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ject and must be seen by all who enter the
exhibition building. The interest mani
Tested by the people. even the peasants, is
very great; the crowd is so great after 10
O'Clock in the morning that one must wait
long time and stand some rough pushing
to gain entrance. Dut this is only the eN-
perience of strangers-nearly every resident
of Antwerp has provided himself. his wife
and one or more members of his family
with a season ticket which admits the
holder at any and at all times at first cost
of 20 francs (S4), and must be kept III case
with card photograph for identification.
Single admissions are franc. The scenes
in and about the exposition are as interest
ing and diversified as the exposition itself.
THE VARIETY OF COSTUMES
among the soldiery, the peasants, the
visitors and the residents, the divers
sity of tongues, the curious distinc-
ton of ways and methods are all
heightened by the occasion and the i'm
portance attached by natives and the pOpu-
lation of surrounding neighborhoods. The
peasants are often attired i'm all their holi-
day bravery; and one old woman, evidently
a peasant proprietor, displayed fine, Bel
gian necklace and cap with immense rings
of real old Mechlin lace above her short
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-16
JENNIEJUNE IN EUROPE
The Ancient City of Antwerp, with Sur
prisingly Modern Features and
Low Rents.
Picturesque Old Castle, a Printing Office
of Two Centuries Ago and Price
less Pictures.
The Exposition UniverseIle In Which
Are Represented the Products
of All Nations.
ings--The Famous Cathedral of
Cologne--Bonn.
Correspondence Of the Globe.

Correspondence of the Globe.
ANTWERP. Aug. 4.-Americans think
Of Antwerp as an old, old city-interesting
from its antiquity, because it was the birth
place of Rubens, and contains, as the prin-
cpal feature of its grand old cathedral, his
Descent from the Cross. They are sur
prised when they reach Antwerp, after a
night ride on modern steamboat, with
electric lights and bells, to find modern
city, active, enterprising and growing, with
constantly increasing population, ana all
the elements Of a twofOld civilization, the
inventive and artistique in full tide OF
strength and development The history OF
Antwerp is one of the most interesting; 1t
had its rise. its splendid meridian and Its
decay-it is now past-building up over the
ashes of its former greatness--a modern
maritime commerce, which rivals that Of
Liverpool. while its position renders it one
Of the most important keys to the Old
World. and its history and
TRADITIONS SUPRENIELY INTERESTING
to the student and artist. Resident Amer
leans find it attractive as place to live in,
notwithstanding its SeacoaSt disadvantages,
because of the beauty of the residential part
Of the city. its long lines of boulevard,
shaded with trees. which make the streets
one continuous park, and the comparative
cheapness of the rents. which, though higher
than formerly, particularly on the principal
hoToughfareS, are still very low compared
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the family, which line the salon, were exc
euted by Rubens, and the windows are
Illuminated with historic pictures of the
different heads of the Plantin-MOretus line
Of successive generations. The printing
office contains the printing presses and type
as used in those dayS-the latter still
standing in their forms-and there are
proofs of manuscript of Rubens and in
Vulnerable other objects OF interest
and value, of which no catalogue as yet
mas ever been made, but which is under
stood TO be in course of preparation since
the house has passed into the hands of the
government.
There are many monuments in Antwerp,
the principal one being the one commem-
Grating the liberation of Antwerp, at the
junction of the Avenue Van Dyck with the
Avenue Der Quentin MatSys. the blacksmith
painter, who won his wife by the work of
art which stands outside the entrance to
the cathedral. A fine monumental statue
has been erected to him: also to TenierS
Rubens. Van Dyck and others. There are
numerous shrineS in the old streets of Ant
werp, and the peasants often stop before a
modern monument and make the sign of a
cross or say prayer, believing it to be a
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e STEM CHSTLE

with American or at least New York prices.
