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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1889-04-25

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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1889-04-25

&Enn chaque, plusieurs lots sur Ia
OOUU 1Seme rue Nord, pres de Ia
Western, a I'm block DIES "Street Cars"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Training Nurses.

Mrs. Robert w. Chaplin, of this city (Jew
York;, has hit upon very happy idea in de-
Gliding to found training school for chill
dren's nurses and in endowing it with about
$4,000. So much ignorance is displayed by
nurses, and SO many children are made un-
happy by the treatment received at their
hands, that it is surprising that Mrs Cha
pins plan has not been adopted long ere this.
In the city of New York, and, in fact,
throughout the whole country, competent,
considerate children's nurses are decidedly
scarce. The proper bringing up of the
young is too lightly regarded by good
many mothers, but if Mrs. Chapin's new
school will do its work we'll by turning out
really well trained nurses, not only many a
little one who is now intrusted by its fash
ionable mamma to the tender mercies of an
untutored hireling, but the whole community,
will be the gainer.-Epoch.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
A Female Athlete.

That was lady to beware of that James
Payne tells of in The London Illustrated
News: "Miss Phoebe Boun, of Matlock, never
made an exhibition Of herself in any way,
but William Hutton, in one of his tours,
speaks of her with wonder as well as praise.
Her step, at 80, was very manly, and could
cover forty miles a day. She could lift a
hundred weight with each hand, and, with
the wind in her face, send her voice mile.
She could knit, cook and spin, but hated
them all with every accompaniment to the
female character except modesty.' If any
gentleman made mistake as to this latter
attribute, she knocked him down. She could
hold the pillow, drive the team and thatch
the rick, but her chief avocation was break
ing in horses, without a saddle, at guinea a
week. She was an excellent shot and great
reader; fond of Shakespeare, and, doubtless,
also, of the musical glasses, since she played
the bass viol in Matlock church."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Fine Feathers.

In Queen Annes time the dress of the fine
lady was elaborate. When she exchanged her
mob, morning gown and handkerchief for
full dress and the park, she appeared in a
laced bodice, worn open in front over tight
stays, surmounted, after Addison's remon-
strances, by the tucker of modesty. Her
sleeves were shortened so as to show the lace
hangings, which fell to the wrist. Her apron
covered but a tiny portion of the rich bro
caded petticoat, which was distended upon
the German hoop-a huge rotunda, such as
that which was brought into the spectators
court of judicarure. AS the bodice descended
the petticoats rose and revealed the bright
stockings Of thread or silk, which terminated
in beautifully worked shoes of embroidered
satin or morocco leather. In nothing were
the fashions more changeable than in the
height of the headdress. Addison remem-
bered it rise and fall above thirty degrees "
The Quarterly Review.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Tho Clothing of Babies,

Although I. own that children are now
more sensibly clothed than was the case thirty
years ago, it is still common to see an infant,
who can take no exercise to warm himself,
wearing a low necked, short sleeved, short
coated dress in the coolest weather. The two
parts of the body-viz., the upper portion of
the chest and the lower portion of the abdo-
men-which it is most important to keep
from variations Of temperature, are exposed,
and the child is rendered liable to colds,
coughs and lung diseases on the one hand and
bowel complaint on the other. What little
there is of the dress is chiefly composed of
open work and embroidery, so that there is
about as much warmth in it as in wire
sieve, and the socks accompanying such a
dress are of cold white cotton, exposing a
cruel length of blue and red leg. lean not see
the beauty of a pair of livid blue legs, and
would much rather behold them comfortably
clad in pair of stockings. If the beauty lie in
tho shape of the leg, thatshape will be displayed
to as much advantage in pair of stockings;
if it lie in the coloring of the flesh, beautiful
coloring will not be obtained by leaving the
leg bare; and, from the artistic point of view,
blue or red stocking is infinitely preferable
to blue and red leg.-Jessie o. Waller in
Popular Science Monthly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
HEALTH IS w EALfH

