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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

The pretty green worm with black,
ve,vety spots on his back is now enjoy
ing his feed of celery leaves. Give
him a pinch in passing.
If our choice varieties are not to run
out the seed must be saved from plants
in their prime, unfertiiized by any in
ferior plant standing near.
We don't think it wise to cultivate
sweet potatoes or to disturb the vines
when the latter have covered the
ground. Pull out the weeds, but moth
ing more.
Kerosene emulsion is the great lice
killer. Have the sprayer ready and use
it on the ca bbage louise, the pea louise,
the melon louise and give the green cab
bage worm a dose of the same.
Are the young trees dying? Per-
haps they are too dry. Don't water
them on the surface. Put down a
crow7bar in two or three places and
soak in two pai.fuls of water deeply.
Then it will not dry out quickly.
1t is not good policy to allow the
dead limbs& of trees to decay, or to
leave blighted parts of trees to re-
main in the orchard. All dead and
blighted wood should be kept cut out
and destroyed as soon. as possible.
There should be no harbors for insects
and disease about.-Farm Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
The Largest Peach Tree.

The largest peach tree in tho
United States, if not in the world,
stands in an orchard in Kent county,
Maryland. 1t is about the size of all
ordinary kerosene barrel, measuring
70 inches around at the base, or nearly
&c inches through. One foot from the
GROUND it is So inches around, and at
two feet it is Sc inches. The crotch Is
Sc inches, while the four primary limbs
are from Is to 80 inches in circumfer-
ences. There is also one secondary
limb as large as ten-year-old tree.
This mammoth specimen is % years
cd, and has never missed a crop. 1t
frequently overbears, and then the
wood breaks badly, for it is very brit
tie. The big tree is one of the sur
yivors of a large orchard planted at
the same time, some trees of which
measure four or five feet in circum'
ference.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
UNPROFITABLE TREES.
Some Reasons why the Fruit Crop of
Many Orchards II Not What
1t Should he.

In some cases it will be found that
old fruit trees, though profitless at
present, consist Of good salable kinds,
and the question is: BY what means
can such trees. be brought into fruit.
full or profitable condition? A fruit
tree of this kind need not niece ssarily
be Improbable because it is old,
though if it is old and has been neg
lected it must be. We find that many
of this class of tree are what they are
through neglect. The heads have for
years been allowed to become q tam
gled mass of growth. The head wood
has become crowded, SO that too many
fruits set, and in the end do not come
to a salable size, neither do they color
up as they should do. In such cases
the remedy is simple. The old. dead
growth must be cut out thoroughly.
The moss-covered boughs must be
cleaned. All branches that cross and
rub against each other must be reg
ulated by removal, and generally the
pruning out process must be carried
out in such a way that when finished
the heads of the trees will be open and
airy, which will insure free crop OF
the best fruits. If anyone will look
into the matters with which we deal
they will find that the ma jority OF the
profitless fruit trees we refer to are
planted in grass land. The fact is in
structive, and it justifies in the most
emphatic manner the denunciations
that we have launched against the sys"
tenn for years. It is utterly impossi-
be to grow the best apples and pears
in grass land-there can be no doubt
about that. If we pay visit in the
fruiting season to the fruit trees set
lin grass we shall be struck with the
small size of the fruits the trees usual
ly bear. There may be plenty of APP
pies or pears, but there will be few
goodsized fruits to be seen among
them. Tillage is of the utmost i'm
portance to fruit trees, but this impor-
tant operation cannot be carried out
when the trees are surrounded with
grass. Aeration, so necessary in the
production of large-sized fruits, be-
comes impossible, and the fine surface
filth that $50 needful under good Gull
ture cannot be produced unless. the
land is open and uncropped by grass
or any crops growing right up to the
stems of the trees.-London Globe.
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SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE.

