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BREAKING PRAIRIE.
Considerable diversity of opinion pre
vails as to the proper time and the right
depth to break prairie. In some of the
older States the practice is to break al
most entirely in the month of June, and
thus allow the breaking to lie idle until
the next season, or perhaps back-set it
in the fall. This practice has some
show of reason in most prairie couu
tries, from the fact that it takes ail the
allotted time for the sod to rot sunn
ciently to produce a crop. But here in
Dakota the case is different. The prai
rie sod here breaks about as easily as
the meadow lands in tho Eastern Slates*.
In other prairie States three and four
yoke of cattle are needed to break witlii
while here one good yoke can break
from an acre to an acre and a half a
day. It follows, then, that if the sod is
not so tough, it will take less time to
subdue it. and it is a fact that good
crops of corn, flax and potatoes have
been raised from sod which was turned
the same season. Now while it may be
good practice for a farmer to break in
June if he chooses, still to the majority
it will be more advantageous to begin
breaking as soon as the frost leaves the
ground. Breaking done very late in
the fall is equally as good, and in some
cases better than early spring breaking.
For a majority of farmers in this coun
try early spring has a two-fold advan
tage, from the fact that a good crop
may be raised the first year. The sod \
is not so tenacious but that the grain j
roots can penetrate it and secure an '
abundance of plant food in the sod
and beneath it. Breaking done !
in July or August is almost
worthless unless the grass has been cut '
or burned off before commencing. A
heavy growth of grass turned under
holds the sod upon its edge, and during
the dry season it is literally burned to
a brick, and when such a field is back
set the next spring, or plowed for a
crop, the entire surface is covered with
dry sods grass side up. !
For early breaking, where it is de
sired to raise a crop the first season, '
very shallow plowing in the best, as a
thin sod will become rotted in a shorter
time than a thick one, but care should
taken at the next plowing to set
the plow anjinch or two deeper than the
breaking in order to get an abundance !
of loose soil for the preservation of
moisture. j
Juno breaking should be from three
to four inches in depth, as there is con- '
siderable grass on the sod and it needs
more weight to hold it flat down. j
There is an erroneous opinion among
a certain class of farmers that breaking
need not be very well done, and still
the field will be in as good condition '
after the next plowing as it would be if
more work was expended on the break- '
ing. Nothing can be further from the
truth. Turn the sod bottom side up;
not half way over, leaving folds and
hummocks all over the field to obstruct
the plow at the next plowing. , j
A field in which the sod has been
turned bottom side up and lies down
flat will not cost half the labor at the :
second plowing, the sod will rot quick- '
cr and more moisture will be retained. •
To recapitulate; good crops of corn, '
flax and potatoes can be raised on sod
if the ground is broken early. There- '
fore if you want a crop the first year
commence to break as soon as the frost
leaves, plow shallow, and turn the sod
bottom side up.— Dakota Farmer. }
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THE YOUNG POET AND THE ADVER' !
TISISG MAX.
I
A timid, but really rather pretty, i
young man came stepping softly in the
spnetum when nobody was in but the ,
advertising solicitor, who was writing a
half-column puff of Slab & Headstone's ;
new marble shop. The young man :
took off his hat and said: "Good '
morning," and the advertising man
snarled. "What is poetry worthY j
asked the timid but pretty young man. j
"Forty cents a line," said the adver
tising man, promptly and rather ten
derly, -'and you can't do better any
v Y:v in America. The advantages we (
-« V r for the publication of poetry are j
VM.-ii:. :.•,'(! en either side of the Mis- |
-■■-•>■!;•;-• Oar c rculation, standing in j
i ■•' :i ;n ea the rirst year, has steadily i
- :: ■•-■• £«• vl three times an hour ever
■i. i c, and poetry published in this j
To i placed in the hands of 150,000 ]
i mi. .m before night. How much have
.you? '
" ■ ■•■ haps," said the timid youngman.
i ••• : fueling with delight, "it's a little
i,..\0,> -
"\Vj>.!res no difference," said the ad.
