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WHERE THE BLACKB1RD SINGS.

Down the quiet country road, before you reach
the lofty ridge,
Where the birch tree, first awakened to the
mornings low breath, swings,
| oftimes sit in silence on the small moss COW
Near the little shady nook where the black
bird sings.
| There the spreading trees meet DER me, and
hear no harsh voice calling,
Whilst his sweetness to my fancys dream a
sacred feeling brings,
| As it mingles with the ripping of the brook
DER pebbles falling.
In the little shady nook where the black
bird sings.
There the ivy climbs the highest of the lofty
trees beside me,
And the bluebell like carpet in the early
summer springs;
In the thorn need but Chamber, and the
snowy bloom would hide me
In the little shady nook where the black
bird sings.
Where the trout, his supper seeking, in the
sunny beam is leaping,
And the pool is brought to life again in
many glistening rings,
When the day seems growing fainter, and the
shadows onward creeping,
In the little shady nook where the black
bird sings.
When the swallows dart like spirits under
meath the narrow arches,
And the air sweet perfume like the al
mond round me filings,
And dream Of holy quiet as I watch the
feathery larches
In the little shady nook where the black
bird sings.
Oh, If could only tell you what unbroken
heartfelt pleasure
Ever waits me in this spot. to which my
thought 80 fondly clings,
You would follow me, nor wonder tits nv only
pleasant leisure,
BY the little shady nook where the black
bird sings!
London Societu.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
How She Described 1t.

He was bald headed old bachelor,
whose heart had been touched for the first
time with the tender passion.
"Then you CONFESS" he said, in
trembling voice, "that you like me lit
tle-that you admire certain qualities of
my heal9''
"Yes," shyly responded the young
lady.
"And may ask" he continued in a
voice of emotion, "what those qualities
area"
II can hardly explain" said the young
lady, bashfully: "but think it is because
your headis so melllfuent-I can't express
it more clearly" a
''And you can never know how ap-
preciate your high opinion" exclaimed
the happy bachelor, as he pressed her
hand.
He didn't knowj just what "melliluent''
meant, but he was sure it was the syno-
nym for somethin. grand and enobling,
and when he babe her good, night, he
rushed eagerly home, excitedly took down
the dictionary, and fevcrishly turned to
the endearing word. His blood changed
to ice as he read:
'Smooth, soft, mellow
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what the proper letters should be, and
whether it should be on sheep-skin or
chicken parchment.
Getting Over Yellow Fever.

L., an army doctor, noted for his vora-
cious appetite, was quartered IN King
ston, Jamaica. and there got yellow fever.
Bleeding, calomel, blisters, and the other
stereotyped remedies of the day, failed
to k II him, as they were killing scores
around; The pulled through, physicians
notwithstanding. One morning, during
early convalescence, the highest medico-
military authority OF the island came to
see him. elm awfully hungry" says
the sick man. I'D like frst-rate din
ner to-day-some pepper-pot, mountain
mullet, ducks and green peas, a black
crab or two, and q jorum Of sangaree.' y
The Inspector General is dumbstruck at
the nature and extent of his subordlnate's
menu. He shakes his head. "Gad, sir,
it would kill you, certainly kill you.
Take some chicken broth, a little panada,
and one glass-no more-of Madeira.
Ducks and green peas! Black crabs !!
Black death, sir!'' and he goes his way.
But L. sends for his cook; and al
though that functionary cannot get all
the delicacies his master orders, does
manage to secure the birds and the vege-
tables, which l.. eats to the last fragment,
washes down with full allowance Of
sangaree, sleeps, and wakes in the morn
ing like giant refreshed. Then comes
the chief for his customary VISIT, feels
his patients pulse, makes the usual pro-
fessional inquiries, and is quite satisfied
with his condition. "Ah!' he says, "bet-
ter, decidedly better in all respects ;
cool, quiet, normal. Now, my dear fell
low, if you had eaten those things you
wanted, and more especially ducks and
green peas, we would have been, as
told you. measuring your coffin this morn
ing, and playing the Dead March in
Saul at your funeral at shutdown this
evening. Good-'lay; you'll be at your
duty SOON" And he was. But, having
told the story and raised the laugh the P.
NJ: Q. principle Medical Officer, that ad-
ministrator sent him to vegetate at one of
the most remote and out-of-the-way sta
tons in the command, where even ordi-
nary beef and yams we're scanty and
ducks and green peas impossible.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
A Mystery.

