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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
Brakeman Bradshaw Hurt-P;

Brakeman Bradshaw Hurt-Paul
Bradshaw, a brakeman in the employ of
the Omaha railroad, fell from the top of
q moving freight car in the East St.
Paul yards yesterday afternoon. sustain
ing a fracture Of the right arm and Sc
we're bruises about the body. The train
was running at a fair rate Of speed, when
Bradshaw slipped and fell to the tracks
He struck partly on his feet. thus break
ing the force. The right side Of his head
and face was scratched. Bradshaw is
married and lives at 53S Burr street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
BOLD CITY SLEUTHS
THEY FOLLOW AN TNOFFENSIVE
WOMAN SEVERAL BLOCKS
AFTER DARK
LAFAYETTE AVENUE WOMAN

She Tells the story of an Adventure
With Two City Detectives Which
Reflects to Some Extent Upon the
Sagacity of a Pair of Mayor Kie-
he Made to the Mayor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
BABE OF THE MANGER
HIS MEMORY INSPIRES MANY
HELPFUL SERVICES IN
CHURCHES AND OUT
PEACE AND GOOD WILL HERE

Appropriate Services Were Held in
All the Christian Churches Yes
terdny, and Will BE supplemented
I'm Many Cases by Christmas Serv-
ices This Forenoon Sunday
School Exercises During Week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-08
A Queer Case,


veterinary surgeons are good
thing, and r like this idea of having
horse-shoers held up to high pro-
fessional standing, but what we really
need is an expert on mental diseases
of the horse. I have big, fine-look-
ing gelding," continued the speaker,
who is widely known in Detroit,
"that I would like to have examined
and passed upon by some authority
corresponding to the Judge of pro-
bate"
"Think your horse is crazy?" in
quired the interested neighbor.
"Either he has the eccentricities of
genius, is a practical Joker or is too
stupid to tell the difference between
oats and shoe pege. When he was a
colt he was given to me by my father.
in-lew, and the old gentleman told me
be believed the you. Sster to be lit.
tie wrong in the head. For instance,
he frequently jumped from a young
clover field in search of something to
eat, walking right through @ corn
patch to waste land where there was
nothing but sand and Canada thistles.
On one occasion the colt was known
to have slept all night with his flow
ing tail in clear, running stream and
to have wandered away three miles
the ne1tmorningin in search Of drink. "
sHow has he behaved since you had
him?"
ga little off. He broke out of the
barn one day, headed over to the ave-
nue., met an automobile, whirled
around in front of it, struck 2.3O
clip and stayed right there till he had
kicked the front in and forced tie
thing to the curb for repairs. BE
came home snorting and cavorting as
though he had won a battle. He
walks in his sleep, thinks more of the
dog than of any other living thing,
and won't allow the hired girl in the
barn. I don't know what to make OF
him. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-08
IrrIgntinc n Field of Celery.

From my experience with irrigation
on my farm I have learned how to
economize in the use Of water by
mulching or shading the surface Of
the ground. I am now irrigating q
field of celery planted in rows with
alternate spaces between them OF
twelve and eighteen inches apart.
The wide space is mulched with
coarse manure, and the plants are
large enough to shade the narrow
spaces. Irrigating this field once
week keeps the ground sufficiently
moist, while another, with the surface
exposed to evaporation, needs irrigat-
ing every day. In word, the lessons
learned are: Fill the soil with humus
to enable it to retain all the moisture
possible, give frequent cultivation
during the early part of the summer,
then, when practicable, mulch the
surface net shaded by the plants.
I hardly think we appreciate the
value of cover crops, which when
plowed under fill the soil with humus.
When the early garden crops, such as
peas, corn and potatoes, have been re-
moved, if late crop does not follow
this year, some catch crop should be
used to cover the ground. Where it
will survive the winter, SOW crimson
clover and it will sGve a part of.your
fertilizer bill the next year. On rich
garden soil, when the weather is faT-
orable, it makes a good growth.
Crimson clover. cow peas. or rye.
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C,use of Streaks in Butter.

