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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
CONTRACT WORK.
e- y 81 - = $500 g. S-~.
WinslOvv Avenue Sewer.

WinsIow avenue Sewer.
Office OF. the Board of Public Works,
City of ST. Paul. Mimi, August 27. 1901.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until >
p. m, on the 9th day of September. \.
D 1901, for the construction of a sewer
WinsloW' aVenGe, from winifred street
to point one hundred and fifty $50 feet
south Of ROBBIE street, in said city, accord
ing to plans and specification on file in
the Office Of said Board.
A bond with at least two 60 suraties
in a sum of at least twenty 900 per cent
or a certified check on bank of st. Paul,
in sum OF at least ten (lD) per cent OF the
gross amount bid, must accompany each
bid. Said check shall be made payable
to the Clerk of said Board
The said Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
+. o. HAMMER,
- 49, President.
Clerk Board of Public Works
Aug E3-190l-Ift
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grade the Alleys in Blocks and i,
Merriam Park, Second Addition.

Merriam Park, Second Addition.
Office of the Board of Public Works,
City of st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. %, 1901.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation Of the City of st. Paul. Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until
p. m: on the 18th day Of September, A
D. 1901, for grading of the alleys in
blocks three go and four a., Merriam
Park Second additions in said city, ac
cording to plans and specifications on
file in the Office OF said Board
A bond with at least two (2) suretias
in a sum of~at least twenty (20) per cent
or a certified check on bank of St
Paul in a sum of at least ten QG) per
cent of the gross amount bid must ac-
company each bid. Said check Shall be
made payable to the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
oe'1'' f. Q. HAMMER
President
Clerk Board of Public Works
~, 81. Aug .29- 190l-11t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE-New York, Aug. 31.-In antic
ipation Of Mondays labor holiday, the
business community at New York took
advantage of the regulation Saturday
half-holiday to complete a three-day re-
spite, and business was practically sus-
pended. Only the mercantile and coffee
exchanges were open. The minor mar
kets were practically closed, and the sum
of business at New York at first hands
was mea ger with unimportant variations
in prices. At the coffee exchange the
transactions amounted to $3.50 bags.
Prices on the opening call were net I'M
changed to 5 points lower on lower ca
bles. Subsequently prices scarcely varied
on absence of speculative support, and
the close was steady, net unchanged to
changed. Trading in futures included:
September, 4.6564. Zoe; December. 470c;
November. 4. S5d4. 90c; December 5G05. csc;
March, 5.25G95. zoe April, $500; May 5. 40c
June, 5.50c; July, 5.55c. The close was:
September CSC: October, q 1904 sec: No
yember, 4.S5G4. soc; December. 5615. 05c;
January. 5.G515. Ice; February, s 15ID5. Poe;
March, 5.25@5. soc; April. 3. 1905. 35c; May
5 49@5. 45e; June, 5.4595. Soc; July, $500
55c.
CHICAGO PRoDUcE-ch,cago, Arg. Il.
dairies, 13@17c. Cheese-Twins, 9szc; young
Americas. 101461015c dairies, 101bc. Eggs
steady, 14c. Iced Poultry-Steady: tur-
keys, 6dSc; chickens, including springs,
NEW YORK PRoDUCE-New York.
Aug. 3f-Butter-Receipts Abs packages.
steady; state dairy. 14G1S3hc; creamery.
1G620c: June packed. factory. 1415@15hc;
imitation creamery, 14G117c Cheese-Pe-
cefpts, 4,979 packages; dull; fancy large
colored. -9A@9$sc. fancy large white, 9Ac:
fancy small colored. 9ssc: fancy small
eelored white, 9Bc. Eggs-Receiuts. 516l:
firm sta e and PENNSYLVANIA. 1S020c; West
srn. eandled, 170171zc; Western, -uncan-
died 146I1Tc.
NEW YORK IMPORTS AND Elk
PoRTS-New York. Aug. S1-The I'M
ports of dry goods and merchandise at
the port of New York for this week
are valued at ss,2Oo.165 The imports of
specie this week were S160044 gold and
s10.3SS silver. Exports of silver from this
port to all countries for this week ag-
gregate $1,1S40G0
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Comparative receipts:
Total for today. (estimated) ,..,......... Is
A week ago ..................,.. ]. 80
A year ago ............1 / gS4
Quotations: Prime butcher steers, $50
6.25; good to choice, $4.5004.90 fair to
prime butcher cows and heifers. $3.50
40; good to- choice butcher cows and
heifers, $9.35@S7 rs; fair to good. ST. 75G5
SO: Gamers and cutters, $f.50a2. GO; good
TO choice butcher bulls, $3Gt3. Is: bologna
bulls; $2fl2. 10 good to choice veals. $500
AS: fair to good veals, $414 40: good 10
choice feeders. So. 1903 40; fair to GOOD
3 S0Q3. 10; cannon, $292.75; steer calves
S2,13Q225; good to choice heifers. 81 5]GS
2. Is: fair to good, $2.2502. 40; common, 81 X
@2.l5; heifer calves, $2.2502 70; good to
choice mich cows $500; fair to good,
Receipts light Market. QUIET. with no
quotable change in prices No good quail
ity stuff on sale. Representative sales:
Gamer Cows
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ONE CENT A MILE.
G. a. Il. Enca1npment at Cleveland.
Ohio. September Io-I4, 1901.