J ••**, •Timing upon him kindly; "we'll
.: • si ill in, if we have to issue a sup
j.' :«:mi. And everything over 3,000
! :<•■: rocs at 35 cents."
'!.",-; iimid young man looked dis
v ■.■■•-•■■;.
' ! i isn't so much, then," he said,
" ■ h ; !; is \i r " Song."
'"!<•'■ vo:-. ■' replied the ad. man, mag
i ••: j >)asiy. "Never; less room, more
j ■"; « \s tlio way you make your I
J Got your copy with you?"
' '■ - sir," replied the young man
?'' : "- ? would you like to read it,
i. •■ ->!.::.:! I read it?"
• , I don't < a c to read it just. now. !
;- . '•'''.'*u and we'ii count it."
K<; : hey sat down and counted it.
'My heart, my heart, in throbbing
upinVcrs tells." read the ad. man.
§.--.vi medicine, young man?"' he j
;:>c-.:, ia the patronizing way of a man !
-v.;•'.> ir;<r.vs everything. :■.V
"'-*'». sir," reprifed'the young man in •
«"■•; •■< ;1 tones, while the ad. man
co^i> .1 away frr dear life. ' : No, sir; a
rhapsody, sir."
] said the
ad. man, in reassuring tones. ' Hun
dred nine, hund ten, hund 'leven—
coarse, hund fourteen—hain't done
much in ihapsodies since Helmbold
foiled—-hund twenty-three—good things,
though; we took a gross of "em last
spring on Pad & Lotion's column- -
Im&d i'or'-two—and I wore one myself
two weeks and it made—hun fiff-four
—man of me. One hundred and sixty
eight lines, sir, and we'll throw in a
four-Hue head and won't count the odd
half line—.-(35.20; call it an even $65
cash down. Just step to the business
office and I'll give you a receipt."
We don't know what happened im
mediately after that. We only know
that, whea the footman opened the door
of the carriage to let us out at the mar
ble steps of the office, the ad. man v.as
leaning on the heavy bronze balus
trades, gazing wonderingly at the fig
ure of a young iisiin walking unsteadily
down the street, holding a flattering
manuscript in one hand and in the
other clamping his pallid brow.
"You may take my double-column
head for a football, sir," respectfully
raising his hat and standing uncovered
ascended our broad stairway, "if
that young fellow going do~w n the street
there isn't a threc-snuare lunatic from
Crazyville. Wanted me to pay him $65
for a long rhyming puff without a line
of business in it, sir."— Burlington
Hawkey c.
THE COST OF STOPPING A TRA£N OP
CARS.
The cost of stopping a train of earn,
cays the Hartford Courant, is being
guessed at by experts in a very inter
esting way. And it is something worth
the inquiry of railroad men, especially
in Connecticut, where, beside the sta
tions, there are so many drawbridges,
at which the safety of the traveling
public demands full stops. Estimates
have ranged from i of a cent up to 82
for stopping an ordinary passenger
train. The small figure represented
only tlie estimated loss of metal by ap
plying the brake to the wheel. Some
of the real considerations that go to
make up the cost of a st jp are the coal
1 named while the train is standing still
and in order to resume the former
speed. This the Pennsylvania railroad
people put at 12 to 15 cents; then there
are the wages of all the persons on the
train, who, while the train slows down
and stops, are paid as if they were run
ning. This is insignificant in the case
of one person, but it amounts to some
thing when the whole train-force is con
sidered ; beside these, there is the wear
of rails. A rail lasts only one-third as
U>ng where trains come to a stop on it
as when merely run over. This is the
result of the action of the brakes.
