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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
EvERYsoDY HAS SEEN HER.
The Doleful Woman, Who Should Never
BE Allowed in . 'Sickroom.

The Doleful Woman, Who Should Move.
BE Allowed in = 'Sickroom.
Do you know the doleful person?
asks the Omaha World Herald. She.
for the doleful person is always q
woman is always good neighbor in
health. and tries to be neighborly in
sickness. But she makes misera-
bic failure at the latter You know
how she acts Don't you remember
the last time the baby was sick?
After you had watched by the little
ones bed day after day. and night
after night had watched the roses
fade from the loved ones cheeks and
saw the little form waste away? And
don't you remember that just at the
time when you had about given up
hope the doleful neighbor came in?
And don't you remember how she
tried to cheer you up with a one
sided conversation. something like
this:
Why Mrs. B. how much
worse the baby looks this morning.
She looks just like Sarah Jones' baby
did the night before it died. Ora
cious. l never saw child so wasted
away as Sarah's was except yours.
We just done everything for that
child. but it want no use. | never
will forget how Sarah took on at the
funeral"
And then the doleful neighbor sud-
denly rememb ers that she has to run
back home to set a sponge and
when she goes you hope she will
never return. You look again at the
suffering babe and feel that your
heart must surely break. But sud-
denly there is a knock at the door
and IN comes the well. sunbeam
neighbor is as good a name as any.
She was over the evening before and
quietly and unobtrusively helped to
do so many needful things and when
she left she left a word of cheer.
And when she comes this time she
says something like this:
Why how much better the baby
K oks this mornlng!'
And don't you remember what a
bright CLEAN of hope crossed your
mind?
Il never saw a child improve so
much in SO short a time before. lam
sure the baby will soon be WE'LL"
And then the sunbeam neighbor re-
arranges the bed. adjusts the blinds.
tells you she will call again IN few
hours and hurries home Honest
now. didn't she leave a confident feel
ing behind her? You felt better and
more hopeful. Baby. even. seemed
to rally under the words. and when at
last the little one was playing around
your knee again. didn't you think of
the words Of the sunbeam neighbor?
The doleful neighbor has frightened
more mothers to death. buried more
babies and caused more tears than all
the plaques combined. She should
be suppressed.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
A SPANISH ELECTION.

A New Idea in the Way of Political
The Spanish regard for a fine
bull is we'll known. Very often the
animals of the bull-ring are as fam
Gus as the toreadors. says the Youths
Companion. According to report
in Spanish paper this regard for
the bull was put TO very new and
singular use in town of the province
of Toledo recently. An election was
being held in the little town of Oro-
pesa. where the ministerial1sts or
government party. and the Carlists.
or Spanish 'oldliners. were nearly
of equal strength. Each party, there
fore. was trying to prevent the other
from polling it's full vote.
The polling had gone on. without
any apparent majority on either side
until nearly the end of the day. All
at once all parties were greatly inter-
ested in the appearance of superb
bull lead by a countryman. exactly
before the door of the voting booth.
Every body took an interest in him.
Presently it was observed that as
certain voters approached the door
of the booth the bull made a lunge
toward them. This frightened them
so that they took to their heels and
did not dare to approach the door
again.
But when certain other voters came
up the bull stepped back politely and
let them enter. In course OF time it
turned out that all the voters who
had been frightened away were min
isterialists and all those who had been
allowed to vote were Carlists.
When it was too late to change the
result and the Carlists had carried
the day in Oropesa it came out that
the supposed countryman was Grail
list heller in disguise. and that by
means of braided stick concealed
under his flowing cape he goaded
the bull forward whenever minis.
terialist approached and urged him
backward when Carlist hove in
sight
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
cARoLrNE SCOTT HARRISON.

