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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-17
The Startling Disaffection Of
Scandinavians From Old
Party Lines.
The Swedes Seem to Be
Strongly Leaning Toward
Prohibition, Z
While the NorWegians Haveia
Prediction for Honest
Tariff Reform. z
Reports From ALI Sections Of
the State Indicate a !
Breaking-Up. .

The GLOBE has of late called atten-
ton to the growing fear among Mime
sofa Republicans of the Prohibition and
Scandinavian vote this fall. There is a
strong feeling among them that the Pro-
hibitionists and Scandinavians are on
the run, and that their diSaffection
means heavy loss in votes to the Re-
publican party. Especially have the
Republican organs evinced fear of this
disaffection and editorially sought to
stem the tide that is running against
them. The GLOBE published on Fri
day last the recent circular of Tams
Bixby, secretary of the Republican
league, which has been scattered
throughout the state. 1t anxiously in
quires for information as to the Prohibi-
ton vote.
Now comes the Minneapolis Tribune
with ''confidential' circular, which is
herewith reproduced:
MINNEAPOLIS inn.-To Correspond
entS: Please interview at least two of
the most prominent Scandinavians in
your vicinity on the probable political
preferences of the Swedish and Nor
wegian nationalities on presidential
tickets. Find out, as far as possible.
their ideas on the tariff question as laid
down in the national platforms and how
the Swedes and Norwegians will vote.
Find out if the prohibition idea is in
dorsed to any extent by Scandinavians,
and, if possible, get estimates on the
number of votes the Prohibition ticket
will receive. Mail the result Of these
interviews to Minneapolis Tribune in
time to reach this Office on Wednesday,
July IS.
G. NJ. SCHULTZ, Managing Editor.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
FIG. I-"FLoATING OUT" SPECIMENS.

The amateur collectors outfit is very
simple one. A tin pail containing number
of wide mouthed bottles, dip net of cheese
cloth with long handle and knife for
scraping the rocks, shells or the sides of
breakwaters and wharves. When the tide is
out little pools will be found in hollows left
by some large stone, which are veritable
aquaria, filled often with slender filamentous
specimens which cling to the fingers and ap-
pear to be only slime, like the green scum
which grows on stagnant water. Drop bits
of these carefully into your wide mouthed
bottles, with little salt water to keep them
fresh until you are ready to mount your
specimens. Scrape bits of drift wood. You
may find rare specimens brought from dis
tant waters on the keel or rudder of some old
Indiaman. Take a boat and row out under
the old wharves; you will find an abundant
growth fringing the piers and piles.
The sooner the specimens are prepared
after they are obtained the better, though
dried seaweed, which has been sent unpre-
pared great distance and has lain for con-
siderable time, can often be floated out. For
floating out the specimens an ordinary wash
bowl will answer, and, for small specimens,
an ordinary soup plate is all that is neces
sary. To cleanse the specimens thoroughly
from sand, and to soften it if dry, will be
the first requisite. Salt water is best if at
tainable.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
RLorYlNe RAfeA

Photograph cards are best for mounting
small specimens. Place the spray of alga
in the water and slip your card under it in an
inclined position, as shown in Fig. l. A slip
of glass under the card, or bit of tin perfor-
ated to let the water drain through, will be
convenient as supportif the mounting paper
is thin. Hold the stem of the specimen
firmly against the card. and with cancels
hair pencil 'paint' the filaments under water
in the direction you wish them to lie. Lift
the card quickly and place It on piece Of
blotting paper, cover the specimen with a
square of linen and then with another of
blotting paper tsee Fig. q, and it is ready for
the press. Most alg@ adhere to the paper
naturally; those which do not should be
lightly touched with mucilage.
Two fiat boards form very good press
They can be strapped tightly together with a
shawl strap if yoS are travelling, or can be
weighted with stones, a heavy fiat iron, or
books. Small specimens will dry in one day.
and will not require change of dryers; others
will need to have the blotting removed sew
eral times and dry layers substituted, the
specimens remaining in press several days.
Write on the card the name of the specimen
when known, the locality where found, and
the date when gathered.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Home Made Fertilizers.

