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Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

SperboOeo, Or. 8. 6. Span i Glepes
lamb, Ohio, og bIsp at benne puulugt
at fortlRtte Go[Is0ez Nrbeioet oq ISr9e
tor, at Stuoenterne tunoe fua fprelsz
btge Nuttetodrtsrer, inottl Goneatts
9ormltortum fan blios 9jenopbggset.
in haarbt biemisst 5amilir.
Thomas 8rtfins 5armbus mar
ct. 5bomas / 2sIusur Gpuntp neo.
br9note Ssnbag Morgsn. 80 imau
Bern inoebrGnots. W&r. % Gi,8
Srt1in meo ct minbre Barn "a Wrs.
Burns CWirs. 8rifins Mooer) blep
mer eler minbrs forbrRnot, men oil
'tda bet oper. Oct bar BOG ~iaapipt
be Hap fra bet meb 2ipet, oo be
maatte gao barfobst en- 6ulp Wil gisnz
mem Snssn til nGrmeite Nabo.
Sriien aue bar bstalt fins sfatter.
vi 3,116 Stdttepbsre i Reprppoo
Sountp bar Der fun POS, iom life
hdbbe betult fine Stott.r ben lite
Wtarts. Sibsn bar ogIao flers at be
2O8 betalt, Og bsrss 5ar, iom life bar
9iort bet, sr fPrre iaur sno npgsniinoe
TOR, ftribes fra Rsbpooo Sails. ~
9opnibips, Sintirs og Spebes So
reit, bar gGrsn df at bare inbbetalt
bier sneite Sent, bporimoo DeItline %
Sales bar ben witsr'ts Procsnt at Sto.s
tepoere, Tom life bar bstalt for fig,
BeItline bar q Iduoanne pg Sales
13.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

bans 8eputp, S. 8. 5oilion. Oct
i1tteoes bog be to YolitimGno at idd
gugt meb benz efter en- badro OMIT.
ssnsiorbsislie.
Wiaiumfon &c 2ibbsp Gumbsr SO.
| Sibtofb unberrettsos / 2irsodgs
fine 4rbsioers ON, at ole be, bpis
aftgnning bsIsb fig til minors sno
$1.50 ON 8agsn, pilbs faa 10 pros
cents SsnsIorbeielie. !Salpanoet
Sunorebe at Qrbeiosrne bill npbe 9obt
at bette p~oolGg. Gfter Sigenbe ags
ter be andre 5abritsr / Sibtoib at
Fel9e GrsmpIet % bsrpeb fprebpgge
Wtultgbeoen at en- M "Wopbporters'
Strife" / 2igbsb meb ben, Tom loms
meoe JorretningsrsrslIsn Der / Spsn
iflor CONNER.
On S%nnbrnbstsss irsstelise Gnbelist.
Bert Wtontsnu, en- ung Mlanb, iom /
npgen Sib bapbe boet pad SpoIiben /
ebtppspd Sails, 9ioroe 2irsoag
WSor9sn 81. A Snbbrub / WcMiaan
&c 8unboms gutit oeritebs og Itial
en- Stinofrat % flere andre Sing.
0d ban tom ub meo lit gptts, blsp
ban Iset pg efterfuGgt al Yolttist. IN
ben to9 8eisn mob Sbbiiosn og breo
Jig ino | Wisconiin Gsntrals Yoonz
b1ening, bpor ban fit fat / en- 6anocdr
og tjerte AZ Gle &rGfter neooper
Sttnne9angen / sitlig Rstning. aomz
men til Ssmmerbroen oper Bridge
Street, boor Ssrnbamiporet ilaar en-
aurpe, befonbt ban ii9 lige foran ct
Gsntral Surtietog. iom Tom furenoe /
fulo 6art pou Bel fra Gbicago til
Wtinnedpolis. 5srsno 5lbetningen
tunoe hoppe at 9ognen, bleo osnne
trufet al 2otomotioet. og ban %iuaoele
Tom S%anoearen blep tnuit til en- ufors
meIig Wusie unosr Siulene. Sopeoet
og begge Ben itiltss fra aroppsn.
Spgbetienineen idmlebe 2spninssrne
Iammsn % fsrts benz til Gbippepa
Sails, bpor be blep benlagt paa gDsns
Mprgus. Mpntena bar 9agsn forup
tommsn inb fra Stopsn, bpor ban
bapoe drbsibet. San bar % adr
gammel og ueift.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
ct Srooermprb ! CHICAGO.