Now utter calm and rest;
Hands folded Ger the breast
In peace the placldest.
All trials past,
All fever soOthed---all pain
Annulled. in heart and brain,
Never to vex again
She sleeps at last.
She sleeps. But oh, most dear
And best beloved Of her
Ye sleep not-nay, nor stir,
Save but to bow,
The closer each to each,
With sobs and broken speech
That all in vain beseech
Her answer now.
And 10, we weep with you
One grief the wide world through
Yet, with the faith she knew,
We see her still,
Even as here she stood
All that was pure and good,
And sweet in WON lnhood-
Gods will her will
james WhitcOmb Riley
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
How to Cheaper Feeds,

TOW TO Cn6apGn f0eQSs
The prices of feed bid fair to be high
the coming winter, and such will con-
tinue to be the case every winter, as
long as there is such q tremendous de-
mand for all sorts of millstuffs, on the
part of dairy farmers, all over this
broad land. The dairymen are all right
in their ideas of feeding we'll, but they
are all wrong in not growing more OF
their own feed.
Wheat is way down to the lowest
notch we have seen in thirty years,
and bran climbing up in price every
day. We are not certain but those
farmers who are we'll situated to do it
had better buy the wheat by the car
load and get it ground at the custom
mill, and feed the bran and middlings,
selling the flour for what they can rea-
lie.
If we were in Northern Dakota or
Fl ty cents a bushel, if we had good
COWS 10 1etu ~ W, u1u UuLC0I thirty
one cents a pound in Chicago. Webe-
lieve there are four pounds of butter
in a. bushel OF wheat fed to q good
COW, with good roughage in addition.
But whether in Dakota or New
York, everywhere the dairy farmer is
at the mercy of the feed vender. This
would not be SO if the majority set
seriously to work to produce their
own feed. in some form or other. The
mischief is, the most of farmers stop
feed when prices OF feed 90 high, no
matter what the price of butter is.
What a lot of education we all do need
on this feed question. There is SO
littlereal figuring on it-so little really
studied out by the dairy farmers by
which they can figure.
The way to bring down the price OF
feed stuff is for more farmers to go at
growing peas and silage corn. Not
one man in thousand knows what
he could do if he should try.-Hoard's
Dairyman.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
Origin Of spoon. .

Two natural objects seem to have
furnished the model for the spoon to
primitive man. the river or sea she'll
and the leaf of plants. In Southern
China she'll spoons are still used that
are closely reproduced in the familiar
porcelain spoon of that country.
while metal spoons are found in India
on which are reproduced even the
veins of the leaves from which they
were copied.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30

Don. she said with feverish haste
Il want you to get adivorce from ml
and we'll be married again. Can
you see " with wild little sob. .its
all because we were married on the
| thirteenth"
Thirteenth" said Mr.. Cameron.
ST.. who was just entering the room.
why you were married on the
twelfth"
Donald was staring at Glee in mute
| astonishment at her last statement.
'Why " said he vaguely. .cards were
engraved the thirteenthr'
Mistake then" said the elder
Cameron confidently. Why. it was
to be on the twenty-sixth wasn't it?
And you fastened it two weeks; doesn'
that make it the twelfth? BY the by.
Donald Finnigan has been hunted
down and has confessed he set the
fire.
':And Peters has done it ALL"
ANY relation to Hugh Peters.
wonder" said Glee musingly.
Has son that name whv thew
live right over here at the Naples .
Glee caught Donald's coat sleeve
wildly. Don, she gasped. Don!
That's the fellow l sent away to- day
-Dorothy's lover! and his father n as
been your best friend"
Donald turned to his father ir as.
tonishment. Great Scott" he ex-
claimed. this is a mess. Wha5 can
we do. governor?'
Il can settle it think" said Mar
maduke Cameron. and presently he
was driving off toward the Naples as
fast as his horses could take him.
Meanwhile Donald and Glee sat
there talking softly together. Things
must come out all right Giee told
herself now that they had not been
married on the 18th. Donald was
examining the days mail. Suddenly
he thrust letter in Glee's hands.
Jupiter Jones'" said he. read that y
The envelope was covered with
post-marks and looked as if it might
have made a tour of the United States.
The letter opened Glee read as fol-
lows:
Dear sir: find am unable to have
the diamonds set up at the date named. |
know you would not wish 1t sighted. and
absence from town will prevent my giving
any personal supervision. So will send
to display at the wedding the paste model,
a truly excellent imitation. and as early in
August as possible will send you the orig
inal. Yours respectfully,
''JACQUs NoURY."
oh. what a deal of worry 1t would
have saved had the letter come
straight here" said Glee softly,
why here's govvie!"
Ja Indeed it was and with him Hugh
Peters.
Il met him going to the station
with his travelling bag" explained
Mr. Cameron, and-simply here he
is"
Glee sent mysterious message to
Dorothys room. and presently a
dainty little figure in a silken gown
of pale green came shyly into the
room.
'Oh. don't be afraid Dorothy"
called Donald. Welcome him-we
won't look!"
First" said Glee. holding out her
hand contritely. Il want Hugh she
spoke the name very prettily Ito tell
me he forgives me-"
Indeed I forgive you" the young
fellow said cordially.
And now" said Glee. won you
take off your coat and stay for din
ner? All the family together you
know"
But " said Donald. rather meanly,
all considered. DO you seriously. do
you dare Glee? To-day is the tbir-
teenth. you know"
Nonsense laughed Glee. I'm
entirely cured OF my superstition. ~
American Cultivation
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
Some Useful Hints.
Card and brush stabbed COWS.

