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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23

LADIES' SEVEN-GORED SKIRT
This stylish skirt is sure to hang per-
fectly. 1t is made with narrow front
DIeadth and has the approved flare
at the sides and back. 1T disnlavs
close adjustment at the hips and has
its two back cores gathered ACCORDING
to the prevailing modes. 1t is Suitable
for all fashionable material either wool
ems or silk. and will be found very
easy to make.
20668:-Ladies' Seven-Corad c1-t-4
(haying the Two Cores gathered 81
the back requires for medium size
tx yards material % inches wide 51i
yards 36 inches wide, or Az yards AZ
inches wide Lining required. wards
Length of skirt in 'front.' Al inches
width around bottom, yards and "a
inches. Cut In 6 sizes % "a "a 90
80 and 80 inches waist measure.
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Closing Stocks.

The following were the closing prices of
other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
JAMESON, KEVENER ! CO..
Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Etc.

Norlhwestern Agents for PILLSBURY'S BEST
FLOUR
State Agents for Griswold Bros Hay Bale
Ties Write us for prices.
III. 10 sEd 49, East 9Th St. st Pau
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New YORK Deg Goods.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Business dull. Print
cloths quiet but firm, at 11-1sc.
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Minnesota Transfer.

Minnesota Transfer, Sept %. - There
were several punches of feeders, butcher
stock. ETC.. offered, and trading was act
i've. good many North Dakota calves
were sold at $S5004.25. Good feeders brought
&c. Sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
Midway Horse Market.

Barrett e Zimmerman's report: Average
receipts. The market is well stocked with
farm stock and drafters, with few choice
drivers, standard bred PAGERS and trotters
among the offerings. Dealers bought what
few horses were sold. General trade quiet
and prices very low. Representative sales
W.T.. Price
1 pair black mares, 6 years,
sound ......... ..................2 2. 600 $107 so
sound. choice :. ................2 1900 1850 90
l bay mare, years. sound driver.1 100 so 90
l bay mare, s years, service
sound ..-...... ..................1,2O 200 As 90
! sorrell mare. years, sound. i, 250 80 90
] black mare. 10 years. wind and
WOrk .......... .....,............l,1O O 10 90
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FRESH COWS NEEDED.

Stearine Fats Are Bound to Predominant
in Strippcrs' Milk.
The professional instructors in but
termaking have had time of it in ex-
planning why a certain creamery is
troubled with the body of it's butter,
the commission firm saying that the
body is short and brittle and crumbles
badly in retailing. One says there is
too much water in it, one says it was
worked too cold, one questions if the
feed did not do the bad JOB, etc. 1t is
not easy for the creamery men to get to
tine bottom facts in all cases, as they
DO not know how the COWS are handled.
4 private dairyman finds that feed does
effect the hardness of the butter fats,
that a warm water bath after washing
the butter will soften it so it will not
be so brittle, but the main reason for
hard fats and brittle body is the lack
OF fresh cows. When the shippers arc
dried and fresh COWS take their place
this trouble disappears. Stearine fats
predominant in shippers milk as
truly as they do when cottonseed is fed,
and more warmth is required to soften
the hard fats in either case, but the
butter cannot he made quite so good
anyhow, as butter from fresh cows
milk.-Rural Life.
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OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
The Improvement Of Roads IL by NJ
Means y Local Issue. =

The Improvement Of Roads IL by No
Means y Local Issue. Ill
There is not man, woman or child
in the land that has not a personal
interest in the question of better roads.
There is no article produced, imported
or exported, the cost of which is not
i'll some degree affected by the char
acter of the common roads over which
it is transported from the field, the
1nine, the mill or the shop to the user or
consumer, and the worse the roads over
which it is transported the less it
yields the producer, and the more it
costs the user or consumer; and the
loss thus BORNE year after year by the
entire people of the nation is so enor-
NOUS that it cannot be reasonably APP
proxinlated. It costs less to transport
commodities across the continent by
rnil, or from continent to continent by
water, than it does over a single mile
of our common roads during nearly half
the year. @
Bad roads do not pay. When the
people realize this, the question be-
comes national one.-Wm. II. Rhawn,
in Southern Cultivator. .
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A FARMERS COMPASS.
Little Implement: That 10 Useful for .
Variety Of Purposes.

