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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-16
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-16
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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
A MATTER OF FORM.

1t is a strange fact that silk dresses
cannot be satin.-Texas Siftings.
The dresses of engaged young ladies
wear out soonest about the waist
Epoch.
The writer who says that corsets are
unhealthy surely never heard any of
them complain about Philadelphia
Call.
Mrs. Littletrop, who strongly advo-
Gates ladies' dress reform, says dress
kills most of the women. 1t certainly
breaks up most usbands.-Riverside
Reporter.
Ladies speak of short dresses as 'iust
sweeping the floor" but really the
dress that just clears the floor is the
dress with four yards of train.-Bur-
lington Free Press.
1t was Cincinnati girl, we believe,
who told her dresSmaker TO put on her
new silk one of those telescoped trains
about which she had read so much
YOnkerS Statesman.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
AN OLD SWEETHEART.

AS one who cons at evening o'er an alb um all
alone
And muses. on the faces of friends that he
has known,
SO turn the leaves of fancy till in shadowy
design
! find the smiling features of an old sweet
heart of mine.
The lamplight seems to glimmer with
flicker of surprise
AS turn it low 10 rest ME of the dazzle III
my eyes,
And light my pipe in silence, save a sigh
that seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish in the
smoke.
'Tis fragrant retrospection-for the loving
thoughts that start
Into being are like perfumes from the bios
SONS of the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over is a luxury
divine.
When my truant fancy wanders with that old
sweetheart of mine.
Though hear, beneath, my study, like fiut-
terlng OF wings
The voices of my children and the mother as
| feel no twinge of conscience to deny me
any theme
When care has cast her anchor III the harbor
of a dream.
In fact to speak in earnest, I believe it adds
a charm
| To spice the good a trife with little dust Of
harm
| For find all extra flavor in memorys mel
low wine
| That makes me drink the deeper to that old
sweetheart of mine.
! A face of lily beauty and form of airy
Floats out of my tobacco as the genii from
| the vase;
And thrill beneath the glanees of pair of
| azure eyes
| As oloIyiuo- a. tho Sunnnnar ond &c faDflpr :
| the skies.
can see the pink sunbonnet and the little
checkered dress
| She wore when first | kissed her and she an
| sTered the caress
| With the written declaration that, las surely
| as the vine
Grew round the stump, she loved me''-that
old sweetheart of mine.
And again | feel the pressure of her slender
little hand
As we used to talk together of the future we
had planed-
else to Go
But 10 write the tender verses that she set the
music TO.
When we should live together in coy little
Aid i'll nest of roses. with tiny garden
| spot
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the
| weather very fine
And the birds were ever singing for that ole
sweetheart of mine.
When should be her lover forever and 8
day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till the
golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy that when eth
ers lips were dumb
They should not smile in Heaven TIL the
other kiss had come.
But. ah my dream is broken by step upon
| the stair.
And the door is softly opened, and-my wife
is standing there
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my Wis
ions resign
To meet the living presence of that ole
| sweetheart of mine.
james Whtcomb Riley.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13

herself, and exhibits troupe of highly
educated poOdles, the eldest of whom
was snoring stentoriously in snug
basket at his mistress feet. took him
on my knee and stroked the tousled
locks of the tiny performer, who is
now in the sere and yellow leaf.
Poor little fellow. He had strutted
the stage for fourteen years, and still
earned his living by the sweat of his
brow. He glanced up at me with
mOurnful look in his eyes, and de-
cOrOus wag of his tail, as if to say:
"Ah. my good sir, you have come here
to ask Miss Venare if little acrObats are
beaten and starved by hard masters:
only speakH' Then he leaped Off my
lap with all the agility of youth, and
walked on his hind legs towards his
mistress, who had dived into the depths
of huge wicker-basket which con-
tanned her demons dress and other
stage habits. From its depths she
produced a bundle of photographs of
herself, tied and knotted into all man
ner of curious folds. That is the busi-
ness of bender. The body is thrown
into score of unnatural pOstures, which
appear to the audience to be achieved by
diSlocating every joint in the human
frame, anu 10 Oe eHecteu dC Sfedt TiSk W
limb and life. But the drawing in the
opposite column, which represents Miss
Vonare in one of her tricks, sufficiently
explains the nature of the performance.
This was the business into which Felix
ROsenbaum was initiating his little pu-
pill when justice interfered. Artists are
generally enthusiastic about their call
ings, and must say that Miss Vonare
declared she would rather be bender
than queen, or something to that
effect As the young lady is said to be
a Queen of BenderS this is not Surpris-
ing. She is nineteen years of age. She
began at four; at five and half she
was before the public, and remains a
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13

