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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
AEoMANcE oFaJENNY LIND.
The Pathetic Story o. % Healthy Neto York
Hams InfdfuafioIi.

The Pathetic Story o. % Healthy Netc York
Mdn's Infafuafion.
The presence in this vicinity within the
past few days, writes Poughkeepsle CORES
pondent of the New York World, of an eccen-
trio individual known popularity as Boots
Van Steenblugh, has recalled a romance of
the almost forgotten days when Jenny Lind
the fair sOngstress, enchanted thousands of
the people of the metropolis with her delicious
warblings, and won for her such homage as
only true art or brilliant genius can com
mand. The old, weatherbeaten man who now
strolls through towns and villages in the sec
ton Of the state. with unkempt hair stream
ing in the wind, and wearing picturesque
costume ornamented with Enthusiastically ar
ranged ribbons of red, blue and white, was
in early life an attractive aud polished man,
OF distinguished personal appearance, and
gentleman by birth, education and fortune
He was first enthrallcd by the nightingale of
song, and finally sought and obtained an in
PRODUCTION To her. Jenny Lind listened to
his ayowals OF undying affection, and it is
said even gave him some encouragement.
but only in the end to reject his advances.
Such was the intensity of his passion and
the sensitiyeness Of his nature that after the
rejection of lis suit for tine hand OF the fair
songstress he became mentally shipwrecked.
aud ever since life has been dreary desert
TO the luckless lover. A gentleman familiar
with this romance in real life, who knew the
the history OF the unhappy affair, said that
Van Steenbaugh was the favori son OF veal
thy parents who resided in Ulster county.
He was always supplied literally with money
aud was popular in social circles in New York
city, where he spens much of his time. He
was in the metropolis when Jenny Lind
made her appearance aud created such Juror
and nj glt after night found min before
the fOOtights applauding her wildly aud show
ering hOral gifts on the stage.
Upon making her Acquaintance he made
her many costly gifts, aggregating in value,
it is said, some $4,000. There appears lit
tie reason for believing that his suit was en-
couraged and he followed his charmer from
city To city, paying her continuous and
marked attention.. At last she discarded
him. and win his rejection his reason left
him and be has lived since the life OF
wanderer, roaming about in the woods and
highways in the vicinity of Kingston. Oc-
casionally be takes short strull along the
Hudson collecting funds to establish
bank" and singular TO relate he receives
generous contributions even from strangers
A former acquaintance of the now mental
sud nhvsIcal shipwreck called at his howell re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

playing Ring around Roses, 4" at the same
moment both men and women began chant
ing sad refrain, which filed the snrround-
Ing WOODS with flying echoes After con-
unuing the chant for a while the corpse was
covered over with shawls aud surrounded by
the women, while the men went diligently
10 work digging the grave In tue mean
time The females bowel their heads sorrow-
fully aud swayed back aud forta The body
was Afterwards carefully deposited at the
bottom Of ,he roughly seOop-d out grave on
board cushioned With leaves. After each
OF the women had thrown some nseiu article
into tue aPcrture-principally thimbles and
other small trinkets-the men began iiling
up the hole, and the women and children
trooDed back 10 the wagons apparently as
happy as chii1ren AZ their nOontide recess.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

Gently and found in an old aud well-shumb-
ed diary these words: "Jenny may not be
called beautiful, but loved TO look upon her
face, and when she appeared on the stage ]
stood until the great storm Of applause had
subsidized. was jealous, because she seemed
70 desire every one 10 have the pleasure of
seeing her. But then suppose she thought
the people had paid to see her, aud didn't
want any Que to be cheated Her turning
her head first to the left and then to the right
was bat the srtless manifestation Of a simple
and beautiful character" On another leaf
Of the diary were these words: And that
song bird sang Of a summer coming night.
Was it truer' Beneath these words were:
Diamond ornaments and point lace fan
completed her royal costume"
The old man is treated very kindly by all
with whom be comes in contact and even
the children greet him warmly He paws a
visit TO this city about once year and, after
making short and often incoherent speeches
proposes "Three cheers for George Washing
ton and the great American Eagle" closing
with song. The contributions made 20 the
eccentric wanderer often aggregate some
$50. What he does with his money no one
appears 10 know and some persons are of
the impression that he has considerable
amount boarded away in caves in the earth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
The ReIafions Befseeen Food aud Temper.
aftfre.

