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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22


and holiday in Mexico is accompanied
by it's own peculiar playthings. Beside
the thousand and one shops, large and
petty, where these articles are sold, the
ZocalO. or main plaza, is on this occasion
bounded by rows of stands, some quite
pretentiouS, with roofs and shelving,
some merely rickety table, for the sale
of these jugetes. Here is one covered
with cOffinS-little cases of three or four
inches long, fashioned from cardboard
mostly, in white or black. with stripes
and the inevitable cross, in lively blue
or yellow. Lift up the lid, and a little
clay figure lies within; perhaps it is
quite in the semblance of humanity,
with a dash Of cOlOrS on cheeks and
lips, to show how dead it is; perhaps it
is painted with the lines of a skeleton,
with touches of yellow and black, to
give the CHASTITY, horrible idea of cor
ruption; again the corpse is fashioned
with elasped hands, stretching upward,
as if to convey the dreadful thought of
living burial. And each of these, rep
resenting the labor of least quarter
hour, aside from the materials, is sold
for cuartilla, or 8 cents.
Here is another toy; procession of
priests, acOlytes and mourners, each
clad or in his professional regimentalS,
or in ''the trappings and the suits of
VICE." the carry crucifXes and candles,
and borne in the midst is the coffin. Ali
are pegged upon bits of splint, fastened
together with pivOts, which are moved
that they may perform evOlutiOns.
Many are the little tables of glass, of
wood, of metal, set with the elements of
modest refectiOn-a tiny decanter of
frailest glass, full Of red or yellow
tinted water as simulacrum of wine
and a miniature loaf of bread, perhaps
dish of sham fruit or sweets as we'll;
and in the midst, presiding over the
''spread" with gravity, is a grinning
skull, topped by plumed hat set on
jauntily. Here is an assemblage of
manikins, each six or eight inches in
height, representing skeletons; they
are made of wood and cardboard, thickly
powdered over coating of gum with
the dust of some messy fibre, which
gives them the effect of being, like the
pessimist young man in Mr.. Tennyson's
MAUD" Dead! long dead! long
deadr' One holds little sword and a
crimson banner in the most approved
and scientific pose of matadOr, the
bullfghter's wO0lly cap set dashingly
upon the grnning Uranium; another
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

realm OF impecuniOus genius. We had
midnight Suppers, augmented by visitors
from the opera cOmique and the FOllies
BerguS, and my garnet saw some pretty
wild scenes of semi-deviltry. [ saw
after time that | would have to pull
up, so toned down my extravaganza
peg or two and went to painting like
one possessed. l became absorbed in
the subject of Faust and Helen, and I
determined to paint it for the salon of
that year. The question was: Where
was to get my Helen? Of course, my
model must be nude, and at that mo-
of that class who came anywhere near
being my ideal. There was Cecile-
too old. Gros Marie-too large. Pau
line-married, out of the question.
Euprasie-too lean. Petite Delphine-
too small. And so on through the entire
list. There was leg or shoulder
here and there, an arm or foot,
and even face, but [ always
did object to patching as we
called 1t, and was searching for q
woman whose face and form offered
perfection in every particular. 1t got
to be craze with me, and the students
caricatured me with lantern searching
for perfect woman, and nicknamed
IilC DlOSCIlcS. l. udu Ulduc Il score OI
futile studies on the subject, and was
beginning to fear that my search was
to be useless. was painting away one
winter day-it was trifle colder than it
is now-when the FORTRESS entered.
"'A lady to see monsieur she said.
"'What name% / asked.
"'She will give no name,' the woman
replied.
"'Show her up and went on paint
ing. Presently there was rustic of
silk and faint scent of perfume. Then
slight tap at the door.
'..'Come in | sang out, without look
ing about. We were very uncOnven-
tional in the Latin quarter, and used to
all sorts of Interruptions from all sorts
of people. l knew she entered, but l
put a touch or two more to the canvas,
and then turned about. A woman in
rich carriage robes and very heavily
yelled stood just inside the door.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

