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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
MAD ENOUGH TO FIGHT.
A Great Joke on Lady" Bald.
win of the DetrOitS

win. of the DetrOitS.
Tom Lotus, of the st. Louis Whites,
tells good story on Lady Baldwin, the
Detroit pitcher, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. 1t was in 1888, and Tom was
managing the Milwaukee team, in
which Baldwin was playing at the time.
Lady was big, clumsy, country boy,
and one of the most susceptible of his
class, and the members of the team
were constantly playing some prank on
him. One day the team was travelling
from one point to another, and, as time
hung heavily on the boys hands, they
commenced to look around for some
scheme to vary the mOnotOny of the
journey. There were two deputy Sher-
ifs on the train, who were on their way
to certain point to bring back a priS-
oner, and, as they were jolly good fell
lows, they were called on for assist
ance, which they readily gave. Eddie
gineered the scheme. He instructed
one of the sheriffS to place himself and
Baldwin under arrest as counterfeiters
and put them in seat together to take
them to the nearest town for trial. This
was done, and Baldwin was almost
frightened to death, and pleaded inno-
cence in che most pathetic tones. 1t was
no use, however, and he and Hogan
were locked together in a seat, and the
sheriff gave them instructions as fol-
lows:
II am going into the next car, but 1
have partner on the train in this car
who is armed to the teeth. If either of
you leave this seat he will shoot you
dead.n
The affrighted Lady huddled close to
Hogan and his teeth fairly chartered.
After sitting still few minutes, Hogan
tired of his bargain and started to get
up. Baldwin turned pale with fright.
He grasped his foolhardy companion
| with the remark, "For Gods sake, Eddie.
don't move. He will shoot you sure.''
Hogan fought like a demon to get away,
while the other members of the team
fairly yelled with glee in the back of
the car. Hogan finally got away, but
Baldwin did not dare to move. He sat
there for three hours. Every few min
utes some of the team would 90 up and
! sympathiZe with him. When he reached
| the next stop and was told of the joke,
he was mad enough to fight. 1t was
months before the Lady was allowed to
rest in peace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Trouble To-Day.

Yesterday afternoon President Stick
ney, General Manager Egan and Traffic
Manager Hanley. of the st. Paul & Kan
sas City road, left for Chicago to attend
the meeting of the general managers of
the roads in the West and Northwest.
This meeting was first appointed for
last Tuesday, but postponed till to-day
because Mr.. Stickney could not be
there Tuesday. 1t is expected that
there will be hot time. Some days
ago the Burlington 81 Northern road re-
duced the freight rates between New
York and st. Paul, and it was expected
that the st. Paul e Kansas City road
would meet the reduced rates. 1t did
not, but, an the contrary, acted with
the majority of the roads, and held up
the rates. Since the cut of the Burling-
ton & Northern the st. Paul and Kan
saS City has been losing money, and is
in danger now of losing prestige with
the people of st. Paul and Minneapolis
merchants whom it has favored in rates,
and whose champion it has assumed to
be. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Stickney
will give notice at the meeting to-day
that, unless the Burlington & Northern
restores rates, he will meet the Burling-
ton rates between New York and st.
Paul, but also locally between Chicago
and st. Paul. 1t is reported that the
$500 road takes the same position as
the st. Paul & Kansas City. This being
the situation of affairs it is expected
that the meeting will be an exceedingly
iyelV one
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17