Two. darkies had bought piece Of
pork, and Sam, having no place to put
his in, entrusted the whole to julius
keeping. Next morning they met, when
Julius said:
"a most strange thing happened at my
house last night, Sam. All mystery to
me-"
"Ah, Julius what was data"
"Well, Sam, this mo1nin' I went down
into the cellar to get a piece of pork for
breakfast, and I put my hand down into
the brine, and felt all round, but no pork
dere-all gone-couldn't tell what be
went with it; so I turned up de barrel,
and, Sam, sure as preachin', de rats eat q
hole clear fru de bottom OBJ de barrel, and
dragged de pork all out"
"Why didn't dc brine run out Oh de
hole9"
"Ah, Sam. dat is de mystery.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07

Mile Felice Maxy, who lives on the
farm of Pentecote, on the Belgian frontier,
was on the point of being married when
she received letter from IN old sutton,
asking her to reconsider the matter, and
send him an immediate reply. A postage
stamp was gallantly inclosed to pay the
cost of transmission. The answer was
duly written, Mile Maxy applied the
stamp to her lips. but hardly had she
done so when she felt sharp pain in her
tongue, and in less than no time that in
teresting member became horribly elon-
gated and 1nAamed, ard covered with
noisome sores. The disconsolato one,
Alfred Camin by name, a farmer at Pich-
on, in the Nord, has been arrested; but
he declares that he used no noxious drug,
but simply moistened corner of the
stamp to his own lip-a delicate way of
stealing kiss. Such is the state of the
case as it stands at present.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
PulVeriZing the Soil.

Long experience has shown that the
practice of frequent stirring of the soil
among hoed crops, has rendered to coun-
teract the retalding influence of drouth.
1u the first place, the operation increases
the growth of the plants, and sends their
roots deeper into moist soil below. In
some experiments, cultivating the corn
crop, once week or oftener, he added
twenty bushels per acre to the product.
More commonly the gain, although de-
clded, has not been quite so great, the
results varying with the fertility of the
soil, and with the wetness of the season.
Examination OF the soil some inches be-
low the surface in dry time, shows much
more moisture under mellow surface
than at the same depth in hard baked
soil. 1t is probable that in some in
stances the finely pulverized earth would
dry less rapidly if pressed or rolled than
If left quite loose and porous. But hard
ened by baking, after being soaked with
water, the reverse would be unquestiona-
bly, true.
In many parts Of the country, crops
are now suffering frem drouth, and the
course of treatment here indicated would
tend to lessen its injurious effects. Fol
corn it is generally admitted; but for DO.
tatoes it Is less understood It 1s true
that the potato crop has been seriously
injured by hoeing, when the earth wa
hot and dry, the soil being heaped abou
the plants. Killing POTATOES is Away
more or less hurtful, as different expert.
ments have shown.
We have never found an instanc,
where potatoes, after being planted fou
or five inches deep, in a good bed O
mellow earth, did not give a heavie
yield when cultivated fiat, than whel
side by side the earth was thrown VI
against them. Farmers who fear the ef
fccts of drouth, may lessen them b,
keeping mellow surface by the frequen
passage of the cultivator, and by keepln,
the surface fiat They may boone casil;
satisfied on this point by treating alter
nate strips of land in both ways, ant
measuring the crops.-Country Gentle
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07

wept in the one, and the youthful Marie
Antoinette, unconscious Of the tragic
times In store for her, smiled, radiant
with happiness, in the other.
AS mother the Empress Eugene has
proved herself worthy of her high mis-
sion, and of the solemn trust reposed in
her: tor, however gentle her character,
however tender her general disposition,
she never shrank from enforcing the dis
cipline essential to the education of her
son, the Prince Imperial, whose tragic
death may prove the immediate cause of
her own.
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An Amended Proposition.
.om tho Fp-ak. fNev , Seminal

