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4 LampreY's Nest.

One day late in spring as was pass
ing over bridge L chance to see two
lampreys, or "lamper-eels," as they are
usually called, engaged in building
their nest in the creek below me. 1t
was one OF the most curious spectacles
[ ever saw in our stream. They were a
few yards below the bridge, just where
the water breaks from the still pool be-
meath it, and flows with rapid current
over it roughly paved bottom. They
were distinguishable from the yellowish
brown and black stones and pebbles
amid which they were working only by
their motions. They were tug
ging away at the small movable
stones with great PERSISTENCE [ went
down to the waters edge where they
were within reach of my staff, the bet
ter to observe them. They would run
up to the edge of the still water and
seize upon the stones with their suction
mouth and drag them back with the
current and drop them upon the nest.
L understood at once why their nests,
which l had often observed before,
were always placed at the beginning of
selves of the current in building them
The water sweeps them back with the
pebble in their mouth, their only effort
being in stemming the current to seize
it. They are thus enabled ito move
stones which they could not stir in still
water.
The stones varied i'll size from a wal
nut to a goose egg. When one of them
was Juggling away at stone too heavey
for it, l would lend helping hand with
my staff; [ would move the stone along
gently, and the lamprey seemed entire
ly unconscious of the fact that it was
being helped; it would drop the burden
at the proper point, and ruI up for an
other. Indeed my aid and presence did
not disturb them at all. From time to
time, the larger of the two, which was
the female, would thrust her tail with
great violence down among the pebbles
at the bottom of the creek and loosen
them up, and set free the mud, which
the current quickly carried away. The
new material thus plowed up was car
ried to the nest. Twice in the course Of
the half-hour that [ observed them, the
act of spawning took place.
Besides helping move the larger
stones with my staff, several times
plowed up the bottom with its point,
thus relieving the female of that duty.
The fish took it all as matter of
course, and seized upon the pebbles [
had loosened with great alacrity.
When 1 thrust my cane beneath them
and tried to lift them out of the water,
they would suck fast to the stones and
prevent me; but they did not manifest
any alarm. The lampreys become much
! exhausted with the spawning and nest
building, and large numbers of them
| die when it is over. In June it is not
unusual to find their dead bodies in the
| streams they inhabit. -Joh71 Bur-
ToughS, IN the Century.
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On ,ChnnnP.

The receipts of grain were small yester-
day, the amount being less than 10000
bushels of all descriptions and from all
sources. The greater part of this was not
for sale. 1t follows of course that the
offerings were light; Sill was freely bid
for No. hard wheat, and for May delivery
S1.15 was bid. There were sellers of spot
at $1.11H and of May at $1.16. Corn
was weak and lower, SIC being the highest
bid for seller May, with sellers at 53c. The
oat market remained steady and nominally
firm at $3.50 bid for No. and 400 asked.
Coarse corn meal and mixed feed remained
quiet and unchanged. Bran and Shot
were on the down grade, the drop for the
day being near 81 per ton. Hay also re-
mains weak at the late decline. Dizziness
was the leading feature of the local mark
cts.
The following were among the receipts
and shipments at and from Minneapolis
for the twentyfour hours ending at 10 a.
m. yesterday, as posted on change:
Receipts 175 barrels; wheat, TO-
500 bushels; oats, 500 bushels; coal, 1,475
tons; wood, % cords; lumber, 100000 feet;
barrel stock, cars; hay 80 tons.
Shipments Flour, S,942 barrels; wheat,
$500 bushels; corn, 500 bushels; wood 80
cords; lumber, 100000 feet; mill stuff, 388
tons; barrel stock, l car; hay 10 tons.
Inspection-The inspection of grain at
this point yesterday was as follows: Wheat,
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HOUSEHOLD DECORATION.