Hobert s. Ydulion, 960S Qpenue
"2," Soutb Gbicago, tom Senoag
@ften biem fra ct Gag pg begpnDte at
gjsre 9rspl. 5dn iretteidttes al i'm
9lore groosr og blep beroper Iad for
bitret. at ban benteoe frsm en- Repolz
Der ira lit Sopep9relIe pg itjsb Bro
oeren libel. Robert blep ltrar efter
arreiteret. De TO Wenb bar iSiTtere
o9 boeoe bsgge bos fine 5pr9lore. Den
Mprbeoe bar AZ Nar CANNED, Robert
er 81. Der blep afpret fire Stub; be
to traf qnbretp / Siertet, bet treble /
beire Sioe og bet fierbe / 6aIIen.
San bsoe, fsreno Gage tunbe bentes.
Stuooens bertss at 5orGlorene, Tom
befanot Jig / ct dnoet 9Rrelis, % We're
al Haboerne tom cgiaa ipringenos Ill.
Robsrt siprbe ingen Wobitanb, oa ban
blep belagt meb arreit, men bar en-
Stunb aloelss muallss at 5orf9roelIe
pper. bpao ban bapoe giort. paa DO
litiftaticnsn msogap ban uforbe6ol
bent, at ban bauoe br9bt jim grpr
men puuitop, at ban bapbe feet ia
nsot til at itpbe ior at rsoos iig isIp.
Yolitist tror life. at Robsrt bapoe
bapt nsoie at gribe til Rspolpsren, efs
tsriom Der life fanbtes nogst Yau6en /
4npreps 9eiiobelie suer mar peb.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

Apertisffmsuter
Tsr t%ret,strss ''Hst 5vr RsHsdl - rorssr1 rv,,.
ssr Np,ytisisusrisr tnetasts ~. { 10 pas tiurn,et
~iFfssnes Ruutr.. msemiHare BET uiru' .fis foriirs
ass. hots Ct arsrits.msut. o.r isrf fomn.r IL,
7irsoassHarls,t' Or. iorIanqes msirBt'si3 BIHI..
sfl e%ttirHH1c tho ~ Eirssaasurna,r,. Brsoe. ssrsH),'
hoiest austiisisH'sHtst ipm BE. batter n,s. BIS Il rr'
is aSstttsismsHi bet nesre ol5rus VA Sob
roiH,eH.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
aaitaitia Opilust ai sRisiisRpsiem.

5ra Naibpias ~Itripes: Som Jsl9c
at after en- at oisie plubIeliee Jorous
orinosr / Strsmlsbet, iaa alminoelidt
for Misiisiippifloosn, blsp Ilsrs acres
al ben rige Sorobunb. Tom oannees en-
Del al ben biitpriIte Sanosbp aaifa
tia, bori'tpqst / 2sroags. Sun nools
faa Sunbrsoe Sob er MI tilbase al Der
gp, iom bar bet fsrits irdnit. Settle
ment / Wisiisiippioalen % ben fsritl
S~ppsbItab i Statsn Sainois. 9i9C
liosn Misiisfippien brro pper 9ano
tunesn 8 Mil O~penfor St.oet % Ilut
TED. zig til aaitaItia Riper. bar Set
tlsmsntet burtis Trumpet ino. u
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

geuotonllle ytummere al "Seo
grnen" ian erDolOeS for 10c
fItra.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
8ulo WootassNe.

