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TO CLEAN MATTING.
To make soiled matting look fresh and bright prepare
a pailful of warm water with a handful of salt and four
tablespoonfuls of Ivory Soap shavings dissolved in it.
With a clean cloth squeezed out of the mixture, wipe
every breadth of the matting, rubbing soiled spots until
they disappear.
OF WARNING.— There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good
is the Ivory ; th*y ARE NOT. but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
Of the genuine. Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting It.
COPYRIGHT 1803 BY THE PROCTER fc GAMSLt CO. CINCINNATI
IN LABOR'S
FIELD
The following is the (schedule for the week
»f meetings in labor circles:
Assembly Hall* —
Monday— Barbers' union, Hall 2; furriers'
union, Hall 1; leather workers' union, Hall
I; T. and I*, assembly legislative committee,
Hall I.
Tuesday — Carpenters' union, Hall 8; coop
»rs' union. Hall 1; broommakera' union. Hall
I; plumbers' union, Hall 2.
Wednesday — Plasterers' union, Hall 3; lath
ens' union, Hall 1.
Thursday— Bricklayers' union, Hall 2; an
nual ball of Gen. Merrltt post, Army and
Navy union, main hall.
Friday — Building trades council; first an
nual ball of the Irish Prince dramatic club,
main hall.
Saturday — Lithographers' union, Hall 1;
painter*' union, Hall 2; cabinetmakers'
union. Hall 3, and masquerade ball of .Swed
ish Athletic club, main hall.
Other evemts outside of Assembly ball arei
Monday— Closing lecture of master hor»«
--ehoers' union school union, Hale block. 'Jack
son street; International union machinists,
Odd Fellows' hall. Fifth and Wabasba streets,
* p. m.
Wednesday— Regular meeting of Arbitration
lodge, B. of L. F., Exchange hall, Wabasha
street, 8 p. m.
Minneliaha Firemen Met.
Minnehaha Lodge No. 61, B. of L. F., b^ii
a good meeting at Twin fit- hs 1 " jiaierday
Efternoon. m "'" rr.-^-.*, John Heckler and
P* Kourke, were admitted to member
ahlD, ajnxi two oth|er«, John Schwartz, oj
Butte, Mont., and Henry Hinkle, of Brain
erd, Minn., w«re Initiated by card. The
delegates ©I the Joint committee to arrange
for the union ball of all the lodges of the
city reported that plans had been completed
for a union ball to be li-eld at the Ryan hotel
April 17. Three applications were received
and referred to the Investigation committee.
F. E. Davidson, master of Lodge No. 820,
and John Lynch, master of Lod£« No. 858,
-were guests of the meeting.
Hlrxhicrld Not There.
The debate which -was announced for yes
terday afternoon at Assembly hall by the
Socialist-Labor party did not take place. A.
Hlrscbfeld, of Minneapolis, was unable to b«
present, and Thomas Lucas took his place.
John J. Skedlng, of Bingle tax fame, was his
opponent. The subject was "Single Tax vs.
Socialism." Later a regular meeting of the
St. Paul section was held, at -which Dwight
M. Potter presided. A. W. M. Anderson, of
St. Paul, and W. E. Brown were elected
members of the committee to audit the books
of the state central committee.
Labor to Have a Lobby.
The legislative committee of twenty, ap
pointed by President Friend, of the Trade*
and Labor assembly, yesterday afternoon
mapped out a plan of action. Henry Feyder
was Instructed to look after labor measures
at the capitol today and report at a meeting
of the committee, which is to be held at As
sembly hall tonight. Chairman George Becker
resigned and John F. Krleger was elected to
fill the vacancy, and John E. Dempsey wai
elected secretary of the committee.
Cabinetmaker*' Progress.
The local cabinetmakers held a large meet
ing at Assembly hall yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of preparing to organize a local
union. John F. Krlcger, state organizer, act
ed as chairman of the meeting, and Otto
l»udtke, of the Minneapolis union, as secre
tary. The formation of a permanent union
and election of officers were postponed until
next Saturday evening, March 18.
Blocked by tlie Storm.
The regular meetings of divisions num
bered 474, 333 and 3G9, B. of L. E. r which
should have taken placo yesterday and last
night were postponed, as many members did
not reach the city on account of the storm.
The New Map.
The St. Paul Globe has just issund a
second edition of Its new Sectional Map of
Minnesota. It is now corrected up to March
Ist, 1899. It shows plainly all railroad lines,
and a number of new lines were opened
last year, which leaves all old state maps
very inaccurate. The names of all post
offices, county seats and towns-hips are in
dicated in plain type. Size of map, 33x15
inches. On the reverse sifle there is a com
plete map of the world. This map will be
sent, carriage paid, in the United States,
for $1.00.
