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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
ST. PAUL PERSONALS.

J. Aldfield is registered at the Clarendon.
E. W. Harrington, Of Duluth, is at the
Windsor.
H. Terrill, of Lake City, spent Sunday at
the Clarendon.
D. D. Doam, of Racine, was a Windsor
guest yesterday.
W. H. vallean, Of DEBORAH, To-, was at the
Ryan yesterday.
Frank A Ross, of Superior, was at the
RYAN yesterday.
B.F Burchard and wife, of Spokane Falls,
are at the Ryan.
William A. Pinkerton, the Chicago detect
i've, is in the city.
Harry Lang, of Fargo, took dinner at the
Clarendon yesterday.
NJ w. Hutchinson, OF KeOkuk, To-, was at
the Clifton yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. G. Hunter, of Spokane
Falls. are at the Clifton.
J. p. Lundin and family, of Stephen, were
at the Clifton yesterday.
Ex-Gov. L. F. Hubbard was guest at the
Merchants last evening.
E. E. Hart E. Hoover and A. J. Pickett, of
Chicago, are at the Windsor.
Mrs, W. j. Clark and T. w. Hamon, of
Fargo are Merchants guests,
Mr.. and Mrs gorge W. Palmer, Of Brook
lyn, n. Z, are Clarendon guests.
W. E. Anderson, of Keokuk, TO-, was
guest at the Clarendon yesterday.
Leigh Hunt and S. Compton, of Seattle, W.
T., registered at the Ryan yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Ashton, Of Michigan
City, were at the Merchants last evening.
E. G. Dunnell. Washington correspondent
Of the New York Times, is stopping at the
Byan.
Among other guess at the Ryan yesterday
were Charles s. Bunnell and wife and Miss
Bingham, of st. Cloud.
Duluth had the following at the Merchants
Yesterday: ]. II. Upham, B. 3. Imam. j. d.
Mackenzie and Miss Anna Berg.
From Brainerd at the Merchants yesterday
were Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hubbard, W. s. NJ.
Clenahan, Mrs. n. d. Root and son and w.
j. Balm.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
His Own Happiness.

Erie Gazette.
A tall, fine-looking man of distin-
guished appearance and clerical air
stepped into the Office of Clerk of Courts
Hewitt yesterday, and asked with great
dignity if Mr.. Hewitt were the one who
made folks happy. Mr.. Hewitt Joined
him in little blush, and shyly admitted
that he sometimes distributed great
chunks of happiness to young men for
a consideration.
Il want a marriage license, them"
the stranger remarked.
What is the name%' asked Mr.. Hew-
lit.
''Spratt-Rev. G. M. Spratt. of Phila-
delphia."
After the usual questions required by
law to be asked Of those who come here
for tickets in the lottery, Mr.. Hewitt
observed: ''Of course L can see that
you are of age, but" in all apologetic
tone. Il am required to ask your exact
age"
Certainly, certainly, SIR" responded
the clerical visitor. 81 know how it is.
l have officiated at a large number of
weddings since the law went into eff
feet. | am seventy-fve."
The bride Mr.. Sprait was to lead to
the altar was Mrs. Amelia Down Wheel
er, of Cory, whose age is Sixty-Seven,
so that the combined ages of the bi1e
and groom reach the almost uuprece-
denied age of 142 years, an even century
more than the age of the average bride
and groom,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
ENGLISH FARMS.

There have been frequent reports of
distress among the agricultural classes
in England, and the impression has OBJ
tanned somewhat that lands were depre
ciated and hardly salabIe for farming
purposes. This is evidently an errone-
Gus view, as the lands are made to be
very productive, and the tillers have
easy access to the greatest markets of
the world. A recent sale of farms in
Lancashire shows that they command
what look like large figures for aver
age farming lands. One patch OF thirty
acres of grass land sold for $1,000, or
1925 an acre. Thirty-six acres OF grass
land, with buildings, brought S11,S00, or
1927 per acre. Another of siXty-four
acres sold for S19S an acre, and fourt h
of 16l acres brought S213 an acre. The
seven farms, comprising 500 acres,
brought the round sum of s113,475, or
S226 per acre. If agriculture were not
prosperous, such figures would not be
warranted. The tillage must be differ
ent from that common in this country
TO bring returns on such valuations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
A POSSIBILITY.

