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SWISS GIRLS HAIR.

Thousands of girls in Switzerland,
Germany and Norway devote themselves
to the cultivation of their hair as reso-
lutely as farmer does his crops. Once
year the merchant, very often an old
woman, arrives in the village, and a
brisk trade is carried on. The Swiss
girls make The most, as nature has be-
slowed on them an abundant crop of the
blonde color, which is hardest of all to
obtain, and the climate is evidently pro-
pitious to its growth. The price OBJ
tanned depends on the length of the re-
dundant tresses hair eight inches long
is worth 25 cents an ounce, while that
thirty-six inches in length will bring the
fortunate possessor IS an ounce, and in
cases Of exceptional beauty and thick
ness even $35 an ounce may be realized.
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4 PORTABLE GARDEN.

Here is some advice from the Scholars
Companion about cultivating the kind
of garden that young reople and ol5
carry around with the1l:
Every one has q garden called Con
versation. II the unpleasant wo,ds
which blossom into thoughts are kept
out, the garden becomes beautiful an3
interesting. There are few kinds oi
weeds which unconsciously creep into
this garden; and, unless they are pu:
down, or, better, pulled out, they injure
and spoil the good flowers.
l. Unhuth.-This is dark -Ieaved and
so small at first that it is scarcely no.
ticed. Inits early stages it is called
exaggaration. You are not sure whether
you saw three or four things, and you
say four. The next time the number
becomes larger, and SO the weed grows
until it is strong and hardy. Be sure
and pull it up.
2. Slang. This spoils many garden
of choice flowers. It is sometimes over
looked among boys, but is not consid-
cred to have any beauty.
3. Bad Grammar. is a com.
mon weed, found in gardens of unedu-
Gated and careless persons. 1t grows
slowly, but steadily, and frds a place
beside the nicest-looking flowers. There
are number of varieties, and among
them are 81 seen, which chokes up "I
saw" or "I have SEEM" "it's her'n, u
which grows out "it is hers" and sit
is me-" which grows close to the little
plant "it is l."
4. Gossip.-Eyery one knows this
ugly weed, which works mischief wher-
ever it appears. It is one of the worst
varieties, and has been known to COM
pletely overrun and spoil the gardens
in which it was allowed to grow.
These are the principal weeds which
find their way into the garden of Con-
yersation. Examine the one belonging
to you and see what weeds are gaining
headway.
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CONCERNING THE BRAIN.

The dogs brain is no larger than that
of sheep. and is smaller than the ox's.
In the elephant we find that organ
weighing three times as much as in man.
The whale and other cetece, have brains
superior to that of man. When the
weight of the encephalon is compared
with that of the body, we find that in
man it is relatively smaller than in sew
eral species of monkey, (the ousistiti
for example), the sparrow, the tom-tit
and the canary. The dog has also rela-
lively less than the bat, the horse than
the rabbit. If the circumvolutions or
varied and irregular folds noticed on the
brain of certain animals are, as some
authors consider them, evidences of su-
periority, it will be found that the ass
has fully as many, and the elephant more
than man. 1t is generally admitted that
man whose brain weighs less than l, 900
grams is necessarily deprived of intelii-
gence. Psychologists are not, as yet,
agreed on the question as to the age
when the brain attains it maximum
weight, and as to whether there exists
such a period as that when that organ
decreases or atrophies. According to
Mr.. Gratiolet, "the brain grows con-
stantly, at least among the Caucasian
races, from early childhood to decriped
old age" It is said that CROMWELL S
brain weighed 2,238 grams that CT
Lord Byron, 2,228; that of Cuyie2,
1929 but these figures, which are not
incontestible, prove nothing. Raphael,
Descartes, Yoltaire, Napoleon, Schiller,
and many other illustrious men had small
heads, and their brains could hardly
have greatly exceeded the average
weight, which varies from 1928 to
!, ,424 grams.
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LONGEVITY IN EUROPE.

