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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
WOrtermelon Time.

Old wortermelon time is a-comin' round ag'in,
And they amt no man liyin' any tickled-
er'n me,
For the way Ihanker after wortermelons is a
Which is the why and wherefore. as you can
plainly see.
Oh, it's in the sandy soil wortermelons does
the best,
And it's thare they'll lay and waller in the
sunshine and the dew
I'LL they wear all the green streaks clean OF
of theyr breast,
And you bet amt a-finding any fault with
them; air your
They amt no better thing in the vegetable
line:
And they don't need much tendin' as ev'ry
farmer knows:
And when theyr ripe and ready fer ter pluck
from the vine,
want to say to you theyr the best fruit that
grows.
ITS some likes the yaller-core, and some likes
the red,
And it's some says the little Californy is the
best;
But the sweetest slice of all I ever wedged in
my head,
Is the old Edinburg Mounting-sprout of the
West.
You don't want no punkins nigh your voter
melon vines.
Cause, some way another, they'll Spite your
melons, shore;
I've seed 'em taste like punkins, from the core
to the rines.
Which may be fact you have heerd of be-
fore.
But your melons that's raised right and
tended to with care,
You can walk around amongst 'em with g
parents pride and joy,
And thump EN- on the heads with as fatherly
AS eff each one of them was your little girl
er boy.
! Joy in my hart jest to hear that rippin'
When you split one down the back and jolt
the halves in two,
And the friends you love the best is gethered
all around,
And you say unto your sweetheart, "Oh,
here's the core for you'll!
And like to slice 'em up in big pieces for 'em
Especially the children, and watch theyr
high delight
AS one by one the rines with theyr pink
nOtches fall,
And they holler for some more with I'M
qrenched appetite.
Boys take to it natchural, and like to see 'em
eat,
A slice of wortermeIon's like French-harp
in theyr hands:
And when they saw it through theyr mouth
such music can't be beat,
Cause it's music both the sperit and the
stummick understands.
an theyS more In wOrtermelOnS than the
purty-colored meat,
And the OYerflowin' sweetness of the Worter
squashed betwixt
The up'ard and the downward motions of q
fellers teeth,
And it's the taste of ripe old age and juicy
childhood mixed.
Fer never taste melon but my thoughts
flies away
To the summertime of youth. and again 1
see the dawn,
And the fadin' afternoon of the long summer
day,
And the dusk and dew a-fallin', and the
night a-comin on.
And thare's the corn around us, and the lspin
leaves and trees,
And the stars a-peekin down on us as still
silver mice,
And us boys in the wortermelons on our
hands and knees,
And the new moon hangin' DER us like q
yaller-cored slice.
o, it's wortermelon time is a-comin' round
again,
And they amt no man alvin any tIckled-
er'n me,
Fer the way l banker after wortermelons is a
sin,
Which is the why and wherefore. as you can
plainly see.
-,James WhitcOmh Riley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Nitrate Fields of Chilli.

The great nitrate fields are about
thirty miles inland from Iqinui, and
that city exports 100000 quintals of
this substance. The export of nitrate
brings in the handsome sum of $780,
900 per month to the custom-house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17

The enterprising bootblack hangs
ont the card: Boots blacked yellow"
He has a sort of mayonnaise dressing
for the russell shoes Boston Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Revised Anecdotes.
Charles XII. and the Bomb.

As Charles XII of Sweden was die.
tating a letter to his secretary during
the siege of Stralsund, a bomb fell
through the roof into the next room
in the house where they were sitting.
The terrified secretary let the pen drop
from his hand.
what is the matter?" quoth the
king.
"The bomb, sirer" cried the secre.
tary.
''Ah! never mind the bomb; it will &C
off presently"
And it did.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Sponsors Ill Luck.

