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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
FADING LANDMARK.
The Old Winslow House Fast Disap-
pearing from Public
Gaze.
Before 1t Goes, the Curtain of the Past
Is Again Drawn
Back
Fancy for Readers or
the Globe.
The amous Ghost, Its Social Bar
and Other Salient
Features.

The old Winslow house, which is now
being RACED To the ground. is an institution
which is almost insepambly connec,ed with
every thought OF ST. Anthony falls i'm its
early days. Ii was erected away back In
the iiftieS, as a summer resort for wealthy
SOutheIners, and in the bright days just
previous TO the outbreak Of the rebellion il
was the happy scene of convivial gatherings
of magnifcence and perfect finish never
since approached I'm the Northwest. On
the very day that Fort Sumpter was BON
barded. the old WinslOw house was the
home of many OF the leading and aristo-
cratic families of old Virginia. Wealthy
planters influential politicians, statesmen
and professional lights formed a brilliant
coterie. JOY was unconlined. But the
transformation scene when a score or more
of kilograms were received. bearing the in
formation Of the outbreak Of the rebellion.
was indeed amazing. Fiery Southern
blood went coursing through veins like
wild-tire. Every face wore unmistakable
marks of deepest concern. Trunks were
hurriedly packed, and in one short day
the old hotel stood alone on
the hill top, almost deserted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

ing to secure samples of the Neill laugh
need only to ask him about that little joke
he PLAYED upon j. w. Field, while passing
through tunnel on the Pennsylvania Cen
trail.
Judge E. B. Ames is the champion of
the city as a Laughter. He has deep bass
voice and puts such energy into his laugh
that the clerks in the insurance office often
rush out to see who is dumping coal on the
sidewalk.
Mai. Camps laugh is at its best in cold
weather. One of his haw-haws while
floating around in the atmosphere last win
ter. struck and smashed to smithereens the
globe of an electric light in the exchange
of the West hotel.
DR.. Ames has laugh which makes him
hosts of friends. 1t is so hearty and spon-
taneous that you can't keep from joining
him. This spring the doctor carries his lit
tie laugh with him constantly.
o. A. Pray smiles, even when he's mad.
he uses his smile so constantly that it never
gets time to develop into laugh.
C. II. Prior bends over as though he
meant to turn backward sOmersault and
delivers himself of mellow gurge that
sounds pleasant.
David Blakely is so tall that it is difficult
to analyze his laugh. Those who have
heard it assert that it is quite musical.
A. j. BIethen has a laugh which begins
when he enters the elevator on the first
floor of the Tribune building and stops
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

smiles" and invariably at someone else's
expense.
Charles NJ. FooUe has sort of a SUD-
basement laugh which can make quite
hole In a Silly night.
Capt. ID. NJ. Gilmore laughs as though he
meant it on purpose.
John n. Gannon's smile makes countless
thousands mourn.
Andy Nage the Iago of the Manhattan
club, has laugh with forty strokes TO the
minute.
Lac Stafford laughs and spits at the same
time.
Joe ManniX laughs on the other side OF
his face when he thinks of the bicycle
race.
Morton of the News Letter acts as though
he was going to have an epileptic fit when
he laughs.
Col. Hicks laugh can be heard four
blocks and around the corner.
Judge Rea's laugh is irOnic.
Henry Benton's laugh is sardOnic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