NJ. De Solaville analyzes in the Revue
SciepltJfQue the results Of recent Euro
pean censuses by ages. and the register
of deaths also by ages. If we striks a
mean Of the census from 1869 to 1872 we
find that Europe exclusive Of Russia,
Turkey and some small southern states)
possessed in 1870 a mean population Of
242. .940,376, classed as follows from the
point OF view Of advanced age II. 3d.
7I5 of more than 60 years, 79,S59 OF
more than 80, and 3,10S Of more than
100 years.. e., inhahtant in u Of
more than 60, 1 in 1868 of more than
80, and in 60, 500 of more than leo
Women, NJ. Solaville finds, are more
numerous in extreme old age than men
and the difference increases with the age
Thus at 60 years the advantage is with
the women in the proportion of 7 per
cent, at 80 and above it rises to 45, and
with centenarians to Gu per 100. It is in
France that we find the greatest relative
number of inhabitants at the age of 60
and upward but it is not so for CEN
tenarians, of which France has less than
all the other states Of Europe except
Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland.
From calculation of deaths by ages
the result is reached that, to the total
deaths, those at the age Of so and up
ward bore the following proportions to
the countries named, and arranged ac-
cording to the decreasing order of i'm
portance Great Britain, 9.73; Swe-
den, 7.39; France, 6.58; Belgium, 6.O7;
Switzerland, 600; Holland, 447; Italy,
3.76; Bavaria, $40 /; Prussia, 3.O6; Aus
tria, 2.61. The result is in accordance
with what we know Of the mean age of
the deceased in the same countries.
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4 LETTER OF RECO1faIENDAr1oN.

Under the old system, which divides
offices as spoils captured in battle, in
fuential gentlemen are often asked for
letters of recommendation. Sometimes
those asking are Of such doubtful rep
utation, though useful as party hacks,
that the letters are written in ambigu-
GUS phrases which really mean nothing,
though they seem to mean much.
Not thus wrote Judge Underwood, of
Georgia. He was once asked by his
son for a letter recommending him to
Gov. Crawford, and gave it. John
posted to the Governor, but, knowing
his father, thought he would open the
letter before presenting it. Judge of
his surprise when he read the following
My DEAR FR1END-This will be handed you
by my son John. He has the greatest thirst
for an Office, with the least capacity to fill
one, of any boy ever saw. Yours truly,
W. H. UNDERWOOD.
It was of this John, who was noted for
his facility in changing his politics, that
his father, on being asked, What are
Johns politics." said, Really, can't
tell I've not seen the boy since break
fast y
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Stained GLASS.

In 1870 there was celebrated at
Tegernsee, Bavaria, the 90Oth anniver-
sary of the stained-glass factory there.
For period, a dark age in art, the
method of staining was lost, and its
revival is thus explained. An English
man, bargaining at Nurembrrg early in
this century for some fragments of old
stained glass, remarked before one Sieg-
mund Frank, a cabinet varnisher, that
there was q fortune for any one who
could revive the lost art. Frank took
the hint, and got the sympathy of the
Government. In 1845 an establishment
was opened at Munich, under Mr..
Ainmuller, who had been associated
with Frank, which has become world
famous. Within recent years England
has rivaled Munich in this art industry.
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AGEs oF YOUNG sENAToRs.


