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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
THE LORD VISITED HIM.
Remarkable Instance Related by O
Western Preacher of Gods
Providential Care.

A pastor Of western church relate.
this incident which he considers a spe.
cial Providence to him, although some
people think 1t was only a coincidence
He says he was recently called to a new
pastorate and had exhausted all his
ready means. 1t was getting late in the
autumn and was cold. His supply OF
wood was nearly exhausted, and he had
not enough to go over the Sabbath.
This want troubled him so much dur
ing the week that he could not prepare
his usual sermon. Gle had never tried
TO prepare two sermons in a week but
once, when the sermons were not very
valuable.) On Saturday afternoon he
ment into the village to see how he
could get load of wood to last over
the Sabbath, for he had family and
could not so over the Sabbath without
wood. He thought he would try and
borrow five dollars from his deacon,
who lived on farm few miles in the
country, and came into the village
every Saturday afternoon.
When he reached the village he went
int the drug store of one of his MEM
bers and asked the privilege to write
note to the deacon. Stepping behind
desk he took a sheet of note paper and
began to write. He got as far as to say:
Dear Friend" when hand came
around the desk with a flve-dollar bill
In 1t, and he heard voice that said to
him: Take that; have heard you
preach" The voice came from a man
who stood behind the desk not mem
Der Of his church, who never gave him
dollar before. The pastors eyes filled
with tears, and it seemed like the Lord.
He was thrilled Eli over He caught his
breath and managed to thank the gen.
tleman.
. AS he opened the front door he saw
load of wood standing on the street
near the door. He stepped up to the
wagon and asked the man who drove il
If the wood was for sale. The man re-
piled that it was, so he bought the wood
and got onto the wagon, as the man
asked him to do, and the next Sabbath
his family was comfortable. He says he
did not need any notes to preach the
next Sabbath, for his heart was so full
that he preached extemporaneously with
great liberty, and some of his members
came to him after the sermon and asked
how he preached so effectively. He re-
piled that 1.-The Lord had visited him.
DIR John ID. Parker, in Herald and
Presbyter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
HINT FOR INGENIOUS BOYS
How to Make a Cigar-Box Boat That
VIII Float and Is Propelled
by Paddle.

The first thing TO be done is to se-
cure good strong cigar box and to
rip away its lid. Cut two pieces of
pasteooard, each the width of the box
py one-third of it's length, and tack
these across the front and back of the
opening. This makes a fore and after
deck With a Ratchet chop from an
umbrella rib two masts a foot long
pushing one through the fore and one
through the efter deck, and pounding
both firmly into the bottom of the CT
gar box Take what remains Of the
umbrella rib. say three inches, lay half
OF 1t along the middle of the fore
deck. allowing tho ether hall to pro-
]ect; secure IL to the pastsboard with
sealing wax, and the bewsprit is In DO
sitioa.
Now the cigar box commences to re-
sefnele ship and 1t is time to begin
the propeller. For this purpose cut
from the cover tive strips of wood an
inch broad. and tack these to the sides
or the box just at the bottom, 60 that
i've inches stick out at each side of the
back or the box. The position of the
strips to the box is the position of
shafts to wagon. except that they are
behind instead Of in front They must
be tackled very strongly. When this is
done run stout rubber band from the
end OF one shaft to the end of the
other. Cut out Of what is left Of the
cigar bsx top paddle four inches
long and An inch and half wide and
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
FALL FLOWING.
Opinion That It Tends TO Rob tbs
Land of Much of Its
Fertility.

