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The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-10
Frank s.. blk. g., aged. 11s lbs.

Frank s.. blk. g.. aged. 11s lbs. .....
...'-. ....; .-...... 1880. CNichols) L
Venus. b. m. aged. 119 lbs. ........
-: 49,. .--...... (O9iopio)
Sin C&sfinir. b. h.. aged, 10 iba. -.
........' -......- ........ OF. Jones)
Time :501a; good start; won easily,
second driving. Winner, A. B. Loeben-
STEMS blk. s. by AlmoDt, dam un-
known. Frank S. ridden from the jump
to suit him, ran game and true; he has
speed to burn. Venus has seen her
best days. Sir Cassimir can beat all the
half-milers here when ready: he is not
himself now.
Fourth Race-Three- -eighths mile y
purse, 5000:
Abbey, b. g., years, 119 lbs. .....
..-..... ........ ......... (H. Jones)
Bly, C. g.. years, 119 lbs. ...(Opiopio) 2
Time, :39; good start; won easily.
Winner, G.. ). McKenzie's b. g., by
Friar Tuck. Winner goes better than
his looks would indicate and may make
a shifty one. Bly, one of the kind who
can but won't.
The officials were as follows:
Judges, j. w. Mcdonald, Captain
Soule, DIR. Shaw; starter, DR.. Monsar-
ratt; timekeepers, Charles Bellina and
G. Ii. DurfeS; clerk of the course, II.
NJ. Ayres; clerk of the scales, AL. Moore.
/ Last Saturdays meeting will wind up
lOSdi IdClllS lOI lHc y6dN lie pIOS-
poets for good racing III large quapti-
ties next year are brilliant
! Waldo j. will pace close to his mark
next year if he keeps right.
G. II. Durfee, the well-known horse
man. acted as one of the timekeepers
at Saturdays meeting.
I Naples ran nowhere in her recent
race at the Coast. Everito formerly
Everitt was started in d hurdle race
and ridden by Bob Burns; finished
fourth; he was entered in another race
run off the 1st inst. Campus ran third
in a race at Tanforan on November
18th.
DIR. Clapham was too sick to take
his customary post in the saddling pad
dock last Saturday.
Soldier" O'Donnel is said to have
won a cool thousand over Saturday:
races.
Lawrence II. will be trained for the
June meeting of the Jockey Club. l.. II
Dee has bet hat that he will run
haif-mile at that meeting in less thar
.:4S.
Much sympathy is expressed b!
horsemen for James Spencer in the saC
bereavement he has recently sustained
in the loss of his wife.
When Gibson whipped w. w. Wood
before the second heat on Saturday, tn
wise ones thought that the heat wa
booked for him.
/ Flammeref is pulling hack; thus ar
the tables turned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

The best time to prune the peach
is early in the spring.
Unleached ashes are the best fer
tilizer for all stone fruits.
Clear lime water is the best for de-
stroying worms in pots and in fern
cases.
One of the best things to keep rab-
bits away from trees is mixture OF
copperas and glue.
After raspberries have grown two
or three crops it pays to apply little
manure around them.
Curled leaf on the peach can gen.
orally be cured by thorough drainage,
aided by proper cultivation in good
season.
Marks made by a common pencil
in zinc labels will after a time be-
come distinct and legible. No special
ink is needed.
The cherry succeeds better about
the house or elsewhere in grass than
most other fruit trees. It needs very
little pruning.
There is no danger in turning un-
der cover and planting the land to
strawberries and raspberries, plant
ing in the spring.
As general rule, after the or
chard comes into full bearing, it is
best to let it have the benefit of the
whole ground; clover, however, may
be grown.
The compact form of growth of the
currant adopts it to close garden
quarters, while its ability to thrive
in q partial shade is greatly in it,
favor.--St. Louis Republic.
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any other cause. 1t is worthy of note
in the study of this orchard that the
trees were longest-lived that were on
the sides and at the base of the hill.
My studies of this and many other
old orchards on hill sites seem to war
rant the following conclusions: That
trees planted on hill sites will come
into bearing earlier and will produce
heavier crops of fruit than on level
sites; that a north hillside is better
site than south hillside; that an or
chard on hill site will be shorter
lived than on level site; that the
longevity and fruitfulness of an orchard
on hill site would be greatly increased
by sub-soiling and clean cultivation, as
such orchards suffer greatly from lack
of moisture; that only such varieties as
are not given to overbearing should be
planted on hill sites if longevity is de-
sired in the orchard; that hill or or
chard ought to be benched, which may
be done by blowing at right angle to
the slope and breaking the soil on the
lower side of the trees, as shown in cur
illustration.-A.D D. McCallen, in Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
HOW TO BUILD ROADS.
They Sho1d Be Rounded Up in the
Center 50 as to Shed Water to
the Side Drains.