aronprins 8uitnp Tom til Gsriaias
MIA ben 7oe Wdrts for at opbolo. ia
I Rorae en- Wdau.o. Oct b.o.r, at bet
CT p%oIitiiie Srurbs, iom beora.r bam
I'll at regi,re ben ft~duoinapite Salps
ira Norass 6oOsoftab. m.oens ,sao.s
rem opbolbsr fig / gidrris, a.if.r Ras
poleons eamls gabsit.o / Sppfrdni,
rig, bbortil aons Os,ar du,om Forl..
ben Dag. aronprinI,n III en- m.s.t
'olo Wootdgelie | 6brifionia. pad
Beim fra 5.rnbansitationsn / gp.ns
sftlige Gnos til Slottst, Tom liaa.r
lanst | 8sit. bl.p BON lite bili.t m.o ct
snsits 6urrarddb. 'tisnt en- Wrnaos
WennsIter baOo. iami.t lis paa 5Ors
toug.ns. 5oltets gausb.b bar talenoe.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
30tacpuItit.
SDerta.ot Sberiii grt;riuu.

6angsrne / Waupun 59ngisI gioroe
forleoen Dag Ell bsipsrat 5orieg pdd
at ppermanoe Sheriff psterIpn %
bans 8eputp, s. &. 5oilion. Oct
iptteoes bog be to YolitimGno at lda
Sugt msb benz efter en- bddro 0pit.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

tee op engdng i 2sbet az Marts.
Dsnne 8rubeeisnbom blep fornplia
tls6t at ct SntsrssIsntItab, iOm banns.
oes al Grtsbiitop 0are / Seabpopo.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
JortiatR anib peo Rauila.

Den The Warts ~itrip.s, at en- afbe.
ling at 6ensralsrn. Sal.s og Dbeats
ons grigdo.r bolot pdd | to Elmer
meo at renie Ganoet foran here's 2is
nier paa bsgse Sio.r al Glpen, bpor
Jienosn trat fine Stripstrrft.r iams
men, sien'pnlig | ben 5.niigt at orns
ring. Gdrniionsr peb 8dnbpertst.
Rebsaerne iog tilbsns p.b fsrit. 2sau
poo, at ameri,ansrne itreo fremao,
men bette fla bsrpad / Gmadfotte og
Isste Gp poa bet fsrii. bet 6ebite St.o
Tor otrfrd at unoerbolbs en- liolig Slo.
Wlen Deb raft at rptte frsm og Deb at
ioretdgs Jlantsbsp9gelisr lDtt.b.s bet
bore at jag. Jisnoen iaa Idngt uo fOnt
iii Guadalupe pdu bsire SIDE o. M
ten til Wariquima pad p~sHitrs. Rap
t.in S'grisn AZ If. Wpomina fri
piliae og to SoIbatsr bl.p let iaar.os.
Jisnbsns LAB bar bstno.liat.
Sm Gfi,rmioodgsn fortidtte 5ales
Brioag. meo at inge Reb,lI,r bort fra
gdnb.t mslsm 8anbinotaget oa 9anos
p.rtsi. Tom liggsr omtrsnt tre WiI fra
bindnbsn. Gonoet sr M r.nItt paa
uenitre Gioe at Chen; men Jisnbsn
lisssr fremoeles ~ligsoosrior Gen.
Dhedtons 2inie.
Deb 9agsrp opoas.oe man. at 5isus
ben isste at opitiae en- Ramon pad ben
anesn Sibe al Glpen beb San p.oro.
Ste 8aii.ri gap itrar bet slaite Gag.
5ienb.n i.dni.pe oo ut ar6siOe % itiso
ouer Glpsn meo 9en9rsr; men n
aonon6aao bampsos oppper og rsnisoe
Glps6rsoo,n meo en- burtigitposnbs ads
non.
SOlodt 2oOeiop al Naibinston iris
oiIise sr ialo.u. os Wuior gel FAINT
Solodt.rns Gurran. Sparts og goung
sr fdarsos.
5orsnsos Statsrs Trooper bar iaa.t
Srere til at bsitptts ale 5pit,rs, Eit.rs
riser,, Solanbsrs. Stulisnsrs % pors
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
RDrstabet nbetubclist.

