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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-16
A. E, FUTILE
c.. W. HILDRETH

To take up these candidates one by
one and attempt to set forth their ex-
cellent if not superior qualifications
to creditably ill the respective Of
nces, would necessitate a REPETITION
of word and to take them collect
lveiy, words are almost inadequate
to do So. Taking them colleet,vsly
thew are men of experience in con-
(:ducting village affairs from every.
standpoint. Men that can be trusted
in any capacity and that have . de-
termination to carry out the 1aw, es-
pecially any violation in the traffic of
liquor. Reflections may be cast by
some to break down the sentiment
in their favor, but the accusations.
if any, will not bear investigation
and the instigators will shrink from
sight when sought. Every no license
voter can without hesitation support
aud defend them against any attac k,
as they are personally vouched for as
opposed to the sale of intoxicating
liquor in any form as a b. veraeo.
Every voter that hesitates to cast
his vote against license for fear
blind pigs" will be tolerated, need
have no fear as to these candidates
shrinking from their duty in using
all honorable means to suppress thu
evil. President-elect Douglass in
the temperance meeting Monday eve
ming, upon being called on to sly
something, said to the audiences: Il
am no talker, aud all have to say,is,
that if I am elccted,I will enforce th+,
law as far as I am capable of doing"
This ought to ne sufficient as far az
his position against the saloon is cor
cered, to satisfy and reasonab
skeptic. He is a man full of dete.
mination to accomplish the SUCCESS
full carrying out and proper termina
ton of all undertakings. Whatever
your personal prejudicies may be be,
if any, lay them aside if you desire
the Punishment of the saloon vote
the ticket straight from top to bottom
Remember the election or defeat
of any candidate does not effect the
principle, the principle is, for or
against license, and when you vote be
sure your ticket reads at the top "a.
N. Douglass and at the bottom
"Agaiust license" as that is just where
he stands and if you don't believe
just courteously ask him and he will
in the same manner tell you. He has
the manhood to stand in this position
and to go to defeat: if necessary, as
being against license, and your man:
hood should prompt you to take him
at his word and not permit him to be
thrust aside, but supported by your
vote to sustain, his position at the
head of the ticket and among men, as
being opposed to the saloon.
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notes that the Amphictyonic society
would have their election Of officers
ION Friday. But il was postponed
and the time was occupied BY the
following literary program.
Rec, How he saved ST MichaePs
Mary Sullivan.
Essay, Westminster AbbeY-Mat-
Bryan.
Rec, The Owl Robert Town. z
Rec, Claribel Kendlen.
Anecdotes Agnes Faragher.
Rec. The ride that saved Greg on
Nelson Dayton. .@
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You Cannot dispute these State5
ments. -