SpehS lii LUCK
When Spenser had finished his
famous poem of the "Faerie Queene'
he carried it to the great patron of the
poets of that day. The manuscript be.
ing sent up to the earl, he read few
pages, and then ordered his servant to
give the writer twenty pound. Read
ing on, he cried in rapture, Garry that
man another twenty pounds" Pro.
ceeding farther, he exclaimed, "GiVe
him twenty pounds more.n But
finally, rolling the MS. up in frenzied
manner, he cried: Here, take him
back his poem. l am too poor to buy
it of him."
1t was for this reason that Spenser
never wrote anything else so good as
the "Faerie Queene.n
Anecdote of Goldsmith and johnson.
Boswell" quoth johnson one day,
over a chop and mug of ale, ''could
never write complete dictionary"
''And why notP" queried Goldsmith.
because he'd be sure to leave out
his h's," returned the great philosopher,
with a merry burst of laughter.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Repartee.
''And what, my dear Sir Walter,
queried Elizabeth of her courtier-
''what didst thou think of thy sover.
eign's speech in Parliment this morn?''
"a grand Grafton, please your high.
ness" replied Sir Walter. $50 fine
was it that neither Shakespeare nor
myself could say who wrote it foI
thee"
Jonson's Remark About Shakespeare.
Have you seen Ben, that Shak-
speare's Hamlet is SAID to have been
writ by Bacon?" asked Raleigh.
'Ha! hal" laughed Jonson. "But
Will of Stratford's shrewd."
"Shrewd?"
SAY, shrewd. He started this him.
self, to advertise his play. John Ken.
drick BGugs IN Harper''s MGgazi,ae.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17

The only dairy which does not use
water TO excess is the dromedary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17

Ruth felt nervous. Mr.. irving was
rich, while she, alasi was so poor. Of
course, he did not know the vast So
cial gulf between them; but she arose,
almost Immediately. with the remark
that she believed she must hasten
home.
Stay just a moment~ Mr. Irving
pleaded; and with flushing cheeks,
and with her heart futtering like a
frightened bird, Ruth sat down.
"You are my little champion" he
said earnestly, "And | want to thank
you for defending me-"
81 do not understand, Mr.. Irving"
Ruth answered, and she glanced shyly
into the handsome, manly face.
An explanation was given that
solved the mystery; and as Ruth Earle
listened the color deepened in her
cheeks, and her eyes grew misty with
tears.
Il am so sorry, Mr.. Irving" she
exclaimed, 'sthat Cousin Laura said
such cruel words" and she extended
her hand in mute sympathy; a hand
not as fair and slender as Laura Bur-
nett's, but more true in its friendli-
ness.
.'And / am so gladI' Chester Irving
answered, as he held her hand mo-
ment in a firm clasp, ''for | want no
woman's hand unless her heart can 90
with it. Ruthr' he spoke suddenly, as
if prompted by an inspiration. Ruth,
can you trust yours to my keeping?
heart and hand both, little grip"
Chester Irving's voice was tremu-
lous with emotion.
Precipitate the question was, doubt
less, and yet he knew intuitively that
Ruth Earle had heart that in its
affections would be as true as steel.
Somewhat taken by surprise, Buth
hesitated.
She had very high respect for Mr..
Irving, although she could hardly
analyze her feelings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
ST. PAUL

L. NJ. Boardman. of Montana, is at the
Ryan.
VT. Stone, of Fargo, was at the Ryan yes
terday.
E.B Starbird, of Fargo, is a guest at the
Clifton.
II. B. Huntress, of Sank Center, is at the
Windsor.
Dr. j. G.. Benson, of Winnipeg, is at the
Merchants.
R. B. Griffith, Of Grand Forks. was at the
Ryan yesterday.
. n. G. Backus and wife, of Lisbon, OAK,
are Merchants guests.
George B. Tuthill, of Clinton, To-, is stop
ping at the Clarendon.
George F. Deere, of Reeds Landing, is a
guest at the Clarendon.
R. B. Bromer, of st. Cloud, was a guest at
the Clarendon yesterday.
James Compton, OF Fergus Fails, was at
the Merchants yesterday.
B. f. Christlief. of Long Lake. was regis
tered at the Windsor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. c. Pratt. of Milwaukee,
were at the Clifton last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gund and Miss Cor
don, of La Crosse, are at the Ryan.
G. A. Silsby and l. Becker. of Mitchell, S.
D., are registered at the Merchants.
D. Cameron and S. Parker. of Duluth, were
among other guests at the Merchants yester-
day.
E. NJ. Stedman,. of Des Moines, special
agent of the United States treasury depart
ment, is stopping at the Clarendon.
Among the evening arrivals at the Ryan
were Rev. r. T.. Gray, of Fargo; Mrs. G. s.
Powell, of ELensburg, w. IT,, and w. L.
Bradley, Of Dubuque.
: The late arrivals at the Merchants last
evening were j. B. Aver, of Usage, 10; John
H.. Luers, of Owatonna; j. A. Field, of Bis
marck, and John Carroll, of CaStleWood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26