There is perhaps no basis for the
theory that the visits of the German
emperor to nearly all the great powers
OF Europe have any relation to posi-
BILE disarmament Of the great armies.
He may simply be gratifying personal
curiosity and feeding his vanity by
poSturing in the face of the people.
But the impression is gaining ground,
whatever its impulse, that BISMARCK
is feeling his way to congress of the
great powers that shall disband the vast
armies. There are on the continent
some three million men supported by
the people to keep the peace and pre-
vent encrOachmentS by selfish rulers.
The only assurance of durable peace is
in the removal of these equipments OF
war. Could BISMARCK effect this, it
would be the grandest achievement of
craftsmanship the age has known. Still
it would apparently be disadvantage
to this country, as it would add some
millions of men to the productive re-
sources of the old world.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
THE LEAVEN WORKING.

The Pittsburg Post somewhat regret
fully refers to the defeat of the Pennsyl-
vania candidate for governor of North
Dakota. Gen. ALLEN, but regards the
result as tending toward tariff reform,
as that is so palpably the interest of the
Dakota farmers. 1t says: 1.-The Da-
kota farmer is much more interested in
the price of grain in Liverpool. and
what the money he gets for it will buy.
than in the protection clatter and the
promotion of trusts and monopolies."
The alliance is doing some educational
work in that direction, but the regula-
ton stamp of politicians were allowed
to dictate the platform. and the men
the party will send to Washington, if it
is successful, are likely to be of the
same narrow groove phase. New Eng
land Republicans are learning faster
than those in Dakota. But there is
leaVen working
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
MERCENARY FOOLS.

People who want to risk their lives for
pay, often perhaps more than full value
to the world, are particularly numerous
atpreSent. GRAHAM went through the
whirlpool rapids at Niagara without
serious damage. and talks of going over
the falls. STEVE BRoDIE wants some
body to pay him 81 900 to initiate the feat
of SAM PATCH. He lamentS the pub
lie Indifference to his proposed exploit.
HARRY LoFLIN also wants to become that
sort of hero. One PEYNARD has jumped
$50 feet from tower into net in safety,
and is arranging to leap from the Eitfel
tower. In some of the shows apples are
shot from weak heads and the most
hazardous feats performed. If such
parties want to furnish work for the
coroner and secure notOriety they can
not obtain in any legitimate industry,
there is no great objection to their doing
so at the expense of their lives, but few
are foolish enough to be willing to pay
them. They reduce the opportunities
for the fool-killer to find useful employ
ment
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
BULLDOzING TACTICS.

Although that district in Louisiana
that has a congressman to elect last
year gave the Democrat about $1,000
votes to 5000 for the Republican, the
theory has been evolved that the Re-
publieans ought to have the member.
They presume that region that grows
sugar ought to have high tariff man
to represent it. So much interest is
taken in it that batch of Republican
congressman have gone down there to
look after it. As the election is this
week, there could be no intention to
make canvass and convince the voters
that they should vote the Republican
ticket. They are to remain till the cleo
ton and watch the operations, perhaps
expecting to overawe the voters by their
presence. There is suspicion of men,
ace in their attitude. 1t means that if
the Democrats do not submit to defea t
the result will be charged to suppress
sion and intimidation, and the attempt
made to seat all their contestants on
that sort of theory,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02

in particular who has never bee n
known to make a mistake. She is suc'r
perfect human machine that near =
all the officials would be willing to TAX i
oath to her count without even lookin I
within the package. Each stage of tha
count is marked by the initials of ttJ
counter, and even the messenger who
ties up the bundle puts his own namd
on the outside.
The same care is taken of the plates
that is bestowed on the sheet. Each
plate, when taken from the time-lOcked
vault, has the initials of the printer en-
graved upon it, so that each sheet is a
witness to his work. Every die, OF
plate, or piece of steel, no matter
how small or Insignificant it may
appear to be, is locked up at the closs
of the day and receipted for. In an
other vault in the second story every
bit OF printed paper, complete or in
complete, is also locked up after every
thing has been accounted for. Should
anything be missing the doors remain
open until the missing sheet is found.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
DIsCARDING BIG GUNS.
Heavy Artillery Gradually Beinl
Given Up by European Nations