- o"CS' - :. -" T.
The following notes were take1
from an exchange handed in by
friend:
If circus came into our town and
carried off $106, 800 each year, Blu,
left behind $1,000 OF money they
paid for license, who would be enrich
ed, the town or circus managers? The
mere we drink the more We enrich
Saloonkeepers, Brewers and DistilIt rs.
and the poorer we get.
GLADSTONE, in speech IN tht
House of Commons: "This traffic has
wrought more harm than thee grea
hlsto ic scourges, war, famine ant;
pestilence combined.'
London Times: eve must some
how end this evil or it will end u.s.
France, Germany, Switz]and and
Russia are beginning to make siren
GUS efforts to find some remedy for
the rapid increase of intemperance i'll
these countries. In Switzland the
subject has been taken up by the
Government; in France, by the Gar;
in Germany. by soma of the abIest
SCIENTISTS Think of Germany taking
up that matter. There is hope: the
world moves,
'"The prevalent use of BEER is de-
plorable. Beer drinking makes men
stupid, lazy and incapable. It is the
cause of radical pot-politics that men
talk over. "-Bismarck.
"Beer is far more dangerous enc
my to Germany than the armies Of
France."-Von Moltke,
| Rev. Father Barry, Hyde Park
Mass. Il would rather see young
man become a tramp, and beg from
door to door, than to sell liquor fo1
a living. There is no meaner OF
more contemplate way Of getting q
living than by selling rum"
Rev. Father Scully, of Cambridge
Mass, said: Zone Of the, blessing Of
no-license is, that it has crippled the
power Of the saloons, one of the most
powerful, bold, persistent and aud
acious opponents to what is good,
i = =.
Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati
said: "Any America citizen who says
it is impossible for US to put down
those evils, to enforce the laws that
are upon the statute books agains,
the liquor interests, / would say tt
him, he ought to abdicate. We are
able to do il" -
/ Archbishop Ireland says: "Intem
perance is not the festive rollickine
! Of former times; it is pestial in it's def
relation, hellish in it's crime beget
ting war. The saloonkeeper is alec
hol's soldier; he is Americas DANCE,
land disgrace. But are there no law,
forbidding this traficl There ar,
some laws; the saloonkeeper laugh
] at Them
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. Kyv. Dlekss 90 svisiiissitdi 7tiie school
last Monday;
one 81 "a 5e Hciasses, sof MS kIRh
school was very much amused last
week when . pupil was tying hif shoe
lace, and the teacher not being able
to see what was taking. his attention
said "put that in your pocket"
The declamatory contest of this
school will occur one week from to-
morrow-Friday. evening, March "a.
E. F. Buchan photographed the
high school room with its contents
on Friday last. The day being dark
the curtains were dropped and arti-
fetal light was used. Nearly every
one thought it was interesting and
looked very pleasant. A few faces
were shaded by that mat of foot
ball hair which one of the seniors
wears.
1t wal announced in last weeks
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she came back that very same day.
She is by this time in some other
mans town or on her way. She IS a
lost CONT, probably made SO by
whiskey and men.-Fulda Republ'
can. No ore can dispute, that at one
time, she was a pure innocent girl
therefore no parent can foretell OF
forsee the future of their child and ii
the parent encourages the sale OF liq-
our and their child, at any period be-
comes a victim of drink, upon whose
head can the criticism fall.
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a w oman Tramp.

Last woek there was q middle. age
woman tramp il this part Of the
coupkry. She was taken care Of BY
tho village marshall two or three days
at the lookup. She did not care
whore she came from or where she
was going and was happy with enough
to eat and drink, in fact she going to
drink If she could select her beverage.
The marshall pro vided her a ticket to
help her On way but, ike the cat,
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: Dmjos ii c.rd) - Fred Hos
grew, Jvos IN 4Iackay, Harvey Beck
ley,
!. Recitation-Chas. Belknsp.
instrumental Trio-HoTaco PotH
erson, Ray Peterson, Geo. nssksy.
Debate-Manning Plots 10y
Peterson, Hugh Barry, Walter ADx.
Banjo Duet-Rolsnd Hseox, Jos-
eph Mackay.
Anecdotes-Willard Crovsr.
Piano Selsstion-HsEvsy BsckIsy.
A Fish Story Omitted TO 8 miDsess3
Leon Thompson.
Vocal Solo-HaxYy Allsn.
Selection, High School Quss5stss-
Ray Pstersoa, Harold Tuttjs, 1sy
Ager, Walter AgsE.
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Dress making and plain sewing.
Viola Hanson, located, Salvation
Army quarters.
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either smooth or barbed V ire.
twisting the or IS and rain
wires together inc such a man
ner as to make it impossible for either
to be moved. With little practice
one man can weave from 30 to so rds
per day, after the wires are stretched,
1t makes the cheapest and most DUR
able fence on earth. There is no
spoollng device to bother with, and
no heavy, cumbersome rig requiring
a wagon to haul it from place. to
place, but a light, hand machine,
weighing only thirteen pounds,
which works to perfection, weaving
on . large cross-wire from a straight
piece, thus saving its strength from
being bent and straigh tened.
Address II. G. SHEPARD, Jr.
T.. Worthington, MINI.
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No-License People Disappointed

NO.L1cense People disappointed
The no-license people have been on
the "qui vive" this week, owing to the
report that a speaker to inform the
citizens why saloons should be main
tanned, was to be here for three even
ings. No-license advocates were pre-
pairing to attend, taking their entire
family to see the absurdity of the ar
gument, but they are to be disap-
pointed. A high license man claims
one speaker was unable to come and
the time is too short for the other.
The first one is located at Rock Rap.
ids, Ia, and has heen candidate for
attorney general on the democratic
ticket, but reports say, it was ascer-
tanned that his argument was against
drug stores in the event of no sa-
looms and Tint he would talk for the
no-license side better than he could
for the other if paid for it. Another
report is, that statistics were wanted
for the foundation of an argument
but after they we're obtained, they
were found to b disad advantageous to
the interests Of thessaloon. H..
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League Meeting.

