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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs James NOLAN, of 1872 West
Fillmore avenue, entertained the Noisy
Twelve Cinch club last Thursday evening.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Yetter,
Mrs. J. Huntsman, Miss Laura Tailermer,
Miss MAY Burns, Miss Laura Huntsman,
Frank Dunn, William Burns. Richard Hunts
man, John Burns. Harry Huntsman and Ted
DIV Burns Refreshments were served.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
800 TO MILWAUKEE, AND CHI
CAGO
Win s0The milwaukee,

Commencing Dec. 1st Secure tickets
al c., NJ. & st. P city ticket Office, 365
Robert street, or Union Depot, st.
Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The directors Of the art school met yester-
day and appointed a committee to arrange
for a play to be given for the benefit Of the
school The members of the committee are:
Misses harrington, James, Katherine Ames
and Edith Carey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The first regular afternoon meeting Of the
Schubert club will occur Wednesday after
noon in Cambridge hall, Ryan annex. The
first division, Of which Mrs Curtis and Miss
Shave are leaders, will present an interest
ing programme.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

Mrs. F. E. Ford, of Crocus place, opened
her home to the Thursday circle yesterday.
A sketch of the De Medici family was given
by Mrs. A. s. Morton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

Mrs A. B. sibley, of Ashland avenue, will
entertain about fifty ladies this afternoon.
The young ladies who will assist Mrs. Sib-
ley are Misses Livingston, Ferguson, Young
and Pope.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The ladies of the Eastern Star in West st.
Paul will have a dance on the West side
this evening. The dance OF the Odd Fellows
will not be given until Dec. 81.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
TAXES GOING down
WHILE TAXABLE VALUATIONS
HAVE BEEN DESCENDING AND
EXPENSES INCREASING.
AUDITOR DUNN EXPLAINS
THE DEFICIT IN THE REVENUE
FUND REFERRED TO BY
THE GLOBE.
AT THEIR LOWEST EBB NOW.
State Finances May BE Expected to
Show an Improvement From
Now On.
AT THEIR LOWEST EBB NOW.

In reply to the editorial published in
yesterdays Clio b e, commenting on
the deficit in the states revenue fund,
as shown in State Treasurer Koerner's
monthly report, under date of Nov. 80,
State Auditor Dunn, on whose war
rants alone there can be any money
paid out of the state treasury, took up
the cudgels yesterday as follows:
The G o asks for information
and I will try and throw some light on
the finances of the state. By the way,
the G o b e usually displays rare intel
hgence in it's discussions Of the states
fiscal problems, as presented in public
documents but it's treatment of this
revenue fund matter can hardly be
deemed ingenious.
What has so depleted the revenue
fund? In the first place, the levy for
revenue purposes has fallen from %
mills in 1891 to Is mills in 1896. This
is reduction of 80 per cent in the levy.
Now, the taxable valuation shows as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The Laurel Cycle club gave an informal
dancing party in Lifts hal last evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The Cosmopolitans will give their first So
cal hop at Twin City hall this evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Matthias Faast ............ Mrs. Clara Prnele
John Anderson MISREPRESENTATION Olive Larsen
BIRTHS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Dayton
Avenue Presbyterian Church will meet this
afternoon IN the church parlors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

Col and Mrs. R. F. Hersey, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. l.. Jersey and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Finch have gone to New York to attend the
sterrett-Hersey wedding, which takes place
Wednesday.
Miss Edith Poore, who spent the past year
with Mr.. and Mrs. POore, of Marshall ave-
nue. left for her home in Wakefield, Eng
land
Misses Emma Jobst and Josephine Nina
have returned after two months visit with
friends in st. Cloud.
Miss Upham, of Worcester, Mass will
spend the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. H. P.
Upham, OF Summit avenue.
Miss Alice Monfort is visiting friends in
Miss Moore. of Kentucky. was the guest of
Mrs C. A. Dibble yesterday.
R. H. Johnston has returned from Ia
coma
Mrs. Frank A. Bostwick has returned from
Ohio
Miss Wilson, of Faribault is visiting the
Misses Mcclellan of Nelson avenue.
Miss Tuttle Of Massachusetts,, is visiting
Miss Marion L. White, of Goodrich avenue.
Mrs. j. D. Lawler, of Virginia avenue, will
leave next week for Washington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

Good Season for SprinkIing.
The board Of public works yesterday al
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
DECEMBER DAYS GAY.
st. Paul Society EnIivened by Many
Pleasures.

