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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
'PHoNIh!c ANCIENT HISTORY
Enlightenment for the Curious ON
the Ages Of Moses and
Adam. "ir

When the bells on q rural telephone
circuit began merrily jingling one
June morning, half q dozen young
women in as many farmhouses for.
sock everything else, and. with pape,
and pencil before them took up thu
receivers. It was the agreed time
for review Of ancient history, prio,
to the final examination in the ICON,
solidated" high school, on Monday. re-.
lates Youths Companion.
Il say, girls" came the first voice
when all were ready, "what does any.
body know about Moses?"
"Oh, that's easy, Henrietta" was
the answer along the line. "Born 1888
went into exile 1893, came back to
Egypt 1868 and led the Hebrews out Of
bondage. He died when he was 12C
years old"
please say those dates again,
Ethel"
"seventeen-thirty-eight, sixteen-n1ne-
ty-eight, sixteen-fifty-eight."
Aren't you saying them Backward: vi
'sWhy, no, stupid. It's B. c.
"That's Backward Counting you
know, Henrietta" interrupted q third
voice.
''Oh, yes, of course. ought to have
known. But say. girls, that's just
what I want to know about. How did
they do it,"
DO WHAT" -.
"Why. keep track of what year it was
when they had to count backward. Do
you suppose Moses knew how old he
was going to be when he died, and
kept saying: I was q hundred and
twenty when I was born, in seventeen
eighteen I'll be q hundred and so
on till he died?" ..e
'Of course not. They counted their
ages forward"
what I want to know" said voice
No. 4, lis how they knew what year
to begin to count with. Now, of course
we are adding figure every year. We
started with the year one. This IS
nineteen-four, of course, and next will
be nineteen-five. But how did those
old-timers know in seventeen-thirty-
eight B. G. that 1t was going to be
just that many years to the year zero.
or to whatever they called it, before
our reckoning began? 49,
Into the transmitters of half a
dozen telephones, and along dozen
miles of wire was launched confused
murmur of exclamation and query. At
last it Quieted down when the calm
voice of Henrietta was heard coming
down the line.
"Oh, l can answer that one myself,
girls" she said. 1T was started that
way, and all they had to do was to
keep track. It's marked here in tho
Bible that Adam was born in 4004,
and, of course, knowing that, all he
had to do was to subtract one every
year. It was bound to- come out
even."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
A Cure for Kicking Cows.

y, TO Keep COW from kicking while
being MIXED is too simple a .thing 70
argue about, said practical farmer
the other day. We just buckle a strap
snugly around the body in front of I'D
der and she can't move her hind feet.
She won't try 1t more than once. Colts
can be broken of kicking In the same
manner, but they require the strap
'buckled tighter than the COW does
Midland Farmer.
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LITTLE DAIRY POINTERS.

Cream irregularly ripened makes
streaked butter.
Dry salt cannot be worked into dry
butter successfully.
The COWS should be thoroughly &C.
quainted with the mixers.
Never breed a "kicky" COW. Your
herd needs COWS, not mules.
Soured milk affects the cream injuri-
ously. Get the cream of in time.
Slow milking frets the COW. Hasten
the performance as much as possible.
Never put fine COW in the care of q
poor mixer. The mixer makes or un.
makes the cow.
The manure-coated COW is a proof
that her owner Is in the wrong busi-
ness. He should change occupations.
Scrub cows, on scrub farms, fed on
scrub rations, cared for by scrub per-
sons, produce nondescript milk and but
ter that is hardly good enough for axle
Fresh cream and ripened cream
mixed will always result in dubious
butter. A mess" of cream in a
churning should be of one degree of
ripeness throughout.
Some cows set the dairy marks of
the experts at defiance and give large
yields of good milk. All the same, tho
good dairy cow should show certain
feature in size, shape and general
make-up.-N. Y. Farmer.
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CAN DRINK TROUBLE.
That's One Way to Get It.

Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ails get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved If they're not afraid to leave It
to test as in the case Of lady in
Connellsville.
II had been a sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had q bad sick
headache knows what I suffered.
Sometimes three days in the week I
would have to remain in bed, at other
times I couldn't lie down the pain
would be SO great. My life was tor
ture and If I went away from home
for day I always came back more
dead than alive. f''. u -
Zone day was telling q woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that it, was probably coffee caused it,
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
drink. IT r. ".-.'&
That's how I came to send out and
get sbme Postum and from that time
I've never been without it. for. it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all
Of my old troubles. All I did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
we'll made Postum in its place. This
change has~done me more good than
everything else put together
"Our house was like q drug store for
my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing
any good but when began On the
Postum my headaches ceased and the
other troubles quickly disappeared. I
have q friend who had an experience
just like mine and Postum cured her
just az it did me.
Postum not only cured the head
aches but my general health has been
improved and I am much stronger
than before. now enjoy delicious
Postum more than I ever Gid coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. .j
"There's q reason" and its worth
dnding out. ~ ....,. ..,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
PICTURES SENT By WIRE.
New Process by Which Drawings and
Handwriting Are Quickly
Transmitted.

