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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
NEVER SEE HsAase AT NIGHT.
New York Undertaken Explains Why
They Are Not Sent Out.

tHcy RFu bNCT oGUS 0uts
Nobody gives MS fellows credit for
having n large bump OF scnsitiveness. %
said n west side undertaken. but tho
fact Is, We go to n good deal OF trou.
bio to safeguard the feelings Of tho
general public. For one thing. we try
never to keep our hcarses In the street
after dark.
"of course. in the Gaze OF afternoon
funerals and long distances We can.
not avoid getting home late. but, even
SO. we make 1t n point to get under
cover rs soon Us possible after night.
fall. And We do that absolutely out
Of consideration for the public. By
nine people out OF ten the sight OF a
hearse on the street Mt night is taken
rs n sure sign Of impending death and
disaster.
Even In the daytime a hearse is a
gloomy affair. but to run up against
one Mt night is pretty sure to give the
most jovial fellow alive depressing
turn. I know how It is myself. Ac.
customed as am to handling hearses.
I don't like to bump into one unex-
pectedly Mt dark corner.
Most men in the business feel the
same way. therefore we strive to be
considerate. That we succeed re.
markably well is apparent to. anybody
who will take the trouble to count
the hearses he has seen out at night.
These are SO few that I'll wager the
most confirmed gadabout cannot re.
call more than three or four of them. I"
New York Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

A chicken catcher is needed on many
farms, which can be made from No.
eight wire. Five feet of wire will be long
enough. Bend loop at one end for n
handle, with a shepherds crook at the
other end, bending the crook small
enough of course to hook around the
leg Of chicken while 1t is eating. II
the hook is made the least bit flaring
but closed about a half inch 1t will
hold the chicken securely by the foot.
This is the best way we have found to
catch a chicken when wanted on short
notice. Many farmers train a dog to
catch chickens but this causes a COM
motion among fowls and is one way
to make them wild. Uneasy, frightened
fowls are not SO thrifty as quiet, con-
tented birds.-Field and Farm.
A new and simple method Of testing
eggs is published in German papers. 1t
Is based upon the fact that the air
chamber in the fiat end Of an egg in
creases with age. If the egg is placed
In saturated solution of common salt
1t will show an increasing inclination
to float with the long axis vertical. A
scale is attached to the vessel contain
Ing the salt solution SO that the inclin-
alton of the floating egg can be meas
ured. In this way the age of the egg
can be determined almost to day. A
fresh egg lies in horizontal position
at the bottom of the vessel; an egg
from three to five days old shows an
elevation of the fiat emu, so that its
long axis forms an angle of twenty de-
grees. With an egg eight days old the
angle increases to forty-hve degrees;
with an egg fourteen days old to sixty
degrees, and with one three weeks old
10 seventy-five degrees.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
Value Of the Hay Crop.

In all tho discussion Of the harvest
yields. Il appears that the hay crop has
been very much neglected. A loss OF
S0.00o.00o bushels Of wheat sets the
grain exchanges Of the country crazy
and cxcitcs two-thirds Of tho world.
A threat Of frost injuriug the corn crop
causes siccpicsa nights for the holders OF
railroad stocks and starts panics on tho
exchanges Of the globe. Talk Of tho cot
ton boil wocvil causes Industrial dopres-
sion In the South. hut nothing 10 ever
heard Of tho condition OF the hay crop.
Next to the corn crop. the crop OF hay
raised In tho United States is the most
valuable single crop raised in this
country. Last year the hay raised In
this country was valued nj the cnor-
nous sum Of s55G.000.000. fully one
NTH OF NIL the agricultural wealth
raised during the year. We hear much
Of tho importance OF the wheat crop.
but In tho last three years tho wheat
crop has averaged In value only $iii.-
DOC. 700. while the hay crop has aver
aged $685.. 100000. Cotton Is called tho
king In the South. but Its greatest value
Of crop In any one year was $iG9. .000.-
300. The combined values OF the oat.
barley. rye and buckwhcat crops Of the
country are $e00.000.000 year less
than the value OF the hay crop. The
farmers OF the land could better suffer
total loss OF the wheat or the cotton
or the small grain crop than tho loss
OF the hay crop.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