From the Eureka (Nev.) Seminal.
1t occurred in Bodie, that city Of whis-
ky, wealth and wickedness. A case was
on trial in the Justices court and during
recess one Of the interested parties ap-
preached juror and said:
''Say, boss, if that ar suit goes agln me
I'm nigh on $4,000 loser in mineral prop
erty. Now, I'll give you an even $500
to hang that jury"
The incorruptible scion of American
liberty reflected a moment and replied:
"It'd be cussed onsartin job for one
man to take rope and strangle that hull
gang an I'm afraid afore I got through
I mout dance Jig under it myself; but
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
A Clergyman Who Ought to be En-.
cOuraged.

Not long since clergyman within
four thousand miles of the Connecticut
river resi- ned his charge. He was q
preacher of more than average ability,
strong, original thinker. a good writer,
and man Of unblemished character.
Soon afterwards leading member of
his church, deacon, was met by we'll
known Hartford divine, and something
like the following conversation ensued:
81 was sorry to hear that Brother Blank
had resigned. have always liked him.
He is regarded as very able man isn't
heg"
SWELL, ye-es," (hesitatingly). O.,
ye-es he's an able man."
"But he is first-rate preacher, ism he?''
"We-l-l, ye-es; he's a very good preach
err"
sand he's man of the highest Chris
tan character so we have always thought
here.,'
We'll: ye-cs; o, ye-es, he's good
Christian
"But there must be something the mat
ter, deacon? Why do you hesitate so
and say Well, ye-es?' Has Broth er
Blank been guilty of any thing wrong?
I know of a church that think he is
just the man for, and mean to recon-
mend him very highly. Have you any
reason to suppose that he would not give
satisfaction!'
swell, doctor, Mr.. Blank is all you
say about HIM, but I'm afraid he's not
calculated to make a successful pastor in
the country"
"Why not, deacon? You surprise me
very much"
swell, I will tell you one reason. Mr..
Blank lived next to a neighbor whose
hens and chickens troubled him very
much by digging up his garden. He
spoke about it several times, but it did
no good; those fowls kept in his garden
all the time. And what do you think
he did? Instead of shooting some of
them or building high fence around his
garden, he came to Hartford and bought
the best game. cock he could find, and
took him home and turned him loose in
the garden. The next day that neighbor
heard a great commotion among the
poultry, and when he looked over the
fence there were ali his hens and chick
ems lying in windroes, and the game-cock
walking over the bodies and Growing.
Now, you can't say that that was I'M
christian conduct, but it was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks useful
ness in that section
And when the Hartford divine heard
the full extent of Brother Blanks ofense,
he roared with Misunderstanding laughter
which might have been heard at Talcott
tower, and said that any clergyman who
could devise SO efectual method of dis
posing Of his neighbor' chickens deserved
an additional diploma, and he wondered
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07

REMEDY FOR INSECT B1TRs.-The best
remedy for the sting of insects arc those
which instantly neutralize the poison de-
posted in the skin. These are either
ammonia or borax. The alkellne reac-
ton Of borax is scarcely yet sufficiently
appreciated. Its good qualities will be
known and more universally valued than
ammonia. The solution of b0rax for in
sect bites is made thus: Dissolve one
ounce of borax in one pint of water that
has been boiled and allowed to cool. In
stead of plain water, distilled rose water
or orange flower water is more pleasant.
The bites are to be dabbed with the solu-
ton so long as there is any irritation.
For bees or wasps' stings the borax So
luton may be made twice the above
strength. In every farm house this So
luton should be kept household rene
dy.-S, Piesse.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
Lay On, Macduf."

