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Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-05-20
I. Paul, MINI, 231 E, 7th Str.

D8dsdOm. Fran Duluth skrifyes: I
fredags var John Waiseman instald for
domstol, anklagad att hafva ordat Joseph
Farley. Hans domdes af Judge Stearns att
hangas. Verkstallandet af domen uppskots
dock 40 dagar, under hvilken It'd fangen
skall vistas fangelset st. Louis. Waise-
man will hafva sin SAX profvad infor hogre
raft.
Albert johnson. broder till Hans
Johnson, "clerk of court" Red Wing,
som manga ar tjenstgjort sasom ombud
for namde kontor och 1.-THE Office of Judge"
sasom anklagare, har sistlidna vecka, ef-
ter en- strang examen, erhallit tillstand att
upptrada som advokat vid domstolarne
staten Minnesota. Mr.. johnson dr. kand
sasom en- skicklig och ordentlig ung man,
hvarfore vi onska honom all framgang.
Mystiskt. Fran Mortified skrifves:
l6rdags morse ankom till Central House en-
okand man och betalade for en- veckas
"board" SAINT bad att bli visad till EFT rum,
emedan han var trott. De visade honom
afven dit. och tankte inte vidare pa honom
forran vid supper" tiden, da en- uppassa-
re gick upp for att saga, att han skulle
komma ned, men fam honom sofvande,
hvarpa han ater lemnade honom. Pa SON
days morgon skulle han ater upp och vacka
honom, men forgafves, han skakade och
men det gick inte. Lakare till
kallades nu, som sade. att han troligtvis
led af nervos utmattning. som annu kunde
vara EFT par dagar. Han var ikladd nya
klader, men hade ingenting pa sig, hvaraf
man kunde sluta sig till hvem han ar. Om
den mystiske resenaren vaknat upp ur sin
nerv6sa dvala f0rmaler icke. historien.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-05-20

az vARA PRENUMERANTER torde noga
se efter att numret q den roda adresslappen an
dras med lika manga hummer som iqvid in
sandts for. Delta Or det enda qvitto som lem-
mas. Visar sig ingen andring siffrorna sd skrif
ON ett par veckor.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-05-20

w- Prenumeranter bora vara mycket noga
med att vid remissans insandande uppgifva
vid hvilken Post office tidningen afhemtas -
Delta g;iller aeven da tidningen ''stoppas".
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-05-20

az Vid adressforandring uppgifves alltid SO
val det postkoutor. der tidningen forut afhem-
ta.s, som det postkontor, till hviket man On
skar "a tidningen sand.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
London Letter. I


md that many persons in America think
It SO strange that we in England should like
70 go to the seaside in winter and wonder
how 1t Is that the queen should sssk her
marine residence at Christmas time, Tbess
persons who SO wonder are not familiar with
The peculiarities of the British climate and
think because there are ice and snow in New
YORK and Philadelphia tho same condition,
must prevail here. They make their climatic
calculations without bringing in that impor-
tant factor, the gulf stream. By the Aid of
this obliSing body Of water the tsmperstvr,
OF the south coast of Britain il si1npiy
delightful during the winter months. and
as for the isle OF Wight whore thu
queen goes, it is Italy with sanitary i'm
provements-nothing moro nor loss The
logs which are apt 20 make life q vsxatioa In
London at or near this season ars unknown
on the coast, and often when it is n dark a.
pitch at monday In London we, Us and com.
pany jump into the electric-lightsd Pullman
train and In an hour are on the Kings road
at Brighton, with the sun shining brilliantly
over our heads, the blue waves dsahing al
our feet, the sea dotted with pleasure craft
little German bands tinkle-tootlin2 the latest
American importation, wait TIL ths
Clouds Roll By or some other sugary SON
tlmentalIsm, In our ears, and the whole of
the June procession of Hyde Park and Pic
cadllly fashionables elbowing Us az we nova
through the crowd
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
A Fraudulent Baron,
Ma vN-h uv1-IlD


