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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
The Way Pickard Explains

The Way Pickard Explains II.
W. E. Price and family arrived from
Texas last Monday morning and viii
reside ON Mr.. Pickard's farm south
west Of Norman. Mr.. Price IL son
in.law Of Mr.. Pickard. In connection
with their arrival in Norman Is 8
good Joke on Mr.. Pickard, who wae
at the train to meet them. It was
quite dark when the train pulled in
and when the people began getting
of the train Mr.. Pickard saw q lady
with 4 child in her arms get OF, and
30 sure was he that it was his daugh
ter that he ran up, threw his arms
around her neck and kissed her, after
ward making the discovery that he
was mistaken as to the individual
He made due apology for his mistake
and later found his daughter and
kissed her, too.-Oklahoma Peoples
Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Eddies,
A foolish man never runs from a
woman until she has the lariat around
his neck.
There is enough energy wasted an
nually in revenge to make ten per
cent. Of the avenged famous in some
legitimate line of endeavor.
The necktie salesman wants no bet
ter mark than a man in love.
The mule is an emotional creature
at both ends.
There are always as big fish In the
sea as those that have not been
caught by the unlucky fisherman.
Yesterday saw in newspaper the
heading, 'sVirtue in Prunes," but hav.
ing a regular boarding place, !
skinned hurriedly on.
A writer's train of thought is fire.
quently sidetracked by the copy boy
yelling for copy.
In the olden days we used to speak
of the custom as keeping a hired
girl" We know better now; they
won't stay.
A married man would never think
Of offering his wife penny for her
thoughts. He knows he will get her
whole mind without asking.
You can't tell the age of man by
his store teeth.
Some young fellows seem to think
good letter of recommendation
shOuld do half the work after thew get
the jobs.
In New York society women are
having their poodles dyed to suit the
costume of the mistress. Wonder
how a peroxided (pardon the verb)
poodle dog would look?
Signs of the times: $$$$$.
Frequently men are brave merely
because their bluffs have not been
called.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Bigelow
From the Signal.

From the Signal.
Miss Gertrude Dow, of Worthing.
ton, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Carrie Graves, from Thursday
evening until Tuesday morning.
John H. Scott is making some i'm
provements on his farm in Ransom
in the way Of a new sheep shed and
hog house. He is also having his
house papered and painted. John
believes in keeping his property up
in the best possible shape, as he gets
better returns from the place.
Ole Lundberg, of Worthington,
transacted business in our town
Wednesday afternoon. He owns a
farm in the northeast part of the
township, but seldom gets to our
town.
Worthington went against the sa-
loon at the election by a majority OF
forty-three. Last year the vote
went for license by about seventy.
The Sunday meetings did a vast
amount of good for Worthington in
this one instance. We hope the
temperance people will not think
the battle is entirely won but will
make the town a dry one in fact as
we'll as in name.>
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Church union has received q de-
cided impetus in that wicked city,
Chicago. The Congregationalists,
United Brethren and Methodist Pro-
testant churches of fourteen states
are formed into one large religious
organization to be known as the
united chruches. The unification
of the three churches brings togeth-
or more than 100000 commun1-
cants, and the new church will be
the fifth largest organization in the
United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
Brewster.

BreWater.
From the Tribune.
ID. Wells left Sunday afternoon
for St. Paul, and on Monday went
from that place to Sandwich. Ill ON
business and pleasure trip. He
will visit with his people at Sand
witch and with his wife's people at
Leland and will return home the
last of the week.
All the members OF the faculty of
the Brewster Graded School have
been engaged for another year, at
increased salaries.
Berenice Irene, infant daughter
of R.B.Nelson and wife, aged about
! 1 months, died Sunday afternoon
after short Illness.
Death at any time is a sad and
solemn thing, but when a mother
passes away, leaving two helpless
little ones, as in the case Of Mrs. AL
bert Hagerman who died early last
Monday morning, the sorrow is too
deep for expression. Mrs. Hager-
man had scarcely begun to recover
her strength after the birth of her
little daughter two weeks ago,
when she wa attacked by a compli-
cation Of diseases which eliminated
in typhoid fever. The funeral was
held Tuesday at the Methodist
Church.
Herman Baumgart and Miss Alma
Ihrke were united in marriage by
Rev. 81. J. Mueller at the German
Lutheran Church Wednesday noon.
A notable event in the lives of
Mr.. and Mr.. Meier was their 25th
wedding anniversary last Friday
and the affair was celebrated by the
many their friends at their home in
this place, in an appropriate man
ner. A large number of guests were
present, among the number being
Mrs. Meier's brother and four sisters
and their families from Elberon
and Keystone, Iowa, Mr.. Meier's
brother and his family from Utah
and also the Henry lver's family |
from RushmOre.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
The Soma of the Trusts.