therefore its drawbacks. If you are
successful. which means if you get con-
slant engagements, you must always
keep ahead, or at any rate on an equal
ity with your competitors. | dOnt't care
to take engagements in circuSeS, as the
life is so hard, but the circus is the
great training center of gymnasts and
acrobats. To get an idea Of the compe-
titiOn in the business you should look
in in the early hours of the morning
and watch the practicing. Tumblers,
riders, benders, rope wall1ers-you see
them all at work. learning new tricks,
teaching their children or apprentices.
The tears often flow at those rehearSalS
in the empty circus, | can. tell you.
''The art of cOnt0rtiOn," continued
Miss Vonare. lis learned by degrees.
First the backward bend, then the dis
location, then the splits, and so on.
What we call 'closeness' distinguishes
the best bending. To the audience
bending seems most difficult. But /
experience no discomfort or inconYen-
ience. | was a puny child. You see
me now" The lady bender was Ger
tainly most healthy and cheerful, stout
in body and ruddy in complexion, and
would be greatly benefited if they took
to bending. 1T is quite a mistake to
think that we put our limbs out of joint,
or that we suffer from the curious ma
ture of our performance. OF course,
after one or more difficult positions one
may suffer little pain, but it goes in
no time. In some attitudes | can only
remain for twenty seconds, as the breath
ing becomes difficult. But these are
triiling Inconvenience. | practice a
few minutes every day to keep myself
loose, here in my room, and that is
about all need do
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13

may land in the penitentiary. You have
ho.money ahead, suppose?
mot cent"
Il thought not. We have kept your
salary small on purpose"
ssEh?"
''You will be out of a position and
likely to starve when the bank breaks"
Il know it."
sWell, here's $4,000. Take it and go
to Canada. Pll announce that you have
skipped with S220.00o, but We'll take
good care not to find you.
His Diagnosis. .es
Puck.
SCOT cold, Hyson?" inquired Orrice
Root of young Hyson, the other day;
''tell you what will stop it in five min-
utes-" but HySon interrupted him.
81 had a cold," he said, ''the begin
ming of the week. What I've got now Is
a five-minute cure that fellow gave me-
Monday. Looks like cold, though,
don't it?'
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13

bender still. MY father saw contor-
zionist one night on the stage, and he
asked himself why he should not teach
me, aged four. | was put into training
at once, and enjoyed the fun, as child
will enjoy anything new. Was |
beaten? Was starved? No. L seemed
to take to it like little duck takes to
water. You see, we were a family of
athletes, and, besides, was daughter
and not an apprentice. 1t was
an apprentice in the case of RoSen-
baum, and it is generally the apprentices
who suffer. If the father is the trainer
he may not spare the rod, but he is cruel
only to be kind. My experience is that
less rod and more kindness is the best
plan. Father used to bribe us into do
ing the different tricks. To be success
full means years of hard work, practice
and performance. | am nineteen now,
and my performance keeps me in cap
| ital training. In the business of contor-
| ton the first lesson is the backward
| bend. first with the arms, and then with
| out. You stand on a long mattress, so
| that there is no danger, and at first your
| teacher controls your movements with a
! belt. 1t is much the same with other
| forms of acrObatic work, and the cruelty
| often takes the form of taking away the
| mattress. which creates sort of panic
in the pupils mind. If he has really
| tried his best and failed he is so terri
fed that he is almost certain to fail,
unless he has great deal of pluck.
If he has only been skulking it may
bring him to his bearings. OF course
children are often stubborn, and try
the patience of the teacher to its ut
most limit. The music hall business
las its attractions, but of this you may
be quite sure it has its hardships, and
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
GOOD BYE.
Written for the Globe.

