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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
CUMMINGS WITH NO EATING-PLACE.
Old-Time Printer Criticised for a
DOubIe-Leaded Appetite.

Congressman Amos Cummings, who
expects to be Mayor Of New York
city by the grace of Tammany and the
voters Of Gotham at the next election,
does not hesitate to tell a good story
on himself He had been invited to
appear before the local typographical
union recently and give "reminiscences
Of his service with Horace Greeley,
and the appointed evening found him
surrounded by a large crowd of type
stickers Among them were several
timers, who had been at the case
with Amos, as they took commenda-
BILE pride in telling, and they were
probably the most interested and ap-
preciative of his audience.
For more than two hours and a half
the New York congressman kept the
boys in good humor by drawing on
his ineXhaustible fund of stories and
incidents of the early newspaper days
at the metropolis But his throat be-
came parched and his stomach empty
and it occurred to one of his former
case mates that perhaps Amos might
want a bite TO eat after the lecture.
Word was accordingly conveyed that
a cold lunch would be served to the
distinguished guest and a few selected
craftsmen in a small room below the
lecture hall Of the typographical union.
when l went down stairs for my
refreshments" said Mr. Cummings,
II found that they consisted principally
of Sardines and soda crackers. HaV-
ing neglected to eat dinner before 60
ing to the lecture, l found myself pref
ty hungry when l had concluded my
task, and the sardines and crackers
were consequently unusually tempting
and appetiZing. Before satisfying the
cravings Of my inner man it prob
ably fell to my lot to consume three
or four boxes of sardines and about a
pound of crackers But my feelings
can better be imagined than described
at hearing two of my quondam friends
discussing my gastronomic abilities
One old chap who did not know l could
hear nim talking addressed the chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments to this effect:
Say, Purdy, it's all right to have
these dude printers come in here and
talk to us about Horace Greeley and
you pick one of them up for a talk
make sure in advance that he's got
boarding place.
"It was on the same tour" contin-
ued Mr.. Cummings, that L heard
novel definition of the word epicure.
/ was crossing the ferry and happened
to oVerhear conversation between a
couple of deck hands as to this word.
What is an epicure, Bill?' said one
stalWart rouStabout.
lone of them fellows that can eat
anything, was the reply, and this
seemed to settle the question to the
satisfaction of the other chap"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16

once the bloomer shape, and when re-
leased falls Immediately as a. skirt
again. 1t is thus possible for lady
to be in bloomers and without the an
noyance Of skirts while she is on her
wheel, and properly attired to walk
where she pleases simply by dropping
the skirt into place when she dis
mounts. That removes one of the
strong objections many women have to
bloomers-they are considered all right
Tor riding, but not at all proper as a
walking costume. ~.....,..I
The change of the skirt to bloomers
is easily and quickly made. Leggins
that reach to the knees are worn. of
course. When the lady in skirts wishes
10 transform herself into bloomer
girl she deftly raises one foot, catching
the back Of her skirt on it. and car.
RES 1t forward to the other knee
Ihere the skirt is easily reached with
the hands and drawn up to the beIt
pand IN front and fastened by the back
seam. A little arrangement at the
Knees gives at once the bloomer Ieggin
erect. Any skirt can be ARRANGED in
tnlS way, but those of three wards
Wldth are most convenient.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16

tance of phoSphates in the development
OF plants and have shown that there is
an important relation between the
quantities of nitrogen and phosphorus
that should be contained in the ground
OF in fertilizers. When the latter con-
tain too much nitrogen and not enough
phosphates vegetation is rapid and
fiouriShing, but the result is not salts
factory, the Towering being bad and
the fruit small and of poor quality,
but if in a portion of the same ground
the phosphates are added that were
lacking maturity is rapid and the crop
abundant in every way. A fertilizer
is, therefore, only complete when it
contains strong and settled proportions
OF both nitrogen and phosphorus.
What is true of plants and of ami
mails is equally true to man. The nutri-
tive value of a form of food does not
depend exclusively, as was thought
short time ago, on its tenor in nitro
gen, carbon and fatty substances. bur
its richness in phosphates has also to
be taken into account. Mineral mani
tion was formerly solely remedied by
preparations of iron but today phos-
phorus, in the form of phosphoric acid
or phosphates, has to be administered
on such occasions, and experience has
furthermore shown that the phosphates
are far more assimilable when they
form an integral portion of our ali
mentary substances than when they
are administered in the form of medi-
cine.
WHAT SHOULD WHOLE BREAD BE
From what we have said it will have
been seen that as regards introduce
ing phosphates into our daily food it
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ABOUT THE FARM |
supplanting the Butter-worler.