Hrcain'.v' Paper.
A papcv for beggars only was started m
Paris recently. Here are a few of its ad
vertisements:
"A vacancy has occurred for a blind man
who can play the violin. Collections good.
Small premium required."
"Wanted, at once, for seaside resort, a
pair of helpless cripples. Good business.
References given and required; also, a mod
erate premium. 1 '
Heninrknble Fireworks.
In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fireworks
naker who manufactures pyrotechnic birds
of great size that when exploded, sail in a
lifelike manner through the air, and per
form many movements exactly like those of
living birds. The secret of making these
■wonderful things has been in the possession
cf the eldest child of the family of each gen
eration for more than 400 years.
It Will Surprise You-Try It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective
cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head,
we have prepared a generous trial
size for 10 cents. Get it of your drug
gist or send 10 cents to ELY BROS.,
56 Warren it., N. Y. City.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. — Alfred W. Stevens, Cald
well, Ohio.
After using Ely's Cream Balm six
weeks I believe myself cured of ca
tarrh. Joseph Stewart, Grand Ay.
Buffalo, N, Y.
Ely's Cream J3alm is the acknowl
edged cure for catarrh and contains
no cocaine, mercury nor any injuriotrs
drug-. Price, SO cents. At druggists
or by mail.
HE KISSED HIS TEACHER.
Boy Pupil In a Nevr York School
Cause* an I proa r.
NEW YORK, March 12.— The fate of
Mlbb Leah Maude Decker, a pretty
echoolma'am who allowed a pupil to
kiss her, 1b now in the hands of School
Cummisßloner Charles H. Howell, of
Riverhead. If Miss Decker's commis
sion ie taken away from her she will
appeal to State Superintendent Skin
ner, at Albany.
The school teacher was charged un
der the law regulating the schools in
the state of New York with being dis
qualified to teach because she had per
mitted a pupil in the academic depart
ment, Joseph George Ferdinand
Squires, to fall In love with her — quite
an easy thing to do, for the school
ma'am of twenty-three years is pretty
and blue-eyed. All the young men
were making eyes at her, but young
Joseph Squires captured her heart,
kissed her on several occasions, and
then told about it. His Uncle Edward
entered protest, and the entire com
munity arrayed iteelf solidly against
the parents of the Squires boy. Even
the Squires family, which has a ma
jority of three members of **>c school
■ Ward, is dividea on the subject.
A hearing was held in the town hall.
Everybody went, and the usual prayer
meeting was without a single attend
ant. The Rev. E. A. Eagan told how
the couple had come to him and want
ed to be married, but when he found
the boy was only fifteen and his par
ents had not given their consent he
refused.
"Did the young lady say she wanted
tp marry him?" asked the lawyer cau
tiouely.
" 'I love him,' she declared, 'and, Mr.
Eagan, when you love, you love, and
you oan't cease loving by merely wish-
Ing it. Joe ia a dear, sweet boy.' I did
not deny Miss Decker's statement that
'when you love, you love,' " added the
man of the cloth, with a smile.
Miss Decker was also on the stand
and testified that when the boy first
began to write her notes she thought
he was silly and foolish, but afterward
learned to like him.
PARROT KNEW POKER.
Bird Helped Its Mistress to Win
Several Jackpots.
From the Chicago Chroniclft.
A South side woman, who owns a very
clever parrot, entertained a few of her woman
friends last week by giving a poker party.
Since then the cleverness of the bird has
greatly risen in the minds of the women
frlend3. There were two. tables, six at each
and the gam* was a 25-cent ante. There was
much merriment as well as good playing, for
since the game has become «o fashionable the
women have ssmat as much time in becom
ng good poka» players as they used to in
learning whi«t.
After a while the game began In earnest and
the guests became as Interested as men do
over poker, each trying to get as many
atups as possible, merely to prove which was
the best- thinker. The parrot seemed to take
a special delight In watching the table where
its mistress waa seated, and the ladles oc
casionally rewarded the bird by talking with
• At this table a good jackpot was on and
each woman was anxious to do her best.
One of them opened It with two queens and
a delighted smile on her face." The cards were
were dealt and the hostess evidenttly did
not hold a gtood hand, for she calted for four
cards from the dealer. Ab she picked ik) the
draw she scowled dismaally and was about
to withdraw from the game, when with sufli
a screech as omly weH-fed parrot can utter
the bird lighted on the table with -wings
outstretched and clawed the cards and chips
right and left, even to those the players still
held in their hands. Every one of the guests
screamed and there was a frantic grab for
chips by all of them. The players from the
ether table ran excitedly forward to see what
was the matter, and it was several minutes
before things settled down again to regular-
The game then went on beautifully* the
hostess being really mor-3 successful at play
ing than any of her guests. Ajgain there was
a jackpot, but no distrubanoe, and the hostess
came out ahead. But the next time there
was a good, stiff pot, the hostess mada an
other di&mal face and scowled as she called
for four cards, the bird again lit upon the
chips and cards as before, and ihe not went
to naught. This second break, amd refusal
to put out the parrot, broke up the game
nnd the guests from each table politely with
drew and wemt horn«. But. the saying that
is going the rounds is that the hostess will
not he invited to any of their card parties or
other affairs, ard also that the parrot is a
clever bird, well trained.
