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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-09
AMUsEmENTs.
The HaEilons at the Grand--G eneral
Anllrselne Notes.

The K1ralfy brothers closed their engage
ment at the Grand last night to full house.
The engagement has been a successful one
throughout, and the kirafys have been so
much encouraged by the patronage given
them on their first appearance in st. Paul
they have closed contract to return and
give weeks engagement at the Grand in
October, with the 'Black Crook and several
other fine spectacular plays.
The Hanlon brothers will occupy the opera
house the first half of the present week, ap-
pearing in their latest Eastern success
the grand spectacular Illusion, Fan
tasma," introducing the popular favor
ties, Miss Kate Davis. formerly of
the Boston Ideals; Mr.. Alexander
Zanfretta and little Aimee, the youngest and
most versatile artist on the stage. The Kiral-
fys and the Hanlons have the spectacular
field all to themselves, and the st. Paul people
will now have an excellent opportunity to
judge of the merits of the two. The last half
of the week, commencing Thursday night
Barlow, Wilson g. Rankin's minstrels will hold
the boards at the Grand. This is acknowl-
edged to be the best minstrel show on the
road The fact that Carl Rankin is playing
with the company is attraction enough for
the lovers of the burnt cork performances.
The Gilmore Jubilee concert will be at EX-
position rink Friday and Saturday nights and
Saturday matinee The concert will be given
by the celebrated Gilmore band-fifty pieces
assisted by prima donna Lititia Fretsel and
prima donna Zelie de Lussan of the Boston
Ideals. The sale of course seats for the three
performances opens Tuesday morning. May
IL. Single seats sale opens Wednesday morn
ing at Exposition rink box office.
THE OLYMPIC.
The many admirers of Alice Oates will have
an opportunity to see her the coming week at
'Conley's Olympic in the play which made
her the best paying card for managers
throughout the country fifteen years ago.
She appeared as Earl Darney in the spectac-
ular burlesque of 1.-The Field of the Cloth of
Gold,'' with an acting and auxiliary support
of 250 persons at Crosby's opera house in Chi
cago. The one song she sings in this bur-
lesque this week is "Good Bye, Sweetheart
Good Bye" Some popular speciality people
have been engaged to appear in the tourna-
ment scene of the burlesque, among whom
are Messrs. Johnson and Mack; the fayorites
the hester brothers; the horizontal bar ar
lists, Vidella and Bernardo and several
others.
THE DIME MUSEUM.
Lizzie Sturgeon, billed as the pedestrial
pianist, will be one of the features at the Sew
enth street dime museum next week Miss
Sturgeon plays the piano with her toes, ac-
curing this accomplishment after years of
practice. She is said to play the most diff
cult airs with ease. Another feature in the
curiosity hall will be the Kernpshall family of
bell ringers, who are claimed to have no SUI
periors in their line of business. On the stage
an entirely new program will be presented by
the Burroughs, Killy La Mause, the Frank
lnS, the Otley sisters and other clever bills.
The same bill runs the entire week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-09
Changes i'm the Department.

Chief Black has made the following APP
pointments to the fire department., to fill
vacancies caused by dismissal and reslgna-
ton.
K. Mcleod, sixth truckman Hook and Lad
der NO. 20. NJ. Moriarty, fourth pipeman
Engine Company No. q. Thomas J. Lumley,
fourth pipeman Engine Company No. 5. L.
c. Shepard, fourth pipeman Engine Company
No. Z.
The following changes and promotions
were made:
Lieut.. J. G. Johnson, Engine Company No.
l, to be Captain of Engine Company No. g.;
Jerry Powers, first truckman on Hook and
Ladder No. 2, to be lieutenant Engine No l ;
Robert Young, second pipeman Engine
No. T, to first pipenau on Supply
Hose No. 1; William Litford, second
pipeman Supply Hose No. l, to be second
truckman on Hook and Ladder No. 2; E.
Heathcote, fifth truckman to fourth on Hook
and Ladder No. 2; S. A. Foster, seventh
trucklnan to fifth, Hook and Ladder No 2;
H. Langevin, third pipeman to second, En-
CINE No. Z; Aug. Hanft, third pIpeman
Engine No. s. to second on Supply Hose No.
l.; NJ. Mattocks. stoker Engine No. 8, to be
engineer on No. Z; George Gardner, third
pipeman Engine No. l, to stoker on Engine
No s.; NJ. }. Dunn, fourth pipeman Engine
No. 5, to third Engine No. s; w. NJ. Cooley,
fourth plpeman Engine No. 2, to third,
Engine No / John E. Conroy, second truck
man to first truckman on Hook and Ladder
No
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
The ALLIGATOR Down in Florida.