A SET of tides is made of satin and
cretonne. Cut the satin in squares the
size desired and cut the figures from
the cretonne and apply it to the satin
with japanese gold thread in chain
stitch. Finish the edges with antique
OF Russian lace.
BLEACHING bottles and small Jelly
bottles can be made into pretty vases if
first painted blue, shading from light
into dark or fading into grayish blue,
allowed to dry perfectly; then painted
in oils with a small spray of leaves and
blossoms and finished with a coating of
demar varnish. They make a pretty
ornament for the mantel or table.
HANDBAGS are made of coarse linen
Irvine crocheted in imitation of macrame
lace; the crochet is five inches deep,
and each side is five inches long; they
are much prettier if made in one piece.
Finish the top edge with small seal
lop and the bottom with small points
and scant fringe; the lining is of satin
and satin bow is placed on the GRO
chet; the top of the bag is 1drawn to-
gether with narrow satin ribbons.
A PRETTY plaque is first painted a
light blue, deepening in color toward
the lower end; when quite dry photo
graph, which has been removed from
the card by placing it in tepid water for
a half-hour, is cut into an oval and gum
med on, and surrounded by wreath of
tiny flowers and leaves painted in oils,
and the whole varnised with a clear
white varnish. Another pretty orna-
ment made from photographs is to ar
range them on cardboard with sur
rounding composed of dried flowers and
grasses and then placed in deep velvet
| frame.
VERY pretty plush plaques can be
made by taking piece of pine wood a
quarter of an inch thick, three inches
wide and nine inches long; cut piece
of paper and fit it over one side of the
board and press it down smoothly so
there will be no wrinkles; remove it and
without smoothing out the creases cut a
piece of plush of the exact shape Cut
a piece of red cotton or dark stiff goods
and glue it smoothly to the board, COW
ering the back; now put on the plush on
the other side and glue it neatly and
firmly to the lining. A photograph
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MINNEAPOLIS ADJUSTMENTS.
The Great Musical Week.

The Great MssSicGI Week.
The opening of the Grand Opera at
Minneapolis, which takes place week
from to-morrow,is one of the great events,
unsteady, of the West, and will be de-
cidedly the finest affair of the kind ever
attempted west of Chicago, and the same
attractions provided for that grand occa-
sion are to be produced in st. Paul except
the merely local assistance given by Min
neapolis parties. The sale of seats for the
Grand Opera at Minneapolis takes place
tomorrow at p. m. at the Academy of
Music in that city, when the choice of seats
for the first night will be put up at auc-
ton. During the entire week of concert
and opera, trains will be run after the per-
formances between the two cities, thus af-
ording an opportunity for those who desire
to attend the performances in either city.
The attractions on Monday evening at
Minneapolis will be a grand concert by
the Amherst College Glee club, the Litta
Concert company, the Grand orchestra
under the leadership of Max Mar etzek, and
the Thomas Festival chorus of 200 voices
under the leadership of w. L. Tomlins
The same programme is to be given at the
st. Paul Opera house on Tuesday evening,
with the exception of the chorus, but in
place of this there will be additional num-
bers by the opera artists.
On Tuesday evening at Minneapolis
there will be second grand concert, in
which the Oberlin Glee club will appear
with the grand orchestra and chorus and a
brilliant list of numbers by the Italian
Opera artists. This programme will form
the basis of the first grand concert at the
st. Paul Opera house, at which Mile Man
tey the violinist, will also play.
On Wednesday afternoon at Minneapolis
there will be magnificent matinee by the
opera artists and the Amherst and Oberlin
college glee clubs.
On Wednesday evening at Minneapolis
the first performance of italian grand op-
era by the Hauk-Litta-M aretzek combina-
ton will be given, at which complete acts
will be given from the celebrated operas
of Carmen" "Mignon' and 'Don Giovan-
nj" This will be repeated entire at st.
Paul on Friday evening.
On Thursday evening at Minneapolis
the second performance of Italian grand
opera by the Hauk-Litta- Maretzek combi-
nation will be given, at which complete
acts and scenes will be given from the
noted grand operas of 'Faust," 'Lucia"
and ''The Daughter of the Regiment u
This will be repeated at st. Paul on Satur-
day evening.
On Friday and Saturday evenings and
matinee at Minneapolis the Chicago
Church Choir Opera company will
give its inimitable performances of
'Pinafore," Patience" and "Chimes
of Normandy" which operas will be given
at the st. Paul Opera house on Wednesday
matinee and evening and Thursday even
ing.
On Saturday afternoon at the st. Paul
Opera house, the Hauk- Litta- Maretzek COM
bination will give grand opera matinee,
at which will be presented the operas of
"Trovatore," "Troviata," and MARTHA
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Newfoundland and its People.