The London Lancet complains that
Eugland's educational system does not
give the girls proper instruction con-
cerping the duties of motherhood.
What's the use, since the fashion is
to turn the duties Of motherhood over
20 the nurses?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

A Harvard professor has discovered
on tho moon spo, that is three miles
across. Perhaps It's some moon
farmers potato patch.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Mrs. As,or Offers a reward for the
return Of lost puppy. Several youths
Of tho 900 are reported to have gono
into hiding.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
Turks Tax the Greeks,

The Porte having issued orders for
the collection of license taxes from
Greeks in the Turkish dominions, it is
feared at Athens that there will bo
fresh trouble. especially at Smyrna.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Pennsylvania harbers. 1t is said, will
refuse TO cut the hair of n man who
shaves himself. This brings up the
question, will wife who truly loves
her husband learn to cut his hair for
hin?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

The Atlanta Constitution refers to
that city's milk supply as "unlabeled
poison" We can. at least, congratu-
late our esteemed contemporary upon
HS faculty Of epigrammatic expression.
u hatever may be the case with ita
milk of human kindness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Professor Grifath of the Colorado
Agricultural College at Fort Collins
has been making some interesting ex-
periments with molasses-fed pigs. Pigs
do not like molasses. and the only way
In which to get them to take 1t kindly
Is by mixing 1t in small quantities in
their food and water. They have been
given two pounds apiece Of molasses
per day and In four weeks have made
ninety-nine pounds gain on 292 pounds
Of grain and the molasses. This has
been close experiment, tho pigs not
being allowed in the pasture. and the
gain costs at the rate Of three cents a
pound. The cost would be much less
IL the pigs were pasture fed. Professor
Grimth has been busy trying to get
some Of his pigs to eat the dry alfalfa
leaves. Generally the pigs will not
touch them. but he has discovered that
to steam them or pour boiling water
over them will take out much of the
bitterness found in the leaves. and he
has found some pigs that eat them
when mixed with grain.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

A man up in New Jersey has been
so thoroughly done up by mosquitoes
that he is now Mt deaths door. When
tho door is closed tho skcctcrs will
let him alone.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

It is stated that 1900 wires have
been inclosed in n telephone cable TWO
and one-half inches in diameter. Think
of the sulphurous thoughts that might
be engendered if all these lines were
"husy" at once.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

A Chicago bank clerk left $4,000 in
an elevated car. Still, it must be ad-
mitted that in spite of the general
prosperity we are enjoying there are
people in Chicago who would not be
likely to forget even $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Red hair ia now said to bo a sign
Of dc.cncraey. hut Il has not yet been
made clear To US where the proycrbiai
gray horse comes In.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

While searching for -Kruscr's mil.
lions" on tho South African coast. Is
persons have been drowned. Arc the
millions worth IL!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Maybe the sultan acquired that habit
Of proeras,ination In trying To post
pono getting things demanded By his
wives.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

The Savannah Morning News re.
Gently bloomed forth in a little edi-
torial essay on How to Live on Small
Incom0.' That's one subject that the
average newspaper man really knows
something about.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Reports from Delaware are to the
eeeet that tho peach crop is splendid
This Is indeed remarkable sum
mer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Mrs oeirieh's white ball wasn't adj
veriised as society eiFeas.- but u
vas = real one.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Even poor guesser can foresec
what sort of report King Leopold will
make after his investigation OF his
own administration OF the misgov.
erned Kongo FREQ State.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Having one foo, In Thibet. Mr., BuIi
may be depended upon To lose no
time IN Inserting a shoulder.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Tho ladies' Of Ne~por,-noi count
ins Harry Lshr-aro said 10 bo wear
ing ts.ooo.ooo worth OF diamonds this
season.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Patti will now make an aaio,our
Of tho United States. is this n-w
form Of farewell tina, Is about TO be
sprung on US!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Sir Thomas Upton will indulge In
another season OF jolly fellowship In
this country. accompanied by anoth.
or slow but surc Shamrock.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

