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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
DEsPoNDENCY LED TO 1T.
Charles Hoeff1er Makes a FruitIess
Attempt at Suicide.


Early last evening woman giving
her name as Mrs. Charles Hoeffler, liv-
ing at 115 Belle street, West side, ap-
peared at the Ducas street police station
in state of great excitement. Between
gasps for breath she reported that her
husband had committed suicide. Officers
hurried to the house and found Hoeffler
in an unconscious condition. Drs.
j. b. Darling and Wheaton were
called, and the agitated wife
said the unfortunate man had taken
poison. Antidotes were administered.
and these, with a stomach pump, suf-
feed in short time to bring Hoeffler
to his senses. He stated that he had
been driven to the attempt by despond-
ency He was feeling decidedly blue,
and not being able to secure work
thoughtit best to make away with him
self, and leave his wife to support their
four children. The affair caused great
excitement in the neighborhood for a
time
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
nHABITUAL CRIMINAL ACT.
Ohio Prison Doors Will Open tt
Several Criminals.

COLUMBUS. O., April 1s.-The SUI
preme court handed down an important
decision yesterday in the case of Robert
Patterson, a Miami county prisoner in
the penitentiary, sent up on five
years. sentence for burglary, which
sentence will expire in 1890. This being
Patterson's third or fourth term, he was
marked for retention as life prisoner,
under the habitual criminal act. That
act was based upon the principle that a
man who is convicted of three separate
and successive crimes is confirmed
criminal and should be restrained of his
liberty for the good of society. The at
torneys for Patterson took the case to
the supreme court for the purpose of
testing the constitutionality of the act.
The court decided that the law is un-
constitutional, and Patterson will there
fore be released at the expiration of his
legitimate sentence. There are about
half a dozen other prisoners in the peni-
Tertiary whose cases are similar and
they must also be released when their
regular terms expire.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
Awoke just in Time.

Col. j. H. Davidson is congratulating
himself on his escape from asphyxia-
ton yesterday morning. He was
awakened by the strong odor of gas be-
tween the hours of 4 and 5, and dis
covered that the house, up stairs and
down, was filled with the noxious fluid.
He discovered that a burner on the hall
chandelier had been left open accident
ally when the gas was frozen in the
pipes, and when thawed out it came out
in a strong volume.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
Piano-Box Road Wagons.

OF this style of vehicle we are exhibit
ing many styles, sizes, grades, and at
different prices. according to quality.
We guarantee prices as low as any,
quality considered. Prices for top jobs
vary from SIS up to $500. Our $50 is
better than any ever before offered at
that money. Has full leather top, boot
behind seat, and woodruff wheels. Our
S1O0 buggy, for the money, is also an
exceptionally fine vehicle. E. NJ. Hal
lowell & Co., sos to 51l Minnesota street,
st, Paul,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
Political Bits.

At meeting of the Sixth ward labor
party last night Christian Gaefke. presi-
dent of the German Carpenters union,
was nominated as candidate for alder
man.
Aid. Cullen has not yet formally ac-
cepted the Republican nomination for
alderman.
The Republican city committee will
meet at the Merchants hotel Friday
evening
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
nur MISUNDERSTANDING $125 Phaeton.

Our ssWonderful'' 1925 Phaeton.
The finest pleasure vehicle ever of
fered for the money. Has large rolling
dash and latest style lamps and fend-
ers, full leather top and curtains. For
style, finish and price absolutely be
Eond competition. E. NJ. Hallowell &
Co., sos to 511 Minnesota street, st.
Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
The Best Family Carriaee

Is the "Extension-Top Cabriolet." We
are exhibiting many new and beautiful
patterns of this popular vehicle, in diff
ferent grades, and at different prices to
suit the Individual purse. One whom
we could lot suit would be indeed hard
to please. We invite inspection. Z.
M. HalIoweil &c Co., sos to 5li Minnesota
street, st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
A GOOD FIGURE.
The Registration for Two Days Is
Nearly 5000.

