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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
MANBRIN0 KING DESCRIBED.

Mambrino King is dead at the age of
twenty-eight years. He was the hand
soonest horse in the world. A Frenchmen
described him as follows: 'Mambrino
King is the most splendid specimen we
have had an opportunity Of admirlng.
Imagine an Alfred De Druex, burnt
chestnut. whole colored. standing 1873
hands, with an expressive head; large,
intelligent and spirited eyes; well-opened
lower jaws, well set ears. the neck and
shoulders splendidly shaped. long and
gracefully rounded off; the shoulders
strong and thrown back we'll, the withers
well in place and top muscular, the ribs
round and loin superb, the crupper long
and broad, limbs exceedingly fine, the
joints powerful, the tail carried males
tically, and all the movements high and
spirited-imagine all this and you will
have an idea of this stallion. He Is as
open, if we look at him in front, as he is
In his hindquarters-the whole animal
being an embodiment of purity Of lines,
elegance and elasticity. He is in fact per-
lection" Mambrino King left no beautiful
offspring. but he was sire of forty trot-
tiers that have gone in 2.30 or better, and
six that have gone in less than 2:10
Mambrino King himself was never
trained
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
HORTICULTURE.
THE ORIGINAL CONCORD GRAPE
VINE.

THE ORIGINAL CONCORD GRAPE
VINE.
There Is no place In America more In
teresting, more dear or sacred to the
American citizen than Concord, Mass.
Twas not only here
..By the rude bridge that arched the
food
Their flag to Aprirs breeze unfurled.
Here once the embattled farmers $1,000
And fired the shot heard round the
but Concord was the first inland settle
ment made by the pilgrim fathers, and Tor
nearly century and a half preceding the
revolution it was the storm center OF IN
dian wars without number. was conspfcu-
ously identified with the French and Eng
lish contests for possession Of the CONT
neflt, and was the meeting place or the
first provincial congress-the germ from
which finally grew this mighty republic.
But Concord is rich In historical assoc1a-
lions; it Is, if possible, still richer In liter
airy associations and blessings. Inc vaior
Of the men of Concord and It's neagnoors
made contributions to the spirit OF liberty
to man, woman and child that will endure
and bless while time lasts; but, as II not
satisfied with that proud dlstinctlon, the
kindly fates that nodded the dest1ny OF
this immortal village made its history
allure of the continent and OF the age.
Here lived, thought, sung and wrote Tho
reau, Hawthorn, the Alcotts, among them
the familiar and revered Louise M, the
great Emerson and others of lesser note,
and now their bodies all rest In sleepy
Hollow" the most picturesque OF cene-
teries, while their former homes and the
village has been made by them Mecca
for touring lovers Of the good ana the
beautiful for ages to come.
But even these are not all the dlsun-
gushing features Of this stored spot.
Near the graves Of those named IS one
marked by a rough, unchiseled granite
boulder, bearing bronze tablet INSCRIBED
thusi
''Ephraim Wales Bull. Born March 4.
1908; died Sept &C. 1895. The originator OF
the Concord grape"
Those who enriched the literature OF
their time with rare thought, fne pnlios-
ophy and sweet song, and this one VINO
enriched the fruits Of earth with one OF
Its choicest gems, are here taxing their
endless repose side by side, ana surety
the last is worthy of his illustrious bed
fellowsl How fitting that in the town
where was fired the shot heard round the
world" should originate the grape no"
eaten round the world3I
The former home,of Mr.. Bull is tenant
less. Fastening to decay, and the little
garden in which he worked SO patiently.
SO long. so fruitlessly. 1as to his own ma
terial interests. yet soEgloriously for the
world. is neglected hangle OF grass
weeds and vines, but 'hn the midst tnere-
off" Is the first Conc0fd grapevine, the
progenitor of a .family now reaching
countless thousandsfand abiding In every
cline where grape growing. is possible.
Neglected. incumbered, bowed down with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