This absence of stereOtyped character,
and the fixing of the salient points of
the types represented, is notable In all
their bandiwOrk, from the finer figur-
ines Of wax and cloth down to these
little earthen cent-apiece professions"
this word is never applied in Mexico
to parades of other than q religious
nature-wherein the heads Of the par
Elephants are nothing more than cow
pease, with the little point of the root
emdeyO, which is protuberant, doing
duty for the nasal organ. We could
even see the process of manufacture of
these simpler varieties, of which the
demand exceeds the supply at some Of
the tables, whose prOprietress was sup
plemented by two or three others, as
likely as not children, busily at work
with scissors and paste-pOt.
One man, whose wares were of un-
usually fine finish, did "a land office
business" at real, or 1919 cents each.
In these the Death was used in con
junction with divers of his means for
striking mOrtalS; he was rushing toward
his victim on fiery Bucephalus; he was
mounted on bull, bent on mischief; he
was capering on the back of a great
brown alacran or scorpion, whose sting
is so venOmOusly fatal in the tropics; he
perched upon the guileleSS toad, which,
m0ffensive as he may be, seems to have
a general evil reputation among the
lower orders; most forcible of all, per-
haps, at least more comprehensive of
scope, he stood poised alOft in triumph
ant attitude, with one bony foot planted
ON the breast of satan in person, Keeling
dismayed under the light weight of
such an incubus.
Not only the eve but the palate was
provided for in the Deaths day wares
set before complaisant public. Two
special features were in order. A
peculiar sort of bread, called pan de
muerto or dead mans bread, and skulls
OF all sizes up to the dimensions of life
is that a bull in this connection?-in
white and yellowish, that is to say
fresh bOne-cOlOred sugar. Ugh-gh-gh!
Also there is kind of candy, sold in
long ribbOn-like strips, peculiar to this
occasion.
The cemeteries. here called panteones,
were the objective point for all the
city. Private and public carriages we're
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST.
clasps guitar and turns his fleshly face
heavenwards, as one who strums ditty
beneath his lady's window; yet an
other piIouettes on one foot, the other
tossed aloft in veritable cancan pas,
while the brief skirts of ballet dancer
t1utter about the long thigh bones.
Others are vendors of ices, of sweets,
of all the carnal temptations that lull
poor humanity into fOrgetfuIneSS of
death, the CHASTITY aud imminent.
And it is wonderful what expression
is given to these little figures, sketchily,
if not rudely, fashioned from the sim
plest and poorest of materials. A bit of
clay, some cardboard. paper, straw, a
scrap of tinsel and few cents worth
of common cOlOrs-vOila tout! Yet each
figure has it's own individuality of pro-
portion, of pOiSe, of expression even, so
strong and so true is the art instinct
among their makers, who are almost ex-
clusively people Of the lower classes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
HAPPY COOK.

When burglars are aburglaring in the gloam-
ing, In the cleaning,
Or burgling at the hour of midnight grim,
When through the streets garroters are a
roaming, are a-roaming,
And foot-pads lurk in lanes and alleys dim.
With a peeler near to give her his protection,
his protection,
When all her culinary tolls are DONE
Except to give him slight rejection, slight
rejection,
The cooks lot is not an unhappy one.
Boston Courier.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
NOTICE
TOCOntraCtOrS.
HOT WATER HEATING !!
CITY CLERKS OFFICE, |
ST. PAUL, Jan. 16, 1883. {

Sealed proposals, marked proposals
for Heating tOundlings' Home" will be
received at this office until p. III. on
Tuesday, the 18th day of February, A. d.
1888, for heating with hot water the
building known as the Foundlings'
Home and Annex to the City Hospital,
according to plans and specifications on
file in the office of Wilcox & Johnson.
architects, German-American bank
building.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by bond in the sum of at least 20 per
cent OF the gross amount bid, with two
sureties who are residents of the state
of Minnesota.
The Common Council reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Common Council.
THOS. A. PRENDERGAST.
1928 City Clerk.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
A Mysterious Woman Madly
in Love With Her
Own Form.
The Fair Unknown Proves to
Be the Wife of the Art
lists Friend.
Her Jealous Husband Kills Her
and Then Himself in the
Artists Studio.

