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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
IN HARD LUCK.
Highwaymen Who Got Licked
II ~ 4

Highwaymen Who Got Licked
and Lost Their Hats Were Ar
rested.
Inspector Lawrence arrested two
young men Wednesday night on sus-
picion that they were the young tramps
who attempted to mold up Fred Matti-
son on Sixth avenue south and Ninth
street, the night before. Mattison cap
tured the hats of both men and left
them at police headquarters, and work
ing on that clue the arrest was made.
The men have been identified by Matti-
son. They gave their names as James
Mccarthy and Frank B. Spencer.
Spencer has served three-years' term
at Saltwater for highway robbery. The
men were held to the grand jury yes
terday afternoon. Both showed the
marks of Mattison's blows when
brought into court
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
A Small Eailure

M. II. Crabtree, the proprietor of the
cigar store and newspaper stand under
the Pioneer Fuel company's Office, made
an assignment yesterday to Charles D.
Whitall. With the assignment papers
was filed a statement that the assets
would not exceed $1,000. Charles D.
Whitall gave bond in the sum of 50, 600.
The failure was precIpitated by an at
tachment taken out by the firm of Kim
ball & Heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
A Timely Discovery.

Some fifty dynamite cartridges con-
tanned in box of rubbish which the
iainitor of the city hall found in the po-
lice commission rooms and was about to
burn, were discovered by the engineer
just in time to prevent their being
quences, if such thing had happened,
are unpleasant to think of.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
1t Still Hangs On

1t is extremely probable that the
Cloque-W ashburn case will not be fin
ished much before Friday next. Yester-
day was spent in arguing law points.
The attorneys in the case have already
written out what they want embodied
in the judges charge to the jury. One
side has thirty-seven points and the
other thirty-three.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
There's No Danger.

A petition resulting from the small
pox scare and asking that the Irving
school be closed has been refused by the
board of health as they consider that
there is no danger in continuing the
school. The woman, Mrs. Partlow, is
doing nicely, and the child shows no
81 gnS of the disease as yet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
The Cardozo Failure.

The schedule of the assets and liabili-
ties of Benjamin N. Cardozo, the
jeweler, who made an assignment re-
Gently, was fled in the district court
yesterday morning. The liabilities are
sl9.S35.55, mainly for jewelry and the
like, and the debts are not secured in
any way. The assets figure up $7,619.17,
as follows: Stock and fixtures, &c.
1921; cash on hand, s56:25; accounts
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
FAITHLEsS ALVA.
His Wife Tells Some Hard Stories
About Him,

About Him.
Mrs. Hattie Ross, residing at BOG
Fourth avenue south, filed papers in
the district court yesterday morning be-
ginning divorce proceedings against
Alva E. Ross, whom she married June
1, 1881, in this city. In her complaint
Mrs. Ross alleges that during the year
1884 her husband became acquainted
with one Rose Peary, whose face was
more lovable than her morals, and for
her left his wife to battle with the hard,
heartless world all alone. Ross visited
his wife several times between 1884 and
1887, Mrs. Ross says, and on such occa-
sions would beat her and call her vile
names. There are two children. and
these Mrs. Ross wants. Mr.. Ross does
not now reside in Minneapolis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
Get a Free Farm

From the 100000 acres of govern
ment land lately opened for settlement
in the Great Reservation in Montana.
You can take land in the Milk
River Valley, On the line of the st.
Paul, Minneapolis u Manitoba railroad.
Note: Sht rtest line to Butte.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

If it was not for the fact that the po-
lice commission controls one of the
most important factors in the city
government, the childishness, in
efficiency of the present board
would be quite amusing, but as it is the
acts of the commission are not amusing
because they exercise lamentable eff
feet on the business prosperity of the
city. The uncalled for and ineXcuSable
transaction of all general business and
investigation of charges against officers
in star chamber sessions is an injustice
tG the public, and the farce that has
been borne too long, and the way men,
bers of the board have allowed private
and personal feelings to interfere with
their public and official acts has placed
the board in anything but favorable
light before the eye of the public.
-
1t certainly looks as if the new build
ing inspector, George w. Ortf, was a
little previous in taking up the reins of
office yesterday when he has not yet
passed his examination, but that is
what he did. Ex-Inspector Bauman
will return to his old business of con-
tracing.
Strange as it may seem a council COM
mittee yesterday managed to approve a
real estate plat without going into eX-
ecutiye session.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18

SITUATION wanted by young Scandina-
~ Wan man to work for board ana go to
school; understands the care of horses an
cows. Address 1926 Fifth st. south.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
Female.
BUSINESS CHANCES.

