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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
WONDERFUL CREATURE:
Power to Change It's Form Almost
InstantaneousIy.

The chameleon has for ages been an
object of curiosity, not only on &C.
count of it's ability to change it's color
at will, as one might suppose who had
read accounts which mentioned only
that one characteristic, but also on ac-
count of a remarkable power which adj
mits of the creature instantly chang
ing its form. At times it takes upoE
itself almost the exact form of
mouse; again, with back curved and
tail erect, it is the exact counterpart
of miniature crouching lion, which no
doubt gave origin to it's name, chanel
leon, which clearly means ''ground
lion." BY initiating it's sides and fat
tening back and belly, it takes upon
itself the form of an ovate leaf, the
tail acting as the petiole, the white line
over the belly becoming the midrib.
When thus expanded it also has the
extraordinary power to sway itself over
SO as to present an edge to the observ-
er, thus greatly adding to it's means
of concealment. AS is we'll known, the
least excitement, as in handling, will
cause change in the color. In it's nor
NAL state it is of a light pea green.
When excited, the groundwork remains
the same, but transverse stripes about
80 in number appear on the body.
These stripes, which are of a very dark
green to begin with, soon change to
inky blackness. The prevailing idea
that the chameleon takes upon himself
the peculiar hues of whatever he is
placed upon is as curious and wide
spread as it is erroneous. Placed in
boxes lined with red or blue silk, they
retain their pea green color, with no
leaning toward the brighter hues of the
surroundings. BRO klyn Eagle.
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GEN. ROY STONE.

have accomplished much in the last
two or three years in the way of con-
structing good roads. What is want
ed is general plan Of road building
and improvement that will apply to all
the states, and Gen. Stone has suggest
ed the best one in this direction to
date. The increase in thrift and econ
omy that would come with the intro.
duction of postal savings banks would
thus be accompanied by an increase in
land values by the employment of the
peoples savings in making good roads.
The one improvement would depend
upon the other, and both would be for
the direct benefit of the people and the
country.-Chicago Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
PAPA FROG AND HIS FAMILY.

front of their tails. It is wonderful
device of nature that the female some
times deposits her eggs on the back of
the male, where they hatch out, and the
little tadpoles grow until they attain
a certain size. Such is, of course, not
the case with our common frogs, but
in these rare species, only lately found
by naturalists,. is strange reversal of
what seems to be the usual law that the
mother takes care of the young. In
this species the eggs are not laid on the
back of the male, but on the ground,
and only after they are Matched do they
take up their position on papa's back.
And there they may ride, not for trot
upstairs or through the hall, as little
children do, but until they are. big
enough to walk around and look for
their own food. It would hardly be an
exaggeration TO call this kind. of frog
the most paternal of misunderstanding
natl Commercial-Tribu
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04

every afternoon he could be found
snoring away on the cot in his tent.
His friends thought it was Jabout
time to stop this after awhile, and theJ
got one of the cub bears, that was
really as tame as big kitten and al
most as playful, and one afternoon
while the sleeper was tucked up a.
usual under his canvas cover, they pu:
the cub inside his tent.
Bruin was nearly always hungry, and
at first he went shifting around to find
something to eat. But pretty soon he
heard the snoring, and at first he wa3
going to clear out, but his curiosity 60;
the better of him, and he went over t \
the corner in which the cot stood and
began hauling at the covers to see
what kind of an animal it was that
was making such funny noise.
When the sleeper awoke to find big
bear bending over him, he gave yell.
and leap that sent young bruin sprawl
ing, and ran away as fast as he could.
When he found out the joke that had
been played upon him he was mad as
hornet" but after awhile he could
see the fun and laughed with the rest
of them. But he wouldn't go out camp.
ing any more.-St. Louis Globe-Demo.
GRAFT
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
No Use for a Throne

Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as
saying to DIR. O'Meara at St. Helena:
IF I was in England now, and the
French nation was to offer me the
throne again, I would not accept Of
it, because if was to do so 1 would
be obliged to turn bourreau (execu.
tioner). I would be obliged to cut off
the heads of thousands to keep my
self upon it, which would not be pleas.
ing to me. Oceans of blood must be
shed to keep me there. No, no; have
made enough of noise already in the
world; perhaps more than any other
man will make; perhaps too much. I
am getting old, and only want retire.
1nent. What could I do in France?
Alone, to set myself against all the
powers of Europe. Madness!''-Cen-
fury.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
DEVOTED PAPA FROG.
ters on His Back and Carries Them
Wherever He May Go.

