane. Went In.ane

. Played Insane, Went Insane.
|. An English burglar who slammed
insanity in order to escape trial, after
keeping up the pretense for six months,
has become really mad. IN. Y. San.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

wasted figures OF n1ne-
tenths of Our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable adj
vice of Mrs. Pinkha1n,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
Miss LULA EVANS of
Parkersburg, Iowa, writes
HxT- No. n~~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19

It is one thing to talk and another to say
something Chicago Daily News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13

any action II would be only proper and
necessary to wait until he had had an
opportunity to receive through the reg
ular channels and to consider the testi-
mony furnished by General Eagan.
He would not talk about a court
martial. Altogether the intimation con-
veyed was that General Miles would act
with deliberation if he decided to take
any action at all: and there was faint
suggestion that he might decide to
ignore the statement altogether. OF
course a decision to that effect on the
part of General Miles would terminate
the incident. But should he decide to
take notice officially Of the attack the
next step would be for him to prefer
charges with the president against the
commissary general
These might be based on several
technical grounds. such for instance as
conduct tending to the destruction of
good order and discipline. 1t would be
for the president to pass upon the de-
mand. and he might adopt one of three
courses-refuse il. grant ii. or instead
order a court OF inquiry. In this latter
case the body would have the power to
go into the question of veracity which
has been raised. and in fact the con-
duct of both generals would BE- practical
" u~der examine ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13

IN Qeaa..g with the subject ask the
commission 20 bear in mind that group
ing together the statements made by
General Miles means that L have fur
nished or allowed 10 be furnished to the
army embalmed beef which has dis
eased soldiers. and that a great deal of
sickness arose from its use; that / have
furnished meats to the army under the
-pretense of experiment. meats that
made the soldiers sick. and this under
the pretsnse OF experiment: this be-
cause of corruption.
Nearly all the press OF America, be-
cause of General Miles high position in
the United States army, has accepted
these views and his statements, and
many of them have called for my dis
grace, court-martial and dismissal from
the service. Also, that these state
ments of General Miles were held back
by him-not furnished to the govern
ment for its appropriate action and use.
but sprung upon you and the country
a I time when the country from the
falsehoods that had been told in re-
gard to starvation and supplies for
the army was in a state of excite
ment and ready to believe most any
thing. The subject 1 have treated here
is a filthy subject. and you cannot touch
pitch without being defiled; you cannot
DaSe, InalClOuS, IDS4OuS IalSe-
hoods. misrepresentation, without
calling a spade a spade and telling the
truth and characterizing things as they
are.
The damage that has been done by
these statements is believed to be very
great. but 1 indulge the hope and the
belief that tmy statement when pub
lished to the country, when read by the
representatives of foreign governments
here. will Offset the statements made by
General Miles. and will, in some meas
ure at least, do justice TO others that
have been wronged, maligned and
libeled. For myself I content myself
with expressing my profound belief that
either General Miles or I should be put
out OF the service; eithe- he is right or
am right; either he dishonors his uni
form with his false statements and
libels. or I dishonor mine in feeding
soldiers with poisonous beef, causing
their sickness and doing so under pre-
tense of experiment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13

says: - ne sTJuauon is much qJleuer
to-day. The conference between the
representatives of General Otis and
Aguinaldo has helped to allay excite
ment and the Filipino newspapers are
milder in tone. There is hope of a
peaceful settlement. The insurgent
government is now engaged in consider
ing the preparation of a definite propo-
sition as to what they desire from the
United States"
Madrid, Jan. 13.-Persons who have
returned here from the Philippine ISL
ands eXpatiate upon the difficulties
facing the United States when under
taking to conquer the whole archipelago
in arms" They assert that it will be
impossible for the Americans to pene-
trate beyond the ports without an inn
mense army, declaring that the islands
are so impoverished that the Ameri-
cans will be compelled to obtain pro-
visions elsewhere and the climate is
much more fatal than the Cuban cli-
mate to Americans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13
GOMEZ Is FEELING HURT
because He Is Ignored by the United
States Officials in Cuba.

because He Is Ignored by the United
States Officials in Cuba.
Remedies, Santa Clara, Cuba, Jan. l3
General Maximo Gomez has been en-
Enthusiastically feted in the towns he
has visited in this vicinity. Triumphal
arches, inscribed Viva Liberating
Army" and expressing gratitude to the
United States were erected. AT a break
fast at Caibarien given him by the
Spanish residents General Gomez toast
ed Mckinley. Captain Lamais. collector
of the port, and Deputy Collector Ander-
son were among those present. General
Gomez will probably proceed to Santa
Clara. stopping at intermediate towns.
He has been invited to visit towns in
all parts of the island. and receives
many gifts. The general is understood
to be hurt at the fact that the United
States government officials are not no.
ticing him, and are not inviting him to
Havana. Although he says on the sub
ject himself regarding his feelings his
intimate friends are aware that he ex-
pected different treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13
NEW POLICY FLAYED AGAIN.
Senator McLaurin Attacks Constitution-
ality of Expansion.

