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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT.

LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT.
The grievous faults with the feminine
wardrobe are found in the bottom of
skirts, the footwear, the hand coverings,
the wells and neckwear.
Skirt bindings wear out rapidly when
woman does much walking, no matter
how short the skirt. Just the friction
caused by skirt striking against the
body tells upon the facing and bindings
A careful watch should be kept over
these places and repairs should be made
before the damage Is noticeable to any
but the keen inspection of ones own
eyes.
Shoes ought to be carefully fitted and
brushed each day to remove every partt-
Gle of dust. When needed, a polish
should be put upon them, either at home
or at any of the regular boot backing
establishments Fresh laces should be
put in when the old ones begin to look
dingy and frayed, and buttons should be
changed as soon as the polish wears
away.
Pretty wells are not expensive, so no
woman has an excuse for wearing one
after the mesh has broken. Poverty and
neglect stand out all over the woman
who stretches a damaged veil over her
features or allows her finger tins tn
protrude through her gloves
As for neckwear-well, absolute clean
Illness is particularly expected Of the well
groomed woman. She must be immaeu-
late in that respect If she changes every
hour in the day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
LIKE FATHER

Said a young and tactless husband
To his inexperienced wife.
''If You should give UP leading
Such a fashionable life
And devote more time to cooking
Row to mix ard when to bake
Then perhaps you might make pastry
Such as mother used to make"
And the wife, resenting, answered
(For the worm win turn. you kEow),
eff you would give up horses
And score of clubs or so
To devote more tine to business
When to buy and what to stake
Then perhaps you might make money
Such as father used to make"
-Boston Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
MENTAL GEOGRAPHY.

The most populons country is Oblivion;
many SO there few return.
The largest river is Time.
The deepest ocean, is Death
The region where no living thing hath
habitation is called Yesterday.
The most highly civilized country is
Today
The highest mountain is called Success.
Few reach the top save those who watch
sharply for the passing Of the spirit Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
SSDon1e Bezpers -

THE SERVANT GIRL QUESTION.
ST understand that there are hundreds
and hundreds of young and middle-aged
women in the large cities who are out of
employment and likely to remain so un-
less they change their point of view. and
instead Of seeking hopelessly cheap posi-
lions already crowded, turn their ener-
GIGS where they will always be needed
says New York society woman TO a re-
porter. AS most of them have seen bet
ter days, are fairly well educated and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
THE LETTER 20

LIE 1tA1IER ~
1t is really a super1uous letter. In
English it never ends a word, as it does
sometimes in French and some other
modern languages. 1t is alwa followe /
by u, the two letters being pronounced
ike XIV, with a few exceptions. No rule
except an arbitrary one can be given
to explain the above It probably takes
its name from the cue at bottom Of let
ter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
100 YEARS HENCE.
in the Days of Our Grandchildren.

Grocers who expose food to air breath
&c upon by patrons or to the atmosphere
and dust of the busy streets will be ar
tested with those who sell stale or adul-
terated produce. Liquid air refrigerators
Will keep great quantities of food fresh
for long intervals. There will not be as
nuCh dust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

The danger to health of massing mil
lions of people in cities will be overcome
by scientific appliances and discoveries.
Cities of the old world have been de-
populated by epidemics which would not
be allowed to run their course today.
And by 2O00 a knowledge of contagious
and epidemics will be great enough to
stamp them out upon appearance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
lis III Was'' and Ills III NAY BE. :"
100 YEARS AGO.
In tie Days of Our Grandfathers.
Compiled for this paper by Moses Folsom.

Not one in hundred of the present
kinds of patent medicines existed.
Parched barley and wheat was used by
the poorer classes in place Of coffee.
Tombstones had larger epitaphs and
more verbosity engraved upon them.
The stores had no stock Of canned
goods nor none of the dainties common
today
At funerals undertakers cried with the
mourners the flow of tears being pro-
poruonate to the expense of the funeral.
The food was more surcharged with
grease. The winter breakfast at thou,
sands CT tables consisted of safted meat
and hot cakes.
Collins were very plain and burial cas-
kets unknown. Cremation was unknown,
and any suggestion proposing it would
have been hooted down.
Young folks in couples counted it
privilege to sit up nights with the corpse
before burial ana in many cases it was
welcome recreation.
Dyspeptics and consumptives were
more common; disease and premature
death were deVOutly laid at the de1tys
door and alluded to as 'dispensations of
Providence
Dinner was simply hasty lunch. at
noon. Little Importance was attached to
the necessity for sOod digestion or pc
riod of rest after eating A knowledge
OF right living was in its infancy.
It was a. strong age for medicine and
an age of strong medicine. Under such
treatment the strong managed to recov-
er, the medium class physically linge~-
died.
There were no ranges or gas stoves.
The old-fashioned fire place with crane
was In general use. Bread, cakes and
pies were baked in outside ovens. There
was no alum baking powder The kitchen
utensils were few in number.
Foreign help had less sway in the
kitchen than now, and European hands
old not make a mix up" of such pure
~ American dishes as pumpkin pie cod
fish cakes. pork and beans, corn bread.
buckwheat cakes and succotash.
uniformly heavy diet prevailed in
many families, without change winter
and summer. Hence on the first APP
proach Of the warmth Of spring, came
spring fever and biliousness. For this
the doctors of the period gave strong ca
thartics, possibly q "bluensass rilr' or
dose Of calOmel."
People then did not live as long, nor
was the average health as good as it is
today; they ate more meat more GREASE
more hot bread, more heavy dishes
drank more at meals and afterwarj
chewed more tobacco. Whisky was found
IN nearly every family and freely drunk
It was purer than the average article
Of today.
The regular medical profession used
mercury IN a manner which would now
be deemed reckless. A patient was .eivan
q regular purgation and directed to diet
Tor few days. Children were strongly
ooSed with castor oil and rhubarb and
salts and SIENNA on the least provocation.
Amputations were made without the use
OF ether or chIoroform.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
Odd Gbjinqg
OUR ALPHABET

