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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-29

Celebrated plymouth" So Pants
And $40 suits. Initiated by many. equaied
by none. New fall styles now ready.
plymouth Corner. Seventh and Robert.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-29

Miss Rebecca Taylor, of White Bear Lake.
candidate for county superintendent of
schools, will address the residents of While
Bear Lake at Fireman's hall. on Monday
evening, Oct. 80 on educational topics. La
dies are especially invited to attend
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
LUCKLESS BABIES.
4 Strange Phnss Of Life in Now York and
Other Large Cities.

4 Strange Phass of Life In Now York and
Other Large Cities.
It used to be thought that q mothers
tenderness was something no power
could efface, but when one examines
the condition Of the suffering INDECENT,
and especially of those who owe it in
some degree to themselves that they
are In want, one is led to modify such
opinion. Almost all of the mothers
among these people who come under
condemnation, however, are they that
have degraded themselves by the use
of intoxicants. The mother has to be-
come lower than beast before she
can abuse her baby. But when the
records of societies for the aid Of chill
dren show that children In arms have
been whipped with thongs and straps,
have been thrown as missiles from one
infuriated parent TO another, have
been scared with hot irons by mad and
drunken fathers and mothers, have
even met with worse cruelty, too
shocking for recital in our sensitive
ears, one sees how possible 1t Is for
man and woman to fall into condi-
tion even lower than that Of the
brutes.
That mother can desert her new
born baby, leaving it to the mercy OF
the race, or even do SO knowing that
speedy death is the best thing that can
happen to it, we are all aware; but
when a child is found creeping in the
garbage of a tenement house yard, it
seems as If the child had been in the
mothers arms long enough for love to
have grown SO that such desertion
would be impossible. 1t isquite as diff
ficult to understand the condition OF q
mother who Graves strong drink to such
an extent that she sells wardrobe and
bedclothes and furniture to buy it
while her children starve, or splits
chair and table for kindling-wood
rather than spend for that the money
that goes for drink; or even that of the
more kindly-disposed woman who dulls
cold and hunger for her children by
giving them the poison too. The cat
loves her kittens better than that; she
does not cast them off till they can do
for themselves; the wild bear of the
woods who dies for her cubs at need is
the nobler animal.
1t should move the heart OF every
mother who has been kept from temp
tation herself, and whose rosy darlings
are shielded by warm tenderness, to
think of these wretched little beings,
who would be too amazed, If brought
into such happiness as theirs, to know
what it meant. It should seem to
these fortunate mothers that it is not
enough to do their duty within their
own four walls; that part OF their
duty lies beyond, where these little
creatures are to be found in their
squalor and distress; and that aside
from the obligation to the neighbor
| thus involved is the further obligation
to their own children of preventing, as
far as may be, such ruin.-Harper g
| Bazaar.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05

THE BEST POSITION FOR SLEEPING.
TEN is greater; that the effect on the
veins is better, and consequently the
condition of the blood is improved and
weakness of the lungs is therefore
largely overcome. If in trying the eff.
feet of this position for sleeping any
unpleasant sensation is experienced
the feet will be found to have been too
high, and therefore they should be
lowered little by little by using pill
lows of less thickness until the proper
height is reached which is readily de.
termined by the improved feeling Of
the sleeper.
For women especially this mode Of
sleeping is recommended by the pro-
fessor, and he claims to be in receipt OF
endless communications from ladies
throughout Germany who have found
untold relief in following his simple
prescription. In an essay recently
read by the professor the advantages
to the physical nature from this man.
ner of sleeping were shown to be un-
mistakable and easily understood as
such by the lecturers audience in the
plain but convincing language em-
ployed.
Briefly, the professor urged that the
veins are better kept filled with blood.
the blood flowing toward the brain is
conducive of clearer, more rested
mental condition upon awakening, and
the heart finding easier action is not
called upon for such hard work, and
therefore the tired feeling often accom-
panying the first awakening is done
awav with
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
Pretty Drape for an Easel.