Card and brush stabbed COWS.
Do not use a scrub bull this winter.
Select your poor mixers, and send
them to the butcher.
Have COW that you can get some
thing out of for something.
The tender shelter Of wire fence s
severe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30

Nebraska farmer suggests one way of
coming as near the condition as pos
sible. The principal reliance of the
average farmer for meat to use on the
table is pork. Occasionally a sheep
will be killed and part ofthe carcass
sold and the balance used when fresh
meat is wanted. In some cases q
beef is killed in the fall, part is sold
and the balance used. But very few
have the amount of beef to eat that
they should. Because the pork is the
easiest to pack away and keep during
the summer. It is used almost entire
ly, aud yet there is no denying that
the farmer and his family relish beef
fully as we'll as any one, but they usu-
ally expect to buy the beef, and as
they generally have the pork on hand
they eat it and 60 without the fresh
beef.
While it is not always possible to
have flesh beef yet corned or picked
beef is fully as palatable as picked or
salt pork and is nearly if not quite
as cheap. It will cost no more to the
farmer to feed and fatten a good beef
to eat than it will begood pork, whileit
will be relished as change, and in many
cases. be more healthful than the pork.
Properly managed beef can be kept
easier than pork. 1t should be killed.
cut into appropriate pieces and laid
out where all Of the animal heat will
be cooled out, and then put in strong
brine. Let stand q week or 10 days,
then pour off this brine and put on
fresh. If desired as soon as we'll salt
ed some OF the rump pieces may be
hung up the same as pork, and be
smoked, or some can be made into
sausages, and if desired stuffed and
smoked for long keeping. II sufficient
brine is kept in the barrel to cover the
meat and it is kept in cool place
corned beef can be kept for long
time and be OF good quality, and will
be more desirable for the table than
so much pork. With little care
good heller that perhaps would not
sell quite as we'll as steer to send to
market, and yet would make fully as
good beef, can be fattened to kill for
family use and be better than depend
ing so entirely upon hog meat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
Some Beef.

How to provide q suitable supply
Of fresh meat for the farmers table is
always something of q nroblam. The
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30

Anything that makes us take an un.
selfish interest in others makes US bet
ter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
Reducing the Cost.

