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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
Comfort Ahead.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The other day a Detroit lawyer was wait
ed upon by woman about forty five Years
of age, who announced that the time had
come when she could no longer put up with
the conduct of her husband, and she had
decided to secure divorce. Some inquir-
les were made and questions answered, and
she promised to return at certain time and
pay fee and set forth her petition. She
appeared before the attorney on Friday and
announced her intention of withdrawing all
proceedings for her divorce.
"Has your husband promised to do bet
ter?" inquired the lawyer.
sob, yes. 1 think he'll lead very diff
erent life hereafter.
well, I'm glad Of it. What has he
promised to do?"
well, told you I was earning "a a
week at the washtub, and he was using up
every cent of it in cards and drinks!'
eyes"
81 had stood it as long as I could, sir, and
so came to you. When he found what I
had been up to he was willing to make
promises. se- - $50
and how did you fix it,"
"Well, sir, I keep right on washing and
earning 81 week, but instead of taking all
my money away, he has promised to get
along on $2.50a week and leave me twelve
shillings to run the house and buy clothes!
So, sir, you will stop the divorce, and
think see happiness and comfort ahead
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
Sudden Checking of Perspiration.

A Boston merchant, in Tending hand"
on board one of the ships on windy day,
found himself at the end of an hour and a
half we'll exhausted and pe1spiring freely.
He sat down to rest, and engaging in con-
versation, time passed faster than he was
aware of. In attempting to rise, he found
ne was unable to do so without assistance.
He was taken home and put to bed, where
he remained two years; and for long time
afterward could only hobble about with the
aid of a crutch. Less exposures than this
have in constitutions not SO vigorous result
ed in Inflammation Of the lungs 'pneumo-
MIA" ending in death in less than week, or
causing tedious. rheumatism, to be source
of torture for life time. Multitudes of
lives would be saved every year, and an in
calculable amount of human suffering would
be prevented, if parents would begin to ex.
plain to their children, at the age of three
or four years, the danger which attends
cooling off too quickly after exercise, and
the importance Of not standing still after
exercise or work or play, or Of remaining ex-
posed to the wind, or of sitting in an open
window or door, or of pulling off any gar
ment, even the hat or bonnet while heated.
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SAVED FROM AN AVALANCHE.
Two PrOspecOrs Escape a Terrible Death by
Ciinging to Slender Bushes.

Two Prospecors Escape Terrible Death by
Ciinging to Slender Bushes.
From the Leadville Democrat
There are almost daily accounts received
in this city Of narrow escapes made by pros
pectors in the mountains from the terrible
snowslides, more frequent this year than
for many years previous, and Messrs. A.
Lafave and Walter Sterrock, who reached
this city yesterday, give g1aphic descrip-
ton of their experience with one of the
white monsters well worth relating in print.
These two gentlemen are interested in
claims near the Mount of the Holy Cross,
and last Tuesday, while they were on their
way, on snow shoes, from the Holy Cross
Mountain to Red Cliff, they were struck by
snowslide, under the following circum-
stances They were descending the pre-
cipitous slope of French Mountain, which
is about 800 feet high, and when
about 300 feet from the top of the cliff,
which projects out from the summit Of the
mountain, they heard the strange, fearful,
indescribable sound which foretells the
coming Of the avalanche. They we're short
distance apart when they heard the sound,
and without stopping to look up or waste
moment in conjecture Lafave shouted to
Sterrock to grasp a bush protr,lding through
with strong grip sapling by which he was
standing. No man has ever yet described
an avalanche of snow. No imagination has
ever conceived one. It is monstrous
CHASTITY, terrible thing; literally death riding
on f. pale horse sweeping all before it with
blind, swift rage. When these two men,
standing on five feet of snow and shudder-
ing with the awful fear which the bravest feel
in the presence of impending death, grasp
ed the slender bushes on which they relied
to save them, they felt that they were in
the grasp Of a power against which
human strength and cunning availed
but little aid they closed their eyes
and bowed their heads to await the shock.
In an instant, like bolt of tightening, the
avalanche was upon them and rolled in
great white waves over and around them.
They chung to the tough saplings with des-
perate strength, completely submerged in
the snow, blinded and choking but know
ing that their lives depended upon the
strength of their grip. Their bodies We're
swayed down the mountain and cruelty
wrencled by the savage power of the avail
anche, but they held to their anchorage and
in few seconds the great white wave pass
ed below them and left them stunned and
dazed, still holding to the bushes. The
snow swept on down the mountain like a
tidal wave, and when it reached the bottom,
piled up laye- upon layer, until there was a
huge mass Of it lying there fifty feet in
thickness. When the two men we're suf1i-
GENTLY recovered they proceeded to Red
Cliff, and yesterday Mr.. Lafave came to
Leadville where he described to the reporter
his perilous adventure and narrow escape.
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Minnesota Dairymen's Association.