One and half yards lemon-colored
silk; balls turquoise blue crochet
silk; 1875 brass rings; fill all the rings
with double crochet, closely and FIRM
ly, then with needle and silk crossbar
the center of each ring. When all the
brass rings are filed form into wheels,
seven rings to a wheel, one in the CEN
ter and six surrounding. Baste on the
China silk, hemstitched on opposite
ends and both sides. Use the ravelings
to hemstitch with. When the wheels
have been neatly hemmed on the silk
at one end, with pair of scissors cut
out all the silk running upon the point
Just as the wheels run. This will give
the wheel part an openwork look. Tie
on every ring at bottom a heavy tassel
of the crochet silk.-Ida Burkhardt, in
Ohio Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
IN THE QUlCkSAND.
How d Boys Life Was Saved Through
His Pony's Devotion.

How d Boys Life Was Saved Through
His Pony's Devotion.
At ten years of age the human being
cannot depend on himself to obey or
ders, or to get himself out Of scrape;
at least Fred Mackleroy could not.
But an animal, q pony, say, at three
years of age has all his wits about
him, at least Fred Mackleroy's pony
had.
five-mile road leading to Beaver Dams
lake; the road was wide, hard, smooth
and well shaded, and the lake was
q fairy sheet Of water full of green
islands. There was one restriction on
this ride; Fred was never to take the
short cut, the bride path through the
woods.
But one day, out of very perversity
and idleness, he reined Star into the
path and rode in under the birches
and pines, and In two minutes he was
lost to sight.
AS he rode on he spoke aloud often,
contemptuously: 81 can see no reason
why should not ride this bride pathH'
After riding mile perhaps, all the
time In hearing of the steam thresher
In his fathers wheat field. he dis
mounted and threw himself down TN
der cool pine for rest. Bidding
Star to stand there, after few mo-
ments he strolled away down into q
sunny glade-a piece of low ground
with bright green sod, through the
middle Of which ran sluggish stream
with lilies growing in 1t.
He ran forward to gather the flow
ers, and in a moment found himself
kicking about in a bog, and in min
ute more felt himself sinking, and al
the same instant remembered he had
been told there was quagmire in
those woods. The spot was q bit Of
marsh and quicksand and concealed by
the rich growth of grass. Many an
imals have been mired there, and it
was said that more than one hunter
had lost his life in the bog.
Fred stopped short, and shouted.
Stopped short? Yes, he did, for his
legs were now firmly grasped by the
sucking quicksands. There was a hor,
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
Health and Beauty.

Health, its understanding and pres
ervation, is fad just now. Lectures
on the subject in any of its branches
are eagerly patronized by society lead
ers. Probably this is because beauty
of face and form were never more con-
sidered than at present, and our wom'
en- are beginning to find that there is
no real beauty without sound healthi
this is one ostensible reason for the
craze. Another is that women dc
more, achieve more than ever before,
and consequently they care more to
hear how they may keep themselves
in proper condition for work. A we'll
trained mind is not the first thought,
although it is an important one; it is
the well-trained mind in a well-trained
bodv
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
That Altered tho Case.

OF the late French Senator Renaud
the Kolnische Zeitung tells the follow
ing anecdote: When Renaud first
came as senator to Paris from his
home in the Pyrcnees he engaged q
room at hotel and paid months
rent-one hundred and fifty francs
in advance. The proprietor asked hin
If he would have a receipt.
at is not necessary" replied
Renaud. "God has witnessed the pay
ment."
"Do you believe in God? sneered the
host
"Most assuredly," replied Renaud
don't you?"
"Not I, monsieur.
"Ah," said the senator, "in tina
case please make me out receipt"
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
STALLS FOR DAIRY COWS.