penses and increase the yield per acre
of crops. If the land is in such condi-
ton and so poorly cultivated that crops
pay no profit. the more land you Guilt
vate the worse off you are. Study the
character and capacity of your farms
and markets, and adapt your manage
ment to them. | have in mind now two
excellent men ON rolling farms, well
adapted to grazing, who for the last six
years have been trying to compete with
neighbors who have rich bottom farms,
in growing corn and wheat, and neither
has been able to reduce his indebted
ness dollar. Both of them have rented
fields on adjoining farms, and planted
from twenty to forty acres of grain be-
sides what they have plowed on their
own land, and both have had short,
Improbable crops. One of them,
on farm of fifty-fve acres,
this year has forty under the
pillow; and as the remainder is mostly
wood lot he has not pasture enough
for two cows. The other has over 100
acres, and wintered seven horses, one
or two of them old plugs entirely worn
out, and with but five head OF cattle his
crop OF last year was eaten up and he
obliged to buy feed this spring. Either
of these men could make money by
udlIylug, anu dU UIle same Ulme improve
their farms, while now they are running
them down. If these two farmers keep
on trying to grow wheat and corn as
their money crops they will both lose
their farms. | have referred to them
because they are typical farmers, and
represent the conditions of thousands,
and to enforce the thought that intelli-
gent study and planning must be the
first step towards getting out of debt. l
hope in another article to give some
practical and helpful suggestions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
FLOWERS NEED SHADE
In Some Instances and in Others
Sunshine All the Day.
Special Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe
FOUNTAIN, Mimi. May s14.-During
my brief residence in this state have
found that shade from about 10 o'clock
in the morning until or o'clock in
afternoon is demanded by many flowers,
as the sun seems to burn them or other
wise blight them. The same conditions
prevailed in my old home in Wisconsin,
and this may account for some forlorn-
looking specimens of Horticulture to be
seen now and then, where a woman
had tried to grow flowers that
to obtain the best results.
If one has a passion for pansies, the
plants must have the early and late sun
shine, and never the hot sunshine of
the summer months; while :.POrtulaca
requires the sunshine all day, and both
of these are so easily cultivated that
there is no reason why everybody could
not have bed of them if the right con-
ditions are followed, and yet we do not
see them at all. A bed of pansies can
be made against the north side of the
house and will last for many years, be-
cause the seed will self sow and all the
care that is needed is to keep the weeds
from obtaining possession of the
ground and killing the plants, or at
least rendering the bed useless and
making it of no account as permanent
flower bed. If one can have the shade
the bed can be made in the grass plat by
being raised up few inches, and then
you have very attractive show of the
flowers, and one that will be seen at a
good distance away. and one need not
be ashamed of it either: any woman
may be very proud over bed OF we'll
grown pansies, as they are always a
welcome sight to any one that has the
least appreciation of beautiful flowers in
ever so humble and unpretenGing home.
If one wants variety of colOrS in a
grass plat that is exposed to the sun
shine all day, then we can utilize the
Portulaca with splendid and satisfac-
tory, results, as these flowers come in a
good variety of colOrS-crimSon, scarlet,
whiteI straw or pale yellow, orange and
v9riegated. If the colors are purchased
in separate colorS the
EFFECT IS PRODUCED
the first season, and much better the
next season. owing to the abundance of
seed produced, which will scatter and
come up thick another year; or a packet
of mixed seed can be obtained, and then
it will require time, careful attention
every day to gather seed of each
color separately. tantaliZing pro-
cess, the best way you can fix it,"
The beds for these plants are to be
small, circular, raised five OF six inches
above the surrounding grounds and of
fine, rich soil, and again the best effect
is produced by placing the beds without
any regular plan about their arrange
ment, but placed any way, as nature
does her work.seems the most appro-
pirate for many of the low-growing
plants.
l have written this for the women
that have very little time and would
love to have flowers if they had time to
care for them, when the flowers require
attention. and when there is so little
time to spare.
Mrs MARTHA CRANDALL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
THE CHINCH BUG.

1t is believed that the late long spell
of wet and cold weather has pretty eff
fectually disposed of the chinch bug for
this season. The damage done by this
insect reaches very great money value
some seasons. The department of agri-
culture in its special bulletin on the
chinch bug, recently issued, estimates
the damage done by that insect to vari-
Gus crops last year to be not less than
$60,000,000. The department entomolo-
gist says they attacked wheat and rye
first, then barley and oats, and after
ward corn, grass, millet, sorghum and
broom corn. AS corn, wheat and oats
are the principal TILED crops, they rep
resent the principal part of the damage
The estimate shows that Minnesota lost
2,169,720 bushels of corn, 9,745,75O of
wheat, 2,43S, 100 of oats. Iowa lost
22,O2O, 24O of corn. 6.977,62O of wheat,
1862, 800 of oats. The losses on all these
crops in Illinois were also very heavy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
AN ACT OF JUSTICE.
A Bill to Reimburse Losses by In.
dian DepredatiOns.
Special to the Globe