The registration for the two days ag-
gregates 1851 according to the returns
made by the registration boards at the
city clerks Office. This is considered a
pretty good registration for the two
nays, and with the probable additions
to be made next Tuesday the possibili-
ties for heavy vote ON May will be
good. AT the last municipal election
the registration was 20, 403, so that the
chances are for a considerable increase.
Below is the registration by wards and
precincts:
FIRST WARD Fifth district. 243
First district. -. 626lSixth district. 195
Second district. 142 -
Third district.... 400 Total ,747
- SEVENTH WARD.
Total ...1, 25s First district. 422
SECOND WARD. Second district. 65l
First district. -. 4S7lThird district. 246
Second district 79S -
Third district. 479 Total. 49,. Il, 800
- EIGHTH WARD.
THIRD WARD. First District. 462
First district. -. 594 Second district. 758
Second district. 361 Third district. All
Third district. 465 Fourth district. 236
Total. -. Il, APO Total. ,s27
FOURTH WARD. NINTH WARD.
First district. 593 First dlstrlet.... 7Ol
Second district. 6071Second district. 737
Third district. :. $50 Third district. III
Fourth district. 357
- Total ...2, 155
Total. .......2, 146 TENTH WARD.
FIFTH WARD. First district. 279
First district. -. 7S1 Second district. 173
Second district. 662
Third district. 448 Total. -. 452
- ELEVENTH WARD.
Total. ......1 ,691 First District. 1854
SIXTH WARD. Second district 46
First district. 72Sl Third district. AZ
Second district. 5S11
Third district. 642i Total .... 452
Fourth district. 1851
Grand toll Observation-Disclosures 1851
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19

Poop,c to let ads. in the GLOBE are seen by
sfooiiio the most people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19

joe+ and found ads. in the GLoEE are seen
-Vst b. the l1oss people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19

O. the list of Wants with care,
OCUH LIES epitome is there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-19
A CANDIDATE IN THE TENTH.

Alexander Adams Nominated as
AIdermanic Candidate From
That Ward.
AT the meeting of the Democratic city
committee yesterday there was a dis
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
MATCHING CHILDREN.

The Kansas City Journal has in some
manner brought out the following curl
Gus paragraph from its exchanges, it is
to the effect that Matching machines
have recently been introduced in the
Paris lying-in hospitals for the saving Of
infants premature!y born or otherwise
deficient in vitality. The system appears
to have been eminently successful. The
object of the machine is tn supply the
weak little things with the heat neces-
sary 10 attain 10 strength and maturity
New born babies. weighing from two 10
two and a half pounds. instead of four
and half pounds, the average weight.
and which were condemned to early
death. have been placed in these ma
chimes. and IN q short ti:ue they have
come out strong and shealthy. The APP
paratus is similar 70 tie egg hatching
machine. II is in the form Of large
wooden box. divided into two compart-
ments; one Is filled with warm water
and the other contains a basket lined
with wadding. into which the infant is
deposited The lid IS supplied with a
glass pane, to enable the movements OF
the little inmate to be watched. The
machine is under the constant surveil-
lance of nurse. who reports 10 the med
zeal director the various phases Of incu-
baton. Dr. Pinard of the Lariboisiere
hospital. and Dir. Tarnicr. Of the Mater
mite. have several OF these machines
working under their care at the present
moment.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
MANS POWER OVER NATURE.
Popular Science Monthly.

Popular Science Monthly.
Nothing, perhaps, SO strongly charac-
teriZes this century as the advance man
is making in exploring, understanding
and obtaining a mastery over nature.
This process of mastery could scarcely
proceed in more instructive way than
by tracing its stages i'll the instances we
have considered. The Alps and the two
isthrnuses illustrate it in not uniting
way. 1t is safe, probably, TO say that
the power to excayate earth, to exca-
vate and blast rock, is from FIVE to ten
times as great as when a man, wholly
unknown to fame, landed with handful
of his countryinen where the city Of Port
Said now stands and began the excava-
ton of SueZ.
In regard TO the present enterprise
upon the American iStlImts, if we take
into account lis magnitude and the diff
culties involved, it represents without
doubt the greatest effort in the line of
industry and peaceful achievement man
has yet put forth. De Molinari, the
Belgian economist, computed that the
stock of machinery for the excavation
represented the labor Of half million
men. Such a fact indicates how far the
process OF conquering nature has been
carried. Tie world is watching. with
no doubt degree of skepticism, the way
in which the remaining work is being
done: and in scientific circles especially
an eager interest will continue TO be
manifested in this great struggle of skill
and inventive genius against the forces
and obstinacy of nature. 1t may be pro-
tracted, but it must be in the end sue
cpsSfu
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