II OUSEWORK-Germ girl wants wash
IL ing, ironing or housekeeping by the
day. % Fourth av. northeast I
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
MINNEAPOLIS WANTS.

Advertisements and subscriptions taken,
and the GLOBE on sale at W j. Hughes drug
store, corner Third avenue northeast and
Monroe street, Minneapolis
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18

EMPLOYMENT-S Situation wanted by an
IL honest Christian young man; tine pen
man; willing to work. Address l., 2912
Garfield aV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
An Entire Court HypnO tized.

A prominent physician, in speaking
about hypnotism, mentioned queer case
now puzzling the judges of Swedish
town. A young medical student brought
suit against a practicing physician in the
town for having hypnotized him several
times against his will, with the result
that his nervous system was injured and
his mind somewhat enfcebled. Several
witnesses appeared for the plaintiff, and,
to the astonishment of the Court, they all
appeared to be crazy, and gave the most
contrs dictory and astounding testimony.
Hereupon a medical gentleman came
upon the stand and still further astonished
the Court with the announcement that
his confrere, the defendant, had hypno-
tized the witnesses and made them say
Just whatever he liked. Finally the
Court adjourned the case and appointed
a commission to see if the entire crowd
were not crazy.-.St. Louis Star-,Sayings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

She was glad when pleasant little Miss
Baker, of the mail order, came to hcl
with long memorandum to fill, and
chatted brightly over the task, promising
before she was through to bring her a
lot of samples of reduced black dress
goods for her mother.
Then came her lunch hour, and on her
way back to the counter a visit to the
cashiers desk. Thursday was pay day land
being Thanksgiving, the day before was
substituted. As she approached the desk
she was struck by the expressions of face
in those who were leaving-some angry.
some detected, some scowling, Others al
most in tears-and she was not altogether
surprised when the amount was handed
to her sixty cents short.
"All right" said the cashier, frown-
ing, in answer to her look of inquiry.
"All salaries reduced ten per cent. from
the diapers down. Sign, please. Next"
And she was pushed away by those press
ing behind. The silver made her purse
sarcastically full, she thought, bitterly,
and it was fuller yet, when, later in the
day, she placed the sample from Miss
Baker in the same receptacle for safe
keeping.
When at last the long day was ended,
the ribbons replaced in their boxes, and
she stood on the street corner, waiting
for her car with the rich sealskin coat
almost covering her neat black dress, and
a pretty black hat crowning her golden
tresses. she felt herself fraud, and the
fat purse in her hand was but Of piece
with the rest of her toute ensemble.
Indeed, there was nothing about her to
suggest the working girl; she looked
much more like a rich young woman be-
lated in shopping. II was too late to
walk. and few fakes OF snow were fall
ing, which made the ride imperative for
the sealskin. Tessie promised herself
never to wear it again, as she boarded
>he crowded car, and felt that she must
stand while longer.
But beauty, becomingly dressed, has
charms to melt the heart of man, and a
distinguished looking gentleman, young
enough to be impressed by such charms,
gallantly offered ner his seat. She sank
into it with graceful thanks, and having
paid her fare, slipped her purse in the
fur coat pocket. People began to get
out, and presently she was able to make
room for the polite gentleman who had
vacated his seat in her favor. Having
done so. she looked straight out of the
window, as well-bred girl should do.
Two gentlemen on the other side of her,
men of substance, evidently, were talk
ing. A sentence caught her interest: Il
see Draper has sent SO, 900 to the suffer
ers by the Western floods"
'.Yes; what 4 public-spirited man
he is"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
sick at heart, she went home. There