HanotommisiGr Gaitman % 4uoi,
Tor Heepes forlob 9isrre / Sirsoags
Tom 8uroeringsmpno for 5aration
al Sano / be at Statens Counter,
hpor Der Hal iGlgss 2anb ionr. De
dntpoeos Counter er aingsburp,
Gate, Robsrts, Grant, Gooington.
WfcGoot og W%innsbaba. De Staten
ttlhsrsnoe 2unoitr9tntn9er. Tom fads
leoes 'tal iplqss, bill bringe opooer fro
$40 pr. Ntre; bibtil bar 8jennem7
'nitspriien p9ret $12 pr. 4cre.
Sabet At 5adr pdd 8rpseun9ene ans
'laaes til minbrs snb 5 protsnt, o9
ap9gtdbet er minbre enb 1 Yrpcsnt.
vi Seite ,r inosn buffet unoer, iuaz
otbt pioss. 8 bet Ssle betrd9tet fsler
ap9eeierne iig meget opmuntreoe ooer
lloii9terns. 3il'tonbere for ap9supl
er fda aunitige, at mango me apRgz
dOlere bill tomms til, pg antdllet al
iddbanns bill .ft.r al SdnbInnligheb
blips ftsrre til Sommersn eno no9ens
iinbe fer.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
Salt Sheum,
Sproffcr /
bUnoerneS Duo

"5eg tdli itte ige 'orins8ei III Sris
iog Sooo's 5ariavdrIla; Den bar
sIort llhosre nit (ilirlee SEQ par
slase, uteO za., RbeUm pda 9GHs
esrRr / mango War, % leg prrpeee
maRae NliolSr men u0eu al iinee
Smoring. Cite tunoe @uoeH lpr9fIe
pg nleasf Sloo ioRiUs no. ial Smer.
terHe blep rent irpsie.iic. Chen Isg
beepnete meo 0ooo's SaridpdriIln. tr
SaGrent helet, % Nu0en &C iad lcpu.
Tom Den :au blirs pad en- Sarmers
SGnoer. Geo BAR anbeia!e. 9ppe's
SaVinparttla III mine SsRTsr. % ila'
piei Ieg Bar sriaret. er De t,iireos mso
p.n' Slope o. Ghais, Yul;srs
pile. g4asi.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
Tu usalois Sowassop.

fra Dubuque msloes: Den fsbsrale
Nritt,rtts ajenoslis, ION srtI9rer en-
,Sopa gop u9ploig, forbi ben baisrsr
iguie1c IsieISmeuts paa "6rontu9e"
t~r,netior Benefits" ugplcisgisr pper
100000 of fpsciens a%sieismsnts
g~osfoacnos her % maaits pper ST.
100000 al Iignenbe asieisments i
andre Soma 9psr. Rpe % sDIoi9e
&aitismentS fan lite blips uoIignet,
im,ro geotslaturen omsnbersr 2open.
Sin GeQal Departments sr inoe for,
at 8uo'rnsr Sbdp Idmmsntalber Ell
ErtydisSjon.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
1rr itat bsiales Sfat ni Soubs.

3oUos Beneralabpotat Remleb,
DIS Wtcjnes, bar poaldgt S%tutsauOi7
trr Y}crriam, at ban maa initrusre
etdtens I~sissIorsr, Iaa be lite - Iom
tloIi9cre fra Rutionals os auore
Sani'rs Sapitul fratrrttsr Regies
Hn9sobIi9dtionsrnsS poalpb.nbe, mr.
23'od 'totI9q9sr benz. Statsduoitsa
I'm Aaooe / oenne Sag bsnpsnot iiQ til
@r. Rcmle0 ON Raao. Banter Tom
IN 5n'titutjon eisr Obligationsrne;
men m'oenS Nationatbdnterne iparsr
Stotter Pda 8apitalen % trGttsr oisIe
etotter ira Gtti.bploernes Sipioens
St' 'r bet / 9irtsligbeben be .ntelte
@''i'0o'oere, Tom sr Itatlaste, % lite
I'0' Sdnien. Der Nal o9Iaa pda
.no'0 WIdooe fslges en- ftrengere
1r'm9on9smu0oe mob ganterne enb
hietil.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10
sno,riun uur "Gbritian Stirutiii".