Then, too, more acccidents occur to en
gines, to wl- ;els and to axles, in coming
to a stop in starting again, than
when runnin right along. The Rail
road Gazette reports a discussion on
tliis subject, in which the conclusion is
reached that the actual cost of stopping
an ordinary train is about 30 to GO
cents. An amusing story is told of a
trial where experts testified that it cost
S2 to stop a train. They established
the fact. Then the counsel on the
other side produced the company's
time-taJble, with a full list of all the
stops, including station, took the total
number of its trains for one year, mul
tiplied the result by $2 —the experts
estimate of cost—and demonstrated that
the stoppages alone had, if the estimate
was right, cost the company three times
as much as the entire amount of its
operating expenses for the year. This
reduction to a solid basis of fact upset
the $2 theory effectually.
HE WAS THE COOK.
M. Gaulthier de Eumilly, dean of the
Senate, received a visit from his land
lord. It was a question of repairs to be
made, and the Senator explained what
he wanted to have done. The proprie
tor listened attentively, and promised
to have everything done. Six o'clock
struck.
"Six o'clock already," said the land
lord.
"Exactly," replied M. de Kumilly;
"but that doesn't matter, for I hope you
will do me the honor of dining with
me.
"You are very kind," replied the land
lord, "but—"
"I insist; I shall not let you leave at
this hour; your plate is already laid."
"It is impossible."
"I shall be angry."
"It is impossible, notwithstanding the
desire I have to remain. My affairs
call me elsewhere at precisely this
hour."
"You do not wish to share my din
ner ?" said the Senator, slightly vexed.
"You will understand why. They
dine at M. de Rothschild's at 7 o'clock."
"Ah, you are his guest
"No, I am his cook!"
Tableau. Paris paper.
In the higher walks of literature the
statistics seem to show that Poland has
Ear out stripped Russia. During the
fire years ending with 1881 the total
number of works of belles-lettres pub
lished in the Polish language was 206.
i Lie aggregate number of Polish-speak
ing people is 13,000,000, which gives
one book to every 4,000. In Russia the
proportion is one to 10,000; in Ger
many, one to 2,800; in Italy, one to
2,200; in Ifolland, Denmark and Nor
■way, one to 1,900; in England, one to
1,800; in France, one to I,GOO. This
sweats-pretty well* for the literary at
tainments of "down-trodden Poland.
A safe'- Gpverjmer.t—That Govern
mcut _is still •.■ the safest^ that.- make 3,"
treason Lr.i'r'.i^ik-.' .'. ..•■"
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THE ST. PAUL SUI\ DAY GLO E, SILNDAY M<)RNING, APRIL 29, 18SJ.
BOW TO TRIM A LAMP.
There is such a vast difference in bot
the quantity and quality of light pn
duced by a common coal-oil or kerosei
lamp when properly trimmed and thr.
produced by the same lamp when in.
properly trimmed, that it is surprisin
how any one of ordinary intelligent'
and observation can be satisfied to use
even for a single hour, an imperfectly
trimmed lamp. Yet, strange to say, n
large proportion of the millions of kero
sene lamps that are in nightly use are
not trimmed as they should be. Care
less housekeepers and stupid servants
think "it will do just as well," hi trim
ming a lamp, to break the charred wick
with the fingers, to saw it with a rough
edged knife, or to haggle it with a pair
of dull shears, as it will to clip it
smoothly and evenly with a sharp trim
mer. But people who are fastidious
enough to care for a light they can read,
write, sew or do any kind of work by,
with satisfaction and comfort, know that
such is not the fact
Since kerosene came into use as a
light-producing agent various imple
ments for trimming lamps have been
patented and placed upon the market;
but., after a pretty thorough examina
tion of the most of them, I incline to
the belief that nothing has yet been in
vented for the purpose quite ko con
venient, cheap and effective as a pair of
ordinary, medium-sized scissors. To
do the work properly, however, Hie
scissors must bo sharp, for it is impos
sible to trim a lamp perfectly without a
sharp trimmer.