Ohio September IO-I4, 1901.
A low rate of $14.S2 to Cleveland and
return good ill Sept. 18th (or Oct. Sth
~ payment of 50 cents via the Chicago
1Ieat Western railway. Reduced rate
I u. Us also on sale Sept. 10Th and 18th.
For further information inquire Of 7 N.
Storr. City Ticket Agent, corner TiiftL
and Robert streets ST PAM y III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02

San Francisco and Return $4,000.
For the Episcopal convention, San Fran
cisco. Oct End, the 500 Line will sell
round trip tickets at $500 going Soo-Pa-
cthc, and returning via Southern routes
Particulars and descriptive matter at 500
Line ticket office, 379 Robert street
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Total for today (estt1haaed) ............ 700
A week ago - =. 90. go 94........ 747
year ago ...... .,s;- 49,. 500
and butchers, S.. 9506 40; heavy, $5.S5G95. 45;
rough packers, So. $915 is; boars,, $3@3.50:
stays, $4.5005. 1tasSl<
Market opened 55td3figher closed
steady at the advance. Receipts light.
Quality. common. eRriees ranged from
Sc. 05 to Sc. %; bulk, $6,9a@6 20. Representa-
tive sales: gar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
pcEl IEN$]R{1q
IMPROVEMENT.
PENNSYLVANIA ROADS.
Are Necessary Is Growing with
Gratifying Steadiness.

1t would be useless to deny that
the people of the interior of the state
want good roads, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. Their newspapers are
strenuous advocates of such improve
ment, and they hold few conventions
in which that advance is not recon-
mended. They know themselves the
folly Of the system now prevailing in
majority of the counties. 1t has
been demonstrated to them in the
short lives of their horses, the re-
pairs to their wagons and in their
road tax bills for the roads which
brought about those combined costs.
Proofs of the theory that they
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
vREES ON AN ACRE.
ie Rule by Which Their Nun.
oer Can he Computed Easily
and Accurately.

Suppose you have ten acres which
you desire to plant to orchard next
spring-you have decided what kind Of
trees you are going to plant and at
what distance apart they shall stand
in rows. How many trees will you buy
for that ten acres? Will you guess at
it or will you determine exactly what
number will be required? There is 9
way to ascertain with satisfactory ac-
curacy the number of trees needed.
Here il is: An acre consists of 43,5h0
square feet or nearly 209 feet square =.
you have heard it said that 20 yards
square is little more than nm acre.
and there being three feet to the yard
you have 2l0 feet; hut this is more
than an acre. Leaving out fractions,
however, there are 1850 square feet
in an acre. You have decided to set
your trees 30 by 30 feet. leaving, of
course, Is feet next the fence on the
four sides. assuming that the pla: is
square. This allowance provides the
required space for proper spreading Of
the trees and admits of cultivation be-
tween trees and the fence or what
ever may border the orchard. To
ascertain the number Of square feet
the trees will occupy planted at a
distance given YOU multiply 90 nv 30.
That will give You 9GO square feet or
.he area occupied by four trees. Now
divide 43.5Go by 0O9 and the result is
the number Of trees required for one
acre. Multiply that result by 10 and
You have the number required for
ten acres. See If it would be $50. II
ought to II no errors are made in the
calculations.
This rule NAV he used in computing
number of any kind OF plants. bushes
or trees required for an acre. having
decided upon the distances at which
same are TO be set. It makes no diff
ference about having your trees in
squares-they NAV he planted 30 hv
16, by s or any desired distarcp. In
the first case Won would multiply 20
by 16, which would give YOU the num-
ber OF square feet inclosed by four
trees or plants; with that result di-
vide 1850 and YOU have correct num-
Der Of n'antS needed for planting an
acre.-Farmer's Voice.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Peanut Vines Are Ornamental

