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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

These may appear to be small
things, but trif1es make perfection.
Learning to spell correctly, to write a
plain, straightforward letter, without
superf1uous words, correctly punctu-
ated, and in good terse English, will
form very important stepping stone
in the career of youth. -.
What Henry CIews Says.
st am always ready" says Henry
Clews, 'to consider applications for
positions in my Office from bright, in
telligent boys from sixteen to eigh-
teen years of age. Such boys should
have had a complete course in the
common schools and have some aSSo
ciates that will vouch for their good
conduct and integrity. In my employ
there are about $50 young men, and
they were all able to answer the re-
quirements I have stated. l invariably
ask young men to make their appli-
cations in their own handwriting, and
I make my preliminary selections on
the score of their chirography. I re-
gret to say that the value of legible
penmanship in this connection is often
moderated in America. In England It
is otherwise. There writing of the
copper-plate style is insisted upon. I
would advise young men seeking posi-
is valuable thing, almost a necessity.
The first position that I held in New
York was with Wilson G. Hunt & Co.,
who had advertised for an assistant
bookkeeper. / was told that 1 was en-
gagged because of my penmanship.
That was the beginning of my Wall
street career"
The question CT What career?" is
the oft1recurring one. Mr. Marden
@Io1t 20, sv,eta oh
think of entering journalism without
recognizing the fact that it is one of
the hardest Of the professions, and
often most poorly paid.
Nor can one look fer success in the
insurance business who is easily dis
couraged, or who lacks in energy and
ability for patient, hard work, persist
ence, fiuency of speech, knowledge Of
men and the art of approaching them.
Young men not unfrequently take UP
law studies without carefully consider
ing their own fitness or the obstacles
to their success. There seems to be
almost mania among young Amer
leans to study law. Formerly, in fact,
about SO per cent of the college gradu-
ates in the United States took up this
profession. One reason for this is that.
in America, it is so often stepping
stone to political preferment. Thou
SdHuS OIL young men STUDY law VINO
have not the slightest idea Of practic-
ing it, but simply to use it as means
of promotion-a preliminary to some-
thing else. This is peculiar to Amer
lea. According to the latest census re-
port, there are in the United States
10000 lawyers to about every 500
people.
The fact is the profession of the
law Is very much overerowded, much
more so than any other. There are
thousands OF young men in the Unit
ed States who are working hard and
getting meager living, with prac-
tically no standing or influence in the
law, who in other directions might
have made their mark and won none
tary success. Many of them are in
duced to take up this profession by
few brilliant examples of lawyers who
get enormous fees. or who are elected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

