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Telegram-herald., 1889-09-17
AN EXHIBITION GAME.

The Grand Rapids Nine Again Downs
Manistee.
The exhibition game between the
home club and the visitors from Man
istee at the F0untain-st. Park yesterday
afternoon called ont small audience.
The Mauistee club is very good anna
teur organization and play very even
game. They We're unable. however, To
down the home niuc. The score was IS
follows:
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-17
WARNER DECLINES.
o Doubt Inst Night That He Had
Reached His Decision.

Reached His Decision.
WAsHiNGToS, Sept. 16.-Maj0r Warner
arrived IN Washington this afternoon
from Deer Park, and VIII remain in
the city for several days. While ne re-
fuses to confirm or deny the report
tina; he has declined 70 accept the posi-
ton of Commissioner Of Pensions.
there is no doubt ght that be has
declined IT,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
A Remarkable Fight.

The city of Constantine iu Algeris
has been making remarkable fight
against the crickets, which threatened
to strip the town of every bit of foliage.
These pests, which have been trying for
two years 10 turn Algeria into desert,
invaded the town in a cloud, and in q
few hours they were devouring all the
gardens, and even the interior of the
houses, the hospital and the prison
swarmed with them. 1t is we'll known
that the particular insect which IS
affecting Algeria does not fly high. In
order to keep out fresh arrivals the
citizens lost no time in SURF ounding the
entire town with fence of cotton cloth
about six feet high and over $4,000
feet long.
As soon as they had cut off the sources
of re- endorsements, every man. woman
and child began TO devote exclusive az
tention to the enemy within the walls.
Business was almost entirely suspended
and lawyers, merchants. magistrates
jew bankers, laborers, Mohammedan'
and Christians all went eagerly 70
work to kill crickets and save tho
gardens. The insects were killed ny
the hundreds of thousands, and INC
bodies of the slain were swept lns0
the river and carried out Of the CITY,
The town had no other thought Oh
business as long as there were any
crickets to be killed. At last inc
enemy was completely vanquished' anu !,
the half-destroyed gardens were sa'eu
from further injury. The war KEEP
the town busy for nearly week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

Mr.. Edmund Yates writes to the New
York Tribu.e that French sentiment is
now nearly extinct in Alsacc. But in
Lorraine everything is different; the
people still dctcst the Germans in their
heart and do everything in their power
to discomfort them. ''NIctz is as French
= city as Orleans or Roucn, in spite Of
the desperate efforts of the German
authorities to convert its inhabitants.
Everything is stagnant there, and there
are whole streets of empty houses, for all
the French who were able TO leave have
gone, and the only Germans who settle
there are officials. The officers of the
army cannot help themselves.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
4 Female Samson.

Mary Martin. a young woman who was
sent to the Kings County Penitcntiary.
has been transferred to the hospital at
Fiatbush. where the doctor, will cndeay-
or to find OUT the source from which she
has derived remarkable power, says the
New York correspondent of the Co'rser
.E1urad. She is timid and extremely sen
sitivc, hut possesses the strength of a
Samson. She is only four feet six inches
in height, small limbcd, and has the
hands of child of ten years. When ar
rested in Brooklyn she had torn up Il
lamp-post in the street, and it required
five officers To- arrest her. She WAS locked
up in an iron cell. and an hour later sur
priscd the desk sergeant by appearing ne
fore him. having ben, tine door bars and
crawled out. Al the prison -hc was
givcn the strongest cell. hui a few hours
later wa found airing herself in the prison
yard. Mary had snapped the bars Of her
cell door as if they had been sticks of
sealing wax. Warden Hayes gave orders
for the confinement of the female Samson
in one of the strongest cells in the
women's prison. Mary quietly submitted
to her transfer, and the following morn
ing the discovery was made that she had
again escaped. Shc was carried to an
other cell, and a special guard placed
over her. The girl escaped from the
cell by using her fingers as wrench for
the purpose of removing the nuts from
the ends of the lock bolts, afterward TAX
ing off the lock. She wouldn't remain
locked up, 50 Judge Moore RENTED her
fine and she was discharged. To- be again
arrested and taken 10 the hospital. Mary
can not account for her remarkable
strength.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
How Egyptians Water their CrOps