The first principle applicable to all
roads is good drainage. ''Take the wa
ter out and keep the water out" is a
rule which must be followed in the maxi
ing of every road. It is not enough to
dig trenches at the side of the road and
call them drains. These trenches must
be real drains; that is, they must have
a good fall to clear outlet, and be in
every respect capable of carrying the
water away. The road must be round
ed up in the center so as to shed the wa
ter quickly to the side drains. There
must be a track in the center of the
road along which travel can pass. This
track must be hard and smooth so as to
afford the least friction to travel, pre-
vent ruts and at the same time permit
water to run off the sides quickly. Ruts
and holes must not be permitted to
form, but be filled up as soon as they
appear. The drainage must not be
abandoned with the taking care of the
surface water, but in many instances
must extend below the surface in the
form of tile underdrains, so as to form
a firm foundation and lessen the de-
structive action of the frost-injurious
only to wet and water soaked roads. In
addition to the simple work on roads,
better methods with regard to culvert
and bridge construction are greatly
needed. The principles above enum-
Grated with respect to roads require an
infinity Of special methods and treat
ments in arriving at the best results &C.
cording as the land is high lying or low;
is clay, sand, vegetable-mo1d, etc.; is
difficult of drainage; according to the
extent of travel, the quality of road
metal obtainable-these and many
other varying conditions. That road
making and highway work of all kinds
is considered a matter in which every
man is proficient is probably one of the
evils underlying the bad conditions OF
our roads to-day-Rural World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

MISS FLORENCE KINe, Of Chicago, Is
the first woman to hold 4 government
Office in Alaska. She has been appoint
ed commissioners of deeds by Gov John
G. Brady.
SIR THOMAS Upton contributed $50.
600 to the princess of Wales soldiers
relief fund, which is conclusive that
his yachting experience did not hurt
him financially particle.
A LONDON physician declares that q
person in robust health walks with his
toes pointed to the front, while one
with his health on the wane gradually
turns his toes to the side and bend is
perceptible in his kneea
In Mexico vanilla is much used as a
heart tonic. The plan is simply to
take piece of vanilla, such as is used
for favoring, and to chew it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26

6ENCHlNG f11ALSIOcI OnCI1AnD0.
craving is growing upon a steep north
hillside-slant fully half-pitch-in a
hill orchard owned by Mr.. j. H. 10y,
in bingham county. It is six feet in
circumference, IS years old and is es-
timated to have produced $3.50 worth of
apples. The orchard has northern
and southern slope, with ridge wide
enough for one row of trees. Original
ly there were about 300 trees, consist
ing of Is or 20 sorts. The trees were
planted IS years ago and most of that
time the orchard has been pas:ured. AT
this time not more than so trees re-
main, the majority of which are in rapid
decadence. The rs Ben Davis trees
were the first to die, and the Jennetings
and Minklers are the best preserved of
those surviving. Nearly all the trees
living in this old orchard are on the
north hillside and they are best where
the slant is steepest. So far as can be
determined from a study of the old
trees remaining in this orchard, decay
and decline are traceable in nearly
every instance to cutting out large
limbs, splitting down at forks and in
jury at base from borers, sunscald or
other causes unknown. 1t appears that
trees which made low or branching
top and bore only moderate crops of
fruit were longest-lived. Peach trees,
mostly seedlings, were planted in this
orchard, between the apple trees after
he LOTT full hoo 1>,,t
short-lived and not very productive,
which I think was rather owing to the
fact that they were in sod than from
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
HILL SITE ORCHARDS.
An Interesting Subject Interestingly
Discussed by 4 Successful
Fruit Grower.

The majority of old orchards in ILL
nois were planted on hill sites and the
varieties were mostly sweet or very
sour sorts, seedlings being about as
numerous as budded or grated stock.
OF the named varieties of apples, Ram
DO, Pippin, Bellfower, Milan and Tai
man Sweet were perhaps the most COM
mon. As rule these early orchards
were planted for family use only and
were given but little attention, being
used for pasture for hogs, sheep and
other stock. With such Indifferent
treatment very large crops of fruit
were seldom produced, and the trees
were not drained of their vitality.
The big Minkier shown in the en-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
PAYING INVESTMENT.
Steel Roadway In Spain Paid for
Itself i'm Two Years BY Saving
in Road Repairs.

