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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26
WONDERS OF THE coMsToCK.
Mount Davidson Travelling Away and Tim
Sbers Compressed to WaikinE-Sticks.

Mount Davidson Travelling Away and Tim
Sbers Compressed to WalkinE-Sticks.
San Francisco Examiner.
There are many strange things connected
with the Comstock mines said old residents
of Virginia City, yesterday. You must recoI-
lect that while the main workings extend from
the north of Gold Hill to Virginia. and below,
distance of three miles. there total of 2o2 miles
of tunnels. drifts. slopes, sumps, quips and
turns. making up the interior workings
as total. Think of it-252 miles fur
Nevada line. and further than across the
great State OF New York. Why. look round
little. You might go far from
Washington, ID. c. as to Baltimore and back
again. aud you wouldn't be much more thah half
through the CONS took. Then when you think
of the great depth OF these mines; the gigantic,
incomprehensibls weight of the mass resting
upon the tlmbers. and the travelling mountain
in which are these mines and on which is Vir-
einia CITY. you involve propositions again that
have stumped the deepest thinkers. For in
stance. queer polished sticks, smooth as
mahogany. and no thicker than my cane. are
every once and a while taken out of the old
workings. They as hard and as heavy as
iron, and knife will not make mark on them.
Now, what they2 Originally they were
twelve-by -tweive-inch solid timbers. and the
millions of tons bearing upon them In al
directions perpendicuarly well as iateraily.
for 1t is only In this way that mines can 90 TIM
bered, have impressed them into this shape
They found sometimes in bits. sometimes
In long pieces taken out where caves nave oc-
Cured and the workings displaced 10 knoWh
mechanism at present, nor IN any age OF the
past. so far as history recounts. has sucn power
TO compress and work narveis with wood The
silent old mine has siumped tho sci6ntists. fou
have asked me If it Is really trne that Mount
Davidson is slowly travelling eastward. with tie
town of Virginia on her bacx and her mines
within 1t is tree and this again has set our
ablest to scratching their heads by the
careful estimates of engineers 10 IL seen that
virginie City has travelled down hill ten feet in
fifteen years, ABOUT tuo-thirds Of . foot .
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yet always new, of the wooing of the woman
by her lover that holds their attention; with
Der winning the story is done. The tale that
falls short of the winning is inartistic, and
shares the disappointment of the imaginary
lover and the sense of being defrauded which
he must naturally experience under the cir
cumstances. Novels that do not end we'll may
be s.true to life, but it is the ideal rather
than the real that best suits the general taste
so far as this is concerned. If the lovers are
not to be made happy at the end of the
volume, why tell of them at allf But, having
brought them to the wedding day, farewell
should be said. That point is the elimination
Of the emotional history-the climax of the
lovers life. Beyond it may lie depths of
affection of which the pair has not dreamed;
their love may broaden as the union is
strengthened by time; but for all that the
world cares nothing. It is willing to dismiss
them at the doors of bliss, and to leave
future heart history to the imag
ination. If the bliss were realized
the story of it could be but tame.
Nothing was ever more true than the saying
that happy woman has no history. A woman
died last week in Boston who had been the
wife of distinguished man for nearly fifty
years. The married life Of the couple was an
ideal one SO far as the world could judge; the
wife was acknowledged to be a woman of
strong character, and helpmate, and COM
panion to her husband in the highest sense Of
the word, yet intimate friends, anxious to
sound her praises, could find but little to say.
A brief half-column in newspaper covered
all that was of interest to the public in those
fifty years. The most skillful writer of the
realistic school could hardly interest his pub
couple. "But married life even of actual
heroes and heroines is not always happy
True, but why not leave that experience to
the imagination asoa A record of marital
misery can only be enjoyed by perverted
taste, and is certainly not edifying to any. It
is apt to be story of unfaithfulness,
of viciousness, or of tragic horrors.
Told with the greatest skill it is
not agreeable. Novelists have entered the
field often enough. George Eliot tried it, but
who cares to turn the second time to the
mental and emotional anatomy of her Cas-
aubons, her Dorothys or Gwendolens7 Toll
stoi has drawn hideous picture of an unhappy
married life, but what weak woman was ever
warned by the fate of Anna Karenina, and
what profits it to others that they should read
such tale9 French novelists have run the
scale of cojugal infelicity and immortality, but
even Mr.. Ruskin will hardly hold that their
work is the highest art. But whether
the taste be artistic or not, there is no doubt
that the fction-reading world prefers to dismiss
the heroes and heroines with final "bless
you, my children" at the matrimonial vesti-
bule. The conventional ending Of nursery
tales, always insisted upon by the properly
educated child, is equally satisfactory to
readers of novels: '.And SO they were mar
ried and lived happy ever after"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26
what Indians Can DO with Their Arrow.