The summers in Egypt, in Syria and
in Asia Minor are almost rainless. /,
such climates the necessity of irrigation
is obvious, and the loss of the ancient
means of furnishing it helps to explain
the diminished fertility of most of the
countries in question. In Egypt evapor.
alton and ABSORPTION by the earth are 80
rapid that all annual crops require mi.
CATION during the whole period of their
growth. As fast as the water rctires By
the subsistence of the annual inundatiou
the seed is sown upon the still moist,
uncovered soil, and irrigation begins at
once. Upon the Nile to- day, just as i.
was thousands of years ago, one still
hears the cracking of the water wheels
through the whole night. while
the poorer cultivators occasionally
ply the simple "shadoof," or
bucket and sweep, laboriously raising
the water from trough to trough by as
many as six or seven stages when the
water is low. The bucket is of flexible
leather, with a stiff rim, and is emp.ed
into the trough, not by inverting it like
wooden bucket, but by putting the
hand beneath and pushing the bottom
up till the water all runs out over the
brim, or in other words. by turning the
vessel inside out The quantity Of
water thus withdrawn from the Nile is
enormous. Most of this is evaporated
directly from the surface or the super.
fetal strata, but Some moisture perco.
lates down and oozes through the
banks into the river again while a larger
quantity sinks till it joins the slow cur.
rent of infiltrat ion by which the Nile
water pervades the earth of the valley
to the distance, at some points, OF not
less than fifty miles.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
The Sources of Beautiful CoIors.

The Americon Druggist has formulated
a list Of the choicest colOrs used i'll the
arts. aS follows:
The cochineal insects furnish great
many of the very fine colors. Among
them are the gorgeous carmine, the Grim
son, scarlet carminc. and purple lakes.
The cuttlctish gives the sepia. 1t is the
inky fluid which the fish discharges in
order to render the water opaque when
attacked. Indian yellow comes from the
camel. Ivory chips produce the ivory
black and bone black. The exquisite
Pr,lssian blue is made by fusing horses
hoofs and other refuse animal matter
with impure potassium carbonate. This
color was discovered accidentally. Var
ious lakes are derived from roots, barks
and gums. Blue black comes from the
charcoal of tine vine stalk. Lamp black
is SCOT from certain resinous substances.
Turkey red is mud from the madden
plant, which grows in Hindostan. The
yellow sap OF a tree of Siam produces
gamboge; the natives catch the sap ia
cocoanut shells. Raw sienna is the natu-
raj earth from the neighborhood of Sien-
ma, Italy. Raw lumber is also m earth
found near Umbria and burnt. India
ink is made from burnt camphOr. The
Chinese arc the only manufacturers of
this ink, anG they will not reveal the Sc
cret of its manufacture. Mastic Is made
from the gum of the mastic tree, which
grows in the Grecian Archipelago. Bis
ter is the SCOT of wood ashes. Very little
real ultramarinc is found in the market.
1t is obtained from the precious lapisla-
zuli, and commands fabulous price.
Chinese white is zinc, scarlet is iolide of
mercury, and native vermillion is from
the quicksilver ore called cinnabar.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
NJ ID ONT.

"Gub," sail q stranger 20 loot5laci.
NJ LarncI sire. ''dida't YOU black ny
,lse> ,'crday'
- CUES, did"
Right over III that doorway"
sob, yes
"Wcll. when | paid YOU didn't I give
you five - gold piece, in mistake for
pennies,
mo! much you didn't
"Hc honest, now
~ an honest. Dye suppose that If
I'd %. my hands on So I'd be here now!
Now much, Id be tiuking for the plains
on pniaco car. with revolver on each
hip ana = lasSo over my right shoulder,
AMI by tomorrow you'd see in the papers
that I'll run across old Sitting Bull and
made him 50 tired that anybody could
pull! his nose. Made mistakc You
tc: =. !i.-......zL..!r:., frce PEssi.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

The editor Of the Popular iScience
MoathIy, in considering the idea of co,
operative management OF all industries,
remarks: ''Sociciy is becoming every
day more closely knit in the bonds Of a
common SYMPATHY; the seli-rospect Of the
average man is daily Increasing and pub
lie opinion is becoming At once more
rational and more humane What we
have chiefly to contend with to-day is
not the idlcncss or extravaganza of 4
few, but general lack of knowledge az
to the best methods of social co-opera-
lion -
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

Canon Farrar's visit to this country a
few years ago apparently impressed him
pleasantly, since he has sen. his son here
to complete his education. The young
man, vino is said not to resemble the
typical Engii,hman in appearance. Will
take scientific course at Lehigh Univer-
sity. aud will aftcrward take his degree
of civil engineer at the Rensselaer, Poly
.achnic Institute of Troy. New York.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
Died as lie Wished, Fishing.