Newfoundland pronounced by the
natives newfoundland, with a strong ac-
cent on the final syllable-is one great
rock, with an area nearly as large as
the State of New York. Though the
island was peopled by Great Britain
three hundred years ago, and is the
oldest of her North American colonies
its interior is so little known that tracts
with ten thousand square miles are
marked on the maps unknown" Oh
UNEMPLOYED"
The prevailing type of nationality is
English or Irish, modified by insular
surroundings. Three-quarters. at least,
of the population of one hundred and
eighty thousand in the whole island are
made up of poor fishermen.
They are hardy, rough race, famil-
lar with every phase of ocean life, igno-
rant, narrow and insular, but kindly
disposed. Some of their linguistic od-
dities, at the remoter fishing stations
particularly, are worth nothing. Like
the southern negro who often uses
chin" for "it," so these islanders
twist the word she" into absurd combin-
atlons.
"Will the trout be cooked soon ?'
was asked the waiter-girl at one of the
coast inns. Maybe he will be-" was
the reply.
"The wagon has lost he's wheels, "
or Il don't whether the spade he is, u
illustrate further these peculiarities.
The marine temperament of the peo-
pie crops out in the term skipper" al
ways employed by a subordinate in adj
dressing superior, or by a street boy
accosting gentleman.
There is a strange broadening of
vowels in colloquial speech. Thus
ridge becomes in Newfoundlese "rudge, !"
and fire cur" Many of them would
say: "The forest has furred," / e.,
I burned over.
The wives of the lower order OF
ISLANDERS who stav az home. till the
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Fractions Horses.

The reason why there are so many
fractions and unsafe horses, is so many
fractions and unreliable men to train
them. Break" has heretofore been the
term used to express the operation of
training colts OF horses for service. And
it IS truly expressive Of what is done or
attempted to be done. The rough, rude
and cruel treatment an unframed colt is
subjected to, is enough to break the
temper and destroy the morals of the
best natured instincts of a colt. To
beat knowledge OF morals into q boy
or colt has about played out The
first thing an inhuman wretch does who
undertakes to train a colt, is to put a
villainous blind-bridle on him, one of
the worst relics which has come down
to us from ignorance and barbarism.
Then he is reined up so tight that his
instinct teaches him to go backward in
stead of forward. The check rein is so
rugged as to throw out his nose and give
his face q horizontal position like a
came's, so that he can neither see the
ground when he steps, nor sideways on
account of the blinds. Then the man
who is called horse-jockey teaches the
tender and naturally kind colt informa-
ton with an infamous whip.-Des
MONIES Register.
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Prof. StelIDfs Benefit.

The Harmonic society, one of the lead
ing German musical organizations of the
Northwest, will give benefit concert to
their popular and eminent director, Prof.
H. R. Stempf, in Harmonic hall this even
ing. The following is the programme:
PART FIRST.
/. Overture-Stradella $500. ........... Flotow
Danz' Orchestra.
2. How Fair art Thou, arranged by o. Schmoll
Male Chorus.
8. Duet from the opera, Josef in Egypt. Michul
Miss Jessie Circler and Mr.. Stempf.
4. Quintet, from the opera The Reduction
from the Serai 49,. ......... 80. Mozart
Mrs. Hille, Mrs. Blune, Messrs. lille, Huse-
man and Benkendorf.
5. Comic female chorus from The Merry
War. -.. -. III. Strauss
With solo by Rosa Boehme.
PART SECOND.
l. String Quartet (allegro) 900. ...... Hayden
Messrs. Danz, Gangelhoff, Swift, Strachauer.
2; Legend Of Loreley 800. ;..... -. Tschirch
Male Chorus and soprano solo by Mrs. lille.
3. The Lark's Morning Song. 49,. 80. Rolling
Piano Solo by Miss Susie Rauen.
4 Ballad from the Flying Duchman. r Wagner
Mrs. Hille and Ladies' Chorus.
5. Invitation to Dance ...... III. Oesten
Mixed Chorus.
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BaniShed Siberians.

AS to the proportion of the banished
who are condemned to hard labor it is
about one-seventh of the whole number
passing over the frontier yearly.
cannot tell you the exact number of ex-
lies transported yearly, as I do not
think anybody except those handling
the prisoners know, but from the sta
tistics gathered at Tiumen I should
judge it to be between 10000 and 90
600 annually, and sometimes more.
About one-fourth of these are women.
The returns from Siberia number
yearly about $500 to 5000 persons,
who, having served out their terms, re-
turned to their homes in Russia. A
large proportion of the exiles, compare
lively speaking, are minors, being about
one out of six. Their tsrms of Danish
ment are, as general rule, but short
since the returning exiles are composed
of about one-seventh of the persons
under 81 years of age.-Sa'a francisco
Chronicle.
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STILL THEY COME.

