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with no object but enjoyment. Thera
were other men and women Of their
class who had some worthier pursuit.
literature, or art. or the elevation ~
| the poorer classes but land Ill
wife lived solely for amusement They
dressed, danced, firted, hurried from
ball to reception, and from opera ii
dinner. Young girls looked at Mrs.
L. with feryent admiration, perhana
with envy, as the foremost leader Of IS
ciety.
About ten years ago, she was return.
| ing alone from California. when an II.
cident occurred to the railroad train Il
| which she was a passenger, and she r.
ceiyed fatal internal injury. She was
carried into n wayside station. ana
there, attended only by physician
from the neighboring village, She died
DR. Blank has said that it was one Il
the most painful experiences Of his life,
II had to tell her that she had but As
hour to live. She was not suffering anv
pain. Her only consciousness of hufk
was that she was unable to move. "a
that it was no wonder she could not be-
leve me.
~ must go home. she said, impera-
lively, to New York
MADAME, it is impossible. If ron
are moved, it will shorten the time Won
have to live
'.She was lying on the floor. The
brakemen had rolled their coats Is
make her q pillow. She looked about
her at the little dingy station, with The
stove stained with tobacco id the midst
I have but an hour, Won tell mes
/ "'Not more.
"'And this is all that is left me d
the world. 1t is not much, doctor, with
halt smile.
''The men left the room and locked
the door, that she might not Be ais.
turbed. She threw her arm over her
face and lay quiet a long time; then sha
| turned on me in frenzy. TO think OF ali
that | might have done. with MY money
and my time! God wanted me 10 helm
the poor and the sick! It's too late
now! I've only an hour!' She struggled
! up wildly. why, doctor, / did noths
! ing, nothing but lead the fashion! Great
| God! The fashion! Now I've only AID
houri An hour!'
'.But she had not even that, for the
| exertion proved fatal. and in & moment
she lay dead at my feet
mo sermon that ever heard was
like that woman's despairing cry: ITS
too late! = Youths CompanioW.
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Gems OF Thought.

Little things console lis because Ut
tie things afflict as. Pascal.
Its easy finding reasons why otllsa
folks should be patent George EaSst. 1
IF integrity were made the pride IF
the Government, the love Of il would
soon spring up among the people
Sizing.
The humble man, though surrOlsiEs-
ed with the scorn and reproach Of 1aes
world, is still in peace, for the staDiltY
of his peace resteth not upon The world
but upon God. = Thomas d Keaapss
Any man who wants to get poses
sion of wealth which he has not pro.
duced by honest indnstFy--industr q
hand or brain, Of &C ion Or thought
wants to rob his neighbor. Reb = :
short word; but il u q plain word; ana
it expresses exactly what we mean
Christian Union.
Think not you are t3eOnlY one iFlla
has to endure and who breads the harae
ships of life. Ease and comfort are the
natural desires Of the human heart aEta
there are thorns. real Or imaginary, u
every ones pathway. But sitting down
and brooding will never bring power g
overcome them Rather be ZIP and dos
ing, thankful for the Messing yef re-
naming.
When a driver comes to dlsllcals
place in the road he begins 10 lnspFls
his team so that It may not fail IL ef8sss
inu hn tsaz,s4 rytr,rs Syes4s ~ sffffa afSEa@
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Earthquakes.

The number of shocks in an earth-
quake varies indefinitely, as does the
length of intervals between them.
Sometimes the whole earthquake only
lasts few seconds. Thus, the city of
Caracas was destroyed in about half .
minute, 10000 lives being lost in that
time. Lisbon was overthrown in FIVE
or six minutes, while succession of
shocks may continue for hours. days,
weeks or months. The Calabrian earth
quake, which began in February, 1888.
lasted through q continued series OF
shocks, for nearly four years. until the
end of 1856. The area shaken by an
earthquake varies with the intensity of
the shock from a mere local tract,
where slight trembling has been ex-
perienced, up to such catastrophes SIS
that of Lisbon, which eonvulsed not
only the Portuguese coasts, but extend
ed into Iceland on the one hand aud
into Africa on the other, agitated lakes,
rivers and springs in Great Britain. and
caused Loeb Lomond to rise and SUBJ
side with startling suddenness.-M 7.
Commercial Advertiser.
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Too Late.