whose assignment was announced in yester-
days GLOBE.
A meeting of the Primary Teachers union
will be held at the rooms of the 7. M. G. A.
this aft at 4 O'Clock.
The members OF the Lutheran church. West
81. Paul, picnicked at Steiffefs park yesterday.
There was the usual large attendance, and
beer flowed freely. The st. Paul Park band
furnished the music.
An alarm of fire was turned in at SIS last
night for a blaze in the old Carpenter house.
at 403 Summit avenue, the cause of which
was not learned. TIL building, now occu-
pied as q boarding house, was damaged about
$500. The loss on furniture was small.
A tWo-story frame dwelling on Brampton
street, near Annapolis, caught fire from a de-
fective chimney at sos yesterday morning
and burned to the ground. The building,
owned and occupied by John Dollar, was To-
Gated in South st. Paul, just outside the city
limit. The loss on building and contents Is
about 1900.
= The stockholders of the War Eagle Gold
and Silver Mining and Milling company
elected on the 18th the following board or
directors: NJ. j. Bell, j. j. Saltnger, Patrick
Dufack, Matt Breen, Michael Tracey, Thomas
Reilly. F. W. Hadtield. The new board on
the 10th elected the following officers: NJ.
J. Bell, president; j. j. Salfinger, vice presI-
dent; Matt Breen, treasurer: f. ". Hadteld,
secretary; P. R. Mcdonnell, general man
.ageT.
"a number of statements have
been going the rounds of the papers regard
ing the meeting our association held" said a
letter carrier yesterday, land l think they
ought to be corrected. We esteem Postmaster
Lee very highly, and have never asked our
superior officers to send a statement OF our
overtime work to Washington. We met that
evening solely to elect delegates to the pro-
posed Milwaukee convention, and that was
all"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
BECOMING AN ART CENTER.
The Science Looking Up and a
Local Academy Projected.

~
st. Paul is becoming a metropolis
more and more. Although it has had
many able artists of all kinds, yet it
was lacking an academy in which gifted
and talented young men and ONE
could receive a thorough, systematic
and academical training as painters and
draughtsmen. 1t certainly cannot be
said that any firSt-claSS pupil can obtain
all that is necessary to make him
a master in the arts of RubenS, Van
Deyke, ETC., in any art school in
America; for this he needs to see the
original works of these masters, and
must therefore visit the art temples of
Europe. but it is necessary fol a pupil
to be prepared for these European train
ingS and for this purpose we have now
in this city al art academy.
About eleven years ago a young, poor
boy named Julius Segall, whose draw
ings created quite a sensation among
the cOnnOiSseurs of Milwaukee, left that
city and went to Munich, Germany.
After a hard struggle he succeeded
in drawing upon himself the attention
of Prof. Strelmber, of the world
renowned Munich academy of arts, who
saw eminent talent in young Segall,
and took nm IN as q pupil. After one
year the young man left Prof. Strelm-
Der with the first diploma of his class,
and became the pupil of Prof. Gabel,
the celebrated painter. From there he
succeeded to forge ahead by means of
his talent, perseverance and industry,
and now he can show-b back upon a path
of triumph. His pictures, Christ in
the Temple" Hamlet" King Lear"
etc, have created sensations as the
works of such a young mar as Segall is,
and serve as the best reference as to
his abilities.
A few days ago Mr.. Segall came to
this city and rented rooms for the pur-
pose of establishing an art school. His
past record proved the justice of his
claim that he will succeed in giving
the preliminary artistical education to
every young talented person prepare
tory and essential to their entering the
European high art schools.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
BOYS CLOTHING.

Parents well know by ex-
perience that all Boys are
very hard on their clothes,
therefore, the better made
and more reliable Boys
Clothing they can buy the
longer it will wear, the
nicer il will look, and the
more economical it will be.
Our Boys Clothing is all
made with the special OBJ
ject Of standing the rough
usage that boys will give
it. We make a special
feature of Boys Clothing.
A large variety of Boys
School and Dress Suits now
ready for the coming sea-
son.
Boys Department, second floor, elevator.
Quality considered, our prices
are guaranteed to be the lowest
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
A SHIT
That Will Test the Value of Linn
tied Tickets.