Little Implement That 10 Useful for Q
Variety Of Purposes.
Enclosed please find a diagram Of .
farmers compass, a little implement
which I find very handy in setting
buildings, squaring up fields, etc. Take
n pine board 10 or 20 inches square; lay
Off perfect square and put brad in
each corner. Draw lines diagonally:
across so Us to find the exact center, and
drive brad in it. File sharp, and be
sure they line up exactly. Fasten 4
sharpened stick or post to the board, or
nail the board securely to stake, and
the implement is done.
In this country northwestern Ohio).
where tho land is laid off by range or
section, it is easy to run lines Mt right
angles to the roads. By setting the
compass so the brads will range with a
given line and by looking across the
other way you have a right angle. and
by setting stakes in range You can run
as MANY angles as You choose.
The idea is not original with me. I
got it from Scotchman named
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III.

Accompanied by one Of his young
men, and with a roll Of crisp bank notes
snuely ensconsed in an inner breast
pocket. Mr.. Sharpe at eight o'clock tho
following evening weaded his way to
Parker street. He had adopted tho fur
ther precaution of taking . revolver
with him, SO that he felt in position to
entertain no misgiving as to his personal
safety, or thesecurity Of his employers
money and the equivalent for which it
was to be transferred.
Mr.. Martin welcomed his visitors corr
daily. He was profuse in his apollo,
gies that the little matter could not
he settled there and then, but the in
structions of his principals were per-
emptory, he said, and Mr.. Sharpe would
agree with him that an risk of the ne
gotiations falling through must be
avoided at all hazards. AS they left
the house he was careful to look back
to make sure that they were not being
Swallowed, a precauticn followed by
the elder Of his companions. Each sus-
pected the other, the ugh outwarlly
On the friendliest terms.
They entered a large house, "very
much in want of repair" thought the
detective, as he stumbled up the creak'
ing staircase without ray of light to
illumine the way. On the third landing
his guide pushed open q door and
struck match to light candle that
stood ready on the mantelpiece. The
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-19
KEPT AHEAD OF THE BULLETS
Astoaading aWiftness Of Foot shown b.
q. 4 (3eorRin Rasor-Book. r~. Tai 81

Astoa.ding awissness OF Foot shown ~
q: Georgia Rasor-Bsok. T}%y
Col. Taylor Jenkins, who lives q few
miles north of Blakely, Ia known
throughout that section as one of tho
most truthful men in it. At least, 80
says the Early County Times. Re-
Gently, while Mr.. Jenkins was out
hunting. his dogs began barking
something in large hollow log. q
was q wild hog. He took the hog home
and dropped it in his cornfeld. It's
there now. A few weeks ago Mr.. Jen-
kins went out to kill il, thinking he
could easily. do so with his unerring
rifle. He searched about till he
dumped" It. Down a corn row it went
like lightning. He levcled his rife and
''cut down" on it, but never touched y
hair. He Bumped" it again and shot
again. but no hog. Again and again
he '.jumped'' it and shot at it, with tho
same result. He began to wonder what
could be the matter. Fhe corn rows
were as straight as moonshine whisky
and his gun true as the third party to
Tom Watson, yet hit it he couldn't To
shoot at the hog as it ran of down the
corn rows was just like shooting at it
standing, so far as getting bead on
it" was concerned. To make sure that
he didn't '*wobble" off the hog he put
up"a small target and Cracked down"
at it five times, then took his AK and
chopped in and found five balls all In
ono hole in the middle Of the spot.
That settled it-that the fault was not
in him or the gun. but the hog: had out
run the bullets.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-19
PlG.FEEDlNG TESTS.
Results Of Experiments at the Danish Ex'
pertinent Station.