sick at heart, she went home. There
had been fifty cents in the purse besides
the weeks salary. Not large amount,
it is true, but it represented hard week's
work, and it was much to her. "W-
must have chicken instead of turkey
for Thanksgiving" she thought. "Thc
worst of it is it will worry mamma So"
Mrs. Wilbur was watching for her at the
window. and opened the door almost be-
fore she reached the step.
"How cold it is Come in and get
dinner and then we'll bundle mp and 60
marketing for tomorrow. Why, what is
the matter, child!"
Tesse told her story of the lost purse.
"Maybe you dropped it. You know
the conductor, don't you!" suggested her
mother. We will 90 to the car stables
in the morning. Why, what is this"
and Mrs. Wilbur, who was searching the
| pocket of the sealskin coat nervously,
held upa gorgeous diamond ring, which
Tessie recognized as the one which she
had seen sparkling on the hand of her
polite friend Of the street car
''There was little slit in the lining of
the pocket, and it had slipped down."
explained her mother. 'out, how did it
get there? I never had such q ring, and
nobody else has worn the coat"
He picked my pocket: gasped Tessie,
':and the ring caught in the slit and
slipped off; and he seemed so nice and
gentlemanly; I'll never trust appearances
again!"
"He2 Who?' asked Mrs. Wilbur in
bewilderment; Tessie explained.
Eyes, that must have been the way OF
it. Well, well, take it to Mr.. Cold.
spring and ask him what to do about.
He knew your father, and will be ready
| to help US for his sake"
"a very fine diamond" said the
jeweler, when the plan was put into
execution. "Worth at least $500. OF
course, you can advertise it, but don't
think l would The thief is caught III
his own trap, and won't be likely 10
claim tie ring, since to do so would be
to court arrest as a pickpocket. think
you may rest content with having bought
fine diamond very cheaply, very cheaply
indeed"
And so the matter rested
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
Left-Leggedness.

A paper on "Left-leggedness" was reaG
before the British Association by DR..
W. K. Sibley, who said that Professor
Ball in "Le Dualisme Cerebral" speaks OF
man as a right-handed animal" Being
ngn' banded, it is popularity assumed
that ne Is 'lso right-lcgged, but this
does not appear - be the case. Stand
ing working with the ns,t hand. there
is tendency to use the left ,-a for bal.
ance. Many people find LESS exertiou II.
going round circles to the right than
in circles to the left. Race paths arc
nearly always made for running in
circles to the right. So the majority
of movements are more readily performed
to the right, as dancing, running, etc.
The rule in walking is to keep to the
right, and this appears to be almost uni
versal. 1t is more natural to bear to the
right. Of a large number of people
from the better educated classes asked
about the existence of the rule, only
sixty-seven per cent. males and tifty-three
per cent. females were awere of the rule.
The large majority obey it unconsciously
in walking. Crowds tends to bear to the
right. The left leg being the stronger,
it is more readily brought into action.
Hence troops start off with the left foot.
1t is the foot which is placed into the
stirrup of the saddle or step of bicycle
in mounting. So the left is the foot
which man takes off from in jumping.
In the experiments of Mr.. G. H. Dar-
win, blindfolding boys and telling
them to walk straight, the right-handed
one diverged to the right, and
vice versa. From measurements Of
DR.. Carson of the skeletons Of
the two legs, in 54.3 per cent. the left
was the longer, and 35.S the right. For
measurements of the feet, the author
collected the drawings and measurements
of 200 pairs, with the result that in forty
four per cent. the left was longer, in 81
per cent. the right, and in 34.5 per cent.
they were the same size. Measurement
at the first joint gave fifty-six per cent.
left larger, and at the irstep 1925 per
cent. From the table of the
figures it is observed that the left
foot is more frequently the
larger in the male than female sex, and
the percentage of feet of the same size is
greater in the female. The percentage OF
the right larger than the left is very con-
slant, whereas the numbers of the left
larger and those in which both feet were
the same size are much more variable.
Man, being naturally or artifcially right
handed and left-legged, tends uncon-
sciously to bear to the right; lower an
inals, on the other hand, appear nearly
always to circle to the left
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
THANKSGIVING PuIpits.