John J. Crittenden, born Sept 10,
1877, was elected to the Senate in 1917.
Clay was elected to the Senate and
filed term of few weeks in 1867,
having been born April II, 1777. But
Clay is not the youngest Senator on
record. Armistead Thomson Mason,
of Virginia, was elected to the Senate
in 1915, at the age of %, and
resigned in 1917 to undertake that
memorable contest in the Loudon dis
trict with the Federal champion,
Charles Fenton Mercer, which led to
several duels. The most memorable of
these duels was the encounter in which
Mason was slain by his near kinsman,
John Mason McCarty. McCarty had
proposed that they join hands and leap
off the roof of the State House in Rich
mond. They finally fought with mus
kets, and Mason received fatal ball in
the breast at the first fire Of their meet
ing near Washington, in 1819.-Ne,U
York World.
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Assessment for Construction Of Western
Avenue System Of Sewers.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, July 6, 1883.
The Board of PublicWorks, in and for the cor
poration of the city of st. Paul. Minnesota, will
meet at their office in said city at 2:30 p. m,
on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1883, to make
an assessment of benefits, costs and expenses,
arising from the construction of sewers on Coed
rich avenue from Fort street to Western avenue,
Western avenue from Goodrich avenue to Selby
avenue, Harrington avenue from Selby avenue to
Summit avenue, Virginia avenue from Nelson
avenue to Summit avenue, Selby avenue from
Harrington avenue to Virginia avenue, Laurel
avenue from point half way between Macku-
bin and Arundel streets to Western avenue and
from Virginia avenue to Harrington avenue: Ash
land avenue from Macllubin street to Western
avenue; Holly avenue from Mackubin
street to Western avenue: Port
land avenue from Mackubin street
to Western avenue; Summit avenue from Mac
kubin street to Harrington avenue in said city,
together with the necessary catch basins and
manholeso on the property on the lire Of said
sewers and benefited thereby amounting in the
aggregate to $40, ,555 .65
All persons interested hereby notified to
be present at said time and place Of making said
assessment and will be heard.
j. c. TERRY, President pro TEN.
Official: R. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 1889
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SAID that 1t was wonder that so many
American children survived the hor-
rors of public-school education?"
Why not have few grown men and
women try the experiment of going to
school five hours per day for eight
months, and studying from dozen
books, more or less, in order at the end
of that time they may look into their
minds and see how much they have re-
ally learned? ?-The Graphic.
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UNGALLANT GERMANS.

As rule Germans have little gallant
~ for woman; seldom giving way to
them on the sidewalks. The sidewalks
in the majority of streets are exceeding
ly narrow, with only room for one to
walk on. Once in Dusseldorf the wife
and were walking along, the wife in
front; German meeting US crowded her
off the sidewalk into the gutter, and on
the impulse of the moment I pitched
him off into the street with more vigor
than was necessary. It took no end OF
explanation to soothe his wounded Dig
nifty, nor could the officials had to go
before the Mayor-at all understand
why it was that man should ever give
place to a lady on the sidewalk.-Er-
hdnQe.
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Assessment for Construction Of Sewers
On Saltwater and Other Streets.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUEBLO WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 6, 1858.

The Board of Public Works, in and for the
corporation of the city OF st. Paul, Minnesota,
will meet at their Office in said city, at 2:30
p. m. on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1883, to
make an assessment of benefits, costs and ex-
penses arising from the construction of sewers
on Saltwater street, from Grove street to Ohm
sted street; St. Paul street, from Grove street to
point 40 feet south of Somerset street; De
Bow street, from Grove street to Nash street:
Somerset street, from a point Is feet east of
st. Paul street to Saltwater street. and from De
Bow street to connect with the Broadway sewer;
Olmsted street, from Saltwater street to St
Paul street, the alley through blocks 8 and 4,
Paterson's addition to st. Paul, from Saltwater
street to De8ow street, in said city, together
with the necessary catch basins and manholes-
on the property on the line of said sewers and
benefited thereby, amounting in the aggregate
to $8,78932.
All persons interested ara he reby notified to
be present at said time and place of making said
assessment and will be heard
JOHN 9. TERRY, President pro TEN.
Official: L. l.. GoRMAN,
1859 Clerk Board Of Public Works.
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Assessment for SpriDkIilg Lafayette
Avenue.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 6, 1888.

The Board of Public Works in and tor the cor
poration of the City of st. Paul, Mime
sofa, will meet at their Office in said
city, at 2:30 p. m., on the 18th day
of July, A. D. 1883, to make an assess
ment of benefits, costs and expenses arising
from the sprinkling of Lafayette avenue from
Grove street to Partridge street, in said city,
until the 1st day OF November, 4. D. 1888, un-
der contract of John G. Hinlcel, in accordance
with the order of the Common Council of said
city, approved May 17th 1883, on the prop, rty on
the line of said sprinkling and benefited
thereby, amounting in the aggregate to $l74.50.
All persons interested are hereby notified to be
present at said time and place Of making said
assessment, and will be heard.
&c. TERRY, President pro TEN.
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 1889
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HEALTH rs WEALTH

DR.. Z. G. Vests nerve and brain treatment, a
nervous headache, mental depression, loes Of
memory, premature old age, caused by over~
exertion or over-indulgence, which leads to mis-
cry, decay and death. One box will cure recenl
cases, Each box contains months treat
ment. One dollar box or six boxes for iv
dollars, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price
panied with five dollars, We viii 8, ID the pur-
chaser our written guarantee TO re+ur2: the money
if the treatment does not effect cure. Guar
antees issued only by Lambie Co., corner
Third and Wsbashaw streets, st. Paul, MINI.
ORDERS bv mail promptly attended, to.
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HOPE.

