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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26

alternating current can do no harm url.
less man is fool enough to swallow
whole dynamo. Why, look here! We
use only 1000 volts in our system OK
electric light, while the execution plan
recommends 5000. Big difference, you
see. Those people on Broad street are
chock full of funny business and much
given to talking about us. We say
Pooh, poohP to them"
LOADED FOR BEAR.
When had recovered my breath Mr..
Westinghouse had disappeared. l
could not help thinking that if the Vii
lard crowd attempt to capture brusque
old George, they will have to go loaded
for bear. But it is not westinghouse
machines nor his system. nor his dam
syndicate wants. The Willard people
simply want him out of the way, and
are willing to pay for it. They do not
care tinker'S ''cuss words for the
Pittsburg millionaire inventor, except
that he is spelling lot of good ground
which they wish to occupy, and they
know that 1000, 900 or s., 900, 600 in cold
cash looks big to -"Uncle George"
They will, therefore, buy him off. le
is only question of time.
Herr Wizards fine Frankfurter hand
is already seen in the immense impetus
which has been given to the Edison
branch company in this city. This con-
Germ has recently completed valuable
building on West Thirty-ninth street,
opposite the Casino, and another on
West Twenty-siXth street, near the Rae
quet club, and still another will be
erected in West Fifty third street. Each
of these Will form central station, with
a capacity of 50.000 lamps. This means
an increase in annual revenue of several
million dollars, and similar activity is
being exhibited in Philadelphia, Boston
and Chicago. 1t is rumored that when
the big syndicate has swept the country
a company will be formed with $40, 000,-
600 in cash and bonds and SA0,000,00O in
good, ordinary, everyday water. Then
the favored gentlemen ON the ground
floor will be invited In to partake OF
the feast when the great watermelon
is cut.
How many millions are already in-
vested? Nobody knows but the syndi-
cate people, and they won't tell.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
A COMEDY OF ERRORS,
In Which Chauncey NJ. Depew
and Adam FOrepaugh We're the
Two DromioS.

Two DrOmiOS.
The Epoch.
The likeness between Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Adam Forepaugh, the great
Snowman. is daily becoming more Strik-
ing and has now reached the ludicrouS.
On recent occasion MIR. FOrepaugh
went to see Mr.. Depew in regard TO
transportation for his show over some
distant line. Every door in the Grand
Central building opened before Mr..
Forepaugh, who was mistaken for Pres
ident Depew. Mr.. Forepaugh pene-
trated the sanctum sanctorum, where a
near-sighted clerk received him with the
most unctuous politeness.
"Can | see Mr.. Depew?' asked the
arch Snowman.
The near-sighted clerk thought this a
great joke on the part of the jaunty
Chauncey, and grinned from ear to ear.
is Mr.. Depew here?' queried the
Snowman.
The near-sighted clerk grinned again.
Mr.. Forepaugh began to perceive that
there was mistake somewhere, and
said: Il am Adam Forepaugh."
The near-sighted clerk waxed indig
nant and was for turning the Snowman
out A few minutes after Mr.. Fore
paugh departed the genuine, simon
pure entered the Office.
s'Has Mr.. Forepaugh been here?" in
quired Chauncey NJ. The near-Sighted
clerk was now irritated, and. still imag-
inlng it was the Snowman. exclaimed:
"Get out OF here. | have no time for
your asinine jokes. Keep them for your
show"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
CONG LAIRD DYING.
The Nebraska Legislator Given
Up by His Physician.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ga private
dispatch received here to-day from Eu-
reka Springs, Ark, says that Congress
man James Laird, of Nebraska, who
has been i'll there since election, is in
dying condition. He is suffering from
insomania, caused by nervous dyspep-
STA. the result of OverWOrk in the recent
political campaign. His physicians
have given up his case as hopeless. Mr..
LaIrd's death will remove Il picturesque
figure from the house of representa-
tives. of which he has been a member
congress in 1888. He is one of
the young men of the house,
being only thirty-nine years of age, and
was until recently picture of perfect
health and physical strength. Tall,
straight as an arrow, with handsome
head covered with brown curly hair. a
well-knit figure, square shoulders, and
an easy, graceful carriage, MIR. Laird
was handsome and striking looking
man in any crowd. He went to Ne
braska after the war, in which he served
for three years as a private, and has
practiced law there since. He was born
in Livingstone county. New York, and
went to Michigan when a youth, and
graduated at the law school of the Uni
versity of Michigan. Mr.. Laird has
been for several years a hard working
member of the house military commit
tee, and has taken a leading part in de-
bates upon the floor. Legislation re-
lating to the great land questions, in
which his constituents are inter-
eSted, received his special at
tention, and he was always
aggressive, and frequently quite elo-
quent in pleading for the rights of the
homeSteaders aud settlers against the
corporations and spectators. In the
last congress controversy on the floor
of the house between Mr.. Laird and Mr..
Cobb, of Indiana, chairman of the COM
mittee on public lands, led to an alter
cation later in the speakers lobby, dur
ing which the young Nebraska athlete
struck straight out from the shoulder
and hit Cobb 4 singing blow in the
mouth. There was some talk of duel
afterward. but nothing came of it. Its
said that during his illness Mir. Laird
has been reduced more than fifty pounds
in weight. having been practically UNI
able to eat or sleep since the exhausting
work of the political campaign. The
district which lie represents il congress
is Republican by about 5000 majority.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
TWO HEARTS.

