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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-19

fruit. There are towers and pagodas
and pictures and panoramas in corn
husks, corn-cobs, corn-tassels and corn
kernels, tobacco-leaves and tobacco
grains, wheat-straw and wheat-heads
and wheat-grains; and there are fg-
ures in cotton and butter and sugar
and prunes and nuts. There are dec
orations in wavy moss and hemp, In
rice-sheaves and prairie grasses. You
know at last the wealth of each state,
for packed into each Of the different
sections is an abundant sample of all
that springs from one states soil
whether it be hill-farm potatoes.
swamp rice, sea-island cotton, bottom
land corn, prairie wheat. desert dates
or irrigated alfalfa. And In the same
way you know the agricultural wealth
Of each Of the worlds nations, for they
are spread out before you for your in
spection. Everything grown upon the
earth is here, and displayed and la
beled so that the lesson the exhibit
teaches is never forgotten. p
"A And what does it cost to see this
wonderful exposition, what is the
price 10 be paid for this liberal edu-
cation? It may be much or little, just
as a sightseeing trip to any city may
be much or little. There are fashion
able, high-priced hotels in st. Louis.
just as there are IN New York, in Chi
cago, in London or any other large
city, but be it said to the credit Of
these hotels, they are no higher priced
during the exposition than they were
before it. The masses Of the people
are looking, however, for something
less expensive, and it is easily found.
The people Of st. Louis are playing the
part of host In q way that will make
friends of the visitors to the fair.
~Thousands of homes have been opened
for the accommodation of guests, and
the prices charged for the accommoda-
lions provided are most moderate. In
fact, to Judge from what one must pay
for board and room, one would scarce
" imagine that the greatest exposition
the world has ever known is in prog
ress in the city. Boarding house prices
compare favorably with those Of other
cities, and 81 per day will secure a
comfortable room and breakfast IN
hundreds of these hospitable homes.
No one needs deprive himself Of the
great education that aNaits him at
ST. Louis for fear Of exorbitant prices,
for they are not 70 10 found.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-19
Two 1niuri0s.


B Perhaps the man who maltreats q
book, even by accident, deserves to pay
for it twice over, and logically he may
sometimes be called upon to do it. "A
daily Newspaper sAxs that borrowerre-
Gently handed In asbook ct Z public lend
Ing library; and the attendant thersdpon
discovered 4 hole in one Of the leaves;
It was necessary to enter absorption
ofthe damaxsin 1 book kept on the coun-
tor. A clerk entered the title and NUM-
Der Of the book, and the attendant de-
scribed the damage thus: s I'LL /;
Page 215, = hole" Then he turned
the leaf and added: Page ZIG, an
other hole. YOUTHS Companion.
In South Dakota.
who y shat man she's flirting with
so desperasSly:" -. ~
That's t>r first husband. Chicago
American. -@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-19