An Excellent and Tested Arrangement
for Comfort and Cleanliness.
The dairy world has for ages been
experimenting upon hundreds OF de-
vices which might In some manner add
comfort to tho COW and at the same
time keep her absolutely clean In her
stall. just how successful dairymen
have been In accomplishing this diff
cult feat is only proven by personal In
spection of their cattle. In few In
stances have they been able to get the
construction of their stables perfect SO
that their cattle show it from their ap-
pearance. 1t Ia exceedingly difficult,
indeed, to strengthen one weak point
without destroying the perfection OF
another. and the only way to get any
thing that will prove satisfactory is by
experience.
No dairyman of ex pefience will deny
that a COW allowed to besmirch herself
with her own droppings can do justice
to her owner, through the pail. have
seen stables where the owners were
using every plan and device that they
could practically get on to, to prevent
the cows from becoming unclean, yet
in spite OF plenty OF bedding, stan
chions, deep and SHALLOW bitches, and all
manner of complicated managers, etc,
the cows were sights" looking more
like compost heaps, from their rear,
than a herd Of sleek, profitable kline.
BY no means have l always been SO
successful as to boast at getting de-
sired results until more recent years.
At every opportunity afforded l have
examined COW stables and as often got
some good ideas from such observa-
tions until | finally have, think, full
ly accomplished the feat Of construct
ing stable in which the COW is under
perfect control and is compelled to
stand so that her droppings must fall
directly into the ditch. She is made to
occupy that particular position and
cannot move any further forward, but
can of course move backward into the
ditch or even across it, IL so desired, by
making the tie-chain sufficiently slack.
The device can be best explained by the
accompanying illustration, which fully
demonstrates the plan of construction:
The ideas are not all my own, but a
com bination of practical ideas procured
from others and SO combined as to make
very satisfactory and complete ar.
rangement My COWS are. after months
of constant confinement, perfectly
clean, and at no time have they been
otherwise, nor can they become any.
thing else.
The floor is made from good inch oak
boards. doubled. with broken joints,
making it absolutely wind and water
proof, with dip Of two inches to the
ditch. The distance from point A to
ditch is 611 feet
The ditch is liquid proof, being made
Of two boards at the bottom. top one
10 inches wide and bottom one 20, with
two 2xs plank resting on two inches of
the 2O-inch board, or two boards, max
ing that width. and nailed firmly to
the plank. The two inches Of boards
on platform make the ditch y inches
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05

rible feeling all over his body Of being
drawn downward. His eyes stood out
of their sockets. His veins were fit to
burst
He threw himself over on his back
as far MS he could and tried to raise
one of his legs. His instinct was to
fight for his legs, to hold them by main
force against going in further. But
who ever fought quicksand with any
success?
He wept and struggled and shouted
but all in vain. There was nothing to
do but die, though so near home he
could hear the steam thresher and
now and then the voices of the men!
Oh! it was maddening.
Suddenly he heard Stars familiar
neigh. There stood the dear little fell
low at the edge Of the morass, looking
at his master and whinnying pitifully.
"Oh, Star! Star!' Fred called, cant
you get somebody to Gomez"
With snort and neigh the little
pony came toward him, picking his
way and finding footholds where the
boy had missed them.
When he had come near enough Fred
tried to catch his bride, but he was
too weak to reach up SO far.
Then the wise creature took matters
under his own direction. He whirled
around so that his long tail swept
right over the boys head. With cry
of ioy the poor fellow caught hold OF
his strong support, and then with q
sudden quick and powerful jerk Star
| drew him out.
The boy had just strength enough
left to cling tight until he was dragged
to safe ground. Then he let go and
tainted. .
In the course Of the forenoon the
pony's persistent neighings were
heard by some one in the wheat field,
and Fred was found and taken home.
However the boy may feel about the
uuagmire, there is norein or bit strong
enough to turn the pony aside into
that bride path.-E. A. Mathews, In
St. Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05