The fall-breaking question must be
settled by every farmer to- suit his own
conditions, but we think it safe to Law
down the general principle that fall
breaking tends to rob the land of much
CT its fertility, says the Farmers
voice. The Rothamstead and other
experiments have proved conclusively
tnat the bare soil loses a great deal of
nitrogen during the wet weather of
winter and early spring, while un-
Broken land, that is even sparsely COW
cred with any green r-ross loses - q
appreciable amount This loss is NOT
SO easily detected on our rich prairie
soils, nor is it so great where the land
is hard frozen for long periods. but
The question is, can we afford to lose
any OF that element of fertility that
costs us 10 cents per pound to restore 4?
II we thought that we must break
our lands very deeply, we would be
very much inclined TO do the work in
the fall, early enough to permit of a
seeding of wheat or rye We would do
this deep breaking preferably in the
fall, so as to allow the frosts to helm
AeesIapIlSh the connection between the
upper and the subsoil, as regards water
supply, and would SOW the grain TO nre-
serve the nitrogen in the soil and
would harrow or disk it under in
spring.
AS we come better to understand the
problems connected with agriculture.
we find that we have, in the past, done
many things that were entirely un-
necessary to the making of a good
crop. Some of the best farmers. who
SLOW corn after corn on very rich
lands, have abandoned the practice of
breaking" as the term is understood
10 mean turning the soil with a pillow,
and merely disk and harrow the sur
face In the spring few days before
planting. In private experiments we
have found this to be preferable to
breaking the land with share and
mold board plow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
IN HIS NAME.

They laughed at him, a soulless. cheerless
laugh,
And made smile with pretense to be
bland,
Because he stepped and raised a beggar's
And placed II In its owners hand.
And dropped a coin within his thriftless
cup,
10 comfort him-that he might drink and
SUP.
They said: "Ah, me! What next7 One dare
not guessv'
And saw him stop to soothe a childs dis
To brush the soil from of its Sunday dress,
And send it comforted upon its homeward
way:
Net much. tits true. yet dimly one may
The Christ and catch glimpse Of far-off
Galilee.
eccentric to extreme! He led a drunken
Out from the crowd. away from laugh
and jeer,
Beyond the reach of them who would de-
stroy.
And dropped upon his hand kindly tear.
To let him know that one walked by his
side
To save him from himself and evils that
betide.
Absurd beyond belief! 1t merits Jest ana
sneeri
That he in open day would thus himself
demean-
To give a bunch of flowers without a sign
To one who walked the path of erring
Magdalene.
Her eyes welled with her tears-the flowers
she reverent prest
Against her heart-and God knows all the
rest
IS. Il. McManus. in RAMS Horn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Amusing Indoor Pastime

the paper, but will fall TO the table
Now put a short piece of thread, say
four or five inches long, in the eye of
each needle and note the result. When
this is done you can throw the needles
ever so much farther and straighter
and they will stick into the target al
most every time.
When you have accomplished this
much you can have lots of fun seeing
how close to the bulls eye you can
come with your novel darts.-Chicaga
Inter Ocean
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
From the Apes Standpoint.

Nothing interests me more than
this question of civilization" said the
ape as he sat in his cage thoughtfully
cracking feas. rs it advance or retro
erosion? l must confess that l am in
clined to the latter belief when l OBJ
serve that fair, young girl feeding pea
nuts to the elephant. Could she be called
civilized or even human, arrayed as she
Is in skirt of the new fur, yeda. or un-
born calf. and baby lamb Jacket / as.
sure you that my ape wives are shudder-
Ing at such evidences of barbarism. -
Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

somsthing Of the Life History and
Habits Of an Interesting and
Very Curious Fish.

The expr-sS1n las fat as fioun-
DER has re proverbial, but it
does not to very young foun-
oerss which Ter SO much from the
aopit ones they can hardly be
recognized belonging to the same
family as parents. host boys
and girls Al amiliar with fulI-grown
founders, very few of them. and
rev older people. know anything about
the appea ranea of young founders and
the wonderful transformations they
undergo. In spring and summer it is
possible for young nature students to
secure specimens of newly Matched
founders by Dragging fine mesh nst
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
His Habit of PRAYER.

"As far back as l can remember" said
wise and good man, 81 had the habit
of thanking God for everything re-
ceived, and of asking Him for every
thing l wanted. If lost my book, or
any Of my playthings, prayed that |
might find it. l prayed walking along
the streets, in school or out of school,
whether playing or studying. l did this
because it seemed natural to DO so.
thought of God as everywhere present,
full of kindness and love, Who would
not be offended if children talked To
Him"
That man was DR.. Charles Hodge. the
distinguished scholar and preacher
How happy all children would be Il
they were to talk with God as their
father, which he did as a child. and
have also the habit of thanking Cod
Too often when our prayers are an
swered we forget to give God thanks.
Change Cars.
If you find yourself on the wrong road
get off, change cars and go the Other
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