There were three public occasions in
the course of the year upon which the
New England clergy used to feel war
ranted in preaching politics; these were
Fast Day, Election Day"-which meant
the day on which a new Governor was in
augurated-and Thanksgiving Day. Few
such occasions were allowed to pass un-
improved. But the pews kept close
watch of the pulpit, and more stories are
told of those occasional sermons than OF
any others. Their humor is commonly
apparent at glance:
In DR.. Adams's book on "Thanks-
giving" a good story is told of the Rev.
DR.. Ely, of Connecticut. The good
doctor is described as one of the most
prudent, faithful, spiritual pastors of his
time. In season of great political ex-
citement, it was reported by persons
hostile to him that he had preached on
political subjects IN neighboring parish.
1t was thought proper to trace the report
to its source. The neighboring parish
was visited, and the inquiry made: "Did
DR.. Ely preach politics when here3"
Eyes"
"What did he say?"
"Well, sir, if he did not preach poll
tics, he prayed politics"
"What did he say!"
"Say? He said: Though hand Join in
hand, yet the wicked shall not 60 un-
punished
Another story told by DR.. Adams can be
referred to the thanksgiving pulpit with
fullest confidence. There was once elected
Governor of Massachusetts, a certain
worthy gentleman who had been voted
for as candidate year after year, but
who had always before been defeated.
Even when he was elected, he slipped in
by the narrowest of all majorities. The
minority no doubt felt that his admins
tration was a dispensation, and were
rather inclined to fasting than to giving
thanks.
The custom prevailed, whenever the
Governor issued his annual proclamation
for Thanksgiving, Of sending by the
sheriff of the county copy of the same,
on a large hand bill, to be read from
every pulpit, which document invariably
closed-as proclamations in Massachu-
SETS still do-after the signature of the
Governor, with the exclamation: "God
save the Commonwealth Of Massachu-
setts,"
On the year referred to the newly elected
4 l.. l.. Il
usual form. 1t is said that venerable
clergyman Of the old party laid the broad
sheet over his reading desk, and after
performing the professional duty of re-
citing it, with an i'll disguised aversion,
announced the official signature with an
intonation feebly marked by posnts of in
terrogation and surprise:
:'Marcus Morton, Governor? God save
the Common wealth of Massachusetts,! y"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
Grooming of Animals.

The generally accepted terms Of the
various groups of animals and birds &'e
as follows, according to an English
authority: A herd of swine, skulk of
foxes, pack of wolves, drove of oxen
or cattle, sounder of hogs, troop of
monkeys. q pride of lions, sleuth of
bears, band of horses, a herd of ponies,
a covy of partridges, nide of phcasants,
a wisp of snipe, school of whales, a
shoal Of herrings, run of fish, fight
of doves, muster of peacocks, siege
of herons, a building Of rocks, brood
of grouse. swarm of bees, gnats, flies,
ETC., stand of flowers, a watch Of night
ingales, cast of hawks, flock Of
geese, sheep. goats, etc, bevy of girls,
galaxy Of stars and Il crowd of men or
bows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
A Cure For Obesity.

Professor Schweniger, the German
doctor who gave Prince Bismarck a new
lease of life by curing him of his obesity,
is now one of the most influential men in
Berlin. His list of lady patients is as
long as the Unter den Linden drive, and
he asks and gets fees that turn the other
doctors green with envy. His system
consists principally of doing without
liquids No beer ar all, and the strain Of
doing without this is very nearly suf-
fcient to reduce German to skeleton; !;
no coffee, except once day small cup
full, very hot, and with no milk and one
lump of sugar, no tea and no water. If
the patient suffers from thirst she may
eat fruit, suck the juice of an orange or
mix the juice of lemon with few table
spoonfuls of water and drink it. When
the thirst becomes difficult to bear any
longer a cupful of boiling water, as hot
as it can be drunk, is allowed. 1t is
surprising to find, however, with what a
very small quantity of liquid one can ac-
custom ones self to live. At first Pro-
fessor Schweniger's patients protest loud
ly their inability to do without liquid of
some sort, but his invariable reply is:
Every well, madam; you can do as you
like, but don't expect to get thin" That
always reduces them to terms, and
though they find it difficult at first they
soon learn to live very comfortably on Il
few tablespoonsfuls of liquid in twenty
four hours and Joy to find their too, too
solid flesh beginning to decrease "visi-
bly," The German women are all prone
to flesh, and hardly are they out of their
teens before they begin to thicken
alarmingly and grow ponderous and un
wieldy. One of the leading actresses in
Berlin lies every afternoon for an hour
with cracked ice in a cloth wrapped
around her body to numb it so that she
can bear the lacing for the nights per-
formance, which is done by two muscu-
lar maids. .-NeaO York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
A New Nation.