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Premium for Widows.
According to the laws of good society in
China, young widows should not remarry.
Widowhood is therefore held In the highest
esteem, and the older the widow grows the
more agreeable her position becomes. Should
she reach &0 years she may, by applying to
the emperor, get a sum of money with
which to buy a tablet, on which her virtues
are named. The tablet is placed over the
floor at the principal entrance of her house.
HOT SPrTnGS, VA.
Through Sleeping Gar Service Via
the Bl« Four and Chea. &. Ohio Bys.
Leaving Chicago at 1 p. m. Wednesday, March
16th, 22d. 29th, April sth. Hot Springs ha«
an altitude of 2,600 feet, a dry climate of uni
form temperature and is the greatest society
resort in America.
Stopovers are allowed at the "Hot" on
tickets to Richmond, Old Point Comfort,
Washington and Eastern cities. For further
particulars address J. C. Tucker, G. N. A.,
Big Four Route. 234 Clark street. Chicago.
Fencing Halls.
There are more than »eventy halls in Paris
devoted to fencing, each presided ov«r bj a
fencing master more or leas famous.
THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE, MONDAY, MAECH 13, 1899.
THEY COMPARE NOTES
BUTTER MAKERS OF JIRRKEII
COUNTY HEIA> A BIG MEETING
I,A.ST WEEK
FREEBORN FOLK LIKEWISE
Good Sesaiom at Albert Lea-— — Pros
perity Reported From Creameries
In Various Part* of the State—
New Creamery Near Renvllle
Alden Expects One In tbe Spring
——Hope Lake Also.
About fifty dairymen, buttermakers
amd farmers attended the monthly
meeting of the Meeker County Butter
makers and Creamery Managers' as
sociation at Litchfield. President Even
Evenson presided.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, of the state
experimental farm, was introduced,
and he gave an hour's talk on the
growing of fodder crops for stock. He
said he was pleased to meet with the
representative farmers of Meeker coun
ty, and stated that it. was his purpose
to talk on the subject of raising stock
foods. Minnesota was perhaps as well
adapted for this purpose as any part
of the United States, but speaking
especially of the western half of the
state it was not the best pasture coun
try in the Union, because of lack of
rain. The problem that most forcibly
confronted every dairyman was how
to keep up an abundant pasturage
trom early spring to late In the fall.
He thought this problem could be solv
ed, and he proposed to show what crops
were most likely to aid in doing this.
For early spring pasture nothing can
approach a field of winter rye, sown
early in the fall previous, about Sept.
1, so as to get a good foothold before
winter. This will afford fine pasture
several weeks earlier than anything
else. Next will ccme native wild pas
ture, and still later clover and timothy.
For soiling purposes later in the sea
son he recommended as a most excel
lent crop oats and peas. The peas
should be sown on the ground and
plowed under, about four inches deep.
A few days later oats should be sown
in the usual manner. A succession of
these sowings will lengthen the feed
ing season. Commence cutting when
the peas are in bloom. The milk-pro
ducing qualities of this feed are won
derful.
Speaking of stock raising In general
he deprecated the plan of selling off
the calves, as is practiced here to a
considerable extent. He said that any
farmer with the ordinary run of cows,
if he uses a shorthorn sire, could get
calves that can be sold for at least
$25 at a year old or $45 at two years.
This could only be done by intelligent
feeding and care, so as to keep the
calf growing constantly from birth to
maturity.
B. D. White, assistant dairy commis
sioner, was present and favored the
meeting with several remarks on the
dairy industry in general and on the
matter of scalding skim milk at the
creameries to keep it from getting sour
before being fed.
President Evenson reported that Mr.
Sondergard and himself, appointed as
a committee to visit St. Paul in the
interest of a law to properly classify
process butter, had made a visit
to St. Paul, and that a bill cov
ering the case had been drawn and had
already passed the house. In the sen
ate it was thought some opposition
might be encountered, but not enough
to nrpvc"* Its passage.
It was decided to hold the next meet-
Ing at Grove City on the first Thurs
day in April.