What Indians Can DO With Their ArroWa.
Correspondent Globe Democrat.
Some of the wonderful accomplishments of
the Indians with their arrows arc illustrated in
o very realistic manner These arrows had
heads made out of tho iron hoops of barrels
A shoulder blade OF buffalo, with the thin
frail-iooking arrow head piercing IL is shown
Upon close examination the visitor discovers
that the point projects through the outer side of
thu bone The only explanation 10 that the ar
row must have passed through the body of the
buffalo and struck tho shoulder blade on the in
the fineers and bent with ease. they are so thin;
but shot from the bow OF the Indian. they went
through obstacles which would have stopped q
bullet. They penetrated bones without fracfur-
ing them. and they made cuts a. clean a. the
keenest surgical blAdes. Tho Apache arrow
head Of soft iron has pierced whore leader
proiecsile would have dattened.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26

AT the annual meeting of the Law and
Order Society, of Philadelphia, few nights
ago, the ruling theme was the necessity of
maintaining the supremacy ofathe law. One
speaker characterized this as "the burning
question of the day." while another said "self-
government and self-protection are but other
names for liberty, law and order" But Sena-
tor Evarts put the case still better when he
said, "When this ceases to be government of
law, what is the alternative2 A nation driven
to despair. which must call back government
of men. Another and a nearer mischief than
this is that unexecuted laws leads to the exc
cution of justice without law and against law
AS awise moralst of the classical age said, What
is the use of law if there are not behind it
morals to see that the laws are executed"
Thus the enforcement OF law is equally i'm
portant as law itself. These are rudimentary
ideas but they will bear frequent presentation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26

gendarmes. who carried them off to prison
They We're, kept in confinement for six days,
when the Justice of the peace learned from
Lausanne that Imprisonment for debt has long
been Obsolete In Switzerland
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26
TWELVE PAGES.

The Sunday journal has double the circu-
lation of any Sunday paper In Indiana.
Price five cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26

THE MILK QUESTION.

Now that the City Council has temporarily
ceased its wrestlings with the naturalgas
question. it might proftably turn its attention
to the milk business There is nothing in
fammable about milk as about gas; there is
too much water in it for that, and the author
tiles may tackle the matter without danger.
A year so ago they did consider the matter,
and resolved with an air of firm determine
ton that dairymen should furnish pure milk,
or none, to consumers. They neglected to
establish a standard of quality, and
also forgot to provide for the testing
Of the tactical commodity before it was deliv-
cred to the consumer Possibly they relied
upon the honesty of the milkmen, believing
that all these individuals needed was a gentle
reminder that the public liked to get what it
pays for. This view proved to be mistaken
one; not that milkmen are not strictly honest
far be it from the Journal to insinuate any
thing of the sort-but that their ideas as to
what constitutes pure milk differ greatly from
the ordinary opinions on the subject. There is,
indeed, a wide variance of opinion among
themselves on this point. and the consumer
who transfers his patronage from one to an
other finds that there is no fixed standard as
to the proper amount of water to be added to
the milk. While the subject was being agi-
tated at the period referred to, and for short
time afterward, it was noticed that very
small proportion of water was regarded
as sufficient, but perhaps because it
was thought this made beverage too
rich for the city residents blood, more was
gradually added, until in some cases it is
understood that one bucket of water to two Of
milk is held to be a safe mixture. At all
events, there are evidences that the travelling
milk-can fingers under the pump longer and
longer as the winter days go by. Wat the
authorities should do is to fix standard and
establish an inspector, who shall insist upon
conformity to it. If the babies must drink
diluted milk, it is better that it should be of
a uniform quality, and a knowledge of the
proportion of water in the vessel known to
our ancestors a cream jug will prevent an
unnecessary irrigation of the morning coffee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26

