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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
CAREFUL CULLING PAYS.
BY 1t the Breeder II Enabled to Es.
tab1ish q Reputation for Re-
liability and Honesty.

There is nothing tina assists breed
err more in maintaining a good reputa-
ton for sending out good stuff than
close culling. No breeder has been a BILE
to raise all good pigs, even from the
most distinguished sires and dams that
ever lived. There always will be some
inferior to others. These should be
consigned to the pork pens. The breed
er that does not do this will have lots
of trouble on his hands, says the Amer
lean Swineherd. He will find it un-
profitable because he cannot sell 30 the
same man more than one time.
The man that builds his business by
honest transactions that are satisfac-
tory to the buyer is the one that makes
a profit and success out of his busi-
ness. If you get a customer for an
animal make the deal so that he will
be your friend and continue your GUS
toner. We have plenty of breeders
who are of this character and who prac-
tise this method of doing business. To
do business and meet the requirement
you should have the blood for which
there is a demand. You should have
good sows as well as good boars if you
want to produce good class of pigs.
You should give close attention to feed
ing and handling to properly develop
them. 1t is better to have one good
SOW than three poor or medium ones
for profit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
FARMER FINDS A FRIEND.

Nadeau, Mich, Feb. 3rd.-Mr. Nelson
De Roster of this place, a prosperous
farmer sixty-one years of age, has sui
fered for years with Kidney Trouble.
He has tried many medicines, but
found nothing to relieve him until he
began to use Dodd's Kidney Rills, and
he has found this remedy to be a friend
indeed. He says:
II thank God that there is one medi'
cine in the world that does help weak
and sick humanity. I would earnestly
advise every one who has Kidney
Trouble to use Dodd's Kidney Pills
They have given great satisfaction in
our family"
Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have
been used according to directions, they
have not failed to cure all Kidney
Troubles, Bright's Disease, Dropsy,
rheumatism, Lumhago and Backache'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
MISS BONNIE DELANO.

until illness came upon me three years
ago. l first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed could not en-
Joy my meals became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
~ advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any i'm
provement. One day he said Try
Lydia Pinkham's Remedies /
did, thank God the next month was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months was cured. This
is nearly q year ago and have not
had pain or ache since. "-BoNN1E
DELANo, 3248 Indiana Ave-, Chicago,
1n.-s5000 forfeit u above testimonial u not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands Of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
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BUYING OR RENTING.
Many Excellent Reasons for Think
ing the Former the Better
Policy for Our Farmers.

It doesn't make any difference
whether man has small means or
can pay cash, the best policy is to
buy. Every farmer is ambitious. He
wants to own farm-to have some
place to call home, even If it is only
| 40 acres. The expenses are about
equal, buying or renting. The rent
amounts to as much, and often more,
than the taxes, interest and repairs.
The renter has more money to put
into stock, but his possessions must
accommodate themselves to the farm
he rents, and this is often incon-
venient. Or he must build extra
fence, which is expensive, as the fence
is useless when he moves elsewhere.
Usually the renter exchanges crops and
stock for money every time he moves,
which is every year or two. VI course
he puts the money in the bank, and IS
going to save it until he can pay cash
for farm. During the year he sees
something that he is very anxious to
own, and as the money is easy to get,
it goes. Of course he is going to have
better crop this year, and will make
more on his hops, and can easily re-
place the money, and, more, too. IL IS
just as easy to use it all as 1T IS to
use little, and before the end OF
the year it is all gone.
The buyer cannot do this. When he
sells a crop, or bunch of hogs, and
pays the money on a farm, it is
there to stay. He must deny himself
many things, but he who satisfies
every want will not have his labors
crowned with success. Unceasing toll
is the parent of success. 1t only takes
about half of the year to raise the
crop. During the other half the rent
cr does not do enough to pay his ex-
penses. He makes as much as any
farmer while he works, but the buyer
works while the renter is idle. The
weeds need cutting, the fences need
fixing, the fertilizers need scattering,
the bitches need repairing. and many
other things need to be done, so that
the buyer is busy the entire year. Per-
haps he hasless amusement, but amuse-
ment is expensive.
A farm should have a good orchard
and a garden of shrubbery. Neither
trees nor shrubs are costly, but the
renter does not put out new ones, nor
take care Of those already on the farm.
The renter leads an aimless, unsettled
life. He has no definite end in view,
and works in haphazard, hit or miss
fashion, and it usually turns out miss.
The buyer knows just what he must
do, and makes each day bring him
nearer the goal of his ambition. Half
of the secret of success lies in having
a definite aim and the other in unceas-
ing toil.-G. I. Johnsto tone, in N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
GL1MPSES OF MANY LANDS.