can throw out its roots and get it from
the soil and atmosphere. hence if that
supply be small or poor IN quality the
voting plant must needs be feeble and
makes & slow start, and conies or far be-
hind that that had better supply. But
there are SO many other influences to
bear on the young plant that it is hard to
determine any positive cause for single
failure. If the same result is found to
follow series of experiments under
different seasons trials it IS ssde TO
build theories. on it. 1t is safe to con-
clude, however, that the better the seed
the better the chances for good crop
Few farmers are as careful about this
as their interest demands. Too much
care cannot be exercised in this matter.
II the farmer viii go into the best corn
in his field and carefully select the
earliest ears that are finely and perfectly
developed. being particular that they
are filled out clear to the tip end of the
cob with perfect corn-and if he can get
such ears from stalks bearing two all
the better-and pick it off as soon as 1t Is
we'll out of the milk, husk and dry 1t
thoroughly clear through the cob before
it is cold enough to freeze, he can always
count surely on its terminating. and, If
we'll filed out as stated above. so that
the COB is all covered at the end he need
not go to. the trouble to she'll off any
for it will all grow vigorously and stand
much more of excessive .drouth or wet
than if picked hap-hazard from his CRIB
at planting time.
Very late corn can be made very much
earlier and improved in great many
ways by this method after few years
of care and attention to these points.
Select such ears for seed as are nearest
every year as long bS you raise corn. and
instead of your corn running out and
requiring a change of seed. you will find
it growing better ever year.
/ would object. seriously, to planting
the old flint varieties in order to get bet
ter corn. Those varieties yield much
less shelled corn to the acre. are much
harder to husk and hard for
stock to eat. There are row
many varieties of dent corn
just as early as the flint and the cob
breaks off much easier in husking, and
the stocks are better for fodder. Let
any man try the two side by side and he
will soon be convinced Farmers of
Northern Ohio and Michigan have given
this matter attention, and the reliable
seedmen in those states can furnish any
amount of such seed corn. win men
ton the Leaning as a good one,
though not so early as the Golden
dent or the .'Lenason golden dent" or
the ..Whitecap dent" and there are. nc
doubt, others very desirable and all
preferable to the flint varieties.
ishave no interest in advertising for
any seedman, but their catalogues can
be had by postal card by any one de-
string il. S. B. MANN.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
FARMERS AS STOCK-RAISERS.

At meeting OF the short thorn breeders
of Kansas, at Topeka, a short time ago,
an interesting paper was read by Mr.. V.
R. Ellis upon the subject. TO What Ex
tent the Farther May be d Broader" The
subject is one OF great interest and the
points We're forcibly presented. Mr..
Ellis held that the farmer who depends
wholly upon raising grain for a living,
or for the funds to educate his children.
and for the competency to face a rainy
day. almost invariable COMES far short OF
either The man. also. who breads or
buys the razor-backed hog, and feeds
him on corn and water in pens enclosed
with barbed wire. without any protec-
ton from the wintry blast or the August
sun: or THE man who buys or raises
the long-legged, tiat-sided, narrow
hiprad scrub steer and grasses
him three summers, feeds him two
winters at the straw stack without other
food or shelter, and waters him from
hole cut in the ice on the nearest pond
or water hole, has even less OF what the
world calls good sense than the farmer
who raises grain and sells it as soon as
it is ready in the Most accessible market.
returning home Is sit by the fire with
his family until it is time to prepare for
the next crop.
That is true, and the wonder is that
So'many farmers. who nlllst know the
foltY of such a course, will persist in it.
Mr.. Ellis then drew the contrasting
picture-shat Of the Farmer who grows
grass and grain on well titled fields. and
feeds it TO weil-hrcd stock. iiberallv With
out waste ii we'll protected los. sheds
and stables. and sells when fit for the
market to the best advantage. and who
is on the road TO comfortable home for
himself and Family. and a competency
for his old aye as we'll as a suificiencv 10
send his sons or daughters 10 the state
university on the agricultural college.
The conclusion reached bv Mr.. Ellis is
that the farmer may he q breeder to the
extent that ms means MAY allow. Tie
purchase of any of the improved breeds
of live stock can only be TO his advant-
age and. provided they are well fed and
protected from the storms OF white,
without danger or Toss. viii ultimately
bring rich reward Ia their owner.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
s. B. MANN ON SEED CORN.

