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The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
KILLING POTATOES.
sone Advocate the Practice, Others
Declare 1t to Have Value Oaly
4sfss,. % . Tradition.

There are those that advocate hilling
up potatoes, and there are others that
oppose the practice. The latter peo-
pie are sometimes inclined to pose as
reformers and imagine they will have
accomplished much good if they can
only succeed in making level culture
of potatoes universal. We have heard
men declare that the hilling of pota-
toes in this country il due to our habit
Of following q custom long after the
circumstances that gave it birth have
ceased to exist. They say that the
Irish hilled them up to keep them out
of the excessive wet, and that.now no
excuse exists for the practice. But
those that are advocating change in
this matter should not be too sure of
their ground. There is much truth in
the argument they make, but it il not
all truth.
Whether level or hill culture is the
best depends on local conditions, and
general rules cannot be formulated.
More than that seasons differ in their
dryness and wetness, and the varia-
tions of rainfall make an immense diff
ference in the results. We know q
man that followed level culture of po-
tatoes successfully for number. Of
years and advocated 1t. But one year
the rains during the whole season were
excessive, and the heavy ground in
which his crop was growing was con-
stantly soaked and sometimes water
was standing on it. The neighboring
fields that had the rows elevated gave
fair results, but the level culture fields
were drowned out. Perhaps a well
drained field even in such a year would
have given good results; but it is fact
that many fields which should be
drained are not. On low fields, with
heavy soils, level culture of potatoes is
often unsafe. The progressive farmer
will learn to adapt principles to his To-
cal conditions.-Farmers Review.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
BELIEVES IN HORSE SENSE.
Veterinarian Converted by q Sick
Steed That Sought q
Doctor.

"Experience has convinced me that there
is such thing as horse sense" said veter-
mary surgeon who has shop on the South
side. "a friend of mine had a beautiful
chestnut driving mare that was subject to
severe spells of collie. About year ago she
got very sick and Jones, the owner, brought
her over here for treatment. cared for
her. and she seemed as grateful as human
being might. rubbing her nose against my
coat sleeve. and showing her affection in her
dumb way.
"One day about six months ago up she
came to the door of the shop, moaning and
evidently. suffering acutely. I treated her
again and she got better. found out aft
erward that there was no one at her home
stable that day and that she had worked
the halter off and had set out to find the
DOCTOR"
'"Curious circumstance" said the man
who had heard the story.
but that's not all of it, said the doctor.
'Three days ago ! came down to my Office
in the morning about nine o'clock. There
lay the chestnut mare in front of the door
dead. She had been taken sick had made
her way as before to the shop in the night.
and found nobody there to give her medi.
cines, and she had died. Now. if this story
isn't proof that horse can reason would
like to hear something to beat t.'-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
SHOCKING A LANDLORD.
stead Of Hi9h-Priced
Store Meat.

We had been at q Rocky Mountain hotel
for a week, and beefsteak and mutton chops
had been on the bill of fare at every meal
to the exclusion of all other meats. It was
finally decided to send the colonel to the
landlord to protest, and having gained the
ear of mine host, he said:
Il want to speak to you in good
natured way about your meats"
MY meats?" echoed the landlord. "Why,
is there anything wrong about my meats?
I'm getting the very best"
"It's beefsteak and mutton, you know"
eyes, know, and they cost me a heap
of money to get 'em here, yes, sir, almost
worth their weight in silver, but must have
the best. What is it you complain Of"
1--WE don't complain. What l wanted to
ask you was about game. There must be
"Of course. Do you mean to say that
lope, prairie chicken, turkey and so on ~
"Exactly. Yes, that's what we want"
I'm place of beef and mutton!
Eyes"
"Well, III be hanged. Here, Jim, tell
the boys to 60 out after a cartload d of game
and to keep it up for three or four days!
Here's a crowd kicking about steaks at IS
cents per pound and chops at 80 and ready
to fiji up on game at twu dollars ton! Well,
you eastern folks beat the band in your
queer tastes about eating! Next thing you'll
be telling me you prefer wild goose to a Chi.
cago sugar cured ham!"-Boston Globe.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
MISS ANNIE sWYANDOTTE.
Miss Annie Wyandotte, queen of the
operatic stage and dramatic soprano,