The houses in Antwerp are high and quite
impossible in appearance. with heavy doors,
straight, massive door handles, high cell
ingS. and windows that open inwards, with
handles like a door, and are protected by
wooden blinds, made strong. and with iron
hooks and rings, which fasten them Sc
curely. Two hundred and fifty dollars per
annum is the price which one American,
resident in Antwerp, pays for a charming
house, upon good side street, and with
lovely flower garden, from which they
gather their own roses every day. Service
is comparatively cheap, but more is needed
than with US; for in winter fires must be
made, and always water carried to every
room. Notwithstanding the excellent water
works with which the city is provided,
prejudice existing against carrying pipes to
every room. which is certainly well founded.
Servants wages range from % to 30 francs
per month IS to So, some cooks receive
30 and even 80, but these are of high class,
and usually do the buying for the family
from the market as well as the cooking.
THE MOST INTERESTING
old features OF Antwerp are the Steep,
az old castle upon the edge of the
Scheldt. which was also a prison and
where the hole is still shown. covered
with a huge stone, down which the
bodies of prisoners of the state were thrown,
to be swept OF by the dark, rushing waters
beneath: the cathedral containing Rubens
greatest work and the MuSee Plantin, the
finest printing house of the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries and one of the first to
achieve eminence. 1t forms three sides of
p square, with an interior court and is en-
riched with carvings Of great beauty and
many objects of value. The portraits of
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view of it. At o'clock we went to high
mass and heard the organ. saw the lbs
stained glass windows. including the Du-
rers and the five magnificent modern speci-
mems presented 10 the cathedral by The king
OF Bavaria tLudwig.) The power ca indi-
vidual eyeSight rails to take in the dizZy
height, the clustered columns. the noble
arches, and can only pay homage 10 tie
grandeur and majesty of the whole ediiice.
The Cologne cathedral is not mere temple
of woTship-it is the history of the rise and
fall and restoration of empires. We did
not see the interior of the chapel CT the
Magi, nor of st. UrSuli. which contains the
bones of 11.O0O murdered virgins. We
were anxious TO reach Bonn. and so only
stayed long enough in Cologne after leaving
the cathedral TO visit the genuine Maria Jo-
ham Farina and buy bottle of
THE vERITABLE WATER.
Bonn is only an hours ride from Cologne.
and is not particularly interesting to pleas
ure tourists, but it is a charming town to
stay long in, if one has letters and can make
acquaintance with the residential pOpula-
ton. 1t is both musical and literary, as be-
comes the birthplace of Beethoven, of
Arndt the famous German poet, of the
Brussels. Robert and Clara, Of Nine. SchrO-
der and George Henschel. 1t has miles Of
shaded alleeS for promenading and is the
second university town in Germany-Heidle-
berg being the first. But my attraction was
Its quaint old market platz, and the pictur-
esque scene looked out upon from the win
dow Of the GOldeuer Steur Golden Starr one
morning four years ago. Bonn has also a
famous specimen of fourteenth century ar
chitecture in its Munster kirche, the inte-
rior of which has been restored somewhat.
but which still retains its oriel windows, its
kneeling benches and head rests, its old
stone carvings and some very old paintings
1t Is much finer and more picturesque as
RELIC OF ARCHITECTURE
than the cathedral, and is always open.
Any hour of the day peasants and tourist
people drop in noiselessly, say a prayer.
and depart. 1t is very touching 10 see
them, for they do not 90 into the old stone
church to meet their friends, 10 show their
clothes or hear fashionable minister; they
must feel a sore need, want of unspoken
comfort and sympathy, and whatever the
creed, the influence of centuries and gener-
ations of heartfelt struggles, aspirations
and prayers, must linger in the dim pre-
cincts of the old edifice, in its worn stones
and woodwork, its small high windows and
impenetrable walls. Bonn is the starting
point for the Rhine, and tomorrow NOM
ing we take the boat early for days trip
up the famous river en- route for Weis-
baden. JENNIE JUNE.
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COMING INTO PORT.

L have weathered the coming cape Of storms.
Where the winds of passion blow;
have sheered 10y the reefs that gnash 10
foam
The shadows that lurk below:
l have Joy ed IN the surge of the whistling sea
And the wild, strong stress OF the gale
As my brave bark quivercd and leaped alive
To the strain of the crowded SAIL.
Then the masterful spirit was on me-
And with nature wrestled glad:
And danger was like a passionate bride
And love itself was half mad
The life was storm that blew me on,
And few as the wild winds fly:
And hope was a pennon streaming out.