The old.fashioned daguerreotype is
TO be revived. The old.fashioned bloom
that our grandmothers wore in the
heyday of their youth and beauty
should certainly be revived with 1t.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

Tho population of the world. accord.
Ing to tho latest estimate. is 1867.
@l9.233. Bu, these figures were pub.
iished before Col. Alexis Romanofi
was born.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

The Hague tribunal is stiii shui
down. but the krupp gun works are
going day and night.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

A late book of etiquette says bis.
cults should not be opened with tho
fingers. Some OF 'cm need to bc
opened with prayer and n stick of
dynamite.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

What has become Of all the people
Who used to yeaTa ,o discover the
north pole.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

After having robbed citizen of Con.
necticut of $4,000 It was mean for con-
fidence men to write their victim that
he was an old fool. Even Wall street
would not be SO inconsiderate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

An Orange. ". j.. man has invented
asbestos clothing. There's nothing
like preparing for tho future.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

II that no.hat fad could be extended
no m to include the women before
next Easter a large number of mar.
ricd mon would adopt II with cnthu.
siaam.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
Irish Parliamentary Fund.

The Irish parliamentary fund tor
the year 1905 amounted to s63.045.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
STATES REVENUE
FUND LOOMS UP
Gross Earnings Tax Receipts
From Railroads Bring 1t
Into View at Last.

For the first time in several months
the states revenue fund has its head
out of water. Collections from various
sources during February have amount
ed to more than million dollars and
the fund, which on Feb. 1 was over
drawn more than 100000, Is now $780,
600 to the good and outstanding war
rants drawn on the fund and which
were deposited in state banks and
bearing per cent interest, have been
redeemed and S691,O00 has been paid
out during the current month.
The revenue fund is the single fund
which the fiscal officers Of the state
are permitted to overdraw, the limit
being 100000. Not since Oct. 10 has
the revenue fund been on the right
side of the ledger. and the fact that it
now has a balance is due to the I'M
usually large collections during the
month.
Receipts from the gross earnings tax
on railroads are responsible for it's
present plethoric condition. The sum
of $146,500 was received yesterday
from the sDuluth, Missabe & Northern
railroad and $71,096 was paid in by
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Sault ste.
Marie railway. On other days during
the month the state treasury was in
creased by substantial payments from
the railroads until during the month
more than $1,000,000 was paid in and
the revenue fund again represented
something other than a deficit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
TIMELY CALLING.
How the Pastor Saved . Life


A man near Fort Gay, w. Va, made
an entire failure In getting strength
from the kind Of food he ate, and hot
knowing that the trouble was with the
food. kept on losing health until the
doctors gave him up to die.
1t was supposed to be consumption,
because he was wasting away steadily
and slowly dying. His minister called
from time to time. and one day brought
along package of Grape Nuts, think
ing from what he knew OF the famous
food that perhaps It might help him.
The sick man took TO 1t at once and
from that day began TO get well. In
writing he says:
Il walked to town today, 8 miles.
Have gained over 40 pounds in about 2
months, and my neighbors don't know
what to say. I frequently am told It
was as If am raised from the dead.
Everybody here knows of my case; you
can tell people to write to the postmas-
ter or Rev. l.. D. Bryan. I will make
sworn statement that Grape Nuts
saved my life" Name given by POST
UNI Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
This is another illustration that
where all other food fails one can be
brought back to health and strength
on Grape Nuts. There's q reason
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit :
tie book, The Road to MELVILLE"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
WIFE is AWARDED
$40 A WEEK ALIMONY
SaIoonkeeper Who Sues for Divorce
Ordered to Increase Allowance.

