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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
HIT AND MISS SHOTS,
All Sorts Of Local Spicy Gossip On
Paragraphs, / LOGi[SmS.
MINNEAPOLIS MEANDERINGS.
kWeek'S Events A RazzIe- Dazzle
Epit0mizet. | Symposium.

Lac Stafford has worn mustache so
long that people had probably forgotten
that he was not born with one. In a
moment of recklessness he accepted
Doc Dorman's challenge to ''shave 'em
off," and it was done. And the trans
formationl If he had taken off his eye
brows and turned his nose upside down
the change could not have heen more
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18

:oncelt for a wall
pocket can be made
at very little ex-
p e II S e by taking
your dude brothers
lawn tennis pants,
tying the legs with
BOWS of pink ribbon,
allowing pint bot
ties to pertrude from
the pockets, and fill
ing the pants with
cat-tails and rushes.
Nail TO the wall in
a prominent place.
You will find it will
attract considerable
attention.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18

home this morning. The citizens com
mittee appointed to receive them con-
sists of n. Ii. Gertsen, Jacob Helm, r.
r. Harvey, Simon McNulty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18

William Henry Eustis claims to. have
a sinch on the sonatorship from the new
district of which the Fourth ward will
be the principal CONSTITUENT, but Free
man Lane thinks he will have some
thing to say on that question himself.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
A very nrettY
They say that the

A .,EW WALL Iney say tnat the
POCKET. aesthetic j. l. Brad
street is terribly wrought up over the
fact that the Grand opera house is to be
opened by vulgar minstrel company,
and that his peacock decorations are to
be mixed up with the Hostetter gags of
the end men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18

John T. Blaisdell since his adventures
with J. f. COLON has become rather
particular about what he affixes his
name 10. Aid. Potter called upon him
the other day with a petition for the
condemnation of certain ground in
Spring Park addition for a park. The
old man drew himself up straight,
smoothed his white whiskers and said:
Mr. Potter. | am in favor of the park,
but l am rather particular now what l
sign"
He declined to put his j. T. Blaisdell
on the paDer,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18

He's going home at 3 O'Clock,
And rather dizzy gated.
But fearing no domestic shock,
No spouse for him has waited.
He falterS not, but lifts the latch
And walks him boldly in;
No one is there his beard to snatch,
Or give him needless chin.
his boots he wears. right up the stairs
And noise galore he makes;
The naughty man for nothing cares,
His wife is at the lakes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22

opening his eyes, that | could see, and mani
Testing every symptom Of extreme drowsi-
ness.
L got up and laid my hand on his shoulder
on which he turned his face and viewed mo
with one eye closed, the other scarce open.
GLOW are you feeling nowp said |.
"Sleepy-very sleepy" he answered
"rll put your mattress into your ham
mock" said /, land the best thing you can
do is to go and t1rn in properly and get a
long nights rest, and tomorrow morning
you'll feel yourself as hearty as ever"
He mumbled some answer, which inter-
prctcd TO signify every well;n SO l shout
dered his mattress and slung a lantern In his
cabin, and then returned to help him to bod.
He sat reeling on the bench, his chin on his
breast, catching himself up as before with
little sharp, terrified recoveries, and l was
forced to put my hand on him again TO mako
him understand had come back. He then
made as if to RISE but trembled so violently
that he sank down again with groan, and
/ was obliged to put my whole strength TO
tho lifting Of him to get him on to his legs.
lie leaned heavily upon me, breathing hard,
stopping very much and trembling. When
we got to his cabin perceived that he would
never be able to climb into his hammock, nor
had the power to hoist q man of his bulk so
high. To end tho perplexity, cut the ham
mock down and laid it on tie deck, and COW
ering him with a heap of clothes, unslung
tho lantern, wished him good night, closed
the door and returned to the furnace.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22
CHAPTER XVI.
WE EXPLODE THE MINES.

