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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

| THE GREAT THOMPSON STREET PUZZLE.
| Thankful Smith three cards with one
speck on the back of each, and himself
| four with three SpeckS on the back OF
each. Meantime the janitor's eye ShOne
brilliantly through the keyhole, and Mir.
| Cyanide WHITES was in cOngestiye
chill of excitement.
Rev. Thankful Smith opened the pot
with burst of blue chips, got raised by
| Mr.. Williams, made the raise good, and
| got another card with one Speck on it in
! the draw. Mr.. Williams stood pat.
| There was war in the eyes of both. Gus
johnson swooned with emotion; Prof.
Brick got near the window so as to be
handy to the fire escape in case Of muir
der, the ianitOr's eye glittered more
| brightly at the keyhOle, and Elder Jubi-
lee Anderson breathed like distant
fog horn. After the draw the betting
was resumed;
w. At 1880 a. m. Tooter Williams stood
Oh the Brooklyn bridge, wrestling feebly
with Gus Johnson.
"Lemme jump N be de fuss snoozen-
eide OBJ de seasin," he yelled.
mo, loot" demonstrated Mr.. john
son, ''cummerlong home, N I'll sot up
de beer N hot SaSsenger sandwidge."
81 done loss tree hundred'n steen dol
lahs." said Mr.. Williams, 'n wanter
| die"
mo, loot; de wattah's coldah dan
beeswaX," pleaded Mr.. Johnson.
Il he'd fo' kings" SAID Mr.. Williams,
"'n l doled him fo' jacks, N dey tuns
out ter be bullets" yelled Mr.. Williams,
capering with woe.
"Yezzah," said Mr.. Johnson. bud
| stitch am life i'm large citieSD
"'N loss my Doodle N my watch N
my ulcer" moaned Mr.. Williams, "'n
| Pm gointer trOW myself inter de soak"
Here he attempted to climb the rail.
| Mr.. johnson held his cOat-tail a mo-
ment, but then reflected that it would
be impolte to restrain Mr.. Williams
| further and so let 60.
From his coign upon the rail, Mr..
Williams surveyed the railway bed be-
meath, through whose interstices ap-
| peared the blacknesS of the river.
81 haint got no frens IN dars no use
| livin' broke" he exclaimed, lingering
to afford Mr.. johnson chance to take
| better hold.
Oats So" said Mr.. Johnson, gloom
lily prepared for the worst. and taking
out his watch to time MI. Williams
descent.
Mr.. Williams paused.
Gus" he said, Use haffer mind to
go back'n take one mo- shy at de
game"
Mr.. johnson reluctantly put up the
watch, and Mr.. Williams got down.
They walked back in silence to the end
of the bridge.
Gus" said Mr.. Williams, "ef yo'
hadn't holt onto me I'd gone N done
it,
81 let CO." gloomily responded Mr..
Johnson.
Gus continued Mr.. Williams, not
noticing the interruption, LESS gimme
dat glasser beer N sassenger sangwidge
ter warm me up, IN I'll go N do it."
"Yo' will, SHOE" eagerly but half
doubtingly exclaimed Mr.. johnson.
"Sho'ly," asseverated Mr.. Williams.
"Jess settum up twicet, SOS Pll die
warm IN happy, IN den, Gus, Pll borry a
silvah PUNK dollar, SOS ter sink me
deepah, N bid yo' goodbye, IN go n
| do it."
Mr.. johnson had his doubts, but led
his way towards the saloon, determined
to see his brother member safely and
happily through.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
A Jue-Handled Surrender.