WHEN it comes to listing the foes of monop-
oily the name of Mr.. George Rice, of Marietta,
o., should lead all the rest. Single handed and
alone he erappled with the Standard Oil Trust
compelled it TO appear before the Interstate
commerce Commission, and finally got a de-
cision condemning tho methods of the trust and
forbiddiug their continuance. All honor to Mr.
Rice.
JUDGING from reports in New England papers
the publication of the fisheries treaty. has pro-
duced an outbreak of profanity among the hardy
fishermen of that section without parallel in
recent times. The New England fisherman is
naturally quiet, but under great provocation he
swears.
If you are young man and have been away
from town during the past month, don't mention
the fact. The intelligent Chicago detective may
hear of it and declare that you are Tascott
THE attention of New Yorkers is mporarily
diverted from the affairs of Josef Hoffman, and
Captain Crowley. Those two social stars are
obscured by dog show.
CAssIus NJ CLAY publishes a letter with his
name signed Cassius Marcsllus Clay. He is get
ting old. That middle name settles it
NJ TABARANT, Partisan author OF the Emile
lola school. recently went to Switzerland to
write a book among the glaciers of the Alps.
M. Tabarant and his wife established them
selves in q little hosiery in the Canton de Wand.
Weeks went by. and the author. absorbed in his
work, failed To pay his board BILL which at
length amounted to 200 francs Finally. the
landlord presented the account In threatening
manner, and was told that he would bs paid in a
few days. That night NJ. TabarAnt and his wife
wers rudeIy aroused from their slumbers by two
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
AN ELEGANT DRUG STORE
Is Being Fitted Up in the New
Defiel Block, Seven Corners
Third and Fourth StreetS)

Is Being Fitted Up in the New
Defiel Block, Seven Corners
Third and Fourth Streets),
By S. Fl. Reeves, which for appoint
ments and conveniences, as we'll as dis
play, is unequaled in the Northwest.
Everything is new and fresh, and the
stock comprises everything generally
carried by frst-class druggist. A
speciality OF Mr.. Reeves will be his pre-
scription department. and he will have
no stale, shopwOrn or adulterated medi-
cines to compound from. The finishing
of this room should be seen to be appre-
ciated. The floor is of mosaic tile, and
the woodwork heavily carved oak, max.
ing very pleasant ensemble.
The ST. Paul Furniture company
have added another jewel to the crown
of their reputation as fine and artistic
Hardwood workers, in the fittings they
have put in this new drug store. The
interior finishlngs are of hard, light
wood, designed by these leading Wood
FimsherS of St. Paul, and the general
makeup and appearance of the perscrip-
ton and tablet cases, as well as the
counters, shelving, etc.. is rather Or
nate and at the same time substantial
and serviceable. All over this city, both
in private and business houses, can be
noticed specimens of the st. Paul Fur
nitnre company's work, and i'll every
instance it stands as monument to
their capabilities as manufacturers of
Office, Church and House Furniture;
also Counters. Desks, Sideboards, Man
tells, etc., in rich and novel designs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
HOTELS, RESTAURANT MEN

And Heads of Families Should
Make Hay While the Sun Shines
by Laying in Their Winter Sup
ply of Groceries, Provisions,
Etc, Before Cold Weather Sets
in.
Michaud Bros, Wholesale and Retail
Grocers, make specially of supplying
the above class of trade, and as they
buy in large quantities from the original
producers and manufacturers, they are
i'll position to quote prices that would
be suicidal to a smaller house. This
firm undoubtedly carry the largest and
most varied stock of Staple and Fancy
Groceries to be found in the entire
Northwest. and they can and do give
prices to intending purchasers that can
not be duplicated in this city. They
are located at the corner OF Seventh
and Wabasha streets, and visit to
their huge store will surely convince
the most skeptical that every word of
the above is true.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
Always Rich and TASTY.