How IL Knocks PrOYinciaIism And
SeIf.COnceif Oui of a Man.
Casselrs Family Magazine.
The stranger who visits London must, in
the main, content himself with this: If he
could be in no worse place tor forming inti-
mate friendships he could be no better for
taking note of a great array of human nota-
bilities; and-what is no small matter-one
great use of London is to shake provincial
notions and local self-conceit out Of man,
by teaching him what a small part his ma
tive village plays in the world. Whether
it be a crowded AT Home" or an interest
ing debate, or what is called "a scene" i'm
the house Of commons, a man accustomed
to study human nature may learn more OF
the character of the men who guide the
fates of this great empire in few hours.
or even in few minutes, in London than
he could from hours of reading in books or
newspaper reports. The man whom we
see on an interesting occasion, or it may be
in a chance social rub is part of ourselves as
much as the country through which we have
travelled, and which we had known pre-
viously only through a geography book.
Three months spent in London during the
season, if consumed In nothing else than I'm
coming face TO face with the politicians.
statesmen, thinkers poets and artists OF the
day, even though it involves considerable
amount OF superficial designations, would
be anything but lost time, especially TO a
young man not above 30; while to him who
is old and wise enough not TO be careful
about studying in high places with how
much or how little wisdom the world is
governed, there is open in big London 4
large array of special little LOndons, which
he may select according to his inclination,
and contine the human OutgOingS of his
heart TO them. As students in the univer
stiles wisely avoid the evil OF promiscuOus
reading by restricting themselves to the
mastery of single great author, so strang-
ers in London, anxious to carry off some
permanent good from the rich concurrence
of humanizing influences by which they are
surrounded. may contine themselves to one
of those little worlds Of social energy into
which London has so literally outbranched.
Such suburbs as kenSington, Hampstead
and Chaplain readily form themselves into
little worlds. where friends may see friends
with as little trouble as in small towns, like
York and Newcastle, Edinburg or Aber-
! deem; and the residenters in such places.
while in London, for some purposes, are
socially not of London. and may be COM
pared to anglers who habitually confine their
| piseatory operations in the trouting line to
the small tributary streams, which flow into
the great river of the neighborhood. The
sport may be less majestic there, but for
limited capacities it is more attractive and
more sure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
HIS HEART WOULDN'T STOP.
AnsOnizing struggles of n WOuId-Be
Suicide Who stabbed Himself.

Suicide Who Stabbed Himself.
Elberton (Ga.) Leader.
Mr., mechanic of athletic form, be-
ing crazed by drink. by his own hearth, In
the presence of his wife and others, em-
braced his little daughter, said good-by.
barred his chest and plunged siX-inch blade
through his heart. The blood gushed for
several feet, but soon ceased. Some mo-
ments elapsed, and to hasten death he
thrust the knife through his heart again.
His stout frame quiyered and his muscles
relaxed. The knife fell and Vas secured.
He folded his arms, closed his eyes to die,
but hours elapsed and still he lived.
Though drenched in gore, weak, pale and
tremulous. he went to the bar, got a pint of
whisky drank it and lay down to die lie
stated he thought he did die for time. and
gave an awe-inspiring account of the horrid
scenes witnessed in the spirit WORLDLY
About daylight next morning he revived
and came to me a most pitiable object, beg
ging for some potent drug that would end
his life with ease and speed. For" said
he, my mental and physical sufferings are
more than mortal can bear" My brother
and myself took him in hand. and for eight
or ten days one or both OF us were with him
all the while. | will not weary you with an
account of his life struggle; how his CULVER
ing heart rallied and fell back, and how
deaths pallOr came and went. About this
time his heart throbs became more distinct
and regular, his appetite improved and his
strength commenced returning. On the
twenty-first day he was in his shop. and
after shoeing some horses went to the sa-
loon. got drunk and lay out and took con-
gestiOn Of the right lung. Then a second
battle between life and death commenced.
Life's best fortification, the heart, was
weakened by the knife, and another breast
work. the left lung. was crippled by NOR
bid adhesiOns. The congestion terminated
in Inflammation. and Repatriation followed
then his life surrendered to death as quietly
as Pickering light does to darkness-n,
sigh, groan or muscular twiching. But "a
the new born takes its first sleep did the
athletic mechanic and fond father die.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
AnIce YnchtRunnEng Loose.

Nyack IN. W City and Country.
After the first race of the Poughkeepsie
regatta on Saturday bowling squall struck
the Frost and she ran away, throwing
Archy Rogers out. He caught the end of
her boom and was dragged over the ice a
mile minute for long distance, until the
boat suddenly came about like lightI ing,
breaking his hold, and he rolled over and
over, far away from her. Then occurred
one of the widest scenes ever
witnessed in ice-boatIng. Again
the wind struck the FrOst's
mainsail heavily. and as it was close
trimmed. she started off alone with tremen-
dous speed. The ice was dotted with
skaters. Three ice yachts lay off the club
house. Guests of the club. including ladies,
were standing on the low bank of the river.
and the runaway sped along straight for the
ice clubhouse mile minute. The skaters
scattered in every direction. and there were
shouts and screams from the shore as the
yacht tore along over the ice, passing with
in six inches of one skater, who i'm the ex-
element had fallen. The yachts St Mich
olas and Snowflake were standing heads TO
the wind fifty feet apart. The Frost dashed
between them and ran with terrific speed
into Bards Rock and every part of her was
smashed into kindling wood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