An authority says that streaks in
butter are generally caused by uneven
sailing. In the farm dairy the best
way is to sprinkle fine salt over the
butter while still in the churn, then
revolve it few times very slowly to
incorporate the salt with the butter.
The moisture in the butter will dis
solve the salt in few minutes and it
can then be massed and the surplus
brine pressed outp This finishes the
Job. Don't hold it over until the next
day and then work it. In creamery
practice the salt must be evenly dis
tributed and then the butter worked
enough to make it uniform. White
Jumps in the butter come from abuse
of the cream; it is not ripened uni
formly. A portion gets too sour and
partially decomposes. The remedy IS
plain-qvoid the cause.
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Oldest Town in the United States.

We often speak of this or that town
as the oldest on the continent. But
here we are in the streets of town
which antedates oil other cities of the
United Sta!es-a pueblo which occu-
pied this very spot when, in 1910,
Coronado halted in Cibola and sent
Don Pedro de Tobar on to the west to
explore the then unknown desert.
Imagine seven rather irregularly par
allel streets about two hundred yards
long, with here and there more open
spot or plaza, lined on each side with
mud -plastered, rough-laid stone
houses, and you have Oraibi. The
houses rise in the form of terraces to
a height of two or three stories. The
roof of the first row or terrace OF
houses forms a kind Of balcony or
porch for the second terrace, and so
the roof of the second-story houses
serves similar useful purpose for the
houses.-From "The Hopi
Indians of Arizona" by George A.
Dorsey, in Appletons' Popular Sci.
ence Monthly.
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He Nonplussed Blaine.

It is said that the only time James
G. Blaine was nonplussed was while
he was Secretary of State. One of the
applicants for q consulate in Japan
was the late Samuel Kimberley, OF
Baltimore, who died in the service in
Central America. After he had pre-
sented his credentials Mr.. Blaine said:
''I should like to appoin6 you, Mr..
Kimberley, but I have made it a rule
to recommend no one who does not
speak the language of the country to
which he is sent. Do you speak Jap.
anese?"
."Cert-t- -tinly, Mr.. Blaine" stam-
mered Mr.. Kimberley. "A-a-ask me
s-s-something in J-J-Japanese and I'll
a-a-a.nswer you"
Mr.. Blaine hadn't word to say,
but the japanese post went to another
man, all the same, and Kimberley
went to Central America.
Another story is told of Kimberley
equally creditable to his nimble wit.
One day he met young woman, who
threw her arms impulsively around
his neck and kissed him. Seeing he,
mistake, she drew back and angrlly
asked:
aren't you Mr.. Jones?"
"N-n-no, madam" replied Kimber.
ley, bowing; "I'm n-n.not, but W.
w-wish to thunder I w.w-w-was. -
Saturday Evening Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-08
The Sultan's Day.

The Sultan of Turkey rises at 6
o'clock every morning, and devotes
his days, in the seclusion of the Yildiz
palace and gardens, to personal atten
ton to affairs of state. He IS of slight
build. A tale-brown overcoat con-
ceals any decorations he might be
wearing, so that the attention of those
who see him on the one day in seven
when he presents himself to the view
of the people is not diverted from his
pale, wan and care-worn face, half-cov.
cred by thin brown beard, tinged
with gray, and surmounted by a plain
red fez. The Sultan has been the
means of establishing $4,000 schools
throughout his empire, not only for
boys, but for girls aIso-a striking de.
parture from the traditional usage OF
bis race.
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m -fn- -RRn Sold and guaranteed BY all dsue
WHY Cats Hiss and Spit.