Montreal Herald.
Canada has conceded, or the commits
siOners have conceded for her, to the
Americans:
First-The right to touch and trade at
Canadian ports;
Second-The right to enter Canadian
ports for any purpose except to buy
bait;
Third-The right to tranship cargoes
of fish in bond; -
Fourth-The right to ship sailors and
fishermen;
Fifth-That Canadians shall not be
liable to punishment if they do sell bait
to American fishermen.
Sixth-Practically the fishery clauses
of the treaty of 1918 have been abro-
gated and the American contention as
to trade privileges fully conceded.
Seventh-In addition to this the head
land question, in its bearings upon the
three-mile limit, has been modified in
favor of the American contention.
In return for these concessions the
Americans have conceded to Canada:
NOTHING! =
A pretty 'jug-handled" sort of ar
rangement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
A FINE POINT IN DUELING,

Wherein a Short-Armed Man Has
an Advantage Over One With
Long Arms.
Harrisburg Dispatch.
My Virginia Friend--l was going to
say my old Virginia friend. but he is
only forty-fve, and doesn't live in old
Virginia. but In West Virginia-was
telling me of the code duello in the
South. He raised his hat, and, with his
forefngcr, traced deep scar on his
forehead just at the roots of his hair.
It looked as if made by red-hot brand.
CHAT" said he, twas received in a
duel. Tha duel is going out Of fashion
in Virginia, but there are still some hot
headed men who think that their
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
He Hadn't SUFFICIENT influence.

San Francisco Chronicle.
In those countries where, unlike Cali
fornia, they have to pray for fine weather,
it needs sometimes a great deal of faith
to stick to the church. In Scotland, for
instance, one of the few really religious
countries of the world. a large proper
ton of the minister's duty is to pray for
fine weather. There was quiet Scotch
village where the farmers were all in
the dumps. The Scotch mist kept coming
down ali the time, land it alternated with
frequent very heavy storm. The min
lister had prayed every Sabbath for fine
weather without avail for four weeks.
He met an old farmer one day.
"John," he said, "this fearful wealth
er's nathing but judgment O. God on
this parish. Yer SIGH wicked lot that
the Lords list gaun to punish ye."
~Deed, minister, we dinna tax the
the same view of it. We think that
there's somethin' the matter WI the
minister. He hasna got sufficient in
fluence up there, an Pm tellin' ye, min
lister, II We dinna succeed WIZ your
prayer next Sabbath we'll be maist UNI
fortunately compelled to discharge We
an ca somebody else"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
Greeley's Birthplace to Be Sold

Greeley'S Birthplace to BE SOld.
Nashua On. H. Letter.
Horace Greeley's birthplace is to be
sold for taxes. 1t is little, low-studded
farmhouse, with small windows and
low-pitched roof, situated in the town Of
Amherst. There Greeley was born Feb.
8, 1917 With the 1919 acres of land
aboutA, the house now belongs to Fred
Cotton. Next Saturday the farm will
be sold at public auction for taxes
amounting to s2,O52. 1t is somewhat re
markable that Greeley's father, Zarr-
heus, also lost the place through the
sheriff's aid. Horace was ten years old
when his father had to give up the at
tempt to pay for his home. The ground
is rocky and far from fertile, and Horace
seems to be the only person who ever
throve much on it. Before he had left
the place he had become the wonder of
the neighborhood, having devoured,
often only by the light of pine knots,
every book within seven miles. From
Amherst his folks took him to West
Haven, Vt, where he made acquaint-
ance with the printing press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
TOOTER GOES BROKE.
The Latest Series Of Diver
sions at the Thompson
Street Poker Club.
Mr.. Williams Marks the Cards
and Gets Busted on q
Jackpot.
Rev. Thankful Smith Got on
to His Little Game in the
Nick Of Time.
Tooter Thinks of Suicide, But
browns His Sorrow in a
Glass Of Beer.

asst Saturday even
ing Tooter Williams
presented himself at
the room Of the
Thompson S tree t
Poker club forty
minutes before the
hour appointed for
services. says Henry
Guy Carleton in the
ST. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. Mr.. Williams
entered the building
humming a merry
tune he had acquired
the evening before
in the lofty coon
heaven at the Cas-
inc, tripped lightly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

OKLA FINE GOLD CRESCENT SCARF
'plC pin in center, set low, small, very
fine diamond
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

c1OO BUYS A FINE DIAMOND STUD,
DlOO weight 112 carats, skeleton mount
ing; a trifle off color; full of life and fire?
guarantee value SS7.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

C166 COST $225-FINE, PURE WHITE
.DlCC diamond, skeleton setting, beauty,
full Of fire and snap that is SO much de-
sired in a diamond; 17s carats; guarantee
value $135.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
TIE FIRST MreRschAuM plps.
A Place Where Half the Pipes In the
World Are Made-Amber and Clay.

