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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
The Girl Who Is Betrothed.

ltUIn.
Have you ever noticed what differ
ence there is in girls manner when
she gets engaged to be married? She
1lirts as much as ever, of course. and
even a little more. for it seems as
though a semi-appropriated damsel has
more charms for the male tlirts than
those whose hearts have not capltuated.
The difference les in the manner 20
other girls of the enga ged ones. Even
the gentle>t and incest assume slight
airs of superiority, as though, the prob
lem of settlement in life having been
settled for them. thev were now compe-
tent To guide and advise all other young
women.
ii the fiance be young and handsome,
they are generally too much absorbed
in him to pay much attention To any
one else; but if he be iniddie-aged and
very rich. they find abundance OF leis-
ure to place at the disposal of Their
friends. This they employ principally
in discussing their own prospects, set
thing what color their liverieS shall be,
and in arranging the various details of
their establishment. Bat Il little ego
tism is pardOnable at such time. and
they are seldom So wholly occupied
with their own concerns as 10 forget to
quietly pdiTbillLe luclr girl ITlPilUS.
You must marry well. Lucy. You
shall come and stay with me,and wewill
see what can lie done" Or, MARY, you
must give up young Browne. He will
not be able to give you carriage for
wears and wears. if eyer shiI have
dark, tan-colored liverie5 picked out
with crimson" etc.
The IL ANYTHING occurs to break oil
the engagement and the girl sinks back
into the ranks of the unen Gagged, her
position is all the more diSagr cable if
she has put on Il lpt of style during her
betrOthal. But perhaps. the girl who
is slaviS ly in love with her fiance is tn"
greatest bore of all. Has not Edmund
glorious eyes? Have you ever looileu
deep into them? Have you ever no.
ticed the way his hair curls just abnve
his ears?' Or: as rot my Georges
voice charming? So musical aid we'll
hred?" One gets very tired of this
kind of thing. We have had an en-
gagged girl staying here for the last
week. and though we have never seen
her young man we detest his very
name, so necessarily does she chatted
about him. My Archi e'' is dinner
into our ears all day long. l should
often like to hit that girl.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26

this should be worth noting shows what
barrenness of simple comfort. what
state apartment aspect generally pre-
walls, The lounge at the foot of the
bed is Southern custom. There are
whole states at the South in which IL
would be safe TO wager there could not
be found single respectable head-0f-
the-family bed without its accompany
ing lounge.
MRS. BEEKMAN's BEDROOM LOUNGE.
Mrs. James Ill. Beekman, one of the
noble -Four Hundred" has her lounge
very long, low and broad. 1t is covered
with salmon-cOlored uncut velvet, and
piled with enticing cushions covered
with velvet of salmon color and blue.
Mrs. Beekman's room. as you will infer
from this, is an agreeable contrast to
the inhuman splendor of which | hive
been complaining. 1t is light and bright
and pleasing. The windows are cur
tanned with pink and blue silk. with
lace underneath.
Her toilet table is beauty. 1t would
make any tluly womanly woman's heart
ache with envy. All the thousand aud
one appointments are in the daintlest
repouSse silver. One woman, In guSh-
ing about it, said, as comforting the idea
of the utimatum of fascination, that
you never could guess what half the
things were for. There are big boxes
and little boxes and low flat boxes, like
bonbOnnieres, and high pointed boxes
and things like pepperstands. and bot
ties and trays and tricamadoos gener-
ally. Of course the brush and the tor
toise-shell comb are silver-baclled, and
the oval mirror is framed in richest sill
yer. All the chairs in this pretty room
are easy chairs. There's the little white
enameled rocker decked with bows of
pink, and cushioned with silk of the
same hue. There are square, low,
rOOmy chairs of gilded wicker backed,
and seated with cushions of eider-d0Wn
covered with pink plush.
A big wood fire sputters and SparkleS
under the carved wood mantel, and in
front of it lies white fur rug. On one
end of this is heaped a pile of cushions
nearly yard square. and covered with
pale blue and salmon silk and plush.
You can accept it as safe criterion
That the more cushions you find i'll a
wOman's bed room or bOulOir. the more
comfort she gets out of life and the
sweeter and more amiable you'll find
her
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26

worker and very practical man, who
believes i'm getting as much money
as he can out of bis books.
He is the head and front of the
Incorporated Society Of Authors, who
are banded together to protect them
selves against the grinding publishers,
with whom the authors OF other days
had so much trouble. Besant is popular
almost everywhere in London. You
may find him now in West End draw
ingroom or in swell club, or you may
meet him again in the slums about
Whitechapel, or in his "Palace Of
Pleasure" He is as much at home in
one place as in another, and seems to
have as many friends in one as the
other. Taking IL all in all, he occupies
a very pleasant position. He has made
money, he has won lasting reputation
in difficult field, and has succeeded be-
yond his widest hopes where failure
might have been looked for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
Holidav Excursion Rates.