During several decades q number Of
methods for reproducing simple pic.
lures, drawings and handwriting elec-
trically at a distance have been pro-
posed and partly carried out, but none
of them has led to result Of technical
importance. This seems not to be the
case with the improved system of Prof.
Korn, of Munich, whose success is due
principally to the employment of q
vacuum tube as an adjustable source Of
light at the receiving station.
The essential arrangements are we'll
known from previous attempts. Two
cylinders, one at the sending and one at
the receiving station, run in synchron-
ism. On the former Ia the picture to be
transmitted, preferably on film, and
on the latter Is sensitive Photographic
film. A fine ray Of light, concentrated
by lens from a suitably arranged Nernst
lamp, penetrates the first film and
strikes selenium cell inside Of the hol-
low glass cylinder. The selenium cell
is connected in series with an accumu-
lator battery, the line wire and cur
rent indicator at the receiving station.
Upon rotation Of the hollow cylinder
the light ray describes spiral line Of
very small pitch on. the film, like the
stylus of a gramophone. In proportion
to the blackening of the film the light
ray is weakened more or less, the re-
sistance of the selenium cell raised &C.
cordingly, and the current in the trans
mission line shows corresponding re-
ciprocal changes.
The time required for reproducing a
photograph is at present half an hour.
The transmission line may, of course,
be used at the same time for telephony.
Photographs have been successfully
transmitted over a fourfold line be-
tween Munich and Nuremberg, the re-
sistance of the complete loop being 3, 200
ohms The time of transmission may be
considerably diminished by increasing
the DETECTING and indicating powers of
the galvanometer. The time required
for the transmission of handwriting or
drawings is only one-twentieth of that
necessary for pictures. At present 500
words can easily be transmitted in one
hour. BY operating the high-tension
relay directly by the line current an
improvement can be effected.
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SOUNDS LIKE GOOD SENSE
Canadian Expert Says That Dairy
Cows Need But Very Little Ex-
ercise in Winter.

Regarding he exercise OF dairy cows
in winter. Mr.. Glendinning, speaking
before the Western Ontario Dairymen's
association, said:
my experience Is that COW does
not require much exercise when she II
giving . lot of milk, and we do not
make practice of letting our COWS
out I will give you an experience !
had two years ago. I hired a man to
take care of the stock. and / put him
in charge while was, out on institute
work. He had been there q couple OF
weeks, and went to the stable Sunday
morning, and he said: Say, boss
don't you think it would be good
thing to let these cows out and give
them little exercise?' He had always
worked for men who gave their COWS
q good deal of exercise: they gener-
ally had straw stack. said Il did
not think they needed it. Well. he
thought they would be better, and !
thought it was an opportunity to teach
him q lesson. There were two rows
of cows, eight in each row. Is giving
milk and one dry, and I said: You
can let the cows out If you have a mind
to- It was q nice, warm morning, and
the snow was melting little outside.
He said: r will let this stable out
first No. I said. turn out both these
rows He said: There will be an aw-
full run; we will never get them in.
He turned them out, and the cows
backed out; and went out just the same
as they would If they had been turned
out every day, and every one of them
went out in that way till we came to
the dry one, and she went out with a
jump; and when the others saw her
running. they thought they would take
run, and they ran across the barn
yard four rods, and then they began
to stop and look around as much as to
say: We'll, this is not very ladylike,
and every one of these cows went into
the stable inside of ten minutes.
told him to let the doors remain open,
and not drive any Of them in, and they
all went in except the one that was
dry. That was about the first of Feb
ruary, and these COWS had not been
out Of the stalls from the 9Th day of
December. I think If the dairy COW
required a good deal of exercise these
COWS would have required it. They
were giving good lot of milk and
were well fed. have not very much
hesitation in saying the dairy COW does
not require very much exercise. She
has a great deal Of exercise In working
up the product she consumes in the
milk"
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ODD BITS PROM ABROAD.