The above figures are certainty astound-
Ing. AT the present proportion of in
crease In the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine 1t will be but short time
before consumption Of the imitation will
be greater than that of the genuine ar
ticle. 1t Is conceded that the output of
oleomargartne will be over 100000, 900
pounds this year. 1t may be 125, 900 900.
If 1t is this will furnish 10 per cent of the
butter-eating population with oleomar-
garine. Take away the rural population,
which makes its own butter and conf1ne
the average to the populace Of the small
er cities and large markets and one out
of five butter-eating people must con-
sumo oleomargarir1e.
Let the production of oleomargarine
double in the coming two years, as it
has since 1897, when the November out
put was only 1884 tubs, and one out of
three city people will have oleomargarine
instead Of butter. Permit the increase
to be as great the next thirteen years ns
it has been since 1856. when the govern
ment first began keeping q record of the
production, and half the people in the
cities and larger towns will be eating
cleo.
This would mean the closing up of at
least 1000 of our 10000 creameries, and
the wrecking Of the entire dairy supply,
separator and machinery business, and
the cutting off of an income of at least
$50, GEO per. year, which goes to the
dairy farmers of the United States.
Below We print statement of the No
vember production Of oleomargarine In
Chicago for the past thirteen years, eX-
pressed in fffty-pound tubs:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

the weight Of invading and overlapping
growths Of worthless plants, tottering to
its fall on its moss grown and deoaying
trellis, the old patriarch still exists, and
was carrying at the time Of a recent visit
a good crop Of fruit. The vine is not
large, probably four inches in diameter
near the roots, and covers trellis some
ten feet long and four high. But 1t shows
signs of great age, now approaching near
the half century mark, and is evidently
dwarfed by the demands made upon 1t for
the multiplication Of it's kind. 1t Is
weakened old grandfather, appealing pa
thetically in its neglect and struggling old
age to the sympathetic visitor, and it in
spired the thought that something should
be done to rescue and preserve this old
vine. It's merits desrve it, its histoy de-
mands 1t, and so treated it would be an
object of interest that would receive its
due share Of attention where such objects
are so numerous and rare as even in "old
Concord"
J. s. Harris in Farm. Stock and Home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
CHEESE IN MINNESOTA.

A loyal Minnesotan writes to inquire
why Minnesota cheese cannot be bought
in Minnesota markets. The query being
forwarded to Hon. ]. NJ Bowler, state
dairy and food commissioner, he replies
as follows:
Answering yours Of the 4th inst, l will
state that there are not so many cheese
factories in operation in Minnesota as
there were two years ago. The quality
of the product has not deteriorated; on
the contrary, 1t has improved. Neither
is the number of creameries in operation
as great as it was two years ago. Dur
ing the creamery and cheese factory boom
of few years ago many We're establish
ed In communities which did not furnish
sufficient support to make them pay, and
from this and other causes, such as bad
management, etc., many have ceased to
be operated. The high price for beef
and veal which has prevailed in recent
years has tempted many farmers to
turn to beef and veal production, at the
expense of the dairy industry. The fact
also that creameries give back to the
farmer most all the SKINNED milk, sweet
and suitable for feeding to calves, while
the cheese factories do not, has operated
in favor Of the creameries and against
cheese factories.
I find, too, that much Of the product of
Minnesota cheese factories is retailed as
wisconsin cheese" which has repu-
tation second only to New York cheese.
There Is small amount of brick cheese
made in Minnesota, but the great bulk
of Minnesota's output is cheddar cheese.
Incidentally, 1 might mention the fact
that there Is made a small amount of
skim cheese, much of which is unlawfully
offered to the public as cream cheese.
Once in a great while we find filled
cheese" but 1t invariably comes from
other states.
1 will instruct our cheese Inspector,
Mr.. A. J. Gevoir, to call on you In the
near future. and talk cheese to you. Very
truly yours, j. NJ. Bowler.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
EASY WAY TO PASTEURIZE.

The Owatonna Journal gives this ac-
count of a homemade and simple pas
teurizer devised by G. T. Eustis, Of that
place:
1T consists of ten-gallon barrel set
about eighteen inches from the floor, into
which the exhaust steam is turned
through g. pipe extending nearly to the
bottom of the key. The pump used to
force the skim milk from this keg is put
lower than the key, so that there will be
no trouble to prime the pump. The milk
Is run into this key from the separator,
and after 1t is thoroughly heated 1t is
pumped into the tank to be fed to the
calves By this operation the heating Of
the milk at home is done away with
Mr. Eustis showed bottle of milk which
had gone through this operation and,
after standing four days. was as sweet
as the day 1t was puH into the bottle.
All the patrons seem to be well pleased
with the experiment"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
STORING ICE IN A PIT.