The belief is quite general that to
prevent a lamp-wick from flaring at tho
corners and breaking the chimney it
must be cut "rounding," to correspond
with tho cap or cover of the burner.
My experience, however, coupled with
close and careful observation, leads mo
to the conclusion that the way to trim a
lamp so as to secure the very best re
sults—to get the most and pleasantest
light with the least breakage of chim
neys, is to cut the wick parallel witb
the top of the tube of the burner.
When ready to trim the lamp remove
the chimney. Raise the cap of the
burner. Turn up the wick; and with a
pair of sharp scissors clip it even witb
the top of the tube. Be careful not to cut
or squeeze the tube with the scissors.
See that no lint or thread remains on
the wick, and that it has not been
pushed out of its perpendicular position
and cut diagonally. Close the cap over
the tube, put the chimney in place, and
the lamp is ready for use. If these di
rections have been strictly followed, it
will, when lighted, yield a broad,
straight-edged flame without a notch or
indentation in it, and furnish a clear,
steady, pleasani light Try it and see.
—Emma P. Eiving,inChicago Tribune.
HOW IT PATS TO TAKE A NMWSPA-]
PER.
Some papers are not of much account
as to appearance, but I never took one
that did not pay me, in some way, more
than I paid for it Ono time an old
friend of mine started a lituc pnper
away down in Southwestern Georgia and
sent it to me, and I subscribed just to
encourage him, and after awhile it pub
lished a notice that an administrator had
an order to sell several lots at public
outcry, and one of the lots was in my
county. Sol inquired about the lot,
and wrote to my friend to attend the
sale and run it up to £50. He did so,
and bid me off the lot for $30, and Isold
it, in a month, to a man for $100, and
so I made $68 clear by taking that pa
per. My father told me that when he
was a young man he saw a notice in a
paper that a school teacher was wanted
away off in a distant county, and he
went there and got the situation, and a
little girl was si«nt t-> him, and after a
while she grey.- op mighty sweet and
pretty, and he fell in ! ye with her and
married her—oot ,: be hadn't taken
that paper, what do you reckon would
have become of me ? Wouldn't I have
1 een some other fellow, or may be not
at all ?— Lowell Courier.
REMARKABLE FLOW FROM AN OIL
WELL.
Any one familiar with the heavy oil
developments knows that a goodly part
of the drilling is done on the hill known
as the " Point," near Franklin. It rises
from the bank of the French creek in a
very abrupt manner. Philip Grossman's
brewery is situated at the foot of South
Park street, on the west side of the
creek. His beer vault is on the other
side. It is an immense vault, blasted
out of solid rock, and penetrates into the
hillside nearly 100 feet. In this is
stored large quantities of lager beer.
The casks that hold the beer contain on
an average abont ten barrels each. One'
>ask in the rear end of the vault is used '
as a supply cask. All the others are ]
connected with this one by pipes, md !
the supply cask, being sunken, is al-1
ways kept full of beer. The hill at this!
place is so steep that it cannot be as- j
cetded.
Above this vault, on the hilltop. Eial
ft Son own a lease. They drilled a num
ber of wells on their lease, and they wen
all profitable. Some time ago they j
located No. 9 directly over this beer
vault. The rig was built and things ran
.'Jong in the usual manner for about a
week. When they had reached a depth
of 490 feet, 200 feet less than where tuey
tuuaOy find the sand, the drill struck a
ore vice and diopp^d away several feet
The to-jls were withdrawn from the hole
:;nd the bailer run. It came up seem
ingly full of oil. Bail as they would,
they could not exhaust the supply.
They decided to tube the well, a d woe
ordered to do so by Mr. BiaL TL< I
the veil was tubed without ■
iliot. They commenced to pump it, .aid
it threw the fluid out at v great rate.
Noticing something queer about the oii.
>ne of the men tasted it. He found it
so good that lie put his lips to the pipe
md took long gulps of the delicious
-tuff. First one and then another drank.