From the Connecticut Experiment sta.
ton has been received a report of the re,
suits of 1897 samples of home made ferti
liZers analysed, together with conclusions
drawn from these analyses. The valuation
per ton set on these home made fertilizers
runs all the way from $41.22 to $26 So;
the cost of the chemicals (unmixed) of
from $373S to $29 per ton. Examina-
tions of the samples and of the table OF
analyses make it seem that:
First-That these home mixtures com
pare favorably in composition with the
best commercial fertilizers. In all cases
but one the valuation is higher than the
average valuation of factory made super
phosphates or specials analysed last year.
Second-While the home mixtures are
not as finely ground as the best factory
made fertilizers, they are yet satisfactory
in this respect
Third-ln only one case does cost of
materials exceed valuation. If we add So
per ton for cost of mixing the valuation
and the cost will still be about the same
The cost of factory made fertilizers
usually exceeds valuation 20 to % per
cent. These analyses seem to justify the
statement made in the last report that
while it is oftener cheaper for the pur-
chaser to buy the best commercial mix
lures, ammoniated superphosphates and
special manures, than to buy the chem
icals and mix them, yet the experience of
a yearly Increasing number of farmers
shows that often money may be saved by
the seasonable purchase of raw materials
and their use in home mixtures.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14

II up stairs to the Desprez' private room,
and he had just set it down on the floor In
front of Anastasie when the doctor arrived,
and was closely followed by the man Of bust
ness. Boy and hamper were both In most
sorry plight, for the one had passed four
months underground in certain cave on the
way to Acheres, and the other had run about
Ave miles as hard as his legs would carry
him, half that distance under a staggering
weight.
"Jean- Marie" cried the doctor, in a voice
that was only too seraphic to be called hys-
terical, "is it, It isl" he cried "Oh,
my son, my sonv" And he sat down upon
the hamper and sobbed like little child.
"You will not 60 to Paris, now," said jean
Marie, sheepishly.
"Casimir," said Desprez, raising his wet
face, "do you see that boy, that angel boy9
He Is the thief; he took the treasure from a
man unfit to be intrusted with its use; he
brings it back to me when l am sobered and
humbled. These, Casimir, are the Fruits Of
my Teaching, and this moment is the Re-
ward of my Life"
"Tiens," said Casimir
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.


Helps and Hindrances to Successful
Dinner Party.
There are many whose wealth and position
entail upon them certain amount Of enter
tanning. Having, perhaps, no special motive
for giving dinners, they invite people to their
houses because it is rather expected that they
should
At all events people must eat to live, and
may as well make that necessity as agreeable
IN the performance as possible; so the ques-
ton is, what constitutes pleasant dinner?
First and foremost, of course, the meats and
drinks; for if failure is there nothing can
make up for it, But supposing that part to
be perfection, the next thing is perhaps not
to let the dinner last too long. Linked
sweetness long drawn outn is all very well;
but one may have too much of good thing,
and there is sometimes sensation of thrall-
dom felt at dinner parties which is anything
but conducive to brilliancy, or even cheerful
ness, and although it may happen that ones
neighbors are exceptionally agreeable, that
is not invariably the case, and when it is
not, conversation is apt to flag and to re-
quire superhuman efforts to make it 60 at all.
A clever hostess will always try to invite
such guests as are in harmony with each
CcLOA OuU 10 IluPOoSlDl0 10 manage CQlS
sometimes, so that allowance must be made
for the human Jumps of lead who have to be
asked, and also for the electric sort of beings,
who carry with them an atmosphere charged
with elements OF storm and disturbance and
who at an over long dinner become irritable
and argumentative, while the leaden ones
seem to grow heavier the longer they sit. The
hostess herself is, of course, one of the great
est helps OF hindrances to dinner. Self
possessed and quiet dressed becomingly to
suit her own style, and above all never fur
ried or distraite, but with eye and ear on the
alert, she is charming, even without beauty
of feature, and her influence over the table
is great, even when the party is so large that
conversation is practically series of tete-a-
tetes. She can and will, when one of the
pauses occurs-which always does occur
some time during the dinner-prevent the
traditional "angel" being too slow in passing,
by finding some topic to start her guests
upon again, or some lively remark to make
them laugh.
AS regards the guests, it is impossible not
to feel at times that such sacrifices have been
made at the shrine of policy as to spoil the
real brilliancy and pleasure of the party
People are asked solely because of the value
they represent, either in the way of riches or
rank, when it may be that they are the dull
lest of the dull, without one spark of intellect
to brighten their heavy personality or en-
liven their neighbors However, we must
take things as they are, and as society is
now constituted it is not feasible to tweed
out" all bores or unattractive people from
dinners or any other social gatherings, but
those who entertain do we'll to bear in mind
that wit, humor, talent Of some sort, are
greater factors in the success of dinner
party than mere gold, if the possessors have
nothing else to recommend them.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Why Many People Drink y Glass Of Water
Before Meals.