Southern flower lovers use the pea
nut vine as an ornamental plant for
the parlor or sitting-room window.
Kept in a warm room or by the
kitchen stove a peanut kernel plant
ed in pot of loose, mellow loan, kept
only moderately moist, will soon
germinate and grow into beautiful
plant, extending its branches over the
side of the pot in pendant manner.
An interesting habit of plant life is
the curious way its compound leaves
have of closing together at nightfall
or during a shower. It's tiny yellow
flowers on peduncles on which the
nuts grow impart unique charm.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

would eXtricate themselves from
their present expenditure for a worth
less article is also TO be found in
the fact that they are more eager
than formerly to have the state build
good roads, and in the further fact
that every proposition toward per-
manent system of such roads is close
ly scrutinized by them in their gem
eral gatherings and at their fire
sides.
The Inquirer has not the slightest
hesitation in saying that when the
finances of the state warrant it Gov.
Stone will be found lending all the
aid in his power to the good-road
movement, but, pending that time,
the work should not halt. Unless the
townships, counties and towns move
in the matter it must be many years
before there will be anything like a
system of roads adequate to the needs
or greatness of the commonwealth
Montgomery began the work of i'm
provement some years ago, and quite
recently Northampton also took it up,
their notion being that the roads
hereafter to be built ought to be per-
manent. The usu;I repairs will be
put upon the unimproved roads in
both these counties, but as fast as the
authorities there are able they will
replace the mudpaths by the rock
bed roads, which, once being proper
ly laid, will ever after prove smooth,
economic and profitable.
1t is with this thought Of perma-
nency that the counties all ought to
approach this question. The first cost
may be little Large, but. in the end,
1t Will surely prove profitable.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

\ communication from the OKLA
homa experiment station says: Sew
cral specimens of the so-called north
ern leaf-footed plantbug" have been
received at the experiment station at
saltwater from various parts of Ok
lahoma accompanied by the report
that the bug was injuring the fruit
of peaches and plums. They are re-
ported as puncturing the fruits and
sucking out the juice. The bug is
quite closely related to the common
squash-bugs from which they are
readily told by their rather more
slender form and particularly by the
peculiar lenfike expansion of the
hind legs. The bug has been known
as an enemy of the cucumber. cante-
lore and other cucurbits, but this is
the first recorded instance of their in
juring peaches and plums.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Chicago Paper Explains Why the
Meeting Was Treated ShabbiIy
by the City Authorities.