Kissing and splitting by young kit
tens, even before they see, was in the
irst place probably an attempt to in
simidate enemies by making them
think that the hole where the helpless
Wild kittens resided contained a
venomous snake. 1t is very curious
and remarkable fact that many differ
snt kinds of creatures which have
their homes in shallow holes have a
similar habit of splitting when an
enemy approaches. Furthermore, it
Is probable that the expression OF a
sat at bay is part of the same instinc-
live stratagem. We know, says a
writer in Peal sons Weekly, how gen.
sral is the horror Of the serpent tribe
throughout all nature, and hence it
seems likely that the serpentlike s.
pect of the head of an enraged cat, D
Sether with its threatening hiss,
night disconcert an enemy sufficiently
10 give an advantage to the cat.
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when plowed under fill the soil with
the humus that helps to retain the
moisture. Do not leave the ground
without seeding to some crop when
crop has been removed. Natures
plan is to keep the ground covered,
and unless you cover it with some
useful crop she will cover it with
weeds. The difference in soils ia
shown in times of drouth; the soil or
some parts of my garden has been sc
filled with humus by plowing under
heavy crops and heavy dressings OF
stable manure that it conserves sc
much moisture that the plants do not
stop growing during an ordinary
drouth, while on other parts where
the soil is deficient in umuse'theJ
cease to grow.-Vick's Magazine.
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Getting Acquainted. A

A Ravenswood man tells this story
about friend of his whose business
takes him away from his home fre
quently.
For the last mouth or so he has had
a respite, and his neighbors have
noticed the unusual length of his visit
at his own house. One of them asked
him recently if he had got pretty
we'll acquainted with the members OF
his family.
II think I am making an impres.
sion," he responded. my little girl
went to her mother the other day and
said: That man who comes here
sometimes spanked me to- day. '"-Chi
cago News.
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Agriculture in the Public Schools.

Ihose VINO nave taken time 10 tnOr-
oughly investigate the matter of teach
ing agriculture in our common schools
seldom arrive at any copclusion but
that it must be done and the sooner
the better. It is not an experiment
by any means, as many suppose, for
other countries have long since
adopted it and it has proved to be
very satisfactory. In this country,
too, few realize the fact that an edu.
cation pays on the farm as we'll as
anywhere else, but there are too many
yet who are welded to the old plan
of teaching reading, writing and arith-.
metic, and look upon higher education
as being unnecessary for the farmer,
and such thing as teaching agricul-
ture as being waste Of time, an un-
wise innovation or a ridiculous i'm
possibility.
If the farmers of this country only
realized how successfully agriculture
is now taught in France they might
be induced to give the matter more
consideration. 1t is carried on there
very systematically: The following
clipping from the Australian Aericul-
turist under the caption, "How Ag-
riculture is taught in France" gives
good idea OF the system and of the ex-
cellent results:
"The perfect system of agricultural
education in France has had much to
do with the wonderful Improvement
in French farming. The federal grants
for this purpose are now about 2OO,-
900 pounds. The social and political
position of the farmer in France has
been advanced also, and the general
public appreciate the importance of
agriculture. Agricultural teaching is
now given in France in seven differ
ent stages or degrees. l. There is
the superior instruction of the national
agricultural college. 2. The national
schools of agriculture. 9. The prac-
tical schools of agriculture. 4. Ap-
premiership schools where boys and
girls are taught all the mysteries of
general farm work, fruit growing,
dairying, silk culture, agriculture and
fish culture. Then there are (5) mixed
schools, with professors of agriculture
and agricultural chemistry, and (6)
instruction in the fields, for all of
these schools have lands attached just
as though the schools in the country
in Australia had lectures on the agri-
cultural sciences illustrated by work
in the field. 7. France has carliedt to
great perfection her experiment sta
tions. The laborer has the farm
school, the small farmer the practical
school, those in better sphere of life
the national schools, while others who
desire to devote their attention to
agronomic science have the agronomic
institute which is truly polytechnic
of sciences physical, chemical and na.
tural. By this means those engaged
on the soil are kept abreast with the
best and latest practice in agriculture,
and are enabled to see and learn such
things as tend to the improvement OF
their condition and industry"
This is complete and scientific
system, and cannot he carried ont fully
in this country in present conditions,
but start should he made in each
district school which is, OF shonld be,
the foundation and preparation for
higher education. Farmers Guide.
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* AGRICULTURAL. *
Cucumbers For Pickles.