Four NetU Teams at the Comiqte This WeeL;
"A Long List of Ne,c and Good Things.
Another monster aggregation of vaude-
vile talent will await the audiences at the
Theater Comique this week.
First come the new teams as follows:
Messrs. Howe and Clark, the electrical
musical marvels, will appear in an entire
ly new and thoroughly original sketch,
written especially for these artists. Dur
ing the act they will introduce their gil
gantic collection of comical and artistic
instruments and conclude with the mag
nificent sextet, two banjos, two harmon
icas, triangle and tambourine.
Then comes Alfred Christie and Carrie
Ward, another. noted specially team in
'All Sorts" and "My Wife and L"
For the third team we have
tie sterling artists, Dreamer and
Christie, who will this week present
their original sketch entitled 'The Old
Stone House by the Well" introducing
songs, dances, flashes of wit, and other in
teresting features.
The old plantation team, Golden and
Drayton, still remain and with their won
derful limitations afford much entertain.
ment.
Miss Kitty Melville, charming serio-
comic vocalist, is another new addition tc
the company and the old Mime.
apolis favorite, Miss Kitty Peasley
will return for short engagement. Miss
Jennie Leslie will surely appear to-mor-
row night. The first part will be elevated
and will introduce six end men and twenty
beautiful young ladies including Mise:
Lottie Laviere, Mollie Gray and the rest
of the grand company.
Every evening and Thursday matinee.
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A Portrait of a Broadway Washer.

He had moustache of yellow tint
and lonely growth, weak blue eyes, and
a sallow skin. The fingers of his hand
were stained dirty yellow from ex-
cessive cigarette smoking, and his linen
was far from clean. He wore very
low Derby hat, extremely tight trousers,
a violently-colored neckerchief, and
presented generally an air Of cheap fop-
pishness that was far, very far from at
tractive.-Brookly71 Eagle.
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Municipal Court.

Municipal Court.
Before Judge Cooley.J
Martin Flynn, drunkenness; committed
ten days.
E. Sendell, drunkenness; sentence sus-
pended.
James Smith, Geo. Brown, Geo. Mitch
ell and Perry Fisher, drunkenness; COM
mitted ten days each.
Mary O'Brien, drunkenness; sentence
suspended.
Wilton Grant, larceny of wagon from
J. F. Voge; committed ninety days.
w. H. Hanscom, obtaining money
under false pretenses; continued until
Thursday afternoon in 5000 bonds.
John lyman, larceny; dismissed.
David Howells, larceny of goods from
Boston One Price Clothing store, contin-
ued until April 2.
John Olson, selling liquor without IL
cense; plead guilty and paid fine of $50
and costs.
Ruth Wood, keeping house of i'll fame;
paid fine of $50 and costs.
Hattie Brush, Edna Browning, Clara
Clifton, Belle Clarke, Josie Douglas and
Dorine Forrest occupying apartments in
a house of i'll fame; plead guilty and paid
fine of so and costs, each.
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MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETS.