supplanting the Butter-WOrker.
Breeders Gazette
The question of working butter has
claimed much attention from dairymen,
and the consensus of opinion now is
that the less the butter is worked the
better 1T will be. The grain is easily
destroyed by working, and it is claimed
that much OF the flavor and aroma is
lost by the crushing of the butter glob-
ules under the worker. Some butter
makers wash the butter thoroughly in
the granular form and let it drain well
and then pack it away, and claim that
they have no use whatever for the but
ter-worker. On the other hand it is
asserted that the butter cannot thus
be sufficiently freed of buttermilk and
water to insure good keeping qualities.
Whichever has the better of the argu-
ment Theoretically it is fact that the
putter-Worker is in almost universal
use in our best factories, not only to
tree the butter from water, but also to
incorporate the salt. At the same time
1T is significant that all advice concern
ing this process is to work lightly"
1t is generally admitted, we believe,
that butter would be better if it
did not receive any working at all, but
the process is used for the two reasons
stated.
IA new lHNcHllOIl HOW threatens TO
supplant the butter worker-the but
ter-drier, which rids the granules of
water without rolling or bruising them
In recent issue of a London paper
Prof. Sheldon goes on record quite
stoutly against the practice of working
butter and commends warmly the work
Of the Bradford drier and molder. In
the use of this invention the butter is
churned as usual, washed in the gran
ular state, and then "brined." After
remaining in the brine half an hour the
granular butter is ladled out and put
in muslin-lined tin moulds of any de-
sired size-for pound, half-pound or
other weight packages. The filled
molds are then placed around the inner
periphery Of wheel that is revolved
at high speed and the centrifugal mo-
tion drives out the water in the form of
spray and also packs the butter in the
molds without injury to the grain, so
that in two minutes time the dried and
nodded butter Is ready for the wrap
per or package. The butter is perfect
ly granular and breaks freely on slight
pressure, being somewhat crumbly and
on that account possessing-so it is
claimed-an aroma and flavor that can
not be retained under the crushing Of
the rollers of the butter-Worker.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
Remedy for GarGet.

One of the most effectual and simple
remedies for that ofttimes troublesome
complaint of COWS, garget, is made Of
equal quantities of glycerine and tine
ture of lobelia The bag should be-
kept saturated with it till tenderness,
swelling and faver subsidies. Con-
joined with purgatives and laxative
feeding, and tube milking, cure is
almost certain. 1t has been used in
the writer, herd of Jerseys, and often
recommended to others with unvarying
success. The noted English veterin-
ary surgeon who recommended it first,
claimed that during the twenty-five
years in which he had used this treat
ment he had not had single case of
suppuration of the udder-H. w.
O'Key, in Farming
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
NOTES FROM MANY FIELDS.