Here is the picture of a male frog
with the little tadpoles living on its
back, discovered lately by DR.. August
Brauer, of Marburg, Germany. For a
little fellow it has pretty long name,
but perhaps it's paternal devotion has
earned it the Latin name, arthroleptis
seychellensis boettger. It has been no.
ticed before that in some species of
frogs living in Venezuela and the island
Of Trinidad the male bears the young
on its back, to which they hold by their
mouths. But this new species is the
first one on which so many as nine little
ones were discovered. and, besides, they
do not hold on by their mouths, but
seem to be stuck to the papa frogs back
and sides by some gummy substance,
which holds them in place until they
are large enough to care for them
selves. Like all tadpoles, these still
have the tails, which will soon drop of,
and if you look carefully you can see
the beginnings of their legs just in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
.BRUIN AS CURIO S..
Bear Examines q Laxy Campers BeA
and II the Cause 81. m Un-
pleasant Awakenlng. 2 z49

It was while in the Yellowstone Nm
tional park that this joke was played
upon one Of jolly crowd Of young peo-
pie. The government keeps great
many wild animals at this place, and
visitors are not allowed to shoot or
even throw stones at them, so they be-
come very tame. The bears in par
iticular, big, clumsy, awkward fellows,
loaf around the hotels. to eat up every
thing that is thrown out Of the kitchen.
At the hotel where this particular
party was stopping, one of the brown
cinnamon bears would even come up
on the porch to sleep, like a big dog,
and would now and then go shambling
into the Office on chilly days and lie
down in front of the fire.
Some of the party thought it would
be great fun to camp out for awhile,
and they got some tents; which they
pitched in the woods. One of the party
was q lazy kind of a fellow who liked
to sleep in the, daytime, and almost
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.


& How to3have good roads everywhere
is 9 big problem in the United States,
but there are certain sanguine advc-
Gates of the good roads movement who
are studying it with fair prospects Of
success in it's solution. In the gretaer
part OF western Europe roads are uni
formly good; in the greater part Of
the United States they are uniformly
bad. To remedy this condition there
has been as yet no practical plan pre-
scented, but Gen. Stone, of the agri-
cultural department., Washington, has
supplied this desideratum. Not only
does his plan seem feasible, but it en-
ables two good movements to supple
ment each other.
@s Gen. Stone says in order for the
good roads movement to be effcctual
provision must be made for vast sums
of money at very low rates of interest
for use in. the general construction of
highways throughout the: country.
Happily, the postal savings bank sys-
TEN, if adopted, would provide these
funds. One of the chief arguments
against the postal savings bank has
been that there would be no oppor-
tunity for the properinvestment of the
funds. This drawback is removed
by the suggestion that the funds could
be employed exclusively for road con-
struction, the money being loaned on
county bonds guaranteed by the state,
the rate of interest to be the same, or
practically so, that the government
would pay on saving deposits-say pos
sibly two per cent.
AS to the advantages Of this form of
employing savings Gen. Stone says:
mo investment could be safer than
that in public roads, which add at least
tenfold their cost to the value Of the
property which is pledged for the debt.
The small interest charged could in
most cases be taken out of the pres
ent amount of road taxation and still
leave enough to keep good roads in
good order, so that the great result OF
good roads everywhere would be
brought about without q perceptible
increase in taxation"
The scheme seems practical. Some
of the eastern states, particularly New
York, New Jersey and Massachusetts,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
STOLEN TRADE SECRETS.
How the Mysteries of Some Notable
Crafts Were Obtained by Enter
prisinH Competitors.