Germany owns 742,OOO acres in Cen
trail America, with 100000 coffee
trees.
Brazil produces $50, 900 tons of coffee
out of the worlds yearly crop of 600,-
900 tons.
The population of the United King
dom passed that of France for the first
time in 1902.
Holland has 1O,1Q0 windmills, each
of which drains 80 acres of land, at an
average cost of Is cents an acre year.
The biggest pumps ever used were
made to pump out Lake HARLEM, in
Holland. They pumped 100000 tons
daily for II years.
The highest viaduct in the world has
just been built across gorge in the
Shan hills, in Upper Burma. 1t used
up 5000 tons of steel.
About 100000 geese are annually
brought from Russia to Saxony. A
carload consists of 1 ZOO, and they have
no food or drink during the journey.
Only one country brews more beer
per inhabitant than England. That is
Belgium, with 31h gallons head, as
compared with 20 gallons in England.
An eel nearly nine feet long, two
feet and four inches in girth and
weighing 14s pounds was recently
caught on the beach at Snettisham,
near Huntstanton, England.
Astronomers figure out that the d.
ameter of the earth at the equator
varies 3,04s feet, so that our planet is
not only fattened at the poles, but
slightly squeezed il the middle.
The bee and honey raisers of North
Germany are having a hard time.
They feel the competition of the arti-
fetal honey factories very much. The
artificial product contains often no
more than ten per cent. of natural
honey.
The gramophone is a great source
of pleasure to Turkish ladies. For
some years it was strictly forbidden;
now nearly every house is provided
with one, and the ladies sit around and
roar with laughter every night at its
productions. Nearly all are fitted with
cylinders giving Turkish songs and
cfnries
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
COLD STORAGE PAYS.
Experience with Apples Proves That
1t Is Profitable to Keep Them
Until Spring.

| For three years now we have placed
Baldwin apples in cold storage with,
re ma rkab.e success. We refer to cold
storage houses worked by ammonia
and machinery, such as are built IN
large cities on scientific principles.
We pick our apples as soon as they
have matured, place them Immediate
ly in barrels, and draw at once to
the cold storage house. The sooner
they are put into cold storage after
being taken from the tres the bet,
ter; when the apples have lain in the
barn in BARRELS for week or two,
they have not kept as we'll as those
moved at once to cold storage house.
We find that the apples shrink some,
and have to be run over before ship
ment if held until la tier part of March
Some times it has taken one barrel TO-
All out the shrinkage of ten barrels.
We often find five or ten decayed APP
Piles in a barrel Of Baldwins opened
about April l. If the apples were held
in barns a few weeks before putting
in cold storage, we might find pee
VI ulOIc u Odu oPPASS' LAW W -
which we put in cold storage. and
which we could have sold for $1.20 per
barrel last fall, we find no difficulty
in selling in large quantities at three
dollars per barrel March Is.
Our apples have been carefully grad
ed and have pleased our customers
wherever they have gone. c. w. Jen.
nings, a large dealer in North Caro-
lima, writes us that he has bought
many car load< of apples each year,
but that he has never seen such fine
apples as those we sold him; he says
the quality and flavor and beauty are
superior to apples he has previously
purchased, and yet we do not consid-
er our Baldwins of last year up to the
average size on account Of the long
spell Of dry weather. Our experience
encourages us in placing long keeping
winter apples in cold storage. 1t is
| certainly profitable to do so. We pay
so cents per barrel for cold storage
from November to May I. Bartlett
pears can also be put in cold storage
with profit.-Green's Fruit Grower.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
CURRENT TOPICS.
The salmon trust has been incorpof-
a ted in New Jersey,