William Torrance, at one time en-
gagged in business at st. Paul, now en-
plOyed as a travelling man, will to-day
begin a suit in the district court against
the Northern Pacific Railroad company,
claiming damages at 5000. The occa-
sion of Mr.. TOrrance'S suit is of great
interest to the travelling public. Several
weeks ago he was in Fergus Falls.
The Manitoba and the Northern Pa
cific connect Fergus Falls with
st. Paul, and Mr.. Torrance purchased a
first-class full fare ticket overt the North
ern Pacific line. After the purchase he
found the ticket was limited to twenty
four hours. Mr.. Torrance stopped over
at Wadena, purposing to strike the next
train, timed to leave this point al 1890
p. III. The train was over two hours late,
and thus, when Mr.. Torrance boarded
it and the conductor examined tickets,
he refused to recognize the limited
ticket-clalming that the twenty-four
hours had expired. Mr.. Torrance re-
fused to pay the fare from Wadena to
st. Paul, so at Verndale he was elected
from the tram. Attorney Henry Johns
is counsel for the plaintiff, and several
interesting questions on the working of
the Interstate commerce law will come
up for the decision of the trial Judge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
TWO EX-PARTE VIEWS.

A carload of l~ump-jawed cattle ar
rived from st. Paul this morning, billed
to the city butchers, Hess Bros. The
cattle were billed so as to be switched
directly to their slaughter house on
Fortieth street, but Inspector John Nc
Donald caught them. He followed
them to the slaughter house. where they
were Immediately u%nloaded. He asked
the foreman what he was going to do
with them, when he replied, kill them
right away" Mr.. Mcdonald told him
not to be IN too much haste, and or
dered the cattle reloaded and put in
charge of an officer to await the arrival
of the state veterinarian, who will
doubtless condemn them.-Chicago
Drovers Journal.
If there is anything in the above
be close. The only mistake the
them direct to the large dressed beef
men, instead of a local butcher. Then
those citizens in the northern part of
the state, who are DESTROYS of having
meats from outsiders could have, had
them shipped back here again. In con-
verSation with Aid. Gahan and Mayor
Denney, members of the board of
health, and Inspector JudsOn, these
gentlemen stated that lump-jaw cattle
or any other diseased, were sent to the
rendering establishment upon their ar
rival in the yards. OF course this car
of cattle may have been shipped from
the Transfer, but if it was, it certainly
proves that the meat inspection law
of Minnesota is not a failure.-South
ST Paul Journal
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
ESTABLISHED, 1870.
CLOTH
ING.

Our Ready-Made Cloth
ing is all ready for you to
put right on and wear. 1t
is intended to supersede
made-to-order garments.
Gentlemen wearing our
Clothing avoid all the wor-
ry and unnecessary delay
incident to having gar
ments made to order, and
save themselves many a
ten-dollar bill besides.
Specially attractive as
sortment of Fall Overcoats
now ready.
Mems Clothing Department. first and second
floors.
We are sole agents TOR Bro
kam's Custom Ready-M Made
Clothing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
A Sight for Sunday.

Among the visitors at the State Fair
grounds yesterday were n. c. Nelson:
and family, of Carver; Bruno Beaupre
and his PAGERS, MI. and Mrs. Hendrick-
son, d. E. Bailey. Messrs. H. P. Hall
and Sheirin. I. q. Smith and Mr..
George. and Miss Clara Tester. of Alma.
The great object of curiosity during the
day was the huge engine o going up
in the machinery department of Supt.
Gilbert. Mr.. Gilbert is getting together
about as unique a display of agricultural
and industrial machinery as was eve
put together in the state. With Supt.
Rogers he proposes to show the farmers
a display second to none on the grounds.
The Minnesota florists will hold their
annual convention on the grounds dur
ing Fair week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
II never PHAzED Her
A Flying Train Hurls a
Woman From the
Track,
And filings Her Over a Fence
Without Hurting
Her.
A Damage Suit That Will
Test the Limited Ticket
Case.
Various Matters Which Re-
lieved the Monotony Of a
Sunday.

Mrs. j. W. Coughlin, the wife of a la
boring man living on Blair street, near
Western avenue, had an exciting eXpe-
rience yesterday afternoon, barely es-
Gaping death in one of the most Pc
culiar accidents that has been reported
in st. Paul for many days. She
was walking along the Manitoba
track, at a point where it
curves towards the city. Her ears were
covered by a large sunbonnet INT she
did not hear the train as it came tearing
around the curve near Como, at a speed
of forty miles an hour, or the whistle
that was blown to war; her of the
danger. The train could not be stopped,
and as the engineer reversed steam he
closed his eyes to avoid the awful
sight that appeared inevitable. The
train stopped within 800 feet, but it was
too late. Striking the W0man in the
back with terrific force, the engine
wire fence, standing near it, and into a
vacant lot. There she lay motionless,
her skirts thrown over her head. AS
the train stopped the conductor and sew
eral passengers jumped to the ground
and ran towards the unfortunate.
Suddenly there was a rustic of white
neither garments, a pair of arms pro-
truded from the skirts about her head,
and in a second more a oma whose
eyes flashed fire stood staring at the
now %astonished men. She adjusted the
new sunbonnet and turned loose, shak-
ing a W~ell-browned fist at the conductor.
That's right; look at me. I'd like to
know if it amt bad 'nough to muss my
clean clothes all up without starin' that
way. Rot your dirty eng"
The rest of her speech could not be
heard, and as she started out across the
lot at a rapid pace the traiumen looked
at each other in amaZement. Before
starting again, the engineer took a care
full survey of the cOWcatcher to see that
nothing had been broken. 1t was aft
erWardS learned that While the woman
is not seriously hurt, her experience did
not have the effect of al elixir.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
SHOES!