High up-to play with the sky.
Oh, the golden days. the glorious DAYS
That so lavish OF life we spent;
Oh, the dreaming of nights with the silent
stars
Meath the sky's mysterious tenti
Oh, the light, light heart and the strong de-
sire,
And the pulses quickening thrill,
When JOY lived with US and beauty smiled,
And youth had its free full will
The whole wide world was before us then,
And never our spirits failed,
And We never looked back, but ever on,
Into the future we sailed.
Ever before US the distant bound,
Whose dim and exquisite line
Alone divided our earth from heaven,
Our life from life divine.
Now my voyageis well nigh over
And my staunchest spars are gone,
And my sails are rent and my barnacled bark
Drags slowly and heavily on,
The faint breeze comes from the distant shore
With its odors dim and sweet
And soon in the silent harbor of peace
Long-parted friends shall greet
The voyage is well nigh over.
Though at times Il capful of wind
Will rattle the ropes and fill the sails
And furrow a wake behind
But the sea has become WEAKNESS,
And glad into port shall come
With my sails all furled and nv anchor
dropped.
And my cargo carried home.
From BlackWood's Magazine.
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Will Fight Another Day.
New York Jonrnal.

New lOIk
Are you afraid of cows, Cholly?" asked
young lady of her escort as they walked
along on the shady side of Fortieth street
the other afternoon.
''Ah, WEAKLY, You surprise me-" he sim
pered. Why, doncher know, when | was
IN Texas L used TO tewwify the dweadful
cweatwahs with one glawnce of me eve.
and once /"
just then he happened TO look around
and saw wild Texan steer madly daShing
up the street. With shrek that sounded
like the squeak of a toy doll he darted into
an arena and hid behind an ash barrel under
the front stoop.
BY this time the young lady had entirely
forgotten him, as he always seemed To her
a mere nothing, and serenely sauntered on.
Z. S.-The animal from Texas Steered of
in another direction, as the maiden didn't
carry red parasol.
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natural without eXaggeration and good in
detail. There are many more large pictures
than we are accustomed TO see upon the
walls of our academy, and military subjects
are naturally more sought after A very
striking picture is the Battle of Trafalgar
and Death of Nelson, by Hendrix Schae-
fels; and very thorough work is also done
by Jacques lie Comte de Lalarig, young
man of rank and fortune, but faithful
student and a genuine artist. who can paint
a horse and a cl1aSseur, and both to the
life. Quite number of women are repre-
scented. among them Charlotte Mingers,
the portrait painter of Antwerp. and Geor-
gette Megnier of Brussels. Marguerite Du-
mont Boulevard Leopold, has a marine
picture. and Marie De Keyser Mignon.
We left Antwerp with regret and some
difficulty, for all the lines of travel are
taxed to their limits, and the confusion is
worse COMPOUNDED when one has to struggle
with foreign tongue. But we got away
at last and enjoyed greatly the ride through
a thrifty, well-cultivated, garden-like coun-
try. until we approached Verviers, when it
becomes wilder and
MORE PICTURESQUE.
We did not reach Cologne until IL o'clock
at night. and were thankful the custom
house officials are less exigeant and exact
ing than our own, and quickly passed us
and our belongings At a. IN. we were
awakened by the clang of the great cathe-
dral bell, and within an hour had taken in
all that could be obtained from an exterior
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The DWeflers i'm the Holy City Are
Strict Observers OF Sacred Rites.

Strict Observers OF Sacred Rites.
In matters of religion the Roman is de-
cidedly devout One need only go into one
of the parish churches such as SAINT
Adrea della Vale or SAINT Agostnio, to see
that religion in Rome is reality. Men go
TO early mass, and go gladly, in great num-
bers. Nevertheless, to the foreigner. the
Roman seems to treat sacred things with a
familiarity not altogether respectful. A
Roman is as much at home i'm church as
in his own family, and to the super
fetal observer he appears to be lacking
in reverence. He handles the chairs in
free-and-easy way. looks at every
thing and everybody, and converses in
an undertOne with his neighbor. He
is critical of the way in which the
services are performed. and expresses his
APPRECIATION or censure without hesitating.