To the Editor OF the Daay LACE;
Allow me few more words relative
to seed corn for southern Kansas. /
notice what Is said IN the DAILY EAGLE
Of the 5th Including the experience of a
Missouri farmer a. taken from the Rural
World. The belief long prevailed
among farmers of the east that the tip
end OF the ear was not good to plant:
but that theory has been abandoned now
almost wholly by the more Observing
men OF the tinlcs. There have bee1
many careful tests made By planting a
plat of ground with the tip end of the
ear. another from the middle ami still
another from the big end. and he same
soil. date OF planting. and same treat
ment al ih1YFfgh t'ie ssaSon has always
fITl,e,i m produce any satisfactory results
Is To showing any difference 50 far -
the seed Is concerned.
One wears trial gave the
advantage to the TIP. the neyf trial was
likely to give it TO some other part Of the
ear. and 80 on
The only plausible theory can see :
that the larger the grain the nsUre nour-
lshment Ii viii furnish the germ al Il
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

Some of the details are interesting.
Cotton still counts very nearly one-half
IN the total farm production, converted
into dollars, and the consumption Of cot
ton by the South Carolina mills has
troubled within eight Years. Corn
stands second in the list of farm pro-
ducts, yielding about one dollar for the
collective South Carolina farmers
pocket to cottOns two dol
lars. Yet while cotton pays
but So, to the acre, hay pays SO. sor-
ghum S2s, sweet potatoes $36, and Irish
potatoes S9l,-no account being taken of
the difference in the cost of cultivation.
The states manufactures have increased
81 per cent within seven years: it has
now over 1900 mills of all sorts, employ
ing more than $4,000 operatives. The
number of the latter has more than
doubled since 1880, and there has been
very nearly an equal growth in capital
and output. Since 1880, too, the state has
fitted itself out with move than 500 miles
of new railroad.
1t is pleasant to note the prosperity of
any state of this glorious Union, but it is
doubly pleasant when the state is one of
the youngest in the Union. Kansas con-
CALCULATIONS to South Carolina, and a
happy New Year!
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
LOOKING TO WICHITA AND KANSAS

LOOhING IL WlSf111A AMI d dNSAS.
Territorial Advocate.
Until we get well settled in our new
territory, Kansas will command our job
bing trade, and will also do most OF cur
manufacturing. Of course we expect to
do all this ourselves in time, but until
we have finished giving away marvel
ously rich farms. nobody will think of
engaging in manufacture. Kansas has
given away most of her good farms, and
the people are already turning their at
tention to manufacturing and the devel-
opment of her mineral resources. Leay-
enworth with her cheap coal is prepared
to furnish us an unlimited number of
stoves and wagons. Paola and TT. Scott
with natural gas will furnish us glass by
the car load. Topeka will refine sugar
for us, make our starch and repair the
cars on our railroads. Wichita can fur
rlish us plows. shoes and watches, be-
sides packing our pork and beef, and
making freight cars. Her wholesale
merchants are enterprising and might
be tempted to capture our jobbing
trade Half the towns in south
western Kansas will furnish
us cheap salt. while the other half en-
gage to furnish us good quality of
sorghum sugar. In case of emergency
Kansas could also furnish -four. linseed
OIL tow, wooden. stuff. vinegar, sorghum,
buggies, pumps. wind mills, furniture,
shoe polish. &c Every citizen of Kan
sas should consider himself committee
of one to ask the Kansas delegation to
favor the formation of a new territory,
to include all the unoccupied portions of
the Indian Territory. Our neighbors on
the north will reap untold benefits.
Opening a new territory VIII not affect
the grain market, for the price of grain
is fixed on the seaboard. Kansas manu-
factrrars cannot find markets east for
their wares: the territory they supply
will be for many years to come on to the
west of them. Opening new territory
will add that much TO the territory of
the western manufacturer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