l.
We'll meet again. you lightly said,
Till then FAREWELL and smiled good bye.
The needless tones were in your voice,
The careless laughter in your eye.
knew you little thought or cared
Ii we would ever meet again.
L knew full well Il thing so slight
Could never cause you joy or pain.
III.
answered you in words as'light,
With smile as bright, with laugh as gay,
And listened calmly to your plans
OF what you'd d do when far away.
You spoke of friends and sisters dear,
,'Of schoolmates of the days long sped,
And told mellow much all had changed
8 How some were gone and others dead.
ILL.,
There was one name YOU mentioned, too,
with calm, cold words but burning eye;
saw the light blush tinge your cheek,
9 L heard your hearts soft, half-breathed
sigh.
heard my knell in that one sigh;
- read my doom in that faint flush.
For little things as slight as these
Eour strongest hopes and dreams may crush
".
pne moment more and YOU were gone
l. One parting glance-one little word
4he placid smile upon your lips =
Showed well your soul had not been stirred.
II mine had been you never knew
& And if you'd known, had little cared.
Twas but the old tale Of a heart
That strongly loved, but Titled dared.
Y.
Good bye our parting is forever.
Good bye our last gay words are spoken.
Ihe chains that bound us were but light;
How slight their hold. how quickly broken.
foli turned away, and did not see
The gathering sadness in my eye.
For not alone from you parted,
But Love and Hope, too, said good bye.
Henry Edward Deane.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
Plums for Plumbers.

The drain on mans pocketbook is
one the plumber never wants to repair.
-YOnkerS Statesman.
My son, do not make fun of the poor
plumber. He cannot help it. He. is
billed that way.-Tid-Bits.
Plumbers have taste for sculpture.
At least they are pleased to look upon
the bust of waterpipe.-BoSton
Courier.
The soldering iron is tyrannic relic
of the iron age with which plumbers
knock out their customers. River
Advance.
A Chicago millionaire has just paid a
plumber 81, ,333.35 3355 for stopping rat hole.
If he finds many rat holes in his house
the plumber will soon own it.-Boston
Post.
A plumbers bookkeeper at Asbury
Park has been arrested on charge of
embeZzling $4,000. Was sent to collect
bill for thawing out water pipe, pro-
badly, and pocketed the money.-Boston
Bulletin,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
STOLEN WIT.

Ethel--Did you go to Italy? Harriet
0, my, yes! We staid there two months.
Ethel-What did you think of the laZ-
zaroni? Harriet-O, it's awful. | tried
some the first night l was there, but it
doesn't suit my taste at all.
Alberto-Do you love me, darling?
Claribel-iIave | not had all the chairs
taken from the room except this?
What lab0r-saving invention the
typewriter is. Don't you find it great
convenience" convenience? Drat
'em. They marry off faster than l can
ill their places"
''lf it wasn't for one thing, John, said
she, as they sat down TO their frugal
dinner, Il could have made some nice
oyster SOUP Indeed? What was
that?'' Il didn't have anything toward
it but the salt"
Office Boy Ito Jay Gould)-What shall
l do with these letters to the newspa
pers you have just written, sir? Jay
Gould-Burn them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
A JOB LOT OF HUMOR.
A GALE OF WIND.

GALE OF WIND.
Miss Clara tout shOpping)-How aw-
fully the wind blows, Ethel.
Miss Ethel-Doesn't it! If | had
known there was such gale l would
have
Miss Clara-Remained at home.
Miss Ethel-No, put on my striped
stockings.
CAUSE FOR INDIGNATIoN.
Young man." he said Solemnly, 'dC
You know that the Lord is thy shep-
herd?''
'.Er-is he??''
Yea. What flock do you belong to-
my dear young friend?"
See here. old man. said his deaI
young friend Indignantly, ''you must
fake me for a mutton head"
TIME To START.
Husband Nawning)-Well, guess III
60 to bed.
Wife-Isn't it very early, John? only
o'clock.
HuSband-Yes, but I've got to wind
my Waterbury watch.
ECONOMY Is WEALTH.
Wife (wh0 has been shopping all day,
oh. dear! an too tired and hungry
to tell the truth.
Husband-DIdm't you get luncheon
down towh?
Wife-A cup of bouillon only. /
didn't feel that | could afford to take
more.
Husband Didn't You find the hat you
wanted?
Wife-Oh, yes: and it is perfect
dream. John, and only cost $40!
WELL WORTH WINNING.
Graggs-Do you see that pretty girl
near the door, HobSCn?
HobSon-Ia'S.
Graggs-She's worth $4,000 in her
own right,
HobsOn Gndit1erentlyl-Fift thou
sand dollars are not much.
Graggs-And She can t play the piano
and won't learn.
HobSon (eXcitedly)-I say, Graggs
present me. that's Il good fellow.
HELPING HIN OUT.
Charley writing a poem)-Gus, cal
you give me rhyme for hope?
Gus Gntent on his paperl-Nop.
NfPPEn IN THE BUD.
First Burglar-Bill, the jig is up. NJ
cracking that bank tonight.
Second Burglar-WOt's the matter
detectives onto us?
First Burglar-No: | saw the presi
dent an cashier buyin' tickets for Mon
heal this mornin.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
THE GREAT LADY BENDER.
A Woman Contortionist Describes Her
Wonderful Art.
THE SERPENTINE ACROBATs.
The Training Which Is Required for
Proficiency In the Business--A Lit
tie Boy Nearly Killed.

