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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

The local cigarmakerS' union has
c1OsedJiup It's accounts for the past
year and has, again demonstrated it's
values .tp the members as an agency
for looking after the interests of the
craft. It's record for relieving the needs
of members. brought ON by the stress
of hard times and through sickness,
Is especially commendable The total
receipts for the year exceed So, 900. Of
this amount the following sums were
expended in various benefits: To I'M
employed members, s788.68; to sick
members, s4S8.19; loans granted, $317. Is;
strikes, $146.e9; agitation blue label,
$47427; total. $2,214.2s.
Maggie Mcclure, Sadie Cotton, Lena
Fazelbarth, Maud F'entaine and Gertie
Bureh comprise the committee arrang-
ing for the valentine party to be given
by the bindery girls union, on Feb.
Is, at Assembly hall.
The International union Of core
makers recently organized comprises
locals in Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Elizabeth. Holyoke. Hart
ford, Utica, Worcester and Yonkers,
Columbus, Chicago, Kansas City, ST
Louis, Auburn and San Francisco. The
officers are James p Murphy, Boston,
president; w. T. Plunkett. Cleveland
first vice-president; Fred Bu1nan,
Utica, second vice-preside1t: Edwin T.
Woods, Newark. N. j., secretary
Frank Frietsch, C.incinnatf, treasurer
Cooperative bodies Of artisans are to have
the preference il bidding on the work Of clear
ing the grounds for the erection Of buildings
for the worlds exposition in Paris France
hat city recently ADVERT e;t for isfds for this
portion OF the work. with the above provision
In ease the bid of the ee-eFer atiys cody is nat
the lowest. IL shall be- permitted TO make sa-
other one, and IL tEEe co-ogeratfTe bodies shall
haze the lowest bits, both for the same
amount, they are ta hs givsa another chance.
with all others barred.
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I The feges9 Of the ARanctaf condition or the
fBatieHSi RrigtfHg PresSnen' d titlions Cor
the eurreat quarter 10 OF u FeFy'. eacpraasans
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

Il The fegssf Of the fRaRciaf ceHtsfinls af the
iatef BRfteHSi REigtiHg PresSaaen' q union FOR
the current quasserssts Of u Fery .eecoraasanE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

Whereas. The Interstate commerce law and
the Sherman antitrust law, both aimed os-
tensfbly against trtsts5 were used against
labor organizations;N tQe @
Resolved That the. trades assembly places
itself on record as opposed to the Sheehan and
Johns antitrust bills unless a section be
added exempting labor organizations from its
provisions.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

In England, according to official re-
ports, tobacco is adulterated with su-
gar alum, lime, flour or meal, rhubarb
leaves, saltpetre, fuller's earth, starch,
malt-coomings, chromate of lead, peat
moss, molasses, burdOck leaves. conf
mon salt, endive leaves, lampblack,
gum, red dye, scraps Of newspapers,
cinnamon stick, cabbage leaves and
straw brown paper. The record of its
sophistication here is not officially GER
titled, but there is no reason to sur
mise that our tobacconists allow those
of perfidious Albion to exceed them in
business ability. While we are medi-
tating statutes to enforce the brewage
of honest beer, it might not be amiss
at the same time to bestow a paSsing g
glance on the tobacco question, as these
stupefying and much doctored agents
to a large extent go together.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The venerable Col. 'Dick' Thomp-
son, ex-Secretary of the Navy and In
diana's Grand Old Man." says that in
1S47 he procured an invitation for
Abraham Lincoln to the house Of a cell
ebrated social leader in Washington.
Col. Thompson took his "long-legged,
long-armed, ugly friend ''to the hostess
and presented him. Lincoln was asked
to be seated on low hassock, and after
considerable difficulty he so disposed
his arms and legs as to feel fairly COM
Portable. Then a long and animated
conversation took place between him
and the society woman. The day fol-
lowing the reception, Col. Thompson
met the hostess and remarked to her:
well, how did you like my friend Lin
coln? Il will tell you," she answer
ed. ''Mr. Lincoln, of all you men at
my house last night, is the only one
who will ever be President"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Must Re an AstrolOger.