World Are Made-Amber and Clay.
Ruhla, mountain village in Thurin-
gia, Is the place where most OF the amber
and meerschaum is used, and where half
the pipes in the world are made. Like
Sheffield and Toledo, it was famous in
the middle ages for its arms and armor,
but when the invention of gunpowder
made swords and breastplates useless, the
attention of the people was turned to the
manufacture of meerschaum pipes with
amber stems. The first meerschaum
pipe, il is said. was carved from piece
of clay brought as curiosity from Asia
Minor, and presented to the Duke OF
Wallenstein. 1t was not intended for
use, but the dukes fancy directed the
most famous carver in the place to
fashion the snowy clay in the form of
his favorite pipe as an ornament. In
sportive mood he filed the plaything with
tobacco, and was sopleased that he never
put any other pipe to his lips again. All
the knights at once followed the fashion,
and the crusaders to the Holy Land made
it rule to send or bring home with them
pieces Of the clay 10 be carved by the
Thuringian artists.
Ever since has the little town of Ruhla
been the headquarters of the meerschaum
and amber manufacture. Meerschaum Is
not the petrified foam of the sea, as is
popularity supposed in some quarters be-
cause of its name, but is peculiar clay,
found only at Eshki-Scher, in Asia Minor,
as the true amber is found only on the
coast of Samland. The two precious
substances meet at the little city Of
| Ruhla, where 5000 artists are employed
| in fashioning them to the fancy of men.
The number of pipes turned out is enor-
nous, the yearly average OF real neer-
schaums being 700,, 900, varying in value
from So to 5000. The emperor Of Aus
tria is the owner of pipe that is said to
be worth 10000 forms, made of the
largest piece of pure meerschaum that
was ever found, and having a stem OF
amber to match. The trouble with meer-
schaum, as with amber, Is impurity. A
flaw or bubble spoils the whole piece as
il it were diamond.
All the meerschaum pipes are cut by
hand, after the rough edges and corners
have been trimmed off by machinery
and the artists are trained to their work,
like the watchmakers of Geneva and the
porcelain artists at Sevre and Dresden, al
schools provided by the government
Ruhla turns out no end Of other pipes
made by machinery-a million or two
imitation meerschaums each year, 10,
000, 900 porcelain pipes, $4,000, 900 made
Of various grades of clay, and countless
millions made of briar wood. 1t il
claimed that last years product of thu
Th,ringian shops was not less than 100,
00O.0 pipes of all varieties. William
Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
The Whole Story in a Paragraph.

Free traders say that tariff duties are
taxes on the consumers. II we had no
tariff our imports would very largely ex-
coed our exports. We would have to
meet this excess by money, and it would
be heavier tax on the country than the
duties under q protective tariff. During
the revenue reform tariff period, from 1916
to 1861, although we were producing i'm
mense quantities of gold from the Cali
fornia mines we had TO send it abroad by
every outgoing steamer to pay our debts
for imports, because we could not export
enough to pay for what we imported. On
the other hand, If we buy only articles OF
domestic manufacture and production the
money we pay for them remains here to
add to our prosperity by keeping the
wheels of industry in motion. What we
pay for foreign goods is the real tax, moi
the duty on them.--Fiber and Fabric.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
blizzard" an Old Word.

read with interest an article upon the
derivation of "blizzard. As it is well
to keep trace and record of the growth of
our language, offer what little / know
concerning the word. From boyhood l
have heard it constantly, and know
that it was quite familiar to my elders
more than fifty years ago in central
Pennsylvania--Cente Blair, Clearfield
and adjacent counties. The word was
always used to include the idea force,
violence. spitefulness, or vindictiveness.
If one dealt another hostile blow he
.'gave him blizzard on the nose" ION
the jaw" between the eyes, etc. If
a magistrate lectured litigant severely
he ''gave him blizzard" If in debate
one dealt mercilessly in ridicule he ''gave
his opponent blizzard" If one man
swore at or cursed another he ''gave him
blizzard" II mans wife scolded
him she "gavc him blizzard" Inever
heard tho word elsewhere till within the
last four years, when encountered it in
the papers .'out west" where it was ap-
piled to sudden and severe storms. =
Ward Ries in New York Evening Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
wondcrfu, svs,.m OF Mncmonic..