Few inventions are at present worked
secretly, as the patent laws now pro.
vide the protection which in olden
times was wanting. One hundred years
ago whatever man discovered in the
arts or mechanics he concealed. Work.
men were put upon their oath never
to reveal the processes used by their
employers. Doors were kept closed
artisans going out were searched, Wis
itcrs were vigorously excluded from
admission and false operations blinded
the workmen themselves. The mys.
teries of every craft were hedged in
by precautions which now appear to
be fanciful and silly.
But neither locks nor oaths availed
against the ingenuity of envious or in
quisitive rivals. One after another
trade. secrets were revealed, until the
wise patent laws did away with all ne
cessity for secrecy. The secret of the:
manufacture of citric acid was stolen
from an old chemist who had a shop
near Temple Bar, in London, by a
chimney sweep, who dropped down the
fue and took good note of the process.
The secret of the manufacture of tin
ware, which was discovered in Holland
and kept secret for 50 years, was
stolen by James Sherman, q Cornish
miner.
The history of cast steel presents
curious instance of a manufacturing
secret stealthily obtained under the
cloak of an appeal to philanthropy.
In 1850 Sheffield matchmaker be-
came dissatisfied with the watch
springs in use, and after many exper-
iments succeeded in making cast steel.
In ITO he had large factory making
this steel. The process was wrapped
in secrecy by every means within reach
true and faithful men hired, the
work divided and subdivided, large
wages paid and stringent oaths admin
istered.
It did not answer. One midwinter
night a traveller Knocked at the gate.
1t was bitterly cold, the snow fell fast
and the kind foreman gave the wan
derer shelter from the storm. He
sank upon the floor and soon appeared
to be asleep. But in reality he kept
his eyes open, saw the whole process,
and when he departed in the morning
he carried with him the secret of max
ing cast Steel,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
CULTURE OF GRAPES.
dew to Get the Very Largest ClusteFs
Of Fruit, AID the Most Come
!, pact as Well.

In my county, St. Joseph, are raised,
according to good authorities, some Of
the very best grapes that have ever
been grown. This is the result of
careful selection of varieties, thor
ough cultivation and methods which
keep the grapes free from insect and
fungous pests. This work must be-
gin before the vineyards are set out.
3 After securing proper location,
pillow the ground deeply. subsoiling if
possible. Harrow, pulverize and drag
until the soil is thoroughly mellowed,
then mark off the land eight feet
each way and: dig holes two feet
square and IS to 20 inches deep at the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Uniform Fruit Packare..

Trouble is likely to arise when the
state department of agriculture at
tempts to enforce the law regulating
the size of fruit packages, says Rural
New Yorker. "A crate Of Strawberries
packed in ''short" boxes and sent to
New York from New Jersey would
probably come under the Original
PACKAGE exemption, and could, dc ubt-
less, be sold, much the same as cleo is
now sold in original packages. This
makes it all the more necessary that
nearby states should enact and en-
force law similar to the one now in
torce in New York. /. s#sz5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Immense Private Forest

Among the largest private forests
to come under government supervision
is 9 tract Of 126,oo acres in Polk and
Monroe counties, Tenn, owned by
Senator George Peabody Wetmore, Of
Rhode Island. Senator Wetmore has
availed himself Of the offer of free
assistance to the owners Of woodlands
made by the division of forestry and.
has asked that the tract be inspected
with a view Of making a working plan.
by which the merchantable timber
can be cut and the forest still be IRE.
served in good condition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Fine Climber for Porche.

The clematis paniculata is a grand
climber for porches, and is gaining a
deserved popularity. Recently there.
has been some question as to it's fra
GRANGE. Some say it is fragrant, while
others don't find it so. A writer has.
in some cases, found it very unpleas-
antly fragrant, and has mentioned this
as a defect of the species. It probably
varies under differing conditions. Some
of these variations may possibly be
explained by the fact that it has been
Propagated chiefly from seeds in this
country. Doubtless it will be propa-
gated more and more from cuttings as
time goes on.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Ants Made q Bridee.