Ignorant people think that an astron-
omer is also an astrologer. Sir John
Herschel once received a letter asking
him to cast the writer's horoscope. An
other letter-writer requested the distin-
guished astronomer to consult the stars
and answer these two questions: "Shall
I marry?" and "Have l seen herW
Maria Mitchell records in her journal
that on an Atlantic steamer an Irish
woman, learning that she was an as
tronomeY, asked her what she could
tell. Miss Mitchell answered that she
could tell when the moon would rise,
when the sun would rise, and when
there would be an eclipse Of the moon
or Of the sun.
"Ohw exclaimed the disappointed
woman, in a tone which plainly said:
"Is that all?" She expected to have
her fortune told.
Once in a town not far from Boston,
during very mild winter, lad, driv-
ing a team, called out to Miss Mitchell
on the street, saying: II want to ask
you a question, Miss MITCHELL! She
stopped He asked "Shall we lose our
ice crop this winter%
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Sure Safeguard.

Among the numberless stories of the
quick wit and felicitous sayings of Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is one connect
ed with the breakfast given in his hon
or by the publishing firm of Houghton,
Osgood & Co. on the occasion of his
SEVENTEEN birthday.
Not long after the breakfast he met
a friend who had been a guest on that
memorable occasion, and had written
one of the many bright poems which
formed part of the entertainment.
In referring to the late festivity, the
doctor said to his friend:
81 knew there would be good many
things said that would be calculated to
draw tears. / was resolved that |
would not cry-that nothing should
make me cry; and so 1 went to the
breakfast determined to maintain a
rigid upper eyelidr'
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Fall PIowinp Sod Ground.

Wherever there is heavy growth of
coarse grass left on the land in fall it is
much better to plow it in the fall if it is
intended to use it for cultivated crops
next year. Most of this coarse grass,
that has small nutrition, has very vigor-
Gus roots and needs to be turned under
as long as possible before the crop is
planted. The mulch of coarse grass on
the surface will prevent the sod from
freezing as deeply as it ought In fact,
when the ground is mostly covered with
snow in winter the heavy mulched sod
may scarcely be frozen at all But
when turned over in the fall and the
furrow is left rough as possible, it is
sure to be frozen again and again, leav-
ing the surface soil in very fine tilth. If
the sod be June grass or quack many
of the roots will be killed by freezing
dry in the upturned furrow on or near
the surface. Though there is some
waste of fertility by washing and plow-
ing of fall-plowed land, it is none the
less good practice where hoed crops
that need an early mellow seed bed are
to be sown or planted the following
spring.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Trained for His Work.

Mr.. BookerT. Washington, who began
his school at Tuskegee, Ala, in 1881,
in a small shanty and church, with one
teacher and thirty students, and has
seen the venture grow to an institution
containing eight hundred students and
seventy-nine instructors, tells in the
Atlantic Monthly how he came to be
prepared for such a work.
My earliest recollection is Of a small.
one-room log hut on large slave plan
tation in Virginia. After the clos oe
the war, while working in the coal
mines of West Virginia for the support
Of my mother, 1 heard in some acciden-
tai way of the Hampton Institute
When l learned that it was an institu.
ton where a black boy could study,
could have a chance to work for his
board. and at the same time be taught
how to work and to realize the dignity
of labor, resolved to go there.
Bidding my mother good-by, started
out one morning to find my way to
Hampton, though 1 was almost penni-
less and had no definite idea where
Hampton was. By walking, begging
rides and paying for a portion of the
journey on the steam cars, finally sue,
ceeded in reaching the city of Rich.
mond, Va.
1 was without money or friends. I
slept under a sidewalk, and by work
ing on a vessel next day 1 earned mon
ey to continue my way to the institute
where 1 arrived with a surplus of so
cents.
At Hampton found the opportunity
in the way of buildings, teachers and
industries provided by the generous
to get training in the classroom, and
by practical touch with industrial life
to learn thrift, economy and push.
was surrounded by an atmosphere OF
business, Christian influence, and a
spirit of self-help that seemed to have
awakened every faculty in me, and
caused me for the first time to realize
what it meant to be man instead of
piece of property.
While there l resolved that when /
had finished the course of training !
would go into the far South, into the
black belt Of the South, and give my
life to providing for others the same
kind of opportunity for self-reliance
and self-awakening that 1 had found
provided for me at Hampton.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