OHo way Oi reallZlng prOHC With
low prices is by reducing the cost, and
In order to accomplish this, the work
Of growing the various crops, OF breed
ing, feeding and marketing the stock
must be carefully considered. With
many of the spring crops more or less
Of the preparatory work can be done
during the winter and at less cost
generally than if every thing is delayed
until the season opens. This will be
one item in saving or rather in reduc-
ing the cost. In many cases the farm
is cut up into a much larger number
Of fields than is best for the economi-
cal management, especially in plant
ing, cultivating and harvesting the
crops, and during the winter it is @
good plan to reduce the fencing when
ever practicable. It is not good eco
nomy to reduce the cost in any way
that will reduce the yield; while there
may be a small reduction in the out
lay, this plan will, in the end, increase
the actual cost per bushel or pound.
On the other hand increasing the yield
of the crops will generally decrease the
cost and during the winter it will pay
to take time and study out how it is
possible to increase the yield at the
lowest cost.
Plan out the seasons work in ad-
vance. During the winter do as much
preparatory work as possible. Plan
to get the work all done in good sea-
son. By having the work properly
systematized, and distributed less
hired labor will be needed, and thus
will in nearly all cases reduce the
cost. Often proper use OF machin-
cry will help to lessen the cost, but
at the same time it should not be for
gotten that it is often possible to go
to an extreme and purchase more
machinery than is really profitable.
1t is only by taking every advantage
in doing the work that the lowest cost
is possible, and with @ low cost
profit is often possible where other
wise, with present prices, loss would
be occasioned. The farm and the
work must be studied and the sea-
sons work planned out to the best
possible advantage.-Prairie Farmer.
For the Sake Of the Bees
Prof. A. j. Cook, OF the Agricultural
college, of Michigan, who is an active
worker in the cause of bee culture,
and one of the best authorities on the
subject. says: It has seemed to me
and am stronger in the faith now
than ever, that every state should
pass law making it a serious mis-
demeanor to spray out fruit trees
whils in blossom. l do not think
such a law would need to be used
much, if ever; but as an educator it
would do signal service. 1t would act
as our foul-brood and yellows laws
have. When men find that there is
law against any proposed course of
action, they will almost always hest
cate before they act. In case like
this, where there is no cause for wrong
action, but every reason for doing
that which works no one i'll but the
most good to all, then surely if q
legislature act will have influence, it
should be urged by all, whether dir
for every bee-keeper to agitate this
matter, that the public may be
educated, at least, and that such
legislation may be secured as will aid
to prevent any spraying during the
time that the fruit trees are in bios.
som?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
A HARD-WORKING KING.
Social Duties Seem to Claim His At.
tentiOn More Than Business.

Social Duties Seem to Claim His At
tention More Than Business.
A newspaper writer speaking OF
the king of Italy. says that Humbert
is tireless worker and then gives
the following as the daily routine of
that monarch: When at Rome. says
the writer, he rises. very often be-
fore g. and sets to work in his cabi-
net At he eats light breakfast
and then until 9 busies himself with
his correspondence.
This duty accomplished he makes
such calls as the days demands re-
quire. lunches at l, and later receives
his ministers and such others as may
have claims on him. In the after
noon he drives out and sometimes
goes to the races He dimes at Z.
and this meal at which the king is
present to entertain his guests and
not to eat generally lasts until $3.50
At 10 the king. az rule. goes to the
opera, where he remains for an hour.
At IL he goes back to his cabinet
and until l. when he retires, is busy
with his afternoon correspondence.
':At Mama. near Milan where he
resides during the summer months.
he follows a slightly less arduous
routine. At Mama work claims his
attention until IL every morning.
when he lunches with his family and
a few invited guests or takes them
for the afternoon drive. Tea is SER
we'd at 5. and after the meal the king
talks smokes and plays billiards
with his guests. Shortly after mid
night the household retires"
v~ This reminds us forcibly of the re-
ply Of the small boy who was asked
if he worked hard at any thing.
Yes" he said very hard.
What with three meals a day and
the games l have to play I'm just
tired out when night comes. Harp
ers Young People.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-30
A Defunct Kicker.

Il had my hat kicked off one dark
night by a dead man." When a
youngster of - I was riding a star
mail route in Southeastern Missouri.
1t was just after the war and footpads
were plentiful One dark night a
couple of these gentry tried to hold
me up. but was mounted on met.
tlesome horse and l socked the spurs
home and rode over them. l went
plunging on through the darkness for
several hundred yards when my horse
stopped so suddenly that /
inadvertently left the saddle
and sat astride his neck. My road
ster was trembling all over with
fright but to save me. I could see
nothing. thought it must be mora
footpads and spurred the horse for
ward. while l held my pistol ready
for the expected attack AS passed
a large walnut tree that nearly GOV.
cred the road a big muddy boot struck
me in the face and scraped my hat
oil. l concluded that did not need
hat so did not stop to recover it.
On my way back the next morning
found that the kicker was a dead man.
who was swinging from limb with
piece OF paper pinned to his shirt on
which was scrawled: Thou shalt
not steel-speshully COWS and nevis"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-17
MONEY BADLY HANDLED.
An Employees Stogy About the Gen.
sus Bureau 0oings.
DEFECTS ALL DUE TO THE SYSTEM
subordinates Got More Pay Than Chiefs-
The Charges Of . Fsrmers' Alliance
Mantle Work OF Congress 20
be . Bank President.