This week parents will want good, relia-
BILE School Shoes for their children. Not only
is it Unnecessary to get good Shoes at the lowest
prices, but it is very essential to have them
properly fitted, to insure ease and comfort
to the little ones, and to guard against de-
formed or ill-shapen feet. Coverings Chill
dren's Department is the largest and best
stocked in the state.
chAds Mo and Coat spring heel sizes 4 to s, 75c TO $3.50
ChMdnens KID and Goat, sizes s ~ TO 8, = 500 TO $500
ch1hens Goat plain or tp sizes 8 ~ to 1917, St.25 TO $3.50
Misses Shoes of oil kinds, sizes II to- $3.50 to $500
Larger sizes in Spring Heel Shoes, Kid or Goat $500 per pair.
Boys ana Youths Shoes from $3.50 to $3.50 per pain
For quality, style and fit our prices are
the lowest in the state.
In addition to Jul bargains in all Sum-
mer Shoes, we will place on sale this week a
lot of Ladies' SIS and 81 Hand-Turned
French Kid Opera Shoes for S. per pair.
We can fit any foot in Coverings Fa
nous $3.50 Shoes for ladies or gentlemen.
Goods sent c. O. D. OF approval.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
MIRABILE DICTU!
Natural Gas Enough to Fill a Bag
Discovered Here.

tkSACs
Think of Unnatural gas has been dis
covered in st. Paul! The secret is so
precious that a dark veil is drawn over
the identity of the discoveries, and IN
til the usual further developments"
the exact locality of the find must also
continue in. darkness. The discovery
has, however, been made-the gas itself
has been seen gurgling above
twenty feet of water. With the
aid of an old tub, a
twenty-foot pole and an iron tip, a
quantity of the gas has been imprisoned
in a leather bag. A company of gentle
men were invited to gather round this
bag, when the gas was lighted and it
burned brightly without the slightest
odor. This is not the first discovery of
natural gas in st. Paul, but in all
previous cases the operations for work
ing the same had to be abandoned, as it
was of so limited a quantity. In the
present case the discoveries will inves-
tigate to see whether there is a sufficient
supply to warrant opening out the vein.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
WEATHER AND CROPS.
St. Paul's Two Vigiiant Observers
Make Their Reports.


Observer Lyons, of the United States
signal office, reports that the rainfall
for the week ending last night was of
an average flow in the northeast portion
of the state. Little or no rain was re-
ported westward or southwestward. A
fall is Indicated for the area comprising
the shed of the Minnesota river, but
no decided change may be expected in
the area covering the shed of the upper
Mississippi. The rainfall at st. Paul
was 100; Alexandria. SO; Fergus Falls,
81: Fort Ripley, 10; O%rtonville, .04,
b Observer Healy, of the Minnesota
weather service, in his weekly bulletin
says the temperature has been slightly.
higher than usual in the central coun-
ties, while in other portions of the state
it has been about normal. Threshers
report the yield in advance of eXpecta-
lions almost everywhere, and the quail
ity of the grain good. Corn is said to
be doing well, and rapidly maturing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
A Distinguished Death.

Philemon Bliss, ex-justice of the
Supreme court,of Missouri, and dean of
the Missouri law university, died this
morning at st. Paul, aged seventy-six
years. Judge Bliss was one of the early
anti-slayery leaders Of Ohio, ana was a
member of congress from the Four
teenth Ohio district from 1855 to 1859.
He was the first chief justice of Da-
kota. appointed by Mr.. Lincoln in 1861.
His remains will be taken to Missouri
for interment by his son, William Fl.
Bliss, counsel for the st. Paul q Duluth
and Northern Pacific railroads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26

sion is looked for. AS Mr.. Lowry will
probably show his hand, interesting de-
velopments may be expected. Attor-
neys Horn, Gilman and Flandrau will
present the views of the city railway
company on the question.