The monthly meeting of the Free
born county dairymen, held at Albert
Lea, was largely attended. The pro
gramme included addresses and talks
by Mr. Miller, of the Freeborn cream
ery Mr. Overland, of the Twin Lakes
creamery; Mr. Burtis, of the Bancroft
creamery; Mr. Stockwell, of Clark's
Grove creamery; El wood Noble, of
Manchester; Frank Hinderman, of
Armstrong, and Abel Jorgenson, of the
Albert Lea creamery.
The Davidson bill, prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of oleo, was dis
cussed at length, and It was the pre
vailing sentiment that all— both the
Individual farmer and the various
creameries— should cont ibute liberally
to a fund that is now being raised for
the holy purpose of destroying but
terine and oleomargarine butter coun
terfeits.
Before adjourning Mr. Knatvold call
ed the attention of the creamery man
agers present to the difficulty that
would soon be experienced In getting
butter tubs owing to the lack of stave
timber. His factory is now shut down
and he had had great difficulty in get
ting stave timber, or tubs either. This
is a serious problem and one which
portends great inconvenience to the
creameries. The meeting then adjourn
ed subject to call by the president.
* • •
A few papers usually noted for their
correct judgment, such as the Country
Gentleman and Elgin Dairy Report,
object quite strenuously to the propos
ed tax of ten cents a pound on oleo.
when colored to imitate butter, on th«
ground that it will be legalizing a
fraud — recognizing a counterfeit as a
legitimate article of commerce. The
assistant commissioner of agriculture
in New York, Mr. Flanders, also
adopts that view. Without question-
Ing the honesty of such opinions, a
careful review of the situation leads
to the conclusion tha-t the proposed tax
would not conflict with any probable
judicial construction of laws or consti
tutions, and would be most effective
practically. It is not very material
whether any of these imitation stuffs
have a legal s-tartus or not so that they
are not given an advantage over gen
uine butter. A 10 per cent tax on
state bank issues was as effective as
direct prohibition, and a tax of ten
cents a pound on oleo, colored to Imi
tate butter, would accomplish the de
sired end. There would be no profit
in selling it in that form, and conse
quently it would not be imposed upon
consumers as butter. If any wanted
it as oleo, they could still get it ait a
cheap rate. Practical results are to toe
sought for in this matter.
* * *
One of the owners of something of
a dairy herd figures that he can make
a fair profit on his cows when they
average about 120 pounds of butter fat
or near 140 pounds of butter in the
year. His figures are too low. In the
judgment of those best qualified to give
an opinion by making a careful selec
tion-of cows, keeping the heifer calves
from the best milkers, and giving close
.a'ttentdon to the business, one can eas
ily raise the yield to 200 pounds of but
ter fat, which would be equivalent to
235 or 240 pounds of butter. The In
creased profits in dairying are to be
looked for in the line of greater yields
per cow and greater skill in managing
the calf.
* • •
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Re"dwood Falls Co-operative
Creamery was held Saturday after
noon and resulted in the selection of
A. D. Stewart, president; Hugh C. Me-
Dougal, vice president; O. L. Domberg,
secretary, and C. W. Lussenhou, treas- ,
urer, and the officers, with A. D. Smith,
A. C. Miller 1 and Thomas March, were
chosen a board of directors. At the
meelting 166 shares of stock were repre
sented. The secretary's report showed
that 1,859,804 pounds of milk were re
ceived during the year ending Feb. 1,
and from this 69,819 pounds of butter
fat were produced. The average net
price paid for butter fat was 15.86 cents
per pound. The average yield of butter
fat to 100 pounds of milk was 3.72
pounds, while the average yield of but
ter to 100 pounds of milk was 4.40
pounds. The total amount of buttef
made was 81,928 pounds. - The receipts
were *12,162.46.fr0m butter shipped, and
$1,847.24 from local sales, making a
total of 513.999.70. Patrona were paid
$10,860.58 for milk, $2,207.89 were paid
for expenses and $931.73 were added to
the sinking fund of (the company.
• • •
The Ericson Cheese and Butter com
pany has been organized and will oper
ate a plant near Rwiville. The officers
elected to serve thie flrsit yaer are as
follows: President, iThorson Walstedt;
vice president, Juiius Detrich; secre
tary, A. D. Smith; treasurer, H. Tostin
son; trustees, Casper- Warner. August
Swanson, Peter Wolf,
Work on the plant has already begun
and will be pushed as rapidly as th«
weather will permit. The farmers are
making a very sensi'Me move in build
ing a cheese factory as the present
price of cheese is 12 cents whole
sale, which will net at least $1 per hun
dred for their milk after paying for
the manufacture and all running ex
penses. While creameries are paying
well, cheese factories are paying still
better.