MISS annie WyanOOtCe, queen OF The
operate stage and dramatic soprano,
says:
Fifteenth St. and Jackson Ave.
Kansas City, Mo.
"Dr. Hartmann:
"Dear Sir-Pe-ru-na has been my
salvation. It has given me back a
beautiful voice, a gift of God; it has
brought me once more to my old pro-
fession. can talk now. and sing.
where before, I could scarcely whis-
per. Can you wonder at my delight? :?
I wish every person who is suffering
as I suffered might know Pe-ru-na.
Only those who have been afflicted
can ever know the intense satisfac-
tion and gratitude that comes with a
complete cure. My voice was COM
pletely gone. April Is I felt so elatcd
over the restoration of my voice that
inserted an advertisement in The
Star for vocal pupils. The ADVERTISE
ment. which cost me 65 cents, brought
me five pupils, and that was the be-
ginning of my present large class.
Yours gratefully,
"Annie Wyandotte."
A congestion, Inflammation or ul-
ceration of the mucous membrane.
whether of the head. stomach. kid
neys. or other organ, is known to the
medical profession as catarrh. 1t is
known by different names, such as
dyspepsia, Bright's disease, female
complaint, ciarrhoea, bronchitis, con-
sumption and host of other names.
Wherever there is a congested mucous
membrane there is catarrh, acute or
chronic.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
CROSS SECTION.

ing. The door of the cooling cham
Der is protected by q. porch. The
ceiling of the room slopes so as to
secure the necessary drainage. At C
in Fig. 2, pipe is placed to take the
drainage from the ice into trough,
in which the cooling cans may be
set. Ice in a dairy is next to indis-
pensable for holding milk at a proper
temperature and for use in working
and keeping butter.-C. II. Hickox, in
Ohio Farmer
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
GOATS FOR DAIRYMEN.
starve and Yield . Fair GUAM
tity of Rich Milk.

The usefulness of the goat in clear
ing foul lands and the proftableness
of the animal for its hair, skin and
even carcass, is becoming pretty we'll
understood. But the goat is valuable
as dairy animal. If the cows, for
instance, are being used for supplying
a city milk trade, the keeping of goats
for the home milk supply would be
an excellent policy. The goat will live
where q cow would starve; and while
it, like every other domestic animal,
will do best on good pasture, it will
live and yield milk on astonishingly
little food. The animal and it's milk
are almost entirely exempt from dis
ease; the milk is more nutritious than
that of the cow and agrees with stom-
achs that cows milk frequently Of
fends. The animal requires only the
cheapest kind of shelter; but it needs
shelter from the storms and in winter.
If by reason of drought, soiling is nec-
essary, leaves, vegetable refuse, peel.
ings of the apple or potato, sweet and
clean, will be all the feed that is need
ed. All goats, however, will not eat
the same food, and the feeder will have
to study the appetites of the individ.
ual animal. Frequent feeding and va.
riety of food in winter will be found
beneficial. Roots, oil meal, oats, corn
(of the latter, in the whole state, the
goat is very fond) are proper feed, es-
pecially for the milking goat. Rock
salt is greatly relished. The flavor
of goats milk cannot be distinguished
from that of cows milk, if it is prop
erly cared for. From three to four
pints day is the average yield of a
good mixer. The milk is so rich and
of such character that in making
pastry it will take the place of eggs.-
Agricultural Epitomist.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
USES OF SKIM MILK.
Latest By-Product II Claimed to BE
Good Substitute for Rubber
and Celluloid.

Henry Alvord, chief of the dairy di-
vision of the agricultural department,
in making up the divisions exhibit at
the Paris exposition has come across
new by-product of the dairy indus
try. It is we'll known, of course, that
in many lines of industry the by-prod-
ucts of an article form more extensive
industries than the original item fur
nishes.
Skim milk is the basis of this BY
product, which is an addition to quite
list of articles which skim milk al
ready fathers. For instance, they
make paint out of skim milk, a fine
quality of paint at that, with good
luster and a polish. Then, too, they
make glue out of skim milk. Tons of
sizing for fine qualities of paper are
produced daily from skim milk.
Now comes an inventor with a plan
to make substitute for hard rubber
and celluloid out of skim milk. The
patents have been allowed and the or
ganization of the company is under
way. The inventor furnished Mr.. AL
word with sample, which resembles
wood in texture. The new material
will be used for brush backs, combs.
electric light insulators, and, in fact,
almost anything now constructed of
hard rubber or celluloid. The evolu-
tion of pan of skim milk on the kitch-
en- shelf into golf ball is but ques-
tion of time and secret process. The
body of the new material is the caseine
of skim milk.
The agricultural department is in
terested because of the bearing of the
new business on the dairy industry.
Any plan for the disposition of the
surplus stock of skim milk in the dai-
ries and on the farms is Welcomed
WASHINGTON Star.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
THE PEAcEMAkER.
Two soldiers. lying as they fell
Upon the redeemed CLAW