Results Of Experiments at the Danish Ex-
pertinent Station.
The following are the results of &c
series of trials during five years, with
1913 pigs in all, separated into IT'S lots.
conducted at the Danish agricultural
experiment station. Whey for pigs
has greater feeding value, pound for
pound, than turnips. Corn and skim
milk is great stuff to make pigs grow
fast and fat, but the pork is rather soft,
hence substitute barley for the corn
when the pigs weigh 125 pounds, and
the quality of the flesh, if killed at
1876 pounds weight, will be improved,
and the shrinkage is no larger. Barley
alone gave better results than when
sunfower seed oil cake was substituted
for part of it. One pound of barley
equaled in pork-producing power six
pounds of skim milk or IL pounds of
whey. Young pigs weighing 50 to IS
pounds required 81 pounds of grain.
OF it's equivalent in milk or whey to
make one pound increase; at $50 to 20O
pounds, about five pounds was needed,
and old hogs weighing over 200 pounds
consumed to 6A pounds of grain
for each pound of increase in weight.
The animals ate but slightly more in
winter than in summer, but it required
nearly half pound more grain feed
for one pound of grain in winter than
liz summer. There was no marked diff
ference between the food required per
pound of grain in light and heavy feed
ing. Nor was there any difference
between the rate or cost of grain in
LarrOws or sOws.
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must necessarily depend upon complex
conditions, and it is not often that the
one is selected that offers the least re-
sistance to traction. @:
The kind of material at hand, it's
durability, the kind of traffic to be ac-
compodated, all enter into the ques-
ton Of selection. =
The use of material that will insure a
permanent, smooth surface, wet or dry,
and unaffected by frosts, besides being
obtained at reasonable price, is to be
commended. a.
While the results given above arc
approximate, rs the exact tractive force
varies over the same road, probabl. 3
every day in the year, and very prob
ably no two roads are exactly the
same, yet they are a fair average and
believed to be reliable for busing COM
putations.-Hiram Phillips, c. T., in
Rural World. s#
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-19
FARMER's COMPASS.

SANDY" who said they used the same
in laying off the Sands in the plowine
matches in Scotland. 1t is a great ad.
vantage to have the fields a perfect
right angle or the sides of same paral.
lei, to avoid short rows. We frequently
pass fields that have short rows; on one
side. owing to the fences not being
placed as they should be. Ihave loaned
this tool to mechanics to set buildings
Malcolm Crockett, in Ohio Farmer.
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II WILL TAKE CARE THAT no oN1
KNOWS ABOUT IT"