lnever shall forget that dear old fraud.
Hector Carlos, Baron dc Maincy, who inumi.
mated our drawing-rooms few years ago.
He was good d-natursd and not very bright,
and his mustachs stuck out like two brad.
avis. For six years be was supported here,
mostly by literary people, on the claim of
being baron, though why that should On.
title him to support do not sea. He was
ladies' man, and one lady invested els, 900 in
him, 1 have heard. He offered his noble
hand to . daughter Of ex-Prssident John
Tyler. and the offer was respectfully de.
clined- He taught French little, and was
always getting up classes that dissolved mys-
teriously. ut b not necessary for me to
teach, he once said to me. ~and I will not
stoop to sat for les than SO an hour fos
every person.
At last he turned up his aristocratio toes,
and a subscription paper was passed around
to bury him and erect over his remains Q
monument. AlAsl within . month thres
wives arrived from different parts of the
earth and inquired II he loft anything.
There was . scene. Then It came out that
Hector Carlos, Baron Dc MAincy, was an i'm.
postor. His name was Carl Haass, his occu-
patton a barber and valet He took his mas
tsr's name and title and dssolatsd England
and America with his expensive personality.
He left q trunk full Of letters involving q
large number Of ladies, . eoat-of-arms, and
any number Of official csrdA In course Of
time the monument was finished, but there
was some hssitation about putting it over
the prevaricating remains; 50 ono Of his ,
most intense admirers erected It In her par
lor, where for some months it commemor.
ated the virtues Of the last Of the De
Maincys. 1t seems to Be a pretty good sign
that a titled person is IN impostor II b
doesn't pay his bills.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
Gen. Sickles' Crutches-

New York Cor. Philadelphia Recordl
The row between the Marquis de Leuvills
and Gen. Slckles in the lobby of the
Academy Of Music the other night did
not amount to as much as was fondly hopei
by the reporters. A few words passed
between them-high words on the part of
the marquis, low ON the part Of Gen SickIes.
lhe latter seemed to be ashamed that any
one should see him band wing words with a
man OF Lsuvlils'sa appearance Lsuville, on the
other hand, was proud to be seen in alterca-
ton with % well-known fre-eater The
only wonder is that the general did not hit
MIN over the head with his crutch 1t would
not be the first time that hs had made use OF
this formidable weapon.
one evening, just after the war, he was
standing In the Office Of the Westminster
hotel, when the conversation fell upon some
OF the late exciting incidents The clerk at
the desk, bumptious unpleasant fellow be.
gan To speak contsmptuously Of the north.
and fntimated that assassination was nShe
too good for "Old Abe Lincoln The words
had scarcely left his mouth when Gsn
Slcklss was seen to spring to his foot-I can
not say feet-and, balancing himself asainst
the railing, he lifted his crutch and brought
1t across the unhappy clerks head with such
force that he knocked him off his stool out
into the middle of the office floor.
The fact that he has but one leg does not
seem TO make Gen. Sickles any less of a
terror to his enemies He is a man of her
culean frame and perfectly fearless. Let
him get his back against the wall. one
crntch under his arm and the other in his
hand, and he can demolish crowd with as
much ease as moving machine cut
through the new grass.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
The "Artist's Model. Z"
New York Lettarl


There are some things in the town, how
ever, which are much less mysterious than
they are generally held TO be. One Of these
Is the artists model Many time have
you read about the good and beautiful girl
who, to save her decrspit parents from
starvation, or in the way Of entirely inno-
cent vocation. poses unclad for artists to
draw from You have been deceived 1t is
true that girls are SO employed, not only in
private studios, but before the classes in the
schools OF art, but it is wholly false that
they are less shameless than the occupatlon
implies. invariably they are vicious. and
all accounts to the contrary are mere pleas
antries OF fiction. There are numerous
respectable women who serve as
draped figures but have the word Of dis
tnguished painter to back the assertion that
the indecency Of nude posturing is never
associated with decency in the posturant
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
pRNTNG, FEBRUARY 1885.