.
Upon the redeemed clay Es@s ..
In daytime foes; at night, in peace
Breathing their lives away. &$s"
Brave heart had stirred each manly breast
Fate only made them foes,
And lying, dying, side by side.
A softened feeling rose.
"Our time Is Short one faint voice said ::
To-day we've done our best
On different sides. What matters now?
Tomorrow we're at rest.
Life lies behind: I might not care
For only my own sake,
But far away are other hearts
That this days work win break.
"Among old Hampshire's pleasant fields
There pray for me tonight
"A woman and q little girl
With hair like golden light
And at that thought broke forth at last
The cry Of anguish Wild
That would no longer be repressed-
"Oh, God! my wife and child!'
"And." said the other dying man.
Across the sandy plain
There watch and wait for me loved ones
I'll never see again.
A little girl with dark, bright eyes
Each day waits at the door:
The fathers step. the fathers kiss.
Will never meet her more.
"To-day we sought each others lives:
Death levels all that now,
For soon before Gods mercy-seat
Together We shall bow.
Forgive each other while we may:
Lies but weary game,
And. right or wrong, the morning sun
VIII find US dead, the same"
The dying lips the pardon breathe,
The dying hands entwine;
The last ray dies, and over all
The stars from heaven shine.
The little girl with golden hair,
And one with dark eyes bright,
On Hampshires fields and sandy plain
Were fatherless that night
-Lue Vernon, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Packing Butter for Market.


In packing butter for market the
farmer should use as much care as
the creameryman. This is especially
the case when he makes sufficient but
ter to be packed in tubs or pals made
OF wood. Putting butter direct into
wooden packages without any soaking
OF the packages results often in the
deterioration Of the butter before it
gets to market. The best creamery
men soak the tubs in brine and then
expose them to live steam. After that
even the parchment paper that is put
around the butter in the tubs is soaked
in brine. These precautions have much
to do in bringing the butter onto the
market in a form and condition that
makes it bring AZ high price as it's
quality will permit.-Farmers'R Review.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
MRS. COL IONEL HAMILTON.

That Pesrt-na has -beconfe house.
hold remedy in the home of Mrs.
Colonel Hamilton is we'll attested by
a letter from her, which says: Il
can give my testimony as to the mcr.
it's of your remedy, Pe-ru-na. I have
been taking the same for some time.
and am enjoying better health now
than I have for some years. attrib-
ute the change to Pe-ru-na, and rec
ommend Pe-ru-na to every woman,
believing it to be especially beneficial
to them" Mrs. Hamilton's residence
is 259 Goodale street, Columbus, Ohio.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Butter-Makinx ON Farms.

The creameries have driven the farm
ers out in making butter in some Sec
tons, but it is not because farmers can
not compete with creameries, for there
are many farmers who do so. It is the
farmer who does not know how to make
good butter who has surrendered. The
best and highest priced butter comes
from the farmers, but it is produced
with care in every detail, and it does
not even have creamery butter as it's
competitor. Farmers and dairymen
should not yield the production Of but
ter to creameries, but endeavor to make
q better article,
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
And Don't You FORGET II.

scolding about the creamery don't
feed the cows or make them thrive on
straw, poor hay or moldy cornstalks,
or sheltr them from the elements.
Warm stables, regular attendance, wa
ter of regular temperature and good
feed enable them to give a good flow
OF milk. The man who leaves his COW
in bleak barnyard all day and a part of
the night, with. nothing but straw and
= frozen water tank, ought not to lay
all his troubles to the creamery.-Na-
tional Rural. -
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
A HINT FOR SPRING.

the Interiors of Their Homes.
Now that the backbone of this remarkable
winter is broken, housekeepers are remark.
question Of new wall coverings is up. Paper
is dear and short lived; kalsomines are dirty
and scaly; paint is costly. The use of such
cement as Alabastine, for instance, will
solve the problem. This admirable wall
coating is clean, pure and wholesome. It
can be put on with no trouble by anyone;
there is choice of many beautiful tints; and
it is long lasting.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Warner in DISPUTE.