room was OF the most SQualu ueSCI1p.
ton, but not without signs of prepara-
ton having been made for expected
visitors. In the adjoining apartment
Mr.. Sharpe's quick ear detected the
voices of men, whom he sagely con.
cluded to be Mr.. Martins actual pr;n-
cjpals.
'It would not be professional for
them to see you," said the latter. II
suppose you want to make sure Of the
identity of the jewels?"
"Certainly."
II will bring them, but they may irst
ask to see the money"
II cannot let the money out of my
sight," was the prompt and decisive
answer.
In q second Mr.. Martin was back,
carrying q shabby black bag. He
opened it, however, without parting
with it. One glance at it's contents sat-
isfied the detective.
"Here is the money" said he, as his
fingers rested upon the bag.
Mr.. Martin counted the notes, while
the other negotiator reckoned up sew
orally the contents, at all events, but
not so Mr.. Martin, who was clearing
his throat preparatory to speaking.
"You see, Mr.. Sharpe, that is all fair
ard above board, as told you it would
he, SO far as the stuff is concerned, but
my men are bad to please about the
money. You couldn't let them have an
other hundred, could you?"
But Mr.. Sharpe was obdurate, and
the professor handed him back the roll
he had been lovingly lingering, and took
the bag again into the room where the
men were. His entreaties for them to
accept the visitors offer were met with
chorus of accumulated "Noes!" The
latter meanwhile carefully recounted
his notes and slowed them away in his
safest pocket. And then he took his
leave, arranging to see Mr.. Martin after
the lapse of few days.
Its a great pity" said Mr.. Fisher.
on his return home, ''but dare say his
lordship will pay the other hundred
Il have no doubt he will. However,
we will place this money in the bank
the first thing tomorrow morning.
They are rascally enough to break in
here on the off-chance Of getting it that
way, I believe. was Que too many for
them tonight already. und I shall take
| it home with me now to mike quite
| sure"
But to Mr.. Sharpe's horror, the bank
cashier next morning told him his notes
we're forgeries. The legerdemain pre-
fessor's sleight-of-hand had stood hi:n
in good stead, for when handling the
notes he, unobserved, substituted duff.
| ers." The countess of Mountfeld is
still without her jewels and Beauchamp
| & Co. without the earl's recommends
lions to his friends.-TM Bits.
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'You will have to come for It yourself,
II any business Is to be DONE"
ITO your address, in Parker street,"
Eyes; leastways," be quickly added.
for he was not altogether unsuspicious
OF q trap and had taken his measures
accordingly, If you cali upon me there
Twill take you to housewhere the men
will be waiting for you with the stuff.
Then a fair exchange will be no rob-
berry," and here the professor laughed.
probably at his own wit, but Mr.. Sharpe
was too busy thinking to join him in
It.
"But isn't there just . chance that
some of your FIR, some Of the men you
speak OF, might take a fancy to relieve
me of the notes while on the way3 It
will be a great temptation"
II shall take care that no one knows
about it. Besides, you can bring some
one with you, that will be q protection:
But nothing Of the kind will be required,
feel quite sure"
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his inexperience and. took care to see
the professor of legerdemain himself
on his next appointed visit.
II presume you are only the agent in
this matter2" he inquired, in what he
considered his best diplomatic man
ner.
certainly, sir. What do you mean?"
ooh, nothing; only as men of the
world, we both know that it is well to
take nothing for granted"
"a "And yet have to take it for granted
that you are only the agen: of the gen.
tleman or lady who seeks to get those
Jewels bacl2''
''Quite so, and have here a very good
voucher in the shape of the reward
promised" replied Mr.. Sharpe, taking
from his pocket a bundle of bank notes.
s1 ssThese I am ready to hand over to
you in consideration Of the quid pro
quo, you know"
.3 Bsr.stI tell you what, guv'nor," he said.
~ believe you mean fairly. and that l
can trust you, but in this business I
en- not my own master-very FIR from
1T. There are three men in it that do
not know, haven't SO much as seen, you
may take my word for it. But they
will do nothing but what is fair and
square between gentlemen, provided,
OF course, your side do the same
~ 'ts.And what do you propose, them
asked Ar. Sharpe, somewhat taken
5aDaS :.
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Economic Features of Orchardins.

gr
Z When considered in connection with
farming, trees give the advantage of the
use of overhead space that cannot be
otherwise utilize,l at all. Small areas in
great cities that are sold for fortunes
are used to erect structures to utmost
limits of corporate laws. Cut orchard
trees to the ground and it will be found
that they occupy as much space on the
ground as in the air. The overhead
space is brought into economic use. The
trees can make use Of space and forces
in it which otherwise will avail planter
nothing. The ground while best if kept
in high state of cultivation, can be
cropped with legrminous crops, and
made runs for calves, shoats, poultry,
and the orchard itself made a wind
break to homestead.-American Gar.
dening.
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Attributes Of . Gbod Farmer.

The Southern Farm Gazette asserts
that no man is good farmer who does
not at least maintain year in and year
out the average productiveness and
fertility of his farming lands. It. is
not hard thing to do this either br
cny intelligent farmer. Little better
can be expected of an ignorant negro
tenant than to make it his invariaBle
rule to squeeze out of the soil all that
the soil will bear, paying back nothing
in the way of plant food for future
crops, practiciag the plan OF soil rob-
berry as q matter of course, but we
surely expect better things Of intelli-
gent white farmers and land owners.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-19
Tho Unkindest Cut of An.