IN the cool climate of southern Chill
the descendants of Latin races arc evolv-
ing a nation Of Spanish manners, but of
al ultra British degree of energy and
aggressiveness. A correspondent Of the
Cologne Gazette, who passed two years
in the uplands southeast of Valparaiso,
predicts that in South America Chilian
pluck will play the part which Yankee
enterprise has played in the northern half
Of the new world, but confesses that it
would be impossible to anticipate the
type Of the rising civilization, the nation
al characteristics of the modern Chilians
being as different from those of old Spain
as sea-lion of the Pacific is from a
Mediterranean seal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

SWIFT's SPECIFIC is simple vege-
table compound prepared from roots fresh
" gathered from the forests. The formula
was obtained from the Creek Indians by
the whites who had witnessed the won
derful cures of blood diseases made by
that tribe. 1t has been used since 1879,
and has been the greatest blessing toman-
kind in curing diseases of the blood, in
MANY instances after all other remedies
had failed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
THANKsGIvING1 IN THE OLD HOME

; Like the patient moss to the rifted hill,
The wee brown house is clinging.
A last years nest that is lone and still,
Though it erst was filled with singing.
Then feet were the childrens patterinS feet,
And their trilling childish laughter,
And merry voices We're sweet oh! sweet,
Ringing from floor to rafter.
The beautiful darlings one by one,
From the nests safe shelter flying,
Went forth in sheen of the morning sun,
Their futtering pinions trying,
But oft as the reaping time is DER,
And tie hoar frost crisps the stubble
They haste to the little home once more
From tn great worlds toll and trouble.
And the mother herself is at the pane,
With hand the dim eye shading,
And the flush of girlhood tints again
The cheek that is thin and fading.
For her boys and girls are coming home,
The mothers kiss their guerdon,
As they came ere yet they had learned to
.... roam,
Or bowed to the task and burden.
Over the doors worn sill they troop,
The skies of youth above them,
The blessing of God on the happy group,
Who have mother left to love them.
They we'll may smile in face of care,
To whom such grace is given;
A mothers faith, and mothers prayer,
Holding them close to heaven.
For her. as she clasps her bearded son,
With heart that's brimming over,
She's tenderly blending two in one,
Her boy, and her boyish lover.
And half of her soul is reft away
So twine the dead and the living
In the little home wherein to-day,
Her children keep Thanksgiving.
There are tiny hands that pull her gown,
2. And small heads bright and golden;
The childish laugh and the childish frown,
And the dimpled fingers folden.
That bring again to the mother breast
The spell of the sunny weather,
When she hushed her brood in the crowded
nest,
90 And all were glad together.
A truce to the jarring notes Of life,
The cries of pain and passion,
Over this lull in the eager strife,
Love hovers Eden fashion.
In the wee brown house were lessons taught
Of strong and sturdy living,
And ever where honest hands have wrought,
God hears the true Thanksgiving.
-Maryaret E. SangSter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
FireproOf Wood.

The recent discovery by New Eng
land chemist of cheap method OF dis
solving zinc by combining it with ny
drogen is regarded as most valuable
one. The product is soluti"1 called
zinc water, and has the property OF max,
ing wood to which it has been applled
absolutely freproof, and at a very low
cost. This discovery is likely to revolu-
tionize fire insurance, as we'll as to I'M
n..~selv decrease the loss by fire.