sssst : ', y ID a. / sscu
PSI 8s hns nons Of the fsanEA = businssl
msnS his bread i battsrsd On 10 sides; he
= rioh beyond the dangers Il & hch spscala-
TINS as he cares TO indudes = and bis heart
5 hsithsr consuu,sd byssG hres Of patriotism
NOR the oankef Of . ipst>Sy ambition
t@41s-4-sef y uespise him; he does not cara
: Some people admire MIN; he does not cara
A few friends like him; he does not care
Still fewer probably love him; he doss not
care He is good story teller. His best
anecdotes are against himself. As "a finan-
cier and a man Of business he is far moro
generous than is generally known; and
have never heard q whisper against his
honor as a banker, speculator and man of
business. He has slight drawl in his speech;
Is a capital talker q liberal host, and he
stands at the extreme end of the EXTREMIST
political party in the state His latest radi-
cal performance was to propose in the house
of commons motion not in exact terms, but
favoring the abolition Of the upper house
In spite OF the premier he pushed the motion
to a division, and got Il votes in its favor
The result was loudly cheered by his Irish
friends and Radical colleagues. Some poll
ticians regard the division as very signifi-
| cant
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
The Old Commodore

From the scraps of history that como float.
ing back to US it appears that William Il.
vanderbilt was not very happily placed with
bis father during his early life. The old
man got along by hard work and careful
saving and used to fog William most un-
merclfully when he shirked his task or failed
to plough as much as his father thought be
should. There is a man yet living down on
Staten Island, where the Vanderbilts used to
dwell, who tells about going out into the field
to see the old commodore and finding him
giving young William II. a severe trouncing
with the harness lines 1t would seem that
the old man was very severe with all his
children and most Of them grew up without
any special love for him, though his snor.
nous wealth tied them to him The father
had no education, but a good deal Of force
Of character and shrewdness.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01

chronicle "Undertonos.
think most arguments arc really about
nothing. never heard two people argue yet
that some compromise was not coms to by
each of them saying:
'Oh! did not understand you Thought
you said 80 and-sa'
always remember as an example Of ths
utter uselessnsss and frutlessness Of argu.
ments a scene in which Cremony, who died
some years ago, and Henry Edwards wore
the disputants 1t was in the Bohemian
club, late one night in 1875 The two were
talking about London, and they came to a
furious discussion over some little mattsr Of
life in the English metropolis.
Il tell you know all about London, and ]
nay that you are wrong"
And know something about the plaza
and say I'm right
1t had passed through the retort Courteous
the quip modest, the reply churlish, the 70
proof valiant, the counter check quarrel
some. the lie with circumstances, and 1t had
almost touched the lie direct, when in ths
lull Of an angry silence, Edwards blurtsl
out:
when were you In London, Cremonyr
in 1882" said Cremony.
And yell Of laughter from the Hstsnsn
burst the discussion up
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
WENT IN A "JIFFy..
HOW evARTS DISPOSED op A vo. .t>
BILE YOUNG ELocUTIoNIsr.
Becoming Apparently Intruspsssivs,s .
the Statesman Formulatss One Of His
Long Sentencss-what the Stone
graphic Clerk Thought.
New York Cor. Inter OCEAN I