They became what is known as drank.
The owners visited the well, drank, and
were overcome. Operators came to see
it, drank, and were overcome. The
people of the town who had heard of v
went up the hill, drank, and were over
come.
Little by little they came to realize
what they had been drinking. One man
was found in the crowd who had tastec 7
beer before. He affirmed that it was
beer, but they laughed at him. Hoy
would this Rip Van Winkle elixir get
iuto the bowels of the earth? At last
they decided to call in undoubted au
thority on the beer question, and sent
for Philip Grossman. Grossman came.
He tasted it once, twice, and then he
tore his hair. "Is it beer?"' they asked.
"Beer? Yes; it's mem own make.
Mem Gott in HimmeD, you are pump
ing mem beer vault dry." Such was
the fact, mid the way that well was shut
down was a caution. They visited the
vault and found it to be so. Three of
tlie large casks were empty.— Oil City
Derrick.
PROTECTION AGAINST CONTAGIOr.
Precipitated lac sulphur is one of the
most excellent as well as simple and
safe preventives against contracting auv
and all kinds of contagious diseases.
It is conveniently used by placing &
pinch of it in each stocking as often as
they are changed. Under the direction
of the noted Dr. Herring, of Philadel
phia, sulphur was used as above, with
the most remarkable success, as a pre
ventive of cholera during its terrible
prevalence in that city many years since,
as well as of nearly all other contagious
diseases.
PVXUMOJfIA.
It will be rrinembered that in old ago
the lungs are much shriveled, less
elastic, and c-annot be fully inflated;
the air-cells are dilated to about twice
their size, many of the capillaries are
obliterated, the breathing is more
feeble and shallow, and the power to
tret rid of carbonic acid is greatly di
minished.
Hence pneumonia of
the lungs) is not only one of the most
common diseases of old age, but the
most fatal—over three-fourths (some
.say nine-tenths) of the aged dying of it.
The main work of the lungs is done
by t\:e air-cells, the tiny laboratories in
which the smaller branches of the air
tubes terminate, as the branches of a
tree terminate in the leaves. Now it is
these that are the seat of pneumonia.
In the^first stage of the disease they
become^—in some one part of the lungs
—filled with a sticky fluid, exuded from
the blood vessels; in the second stage
this fluid becomes solid; in the third it
changes to pus. If the pus is absorbed
—which is seldom the case in the old—
the person may recover, but only after
months of convalescence. If it result
in gangrene the gan
grene may form numerous small ab
11'mnp-li an entire lung.
In the aged the disease seldom com
mences with well-dtfined symptoms.
In about one-half the cases there ia
comply a chill, or a pan in the side. In
most of the other cases the main symp
tom i> a feeling of exhaustion. If
there is already chronic bronchitis or
astlnp.a, the person may merely feel a
little tiied, and suddenly die.
Though most patients cough, there
is for a time no expectoration. "When it
appears, it is at first scanty, gray and
frothy; then yellow, and at length red
<li-0i and sticky. Patients seldom com
plain of pain or difficulty of breathing.
The more common exciting cause is
cold, especially dry, sharp cold. Nine
tenthfl of all cases occur between No
vember and May. During this period
the aged cannot be too carefully pro
tected from exposure. They should
constantly wear flannel.
About all that can be done for the
patient is to stimulate him with drinks,
nourish him with concentrated fluid
food, aud secure him absolute rest.—
Youth's Companion.
AMPHIBIOUS BOT DIVERS.
In the Singapore harbor and in other
places, we saw the boy divers spoken
of by all travelers in the East, writes a
clergyman to the Troy Times. The
moment we came to anchor our steamer
was surrounded by a swarm of naked
boys paddling about in their tiny canoes,
laughing and shouting to us throw a
copper or a sixpence in the water, prom
ising to catch it before it reached the
bottom. In broken English they said:
"Now, you throw sixpence in water; me
go down; me catch 'em ebery time ; me
good diver." Holding up a piece of
silver we shouted, "Ready!" A dozen
eager tongues answered, "Beady!"