N~A---~~fAN@~ AA~s @<AfCPl yes, anu swim v ar
ucally with Head to Surface)
on sunny days when the water is
smooth. Such specimens may easily
be Kept alive in dishes of salt water,
AID examine, from time to time with
iow-power microscope
The Hound s begin life as do or
binary fishes. When they first emerge
from the egg they swim vertically,
with the heal turned upward. Their
bodies are 81 nmetrical and their eyes
are on opposite sides of the head.
Gradually the position of the body
changes from vertical to horizontal,
and the fish remain thus for some
time. swimming like ordinary fishes;
but while still very small there is fore
shadowing of the bottom life they are
destined for. and they enter upon a
series OF remarkable changes. The
most striking of these changes is in
the position OF the eye. The eye of one
side or the other slowly but steadily
moves over to the opposite side of the
head and takes a place beside the
other eye. In some founders the eye
moves around the front of the head:
In others 1t moves directly through the
head. This shifting Of the eyes posi-
ton is ACCOMPANIED by a change in the
position of tue body. which ceases to
be upright and becomes more and
more oblique; The side of the body
from which the eye is moving gradu-
ally becomes inferior to the other, I'M
TIL by the time the change of the eye
is complete the fish swims with it's
blind side underneath, and this posi-
ton is ever after maintained. The
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
tlounder then ceeses its free swimminl

founder then ceases its free swimming
habit and sinSs TO the bottom.
Some species of founders are right
sided and others are left-sided. In the
right-sided forms the left eye moves to
the right side. and the left side be-
comes undermost. In the left-sided
species the opposite conditions prevail
1t rarely happens that right-sided spe-
cies have left-sided individuals, and
vice versa. In few species both right
sided and left-sided fish occur in abou,
equal numbers.-St Nicholas.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Odors.

Mr.. Upmore-lf you haven't decided
where you will spend the winter, 1 can
recommend the Bermuda islands. I
have had two delightful winters there.
Mr.. Gaswell-I've thought of that,
but my wife objects She says she
can't stand the smell of onions. She
wants to go to the Isle of Pines, OF
something like that.-Chicago Trib-
une
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

10 oAlOW ii IN
the accompanying
drawing. 1t is made
or a frame of
boards the size Of
the sink, on the
under side of which
is tackled firmly
fine wire netting.
The drainar NOV
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Something More Tangible.

You're fitting out an arctic expedi.
ton? Well, 1 suppose mankind's am
bition to discover the north pole will
never be satisfied until"
North pole, nothing! I'm commits
stoned to capture walrus north of the
eightieth parallel and bring back the
longest whisker from its right cheek, in
order TO complete millionalres collec-
ton. "-Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
An Even Deal

Dodger-Oh, no, thank you, you
won't catch me getting married. It's
too one-sided a game for me.
Goaker--On the contrary, think it's
the most level that it's possible to
play at.
Dodger-How do you make that out?
Goaker-Why, because it's always a
tic. isn't italy Sloper.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

CIGAR BOX BOAT AND PADDLE.
the motive power of the boat is -eady.
You have only to push the PADDLE be-
tween the sides of the rubber band,
midway between the shafts, and turn
it round from left to right until the
rubber is twisted tight When you let
go of the paddle it will turn rapidly
until the elastic is UNFINISHED, and IL
the boat is in the water the turning
will send it ahead. The stronger this
apparatus and the tighter the rubber
is twisted the farther the boat will
go.
What remains, to be done is only to
make the box water tight and to in
crease its likeness to a ship. The first
task can be accomplished by calking
inside the box, and the
holes made by me nlasts, WITH potty
or gum. II neither is handyNlight q
candle and let the tallow drip into the
proper places. Run a string from the
mainmast to the foremost, and from
the foremost to the bowsprit for rig
ging. and glue tiny flag to the top
of each. Cut portfolios along the side
OF the boat, or paint them there with
ink. A spool can be made to look like
n donkey engine. a tiny box will serve
as cabin, and the vessel is ready to
be fioated If the work is done neatly
the craft will be as trim and as SER
viceable as an iron toy that would
cost from three to ten dollars in any
of the shops.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

way. The ticket to the Land CT the Lost
wiz not he accepted on the Through
Limited to the Kingdom of the Sky.
The road is managed by different cor
poration and the rates on the down grade
will not carry you to the Celestial City.
United Presbyterian.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Compulsory.