The politicians of congress are so eager to
conciliate their former constituents that they
have made war on the secretary of agriculture
and have passed a bill compelling him to
continue the force of distributing garden and
flower seeds free at the expense of the United
States treasury, These seeds go to a few pets
or toadies of congressman and the great mass
of farmers never get any, but all must help
pay for them in taxes Just the same. What
do willy politicians care for that?
1t is not smooth sailing for the bill recently
introduced into parliament making permanent
the slaughter-at-port restrictions. Herbert
Gardner, formerly president of the board of
agriculture, attacks the measure in the Times
concerning such restrictions when there is
no danger from disease. The London papers
are denouncing it as a purely protective
measure. The fact of protection does not ap-
pear to be objected to: it is the attempt to
put the restrictions on an open and honest
protective basis that seems to be arousing on
position.
There is balanced ration" in the matter
or employment on the farm If one will onlv
consider the matter. There is a proportion
OF Dralns that ought to go with each expendi-
ture or a given amount of muscle employed
in the daily labors of the farm. One may be
said to be the albuminoids and the other the
carbohydrates, and they should be mixed in
due proportion. All brains and no muscle are
just as bad as all muscle and no brains.
IL is announced that an order has been
placed III this country for several thousand
remounts for the British cavalry The low
range of prices has brough large orders from
the Continent and Britain for our horses, and
the outlets thus opened afford great relief
from the pressure of our surplus of common
sorts. 1t Is said that the French war depart
ment has ordered the purchase of remounts
IN this country to cease on account OF the de-
mand from home breeders for protection from
the products of foreign breeders. AS French
breeders cannot fill the orders for remounts
themselves IL seems scarcely probable that
their purchase in this country Will be discon-
tiIued
The cow, the hog and the sheep are man.
ufacturing plants on the farms of the West
turning raw material into perfect products
Their management may be such as to az
ford profit even in stringent times. After
the plant is established it cannot be Shut
down, as the manufacturers do when thew
wish to enhance prices When the farm
machine is started it has to run to finish
improved machines, by the way are lust as
necessary in this line as in other lines OF
manufacture
l once heard farmer say that he would
as soon think of selling a corner stone OF
MS barn as to sell a load of straw The
corner stone of the barn supports the barn:
the straw is the supporter Of the fertility ot
the farm from which arises the force of
the comparison. In the part Of the state
where l heard this ! failed to see a straw
stack. All Of it had been put into large
barns and carefully preserved. The same
farmer justly remarked that a cold bed and
lice were not conducive to the happiness Of
a calf.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
A LITTLE GIRLS WISH.

"Mayn't be boy?" said our Mary,
The tears in her great eyes of blue,
I'm only wee little lassie,
There's nothing woman can do.
" 'Tis So 1 heard Cousin John say SO,
He's home from great college, too;
He said so, just now, in the parlor,
There's nothing woman can do -
"My wee little lassie, my darling
Said /, putting back her soft hair,
81 want YOU, my dear little maiden,
To smooth away all mothers care.
"Is there nothing you can do, my darling?
What was that pa said last night?
My own little sunbeam has been here
l know, for the room is so bright.
"And there is a secret my Mary,
Perhaps you may learn it some day
The hand that is willing and loving
Will do the most work on the way.
"And the work that is sweetest and dearest
The work that so many neer do
The great work of making folks happy
Can be done by lassie like you'll
Ladies' Home Journal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16

Harper's Round Table,
Many pretty and salable things NAV
be made for fairs by girls who know
now to embroider,1 You may, for ex-
ample, make notebook by cutting a
piece of white linen a little larger than
the ordinary pad which you buy at
the stores for five or ten cents. On
this either draw in pencil or stamp a
pretty pattern of leaves, flowers, for
get-me-nots, or vines, or, if you choose,
the letters which form a motto or a
friends name. Embroider these in
delicate colors, and then cover the out
SIDE hap of the pad as neatly as pos
sible. You will need a yard or so of
ribbon to bind the back and finish off
the book with graceful little bow. A
spool-case is convenient thing to add
to ones workbasket. You take two oval
pieces of pasteboard, cover them very
neatly with silk or linen, on which you
have embroidered some dainty device,
and on the inner side of each YOU run
little shirrs of silk, in which you fasten
spoolS Of different sizes. One is al
ways losing spools or getting them
tangled up, and by this contrivance
you can keep a half-dozen spools in
order. Such case a this, if properly
made, should sell for one dollar at a
fair. A pad for the bottom of a writ
ing case or bureau drawer, made by
laying a fold of wadding, sprinkled
with sachet powder. between two COW
ers Of silkolinea orosilk, is dainty gift,
and an acceptable offering for a
friends table at asssale.
conveniept case may be made to
hold the magazines which accumulate
in family by simply covering two
large pieces of-thiek cardboard with silk,
linen or canvas, on which the little ar
tist may paint a delicate design if she
prefers to do that with her brush rather
than with hers needle. These covers
should be fastened together by long
pieces of broad white silk elastic, and
a neat person will be very glad to put
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
A Pertinent Inquiry.