About t.irty years ago, . gentleman
from New York. who was travelling II
the South. met 2 young girl Of great
beauty and wealth, and married her.
They returned to New York and plunged
into 9 mad whirl of gayety. The young
wife had been gentle. thoughtful girl,
anxious to help all suffering and want,
and TO serve her God faithfully. But
as Mrs L-she had troops Of fiatter-
ers; her beauty and dresses were de-
scribed in the society journals, her bon
mots few from mouth to mouth; her
equipage was one of she most attract.
i've in the Park. In d few months she
was intoxicated with admiration.
She and her husband fitted from New
York to Newport. from London to Paris,
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The Handwriting on The wan.

One day last July went into a law
yer's Office. | climbed up flight of
dusty stairs, turned to the right. walked
down hot, dingy passage way until I
came to door and knocked hard.
There was no response. Everything
was too sleepy even to make an echo.
So / said ssCome i'm to myself, and
walked in. 1t was very warm. The
windows were open and the hot air
came quivering in from the blistering
street. and went around The Office in
sluggish waves varying the big law
books on tho baize covered table. In
the corners of the room the cobwebs
hung dusty and motionless, A broom
and battered watering pot stood be-
hind the stove, which.was red with rust
and stood on three legs and cobble
stone, weary with inaetion.- A solitary
euspidor, half filed with the sawdust Of
Rges, slept behind the coal box, where
nobody could get at it. The glass
doors of the library hung aiar and the
bunch of keys, half caught, hung in a
limp, dissipated way from the lock as
though they had tried TO get in but fell
asleep in the effort. The big flies buzzed
lazily about in the air, as though they
had about decided to make one more
effort to get to the ceiling, and if they
missed it that time, they would give It
up and fall down on the floor. In q
very 0ld-fashioned web in q window
corner, an old fashioned spider. in q
condition of pitiful restitution, sat by
rent in his den, trying to make up his
mind to brace up and get at 1t and
mend it. A slim wasted wasp crawled
about over the old, time-eaten window
frame. looking for raw material for her
wood pulp mill. All the pens ON the
green table were corroded and split m
the back. The ink in the big cut glass
stand had dried up in q sun backed.
cracked mass. The lawyer Law back
in his big leather chair. His feet were
on the table. His head hung over the
back OF the chair. His mouth was wide
open; his eyes were tight shut. His hat
had rolled under the table. A news
paper had fallen from his hand. He did
not move whenl told hiTA had come to
pay that bill. He snored, gently, reg
ularly, but resolutely like one TO whom
snoring and sleeping is not duty, but
a pleasure. Above the little iron safe
and above the big green table hung two
framed notices. Above the table it
said. in severe letters of forbidding
black:
'sThis is nay busy day."
And over the little iron safe emphatic
letters in chromatic print said:
Time is money 2
! hadn t the heart to wake him. sat
down and gave him an hour of improv-
ing reflection and credited myself with
that amount on my BILL BurdcGte.
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FOREIGN Fruit in New Work.

Most of the foreign fruit brought to
this city comes from Central and South
America, the West Indies, and the
Mediterranean. A large proportion of
the oranges come from the West Indies,
and so do the bananas. The first ba-
| nanas ever brought to this city were i'm
ported in 1904 by Captain John N. Ches-
| ter, of the schooner Reynard. He
brought thirty punches. On the voy-
age the schooner fell in with three
French frigates in company, on one
of which was Jerome Bonaparte, then
on his way to Baltimore TO marry Miss
Patterson. The Captain presented a
| bunch of bananas to him. The re-
| mainder of the fruit on its arrival here
was purchased by the late Anthony
| Crappau of the old Fly Market at the
| foot of Maiden Lane. There is great
loss on green fruit imported from the
West Indies and Central America.
Sometime this is due to long and tenn
| pestuous voyages, during which it is
| found necessary to close the matches of
| the vessels for hours together to prevent
| the sea from entering the holds. 1t is
| essential to have the matches kept open
/ tHO VAAeAlO Pe@'otsf5O' A0A t4AO UtuSt AdRtAs
| that portion of the fruit slowed upon
| the decks of vessels is often seriously
| injured by sea water. Pineapples have
to be slowed in the holds of vessels DUR
| ing the rainy season each year, and yet
they are likely to spoil there because
there is no opportunity for the water to
| dry out of the crown of each pine.
They soon heat and decay, and on their
| arrival are thrown away.
The growth of the trade has been
rapid in the past dozen years. 1t has
excited surprise in mercantile circles,
and capitalists who have been casting
about for chances to make investments
in new fields have at last found one in
the tropics. The impetuous rush of new
| spectators, while it has been charae-
terized by little caution and much bold
ness, has given a grand impetus to the
| trade. The box fruit trade, being less
liable to the caprices of fortune than
the West India trade, has thrived pro-
| digiously. The Importance of the trade
may be estimated from these figures.
The value of green fruit entered for
consumption at the port of New York,
from January l, 1888, to December 81,
1888, is exhibited in the following table:
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Religious Miscellany.
TIE LoRDs DWELLING-PLAoE.