The men had seen enough. Their morbid
desire for the sensational had been fully
gratIted. and they fed In wild disorder.
Shortly after this exciting occurrence,
however, the agent of the proprietor of the
building went To the house and there dis
covered Prof. McBain master OF the stu
alton and revealing In his possessions. The
ghost was explained. The willy professor
did not wish TO be disturbed. aud he had
arranged. with his daughter to play the role
of the ghost. OF course the usurper was
forced to remove. He then took up his
humble abode down on what are
now known as the Bohemian fats
and DR.. Philips opened the hotel, which he.
ran until fourteen years ago, when Il passed
into the hands OF Rev. f. ID. Mill. who
established an ecclesiastical college bearing
the nomenclature in honor of the owner OF
the structure. of Manchester. Then II was
converted into the medical school, the Col
lege hospital.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

sufiiced. The entire party went tearing
pell nell, like mad, out of the house. down
the hillside, then to their homes. and more
thoroughly frightened men than they could
not be found in the universe. They were
converted to the belief Of hobgoblins and
Tam O'Shanter.
No one else had the temerity to enter the
building until in the summer, when the log
gers came down from the pineries and the
drives. Then they organized and armed
themselves to the teeth with a determine
ton of intimidating the ghost. They. like
their unsuccessful predecessors, visited the
building. and at the dismal hour
of midnight the ghost was
found promptly on hand to hold high car
nival. The brave lumbermen were as COM
pletely terrorized az had been the o'her
party. but they discharged their pistols at
the figure. which suddenly fell behind the
marble slab with a wild. weird shrek.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
The End i. Near.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The transcontl-
mental rate war continues, but it is thought
that the end is near. Rates, both passen-
ger and freight. are as low as they can be-
1t was runOred that first-class tickets from
New York to San Francisco and return,
good for ninety days, were being sold at
$50, and it was stated that clippef ship
which had been partly loaded for San Fran
cisco, was unlOaded of what freight had
been placed aboard and the freight sent via
the Sunset" Freight rates are being
guaranteed until next Saturday night, the
price paid varying according to the shrewd-
ness of the shipper. 1t is thought that the
conference between Huntington, Strong.
Goddard and Potter will take place on
Monday or Tuesday ne xt. These gentle
men are acting very quietly. No one seems
to know just what they are doing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

support to such members OF the city council
rs shall respond TO this appeal for justice,
and wo will give our efficient aid to the ag-
grieved property holders in their appeal 10
our courts. and in such further action as
shall be- demanded TO attain the sought for
relief.
r. G. Evans was called upon to explain
the resolutions and did SO. The roof re-
manned as did portion of the audience.
Among other startling things announced by
him was the news that since the Introduce
ton of the motor not a business
house has been erected on First
avenue south, which avenue Is going
to rack. the fences being down and houses
deserted. William Pettet, an original and
therefore consistent opponent of the motor,
had not had to exceed fifteen horses hitched
IN front of his house in six years, but was
glad that his legal and equitable rights
were i'm sight. As matter of fact but
few persons used the motor, and the street
cars would fully accommodate them,
he had found horses and mules fast
enough and the people of the Eighth and
Seventh wards had no right TO ride faster
than others. If they did. steam cars would
soon be running down Washington avenue.
Gen. NettletOn was the last speaker. When
he edited the Tribune he had favored
the motor and use of steam because
Col. McCroTy. an old army COM
rade continually misrepresented mat
tiers, but now the colonel once had
departed and his eyes were opened. He
built the Tribune building because he be-
lieved McCrory had stopped abusing the
confidence of those who trusted him and
would soon discover another motor. The
time had come for change,
and as the present owners were
IL a., L.. "a Il, ~,
The question was then taken on the resolu-
tions. Several of those still in attendance
voting aye. the negative was not put and
the chair declared them carried and directed
the secretary to SO notify the council, and
the war came
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
CHARLIE HAsHow's SMILE.