• • •
At the annual meeting of the Deer
field, Creamery association the follow
ing officers were elected: J. F. Brady,
president and treasurer; H. W. Reine
ke, secretary; Frank. Beese, manager;
Charles Wobschall, and Charles Krue
ger, directors.
The association is lmi a prosperous
condition and is a benefit to the farm
er, as the report shews. The report for
the eleven months that the creamery
was in existance in 1898 is as follows:
Number pounds milk received.. 1,817,213
Average test 8 77»4
Number pounds butter fat 49,731
is umber pounds butter sold 66 772
Average price paid 17 C
Received from butter sales ....$8,697 99
Value of patrons' butter 996 72
Total t $9 694 71
Paid in milk checks $681149
Paid in sinking fund ".'..".'..'. ' 668 67
Paid expense 1,219 82
Paid buttermaker premium 334
By patrons' butter .. 896 72
By balance 477
• "•'•"" '
The stockholders of the Blooming
Prairie Separator Creamery association
held their annual meeting last week
and elected the following officers:
President, T. A. Helvig; secretary,
George A. Peterson; treasurer, J. C.
Brainerd; directors C. E. Symes, Wil
liam Ferrtagtcn, Olle Ille, Ben Ben
son, N. N. Hegna, P. P. Haugan, G. A.
Peterson. It was voted to award the
stockholders a dividend of 10 per cent
on stock. The annual statement of the
secretary was as follows:
Total milk for 1898 7 629 215
Butter fat 296[414
£ aia Patrons .$61,932 67
Sinking fund 2 290 08
Expense „ 3)932 63
Total paid, Including sinking
fund $58 166 28
Total butter shipped ...; 274,463
bold from creamery 61,737
Total made 826,200
Total receipts $57,688 15
From sinking fund 667 13
$58,165 28
• * *
The Rockford creamery reports busi
ness prospering for this season of the
year. Tests for February ran from
5.4 to 3.6, and payment was made on
Friday, the 10th inst. at the rate of
19 cents per pound for butter- fat. Re
ceipts of milk at the opening of the
creamery, Feb. 1, were only 800 pounds
and on the last day of the month they
had increased to 3,200 pounds.
• * •
The stockholders of the Golden Rule
creamery, which is located near Owa
tonna, held their annual meeting Sat
urday, at which time the following offi
cers were elected: President. D. Mc-
Rostie; secretary, J. E. Voss; treasurer,
J. O. Waumett; additional directors,
Ed Reiter and M. Bierdorf. The cream
ery has had a very prosperous year
• » •
Everything would indicate that a
new solid brick creamery, costing
about $3,000 will be built in Alden this
spring. The creamery at this place
has become too Bmall to accommodate
alt who wish to patronize it, and is
also in nted of considerable repairs.—
Alden Advance.
• • •
The farmers living in the vicinity of
Grove City have organized a dreamery
association and will build a new
creamery near Hope lake. At a recent
meeting the following officers were
elected: President, Andrew Jackson
vie© president, P. K. Brown; secretary
and manager, Ole Hartz; directors,
John G. Nelson, Jens Mattson and Ole
Hartz.
• • *
The Elgin Creamery company is con
templating the erection of a creamery
in Baraboo, Wis., and making the city
headquarters for the several stations
that the company has in the vicinity of
Baraboo. .
• * *
The Logansville creamery in Sauk
county, Wisconein, burned last week
The loss amounted to about $5,000, and
falls heavily on the company and
many farmers that were supplying the
creamery with milk.
• * «.
A meeting of the farmers living in
the vicinity of Henderson will be held
next Saturday. The- meeting has been
called for the purpose of arousing in
terest in a creamery project that has
been pending for some time. Assist
ant Dairy Commissioner White will
deliver an address on the benefits of a
creamery to a community.
• • •
The following papers will be read to the
dairymen of Martin .county at Fairmont on
March 16. The meeting will be called to or
der at 10 o'clock a. m. by President Sweet:
The Man at the Wetghcan," by F. O Ladd
"Dairying In the EBgin District," by R l'
Bradburn; "How to Produce the Desired Fla
vor in Butter," toy W. A. Welch; "The Ef
fects of Oleomargarine," by J. J. Brunfler;
"Benefit to Be Derived Fro-m Butter Con
tests," by H; N. Slater; "Butter Scoring "
by B. D. White, who will be assisted by F
A. Lelglhton; "The Duties of the Buttermak
er," by F. A. Lelghton, Iowa; "The Duties
of the Creamery Patrons," by E. A Ander
son, Iowa; "Educating the Creamery Patron "••
by O. M. Warner; T 'F«ede and Feeding of
Dairy Cowe," by H. C. Suter; "Feeding of
Dairy Calves," by William Suter: "Care of
Creamery Machinery," by M. Dysthe; "Milk
Testing," by E. K. Slater; "Handling a
Creamery Board," by J. B. Carter. Mr
White will explain effects of the poor fla
vored butter that will be exhibited. The
prizes will not be less than $10 for the first
$6 for the second, and a- small sum' pro rata
which will be divided among those that score
over 93.