Colonel John Walker, Of London'
Canada, who died while on sainioH'
fishing trip at Gaspc, Quebec, Cauaua'
recently had fulfilled in a remarAS0.'
manner the wish he uttered when n'
friend, Sir John Rose, of London, Lug
land, dropped dead in the act Oh H'rs
at stag in Scotland few years
Colonel Walker then said at his e'u''
when my time comes 1hope nay :.
catching % pound salmon. A i''..
received from Gaspe with details OIL n''
illness, says he was stricken with para.
sis lust after catching a 2l-pouud ISL
Ee never rallied. Colonel walker ~.
we'll known throughout Canada law
Ysrk World.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

-Four Maudara natives are about to APP
pear at the German Court as Ambassadors
from their African Sultan, who are said
to he marycls of intelligence, and with
a moral standard extraordinarily high.
Though they will dress in their own cos
tune, the etiquette Of the German court
cannot bc fore3onc, and so the regular
dress coat viii he worn over the African
costume
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
These are but a few of the fish wbic,

These are but few of the fish whic,
leave the water for a time. The COM
mon eel often travels considerable dis
lance in searching for more and deene,
water. Eels have been found Under
stones that have been dry for weeks,
yet when placed in water signs of !ifs
are Immediately made manifest. Thess
GELS are very interesting fish and no one
has been able to distinguish between thu
male and the female, and but little i,
known about their mode of reproduc.
ton; yet each springtime swarms Of
tiny cells are seen to swim up the fresh
brooks, showing that they have been
born.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

The people Of the United States lose
millions of dollars yearly by the destruc-
ton by fire of flimsily constructed build
ings. Moreover they pay out hundreds
Of thousands of dollars in the support of
fire departments. Fire and Water states
also that the valuc of the fire apparatus
and the building devoted exclusively 10
purposes of fire protection amounts 10
the large sum of e3S. 644,7 55.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

The MRgacturr,' RreorI believes that
the whole country is "entering upon 4
great speculative period Of advancing
prices, when We will probably see the
most active times ever known in the
financial and speculative history of The
country. The South will take a very
prominent part in these Matters
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

Il is said that the British Government
has refused TO allow the Pacific squadron
to interfere in the Bchriu% Sea difficulty.
Canada, it says, must settle tho difficulty
herself. The evident intention of the
home Government is to throw the colony
on IFS own resources.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14
Che mfeklp Alesser,gRr
Published Weekly
AT
St M aYtinsviile, l. a.
BY
EASTIH a. BiENVENU.

There ere altogether about 1000
Arabs in this country. and not ten per
cent. of them have a settled home or any
other means of support than peddling.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-14

Queen Christina of Spain has COM
posed lullaby fox her son. II i. adj
mired by the whole of Madrid.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
West Side NOtatiOns.

Several weeks ago horse confined in
the Eagle street pound was taken out
during the night and was not seen again
until yesterday when Poundmaster
John Costello ran across the animal in
possession Of a man namel Will
lam Derndt, who turns out to
be the owner, and to have
caused the removal of the animal from
custody during the night subsequent to
its taking up. The horse was returned
to the pound and Derndt will be called
upon to put up for his temerity on Mon
day morning.
Rev. J. B. Halsey, one of the young
preachers who will receive ordination
ON Sunday morning at Christ church,
breaches his initial sermon at the
Church of the Ascension this evening.
Rev. McAfee will preach at the West
minister Presbyterian church.
The officers of the newly organized
lodge of the Legion of Honor in West
..St. Paul are as follows: B. F. Lotta,
commander; T. s. Hayes, vice COM
mander; G. l.. Scofield, post COM
mander; Oliver Thibauld, secretary; j.
Ii. Day, treasurer. A successful career
for the new organization is assured.
A slashing game of ball was played
yesterday afternoon on the flats for $40
side between the West Side Colts and
Quicksteps. After hard-fOught con-
test, in which the features were the
pitching of Burke and the battery work
Of Lightner, the Colts walked away
from their opponents, beating them by
score of 80 to 6.
A large number of West side people
have been in attendance at Red Rock
during the week.
Several excursions will leave this
morning for Lake Johanna. Popular re-
sorts in the vicinity will come in for a
share of the patronage.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
BUILDING is BOOMING.
Despite Business Depression the
Year Will Show Up Well.