Charles c. HaShaw, the handsome alder
man from the Third ward, has laugh that
is hung on hair-trigger and is liable to go
Oft at almost any time. When II does he is
a bewilderng spectacle of mad mirth,
bowling cyclone of visibility, vast prairie
of righteousness. He starts in slowly and
stretches out his laugh to the greatest
length possible, then suddenly ties knot
in it and drops it 10 regain his last breath.
Three or four peals of his Silvery cachinna-
ton have been known to change the com
bination of a safe and stop an electric clock
in a store a block distant.
When Frank Mcdonald essays to laugh
he throws back his head, shuts his eyes,
and yells. When he laughs heartily the
effect in the county auditors Office is con-
tagious, and everybody else laughs. Even
the plastering has been known to crack a
smile in order TO keep in line. Nervous
ladies in the register of deeds Office across
the hall have often tainted away under the
impression that the court house was being
blown up by dynamite when Mcdonald let
one of his ripples of mirth ricOchet through
the building.
Mathew Walsh, the alderman and county
treasurer. who combines business with
pleasure by acting as chairman of the Dem
Ocratic city committee, is somewhat vOci-
ferrous in his method of laughing. A quiet
chuckle which almost imperceptibly deep
ems in volume and suddenly winds up with
a guffaw that sounds like a milkwagon
turning a sharp corner will per-
haps convey a faint idea of the
way in which he will acquaint
you with the fact that he understands the
point of the joke you are telling him.
Then he sinks back in his chair and shakes
all over. and finally takes off his spectacles
and wipes the tears out of his eyes. The
effort quite exhausts him for the time being,
and three or four hearty laughs week are
all his physician will allow him to indulge
in.
Wesley NELL, president of the retail gro
GERS association, has quiet and etfectual
way of smiling out loud. His lips part in
a seraphic grin, innumerable wrinkl es
spread themselves over his face like concen-
trio circles on the surface of the water when
a stone has been thrown into mill-pOnd.
Then his laugh commences to slowly as
cend the scale to high c, and then comes
down stairs again. This exercise is ac-
companied generally by involuntary
ierkings of the thumbs which are apt to
catch you in the short ribs. Any one wish
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
FRANK M'DoNALD's eUFFAw.

about the time he reaches the editorial
rooms near the roof
Col. w. S. Kings laugh delivered on the
shore Of Nicollet Island is said TO have ac-
tually kept logs from floating down stream.
Harlow Gale only laughs at his own sto-
ries, and then generally alone.
Loren Fletcher has smile which distorts
his naturally handsome features and a laugh
which cannot be described.
A. j. Boardman occasionally takes his
laugh out in ten-acre lot back OF the Har-
vester works and practices at mark with
it.
S. S. Small never laughs. He only gig
giles.
A. B. Nettleton isn't much of laugher,
because he amt built that way.
w. ID. Washburn laughs from his chin
mp.
Elder Stewart, the home Baptist, can
throw his laugh against the Kasota building
and catch 1t on the rebound.
Dorilus Morrison has never been known
10 laugh. 1t is suspected however, that
when he gets home he locks himself up in a
room and has 1t all out by himself.
George A. Bracket laughs like an In
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
The AIdermanic Complications.

Matt Walsh a candidate. The aldermanic
complications in the Sixth ward are as
complex as ever. Matt Walsh's connection
with the same has become so prominent that
a GLOBE reporter succeeded in securing an
Interview with him last night. 1T has fire.
quently been intimated that Mr.. Walsh is,
and also that he is not, a candidate. How
Is it?" asked the reporter.
''Well, to becandid, replied the alderman,
II had not intended to become a candidate
but my friends had insisted upon my run
ming again, and if the voters of the Sixth
ward are DESTROYS of indOrsing my official
career as their servant in the council shall
accept; in other words am in the hands of
NV friends"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
Killing offthe Relatives.

lid Bits.
Fond Boston mother Ito dsughter)-Jen-
ME, did you kiss young Guskins again to-
night?
Daughter-Yes, mamma, he's just lost an
uncle in San Francisco, and was so sorry
for him.
Fond Boston mother-Well, Jennie, let
this be the last. I'm afraid if you keep on
encouraging him with your sympathy he
wont have relative left In this wide, wide
world
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
THE RAILWAY RECORD.
Local Passenger Situation.