When April first draws near each year
We speak of April fools
Pray, don't we fool 'em all the time,
In spite Of golden rules?
We put our bricks upon the street
And hide them meath a hat!
Ho! Ho! Just see that sucker man
Who gave the brick bat!
There is no April first with us,
There is no season closed
We hunt for fools the whole year round
And never yet have dozed!
We bait our hooks with meat and bread.
We bait our hooks so fly
That every fool must bite the thing
Or else lie down and die!
It's April first with us right now,
It's always April one!
We fool 'em left. we fool EN- right,
TIL everyone is done!
We are the trusts that rule the land,
So kick our brick a bat
OF course you know the brick is there
But you've got to kick the hat!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

1t did not appear last. Saturday
that the farmers are boycotting the
town because they cannot get liquor
here. The town was crowded with
farmers all day, and they spent
their money freely, too. It is an
insult to the average farmer to in
sinuate that he is so lacking in
good sense and self-respect that he
will be actuateed by such motives.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
RushmOre.

From the Enterprise.
A real estate deal was made
last week through the Rushmore
State Bank whereby Ole johnson
sold his 80 acres in the southeast
quarter, section 8, Dewald, to Geo
Greig.
DR.. Carrel and W. E. Roberts
made a deal Tuesday whereby the
doctor traded his stock of patent
medicines and drug sundries and
some vacant lots in the south part
OF town to Mr.. Roberts for an i'm.
proved 80 acre farm in Todd county.
Miss Mamie McGlashen, of Edger-
ton, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. I've Baird, south of town.
John Mct'hord was at Luverne
one day last week negotiating fer
the purchase of an automobile. In
case he is appointed carrier on
the new mail route to be started
from the Rushmore postoftice May
LIST. he figures on using an auto
mobile instead of horses.
Mrs. Judd, of McIntire, Iowa, a
sister OF Mrs. j. C.Thom, has rented
j. B. Ludlow g house north of the
Presbyterian Church, and will move
here about April LIST, to make her
home. Mrs. Judd owns the north
east quarter OF section 10, Olney
township, and comes here 80 as to
be nearer her property.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

~ - II the railroads try to punish the
people for adopting two cent rate,
they may have to give a one cent
fare before the fight is over.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
norsemen, Attention!

When you want horse bills that
are written right and printed right
and with Reasonable charges, como
to the Advance Office. We print
them and guarantee our work. An
ad in the Advance will 60 into the
homes of hundreds Of farmers every
week.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

By this time the trusts and the
railroads must be regarding white
wash as one of tho necessaries Of
life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Could the floods of the East have
been caused by the enormous
amount of water squeezed out of the
railroad stOck9
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

When the last congress closed
sevent-two very lame ducks went
sadly home from the House. They
died of stand patism.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

If they can ever make battleship
that will kill as many of the enemy
as it does of it's own crew. it will be
q grand success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

The Republican members of the
Iowa legislature favor a third term
for Roosevelt. Maybe they are too
young to remember what happened
to the third term ambition in 1875,
but it is long cry from Grants to
Roosevelt's day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
MOBILES COUNTY NOTES

DR.. Spaulding, of Luverne, was
in town Monday night on his way
home from Wjlmont. where he
had been to perform an operation
on a one day old baby.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Harry Thaw must be pleased at
the assurance of JerOme's experts
that he is not crazy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

OF course, the railroads build up
the country, but they would not do
much business unless they had the
people and the products to carry.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
E6E'|i;:;||;!IE|i''(g}|g'|a!!lb

Accidents Will Happen.
Where the light was low and dim,
In the Railways shrouded glim,
He kissed her!
True, the kiss was not for her
And she gasped a frigid, SIR"
When he kissed her!
And still-ever since there's been low
light
In that hallway every night!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
A Warming.

o, robin, first robin, Of INTERCHANGEABLE
seven,
Don't HE thee quite yet to tho North's
frigid life;
The Frost King viii ticket your spirit
to heaven
his wife! l : -
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
verv Proud.

OF all the stuck up things know.
Despite united knocks,
The worst is seen in berry time
The bottom of the box!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

This beautiful spring weather
brings lots of spring poetry, but
unfortunately comes too late to be
used as fuel and some of itwon't
keep till fall.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
Great Subscription Offer.