these parts. 1t won't be much of an
expense, for very little nitro lycerin
will go a long ways.
"Maybe ST planned harm to old Peters
pet hog, and maybe he never thought of
his snake discriminating plan bringing
that valued animal to grief. However that
may be, ST set out about a dozen open
cans with a little nitro glycerin in each
in different parts of his field. A few hours
later all the glycerin was. gone, and or
course the Inference was that the snakes
had eaten it up. Then 81 lit cigar,
contented like, and waited for accidental
jars to get in their work on the nitro
glycerin snake combinations
THAT evening. before it was dark, old
Peters much-prized hog came over into
petitions. 81 certainly ought to have
. warned the hog away from that danger
Gus hunting ground, but instead he just
and watching operations. By and by the
pet hog spied a big rattiesnake. he
piked after the snake; the snake craWled
away as fast as 1t could; the hog ran
almost caught UP with the snake. Then
that cherished animal of old Peters gave
jump and landed with its forefeet square
on the middle of the snakes back
~ s'For about half minute there was
steady rain of bits of pet hog and snake
on that part Of the field. When II
stopped it was plain not only that the
pet hogs hunting days were over, but
that It would be hard to find a piece of
him big enough to drop a sorrewing tear
over. Seems to me that never saw
hog so well scattered as old Peters pet
was.
- ''OId Peter just danced with rage when
he heard of his beloved pets sad fate:
He allowed that ST had purposely planned
the death of the hog because he, ST, was
Jealous of the hogs superior mental and
moral achievements. 81 was rather riled
at this statement; one word led to an
other, and before he could stop them
those two pillars of the church and Sun
day school were fighting each other all
over the lot Old Peter was at disad-
vantage as far as age went. but he Is
a pretty sturdy old fellow at that, and
when we separated them 1t was hard to
say which was most banged up. Then
Peter began an action against 81 for dam
ages on account of the hogs death, and
ST swore out a warrant for Peter, charg-
ing him with assault. Looks now as If
the feud would never be patched up
~ but of the two old Peter was deal
the most grieved and angered.
Is f'tWouldn't have minded it so much,
he kept saying for a week after the death
of his valued pet. If there had been
enough left so that I could give that
cherished animal a decent burial. But
with corpse scattered the way his was.
I'd have to give sort of continuous per-
Torrance funeral New York Times.
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yes" said Uncle Hiram, pensiyely, and
apropos of nothing in particular, to the
belated city boarder. Yes, there amt
any two men in these parts more respect
ed or better citizens than 81 Evans and
old Peter Atwood. Both are pillars in the
church and Sunday school, and for years
never had a nard word. Yet today 81
says that Peter has a disposition that
would make a rattlesnake blush for
shame, while old Peter allows that any re-
spectacle penitentiary would be disgraced
the rest of US tried to bring them together,
but it was no use. And the feud arose
over the sudden and rather peculiar death
of old Peters pet hog. 80
"You see, the snakes about these parts
are quite a nuisance, especially in the fall
Of the year. Old Peters hog was an ami
NAL to be respected and admired in lots
of ways. but it was his feasts in the
in Peters heart. There's no denying that
that hog was a. wonder at the snake kill
ing game; worked at it morning, noon and
night. not hurrying himself or getting eX-
cited but going along IN a neat, workman
'shipehke way that made records as far as
creating a mortality among snakes was
concerned. ,afH -&t-s-i. -,'itRTat& VI. G
'.Look at that noble animal, old Peter
used to say. tears of honest pride in his
eyes, Don't tell me that all he, possesses
is instinct That hog has Intelligence,
faithfulneSS, gOod7heaftedneSS, reverence
for the right a clear conscience, and a
proper regard for the worthy man who
owns him. When it comes to hog intellect
and character my pet is No. j, class a.
: "And while old Reter may have put 1t
rather strong. theras no denying that his
pet was hog in a thousand.
well, one day, while. ST Evans. was
blasting out tree stumps with nitro glyc-
erin he happened to leave some of the
stuff inGan open can in the field quite a
distance away froIp where he was work
ing BY and by as hig snake came trail
ing along, saw the open can with the
poked its head into the can and took a
little sip, Sort Of testing the stuff. Nitro
giyceri1i has rather a sweet taste, and
the snake gulped down quite a bit of 1T,
ST looking on with eanaazement, but not
daring to throw anything at: the snake
for fear of hitting the nitro glyceriI,
which would probably have resulted in, his
seeking his long resting place in mighty
all it wanted ofsthg glycerin, it glided off.
eoff. IN ssnt'nHSe'oL 5ih -, ~ %
!" Nav says ST, meditative like, SOON
er or later that, snake will meet with a
lar of some sort. When it does another
sEake will join the great snake majority
in little bits. Blamed if / don't think
I have hit OH a mighty good scheme for
reducing the number of those pests In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

o,oino into b,,sinass ~ . ,rofession Mr.
dnedu WAen uecislon mas peel tiiaus
do " ,ntlo~ VIA Tug Iganuiudee 10 iiI't "a
Ut Iue ioiilliloil uiiiicui.y "Ppeais -
DE tlat the. ateiaee youth uoes 1ol
fnUW 9I5 Yeas Yeas a s Ga t that ta he must
t tv ana f sSs trials win demonstrate
-, ~ gu - =; at, 90 M, ~ III ,,,ost
what ne is 1nIted LOT. ms Is ene i1 nos
IyluS peiiu! u anS e youns &c., IiLa - n
IN IN 'ullea'suo5ect LOT Iltness Snaries T.
"lhsa'e Is quoteo DIS loiio"s.
You May Examine Yourself.
..r ~,ts,b +hovas n,ero sor,o form, of
,,,h1io aSan,ination si1oiiar 70 the tests
in1nose6 Nv the life insurance comma
80 o,ad fo,. -odroission r. tbe arrov
and ~ ~ f. ea11ee vounq mans
s.,1l,5rs;eaI nanacitw Such
Ino,,1d taa tbe conceit
oi,tS3a ,a.,, ma sla helm tha tinid
distrustf1li- how NV inspirinp commence
nv to cure his de-
fects. Let any aspiring Young man
take Sheet q paper and set down
fects s by sansWering the following dues
tionsasalasl see elras kind of a showing
it will make:
you IN good heaIth?"
Can YOU sMOrk hard ana CONTINUOUS
ly pcs
..HaYe Won. any physical weakness ?''
Are YOU lazy, vain or extravagant ?"
s.De yau make friends readily?"
Can you obey orders promptly and
exactly
Scan you write and speak English
eorrectfy
.'HaXe4you experienced hard training
in any form p
.;;RidSyou eyegsaEe2@s How much?"
Do You associate with your super
iofssExour equals or your interiors;"
Have you been petted by your pa
rents ana Erfefads s
lave you YOU eyer earned any money
AavesyoH any IDEAS?
w Mhos;aEse sX9 ssl heroes -,
lave you any mecnanlcal taste o.,
~ l1eSFaesAfsr es5oIaeaoks or o. pictures
ere you Loilu OF IiloIiey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