A series Of experiments made BY NJ. CD.
Riehet upon rabbits Shows, far better than
the bald statements usually given, the rela-
tons which subsist between the quantity OF
food reqqired by an animal and its power Of
maintaining its normal temperature, also
the need of a covering, natural or artificial,
as protection against Geld. Two rabbits
were placed in cool chamber (between so
degrees aud 60 degrees F. The larger and
heavier OF the two was kept constantly shOrn
aud the weight Of food which each consumed
was ascertained daily. For two weeks the
shOrn rabbit resisted the cold eating every
day at least one-third more than the unshOrn
one. yet losing constantly In weight, while
the other one gained During this time the
temperature OF the shOrn animal was about
half degree less than that OF the unshOrn
one. After two weeks the organism OF the
shorn rLbbit became unequal To the task Of
producing heat, the temperature fell, and on
the ineteenth day the animal died. During
this short period il had lost more than one
sixth OF its weight. Abundance of food and
warm clothing, are, therefore, the necessi-
ties of acOld climate but-and this is the
great reason why the natives OF temperate
climate suceumb in = hot oDe--aOt only
light clothing, but still more a light and not
too n0Grishiug diet are essential to health
in hot weather or in tropical region. As
VI. R:chet puts it ''It is no exaggeratiOn 10
say that an Englishman eats ten times as
much as a HindOO, and If, when in a hot
country, he persists in the same regimen. he
eats ten times too much"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
FeIIu and Eio,rer,-
Boston Letter in the Hartford Post.l


The tribute Of flowers on mortuary or nup-
tial occasions is so common and profuse
that they smother sentiment often out of
sight aud are actually offensive to good taste
A sentiment is touched by either event, and
flowers are the embodiment of grief and JOY.
The modest and beautiful bouquet that was
deemed sufficient in former times Is super
seeded by floral displays rivalling a fiorieultu-
raj exhibition, and ineongruous piles Of de-
vices, hardly regarded and perhaps not known
save in the reports of the gentlemen of the
press, crowd the mOurners or the mated with
such prOfusiOn that il becomes a puzzle what
to do with them. II is the fashion to do it,
and f.'rists are taxed to produce original
pieces, not so much TO express respectful or
more tender grief but for the sake of get
ting up. something new. At funerals is
this excess most manifest, and whole car
rIages are at times devoted 10 bearing 10 the
grave the various Tyres, baskets, pillows, brok-
en- shafts, gates ajar aud what not, that are
but half seen through the mourner.s tears.
and subject TO the curious, who speculate on
their cost and criticise their construction or
Appropriateness. Tue latter criticism often
obtains where designs are sent that have
little or no relevancy In their meaning, as
was the case some time since, where a spec
tator said, regarding the floral tributes for
one who had led life that would not have
met the approval OF the angels: '.Why the
designs were elegant, and among the rest
was beautiful gate ajar that was very grace
full" A modest old lady, who had heard the
eulogium Of the flowers, aud knew the party
honored, replied: ''Which gateln
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
English and american Girr..

lOHucbIoucS III San francisco Chronicle.
The great Republican party has been devot-
ing its energies to the enforcement of protec-
ton on the wrong kinds of IMPORTS We
have still a deadlier danger to fear than the
Introduction Of English manufactures / saw
in London paper the other day statement
that an English lady in town could not pos
sioly go into society on lower allowance for
dress than eIO0 yea; that in the country
R4O to eco might do. Great Scotia Five
hundred dollars year for dress. Why, it
takes that to keep girl in iee-crean and oys-
tiers Tor year, mere accessories of prelimi-
nary proceedings in courtship. Send me an
English girl who can dress in San francisco
for $40 5000 year, aud will grappIe her
to my soul with hooks of steel and wear her
in my heart Of hearts. Two hundred dollars
ayesrl Heayensl The plain ordinary sweet
hearts tichus cost that. don I know what a
fichu is, but am sure that the yearly supply
OF anything plain, everyday San Francisco
girl wears would swallow mp the $500 year.
After all the old country has some products
that are worth importing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
Geatus and Opport ,lmttv.