The salmon trust has been incorpor-
ted in New Jersey.
Hetty Green il said to be investing
in oil lands at Hartsell. Ala.
Ambassador White expects to leave
Berlin for home in September.
Out of 1890 islands in the Indian
Ocean only $40 are inhabited.
The population Of Northern China
is most completely vegetarian.
John Alexander Dowie has become
naturalized American citizen.
An advance of 81 q ton in tho price
of steel rails has been agreed upon.
In certain London hotels wine lett
on the tables is the walters perquis-
tie.
n dressmakers' trust has now been
organized and incorporated for S:'V'-
900.
The average depth of the Atlantic
is $4,000 feet, of the Pacific 1''ooo
feet.
The population of the German En-
pire includes 100000 who use the 70
lish language.
Frances new prison at Fresnes'
some eight miles from Paris, Is the
largest in the world.
A little girl named Beatrice, who
was only years old, Travelled by her
self from, Dallas, Tex, to New York
From the Atlantic ocean to the
head of Lake Superior vessel may
gail in Canadian waters q distance OF
1890 statute miles.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, it is expected,
will shortly enlist in the Twelfth re-
giment, N. e. n. Y, and be elected
immediately second Lieutenant.
Mud is the newest skin beautifier'
the latest fad for the improvement
Of the complexion. Just common
everyday, unromantic dirty mud.
Judge Jas. Humphrey, who lied q
few days ago at his home in Weymouth
Nights, Mass, was the Oldest active
Judge on the bench in Massachusetts
british farmers and dairymen arc
to-day milking 1000, 900 cows and pro-
ducing annually in their dairies s32,.
o0o, 900 worth of milk, butter and
cheese.
The wooden church, with tower and
epire, built for the members OF the
baptist Communion of Santa Rosa'
Cal. was built from the wood OF
single tree.
The imports of precious stones at
the port of New York during May
amounted in value. to $3,1se,27a'
against s1,322,35 the value OF the
imports during May, 1900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
FOR W0MEN'S TROUBLES TOO.

New Baden, ILL.,, August 12th:-Mrs.
Anton Griesbaum, Jr., has been very
i'll. Female weakness had run her
down so low that she could not do her
homework. She had tried many things,
but got no relief.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, new remedy,
which is better known here as cure
for Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy,
and Rheumatism, worked like charm
in Mrs. Griesbaum's case. She used
three boxes and is now new woman,
able to do her work as well as ever
she was. Her general health is much
improved, and she has not a single
symptom of Female Trouble left.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are making a
wonderful reputation for themselves
in this part of the state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
LAWN GARDEN ROLLER.

one part Portland cement and three
parts sand, put in enough water to
make it thin enough to pour, being
careful to keep can round. After dry
ing out we'll center ends and bore
holes size of rod or brodmstick and
mount in a frame as shown in the H.
Illustration, made of one-inch boards
four inches wide, braced well. The d.
ameter of the box regulates the
weight of roller. If not heavy enough
weights can be put on the frame in a
shallow box. All this costs but little.
The one made cost not to exceed so
cents.-J. o. Peeks, in Agricultural
l,DitOmiSt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
Soil for y Peach Orchard.