asst Monday the
telegraph brought
from Buffalo an
amusing account
of the trouble an
artist there got
into through an
advertisement for
a female model.
A Chicago Times
man recollected
an artist friend
and sought him
out with the idea
that possibly he
might have had
some similar eX-
periences. The
ierky coop which
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
Hoods
SarsaparM

the severity of which confined her to the house for
two years.. Six months previous to taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla she could not get about her room with
out crutches. Her friend says: 81 did not think 1t
possible for her TO live many months; she was re-
duced to a mere skeleton. Her cure is hardly less
than miracle" More wonderful cures than this
have been effected by this medicine. There is no
doubt that in Hoods Sarsaparilla we have the most
remarkable medicine that has ever been produced,
and a positive cure for Scrofula in its numerous
forms. Price $1oo, six for $500. Prepared only by
CT HOOD d CO.. Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22


by the thousand, and all the tram-cars
were crowed for standing room, though
the horse car company about seXtupled
their accommodations. At some of the
burying grounds, notably that of the
French colony, a temporary chapel was
erected, where a corps of priests in
splendid funeral vestments intoned the
mass for the dead, assisted by choir
OF noted singers and an orchestra. The
chapel was decorated with obsequial
emblems and great catafalque stood
within it before the chancel. The serv-
ices performed, the vast cOncOurSe scat
tered through the alleeS of Gods Acre
to visit the tombs, each of his own dead,
or to see the decorations, of which there
was every grade of taste and richness.
Here was poor grave, with wooden
headbOard. on which lay a bunch of
flowers; beside it single candle burn
ing; Close by a stately mausOleum,
banks OF the rarest flowers,
with waxen candles as tall and
thick as tiag-post, twinkling through
the incense by scores, set in splendid
braZen holders that lowered above the
heads of the OnlOokers. These were
the extremes of wealth and poverty
land God loves them BOTH" Over
across the way at La Predad was an
other version of the same theme. Here
came the lower orders-the masses d
having put flowers Oh the graves and
pra ed for the dead there they turn
their thoughts to the living, and sit
them down by the narrow mounds,
with jars of pulque and the savory
messes of their kitchens, and there they
make day of it. eating and drinking
until the spot is a place of carousal.
Further yet, in their wretched homes,
in their retreats where they can escape
the eyes of their pastors and masters.
the Indians erect to their dead, little
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
SCROFULA

Probably no form Of disease is so generally dis
tributed among our whole population as Scrofula.
Almost every individual has this latent poison cours
ing his veins. The terrible sufferings endured by
those afflicted with scrofulous sores cannot be
understood by others, and the intensity Of their
gratitude when they find remedy that cures
them, astonishes well person. We refer by per-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

shrines and affairs, and spread their sac
riticial offerings. and worship the shades
of the departed in an actually idolatrous
fashion. which can but give a grim
amusement to those who hear the prate
of the Mexican Indians abject and com
plete bondage to the priesthood, fter
three centuries of Christianity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
THE DAY OF THE DEAD,
One Of the Most Striking Of
the Annual Feasts in
~ Mexico.
All Souls Day and the Very
Peculiar Manner Of It's
Celebration.
Shop Window Sights and the
Chastity Toys Exhibited on
the Zocalo.
Pulque Drinking in the Gene
terieS--Indians at Their
Queer Shrines.

leo to the st. Louis Post Dispatch. For
a week or so before that date its out
ward visible signs and tokens become
manifest in the shOw-windOws of the
great shops, where erStWhile cOuched
themselves cunning CONNECTIONS in the
line of millinery or rich and dainty
stuffS and fabrics, or bric-a-brac re-
Splendent, change of ensemble is
wrought. All these luxurious cOntriv-
anceS to attract and fix the eye of the
flesh, to pamper and encourage the eye
OF the living, are retired, set aside, tri-
umphed over by tokens OF loving tribute
to the departed. The recesseS behind
those wide plate-glass windows are
in compact, heterogeneous masses, now
in bouquets, wreaths and garlands, or
set pieces. Here, perhaps, is an ag-
glOmeratiOn of the highest art of the
tlower-maker i'll satin, wax and velvet,
shape, line, poise, the delicate
bloom of powdery finish all complete
aye! even to the fragrance. YOnder
perhaps in the next showcases a
tawdry, piteous collection of clumsy
faShiOning, in coarse material, perhaps
in paper, in clay or dyed straws and
grasses. But the motive and purpose
are alike. Then there are the stiff and
hideOus ornaments in black and white
beads, wire-strung in patterns, and
forms of immortelles in dyed and nat
ural colors. One variety of these things
struck me as being nOvel-wreaths and
shapes closely covered with lichens in a
really artistic manner; and surely tn S
fungus growth, an attendant of decay,
is suggestive. a fitting adjunct of
mortuary properties.
With the wife of the consul general
of the United States l made the round
of the stands and booths where are sold
the toys of the seaSOn-fOr every feast
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