A Shakespeare says, is to poke fun OF
sneer at people who are nervous, under the
half-belief that their complaint is imaginary
or an adectation. 1t is neither, but q serious
reality. Imperfect digestion and assimilar
ton OF the food is q very common cause OF
Fcr,o os T. e itse,t ~ Svamt nf
sleep. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters speedily
remedies nervousness, as It also does Mar
larial, kidney, bilious and rheumatic all
ments. The weak gain vigor speedily
through its use.
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II,

: At opposite poles of the social scale
the earl and the burglar were brought
into quasi association through the in
Reconciliation of the astute Mr.. Sharpe.
Five hundred pounds was large sum,
but when family jewels are concerned,
handed down through long line OF
more OF less distinguished ancestors,
it is 10 time for scrupuious bargaining.
Mr.. Alphonso Martin proved less
amenable to the pirate detectives
wishes. He had called at the office in
Sarsfield street on one occasion and
..een Mr.. Fisher, who did not form a
very favorable opinion of him, and told
his partner SO on his return from
Mountfield castle. But Mr.. Sharpe at
tributed his young friends doubts to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
STRIKING AN AVERAGE.

Traction ON Good and Had Roads Scion
ILLEGALLY Considered. H
Aside from the comfort, convenience
and pleasure Of good roads, their cont
mercial value in saving or increasing
the efficiency of tractivo power viii!
demonstrate their utility.
Comparison of tractive power neces-
sary to draw given load under sim
liar conditions win give q basis for
judging the merits of different materi-
OILS for road covering.
Experiments have been made by
eminent engineers ON this line, and the
results epitomized in Trautwine Engi-
neer's Book and other standard works.
The results given below were ascer-
tanned by the use of dynanometer.
The roads were practically level and a
speed of about threc-quarters miles
per hour was used in making the OBJ
servations.
The roads were newly constructed
and in fair condition.. AT.
A four-wheeled wagon, 2hx-inch tire,
was used. .>,,.@
The weight of the lead, including
wagon. was one ton. Tho tractive
force is given in pounds. ~,
KIND OF ROAD. Tracttve Force
cnbicai block.
Macadam. small stone. .................... -
Gravel. Vppacked...........
Grayel; packed.
Common earth, packed 100
Common earth, unpacked. ....,...s 100 to sos
Common earth, packed wet. 300 to 400
Steel rails with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .
A good average-trained horse weigh
ing not less than 1000 pounds, we'll fed
and treated, when actually walking ~.
miles per hour, can exert = tractive
force of 100 pounds.
from the above table we see one
horse can draw approximately three
tons on a plank road, ~: tons on cubical
blocks, one ton on packed gravel or
packed earth, one-half to one-fifth ton
on unpacked earth dry and one-third to
one-fourth ton on packed earth after
rains.
The exceedingly low tractive force on
steel rails explains the assertion often
made that it is often cheaper to haul
freight by rail from points in the Mis-
sissippi valley to the seaboard than t.
deliver it from the farm to the railway
station.
This is especially true during hard
winters, when all farm products are
higher than at any other time and more
in demand. IT,
The final decision of what matcriai
should be used in constructing road
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tsMAY I take this seat, madam" said the
travelling man to o lady in the railroad car:
''No, sir,'' said the female, witherlngly;. ~
have been keeping it for q gentleman. ~
Yonkers Statesman.
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Though little fire grows great with
little wind, yet extreme gusts will blow
out fire and all.-Shakcspeare. q:
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I KNOW no such thing as genius; it Is
nothing but labor and diligence.-Hogarth
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Free to ssCOmfodeH'

Free to "COmradeS''
The latest photograph of Honorable I. n.
Walker, Commander-in-Ch Chief of the G. A.
r. Write to F. H. LORD, Quincy Building,
Chicago, and you will receive one free.
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That's What It IL Now.

a country road should be something
more than = weedy strip of land BE-
tween two farms. v:s@ ...-5.