WAsHrNoroN, May III. A. Collins, AN
employe OF the farms, loans and mortgage
division Of the census bureau, who had
testified that political pressure had
worked to the detriment Of the bureau by
causing unjust inequalities In salaries
and dismissal Of competent persons, to
make room for persons with influences,
resumed his testimony yesterday before
the census ONCE investigating committee
and explained In some detail how this
had occurred.
He said that q, ,000, 900 had been appro-
priatsd for the mortgage division and .
part Of the money had been used In the
work OF population.
+, 1t was common report that when per-
sons wanted more pay they went TO their
congressman instead OF the chief OF div
ision In the ONCE.
Representative Taylor objected to this
testimony, but Mr.. Fithian overruled the
objection.
Witness said he acted a. chief of divis-
ion at less salary than half Q dozen OF his
subordinates. He charged the faults not
on individuals, but on the system under
which 10 was organised.
Replying to Representative Taylor, Mr..
Collins said he belonged to the Farmers
Alliance party and had been appointed
on the Recommendation OF Senator
Blackburn. Adjourned until Wednesday,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-17
| MAY, 1904.
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Marriage aud Funeral Notices. one insert ion,
50c.: each additional Insertion. f5c.
DIED.


xgsr Cross. widow Of Judge George ID. Cross
Funsrai Wednssday 18th inst at $50 o'clock r. NJ.
from the Episcopal church.
EDDY-At North swansea. 18TH inst. CHARLES
Funers from Ssu the First Baptist Church, Thursday,
10Th inst. At II A. ~ helss,ses ana rr'ehas arc
FIsK-In Englewooi, Cook county, Illinois.
s@sa'l daughter o. the late samuel 4. Haswell.
KEITH-In this city. suddenly. 10th inst. CHRIS
ToPHER I. KEITH. aged 80 years.
Notice OF funeral later
yALLEY-In Philadelphia on the 9TH inst.
BEs;AS,,y S,s M, LIZ VALLEY aged VI years. formerly
O'REILLYzIn Denver. Col, on the i1th inst.'
o Sr this 81. si.yi yiro,hers resi-
% senee. in tnis % city. '1 No. T Douglas avenue on
We orn5g a, &, sse aoc Relatives
ROBINsQN-In this city. 10th inst, NANcy ~.
widow Of Zepheniah Robinson. In the '4th year
Prayer at the residence Of her daughter 6s Belle
yue avenue. "Wednesday 18th inst, at 3 y ".
Further services and burial at FALMOUTH, Mass.
Relatives aud friends are invited 90 attend.
SMYTH-In this city, 10th inst, MARY sMYTH.
-, IN the seth year OF her age. ,s,,,ns, n, sao
o'clock. from her late residence, % Ailston
street Relatives and friends are Invited to at
sPENCER-In Crompton. X. l., 10th inst. ELIZA
beth uPDIKE, widow OF Burnham spencer In
AT First Baptist Church. Crompton, at o'clock:
Prayer ot house before services. Burial ny
Knotty Oak. Relatives and friends are invited
TO attend without further notice.
sULLIYAN-In this city. 10th inst, THOMAS
SULLIVAN.
Funeral from the residence of his sist,r-in-law.
Mrs. Ann Sulliyan), % Elm street. Wednesday,
18th inst, at $50 A. N. Relatives and friends
are invited To attend.
WEEks-In this city. 10th inst, Miss ELIzABETH
p. WEEKS. In the SD year OF her age. go
Funeral services Thursday 10Th inst, at IL A. NJ,
from the Bethel VI. r. Church. Meeting street.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 attend.
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