Mrs. B.--I must have a new costume
at once.
Mr.. B.--Gracious. woman, how can
you ask for costume when you have
to appear rs witness in my bankruptcy
hearing next week?
Mrs. B.--That's just why must have
them. DO you think can face the peo-
pie in courtroom wearing my old
clothes?-c assell's.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
FOR LOVERS OF FLOWERS. AS FLAT
A Scientific Little Arrangement fer
Keeping Growing Plants Sup
piled with Moisture.

An effective. but simple, apparatus for
keeping growing plants supplied with
moisture may be easily eontrived. This
is particularly useful in cases where. ow-
ing to the absence of their owner OF
others, plants have for days, perhaps
weeks, to be left without personal at
tention.
Nearly fill a large bowl with water.
Snd place it upon small table. At tn
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Ex-President Cleveland's Start.

Grover Cleveland helped his family
before he was 16 by working in a coun-
try store. Later he studied law, at
the same time supporting himself by
clerical work. After he was admitted
to the bar he was soon given full
charge of the Office in which he worked
at a salary of $500 per year.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

be placed upon the sink and the dishes
placed bottom side up upon the netting,
after they have been rinsed in hot wa
ter. In this way they will dry Quickly
and you will not be Obliged to wipe
them.-Farm and Home
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Quite Appropriate.

Singleton-Whatw was your notion for
calling your baby Bill?
Wedderly-Because he arrived on the
first of the month: that's the answer
Chicago News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
The Fountain of Youth

Mr.. Jones-My daughter is only IS.
You had better wait until she is older.
The I.over-Well. I've waited two
years for her to get older, but she still
stays at 18.-Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Musical Floors in Japan

Japanese ladies sometimes have the
floors Of their boudoirs, underneath
the mats, SO arranged that by the
movements of the boards when trod-
den upon sounds something like the
chirping of birds are emitted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28

The Swallows Big Appetite.
One swallow will eat at least 5000
flies day.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
A Dish DRAINER.
Device Which Is Simple of Construc-
ton, But Great Con-
venience.

A dish drainer which will hold all
the dishes is of great convenience. Such
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
I TERE is a pastime for a rainy day

r TERE is a pastime for rainy day
i which will teach you a pretty lit
tie trick, besides showing you how
to spend very pleasant hour.
: Make small paper target and lean
1t against some books on the table.
Now get some needles Qarge ones
are best) and see if you can throw
them against the target so that their
points will stick in it, Although you
try many times and stand very near
the target, you will not succeed,
for the needles Will refuse to stick in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-28
Change Cars

IL you find yourself on the wrong road.
get off, change cars and go the other
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-14
State News.

Forty-ive thousand cases of eggs
have been consumed in the twin cities
since last fall.
The ore shipping season has ended
so far as the Duluth & Iron Range
and the Duluth, Missabe & Northern
roads are concerned.
The school houses in the State of
Minnesota are worth 1861, 1922, and,
adding the value of desks and other
equipment, the total value Of all
school properties in the state is
$22, l7O,624.
Frank Mcconnell, who attempted the
murder of Harm Crafts last fall at
Montevideo by shooting him in the
neck, was convicted in the district
court and sentenced to Saltwater for
the term of seven years and six
months.
Morris Edeistein. who was found
guilty Of giving false testimony at his
bankruptcy proceedings, was SEN
fenced by Judge Lochren in the United
States district court at St. Paul to
serve one year and three months in
the state prison at Saltwater.
William Williams, the slayer of
John Keller, 16, and Mrs. Keller, his
mother, in St. Paul, must hang. The
state supreme court has handed down
this decision. Judge G. L. Lewis of
the five judges, was the only dissenter.
The murder was committed on April l.
Probate Judge D. E. Vance OF
Wlnona up to the present time this
year has officiated at 81 weddings in
43 of which either the bride or groom
or both have come from Wisconsin,
and in 20 leases either the bride or
groom or both have been residents of
La Crosse.
If there is not bloodshed in connec-
ton with the Lake Ely government
lands, supposed to be invaluable for
AAAAAAAAS PoA pOoCS, ullC ClulZ0uS VI
Eveleth will be surprised. The squat
tiers are armed, are suspicious of each
other, and some Of the claims are
guarded night and day by men armed
with rifles.
Judge Dickey Of Brooklyn has de-
MED the application of A. j. White
man for a certificate of reasonable
doubt. Consequently Whiteman has
been taken to the Auburn prison to
serve his sentence of eight years for
grand larceny. Whiteman was form
erly a resident of Minnesota and one
Of it's legislators.
Jacob Humber, prominent farmer
residing near Lake Volney, about
seven miles from Montgomery, was
Killed by the Minneapolis & st. Louis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-14