An Innovation In Sleeping: Car Serv
ice Introduced by the Baltimore
& Ohio HaUrcVad.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has intro
duced a new feature in its sleeping car serv
ice on through trains between Newark, Ohio,
and Baltimore, Md., and Chicago and' Pitts
burg, inaugurating what will be known as
the "Ordinary" sleeping cars in addition to
the regular Standard sleeping cars.
One of these cars will be attached to train
No. 8 leaving Newark at 8:30 p. m., and ar
riving in Baltimore at 12:68 p. m, next day,
returning on train No. «7 leaving Baltimore
at 7:00 p. m., and arriving in Newark at
10:22 a. m. next day.
Also on train No. « leaving Chicago at 8:30
p. m., arriving Pittajburg at 6:40 a. m. (Cen
tral Time), and returning on train No 5
leaving Pittsburg at 7:20 p. m., arriving Chi
cago at 10:00 a. m.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Is the first
line to introduce this service in the eastern
territory :. for special' accommodation of the
traveling public, la these "Ordinary/ sleep
ers the Pullman rat* Is reduced one-naif, go
that passengers hare the choice of paying
the. higher Pullman rate and occupying
Standard car or take advantage of the cheap
er rate; and occupy the "Ordinary" sleeper.
These latter cars are- available to passengers
holding either first *r second class tickets.
These sleepers are new, have been espe
cially constructed far this service and dtffsr
from the Standard sleeping cars only In be
ing less elaborately furnished. The seats are
upholstered in. rattalu. and the sleeping
berths, when made »p, nave all the comforts
and conveniences of the Standard cars.
—
"Beyond Description."
"I must confess that the .prediction you
trade about uhe Burlington's Fast Limited
Train between St. Paul and Chicago haa
bf<n more than verified, the train Is simply
magnificent beyond description and a perfect
palace on wheels. I have traveled a great
deal both at home and abroad, but for com
fort, luxury and speed the Burlington leads
them all." From a private letter to th«
Editor of "The Colonist," Winnipeg, Man
itoba.
CURES WITH STRHG
STRANGE] POWERS ATTRIBUTED
TO THE MAYOR OF AN IN.
DIANA TOWN
CHILDEEJT HIS PATIENTS
Common Plec« of Twine la Used
and the Infant Measured From
Head to Foot Myatical Incanta
tion Is ITaed With the Ceremony
—Secret Imparted toi Him by an
Old German Narae.
If the strange power attributed to
Mayor James B. Plessinger, of Bluff
ton, Ind., could be extended to physi
cians everywhere, there would be an
end to apprehension that the human
race is deteriorating in size, says the
New York Herald.
for Mayor Plessinger claims to be
able to correct Improper growth of
children while in infancy, and his as
sertion is backed by many years of
successful practice. His method, is
simply to measure them with a string,
according to a system handed down in
German folk-lore, and possessed by few
persons. Notwithstanding the super
stitious nature of this "rite of meas
urement," many physicians have wit
nessed the working of the treatment,
and, while they offer no solution, ad
mit that it possesses some strange
efficacy. At any rate, the practice bids
fair to spread throughout the United
States, if Mayor Plessinger can be in
duced to part with his secret.
Long or short growth among infants
is not an uncommon complaint. One
of the peculiar disease that befall
small humanity is a tendency between
the age of six weeks and two years to
either grow too fast or too slow. The
more common of the two is "short"
growth. The child seemingly ceases to
grow, and instead of waxing strong
and hearty, dwindles into a puny and
insignificant creature, for whom there
seems nothing in view but the grave,
and that possibly not far distant.
It is at this point that some nurse or
some old lady, who thinks she is vers
ed in child lore, advises "measure
ment." In fact, it is the only efficaci
ous remedy in such a critical crisi»,
say the old ladies.
The child must be measured by a
person who is endowed with the power
to controvert the maJign influence that
overshadows it.
A common piece of twine Is used, and
the child is measured from head to foot.
Then the string is wrapped in the hinge
of the front door in such a fashion that
it will wear as the door opens and
shuts.
Of course a mystical Incantation
goes with the ceremony. When the
string is worn out the child begins
growing long or short, Just as the na
ture of the case demands.
Mayor Plessinger says he has been
gifted with the power of this mystical
measurement since nineteen years of
age. It is an old German custom, and
the person who can apply the formula
is greatly esteemed. The secret was
imparted to the mayor by Mother Val
entine, an old lady highly respected in
Bluffton for her nursing ability and
her knowledge of homely remedies.