Year will Show Up Well.
s'This has been very busy building
season." said Building Inspector john
son yesterday. ''In fact. it has ex-
ceeded my expectation" he continued.
''and, no doubt, the expectations of
many others, the general business de-
preston being considered. Our per-
mits for building improvements during
the month of May aggregated 81, 229, ,545,
and for the month of June will be
s1,00O,O0O. 1 think we shall do nearly
as we'll as any season before,
but we will not get in SO many
large buildings as last year. the struct-
ures erected being mainly tenements.
dwelling houses and medium-sized
stores. The aggregate value Of the I'M
proyements may not be quite so large
as last year, but the number of build
ings will be much greater. In the
branch of dwelling houses and three
story buildings the business will be
ahead of any previous season. During
May 49O dwelling houses were erected,
and over 400 will be put up this month,
giving us an average of nearly twenty a
day."
1acC CnaG Tile OWcc SuOWluS lOl ldSt yCdl
includes the New York Life,
the Germania insurance build
ing, the Pioneer Press build
ing, the Endicott block and several
apartment house and residence on st.
Anthony hill, which were practically
built this season. though the permits
we're taken out in 1855. So far this sum-
mer the only large building for which
permits have been issued are the Ger
mania bank. STE, 600; the Barteau apart
ment block, $4,000; and w. j. Cutters
block, $4,000, with the new opera
house, at probable cost OF 100000, in
SIGHT. Notwithstanding these facts, the
receipts have nearly equaled last year.
"The seasons building" added MIR.
johnson, twill be a stimulus to every
industry in the city, and will encourage
other branches of trade"
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30

9:15 Friday evening at his late home on
West Sixth street. Mr.. Lunkenheimer
was forty-seven years old, and a resi-
dent of this city for the past thirty-six
years. He was deputy sheriff
eight years and held other re-
spOnsible positions in the
pioneer days of the state. He leaves
four children, three sons and one
daughter. the youngest of which is but
s months old. The funeral will be held
at l 80 this afternoon from the residence
on Sixth street, and at 2 o'clock the
cortege will move from the Assumption
church to Oakland cemetery, Rev.
Father Bernard will officiate. The pail
bearers will be Adam Fetch, Joseph
Dreis, P. Rasmanerth. Jacob Hoffman,
d. L. C0rtean and Nicholas Wagner;
Sheriff Bean and his deputies willat-
tend in a body. s
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
A Legal Row.

Justice McMurtin went to White Bear
yesterday to secure change of venue
to another court than that of Justice
Clarke, of that city, in the case of E. s.
Jones VS.. Edward A. Robart, he being
attorney for the plaintiff in said
case. "A dispute arose over the
amount due Clarke as his fee in
the case, he demanding s., when
the amount he is entitled to under The
law is but S2. The st. Paul man blandly
pointed out that the charge was ex-
orbitant and unlawful. whereupon the
irate local justice blankety BANKED
everything in general, and st. Paul men
in particular, adding that he had been
bulldozed by these st. Paul fellows, and
wouldn't stand any more of it. Patience
ceased to be virtue, and slapping
down the lawful amount of the fee Mr..
McMartin politely requested the black
eyed Justice to go to Gehenna, anG left
the office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
THE ARCADE OPERA HOUSE
Not Affected by the Strike-.-Will
Be Completed by November.