We have made arrangements with
the Farmers Tribune a weekly agri-
cultural journal published at Sioux
City, Ia, whereby we are enabled
to offer our readers a very attractive
SUBSCRIPTION offer. It is one of the
strongest weekly farm papers in the
northwest and every farmer in this
and adjoining counties can profit by
reading it's columns. It is ably ed
tied and each issue contains timely
and interesting articles with refer
enoe to various lines of farm work.
also a strong home department
which will be especially interesting
to our lady readers. The Farmers
Tribune is one of those papers which
stops when the subscriptions ex-
pire. Read carefully our announce
ment which appears in this issue.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

The accumulation of evidence that
the people of Brownsville did not
shoot up Themselves, is likely to
force Foraker to make his presiden-
tial campaign on the platform Of
justice for the prosecuted trusts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Look through your pocket change
at once. There g a counterfeit 80
600 bill floating around.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Don't let the baby suffer from &C.
zema, sores, or any itching Of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives in
slant relief; cures quickly. Per-
fectly safe for children. All drug
gists sell it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Braggo, the Monk, he did it all
with his little globule--of course
he did.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Nashville, Chattanooga and Mem
phis are the only saloon towns left
in Tennessee, and some people are
gnashing their teeth over the dan
ger of the capitol.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

The highest up artist is not always
the best. Sometimes they climb high
because rent is cheaper in the loft.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Secretary Loeb must have 4 Won
derful supply of patience, if, by this
time he isn't tired of shooting the
Roosevelt Third term boom off the
White House porch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29
Poetic Editor.

Poetic Editor.
The rain stays not with US long;
sunlight soon makes bright apologize,
Tor it, and holds torch to the ole
world as she plunges through space
ATLANTA Constitution.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-29

Old Fashioned Toothpicks.
Several centuries ago it was con-
sidered fashionable to carry silver
toothpicks suspended round the neck
by g. chain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
Breeding Animals.

A feature in breeding live stock Is
the temptation which constantly men
aces the breeder to sell his best AMI
mails. The trend of public demand is
for the best, and as animals of extra
quality will command nearly double
that of inferior grades, the breeder
is constantly tempted to sell the tops
ticularly the case in breeding horses.
The buyer when he visits the farm is
attracted by the better animal and
bids an attractive price for it, while
the stock of common quality is neg
lected. Perhaps with the breeder he
is compelled to lose the opportunity
of sale or else part with the best horse
On the farm.
In the improvement of all classes
Of live stock only the best animals
should be retained for breeding pur-
poses. While a good sire will impart
extra quality to his progeny, it is
conceded that the dam has much to
do in governing the quality of the
foal. 1t is an unwise policy to place
all the burden of improvement on the
sire and condemn the stallion if the
foals out of ordinary mares are not Of
superior quality. In the era OF low
prices farmers made the mistake of
selling their best mares for CONNER
cial use or export, and find them
handicapped now when values have
reached the highest level in the his
tory of the industry.
Consumers want the best horses
that methodical breeding can pro-
duce, and the farmer to supply this
demand must retain his best mares
for breeding purposes. It is bad
economy to sell the best mare on the
farm. even at strong price, for if
stinted to good sire she will repro
duce herself in her progeny and in a
few years the farmer will have sew
eral good horses for sale as against
none if he retains inferior animals for
breeding purposes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
AMAZING LIFE JOURNEY.
Champion Long Distance Traveller an
English Engine Driver.

Between 100000 and 5000 nm
miles is the amazing distance said "a
have been travelled by Mr.. TaTnas
Guest, the doyen of Great Northarn
express drivers, who has just retired
after half century of honorable serv.
ice. II this estimate Is at all accurate
Mr.. Guest is probably entitled to ranls
as the champion long-distance trav.
eler of the world, although he has han
formidable rival in Mr.. Benianoiy.
Jeans, who, during his 81 years, earv.
Ice as guard on the London q R;rkan
head express, Is credited with hav,ng
Travelled 100000 miles, or more tban
the equivalent Of 100 journeys round
the equator.
Mr.. John Higginbottom, a veteran
engine driver on the Midland railva,-
completed 100000 miles on the fco.
plate few years ago; and Mr.. Rosa,.
Maybank, who served SO years a. a..
CINE driver on the London e so,tb
western railway, and who was Arena,
on the train which brought the nrinca
of Wales to London Al years apo 60 -
meet his bride, Princess Alexandra = =
Denmark, was credited with 4 SIRIUS
record.-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
Cultivate Shallow This Year.

If the land has been well prepared
as advised in these columns, and is
filed with humus, only shallow Gull
tivation will be required. If, however,
you must cultivate deeply at any time,
let this be done at the first cultivation
before the roots of the plants have
taken full possession of the land;
then let each subsequent cultivation
be shallower than the preceding one.
This is to keep from cutting and in
juring the roots. II we expect to get
a maximum crop, we must take care
of the root system of the plant. Again,
to get a maximum crop we must en-
courage the roots to take complete
possession of all the land SO as to
take up and appropriate the available
plant food in the soil for plant use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
FARMER AND
PLANTER
POINTS ON FERTlLlzINe.
Every Farmer Should Have a Compost
Heap on the Farm.