Commissioner Colman's annual report
raises the war cry for the determination
Of the English sparrow. He saws m a
very few. years Il has spread nearly all
ever the United States and is randy
multiplying everywhere. In England It's
annual damage is estimated Al 3. So. 900.
The commissioner claims that in a few
years they viii become more hateful
pest to the American farmer and gar
dener than the caterpilIer, mountain
locusts and Colorado beetle. They drive
away. as they increase, the bIuebiryi
catbird. song sparrow. wren. ve,iow
bird. oriole. chipping sparrow, ere. etc.
IN many places where they have be-
come numerous. they DESTROY thu, fruit
Dnds of the peach. pear. rfsrn. cherry.
apple. currant and grape Young gar
den vegetable are attacked In tsnle. ANA
are devp.rcd as soon rs they show their
heads above ground. How 20 get rfd OF
them affords the inventive genius Of .the
country something practical to work on.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

If it be true as stated that Queen Vic
toria refuses to shake hands with the
Prince of Wales because the prince ac-
corded Sullivan the slugger social recog-
milton, it but indicates that her majesty
Sill holds sacred those finer instincts Of
true nobility that have marked her char
acter through life. Such acts and a
great deal worse than the princes is not
uncommon with royal personages, but
that of the queen is.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

Rev. Sam Jones new version of the
scripture text about laying up treasures
is after this fashion: Put your money
in Gods bank and if it don't burst you'll
be a millionaire. If that is the sort OF
theology Rev. Sam is giving the Shi
Hillites we don't blame the papers there
for ridiculing his efforts. The chances
are that his converts. if he makes any,
will be to skepticism rather than to
Christianity.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

John Parker, New Jerseys great war
governor and judge Of the supreme
court of the state, was suddenly stricken
down with paralysis at PHILADELPHIA on
the End inst, and died in few hours.
He was one of the late surviving war
governors who won a national reputa-
ton and was very prominent figure in
the affairs of his state. He was seventy
one years of age.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

The present year has been a poor one
for potatoes, it would seem. In the
whole United States 100000 acres
were planted to potatoes, from which
1874 .000, 600 bushels were realized, an av-
erage of about IS bushels per acre. This
is the lowest average we have attained
on potatoes since 1881. when the returns
averaged SO 1-2 bushels per acre. The
potato product Of the country shows the
following average yields per acre in the
last seven years: 1880, 81 bushels; 1891,
50 1-2 bushels; 1882, 10 ga bushels: 1898,
81 bushels; 1884, So 81 bushels; 1885,
II IA bushels; 1885, 70 bushels; 1887. So
bushels. The area last season, 1880. 900
acres, was the greatest ever known. The
increased consumption of potatoes in this
country of late years has been greater
than the ratio of increase of population
Potatoes are now estimated one of the
leading crops of the world in point of
importance. We see it stated that not
withstanding the immense yield in this
country the past season the supply is not
equal to the demand and that large i'm
portations are necessary to meet it.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10
slvgpur California
Cfeaisr Ial'Y pf0neer.

~-1stn teTstfE L5elfT Plif.tseg-
Yesterday q free vas cut down on II.
Z STo1e ranch IN Pawne@ township.
tina; " tw's.st y-Tye feet and Eve fnches
n cfrc1mferenee az the stump: below
tilr first limb II nleasflre,l TWENTY-FIVE
feet. The i1rgesi fiInk was fifts-sTl fee,
IN circumference and iilt-e others meas
urt7d twelve fest saril. Tie. longest saw
n the neighscTilss,l ls.Nzed two feet ii
being hong enough 70 reach through
me tree, consequently Blasting powder
w1.s used % splfE Il o5ssn before It conla
te cut into wood. Speaking Of TIC tree
less planes, where are lueY.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

Lamar has rendered his resignation of
the position of secretary of the interior
to take effect at noon today, and the
president has accepted it. The most sen
sible thing either of them has done.
Now let the president do the next wisest
thing he can do. i. e. Withdraw from the
senate his nomination for the supreme
court bench, and the country Will breathe
easy again.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-10

Bismarck is quoted as saying in re-
cent conversation that Germany is now
strong enough to resist simultaneous
attack from two quarters or even from
three, and has nothing to fear except a
relaxation Of her own vigilance, There
is not much danger Of that as long as
the willy old premier lives.