In politics the Jacksonvillians are singu-
larly independent, having no distinct parties
corresponding to those of the country ut
large. In business they are mildly modified
Yankees. In social life, hours for meals,
and tho like, they are thoroughly western,
and in mythology they have gone back to
tho old Egyptian AMI the worship OF the
alligator, or, at least, it would seem SO,
from the display OF images. Il heathen
stranger would certainly say that tho alli-
gator was the totem of tho tribe and the
presiding genius of the place. for 1t is no
exacgeration to say thatone may see that
reptile here in q thousand appearances
dried or stuffed in the shops, highly orna-
mel ted in the stores, alive i'll the tanks, biz
allis ators in pens, imitation wooden alll'
gators on the streets, ils.o 2lilSatorS IN
tubs, alligators Of assorted sizes IN tho
museum, skeletons of alliSators in the drug
stores, alligator skins tanned in the leather
stores. and hundreds of different articles OF
icwclry Of alligator teeth mounted on gold,
silver, or nickel You can buy 1.-Two alli-
gator from six inches to two feet long, or
dead, dried, and stuffed one fourteen feet
long
u taVOritc CeVlce Is IHuS HlaeuidS 1u1 Se'
Take an alligator two feat lons, the tail us
much longer, split it down the front anl
take out tho cntrailS; then beni the tail III,
SO tho creature can bo pat i'll Il sitting post
urc, sew up the front and co.or it to conceal
tho opening, and dry tlla thing to solttiry.
Ih4n, with open mouth and glistcrinS
tecth, the caduvcr is set u!.ca Il stand ut the
door and smiles u saurian welcome on tho
customers. Tne forelegs are often bent
around card basket or Japln saucer; and
il for sale, pii2ard held IL its mouth an
uouuceS, Il want to 90 north, or 81 smile
to SEQ Z customer" or the Ii,o. Qne Is sur
priseu to find the ugly reptile tie source OF
SO much art and wit. When the basket Is
made 0: soE!e sea creature anatomy and is
fl led with assorted shells, tine richness Ot tho
lesi N is complete >--"Parke" i'll Chicago
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Why an Actor Quit Drinking.

"One afternoon" said the actor, 81 was on
tho stage at rehearsal Tho play was king
Lear the lines Of which I am as familiar
with as you are with the Lords prayer. l
came on, but, judge Of my diSnay anil
astonishment wien found that could not
remember q single phrase or speech in the
cart. l sent tine call boy for bottle Of
brandy, took couple of drinks, and tried it
again The result was the same. My
memory was blank. Then slipped back
to my dressing room, took down a book OF
familiar recitations, and tried one which I
aad known for years and declaimed l might
say, without exs.ggera tion. not less than
hundred times. Not q line of it could re-
member. I.trieI more brandy, but my
memory continued blank.
Il was terribly shocked. 1t seemed to mo
that was forever ruined, and that my pro-
session had slippe,l out of my grasp; that
this was the begin hing Of imbecility, and
chat should wind up IN lunatic asylum
rushed from the theatre, jumped into O
hack, and directed the driver to take me to
ths o:lice of doctor in whom l had the
utmost confidence, and who had often
b-aced me up when enervated from tho
elects of a prolonged spree. The fat
that 1 could remsmbe" the number OF his
room filled me with insxpressible delight.
felt that all was not lost. He told me not
to bc alarmed, ttut my brain was not seri-
ouslo a. ecteol. and promised that l should
be all right within a month. But only on
one condition, and that was abs lutte and
rigid abstinence ] followed his advice,
though it was Il hard pull at the beginning,
and you sec ne now better than | have
been for many day."-Co: Sacramento
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
Take Courage "md Go Ahead.