Why Many People Drink y Glass Of Water
Before Meals.
A writer in Scientific American having
found relief from long continued dyspepsia
in the practice now 90 often recommended Of
drinking glass Of water before eating, gives
the following explanation of its actions:
In the morning the stomach contains a
considerable quantity Of mucus spread over
and adherent to its walls. II food enters at
this time the tenacious mucus will interfere,
to some extent, with the direct contact be-
tween the food and the stomach necessary to
provoke the secretion Of gastric juice. A
glass of water, taken before breakfast, passes
through the stomach into the small intes-
tines in continuous and uninterrupted flow.
1t partly distends the stomach, stretching
and to some extent obliterating the rug@; it
Trims and washes out most of the tenacious
mucus; it increases the fullness of the capil-
laries of the stomach, directly if the water is
warm, and indirectly in a reactionary way
IT it is cold; it causes peristalsis Of the ali
mentary tract, wakes it up $50 to speak),
and gives it a morning exercise and washing.
Care must be taken not to give cold water
when the circulation, either local or general,
is SO feeble as to make reaction improbable
We should not risk it in advanced age, nor in
the feeble, whether old or young, nor should
it be given in local troubles, like chronic
gastric catarrh. In these cases it is best to
give warm or hot water. The addition Of
salt is very beneficial. Such time honored
custom as drinking soup at the beginning Of
a meal could only have been SO persistently
adhered to because OF it having been found
by experience to be the most appropriate
time. It does exactly what warm or hot
water, with the addition of salt does, and
more, in that it is nutritive and excites the
flow of gastric juice.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Solution of the Gapes Difficulty.

A New Hampshire correspondent in
Poultry World says: For the past FIVE
years we have been entirely exempt from
it. saw it stated in an English journal
that the gapeworm sprang from the louise
that infests the heads of chickens the
first ten days after Matching; and if the
hen was entirely free from lice while sit
ting, the chicks would not have the cape
worm. Since that time we have made
sure that lice were extermnated from all
sitting hens and their nests, and the cape
worm has given us no more trouble.
So far as can be judged from what has
fallen under my observation, the above is
the real solution Of the cape difficulty.
! meyer saw gapes among chicks Matched
MI IN Incubator. The chicks get the lice
from the hen, and the hen can, by the
proper treatment, be made as free from
lice as an incubator. When the hen is
first given the clutch Of eggs, dust Dali
NATHAN insect powder among her feathers,
and repeat the operation few days be
fore the eggs hatch, and the lice will be
disposed of. Tobacco dust is also sure
and cheap destruction for lice, but not
quite as suitable for the incubating hen
as Dalmatian powder.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Lord Tennyson has passed upon his
S0th year with a light heart
An EXPLANATION.