Ed Hoard's Dairyman: Having no.
ticed, recently. a query concerning con-
struction Of underground, or partly so.
ice houses, thought perhaps the methods
of some Of our patrons might be of inter-
est, or prove Of value.
A pit of size governed by quantity Of
ice to be put up, is dug about ten feet
deep, more or less, as conditions as to
drainage Will warrant and as they will
permit of more or less being built above
ground: If in grove. which is a decided
ly preferable location, a shallower hole
and higher roof will prove more con-
venient but without grove deeper dig
cling and more thorough. possibly double
roofing will be necessary. If necessary to
guard against caving. board sides of pit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
WOULD LOAD 10 TRAINS.
265 Cars of OIeO Made In Chicago
Last Month.

Chicago Producer.
Four oleomargarine factories in Chicago
turned out 10S,201 fifty-pound tubs of ole
omargarfne last month.
In pounds this aggregates 100000.
This oleomargarine would fill thirteen
trains Of twenty cars each, amounting to
265 cars.
These cars would make one train one
and two-third miles long.
Placed alongside each other the tubs
would reach thirty miles with their sides
touching.
1t would require at least 1880 average
creameries to turn out this quantity of
butter during this season of the year.
Allowing an equal output for the remain
ing twelve factories Of the country Ga
conservative estimate) and we have an
output of oleomargarine for November
aggregating $4,000 tubs, equal to the make
of $500 creameries.
At the outside there are not more than
10000 creameries in the United States
Therefore the product of sixteen olemar-
garine factories at present is equal to
the output of rs per cent of the creamer-
les of the country.
In five months this year 1.796 retail
licenses to sell oleomargarine have been
issued in Northern Illinois, compared
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
FIELD, FIRM IND HOUSEHOLD.

and summer. On this account it is often
the case that the cream must be kept
longer before a sufficient amount is Sc
cured to churn. If the cream is al
lowed to become too sour before putting
in the churn, or if the churning is kept
up too long after the butter comes, the
butter is very liable to be SOFT
For the first time in the history Of the
Northwest fax straw has market value
this winter. The flax fiber mills Of the
Red river valley are paying from 81 to
&c. a ton for it. 1t is just like so many
dollars found by the farmers, for hereto
fore they have had to burn the straw to
get rid of 1t. When more mills come In
next year it is expected that the price
will be better. An acre yields from q
quarter to three-quarters of a. ton@of flax
straw.
The month of December was the larg,
est closing month known in any year
since the lumber industry was a promi-
nent feature Of Minneapolis business.
The shipments for the month were SO per
cent larger than for any previous De-
cember, the nearest approach having
been In 1892. For the year, the ship
ments from the Minneapolis market were
within 100000 of 500, 900, 900 feet and were
greater in volume than the best previous
year, 1892, by more than 100,000,000 feet.
The excess over the total for last year
was more than al, 100000 feet.
F. E. Watson, Mortified, MIMI Last
week was very dull milling indeed; If
there is any change whatever, it is for
the worse. About the only thing which
foreigners are buying at all Is clear, and
their idea Of value on this grade is about
3 degrees below a working basis. Farm
ers' deliveries Of wheat are very light,
but perhaps no lighter than usual for
this time of the year. If prices should
advance little, deliveries would increase,
but at present prices receipts from farm
ers are bound to be light for some time
to come"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
OPERATIONS IN LUMBER.
Minneapolis Lumberman.

Minneapolis Lumberman.
Winter without snow Is less Of a draw
back to pine logging operations than 1t Ia
to operations in hardwood For the haul
ing of pine but little snow Is needed as, a
foundation for the ice roads that are
built, but operators in the hardwood tim
Der do not work on a sufficiently large
scale to warrant their going to the ex-
pense of making ice roads As a conse-
quence, they depend on a good fall of
snow for hauling. The present weather is
decidedly not to their liking, and 1t is
nearing the time when their hauling
should commence. AS hardwood stocks
are even shorter than the stocks Of pine,
a poor winter makes a famine in hard
wood lumber almost certain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
WINDOW DRESSING.
A Fine Art with Good Pay for Those
Who Rise I'm 1t.