l don't design to weary yCu with a close
account of our proceedings. How we opened
the slain deck hatch, rugged up tackles,
clapping purchases on the falls, as the cap
stan was hard frozen and immoVablc; hoH
we hoisted the powder barrels on deck, and
then by tackles on the forcyard lowered them
over the side; how we filled a number Of bags
which we found in the forccastle with pow
der; how we measured the cracks in tho ice,
and sawed a couple of spare studdingsail
boons into lengths to serve us beams whereby
to poise the barrels and bags-would make
but sailors talk, half Of which would be un-
Ineligible and the rest weariSome.
The Frenchman worked hard, and we
snatched only half an hour for our dinner
The split that had happened in the ice during
the night showed by daylight as a gulf be
twixt eight and ten feet wide at the seward
end, thinning to a width of three feet, never
less, TO where it ended, ahead of the ship, in
hundred cracks in the ice that showed as if
Il thunderbolt had fallen just there. looked
into this rent, but it was as black as well
past certain depth and there was no CLEAN
of water When we went over the side to
roll our first barrel of powder to the SPOT
where we meant to lower it, the Frenchman
marched up to the figure of Trentanove, and.
with no more reverence than boy would
show in throwing a stone at a jackass, tum.
bled him into the chasm. He then stepped
up to the body of the Portuguese boatswain,
dragged him TO the same assure and rolled
him into it,
"There! cried he; "now they arc properly
buried"
And with this no went coolly on with his
work.
l said nothing, but was secretly heartily
disguised with this brutal disposal Of his
miserable shipmates' remains. However, ii
was his doing not mine and l confess the
removal of those silent witnesses was a very
great relief to me, albeit when | considered
how Tassard had been awakened, and how
both the mate and the boat5wain might have
been brought to by treatment, felt as though
after manner the Frenchman had com
mtted murder by burying them So
We got our supper and sat smoking and
discussing our situation and chances Tas-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22
CHAPTER NXIL.

A CHANGE COMES OVER THE FRENCHMAN.
Tassard was logged and scowling, Such
was his temper that had l been small or
weak man, or person likely to prove sub
missive he would have given loose rein to
his foul tongue and may be handled me very
roughly. But my demcanor was cold and
resolved, and not of n kind to improve his
courage. / leveled deliberate, semi-con-
temptuous gaze at his own fiery stare, and
puzzled him, too, believe a good deal by
my cool reserve He muttered while we ate,
drinking plentifully Of wine and garnishing
his draughts with oaths and to spare; and
then, after falling silent and remaining so
for the space of twenty minutes, during
which I lighted my pipe and sat with my
feet close to the furnace, listening with
eager ears to tho sounds of the leo and the
dun CRYING Of the wind, he exclaimed sulk-
lily: "Your scheme is failure, The schooner
is fixed. What's to be done nown
81 don't know that my scheme is fail
ure,n said /. "What did you suppo.e-that
the blast would blow the ice, with the
schooner on it, into the ocean clear Of the
islandi If the ice is so shaken as to enable
the swell to detach it, my scheme will have
accomplished all | proposed"
"Ifl" he cried, scornfully and passionately
"if will not deliver us and save the treasure.
tell you tho schooner is fxed-as fixed as
the damned in everlasting fire, Be it SOL" he
cried, clenching his lls,. But you must
NEEDLE no morel The Boca del Dragon il
mne-mnc. d'ye sec, now that they're ell
dead and gone but me'--smiting his bosom
"and if ever she is to float, let nature or the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22

I stood over him till he chose to sit erect
which he presently did, rubbing his poll and
looking ct me with an air Of mingled be-
wilderment and fear
This is scurvy usage to give shipmate in
distress" said he. "'Od's life, mani had
thought there was some sense of humor in
you. Your hand, Mr.. Rodney-I feel dazcdr'
helped him to rise and he then sat down
in somewhat rickety manner rubbing his
eyes. 1t might have been fancy, it might
have been the illusion of the furnace light
combined with tho venerable appearance his
long hair and naked pate gave him, but me
thought in those few minutes he had grown
to look twenty years older
"Never concern yourself about my humor,
Mr.. Tassardn said |, preserving my deter
mined air and coming close to him again.
Chow is it to stand between usl l leave
the choice to you. If you will trent mo
civilly you'll not find me wanting in every
disposition to render our miserable state tol
cradle; but if you insult me, use me inju-
riously, and act the pirate over me, who am
an honest man, by God Mr.. Tassard, l will
kill your
He stopped away from me and raised his
hand in posture as If to fend me or, and
cried, in q whining manner: Il lost my head
this gunpowder business hath been a he'll
fish experimentation you, Mr.. Rodney.
Gomez We will drink can to our future
amityn
answered coldly that / wanted no more
wine, and babe him beware Of me; that he
had gone far enough that our hideous con-
dition had filed my soul with desperation
and misery, and that / would not have my
life on this frozen schooner mado more abom-
Unable than it was by his swaggcr, lies and
insults; and / added, in a loud voice and in a
menacing manner, that death Rad no terrors
for me, and that | would dispatch him with
as little fear as | should meet my doom,
whatever shape il took.
marched on deck, not a little astounded
by the cowardce of the old rascal i-ls very
well pleased with the marked impression my
bearing and language had produced on him.
Not that | supposed for moment that my
bold compartment would save me from his
knife or his pistol when he should think
proper to make away with me, No. All !
rcckoned upon was cowing him into a civiler
posture of mind. and checking his aGressions
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22