But he has great respect for religion, and
brings up his children according to the
church. as he expresses it. Not TO receive
the sacraments of his faith at the important
periods of his life would be intOlerable TO
nm. Not to be baptized, confirmed, mar
ried in church. confessed before diving. and
buried IN holy ground seems to him like
violation OF the laws of nature. And this
is true. not only of the average individual
who goes TO mass every Sunday and is
otherwise exact in the performance of pre-
scribed duties. There is type of Roman
who will abuse the priests laugh at mira
cles, call down judgments OH any individ-
ual prelate TO whom; he owes a grudge. and
not go to church more than once i'm a
year, if at all; but. nevertheless. a Roman
may do all these things and yet have very
lively belief in his religion. Grumbling
means nothing with him, whether at relig-
ion, government, or prices; it is pure pas
tlme.-I. Marion Crawford in the Fort
nightly Review.
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wooden petticoat and thick sabOts. One
whole section of the French exhibit is de-
voted to magnificent display Of Lyons
silks and it is also rich in bronZeS. one of
the finest of which is the work of young
wOman-Mlle. Matnilde Thomas. The
italian section is one huge bazaar, where
real and imitation coral and carved stones
can be bought at what seems incredibly low
prices. There is also much beautiful glass
and faience, and in the Belgian department
carved and mlaid furniture, copied from
the antique-which makes one long
to keep house where such things can be
bought at prices that are not annihilating.
Think of carved oak high-bacled hall
chair for 40 francs, and hall bench,
with antique chest and back, for 90
francs-the carving copied from the four
teenth century.
THE LINEN IS A WONDER.
but the laces from Brussels are marvel.
One could spend whole days Just looking at
them. So many of the older designs and
forms are never exported. and we do not
see. Very interesting exhibits are made by
the French colonies in the South Pacific.
and they are guarded by huge negroes. black
as darkest night, in picturesque and gor-
geous costumes; soft silks, wrought silver,
carpets and rugs, fans and straw work are
among tine articles displayed, all of curious
manufacture, and could be sold over and
over; but of these nothing will be sold till
the close of the exhibition. Everywhere
else ''vendu" (sold) meets you, and at
tached to some specially interesting objects
in brass and iron work are long strings of
cards containing the names of persons who
have ordered a Reproduction"
The exhibition of paintings in connection
with the exposition is exceedingly
interesting. The Belgian exhibit is
naturally the largest though France
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Rumor has it that one thousand times the
amount for which the original Judas sold
MS honor, was paid for a single vote on this
Street-opening ordinance. At this rate.
provided all the gentlemen in the council
were bought, the Illinois Central people
paid something like quarter of million
for the passage of that ordinance.
CHENEY.
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1T was a man, and while was lookin',
a woman comes into the room with a kid
fOllerin' her. an both of 'em cryin'. They
walks up an pulls down a piece o cloth
from the face an begins to kiss it. l guess
it was probably the old gent of the family.
You bet pulls my spurs out O. the pole an
gets down to work again, too quick. once
see into room where there was stiff in
coffin, an two men was a playin' California
Jack on the foot of it.
Il amt no married man, but 1 seen
enough women make their toilets so 1 can
give out tips how they do it. They most
all sits down on the bed to put on their
shoes. Some sits on the floor, an they all
puts on more style than four men. They
are sort o. different from man. When a
mans gettin' into his clothes, he don't
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shrine. This provokes smile in the case
Of Van Dyck, who was one of the most
unbelieving of unbelievers.
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE.