The American consul at Valencia,
Spain, reports these facts to the state
department at Washington: The road
between Valencia and Grao is two miles
in length, and an average of 5000 We
hicles pass over it daily. Until 1892 it
was constructed of flint stone. The
annual cost of keeping it in repair was
about IS, 900 pesetas. At the rate of ex-
change at that date this amounted to
$5,47O. The construction of a steel
roadway was determined on, and the
annual cost of keeping in repair the
central zone of road thus relieved from
heavy trafic-which proceeds over the
steel rails-is now only $500 pesetas, or
about $3.50 at the present rate of ex-
change.
The total cost of the road laid was
6o,95o pesetas ($9,5O6). The expense in
detail was: Steel construction, 44,1O0
pesetas ($6,s9W; transportation and
laying steel construction, $3.50 pesetas
($5O7); binding stone construction be-
tween rails and lateral zones, $4,000
pesetas ($2,1o9); total, eo,95o pesetas
go ,5O6).
The rails, during the seven years they
have been in position, exhibit a wear of
1-250th of an inch yearly, and have not
required repairing.
Ample room is allowed between the
rails for two horses to walk abreast.
Horses do not appear to slip on rails Of
this construction. At each side of the
rail are layers of binding stones, the
paved road being higher than the face
of the rails. The municipality of
Valencia is of opinion that the saving
in cost of repairs through road of this
description pays for it's construction in
a short time, and other and similar
roadways are in contemplation.
From various parts of Spain in
quiries have been made concerning this
road. I learn that similar construc-
| ton was decided on at Alicante in 1898,
but was temporarily abandoned when
events caused exchange to increase. A
toll of (about) eight-tenths of cent
is charged each vehicle passing over
this roadway.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
News in Brief.

A mammoth horse. dog, cat and
poultry show has been suggested for
the Twin Cities.
Capt. Merriam has resigned from the
state refor1natory board.
The trust has shut down the st. An
thony, Excelsior and Standard mills
in Minneapolis.
Lake City's new city hall, costing
SIS, 900, has been dedicated.
The capacity of the Northern Pa
cific shops at Brainerd will be greatly
enlarged.
The vital statistics for Winona coun-
ty for 1899 show 100 births and 400
deaths.
A farmer in Winona county was
chased by pack of wolves and COM
PEELED to take refuge in barn.
X. O. Bergert, aged 70 years, died on
his way to Crookston with load of
wheat.
A prize fight lasting seven rounds,
and ending with knockout, was
quietly pulled off in Minneapolis.
Edward Berg was probably fatally
shot while hunting near Nary. A
buckshot lodged in his brain.
Gov. Lind has offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest of John Dawson,
accused of manslaughteri in Pine county
Cyrille Perras backed into an ele-
vator shaft of the Baltimore Packing
company, in Minneapolis, and falling
IA feet was instantly killed.
The feed store of F. J. Brings & Co.,
at st. Paul, was burned.
Mr.. Eckels, of Eyota, had his II.
year-old Thomas arrested on the charge
of firing the family home.
P. G. Hanson, of Minneapolis, was
elected president of the National Re-
tail Grocers' association.
Colonel Fred Ames of the Thirteenth
Minnesota, and lieutenant colonel of
the First Minnesota national guard,
has applied to the adjutant general of
Minnesota to be placed on the roll of
retired officers.
The grocery store and residence Of
C. r. Miller at Dundas were burned.
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acts
For Sick
Women

Fzrsf-flbo medicine that
holds tho 1'oo0s,d for the
largest number Of abs0-
Into Cures Of female MS
IL lyaNh E. Pihkilhas',cs
Negotiable 0os,1v0lysd.
Soo0nd-AAE6. Phnlklbal,,
oap show by hor leffer
flies IN lynn that q mill
Hon women have been
s'ost0roe5 to koalflb by hoS'
R,soailokn0 and 0dNko0.
7hkt1dLANketfersfo Mrs.
PLnkbaD1 arc I'0ooiv0d,
0pes,edL read and an
8vv0s'0d by women only.
This fact 70 0os'kxkxad ia 6y
the mayor and p0sh,sa6-
ter Of lynn and others Of
Mrs. Plkkkhhas,,:s owl, 0lfy.
wt'ifo for FREQ took con-
lalhln0 these 0os'fLfxoafo6.
Evory aMIn9 woman, b
Invited "a write 10 Mr8.
Phhlk1bas1, and got her adj
Woe FREQ Of charge.
Lydia e. Pinkham Ned Co, Lynn, Mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
FRUITS IN PUERTO RICO.
Special Agent Of Agricultural De.
Dartnent After InvesttEation Re.
ports Them Of Poor Quality.