What is this nervous trouble with
which so many seem now to be afflicted :?
If you will remember a few years ago the
word Malaria was comparatively unknown,
to-day it is as common as any word in the
English language yet this word covers on
ly the meaning OF another word used by
our forefathers in times past. SO it is with
nervous diseases as they and Malaria are
intended to cover what our grandfathers
called Biliousness. and all are caused by
troubles that arise from diseased cOndi-
ton of the Liver which in performing it's
functions finding it cannot dispose of the
bile through the ordinary channel is COM
PEELED to pass it off through the system,
causing nervous troubles, Malaria, Bilious
Fever. etc. You who are suffering can well
appreciate cure. We recommend Green's
August Flower. Its cures are marvellous.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Care of the Complexion,


The best soap in general for washing the
face is pure white CASTLE, though some Of the
better kinds of toilet soap are equally good.
Where there is tendency to eruptions the
pure CASTLE soap has a healing effect where
most soaps will aggravate the trouble. When
possible use soft water to wash in, but as
around the city this is impracticable, few
drops of ammonia added to hard water will
soften it wonderfully. Apropos of rain water
for the skin, an old lady, who at the age of
81 years had skin as soft as velvet, attributed
it to the constant use of rain water in wash
ing. Never use soap on the face during the
day, but just before retiring for the night
wash the face with a soft cloth in warm
water, using the CASTLE soap literally. After
drying the skin, rub it well with vaseline or
cold cream; in the morning wash this of,
using very little ammonia or soap in the
water.
A few drops of the spirits Of campnor
added to the wash water twice week is good
to whten the skin.
Many women who are in the country for
the summer lose much benefit of sun and
fresh air through fear of getting tanned if
they go out except at certain hours Of the
day If before going out they will powder
the face well the danger is much lessened.
Baby powder is very nice to use for this pur-
pose, but if this is not at hand magnesia or
even -four will do very well. There are few
things more painful, and seemingly so slight,
as sunburn, and the best remedy for this af-
lection is the old fashioned one, invariably
recommended in the country, of using plenty
of buttermilk. Battle the parts affected lib
orally and often, allowing the liquid to dry
on, and do not rinse it off. 1t is very cool
ing and relieves the smarting instantly.
Cream is also used for this purpose, but it is
not any better than the buttermilk. =
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Men Servants the Rage.

Men servants are now the rage among
rich people. Families that formerly en-
ployed girls are discarding them now in
favor of neat, handy, good looking men.
These are kept in swallowtails all the
time. and they answer the door, wait on
table, clean the knives and forks, brush
boots and clothes and go out with the
carriage as footmen. The result of this
has been that there are twice the num-
Der of women out of employment here
now than ever before. The intelligence
offices are overcrowded with them.-
New York Star.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
What Others Say.

The Dairyman, opposing the popular
clamor for small cheeses, reminds it's
readers that the smaller the cheese the
larger the percentage of rind and waste.
A southern cultiyator says the most
salable sweet potato is one that is short
and thick, and it is to produce these that
you pillow shallow and make fiat hill ridges,
so that as the potatoes grow they will
reach the hard soil and be checked in
their downward growth and will develop
thickness.
An English correspondent says: Bran
will pay the milk seller, but oats the but
ter maker"
An exchange says Swede turnips, if fed
whole and separately, will flavor milk,
but if sliced and mixed with an equal
quantity of mangolds, or pulped and
mixed with hay, will not impart bad
taste.
veteran fruit grower says that the
method of catching the curculio in plum
trees by Earring the little pests down on a
white sheet is remedy better than all of
the many others ever tested.
The salary % the commissioner of agri-
culture is raised from 1900 to 5000
year.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
A FIRE DRAWING.

This experiment is explained by the chemi-
cal constitution of the saltpeter. This salt
contains a large amount of oxygen, SO loosely
combined that it readily leaves the nitrogen
and potash, and unites with the carbon of the
paper when heated to the point of ignition.
The heat developed by the combustion is not
sufficient to ignite the paper, except where it
has been saturated with the oxygen giving
salt; and SO the spark of fire, which is really
only an indication of violent chemical re-
action, follows the lines previously traced.
If an actual flame was brought in contact
with the paper, of course the whole would be
consumed; but the heat of the glowing char
coal is just sufficient to start the combustion
by the aid of the oxygen in the saltpeter.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
When the Birds Wake Tn,