Not person who passes down Third
street ever tails to notice the beautiful
display of rich Ornamental Draperies.
Rugs, ETC., that daily adorn the windows
ofJohn Matheis' Carpet Store, at II East
Third street. The same can be said of
mis- store occupying Nos. 1872 and 334
East Seventh street, in each of which is
! well selected stock of Rugs, Carpets,
Draperies. Curtains. etc., that is calcu-
lated to attract attention and admiration
Of every one. MatheiS can always be
depended upon to have the best the mar
ket affords in his line. Those who pur-
chase there need never be afraid of
going wrong. He keeps only the best
Of everything.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
Iron Mountain Route.

3 Daily Trains 3.
st. Louis to the Southwest, with
Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
to Memphis, Little Rock, Malvern,
Texarkana, Galveston, Austin,
San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas and
San Francisco.
FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS
st. Louis to Little Rock, Memphis
TeXarkana, Houston and Galveston.
The only line to the
Famous Hot Springs of Arkansas,
and the
Popular Route to the
Winter Resorts of Texas.
II. c. Townsend,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
st. Louis, Nc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
A Nice Display of Meats.

The new meat market of NJ. H.
Breasted, 226 East Seventh street, opened
its doors to the public of st. Paul yes
terday morning, and the number that
visited the place during the day was
quite large. The entire room was lined
with the choicest of beef, and asst was
nicely dressed it made very pleasing
sight. Mr.. Breasted is new in st. Paul,
but is butcher of years of experience.
and says he will supply our citizens
with meat at unheard-Of low prices. He
does a strictly cash business, and his
mode is to sell to customers that will
carry their goods away, thus saving him
the expense of delivering his ware; SO
you see that is the secret to his low
prices, and you can rest assured it is a
winner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
CONSOLIDATION.
Interesting News to St. Pau
Fashion able YOunU Men

Interesting News to St. Paul's
Fashionable Young Men.
Mr.. G. W. Comstock. having pur-
chased the business of the late firm of
Bartram & Spencer and of the Cash
Tailoring company, will combine the
two at No. 100 East Third street. To
quickly introduce himself he will cut
the prices of Bartram q Spencer Is per
cent, and sell hereafter on that basis for
spot cash. He has secured Mr.. Bart
ram as manager, and Mr.. Gustaf Gray
tack, late of the Cash Tailoring COM
pany, both of whom will officiate at the
cutting table of the new house. Mr..
Bartram pledges his reputation that the
high standard of work which he has
heretofore produc ed WILDE fully kept
up. Ladies' outer garments specially.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
Ginger! couldn't let that one 60 by.
A Good Housewife

a GOOU housewife
Is a blessing to any man. She will do
all within her power to make her sur
rounding cheerful and happy, and will
be economical in every sense of the
word. But if she does not read this
article, how on earth will she know
where she can have the old Furniture
Overhauled and Reupholstered making
it as good as new in some of the rich
and novel designs to be found at Peter
Ellsworth Il Sons, 50 West Seventh
street? This firm carry an extensive
line of fine goods and make speciality
of manufacturing furniture to order.
You should look over their stock and
see what nice things can be had for a
little money. 80
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
They ere Excellent.

"These-wafles, sMaria,'' observed Mr..
8illus, Us he speared one of them with his
FORK and looked at it with the cold, calculat-
nag, unsympathetic eye of connoisseur in the
act of deciding bet, these waffies. if that
Is what you call such chunks of half cooked
dough, are--'
Are made from a recipe yonr mother gave
me-; and the butter you are using on them is
put OF a twenty pound jar my mother sent
me from her farm yesterday as a present.
Il never tasted better waffies, Maria said
Mr.. Billus. humbly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
Dodge's InfaIlible Hair Restora-