/ The Young Mems League met q
tho residence oil Rev. Wilson Aull
last Friday night. Constitution and
bylaws were read and adopted, and
after a. short propram refreshments
were served. The following il the
program for the next meeting, Fri
day March 24th: ~
Song by Olympia Quartette-Jas
Gibson, Frank Gibson, Geo. Mackay
Max Gale.
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No LICENSE
TICK ET NAMED
NO License Caucus Held Fri
day Night and Candidates for
Leading the T Temperance Cause
to Victory, in Worthington,s SEE
lected. -.

The No-License people made ado.
parture from their usual custom. this
spring, and placed their candidates
for Village officers before the beople
for their suffrage, at an early date,
that they might be known and Their
qualifications 10 competently fill the
offices, fully discussed should there
be any doubts, but the work of The
caucus is endorsed by all of the no
license people aud large number 81
those who have hereto. ore favored
high license. g .-s..*:1
The caucus was we'll attended not.
wlthstanding the disagreeable wealth
CT, and quite number who have tax.
en- part in the high license caucus
participated. The me citing was cali
ed to order BY w. w. Loveless, DR.. A
H. Clark elected chairman and IT..
Hawley, secretary, for the evening.
The meeting then very harmoniously
and unanimously nominated the fol-
lowing officers: -
For President of Council -.
A. N. DOUGLASS
For Trustees
PETER THOMPSON
H. M. PALM :
JAMES MACKAY
For Recorder :.
E. W. GOFF ~.
For Treasurer '-
@. L. PETERSON
For Assessor
r. PRIDEAUX
For Street Commissioner -
B. F. THURBER 80
For Constable \
H. w. FUQUA
For Justices of Peace
A. E. FUTILE
c.. W. HILDRETH
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Steady Employment

For a good, reliable salesman
handling our ]ubricating oils, bolt
ings, general mill and thresher sup
plies from catalogue and sample
Liberal terms and profitable com
missions. Address, Crown Supply
Co., Cleveland, Q.
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WANTEO.-6OO bushels Of p0ts-
toes, will pay the highest market
price. tf0 w. ". LovBxnW.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02
The Profit I'm Hog Raising.

Charles Haines: The profit lies in
getting to market promptly and often.
No breeder or feeder loses anything by
dition ready for market. Care, judg-
ment and skill pay proportionately as
well in raising porkers as thorough
breds, but remember that life is too
short to waste in feeding scrubs; the
lower the price of pork the more i'm
best machine to work up corn at a
profit. Pigs intended for pork should
be crowded as rapidly as possible to
be the most profitable. The advantage
OF growing improved stock does not
lie merely in it's better adaptation to
the market wants and to the fact that
1t will respond more promptly and con-
tinuously to feed; the early age at
which 1t natures is one of the sources
of profit to its owner. Early maturity
is chiefly a question of feeding for
generations with view Of making
rapid and continuous growth, the early
maturing quality being transmitted, as
1t gradually increases, by heredity.
Breeding at an early age also prob
ably has much to do with the creation
of quality. 1t is possible to push it so
far as that the results will be incon-
sistent with full and healthy develop
ment, but if this be avoided early ma
turity is one of the most valuable at
tributes of the improved animal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures. viticuiturs and
Horticulture.
sorshums Popular with Kansas stockmen