This week ends windy March.
Try q dinner at the Boston restaurant
to-day.
Does Rev. j. F. Chaffee use slang
phrases?
Do you want to find good restaurant?
Go to the Comique.
There were thirty-two marriage licenses
issued in this county last week.
Joseph Cook will lecture in the Grand
opera on the evening of April 80.
The Congregational club meets with
DR.. Hutchins on Monday afternoon.
The matinee at the Opera house yester-
day afternoon was one of the largest of
the season.
William Grant stole coat and vest from
A. f. Davis, yesterday. Judge Cooley sent
him to Jail for ninety days.
John Olson was before his honor charged
with selling liquor without license. He
paid fine of $50 and costs.
People who say that the president of
the board of education is Democrat,
either speak ironically. are not posted, or
wish to insult Democracy.
William Harrison, charged with obtain
ing monday under false pretenses, was
arraigned before Judge Cooley yesterday,
but mad the examination continued until
Tuesday afternoon. He is out on $500
bail.
Manager Brown, of the Comique, has
begun his annual improvements in the
theater. A scenic artist has been at work
for the past week and has completed sew
eraI fine pieces of scenery. Improvements
have also been made in the lighting APP
paratus with good effect.
The Minneapolis evening paper has evil
IDENTITY gone mad over the school board ques-
ton. The editor is one of those peculiar fell
lows who claims no one else has right to
think or act for himself. That is one reason
why he gets sat down upon so emphatical-
y and SO frequently.
A Band of Hope mass meeting was held
in Harrison hall yesterday afternoon.
Miss Choate, Rev. Mr.. Wells and others
addressed the children, who in turn con-
tributed some music and Rotations, max
ing the affair very pleasant one. About
fifty new members were enrolled.
It seems that Rev. W. W. Satterlee is
laboring under the impression that j. W.
johnson, president of the board of educa-
ton, is Democrat. The Democrats of
Minneapolis wish to place Dr.. Satterlee
Alright upon this question, by stating that
the Republican party is made up of just
such Democrats as is Johnson.
The Journal undoubtedly wants. the
city printing next year, but it is now quite
doubtful that it can get single one of the
six aldermen who hold over the year to
vote for it, and certainly none of the Dem
.ocratic aldermen which we will elect will
feel disposed to help it out of the woods.
It is the natural result Of abusive assaults
upon the present council and the Demo
cratic party.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to Peter Larson and Betsy johnson,
Charles johnson and Annie johnson, J. F.
Carlson and Tilda S. Nelson, Frank Robert
and Sadie KesIer, Chas. Holmral and May
Erickson George J. Emerdick and Agnes
Trombley, John Hagney and Lizzie Cain,
George ZelIem and Katie Sjall, Fred A.
Keser and Emma A. Baker, Michael
Manus and Selma Bartender, Peter Scheid
and Maggie Hoffman, Christian g. Smith
and Christina Olson.
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may be mounted on the plush or small
flower painted in oils. An olive-green
plush panel has cardinal satin ribbon
band placed slantingly across the front
with spray of almond blossoms paint
ed in oil on the satin.
A PRETTY little pin-cushion in the
shape of a bellows can be made as fol-
lows: First cut out four pieces of card
board Visiting or invitation cards are
best) to the size required, and the
shape of a small bellows; cover these
four pieces singly with pretty silk or
satin, by turning over the edges and
lacing them from side to side with a
needle and thread to make them fit.
Then join two pieces together and sew
over the edges neatly; sew little piece
of fine flannel or merino, filed with
needles, to one joined side-piece at the
point; then put the two sides together,
and sew them well together at the
point, leaving space enough for gilt
bodkin to pass through, and make the
real point. Put pins in all around the
edge, add narrow ribbon band, fasten-
ed by pin at the handle end to keep
the sides together. The inside of the
bellows looks best with satin or plain
silk, and the outside with brocade. If q
small design is painted or embroidered
on the outside, it has very good eff
feet. The length of the bellows that is
usually made is three inches from the
end of the handle to the point, the width
at the widest part two inches, the width
across the point half an inch, across the
handle three-quarters of an inch. The
bodkin projects about an inch beyond
the point.
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ChpaD Sentiment.

One of those cheap bits of copy-book
sentiment is now travelling around in
the newspapers to the effect that this
world was not made for mourning be-
cause the flowers are not black. On the
same theory it is not made for dancing
because the ground is not waxed; nor
for fishing because the whales don't
bite; nor for smoking because people
don't like to stand to windward of a
5-center; nor for burnt cork because
minstrel jokes were all originated by
Noah in the ark; nor for sensible men
because editors keep clipping such
trash.-Sd91 Francisco Post.
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Pence O11ern House.

The attractions at this house the past
week have failed to draw largely. F. K.
Wallace, character comedian, has starred
the week, supported by Miss McAllister
and her full company. The week closed
with the presentation of "Woman's Devo-
ton; or the Gamblers Last Shot" The
title is indicative of the sensational char
acter of the play.
This week James and Katie Edwards
will star in the dramas Of "Poverty Flat"
and SWAY Down South"
On Thursday evening Manager Spauld
ing's benefit occurs. when saline, the Rose
of Killarney" will be the bill.
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vowed that they were acting from a non
partisan standpoint, and that it was the
other who was trying to drag the board
into politics.
Several caucuses were held but without
arriving at any results, and the chair, John
p. Rea, pitched into DR.. Satterlee but got
as good as he sent. The Republicans finally
got up and ran for the door like flock
of sheep, under the leadership of Mr..
Davis.
Afterwards the ultra Republicans an
nounced that they had placed in nomina-
ton j. n. Cross and j. w. Johnson.
Certainly this is acting like Comparisons
as those Republicans are.