The symbols Of our alphabet are nearly
those of Latin. These in their turn were
borrowed from the Greek, and theirs
probably from the Phoenieians. No one
can prove to demonstration the origin
OF our language or alphabet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
THE CARE OF FOOD.

1t is quite necessary and important to
know what care food requires after pur-
chasing as it Is to know how to select
such foods. Through carelessness and ig-
Eorance the loss is sometimes very great
The meats and poultry should be placed
i'll a cool. dry atmosphere. Meat or poul-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
HERE AND THERE
IN THE WORLD.

the mountain. Opportunity who carries
upward all those who seize held on him.
The region where no man hath ever set
foot is called Tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

The stores had no stock Of canned
goods, nor none of the dainties common
today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Philology will by 1000 change the alpha
bet and omit C and g. They viii be
abandoned because unnecessary. Spelling
by sound will have been adopted, first
by the newspapers. English will be a
language of condensed words expressing
condensed ideas, and will be more ex-
tensively spoken than any other The
Russian tongue will rank second.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Collins were very plain and burial cas-
ketS unknown. Cremation was unknown,
and any suggestion proposing it would
have been hooted down.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

At funerals undertakes cried with the
mourners, the flow of tears being pro-
portionate to the expense of the funeral.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
SWEET PorATo.s soNe

/ am coming by and by,
You will hear my plaintfve cry
In accents mild and gentle as lamb:
Ere long I'll be on deck,
Bring ninety cents a peck,
Sing no. the sweet potato that 1 yam
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

TOmbstones had larger epitaphs and
more verbosity engraved upon them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Eggs, too, should be kept In a COOL dr.
place and handled carefully, as rough
handling breaks the membrane that sep
arateS the yolk and white.
- TaiEz
All small and soft quits should be scat
tered on large platters and not kept in
the baskets In which they are purchased.
as their own weight brushes them, and
when scattered one can see the overripe
and imperfect fruit and remove 1T before
further damage Is done to the perfect
fruit. In buying peaches by the basket
they should be placed on a shelf and not
allowed to touch each other and the ripper
ones used first. Tomatoes may be rip
eped by wiping dry and exposing them to
the sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Young folks in couples counted it
privilege to sit UP nights with the corpse
before burial and in MANY cases it was
a welcome reCrea ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

The food was more surcharged with
grease. The winter breakfast at thou,
sands OF tables consisted of safted meat
and hot cakes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Not one in hundred of the present
kinds of patent medicines existed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Dyspeptics and consumptives were
more common; disease and premature
death were devoutly laid at the de1ty's
door and alluded to as '.dispensations of
Providence
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
In the Kitchen, Dining
Room, Nursery, ParlOr
and Chamber, Up Stairs,
Down Stairs and in the
Cellar.

tr- should not rest against each other.
Chops and steaks should be arranged 50
that they will not rest on each other II
the poultry or meats are to hang, they
should be suspended with the tender and
choicest part down. Hang turkey and
poultry by the feet, mutton and lamb
by the shank bone.
Do not allow fresh fish to soak in wa
ter. If it is to be kept over night or sew
eraI hours keep in a cool place until
ready to cook. Then. after cleaning. DIP
into water, wash quickly and wipe dry.
Butter should be kept where it VIII not
absorb odors and If purchased by the tub
or f1rkin should have a cloth over the top
and a layer of salt half an inch thick.
When a pound or more is to be taken
from the tub, lift the cloth from one side
and when the amount Is taken place the
cloth back and spread the salt over it.
When several pounds are purchased at a
time, put it in a tin or agate pail, wiring
a cloth out of strong brine of salt and
water and lay the cloth over it. then
cover with the tin pail cover. When TAX
ing butter from the tub, take 1t in even
layers and not from one side.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Parched barley and wheat was used by
the poorer classes in place of coffee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Milk and cream should be kept from all
foods, as they. too, readily absorb any
favor emitted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Dinner was simply hasty lunch. at
noon. Little Importance was attached to
the necessity for good digestion or a Pc
Rod of rest after eating A knowledge
Of right living was in its infancy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