lbomos Inoerion osbe forlspsn
Tag i burlington al NprsIpgoom.
Timber fin SDgoom bupOs ban afilaaet
at moertoite fig 2esebebdnoltng, oa
ban bar en- iaatalbt "Gbriitian Scisnz
tt't." Som 6slge berof negter Gouns
io'09en at unoeritripe 9sosattsiten;
men jnotil Ida FER ian lite 4nbsrIo'3
&'8 bIice be8raoet. itripes fra gur'
.ln1tcn.
Decorah-posten., 1899-03-10

) HUSBAND 7tcoe omtrent idmtioi9
en- 9en5in grploIion I en- Ssrnbdn,.
poqn. 6 aoinoer % en- Wdno miitsOc
Sioet, og IS andre tom iii Sfdoe.
llI1tten Iteoe / 1tpinIt, ct StBfte | Spo
for ct, petersburg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
on annual payments, at low interest. to
purchasers of their lands.
AT MODERATE pPICEc

Ihen there are large tracts of land OF
most excellent quality in the hands of
private owners, held for speculation.
which are being sold out by them at very
moderate prices and on exceedingly easv
terms. Surely Minnesota is a garden of
promise for the homeseeker No person
desiring home and farm could fail to
attain their wishes in our much favored
state; and these privileges can best be
appreciated when we consider that in the
old settled states of Iowa. Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio the farmers may be counted
by the hundreds of thousands who do not
own an acre of land of their own-wbo
are renters year in and year out who paw
all the profits of their labor in the shape
OF rent, except bare subsistence for
themselves; renters who have lived on
the same farm as much as thirty years:
who have grown old and gray, and vet
nave not gained a dollar as the result of
their years of toll; men who can have no
hope of acquiring home in those states.
OF the $50 to 500 an acre land. What a
boon, then, are the cheap and free lands
OF Minnesota to such class. How val
liable 1t is to live in a state which, al
though it has attained place In the front
rank In the production of so many sta
pies, yet is of such imperial dimensions
that literally millions of acres of her
lands are yet untaken and untenanted
Surely our state is aIreaGy regal in her
productiveness; but great as it mas Ue-
come. 1t is in reality young in develop
lnent with q magnificent future yet be-
fore 1t d r. Maeinnis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

aliZe this fact of transportation at mere
ly nominal prices in its true meaning?
This one fact alone is necessarily bound
to advance Minnesota to a commanding
situation among the Western states. 1t
must centralize population and enterprise
in those portions of the state in it's cen
trail and northern parts, which at present
are least developed, and it will be for
the benefit Of all parts of the state.
MEANS CERTAIN CROPS.
Then how many realize that Lake Su-
perior maintaining its low temperature
throughout the summer, acts as a great
condenser, causing most liberal rainfall
in fertiliZing showers for from 100 to
200 miles from it, W hich protects a great
timbered district from the disastrous
drouthS and hot winds which are such
curse to the states to the south and
southwest. 1t means certain crops ev-
cry year; 1t means a steady capacity to
produce regularly all agricultural prod
ucts of our ATTITUDES, and the same land
that acts as a regulator of the tempera-
ture in summer to keep the heat of the
air within bounds turns into mammoth
stove in winter. All around the south
and west shores of Lake Superior the
winter is more steady and less liable to
severe storms than are the great prairies
of Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa, 300 miles
to the south and west. In other words,
steady winters, with sufficient snowfall
not excessively cold, cool summers with
plentiful rainfall, make Minnesota the
ideal field for the farmer from less favor
ed states.
A few facts can stand retelling In regard
to what our state has already accom-
plished in the way of mineral agricul-
tural and timber production. Minneso-
ia exports more tons of iron ore than
any other state in the Union.
Minnesota QrindS moro harre1c Of Hour
than any other state in the Union.
Minnesota produces more pine lumber
than any other state in the Union.
Minnesota and Dakota together raise
one-half of all the spring wheat raised
in the Union
These are facts of striking significance
and they should be realized by every
citizen of this state. And more encour-
aging than all is the reflection that we
have achieved this commanding situation
among our sister states in a state where
as yet, at least one-haIf of her area in
the central and northern part is practi-
cally not occupied by man and in which
the southern and western parts are but
scantily populated, compared to their
capacity to maintain a prosperous agri-
cultural population.
THE WATER LEVEL.
To those who may doubt these state
ments, permit me to refer them to the
fact that the 29,oOOOO0 tons of freight
which passed through the Sault Ste
Marie canal during the past year, mostly
iron ore, wheat and lumber was produced
by Minnesota, and in a lesser degree it's
sneighbor Wisconsin, was an amount
twice as large as the total commerce of
the Suez canal, and far in advance OF
the commerce of any inland waterway in
the world, and considerably in excess of
the total tonnage of the port Of New
York. How important, then, 1t is that
measures should be taken to preserve the
water level of Lake Superior, upon which
so much depends for our prosperity.
What the writer is especially DESTROYS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
MY LITTLE BOY.