turned. Larsen's written and signed
confession was the only scrap of evil
dence possessed by the state. It is
impossible to hold a man on his own
testimony, afterwards denied, and Lar
sen is at liberty. Nelson was hit on
the head with an ak in Crookston and
his body was dumped into Red Lake
river. It was found next spring in
the ice below the DAM
Before leaving Eveleth short time
ago John Shea told story to the
effect that he had received from an
agent Of Thomas Bardon of Ashland
the sum of S47, 900 for his claims as
squatter on Ely lake land. AL
though there is not a great amount of
credence placed in his narration by
local people, it is certainly true that
several of the settlers have recently
been approached and asked what they
would take for their rights. One of
the squatters says he was first offered
$1,000 by stranger, and that later
the amount was Increased to O,OOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-14

south-bound train No. 2. Humber
was returning from the Quirk's -four
ing mill, where he delivered a load of
wheat, and as he drove on the cross
ing he was struck by the train and
killed instantly.
A day before he died last week an
engineer named Thomas Clark en-
ployed on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railway who lived at Mont
evideo revealed the hiding place of
$40, 600 in gold to his family. He had
buried his savings in the cellar of his
residence.
The historic cemetery at Fort Smell
ing is now but memory. The work
OF dismantling required about three
weeks. In all 223 graves we're opened
and the little heaps of bones were re-
moved to the graves in the new
location. The Oldest gravestone bore
the date 1928.
VIM. Bison, Minnesota federal
prisoner who had been in the insane
asylum for five months, has been de-
clared sane and removed to the Still
water penitentiary. The prisoner
was convicted in Duluth for raising a
postal money order from ST to S9l.
After his incarceration he developed
insanity and was sent to Washington.
Joshua Rollins, aged 60 years, in
company with his son Ralph, aged IT
years, took a team and gun and went
to the woods near Caledonia for a
load of wood. When starting for
home the son, on handing the gun to
his father, accidentally discharged
the weapon, and the contents entered
the fathers stomach, who shortly ex-
pired. The son was Frustrated with
grief.
Emil Teska is at the Two Harbors
hospital being treated for shots from
a 22-calibre rifle. He was employed
at a camp at Cloquet river and dur
ing the evening was out in the woods
setting snares for rabbits. The camp
cook saw him, and, mistaking him for
a wolf, procured his rifle and pumped
three shots at him, one going through
his upper jaw and side of face. He is
reported in dangerous condition.
Some one has been using the name
of the Salvation Army in Minneapolis
to provide himself with a winters
supply of apples. A grocer who was
asked to contribute toward the Christ
mas dinner for the poor said he had
already given a barrel Of apples to a
fellow claiming to represent the army.
The man is fraud, for every col
lector for the army is provided with
credentials signed by Brig. j. W..
Cousins.
Michael Barrett, a Great Northern
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-14
Torture of a Preacher.

The story of the torture of Rev. O.
D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist
church, of Harpersville. N. Y, will
interest you. He says: ''I suffered
agonies, because of persistent
cough, resulting from the grip. I had
to sleep sitting up in bed. [ tried
many remedies, without relief, until I
took DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
which entirely cured my cough, and
saved me from consumption" A
grand cure for diseased conditions of
throat and lungs. At c. A. Jacks,
druggist; price SO cents and s1.OO,
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.