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The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
The Cause OF Flax Burn.

The Agricultural institute of Gem.
bloux, Belgium, has made exhaustive
research into the nature of the malady
known as FLAX burn" and has learned
that this disease arises from micro
scopic fungous growth living in the
cells of the roots.' There is no method
of direct treatment, as the parasite is
internal and subterraneous. The use
of different manures has given no satis-
factory result. The only remedy is to
destroy ''the diseased plants so that
the germs will not spread; to abandon
the culture of flax on the infected soil
at least seven or eight years; also to
avoid planting turnips in the soil
abandoned, as they are thought to har-
bor the parasite"
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

| altogether $3.50. That was enough fol-
my original purpose. But just then
something happened. was promoted
from an original clerkship of 81 900 per
annum, through the various grades, un-
til, just when was getting ready to go
forth upon my we'll intended mission, l
was promoted to $4,000 per annum.
Young and hopeful and ambitious as
1 was, and possessed of excellent self
confidence, knew that it would be
several years before could earn So. 900
per annum practicing medicine; so I
concluded to remain here another year
and save up at least another thousand
dollars before giving up my comfortable
office. In the meantime I put up sign
and began to attend those who called
for my services at night. Then it was
that l became a regular Sundowner.
That is what I am to-day, and that I
shall always remain
This man, who is now past so years of
age, has managed to accumulate a. for
tune of about $4,000 and family of
seven children. He will never practice
medicine as he originally intended to
do. But the average Sundowner never
accumulates anything. There are
thousands of men of this class in Wash
ington, but they do not amount to
much. They do not even interfere with
the incomes of the regular practition-
ers, because those who call upon them
for services at night are the very Door
people, who cannot afford to pay the
fees demanded by the successful physi-
clans, and very often they do not pay
the Sundowners anything at all:
But you must not suppose that all
OF these people are physicians. There
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
The First Orphan.
S75E ~ ~ S'7lSS7yE7ztS77EN
w HEN Art Halderson, the architect
WV and builder. went out. to snner.

M HEN Art Halderson, the architect
w and builder, went out to super.
intend the erection of St. Hilda's or.
phanage in the grove west of the city
he had to ride three miles in his car,
beyond the limits of the most explora.
tory street car.
1.-THE orphans will never find this place
OUT he commented to himself
1t was a fact that St. Hilda's appeared
to be without neighbors, and for that
reason land was cheap and play.
ground a thing easy of achievement.
The contract had been given to Hal
derson later in the year than he could
have desired, and he saw grave Difficult
ties ahead of him if he did not get the
walls and roof in place before the severe
weather. So he put a large force o1
men on and worked them hard and
kept himself at the task of pushing
the work early and late.
1t must be admitted that when the
sun shone golden and the haze rested
over the prairie Halderson would much
have preferred being on the back of q
good horse to experimenting the lay.
ing of girders or the erection of chin
neys. The summer, with her work al
done, was ready for a holiday, and
seemed to call to all her children tc
come out and laugh with her amid the
goldenrod and grapes. Perhaps the
young architect might have found the
call irresistible had there been anyone
to run with him down the shining roac
to holiday land, but there was no one
but the serious hammered workmer
near him. He had an ache for com
panion. Life was seriously lonely will
him since he had left his old associate!
and come half across the continent tc
put his abilities to the test at Chicago.
A week of wind and sodden rain took
the glory out of the landscape and lef
the grass and the leaves all brown. The
oak leaves lay thick upon the orphan
age ground and the place and the work
alike seemed melancholy to Halderson
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