IMPORTANT-Limite Pacific Coast
Express stops at principal points only. MON.
TOWN EXPRESS maks all stops saturday
to Fargo and sunday from Fargo only. EN-
IGRANT SLEEPERS only on train leaving
st. Paul at 500 a. m. Through Pullman
Sleepers daily between st. Paul and Grand
~ Express Trains daily each way between
st. Paul and Moorhead, Fargo and James.
town. c. E. STONE, City Ticket Agent. 169
East Third Street, St. Paul. b. y. AUSTIN,
apolis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

mission to Miss
Sarah c. Whittier,
Of Warner, N. H..
who was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Of Is Scrofula Sores
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
The Worst COUGH

Is relieved by the use of Ayers Cherry Pee
toral. But don't delay till the bronchial
tubes are infiamed and the lungs congested.
Prompt use insures rapid cure. l.. ID.
Bixley, Of BartOnville, VT, writes: "Four
years ago took severe cold, which was
followed by terrible cough. 1 was con-
fined to my bed about four months. NY
physician finally said was in Consumption,
and that he could not help me. One of my
neighbors advised me to try Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. / did so, and was we'll before
had finished taking the first bottle. Ever
since then my health has been good"
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,
Prepared by Dr.J. G. Aver s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold BY all Druggists. Price 81; ak bottles, 50.
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Leave Leave Arrived Arrive
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Chicago & Du-
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Chicago d Du-
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ST. Louis &
Kansas City A. NJ A. NJ A. NJ An
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Kansas City p N. p NJ I'm. Pm.
Express 80. Il 100 F7:35ISlO :O0l+IO:4O
tDaily except Sunday +Daily. fDaily ex-
cept Saturday. +Daily except Monday.
- Lyle. Austin. Dodge Center. Chatfeld,
PPlalnview, Rochester, Peoria, Indianapolis.
West
Further information cheerfully furnished
at the city ticket Offices 1913 East Third
street and Union depot foot IF Sibley street.
st. Paul.
City ticket o~ce, No. Nicollet HOUSE,
aI', Union depot Bridge Square. Mime
apOhs.
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ma, Portland, etc.
Montana Express fol
Fargo, Miles City, Hell.
ena, Butte, Mlssoula,
ETC., SauK Centre and
Morris. ...............
Jamestown Express for
Fargo, jamestown,
Grand Forks, Graf
ton. Pembina, Fergus
Falls, Wahpeton, Min
OpwauEan etc
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

Dining cars on Pacific
and Montana Express
Trains.
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Portland Express (Lim-
ited) for Fargo, Bis
marck, Miles City,
Helena, Butte, Taco.
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Duque, linn
ited..........
81. Louis d
Kansas CITY
Express .
St Louis d
Kansas CITY
Express 49,.
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No. 6 arrives Winona 9:15. La Crosse
1000 D. m.
No. arrives Chicago $50 a m, ST. Louis
; 30 next D. m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-12
omRIsTaIAs OARNIvAL.
People Win Big Feet and Hol.
fflav HullabalOOf