London Pail Mall Gazette
The other day called on bender,
lady, not a gentleman, who is well
known as most serpentine contortion-
ist. A brute called Rosenbaum, Chris
tian name Felix. got six months for half
killing little boy to whom he was
teaching the art of contortion. | wished
to ask Mile. Vonare a few questions
about her art, with view of throwing
some light on the training OF the little
boys and girls for the profession. The
lady was sitting before the fire with her
sister, vino has abandoned bending
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE 1T.
Had Heard About the ChicaS
CirIsc DndaIc hnt NraZnff spTa

Had Heard About the Chicago
Girls Pedals, bat Wasn't Pre-
pared for the Truth.
Merchant Traveller.
What is tiat?" asked young Boston
miss who had just come out of very
select and secluded boarding school.
That" replied the Chicago girl, lis a
hose cart"
Il beg your pardon
IA hOse-cart."
''Why. never heard of such a thing.
OF course, you know. I've heard that
Chicago girls had large pedals, but L
can't realize that such big carts are
necessary TO carry-and that long white
material wrapped around the axle. Oh,
Maude, you never could make me be-
lieve that that is pair of stockings"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
CONTRACT WORK.
Street Sprmkhng.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, /
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2, 1888.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city until
II m. on the 14th day of May, A. D..
1888, for the sprinkling of such streets,
avenues, levees, lanes, alleys, parks, or
other public grounds as may be ordered
sprinkled by the Common Council of
the city of st. Paul, Minnesota, for the
season ending Nov. Is, 1888, according to
plans and specifications on file in the
Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) suretieS
in a sum of three thousand (SS.OOO)
dollars must accompany each bid.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
r. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
124-134 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
Not One of That Sort.

Il suppose you are fatherless boy?''
he observed, as they made change for
a paper.
'Oh, no.
But your father gets drunk and you
have to support the family?'
No"
But you give all your money to yo III
mother?"
Not red of it,"
''Well, you are p0or?'
Not much! I'm just doing this for
recreation, while MY brothers are cut
ting the coupons off fathers bonds.
Say, if you go up as far as the coupe
office tell 'em to send me down a turn
out to roll me up home. 1t must be
getting near our dinner hour, and we
have fourteen invitations out to-day
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
ALandIady,s Mistake.

Harper's BaZar.
Dumley (who has been asked to carve
the duck, and is meeting with poor sue
cesSl-Whew.
Landlady-Isn't the knife sharp, Mr..
Dumley? | had it ground to-day.
Dumley-The knife is all right. Mrs.
Hendricks; you ought to have had the
duck ground.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
What They Should Talk About.

A young man in Oshkosh, who has
evidently fallen victim to the wiles of
some enterprising leap year girl, writes
in great perpleXity, and evidently with
an exhausted intellect, for list of
subjects proper for lovers to talk about.
We hope the following categorical an
Swer will meet his needs:
Lovers should talk about
The silver moon. the star that shoots,
The tuneful birds with liquid flutes,
The sparkling dew, the rippling stream;
But most of all. and best-ice cream.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
THE MAIDEN WOULD WE'D.