deaVy Artillery GraduaIiy Being
Given Up by European Nations.
New York Evening World.
The tendency in European armies has
long been to increase the mobility Of
the troops. Lighter arms and fewer
equipments have come into favor and
many old-fashioned ideas about drill
have been discarded. The same tend
ency is now shown in European naval
ornaments. smaller guns being sub
stituted for the big ones. rapidity Of
fire and ease of handling being espec-
tally sought.
The great 100-ton guns OH which so
much reliance was placed by the naval
defenders of England have proved dis
appointing. In the first place, they
probably could not be used at all in
a heavy sea, and when they are used
they shake the iron-clad from keel to
deck, jarring every plate and bolt in
her.
In the second place. the active life of
heavy guns is very brief one. Every
shot fired from hundred ton gun weak
ems it. 1t is not believed that the best
of them will ever be able to fire shot
more than 800 rounds. Some of them
will probably become worthless after
firing 100 rounds. 1t is considered that
the average life OF the great guns car
ried by the Italian navy and by the In
flexible and the Thunderer OF the Brit
ish navy has been reached when 200
rounds have been fired from them.
The big guns are destroyed in two
wayS-by erosion and by disintegra-
toe. Erosion flattenS the grooves or
rifiing of the gun, so that its aim is in
accurate. 1t is caused by the projectile
wearing against the gtoOves. DiSin-
tegratiou is a change in the molecules
eff the metal. and is caused by the tre-
mendous blows which the gun receives
from the bursting of large charges Of
powder. This weakening goes on till
the life is pounded out of the gun.
Another important reason for dis
carding the big guns is that they are
losing the advantage which caused
admit of the employment Of large
charges of powder, and thus send pro-
jectile at high velocity. At first they
&C complished this, and prOjectiles from
them had greater penetration than
those from guns of small caliber.
In the last year great improvements
have been made in gunpowder IN Ger
many, and especially in France. With
the new powder the initial velocity OF a
cannon ball has been increased to 9, 400
and 1900 feet a second. This increases
the velocity of the prOjectile of the new
six-inch rifle IS per cent and makes its
energy great enough to penetrate fif-
teen and One-hale inches OF lrOD.
Now this new powder is so strong
that the great guns are not able to
stand more than few rounds of it, and
it cannot be safely used in them. Hence
the smaller guns are to take their
place, as less cumbersome and as hay-
ing very high penetrative powers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
oUIPs OF The QUILL.

Speaking about section bagging," Is
1t at the knees?-PIttsburg Chronicle.
a lecture on fruit should always be-
gin with a pear Acknowledgement
Traveller.
Rabbits are mercenary; when one
marries he is sure of taking a haresS.-
Yonker's Statesman.
Hay fever will make even the most
unaSsuming man blow his OVID horn.-
Terre Haute Express.
A man who owns goat has only to
earn his bread; he has his butter for
nothing.-Rochester Post.
Mississippi leases all her c0nvictS-
that is, all but Sullivan. She simply re-
leases him.-Philadelph Press.
Boulanger is still issuing manifestoes
to the French, and his ''galp' must be
admired even by nation of Gauls.-
Chicago Herald.
Mr.. Edison is going to visit Krupp's
works at Essen. He expects to meet
there some of the biggest guns in
Europe.-Boston Herald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
BETTING ON THEIR LIVES.
Strange Wager Made by Two Dy
ing CoDsumptive Gamblers.