The separate allowance" is an i'm
ported fad which does not find favor
with Mrs. Carrie Gilbertson, defendant
in divorce suit brought by Andrew
Gilbertson, saloonkeeper
Before Judge Brill yesterday, in the
district court, Mrs. Gilbertson explain
ed that her allowance from Mr.. Gill
bertson had been So week 1t wasn't
much for woman who wanted to
dress and keep house respectfully; 1t
was even less for a woman and one
child. Yet Mrs. Gilbertson had given
her husband, she said, $1,000 with
which to begin a profitable business.
The saloonkeeper insisted that his wife
had failed in due allegiance to the
white ribbon.
The judge awarded Mrs. Gilbertson
$40 week alimony until the suit is
settled-$10 suit money-which isn't
for new clothes-and $35 for attorneys
fees.
In another divorce case, before Judge
Kelly, Mrs Fannie Krvovich secured an
order for SO a week temporary all
mony and $35 attorneys fees Her hus-
band. Keve Krvovich, was ordered to
abstain from rnolesting her or from
selling her property She alleges that
he has treated her cruelty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
MANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS
AT THE MERCHANTS
Modern Cafe Installed at the Popular Old Hosiery Beauty
Other Extensive Improvements Made.

In keeping with their well-known spirit
of progressiveness. the management Of the
Merchants Hotel have added a little gem
Of a cafe to the popular hotels other at
fractions. and are preparing to offer the
travelling public its choice of either the
American or the European plan.
On the ground floor of the building, adj
Joining the office, handsome dining room
lot the cafe service has been fitted up and
will be opened to the public within a few
days; the formal opening for business will
be announced through advertisements in
the st. Paul papers
Fashioned a bit after the style Of the
French cafes, the new room at The Mer-
chants is more than attractive. The
woodwork, the massive beams which
traverse the ceilings and the furnishings
are in mahogany while the walls and cell
1ngs are of Lincrusta Walton-oTnate with
attractive designs in bas-relief, tinted a
delicate shade of light broWn-harmoniz-
Ing delightfully."- with the tone of the wood
finishing. Two score or more plate mir
rors panel the walls of the room, and tiny
frosted electric lights aid the larger chan
deliers in flooding the room with the soft
ened light. Seating accommodations are
provided for about $50 persons.
Adjoining the cafe is the serving room,
where orders are filed, everything being
cooked in the main kitchen of the hotel
on the second floor, communication with
the culinary department being had via an
electric service elevator. An obvious adj
vantage secured through this arrangement
is the banishing of any odor from the
cookery from the dining room.
The serving room is provided merely
with steam tables for keeping warm the
items served with the table d'hote
lunch. Orders la carte are served, how
ever, during the entire day, being prepared,
as are all of the offerings, in the kitchen
above
Throughout the room the scheme of
simple grandeur has been adhered to, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
TO PAY STATE WELL
Contract Closed to Employ 225
ConVlcts In Shoe Shop.

The state board of control has closed
contract with Roscoe H. Bronson, Of
Saltwater, by which it is proposed to
employ 225 convicts of the Saltwater
penitentiary for a term of ten years
on the manufacture Of shoes on the
piece price plan.
The board made the announcement
Of the terms Of the new contract yes
terday. The contract begins Sept. 80,
of this year, and runs for ten years
from that date. 1t guarantees to the
state not less than SO cents per day
for each man employed, and the board
declares that 1t will give to the state
the highest price for It's prison labor
ever obtained and more than is re-
ceived by any other state In the union.
The new contract will make a ma
terial reduction in the number Of men
now employed in shoe manufacture at
the prison, eliminating to a degree
competition with free labor outside the
prison. It is announced that 1t is the
intention to employ the surplus Of men
over the 225 not needed in the care Of
the prison in the establishment Of In
dustries that appear to be the most de-
sirable and such as will interfere the
least with outside business.
The Bronson contract was not en-
tered into until the board had adver-
tised in the Laper devoted to the shoe
industry and copies Of the advertise
ment had been mailed to twenty seven
prominent shoe firms in st. Paul, Min
neapolis and other points in the coun-
try. But one proposal was received as
result Of the effort Of the board,
that OF Bronson, and II was rejected as
unsatisfactory. Lately negotiations
were reopened with Bronson and con-
cessions were obtained which made the
contract satisfactory to both the state
and the contractor.
Members Of the board Of control say
that the contract Is eminently satisfac-
tory from the standpoint of the state,
and that 1t determines to quite an ex-
tent the question of the employment Of
prison labor at Saltwater for the next
ten years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
NEW BRIDGE AT ELK
RIVER NEEDS NO DRAW
Advocates Say River Isn't NavieabIe
There-Want Congress to Say So.