urine was thick and cloudy and I could
barely eat enough food to live. felt .
change for the better within : week.
The second week I began eating hearth
". began to improve gen orally and
before seven weeks had passed 1 was
we'll. lhad spent hundreds of dollars
for medicine that did not help me, but
90 worth of Doan's Kidney Pills restored
me to perfect health"
4 "A TRIAL :FREE--Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents.
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|SWny Am totlAN y0U tua1---.s M ~ nT0GS
o6, looking &C hSr nth w esrtatl Nv
ity and iEdecision IN M glance. NJ
IN Mrs. ,DFexel 49, silent = III, waiting
for him 10 60 On. Tel NJ. Iy sall
means" she Unlisted. q he, did, not
speak: s'you know that care about Ill
that- you do. = She picked nervously
at the laces of her dresS, unable longer
to restrain Ill physical expression Of
the torturing thoughts that possessed
her. ma gEa 9yf ~ ~
1T was fellow had known at college
= good many years ago." Allison re-
sumed presently. Somehow, he
learned Of my whereabouts, though I
had not even thought Of, much less seen
him, during all that time. He was "a
tally injured in trolley accident = day
or so ago, and expressed desire to. talk
to some one one he knew-hefore
the end. Twas sent for. For some unex-'
planned reason he spoke Of me con-
tinually during his Illness ,.,,. ,.,,-.,.s
Mrs. Drexel was sitting still and
white In the moonlight, her breath COM
ing and going in little jerky way.
'Drexel, poor devil-by the way, he
has the same name as yourself-couldn't
be any connection, could he? Well.
from every thing he told me, I conclude
that he must haye had q pretty bad time
Of it in this world. Married young
too young, reckon, as lots Of US do.
and his pretty young wife Chats what
he called herr led him regular dogs
life, as the saying goes"
Mrs. Drexel bent forward suddenly,
her interest appearing to expand with
an almost absurd abruptness. "Well?"
she said, "well?" '%,'
"Well, when he was dying, he got to
thinking that perhaps, after all, she had
not been entirely to blame: tried to ex-
tenuate certain-er-reprehensible &C
lions of hers and all that, butt
The woman was so close now that the
warm breath coming quickly through
her parted lips famed his cheek. Her
eyes sparkled strangely from their pal
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21

Savoy. San Francisco; Hanlon Crump,
Al Hancock street. San Francisco; Z.
L. CrumD, 141 Hancock street, San
Francisco: Harold Mosher. Berkeley;
Harry West. Sacramento; r. MOsher,
Berkeley; Alice Tyler, Sacramento;
1uez Ashley. Vallejo; Margaret Rogers.
San Jose: Tessie DOram. 1899 Howard
street, San Francisco; Milton Smith.
1899 Howard street, San Francisco; NJ.
Wadhams, Santa Clara; Emerson
Spear, 1906 Sherman street, Alameda;
Isade Williamson. TuOlumne; Henry
Russell. Haywards; George Picnic. 1911
Fifteenth street San Francisco; E. Fin
ME SOS Oak street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21

Il. Pfaeffie, 8 Guerrero street, San Fran
cisco; Myra Treat 1872 Van Ness ave-
nue., San Francisco; Minerva Jefres,
1854 Nineteenth street. San Francisco:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
Solve the Puzzles,
Fill Out the Coupon
and Send It to
the Puzzle Editor,
Sunday Call. S. F.

To Puzzle Editor, Sunday Call,
San FranclSco:
Below In their proper num-
bers please hnd my solution OF
the Nine Different GeOgraphi-
cal Terms represented in this
weeks Name Puzzles:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
THESE IRE
THE PRIZE
UIWNERS
OF FEB Z.

HESE arc the names Of the $50
lucky children who won prizes
In the puzzle contesi-the nine
different Names of Birds-pub-
Il Hsbcd in The Sunday Call of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