There is wonderful system of mnem-
onics invented by the late Dr.. John l..
Dagg, after he became blind. He divided
the four walls and the ceiling Of his room
into fifty points, and by associating
dates, names or facts with these points
he was able, otter long time, TO call
them to mind instantly. 1t was his GUS
tom to have his secretary read to him.
and by the use of this system the facts
were retained in his mind in their proper
order SO accurately that from these
studies he completed a number of books,
some of which are still used ms text books
in this state. The same stem has been
successfully taught in sevc al female col
leges in this state by daughter of DIR.
Dagg, and her classes used it 70 advan.
tagc in their studies. -Atlarta Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
Story OF tno White J-ouse.

All in all. no story travels quito rs far
rs the story about tho White House or its
occupants. A curions instance Of this has
Just come out in the foreign correspondence
of the president. Some inventive genius
about two months ago set afloat yarn to
che effect that the White House was in
tested with rats. There are today letters
coming to the president founded on that
very basis. All Of them come from
Frenchmen, curiously enough, and all ot
chem propose some means Of getting rid OF
the pest. One was, oddly, from cheese
manNiNcturer in tho province Of Eure.
and, unlike all the rest II tho rat doctors,
he did not ask for any rewaui for his reci-
pc. He advised catching one OF the TO-
dents alive, cutting sis In tho skin of
his back. putting O good dose of salt and
pepper underneath, and letting tfe animal
go again. The Frenchman veraciously
predicts that tho rat will run through the
house, uttering piercing cries, and that
these cries of warning will warn his COM
panion rats to escape. All OF the French
men who write seem to regard the story
most sober,y, save one who writes from,
Paris, and puts in the end Of his letter the
suggestion that possibly it may not all In,
true-in short, hints that he smells II
mice. --Wasaington Cor. New York Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
The Newest E,ectrica, Curio.

Mr.. Volk, whose electric railway is
known to all visitors TO Brighton, Eng
land, has constructed an electrically
driven dogcart, which attracts good
deal of attention among the leisured
crowds which throng the gay Sussex
watering place. 1t is driven by a half
horse power Immisch motor and sixteen
small accumulators. which have q
capacity equal to six hours work. In the
desire to keep the machinery light, scarcely
sufficient power has been provided, SO
that, although the vehicle will make a
speed of nine miles an hour on asphalt, it
only makes speed of four miles on a
soft macadam road, while, with two pas
sengers, an incline Of one in thirty is the
limit of its climbing power.-Electrical
World
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
We Are Wide Awake, Thank You.

IF anybody thinks the Republican party
is asleep or apathetic, let him read the
daily accounts that tell about the organic.
alton Of new clubs, state leagues and
other important adluncts to national
campaign. The party was never more
active or alert, and its young men, who
give it vigor and aggressiveness, are
especially bestirring themselves. The
skies are bright with the promise Of sue.
cess II proper effort be put forth, and the
mass Of Republicans are rousing for u
supreme effort during the presidentiNl
campaign. Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
Ham, Artists Ar. Too Common.

II is, perhaps. not strange that This pres
emit un-American free trade administra-
ton should cater to foreign governments,
but when Secretary Whitney advertises
only in French and other foreign news
papers for plans for a steel submarine YES
sci he discourages and discredits Ameri-
can skill in an entirely unYarrantable
manner. America surpasses the world In
inventive genius, and the greatest gifts to
mankind in the way OF inventions for
practical uses have come from American
inventors. Whenever the demand has
been made the invention has been forth
coming, showing that here necessity is In
deed the mother of invention. Burling-
ton Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
ras SPANISH LANGUAGE.
Necessity for knowledge OF it--Our In.
terests I'm Mexico.