Strange Wager Made by Two Dy'
ing Consumptive Gamblers.
San Francisco Chronicle
That the ruling passion asserts itself
even in the face of the grim destroyer
is an axiom as old as the hills. Its truth
was evidenced by an incident which re.
Gently occurred at the city and county
hospital. and which was related to
Chronicle reporter.
Some months ago two conSumptives
in the last stages of the disease lay on
cots i'll close proximity TO each other,
Both victims were sports, who by
dissipation had contracted phthiSis
in its most aggravated form. One was
known as Bill Cunningham, a young
gambler who had enjoyed the reputa'
ton among his class of being reckless
better on the turn of card. The other
was an English sailor named Staples,
whose sole passion was to wager what
ever he possessed in support of any
opinion he might express. The nature
of the men. in this particular at least,
was Identical, and both recognized each
other in sense as brothers in miSfOr-
tune. AS they lay on their cots, hag-
gard and hOllow-eyed and gaSping for
breath, they daily wasted the remnant
of their vital forces in bantering one
another about their appearance.
II say, Staples" said Cunningham
one morning i'll a voice scarcely above
a hoarse whisper, you're looking blue.
Better brace up, old man."
Staples, who really seemed to be
dead man as he lay almost breathless
mouth widely diStended. pulled himself
together with an indignant jerk and
made vain attempt 10 raise himself
upon his arm.
Billy" said he, YOU'RE wrong. To
prove it Ell bet you dollar, the size OF
my pot, that I'll outlive ye."
''Pll see that bet" replied Billy with
faint smile.
An attendant was chosen as stake
holder, and the money TALL they pos
sessed) was placed in his hands. Then
began the struggle of these men to seq
who cohld retain the spark of life the
longer. At distance of five feet tho
two dying men glanced at one another,
each eager to show the other that his
stock of vitality was the greater. Gun
ningham bdttled bravely, but he was the
first to show signs of weakening. He
could not be seen that his respiratory
action was failing. Suddenly he gave
one great gasp. and with that sigh the
spark of his life, permaturely cut of,
was extinguIshed.
''I've won the bet" said Staples, as
he took the stake money with a gratified
smile.
Cunningham's body was at once re.
moved to the hospital morgue. The at
tendant had followed the cortege to the
door and returned Immediately to Sta
pies cot. Scarcely five minutes had
pies he saw that he, TOO, was dead. The
last pot which he had raked in was
clasped in his right hand. The grip was
vise-like, and an instrument was en-
plOyed to remove the silver from the
stiffened, unwilling fingers of the corpse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
A Severe Test.

Youths Companion.
Two little girls, returning hand In
hand from school. saw small and very
tired-looking dog lying crouched, with
half-closed eyes, at the feet Of half
famished beggar on the street corner.
The girls stopped, bent curiously and
pitingly over the dog and began to
Speculate as to whether he was blind.
Il don't believe he can see u.s." said
one af them. He doesn't exc to take
notice. He's blind"
perhaps it's only because he's SO
tired" the other suggested.
The poor dog slowly opened and closed
his eyes, but paid no attention 10 the
children.
NO" said the second of the girls
again; she isn't blind. I'll show you"
Bending down close to the dog with
her face full of the utmost good faith.
the child opened her little hand before
his eyes, and said:
elbow MANY finpprSPp
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
Cat and Dog Interview.

Troy Times.
What could be happier than this child
ish account of dogs mode of soothing
his mortified vanity when he has had an
unsuccessful encounter with cat? ''lf
there's no trees just round the dog gets
the cat in the corner of a door or two
brick walls. Then the cat makes her
body twice as big as what is flesh and
bone by standing her hairs up strate,
and she spits and sneezes all
over the dog. so he can't see what he's
doing of. Then while he's clearin' his
eyes bit she scratter him in the nose,
which you know, Of all parts of the
dogs flesh. its nose has got the lIttless
skin over it. You might say there is no
skin, only bit of meet. The dog feels
just as if he was cought with fishing
hook, and he runs right away think
ing to hisself as he thought the cat was
a little one, when he see it in the yard"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02

going back to congress from the Second
district.-St. Peter Tribune.
Maj. Charles WanZer has discovered
to certainty the presence of natural
gas within the city limits of st. Paul
and has made crude experiments which
satisfy him that his discovery is no cat
nard. If gas can be found in sufficien-
quantities for heating purposes the citt-
luck. Now is the time for Minneapolis
to bore into the bowels of the earth and
see if she can't eclipse the Sanity city
in this respect. But so far as Maj
Wanzer's discovery goes, the people in
country will have nothing to wonder at
1t has been long known that the Twin,
Cities had enough natural ''gas" (of a
certain kind to supply all the states in
the Union, especially when it comes
to initiating city Observation-Disclosures
Eagle s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
PETRoLEUM's ANNIVERSARY.