of society. I might even go SO far as
to say that some of your profession
are just plain brutes-vandals, who
leave wherever they go a highly I'M
pleasaRtAimpressio of their manners,
and even morals, behind them. Off
hand, If 4*f4ad a daughter and she
should want to marry burglar, l
should BE Tihclined to object, no mat
ter how. successful in his business the
man had Become"
cit is.saIIs too true" he sighed "and
I shouldn't blame you in the least. AT
the saH1eQtirne3%aS an open minded gen.
tleman who at least endeavorS to view
all matters from an unprecedented point
of view. you must admit that there are
burglars and burglars, just as there
are bTekeEs.eand brokers, lawyers and
lawyers, noVelists and novelists, and so
on and sso;eon. Because some lawyer
of the shyster sort, into whose hands
you have placed al matter of considera-
BILE delicacy,. chooses to betray your
trust and b1ackmaii you into the bar
gain the minute he comes into posses
sion of your secret, you do not at once
condemn the whole profession and say
that because Brief has .swindled you
therefore the firm of Brown, Jones &
Robinson is a body of@thieves."
"Mo,@Ia don't" 1 agreed.
"ThepeWhy condemn all burglars be-
cause they are not all gentlemen" he
demanded.
confessed that. according to modern
ideas of the rights of property, I was
conIpeTed 70 admit thatsa man might
be "a great thief aud still pass for a
gentleman.
you are fair minded man, sir"
saidShea preaching over and tapping my
arma gently with his right hand, while
With his left he appropriated my pearl
scarfpin. Il seldom make mistakes in
men and you are precisely the sort Of
Individual / had sized you up to be.
Allof which makes it easier for me to
approach the suggestion I have in
mind which is, in short, that you in
clude in this list of handbooks you are
printing what I may call The Polite
Burglar; or, Etiquette for Housebreak-
ers.,' ,,oss = >. s-,s4.,ts5
ut should be an interesting volume"
said l.
"And written con amore by one who
loves his profession, who has studied it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

least not my social Interiors, and when
1 enter a gentleman's house do it like
a gentleman. A front door is good
enough for me, and 1t was through this
that / entered this Beacon street house.
I'm the dining room there was two
thousand dollar solid silver service that
I had called to get, but just after I
had packed it up in a jute bag to carry
it away, my eye fell upon an open letter
lying upon the dining room floor. 1
picked it up and put it away in the
escritoire in the library, when, by sheer
inadvertance-for l should never think
OF reading letter not designed for my
eyes-I saw that it was an acceptance
from a very prominent man and his
wife of an invitation to dine with the
wife Of the owner OF that house the
following evening, and to meet a dis
tinguiShed visitor from London. There
was a complication. Here was the
family on the verge of an important
service was bound to play an important
part. What was my duty as gentle
man on the premises2 Surely not to
embarrass the hostess as / surely
would have done had taken the silver
away at that moment"
"By Jove!r / cried In admiration.
"And you left it?'
Can you ask that3" ne Sald, re-
proachfully. "Of course, I left it-that
is, temporarily s.s When the dinner was
over the next, night returned and got
it, and tell you. SIR, 1t gave me thrill
like that which always follows the do
ing of a good deed to thing that in TAX
ing it from that house did not in
Volve the owners IN the serious social
embarrassment that would have been
theirs had | taken it the night before"
There was pause, during which he
tested the gold of my ash-receiver with
phial of acid he carried In his vest pocket
'Now, one more case he resumed, re-
pacing the receiver, since its quaity
was not up to. the required standard
Here's this item from New York, 'Gente-
man Pete as Tutor That was a very
interesting experience. l got into the
house of a Millionaire upon Fifth avenue
one night last autumn. rather pined for
a few peachblow vases to decorate my
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
Bv John Kendrick Bangs.