Against my knee a little head is lying.
Two eyes of blue are looking into mine
The breath of twilight in the air is sigh
ing, signing
And .twinkling stars amid the azure
shine
With. mother love the winsome face
kiss,
And fold the hands so weary of their
play.
No sweeter joy a mother holds than this,
Too soon, alas! the little feet will stray
Again I press him to my hungry heart
All, me! If / might shield him ever sol
Mayhap some day he'll kiss me and de-
part,
And 1 shall sorrow as I watch him
go.
Secure 1 hold him In my arms tonight.
And mother-like l lay him down to rest
His curly head upon the pillow white
His dimpled hands soft folded on his
breast.
may not go and leave my darling there,
So fair he looks within his cosy bed
Ere one last touch upon the wavy hair
One lingering kiss upon the lips so red
God bless my darling! low I whisper
then,
And silent as a watcher of the night
close the door, low breathing DER again
A mothers prayer to keep his steps
Alright. II. F. Rowland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

fawn silk. This puff is cut in points,
which are appliqued upon the white silk.
The deep pointed cuff is finished with an
edge of cherry velvet This costume is
one of the most charming of Miss Grants
simple gowns 1t is beautifully simple
and-simply beautiful.
Like every other woman of fashion
this summer Miss Grant has number
of linen morning gowns. But her linen
dresses are distinctive and are worthy of
the term Creations" One is of blue
linen, embroidered in black silk. Where
the bodice opens to reveal chisette of
white chiffon, 1t is cut in series of
points, which are covered with uncut
white velvet. The collar and belt are
of scarlet silk, and the dress is lined
with the same bright shade of silk.
Another of Miss Grants gowns for
morning wear is made of sheer white
India lawn and trimmed with ruff1es of
eXquiSitely fine ecru linen and bands of
ecru lace. The dress has short pointed
overskirt and a quaint surplice bodice.
The parasol made to order to carry with
it is of the same ecru lace that trims the
gown, and it has a carved ivory handle.
The negligee gowns In Miss Grants
wardrobe would make a fashion page in
themselves. But have used up all of my
adjectiveS.
Let me mention one more, please. 1t is
not extremely simple. But 1t is abso-
lutely novel: 1t is bewitching, floating,
airy gown of three varying shades of
pink chiffon. How can 1 picture it? 1t
is made of three separate chiffon gar
ments, one worn over the other The
foundation is deep rose in color. Over
this is a flmy robe tint or two lighter,
and then the outer garment in a very
faint shade of pink, which is trimmed
with soft ruchings of a deeper shade.
The sleeves are a filmy mass of shaded
chiffon puff1ngs and look like crumpled
rose petals. This perishable negligee is
made over a foundation of rose liberty
silk. The chiffon robes are only fastened
together at the corsage.
Miss Grant understands to perfection
the art of wearing beautiful gowns to
display them to their best advantage.
She has French as well as Southern blood
in her veins. She is very graceful, vi
vacious and unconscious.
Her marriage to Prince Michael Canta-
cuZene, of Russia, will take place in New
port this season, as all the newspapers
have told, at the Astor villa, Beanlieu,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
WHEN GIRLS WORE CALICO.