Less than 900 white people reside in
English West African colonies.
The Russian mercantile marine con-
sists of 745 steamers and 1898 sailing
vessels.
Organized laborers to the number
of 1000 are employed by the diamond
dealers and jewellers of Amsterdam.
Valletta, Malta, being midway in the
Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and
Port Said, imports more than half a
million tons of coal for the use of pass
ing vessels.
Owing to the great number of crimes
committed by wandering gypsies, the
Roumanian minister of the interior has
drafted bill providing that every tribe
must settle in the locality in which
it may happen to be ON the day the
new law comes into force.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
Thorough Narrowing Pays.

One tool I now use will move with a
single pair of light mules $4,000 tons of
earth one foot in ten hours and few
yearsagoI used to move the earth deep
" before seeding to grass 20 or 30 times,
now move it so to IS times. This is the
cheapest way for me to buy fertilizer
had five acres of plum orchard set
out three years. The second and third
year not spoonful of fertilizer used,
and if you will con-. here and see the
orchard and cannot find many of the
shoots grown this year seven feet, and
an average growth of nearly four feet
over the entire orchard this year, with
nothing but intense cultivation to aid
Twill give you the orchard and pay your
expense both ways-George N. Clark,
in Country Gentleman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
Mixed Hiat0ry.

The Juvenile son Of an army Officer made
. strange mixture of the history OF George
during Tho absence of his parents, and to
entertain the children and instill q lesson Of
manly honor and patriotism told them the
famous stories of the liberty bell and the
cherry tree. The scion of the soldier was
much interested, but the details got badly
twisted in bis head. When his father re-
turned home he was told Of the fine story
Country. "Washington must have been .
wonderful man, "said the boy. HE smashed
the liberty bell with his little Ratchet and
his father whipped him with cherry tree
for telling lie" 1t took paterfamilias some
time to straighten things out.-Washington
Star
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
THE WHITE KNIGHT.

The silver birch's rind has caught
A powder light as frost;
And, round and white, like milky veins'
The grapevine threads are crossed.
The hoyden haw has pinned plume
To the edge Of her stiff gray hood.
And willow and sloe and oak bend low
To the " ,lite knight In the wood
"A shrill east wind the forge blaze fanneo
Where the ice-smith wrought ama1n:
And clear and fine as the fra1lest pearl
Are the links of his armor-cha1n.
His pace is swift, and he travels WE'LL
Where the lonely gorges wind.
But his step Is still. on the forest-slll'
And the White knights quest Is kind.
No poniard-point of the grim North King
Who stalks from the black beyond
Can smite, through the sweep Of his broad
pure shield
The brakes most helpless frond
The tender things Of the wood are held
In long and a peaceful spell.
Though the snarling blast be fierce and
fast,
For the White Knight guards them we'll
Hattie Whitney, in Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
PLAN OF WATER CIsTERN.