There were no new Developments in the
local passenger situation yesterday. The
general passenger agents Of the Chicago
lines met at the Office of F. b. Clark. traffic
manager of the Omaha, yesterday morning
and talked the situation over. There was
nothing decided upon. the Minneapolis &
st. Louis stating that it had not been and
was not cutting rates, but the Minnesota Il
Northwestern insisted it had cut rates, and
until 1t agreed to maintain tariff it would
not withdraw the rates of $40 first class and
IS. so second class. The other lines have
not met the cut yet openly or otherwise
and are not likely to. Thus matters stand.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
IN THE DEEPEST GLOOM.

Twelve o'clock was finally announced by
the bell in the old paper mill at the falls.
Each of the half dozen investigators counted
the dismal strokes which re-
minded them wildly of the historical
curfew. Suddenly a ghostly apparition
was seen to emerge as from the floor. and
with outStretched hand and slow. steady
motion, it silently glided toward the nearest
man, who fled in terror and without signal
ing his comrades. The apparition then
made itself visible to another, and with an
unearthly yell he. too. dashed through the
front door, which had been left ajar. This
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
Will benefit the Northwest.

A prominent railroad man said yesterday
regarding the rate war:
The cut in passenger and freight rates from
Chicago to North Minnesota Is bound TO turn
considerable emigration TO the Northwest, as
It can be reached for much less money than
Kansas and Nebraska. These periodical rate
disturbances are becoming OF great benefit as
il is establishing n schedule of rates that
allows the Minnesota farmers to reach the
lake ports at much less rates than those who
reside in Kansas and Nebraska. Our
geographical advantages are constantly i'm
pressing themselves on the Eastern people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
Bobby,s Questions.

Lie.
Bobby was awake when his mother re-
turned home from the theater at midnight.
"DId you say your prayers to nurse,
Bobby" she asked, before you went to
bed?"
mo" he said. sleepily. az forgot it."
''Well. you had better come and say them
to me now"
What" said Bobby, in drowsy astonish-
ment. ''does God stay up all night?"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

The lordly host, who had been reveling In
the wealth and luXures resultant from fur
nishing hospitality 10 aristocratic million
aires, now saw his hopes and prospects dis
sipated. blasted. Nothing but immediate
removal TO his former home in the sunny
South was left him. and that was just what
he did. He virtually sacrificed everything.
and took his departure at an early day.
The structure was at the time the wonder
of the West 1t was the largest hotel i'm
the Northwest. and il so far surpassed
everything of the kind in magnifcence OF
its furnishing and the completeness of its
appointments that other establishments
were thrown completely in the shade. The
large airy rooms were hung with elegant
tapestry and ornamented with rare works
of art. The building, however, shOrn of
these appeared quite commonplace. For
a time thereafter the building was unoccu-
pied save by the
HUNDREDS OF DOVES
and sparrows that had taken up their abode
in the rooms next to the roof. Finally the
medical properties of the chalybeate springs
near by were eXtolled. and attracted the
attention of medical professor, who opened
the Winslow as a sanitarium, where the
cold water treatment was the panacea for
able, was abandoned after a years trial.
Then, again, the WinslOw became tenant
less. and it was then that a relic of the
early days of the falls had an exciting and
sensational career. That relic was one
Prof. MeBain. He eked out a miserable
existence by chronological and psyche
logical lectures and writing novels of the
dime order for an Eastern publication. He
was veritable wreck morally, and finally
brought up short as a fOTger. Well. Prof
McBain being not overllush with the cur
rent coin of the realm, conceived the idea
of converting the deserted Winslow into g
sort Of a literary palace. and he one DARK
night surreptitiously removed his squalid
effects to the mansion. Unfortunately FOL
his peaceful possession. however, gentle
man opened negotiations with the pro
prietor, looking to opening it agar
as a full-fledged hotel. The matter
came to the ears of the sagaciou:
professor, who straightway circulated
reports that the house was haunted. The