O Christ, my Master and my King,
How can such wonder be,
That Thou, the Lord of all the earth
Shouldst make Thy home with me!
Thatnot alone In moments rare,
Wien faith is strong and free,
And love has but to reach her hand
To feel it elasped by Thee;
But day by day through veXing cares,
Through weak distrust and sin,
Thou dost not leave the humblest heart
When Thou hast entered in!
IT such Thy word, 0 Friend divine,
And Thou doSt love so well,
How must haste to furnish forth
The house where Thou dost DWELL
How must strive to Danish self,
And worldly sovereignty,
That Thy strong love may widen 0ut
The narrow walls for Theel
And daily must guard the door
From envy, fret aud strife,
That so quiet house may hold
The Prince of peace and life.
And if no shades of doubt obscure
The skyward windows free,
The steadfast light of Heaven shall keep
A sunny home for Thee.
Oh! poor and low the vassafs hut:
Yet il Thou reigneSt there,
Bring in the riches of Thy grace
And make Thy dwelling far!
--4Atltnte ID. BGteilaHl, in Chicago Adp1nce.
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Cremation an Incentive TO Murder.

There are also other objections to
favoring the practice of cremation, OF
which the rnurder-by poison objectionis
of course, the most formidable. As we
have said on several occasions, and as
the Home Secretary repeated on Wednes-
day, there is much more murder by
poison than Is commonly imagined.
Take what precautions you may, regu-
late as you please, there would be yet
more crime of this kind If cremation
became common. There would be more
of such crime because there would be
more temptation to it, and we should
never forget, IN discussing this subject,
that as the practice of cremation ad-
vanced the discovery of suitable poisons
might advance 600. ST. Jdnses' Budget
There are more seaside resorts ON
the New England than on any utheg
coast IN the worlds-Bestpss Qsobe.
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Total value and duty..$ 5.530, ia $951, 92i As
The countries and islands from which
this fruit was imported are Mexico,
Central America, British, French and
Danish West Indies, Cuba, San Domin-
go, Hayti, Colombia, Venezuela, British
Guiana, Brazil, England. France, Spain,
Portugal, Italy and Sicily. The traffic
possesses its full share of uncertainties
and large margin is allowed for
profits, but speculator has got to take
his chances. The gradually Increasing
use Of steamers in the place of sailing
vessels is reducing the chances of loss.
The Mediterranean trade is increasing
from year to year, as we'll as the trade
from South America. The importation
of bananas has been doubled since 1881,
but striking Offset is offered to this
increase in the very notable decrease in
the importation of oranges, the most
popular of all the imported fruits. The
deficiency seems to have been partially
made good from the orange groves of
Florida. Aside from the immense guam
tity of fruit consumed by the people of
New York City and its vicinity, which
exceeds that consumed by any city in
the world, not excepting London or
Paris, there are many shippers upon
whom the importers rely to take the
surplus. These dealers purchase in
quantities and ship the fruit immedi-
ately to all parts of the country.-M r
Sen.
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The omission to furnish fowls with
suitable drinking water is one OF the
worst features Of cruelty 10 animals.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
NEW YORK,
Especial Telegram to the Globe.