Mrs. Stewart Leslie Moore, of Holly
avenue, was hostess at g. prettily ar
ranged reception yesterday afternoon.
Artistic decorations enhanced the beau
ty of the rooms, smilaX, palms and
ferns grazing the hall and reception
room, and roses, palms and chrysan-
themums lending their beauty and fra
GRANGE to the drawing Coom. The table
was handsomely appointed and was
adorned with center piece of pink
and white chrysanthemums. Mrs.
Oliver Dalrymple, Mrs. N. P. Langford,
Mrs. NJ. D. Flower and Mrs. Dudley
Rhodes presided at the table. while
Mrs. A. ]. Stone served the punch. The
hostess was assisted by Mrs. Harvey
officer, Mrs. NJ. D. Flower, Mrs. J. II.
Horton, Mrs. c. G. De Coster, Mrs.
Oliver Dalrymple, Mrs. A. j. Stone,
Mrs. Dudley w. Rhodes, Mrs. N. p.
r. Dalrymple, Mrs. F. S. Bryant, Mrs.
A. A. White, Mrs. E. H. McHenry, Mrs.
]. C. Norton. Mrs. w. T. Kirke. Mrs.
Park Ritchie, Mrs F. A Fogg, Mrs.
Carpenter, Miss Holbert, Miss White,
Miss Guthrie, Miss Flower and Miss
De Coster.
Mrs. John Sibley Prince will give a euchre
party Tuesday evening for Miss Babcock.
The Paramount Avenue Euchre club met
last evening at the home of Mrs. E. R. Hub
bell, of Goodrich avenue.
The Minnesota branch of the Association OF
Collegiate Alumni will give a reception to-
morrow afternoon at the residence of Miss
Clark, of 467 Holly avenue. The guests of
honor viii be the alumni of the state uni
versity.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Dayton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

ESPECIAL CUT....
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
Slightly SOiled Aprons.

A reduction sale in the Muslin
Underwear Department. A few
that look a little the worse from
handling. We don't want to mix
them with the Christmas stock, so
price them for Friday at Csc to
SITS each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

The one hundred and ten acre White Nj
agara Vineyard, located just north of Or
lando and owned by MIR. f. Ashley Smith
Of Lockport New York, presents very
pretty sight to its visitors just now, says
the Orlando Star. Mr.. w. J, Campin, the
efficient and wide-awake superintendent
of the vineyard, is just beginning the work
of shipping the fruit, the first consignment
having gone forward by express to New
York parties Saturday, the 18th instant.
This is fully three weeks earlier than
the grapes from this section are usually
shipped and, of co lrse, several weeks be-
fore grapes of more northern ATTITUDES are
matured.
MIR. Smith In writing Superintendent
Campin ten days ago, stated that in the
famous White Niagara vineyards Of New
York state, the vines had only attained
two or three inches of growth.
Mr.. Campin commenced with a force of
pickers and packers, yesterday to get the
grapes, which are ripening very rapidly,
ready for shipment, and probably by to-
morrow a large number will go to New
York points.
There will be from forty to fifty packers
at work until the bulk of the crop is ship
ped. Mr.. Campin estimates that there is
tully three times as large a crop as last
year. and that about one hundred tons
will be the yield for this season.
To move this immense yield prohtably,
it is proposed to employ both a day and
night force, probably working an alternat-
ing force of twenty-five pickers to keen
these constantly employed. The entire
crop will thus be moved in about three or
four weeks and 1t is the intention this
year to send most of it to new York and
other eastern points The fruit is tn:s
year in excellent condition and Mr.. Cam
pm thinks that he will avoid the cons
plants which have heretofore been made
with regard to the fruit shattered by ship
ping before it reaches too ripe a Stage.
1t IS proposed to utilize such fruit as is
not probably mark sSaDIe. in making wine
and brandy. and thus allow none to go
to waste.
1t Is Mr. Smiths purpose, as soon as the
grape crop is off, 10 devote five acres Of
the vineyard to a plnery. painting Only the
choicest varieties and giving them the
very best care and trea tment to secure
apples which will command the highest
prices in the market
No one IAN visit this attractive vine
yard. with its present immense yield of
fine grapes and believe that grape growing
cannot be made a success in South Flor,
ida
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
D Money In pinennnIer.