AS the result of the three days con-
vention at Chicago OF the various ele-
ments interested in the improvement
of public roads and highways a pei
manent national organization has beeI
perfected and promising plan of can.
paign mapped out for the ensuing yea;
OF the value and utility of the goot
roads movement no intelligent citizeI
has the slightest doubt. " lille til,
question is hardly burning" one, it
enlsts general support and hearty ap-
proval.
The presiding officer and some of the
speakers complained of the APATHY"
toward the convention on the part Of
Official" Chicago, and perhaps not
without injustice. The local authori-
ties might easily have displayed warm
er sympathy with the commendabe
efforts of the gathering. Put our WIS.,
iting friends should make reasonable
allowance for the difficult and dis
turbed situation in which the city hap
pened to be placed. We have had trou-
bles of our own and os an acute charac-
ter. The revival Of hold-ups and thug
gerry. and the painful Tecriminations
it called forth, monopolized the atten-
tion of the city officials and banished
every general subject from their minds.
Add to this the tax agitation, the street
railway franchise and tunnel question
and other absorbing topics, and the
lack of active interest is accounted for.
But the delegates may rest assured
future in encouraging the National
Good Roads association. Our manu-
facturers and business men are rot un-
mindful of the economic disadvantages
of bad roads. As President Stuyvcsant
Fish. of the Illinois Central. put the
matter in his striking communication,
the present condition Of the public
highways is probably costing the nro-
pie Of the country annually rs much
as they pay for all the fre'"ht trans
ported by all the railroads. When this
is duly impressed upon the legislative
mind the action advocated by the con-
vention will not be refused.
Here are the practical rccommcnda-
tions Of the convention. which indicate
the programme the national nssocia-
tion will endeavor to realize:
T. That suitable Ior's'qt'or ~ 5'No~ort
states repeal the statute labor laws. sub
sttutirg therefor the payment Of the usual
road taxes in cash.
. That state legislatures mako provision
for the employment OF convict labor in
preparation of material for the coustruc-
t!on of public roads, as they may deem ad-
vsahle.
g. The passage OF suitable state a'd laws
and the appointment in every state so i cis-
lating of nonpartisan highway comms-
si0ners.
OF the national government the con-
vention asked nothing beyond an ap-
preparation Of S150,OOO for the bureau
of public road inquiries at Washing
ton. But the question of rural free
delivery is clearly bound up with that
Of good roads. The whole movement is
certain to make slow but sure progress,
Chicago Post.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
THE FARMERS YARD.
1t should Bc Of Ample Proportions.
ArtisticulIy Ornum"ntcd and
Kent with Care.

There j. perhaps nothing else
which better iud.rarrs the breadth of
a farmers conceptions OF the eSthctio
things Of Life than the size of his
yard. II it be small and crowded his
mind may he comparable Herewith.
il it be large and well kept it may be
taken rs evidence of his artistic
ideals. For the ideal yard is large
one-not a 4C-acrc field, of course
but comfortably large ana planted
TO native trees and sodded in blue or
lawn grass.
1t has been said that an acre makes
the ideal yard. 1t should be nicely
fenced and kept moved during the
growing season. 1t may be pastured
occasionally. but this is not good
practice. The wood pile should not
occupy place in the yard, as is COM
monty noted. nor should unsightly
heaps Of rubbish, etc, mar its beauty.
Have n liberal yard, give it liberal
care, take liberal view Of life, be
liberal to all the things about you
and nature will deal literally with
YOU. Don't be fenced in by a stingy
ward. a yard so sman that when you
step out at the kitchen door you are
in the horse lot. And don't have
"sheep paths" through the large yard.
Have nice gravel walk or several
walks leading to the front gate and
10 ii barn-Vard cate, as well, per-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
BIame Rests on Retaflera.

1t is not possible to inspect fruit
in the same way that grain is inspect
ed. When barrel of apples has
been headed up, the apples having
been pressed down as much as posi-
BILE, it would be very destructive to
the apples to have them opened nd
exposed to the bruising of repacking,
repressing and reheading. Neverthe-
less, the laws should be stringent
enough to protect both the purchas-
er and the grower. Much Of the ras-
cality complained of in the handling
of fruit is due to the repacking by
men that retail the fruit.-Farmers'
Review.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Cows Need Lots Of SaIt.

We notice that Prof. Robertson, of
Canada, says that a cow requires
about one-fourth pound of salt per
day to do her best. This is something
of surprise. but the professor is
doubtless correct. He declares that
milk given by cow that has all the
salt she wants will keep longer than
milk from cow that has not had
salt, and he says he has demonstrated
the truth Of this. 1t is absolutely
safe to let the cows have all the salt
they Grave, and II the milk is improved
the consumer 10 so much ahead. 1t
II fact known to about every farm
er that when cows do not have salt
their milk soon becomes fiat in taste
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
HAND BEAN THRASHER.

and nail cleats on it one inch thick
and an inch apart, or take 1h-inch
board for center for handle. .. and
nail on each side of center inch boards.
every other one an inch shorter. Have
the beans perfectly dry. put them in
n good solid barrel and a very short
time pounding with this tool will
thrcsh them clean. Remove the hulls
and put beans in again. 1t is also good
- pound carpets when washing them.
"A. S. Forsman, in Ohio Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
SMALL FENCE GATE.

cuts two strap hinges. Nail on the
up-and-down piece and saw off the
other ends. A button completes the
gate. Where whole gate is to be
made in fence, it can easily be made
in this way after the fence is built.
Nail on the up-and-down pieces. Saw
Off the boards at one side and screw
on hinges. Then saw of the other
side.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Wide Tires and Good Roals.