Little word so full of meaning,
How you brighten many way;
Help the toiler in his cleaning,
Making sad hearts often gay.
Mistakes of life which bring us sorrow
Are made lighter far to bear,
With hope of a brighter morrow,
When the skies shall be all fair.
WhenCough trials crowd life's pathway,
And our days are dark and drear,
Then this one word casts its bright ray,
And to sad heart brings comfort dear.
Hope shines forth to guide us onward;
Makes us battle hard with fate;
Gives US courage to push forward;
Makes US strong to watch and wait.
The blackest clouds but hide the sunshine;
Look beyond and see thelght.
There's future pleasures in the Glad Sometime
Live Oh, and hope for days more bright.
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CASTING LINES IN UNPLEASANT
PLACES.


Mr.. Fields, the Boston publisher, had
awonderful memory. and his knowledge
of English literature was so great that,
when a friend wished to know where
particular passage was to be found in an
English author, he would go direct to
the famous bibliopole. A would-be wit,
thinking to quiz him before a company
at dinner, informed his friends, previous
to Mr.. Fields arrival, that he had Just
written some lines, which he intended
to submit to him as Southey's, and TO
inquire in which of his works they oc-
CURED. After the guests were seated,
he began: Friend Fields, [ have been
q good deal troubled of late in searching
ont in Southey's poems his well-known
lines running thu" repeating the lines
he had composed. "Can you tell me
when be wrote them and where they are
to be found ?" 81 do not remember to
have met with them before" replied the
publisher; "and there were only two
periods in Southey's life when such
lines could possibly have been written
by him." 'When were those?" ''Some-
where, said Mr.. Fields, "about that
early period of his existence when he
was having the measles or cutting his
first teeth, or near the close of his life,
when his brain had softened. The versi-
fication belongs to the measles period,
but the ideas betray the idiotic one. -
The company roared.
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burg. Since then the conditions OF the
trade have altered much, chiefly in con-
sequence of the high duties imposed in
America. In that country arose, with
the aid Of emigrant turner's from Aus
tria, a home industry, which has sue
cessfully completed with the Vienna
pipe manufacture (for the products of
which America was previously the best
customer). With France and Ger
many, the United States obtains the
raw product ma fl America.
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A STATION master in India telegraphed
200 miles to the central authorities {:
"Tiger jumping about the platform.
Please telegraph instructions. The
fact is that the station-master was una
BILE to get to the signal station owing to
the presence of tiger on the platform,
and in order to avoid an apprehended
collision he telegraphed to the head
office for instructions to be sent to the
next signal box that an approaching
train might be stopped in time.
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!STEALING A SERlTOT.