Beautiful, golden, faint thro' the leaves.
Fair as sunbeam i'm prisOned feet.
Glowing and swaying beneath the ir .eze,
Deep in the lily cup odorous SWEET
Family perceived when the white leaves
part.
And this was the lily heart.
Passionate, throbbing. burning with love-
Warm as the sunbeam, pure as the star,
Fraught with the Thoughts that are cherished
above,
Full Of sweet harmony nothing could mar;
Living from mortals above, apart,
And this was the poets heart.
A breath of wind from clouilet cold,
Swept DER the lily and bowed it down,
And widely breathed on the heart of gold,
And broke the hly-cup's stately crown.
1.-The heart was torn the leaves laid wide,
And the lily dropped and ded.
4 bitter wind from the world, all, me!
Swept DER the poet and touched his heart,
And quenched the throbbirg and harmony,
And watched each beautiful thought de-
part.
Till the heart was left as a pearl-robbed
shell,
And the poet dropped and fell
New York Mail and>Express.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
sTILLwATER,s CHRISTMAS.
A Man Dragged oDeath.--Christ-
mas at the Prison.

mas at the Prison.
The body of John Rentman, laborer
employed at Mason's camp on Crotty
brook, near Gordon, Wis, arrived here
at 6 O'Clock last evening. Rentman was
killed on Monday while driving
horse. The lines were tied about his
wrist and the horse, becoming fright
ened. ran away, dragging the man after
him. He lived about two hours after
being found. Deceased came here from
Switzerland last spring. and made his
home with his brother, Oh North Main
street. He was about thirty years of
age, and leaves a widow and family in
Switzerland. His remains will be
inferred here.
Christmas services were held in the
Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist and
other churches in the city yesterday.
The banks, postoffice. county offices
and many of the business places in the
city were closed, and the citizens gen
orally gave themselves up to the enjoy
lnent OF the holiday. In the evening
the Christmas cantata, 'The Birth of
Christ" was given by the children of
Ascension parish Sunday school to a
large and appreciative audience. AT
the prison a very interesting service
was held by Chaplain Albert, and the
prisoners were given all elaborate din
ner, including turkey and other deli
cacies. They afterward enjoyed the
freedom Of the cell room for an hour or
two and were treated with cigars and
fruit. The day was generally quiet in
the city, with nothing to mar its enjoy
ment.
The body of James Stuart, son of
John Stuart, Of Marine, a member of
North Star Lodge No. 123, A. f. d A.
NJ, will be brought here for burial from
st. Cloud, and in response to telegram
from the wor. by master of the lodge at
ST. Cloud. st. Johns Lodge No. / will
ing will be held at p. m in their hall,
to which all brethren are invited.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26