A naturalist found that some black
ants were devouring the skins Of some
bird specimens on a table, SO he made
tar circles on four pieces of paper and
put one under each leg of the table.
Pretty soon he found the ants busily ut
work again, and, looking at the tar
circles, found each one was bird ged by
bits of sand which the clever ants had
brought in from the street. :"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Barred Him Out.

RI suppose that Rev. Mr.. Sheldon must
have endeavored to set up moral standard
for his subscribers during Sheldon week., >"
remarked a fat ex-Kansan, as hesrode with
q, friend on South side car, according to
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Chow so? 1t looks reasonable to suppose
that the worse man is the more he needed
SheIdon's newspaper said the other man:
to live out in Topeka, and I've subscribed
for that paper the last ten years. Well, the
week that Sheldon ran it I never received a
single copy. Reckon they thought wasn't
TT to receive it,
"Sized you up as Jesus would chuckled
the friend as he slid off the car.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Too Much for the ELEPHANT.

A Chicago Snowman recently advertised
"piano-playing elephant" and drew a
crowd for the first performance. After
preliminary spiel" describing the talents
of the beast and his education, the elephant
was led into the ring; He stepped up to the
and ran believing, from the tent. The
Snowman stepped forward. Ladies and
gentlemen" he said, can unfortunate &C.
ccurrence prevents the intelligent animal
from continuing the performance l am
sure, that you will all respect his reason.
He has just recognized his dead mothers
teeth in the piano keys."-San Francisco
Wave.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
RaDe for Cow Pasture.

Rape makes excellent COW pasture,
but you must be careful about letting
the cows eat too much at first, and
especially when the rape is wet, writes
a contributor to Michigan Farmer. It
is as bad, if not worse, than rank
clover. It will cause hoven or bloat.
If the COWS are turned in for a short
time only at first, until they become
accustomed to the feed, there is usual
ly but little danger. But would not
turn them in when the rape is wet
with dew or rain, even though they
were accustomed to it, unless the
plant is fed down so close that they
cannot fill themselves quickly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Troubles of Jamaica.

Jamaica is in perilous condition.
The finances are in an,even greater tam
gle than usual. Trade is depressed,
and the people are in. miserable condi-
ton of poverty. Successive officials,
each more dishonest and corrupt than
his predecessor, have sown the. wind,
and now the nation is reaping the
WhirlWind. -: :.
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Intelligence IL Needed.

go along in a careless, haphazard way;
they must think, plan and act, says
the Kansas Dairy Farmer. From the
selection of the dairy herd, the proper
feeding and care of the cows, the de-
livery of the milk to the creamery,
working it up into butter, and so on
up to the marketing of the article, the
best judgment is needed; and when all
these points are looked after carefully
and with the constant thought of
economy, it is surprising how much
more cheaply the goods can: be pro-
duced than they could few years ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
British Aristocracy Blamed.

Many people attribute the recent reverses
of the British to the degeneracy of the aris-
produce vigor. Indigestible suppers, late
hours, constant nerve strain and lack of ex-
ercise upset the stomach and weaken both
physical and mental vitality. The blood that
makes men heroes must come from active,
healthy stomachs. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters puri6es the blood and strengthens the
stomach. 1t cures constipation, Indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Apt to Give Their Age Away.

Old-time actors and actresses are
now having a controversy as to which
ones among them appeared in the orig
inal production of ..Uncle TOMS Cab
in" One would naturally think, says
the Chicago Times-Herald, that in
stead of wrangling about it in public
the guilty parties would tSy to keep
the matter quiet. IS. .ss%. q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04