Before Whitelaw Reid became minister to
France he devoted a good deal of his time to
the conduct of his paper, the Tribune. The
copy editors who put up the headlines OF
stories of the day fell into the habit of MAX
ing most of them interrogative, as for in
stance: WAS 1t Murder or Suicide?" or,
President Sign It?'' etc. The entire paper
was speckled with interrogation points. This
thing had been going on for weeks, until one
day postal card arrived addressed to Mr..
Reid and marked personal. 1t read as fol-
lows: I'm getting awfully tired of your
questions. Why don't you find out something?
A great newspaper is supposed to know every
thing, and ought not to annoy its readers
with needless inquiries. This morning you
ask: VIII Mr.. Plat consent? How the HI
do | know?"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16

in alternate layers: Carrots cut in fin
ger lengths, slices of onion, spoonfuls
OF canned tomatoes, and a layer OF
cooked macaroni covered with crumbs
and bits of butter for the top of this
pie. Season highly with salt and pep
per, and fill the dish with the liquor
from the tomatoes or Drowned gravy
If 1t may be used. Another pie is made
with alternate layers of peas, mush-
rooms, little onion and stewed Gel
cry. Moisten with the liquor the eel
cry has been cooked in. In fact, all
vegetables seem to be capable of being
made into pies to suit the taste.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN

My heart shall be thy garden. Come, my
own,
Into thy garden; thine be happy hours
Among my fairest thoughts, my tallest fow-
erS,
From root to crowning petal thine alone.
sOWn
Up to the sky inclosed, with all it's showers.
But ah, the birds, the birds Who shall
build bowers,
To keep these thine? friend, the birds have
flown.
For as these come and go, and quit our pine
To follow the sweet season, or, newcomers,
Sing one song only from our alder-trees.
My heart has thoughts which, though thine
eyes hold mine,
Fit to the silent world and other summers,
With wings that dip beyond the silver sea.
Alice Meynell.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16

in such case the half-dozen papers or
magazines which otherwise litter up
her table. pretty little book for en-
gagements. addresses, ETC., may be
made by covering cardboard with crepe
paper. Make this just like the cover
or little book. Fasten inside small
pad and pencil, and to the outside at
tach little bunch of paper violets per-
fumed and tied with ribbon.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
Give the Girls a Chance.

But how is it in regard to the girlsT
Have you ever seen anything written
in regard to keeping the girls on the
count that the only thought is to get
them married off as quickly as pos
sible. so that some other fellow can
support them, and so save that item
of expense? l say to farmers, give
your girls a chance, and they will beat
the boys all hollow" not only in the
thoroughness of their work, but in
their enthusiasm for results, and in the
results themselves.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
ALL ABOUT WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
Why 1t Is More Nutritious and
Wholesome Than Other Kinds

The movement of opinion, somewhat
excessive, perhaps, that has taken
place during the last few months in fa-
Vor of what is called whole bread" is
justified by the fact that the advances
made in methods of milling have un-
questionably detracted from the nutri-
tive value of -four The bakers onlv
aim is to make bread of good appear
arce, very light, white and tasty, and
the public encourage them by their ex-
igencies, under the conviction that
bread of that sort contains all the por-
tions of the wheat berry that can be
asSimilated.
COMPOSITION OF THE WHEAT
BERRY.
reaction, however, is now setting
In, and We have only to consider the
composition of the wheat berry and to
know what portions of it are used for
the bread We eat to realize the amount
of material that is wasted in the pres
ent system Of panification
proceeding from the outside to the
inside the wheat berry is composed of
the following portions: l. An extern
al wrapping, or episperm, containing
only hbers. fatty and aromatic sub
stances, and salts, representing l436
per cent of the total weight of the ber-
ry 2 A farinaceous portion equal to
S4.2l OF the total weight and whose
richness in starch increases from the
periphery to the center, whereas the
amount of gluten and phosphates in
creases from the center to the peri
phery. 3. The germ, or embryo, which
is only equal to 1.43 of the weight of
the berry, but is very rich in phos-
pilates and in nitrogenous and fatty
substances
Agriculturists and chemists are
unanimous in recognizing the impor-
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
A WATER LILY.
Radiant and pure as a pearl

Radiant and pure as a pearl
The exquisite petals unfold,
And fragrance like frankincense floats
From the bosom of tremulous gold.
Such mystical, innocent beauty, s
With subtle-sweet, odorous breath,
Has sprung where the water broods black
Over evil and darkness and death.
-HarDer'S MAGAZINE
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
VAGRANT VERSE.
IN LEAP YEAR.