Sorghums Popular with Kansas stockmen
The returns of assessors to the Kan
sas board of agriculture show the acre
age Of Kafir corn to be 47,152 acres, or
about 8 per cent greater than last year.
The rapidity with which Kafir corn
has found favor among feeders and
farmers is demonstrated by the fact
that seven years ago, when the crop
was first reported to the state board
of agriculture, there were but 1921
acres, while the returns now give $751;
S95 acres, a marvellous increase OF 1,142
per cent, showing that 1t has taken
rank among the most valued foods for
live stock in all sections of the state.
Milo maize and Jerusalem corn, non
saccharine sorghums near kin to Kafir
corn, and of no mean value, have for
four years past steadily declined in
acreage, the former about one-half and
the latter from $4,000 to 3,715 acres.
Saccharine sorghum, the running
mate of Kafir corn as forage, shows
a superb increase in acreage, rising
from 3SS.259 acres last year to 44S.7Sl
this year, a gain of 60,532 acres. or
1850 per cent The leading sorghum
growing counties are: Finney, with
1918 acres; Butler. 1924; Barber.
1857; Cowley, 11,540; Sumner, 1853;
Marion, 9,240, and Dickinson. $685..
Sorghum has made an annual average
increase of nearly 20 per cent since
1893, when Kafir corn first came into
prominence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02
Saving Seed Wheat.

In raising wheat we always put
great deal of stress on the prepare
ton of the seed, says a contributor to
the Epitomist. In the first place, we
choose the seed from the best and
strongest wheat in the field, and put 1t
in the bottom of the stack, so that If
any foul stuff, or different kind OF
wheat has been carried from our neigh
bors, by the time we get to threshing
the seed, it will have been run out, and
our seed will be pretty sure to be all
from our own field. When cutting our
wheat, we keep a lookout for the best
acre that stands up well, with good
straw, and that we think will yield the
best. This acre is always saved for our
seed. The wheat from it is put in a
separate bin, and it is thoroughly
cleaned over the course screen, and
the tanning mill turned very hard, so
that fully one fourth is blown over, or
run into a chess box. This gives us
only the largest grain to SOW; such as
will produce large healthy stock, that
will be able to stand the hardships that
it is subject to during some of our Sc
we're winters.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02
DEWEY IN AN EMERGENCY.
How He Ciroumvented Desertion Con-
spiracy After the Civil War.


spiracy After the Civil War.
One striking characteristic Of the
admiral is the readiness with which he
meets every emergency, says Leslie's
Weekly. He Is resourceful as well as
prompt in action. An illustration OF
Dewey took after the civil war. In the
Mediterranean, on the old ship Canaan
.daigua. The war fever had died out.
and men frequently deserted. On men,
of-war, boats cannot be lowered with
out an order, except in case of man
overheard. Several malcontents in the
crew one night, therefore, raised the
man overheard" cry. lowered a boat
and scuttled off into the darkness.
Dewey was executive officer of the ship,
and was called from his berth. Though
even then particular as to dress, he
didn't care about uniform when there
was quick work to be done, and he ap-
peared clad only in his night shirt. He
rushed up to the quarterback in half
a gale of wind and promptly took COM
mand in spite of his curious appear
ance. He knew his men thoroughly.
and acted promptly in spite Of the
darkness. Come back here, Jim
Brown, Tom Robinson, and the rest Of
you," he shouted, and punctuated his
remarks with three shots from his re-
volver. The shots, the ghostly figure
on the quarterback, and the sudden
use of their names startled the men
into obedience, and they came sneaking
back to the ship, while Dewey and his
novel uniform retired once more below
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02
A Prosperous Manufacturing CITY

Brockton's prosperity is so closely al
lied to the prosperity of the shoe indus
try that 1t will, no doubt, prove a matter
of interest to large number of people to
learn the actual average earning capacity
of each individual employed in the max
ing of the world-famed Brockton shoe.
For illustration: At the factory of the
w. L. Douglas Shoe company the pay
roll for the week ending Sept. 30, exclud-
ing superintendent, foremen, statesmen,
and all clerical help, shows the average
earnings of the employees, large and
small, to be $1554 per week. This was not
an extraordinary week. 1t was the Gus
tomary pay roll
The amount earned per week, however,
does not always tell the story of pros.
perity. The number of weeks employed
each year is the determining factor in the
wage earners prosperity. The Douglas
factory has been closed but one week
this year, and that for the usual summer
three days the latter part of December.
This would make but nine days out of
the year that'the factory is closed, which
dustrious shoemaker could desire.
1t is believed that the average pay and
the number of days worked Is larger at
the factory Of the w. l.. Douglas Shoe
company than at any manufacturing in
stitution in Massachusetts,.
Owing to increased business, another
addition is to be made to the Douglas
factory. 1t will be 100 feet long, 40 feet
wide, and five stories high. 1t will be
ready for occupancy early in December
, This addition increases the capacity Is
per cent. The w. L. Douglas Shoe COM
pany has the largest factory in the
world, producing an advertised line $3.50
and $500 shoes.
Mr.. Douglas says that the prospect for
successful business fer Brockton manu-
facturers was never so good as now, and
that collections are better than for years.
The Brockton CMass.) Times. Oct. 10.
1899. 80
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02