Il was my busy day. but when my
office boy told me that burglar out
side wished to see me on important
business l, of course, dropped every
thing else and ordered him to be shown
in.
Good morning" he said politely, as
he took the chair alongside of my desk.
'I saw in one of the literary papers
the other day that you were about to
edit a series of handbooks for prom
inent publishing house. in this city,
and it occurred to me that 1 might in
terest you in a project of my own
somewhat in that same line"
Here he picked up a silver paper
cutter on my table, which l had pur-
chased in Paris, and, after borrowing
a sheet of paper from me, wrapped 1t
up carefully and put it away in his in
side pocket.
Well 1 replied, watching him curl
ously, sit is true that [ am compiling
a number of How and Don't books for
the coming season. l am just finishing
my Manual of After Dinner Speeches,
which containes post-prandial ad-
dresses of much wit suitable for any
possible occasion, and last week l sent
to press the first edition of 10000
copies of THE Beggars' Handbook,
compiled by me from the manuscripts
of the leading professional mendicants
of the day. What is the nature of your
volume 2"
1T is designed to lift the profession
of burglary from the low level of a
vulgar business to the heights of a
polite art he explained. II have OBJ
served with very great regret of late
years that burglary is not regarded
with esteem by those who have care
fully noted its workings. This is un-
doubtedly due to two factors. One of
them is a possibly natural prejudice
that property owners have against the
business, but primarily the low level
to which the highwayman's art has
fallen is due to the undoubted vulgar
ity, the lack of refinement of the un-
skilled, untaught individuals who have
practiced it."
There's something in that I
agreed. ut would hardly do to claim
that the burglars of the present day
are recruited from the highest walks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

the right kind of medical student, this
was his reply: "The physician, like the
poet, Is born, not made. The boy who, in
his early school days, loves to bandage
the injured fingers Of his classmates, who
attempts to cure their black eyes and
bruises, or endeavors to investigate the
internal economy of a dead canary bird
or a moribund cat, has the making of a
prospective physician, and is the one
would pick out as student. remember
that. when l was about twelve years of
age, 1 attempted to dissect a squirrel,
and a little later made friends with a
doctor who was connected with hospital.
When he permitted me to assist, or, to
speak more correctly, hinder him in max
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

to congress or other political positions.
Very few investigate the field before
they enter it. They do not realize that
it is so much more crowded than other
professions; and after they have once
begun to study they dislike to give it
UP. many of them lead miserable,
mediocre. -!existenees, almost failures,
who might have been great successes
in some other lines unless you have a
decided talent dfer the law, and are
willing to work hard and long for
recognition, Ifrshould advise you to
think twice before. deciding upon it as
a profession,"t says Mr.. Marden.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-15
4bSle@S@

ing in the box, then she can be
turned loose aud will 20 TO Der
own box at night or when il rains
during the day.
Young chickens drink a great
deal OF water aud we should al
ways keep good supply where
they can get a drink when they
wish it. have coops made oil,
lathe to feed the young chickens
10, so that the old ones can not
&c, IN and tramp'e on them.
Just a. soon a. they get big
enough TO swallow a grain OF
whes, | begin giving i. to them
90 eat. /, il much cheaper and
they grow more rapidly and are
healthier than when feeding on
corn meal all together. Soaps
from the table mako excellent food
for fowls ~ any stage OF lifs.
Just a. soon a. get the nun.
Der O! chickens hatchcd that /
want. sell the old hens Chat
have no, go, chickcnsl cxcep,
enough TO Law eggs for the table
use ~ the old hens arc lin bic 10
have cholera or some disease in
the war ~ weather.
So ne may think this too much
trouble and expense. but IL il i'm
possible 10 raise chickens with
out work. -~Ex.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-15
When tn Sell Poultry.