William NJ Eyarts is a toIlv old fa,,ow
very sportive at times when it will do to re-
lax his dignity, and much given to tokinz
when safe from public observation In the
magnificent loungins- rooms Of the Union
League club of which he Is president, no an
ecdotes than his are listened to with lass
strain upon patience; and their peculiar quail
ity Is that, through the sObriety Of his speech
the hearer never can tell whether the story
Is to be funny or not That in itself compel,
close attention, OF course. because 10 won's do
to put a bl-.Id smile Oh the face while the mind
runs TO something remote, since there NAV
De no place Tor laugh to properly come in
IL was EVarts' habit of maintaining a sedats
Visage that made his treatment Of an auda-
cious and self-complacsn. young woman
effectively crushing
She wore the flaring hat and the exagger-
ated garments Of an actress, though she was
no nearer the stage by profession, as she rat
tlingly explained, than was implied in being
an elocutionist
Il have been bold to call on you, Mr..
Evarts, she said, because l felt SURE YOU
could appreciate the services which could
render to your children"
As he has eleven Of them ranging iu aee
from to 80, he felt bound to lean back from
the work on his desk and listen to any prop
osition that purportsd to b. beneficial 70
them.
Il would like an engagement to instruct
and entertain the younger members Of your
family" the caller continued. I am very
clever, indeed, and am accustomed to rscite
Tor hours every day"
ut may be said to have bscoms chronic
the lawyer interposed
~, suppose SO, and the elocutionist was
radiant
SWELL, now" and here he became sppar-
entity introspective as he does when formu-
latins his long sentences, "ths theories and
practices OF my household in SO far as they
seem to be pertinent to the employment Of
an entertainer. instructor, or We m, say-I
assume without any misconceptio Of your
proposition or offense to your sail esteem
a governess for the children, are based on
the Utmost feasible degree Of tolerance and
CHARITY. IL l. In my memory that
We oncs had a lame nursemaid. whoa
imp, though it may have bcen as
as cradle to tho infant in hsr
arms, was certainly not pleasing to the OBJ
Server less intimately related to IL And
recall coachman Of ours who occupied
years OF service in dying of deformity dts.
tressing to the view. But in both cases tn
overlook these individuals while
In our employ, as they had como TO us in
norma and healthy conditions, and we fell
bound to endure them to the end but
hardly think that We should feel called upon
to hire governess already in an advanced
state OF elocution, who is doubtless incura-
ble and with whom the most ideal charity
would not demand that We should Jointly T
,uif srn
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
A PROMINENT FIGURE.
The Member for Northampton and the
Editor Of London Truth"


tLondon Cor Boston Herald
Labouchere, the member for Northampton.
Is gooa deal in evidence, in parliament,
and In his clever, auIacious paper, Truth
He Is not unlike Mr. James G. Blaine in ap-
pearauce. He is about the same height and
build, wears his beard. and is somewhat slow
IN his movements Mr.. Blaine hasa SQUARE
forehead and larger nose: but there is not
much more in his head than is slowed away
In the Labouchere brain. A well educated
and Travelled man, Labouchere has, dare
say, far less earnest views of life than Mr..
Blaine has, Is certainly far more Indifferent
to the opinion of Mrs. Grundy, and possibly
the only likeness bet ween them is in the
build, height and manner of wearing the
beard.
This triflins similarity may, however,
help the reader TO realize the figure of La
bouchere. II he cared brass farthing, or
even less for anything or anybody, Labou-
chere would have more influence in the house
or commons and out of it. Life Is to him an
amusement. He has plenty of money and
plenty OF brains A seat in parliament, a
share in The Daily News paper OF his own,
. bank, house in town, a classic home on
the Thames, clever wife, of whom he is
r.allv fanA. and hahv thai II b hin a ssn.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01

| lfiorida Cor. Clncin nau EnQurer.l
One of the sights of the Florida reef Is the
sponger. He is generally conch from
Conchtown. Key West, and dsvotss his en-.
tire time to the business of fishing up the re.
pulsive objects called sponges This is dcns
chiefly with hooks or spears, the boats drift
ing along until a sponge is sighted, when i,
Is hooked or speared and ierked from its
stronghold upon the bottom When the
water is too deep for the hooking process the
| sponger goes overheard and dives to the
| sponge, by main force tearing it from the
| bottom. The sponges taken from this sec
tion are not the delicate toilet spongss, being
different grade and only used for coarse
! work. They grow to q large size sometimes
| measuring three feet across and two high,
and when active present anything but an at
tractive appearance. Agood healthy sponge
looks as it comes to the surface like a great
beef's liver, and the odor is spongy-no other
word describes it
When load of these aromatic flowers of
the ocean Is secured, they are taken down to
Key West, or may be cured on some Of the
keys. This consists In allowing them to re-
main in the sun until thoroughly decayed
and then treating them to repeated rinsin9s.
until the animal matter is entirely removed
They are then placed in the sun to bleach.
and in this stage are seen covering the fences
in Conchtown. Later they are subjected to
several processes, one Of which in some cases
is sanding. This is more common in the
toilet sponge from the Mediterranean.
Shake one and you will find that quite de-
posit of fine sand escapes. This was not
eaten or absorbed by the sponge when alive,
as you might suppose. but is Q process by
which the weight Of tho sponge is increased,
and as they sell by the pound, the object is
evident
The tricks that the guieless sponge dealer
Is not up to are not worth chronicling Some
time ago young man was sent to a sponge
locality to buy sponges for a firm who was
going to manufacture q new article that re-
quired large quantities, and it was found that
the young man paid much for water and
coral rock rs he did for sponge
Better sponges are found in the Bahamas
than on the Florida reef, and the business,
though in the hands of few, is a valuabls
one The majority Of people have rather
peculiar ides regarding the sponge Some
think 1t an insect Others q plant 1t il, how
ever. simple animal, composed of many
cells, that are arranged In three layers. the |
middle one sscreting the lime or slick, as the
case may be, that goes to form the skeleton |
Of the animal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
NO hiORE lRON-cLADS.
The War Ships Of the Future-Disadvan-
tagsS of Armor Plates