For score Of years the scientific school of
criticism has tried to break down the barrier
between ordinary minds and men of genius
by proving that genius differs in degree but
not in kind from common intelleets. That
this tendency should have grown in favor
with critics is not surprising; it is merely an
illustration Of that larger tendency in mod
ern science TO regard all organic beings as
related, and TO o0literate the lines Of separa-
ton between the lowest men and the highest
animals. But after accepting the assertion
that men OF genius are only ordinary men
with some intellectual qualities developed to
an unusual degree, how does that make
genius any the less remarkable! 1t IS in the
difference that the marvel lies, and not in
the resemblance. Science will never be
able to do more than record that difference:
IT will never be able TO explain it. So when
we are told that Shakespeare or Goethe was
the product OF his time, we need not quarrel
with the statement; but we know that no ex-
PLANTATION of the fact that Shakespeare was
Shakespeare can be given. That particular
individuality which distin guished him from
all other men, whether they were contempor-
airy or not, cannot be explained by referring
to the age or 10 the environment in which he
lived. PHILADELPHIA Btdlefin
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
Leaders % FaShion.
LeMOnde, Paris. !


The Countess Walewska, once maid of
honor to Empress Eugene, is said TO have
anticipated Whisiler's ''harmOnies'' in her
dress, which was always black, as she be-
lieved that color showed OF the beautiful
white OF her neck aud shoulders and the car
nation Of her cheeks. One day, owing to an
accident at hunt, this lovely and ingenious
lady Of honor was forced to keep her bed,
but she received her friends all the same,
and astonished them somewhat by wearing
q loose peplum robe OF black foulard silk,
which showed neck and arms, and pillow
cases ard sheets also of the same fabric. The
cOyerIet was OF pale pink broeade, bordered
with swans down. This might be termed a
.'nocturne" in pink and black, and as an
impression on certain susceptible courtiers,
that its fame reached the imperial ears and
Eugenie herself went and had a black silk
bed 70 heighten her own fair beauty.
More hope for fool than fnr one wise In
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
INDIAN SUMMER.

From gold 10 gray
Our mild sweet day
OF Indian summer fades too soon;
But tenderly
Above the sea
Hangs, white aud calm, the hunters moon.
In its pale fire,
The village spire
Shows like zodiac's spectral lance;
The painted walls
Whereon IL falls
TRANSPORTED stand in marble trancei
j. @. Whittier.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

fUnlon BrIdge fInd. } Index

The corpse was carried to the spot selected
by the male members Of the tribe, aud the
women followed, clad in bright colored
dresses aud gay shawls. One Of the men
repeated in deep-toned voice unintelligible
sentences, one Of which sounded like sAIlzh
Allah. Oh, do, Anahi' Almost Immediately
the baud, hand-in-hand- began circIDg about
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
A PEN PORTRAIT OF CLEVELAND
His appearance. His Manner His Confer
satfOn aud HIS business Ways.