The interest of to-day in Antwerp centers
around the Exposition Universelle, which
Is pronounced success. The only Ameri-
can exhibit is in the department of
machinery, but the continental ma
tons, France, Italy. Germany, Austria
and the French colonies, are well repre-
scented; and Belgium has built itself a
gigantic monument of its articles of pro-
duc1on and exports, which is a central OBJ
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Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
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81 watched them till it begun to get sui
try outside the window and my head began
to sOrter swim. Then L takes q piece o.
wire an throws it against the window and
yells 'ratSp The man made one break for
the window, but had my hat pulled down
over my face and was a shinnin' down the
pole"
Lone mOrnin' was goin' up the poles
along Wabasha street. 1t must Ter been
somewhere near Sixth street, when l stops
for mint TO sOrter catch my breath, an
just for amusement climbs up the pole an
looks over into room where the bottom
half of the blinds was shut. l thought l
see somethin' curious, so stops and looks
close, an darned if l didn't come near let
tin my foot slip when found out what it
was. 1t was stiff laid out On sort %
box. with ice packed round it,
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seem ter pay much attention to what he's a
doin', but gets around an buttons his
collar an fixes his necktie like he was
thinkin' o. sOmethin' else. But I seen a
woman the other mornin', and she want
nOthin' but ordinary locker, neither. and
you wouldn't think she'd care much for
style. She puts on something, 1 don't
know what it was, and then turns round
and looks to see there want any wrinkles
behind, and fools away five minutes before
she was ready to put on the next layer of
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Through all this vast burial ground there
is often path, a strip which none of these
above enumerated articles are allowed to
desecrate with their presence. 1t is like
the little graveled walk between the green
moss-covered mounds in the cemeteries,
where the living may tread with hushed
football among the silent dead. 1t is the
track which the servant girl has made as
she wends her way from the seuttle to the
clothes line that hangs yonder between the
chimneys every Monday morning.
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1t hardly requires the experience of the
professional roOf-climber for the statement
that strange things congregate on the roofs
of houses in certain sections of large cities.
What the big garnet is to the old New
England farmhouse the roof is to the tene-
ment row where property is worth thou
sand dollars front foot. A little of ev-
erything, ranging from a lobster shell to a
worn out liver pad, collects there. Old
boots and shoes are there distiling
their antique fragrance on the twilight air,
pieces of old umbrellas-so old that ''time''
has been called on them and they have
been tearfully laid away until the res6rTec-
ton morning; tomato cans, in which no
trace of the succulent herb is left; gas
meters, rocE-ribbed and ancient as the sun,
that have told their last lie and been con-
signed to oblivion; pieces of stoyepipe that
have been dipped beneath the waves Of
Lethe, for all practical purposes; backing
brushes with wilted bristles, bits of wood,
turkey bones, broken chairs, spfttoons,
market baskets, barrel hoops, bricks, car
peting, rubber Overcoats, combs, broken
rolling pins, fiatirons with handles gone,
ink bottles, musty and clogged with dead
flies, and countless other things, all in si-
lent, eloquent decay, on which the tooth of
time, Ike worm i the bud, has preyed so
long that the tooth itself is visibly affected.
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but it amt all fun. When a man puts
his feet on a cross bar and leans away over
another trying to haul line taut, he makes
too good mark for the kids in the street,
and they'll sneak up behind man where
they can get good hold. And some days
its hot cooked up there on the poles, and
there amt no more shade man can get
than he can from sitting under barbed
wire fence"
The line man continued his yarns of Gu
riOus sights to be seen from the top of the
poles for half an hour. They were of all
kinds, including one that seemed some
what fishy about night job, where he had
to make some repairs, and saw burglar at
work on gentleman's Office desk; but the
reporter remarked that he would draw the
line at BURGLARS
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a kissin' a woman

Il seen - a kiSSin' a woman
down in the Court block the other day."
said one of these line men to GLOBE re-
porter, at the same time mentioning the
name of st. Paul man who is so well
known that he ought not to be seen kissing
q woman in a business block if he values
his standing i'll society, ''an' 1
watched him long while be-
fore he was onto me. L had
to fix two or three inSulatOrs on that pole,
and all the time l was dOin' it they was
havin' a Teg'lar love feast. She was a
mighty pretty woman, and 1 guess come
into his office on some kinder business.
He would tickle her under the chin, kiss
her a couple of times and then go and sit
down at his desk an talk for minute or
two. Then she kept coming over to where
he was sittin' and lOokin' at him in curl
Gus kind of way, an he would get up, go
over and put his foot against the office door,
an get the eternal bulge on her mouth
again."