An enthusiastic ornithologist has amused
himself by investigating the question at
what hour in summer the commonest small
birds wake up and sing. He says: 1.-The
greenfinch is the earliest riser as it pipes as
early as 80 in the morning. At about 2:30
the blackcap begins, and the quail appar-
emily wakes up half an hour later 1t is
nearly o'clock, and the sun is well above
the horizon, before the real songster appears
in the person of the blackbird. He is heard
half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp
of the robin begins about the same length of
time before that Of the wren. Finally the
house sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last
place on the list"
This investigation has altogether ruined
the lark's reputation for early rising. That
much celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as
it does not rise till long after chaffinches,
linnets and number of hedgerow birds have
been up and about for some time
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
IMPROVED MODES OF AGRlcu-T-
URE PRAcTlCED By FARMERS.

How to Build Poultry House and Give
the Largest Amount of Ground Room.
That Shall BE Cool In Summer and
Warm In Winter.
In building poultry house n leading
consideration with the average farmer is
economy. 1t is claimed that the cheapest
way to build poultry house and give
the largest amount of ground room
(Which is what counts with poultry is to
make but one roof and have that meet the
ground. In accordance with this idea II.
IL. Stoddard illustrates and describes in
his work on poultry architecture poul.
try house for the farmer.
In the cut given the building, nine
feet wide at the underpinning and nine
feet high at the highest part, gives as
much floor room for the fowls to move
about in as if the walls were high on all
sides Of the structure, and with great
economy in building materials.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
THE EGG EXPERIMENT.

Two pint tumblers, or similar vessels, are
necessary for this experiment. Half fill one
with water and the other with strong brine.
Into the water drop an egg 1t goes to the
bottom see Fig. y. An egg dropped into
the brine floats Gig. q. By carefully pour
ing the brine through long funnel or
through funnel with an attached tube,
which will reach the bottom of the tumbler
containing the pure water, the water and the
egg will be lifted and the egg will float in
equilibrium at the middle of the tumbler.
Gig 81
The first experiment shows that the egg is
a little more dense than pure water, the Sec
ond that brine is more dense than the egg,
and the third that the egg can be supported
in equilibrium between two liquids of differ
ept densities.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Automatic Machine for perfu,nery,

One OF the latest projects for catching
the pennies of the public is an automatic
machine for perfumery, number Of
which have been set up in the approaches
of ferries and other public places By
dropping penny into a slot, in the same
manner in which nickels are dropped
into the patent weighing machines, an
automatic fountain is made to send out q
spray of perfume for the handkerchief.
The crowds of people who go down to
the sea from Thirty fourth street ferry
take up SO nuch Of this perfume that the
odor has become disseminated through
the cars of the Long Island railroad and
in some measure acted as public bene-
fit in offsetting the horrible smells Of
Hunters Pont.-New York Tribune,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
POULTRY HOUSE FOR THE FARMER.

There should be twelve doors in the
building, beside the small opening under
the windows for the use of the fowls, and
the ventilator represented open near the
peak. There are three board doors in
each end, the tallest being for an attend
ant to enter and the other two for ventila-
ton in extremely hot weather. The door
ways of the board doors are furnished
with another set of doors made of lath
One of these may be seen in the cut,
where board door is open. When the
board doors are all opened in hot weather
and the lath doors shut, there is fine
circulation of air. 1t may seem as if there
were an overplentiful allowance of doors,
but we have tried as many to building
with satisfaction To make the house as
warm in winter as it is cool in summer,
keep all the board doors closed but one,
and have package Of straw between
each lath door and the corresponding
board door, excepting, of course, the tall
est pair of doors where the attendant en-
tiers.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-14
Personal

Mr.. n. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile, Ala,
writes: take great pleasure in recon-
mending Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, having used it for severe
attack Of Bronchitis and Catarrh. 1t gave
me instant relief and entirely cured me and
have not been afflicted since. l also beg
no good result. Have alsa used Electric
Bitters and DR.. Kings New Life Pills. both
of which | can recommend.
DR.. Kings New Discovery for COnsump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, is sold on posi-
tive guarantee. Trial bottles free at
A. Z. CLARKE's Drug Store