Dn. T.. Z. W EsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT,
a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizziness,
Commissions. Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache.
Nervous ProstratiOn caused by the use of alcohol
or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Soft
ening OF the Brain resulting in insanity and lead
ing to misery. decay and death. Premature Old
Age Barrenness, Loss of Power in either sex, In
voluntary Losses and SpermatOrrhea caused by
over-exertion of the brain, self-abuse over-in-
diligence. Each box contains one months treat
ment. 81 a box. or six boxes for So sent by mail
prepaid on receipt of price. WE GUARANTEE
SlA BONES to cure any case. With each order
received by us for six boxes, accompanied with
$500, we will send the purchaser written guar
antee to refund the money il the treatment does
not effect cue. Guarantees issued only by
JAS. X. .HOFFLIN. Druggist.
Cor. Sd St. & LIST Ave S., MinneapOlis
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

the house. Tell him to send them by you to-
night, even If not finished; wait, III write a
note for fear of any mistake" So, seat
ing herself with the greatest apparent COM
posure at the very table where the man lay
concealed. she wrote the note. OF course
she wrote not for diamonds, but for helpl
The girl took the note. and alone, absolutely,
with this great terror concealed close by her,
the lady waited That no suspicion might
be reused, she busted herself putting various
things in different places. How terrible must
have been that waitingl How full of joy
and safety the sound of the bell when the
girl returned, and with her the friend and
the police, who captured the man before he
could resist.-Mrs Henry Ward Beecher in
Consumers Journal
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Moisture in the House.


A pitcher filed with cold water and placed
in a room in summer will ''sweat"-at least,
that is what it is commonly called. The
pitcher does not sweat, because it is not DO
rous and cannot sweat; but the cold water
inside of it chills the outer surface, and, as
soon as the outer surface of the pitcher be-
comes cooler than the atmosphere in the
room, the moisture Of the air will be precipi-
tnted upon the pitcher in drops.
This simple illustration should teach all
housewives to avoid suddenly opening rooms
in house when the outside atmosphere is
warmer than the temperature of the rooms
and full Of moisture. In all such cases the
wall paper, furniture, etc., being cooler than
the outside air, will speedily have the moist
ure Of the atmosphere precipitated upon
them, and it will require days to restore the
house to the dry condition that is essential to
health.
There are no arbitrary freaks in the laws
which govern the atmosphere surrounding
us, and there is nothing obtrusive in master
ing them. Warm, damp air will ever pre-
cipitate its moisture in houses and elsewhere
whenever it comes in contact with anything
chilled by cooler atmosphere, and that Is
the whole story. The only thing to be added
is that, when people have thus ignorantly or
negligently allowed their houses to become
damp, they should light fires and dry them
as promptly as possible. Philadelphia Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Fair IArcllerS.

The yew bow is the latest appendage of the
woman who plunges among the trees Wher-
ever you come upon camping party the
summer girl, be she climbing wooded slope
or picking berries in an open glade, abandons
her ribbon tied alpenstock and leans, like
Main Marion, on bow. This sudden passion
for Robin Hoods weapon does not imply a
high degree of the archer's skill. Indeed,
many of the belted and tasseled damsels
would be at loss if called upon to neck the
arrow or draw the string. Though few of
them can knock over a partridge or a heron
at short range, the design of the archer's out
fit is nothing more or less in most instances
than to justify pretty and convenient
woods costume.
A typical example of the bowman's dress is
worn by Brooklyn girl, whose party have
been in camp for a month on one Of the best
grounds. The gown is dark hunters green
serge, the skirt of which is turned up in a hem
eight or ten inches wide, and which falls only
trihe below the knees. With this is worn o
loose sailor blouse of the same color and ma
terial, briar stitched in white, and with q
crimson tie knotted under the collar. Rub
Der soled buskins without heels cover the feet,
and above these are buckled leggins of un-
dressed tawny leather reaching above the
knee. On her head she places green serge
fore and aft cap, and about her waist is q
belt of the same tawny leather, holding pouch
for the arrows, tassel and spare string.
The bow itself, which. like muff or par
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
A Woman Who Was Cool.

We are reminded of an incident that came
to our knowledge some years ago which
should show women that presence of mind
and the power of self-control have saving
power where impulse and lack of courage
would have been certain destruction. We
may have written this before-we are not
sure-but it will bear repeating many times
if any will profit by the lesson and learn to
practice self-control and similar presence of
mind in circumstances half as startling. In
this case one instant's wavering or weakness
would have cost a life.
A lady of wealth and with the rich sur
roundings and costly works of art that wealth
brings was one evening alone, with only one
servant in the house. Being in her chamber
as she laid aside articles of jewelry and
placed them in their appropriate places in her
bureau, she CHANGED to ,raise her eyes to q
mirror opposite, and from a light in the
other corner of the room she caught in the
mirror the reflection of the figure of a man
curled up under a large center table, but
hidden from all sight save what was gained
by this reflection in the mirror. In this way
she saw one of the hands resting on the floor
This hand was minus two fingers, and she
knew at once that close by her was one of the
most desperate characters, whose crimes and
fiendish deeds had been the terror of the sur.
rounding country for miles.
Now, who could blame her if she had
screamed or made hurried effort to reach
the door? Had she done so it would have
sealed her fate. But, forcing herself to be
calm, she finished what she was doing at the
bureau, then quietly stepping to the bell,
rang for the one servant in the house. When
the girl appeared she quietly said, MARY,
wish you would run over to Mr.. - "a
jeweler in the neighborhood) and say wish
he would send back the diamonds he has been
resetting-they are tho most valuable have,
and am uneasy to have them so long out of
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