the stand and was given a most severe
cross-examination. Her answere were
clear and intelligent, and after hours OF
closest questioning the opposing law
yers were forced to admit that they
could make nothing of her. Poems
written by her, essays and articles were
read to the jury, and at last her lawyer,
young Ely Parsons, arose to defend her.
He was man of commanding presence,
a trained elecutionist, and a rarely
gifted orator. For four hours he
kept the audience entraneed: He
told, in all its dramatic details.
the story of Ellen Goodwin. He went
over the scene of the midnight meeting
and argued that the woman had simply
been wronged and was seeking justice.
He pointed to her wan, haggard face,
her delicate frame, and contraSted the
wreck that stood before them with the
beautiful, gentle, tender girl John
Throckmorton had first met. His pero-
ration was masterpiece, and when he
sat down the jury, without rising from
their seats. found her sane. Then the
lawyer and client were borne away by
the shouting thousands, and such scenes
We're enacted as were never witnessed
in that Sonlber old court room. A few
months later Parsons was elected to
congress because Of the speech. From
the day of her acquittal Ellen Goodwin
never again followed Throckmorton.
He left the citv and died a few years
afterwards, alone on his plantation in
Mississippi, far from friends and rela-
tiveS.
After his death Ellen Goodwin grew
weaker and weaker. The strength
which had borne her up through all the
years of her uneXampled pursuit gave
way, She wrote full history OF her
life, for which a Chicago publishing
house offered her $4,000. She refused
the offer, saying the book should be
buried with her.
One day she went to Cave Hill ceme-
terry. one of the most beautiful burying
grounds in the world, just outside
Louisville, and told her sister, who had
followed her through all the dreary
years with perfect devotion, that in
one particular spot she. wished to be
buried, dressed as bride, with the
book containing all her trials and
wrongs upon her breast. A week after
wards she was laid to rest there, and
little marble slab at the head OF the
grave is all that tells the story OF her
most eventful life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
a SUGGESTION.

Let the wild red rose bloom. Though not to
thee
So deljeateiy perfect as the white
And ullved lily dropping in the light;
Though she has known the kisses of the bee
And tells her amorous tale to passers-by.
In perfumed whispers, and with untaught
grace.
Still let the red rose bloom in her own
place;
She could not be the lily should she try!
Why to the wondrous nightingale cry, Hush!
Or bid her cease her wild, heartbreaking
lay.
And tune her voice to initiate the way
The whip-poor-will makes music or the
thrush?
All airs of sorrow to one theme belong,
And passion is not copyrighted. Yet
Each heart writes its own music. Why not
let
The nightingale, unchided, sing her song?
Ella " heller Wilcox in N. Y. Sun,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
Somnambulism Doesn't PAY.

Chicago Herald.
''Have you ever had any patrons who
were somnambulists?' L asked a hotel
keeper.
''Have 1? Ihad one last week."
"Tell me about it?"
"One night as | was about to leave
the Office" said the bOniface, IL noticed
a man coming down stairs with his bag
in his hand. He was staring straight
ahead, looking at nothing, Just like
three-weeks-old baby. l followed him
till he reached the outside door, and
then caught him by the collar.
'Wha-wha-wh the NATTER? he
gaSped, acting just like man who has
been suddenly awakened.
"'Oh, nothing said L. where are
you going"
"Why. am / not in bedp he exclaimed.
"'Not at this present moment L re-
piled.
81 must have been asleep he MUIR
INJURED, looking like dog that had been
caught in the act of chasing sheep.
Maybe you were SAID l, but you
can bet the amount of your unpaid bill
that I'm wide awake So brought him
back to the cashiers desk and made
him settle up. Then the porter and
thoroughly awoke him by kicking him
out.''
From the above anecdote l infer that
somnambulism doesn't pay at least in
a hotel whose proprietor is wide awake.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26

he was poor, almost friendIess and with
no literary reputation that was pecu-
liarly Misunderstanding back over these
years, there is nothing in his romances
that is more remarkable than the story
of his own great success. His search
for health in the South seas has not
been successful, but if it results i'll
romance of savage life or of buccaneer
adventure the reading world will be
the richer for it,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
EPIGRAMS.