His appearance. His Manner, His CONFER
satiOn and HIS business Ways.
Edmund Hudson in the Washington Capital
stopped in Albany few hours in order
that might pay my respects to the President
elect and see for myself what manner OF
man this memorable campaign of 1884 has
crowned with the greatest Of earthly honors
At O'Clock in the afternoon / found the
Governor sitting in the vast aud splendid
Executive chamber in the new Capitol build
ing. How many kings or emperors ever re
ceived their subjects I wonder in such n
noble apartment as this in which the chief
ruler of the empire state meets his fellow
citizensl The White House will seem TO him
very poor aud cheap in comparison when he
comes to occupy il. Perhaps the contrast
will be great enough to make him an earnest
advocate Of a new Executive Mansion, or a
rebuilt enc at any rate. That would be some
thing to be thankful for If il should happen.
The governor sits in a cane-seated swivel
chair before one OF a number OF large red
topped desks-the others belonging 10 his
secretaries. Troops of visitors are constantly
passing through the chamber; and those who
care to do so walk up 70 him and give their
respects. He asks no one to sit, but when
! butiN aiS ihAlco III buc pAItl ne Uses anu
shakes hands aud exchanges few pleasant
words with them. The governors greeting
is pleasant one, but very simple and with
no excess of cordially OF voice and manner.
His voice, one notices In stantly, has none Of
the suave and fascinating quality Of Mr..
Blaine'sr II is not voice that has been
used TO magnetic or attract men and women
| II is not the voice of a man who asks favors
of others, nor is 1t the voice Of an orator. But
there is criticism aud emphasis in It, while
not soft voice, it is not hard nor rough.
The first impression one gets Of Governor
Cleveland is that he is young man. There
is a bald place one sees afterward that goes
well down on the back Of his head, but the
| face is the face of a man in the freshest
health; man fun OF life, who has never
/ greatly abused himself nor oTerirawn upon
his vitality. Tall and stout he is, IL must be
/ confessed, but not an obese man, and while
one would not expect him TO prefer an active
! life, his power of work must be enormous.
] He looks like 4 mau who could work for
| twenty-four hours without rest and then he
| gin new days work, If need be, with
more vigor than the average man possesses
after good nights sleep.
In conversation the Governor speaks with
good deal Of animation and the strongest
impression one gets from him is Of great
! frmness and force in adhering to course
/ once it is adopted. One would say, ssHere
is a man, surely, who cannot be driven, but
who viii do the driving himself, whenever it
be necessary" One might ask good deal
of such a man, but to demand, should
think. would be losing b- siness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

Married couples Iesembe pair Of shears,
so joined that they can not be separated, Oft
en- moving in opposite directions, yet always
Furnishing any one who eopes between them
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

Like mud spot, II any one daubs you
with SANDER. let it alone; for If you attempt
to rub it out you viii only rub II deeper in
wait until the SANDER dies out and then you
can brush it of without being contaminated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

Kind looks, kind words, kind acts and
warm handshakes-these are secondary
means of grace when women are in trouble
and are fighting their unseen battles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

A worthy Quaker thus wrote: sI expect
10 pass through this world but once. H,there-
fore. there be any kindness can show, or
any good thing can do TO my fellow human
beings, let me do il now. Let me not defer
O. neglect 1t, for win not pass this way
again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

There are many ways in which it would be
well for US TO carry our childhood with US,
even on into old age, If IL were possible, in
its truthfulness and open-heartedness, and
willingness not only to love, but TO show that
we love, as well. Why, that last alone would
cure many a heartache of to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

Like fakes Of snow that fall unperceivel
on the earth, the seemingly unimportant
events of life succeed one another. As the
snow gathers together so are our habits
formed. No single fake that is added to the
pile produces a single change; no single ac-
ton creates, however it may exhibit, mans
character.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23

More hope for fool than fnr one wise in
his own conceit.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-02
Montana Soldiers With the Greedy
Arctic ExpeditlOn..

/: was known that some Of the soldiers de-
tailed to go out on the Greedy expedition were
from Montana. 1t may be of interest to many
of the MINERS readers to know who these men
were and what became of them. The following
clipping from an exchange will tell the story
Six soldiers went from Montana in the Greedy
expedition 10 the Arctic region, viz: Second
Lieutenant Kisslingbu.y, Eleventh Infantry;
Sergeant David H. Braineld, Company L; Ser
geant David Linn, Company G; Corporal Nicho-
las Naylor, Company II; Private julius FRI der.
icks, Company l, and Private William A. Ellis.
Company C, Second Cavalry. Of these only
Sergeant Brainerd and Private Fredericks were
rescned, the others having died of starvation.
Kisslingbury fought under Reno at the Little
Big Horn fight and was afterwards stationed at
Custer. His wife died there, leaving four chill
dren, He was q brother-ip-law Of Seth Bullock
of Deadwood, who has adopted one of the chill
dren.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-02
The Hare and the ChiDmHnk,