Owing to blockaded railroads and unpleasant
weather, the annual meeting at St. Paul of the
Minnesota Dairymen's Association was very
SHINY attended, but the forms of business were
preceded with as uaual Several premiums
were agreed upon, and after inspection Of
articles awarded as follows:
On chulns-Third premium No. 2, A. Beck,
SIS.
Second premium No. 3, A Tidbull So.
First premium No. 1, S. Elkins, ST..
On the best method Of raising cream-First
premium No. 1, s. Elkins. on Furgeson bureau
creamery, So.
On butter worker-First premium No 1. John
E. Putnam, on Reid's butter-worker, So.
On butter-First premium No, 2, VIM Fowl
er, So.
Second premium No. 4, s Elkins, So.
Third premium No. l, j. G. Bass 81.
The association then proceeded to elect the
following officers.
President William Fowler of Washington
county.
First Vice PRESIDENT. G. Bass Of Shakopee,
and LIE Vesconte of Hastings.
Secretary-Wyman Eliot of Minneapolis.
Treasurer-John E. Putnam of Big Lake,
Sherburne county.
A few essays were read upon the dairy and
dairy products, and then the convention ad-
journed ''sine die"
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A San Francisco Dentists Bill.

From the San Francisco Post, Jan. 20.
DR.. Younger, the dentist, yesterday re-
covered $435 against H. Nj. Franklin and
wife for professional work on the teeth of
Mrs. Franklin. The complaint alleged that
defendant, Mrs. H. Franklin, by and with
the consent of her husband, employed plain
tiff, to perform certain professional services
as dentist upon her teeth, and that in pur-
suance of such employment between July
6, 1877, and Sept 5, 1877, plaintiff per-
formed professional services and furnished
material for the same; that defendant failed
to keep appointments made by her in the
course of the services, whereby plaintiff lost
valuable time, and was prevented from at
tending to other professional business; that
the services were worth $435. The partic-
One-half hour, examination $8; two hours
preparing and filling right upper lateral in
cisor, $50; one-quarter hour, treating low
er second bicuspid, $3; one-quarter hour,
same, S.; two and one-half hours, filling
right upper central incisor and treating
S37. so; three and one quarter hours, filling
upper lateral incisor, $40; three and one
half hours, preparing right upper canine,
$45; three hours preparing cavities in Ia
teral incisor and canine, $45; two and one
quarter hours, treating and preparing cavity
right lower bicuspid, 1913; two hours and
forty minutes, filling right lower second BIZ
cuspid, $3S; three hours. filling right lower
first bicuspid, $45; one and one half hours,
finishing filings and polishing teeth, 500. so;
seven and one-half hours lost time, $75.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
egyptian Rice Corn.