Some natures like cath edral glass,
Opaque and cold 10 outward sight,
If 10 their hearts We find pass.
TRANSPORTED shine and bathed in light.
As the sleek coats of panthers please the
sight,
So that we half forget the cruel heart,
So manners 10 en- evil mind impart
A grace in which the wisest may delight.
The mannerless are like stagnant pool
Which travellers avoid with patient care;
Conflict with such BELTS the boor or fool
The wise will shun the insult and forbear
If thou desirest happiness,
Let not the past thy mind depress:
These two she will demand of thee:
Serenity, activity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
Irresistible Legions Meet.

Chicago Tribune.
Two large professions encountered
each other on the public highway near
indianapolis.
LET US pass" said the leader of one,
''we are the man that first nominated
Harrison for president"
1--WE have the right of way.n
haughtily remarked the leader of the
other procession. I'VE are the man that
went to school with him when we were
boy"
A I'D the shock of the collision shook
the earth, and broke all the windows
for miles around.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
"The RurIinrtnn'su

Half-fare permit for clergymen for 1889
is available over the whole system.
being good TO all Nebraska and Col
orado points, including Denver. If
ministers desiring these permits will call
upon Mr.. j. C.Howard, city ticket agent,
at 800 Nicollet avenue. Minneapolis, he
will take pleasure in supplying them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26

We publish Meu's Wear for the pub
lie. We want everybody to read it.
we want him 10 read it regularly and
SO to get all the information and enter
taiament he can out of it. For that
purpose we viii send copy of each
issue, as soon as published, to any gen.
tleman or lady who Will give US his or
her name and address. Subscription
free. Boston 0ne-Price Clothing House,
Third and Robert streets. st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
Tongues OF CIergymen and Women


New York Tribune.
A young lady of this city tells me
that she not long ago joined an organi-
cation of ladies whose object was the
sending ont of clothing and books to
Western missionaries, especially those
engaged in missionary work among the
Indians. But, she says, she was soon
obliged to Withdraw, because the ladies'
tongues were even more busy than their
fingers. From the beginnieg to the end
of the meeting it was one steady stream
of petty scandal and gossip, from which
no one escaped. The ladies'. however,
are not the only sinners in this respect.
The small talk of number of clergy
men, when they get together, is quite
apt to run in line of personal comment
that is but little removed from the Cos
sip in which woman is supposed to take
such delight.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26
Merry Christmas.

Our store will be open until noon
Christmas day. Myers &c Company, II
East Sd street.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12
KINGMAN'S SALT INTERESTS.
KINGMAN, Kan, Dec. 10.

To the Editor OF the EAGLE.
Your correspondent today made the
round of the various salt plants in King
man of which so much has been heard
1t is safe to estimate that this little city
has, until recently been sending away
81 900 per month for salt. 1t is certain
that henceforth the movement will be
turned, and that Kingman will soon be
exporting vast quantities of salt.
Stout & Babcock, the pioneers IN the
evaporation of salt, are producing 70
barrels per day, and are enlargening
their works to capacity of 300 barrels.
Moore & Co., made their first salt to-
day; the capacity of their pan is from $50
to 200 barrels per day.
Bronson & Craycraft are erecting a
large building, and will in few days
put in their pan, 23x100 feet, estimated
capacity 200 barrels. These gentlemen
will use direct heat; the others are using
steam.
Hinton & Hobson have begun work on
an immense building. to contain three
pans. with a capacity of 500 barrels per
y.
sixty days. Other plants are as yet only
projected.
But the most interesting sight of all to
your correspondent was the shaft in the
northeast part of the city, which is sink
ing TO rock salt. The Kingman Mining
company, after great discouragements
from lack of capital. have secured the
necessary funds to sink the shaft and are
actively at work. the hole being now 300
feet deep. 1t is thought that the rock
salt will be reached during the month of
April next, when if the reason
able expectations of the company are
realized, they will mine salt. instead
of evaporate it. This salt that is evap-
Grated is shown by a qualitative analy
sis by the Santa Re chemist to be 1898
per cent. pure, and two-tenths per cent
OF the impurity is simply moisture: so
that it is believed with considerable rea-
son that the rock salt will be found alb
solutely pure, the slight impurity i'll the
evaporated product being attributed to
the water, which is little '-hard."
Denny Bros. are putting the finishing
touches to their packing house, which |
has capacity of 500 hogs daily.
Notwithstanding the cry of hard times |
IN Kansas, more men are employed IN |
kingman today than at any time in the |!
last eighteen months, and the whole city |
has taken on an air OF activity that is |
The prosperity of kingmsn |
is not fiction. and her prospects are |
brighter today than at any former time. |
G.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12
Piano. ptmcuIt 20 Tuna