I'm i,urris. to death, said the Hare,
when the dogs we're after him, to the
Chipnunk. vino begged = at hc would
stop and crack a mt Of gossip with
him: ''but if Won WI take my
place and let me have YOURS. SO that |
can overlook the country, I'll stop AID
rest awhile"
"All right, said the Chipmunk.
hopping down from the t." with a nut
in his mouth. I've always wished to
see March hare. But .>ou are not u
very mad one are vou.
"Oh, no, replied the Har. Grinning:
I've all my wits about Ih" OF will
presently perceive" AMI = at mo
ment the dog burst t'Ir"n" 80 n-!es
and pounccl upon tn l''"s' tltnk,
who exclaimed Will. lii ! 81: breath:
what a fire t'lirg it l. :, l. smart.
That gray Hare will nr>.. go down
with sorrow 10 g grave. st Nirh-
oIuS
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-02
Paid In His Own Coin.

II was in Marion County the other
day." said lawyer to reporter, "and
heard of the death of an old man had
known there, and it recalled peculiar
case of retributive justice in that
family.
Years ago the old man owned one of
the best farms in the country, and his
son assisted him in working it. The
son married and had son. When tho
grandson was about fifteen years OF age
his father suggested to the grandfather
that, as he was growing old and had
worked hard all his life. he take things
easy and rest the remainder of his days.
He asked the old man to deed the farm
to him and let him take sole charge of
it, with the aid of the grandson. He
promised the old farmer good home
and al easy life as long as he lived.
The old man finally decided the property
to his son.
NO sooner had he obtained tie title
to the property than the son bega Il
system of the most heart!ess treatment
of his father. He compelled him to
work harder than he had ever done for
himself. would not rermit him to eat at
the family table. and subjected Inn to
all kinds of prosecutions. The grand
son protested in vain against this treat
ment of lis grandfather and finally the
old man left the home that he had made
AID found an asylum III the County
Poor House.
After a while the son got badly i'll
debt, and so anxious was was he 10
escape payment of his obligations that
he made deed of the farm to his son.
Everything moved smoothly for time.
until one day the farmer gave some in
structi rs that did not agree with his
sons ideas and the latter refused to
consent to them. The father declared
that his wishes should he carried out,
and ordered his son to leave the place.
The son, However, reminded h M that
he held the title to the farm himself,
and. that as they could not get along
together, the father would have to go,
and he did.
after the departure of the father.
the son re-established his grandfather
in possession of the rm, deciding back
everything The old man, however,
gave the farm absolutely y to his grand
son. who provided amply for the old
man until he died The boys father
was offered home on the old place.
but refused to accept an, thing but the
title to it all, and the last h ard of him
he was working as farm hand III
Wabash Township, this county,
Lafayette (nh.) TOurier.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-02

1t may be interesting to some Of thu young
men to know how they act when they get
drunk. The following from the Miles City
Journal may give..some of them few pointers
ON now they behave: AT the brewery two
young pet bears took quite q fancy to beer and
were treated to about five quarts. They
smacked their lips over it and seemed to enjoy
the effect amazingly until the beverage began
to take hold. Then they paved at each other
inelectively and rolled from side to side in
intoxication unit finally they laid down and
slept of the effects.
The bali at Anaconda Tuesday night for the
benefit OF the public school in that place was So
cially and financially success. 1t was for
good cause and every one exerted himself to
make it pleasant aud have q good time. A
stranger coming in while the music was going
on won not have been able to tell the Chris
tians from the sinners, for they were all dane
ing The new skating rink in which the ball
v q held was handsomely decorate1 and bril-
lisntlv lighted. The music was furnish d by
the Bullion Club orchestra of this city. and was
simply excellent. The house was full. Our re-
porter counted during one quadrille fifteen sets
on the floor. The doorkeeper e>timated that
not less than three hundred tick.ts had been
sold The dancing continued until halfpast
four o'clock Wsdnesday morning.