Of St. Joseph and the holy child Jesus
This is the painting, and it still u
hung in the old church. The priest
did not fail to make the most Of the
great blessing this picture. would bs
to tnem, especially if they sought t.,
imbibe the spirit of the holy child,
and. as was natural, it was not long
ere the simple-minded Acomans be-
lieved that the blessings the priest
spoke of were associated with the pic
ture itself. For, singular to relate,
it was not long after the arrival of the
picture before Acoma underwent suca
an era of prosperity as it's oldest men
had no recollection of. Their herds of
sheep-bred from ancestors brought
from MeXico-their horses and their
goats increased marvelously. Never
had their corn fields been so prolific, or
the crop of wild grass and sunflower
seeds so abundant. L..
And as for pinyon nuts, the trees
were laden with them. Their hunters.
too, never went out without coming
home laden with deer and antelope as
never before, and the song of content
ed, well-fed children gladdened the
hearts of fond fathers and mothers
throughout the whole city. And they
were remarkably healthy, too. There
was no disease to speak ONO dread
epidemic that swept away lives like
the fierce cloudburst swept away trees.
Children grew up healthy, strong and
happy, married, and soon were sur
rounded by equally healthy, happy
children of their own, and to this sim
ple-hearted people, encouraged in the
idea no doubt by their jealous priest,
all these blessings came from the
blessed child Jesus and San Jose, his
father, before whom they, ostensibly
at least, bent the knee each day at
early morning mass.
But, equally singular to state, while
the Acomans were enjoying this won.
9erful prosperity, the people in the
neighboring city of Laguna, more mod.
ern in its history, were having just
the very opposite experience. Every
thing seemed to go amiss with them
and neither Indian nor white mans
God smiled upon them. The difference
in the affairs of the two towns-only
II miles apart-could not long remain
unnoticed, and as the Lagunas talked
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
WAR FOR A PICTURE.
A Tale of Acoma, the Wonderful
City of the Cliffs.
Painting Of the Infant Jesus and St.
Joseph Once Threatened to Lead
to a Terrible Conflict in
New Mexico.

Especial Albuquerque IN. NJ letter.
1t scarcely seems possible, and yet it
is true that to obtain possession of
an old picture in which one can now
scarcely discern single feature clear
ly, two peoples in the United States
were once driven to the very verge of
the precipice of war. And real war, l
mean, war that would have meant the
shedding of, the blood of scores and per-
haps hundreds of men, for these were
brave and wariike peoples who wanted
possession of this rude daub of paint
on yard or two of canvas.
The story has been revived by visit
1 have just madet to Acoma, the wonder
full city of the cliffs in New Mexico. 1t
is an Indian city, but it is an ancient,
historic and fascinating city. 1t is old
er than the oldest city of the eastern
states by many centuries, and has a
history as warlike, stirring and excit-
ing as either Boston, New York or
Philadelphia. It is more impregnable
than Quebec, and has suffered siege and
assault as fierce, determined and pro-
Ionged as the fortress city of the St.
Lawrence. 1t is fascinating because of
its location, traditions, customs, people
and their everyday life. To see city
perched on the suramit of great rock
island, whose surrounding medium is
air, however, instead of water, and
whose streets cannot be reached except
up such trails as frighten stout-heart-
oil Sc% %o +,
treme, for Drachenfels is not more pic
turesque, and Ehrenbreitstein more
naturally inaccessible. It's traditions
take one back many, many centuries
before Alfred the Great sat on the
throne of England, or William the Con-
queror sent his arrows into the air to
pierce the brains of Saxon warriors,
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
Buying Birds to Free Them.

A London actress, who recently in
herited large fortune, created sensa-
tion on thoroughfare of that city re-
Gently. While passing stall where a
bird dealer had large stock of wild
birds in cages she purchased dozen
innets, opened the doors of their cages
and let them fly away. Finding she had
not enough money in her purse to pro-
cure freedom for all the warblers she
returned home for more, and, revisiting
the man. purchased and liberated every
wild bird in his stock. An immense
crowd of people gathered, and many Of
them warmly commended her kindly
act.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
SHE WOULD SPEED BEFORE HIM.