DR.: o. F. Cook, special agent of the
agricultural department., has re-
turned from Puerto Rico, where he
went to ascertain what species and va
rieties Of plants are found there, in
order that the department might be
able to enter upon the work of Sc
curing others likely to be Of use in
improving and extending the agri-
c01tural industries. He finds that COT
fee, sugar and tobacco are the princi-
pal productions, and that fruits and
vegetables sold in the markets of
Puerto Rico are inferior in quality
and unsuitable for export. The ba-
mana, for instance, has scarcely been
considered as q source of income or
an article of export. It has been
planted principally for shade in coffee
plantations, and as one variety was as
good as another for this purpose,
most of the bananas are unstable.
Al the conditions for commercial ba-
mana growing are favorable, it may
be expected that attempts in this d.
rection will soon be made. It is nec-
essary, however, that at least 500 acres
be put under thorough cultivation, for
the product of less land can hardly be
marketed to advantage.
There is room for great improve
ment in the production of coffee, and
II modern methods were employed
this industry would be much more
profitable than it is at present. Or
anges, lines and other citrus fruits,
European grapes and other semi
tropical fruits and vegetables can be
produced in the drier parts of the is
land, while from the moister parts
vanilla, cocoa, mangoes and other
strictly tropical. plants can be ex-
ported. There are no localities suffi-
GENTLY hot and humid for the rub
reproducing plants of the Amazon
valley, but the African rubber vines,
1t planted on the rocky pinnacles of
the foothills, will thrive, and the
wealth Of the island can be greatly
increased by their cultivation,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
SferilixiuR Crane Juice,

A report of the Canada experimental
farms gives an account of series of
experiments ON the best means of
sterilizing grape juice. The conclusion,
which probably applies to: sweet cider
as we'll as to grape juice, was that 1.-THE
natural flavor of grape juice may be
preserved intact by raising the tenn
perature of the juice gradually to 40
degrees Fahrenheit, keeping it at this
point for ten minutes and then quickly
bottling it, taking care to use absolute
~ air-tight and thoroughly sterilized
vessels. These vessels should be taken
from tank or kettle of boiling water,
Immediately filled, and corked or GOV.
cred with the least possible delay"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26

MRS. BELVA LOCKWOOD LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE
the
Peruna Medicine Company, she
haze used yoar Perana bot for myself nohe Mrs.
Hannah Bennett in her a6m and find ruaaabk
remedy co cata, and kndd diseases:
for feeble and old people, those doQn. and h unsteg
Yours truIy, Befpa A.. Lockwood.
especially
the pelvic There hundred
have of the head they have This
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
English ~ She IL Spoke.

Mrs. Brown-Our language is full of mis-.
nomers. For instance, met a man once who
was perfect bear, and they called him a
civil engineer.
Mrs. Smith-Yes, but that is not so ride.
plous as the man they call "teller" in a
bank. He won't tell you anything. asked
one the other day how much money Mr.,
Jones had on deposit, and he just laughed at
me.-Collier's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26
CHEAP FENCE POST.

The boards are run between two slabs
that have been sharpened and driven
into the ground facing each other.
When the boards are in place, the slabs
are nailed together through the boards,
making very firm fence. A bit of wire
can be wrapped about the top and bot
tom to make it still stronger, if desired.
At all sawmills such slabs from pine
logs can be obtained, and a very serv-
iceable fence made with them. If cedar
slabs can be had the fence will be al
most indestructible.-N.Y Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-01-26