condition that three horses can do the
work of four there has been an econ
omy of slOO, 900, 900 effected annually.
But the roads are not entirely at
fault In some parts of the country
they have been nicely graded only to
be rapidly destroyed by the narrow
tired wagons heavily laden. The move.
ment In favor of wide tires for draught
vehicles needs to be encouraged. Re-
peated experiments have proved that
wheels with tires ~ inches wide cause
double the wear Of wheels which have
~ inch tires. The wide tire has ten.
dency to roll the roadbed and keep 1t
smooth at the same time, while the
narrow one cuts 1t up and requires
more hauling force for the same weight
Of load, besides spelling the thorough
fare. Most of the European countries
have laws regulating this matter.
In France the market wagons have
tires from three to ten inches in width,
usually four to six inches, and the rear
axle is the longest, SO that the hind
wheels run on line outside of the fore
wheels, the vehicle being thus road
maker instead of road-destroyer. In
England it has not been found profit
abla to increase the width much beyond
four and half inches, except in cases
of wagons without springs, where they
are sometimes made as wide as six
inches 1t is essential that some action
be taken, for narrow tires will soon
ruin the best road ever lnade.-N. Y.
World
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
TO PRESERVE ROADS.
Wagon Manufacturers Must Cooperate
with Road Builders.

with Road Builders.
The subject of good roads is one Of
great interest to the community In
general and to farmers in particular.
Good reads enable the farmer to mar.
ket his produce at all times in the year
and secure his supplies at less expense
Tor hauling, with less wear and tear to
vehicles and injury to animals, besides
which they result in bringing together
more closely the members of the agri.
cultural community, and thereby IN.
crease the social intercourse of farmers.
OF course, the building OF good roads
is expensive work, but it pays. II 1t
did not would we find England, France
Germany, Switzerland. Norway, Swed.
en- and many other civilized countries
building the best roads they can in thu
face OF difficulties which to us would be
appalling? The poor Swiss have built
roads through gorges and around preci.
pices which would seem impossible,
and which must have cost over $1,000.
900 per mile.
These nations are all eminently prac.
tical They have not gone into the
business SO extensively simply for the
purpose OF beautifying the land. That
Is very subordinate one. 1t is ques.
tion of hard cash. 1t is estimated in
England that in the mere saving in
cost by reducing their roads to such
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
HOW TO SLEEP souNDLY.

Put Pillows Under tho Feet instead sf
Under the Head-An Important Discov.
cry Made by German ssientist-Wom-
en- J.ilsc tho Professors scheme and sny
It Works Very Well.
A most important discovery has re-
Gently been made by German profess
scr that will materially improve. the
physical and mental strength ct all
who follow its lesson, If the discovery
is really genuine, Is the professor
claims it to be.
Superstition or legend or the custom
OF years has had an influence upon us
while we slept that has been almost as
great as the like influences while we
derstood that If we sleep with our head
to the north it is much better than
pointing In any other direction can
possibly be, while lying Upon our left
side is certain indication we are free
from heart disease, and lying upon
our back is quite as certain sign that
we are intending to snore.
Added to these, the idea has pos
sessed us that our head must be higher
than our feet, entirely overlooking the
fact that the typical American, ever
healthy, vigorous and good looking, Is
invariably represented in foreign pa
pers as sitting in a very low chair
with his feet on the convenient man.
telpiecc some yards, apparently, above
him.
But Prof. Fischer has changed all
that. He has demonstrated by series
of painstaking and careful expert.
ments that we should sleep with the
feet slightly elevated, or the head q
trifle lower than the feet, as he puts it,
and this condition he advises bringing
about by placing pillows under the feet
and none under the head.
The advantages claimed by Prof.
Fischer resulting from this manner OF
lying are that the intellectual repose
is much more profound than obtained
by the present prevailing method; also
that amelioration of the nervous sys.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05