SHE WOULD SPEED BEFORE HIM.
Sad little faces seemed to peer at him
out Of the unfinished windows; slow
little feet seemed to kick at the leaves.
The pathos of life in general and of an
orphans life in particular haunted the
young mans thoughts.
One day when the sky was drab and
the wind kept up shrilly shrek
through the denuded trees, and the
leaves were piled in mounds, he be.
came conscious of little figure NOV
ing along the outskirts of the grove. II
was much the color of the leaves, and
as it crept along, peering in curiously,
Halderson had curious idea that it
might be the spirit of the orphans
come to look at their future habitation.
The little thing had a sylph-like mo-
ton, and now and then some caprice
got the better of her dignity and she
scampered among the leaves like kit
ten, making great rustling. Her
tangled brown hair streamed upon her
shoulders, escaping from tiny hood
which she had long since outgrown.
Her little frock was fringed at the
bottom as the result of impulsive ad-
ventures. Halderson was quite fasci-
mated with the antics of'this little earth
creature-for she seemed as irresponsi-
bic as a gnome and as grotesque-and
he made up his mind to form her ac-
quaintance. This was not easy to do,
for no sooner would he approach her
than she would speed before him on
the lightest of feet in and out among
the trees. Not caring to make him
self too undignified before his men,
Halderson desisted, and went about his
work. Then the leaf-girl drew quite
near-so near that he could see her eyes
and her little tanned, eerie face.
At twilight she disappeared, and
though Halderson looked all about him
us he drove home for some house in
which she would be likely to live, he
could find none. There was, it is true,
q group of tar-paper shanties occupied
by graders, half mile to the west, but
it did not seem to him that she could
have come from there. Moreover the
snanties had been there since he be-
gal his task. Why had the elf not come
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
PoLlTENESS SOMETIMES PAYS.

The Stout Old Lady and the Man.
He rushed into the car
The crowded car-and ere
The stout old lady who
Had dropped her fare
Recovered it he took the only seat
That had been vacant there.
She grabbed a strap and stood
Before him while
The car lurched on and on,
Mile after mile.
She looked down at him and
He gazed away;
He sat, she had to stand
There's more to say.
The scene has changed: A maiden fair
Plays lightly on sweet guitar:
Her cheeks are red and on her breast
A bunch of fragrant roses are.
He comes at last; she greets him and
Then leads him where
Her mamma waits, half buried in
Her easy chair.
A stout old lady glances up,
He bows and then
They both remember how and when
They met before!-
DiVerginy ways,
A sad goodnight:
1t sometimes pays
To be polite.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

The young men who have graduated in
law have become briefmakers for law.
yers, and they make extra money at
night doing office drudgery until IT, cir
eyes are dimmed with overwork by arti-
fetal light. The poor theologians, how
ever, never have the courage to go forth
and preach the Gospel which they know
so we'll. But they make good Sunday
school teachers, and therefore it is that
some of the Sunday schools in this city
have such superior teachers. They are
men of education and ability, but they
lack nerve, and faith, and courage. Be-
sides, life in government Office is very
easy and attractive, and it takes lots
OF ambition to induce any man to give
up such position. Therefore it is that
sundowners multiply year by year un-
til their name is legion.
But these useful Sundowners are in
minority. The large majority of
those who have thus begun life, and
then surrender their hopes and ambi-
tlons to ease, are worthless to the COM
munity, so far as the utilization of their
education is concerned. The large ma
jority of them soon cease trying to
practice their professions after sun
down, and begin to practice before the
bars of saloons; or else they spend
their evenings in public places of
amusement or in social entertainments.
Consequently the real practitioners are
so comparatively few that they do not
Interfere with the work and income Of
the regular members of the learned as
sociations.
There is a moral to this narration Of
real life in Washington which the read
er may infer even better than the
writer can depict. While it is true that
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
A Barxain OHered

Editor-Well, young woman, if the
story suits me Twill pay you SIS for it.
Young Lady Author (persuasively)-
Oh, come, now. Buy it without reading
it and will let you have it for ten
Brooklyn Life. .
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
SupernuOus.

The Senior Partner-Now, young
man, if take you into business with me
I don't want you to try to marry nv
daughter.
The Young Man-No, sir. It won't be
necessary then.-Town Topics.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
His RetOrt.

"Sir," she said, when he complained
of the incessant piano playing, you
have no ear for music"
'That may be true, madam" he re-
piled. Il will have to hear some in or.
der to find out" "-Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
Failure of a Fad

New York has a new fad. It is not
good form to eat lunches. The Kan
sas City Times thinks that cash and
opportunity will knock that fad silly.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
Brilliant HEADLIGHT.