vermin and toads entering. To tho
iron pipe of pump connect two-inch
steam rubber hose long enough to
reach bottom. TO the end of this lash
the handle of two-gallon jug, corked
and sealed when empty. Whatever the
depth Of water, the pumped water is
from the aerated layer six inches from
surface. Whenever rainfall is in ex-
cess, the discharge is from the bottom,
and carries off sediment.-Rural New
Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Hired men who are well fed and We'll
paid let the colts do the kicking.
The wife is an equal partner and
should share in the profits equally.
The farm should exist for the fam
ily and not the family for the farm.
Shredded corn fodder is coming to
the front as substitute for timothy
hay.
The woman is not wise who buys
sage, catnip and horseradish, instead
of planting patch of them for her.
self.
Pork and potatoes should not be on
the table regularly three times day,
but should be regular crops on the
farm.
The most valua BILE live stock are the
boys and girls and their care, feeding,
shelter and training should receive first
attention.
Keep the stable and dairy room in
good condition and then insist that the
dairy, factory or place where the milk
goes be kept equally well.
Orchards can be started at small ex.
pense by men, women and children
learning to graft, then planting seeds,
and grating in choice scions.'
The man who raises nearly every.
thing consumed on the place is getting
along faster than he who buys his sup
plies at retail while selling his crops at
wholesale.-Farmers Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
RAIN WATER C1sTERN.
How to build One That In Self-CleaA-
ing and Keeps Water Sweet
at All Seasons.

Build cistern of size desired, with
bottom six inches lower at one side
than the other. Plan settling basin
wide enough to be scraped out with a
wide square shovel. Cement four-inch
glazed tile between basin and cistern
for inlet. Over bricks laid at loves
side build outlet, or overflow, of four
inch tile with exit as high as desired
every joint water tight. Wire strain
ers of galvanized wire fit on mouth OF
inlet, and exit of overflow, preve n ting
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
Farm Notes from California.

Farmers in southern California use
machinery on large scale. On one
ranch a steam plow turns IS burrows
at a time, covering breadth of 40 feet,
Its best record is the blowing of "a
acres in four hours and forty-five min
utes. the circumference of the field be-
ing five miles. The average capacity
of the steam pillow is 40 acres day,
and it takes the place of 70 mules. A
combined harvester, drawn by the
same engine of 5o-horse power, cut,
threshed and sacked 1000 acres of
wheat in one day. The daily allowance
of fuel is IL barrels of crude petroleum.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
Good Work for Winter Days.

Once a year at least the harness
should be gone over, thoroughly
cleaned, repaired and oiled. All parts
should be treated Thoroughly. For
Washing, dissolve piece of soap in
one quart of soft water, boil and add
one quart of kerosene and beat into a
cream. Fill tub with warm water
and stir in the emulsion. Wash the
harness in this, using rag and stiff
brush. When clean let dry on surface
of leather, but not long enough to be-
come stiff, then apply some good har.
ness oil. Rub in we'll and remove all
superfluous oil, as it will accumulate
dust.-Farm journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
BRACING CORNER POST.
The Method Here Described, Accord
Ing to Its Originator, Saves Quite
Lot of Timber.

From a point of general utility and
for the saving of timber, the following
described pan of bracing the corner
posts of wire fences proves the best
have yet found. A, is large solid oak
post set four feet in the ground. B, is
the brace, about 10 feet long which ex-
tends from fiat stone c, to notch
near the top of the post. From otch
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07

1t has been suggested that the only sue; sue;
cessful plan to avoid any further wars will
be the formation Of an alliance between
Believe that lat the day is not far distant
when all international differences will be
peacefully settled. This news will be as Joy
fully received by everybody as the news that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters positively cures
Indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation. nerv-
BUSINESS and malaria. Don't fail to give it q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07

AS Joe said afterwards to Selma:
"'Twas lucky for me l was bora and
bred to it. No one else could ha' stood
the water, twas that cold Twas morc'n
half dead when l was washed against
the old causeway. I was sorry for
them sheriff chaps, but as for that
DANCED scoundrel Merritt, it served him
right
No proof remained against Reave,
though many had suspicious. The
work of months was undone in that
night, and it was years before an g.
tempt was again made to drain Suffer
marsh or deprive the "s,od"ers" of
their privileges.-Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
MISS BONNIE DELAN0
A Chicago Society Lady, in .
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says:

"DEAR MRS. P1NKuAM :-Of all tho
grateful daughters>t to whom you have
9iven health and life, none are moro
glad than I.
"My home and my life was happy
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07

The facts of the case were these:
a the year 1867 an agitation was on
DOT amongst the farmers and land
wners of the coast to drain the i'm
Aense marshes which stretched in one
aonotonous level miles and miles
long the bleak coast of the sea, and
Shich for centuries the sea had in
AIDED and swamped in every winter
torm. Rich in themselves, these lands
Fere rendered valueless by the inroads
f salt water.
| Yet, to the marsh me n, or "slodgers,"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
EXPLANATION SOUGHT.

Hay Asked Why He Refused to Secure Pass.
port for Rev. n. ". Thomas.
Washington, March 10.-Why was the
Rev. Hiram w. Thomas Of Chicago not
given passport to South Africa, where
he proposed going to distribute among
the struggling Beers currency and food
stuffs provided by Governor Yates of
Illinois and other charitably inclined
citizens of that state?
Ibis is question which Representa-
tive Burleson of Texas would like Secre-
tary Hay to answer. And to this end he
presented a resolution in the house call
ing on the secretary OF state for informa-
ton concerning his refusal to secure this
passport. The resolution was referred
to the committee on foreign affairs
The introduction of this resolution is
likely to precipitate discussion of the
Boer cause in the house. Many members
are primed with speeches on this subject.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
Henry Receives Degree.

Boston, March 8.-Prince Henry of
Prussia was the guest of Boston Thurs
day, and his welcome was a cordial one.
Gov. Crane and Mayor Collins extended
the official courtesies to him, and when
the prince tremendously received their
calls he went to Cambridge to deliver
the gifts of the Kaiser to the German
museum, and to receive from Harvard
the honorable degree of doctor of laws.
The prince will resume his journey early
In the morning, visiting Albany aud the
United States military academy at West
FONT en- route to New York. ~.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
SPAIN NOT LIABLE
.,.NsH TREATY CLAIMS COM
81 MISSION DECIDES
.,.,., the Claimants for Deaths and Injuries
:, the Wreck Of the Maine in the Harbor
Of Havana-CIaims Already Filed Amount
10 About $4,000. 900 Claimants Must
Take What This Government Awards Them

Washington, March THE Spanish
..oatv claims commission has handed
down a decision against the claimants
Cor deaths and injuries received by Off
,ors and seamen in the wreck of the bat
tl.ship Maine in Havana harbor.
The commission holds that individual
claims of citizens of one nation may
arise against the government of another
nation for redress of injuries to persons
or property which such citizens may have
orltained from such government or any
Of its agents, but such individual claims
10 NOT arise in favor Of the officers and
soomen or ship of war who receive in the
line of duty injuries to their persons for
which foreign government is RESPONSE
blo The claim against a foreign govern
ment is wholly national, and all injuries
n such officers and seamen are merged
in the national injury, and they can l.ok
only to their own government for such
remuneration as it may choose to give
them.
"A seaman injured by the explosion
which DESTROYED the battleship Maine in
the harbor of Havana, Cuba. on February
u. 1898, had no individual claim against
Spain even if that government was re-
sponsble to the United States for the
explosion, and therefore such American
is not entitled to award in his favor from
the Spanish treaty claims commission
organized by the act of congress ef March
3, 1901, to adjudicate all individual claims
of citizens of the United States against
Spain, which the United States released
to Spain and agreed to pay by the treaty
of peace of December 10, 1885,"
The claims 80 far filed with the COM
mission which will be affected by this de-
cision amount to about 81, 500 600, which
probably would be increased to s., OOO, 900
had the decision been favorable to the
claimants
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
Story Promptly Denied.
MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
Lieut.. Jarvis to Investigate Grounds for lvey's
Recent Orders.