The world will remember of you JUS
what you remember OF yourself. There is
nothing but evil gained i'll remembering th.
evil in yourself of lire or ten years ~, L.
That is no5 your present self at all That Is
4 d! AL and buried individual. y man o.
woman who has any "so' i'll them changes
into quite another SELF every ten or twelve
years. They grow into improved indi
vilruls with all ha additions and varic
tions. They Gepented once of their wicked
less and then set To work making them
srlve: over again There is no sense i'll Il
lif timo Of rcpcntcnre or lifetime of re-
morse. The surcst proof of real repc:!tcnc4
is getting up as quickly as possible to nttll4
Yourself into the other fellow. The world
la.es eva:y man eni no man ct their own
valuation and for what they aae today
Prentice Muiiord'
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Eo,y fo Dp.nOli.,h the Waiter.

"WhiIe it is advisable in the highest sense
never to be afraid OF the waiter, one should
be very careful aHout bullying him An
infallible recipe for destroying any fear you
may have of the waiter is contained ill lour
worts-looii ct lis feet. never saw IL
waiter in my life that hal prescntable
pair of pedal eXtremit;cs. He may he
bland, suuvu, clean s!laven, clear eyed, clad
in snowy linen, and III master Of supercili-
Gus manner. If you feoL tnat he is cowins
you at all, glance at his feet. You will
lind that his trous r. arc ragged ard rolled
up from tho bottom; that he wears an
enormous pair OF rusty shoes, ANA that they
are as hiliy and riIsy as tho boots Of The
gouty old uncle i'll an old-tilne comedy.
After this you may look Kim in the eye
with aLso.uto fearleSSneSs "-Baltmofe
American
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AN OLD HAND.

Blue-veined and wrinkled. knuckly and
brown,
This good old hand is clasping mine;
I bend above it, and, looking down,
l study its aspect, line by line
This hand has cIasped thousand hands
That long have known no answering
thrill:
Some have moldered in foreign lands
Some in the graveyard on the hill
Clasped mothers hand, in tho day
When it was little and soft and white
Mother, who kissed it and went away
To rest till the waking in Coils good
light!
Clasped lovers hand, years asone,
Who sal ed away and left her in tears;
Under Sahara's torrid zoEe
His bones have whitened years and years.
Claspad the hand of COOL man true,
Who held it softly and fell asleep,
AMI woke 10 more, and never knew
How long that impress this would keep
Clasped so many, so many so few
That still respond to the living will,
Or can answer this pressure so kind and
true;
So many that lie unmoved and still
Clasped at last this hand, my own;
Ard mine will molder, too, in turn,
Will any clasp it when 1 am gone!
In vain study this hand to learn. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
THE DOGS OF MADISON SQUARE.