Spontaneous Combustion In Hay Mows.
The experience OF Mr.. John w. Nc
Arthur Of Delaware county, N. Y. as
told by himself, is convincing proof in
my mind that II all conditions are
favorable to its development. such
combustion may easily happen, says
Z. J. Brownell in Country Gentleman.
He said the first year after building
this barn, In the rush OF his large hay
ing, the hay was drawn in very green,
he believing. with many others, that
II all the water were dried of the hay
and 1t was nicely wilted, no damage
could result from the natural juices
remaining in it. even though stored
in this green condition.
AS will perhaps be remembered by
most of your readers. this NOW is
bay nearly round and 60 feet in dame
ter, resting on the ground. 1t was
rapidly filed with hay that was very
green, crowding 1t in with large force
OF help as fast as 1t was possible to
get 1t cut and partially cured. The
result was that a tremendous heating
OF the NOW caused by storing so large
bulk OF hay in that condition oc-
CURED, so great that after the heat
ing process was fairly started his wife
told him she knew that hay NOW was
all afire and the barn would certainly
burn down; but he had always thought
1t was impossible for hay to burn from
spontaneous combustion In the NOW.
However, when he fed out that hay in
winter, the condition in which 1t was
found at the center Of the NOV con-
WINGED him that this was not only pos
sible but that without doubt 1t had
frequently occurred where all the con-
ditions were favorable to it's develop
ment.
For" said he, there was a space in
the center of that NOW about as large
around as an ordinary hogshead. run
ming from the bottom to near the top
of the NOW, in which the hay was lit
orally charred, having the appearance
of having been burned and then smoth-
cred for want Of oxygen to keep 1t
burning; and l have no doubt that
- cSSh poooibiO loi u ~
air to reach the center of that NOV and
furnish the necessary oxygen, combus-
ton would have at once occurred and
the whole mass have gone with rush
OF flame. But resting as 1t did on the
ground in the center of this large barn,
there was no chance for the air to get
under it. and the fire went out for want
of feeding"
Still he said it convinced him that
spontaneous combustion is possible,
| and he believed that had that same hay
been stored in second story, as is
| often done where stables are built I'M
der the bays, nothing would have
saved it from burning, as there would
in that case have been a sufficient cur
rent of air passing through the hay to
| produce the necessary draft. 1t at
least had taught him lesson Of eau
| ton as to how he stored such large
quantities of hay, even in that NOW,
in condition of dampness such that
| heating was possible. 1t would, it
seems to me, be we'll, in view of such
evidence as this, and the fact that so
| many barns do burn near the end of
the haying season without the origin
of the fire being known, for farmers to
use more caution in this direction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-02

South Australia Butter Production.
Whether South Australia is destined
to become great butter producer or
not remains to be seen, says the Farm
and Dairy. published at Sydney. Her
attempts hitherto have not been alto
gether satisfactory, though there are
signs of improvement The bonus act,
which came into force in October, 1898,
gave an impetus to the industry. The
first shipment of ten tons of butter was
forwarded to London in that year. At
the conclusion of the season in Feb
ruary, 1884. the quantity sent away
amounted to little over 167 tons.
The following year sos tons of butter
were exported, the total amount of the
bonus paid during the two years the
act was in force being G11,50S. The
withdrawal Of government assistance
was coincident with the setting. in of
dry seasons, and the result was dis
aster to many Of the factories that had
been established; but there are now
distinct signs Of revival. Seven years
ago there were only twenty-five butter
and cheese factories in South Aus
tralia. but last year the number had
increased to fifty-seven, besides which
there were twenty-three creameries.
For the season 1867 the quantities
produced Of butter and cheese respec-
lively were 4,616,675 pounds and 9O7,-
123 pounds, while during 1878 $780,
11S pounds of butter and S49.S45 pounds
of cheese were made. substantial re-
duction of the previous seasons out
put, a result due entirely to the severe
drought.