Picked cucumbers are sold by count,
and the small ones are generally pre-
ferred. Hence close picking and fire.
quent picking, SO as to prevent any
from growing too large, is necessary
to secure large crops. Sometimes,
however, stray cucumber will hide
under the leaves until it has almost
ripened its seeds. 1t is astonishing
how this lessons the yield of the vine.
Yet it is not to be wondered at, for the
perfection of seed in almost all plants
exhausts their vitality very rapidly.
The cucumber vines should be handled
carefully so as not to loosen the roots
which some of them send into the soil
from the joints. These are great helps
to the vine. If the vine is turned up
to see what is under it some OF these
side rootlets will be destroyed.
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Like Finding Money.

The use of the Endless Chain Starch
Book in the purchase of "Red Gross"
and ''Hubinger's Best" starch. makes
it just like finding money. Why, for
only SC you are enabled to get one
large 10c package of cred Cross
starch, one large 1Oc package OF
"Hubinger's Best" starch, with the
premiums, two Shakespeare panels,
printed in twelve beautiful colors, or
one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar,
embossed in gold. Ask your grocer
for this starch and obtain the beauti-
full Christmas presents free.
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Proper Feeding OF Ensllage.

Much of the antagonism against the
feeding of ensilage comes from the
way in which it is handled. Espec-
tally is this true in the feeding of milch
COWS. The ensilage in the hands of
careless men may become the sourc g
of bad flavor and bad odor in the milk.
This food, when uncovered and left ex.
posed to the warmth of the COW stable
in sunny days in winter, soon spoils.
A little showed into corner begins to
rot and give out bad odor, which gets
into the milk at every milking time.
Observation has proved that much OF
the bad effect on milk of bad ensilage
came in this way, and that it had
never passed through u the cows at all.
In feeding easilage only enough b should
be taken from the silo at each feed to
satisfy the COWS and to be entirely
eaten up. If the weather is freezing
little left over would do no particu-
lar harm, but it is not desirable to
have the ensilage freeze. Even good
ensilage should be fed after each milk
ing and not before, Tor 1T has slight
smell that is not a gain to the milk if
it gets into it.
The entire surface OF the ensilage in
the silo should he removed each day,
so that none will get too old for use.
It is also well to air the stable thor
oughly at least once day, and be sure
that at milking time the air is as pure
as it can be in the stable. 1t is always
better to have a silo outside of the
barn rather than in it, SO far as the
milking times are concerned, but very
frequently there are good reasons for
making the silo part of the barn.
In such cases extra precautions must
be taken in the handling and feeding
of the ensilage if the milk is to be kept
untainted.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
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A HANDY COMBINATION.

fasten in the rollers with bolts. They
are the only bolts that have to be re-
moved in changing from one to the
other. The balance of it I made out
of linn. 1t is light; one man can
handle it easily. Have the bottom
boards to fit snugly, but do not nail
them.
By using the main body g, Fig. 1,
with two extra holsters F, Fig. 2, you
have good log rigging. For the stock
rack, taper the posts. Use linn
boards. Have your blacksmith make
eight square sockets, II by q inches,
to bolt on sides of sills G. Use one
quarter Inch bolts for these. I used
old buggy tires. Make end-gstes like
the side, D, Fig. 2. Use rods also.
Make two light gates for partitions;
it makes three pens. Hogs cannot
crowd then. Hooks and staples will
DO for two middle gates. E, Fig. 3,
is one side for wagon ladders. Have
the arms notched just enough to set
square on the sill after the round ends
are in the two-inch hole on opposite
side. You can also have extra side
boards, tight, for hauling wood, corn,
etc. One man can unfold this COM
bination. Store it in a small place.
You can surely find dry place for it.
This is my own invention, not
patented, and if you use it once you
will like it.-Okio Farmer.
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Useful on the Farm.