Next moment the coin was glittering
in the water ten or fifteen feet beyond
them. In a moment two dozen feet
were in the air, and a dozen black heads
cleaving the water. Every boy disap
peared. For full half a minute, which
seemed half an hour, there was silence;
then, one after another, up came the :
boy-divers, one of them shouting, as he
held up the money, "I've got it, mas
ter." Chucking the coin into the only
pocket he had (his mouth), he muttered
out: "Now, pop in a nudder one." We
"popped in" another piece, still further
away, and down again plunged the am
phibious boy divers, never failing to
bring up the money.
About 4,000 boats and 25,000 fisher-^ I
meu are gaged in the sardine industry
on the Fresell coast.'.. : There are, about
; 200 factories, in which 15,000 to 17,000 ■
women are employed." \'^- . , ,
"DEAR MOTHERS
In one of the county jails in "Western
ijhrania a poor old man died not
.i^o »ho had been a prisoner there
for fifty-one years.
in 1881 William Standford an En
farm-hand near the village of
:O\vn. became violently insane
: committed a murder. He was
and sentenced to imprisonment
i 1 waa chained to the floor of
the jail fox eighteen years, according
inhuman methods of that day.
Fin nig that he was harmless, the
at last took off his chains, but he
. 1 in the prison ever since,
an-1 was known as "Crafty Billy," the
oo of several generations of chil-
He s 81 at the time of his death.
During his whole life, and iv all the
- of madness, he never was known
once t allude to his childhood, or to
days, When, however, he
lay dying on his pallet in the cell, the
►Id ii.'» suddenly shocked his foolish
babblings, and lay still and silent for a
"cw moments. Then he looked up
a grave, tender smile, and said
"Dear mother!" He never spoke againj
The: thought of his mother, who had
loved him, and whom he had loved,
bad lain hidden in that poor, crazed
foolish brain for eighty long years,
through all Ids imbecility and ferocity
madness; and woke at the last. All
the misery and cruelty he had suffered
slipped away from him, and like a little
child he came back to the "dear moth
er" whom he had lost nearly a century
ago, and who had loved him best of all
the world.
If the happy mothers who, perhaps,
are reading this paper to their children
gathered about their knee 3 could only
understand how long their memory will
last with those children; how long after
they aie dust their words and actions
will influence the lives of their sons and
daughters, how different those words
and actions would be!
There would be an end then, we think,
of irritable wrangling, of harsh judg
ments and of petty deceits with the lit
tle ones; and every woman would hold
op hex hands to God, asking Him to so
lead her that she may be the "dear
mother" to wliom her children will
turn smiling in their dying hour.
HEXICVOLENCE AND GRATITUDE.
Tourgueneff, the well-known Russian
author, has published a volume of short
stories of peasant life in the steppes,
and has interspersed them with delic
ious little fables or parables, all bearing
the mark of his masterly hand. The
following is so exquisite, and withal so
true, that it may be quoted:
"One day, a great Prince determined
to give a fete in his beautiful palace.
All of the virtues were invited, but the
virtues alone, none other.
"There came a great many, 1-irge
ones and small ones. The little ones
were much more courteous and plea-sing
than the large ones, but all of them
seemed very happy, and conversed po
litely with one another.
"But the Prince noticed two beauti
ful ladies, who did not seem to be ac
quainted with e*ch other. He went to
them, then, taking one of them by the
hand, he led her to the other saying:
'Let.me introduce you.'
" 'Benevolence,' said he, indicating
the former; 'Gratitude,'added he, in
dicating the latter.
"The two ladies were indescribably
Burprised. Since the world was the
world, and that was a long time ago, ii
was the first time they had ever met."
THE HEAD-LINER.