There is a point in the intensive
system of farming that is overlooked
by many-namely, that nitrogen ex.
lists in free state in the atmosphere
and that it Is supplied gratuitously by
nature as a gift. 1t is determined by
scientists beyond dispute that certain
plants have the capacity of approprt-
attng nitrogen directly from the air
and that they take it with the roots
through the agency Of bacteria, VIXEN
washed down into the soil by the rain
Or by changing certain substances in
the soil into ammonia or nitric acid.
That soils do recuperate from i'm
poVerishment from frequent groupings
has been demonstrated by leaving
lands in fallow. 1t is a system prac-
ticed in the South, and they style it
letting the land rest The soil
gradually becomes covered with vege-
tation, which is turned under and the
ground is thereby gradually matured,
but the atmosphere is drawn upon for
nitrogen and some varieties of plants
are supplied largely from such source.
On farms that pursue no such sys-
tenn of rotation the farmer must re-
sort to complete manure or fertilizer,
one that contains within itself phos-
phoric acid, nitrogen and potash, for
unless he manages to aid his SOL by
resorting to natural sources the soil
will be deficient at some period when
he is not prepared for it. Milk and
stock, when used on the farm, remain
and the manure contains the fertiliz-
ing qualities. 1t is important then,
that this be carefully saved and add
ed to the soil evenly over the entire
surface, which cannot be dore by
hand. The modern manure spreader,
which Is not an expensive machine,
durable and perfect in it's operation,
broadcasts the manure evenly over
the surface of the ground in fine par
ticle which are easily mixed with the
soil and at once become available
plant foo6
Every farmer should have a COM
post heap, which should be a recep-
tacle for everything that goes to waste
on the farm. Potash, which enters into
the composition of every plant that
grows, is a very soluble substance
All it's compounds are soluble, but
plant foods are not soluble in some
substances on the farm that have not
been carefully disintegrated chemic-
ally and changed, hence the necessity
that manure be well decomposed The
solubility of all substances is the first
consideration that should be given by
the farmer when he proposes to use
them. Rarnyard manure is a perfect
natural fertilizer, but to be complete
it must be in such a condition that
before the maturity of the crop its in
gradients may be dissolved by water,
as plants are unable to use insoluble
substances as foods.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
THE STORY.

CAMUEL watched with more than
~ usual interest the preparations
which were going forward for the SOL
emn celebration of the Passover feast,
for not only was he to have part
in the celebration but he knew his
mother would come. 1t had been long
year to the young boy. His brave little
heart had found comfort in the
thought that he belonged to the Lord
and that he was in the temple to serve
him, but at times there was the hun
gering in his heart for the love and
comfort which only a mother knows
how to bestow. But she had faith
fully prepared him for the separation,
for from his earliest recollection she
had filled his heart and thought with
the place he was to take in the tenn
pie service, and when at last the
time had come that he was to 90 I'D
with her to Shiloh, childish sense of
the dignity and Importance made him
brave and willing to remain behind
while his mother returned home. AS
she had embraced him and pressed
warm, tender kiss upon his brow at
parting she had said:
Remember, son, against another
year will come hither to see thee.
See how much of good thou canst
have to tell me concerning thy serv-
ice in the Lords house."
He had often thought of the words
and they had comforted him in the
lonely hours and encouraged him
when his heart had grown faint and
weary with the monotonous routine of
the simple daily tasks. He had been
brave and steadfast and so ant and
faithful a student had he proved that
at last he had been included among
those who played upon the musical in.
struments in the temple service and
his first thought had been Of his
mother and how proud and pleased
she would be on her return at the
time of the feast now near at hand to
find him filing such a place.
So impatiently he had counted the
days until the first day of the feast.
He well knew that his mother would
come then and scarcely did sleep
come to his eyes the night before,
because Of the happy expectation
which filed his heart Before the
light had begun to break in the east
he had left his couch in the little tent
which adjoined that occupied by the
high priest Eli, and was waiting to ex-
tinguish the lights in the temple.
AS he stood there with eyes turned
towards the east watching eagerly for
the coming of the day, his mind went
back over the experiences Of the year.
He recalled his first day in the temple
service; of how strange and big it
seemed, and he had wondered Wheth-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-22
A Fishing Notebook.

! For several years it has been my
custom to keep on my desk memo
randum book, devoted entirely to fish
ing notes and bits of useful informa-
ton, gathered here and there, writes
Howard James in the Cutters Book.
On one page find a list of the friends
and neighbors to whom l hope to have
the pleasure of sending packages of
trout this season; on another find a
list of articles necessary to take on a
fishing trip. This has been increased
and diminished from time to time, till
it represents what l consider neces-
sary. The first time that / pack my
kit for the season, consult this, to
see that my outfit is complete, and
that nothing has been omitted. 1t is
the minor details that often occasion
much inconvenience, such as the tube
Of vaseline, the jar of mosquito dope,
the tooth brush, the waterproof match
box, or the housewife with needles,
thread and buttons. An angler must
be an orderly person or he will come
to grief.