According to the Rochester Democrat,
w. A. Field, of Olean, n. Y, says that
he is the father of thirty-four children,
thirty-one of whom are now living.
Of these there were three sets Of quin-
tuplets and four sets of triplets by his
second wife. The entire family was
born at ten different births. The first
wife and three of the children were
burned to death in January, twenty
eight years ago, at Saginaw, Mich. The
survivors of the family, numbering
thirty-one, are intending to have a
grand family reunion next spring, and
for a short time place themselves on
exhibition with the father and mother
The father of this surprisingly large
family is 81 years old.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The king of Tanning Island" in the
South Seas is being subjected to consld-
cradle annoyance by the obstreperous
executor of his fathers estate. The
rolay potentate is even threatened with
the appointment of a receiver on the
petty ground that he has misused the
funds of the island. Surely things have
come to pretty pass if monarch can
not misuse his own funds if he wants
to, and if that divinity which does
hedge King" cannot hedge him enough
to afford protection from a minion of
the law. The King is at present in San
Francisco awaiting the judgment of the
court to ascertain whether he is King
indeed or only a Jack
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
DOGS and Feminine Affection.

Edward w. Box writes of Dogs and
Feminine Affection" in the Ladies'
Home Journal, and points out the
dangers of caressing dog, however
well cared for it may be. The most
eminent physicians" he asserts, have
conclusively shown that the practice
of allowing the body of dog to came
into close contact with the human body
is fraught with the greatest physical
evils. The cleanest dog in the world
is not without this objection. 1t cannot
be. A dogs nose should never be al
lowed to touch any part of the human
skin. The most casual observance of a
dogs habits will show the reasons for
this. In fact, from whatever stand
point one chooses to look at the mat
ter-from that of cleanliness, health or
bodily danger-the practice of petting
dogs with close embraces of any sort is
a positive wrong. Women cannot lie
too careful about this, either as the
practice affects them or, If they are
mothers. their children. We can be
fond of our dogs-many of them de-
serve human affection-but we should
bestow this fondness with little care
full regard for common sense. One
point, of all others, cannot be too care
fully regarded; the face should never
be brought into close contact with a
dog. A sense of cleanliness alone
should forbid this, even if positive
danger did not lurk in the practice"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

There is nothing new in the report
that Russia has tried, without success,
to obtain Obok from France. That
was known year or two ago. Nor is
there anything improbable in the report
that Russia has obtained from King
Menelek a bit of Red Sea coast some
where between Obok and Massowah.
Russia has long wanted station there,
and Menelek is ready to do anything in
his power to oblige her. Italy, of
course, is in no position to object. 1t
will be all she can do to take care of
Erythrea proper, without trying to re-
tain the coasts of Demhoita and An
kala. By far the best station on that
coast is Assab, opposite Mocha, and it
may be that is what Russia has secur-
ed. If so, we may presently see all
Abyssinia made province of the Great
White Car.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The announcement that the railroads
throughout the country will continue
during next year to grant half rates to
clergymen has been received with un-
feigned satisfaction by a majority of
the members of the cloth. But not by
all. A prominent and respected preach
er, commenting upon the matter, said
to the Philadelphia Record: II had
hoped that the railroads were finally
about to wipe out the semi-deadhead
privilege extended to the clergy. 1t is
a relic of the times when preaching
meant poverty, and under the changed
conditions it is not only unfair to the
railways and the general travelling pub
lie. but it is destructive of the self-re-
spect of its beneficiaries. The railroads
have been chatting under the clerical
half-fare system for a long time, and
for several years some Of them have
been trying to do away with it. Times
have changed since the church was
poor and preachers underpaid and the
railroad people are quite sensible of the
fact"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
A Home Supply of Vinegar.

During the past twenty years the
writer has made no cider, yet our cider
vinegar kegs are always holding out
like the widows cruise Of oil. How is
it done? We buy some sweet cider
from a neighbor and add it gradually
to the twenty gallon kegs that have
had pure vinegar in them so long that
they have had several sets of iron
hoops. AS they have stood on the Gel
lar bottom, full or partly full of strong
vinegar for twenty years, we conclude
that vinegar preserves wood, as the
slaves are still sound. 1t is always pos
sible to get pure, sweet cider in the fall,
hence the vinegar keg or barrel once
started is good, for aught we know, for
a hundred years.-Exchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
rroner Colts to Raise.