Special TO the GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, May 16.-While the
house was in committee of the whole
this morning with knute Nelson in the
chair, Hon. Edmund Rice called up by
unanimous consent and passed q bill for
the relief of Abbie Sharp, formerly
Abbie Gardner. This bill appropriates
the sum of $500 for Mrs. Sharp and has
caused Mr.. Rice great deal of labor.
The committee on Indian depreciation
claims reported that claimant lived with
her parents between West Okiboji and
Spirit lake up to March, 1857, when
lnkpaduta, with his band of Sioux. mas
sacred the settlement. The claimant
saw her mothers family killed, one
after another: also her sister, Mrs.
Luce. While holding the infant child
of the latter and endeavoring to protect
her own infant brother, the Indians
dragged them from her arms and beat
The cattle and stock were shot down
and destroyed in their wontonnesS. The
furniture and property of all kinds
were destroyed. Her father and Mr..
Luce, her brOther-in-laW, with her en-
tire family, except sister who was alb
sent, were murdered with the rest.
Three women besides the plaintiff were
the only captlveS taken and spared.
The Indians then began retreating to
Dakota. The claimant, although but a
young girl, was compelled to carry a
load of some sixty or seventy pounds,
consisting of eight bars of lead, one
pound of bullets, one tent cover made of
the thickeSt and heaviest kind of cloth,
one Indian blanket. one iron bar about
four feet long and one inch thick, a
stick of wood of considerable weight
and gun; in addition to this, fiat
piece of wood about four feet long to
keep the back straight. She was obliged
to carry this load and keep up with her
captors in their retreat, wading streams.
When rescued she was a young girl in
broken health, all her relatives swept
away and her fathers land seized by
others. She had no one to defend her
rights. The land is now worth $500 per
acre. and the sum granted in the bill is
small enough. Sabin and Davis will
see that the bill passes the senate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
A Mysterious Disease Among
Cattle From Which They
Die Suddenly.
The Domestic Ruler--IS It the
Woman, the Man or the
Little Swine.
How Farmers May Get Out of
Debt as Suggested by One
Of Them.
Chineh Bugs Killed by Wet
Dakota Specially Adapted
to Sheep.
Speeial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BIG STONE CITY, OAK, May 14.-John
and George Hevenson, who own farm
about six miles west of Big Stone City,
and have stocked it with some choice
Holstein stock, have met with very
serious loss. Friday night full blood
two-year-old heifer would not eat her
bran and would not give down her
milk, and next morning was found
dead in the barn, with blood ooZing out
of her eyes, mouth and nostrils. A
grade bull was found dead with the
same signs this morning, and full blood
ball calf is not expected to live till to-
night. No one has ever heard of dis
ease of that kind in this neighbOrhOod,
and it troubles farmers to know what
it is.
Crops are nearly all in and out of the
ground, looking A No. l, and the farm
ers are now blowing for corn. A large
increase in corn land over last years
acreage will be put in this season. Our
farm land has not been as fertile as
now for the last eight years, and farm
ers are jubilant over their prospects.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
TO PLANT TREES.
Rules and Suggestions Indicated
nv the Albany CuItiyatOr