posed to have been borrowed for the
oecasion.-Ogdeaasb1tTg Journal.
STEALING A SERMON.
The celebrated William jaw, author
of the well-known Morning and Even
ing Exercises" was al eXtraortlina,.
preacher, even at the age Of Is. Whiie
he was student at Marlborough, En-
gland, chapel which had recently
been built was to be dedicated, and G[r
jay, the student, and one Of the profess
ors in the seminary were chosen for that
service.
On arrival at the town in which tie
chapel had been built the professor. on
the afternoon of Saturday, called upon
Mr.. Jay He informed him that the
arrangement was for the professor II
preach in the morning and Mr.. Jay in
the afternoon.
and now," said the professor what
text have you chosen?"
The young man gave the text.
"And your divisions, what are they?'
The student named the heads of his
discourse.
"Capital!" said the professor, "and
your illustrations?
These were given, and they pleased
the professor exceedingly.
Now" said he, "Mr. Jay, if yo'lr ap-
plication is as good as all the rest, vou9
sermon Will be a brilliant success.
The improvement" of the sermon
was giye:l, and the professor expresses
himself delighted with the whole treat
ment of the subject. The next morn
ing, arriving at the chapel, Mr.. Jay SAN
his friend, the professor, ascending tie
pulpit stairs in quite a pleasant fralnz
of mind. But it 50 happened that th5
professor was a man of corpulent figure
and the pulpit, shaped like a barrel
with a section of the circle for the dOor.
proved to be too small for the preaea-
er's admission. Try as he might, Gay,
foremost and sidewise, it was impossi-
bic for the fat professor to get through
the door, An obliging deacon, seeing
the difficulty, obtainad a small ste},-
ladder, placed it on the landing, and hy
this means the professor scaled the wal
of the pulpit and got inside; but tht
congregation could hardly be said to bt
in devotional mood during the opera
ton.
The professor, however, began the
service and, to the great astonishmen
of Mr.. Jay, not only read the text ht
had selected and eXpounded to the pro
fessor the day before, but delivered with
wonderful accuracy Mr.. jays sermon
divisions, illustrations, application:
and all. At the close of the service
the friendly deacon assisted the fat
professor to get out of the pulpit in the
same way he had helped him into it.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Jay rose to an
nounce his text, the professor being
now in the pew, while the young preach
er occupied the pulpit. With tina
peculiar emphasis which no man coul(
initiate, Mr. Jay read aloud the words o
John 10: l: "He that entereth not by
the door into the sheepfold, but climb
eth up some other way, the same is ;
thief and robber.'
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the anthracite fields VIII inevitably al
feet the prosperity Of the country, IN
less inventive genius devises a new fuel
to feed our blast furnaces and move
our engines-a contingency SO remote
that the gravest considerations remain
to urge economy in anthracite COAL
Nelc York Mail and EGpreSs.
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Assessment for Grading George Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL. Mimi, July 1888.

The Board of Public Works in and Tor the cor
poration of the City of St. Paul. Minnesota, will
meet at their Off e in said city at 2:30 p II. on
the 18th day of July AID 1883, to make an assess
ment of benefits, costs and expenses arising from
the grading of George street from Concord
street to Mohawk avenue, in the Sixth ward of
said city, on the property on the line OF said
grading and benefited thereby, amounting in the
aggregate to $14,770.80.
all persons interested are hereby notified to be
present at said time and place Of making said
assessment, and will be heard
j. G. TERRY, President pro tem
Official: r. l.. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. lS8-l89
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YALE :JoLlEGE talks OF adopting /
new yell. Anybody knowing of any
thing particularly horrible will please
forward diagram
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THIRTY DAYN.

after the fret publication Of this notice, : shall
report you and your real estate SO assessed as de-
llnquent, and apply to the District Court of the
county of Ramsey, Minnesota, for Judgment
against your lands, lots, blocks or parcels there
OF SO assessed, including interest, costs and ex-
penses, and for an order of the Court 10 sell the
same for the payment thereof
l04-l94 GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer
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Grading Eighth street, from Ce-
dar street to Wabashaw street:
WILL TAKE NOTICE,

that on the I'd day of July, 1883, did
receive different warrants from the City Comp
troller of the City of st. Paul, for the collec-
tion of the above named assessments.
The nature of these warrants ie, that i yoG fail
to pay the assessment within
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DETECTED IN THE ACT.

At recent church festival man
found a lonely oyster in his soup, and
ostentatiously held it upon his spoon,
thereby inducing others to invest in the
deceptive fluid. It was afterward dis
covered that the man was what sinful
and worldly people call "capper," and
was employed by the church people to
pretend to discover oysters and thus
intrap the unwary. The oyster is sup
posed to have been borrowed for the
occasion. Ogdeaasbuag Journal.
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OFFICE OF THE CITY TREAsUEER,

OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, July 3, 1883.
Ali persons interested in the assessment for
Grading Fourteenth street, from
Jackson street to. Canada street;
Grading Niagara street, from
Magnolia street to Maryland
street,