or 2S per cent of the area is one Of the prairie soils lying south of the Eutaw escarpment. This soil owes it's origin to A cretaceous sediment laid down in a rap idly deepening sea. The soil cracks In the summer heat, Is very plastic when wet, and is difficult to work. It is used largely for the production of cotton. In a favorable season it yields from one
 half to a bale per acre, but this yield can
 be counted on only about once in five
 years. The soil is admirably adapted to stock raising. Johnson grass, a drought
 resisting crop, yields an average of about
 one and a half tons of hay to the acre.
 Oats and corn do well. Corn yields from
 twenty-five to forty bushels to the acre.
 Wheat rusts badly and is not grown.
 The Orangebdrg clay covers about S2.7 acres. or l7 per cent of the area. The
 most extensive areas occur between Oak mulgee creek and the Cahaba river, north lof Perryville, and isolated areas are found throughout the Orangeburg sandy loam. The soil is subject to severe wash ing and is deficient in organic ma.uer. It is used almost entirely for the production of cotton, of which 1t yields from 800 to ,50O pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
 The yield per acre of corn varies from ten to twenty bushels. Wheat and oats are successfully grown. This is the only soil of the area upon which wheat does not suffer from rust. Grapes, peaches and apples are grown to a limited extent for home consumption. The quality of the
 fruit is good.
 The meadow soils of the area cover 5S,46 acres, or about Il per cent of the area.
 They consist of low-lying and poorly drained tracts found chiefly along the Ca
 haba river, usually occupying the first and second terraces and subject to over flow. In favorable seasons this soil is The most productive cotton land in the area, yielding with little or no fertilization from three-fourths to one bale per acre. The Sassafras sandy loam covers 14,720 acres, or per cent of the area It oc- CUTS along the second bottoms of the Ca haba river and in parts of the bottoms
 bordering Oakmulgee Creek. Its surface is level or gently rolling, and the areas lie between the first bottom and the roll ing country in narrow bands. The soil is very easy to work but careful man. agement is required to maintain its fer
 tility. as The effects of fertilizers are only of temporary benefit. It is well drained during the summer, but wet and spongy during the winter. Cotton is the chief crop produced in this soil. the yield per acre ranging from one-third to one-half
 bale. Corn yields from fifteen to twenty five bushels per acre. This soil is much
 better adapted to truck crops than to any other.
 The Norfolk sand covers 4.160 acres. or 0.S per cent of the area. It produces cot
 ton of better lint than any other soils of
 the County, NIt the yield is very low 8
 hale to six acres being a good average.
 The soil is best adapted to the production
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

of early truck, but the industry is as yet practically undevelopeu.
 In the prairie region not over one-third of the land owners live on or till their land. In tho hill country probably three fifths of the farms are occupied by the owners. About one-third of the prairie is rented to white tenants, of whom proba- bly, three-fourths pay stated rent of cash, while the remainder work on shares. The amount of land owned by negroes is less than per cent. The farms vary much. in size about per cent of the aref
 being included in plantations ef 30 to 160 acres, 55 per cent in plantations of 160 to 800 acres and 70 per cent in plantations of 800 to 1,500 acres.
 Perry County offers fine opportunities for the development of agricultural indus tries. At present the local methods are often crude and in most eases inefficient.
 There is need for greater care to prevent the washing of soils and to preserve their fertility. Deeper blowing and more care- full cultivation are recommended. The production of cotton year after year on | the same fields has more or less exhaust ed all the lands. The soils are generally deficient in organic matter, condition
 which could be alleviated greatly by the
 use of green manures. Nearly all the IleRumes do well upon the clay soils of the area, while upon the more sandy types
 cowpeas and the California bur clover are
 successful soil renovators. Many farmers
 would find 1t to their advantage to pro-
 duce more of the subsistence crops bot
 for themselves and for the work-stock,
 and to make cotton the money crop. i'm
 stead of the sole crop. Large shipments
 of corn are now brought into the County.
 This and other imported agricultural pro-
 ducts could and should be produced within | the area.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
EXAMINING TEACHERS
SIXTY-FTvE APPLICANTS AP-
 FEARED AT CAPITOL.
Superintendent J. A. Thompson of Montgomery County Begins Work Which Extends to All
 Counties of the State.

Sixty-five applicants from Montgomery County for teachers licenses reported at the Capitol yesterday mo ming for exami- nation under the supervision of J. A. Thompson, County Superintendent of Ed ucation..
 Out of this total only eight are white, all of whom are women The other fifty seven are negroes. there being more wo- men than men among the negro appil- cants.
 The number of applicants is the small est at any semi-annual examination held since the general educational law went into effect fin 1899. At the June exami- nation last summer twice as many appli- cants reported for the examination. The winter examinations are not as largely attended any year as the summer exam nations which are held after the close of school and when school graduates are looking for places to begin teaching.
 Among the applicants who are taking the examination in Montgomery there are only few who are original applicants. Nearly all of them have been teaching school and are applying for the renewal of certificates which have expired under the law. No applicants are trying for a life certificate.
 The examination will continue through out three days.
 The program of the examination is as follows:
 Monday morning-Preliminary Cues tions. Orthography, Reading.
 Monday afternoon Geog- raphy. Give Monday afternoon questions to life applicants at this tirne.)
 Tuesday morning-Arithmetic, English Grammar.
 Tuesday afternoon-United States His tory Alabama History
 Wednesday morning-Preliminary Cues. tions. (for those holding Second Grade Certificates.); Algebra, Geometry. Wednesday afternoon-School Laws, Theory and Practice, Physics.
 The examination is being conducted by Superintendent Thompson unasssted.
 Similar examinations are being held in every county in Alabama. The questions for each examination were prepared by the State Board of Examiners. The an- swers of every applicant in every county will be forwarded to the State Board which will pass upon the qualifications of each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
Convention and New York.