Many poultry raiscrs think
that the only time To sell poultry
is along abou, the holidays.
This nigh, have been true be-
fore the days OF cold storage
but IL ~ no, true now. There
~ no better time 10 sell the ear.
Iy ha,ches than when they will
weigh from three 10 four pounds
apiece a, tina, time: this year they
are selling al from fifteen to
eighteen cents a pound, ~ that
"a chick tina; weighed three
pounds would bring forty.iivc TO
fifty cents. II is much better TO
sell chicken that will weigh
three pounds for forty-6vc cents
than it is to keep the same chick.
en- until il weighs seven pounds
and then sell il for forty cents.
Too many people who raise
chickens think like the old lady
on the farm near kewanee, Ill
A gentleman who has a large
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-15

lot aud barn drove out with the
writer into the country, and
when passing farm saw some
nice. young Plymouth Rock
chicken that would weigh about
three pounds, and he wanted
some of them. On asking the
old lady what she would take
apiece for half dozen OF them.
she replied that she would not
sell them. that they were too
small. He asked her what she
expected to get for them when
they were full grown. She said
she would at least get $500 a
dozen. aud maybe $3.50. The
man man said he would give her
81. 50 for a dozen OF them now.
but the old lady said that they
were not half grown yet; that
they would weigh twice a. much
when they got their growth. be.
sides she said she never sold her
chickens when they were grow
ing 40 fast. The gentleman
could not convince the old lady
that il was better Tor her TO sell
the young chickens. ,ha, she
would get al much or more for
ut that time than when they
were three or four months older,
no matter how much more their
weight might be increased II she
kept them that much longer.
SO many poultry raiscrs think a.
the old lady did--,ha, chickens
must &c, thei, growth before
they are sold.--Far mcrs' Tri-
bune.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-15
Facts as | See Them.
CONTINUED.

Late August here IL the tine
10 SOW II patch OF winter rye for
late fall. winter and early spring
pas,urage for the poultry. Rye
III this form IN all right for. poul-
try. II ~ valuable. The man
tha, has loo laying hens will get
$40 worth OF iced out OF one hall
acre.
But he will Eench, his poultry
a grca, deal more in other WAYS.
They will have better health,
will cat more and enjoy their
grain ration better. vii! give fine
fertile eggs n month earlier and
all the time give more eggs.
Middle TO late September IN the
season here for farmers To SOW
their winter rye and wheat. Blu,
this il too late for poultry pas,ur.
age unless the poultry can be
kept of until late October.
This il unnecessary. II sown
two to four weeks earlier the
poultry can be left on ut once il
is up, as the favorable growing
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-15
Chicken Raising on the
Farm.
Written for successful farming

Written for successful farming
By Mrs. Laura Frymire, Clear
mon, Mo.
Chickens and chicku raising
are a very important par, OF the
work on farm. and il properly
attended to, will add considera-
bly, to the financial income OF the
farm. have bad some exper'
fence along this line. and a. |
have learned many valuable
things through This experience,
! feel sure that can give new be.
pinners ia this work some good
ideas. OF course we will find
many difficulties to encounter
in this work. as well a. any
other money making indus
try.
Some people haze great deal
of trouble with mites when set
ing hens. Ia order TO avoid this
nave broad shelves made 10 the
ben house. Then | get boxes.
each box Just large enough to
set one hen in, I pu, 10 suiiic-
lent amount OF straw 10 make
soft nest, than the eggs and sc,
the box on this shell. have some
extra boxes and every week take
the eggs out OF the nest. Take
the box IN which the hens have
been setting TO au open place
where there ~ no grass aud burn
the straw just close enough to
the box 80 that the flames will
penetrate all the little cracks
and crcvices in the box. This
destroys the mites and eggs
therein.
When the chickens arc hatch
ed give each hen from 10 tol2
chickens. Most people give them
from ~ 10 80, but | find that the
ordinary hen will not raise more
than a dozen chickc. also have
a scperate box for each hen and
her brood to roost in at night.
These boxes should be placed
quite distance apart TO prevent
fighting among the hens, aud so
that each hen will keep her own
brood OF chickens. The hen
should be tied near the door OF
the box for two or three days un.
iii she gets accustomed to roost-