intersections of these markings.
When digging these holes, keep the
subsoil and the surface soil separate,
and when setting, put the surface
soil in the. bottom of the hole and
then fill up with the sIbsoil. In the
fall protect the vines by blowing a
furrow ;or two on each side of the
row and throwing the dirt up toward
the. vines. In the spring cultivate this
ground down again, for level culture
is the best practice. Drive stake for
each vine and tie the vines to this.
keeping them as straight as possible.
When the vines are large enough I
advocate putting them upon wire trel-
Uses. Keep the vines cultivated
throughout the season just as thor
oughly and carefully as a bed of
strawberries. By the time they are
two years old set posts 30 feet apart
and put up wires. Place the first wire
% to "a inches from the ground,~ the
next 30 inches above it. These two
are all that are necessary.
Prune the vines so as to have two
arms or main side branches at the
lower wire. By the time they reach
the upper wire two more arms will
be available. At the age of four years
the vines are so pruned as to have
eight arms on each side. Keep the
new wood as close to the old stalk
as possible. Leave seven to nine buds
on each arm of new wood. AS the
vine gets older it may become dis
eased in the stalk: If this should hap
pen, start new shoot from below the
diseased spot and develop other arms.
BY this method of pruning I. am able
to produce, during favorable seasons,
1914 tons of the very finest grapes
on five acres. do my thinning when
do my pruning; that is, by judicious
pruning the fruiting of the vine is
restricted. I thus get the very larg-
est clusters and the most compact
ones possible. AS to varieties, those
most extensively sold in, the markets
here are Worden, Niagara, Brighton,
Concord, Agawam, Moore's Early,
Hartford, Champion, Pockington, En-
pire State, Diana and Delaware.
In harvesting the grapes. use the
small blade of pocketknife to clip
off the clusters. They are at once
packed in eight-pound baskets. For
the home market do not use covers,
but put from II to 10 pounds in a
basket. This basket costs about 3H
cents, and by putting in this
amount there will be great saw
ing of baskets. My wagons are
so arranged as to carry two tiers
of baskets. I first fill the wagon
bed, then the shelf above arranged
for this purpose. In 1898 there was
such demand for my grapes that I
sold the greater portion of the crop
at home in bushel Observation-Disclosures
Letter in Orange Judd Farmer.
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Few Cossack Merchanta

The Cossacks are almost never mer-
chants, although they alone maintain
nearly GO, 900 fighting men and can mus
ter 12s!OOD in an emergency, there are
but 40 of their own people engaged in
business, ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-04
Smoking by Rows.

The Japanese house of representa-
tives has passed q proposal to pro-
hibit boys below the age of 20 from
Smoking. - 49, % =. -. ....:ffs:1 Il sd
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Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor. of the Famous
Ohio Family. -.

Ohio Family.
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor
for the War Department, in letter written
from Washington, D. c.. says:
'"ANow 80 ia express. my prafhaeao
to you for tho hezsefk der5ved from
orc hoffka ofRseaya, Ono uvoek mas
Brought wondesfuJ chanoes and Lam
NOW No wevsas ever. Boekdes beis0
one AZ tie ve1ybesf Spring fonfcsMEe
m excellent eafarrk, ronlsdy." Neey
respecffzlly; Dan, a. G-osvenor.
Hal P. Denton, Chief National Export
Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa, writes: II
was completely run down from overwork
and the responsibility naturally connected
with the exploitation of a great interna-
tional exposition. Ny physician recon-
mended an extended vacation. When life
seemed almost a burden I began taking
Peruna, and with the use of the fifth bottle
l found myself in a normal condition. I
have since enjoyed the best of health"
Almost everybody needs tonic in the
spring. Something TO brace the nerves, in
yigorate the brain, and cleanse the blood.
That Peruna will do this is beyond all ques-
ton. Everyone who has tried it has had
the same experience as Mrs. D. w. Tim
berlake, of Lynchburg, Va, who, in recent
letter, made use CT the following words: II
always take dose of Peruna after business
hours, as it is great thing for the nerves.
There is no better spring tonic, and have
used about all of Them
For free book on Summer Catarrh,"
address The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus, Ohio.
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Two side. of Thi. Question.

Since the United States has cast
grave doubts on the safety of German
toys, etc., says the indianapolis News.
Germany has discovered that tariff
discrimination is no child's play. ~,
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"Grafton has a barber who gives him a
good, quick shave and never bores him with
his talk" deaf and dumb ?"-Indianapolis
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One way to obtain credit is by not need.
ing Philadelphia Record.