Senator McLaurin Attacks Constitution
ality of Expansion.
Washington, Jan. 13.-McLaurin,
democrat, of South Carolina, ad-
dressed the senate in support of the
Vest resolution declaring the policy
of expansion to- be unconstitutional.
He said he felt as the representative
of South Carolina, he was peculiarly
qualified to speak on the incorpora-
ton of a mongrel semi-Larbarousp pop
ulation into our body polite. "Ex-
perience in the south in the past 80
years with the negro race said he,
lis pregnant with lessons for our
guidance in the Philippines. 1t is
passing strange that senators who
favor universal suffrage should now
advocate Imperialism. There is
glaring inconsistency in these posi-
tions. If they are sincere in their
views as to the Philippines, they
should propose an amendment to the
constitution, which will put inferior
races in this country and the inhabi-
tants of the Philippines on an equal
ity as to civil and political rights. and
thus forever settle the vexed race and
suffrage questions in this country, as
well as in outlying territories"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13
ROOSEVELT TALKS OF THE BEEF.
Two Kinds Furnished Troops That Were
Horribly Bad.

Albany, Jan. 13.-Gov. Roosevelt
admitted that he had written 4 letter
to Gen. Miles, as stated by the latter,
concerning the condition of meat fur
nished during the Santiago campaign.
As colonel of the Rough Riders he
submit ed report to the war depart
ment in September containing practi-
cally the same account of the condi-
tion of beef as set forth in his letter
TO Gen. Miles. He said the Rough
Riders had four kinds of beef after
leaving Tampa. The first, corned beef
which was good; the second canned
roast beef which was tasteless and
would turn mems stomachs; the third
was beef in quarters, prepared by
some special process, as he supposed,
some form of solution they had on the
transport from Tampa. The trans
port was out but few hours when il
began to smell, and the stencil became
so great they had to throw it over
board. The fourth was beef served
after July %, ard was brought in re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-13
POINTS IN EAGAN's TESTIMONY.
Further Hard Raps at the Chief Officer of
the Army.

General Eagan referred TO the re-
ports from officers and submitted by
General Miles as irresponsible state
ments, ard said that few army officers
would take advantage Of the situation
to make statements which they knew
there was no power nor means upon
earth TO disprove because the sub
stances they speak of have passed out
Of existence, the proofs are gone.
If General Miles had informed
himself as much about the army ration
as he pretends to have informed HIM
self about refrigerated beef, which he
falsely calls 'embalmed beef then he
should have been able to inform you
that this very timed beef we are speak,
ing of has been part OF the army ra-
tion since Feb. S. 1SsS- Whether General
Miles is ignorant of this 1 do not pre-
tend TO say. but ha takes il upon him
self when asked who fixed il as a part
OF the army ration to say You will
have to ask some one here in Wash-
ington.
General Eagan went on 10 say that
General Miles chief commissary. Sc
lected by him over experienced officers.
had public subsistence funds in his
possession, but could not use them for
lack OF a check book. though Colonel
Sharpe. chief commissary on General
Brooks's stan. because he did not hap
pen to be a selection of General Miles.
had sense enough to provide himself
with check book
Having traversed General Miles
statements" he said. having shown
him to you as having been liar; hav-
ing demonstrated the aniTnUs that per-
yades this whole matter I now go back
TO his statement that in his judgment
food was one OF the serious causes OF
SO much sickness and distress OF the
troops The design to say, to imply. to
assert, to insinuate, that sickness was
caused for such reason in Porto Rico
is TO make an assertion wholly untrue,
devoid of any facts. devoid Of truth. and
can only be prompted by a base motive
and under cover Of the qualification in
my judgment.
He then charged that IL Chief Sur
geon Daily, with General Miles. had ever
made an expert examination of the
beef. then he ''willfully and deliberate
ly faIsified the facts" General Eagan
concluded as follows: If 1 have used
harsh language before this committee