sNEw YORK, March 2S.-The stock market
failed to show any improvement to-day and
continues exceedingly dull. Northern Pacific
preferred managed to crawl up to 1917. The
changes in the rest were trihing, Manhattan
Elevated gradually working back to first
principles and the purchasers of it a week
ago found themselves badly left. The re-
ports from the corn roads are any
thing but encouraging. Receipts
are falling off amazingly and will
continue to do so until another crop
is ready to be moved. The grangers were
exceedingly dull and Mr.. Goulds return has
not caused any improvement in his proper
ties as yet. The Western Union was heavy
all day and Missouri Pacific also. Erie raj
lied a little, but the preferred was down and
acts very much as though no more dividends
were expected on it. The coal stocks were
fairly active but made no gain for the day.
Northern Pacific and Erie seconds continue
scarce. 1t is expected that two mil
lions in gold will be ship
ped tomorrow. Lake Shore has de-
clared the usual quarterly two per cent div
idend, Illinois Central earnings for the
third week in March show decrease of ST.
600. The close was dull and uninterestin g
for all concerned
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
JAY GOULD'S OPINIONS.
The Railroad Rate Trouble and Wheat
Exports-Corn Our Staple Crop.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

ISpeclal Telegram 10 lne OIODc.
New YORK, March 2S.-Mr. Jay Gould ex-
presses the opinion that the trunk line diff
ferences would not be of long duration.
Natural laws were gradually loosening wheat
at Chicago, so that there would
be a demand for it in the east
and abroad thus giving the roads better
business. The course of the Pennsylvania
in the matter appeared to him straightfor-
ward and manly. Relative to the Importance
attached to the present cessation of the for
eign demand for American wheat, Mr.. Gould
said: ut is, in my opinion, only question
of a short time when We will have very
little wheat to export. The wheat
growing area of the country is now pretty
nearly developed. The yield is large because
the soil is new, but in a few years the same
soil will be less productive. Moreov er
with an increase of population from i'm
migration, and otherwise we will soon
consume all the. wheat we can produce.
Corn, however, is our great staple. We have
practically q monopoly in it and it can be
utilized in more ways than one. What the
old world does not want in one shape We can
give them in the shape of pork and beef"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

Returns of stocks of provisions on hand
on March /, have been obtained from inte-
rior points representing 80 per cent. of such
winter packing SO that the estimating has
been limited to small extent. Adding the re-
ported stocks at the seven large cities the re-
turns cover so per cent. of the seasons OPP
erations-which is very nearly complete
exhibit This feature of our work, inaugu-
rated some years ago, has proved an inter
esting and valuable one, and the uniformity
with which packers make returns on this
point with other details is gratifying. On
March 1st the stocks of barreled pork in the
westaggregated 294, 125 bbls. or 661Sper cent.
of the winter manufacture and 131, 375 bar
rels less than last year. Stocks of meat ex-
elusive of barreled pork were 240, $500
lbs, or 1873 per cent. of the manufacture
and SS,005, 900 lbs. less than last year.
Stocks of lard were 1919, 300 tierces, 36% per
cent. of the manufacture and $4,000 tierces
less than year ago. Stocks of meats
and pork were 296, 1891, 900 lbs. or
SO per cent. Of the production and
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ChicnnO Fi,lnncinL.

CHICAGO, March 28.-Money steady and
demand fair at sac per cent. The demand
is chiefly from miscellaneous borrowers.
New York exchange firm at CSC premium.
Shippers 60 Eday's documentary sterling on
London s4.85I@4 $50 bankers'.60 days at
$4S7. Demand for money from the coun
try light.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

Business failures the last seven days re-
ported by telegraph to the mercantile agency
of r. G. Dun & Co., for the United States,
172; Canada, 32;-Total 204, against 21S the
previous week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

The British government shipped 27O emf,
rants on the 22d taken from the Swineford
workhouse. Their destination is Boston.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
Total product, lbs. . $40, 275 900 /, 1s4, 458,

Total product lbs. 94O,275 900 ,134, 458, 900
Making comparison on the basis of last
years average weight of hogs, the packing
the past winter was equivalent to a reduction
of 1,045,454 hogs in weight
or II per cent. and the stocks
on hand in the west of meats and pork on
March 1st. were equivalent to the product of
1887 ,23O hogs compared with 27,4O6, 300 a
year ago, or reduction equivalent to 49,
400 hogs in stocks Or 292, 900 at last years
weights less than the decrease in the manu-
facture Of meats. The number of hogs pack
ed in the west during the summer season,
March 1st to November 1st., were 3,7S1 ,036
against 3, 21O,7S2 in 1882, an increase OF
$40, 249 this year.
1884. 1929
Average gross weight lbs. 1851 221. 40
Aggregate gross . q 527, 534,51S 710,872,255
Average yield of lard. 35.77 30.7O
Aggregate lbs. of lard 138. S42, 42O 98,577 $500
Tierces of lard,330 lbs.
each........... aO,785 ass,72s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
Bes.nef's Crime.