Sweetheart, should you propose,
1t won't be captious quite;
L won't turn I'D my nose,
For that would not be right
/ will not blush and say:
This is so sudden, dear"
| will not turn-nay, nay
To you drumless ear.
But, sweetheart, if you should
This year your love confess,
I'll promise to be good
And meekly answer Yes"
Life.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
Down East BimetaIIism.

S. T. Shurtliff, a farmer in Androcog-
gin county, Maine, tells the Farm News
what the down-easters regard as BIZ
metallism. He gets his notions of
Western sentiment from the monopoly
of expression by few blatant dema-
gogues or noisy fanatics. The trend of
Western opinion, that really knows it
self, is the same as in Maine. He
says:
Here in the East when we talk BIZ
metallism we mean it. Unlike a large
class in the West, who talk bimetal-
lism, but mean silver mono metallism,
We talk and mean bimetallism. What
we want is the concurrent circulation
of both metals. There is in this coun-
try over $1,000, 100000 in coin, about
equally divided between gold and sill
YER We wish to retain it in the cir
culation. We are opposed to any policy
that would drive one-half of it out of
circulation. 1t is well known, in fact,
no one here has the cheek to dispute,
that silver coinage, at the ratio of 16
to /, by this country alone, means any
thing but the immediate withdrawal
of $500, 900 gold from circulation and
the contraction of the currency to that
amount. 1t is regarded here as a
sinister attempt to place this country
upon a silver basis. If the 16 to 1
policy becomes the leading issue in the
next election it will be opposed by both
political parties in the East, on the
ground that it means silver mono met
allism. There has been great deal
written upon the free coinage side of
this question; a vast amount of dust
has been raised that tends to obscure
the real issue. We care not for irrele-
want questions. We cannot waste time
on side issues. Silver mono -metallism
is danger that overshadows all other
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
BOY WHO BORROWED TROUBLE.

Though extremely fond of coasting, this most
peculiar lad.
While flying swiftly down the hill, would
wear a look of pain
For already he was thinking-and it really
made him sad
That very soon he'd have to climb the whole
way up again.
March st. Nicholas.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
Weather, Not Tariffs, Now.

Breeders Gazette.
Spectators in cold-storage eggs in
this city must charge up loss of some
thing like 100000 to the soft" weather
of January, which encouraged the in
dustrious ''biddies' all over the country
to supply with fresh-laid eggs the win
ter market that was relied on to absorb
Geld storage holdings at a profitable
price. The ice houses" contain about
10000 cases of eggs, and as Chicago's S
daily consumption is about 5000 cases
We could do without receipts from the
country for about twenty days; but
shipments of fresh-laid eggs have been
quite up to the consumptive demand
the past month, and as the ''musty''
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-16
SKIRT AND BLOOMERS.
Invention of Chicago woman,
and How to Work 1t.

invention of Chicago Woman,
and How to Work 1t.
CHICAGO, March 15.-Mrs. Ida Con-
verse believes . she has provided
means for ending controversy be-
tween the skirt and bloomer factions
among women, who ride bicycles by
simple little invention that makes 1t
possible to transform a skirt into
bloomers just before going out for a
spin and then changing the bloomers
back to a skirt. when the ride is over.
1t is nothing more than a metal band
about six inches long, having couple
of broad, fiat hooks at the back and
clasp at each end in front The
hooks fasten the band to the belt of
the costume, and sthe clasps hold up
the skirt by the lower, back edge,
when it is lifted forward between the
feet and up into place.
The skirt, thus fastened, assumes at