Sections of our eXpensiyely con.
structed county highways that have
been subjected to but three or four
winters wear are now well advanced
on the way to disintegration by the
cutting of coal wagons or other heavy
vehicles with narrow tires, says a
paper of Pittsburgh, Pa. If those loads
were carried on broad tires every trip
over the roads when they were soft.
ened by moisture and frost would have
the compacting effect of roller. Car.
ried as they are on narrow tires their
effect is more like that of plow.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Lamb Feeding in Colorado,

Colorado says that she will make q
record this winter on the number of
lambs fed for market. 1t is estimated
that winter before last she fed 100000,
while last year the output was only
100000. Some of the best posted feed
srs claim that this season there will
be $50, 900 handled. The Denver Stock
man figures that If these lambs can
be sold on basis Of six cents at mar
ket, fair profit for the winters work
will h had.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Western Homes for Millions.

Homestead grants for 20,OOO, 600 peo-
pie, it is said. will result if the plans
of the National Business Mems league
are successful. The league wishes the
federal government to construct i'm.
mense reservoirs for controlling the
flood waters in the arid regions of the
western states and to determine a
practical method of irrigation for that
country. To make the suggestions pos.
sible congress will be urged to give
s25O,0 yearly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

\ man in South Haven, Mich, has
brought suit for 5000 against another
man for damage done to his peaches
by bees belonging to the man sued.
The first man claims that his neigh
Dor keeps 60 hives of bees and that
they come into his peach orchard and
bite through his peaches, thus rem
dering them unmarketable. 1t is the
old question of whether or not bees
can injure peaches. The question has
generally been answered in the mega
tive.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
INTERSTATE PATHS.
They Are II Good Thing and WHY
Eventually Hrcome Great Nh
Honnl Highways.

In relation to his active interest in
the construction of an interstate side
path from Boston and New York TO
chicago, Director Dodge, of the Office
Of public road inquiries, at Washing
ton. informs us that he is confident
that the completion of such a wheel
way would be but the first step toward
the construction of an interstate ma
tional highway along the same route.
Having brought this part of the
plan to n successful conclusion. the
next step would be to interest the auto
mobile people. Judging from the ra-
pidtty with which the automobile is
becoming popular. and the success
which has attended recent Iong-dis-
tancc runs, the hOrscless vehicle is des-
tined to spread beyond the metropo!-
itan districts. As good roads are es.
sential for the rubber tired carriage
Mr.. Dodge hopes, by the aid Of manu-
facturers, automobile clubs and prom
erty owners along the proposed route,
to widen the cycle path into road
sufficiently broad for the automobile.
Having obtained a smooth and serv-
iccable road, 90 feet wide. and running
in aS nearly a straight lire as possible
from Boston to Chicago. the further
task of widening it for a universal
highway would be the natural Sc
quence. As soon as the states west Of
Chicago evince willingness to fall in
line. as some have already done. the
work will be extended westward in the
same manner.-L. 4. W. Mapazine
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
HsstAAses.-~
fI0R1l|G5|JI:.![]y
s~rs-
SIMPLE SETTING BOARD.
This Easiiy-Constructed Device
Makes 1t Possible for All to Rave
Straight Tree Rows.

The accompanying illustration shows
how trees are set by the Virginia eX-
pertinent station. BY lining off and
stalking the ground beforehand. and
using a setting board. straight rows
of trees can be easily made. The stake
Is first driven where the tree is to be
planted, then the board is placed in po.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
HAND BEAN TKRASHER.
An Ensi1y-Mrde De. lee which Works
Well and Can lie Used for Other
Farm Purposes.

Every farmer has or ought to have
a few beans to thresh. and this device
is just the thing to thresh them with.
1t is easily made. Take a block by
IA inches on the face or lower side,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
OPENING IN A FENCE.
Many Weary Steps and Com
adorable Work.

Where fence is crossed but rarely,
a half-gate like that shown in the cut
can be made in few moments. Saw
off two boards and screw over the