I saw some time ago request for q
combination wagon ladder. stock rack,
etc. I send you sketch of mine, OF
part of it, rather. Anyone handy with
tools can make it, and it need not
cost over two dollars for bolts and
iron. I made mine, and would not
part with it for several times its cost.
Make it any length desired; mine is
16 feet-long enough for two. horses,
and to haul Is head of 200-pound
hogs. The sills G., Fig. l., are 2 by
s, red elm, and the uprights A and B,
Fig. 2, should be heavy at the bottom
and taper to by at the top. They
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A N1aon Tool Nina.

The Chilian coal mines. opened in
1856. seem to be nice places to work
in. The seam of coal runs from the
shore under the waters of the Pacific
Ocean, and the tunnels are so clean
that you could walk through them in
a dress suit without making yourself
dirty. They are lighted by electricity,
and you can have o ride under the
ocean on an electric car at speed OF
twenty miles an hour. The mines
form quite catacomb of well-lighted
passages under the water. The out
put of coal is now 1000 tons day,
and 750 miners are employed in them.
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'ssympathy For the Author.

Ordinarily the wrath of authors over
typographical errors in their books is
not wholly justified, but we entirely
sympathize with the anger of the his
torian who wrote "the enemy were
armed only with pair of si1-pound-
ers," and had the pleasure of seeing
it printed "the enemy were armed
only with pair of suspenders." There
is a limit beyond which patience
ceases to be a virtue. .-Harper's Ba-
nov
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Save tho NickeIS.

From saving, comes having. Ask
your grocer how you can save $50
by investing SC. He can tell you
just how you can get one large loo
package of "Red Cross" starch, one
large 1Oc package of "Hubinger's
Best" starch, with the premiums, two
beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed
in twelve beautiful colors, or one
Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all
for sc. Ask your grocer for this starch
and obtain these beautiful Christmas
presents free.
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Tecep,ion Mouse For the Poor.

A reception house has been built in
London to accommodate families from
one or two room tenements while
their apartme ents are being disinfected
after infectious diseases. The build.
ing has four two-room apartments that
are furnished in model tenement
house fashion. There is even a cot
for the baby. "A housewarming wac
given upon its completion to the peo-
pie in the neighborhood, and several
hundred mothers took tea with the
local doctors and district nurses and
neighborhood visitors.
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"a. Tombstone Tales.

Tho gravestone over the burial
place of John Foster, almanac-maker,
in the old burying ground at Dor
chester, Mass, bears the inscription,
which was dictated by himself: ''Skill
Was His Cash." On a marble slab in
the parish church at Tetbury, Glou-
cestershire, is inscribed: "In vault
underneath lie several of the Saunder-
ses, late of this parish. Particulars
the last day will disclose. Amen"
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A Handy Gate Latch.

A serviceable latch is shown in the
accompanying illustration. When
the gate is swung to, the end of the
latch strikes the beveled portion Of
the post, c, and is raised q couple of
inches by means of the iron rods, bb..
The post is beveled on both sides, so
that the gate can swing from either
way. AS the latch reaches the slot.
o, it drops into it and the gate is
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secured. The bevel as described con

secured. The bevel as described con-
sists merely of o perpendicular slot
in the center Of the post. On each
side of the slot the wood is cut away,
forming the bevel. The iron rods,
BIB, are inclined only enough to cause
the latch to fall back in place, baving
been lifted when it struck the bevel.
I have slammed this swinging gate in
every imaginable way, but the latch
caught every time.-Charles L. Hill,
in New England Homestead.
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Moro Irish Repartee.

Many good stories are told in legal
circles in Ireland of encounters be-
tween lawyers and judges in court.
John Philpot Curran, in the early
days of his struggle at the bar, ap.
peared in case before Lord Chancel
lor Glare, and laid down some points
of law which did not find favor in the
mind of the Judge. 'If that lie law I
may as we'll burn my books" said
Lord Clare. Better read them, my
lord," replied Curran.-New York
Gael.
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