From the reports of ali those who have
shipped pineappes already this season and
have received returns for them, we learn
that the prices received have been very
good so far, says a Florida exchange.
BY this we mean they have brought
from seven and eight cents apiece for
poorer quality of common pines up to ten,
twelve and fifteen cents apiece for good
ones of the common kind and in some
cases even more than that
This is doing very well and If the rest
of the pines shipped this season average
anything like this in prices the growers
will be perfectly satisfied for at such
prices there is money in raising them.
OF course the fancy pines that were ship
ped brought fancy prices in most cases
selling all the way from twenty-five cents
to a dollar and in some instances dollar
and a half a piece.
This year is the banner year as far as
the crop is concerned, and. from indica-
lions now, il bids fair to be the banner
year for prices and profits also.
There is surely good money in raising
pines and our growers are finding 1t out
this year even If they never knew IL be-
fore
Come south. young man, and go 10
raising pines; only be sure TO bring enough
money along to enable you to make a sue
cessful start in the business-Florida Pa
per.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
Pea nnd Bean seeds.

r. NJ c. asks for the cheapest and most
effective plan of preserving bean and pea
seeds from the weevils.
Where only a small quantity is to be
preserved the seeds can be put into cans
or jars that have air-tight covers and
placing a rag saturated with turpentine
in with the seeds. Then expose the vessels
to the. hot sun for a day or two or they
can be put in the oven of a stove Cor
a while. The fumes Of the turpentine will
destroy the embryo weevils. Where sew.
eral bushels or more of seed are to be
protected 1t would be better to put in a
large box or spread out on the floor in
a close place and then set a vessel contin-
ing bi-sulphide of carbon on the seeds.
The evaporation of the carbon will kill
the young insects.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
strawberrx Culture.