The professors of journalism, who
periodically tell us about nev spapc-rs,
have failed to notic^ a comparatively
modern and a very important feature of
the newspaper, namely, the head-lines.
This is a department of the paper which
has stealthily conquered for itself an in
fluence which even newspaper managers
sometimes inadequately recognize. It
often happens that the ingenious artist
in this department is really editing the
paper. He can convey an impression
which the writers of ponderous leaders
are endeavoring to avoid. He can create
a doubt or awaken a suspicion by a
single artfully-chosen word, or sow
broadcast an opinion which it may take
columns of writing to show is unfounded.
Suggestions that are buried in the bodies
of articles may attract no notice; but
the flaming headline takes the eye at
once, and its diagnosis of the matter
which it criticises may be very wide off
the mark without the average reader ap
plying any corrective. The head-line
largely regulate the emphasis that is
given to the report of current events.
Small matters in this nay may be mag
nified, aud mere conjectures invested
with nearly the dignity of established
facts.— Toronto Mail.
Electricity is now employed in the
rectification of inferior alcohol. The
electricity generated by a voltaic battery
and a dynamo-electric machine is passed
through the alcohol so as to disengage
the superfluous hydrogen. By this
means beet-root alcohol, •which is usually
very poor, can be made bo yield 80 per
cent, of spirits, equal to that obtained
from the best malt.
Mrs. John Kreider, of Leaman
Place, Pa., has prepared an album,
containing locks of hair from the heads
of 1.10-4 of her relations and friends.
Each ringlet . held in its place by
a piece of ribbon, with the name of the
■ .
ts of all uges. In
youth it i at; in old age a
remembrance. -Balzac.
BOOT AND SHOX DBALE3B.
SPRING STYLES OF SHOES.
SCDIIEK & CO., ■ ■ 89 E. THIRD STREET.
THE LEADING SHOE HOUSE OF ST. PAUL. S
The Only Complete Stock of Spring and Summer Stylos of Boots
Shoes and Slippers in the West. . *
Sole Agency for BURT'S, Gray's, Reynold's, and many other leading makes. One price to all. '
LIQUORS AND WINES.
P 1711111 iD f\fk WHOLESALE
k liUllLffl; W., HOPES 4IBES
We have the control in this market of tho unrivalled O. F. C. the Hume and Crystal Spring
Whiskies, and an haz-Sms the W. H. Mcßrayer's and Nelson Whiskies and GuckeEhe: Rye.
194 East Third Street, - - - -.-..- St. Paul, Minn
BUSINESS COLLEOEB.
AND TELEGRAPHIC INSTITUTE,
Hub long since established its claims to public faror and has now entered upon its 18th year nndt»
the most faTorsble auspices. Send for catalogue gi-ringfull particulars. C«r. 8d and Jackson.
W. A. FAPDIS. Principal.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
WEBER PIANOS.
AcWeW if Artists a Best -iron Wei.
I know of none superior to the Weber and none that can com
pete with them for durability.— Carreno.
oTheo The tone of the Weber Piano is so sweet, rich and sympathetic,
yet so full, that I shall always rank you as the greatest manufac
turer of the day.—Emma Thursby. »«u.xou
Weber Pianos excel all others in volume of tone and in power
of expression.—S. Liebling • *^wwr
There are no Pianos in the world that sustain the voice like the
Weber.—Emma Abbott.
. ' R. O. MUNGER, Agent, St. Paul.
»v ■' for Catalogues. *
FINE TAILORING.
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WHOLESALE DEALERS. ~~ "
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NO YES BROS. & CUTLER,
IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
68 and 70 Bibley Street. Corner Fifth, St. Paul, Minn
STANDARD SCALES.
FAIRBANKS' I ECLIPSE
STANDARD SELF-REGULATING
SCALES! .WIISTP MIL S.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., • 371 & 373 Sißty Strss
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. . ~~ ~
AUEBBACH, FINCH & VAISI SLYiK.