Not Affected by the strike. Ill
Be Completed by November.
One of the contractors for the stone
work on the new Arcade opera house
stated yesterday that the heaviest and
most difficult portion of the work had
been completed, and that in the ordi-
nary course of events the structurewould
be complete in every detail by the latter
part of November.
'Some people think" he said, ''that
the stonecutters' strike has affected the
progress of the work here. Such
is not the case. The rock in
which we have been working is
limestone, over which the union
has no Jurisdiction. The men can work
. in limestone as they please, for what
amount they consider fair remuneration
for their services, and as many hours a
day as they choose. We have now fifty
men working, and we are showing things
along rapidly. the remaining portion
of the structure will go up good deal
more rapidly than have the foundations,
which are the most massive by long
: odds in the city, aud l should say, in
the Northwest. 1t is also safe to say
THAT no building in the United States has
IA more solid site. There have been
Several changes in the plans of more or
sless importance. Architect Burlington
Twas here this morning, and we shall
know more about that on Monday morn
ing"
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
TALES OF THE WEST SIDE.
An Evident Attempt at Iucendiarism on
Friday Morning.
LEGAL ROW OVER A FEE
The West Side Very 0rderly---News
and Notations Of Every
Kind.

An ate mpt was made at 2:3O on Fri
day morning to set fire to the Langevin
hotel, large frame building on State
street, corner of Garfield avenue. A
large number of families in
habit the building, and a fire
occurring therein is almost GER
tain to result In great loss of life.
The flames were discovered by Ser
geant Sullivan while making his rounds
on the morning referred to. and but for
his discovery would without doubt have
of its occupants. No clue has been OBJ
tanned to the perpetrators of the out
rage, but hopes that they will be dis
covered are entertained.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
This Is an orderly Ward.

But for the persistent rustling of one
of the West side police officers on FRI
day night the charge sheet at the Ducas
street station would have been an ach-
ing void. For twenty-fOur hours there
was not an arrest, and things be-
came so monotonous that Lieut..
Rouleau went out on a voyage
of discovery, and patrolled the vicinity
for several hours in vain effort to
break the spell. A thorough and sys-
tematic search of every barn and box
car in the ward was indulged
in. but without avail: the same
report came in from all quar-
ters, they had drawn blank.
Just as the first gray streaks of dawn
shot athwart the eastern sky, Sergeant
Sullivan, with smile of grim satisfac-
tion upon his countenance, yanked open
the screen door and exclaimed, 'I've
got one." One seventeen-year-old vag
had been captured. and the spell was
lrOken.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30
SEAT OF TIE WAR.

Ready to Buy South st. Paul
Bonds-News of Stockyardville.
NJ. F. Lienau, city treasurer of South
st. Paul, has filed his bond for $1OO, 900.
His sureties are: Hon. Albert Scheffer,,
C. H. Lienau and Adam Decker. The
treasurer's bond has been accepted by
City Attorney SCHOOL,, of South St.
Paul, which appears to be all that is
necessary under the law.
1t has leaked out that at least one
official of South st. Paul has been no
tilted by the Cleveland parties who
bought the bonds of that city, that their
attorney has found all the proceedings
connected with the issue of the bonds
legal, and they desire that the bonds
be prepared and signed as soon as pos
sible. In fact, they intimate that they
know of efforts having been made to
prevent the issue. and they say they
will hold the stockyards city respon-
sible for the performance of it's part
of the contract. Since the recent sllak-
ing up of political bones. it is not likely
that any of the South st. Paul funds
will be misplaced. The contending
will fight for the right.
SS
Editor Burns, of the Weekly Herald,
and Editor Graves, of the Weekly
Times. each seeking the honors of 70
menting political strife, and each ready
to transfer plant to South st. Paul for
a good and sufficient consideration.
But the warriors didn't respond. Their
ardor waned with waiting, and the stock
yards business man said: I'VE want no
political paper; we want nothing more
than market report" They have
that and nothing more, and the st. Paul
dailies cover the field without trouble
or expense. No new paper until next
eIection-eighteen months hence.
The South st. Paul butchers have
challenged any one to contend with
them in beef dressing contest to be
held at their picnic at South st. Paul on
the Fourth of July. They particularly
desire to contend against Minneapolis
parties, and have put up 500 cash to
Show their good faith.
The government farms at South Park
are almost completed, and the terry
there is In active operation.