asol, completes the toilet, is little over five
feet long between nocks, and its strength is
about twenty-six pounds. It is fine piece of
yew, valued at nearly 800, and makes a
pretty appearance with its crimson, plush
colored handle. To do this Brooklyn girl
justice. she practices shooting at a target
nearly every MINDLESS day, and is quite alb
sorbed in the care Of her turkey feathered
arrows.-Boston Traveller.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
"Cushing's ManuaP'

We will mail a cloth-bound copy OF
"Cushing's Manual on receipt of
54cts. (4c. of this is for postage
This is to accommodate the Alliance
officers who need a parliamentary
guide. Cushing's is the recognized
authority in such matters.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
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BY
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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Paper Pillows.

During the Franco German war the ladies
in England were busy making paper cushions
which they sent to France to be used for the
wounded in the hospitals. Hundreds of
thousands of these cushions were sent and
were of great service. Now all England is
crazy on the subject of paper pillows again.
They tear the paper into very small pieces,
not bigger than ones finger nail, and then
put them into pillow sack of drilling or
Light ticking. They are very cool for hot
climates, aud much superior to feather pill.
lows
The newspapers are printing appeals for
them in hospitals. Newspaper is not nice to
use, as there is disagreeable odor from
printers ink; but brown or white paper and
old letters and envelopes are the best. AS
they are torn, stuff them into an old pillow
case, and you can see when you have enough.
The easiest way is to tear or cut the paper in
strips about half an inch wide, and then tear
or cut it across. The finer it is, the lighter it
makes the pillows.-New York Mail and Ex-
press
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
brushing the Hair.

In school for young women, not far from
Philadelphia, it was rule some years ago
that every young lady must, before retiring,
give her hair one hundred good strokes with
the brush. This regularity of brushing the
hair must have had some good effect, for GER
tainly all the students with whom was &C
quainted had very good, glossy hair.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

A little boy in a Milford school received
his first days instruction last week. Before
night he had learned to recognize and spell
one word. Now" said the teacher, ''you
can tell your grandmother tonight how to
spell OK" "My grandmother knows how
to spell it" Indignantly replied the loyal lit
tie fellow; ''shes teached school. "-Oneonta
Herald
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

100 Acres Of Unsmproyed Land,
Located in the celebrated Iowa corn
belt, about 40 miles south of Sioux
City. We will sell this land on rea-
sonable terms or will exchange it for
property in or near the Twin Cities.
For particulars, address
THE GREAT WEST.
ST. PAUL. MINI.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Trees and Small Fruits

We can furnish you the best new
and old fruits, all tested varieties.
The great new White Black Berry
(the Outhwait) the hardest as we'll
as the best; also Forrest Trees. Send
for prices and description OF new
fruits. 1t will pay you to send to the
Osceola Nursery Co.,
E. EICHOLTZ & co.
P, 0. Box 1876. OsCEOLA, Mo.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

The greatest Crust ever formed
in America will be the Farmers ALI
ance when the organization is COM
plete. When this is accomplished,
as it must be, the other "trusts" will
not be sigh high in a whirlwind.
One OF the great curses our
towns have to endure is the local
political boss. His stock in
trade consists in cumming the
town, swilling free whiskey, and
abusing the Farmers and Labor
ers, Union. His nose is his flag
it's color denotes his politics.
Almanac.
The New York Financier, after re-
viewing the Window silver scheme,
remarks:
The fact is, such a plan would put
our Government in the position of a
Spectator in silver, and any medium
OF currency possessing such wavering
qualifications could not be enter
tanned by a business community that
demands an exact and unwavering
standard for internal as well as inter
national purposes.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

That ever changeful and tickle goddess,
Fashion, has revived the banquet lamps
which years ago were very popular. The
PRESENT style is rather taller than that for
merry affected.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

Every woman who expects to be at tn
head of house, and what woman does not
should know something about cooking.
know young man who is going to marry
young woman who is a teacher of the art Q
cooking, and I envy that young man the dir
ners that are before him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
WOman's Hair.