The oil exchanges of the country to-
day generally celebrate the thirtieth an
niversary OF petroleum in this country.
On the 2Sth day of August, 1859, oil was
struck near Titusville. Pa. 1t is stated
that it was the first well sunk in modern
times. One in China is alleged to have
been in operation for 1900 years. A
company was at once formed to test the
matter, and proceeded to sink WELL
People were as ineredulous as they
usually are at novel discoveries and in
veDtiOns. The diggers were advised
also to sink milk wells and whisky
wells. At first the product of the wells
was but few gallons, and the oil was
worth so cents gallon in its crude state.
But other wells were put down, and the
craze was soon begun. Holes were made
all over the oil region, fortunes were
made and towns built in a day almost.
1t has since been one of the most i'm
portant articles of commerce, and likely
to continue to furnish the chief illu-
minant to all civilized lands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
THE REASON WHY.
How 1t Happens That Mixed
Drinks Are Worse Than

Straight.
Memphis Avalanche.
''Why does a man weaken quicker
under mixed drinks than Straight?'' a
barkeeper was asked. ''For two rea-
sons" he replied. ''In the first place, a
good deal more liquor goes into mixed
drink, like punch or julep, than you
think In the next place, the liquor
used in making it is generally of worse
quality,Or newer any way, than that set
out for customers who take theirs
straight. There is not one man in
twenty who can tell the difference after
the drink is mixed and favored.
1.-The mint julep is the most ticklish
tipple of all, because you suck it
through a straw and inhale the fumes
of the liquor. Mixed drinks are not as
popular in Memphis as they are
North. The result is that there is
much better article of whisky
sold in good saloons here than
you can find in most of the finest
places in New York. Chicago or CincIn-
natl. know it because I've praeticed
Oh both sides of the bar in nearly every
big city in this country. The meanest
whisky is always to be found in beer
town, Cincinnati, st. Louis and MilWau-
kee, for instance. New Orleans sells
mostly offended" stuff, but it is better
than you can get North.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02

use of mail bags left at drug stores,
news stands and other convenient loea-
tions, where the dealers are paid 500 a
year for looking after them. There are
two bags for the different classes of
matter, and the mail wagons collect
them. There are to be fifteen of them
in Boston, and the department proposes
20 make them general in the cities if
congress will allow the expense. They
will be unite convenience.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
HALsTEAD'S HOBBY.

1t is singular how even the greatest
of men will sometimes talk against their
own interests. We observe that since
MURAT HALsTEAD's return from En-
rope his brilliant pen has been mainly
utilized in advocating national sys-
TEN of forestry. His strong argument
is necessary to protect the country from
floods. That is all right so far as the
country is concerned, but if there is
anything in this world that Editor Hall
STEAD needs at this juncture of Ohio
politics, it is flood. twill require the
momentum given by Conemaugh dam
break to land him in the senate over
EoRAKER'S head.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
Pangs of Jealousy.

Terre Haute Express.
Jenny" said the young man, as they
met ON the corner, lis it possible you
have been deceiving me?'
what do you mean?" was hel an-
Swer.
know if my boss has been calling on
you, and you never saying a word to me
about it?'
Your suspicious, sir, are as I'M
founded as they are unjust"
''Well, if that's the case, l want you
to explain something. Yesterday your
father was in the store, and after he
left the boss said that old Bjinkson was
the hardest kicker he ever saw" and
an expression indicative of painful
memory fitted over the young man's
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02

consideration you have shown me in
connection with the associate Justice
ship, but further reflection has not en-
abled me to change the views l ex-
pressed to Mr.. Frelinghuysen. With
the sincere hope that you have expe-
rienced no embarrassment from the de-
lay your kindness has caused, am,
fait hfully yours.
GEORGE T. EDMUNDS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02

MosT of the preachers were in their
pulpits yesterday, ready to resume their
labors, but the vacant seats Indicated
that many of the good people had not
discovered that the vacation season had
quite expired. 1t was still August
xUaathnr
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
Silence Is Golden.

Boston Transcript.
EYES," said Henderson, ''my new
book has received golden opinions from
all sorts of people,"
Fogg-Wby, thought the press Of
the country had been entirely silent
about it.
Fenderson-That's what I said. ST.
lence is golden, you know.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
USES OF WINE,

Those who are able to indigo in cham
payne and believe it contributes to the
enjoyment of life will find new zeSt in
its absorption in the case of the Phila-
delphia lawyer who was taken with
yenomous attack of the govt ON the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-02
Little Accidents.

Texas Siftings
Stranger Gin a crowd)-Ouch! Wowl
Old Gentleman DISQUALIFICATION
me, sir, for treading on your corns; but
little acc idents of that sort will occur in
a crowd.
Same old gentlem an Cater, to another
stranger)-Damme, sir, do. you know
that you are jabbing me with your camel