( San Francisco Post.
Old Bazembee was returning from thu
club the other evening, when, as he flung
up his overcoat on the hall hat-lack, and
prepared to go up stairs, he heard such
strangely excited v"ices in the front par.
lor that he paused to listen. A voice
that he recognized at once as belonging
to that fast-looking young Snyder he had
warned Maria to lie careful about, said
CONTEMPORARY:
"Peace, woman. and worry me no long.
er by your reproaches, tell you the day
of my wedding with Alice Montressor is
fixed, and by heaven, nothing shall pre-.
vent our union!'
Could these words be addressed to his
own daughter? Yes, it was Maria's Sob
| checked tones that replied:
"This, then is the reward for my sac
rifice my devotion. Ruined and forsak-
en-, you taunt me with your latest con
| quest. Monstcr--onwaru."
1t only required second for Bazembee
to rush up the stairs and get his shot gun
out of the closet. The next moment he
burst into the parlor with blazing eyes
and, hurting the black-hearted betraye1
to the floor, he placed the muzzle of his
breach-loader at his temple, kissing:
william, s ear to me that you will
make an honest woman of this poor duped
angel, or will strew the floor with your
devillish bralns!'
"Hoorayp' shouted young Snyder, sit.
ting up and clapping his hands. That's
way up. Magnif! Sperlendidy''
Beautiful, papa. Encorel Encore
Bravo!" added Maria, dellghtedly, "Nev.
ersaw anything better at Baldwin's."
eve were go afraid that you would ob.
ject to my taking part in the private the.
atricals. Ma said you'd never listen to it
But you act better than any Of us--doesn',
he Bobby?"
"You bet,' replied Bobby fervently
"Guess you must have been regula,
amateur Macready once STRIP
Then Mr.. Bazembee coughed and wiped
hi, forehead, and mumbled about his
having seen good deal Of that sort Of
thing when he was young, and that Maria
must he sure to take in the mat when he,
young friend had gone, and then went up
to bed and dreamed he was playing an
outraged community to crowded houses
all night.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
A French Joke.

"Ah,' says one gentleman to another
at the club, $50 you've had the misfor-
tune to lose your nephew2"
eyes, poor fellow. He would gamble,
In spite Of all the doctors told him about
avoiding excitement when he was subject
to heart disease; and the other night
while he was playing I'm petit jeu de tire
"a little game of draw, and there was
about 10000 francs on the table, he sud
denly dropped his cards and fell over the
table, dead"
"Poor fellow! How sadr'
"Aye, you may we'll say how sad! He
had tour kings and an ace in his hand"
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Lady -'sWhy did you leave your last
place." Cook-"T imper, M 'um." Lady
Temper! But when I'm put out myself,
Is how that I'm annoyed Cook -"Oh,
I don't mind q m rose timper, m una
rivingeful hmper I likes; bat timper
as goes agg-nag-naggin', mornln', noon
and night, won't do with mel''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07

While stylish summer dresses are made
up OF contrasting colors, it is rule of
the season that the accessories must cor
respond in hue. Thus the parasol, fan,
sash and stockings are chosen all Of the
same prevailing tint, with reference to
that of the dress trimming. When there
are paniers brocaded in two colors, instead
Of sash, both Of these appear in the ar
ticles just mentioned. The simplest
gingham dress has Its Japanese fan Of
the gay hues Of the plaid, and the
llsle- thread stockings are flecked or
striped in similar tints.
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if it's all the same to you pard, I mout
wade in thar with a six-shooter an wipe
out the crowd. Thet'd be more to my
hand than hangin' and the job could be
done quicker. If that's satisfactory pro-
duce the coin and I'll get to work
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-18
ADVICE TO FARMERS, NO.. O.