was fascinated by the mystery Of his vi
tality and breathlessly watched him, as if
expected to witness some harlequin change
in his face, and mark the transformation Of
his polished brow into the lem austerity of
wrinkles H!s voice sank into mere whs-
per at last and then ccasing to speak alto
gether, he dropped his chin on to his bosom,
and began TO swing from side to side, catch
ing himself from falling with several para
lytic starts, but without lifting his head or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22

devil launch her; no more explosions, with
the RISKS your failure has made her and mo
runln
His voice sank; he looked at me in silence,
and then, with a wild grin of anger, he ex-
claimed: "What made you awake met l
was at peace-ncither cold, hungry nor hope
lessi What demon forced you to bring me
to this-to bring me back to this"
"Mr Tassard" said l, coldly, 81 don't ask
your pardon for my experiment; l meant
well, and to my mind it is no failure yet.
But for disturbing your repose do sincerely
beg your forgiveness, and solemnly promise
you, If you will return to the state in which
1 found you, that / will not repeat the Of
Tense"
He eyed me from top TO toe in silence,
filled and lighted his hideous pipe, and
smoked with his back turned upon me.
Had there been another warm place in the
schooner l should have retired to it, and left
this surly and scandalous savage to the en-
joyment Of his own company.
After sitting long while sullenly smok-
ing in silence, he fetched his mattress and
some covers, lay down upon it, and fell fast
asleep / admired and envicd this display of
confidence in me, and heartily wished myself
as safe in his hands as he was in mine. The
afternoon passed. I was on deck a half
dozen times but never witnessed the least
alteration in the ice. My spirits sank very
low.
sat before the furnace extremely detected,
while the Frenchman snorcd on his mattress
could no longer flattor myself that the ex-
plosons had made the impression had ex.
pocted on tho ice, and my mind was utterly
at n loss How 60 deliver myself from thi.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-09
Tobacco 0@ 0 Dfsi n fectant.
From Chambers Journal


 The habit of smoking is not one that commends itself to every person. With those who abstain from it we find no fault; but for that great number in the community who indulge in the weed it may be interest ing to know, as the result of scientific in quiry, that tobacco is nos so black as it is frequently painted. Tobacco may not rank as public bensfaotor, but, from what has recently been disclosed, it may lay claim to be somewhat of the nature of general san- itariun. There is popular notion, especial ly among the smoking portion of the com munity, that tobacco acts as disinfectant; :; this claim, however, is, we believe, not gene- rally supported by the medical men. But it has now been shown, from the investigations and experiments of an Italian professor, Dr. Vincenzo Tassinari, assistant of the Hygiene institute of the University of Pisa, that to- bacco smoke is to a certain extent an annihi- lator of disease by it's action upon the growth of baccilli. Dr. Tsssinari has taken great pains to demonstrate it's utility in that direc- tion, and constructed special apparatus for the purpose. In order to initiate as closely as possible the process going on in the hu- man mouth during the inhalation of smoke, Dr. Tassinari passed tobacco smoke through
 
 by a bunch of wet cotton wool suspended in it and containing besides Couture" or growth of bscilli, which he submitted to the action of tobacco smoke. He used in his ex- periments the various qualities of manufac- tured tobacco most generally smoked in Italy that is to say the large Virginia cigar, the large Cavour cigar, the small Cavour cigar and the best cigarette tobacco. The action of all these was tried severally upon seven known kinds of bacteria-namsly, the so- called cholera bacillus, the cattle of distem- per bacillus, pus coccus, Finkler-Prior bac- teria, the bacilli of typhus and pleuro-pneu- monia, and finally the bacillus of blue pus. We say advised1y the ''so-called cholera ba- cillus," because it's existence is not yet posi- lively proved. The results obtained by Dr. Tassinari were most remarkable and amply repaid him for hls trouble, the experiments showing unmistakably that tobacco smoke considerably retards the development of some varieties of bacteria, while it eAectu- ally prevents the development of others. Dr. Tassinari carried his Investigations fur ther, actually fixing the length of time dur ing which the development of bacteria is prevented. By comparing experimentally the growth of the same micro organisms when not exposed to the retarding action of tobacco smoke with their development when so exposed, it was found that the smoke of the large Cavour cigar, for instance, delayed the development of pus bacilli for seventy two hours, and of cattle-dissemper bacilh for 6 hundred hours, and that the same smoke prevented the formation of cholera
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-09
Tuesday, April 9, 1889.
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.