lbs London Post protests strongly against
building any more iron -clads. 1t enumer-
ates the disadvantages entailed on the Brit
lsh navy by the application OF armor-plates
to the sides or batteries Of line of battle (or
tighting) saips as follows: The expense Of
iron or steel armor adequate to resist the
ever-increa sing power of artillery is simply
monstrous All fire from shipboard is
known to t. more or less inaccurate, and the
chances of snip being struck in a vital part
are very stslan indeed. But il the armor-
plating Of 6 ships battery or turret be
struck, and il it be not wholly impervious to
the shell striking it, the effect of the blow is
enhanced, and tho shield actually
becomes an instrument for rendering the
blow more deadly TO the gunners behind it.
A ship has certain tonnage displacement,
according to which her weights have to be
arranged Hence, every ounce Of armor
weight decreases the gun weight or coal
weight that she can carry. Iron-clad fight
ing ships are necessarily of such prodigious
size that to possess a numerous navy and to
conduct great naval war On the principles
that must be followed if we are to maintain
a dominant position on the seas-that Is, as q
war of aggression-is a financial impossible
ity. 1t is almost certain that the bulk of the
educated naval opinion Of the present day
favors the view that the skillful use of the
ram will be the guiding object in future
naval engagements Now, a modern iron.
clad is about as handy an instrument for use
in ramming maneuvers as-well, let US say
an old cow at pump Next to tho ram the
torpedo, or torpedo vessel, is probably the
most efficient naval-fighting weapon. But
an enormous iron-clad is singularly open to
attacks from tOrpeioss, and its size gives it
no particular advantage In directing such
attacks
The great sizs. draught, and cost Of IRON
clads inevitably tend to reduce the feeling
which should be uppermost in any captains
mind, that he can go anywhere and do any
thing" with his ship. In fact, it renders him
eautiouS-a deadly quality fer naval minds.
W nat then should we substitute for these
gigantic armored floating machinesi To us
II appears that the type of trst-class fighting
ship which most nearly meets the require
mentS OF the day is as follows: An un-
corvette without sails, of 1000 to
i.0Oo tons displacement, possessing good sea
qualities, an armament of maximum weight |
and power, an underwater steel protecting
deck. great capacity Of coal stowags, handi- |
ness, facilities for ramming and torpedoing, |
and as much speed as can be given her. |
such vessels would cost comparatively small |
sums, and we could maintain many SQUAD
'onS of them
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-01
Adirondack" Murray,

INuCHgU IrlUunt
b. Z. Shillaber says Of Adirondack" Muir
ray: Il liked him very MUCH and through
all his viciSSitudes thus far The Aldermen
Cutes have been ready to put him down,
but he is elastic and bounds up again the
more the pressure. He is, as Father Taylor
said Of his son-in-law, Judge Russell, not
much OF saint, but is a sweet sinner The
world has been too harsh with him. once
fell in love with young lady because she
could climb cherry-tros. l equally ad-
mlred MI Murray when portion OF the
great tree on the common blew down, and a
policeman told him he should have as much
of it as he could carry off. He shouldered a
limb OF great size like giant and walked off
with it as Samson did with the gates Of
GAIA