OF all the small fruits the strawberry is
justly regarded as the chief. If it were
put to a vote in any given locality this, no
doubt. would be the verdict.
A very large number of people attempt
to grown strawberries-and it ends in the
attempt They do not go at it right. They
stop short of the necessary work required
to produce satisfactory results. They
either do not start with the right varieties
varieties suited to their soil or latitude,
or they fail to keep the plat free from the
injurious effects of weeds, allowing them
to encroach perhaps at a critical period in
the life of plants; or drought is allowed
to work it's destructive influence in sum-
mer time, or cold in winter. Something
or other is left undone that interferes with
good results.
There are certain requirements that must
be met in strawberry culture (as is the case
with all other crops), and it is only when
they are freely met that growing straw
berries can be made a complete success.
In nearly every locality where strawber-
ry culture has been carried on for any
length OF time there is generally one va
riety, rare.y more than two, that is univer-
sally popular-that is for market purposes.
A berry may be very good for the amateur
or home garden and yet be entirely I'M
fitted for culture for market. The very
large berries are usually too soft to allow
of much handling. Every year new ber-
ries are offered to the public, but growers
should be chary of them.
1t is good advice to give: stick to the
old, well-known sorts" It is true you
can get pretty much the same berry under
a score of different Names but what is
the need of changing the name. With all
the thousands of named sorts there are
to-day no better berries than we mad a
score Of years ago. The Crescent, the
Wilson, the Sharpless and the old Cumber-
land are really as good as any, but the
somewhat newer sorts, Bubach, Haver-
land, Michel, are also good. But you may
plant any three, or even two, Of these on
the same land and one or the other Is
quite sure to give little better results in
one particular season. Another year IL
may be the other sort that does better. A
grower cannot know for a certainty which
kind is best for his purpose until he has
tried side by side, for several years at
least, few dozen plants Of the six or
eight most widely grown varieties.
For market purposes. where an acre or
more Is given, the ordinary four-foot row
Is the best plan, doubtless. but for the
home garden the plan OF narrow beds four
or four and half feet. with two-foot
walks between the beds Is unquestionably
the best. II these walks are dug out 10
the depth Of a foot or so and then filled
up with straw or trash Il will be the means
OF catching and holding in reserve con-
siderable amount Of moisture that other
wise would not be available for the use OF
the plant When the grower has no facli-
tiles for irrigation the question OF ocono.
mixing the moisture OF the rains Is per.
haps the most important one that will
confront him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
THE CALIFORNIAN CONDOR.
The Largest known Bird of Flight
Equals Its south American Rival.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The vulture, or condor, of California
bears the proud distinction of being. next
to the famous condor of the Andes, the.
largest known bird of flight. and 1t is
claimed by some scientists to equal, II not
to exceed, in size its South American rival.
as form tip to tip Of the outspread wings
1t measures from So to 1919. or even II,
feet, while its hight is that of a half
grown child In early days these mann
moth birds were exceedingly numerous all
along the region of the Pacific coast, from
Northern Oregon to the mouth OF the Col
orado river; but their habitat Is now re-
stricted to isolated mountain peaks in the
southern part Of California, and they are
becoming so rare that their total extinc-
ton is only a question of a few years
time. Though stuffed specimens of the
California condor are seldom found In
pathological collections, good one may
be seen in the museum of the California
Academy of Sciences.
In food, habits and manner of flight
this vulture resembles the turkey buzz
Yard, with which it often associates Its
color Is a brownish black, with patches
Of white beneath the wings, and the bare,
yellowish neck Is surrounded by fringe,
or collar, of long narrow feathers, while
dark circles define the small keen eyes
the tail is about forty-five inches, and the
average weight is about twenty to twenty
fieV pounds. As the claws are COMPARE
lively straight and blunt, they are not
well adapted to clinging to the rounded
branches of trees; so when at rest these
birds usually perch upon jagged rocks or
on the brink of beetling precipices. They
have an ungainly walk; but their flight Is
most majestic, there being no perceptibe
movement of the wings, even II they are
observed through an opera glass. Soaring
upward In a series Of wide circles, they
finally become mere speck In the zenith,
where they remain poised for hours, es-
pecially before a thunder storm. But let
a hunter bring down dear or rabbit
within their range of vision. and leave it
unprotected, and in a twnkling they
swoop down from the ether and the game
Is soon reduced to a skeleton.
The condor is said TO make no real nest,
either piling a few sticks loosely to-
gether or depositing its eggs in hollow
logs of stumps, or In the deserted nests
of eagles or buzzards The eggs, which
are one or two in number, are OF a pale
greenlsh blue or greyish white, and they
are Az inches IN length. So rare have
they become that very large prices are
offered by museums for perfect specimens.
The young vuitures are awkward crea-
lures, resembling the adult birds in gem
eral form, though they are covered with
a soft, fluffy. whitish down, much like
that of a Hedging owl. II taken soon af-
ter Matching they can be easily tanned;
but develop, with increasing size, a most
abnormal appebite-a medium-szed con-
dor in a geological garden having been
known to average a large sheep day.
They can, however. exist for several
weeks without food, owing to their enor-
nous muscular strength and great tenac-
ity Of life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
WHERE our R1cE CAME FROM.
A Fairy story of Historical Interest
Upset by Facts.