Who Rise I'm 1t.
New York Sun. aas
The free shows of the Christmas holt
day season given by the big stores OF
this town are nearly as expensive to
arrange as a stage spectacle, and during
their preparation the window dresser is
quite as important as designer Of
Dewey arch. An expense of ,060 to
$4,000 for holiday decorations Is not
considered extravagant by the larger
department stores, and competition be-
tween them is so brisk that ideas of
original decoration have q market value.
One Of the mysteries Of the after-theater
restaurants in this city seven or eight
years ago was q young Irishman who
talked vaguely about art" and the
STAGE" He was smoothly shaven and
he wore his hair just long enough to
attract attention. He was always to be
found near midnight In some cafe which
was frequented by actors, and 1t was
his evident ambition to be mistaken for
one of them. He talked glibly about all
of the notables on the stage in the
Booth said-t me-the-other- day fashion.
and when the coast was clear of rivals
he would recite bits Of well known plays
in deep, rich voice with some elocution-
airy ability. For several years the men
who had a restaurant acquaintance with
him were in doubt as to how he should
be classified. He was companionable and
1t was generally believed that he was an
artist, though the only basis for this
was his studio. Some one made known
the fact that ne was a window dresser,
and such a good one that his services
were always in demand. Evidently he
felt by this Identification he had lost
caste in some way. for he dropped out
of sight and left New York. The skilled
window dressers are comparatively few,
and in recent years each of the big
stores has employed a man Of ingenious
and artistic ideas to devise and superin-
tend all of the decorations. The gen.
eral plan and color scheme for these
decorations Is prepared with the same
attention to detail that a scenic artist
gives to his preliminary work. and the
roa11It La not q matter of chanCa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
CURE FOR sELF-sUcKING cows.

Farmers Gazette Qreland).
Cows sometimes suffer from the very
annoying habit Of sucking their own I'D
ders. Different courses of treatment are
recommended as remedies for this dis
order; one Of the simplest and most ef-
fective, perhaps, is that Of boiling few
handfuls of quassia chips in a gallon OF
water and washing the cows teats every
day for ten days or fortnight. This
decoction is of such an intensely bitter
nature that once the COW samples any
teats which are dressed with 1t. she will
not be in hurry to repeat the experiment
for some time. The one objection to the
plan Is that the quassia is liable to faint
the milk, except special care Is taken to
wash the udder, Immediately before milk
ing,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
STANDING WHERE HE FRozE

Out on the Laramie plains, west Of Lar
annie, Wyo., there is a grim monument to
the terrors of the last rigorous winter.
Between the two Laramie rivers there
stands a horse which was frozen to death
during one Of the very severe storms of
the last season. The animal was frozen
while standing, the snow having drifted
in about him and held the carcass erect.
When the snow had melted away the
horse was found still standing, his four
feet being extended in bracing position.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
with stock boards placed behind 2x4's, or
AXIS IL pit is more than 12x12

with stock boards placed behind 2x4's, or
AXIS If pit is more than 12x12.
Fill bottom to depth of eighteen inch
es, or two feet, with logs or coarse
stones, and cover same with straw or
hay, preferably flax straw. Begin pack,
ing ice, packing same very carefully and
closely, filling every crevice and filling
around edges, as building UP is done, with
twelve to eighteen inches Of the packing
material.
When Ice is packed. cover top with
heavy layers Of packing material, and
keep covered. Roof higher or lower above
ground, to suit, but the deeper the pit
and lower the roof, the more economical
the construction, and the better the keep
ing qualities. Fifty dollars. I am told,
is the maximum cost. of the largest and
best of these 'ice pits, ;" many costing
much less, and their keeping qualities are
excellent. One party tried filling pit
without using logs or straw, but the ex-
pertinent was failure. Trusting some
may be benefited hereby, and being will
ing to answer further queries concerning
same, if 1 can, 1 am,
Frank E. Moore.
Schuyler, Neb.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
LARGER HORSE ON OFF SIDE.