Il F"rn.er after "Co,mty''-He adds
some Adrice.
EDITOR ADVANCE: AS I am 4
Farmer, shink the advice of "Coun-
ty' in your issue of Sept. 4, relates to
me as much as to amy one. He has
taken the right course at the right
time, just before the convention. I
read his advice over and I felt as the
hoy did when the jack kicked him. Az
ter the farmers elect these spindle leg
ged Wortl'ingtonians to Office in order
to keep them in bread and potatoes
and other vegetables, they return their
thanks by calling us farmers mullet
heads. Farmers. We will bear this in
mind on election day. We have lust
as smart men following the plow as
any Of the officials in this county now.
1t is seldom We call on the County
Officers for anything, and when we do.
we d" not wis', to be kicked about and
beat around and pass through the Lord
only knows how many issues Of q
newspaper. As far as have Travelled
[ never knew Of a County Board but
had majority Of farmers who knew
just what Il farmer can stand.
Now. Farmers, we have men AMONG
us who have brains enough to run the
county business at least as well as it
has been run. We don't wish to have
any more men in Office who are troub-
led with enlargement of the brain. 7
think County" about right in. calling
us mnllet heads. If we were not we
wouldn't have put him in Office.
A FARMER.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-18
Elk,

J. Darling and son have returned
from Blue Earth county where they
have been engaged OIL their farm.
We understand that Messrs. White,
Ashworth and Turner are going to en-
gage in the sheep business. We wish
them success.
We notice the editors Of the Worth
ington papers arr stirring up their de-
linquent subscribers. The move is /.
good one and we hope you will stick to
it and put them through. Your friends
will stand by you. and one hundred
good, paying subscribers will pay you
better than five hundred who never
pay. But the worst feature there is
about it is that the man who does pay
for his paper, pays for one Of two more.
"County' had better have stayed in
his hole than to have come out with his
last letter. Previous to that there
might haye been some who believed
him to be one of the county ring, nut
his letter places that body, as well as
himself, in such Il ridiculous light that
there is not !, man it the county but
will count ''County' all outsider and a
fraud. Dor.
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1VE'SI'SIDE.

oept. 10, 1910.
EDITOR ADVANCE: There are three
threshing machines running near this
place. fra Crosby is thresl,ing on sec.
16 OH Mr.. Grace's farm. Yield about
s or 10 bushels to the acre. This is
the best piece Of wheat raised in this
town. 1t was laid ut Is bushels to the
acre by every one that saw it.
There is a steam thresller at work on
sec. II near John Ellsworth. Yield
about 5 bushels to the acre.
Ira Gibson is threshing at John Els
worth's. Yield about 5 bushels. Mr..
G. has put down the price of thresI,ing
this fall cents Oh oats and / on wheat,
and he will get work in this town as
long us there is any threshing to do.
Mr.. e. came into this town three weeks
ago and threshed two jobs and gave
good satisfaction. The farmers were
not ready to thresh at that time and he
went into Rock county and did not
find veIy good picking and returned to
Westside. lie made up his mind that
two and three bushels to the acre did
not pay very we'll.
MIR. Whitney is threshing in Rock
county and near the Priestly place.
| Will get or 8 jobs. There are more
threslng machines than there is wheat
to thresh this year.
Farmers are completely discouraged
this fall and don't know which way to
turn themselves to pay debts and are
all 'nortgaged up and little or no wheat
to turn off to pay debts, and those who
are holding the mortgages are not will
ing to wait and say they wont. "You
must pay or | shall take your property
and sell it for YOU" That is pretty
hard, but if man gets his hand in the
lions mouth he must expect to &c,
bit. Would it not he Just as we'll &c
show the farmer Il little ]enity as tt
shut down on him and compel him r.
leave the county, which many of them
will do if they lose their property IN
der the mortgages? r. SIMMONS
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