Feeling that she was unable to pur
sue her calling much longer, she sum
moned Mr. Plessinger, who was her
favorite among the young men of the
place, and made him her heir to the
secret. By no means must the incan
tation be given to one of a sex similar
to the possessor. It came from a wo
man and the mayor has picked out the
young lady to, whom it will be given
when he feels~called upon to lay down
his crown of healing.
"In forty years," said the mayor, "I
have measured 536 cases, and have not
a failure to my record. There are fam
ilies in Bluffton in which I have meas
ured as many as two and three babies.
Generally my cases have been among
children, and nine times out of ten
they were afflicted with short growth.
One of them is now a bank clerk of this
city. His parents had no idea he
would live.
"In two instances I measured young
ladies eighteen years of age, who be
lieved they had incipient consumption,
but instead of that they had short
growth. I measured a.n old man trou
bled with long growth and he stopped
growing. The method employed to as
certain whether a child is of normal
growth is a common secret.
"If properly developed its length is
exactly seven times that of the length
of its foot. When measuring for the
affliction the string should be exactly
the length of the child from the crown
of its head to the big toe. What else
goes with the measurement 1b my se
cret.
> "Many people who were sceptical
have come to me, and, while assuring
me they did not believe in the thing,
still they wished to try it, because their
wives had been told that it was a nev
er failing resort. In some cases the
family physician had given up all hope,
and these children are alive today."
There are hundreds of people in Bluff
ton and over the country generally
who believe in the treatment, and cases
can be cited in Bluffton among men
and women whom no one would suspect
were ever cured by the string method.
One of the city's leading society ladies
was measured, not by the mayor, how
ever, when a small child. Immediately
after the measurement she set up the
first energetic cry of her existence,
was given a slice of bread and butter,
which she ate greedily, and grew rap
idly out of her infirmity.
An incident worthy of note was that
of an old man near the Huntington
county line who was bedfast. He was
four and one-half inches longer than
normal, but two weeks after the meas
urement was reduced until he was only
an inch and one-half over the correct
limit
The reader must not imagine that
because such a belief exists in Bluff
ton that the city is a little backwoods
village. It is the only city in Indiana
outside of Indianapolis that has three
miles of asphalt streets. It is a hust
ling town of 5,000 inhabitants, without
a negro in its population.
The only colored man who ever voted
there walked out of town at a rapid
gait, with a crowd of men In pursuit,
and none other ever repeated the op
eration. It is a. modern city, but many
of its good citizens believe in the theory
that children can be cured by the
mayor's process, because it has been
tried in their families and they know it.
Nor must it be thought that the
chief executive is an old hoary-headed
doctor of the root, bark and herb
theory. He Is a veteran of the late
war, an Odd Fellow of state standing,
and an energetic gentleman who is
unassuming and makes no pretensions
to extraordinary powers.
He knows that he can cure children
suffering from "long" and "short"
growth, and he does it for the pleasure
it gives him in doing an act of hu
manity. Never, in over 500 cases, has
he taken a cent of moj\ey as a fee,
but one of his most highly gifted pos
sessions is a handkerchief which a
grateful mother presented him in a
successful case.
A few days ago the incident crept
into the metropolitan press and in a
vague and skeptical manner misrepre
sented the working of the worthy may
or. It referred to the fact that he
could remedy sufferers from dwarf-
81650-1898.
48 years of success
prove these troches
le best for Coughs, Colds,
less, Bronchitip, Asthma.
a boigt— nerer ■old In 6>tk.
CASTOR I A
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 80 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Substitutes are but Experiments, and endanger the
health or Children— Experience against Experiment.
What is CAST ORIA
Oastoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It Is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea— The Mother's Friend.
Tie Kind You toe Always Bought
Bears the Signature of _
In Use For Over 30 Years.
N Ew YORK CITY.
"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BARGAIN.' 1
MARRY A PLAIN QIRL IF SHE USES
dom, which is not the truth, for no
constitutional Infirmity can be cured.
Many letters have reached him rela
tive to the matter, and when the In
quiry was a Bincere one and answer
was returned, but many of the letters
reached his waste basket.
-«-
APPETIZING DISHES
That Are Likely to Become Famil
iar TliroiiKl" Importation.
From the New York Evening Post.
"A dish frequently offered to me in
Porto Rico," said a woman recently
who had Just returned from there, "and
which I grew to like very much, is made
of chopped meat and banana. A small
force-meat ball Is wrapped in a strip
of banana, the two being tied together
with cook's thread, or held by a tooth
pick skewer. They are then fried to a
delicate brown and served very hot.