Recent Orders.
Washington, March 6.-The secretary
of the treasury has directed Lieut.. D. II.
Jarvis, the newly appointed collector of
customs for Alaska, to stop at Skagway
on his way to Sitka for the purpose of
investigating the causes underlying the
radical order recently issued by Collector
lvey. While the treasury officials re-
sent the outrageous language which Ivey
employed in reporting his action by tele-
graph to the department, they are by
no means certain that he was wrong in
issuing the order concerning Canadian
customs officials at Skagway. On this
point Assistant Secretary Spaulding said
yesterday:
eff the Canadian officials have been,
as Mr.. Ivey states in his order, collecting
fees for quarantine services and certifi-
Gates inside our territory, tn, practice
cannot be tolerated. What we wish to
do now is to find out if the reported en-
croachments have really been going on.
We shall hear from Mr.. Jarvis on the
subject as soon as he can get there and
make an investigation"
Collector Jarvis has started from Mas
sachusetts for Seattle with his family.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
sERvlAN uPHEAvAL.
Political Situation Described As Volcano
Likely to Burat Forth Any Moment.

Political Situation Described As Volcano
likely to Burst Forth Any Moment.
Vienna, March IA dispatch from
Belgrade says that extraordinary precau-
tions were taken to prevent disturbances
yesterday, which was the thirteenth an
niversary of King Alexander's accession
to the throne. According to recent ad-
vices from the Servian capital the situa-
ton there is described as that of vol
cano likely to burst forth at any moment
in an uprising that will sweep the throne
and all the friends and supporters OF the
present regime out of existence. King
Alexander, almost if not quite an imbe-
Gle, is said to be virtually a prisoner in
the royal palace, while politicians OF all
factions are scheming in regard to the
occupant of the throne after his downfall
An attempt was made to start revo-
luton under the leadership of Alvantics,
o relative of the pretender to the Servian
throne, which resulted in his death. The
outbreak occurred in the frontier town OF
Shabeb.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13

Gov. Taft Is Questioned Furt' er by the Con.
sressional Committee.

Washington, March 6.-Gov. Taft was
questioned further yesterday concerning
slavery in the Philippines by members
of the house insular committee. The
commission, he said. had undertaken no
legislation as to slavery, and the action
taken by the military had been, first, to
release Christian slaves, and, second, to
prevent slave-raiding parties from cap
turing slaves. Besides this, constant
moral influence was being exerted to-
ward the eradication of the system. The
governor favored three Philippine dele
gates to congress, representing the three
great tibes or elements of the Philippines.
The committee agreed to close the ex-
tended hearings tomorrow, and Gov.
Taft then will leave Washington to be
gone about three weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Canadian Commission Takes Important Action
in the Matter.

Canadian Commission Takes Important Action
in the Matter.
Washington, March 6.-Representa-
tive Kahn, of California, who intr reduced
the Chinese exclusion bill in the house.
has received dispatch from Canada
saving the special commission of the
Dominion has just submitted its report,
and it takes a position against Chinese
immigration similar to that taken by
those favorable to rigid exclusion from
the United States. The Canadian COM
mission recommends treaty which will
permit strict exclusion, and in the mean
time $500 head tax on Chinese enter
ing Canada. AS many Chinese come to
the United States by way of Canada,
Mr.. Kahn regards the action OF the
Canadian commission as having an inn
portant bearing on the exclusion situa-
ton in the United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-03-13

worth more than $4,000; that the
value Of the beast Is at least $4,000.
AS Smiles weighs 1000 pounds, she
Is worth $15 pound.
Smiles almost incredible value lies
in the fact that she is one Of the rarest
animals In captivity, there being not
more than eight two-horned rhinoce-
roses In bondage. The Central Park
beast was named Smiles In an ironical
spirit, for nothing like smile has ever
been detected on her countenance.