by the Albany Cultivator.
FirSt-A valuable sort is worth more
than merely a handsome tree.
Second-Good, healthy, bracing roots
are of more Importance than symmet-
rical top.
Third-The roots should be long and
Strong enough and the top made light
enough to Obviate any stalking.
Fourth-If the roots of tree are
frozen and then thawed out OF the
ground. or in contact with the air, the
tree will be killed.
Fifth-If frozen roots are thawed in
compactly pressed mellow earth, the
tree may be made to live.
SiXth-Manure should never be placed
in contact with the roots when setting
out tree, but used for the mulch or top
dressing.
Seventh-Trees should always be set
about as deep as they stood in the nur-
sery. OF two or three inches deeper to
allow for the settling of the earth.
Eighth-Spread out the roots nearly
equally on all sides, so as to brace the
tree well.
Ninth-Avoid particularly any small
cavity next the roots, but fill compactly
against them on all sides with fine, mel
low earth.
Tenth-A small, thrifty tree, with
cOpiOuS roots when set out, will be a
good bearing tree sooner than large
one with mutilated roots.
Eleventh-Watering in dry times
cruStS the surface and does not reach
the roots.
Twelfth Young trees should not be
set in grass lot, or among any crops of
Sewed grain; but the whole earth kept
clean and mellow.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. trees, before
planting, may be made plump by cover
ing for several days cOmpactly, with
moist, mellow earth.
Fourteenth-If newly set ones suffer
from drought. mulch the ground about
them, and frequently sprinkle or
shower the stems and branches.
Fifteenth-The roots extend as far
from the tree as its entire height; clean
and mellow cultivation should there
fore cover a surface as wide as its
height.
Sixteenth-As general rule cultiva-
ton should be continued for six, eight
or ten years from planting, after which
closely graZed or lawn-mOWed grass
may be permitted, with frequent top
dressing.
Seventeenth-The amount of manur-
ing or top-dressing must vary with the
vigor of the trees. Young trees should
grow two or three feet yearly, and if
bearing one foot or more.
Eighteenth-Keep an eye to the future
shape of the tree, and timely remove
small, needless. crossing or crooked
limbs. This will obviate heavy pruning
in after years.
Nineteen-Pruhing when dormant
tends to impart vigor: but if done when
growing or in leaf, it checks growth,
and therefore feeble tree should never
be pruned after growth commences in
the spring. But healthy, strong growers
may be lightly pruned at either season.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
Republicans Getting Consid-
erably Mixed Up Over the
Mills Bill.
Mr.. Mills Proposition for a
Vote Takes Them Rather.
by Surprise.
Rice's Bill for the Relief Of
Mrs. Sharp Passed by the
House.
The Senate Committee PareS
Down the River and Hap-
Dor Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-There is a
good deal of consultation among Re-
publican members of the house upon
the proposition made by Mr.. Mills last
week that the house shall vote upon the
Mills bill and a substitute to be offered
by the Republicans directly upon the
close of the general debate this week
and without the consideration of the
amendments. Up to this point no sort
Of an agreement has been reached by
the Republicans, and there appears to be
wide difference of opinion upon the
subject. Some members believe that
the Mills bill can be easily beaten in its
present shape, while others (and
notably part of the New York cOntin-
gent hold that they are in duty bound
TO use every effort to kill the bill, and
that this can be effectually done only
by Kidding it with amendments.
Prominent Republican senators are be-
ing consulted every day by the Re
publican leaders in the house. Some of
them profess to believe that Mr..
Mills was prompted TO make his propO-
Sition through fear that his
party would disrupt and be led off by
tempting amendments offered by the
Republicans. Mr.. Mills himself says he
has no fear on that score. He says he
made the offer to save the bill from
being drawn into the whirlpool of five
minutes debate, which might hold it in
its grasp indefinitely. He is confident
that his party can be held together i'll
the principles under which the bill was
constructed, and that all of its vital
features can be preserved, although
amendments of minor Importance about
which he cares little may be made. 1t
appears that the proposition to take the
test vote without the consideration of
amendments was made by the Demo-
Gratis as a condition to granting the eX-
tension of general debate. AT the time
the Republican members of the ways
and means committee declined to give
an immediate answer, but took it under
consideration. Mr.. Mills expects the
offer to be rejected, but it may be noted
that the canvass which is going on has
revealed the fact that the proposition is
acceptable to a considerable number of
Rpnuhlicanc
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
SEED POTATOES.
A Writer in the Ohio Farmer
FavOrs the Planting of Small
Potatoes

Potatoes.
Last spring l went to neighbours to
get a bushel each of Mammoth Pearl
and st. Patrick potatoes. Not liking the
looks Of his Mammoth Pearl, | took
only half a bushel. and one and half
bushels of st. Patricks. l cut them to
one eye. and planted about the LIST of
June. When l dug them we had a
bushel basket we'll heaped up fifty
times with the Mammoth Pearls. The
st. PatrickS | found to be the same that
| have been growing for several years
past, and did not measure them. In
size the Mammoth Pearl would compare
favOrably with a small boys head. l
have been radical advocate of cutting
seed to one eye, unless very small, for
number of years. Its settled fact with
me that to grow potatoes of uniformly
large size, one must plant only one eye.
or a very small potato in one place.
Out of pile of 200 bushels of st. Pat
ricks thus planted, l picked twelve
bushels of small seed, the rest was fit to
haul off to market. / am we'll aware
that almost every person will shake his
head when l speak about planting the
smallest for seed. The cry is that s.you
will run them out" About a dozen
years ago potatoes were scarce at plant
ing time about here. and ran up to 81 so.
ran short of seed and went to neigh
Dor (who always plants big potatoes).
He had done planting and had nothing
left but small culls that he considered
worthless; in size from walnut down
to hickory nut. l gathered up bag
full, cut the largest in two pieces and
planted all, and had big yield of big
potatoes.
have continued the same practice
with the same sort of potatoes. with as
| good results every year since. Last
| season they were better than ever. !
am pretty well persuaded in my mind
that they do hot run out. Plant one
eye, and only one Sprout will come up; ;
| plant small potato, and as rule, in
most cases only one eye will sprout
Last spring | applied either manure or
phosphate to all my planting excepting
three rows. When l dug them l meas
ured the three rows carefully and also
three rows alongside of them that had
a liberal supply of phosphate. There
was not half a peck difference either
way. and 1 was considerably
''stumped.'
| raise a good crop of potatoes every
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
MARINE.
PORT OF DULUTH.
Cnanial to the Glnhn