]. H. Hale says: The soil for peach
orchard is warm. loamy soil, yet any
soil except a strong clay will give good
results. l used to apply commercial
fertilizers freely, but have learned
that they are not necessary in many
instances, providing sufficient culture
is given to the orchard. I am reclaim
ing abandoned farms; clearing up
tracts of land covered with brush and
other rubbish, and am planting them
to peach orchards, clearing up the
rocks, ETC., at considerable expense.
1t will pay to use Il subsoil plow be-
fore planting peach trees except
where lands have sandy or gravelly
subsoil. Do MOI plant the treee until
your land is we'll Subaued
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
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TATE DALTON found her friend
n Jessie Cochrane's lovers an inter
esting study. 1t is to be presumed she
fell to comparisons, and that in the
process a certain stalwart young man
of her own far away in the east did not
suffer. She was convinced that ulti-
mate victory would rest with either
Lieut.. Horace Mansfield or Mr.. James
Warren, and the long odds were all
in favor Of the army officer who was
fresh from the laurels of Santiago
campaign. 1t did not hurt the case
of Mansfield that he had accidentally
come into collision with Mauser bull
let while he was on his way up the
hill to the Spanish intrenchments on
that fatal day wnen so many blue
coated lads went to their death. In
fact, unless Miss Danton guessed
wrong, it lent to him romantic
glamour which was seriously lacking
in the person of that unromantic
business civilian Warren. Probably the
lieutenant was quite unconscious OF
playing the hero, even though he had
q good deal to say about Cuba, but
Jessie Cochrane in her Imagination
dressed him for the part and set him
on a pedestal whether he would or
not.
When the four of them started on
the cog road for the summit of Bears
peak one morning the smiles were for
the gentleman with gold buttons, and
James Warren vas quick to recognize
that fact. He was a prosaic man who
faced the facts of life, and the one
that stood out to hurt him now was
the certainty that the scales were
dipping in favor of his rival. Yet
though he. was not enjoying life that
morning he showed wooden, unper-
turbed face. and forced himself to
take part in the gay chat.
After time they fell to telling
stories, and Warren offered as his
contribution the well-worn anecdote
of the old lady who was riding on
the cog road and grew nervous for
fear of an accident. She stopped the
conductor to ask him what would
happen if the coupling pin should
break. That official treasured her by
explaining about the air brake. And
if the air brake gave way? In that
case there were other emergency
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
Sowing Orchards to Rye.

Orchards that are kept to advantage
the custom with experienced fruit
growers to SOW the orchard land to
rye in August and turn the growing
rye under before the stalks become
hard. Lime is then broadcasted over
the plowed ground. Some growers use
crimson clover as a winter cover crop.
The point to observe is to sow the
clover seed early, not later than the
middle Of August.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16

brakes which might be relied upon
to check the car But supposing these
too broke, what would then become
of them? I'm that case" the con-
ductor told her, gravely, cit would
depend upon the kind Of life they
had been leading"
The talk drifted to- a discussion of
the abject terror and panic fear which
sometimes sweeps oyer q crowd at a
dangerous moment. The lieutenant
believed that such moments were the
touch-stones to test the. quality of a
man; if one finched then he was a
coward, if not he might be said to
have won his spurs of manhood. War
rem had not much to say about it.
He stated that he had never been in
q panic, and in consequence he could
not tell how he would behave. He
supposed he would be in dreadful
funk. He had known men with a
good deal of sand lose their nerve
at times, and he did not think they
were necessarily towards on that &C.
count. The young volunteer officer
disagreed with him in toto, and it
was plain that Miss C. chrane accept
ed his decision as final. Indeed, her
friend from the east thought she
looked Mr.. Warren over rather
cavalierly and that his defense of the
unheroic man had lost him ground in
her esteem.
The lieutenant appeared to have
much to say to Miss Jessie of pri-
vate nature after the party had ar
rived at the summit of the Peak. The
other two OWNED that they would
rather be alone together, and though
Warren longed for eyes in lae back
of his head he did not once let them
get within his vision. The wa he
phrased the situation to himself was
that the lieutenant ought to have his
chance just as he, Warren, had had
his; and if the soldier were more to
her liking he hoped he was man
enough to take it as gentleman
should.
The soldier was much to her liking
that day at all events. They were
having the gayest kind of a time, and
their gayety had in it the shy ripple
of happiness easy to be detected by
an interested observer. More than
once Miss Danton and Warren passed
close to then without being them
selves uoAcsd, and both of them were
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
SIN More Counterfsitins.