The agitation of New York city for the holding of the National Democratic con- vention, which was started by The New York Herald, appears not to have created much favor here beyond a sort of sen timent that it would be jolly thing to go the great metropolis and have a good time. The New York delegation in Con- gross have manifested little interest in the effort, and 1t is likely that the con- vention will be called for a western city most probably Chicago.
 A letter received here today from prominent New York Democrat, in answer to inquiry as to the real sentiment in New York about the going there of the con vention, has this to say:
 Ut is a mistaken idea to suppose that there is a great popular clamor on the part of New York citizens to bring the national convention to our city. The fact is the general business community does not want it. The great stores feel about the same way. It is generally believed that the crowd the convention brings are not only not profitable, but deter business. Of course there are thousands who do take to the idea-the railroad and street car people principally Speaking from the standpoint of a Demo- crat, I should prefer to have the con | vention go to a city other than our metro polls. Chicago or SG, RHSnis, for instance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
Marine Johnnie Poe.

Among the non-commissioned officers of the marines who have just sailed from Philadelphia on the Dixie Is John Poe, Jr., a son of John Poe, leading Demo- cret of Baltimore Young Poe is already known to athletic fame for his long con nection with the Princeton football team.
 He belonged to the Princeton class of '95. In 1896 he served In the 5th Mary land Volunteers during the war with Spain. Johnnie" Poe. is one of the dis tinguished Maryland family of Poes. to which the wonderful poet, Edgar Allan Poe, belonged, very generation of which has had some notable representative at ''Old Nassau" and who somehow always managed to get to the front with some ecord-breaking athletic stunt John nle" was half-back in '91, '92 and '93. Every year since then he has, with Gar rett Cochran and Hilderbrand, formed the most famous trio of football coaches in the history of college athletics.
 During the last two years he has been roughing it on a New Mexico ranch with several other Princeton men. He has served in the Philippines as an orderly in the southern part of the archipelago for General Bates. Hearing there was like ly to be active service for the marines in Central America. he went back to Baltimore and joined the marines, his excellent record making him sergeant, He is in Company c, commanded by Cap tain Hopkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
PERRY SOIL SURVEYED
HFp0RT OF R. T. AVON BURKE
 AND PARTY.
x Excellent Opportunities are Offered for the Development of Agricul- tural Industries-Alabama
 Postmasters Named.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,

Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,
 Washington, Jan. 4. The annual report of the Bureau of Soils 1f the Department of Agriculture for! 1902; nx transmitted to, Secretary Wilson by A{ilfon Whitney, Chief. has just come xgnm the press. It contains a report of zfe survey of the soil of one County in &IWhnfDa--Perry. & The soil survey of Perry 4Sae made by R. T. Avon Burke and ~ar3y. In the general review of the work 7lH Perry County area is treated as fol- ap~s: perrv County is situated in the central xahstern part of Alabama. and contains about 7e2 square miles, or about i67,74i acres. The Cahaba River flows through <ho County from north to south. and is bordered by broad bottoms and terraces. The County is divided into two main phys fnwfaphic divisions; one known as the mpIands and the other as prairie region. H{stween them is the Eutaw escarpment, making distinct line of demarkation. The prairie region presents hLtle varia- 4fon of topography, being level or nearly SO The prairies cover the whole of the #nnkhern or Southwestern parts of the area. Throughout the uplands occur long, marrDw divides The country is gently rolling along these divides. but between 4hem theSravines are often deep and Steep
 