One of the Interesting Features OF the
Metropolis-Children and Sparrows.
The children, the nurses, tho sparrows
and the doss-those are the features il
Madison Iuare. And the dogs are good
dogs. Dogs can be bought Money will
bring the finest strain that Europe can pro.
duce; AMI what are a few hundred or few
thousand dollars to Mr.. Levant, who has
lust robbed this or that corporation of O
million! He wants the finest specimen of
the finest breed Mr.. Levant always wants
tho best 1t redoun IS to his glory, it Hat
ters his vanity. A check for g few hundred
and he gets it. And there it is in Madison
square. Not that all the dogs in Madison
square belong to Mr.. Levant. No; there are
some true lovers OF dogs, and as money /:
abundant among a few and dogs are not SO
costly after all, they get the best of their
kind and we see them we'll represented i'll
this parterre Of the haut ton. There are
dogs like muffs, with three black dots at
one end. two OF which represent the eyes
and the third the nose. There are the Skye
terriers They look not unlike hairy cater
pillars and scuttle along over the surface of
the earth without any apparent means ot
S .omotiol
There are the black-and-tan terriers, SC
naked they make you shtver, so frail they
seem as though they would break. There
are big dogs smiling inquisitively along the
ground, sublimcly Indifferent to all around
them, and ignoring all advances with tAat
utter unconsciousnsss with which Wall
street banker might ignore the gambler
with whom he had played overnight OF a
dude, the barkeeper he had called Charley,
Old fel," at 3 o'clock that very morning.
There are great, .big-limbei fellows, whose
muscles you see working under their supple
skins and silky coats-fellows vino give you
Sd h respectful sense OF power, not
altogether unmixed with nervous tremors.
There ere the light.hearted and light
headed auburn settlers. with their loving
eyes, tearing about and always losing their
masters, and then, with heads erect, looking
round like fools to see il they can detect
from which direction comes tie wel-known
whistle There are pugs, vacuous, soulless
creatures, tho veriest pigs Of caniniay.
There are white French poodles and black
Spanish poodles, shorn into caricature SEM
bances Of heraldic lions There are dogs
with long legs like herons, there are dogs
with short legs resembling worms, that seem
to crawl rather than run, and there are dogs
beyond the power Of classiicat or des-
cription. So with the children, the nurses,
The policemen, the dogs and the sparrows,
overtopped by the trees, and underlaid hy
tho grass we have as bright O picture as
this broad land can show.-New York
World
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A Startling Archaeological Discovery.

startling and beastIy archaeological dis
covery comes from Georgia a mound
was recently opened and the skeleton OF a
recumbent individual of prehistoric race
was found. The mound was explored thor
oughly and the skeletons of many other
mound builders were found, as were also
discovered various specimens of cheap pot
tory OF the prehistoric period. Tho ex-
porers now became very enthusiastic and
the search was renewed with viSo:. SUD
denly the spade Of ono of the laborers struck
something hard and metalilc and the Others
gathered around. In half u second small
object was thrown UP which Sleained iii tho
sunlight There was general dive for it,
and then general feeling of CONSERVATION
when it was found that 1t was i sardine
box. The incident will douJtlc DO en-
barrassing to ant;Tuarians, who will find it
difficult to explain Perhaps, however, the
discovery may have so'Ic bearing on tho
recent statement that Christopher Columbus
was q Frenchman.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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che End of the World.

So many prophecies of the worlds end
have failed OF llie that it would Le sup
posol t.at til. prophets would be discour-
ayetl, but lere Is another as Old as Mother
Shiptons.
The following prophecy concerning tho
d.sTru: tion of thr world was made, it is
sally Ncstla ANUS, the celebrated French
aS:rolnrr, vino died in l"tj: "Iuand
George Lieu crucifera, Que Marc 10 rem
suscitern, ct que Saint Jean lc portera; La
IN du monde arrivera" Which means that
the word will come to an end when the
Toast OF st. George falls on Good Friday,
the feast Of St Mark on Easter. and Corpus'
Christi day OH St Johns day. Such Is tbs
case this year.-Phrenoloaical Journals
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lEusuuitoes OIL the Lower Yukon.

know that tho native dogs arc killed by
the mus Iuitoes under certain circumstances,
anil hearI reports which l believed to bo
well founded, both irom Indians and trust
worthy white persons, that the great brown
hcar-crroncously but commonly called the
gri :;ly-of these regions is ut times conf
pcllcd to succilmb to these insects. Tho
statement seems almost prepoStcrou|, but
the explanation is comparatively simple
Bruin, having exhausted all tile roots and
berries oil ono mountain, or HndlMg them
scarce thinks lle will cross the valley to an
other range, or perhaps it IS the o!or Of
salmon washed up along the rivers banks
that attracts linn. Covered with 4 heavy
fur OIL his body, his eyes, nose and cars are
tho vulnerable points for mosquitoes, AMI
hero. of coursc, thoy consregatc in tho
"rcatcst numbers. At lust wi:cn no rca hes
a swampy stretch, they rio i'll myriads,
until his forepaw is kept so busy, Us ho
strives to keep his eyes clear Of them, that
lie cannot wall, wheroupon ho becomes I'll
ragged, and bear-liEe, rises upon hia
naunchcs to fight 1t is now mere qucS-
ton OF time until tho bears eyes become SO
swollen from innumerable bites as to render
him perfectly blind, when he Eanders help
lessly about until he gets mired in the nud
and stapves to death.-Leut Se61atka
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Coosnrss of an OF Wcll Shooter.