Tie Only Leafting Dry Goods Bouse ia tie Ntrtkf at.
Competes with the Markets of Kew York and Chicago.
, PITDKBTAKEBS _^^
BTEEB BROS.,
[Established 1850.]
Manufacturers of Furniture. Lire Geese Feath
ers and Mattresses.
Fnueral Directors. Sole Agents for Metallic
Burial Caskets and Cases, Cloth and Wood
Caskets.
Corner Third and Minnesota Sts
C. J. M:CABTHY. J. G. DONNELL.V
M'CARTHY & DONNELLY.
UNDERTAKERS.
54WaUasnaw street Opposite Post office
Galls answered at all hoars. Embalming
a specialty. Best hearse in the city, and fine* t
carriages at lowest rates. Funerals conducted
nd tatitt action amarantead
" SASH, BLINDS, *c.
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Manufacturers of
SASH, DOORS & FRAMES,
Blinds, Mouldings, etc.
Contracts with builders solicited. Salesroom
Jackson and Eighth streets.
TAILORING.
FiiTailorii
UB f\w '^' TiffiT
GASFIXTIIES;
KENNEY & HUDNER,
103 and 105 West ThiriStreet,
- ; Opposite Metropolitan Ho ■ -.-.
DISSOLUTION.
DISSOLVED!
The firm of Dreis & Mi tech having been disoolTed
P. J. DREIS
Has established himself in business
COBNEfi SIMTH & ST. PETER STREETS
Where will be found the finest and best of
Drags, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Patent Medi
dines, etc. Also all kinds of Garden and
Flower seeds.
PBESCaiPTIONS A dF&CI AIiT V
_ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
SIinpAYiASEAD!
Call and see the Wonderful
BABYttii PlAll
Just received at
MRS. M. 0. TH&YER'S
MUSIC STOBE,
418 Wabashaw St., St. Paul, Mm
COBTUBLBB
THEATRICAL
AND
MASQUERADE EMPORIUM!
No 10 west TMrQ Street st Paul
I respectfully invite the attention of ladles
and gentlemen to my large, most complete and
elegant stock of new Masquerade Costumes, for
balls, parties, theatrical performances, old folk*'
concerts, tableaus, &c.
Masks at wholesale.
Country parties, send for list and price*.
P. J. GUiresEisr.
PARKER'S ~
GINGERTONIC
A Superlative Health and Strength Restorer.
If you are a mechanic or fanner, worn out with ?
overwork, or a mother run down by family or house
hold duties try Parker's Ginger Tonic.
If you are a lawyer, minister or business man ex
hausted by mental strain or anxious cares, do not ta'^e
intoxicatingstimulants,butuse Parker's Ginger Tonic
If you have Consumption, Dyspepsia, Rheuma
tism, Kidney or Urinary Complaints, or if you are
troubled with any disorder of the lungs, stomach, .
bowels, blood or nerves, you can be cured by Park
.;• hr's Ginger Tonic. It is the Greatest Blood Purifier
And the Best and Surest Cough Cure Ever Used.
If yoa are wasting avrcy tern age, dissipation or
any disease or weakness and require a stimulant take
Ginger Tonic at once; it will invigorate and build
you 11? from the first dose but will never intoxicate. .
It has saved hundreds of lives it may save yours.
lIISCOX & CO., 163 William St., New York. 50c. and
sue ilollar sizes, at all dealers in medicines.
V- .: GREAT SAVING BUYING DOLLAR SIZE.
I FLO,R E^tONj
Its nch and latang fragrance has made this fl
delightful perfume exceedingly popular. There 1
is nothing like It. Insist upon having Flokes- I
ton Cci^ghs and look for signature c: |
on every bottle. Any injg •;■. cr coaler 1:1 per-1
fumery can supp'y you- S5 an<^ 75 C si^as.' '"~-"? I
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