March is the anniversary of the birth
in 1875 of Michael Angelo, the celebrated
Italian painter sculptor and architect,
who spent forty years at work on St.
Peters, in Rome. the most magnificent
church in the world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

March is the anniversary Of the birth
in 1871 Of Goold Brown, the first proul-
nent American grammarian, after Muir
ray.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

March Is the anniversary Of the birth
in 1451 OF Americas Vespucius. for whom
America was named. A German geo.
grapher named Mueller. who published
Nespucius' account of his voyage to the
New World, was the one who applied the
name to the then distant and unknown
continent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

It was a strong age for medicine and
an age of strong medicine. Under such
treatment the strong managed to recov-
er, the medium class physically linge~-
ed on and suffered, and the weak ones
died.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

March is the anniversary Of the birth
in 1872 Of Gerard Mercator, the celebrated
Flemish geographer, known for the meth
cd of geographical projection called by
his name
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

The regular medical profession use5
mercury in a manner which would now
be deemed reckless. A patient was given
q regular pursation and directed to diet
dosed with castor oil and rhubarb and
salts and SIENNA on the least provocation,
Amputations were made without the use
OF ether or chloroform
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
March 8 is the second Sunday in Lent.
This day is also the anniversary of the
birth of three noted English poets, Ed
mund Waller in 1885, Sir William Dave
nant, in 1905. and Thomas Otway, in
1851
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

The old-fashioned fire place with crane
was in general use. Bread cakes and
pies were baked in outside ovens. There
was no alum baking powder. The kitchen
utensils were few in number.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

March is the anniversary Of the Bos-
ton massacre, an event usually celebrated
in Boston. 1t took place in ITO, and was
one Of the strong incentives in arousing
opposition to British authority in the
colonies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

On March occurs the Jewish feast Of
'Purim. This takes place on the 18th
day of the twelfth month (Adarl Of the
Jewish calendar. 1t Is Immediately pre-
ceded by the Fast of Esther, on the
18th. The origin Of both of these OBJ
servances is explained in the book OF
Esther.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

People then did not live as long. nor
was the average health as good as it is
today; they ate more meat. more grease,
more hot bread, more heavy dishes,
crank mere at meals and afterward
chewed more tobacco Whisky was found
IN nearly every family and freely drunk.
It was purer than the average article
Of today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

Foreign help had less sway in the
did not make a mix up of such pure
" American dishes as pumpkin pie, cod
fish cakes, pork and beans, corn bread.
buckwheat cakes and succotash
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

A uniformly heavy diet prevailed in
many families, without change winter
and summer. Hence on the first ap-
proach OF the warmth Of spring, came
Spring fever and biliousness. For this
the doctors of the period gave strong ca
thartics, possibly q "bluensass rill'' or a
dose Of "calomel."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
ALAeAMAs NEw CONSTITUTION.

(Chicago Record Herald.)
The two features which will attract
the npst attention are the limitation
upon the regular meetings Of She legis-
lature to short session of fifty days
once in four years and the qualifca-
tions for the elective franchise.
A few OF the states have legislative
sessions annually. hut in the great
majority they arc held biennially, and
the opinion is pretty general by this
time that frequent meetings are pro-
ductive of evil rather than Of good.
The objections against them are that
they cause an unnecessary expense.
that they promote grating that they
encourage a demagogical aud mis-
chievous interference with the laws
when public and statutes both need
rest
II might be argued, on the other
hand that where the whole legislative
body is elected for four years there
is danger to public interests because
the members are more independent
OF the electorate, but they cannot es-
cape responsibility. and when spec
ial sessions are urgently demanded to
consider subjects of vital Importance
they win te called. The point is GER
tainly well taken that we suffer from
too great a legislative activity and
the Alabama experiment will be
watched with hopeful expectancy.
There will be approval also of the
further discouragement of ambitious
Legislators in those provisions of the
constitution which extend the applica-
tion of the home rule principle and
restrict the legislature to the enact |
ment of general laws.
AS regards the elective franchise
II is to be noted that although there !
are determinations in favor OF the |
whites they will soon begin to lose
force. All applicants for the voting
privilege will have the same condi.
tions to fulfill after Jan. ], 1903. !
Whites and blacks must be able to
read and write the English language
and must have small property quail
hcation or show that they are com
monty engaged in some lawful occu-
patton. 1t is a question Of individuals
not of color and the negroes should
feel a great inspiration to prove that
they have the desire and the ability
to equip Themselves for the test
Since the constitution provides for
a large Increase in the minimum
school appropriation their education
al feature is largely within their own
control and. like the whlten. they may
win property as the reward Of intel
ligence and industry. II they fail to
qualify it will not be for lack of OPP
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
Oldest and Best.