There was time, betwiXt the days
OF linsey-woolsey, straight and prim,
And these when mode, with despot ways,
Leads woman captive at it's whim,
Yet not a hundred years ago,
when girls wore simple calico.
Within the barn by lantern light
through many a reel, with flying feet,
The boys and maidens danced at night
To fddled measures, shrilly spAeset;
And merry revels were they, Tough
The girls were gowned III calico.
Across the flooring rough and gray
The gold of scattered chaff was spread,
And long festoons of clover hay
That struggled from the loft o'erhead
Ger pretty girls in calico.
They used to go a'Maying then,
The blossoms of the, spring. to seek
Inysunny glade and sheltered lg1ens>
[Dnweighed- by fasIlfnifls fatestSfEsaR:
And Robin fell In, love, s4Skn6Wy
With Phyllis in her calico.
A tuck, a frill, a bias fold,
A hat curved over gYpsywise,
And beads of coral and of gold,
And rosy cheeks and merry eyes,
Made lassies in that long ago
Look charming in their calico.
The modern knight who loves maid
OF gracious air and gentle grace
And finds her oftentimes arrayed
In shining silk and priceless lace
Would love her just as well, know,
In pink and lilac calico.
--Munsey's.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

for 371kc per acre. This land now has
ready market value of from $50 to $110
per acre-a value conferred upon 1t by
the growth in population and by grad
ual increase in wealth spread over a Sc
ries Of years. In that early day only
the timber lands along the streams in
central Illinois were considered valuable.
The prairies were thought to be too cold
or too wet to have much worth, and an
opposite opinion did not prevail until
along in the f1fties and early sixties,
thirty or forty years subsequent to the
first settlement of the country. At the
present time the prairie lands have the
greatest value, thus indicating that the
judgment of the first settlers as to the
best lands in any country, is usually at
fault From a standpoint of develop
ment central and Northern Minnesota
are much in the same condition as was
central Illinois from 1880 to 1850. It's
lands are cheap and settlement and oc-
/ cupatiop are only In process of being
under way The sentiment which in
central Illinois placed no value upon the
prairie lands during the period of its
first settlement is. reversed in the case
for years have been considered of little
value for agricultural purposes; where
as, from a standpoint of natural value
there is a certainty that they will in the
future have an equal or larger value
than the best lands in the state. They
have been slower to develop and their
merits as agricultural lands have been
obscured by the large and easy profits
made from numbering the magnificent
pine and hardwood timber with which
they have been covered and are now
covered to considerable degree.
LAND OF BIG RED CLOVER.
Minnesota possesses in her hardwood
and pine lands the germs of an agricul-
tural region which is bound to have mar
velous productiveness, as they are clear
ed up and brought under cultivation, and
as the forests of Minnesota, in the shape
of timber or brush lands, originally COW
cred two-thirds of the state, we have
vast region Of probably 10000 square
miles that can be claSSed as in the tim
bered district, this region commencing
but few miles north of the Twin Cities
and extending around the head of Lake
Superior, up through the Rainy River
district and around the head waters of
the Mississippi, region once beautiful
with majestic forests, but now being
turned into meadows, pasture lands and
fields of wheat, oats, rye, barley, flax,
vegetables, and, in fact, all of those
products which Minnesota is so highly
adapted to produce. If only by reason
of it's capability of growing clover and
the other tame grasses this vast timber
ed region Of Minnesota must become a
source of a prosperous agriculture.
Northern and Eastern Minnesota, In the
timbered district, has very appropriately
been termed the lands of the big red
clover.
With an ample snow protection In win
ter, showery summers. protected in win
ter from sweeping winds by the forest
covering, this part Of the state is so well