During the tariff debate Senator Vest
told a story on Jefferson who, while min
lister to France. visited Italy and found
there a very superior quality of rice HE
was not able to procure any of it for ex-
port because the laws of Italy prohibited
its expectation and 1t is said that the au-
thor Of the declaration of independence
filled the pockets of his Virginia overcoat
the old-fashioned Virginia coat, with capes
to it, which our grandfathers wore, with
this rice and-to use plain language
Struggled it out of the country The end
justified the means, possibly. He car
ried it to Paris, put it up in small pack
ages of five and ten grains, and sent it
to Charleston, $. c., and that was the ba-
sis of the South Carolina rice, the finest
now in the world"
Abiding to the foregoing, Mr.. John f.
Talmage, president of the Dan Talmage's
Sons Company, New York. says: TOO
bad to touch this rhetorical fairy tale
with ruthless iconoclastic hand, but the
distinguished senator from Missouri has
gotten hold of trilng incident and garb-
ed by his lively imagination, that which
was mainly a Pigment of fancy is made to
appear as a fundamental fact in the rice
culture of the Caro.inas."
Rice was first planted in South Caro-
lima about the year 1888, it, however. being
of a small and Improbable kind, but in
the year 1894 vessel from Madagascar in
distress put into Charleston harbor, the
captain of which had some previous ac-
qaintance with Landgrave Thomas Smith,
to whom he gave a small parcel of seed
rice. Mr.. Smith planted 1t in a moist
spot in his garden now Longitude lane in
the city of Charleston) il grew and null
tiplied, the outcome being distributed
among friends. and within a few years.
after this period of humble beginnings
rice became one of the staple productions
of the colony.
I'm pamphlet published in London, 1907,
John Archdale, late governor of Carolina,
states: Seventeen ships this year came
from the Carolinas laden with rice, skins,
pitch and tar in the Virginia fleet" AS
rice leads all the rest 1t may be naturally
inferred that it was prominent quantity
in the various cargoes. We have well au-
thenticated statistics showing that ex-
ports were of fair proportions as early as
1920, footing up during the decade fol-
lowing, some 264, 1888 barrels of 325 pounds
quantity enlarged, huctuating in amount
from 10000 barrels to 10000 barrels 500
pounds each These shipments were
made to Portugal, Spain. France, Great
Britain, Ireland, the British colonies, Hol-
land and Sweden. This Is sufficient to
show that while jefferson was Ebert and
seeking that which might tend to improve
the agriculture in this country, the pro-
duction of rice had attained considerable
proportions at the time referred to by
Senator Vest"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
Selling Poultry.

Farmers have learned that they cannot
afford to keep any kind of poultry that
does not bring the highest price to be OBJ
tanned No matter how low the regular
quotations may be, there are sometimes
good prices paid, as the very fact that the
supply is abundant induces buyers to Sc
lect more carefully, because they have
larger amount from which to do so. as
there is no sentiment or favoritism shown
in trade when the buyer desires the best
10 be had. The farmer who gets into the
market with a choice article will secure
the highest price II may be an admonl-
tion that Is disregarded, but the time viii
come, or has already arrived, when the
farmer cannot afford to ignore the value
OF the breeds: and he must also give his
personal attention TO the poultry, for by 50
doing he can keep more fowls and have
fewer losses OF chicks. Whether the fowls
are sent to market alive or dressed, the
condition I'm which they reach the stalls
will have much 20 do with the prices OBJ
tanned. IL will be useless to keep good
breeds, or even common stock, n the nd
vantages are TO be sacrificed al the last
moment by carelessness IN shipping The
wise farmer will not fll a coop with fowls
OF all klnds-roOsters, hens and large
chicks--to be sold In one lot. as the price
will be Influenced by the inferior birds.
The maxim that "a chain is no stronger
than its weakest link" applies also 70 the
shipping OF fowls to market. as the very
best viii be governed by those that should
not have been sent at all. Fat hens sell
on sight, and should be separated from
the males while poor hens and late chicks
will not bring good prices at any time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

While standing on top OF Lookout noun
tain a few days ago I was carried back
TO memories OF dear old Bill Nye, for we
had stood uopn the same spot together
some years before. and guide then told
us that we could see seven states from
that point OF view. viz: Tennessee. Vir-
ginla. Kentucky. North Carolina. South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. says a
writer IN the Chicago Times-Heraid.
where's North Carolina?' Nye In
quired.
The man pointed to a particular place In
the purple horizon.
"What makes you think that Is North
Carolina2" Nye asked
"Oh we know by the direction and the
conformation OF the mountains there"
the man replied
swell, / know that that Is not North
Carolina" Nye declared. with some vehe-
mence. 'knd you would know Il too AZ
you would stop TO think. Here Is a map
OF the United States, and you can see that
North Carolina rs pink. Besides. I know
Il Is pink. l live In that state consider
ably. and I've helped to paint Il red. but
OF course I 20 away sometimes, and then
Il fades a little. leaving Il pink No. air.
you can't stun me that way. The place
you are pointing at a color blind man
could see. Is purple
Nye said those things 20 seriously that
the man was almost dazed. Tie gave Nys,
a puzzled look and then went on pointing
out other sisters IN the late confedcracy.