FARM.
q indicates y rod IS inches long nailed 10
post with tie-chain and ring on 1t, allowing It
to slide with the movement Of the cows head.
deep. This l would not alter for one
narrower on less depth, as 1t allows the
use Of considerable litter in it for alb
sorbenta The partitions are feet 8
inches apart feet inches from point
A horizontally and feet high. The
feed trough Is 16 inches wide In clear
and raised from floor by two Sx3 scant-
ling with finch board fronting the
cow, which allows her TO lie down and
get up without discomfort The long
studding on partition are AKA oak, and
reach from platform to ceiling, while
the front ones are 3x3 inches and feet
inches in height from bottom Of feed
trough to top. The top board Is 10
inches wide and surfaced, with each
cows name plainly chalked on in front,
while the others are only az inches
and nailed just close enough to allow
the COW to get at her hay readily but
run down on the post within about IA
or Is inches of bottom of feed trough.
This partition standing in front OF the
COW is what compels her to live de-
cent, cleanly existence. In two cases,
where two cows were some shorter
than the rest, the partition was nailed
to the opposite side of the post facing
the COW. which can be done to suit the
size and length of any COW at will.
The width of hay manger at B is 10
inches. and 3 feet deep, with no divi-
sion except one foot from bottom OF
feed trough.
Both feed trough and manger were
shaped for either hay in the rough OF
cut, or for the feeding of ensilage.
am sure anyone who desires a success.
full plan for COW stable cannot do bet
ter than to study the illustration and
put to practical use the main feature in
it, that of forcing the animal to stand
where wanted. 1t is par excellence
above the stanchion, both in comfort
and for absolute cleanliness George
L. Scott, in Ohio Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05

when l was out riding, and knew the
way very we'll. One day in summer ]
said to my mamma: May go to school
to-day?" She said yes, thinking was
playing go-to-school. So began to get
ready. AS knew my sister took her
luncheon in basket, searched for
basket to take mine in. ! found quite
a large one, and then | went to the
pantry to find something to put In 1t.
could not reach anything but big
platter of boiled corned beef and pota-
toes that were left there to get cold so
that they could be made into hash.
The beef did not suit my taste, but /
put all the potatoes into my bas-
l1et-nnd put the cover on. Then
put on an old straw hat that had
been my brothers.. Little girls wore
this hat very much, and had trimmed
1t myself by tying pink ribbon around
the crown. l wonder that no one saw
me making my preparations, said
grandma thoughtfully. ~ should not
have been allowed to go If anyone had
seen me.
"Then set out Don, my big New
foundland dog-who always went with
me everywhere out of doors-went
with me. / remember how warm we
were, for the basket was heavy, and
how Don lolled and kept lying down,
and trying to make me 60 back by
starting off towards home alone, but
when would not go with him he al
ways followed me.
"When we came to the schoolhouse
pushed the door wide open lit was
open little way) and went in. There
were ever so many boys and girls sit
ting on benches, and the teacher and
they all looked at me. My sister (she
was ten or twelve years old) thought
some one had brought me to the door
and sent me in with the basket with
something nice for her luncheon. So
she was quite pleased and proud, and
took the cover off the basket in such
n way as to show rs plain rs she could
to the gazing boys and girls what
had brought. I remember well how
surprised and ashamed she looked
when she saw the potatoes, and the
boys and girls all laughed.
"The teacher laughed, too, and asked
me who came with me. l said Don.
Then she said my sister might take me
| home at oon. Don ran home when
went into the schoolhouse.
II sat on bench beside my sister,
and the boys and girls looked at me as
long as was there. When ! was go.
ing home the teacher kissed me and
said: 'Good-by, little Runaway
"That was long time ago." said
grandma, slowly.-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
Female Clerks in Drug stores.

Why don't more druggists employ
one woman clerk at least? One meets
women behind the counter of most
tradesmen, but they arc seldom seen
here, where they would often be most
peculiarly welcome. This has nothing
to do with their studying and qualify
ing themselves as chemists, and with
their doing up doctors prescriptions.
It only means their waiting on the
many women who go into drugstore,
and hardly care to inform the waiting
man of their illnesses and their needed
remedies. If women ever want to be
tended by their own sex it is in drug
store.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-05
Stopp,ue tho Flow of Milk.

Don't dry off milch COW too sud-
denly. And when endcavoring to stop
milk-making food as you can get on
with. Ignorant or inhuman owners of
good mixers frequently leave them
without milking entirely until the bag
becomes so distended as to be painful.
A little milk is then drawn and the
condition of affairs allowed to repeat
itself. The results are effectual as a
rule, but unquestionably damage the
COW materially in frequent instances
Irregular, partial milking will dry even
fresh COW, and naturally and painless
ly.-Farm Journal.