DOuSO 1uIdlltDlc 11dlr 1GcSCOrd.
tive
And Cure for Badness. The only on
earth that reproduces permanent
new growth of hair in a comparatively
short time where Badness had reigned
for years. The treatment is simple and
can be perfected at home and by any
one, by following the directions printed
on every bottle. Badness is only in-
durable when the roots of the hair are
actually dead and absorbed. These
cases are but few-not one in ten-all
others will yield to the forces of Dodge's
Restorative. The length of time re-
CURED will depend upon the condition
of the scalp, usually from thirty to
ninety days, in obstinate cases longer
time is required; but it is only matter
of time. The cure is positive.
Dodge's Hair Restorative is the Best
Toilet Article and only Effective Rem
edy for all Diseases of the Hair and
Scalp in existence. When the hair be-
comes thin. through age or disease, the
Restorative will stimulate to vigorous
and healthy growth, will prevent the
hair from falling out, strengthen the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04

''How many spiritualists are there in Chi
cago?" The question was asked some years
ago in Judge Tuleys court during the trial of
a case in which the validity of the transfer
of some real estate was concerned The
answer was an indefinite one as to the actual
number of those who subscribe to the alb
stract term, but it contained the astonishing
statement that three-fi1ths of the people Of
Chicago believe either in the return of spirits
from the spiritual to the terrestrial sphere
because they (the people, have become con-
WINGED OF the fact by manifestations, or they
believe that such return is possible. In
either case the belief is spiritualism, though
the holder may not call himself spiritual
ist.-ChicagO Times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
A Well Dressed Lady

Is not an uncommon sight on Nicollet
avenue, Minneapolis. Both taste and
elegance are displayed in the greater
number of the toilets. and inquiry will
invariably result in the information
that Nine. Coe furnished the bonnet
and trimmings. a great many ST. Paul
ladies have purchased their fall MILL
merry of the madame; indeed, not day
passes that several are not seen in the
store at 524 Nicollet avenue, and they
make purchases, nearly every one Of
them, before leaving. This, however,
is but natural, considering the extent
and variety of the madame's stock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
The Leaders of Fashion.

The season for putting on heavy I'M
derwear IS close at hand, and it behooves
every one to prepare for the cold weather
that is sure to come by providing them
selves with the necessary apparel.
Goyer Bros, 1877 East Third street, have
now on hand stock of Underwear that
cannot be rivaled by any house in the
Northwest Itll,. They watch the market for
ers that they are able to save their Gus
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
Her Poem.

Detroit Free Press.
She glided into the Office and quietly ap-
preached the editors desk. II have written
a poem," she began. WELL" exclaimed the
editor, with look and tone intended to an
nihilate, but she wouldn't annihilate worth q
cent, and resumed: Il have written a poem
OH My Fathers Barn. and "Oh!'' inter-
rupted the editor, with extraordinary suavity,
''you don't know how relieved l feel A
poem written on your fathers barn, eh? I
was afraid it was written on paper and that
you wanted me to publish it. If 1 should
ever happen to drive past your fathers barn
I'll stop and read the poem. Good after,
mis- -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
" here The Credit Belongs.


Few men in St. Paul are entitled to
the credit of bringing to this city the
newest and latest things III the line OF
House Decorations. That is due Mr..
Edward Scott, the President of the st.
Paul Carpet Company. MIR. Scott has
made study of his business to that eX-
tent that if there is any new design
brought out ne at once secures it and
gives the people of st. Paul the benefit
of it, as the many elegantly furnished
houses of st. Paul bear evidence. He is
the acknowledged authority on such
matters, and has justly earned his repu-
tatiOn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
1t Leads Them All.

The gorgeous window display of fine
Overcoats, both in cloth and furs, at
Browning, King & Company's store,
corner Seventh and Robert streets, was
the work of Augustus Glover, who
stands to-day second to none in the art
Of window trimming. Crowds swarm
about and admire these beautiful.wi
dows daily, and expressions of praise are
heard on every side, not only about the:
artistic manner in which these garments
are placed, but also of the goods on ex-
hibition. which are the finest ever dis
played by any clothing house in the
West.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04
We Can the attention

OF our fair readers to the sale of Double
Width, All Wool Dress Flannels, in full
line of colors at SOC per yard. Also TO-
inch Plush at soc; 19-inch Plush at SIC;
224-inch Fine and Heavy Plush at $l.50.
Velvets reduced from $3.50 to 81 per
yard. ,Habighorst & Co., 235. 235 and
237 East Seventh street.