The state commissioner of agriculture of
Kansas reports that over $4,000 acres of
Egyptian or rice corn was harvested in that
state this year. This is a very remarkable
cereal, which promises to be Of the greatest
value to the people of the inland portions
Of the west, as it requires little or no moist
ure in its growth. The average yield Of
the grain was twenty, five bushels
to the acre. It is said to surpass
the, best Indian corn, which it closely re-
sembles, as food for both man and beast
The seed was brought to this country by
the Egyptian exhibitors at the Centennial,
Being product of the great African desert
dhoura, as it is called in the Nile country,
thrives in the dreariest soil and under the
most intense heat. Where the buffalo grass
Of the American plains withers beneath the
sun the rice corn fourishes., Cattle and
fowls prefer it to Indian corn, and some au-
thorities predict, that the time is near at
hand when it will be the fourth OF fifth crop
in importance inAlnerica t..
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How Opium is Obtained.

Opium is obtained from the poppy heads
by tapping them while they are growing in
summer. For instance. when; the flowers
have fallen off the seed vessels or pods en-
large quite rapidly, but before they have
reached their full size and begin to harden,
they are scarified, or slight incisions are
milky juice exudes, and in few hours be-
which is the opium OF commerce. The next
day, or the following, according to the state
of the weather, other wounds are made in
tho heads, and the operation is repeated as
long as any juice ran be obtained The OPT
UNI is collected by scraping it off from the
heads with knife. 1t is a tedious operation,
and will scarcely pay in this country, where
labor is scarce.
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ce Keeping.

There are three essentials for keeping ice,
to wit: l. A closely packed non conducting
substance surrounding the ice. 2. Perfect
drainage at bottom without admitting air.
3. A free circulation of air over the top Of
the upper packing OF covering. The non
conducting substances most used are saw
dust. chat, chopped straw, swamp moss
and spent tan. Sawdust is preferred, and
it should be ten or twelve inches thick be-
tween the board walls. If straw is used, it
should be cut up and packed between walls
eighteen or twenty inches apart. Fine clean
chat answers good purpose.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
A Confederate Estimate of Robert E. Lee.

From the Charleston News and Courier, on An
niversary of Lees Birth.
What student Of history will hesitate to
say that Lee at Lexington, in moral grandeur
and wholesome influence, towers above a
Wellington or Napoleon? TO neither of
these, nor to any other than Lee, can the
patriot turn to learn both the sweet uses of
adversely and the blessedness of power
wisely used. For the youth Of the whole
country the life of Lee, in it's statuesque
dignity and classic purity, may as we'll serve
as model. There was no stain on his
sword In all things he was beyond re-
proach. Conscious that, after Appomattox,
southern independence was no longer to be
dreamed Of or even to be desired, his prayer,
his injunction to the southern people, to the
last hour of his life, was: Remember! we
are one country now. Dismiss from your
minds all sectional feeling, and bring up
your children to be, above all, Americans!''
It is lesson that needs to be learned by
both victors and vanquishd.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
Death of an Old Servant.

The Hon. A. H. Stephens received tele-
gram the other day, while he was at the cap
itol, announcing that his old servant, Harry
Stephens, was dead. Harry has been the
major domo of Liberty Hall, residence for
thirty years. Mr.. Stephens bought him in
1851 and placed him in charge Of all his aft
abont FIVE years ago when his present body
servant, Aleck Kent was secured in that
capacity Harry was well kncwn before all
the habitues of Washington before and since
the war who knew Mr.. Stephens. The
death OF Harry has caused great grief to Mr..
Stephens, and he deplores his death very
much. The deceased was worth about
$4,000 in his own right.
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SONNET.