In tuning planes find rsost o, them cay
10 pat ia good shape. bat there are sorns very
difficult - tune The reason q this Ia "a
improper ratio IN tie length O! tbs strings.
WHICH, 10 give psrfec; harmony. must have
regularity II length and thicknesz THIS IA
especially required IN the sbsTps Ircniember
peculiarly striking Instance. >hlch viii
show why some pianos aissys sc1nd ike tn
paDA The firm ! wss With bad broaght kato
the boGne al Old piano One aftsrsooa. M.
having anything - do, | tuDed e. After
bad pat every uots into rs proper p.IcA. +
found that tbs harmony Esd CONS - pot ard
could Dot get dsoeut tsBs ca; q TIE ksys
Thea tad - tilso i a. over Tor harmony.
ard lot individual noes taks care 81 them
selves. the next Afternoon ths other tuner
Tor toe bossse. without thinking aboa1; tie
harmony. Struck fer notes CA fha pgsao
and fouzd the -trirSs ost q ts5r4e, inst "a
had d01s lie sisrte1 10 q put ths inssrv,
nses: into saa1A lie tben feszr4f ;As harrDeay
lacking. and had - tans ice Cd ssirx ore,
aZzia- Tia ratio II kngfh Of tds sss4nss
5sa 10: been preserved IN tss fr.snafse.cr..
lazy Q. the cheap pianos Il tue yrssszs: day
srs detective IN tbs rsxpec:. AT viii ssge-
rszuasn long Il tzns H A Hsch2szz IL C,sct~-
l54na1,--zz
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12
The Best Disinfectant.

jacksonville Tinlcs-Cnton.
There is TO better element Of purifica-
ton than the air of heaven. and when
this Is tempered with the frost and chill
which are characteristic of the far north.
il eats up the Infection of fever as the
sun of the tropics devours the wander
ing iceberg. Dr. Porter, who has ON
hand every known artificial agency OF
dlslnfection. has still been moved 10
stamp his official Endorsement upon the
element which Nature intended should
do the work of publication. let the
AR INTO your houses. he Savs-and every
householder in the city should obey the
injunction. Fresh air is cheap. ana it
doesn't distigure or deface the finest
fabric in our houses.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12
TIE PROPOSED DIVISION OF CALI
FORNIA

This interesting item of news appears
in the Official report of Wednesdays pro
ceedings in the house of representatives
as published in the Congressional Rec
ord:
Mr.. Vandever introduced bill II. 3.
l16sSJ0l to divide the state of California into
two states, which Was read a first and sec
ond time. referred 20 the committee on
the Judiciary, ani ordered 10 be printed.
The Hartford Courant makes the item
ard incident the text Of the following
editorial article which our readers viii
find full of interest and profitable in
formation:
Mr.. Nandeyer sits IN the house for the
Sixth district of the state named. lie was
a gallant soldier of the Union and came
out Of the service a major-general By
brevet. He will be - years old next
March. but this is his first term IN con-
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12
A NARROW VALE.
ow rals hetween %. cold

LIE Is a narrow walls between the cold
And barren peaks of two eter1ities.
We strive Ia vain % look beyond the bslgatA
We cry aloud. the otiy answer
l. the echo Of our wailing cry.
From tbs voiceicss lips Of the unrcrlytnE dead
There comes 10 word: bu. 10 fhe night 81 teafs
Hope sees a star and listening love can bear
The rustic Of wing
These myths re born Of hopes and fears. a>s
tears
And smiles; and they were tGIc8ed ard cC3o-ea
By al there Is OF JOY and srrief between
The rosy dawn Of birth aud deaths sad rgst
They clothed esen The stars eth passion,
And gave % gods the faults and fralf3es
OF The sons o. rnsH. II them the WINS
and waves were music and al The lakes and
Streams springs, mountains. woods AID psrtgrn>f
desls
Were h=tin,s5 ~ a thousand fairy forms.
--fsrylrrt Z; f.ye-z.1If
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12

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