Close to Blackfriars bridge. London,
10 an eel market whore eels are sold
by the handful. the price being "four-
pence q grab"
Jane Cheesman, aged 80. who died
recently In Somerset, England. had
never spent Z night out of the cottage
In which she was born and died.
In the village Of -Meavy. Dartmoo-.
England, is an old oak which was
iourishing in the reign Of King John.
and Is still dourishins, though sup
ported by stout props.
A Milford Haven (England) trawle1
recently landed IL fine sturgeon.
caught in ono haul. Some Of theIa
were six feet long Such a catch has
never been known previously.
When the kaiser drove through
Hamelin, recently, hundreds Of chill
dren stood along the route. dressed
either as rats or in the picturesque
costume of the famous "Pied Piper's"
period.
The British war department recent
~ granted a 99-year-old veteran Of the
Cri1aean war pension OF IN cents Q
day. He had been receiving "outdoos
relief" and the authorities At once
cut 1t down to the extent Of Is cents
q week..
Four of tho cannon taken from the
French OF Finisterre in 1747 by Al
miral Boscawen now I'LL the lowly. II
useful, roles Of curb posts and lang
posts in front Of the house No. 2. st
James square. London. of Boscawen'a
descendant, Lord Falmouth.
Mchterey's state prison at Cettinga
Is the principal square Of the city
The prisoners. merely deprived n
weapons, roam about the square II
will during the day. At night they are
shut up in a spacious room in thu
town hall. They do not think OF try
Ing to escape.
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BUYING MILK FOR CHEESE.
PAYMENT on the Basis Of Fat It Con-
tains II Fair for All Parties
Concerned.

Cheese factories are rapidly changing
in many parts Of tho country to the
method of purchasing their milk by the
Babcock test, paying for it according to
tho amount Of fat it contains. This Is az
it should be. The old idea that the
amount of fat in the milk had nothing
to do with the amount of cheese it would
make is entirely erroneous; and besides,
1t tends to develop poor conditions 10:
both cheese factory and patrons. When
patrons come to realize that the amount
of cheese made Is dependent upon the
amount of fat in the milk, those who are
producing good milk will demand that
their milk be paid for on fat basis.
otherwise the man with the poor milk
will receive part of the returns that
should come to them.
Prof. e. H. harrington says that for
every pound of butter-fat contained In
100 pounds of milk 2.6 pounds Of cheese
can be made. Thus, milk with three per
cent. fat in it would make cheese that
would weigh 7.S pounds, while II the
butter-fat amounted to four pounds In
100 pounds of milk, that is, was what we
call four per cent. milk, the amount OF
cheese made would be 10.4 pounds. Prof.
harrington is an expert in these matters
and his figures are probably as accurate
as can be obtained. They demonstrate
very forcibly the advisability Of buying
by the test even for cheese making.
Moreover, the quality of the cheese Is
Influenced by the quantity of fat in the
milk as the greater the per cent. of fat
in the milk the richer the cheese. Pay
ment for the milk on the fat basis will
cause an effort to breed for a richer
quality of milk, and this will react upon
the average quality of cheese from that
factory, enabling it to bring a better
price on the market and in the end will
result in higher prices for the milk
Like many other farm operations, in
studying the effect of a given action, We
must look beyond the immediate effect
If we would realize the full possibilities.
Prairie Farmer.
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SHORT AND SHARP.

To-day's worry is the result Of yester-
days neglect. :st- ....
Some women sweeten their tea with
gossip, instead Of sugar.
There should be law to prohibit peo-
pie from impersonating actors on the
stage. -5 -
Many a man and woman are married
and live happily even after securing
divorce.
It is q woman's fondness for change
that prevents many a husband from
leaving any in his pocket.
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began to fear that I would never get
well, Afriend advised me to try Doan's
Kidney Pills. Within q week after, !
began using them I was so much better
that + decided to keep up the treat
ment, and when had used little over
two boxes 7 was entirely we'll. have
now enjoyed the best of health for
more than four months, and words can
but poorly express my gratitude"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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cistern, use the SIM
pie expedient shown
herewith. Attach a
small cord to the
lip where the han
die is attached to
one side Of the pail,
and pass 1t through
q loop made In the
pail rope. Pull on
the small cord to
tilt the pail when
it rests upon the
water. When full,
pull on the pail
rope, the two lines
then being grasped
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Many Varieties Of Butter.