Mrs. Bender-Though it is an inkv
night l knew you were coming up the
walk. saw the end of your cigar glow
ing in the darkness.
Mr.. Bender--Bush, Marcia, w-wash
not smoking at all.
Mrs. Bender-Then it must have been
the end of your nose 1 saw.-Chicapo
Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

with the Acomans about it the latter
could not help attributing their un-
exampled prosperity to the possession
OF the magical San Jose and Holy Child.
When the Lagunas reached home the
whole matter was talked over again
and again, and finally deputation of
the city council, the most conservative
and honored men of the town, were sent
to the city council of Acoma to beg
the favor of the loan of San Jose, and
the Holy Child for little while, to see
If their presence would not turn the
tide of misfortune that so long had
deluged them.
With good nature and the most fra
ternal of feelings the Acoma council
complied with the request of the La
guna delegation, and the picture glee-
fully was removed to it's new tempo
rary home. Its presence did bring
the good fortune hoped for, and soon
there was great and glad rejoicing at
the change that had come among the
crops, herds and families of the La
gunas. But, strange to say, the alb
sence of the picture made the Acomas
uneasy, and, more singular still, dur
ing its absence some of their leading
men died and other disasters hap
pened that made them anxious to get
the picture back as speedily as pos
slble. AS soon as the time expired
for which the Lagunas had borrowed
it they returned it with the most sim
cerc and profuse expressions Of
thanks for the benefits it's presence
had conferred upon them.
The Acomas received it with ioy-
full procession and high mass was es-
pecially celebrated to give solemn ex-
preston to their gladness.
Laguna went back to it's old and dis
astrous condition. A year or two
elapsed, and when Laguna came to
borrow San Jose and the Holy Child
again, the Acomans generously gave
it up as before for the benefit of their
suffering neighbors.
And now comes the war part.
When the time expired for it's return
Laguna with one voice said: 1--WE will
not let it go. 1t is good medicine 10
keep it and bad if it goes" When the
Acomans heard this they were for go
ing to war Immediately, but the good
old priest persuaded them to submit
the matter to the courts, which, after
long trial, finally decreed the pic
ture belonged to Acoma and must in
stantly be returned thither. When
the Lagunas heard the decision they
took the picture and reared it against
a tree half way between the two viii
lagos, and there the Acomans found
it, and to this day they tell you how
San Jose started to walk to his home.
but grew tired and stopped to rest,
and then mey found him.
G. WHA RTON 1An6In
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
Waste Motion.

Life would be easier if we put in work
The energy with which we try to shirl.
Chicago Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

best she can with what she has. Just
contrast, in your own mind, England 5
conduct at this juncture with what our
own would have been in like eircum-
stances. What terrible howl there
would have been if we had tailed TO
relieve Ladysmith ere this How the
yellow Journals would have raved
How the political opponents ofthe gov
ernment Would have busted themselves
making capital for their own party out
of the reyersesl How certain Con
gressmen would have Numbered
How numerous would have been the
charges of official corruption, incom-
potency and even treason We would
have had half dozen different com
manders ere this. We might have done
better than England has-and we
might not. We would have done dit
ferently. There is much that is adj
in the calm determination. the
imperturbability Of England.
1t has brought her through many a cri-
sis before. 1t will now.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Around the Campfire.

Andrew J. Howe, 90 years old and
an inmate OF the Soldiers Home tre5
10 commit suicide while IN bed Nh
Ia for the purpose Of ending N,
misery, be being victim Of p9rsIy.
sis, The bullet from his rpvolys,
went in at one temple and came ont
at the other, destroying the o7ds
nerves but not at once resulting
fatally. lie was in Co. +, First Vsr.
mont Cavalry.
The death Of DR.. +. II. Petengi1
occurred at his home in Saxtoas
River Friday night. For over 30
years DIR. Pettengill had been prom.
inent figure in medical circles. Born
in Grafton in 1887 his early life VA
spent upon a farm lie was educated
at Burr and Burton seminary Il
Manchester and at Middlebury col.
lege, but before graduating enlisteaa
the Sixteenth Vermont Volunteers
under Col. w. G.. Yeasey and served
throughout the civil war.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

The supreme court Of Vermont gave
a decision in the Rocco Lott case last
week which declares that man can
not place beer on the table Tor his board
ers, even ii he does not annex AN addi-
tional tax to his DO 'rd bill. In great
many Italian boarding houses in Barre
auu Montpelier beer y, from a nation
al custom, placed on the table at meal
time. IL is used rs a beverage in the
place of tea or coffee. This decision
now makes such an act illegal, and the
boarding house manager, who has so
thoughtiully looked after his star board
ers, now inlringes ON the law if ne
keeps a sidebOard Tor their benefit.
No decision has yet been rendered as
to the Serving OF Bass ale at hotel ban
quets for Fish AMI Game leagues, or
other quasi-political organizations
/ Windsor journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
prouty's BIuuder.