The daintiest piece Of sweetness that know
Is standing now behind that curtains lace;
Withdraw the curtain from it's place
And you may see the sweet it screeneth 3D.
The snnniest head that never caught the glow
Of sunshine on it; the most flower like face
That ever made you dream minutes space
OF orchards when the apple blossoms blow,
Petite, piquante and ali! sad coqnette,
L She makes you plead for kisses time untold,
And at the last denies you, and will fret .
And purse her mouth, and bridle if you scold.
She is my queen and her slave and yet
This same coquette is only two years old.
Ada Louise Martin
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Three Recipes, to Cure Corns. !,

l. Battle the corn with strong borax
water; then shave it closely, but be careful
and do not make it bleed. Place over the
corn white felt corn plaster, and wear it
constantly until the corn has disappeared.
Every night and morning wet the small cav
ity over the corn (and in the plaster) with a
little borax water, or, if preferable, the
pulp of lemon. The corn plaster can be
obtained at any druggists. 2. Keep the
feet clean by frequent ablutions of warm
water. and wear easy, soft boots or shoes.
Without the latter precaution, corns will
generally return even after they appear to
have been perfectly removed. 3. After
soaking the feet in warm water for few
minutes pare the corns as close as possible
with sharp knife, taking care not to make
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OPIUM CULTURE.
How the Drug Is Prepared for Market in In
dia.

q .4G
How the Drug Is Prepared for Market in In
dia.
Owing to the ever poverty stricken state
of the Indian raiat, OF husbandman, the
government advances the means whereby
he can. engage in poppy cultivation. The
nature of their engagement is about as fol-
lows: The cultivator undertakes to SOW a
bigka, or about one-twentieth of an acre:
with poppy seed. For this he is given the
requisite amount Of seed. If a well has
to be dug, he is not only
given a sum, on loan, sufficient
to carry out his purpose, but also money
enough to buy bullocks in order to enable
him to draw water from the we'll when it is
finished. This is termed the first advance,
and is simply given him to prepare his land
for the sowing of poppy seed. The second
advance is given when the plant begins to
shoot above the earth's surface, and the
third when the plant is about to mature. In
January or February the plant comes to
maturity: in that state the pods are lanced
in the afternoon. The opium is allowed to
exude till next morning, when it is care
fully taken off by an iron scraper. At the
same time precaution is exercised to close
the incisions by running the finger over the
cuts. About five to six missions suffice for
the drawing of the juice. &
The opium is placed in brass vessels,
slightly tilted, so as to drain off the dew OF
any watery substance, It is then manipu
lated and placed in new earthen vessels,
and is thus kept until it is brought to the
weighing stations. The cultivator of pop
pies does not employ labor. His holdings
are mere garden patches; SO that all the aid
he requires, from the sowing of the seed to
of
of the opium, can be had from the members
of his family. The whole of this work is
done by himself, his wife, and his little
ones. Many of these opium garden plots,
worked by a man and his family, amounts
to only one sixth or one twelfth of an acre,
perhaps; in a few isolated instances one
man is wealthy enough to own half an acre
We can imagine how glad must be the
raiat when the poppy plant has begun to
exude opium, and when his opium has all
been gathered he waits patiently for the or
der to march with the fruits of his labors to
the weighing station. 1t depends entirely
upon the season as to when the cultivators
can bring their opium to the government
tations to he weighed.
As general rule the month of April is the
beginning of the weighing season. Intima-
ton is then given to the opium cultivators
that they must present themselves on GER
tain day with their opium, in order to have
it tested and weighed. In the districts
where the poppy plant is cultivated all are
! astir, and grand preparations are made for
general exodus. The opium is collected
! safely III red earthen pots, which are put in
wicker crates, and the whole family, with
burdens on their heads. make for the weigh
ing stations. The picturesque Indian
lanes are crowded with these men, march
ing like sheep to their destination. They
only travel during the night.
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them bleed. Place upon the part affected ]
small, circular piece of leather or buckskin,
spread with some emollient plaster and hav-
ing q hole in the center corresponding to
the size of the corns They may now be
touched with nitric acid, by means of a
small glass rod orwood toothpick, due care
being taken not to allow the liquid to come
in contact with the neighboring parts. Re-
peat this process daily until the offender be
sufficiently softened to admit of removal.
The Movements of Plan
Since the time of iLinnaus, men have
wondered and specnlated about what are
known as the spontaneous movements of
plants, and in recent years the causes of
these movements have been carefully in
vestigated by botanists The subject in it's
various bearings now forms large part Of
the science Of vegetable physiology. The
periodical and irritable motions of plants,
and those due to light and gravity, have
been closely studied in connection with the
mechanical laws of growth, and many of
these phenomena have been more or less
satisfactorily explained.
But it has been reserved for Mr.. Charles
Darwin to go deeper into the facts and phil
osophy Of the subject than any of his con
Temperatures. Ia1S75 he published book
upon The Movements and Habits of
Climbing Plants;" and he has since extend
ed his inquiries so as to include the move
ments manifested by the entire vegetable
series, except the lowest fowerless plants,
and upon these he is now engaged. He has
just published an account of these research
es in a volume Of six hundred pages, uni
form with his other works. Eliza A. You
mans, in popular Science Monthly.
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Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
Nothing on Earth So Good.