Necessity Sov . knowledge Of it--Our In.
tercsts In Msxfco.
The necessity OF knowledge Of tho
Spanish language Is constantly increasing
In some parts of the country. American
interests In Mexico are growing In num-
Der and extent. There 10 no doubt but
that they will continue to grow. In all
the South American and Central Ameri-
can states, from Texas to the Argentine
republic, the ability to conser in the
Spanish language is Of the highest i'm
portance. That way is eur trade That
Is the field foa American enterprise and
adventure In the future Young men
who can speak and write Spanish have q
decided and permanent advantage in en-
tering 1t.
No language is more easily acquired by
an American student than the Spanish.
Especially is this true IL he has previously
studied Latin, of which It is, IL not TIM
Oldest, next TO the oldest, daughter. It Ia
Donorous, systematic and beautiful. 1
II is said that he legislature of New
Mexico transacts !,y business In Spanish.
A number of newspapers are published in
Spanish and English IN view of all these
facts it is not surprising TINT desire t.
mcguire n knowledge of the Spanish Is In
creasing Merchants and manufacturers
begin to want agents, clerks and CORE
spondents familiar with that language.
Even tourists to, Cuba, Mexico and South
America find that to profit from and en-
| Joy sojourn in any Of those countries
some acquaintance with Spanish Is most
| desirable. Teachers are wanting. Soon
somebody will want Spanish taught in our
common schools, and probably with as
| much, or more, reason than is urged for
thc teaching OF German or French, for tc
many Spanish will have practical money
value which the others have not. But oul
common schools should be devoted tC
English alone.-Chicago Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
Voice OF the Lone Star State.

The Press extends its congratulations to
the great state of Texas. At last the
farmers of this vast southwestern empire
Of ours are awake to the interests Of the
state. The demand for tho substitution
of the wool tariff OF 1867 and for protec-
ton of all industries that win develop the
resources of tho state speaks well for the
common sense of the Lone Star state.
Congressman Mills-What can they do,
Texas farmers in chorus:
why, muzzle you;
That's what we can do.
New York Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23

There are Few northern men who begin
fairly to appreciate tie marvellous devel-
opments Of the exhaustless mineral and
metallic resources Of the southern states.
The bare and cold statistics that tell the
story of these developments during the
past ten years are so phenomenal and
startling that they bSye to be made grad
ually familiar by reiteration and explana-
ton In order to become the realities in
common appreciation that they are in fact.
We are freshly reminded of this by the
statements of that trustworthy Alabama
newspaper, The Birmingham Age, which
says that there will be built, this year, in
Alabama, twenty new iron furnaces, with
an average output OF 1000 tons day, or
700, 900 tons per annum. This output,
with that of the existing furnaces, will
run the output of 1888 up to about !, 0OO,-
900 tons, and IL Ia hoped by the Ala
bamians that in that year their state will
contest with Ohio the honor of being the
second iron producing state in the Union,
the iron output Ia Ohio last year having
been 975, $50 tons. Thus, in 1889, the
iron product Of Alabama, estimated at
fully $4,000, 600, will be one Of the three
most valuable products of the state, rank
ing above the corn crop, about $4,000
600, and below the cotton crop, about
$4,000, 900.
1t Is such vast economic changes as
these that are convincing those Alabama
ans, whose future is not behind them,
that the continuance of Republican pro-
lection Is of vital Importance to their In
terests, and that the true way to reduce
the surplus Is by abolishing the direct
taxes and thus adding TO the power of the
states to tax the whisky manufacture,
so as to limit its evils and to make it pay
part OF the local taxes which are made
necessary by the liquor traf1lc.-New
York Mail and Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23
The Difference in Parties ami sIeu.

Senator Davis, Of Minnesota, has re-
signed his position as member of the ma
tional Republican committee because he
thinks It inconsistent with his duties as
senator. Meanwhile, Secretary Villas and
Postmaster General Dickinson, two trusty
pillars of this Democratic sham civil SER
vice reform administration, continue to
hold their places in the national Demo
cratic committee. If any one puts any
faith in the civil service pretensions of the
administration, or If its pretensions had
not been exploded long ago, this exhibit
ton Of offensive partisanship" would
cause some surprise Cleveland leader.