The candidacy of Charles A. Prouty
of Newport Tor the United States Sen.
ate has always lacked newspaper sup
port in the state, but il was not com.
mcnted upon unldvorably until some
misguided friends doomed him in
the Springfield, Mass. Homestead as the
man to stand between the people and
railroad domination. and rs a farmers
candidate. This brought ont a fuSil-
ade from all over Vermont. which will
materially weaken candidacy already
in need Of tonics Mr.. Prouty might
have been eulogized rs one of the
brightest and brainiest men OF the gen.
GRAFTON in Vermont, but exhibiting him
under false colors arouses Suspicion
TBrattlebOro Phoenix.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Vermont Pensions.

Original, Arson ). Mcdonald, East
Peacham, Sc; additional Anson
Adams, Mortified, So to IS; resiOr.
alton and increase, Edwin r. Reed,
Rutland, SIP to Sl7; John w. SeaS
Fair Haven, IS to Sl7; increased
Gideon L. Lee, Chester Depot, Sli 70
Sl7; Martin Abbott, Glover, sl2 70
ga; Edward Z. Deuso, IIectoryiIs
Is 10 Sl2; Leroy Goodell, Chelsea, y
10 S2l; james Patten, WiiIiston, 81
to Sl7; Martin v. b. Ashley, Castle
ton, So to sl2; Il. l.. Keyes, Reads
boro, Sl7 to S24; John +. Townsend,
West Dummerston, sc TO $40.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
You Cant
Dodge Them

Did you ever try to dodge the
rain-drops Did not succeed
very well, did you? It's just
as useless to try 10 escape from
the germs of consumption. You
can't do it. They are about us
on every hand and we are con-
stantIy taking them into our
lungs.
Then why don't we all have
this disease ? Simply because
these germs cannot gain a foot
hold in a strong throat and
lungs. It's when these are
weak that the germs master.
The body must be well supplied
with fat. The danger comes
when the blood is poor and the
body is thin. If your cough does
not yield, and your throat and
lungs feel raw and sore, YOU
should not delay another day.
Take
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
The New Ross Doctrine.

Correspondent j. L. Harris tells the
Vermont papers he serves that Senator
Ross hats immortalized himself. like
Munroe, with his doctrine that the
constitution does not apply to our new
colonial possessions ami they must be
governed by Congress by special legis.
lation and by the president arbitrarily
without the document. Harris thinks
the senator himself must be surprised
at the lame his pronouneement has
brought. Nothing was heard of this
conlehtion in the councils OF the party
until after his speech on the subject.
but il is now the settled policy OF con
gress. The administration bills Tor The
government Of the colonies are framed
upon it. The senator's prescription
has been swallowed, cork, bottle and
all. aud II is now the established Re-
publican policy Harris also saws
that senator Proctor is generally re-
garded a. the coming man for the new
cabinet position, the department of
commerce and Industry to be estab.
lished by the bill which the senate
committee has reported tavorably.
Undeuiably Vermont is still a bio lac.
tor IN the upper house OF Congress as
she has been almost continuously from
the DAYS o. Moses Robinson anil Steph-
en- X Bradley down to the preseut.-
{ BrattlcbOro RetUrmrr.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

1t will be conceded that through her
trying period Great Britain is preserv-
ing a most remarkable spirit Though
defeat and disappointment have fol-
lowed fast; though her losses have
been Unexpectedly heavy ana her prog
ress largely in the wrong direction;
though she is well-nigh friendless and
alone among nations; there has not
been a suggestion OF a whisper in any
quarter worthy OF note. England may
be wrong and possibly is conscious of
j.. but she is united, As ever, and de-
termined to win in the end. There has
been nothing in the nature OF panic,
even when the night was the darkest.
Her resolution has remained unshak-
en-. Even her confidence in her com
msndcrs has not vi>ihly waned. in
spite Of whit would seem 10 be their
arrant incompetency. She does the