Certainly strong opinion, said one of our
reporters to whom the following was detail
ed by Mr. Henry Kaschop, with Mr.. Geo. E.
Miller, 418 Main ST., this city: I suffered
SO badly with Rheumatism in my leg last
winter, that was unable to attend to my
work, being completely helpless. I heard
of st. Jacobs Oil and bought bottle, after
using which felt greatly relieved With
the use of the second bottle 1 was complete
lycured. In my estimation there is nothing
on earth SO good for Rheumatism as St. Ja-
cobs Oil. 1t acts like charm.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
State Prison Contracts.

The trouble over the letting of the contract
for the use of the State Prison shops aud
grounds and of the convict labor, to Seymour
Sabin & Co., is still unsettled.
On the 9TH George L. Otis, as attorney for G.
J. Thompson, who made the highest bid for
labor on behalf Of Forepaugh 4 Tarbox, boot
and shoe manufacturers of st. Paul, filed in the
Office of the clerk of the supreme court an ap-
plication for writ of mandamus against the
inspectors and warden of the State prison, to
compel them to execute contract with him.
The writ was ordered to issue, and made re-
turnable on the 18th inst. at 10 a. m., when
the hearing will take place. In the meantime
legislative committee of investigation is
wrestling with the matter
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
An American ShOrtcOming.

The principal shortcoming of the Ameri-
can press is its wide spread and seemingly
incurable irreverence-that irreverence
which seems to be, in journalism and in lit
erature. To find the cause for this almost
universal tendency to speak jocularly of
things of which we are accustomed to speak
reverently, it would be necessary to dig very
deeply into the history Of American civili-
zation. Perhaps the couhtrymen of the
grim Puritans who framed the Blue Laws
Of Connecticut, and printed in the margin
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to each sour enactmenta justification in the
shape Of text from Scripture, may have
been made from generation to generation
alittle too commonly familiar with vocab-
ulary and a, history which Englishme ''l !
shrink from turning into ridicule. Over
familiarity, we all know, breeds contempt.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
The Latest Thing Out in Gloves.

1 POI
Tightly gloved hands, stiff and paralyzed,
as it were, in their kid castings, are no long
Ell modern, or considered elegant; The
peau de Suede glove reigns and triumphs,
to the exclusion Of that of dress kid. For
mornings and afternoons, undressed kid
gloves Of the natural or the medium color
are worn for dinners and soirees; they are
of light delicate tints, while for balls they
are white. In all circumstances they must
be very long, very loose, and without but
tons three conditions essential at present
for elegance.
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La Crosse Republican Leader.
Having been cured by st. Jacobs Oil 1
recommend the same to all sufferers with
Rheumatism, says Mr.. u. Shiffman, 1904
Calumet Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16

Dr.. Peck, of National Surgical Institute
stepped into a barrel Of boiling water, an,
his legs were absolutely cooked from the
knees down.
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EARDWA
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- SPEC1AIT1ES:
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Patent Planes; Disstons Saws real Bronze Hardware
for Private Residences and Public Buildings We car.
~ large stock of Spruce Spoon Oars in all length
Mail orders solicited 50 East Third St.. St. Paul