The Rider and Driver.
Please answer in your next issue the
following question:
If man has pair Of horses 15.1 hands
and 15.21a hands, which Is proper side for
the large horse? And oblige, Tom.
The larger horse should be placed on
the right hand, or off SIDE Obviously
the larger and stronger animal should
thus be placed in order to pull up the
incline towards the crown Of the road
after having met a vehicle or for some
other reason having had to turn out"
from the level surface. In England the
larger horse Is placed on the left. or
near side, owing to the reverse rule of
driving, the custom there being to drive
to the left when meeting vehicle, and
to the right when passing one going in
the same direction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
THE CANARY.

Berlin (Md.) Herald.
Never put bird in the window" said
a. bird fancier to the reporter the other
day. Il rarely go into the street in sum-
mer, or even on a mild day in winter,
that 1 do not see unfortunate canaries
hung in the windows. Even If the sun
Is not ibroiling the brains under the little
yellow cap, draft is blowing all the time
over the delicate body. People have been
told thousand times that they must not
put bird in the draft, yet how few re-
member that there Is always draft in
an open window
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
BORAX.

Borax Is simple but very effective
remedy for many things. A solution Of
borax and water will cure canker sore
mouth in adults as well as in children.
Wash the mouth with it. and gargle a
little in the throat. Unlike many reme-
dies prescribed for such things, it Is en-
tirely harmless. A wash made OF one
half dram Of borax and three ounces Of
camphor water is the best remedy I have
ever tried for sore and inflamed eyes.
Put three drops in each eye, opening
and closing them rapidly, so that it will
extend over the entire surface.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
MoLAssEs GOOD HORSE FOOD

Turf, Field and Farm.
AT the sRarawar sugar plantation, in the
Fiji islands, 400 horses were successfully
fed on molasses. The ration, adopted
after experiment, consisted Of Is pounds
of molasses, pounds of bran and A
pounds of maize. Green cane tops were
also fed, and the health of the horses
was excellent. The saving effected by
the molasses ration was $45 per head per
annum
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
POULTRY NOTES.

Begin the new year right.
Have you learned anything in the poul-
try business during the past year?
Let this be the year in which you will
devote more time and energy to caring for
your fowls.
Take notes each week on the way you
conduct your affairs, and you will be
greatly prof1ted by it. Next year you will
have notebook worth more to you than
some poultry books.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

lars of their ill-gotten gains to bribe
funds to insure political protection. And
the people of Chicago pay the bills.
How long Is this thing going to last?
Either oleomargarine or butter must sue
cumb very soon. Unless there Is some
change in conditions 1t will be butter. as
there is absolutely no chance for the
honest and genuine article under present
conditions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
TO GET RID OF RATS.
The Gazette.

The Gazette.
Take few small pieces of shingles or
thin boards. On each of these put a
teaspoonful of molasses, and over this
scrape small amount Of condensed lye.
and lay the boards or shingles around
the rat holes or under the boards where
their runs are The molasses will draw
them, and the lye will eat out the coat
ing of their stomachs. and what you do
not kill will leave and seek other places
I have often cleaned farms of them in
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. and ranches in
Kansas. At one ranch in Kansas, where
they were overrun with rats, they had
twenty-seven cats, and the ranchmen
were In despair. as the rats seemed to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

In the city of Chicago today there is
very little butter being consumed. Hun
dreds of dealers are guaranteeing ofeo-
margarine to be pure butter. Poor grades
of the bogus article are sold at 30@&
cents per pound. The people are abso-
lutely at the mercy of the thieves and
robbers, who are disguised as butter deal
ers They can spare thousands Of dol
public ficials and donate to campaign
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

increase rather than decrease. SO I told
them this remedy, and they tried It. Many
of the rats died, and in four days not
rat was to be seen. B. l. RI.
GAINESVILLE o.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15
IN THE SOUP AT LAST.

"And now I may truthfully say that
am in the SOUP" remarked the last of the
boarding house turkeys, three weeks after
Christmas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-15

with 1,737 for the entire twelve months
of the previous fiscal year, and 1,051 for
the whole Of the fiscal year preceding.