The economy of the Cuticura treatment is shown bv
the letter of Mr.. W. NJ: Michel, Of Lexington, Okl,
who spent thousand dollars with doctors specialists
and medical colleges in vain attempt to find relief for
his little son. friend recommended the use of the
Cutcura remedies and he gives the following account of
the cure:-
top of his head 1t spread all his head, and then
his ankles was solid scab Ny family
doctor treated him for eighteen MONTHS good
six months. No good yet Spent less thousand dol
lar: in and time ola Mr. Barney Clap insisted my
himself By time my wife had used the cur1cuRA Ointment
and got could short and
crying, and worrying Cur1cuRA remedies cured him..
Three children in household suffering simultane-
Fn: f the
York City, who tells her experience in these Words:
second child got when months DID, Three
t% a first child got it,, and him 9
fearful Their whole bodies their faces
describe suffering of second child whose whole body
bloody He constantly crying, could get
DOCTOR slightest decided Cur
The first application brought relief in each CASE
fourteen days treatment with cur1cuA SOAP and CurcuRA
Ointment the cured neghborhood
is surprised at the wonderful effect Of Cu11cuRA."
One Of the most wonderful Of cures is that of the little
daughter Of Mrs. G. A. Conrad of Lisbon, N. H. whose
suerngs from eczema were so intense that her hands
had to be tied to keep her from tearing her flesh. The
mother writes:-
"When my little girl six months DID, she had eczema. We
had used cold and all kinds Of remedies nothing
her good in fact she kept getting worse used wrap
her hands and when would had
table, could not hold her. She would kick
when could she would pieces
used four boxes of CUrcURA Ointment two cakes
SOAP and the CUTCURA REsoLvET and she cured
no traces of the humor left uthfuly that they
have saved her life." -
1t will afford pleasure to have parents whose little
ones are afflicted with form Of skn scalp, blood
humor write to any Of the above addresses for cor
roboraion of the facts given and have doubt that
such appeal will elicit still stronger testimony regard
ing the wonderful curative properties Of the CU1cURA
remedies. The full set, for complete external and
internal treatment IT, costs but $12 and consists Of
and scales and soften the tckened cutcle Cu11cuRA
Ointment 0c), to instantly aay itching, irritation,
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal and CUTiCURA
REsoLvENT (50c), to cool and cleanse the blood. A
single set is often sufficient to the most torturing
skin, scalp, and blood humors rashes Itch.
ings, and ritatons with loss of hair when The hest
physicians, and all other remedies fail.
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That the Cuticura remedies are all that could be desired
Tor the alienation of the suffering Of skintortured in
fants and children and the comfort of WORKOUT worried
mothers has been demonstrated in countless homes in
land Their absolute safety purity, and
ana grateful reef speedy cure and great
parents Evidence Is found in the Of letters received
from grateful parents testfyng the ncalculabe bene
fits they have derived from the of these preparations
in the treatment of infante skin and scalp disorders
There is ring of truth and sincerity about the testmo-
mails here submitted that them genuine and when
mother writes, does Mrs. E. Butler of 1889 Third
Avenue, Brooklyn N. H. in simple, grateful language,
of the good Cuticura has accomplished in her
hold necessities. Mrs. Butler says:-
different the body especially Leg
in all They about the Of piece would
en- $: $
gave him the CUT1cURA which completely
four weeks AS rule four children robust and
anything mentioned but thanks to
Cu11cuRA remedies they are all in perfect health"
What can be more convincing to mother than the
my baby about four weeks old when began to suffer
from that terrible disease remedy thought
medicine did to do with him. He
cried the time and his face was equal to piece Of
had to him around pillow. fairly discouraged
then Cur1cuRA remedies time
used them could see the change used about half box
CUr1cuRA Ointment and half soar
end Of short week entirely cured There
has been trace of it snce To-day his
and soft as piece of silk"
Another remarkable instance of the effectiveness of
the Cucura remedies is found in the terrible experience
Of the baby daughter Of Mr.. r. A. Lapham liz West
Side Square, Springfield, Ill. Mr.. Lapham writes as
follows:- III
Sour little daughter troubled with eczema
Her face hands, and would break
which would swell and become terribly
out like great beads of perspaon, finally this would
the skin would and peel off, She suffered terribly
wear soft miens her hands keep her from scratching
gave two of leading physicians good
helped her In tho least purchased Cu1cuRA soAP
Ointment and REsoLvENr She improved
10 now never troubled although used bottle
REso1VENT three boxes Of CuEcuRA and Cu1cuRA SOAP
In few forceful Words Mrs. c. Brand Of Conesville
N T., wildly portrays an experience common to many
and encouragement for anxious parents:
1.-TWO years this winter boy began break with
sca nearly covered his back
glowing reports of CUcURA remedies and thought try them
OF SOAP boxes Ointment
one bottle OF CU11cuRA R1soLvENT cured him. think them
wonderful remedies"