"Do you admire Wagner" she inquired
at the musicale, looking up at him soutfully,
before, there already seemed to be bond
between them.
mot much, after the bum article of base
ball he's been making us stand for here in
Washington all these years. was the en-
phatic reply, and then she was forced to the
conclusion that he, too, was lacking in ap-
probation of the higher and nobler-Wash-
ington Post.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Lack Of Good Plownen.

. What has become of the old-time
Plowman? asks q correspondent of
the Country Gentleman. Are they all
dead, or have their hands forgotten
their cunning, and their eyesight
grown dim? With the improved plows
of to-day it would seem that anyone
Of moderate strength and average in
teligence could do good job .of
plowing, but not one out of ten who
profess to hold the plow do good
work, and among those hired on the
farm not one in 50 knows how to do
this work we'll ~~ 4
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

to table. When not in use the two
legs are folded over on The table, and
the table folded over so as to make
a lid for the tank, the legs folding in.
side, out of the way. The tank CAP
be set anywhere for convenience. The
bottom of the tank should be lowe,
at one corner, with a hole there to
let out the water, by withdrawing q
plug. Potatoes and other vegetable.
should be washed before taking to
market. They present a nice, clean
appearance that makes them sell bet.
ter.-Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
The Carnation Industry.

Probably in America 81 ,o0o, 900 is in
vested in carnation growing, and 5000
people are employed in the business
About z, 900 plants are produced an.
nually, and similar number are
grown by florists for their own use,
and about SO, 600 900 blossoms are mar
keted each year. The carnations
wide range of pleasing colors, its last.
ing qualities and fresh, rich, clove-like
fragrance combine to make it one of
the most popular, as well as one of the
most sought for and popular, of the
florists fowers.-C. w. Ward. of
Queens, N. Y, before the Massachusetts,
Horticultural Society.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
REFRIoERATING PLANT,
Ohio Dairynaas Gives Plan for q
Small Ice House and Cooling
+ Chamber Combined.

In answer to many inquiries viii
give plan for an icehouse and cool
ing chamber combined. Fig. is floor
plan partitioned off in such q manner
that it has ice on top and three sides
of the cooling chamber. The dimen-
sions are: ~ feet wide, IA feet long
and u feet high, with cooling cham
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

blood for four months, and the doc
tors could help me but little. They
operated on me three times. 1t was
very painful and I only obtained it,
tie relief. I was so weak I could not
turn in bed. Then I applied to DR..
Hartman. I did not know whether he
could help me or not, but I followed
his advice. and used only three bot
ties of Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. Now
am as we'll and as strong as I ever
was, thanks to your remedies" Pelvic
catarrh has become so frequent that
most women are more or less afflicted
with it. 1t is usually called female
disease.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Certainly o Prize Thourht.

A teacher of music in one of the public
schools Of the. south desired to impress the
pupils with the meaning OF the signs ''f'
and IT. in a song they were about to sing
After explaining that If" meant forte. he
what does # mean?"
Silence reigned for a moment. and then he
was astonished to hear bright little tel.
low shout:
'Eighty!"-New Lippincott.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
The Secrets of Planets Revealed.

The: immense telescope which is now in
process of construction is expected to bring
the moon within miles eyesight of this
world and to reveal the secrets Of all plan.
cts. 1fmay cause as great change in the
worlds thought as Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
ters does in the physical condition of suffer
ers from dyspepsia, constipation, liver or kid
ney troubles. The Bitters strengthen the
entire system. and also prevents malaria,
fever and ague. Try it.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
WASHING VEGETABLES.
Washing Tanks and Drying
Tables II Used,

One of our readers sends sketch OF
a combined washing tank and drying
table for vegetables. A, in the illus.
tration, is the tank. B. the table
hinged to tank, and the legs hinged
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

81 suppose you have quite forgotten, Mr..
Jones, that you owe me 6ver?' mo, !
haven't yet. Give me time and l will.'-
Punch.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Der. The dimensions are, IL feet
wide, IA feet long and IL feet
high, with q cooling chamber par
titioned of feet long by s
feet wide. The floor of a colling
chamber should be placed about three
feet below the surface of the ground,
so as to take advantage Of the cool
ness of the earth.
Fig. is q cross section of the build
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Mrs. Margar-
ha Dauben,
No. 1914 North
Superior street,
Racine City,
Wis, says: Il
feel so we'll and
good and health
full now that pen
cannot describe
it. pe-ru-na ia
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y,
Feb II, 1900.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Pleasant, Wholesome. Speedy, for coughs
is Hale,s Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
The Latent.