The farmer who attempts to breed
speed alone stands no more chance to
make a financial strike than a boy in a
pin lottery without any ticket. But at
the same time, he should not lose sight
of the fact that he who buys for road
purposes calls for not only a good-sized
horse, but one even-gaited, and quite
speedy. I believe there is more money
in raising the right kind of colts, and
preparing them for the market than any
other kind of stock on the farm. The
first thing to be considered by the farm
er is what strain and what cross will
come nearest to filling the bill of public
demand Like produces like" is an
old adage, and quite true.-National
StOckman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

A process of hardening steel by means
Of an electric current traversing the red
hot metal has been invented in France
Experiments made with tools thus
hardened are said to have given surpris-
ing results. A sharpened table-knife
cut a one-eighth-inch iron wire as If il
had been a string. Iron bars were
easily cut with circular saw. Drills
pierced cast-steel plates with twice the
speed and ease of ordinary drills; and
in all the experiments the tools showed
no injury
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Felt ThrOu the Earth.

Prof. John Milne, who studied earth
quakes for many years in Japan, where
they are frequent, now has an "earth-
quake observatory" on the Isle of
Wight. In describing his observations
there during the past year, he recently
remarked that his instruments en-
abled him to feel heavy earthquakes
at great distances, even right through
the earth. For example, on August 81
last disturbance of the instruments
led him to conclude that violent earth
quake had occurred about 5000 miles
there had been an earthquake in Japan
at that time, and the distance through
the earth between the Isle of Wight
and Japan is about 5000 miles.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Uses of the Alder BusI1.

The common sweet alder bush, or
elderberry bush, as it is often called, is
regarded by neat farmers as nuisance,
to be destroyed as quickly as possible.
Yet it has many uses, and some farm
ers' wives especially, have learned to
turn it to profit. Its fruit when dried
makes very fair pies if some acid is
mixed with it. We have known it to be
used with grapes, the latter being extra
sour and without something to temper
them requiring too much sugar. The
juice Of elderberries with sugar makes
the standard heavy wine which old
fashioned people used always to keep in
the house to use when sickness made it
necessary. Finally the blossoms are an
excellent febrifuge, and some should al
ways be put up to use when fever from
unknown causes attacks any of the
family.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
The Phonograph for the Deaf.

An apparatus which may enable the
record of a phonograph to be under
stood independently of the sense OF
hearing has been contrived by Profes-
sor McKendrick in England. By this
apparatus the revolving Photographic
cylinder is caused to produce varia-
tions of intensity in a weak current,
and these variations, when conducted
through the hands, which have been
moistened for the purpose, are easily
perceived. Since they correspond with
the sound variations, it is thought, by
their aid, person totally deaf could
appreciate the rhythm and character
of succession Of sounds thus trans
formed into series Of sensations Of a
different kind.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
a DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
How Poultry May Be Made to Pay
Two Potato Crops in One Season
Uses of the Alder Bush-FaII PIow-
ing of Sod Ground.
Making Poultrx Pay.

Just why some cannot make the poul-
try yard a paying institution is quite
plain. Like everything else, it all lies
with the man and how he goes about
it. One fellow goes at it. He has read
considerable about it. He builds large
and completely fitted up houses in the
most practical way, buys high-priced
thoroughbred fowls and starts in to
make it go. 1t takes such a man about
one season to learn that he knows little
and needs experience. This is bought
from a small beginning and with sew
eral years actual work with them.
Branching out largely at first is sell
dom done by prudent or practical per-
son. Anybody can feed and perhaps
rear brood of chicks. To keep a few
hens for private use where they live
upon the refuse Of your table is one
kind of chicken business, but when you
are in it for your bread and butter,
with hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
under your care, it is quite another mat
ter. 1t can and is paying live workers,
but never drones. Don't go at it unless
you have patience, tact and lots of am
bition. These are very essential points
of value to any man who hopes to sue
ceed.
Weed out the f1ocks, disposing of real
ly old stock and the undesirable young.
A few good hens, well cared for, will
raise more chickens next summer than
if a great flock is crowded together in
unhealthy coops.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Trains Without Rails.