 MT. William P. Tomlinson, editor of the Daily Democrat at Topeka, Kansas, has come to Massachusetts to help the anti prohibi- tionists. He has lived in Kansas fourteen years, is teetotaler, and believes that pro- hibition in Kansas is a failure
 MT. Tomlinson says that in only few of the larger cities of the State has the open sa- quor flows in secret ways. N. F. Acers, in- ternal revenue collector at Topeka, says that the number of United States licenses issued for the sale of liquors in that city in 1881, under the last year of license, was 1894; in 1882, first year of prohibition, the number was LIST; in 1883, 2,1s0; in 1884, 2,7O9; in 1885, 2, 773; 1886, 2,S32; 1887, 3, ,997, making an insrease of 1,103 licenses between 1881 and 1887. In Leavenworth the number of United States licenses was 135, and up to April 1, 1889, there had been 155 licenses granted for that city alone. In the city of Wichita, 10000 inhabitants, in the year 1886, there were ITO United States licenses granted; in 1887 there were 172, and up to March 29, 1889, the number granted was 120. This decrease in 1889 was in consequence of the new nuisance law.
 One of MT. Tomlinson's objections to pro- hibition is of financial nature. He says: Prohibition has driven from our State many good people, who have taken their money with them. We have had to establish an extra court for the purpose of trying liquor cases in Topeka, and new court has been ordered in Lesvenworth. It obstructs our courts to enforce the law, and new courts have to be established at great expense, and the tax rate has greatly increased thereby. There are no open saloons in Topeka, but there are plenty of drinking places. The tendency amorg all classes in that city is to drive the liquors into private places, into cellars, and into the pockets of individuals, SO that the saloon really captures the homes. The tax rate in Topeka, Leavenworth, Atch- inson and Wichita is, on the average, four per cent. on the total valuation, the high taxes having come from the prohibitory law. At the present time the total tax rate of Kansas City in Missouri, Omaha and Denver, under license, is two per cent. Kansas is fourishing under prohibition, and so is Missouri under license. The State has pros- pered under prohibition, but, in my opinion, it would have prospered more under the old dramshop law. Any new State would have prospered under any law. We have prospered from natural cases.
 This is competent testimony. It is good thing to have the facts brought out.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-09

F1STHE A treated without the use of rom business also all other diseases of the Rectur
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Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-09

rights" i" and that all police regulations and definitions of criminal offences are properly left to the legislature for enactment by statute law. They contend that "to attempt to put into the constitution matters which were left by it entirely to legislative action
 will tend to subject the constitution to con- stant amendment may lead to doubt and con- fusion in its construction, and will lead to diminish the honor and reverence in which it is held by all men and all parties."
 Savannah has made a contract for the erec- tion of garbage crematory. It is guaranteed to burn up all offensive material usually left in vaults and turned into sewers and all car- casses of animals, and to cause no offensive odor in the process. The plan is to dispose per ton for 8 test run of month, with for feit of $500 to be paid to che city for every cent of cost above that rate per ton. If the test proves failure the city is not bound to accept, but if it should be a successful and satisfactory test the city is to pay $5,000 for the erematory and IS cents per ton for the stuff burned during the time of the test The city reserves the right to remove and dispose of the ashes after the cremation if it chooses, or it may require the company to do it.
 Says the Boston Herald: The adoption by the Boston school board of the rule that teachers shall hold their positions without yearly re-elections places the members of this profession upon 8 better basis, more self respecting and satisfactory, than they have Ia-o o4o<ox :~1 IT. dissatisfied parent the right to blackball them before the committee, and it gives them the assurance that their work will not be inter- rupted without adequate cause. It is act of tardy justice toward a company of men and women who are more nearly the benefac- tors of the community-at least. who do more self-sacriicing and unpaid for work-than almost any other body of citizens, but it comes, though late, in good time, and is the first of many improvements which the pres- ent Boston school board have in hand with to our educational system.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-09
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germacide. Similar results were obtained in the experiments with other descriptions of manufactured tobacco. Dr. Tassinari attri- butes this snnihilating effect of tobacco smoke upon bacteria to the action of the chemical clements contained in it. He pro- poses to carry on further experiments with regard especially to the action of tobacco smoke upon the bacillus of tuberculosis, and if these should prove as conclusive as those he has made with the micro organisms named consumptive patients may be benefited from @ hygienic point of view. At any rate the highly important results of the curious ob- servations of Dr. Tassinari, while they are of great interest to laymen, both smokers and non-smokers, deserve that careful attention of the medical profession which they will no doubt receive