S. s. S. is a combination Of roots
and herbs Of great curative powers,
and when taken into the circulation
searches out and removes all manner
5f poisons from the blood, without
the least shock or harm TO the system.
On the contrary, the general health
begins to improve from the first dose,
for S. 8. S. is not only blood purifier,
tat an excellent tonic, and strength
ems and builds up the constitution
while purglng the blood Of impuri-
ties S. S. S. cures all diseases Of a
blood poison origin, Cancer, Scrofula,
X rheumatism, Chronic Sores and
Ulcers, Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt
Rheum, Herpes and similar troubles.
and is an infallible cure and the only
antidote for that most horrible disease,
Contagious Blood Poison.
A record Of neatly fifty years Of
successful cures is a record TO be proud
Of. S. S. S. is more popular today
than ever. II numbers its friends by
the thousands. Our medical CORES
pondenee is larger than ever in the
history OF the medicine. Many write
to thank us for the great good 8. S. s.
las doue them, while others are seek
ing adsiAe about their cases. All
letters receive prompt and careful
attention. Our physicians have made
a lifelong studyof Blood and Skin Dis
eases. and better understand such cases
than the ordinary practitioner who
makes a specially Of no one disease.
- - -. We are doing great
.NWNRN good to su hering
- "a u humanity through
.AkAA our consulting de-
- - - partmert, and invite
you 70 write US Il you have any blood
or skin trouble. We make no charge
whatever for this service.
TNE SWIFT sPEosno CO.. aItanTA. Ca
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

The Epworth League OF the NJ, r.
church south, will give lawn So
cial on the lawn, next Tuesday might.
A sale of boxes, the contents Of
which are unknown, will be held and
phonograph concert viii be given.
Ice cream, sherbert and cake viii be
served
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

Don't wait until you become chron-
ically constipated but take Dewitt's
Little Early Risers now and then.
They will keep your liver and bowels
in good order. Easy to take Safe
pills.
]. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

Bad blood and Indigestion are dead.
" enemies TO good health. Burdock
Blood Bitters destroys them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

Sympathy you'd like, but you can't
get IL; consolation you'd take, but It
isn't offered: pity you hate, but it's
thrown at you by the basket full
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
Lawn Social.

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-09-05
CORN FODDER ROOF.
CHEAP AND COMFORTABLE SHELTER
FOR LAMBS.

When Properly Built, Will Not Leak.
ing Winds - Fodder Can BE Fed
When Shelter Is No Longer Needed.
For three winters I have been feed
ing lambs bought in the fall for win
ter market, writes an Ohio farmer to
Rural New Yorker. To succeed well
with them they must be kept dry and
protected from driving winds.
AS l have built number Of sheds
covered with straw, l can judge from
experience as to the value Of this shed.
much cheaper and, as straw sheds are
commonly built OF the farm, l,uch su-
perior as proof against rain and cold
winter storms.
Last year had shed covered with
fodder Is feet long and 16 feet wide,
covering 1000 feet Of space, using 500
bundles of fodder, tied with strings,
feet long, or 65 shocks Of fodder IA
hills square. This roof never leaked.
By April last year the lambs fed at
the barn had gone to market, and the
lambs sheltered by the temporary shed
moved to the barn. During April the
fodder roof was fed off to the stock in
the adjoining lots, leaving the skeleton
frame for use again this year.
Last fall l extended the shed inlength
to 100 feet, using 1876 shocks Of fodder
cut II hills square, making 1000 bun
dies, covering 1,6O0 feet Of floor space.
This shed stands north and south, the
north end coming within ten feet of
low down barn. A post and rail and
post and plank fence is used for the
west side Of the framework of the
shed. The cracks between the rails
and planks We're covered with cheap
plank to keep the lambs from eating
the fodder through the cracks after it
is set against the fence. The frame
work is constructed for a comb roof.
The center row of posts is seven feet
high. 1t should be nine or ten feet,
made from white oak poles about eight
inches in diameter at the butt They
are set 21a feet in the ground in a
hole bored with seven inch post au-
ger, the posts being dressed to fit the
hole. The soil is hard clay, so the
posts stand firm.
The sides are about four feet high,
the rafters on the west side resting on
the top rail or plank Of the fence. They
should rest on top of posts about one
foot higher. The center posts are set
the same distance apart as fence posts
and rafter for each post, making
them nine feet apart for the post and
rail and six feet apart for the post
and plank fence.
For the fodder to rest on rails are
put across the rafters. The east side
Of the shed is open, the west made