Waggs-Have You heard the latest?
Dag0s-No, what is it?
you're off your kopje." - Ohio State
Innrnal
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Have you catarrh of the head.
throat, lungs, stomach or any other
organ of the body? If so, write to
DR.. Hartman at once. He will send
you directions for treatment without
charge. Address DR.. Hartman, Colurn-
bus, o.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

everything to me. I feel healthy ard
we'll, but if I should be sick I would
know what to take. I have taken sew
eral bottles for female complaint. I
am in the change of life and.it does
me good"
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

When woman breads to ask her husband
for anything she sends her daughter.-At-
Gibson Globe
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Respected Her conndenc,

Hespected Her C0nhdence.
Poetess-The poem sent you, Mr. Ed
itor, contains the deepest secrets OF my
soul.
Editor-I know it, madam; and no one
shall eyer find them ous through me-
Stray Stories.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Fortune sometimes favors the brave and
sometimes she leads them into a trap
Puck.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

PUTNAM FADELEss DIES do not stain the
hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug.
gists.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
MISS CLARA 7SDoECKER.

Miss Clara Stoecker says: Il had
chronic catarrh for over year. I
tried many remedies, but found no re-
lief until / saw an advertisement in
the paper of your treatment for
chronic catarrh. tried it and think
I am now we'll. l recommend Pe-ru-na
to all my friends who are afflicted
with catarrh." Miss Stoecker lives at
Pittsburg. Pa.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

"Os 10 uOL
belle We /
would be liv-
ing now if it
were not for
you. I had
S u + + e r e d
with flow of
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-17
sRYANIn FLORIDA.
TWO AUDIENCES ON
DAY OF ARRIVAL.
(By Telegraph 10 Virginian- Pilots

(By Telegraph to Virginian- Pilot.)
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 1G-Hon. w.
]. Bryan was met at the Union Station
this morning when his train arrived at
1880 o'clock by Hon. D. u. Fletcher,
r.. D. Knight. Captain C. Il. Garner
and others and escorted to the Wind
sor Hotel to breakfast, where he was
met by his cousin, Hon. w. S. Jen-
nings, gubernatorial candidate. At 8
o'clock he took the train for Brooks
Vile, where he will remain for several
days to rest, visiting Judge Jennings.
Then he will proceed to Tampa, where
he is expected to speak next Tues
day.
At Ocala he was introduced to an
enthusiastic gathering by General Rob
ert Bullock, who was a colleague when
he was in Congress. After his speech
he and Judge Jennings dined at the
0cala House In company -with two of
the leading lawyers. The Plant sys-
tenn train waited half an hour for
him.
He arrived In Leesburg at O'clock
p. m, and spoke fifteen minutes to
about five hundred persons. All the
stores in that town were closed. He
and Judge Jennings then proceeded to
Brook sville.
Colonel Bryan will speak nj the Win
ter Park Agricultural Fair next We'd
nesday afternoon. and in Jacksonville
that night.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-17
Freight Rates Considered.
(By Telegraph to Virglnlan-PIlot

(By Telegraph to Virginan-Pilot)
New York. Feb. 16.-The Southern
Classification Committee held a meet
ing at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to-day to
hear protests of representatives of the
Merchants Association of this city and
of Eastern shippers to Southern points.
against the new classification schedule,
which went into effect on February /.
a number of the Eastern freight and
general freight agents were also pres
cnt.
William r. Corwin represented the
Merchants Association and argued
against the classification schedule. and
presented long analysis OF Southern
classifications, illustrating the probable
effect of the new classification
Subsequently the members OF the
association went into executive SEES
sion as the Southern Freight Associa-
ton. which is a sub committee of the
Southern Classification Committee. The
members spent the greater part of the
afternoon fixing schedules and compar-
ing rates. Then they adjourned.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-17
MOTIFS

tors who attended him and ascertain
whether or not the ball was found and
left In his head. Mr. Wright says he
knows that he had only one hole in his
hat and one In his skull.