DR.. N. K. Whittemore, chairman of
supervisors Of Elk River, and Frank
T. White, county attorney Of Sherburne
county, were In st. Paul yesterday to
consult with Congressman Buchanan, of
the Sixth district, relative to the new
bridge to be built across the Missls-
sippi at Elk River. The authorities
have encountered an unlocked for OBJ
stacle to the construction of the bridge
from the war department, which in
sists on the placing Of q draw in the
bridge for navigation purposes.
Congressman Buchanan will be ask
ed to introduce a bill declaring the
Mississippi not navigable at Elk River
and If the bill passes It Will obvlato
the necessity Of a draw in the new
structure. 1t is estimated that the
placing Of draw in the new bridge
would mean an addition of several
thousand dollars to the cost or con-
struction and maintenance Of the
bridge.
The bill giving the Kiichli Electric
company, Of Minneapolis, authority to
build a dam a few miles above the
site Of the proposed bridge, it IS stated,
will have to be amended because It
does not provide for a low sluiceway
to be built In the new dam.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t Is In
Preserving Health and Beauty.

preserving Feaith and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfec-
tant and purifier in nature, but few real
ize its value when taken into the human
system for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal Is a remedy that the more
you take Of it the better; it is not drug
at all, but simply absorbs the gases and
impurities always present in the stom-
ach and intestines and carries them out
of the system.
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and improves
the complexion, it whitens the teeth and
further acts as natural and eminentIy
safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which COL
lect In the stomach and bowels; it Siisin-
fects the mouth and throat from the poi
son of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal In one form
or another, but probably the best Charcoal
and the most for the money is in Stuart 8
Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed
OF the. finest powdered Willow charcoal
and other harmless antiseptics in tablet
form or rather in the form OF large, pleas
ant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being
mixed with honey.
The daily use Of these Iozenges will
soon tell In a much improved condition of
the general health. better complexion,
beauty Of 1t is, that no possible harm
can result from their continued use. but
on the contrary great benefit.
benefits of charcoal, says: 81 advise stu
arts Absorbent Lozenges to all patients
I suffering from gas in stomach and bow
els, and to clear the complexion and puri-
~ the breath, mouth and throat: also
believe the liver is greatly benefited by
the daily use Of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores,
and. although In some sense a patent
preparation, yet believe get more and
better charcoal in Etuart's absorbent
Lozenges than In any Of tho ordinary
charcoal tablets"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28

the result is highly pleasing, the style
even being preserved to the extent that
loaded glass windows are used. While
this necessitates the use of artificial light
throughout the day, the effect Is decidedly
novel and is not unpleasant.
Simple though the finished results seem,
yet the improvements in the one room
alone impelled an outlay of almost $4,000.
The cafe will be open from $50 a. m.
to 1890 p. m. daily after service Is COM
menced, a speciality being made of the
Business Mems Lunch, served daily from
IL to O'Clock.
One delightful feature of the cafe is the
perfect ventilation secured. Original
fresh pure air through the room obviates
all danger of stagnant atmosphere, even
when the room is crowded
Coincident to the opening Of the cafe
other improvements of moment have been
made A gentlemen's lounging and snok-
ing room has been installed adjoining the
buffet. In these rooms and In the billiard
ROOM the scheme of mahogany and leath-
er in the furnishings has been adhered to,
while the walls and ceilings are of orna-
mental Sheet-Steel. The improvements on
the ground floor have necessitated an out
lay of nearly $4,000.
The lounging and smoking room is fit-
ted with handsomely upholstered settees
in mahogany and leather. with plenty Of
comfortable chairs. The special system
of ventilation again operates to keep the
atmosphere of the room fresh and pure
The Office has been re-decorated. and
the house generally gone over. There
are now some ninety rooms in the house
equipped with private baths and every
room in the building is provided with tel
ephone service, which through house ex-
change opens communication with any
outside point desired.
Manager Geo. r. Kibbe is being con-
graduated by patrons of the hotel on the
improved facilities for service afforded
by the remodeled hotel.