Late in the afternoon of Dec. 81, 1888,
Vim. Berner, a young German, and Joe
Palmer, negro, murdered VIM. H. Kirk,
killing him with clubs, in his own stable
right in the heart of the city. When night
came on they put the body into a wagon
and carried it out of the city and threw it
into Mill creek. They killed Kirk for money
and got about 500. After returning from
the drive they went to a saloon and divided
the money. The same evening Berner took
his girl down town, bought her SIS worth Of
jewelry and went around with her until quite
late. A day or two after the murder Berner
was arrested, and Their confessed the crime
Afterward he recanted his confession.
When the case came on for trial
two weeks ago, he offered to
plead guilty to murder in the second degree,
but the state refused the plea. The jury
found him guilty of manslaughter only. The
verdict produced surprise, rage and indigna-
ton, even the judge pronouncing it an out
rage. The excitement against the jury was
so great that two or three were obliged to
leave the court house by the tunnel way to
the Jail to escape violence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
HANGED.

SUMTER, s. c., March 2S.-Joe Howard,
colored, was hanged to-day for the murder of
Simon Gaskins, another negro, in March
1888
PIACERvILLE, Cal, March 2S.-Francisco
Peres was hanged to-day for the murder of
William and Jacob Winges. The crime was
the result of dispute as to whether Peres or
William Winges spoke the purest Castilian.
Both the men were intoxicated. Peres seized
and iron boot jack and knocked William in
sensible, Jack rushed in, Peres drew a
knife, struck him in the neck and killed him
instantly. William revived, when Peres
finished him with knife. On the scaffold
he said: Gentlemen, I don't speak good
English. Before killed those men to pre-
serve my own life" The trap was sprung
and death was instantaneous.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

Judge Granger, brother-in-law of Stephen
A. Douglas, died at Washington yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

112, 1874, 900 lbs. less than a year ago, com
pared with reduction of 1876, 652, 900 lbs in
the manufacture, so that the shortage in
stocks lacks 43,4SS,oO0 lbs, or the meat
product of 3OS,OOO hogs, of balancing the
shortage in the manufacture.
The following table shows in detail the
stock of provision in the west, March l, for
two seasons. A comparison of the aggre-
gate of stocks Of meats including pork and
lard in the west, on March l, for seven
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

Sargent has resigned the German mission,
and refuses that to Russia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
YOUR CHOICE FOR $40.

We have placed on a separate counter all our
Mems Spring Suits carried over fromlast season,
and marked them YOUR CHOICE for So We
want to close them out before the Spring Trade
becomes active, and have marked them at this
very low price to tempt early buyers. There
is not one Suit in the lot that is not worth
SIS, and the retail price for many of them was
SIS and $40. Your choice for $40, as long as
they last
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

The aggregate stocks in the west in the
east and in transit, of meats, including pork
and lard, on March l, for seven years, is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
1891

The winter production Of meats and bar
relied pork, and of lard in the west compares
with last year as follows:
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THE JAIL FIRED.

CINCINNATI, March 90, 1915 a. m.
The jail has been fired by the
mob, and the crowd on the
streets say they will cut the hose to prevent
the fire department from extinguishing it
The mob seems to think wholesale hoo-
caust the only means of accomplishing its
purpose,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

1:3O a. m.-Fire engines responded to the
alarm, but after much difficulty in getting
near, found the alarm false. 1t was occa-
stoned bonfire built near the Jail. AS the
buildinS is mainly of stone and iron, II
would be difficult to fire it from without. Ii
now appears there was an actual conflict be.
tween the mob and military, though lis stln
more lkely the wonds of police and military
were inflicted by the fire Of the latter. When
the inner door between the reception room
and cell rooms was broken down, the military
fired on the mob at that place and William