How many black haired women do you
know! If you take the trouble to count, you
will find that, out of ten women you meet,
nine will have blonde hair of some shade, and
the tenth will possess dark brown rather than
black. The tendency of the times seems to
be toward light haired women, and, by the
by, do not mean the ones whose hair is
made light by the use Of peroxide Of hydro
gen. Scientists tell us that as nation grows
more civilized its women grow more perfect
ly blonde, and students in the mysteries of
love say that blonde women are the most
affectionate wives and the least faithful.
This is the sort of thing that no man can find
out by personal experience, but it's rather in
teresting to know.
Curious contrasts are occasionally noted in
families, and none are more emphasized than
that between Mary Eastlake and her sister,
Miss Eastlake has halo of the most exquisite
hair-blonde, without hint of yellow, just
such pure, perfect blonde as you occasionally
see on babies, and which it is rare to find on
older heads. With this is the whitest of skins
and great soft blue eyes that look at you as if
they were pleading for somebody all the time.
The younger sister has glossy hair so dark it
might be called black, and great brown eyes
that look out at you as if questioning in pref
ty way what the New World held. The much
admired combination of black hair and blue
eyes is seldom seen nowadays, except among
the Irish beauties. The woman with very red
hair, pale eyes and light brows and lashes, is
the nearest approach that a woman can make
to being ugly, for ugliness with women who
have any intelligence at all is not positive
quality.-New York Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
All for 10 Cents. -Free Express Paid

On receipt of 10 cents, your address and name
of your express Office will send you Free ex-
press paid q 40O-page Catalogue containing over
Three Thousand Cuts and Prices of Hardware
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logue you can buy goods in small or large guam
titles cheap as your own dealers buys them.
T. NJ. ROBERTS, $40 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis
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To Whom They Arc Indebted.

10 nom x0cy ARC indebted,
II don't owe anybody anything" protested
one young woman physician to another, when
gratitude to the older women who first ven
tured into the thorny path of medicine was
suggested, says a writer in The Washington
Capital. II paid my fees, took my course,
l got my diploma and no thanks to any
body"
This is the kind of individual who ought to
sit at the feet of gentle Lucy Stone and listen
to some of her "reminiscences of the last half
century. When Mary Lyon came to the little
Massachusetts, town where Mrs. Stone was
brought up, she found all the women and
girls making shirts for the Young Mems Edu-
cational society. The boys must 20 to school,
but who thought of the girlsi The boys could
earn dollar day, the girls dollar week,
when they taught school, and Mrs. Stone
dropped her thimble, reasoning very Justly
that the boys could look out for themselves
When Harriet Hosmer wanted instruction in
anatomy to help her in sculpture, she went
from medical college to medical college
throughout the east, and wandered as far as
st. Louis before any school agreed to take
her in.
''She Doctors was the pleasant little term
applied to the first woman who practiced
medicine. When Abby Kelly went ON the
lecture platform to speak for the slave, a
preacher, who noticed her in his audience,
took as his text: .'This Jezebel is coming
among u.s." and when Lucy Stone was to
speak for anti-slavery in Maiden, Mass the
clergyman who announced the address did it
after this wise: II have been requested BY
Mr.. Morey to say that at the Town hall. at 3
o'clock this afternoon, q hen will try to crow
like a cock All who would like tn hear that
appreciate through what martyrdom the
right to free speech and free action has been
bought for them, but one comes nearest to
such understanding when listening to one like
Mrs. Stone, to whom the past is still present
in mind and wildly real
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

0 the 9rodqcers of the N orth"es |
Fo1 the first time in the history of Journalism issued
solely for your commercial and political interests.
THE GRE3AT WEST
Will take up strictly agricultural While the farm
have such magnificent journals in that department there
for the cowding in ofanother claimant for favor
But the farmer does need Journal devoted solely to his
cial interest," And this political and trans
greons it impossible for enlarge commercial
matters without primarily assaung the 0vershadoWing political
powers and abuses of the monopoists.
Our patrons will become convinced that Dr. Fish is the
take editorial charge ofsuch paper He years
the daily press the Commercial Department. thoroughly
acquainted with Board Trade grain dealing Exchange
ters and knows bond from pigs He has always been
"antimonopolst' -outspoken and fearless.
Every Western Farmer
knows how is todrop all local notons and wL
unite upon broad national
policy You helpless without press
The tor will the mighty hardy ion
Der and ballot swept to and fro by theyng politicians unless he
will MONEY into powerful press. 1t only remedy
1t will take unainchng justice purer
political atmosphere 1t will the
West only Dakoas Kansas
braska
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DIRECTORIES.
oEF1cERs NATIONAL ALLIANCE.

OFFICERS NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
President, J. Burrows. Filley, Nebraska.
Vice-President II. L. Loucks, Clear Lake, OAK.
Secretary, August Post, Moulton. Iowa.
Treasurer j. J. FurlOng. Austin, Minnesota.