If knew red-eheeked maiden r
Who would rather skate than dance 70.
Whom philosophy had taught to
Put conclusions upon pants: =,
Who would Scorn to smirk. or giggle,
Or make fun of maiden auntS,
Id forswear my state-aye, marry,
/ would wed, no longer tarry.
But It's true (and more'S the PITY
That the maidens of today
Are supremely fond of dancing
Aud of robes decollete-
If you ask them to go skating,
They must have hack each wav.
Not just yet, right off-nay marry
viii | wed. bit II tarIy
Do you think n dancing, flirting
Giggling. Gghtsome sort of girl,
Who makes life a round of parties
One intense. perpetual whirl,
Is the kind of wife I need to
Make me happy as an earl:
Not Il bit of it-nay marry.
will bide Il wee and tarry
Some day, when little think it,
shall meet that redcheekei maid
Possibly she will be skating;
Making pies or lemonade:
Matching brother Henry s trousers
With the nearest kin of shade
But II ask-tslat will marty
''W i'll you have me while talrt:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
CONTRACT NIORK.
Sewer on Mound Street.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, }
CITY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, May 4, 1888. :
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until
Il IN. Oh the 10th day of May, A. u. 1883,
for constructing sewer on Mound
street, from Hastings avenue to Burns
avenue, in said city, together with the
necessary catchbasins and manholes,
according to plans and specifications
on file in the Office of said Board.
bond with at least two(2l sureties in
a sum of at least twenty t20l per cent Of
the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
126-136 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
AGood Bet to Hold.

Dumley-Brown wants to bet me 800
that in ten years more New York will
have a population of over 100000.
Robinson (eXcitedly)-Take him up,
Dumley, take him up, and let me hold
the money.--Harper's Bazaar.
Kansas climate is so much like the
Italian variety that the Latin language
is of the easiest studies in the
schoOlS.--Ottawa (Kan.) News.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
Big Wealth.

First Bohemian-What do you take,
old man? Cocktail? Brandy? Take
anything you want! Don't mind the
expense. Oh, what a glOr-r-rious
thing it is to be rich.
Second observation-disclosures oil?
First BOhemian-I should Smilei
Second Bohemian-How much?
First BOhemian-Onc dollar and
elghty-five cents.
Second BOhemian-Fll take S. cents.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
A Friendly Tip.

Now, parson." remarked the deacon
of a Leadville, Col, church to the
newly installed minister, "a hint be-
tween friends never hurt nobody. and
you don't want to forget to remember
that your predecessor died of oil-wee." b"
"Of ennui?' repeated the divine, in
terrogatively.
..Yas, of on-wee. 1t generally sets
in. with this congregation. about the
end OF the first half-hOur of the sermon.
and the symptoms are mighty sudden.
Now go ahead with the ceremonies. and
don't you forget that Quarter-Stretch
Jake is holding the time on you. in that
off corner there, under the gallery
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
PromotiVe of Wickedness

Pittsburg Chroniele-Telegraph,
ga man in Boston has theory that
the more dogs there are in community
the more wicked it is likely to be-" OBJ
served the horse editor. "Queer belief,
isn't it?'
mo, think so myself" replied the
snake editor.
''Ahr
Yes; it makes people feel very much
like swearing to have dogs to which
they have not been introduced snarl and
barking at them. 1t is decidedly pro-
motive of wiekedneSS."
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
Slow and Sure.

Old NANNY boy, l have made a
success of my life and | owe it to the
principle taught me when first went
out into the world to earn my own
living.
Young Man-What was the principle.
''Be slow and sure"
What did you do when you first went
out to wOrk?''
Il was a telegraph meSSenger."
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
A Mortifying BIunder.

''Another pat of butter, please?" said
a guest in an uptown restaurant.
''Sir?" said the gentleman addressed,
with dignity.
''Oh, beg PARDON said the guest,
very much abaslied, II thought you
were waiter"
Sir, am the head waiter" Epoch.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
Why There Was No Milk.

Boston Courier.
A little girl was sent across the street
to neighbor's for milk. The cow
which the neighbor owned had ceased
to give milk for the time, and there was
none to be had.
There is no milk to-day" said the
little girl on her return.
mo milkr' said the mother" What's
the matter?''
''She didn't tell me what was the mat
ter, was the reply; but L guess the
COW amt laying just now."
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
MEADVILLE PARK,

On the south shore of Lake Minnetonka, is one of
the most desirable and pleasant tracts that wen
known resort; easy access to two. depots; grounds
rection These lots find ready customers and are
valuable property. Can be bought easy-tefms and
moderate prices. Call ON me at 407 Boston Block.