 mreciultous. The general slope of the sur face and the drainage of the country is 4nward the South. Perry County lies wholly within the coastal plain.
 There are six types of soil in Perry County. the most extensive being the Orangeburg sandy loam. The soil covers z8s 2Ss acres. or 40.2 per cent of the area. 8t occurs to the north of the Eutaw es- Haxpnent and occupies the rolling coun- ffy. II is not usually well protected by ~aKeiation or position from the effects of severe rains. and the areas are very gen. rraily washed. The Orangeburg sandy foam k used for cotton production to the general exclusion of other products ex- rebt corn. The average yield of cotton is abant one-third' of bale to the acre. Corn win yield from ten to twenty push Nls to the acre. Wheat cannot be grown successfully. on account of rus9 This soil la well adapted to the truck crops as well ns to Kgeffer pears, peaches and some va- 4ieties Of grapes.
 The Houston clay, covering 136,12S acres,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
The News Of Birmingham

Birmingham, sJan. 4.-(special l-TRe grand jury of the Jefferson County Court began it's grind today. Judge Greene gave the jury a strong charge He referred at some length to chicken-fighting in this County, saying that he had read of some of the fights recently held in this County. A few weeks ago there was conducted near Birmingham a cooking main of three days duration. Information will be given the grand jury and several indictments are liable to follow.
 Judge Greene said among other things to the jury: s
 "Gentlemen-No man can be lawfully tried for a crime until he has been &C., cused thereof in accordance with the forms prescribed by law. This principal, essential to the peace and welfare of so- ciety. the rights of the individual citizen and the stability of free government, protects the citizens alike from the ops pressions of power and the secret plot tings of private malice and revenge. No man is so exalted that he may order a prosecution for crime in any other man. ner than provided by law, and none are so low that they may not invoke the law in all its majesty and power to protect and vindicate their rights. This sovereign power of declaring who shall face a prose- cution for crime and who shall escape it's
 
 and the powers therein lodged appertain to one of the functions of government and is to be exercised intelligently, impartial ly and fearlessly.
 You. gentlemen. have been selected to discharge this important trust on account of your honesty, impartiality and inteili- gence, and on account of the esteem in which you are held in your respective communities for your integrity, good a..A- consideration. of all matters coming he- fore you, you are supreme subject only to the approval of your consciences in carrying out the demands of the law. and the duties imposed by your oath. Your general duties and the obligations arising therefrom are best expressed by recount ing and impressing upon you the oath taken by each of you.
 "First-That you will diligently inquire
 and true presentment make of all indict- l able offenses given you in charge, as well
 as those brought to your knowledge, com
 mitted or triGble within the County. "Second-The States counsel, your fel- l lows and your own. you shall keep secret. "Thfrd-You shall present no person | from envy. hatred or malice. nor leave any one unpresented from fear, affection,
 reward or the hope thereof.
 'Fourth-You shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, to the best of your understanding.
 This oath taken by your foreman and
 affirmed by each of you comprises essen | tially all the duties devoiving upon you
 as grand jurors, and if followed conscien- | tiously your actions will meet the ap- proval of your own consciences and merit
 the appreciation of your fellow citizens. Before entering upon the discharge of
 your duties the law requires me to in-
 struct you briefly and in a general way
 as to the different offenses which you
 may be called upon to consider, as we'll
 as to the methods of procedure which
 shall govern you in your deliberations" Hanging in Walker. ! l,n Hynl llrnr. ,Anr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Tn India the town of Karachi and its suburb of Clifton, two or three miles dis tant. are curiously threatened with sepa- ration by the growth of sand hills. Mir. R. D. oldham traces the growth of these dunes from small oval patches of sand