Experiments which are described as
satisfactory have recently been made
in the suburbs Of Paris with a train,
drawn by steam locomotive, running
not on rails but on an ordinary road
The train used at present consists Of
only two cars, one of which contains
the locomotive machinery, together
with seats for fourteen passengers,
while the other has twenty-four seats.
The engine is Of 16-horse-power and
the average speed is about seven miles
an hour. The train is able to turn in a
circle only twentythree feet in dame
ter. Another train has been construct
ed for the conveyance Of feright. 1t is
hoped by the inventors that trains of
this kind will be extensively employed
in and near cities.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
terminating Nuts.

The success of terminating nuts in
the spring depends upon the condition
of ripeness and the method of keeping
them during the winter. Nuts should
not be allowed to become too dry before
burying in sand. When gathered too
early the kernels shrivel up and have
but little terminating power, hence
they should not be gathered until the
kernel is full and plump. If there is
any danger of mice getting into the
boxes where they are buried during the
winter, wire netting should be nailed
over them.-EXchange
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
The Gold of the Sen

Both gold and silver exist in about
equal qualities in the water of the
ocean. Various estimates have been
made of the total amount of these pre-
cious metals held in solution in all the
seas of the globe. The latest expert
ments bearing on this question are
those of Professor Liversidge of the
University Of Sydney, who finds in the
waters surrounding Australia the
quantity of gold per ton Of sea-water
varies between half a grain and one
grain. Calling the average three-quar-
ters Of grain to the ton, and putting
the number Of tons of sea-water to the
cubic mile, in round numbers, at 4,200,-
100000, we see that there are 3, 3,150,00O,-
600 grains, or about two hundred tons
of gold in every cubic mile of sea-
water. II has been estimated that
all the oceans combined contain about
300,000,000 cubic miles Of water, so that
if the same proportion exists every
where, the total quantity of gold held
in solution by the sea would be co.
O0O,0OO,O00 tons. This would be worth
at $50 per Troy once, 500, ,191 ,O4O, ,0O0,-
100000, or translated into words, more
than thirty-nine thousand millions of
millions Of dollars!
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Rules for Milking.

Turf, Farm and Home gives the fol.
lowing rules for milking:
First-Work rapidly; slowness causes
loss of cream.
Second-Milk thoroughly to the last
drop, because the last milk is the best.
Third-Milk at the same time every
day.
Fourth-Milk crosswise, that is to
say, one fore teat on the right and a
hind teat on the left, and vice versa;
the milk thus flows more copiously
than by parallel milking.
Fifth-Milk with four fingers and not
with index and thumb, a fault too COM
mon with mixers.
Sixth-Do not employ any kind of
milking machines.
Seventh-To milk young, restive
cows, raise one of the fore feet.
Eighth-Always keep the hands clean
and also the cows udder, and all dairy
utensils.
Ninth-During milking avoid dis
tracing or disturbing the COW.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Trapping Turkeys.

One of the methods by which wild
turkeys are taken by native hunters, as
described in Hunting and Fishing in
Florida" by Mr.. G. B. Cory, Curator of
the Department Of Ornithology in the
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago,
certainly does little credit to the intelli-
gence of the turkeys.
A place is found where turkeys are
numerous. Corn is scattered about,
and If that is eaten more corn is placed
there the next day. The birds are fed
In this manner for a week or two, until
they become accustomed to going there
for food. Then small logs are laid,
forming a square box about six or eight
inches in height; possibly two logs on
each side, one above the other. Inside
is placed the corn, and the turkeys en-
ter 1t readily, as the obstruction is not
sufficient to excite their fears.
The next night another log is added,
raising the box little, perhaps a foot
or so, and this process goes on until
the small logs form a cOne-shaped box,
narrowing at the top, leaving an open
ing perhaps foot or eighteen inches
wide, by which they can enter at the
top.
Corn is placed in the box, and few
kernels leading to it, as usual, and the
turkeys, mounting the last log, drop in
and eat up the corn. And now they
are caught. The opening is so narrow
down through it with closed wings, it
cannot jump out again with its wings
spread.