Ea had lowered q sh,ll containing twenty
iuarts OF nitro-gly ccr,Ee to tie depth OF IUU
feet in the we'll, when lie discovered that
the well was about to mako Il flow. lie
knew that the force of the oil would carry
tho torpedo out ut tho top. and If it were
thrown upward with the flow il would be
exploded in contact with 4 derrick beam. Ii
it escaped from the volume of oil it would
fall ba * to the ground and explode. In
either BanEson knew that certain destruc'
tion awaited him and tho property of his
employers unless tho torpedo could he
secured. With remarkabie presence OF
mind il. placed himself 1T tho mouth of the
well. AMI us the shell Shot up on the stream
Of oil be threw his arm about it and
held it,
Even then undue haste and lack Of judg-
ment might hnve proved fatal, lut Bankson
held tho torpedo until the squirt OF oil had
ceased before hs relnotel it frorl tho we'll
although he knew that only a faw seconds
would :.ps, before tho oil would ho fol-
lowed by volume of gas and moss Of
rocks from the depths. The instant the oil
consel lo lifted the shell from the we'll and
wa Eed carefully and steadily, carrying
the torpedo in his arms He had scarcely
turned his back when tho gas and ro'i;a
came out Of the well with Io!r and rush
When all WAS oror Bankson replaced the
to-;:p,o in tile well, lowered it to tho bot"
tom, AMI finish II his work.-Olean IN. ~
Letter.
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THE INTEGRITY OF NATIONS.
Countries Which Show Development anu
which Hold observation-disclosures.

Which Hold Observation-Disclosures
The reasoning and organizing PRINCIPLES
in nations retain them in existence taf BE-
yond the ordinary hazards of time. The
Spanish nation and tie Portuguese, with
certain original spirit and passion for tnc.r
own country, have kept along and have
never dovoured each other. Prussia, from
moderate beginnings, with thinking men Ii
control of her, has become one OF the great
states of the earth. France has never lost
ANYTHING which she did not win unfairly.
The English lost in tee American colonies
much mere than the French ever lost IN
Louisiana and Canada, and yet have had
tho art to seek new places where tlsy are
always in peril and sometimes seem to have
risked their troops and treasure Ill vain 40
this moment Burmah, their latest acquisi-
tion, is giving them trouble. and + Egypt anu
tho adjacent countries are bringing them
probably no present profit, but the integrity
OF the British possessions is sufficiently we'll
maintained for the most OF tnelr COLONIES TO
still rely upon the present power as they
would never do if it showed effeteness.
Austria, after the hard knocks she received
from the French in several wars, is, per-
haps, q better concentrated and more just
nation TO- day than ever before, having I'm
bibed reason from necessity. The Hungar-
ians have not lost their freedom, but are an
integral portion OF great empire which
can take care of them. Italy has shown
that the genius she possessed i'll the fifteenth
century had substantial qualities on which
to reproduce it, and she now makes q klns55-
dom which is ct least removed from the
dangers Of predatory invasion Russia,
which has had mighty part to play III the
general empire of Christianity, and incl
dentally of civilization, has sustained her
self and woull be missed from tho world II
she should ever have to so, which Is ~ no
means probable, as she has undsrtaken to
play in Europe and in Asia the role O.
North America: and her railroad system
and inland navigation, while they inspire
some jealousy in al accent powers, give tho
promise o. popular development.
Whenever tile rude, intoleranT natures or
men shall submit to laws adapted to the
average good of the whole, small countries
held together by some art or fact or sacri'
flee, like Holland AMI Bel GUM and even
Denmark and Switzerland find the prox-
unity of great Kingdoms no more preJudl-
cial to them than that incites their Sood
behavior and adroitneSS. The countries
which failed to make an impression upon
the world, and tue elements Of countries
which are forever in turmoil and amount
ing to nothing have finally tried the United
States as a new field for folly" Gath ID
Cincinnati Enquirer.