Some queer uses are made Of the
name butter. "Paraffin butter' IL
made out Of wood .tar.sxxd sSea-butter
is dsseslbed as follows: shea-butter
IL exported from East India and Africa
and is made from the kernel Of Bassia
parkii. This kernel is Of the size Of a
walnut and surrounded by a heshy cap
sule which Is edible. The tree attains
a height Of about Is to IS feet The
fat is rather tough in consistency and
sticky, varying from white to greenish
gray in color, and is rather rich in
stearine. ''"
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though Mr.. Lester did not. Well, he
put it there, wherever it was, and it
brings in an income that would make
your head dizzy. He is willing to put
up the money to save us, and all be-
cause he wants to marry you. AS soon
as he sees you and gets your consent
your father will have enough to put
him where he was in business. Your
father told him that he need have no
doubt of your consent. You never have
been disobedient and you certainly
would not begin now when SO much
depends upon you. How could live
in a seventh story fiat OH some I'M
known street and co my hair myself?
Are not you glad that you can save mo
from it,"
Myrta leaned out and dropped some
thing into the water. She fingered a
moment gazing after it as If she might
be wishing that she could follow it.
1t cleaned in sparkling shades of red
as it fell. She wondered If It would
hide away in the wreck Of lost ship
down at the bottom of the sea, and if
a diver would bring it up into the sun
again some day and if it would sparkle
on the finger of girl happier than the
one who drowned it in the waves.
EYES," she said, family.
Her mother drew her into her arms
and embraced her with languid affec-
ton more like the real article than she
had ever before bestowed upon her.
what a mistake I have made all
these years! I have regretted that l
had not q son instead of daughter.
I see now how much more real value
there is in girl What boy could save
his family in such crisis by the sim
pie and beautiful process Of walking
up a church aisle in clouds of wonder.
full lace, surrounded by a wilderness Of
lovely flowers, and murmuring few
words in a shy, pretty way, and then
going of to do the grand tour of the
world? You ought to see the exqui.
site prayer book Mr.. Lester has bought
for you to carry-all pearl and silver
and the inscription in diamonds. Isn't
it glorious to be girl?"
Suppose so? You will know so
when you. see that prayer book and
costume. We ordered the gown in
Paris and Felix said it was the most
elegant thing he had ever created. We
could afford to do the handsome now
that we are in such luck. Your hus'
band can never say that you came to
him a beggar If we have been on the
| verge of ruin"
It all came back to Mrs. Lester as
the carriage rolled along-the low, sad
music of the last farewellzand the face
that looked out from the white moon.
light Of that night IN Paris She had
never again seen that face until
Here we are. Are you asleep? No
wonder, after that stupid play
enough to set the wholestswnsasISep!s'
L.. She saitshted ron the carriage and
Followed the burly figure Of her hus-
band up the steps. In the doorway she
turned and looked out into the pale,
star-swept east.
BY and by the dawn would glimmel
over that horizon and a new day would
begin-a long, dull, wearisome day, so
like all the other days that 1t would
not be known from any yesterday that
ever was.
y
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By the Sad Sea.

The landlord Of the Coral inn WA
showing ths ,a z!s4.ss through tho
And our sun parlors," she said,
proudly, "are for any disease"
GLOW about lover" asked the Wis
itors.
"Oh, We have moon parlors fol-
that, you know" - Chicago Daily
News.
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ct is then easily and quickly brought
to the surface. The device is a most
excellent one, especially in small wells.
Orange Judd Farmer.
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1. THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE.
Mr.. 8. ". Marine, Of Colorado SPRING.,
Began To- Fear the Worst Doan's
Kidney Pills Saved Her.
Mrs. Sarah Marine, Of 42s st. Urain

s t., Colorado
Springs, Colo,
writes:
i" I suffered
for three years
with severe
backache. The
doctors told mo
my kid n 70
were affected
and prescribed
medicines for
me, but I found
thatit was only
waste of time
and money to
take them and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Cement TROUGH FOR COWS
The Invention Of a Wisconsin Dairy
man Who Considers It Of Con-
siderable Practical Value.

My COW managers are made Of cement
and are built as shown in the accom-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
And Often In.

A flirt is a girl who is afraid she will
be. left at the post--Chicago Daily
News.
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WATER DRAWING DEVICE.
Simple Expedient Which IL Of Great
Practical Value, Especially
for Small Wells.

To tilt the pail when drawing water
from a well. or when battling out q
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slanting on the side next the cows.
The trough, G, and top of rack, d,
slant toward the cows one-haK inch
to the left. The gutter, a, is nearly
level with the cows.-Charles Edmin-
ster, in Farm and Home.
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or less tr0uD'o
r e s u | t III g |
waste of feeo
from their con-
tinual crOWding
~~l NJ
f[EE[lE[[

get rid Of this trouble I built light
stanchion on the plan shown in the cut.
The upright pieces, a, which form the
lock, are Of 1x4-inch stun. The dis
lance from the top piece, which may be
2x4, to the bottom piece is three feet
six inches. For the smaller calves
stanchions are four inches apart where
their necks are placed. The upright, q,
when open, as shown at c, rests against
the rigid plank, b. Such a~line Of
stanchions can be put up almost any
where in stables, yard or field, at little
cost, and after using them for a time
the builder will appreciate the time
saved as well as the economical bene-
fits secured.-Paul Svenson, in N. E.
Homestead. 80
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FEED CALVES SEPARATELY.
How to Build a Stanchion Which 70
Sure to Prevent Loss Of VAL
liable Grain.

Where there is q large bunch of
calves to be fed there is always more
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panylng cut. Inc
atform, b, is
made of plank.
The timber, e, to
which the swing
stanchion is fas-
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