Special to the Globe
DULUTH, Mimi, May 16.-Arrived: Calu-
met, Ash, Wocoken. Pelican, Barnum,
Omaha, Superior, Sandusky, City of Duluth,
Toledo, Nyack, G. W. Moorely, Moravia, Kate
Butteroni, Galatea, NJ, NJ. Drake. Arrived at
Superior: P. P. Pratt and Sitka, out with
wheat. One hundred and eight thousand
capacity in harbor now chartered for wheat
to Buffalo at 8 cents, and 100000 to arrive
chartered at cents.
PORT OF SUPERIOR.
Special to the Globe.
SUPERIOR, Wis, May 16.-Arrived: Fred
Kelley, NJ. E. Tremble, Warner and Siberia
from Cleveland, S. F. Drake from Buffalo. all
with coal. Cleared: iron State and Iron
Duke for Buffalo, wheat.
PORT OF wAsHBURN.
Special to the Globe.
WAsHBURN, Wis. May 16.-Arrived:
White 4 Friant, Neil. Stephenson and Pa
rama, from Chicago, loading with lumber.
Clear, calm and cool.
PORT OF ASHLAND.
Special to the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis.,, May 16.-CIeared: Pro-
peller Nyack, merchandise, Duluth.
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
hiladelphia-Arrived: Steamer Vaterland,
from Antwerp.
New York-Arrived: Steamers England,
Baltic and Nevada, from Liverpool.
Queenstown-Arriyed Steamers Arizona,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
FARM NOTES
Points and Facts That May Be of
Value to the TiIIers of the Soil.

DR.. Alloway says in the Grand Forks
Herald that the live stock industry of
Dakota for the past seven years has in
creased at rate exceeding S5,000,000
annually. In 1880 the live stock of the
territory was valued at Sc, 463, 274, while
w WAS se ysed at over 9l o brine naf
the six months just ended the additions
to the territory in horses and cattle have
surpassed any similar period in its his
tory. Statistics taken from the live
stock inspectors reports show that up
wards of 10000 head per month have
been admitted into the territory.
''Under no circumstances" says W.
d. Hoard, would we run the risk of
dehOrning male or female in whom
we placed due reliance for breeding or
butter purposes. We believe farmers
have gone into this business, and es-
pecially dairymen, without sufficient
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17

son; J. N. Rogers, wife and children
". W. Dawley and c. t. Hallowell, st.
Paul, arrived to-day at the National.
Gov. McGilPs son. were escorted about
the capitol by eX-Auditor Crowell. The
ladies left this evening for Baltimore.
They expect to return here Saturday
and spend several days. Senator Sabin
will return to the city tomorrow even
ing. George p. Flannery, of Minneapo-
lis, will leave for home Saturday. Capt.
j. S. Hassler, appointment clerk of the
interior department, leaves tomorrow
morning for New York, where he will
represent Secretary Villas in making
contracts for Indian supplies for the en-
suing fiscal year
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-17
Lind is SURPRISED,

Special 10 the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 16.-Hon. John
Lind said this evening: 81 am greatly
surprised to read in the telegraphic col
umns of this mornings papers that l
was selected by the Second district Re-
publican convention as delegate to the
Chicago convention. My friends doubt
less meant well, but their action causes
me much regret. expressly said that
l could not serve in that capacity. For
many years it has been recognized as
impolitic to send congressman to ma
tlonal conventions to nominate presi-
dents, and exceptions have only been
made IN case OF eminently useful men.
1t is unwise to select congressman for
such service, and l wish that some good
Republican from home, who is fresher
from the people than myself, had been
selected"