We are now on the war-path and
now the hair will fyl We have no
need of scalp competitors. They
"can't keep their hair on" when
they see our success. But we are
after other game. Those old tales
for instance, of superior goods"
and ''extra finish," hal hall there's
whiskers on 'em an inch longt and
we've got an edge on our knife that
will shave the hair off these tales;
and leave them as bare as a Mexi-
dogs. People with big feet will be
proud of the fact wnen they realize
the big bargains that will go into
the big stockings. We aim to give
everybody a good time at o. B.
Harper's General Store; and our
prices are surprisersl Great sur
prises in the variety of our display,
and in Christmas Novelties. We
wish you Merry Christmas, but
we feel how little good a wish is;
unless it is seconded by action
Come to o. B. Harper's store; and
we will not only wish, but help you
to a Merry Christmas.
q r HARPER
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A dispatch from Washington says:
Captain ]. S. HassIer, Appointment
Clerk of the Interior Department,
has asked his West Virginia friends
to secure him an appointment in the
regular army on the retired list as
a first lieutenant. Senator Faulk-
ner introduced bill in the Senate
yesterday authorizing the President
to appoint Capt. Hassler to a first
ieutenancy on the retired list. He
basis his claim upon his record
during the late war in the Fourth
United States Infantry, and espe-
eially because of his distinguished
service in front of Petersburg Va
The bill was referred to the com
mittee on Military affairs. Capt.
1fassler has presided over the APP
pointment division of the Interior
Department during the present adj
ministration, and he has numerous
friends among Democratic Con
gressmen. A similar bill will be
presented in the House as soon as
the introduction of bills and petit
tions is in order.
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IMPROVEMENTS. MIR. Yorker i,
building a two-story frame dwelling
in Mossman's addition; Capt. Redel
is also building a nice cottage il
the same locality.
Miss Maggie Brown is having 8
new house erected on her lot in the
extension. Her father Nh. J. F
Brown is doing the work.
The new dwelling houses of DR.
Mossman and Mayor Snyder are
nearing completion. They are both
costly and handsome residences.
In spite of the weather improve
ments go steadily on.
Capt Helms magnificent brick
building is underroof The cornice
and roof was put on by Mr.. ". B.
Cable. The building was erected
by Messrs, Neighbors & Wilson, the
contractors
The Hamilton & Co.'s new roller
process mill is in full operation, and
turning off -four, meal and chop
feed of the best quality, and in a
few days will test capacity of mill
according to contract between Ham
ilton & Co. and the subscribers for
lots, when all interested will be in
Sited to be present and Judge for
themselves.
A. a Hanly, Esq. and DR.. E. ].
Mossman, have each finished, and
have already rented their respective
connections and substantial houses,
in close proximity to Hamilton &
Go. s mill.
W. II. II. Milford, DR.. A. R.
Barbee and others are now laying
foundations for new buildings in
Mossman's division of Capeharts
plat, and will soon have additional
buildings to Accommodate the in,
creasing demand of renters.
DR.. Barbee has completed and
rented handsome building on his
lot near the Round House of the
o. R, R. R. in the extension. and
has nearing completion another and
larger house in same locality which
will be ready for rent in the course
of a week or two.
Carpenters, stone masons; brick
layers and plasters are in great de-
mand.
The street from Smith Bros. store
down to Hon. ]. ]. Bright's house
has been paved with brick and is
certainly a good and most substan-
tial job. The sidewalks of this
street are now being rapidly put
down.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-12
Tha Iiadies Exchanne iatelv.

The Iadies Exchange, lately.
opened In this place. has been quite
a success, and while thanking our
friends for the kindly interest al
ready shown, we desire to call par
ticular attention to the handsome
display of fancy work on hand for
the holidays. The room will be
open hereafter until 8 P. M. Gen
tlemen and ladies will be waited
npon with promptness by Miss l.:
Kifhberling; whose efficient Services
have been secured by the cdftmittee.
Orders for work will receive
prompt attention. Orders for cakes,
pies and bread, should be sent in
the day before.
Mrs. ]. W. Bryan,
MRs-J. j. BR1eHrj
Mr.. N. E. HALE,
Committee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-12
Direct from the Front.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July ?, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
Gentlemen-I can cheerfulIy and truth.
fully say that S. S. S. is the greatest blood
purifier on earth. In 1854 1 contracted
blood poison. Physicians treated me with
ne good results. took half dozen differ
ent kinds of blood medicines, but, without
duced to try s. S. S. I began the arse
bottle with the gravest doubts of success.
had been 50 often deceived. But I'M
progement came, and continued its use
until perfectly well. have since married.
and have healthy family. No tfaces Of the
disease is seen. Swiftfs Specific did an
this for me. and am grateful. Yours
truly, J. S. SrRADER.
fIS Dale Ave.
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Morgantown Post: The death OF
Col. James Evans, which occurred
Nov. %, 1888, at his home in Nor
gantown, removes the last member
of the old stock of Evanses-an IL
lustrious family in Monongalia coun-
ty. Col. Evans died of a complica-
ton of diseases, after long and pa
tient suffering, in the 18th year of
his age. He had held many offices
of honor and trust in his native
county, and his influence, in the
earlier days, was far reaching. His
relatives are many, long line of
descendants that belong to honored
families in this and other States.