The Secret Service has unesrthed On.
other band Of counterfeiters and secured .
large quantity of bogus bills, which are 20
cleverly executsd that the average person
would never suspect them Of being spu'
rious: Things Of great value are alwsy t. e.
Stomach Bitters, which has many imitators
but no equals fol, disorders like indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation. nervousness, and
general debility. Always 80 60 reliable
druggists who have the reputation OF stv'
ing what you ask for.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16

the whole for a roof. This will be .
good place to hang your hoe rake, ETC.,
where they are handy to get when
garden work is taken up for few
minutes. Then if small cupboard is
rugged on one of the posts or drawer
der the seat, garden seeds might
be brought out there in the spring
time, and the packages would then be
as handy as the tools.-J. r. Patter-
son, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
WHAT CAUSES DANDRUFF.

Greatest European Authority On S1An
Diseases, Says It's Germ.
The old idea was that dandrutf is scales
of skin thrown of, through feyerls1 con-
Germany, European authority on skin dis
eases. says dandruff is germ disease: The
germ burrows under the scalp, throwing up
little scales Of cuticle, and saRping the Vi
tally of the hair at the root: The only hair
preparation that kills dandruff germs is
Newbros Herpicide. destroy the cause,
dandruff. but stops falling hair and causes
a iuxuriant growth. Delightful hair dress
ing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
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GARDEN C0NVEN1ENcES.
Gate and Seat Which Cont ribute Ma,
terlally to the Comfort of the
Farmer and His Wife. s

Set couple of posts eight feet high
in the fence near the garden gate and
the kitchen door. About Is inches
from the ground make = mortise in
each post and put in 12-inch plank
for q seat. About eight inches from
the top nail a board across from post
to post and put in few boards over
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
He Couldn't.

ooh, Mr.. spoonegh, pray rise. It l, not
right that you should kneel at my feet.
Rise, beg Of you'll" implored, the fair lady.
But he didn't rise. His Irish did, though,
am afraid-er-1iiss Grace-1'm afraid
I'm kneeling on your-er-that is, you
dropped your chewing gum, and, oh, Miss
Grace, I'm stuck on. you'll" Time&
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summary RetributiOn

Summary Hetr1Dut1On.
"Behead the brass band!" shouted the
Chinese emperor.
F. The court favorite looked questioningly
Certainly" said she. EFF it will amuss
him, behead the entire band"
"Fut what reason shall l give?"
"Simply call attention to it's lack of
deicaey AS we were r entering a the fo l;nt
What It Used to Be- Washington Star.
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CHEAP GARDEN ROLLER.
as Useful ~ a More Expensive
Article.

Procure a ten-gallon oil or carbide
can, cut out the top and bottom
smoothly. Next make square box Of
inch boards. This box makes center
of roller. Stay this in can by means
lof long nails. Set the can and box on
a wide board and fill the space with
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
All Servants Alike

Towne-I could never understand why
political oficeholders are called public
servants.
Browne-Why not?
because they're really our bosses.'
"Wel? guess you never kept house, did
u"-Philadelphia Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
Snrinws Of MiscOn(luct.

"You haven't any manners, Jack;
why didn't you offer to escort that
young woman homer"
"Oh, 1 have manners all right; but I
didn't have strees car far<."-C1Asago
RecQrd.
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Just q Hint.

.:Let us sit nearer the music" she
said.
But then you can't hear what am
saying to you," he urged.
"Quite true" she admitted, sweetly.
-Chicaro Post.
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Feminiue.Charity,

Maude-Young DeAuber was mar
ried to that rich Gotrox girl last week.
Clara-Why, thought Reclaimed to
be welded to his art!
Maude-Well, she's mostly art-Chi-
cago Daily News.
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This is the season of the year when tho
careful man diets and is no siclzer than the
man who eats what he pleases.-Boston
Transcript.
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Neighbor-"Why do you jog the baby so
hard when she's cryingw Proud Mother
"Sure, it makes her cry with such beauti-
full tremmlyo." -Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16

I do not believe Pisos Cure for Consump'
ton has an equal for coughs and colds,
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
Is, 1900.
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn3

Do our rect Acne anu buFos
Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Easa
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Smar ting, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE: Ad'
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Unfortunately, we usually answer fool
according to his own folly.-Puck.