The alligator pear, or Jeremiah, as it
Is sometimes called, of our own South,
is a very common article of food in
Porto Rico. We are likely to import it,
and our housekeepers may be glad to
know how to use it. It is more of a
vegetable than a fruit, the firm white
meat tasting as much like fresh, un
salted butter as anything I can think
of. It is served in many, ways In Porto
Rico. I found it first In my soup, cut
into long, narrow pieces, but it is often*
est used as a salad. The tough, leath
ery skin is removed and the meat out
into dice, and served with a Frenoh or
mayonnaise dressing as we serve celery.
It was also served escalloped or stuffed.
The pear was cut Into halves and the
contents scooped out, leaving a cup of
skin. The meat was then chopped and
prepared with bread-crumbs and but
ter before it was returned to the cups
and baked in the oven. The pear is too
tasteless to be palatable by itself, but it
Is most useful as a foundation of nu
merous dishes."
POINT OF HAT PIN
Surprised a Voting Man and Caused
a Commotion.
From the New York Times.
Two ladies were late arrivals at Wallack's
theater a few evenings since. The first act
was on, and the lights were very low. As
sometimes happens with ladles, there were
considerable bustle and fuss before they were
finally settled in their seats. As a finality of
their preparation to enjoy the play there was
the removal of a couple of flaring and tower-
Ing hats. It seemed then as If the bustle at
tending the arrivals would no longer Inter
fere with the enjoyment of the play by their
neighbors. But it was only the beginning.
There wus a vacant seat In front of one of
the ladies. A young man occupied the aisle
seat In front of the other. She back of the
front seat impaled her hat with a hat pin
to the back of the vacant chair. The other
lady assayed to do the same thing. A howl
that wasn't suppressed rang through the
house, a startled young man leaped into the
air as if he had been shot, carrying with him
the hat of my lady No. 2 firmly attached to
the back of his dress coat. A screech from
the lady. Frantic grabbing for the hat by
both the man and the woman. A general dis
turbance in, the vicinity of the two seats, until
finally the howling man detached himself
from both picture hat and hat pin, and sank
back into his seat with a manifest sigh of
relief. Hat and hat pin were returned to
the woman. Profuse apologies from the
woman in a stage whisper that could be
heard by half the people in the theater. And
that is the reason why a young man well
known about the» up-town resorts now has
occasion to remark about a dozen times each
day and eveningi "For heaven's 6ake, please
keep your hand off my shoulder," and at
once has to explain: "I ye been stabbed with
a hat pin, and there is a lump as big as a
hen's egg and as sore as a oarbuncle right
where you and every other man who wants
to see me now seemß to find it necessary to
either touch or slap me.''
AMUSEMENTS.
METROPOIim LVnTOnafe'r:
FRANK DAKtELS
la bis two b<S comic opera hiti. Tonight. Tues
day and W eduesdfty nights mid Sat. Mat.,
THE IDOL'S li\ E.
Thursday, Friday aud Saturday Nights,
TUG WIZARD OF THE! NILE.
Prices, Evenings 26e. 50c. 75c, 11.00 and 31.50.
Matinee, 25c, 50c, 75c end $1.00.
Next week. Dan'l Frobman's Prisoner of Zenda,
Will Be on Hand Tonight Sure at
THE GRAND
NO BLOCKADE,
GILMORE & LEONARD.
We will present our new version of
HOGiIALLEY
Next Week, "ATriptoCoontown."
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Seals on Sole Minneapolis Exposition
TIDDIIQ' Tue«d«y Eve., Mar. 14,
™L HALI JUMU,
nrnnr the terrible Turk, will attempt
uIuKC to throw 4 Umei in 90 mln
*""*■' nies eetch-a»- catch -can style
4in s Rouen. D. A. mgm iiian s D. B. Mctntyre
Tom Colors for the Byes.
An eye specialist says that much of the
strain upon the «yes of gohool children may
be prevented by having in the classrooms
tinted walls and window shades of a suitable
toning color. He regards this as a. matter
upon which far too little stress Is laid by the
building and furnishing committees of school
boards. Clear, white walls are a menkce to
th« eyesight that ought not to be tolerated in
any echooh-oom. It Is Just In these particulars
that the service of women on school boards la
efficient. Wmen take palagt, and know from •
experience In the furnishing of their own :
homes how much apparently trifling details
contribute to comfort as well as to effect.
(Men, as a rule, are content to put this kind of
work In the hands of trad«smen, who n&y or
may not be intelligent workmen.— New York
Evening Post.
DEATHS.
HOLMES— At St. Paul, Sunday, March 12, at
the residence of his son, 546 Rondo street.
Hector Holmes, aged 83 years. Funeral no
iice later.
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