The Northern Pacific Railroad will
sell excursion tickets to points in Min
nesota. Dakota and Montana during the
holidays at the low rate of one fare and
third for the round trip. Tickets will
be ON sale Dec. oath, 18th and 3lst and
Jan. 1st, good to return up to and in
Guiding Jan. Sd, affording favora bic
opportunity for holiday visiting. Re-
member that the Northern Pacific is the
only line running Pullman sleepers and
dining cars into Northern Minnesota and
Dakota. and that it is the short line to
CrOokston and other points in Mime
sofa, North Dakota and Montana. For
further particulars inquire of G. e.
Stone, ticket agent, 162 East Third
street, st. Paul, or q. f. Mcneil, 10
NicolIet avenue, Minneapolis, Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
An American Girls Success.

Paris letter to the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
An. American girl. Miss Risley. of
Texas, went upon the lyric stage some
seven years ago and has just arrived in
Paris to 20 over the principal roles OF
her repertoire in French with her orig
inal professor, Nine. MarcheSi. She
has charming contralto voice. and
when she first visited Paris six years
ago, Nj. Carvalho. then director of the
Opera Comique, was very anxious to en-
gage her for his lheater. But she had
Just signed contract with the opera
house at Pesth for period of six years,
and there she has been singing
ever since and singing in
Hungarian. She has just closed her
engagement and has now come to Paris
TO make arrangements for the future.
She visited the Wild West Show the
other uay and was altogether enchanted
with the buclIing horses, in which she
declared she recognized the mustangs
of her native State. As soon as the per-
Torrance was at an end she sought out
Major Burke to ask him il the animals
in question were not Texas mustangs.
He told her that they were, and she
thereupOn begged to be conducted to
the stables, where. in her enthusiasm.
she kissed every one of the horses then
and there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
FEDERAL SCANDAL.
Investigation Of the Duluth Land
Frauds shows Either Fraud or
CareleSSneSS.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The investi
CATION now i'll progress at the general
land office in relation to the fraudulent
patent for valuable iron lands near Du-
luth is nearly completed, and the teSti-
mony taken shows either a fraud un-
paralleled in the history Ofthe Office, or
inattentiOn, careleSSneSS and incompe
tency amounting almost to criminality.
1t shows beyond question that the en-
try of this land was examined and APP
proved for patent by Douglas, the clerk
in charge of such matters, while cOntrO-
verSy involving the same land was
pending before the secretary, and while
a written protest and caveat against the
patent. signed by James K. Keddington,
representing adverse claimants, was
actually lying before him with the
other papers. 1t is further shown that
after the entry had been SO approved,
it was taken out of its reg ular order
and sent to the patenting division of
the Office, where it was
RUSHED THROUGH TO PATENT
in four days, ahead of thousands of
other cases entitled to patent III regular
order and ahead of hundreds of such
patents actually written out and ready
for signature. 1t further appears that
the patent was recorded instantly upon
its delivery to the parties interested.
and that several cOnveyanceS were also
recorded with evident intent to put The
record title in the hands of OStenSible
third parties. The grave question now.
aside from the punishment of any of
the offenders within official reach. is
how the title thus frauduiently obtained
can be reclaimed by the government.
1t is probably impossible to Yacate the
fraudulent title without suit by the
United States under direction of the
the attorney general. This, it is be-
lieved, will be one result of the investi-
cation. What will be done in other di-
rectionS remains to be seen. The expos
uTe Of this scandal has greatly excited
attorneys and others interested in land
matters. If such operations are posi-
BILE there is no security for honest claim
ants or reputable attorneys, and an en-
phatic demand is made for protection in
the future by thorough reorganization
of the personnel and change in the
methods of the office.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
sTRoNG-MINDED FEMALES.
Women Who Want to Vote Call a
Convention.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Pa call tor the
tweDty-second annual convention of the
Woman Suffrage ASSOCIATION. to meet
here Feb. Is to 81, has been issued. 1t
recites the progress made in behalf of
woman's suffrage during the past years,
and says: 1.-THE steps of progress al
ready achieved should encourage the
timid and the brave to renewed efforts"
Each state Woman Suffrage association
is asked to increase its membership in
order to prepare for the most efficient
work possible. 1t is also urged that
every state society, whether it has hith-
ertO been auxiliary to the National or to
the American Woman Suffrage assocla-
ton, or to neither, become auxiliary
now to the united society, elect its rep
resentative on the national American
executive board, and seEd delegates to
the annual meeting at Washington to
plan for organized and united labor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
SOME CHANGE is NEEDED.
Premier Mercier, of Quebec, Sizes
Up the Canadian Situation.

Up the Canadian Situation.
New York, Dee. 25.-H0nore Mer-
cier, prime miaister of the province of
Quebec, who is in this city on his way
TO Salem, Mass, where he is to address
an assemblage of French Canadians
Monday evening, in an interview To-
day on the present political situation in
Canada, said: There is not much talk
of annexation just now, but there is a
general feeling in favor of some polit-
lcal change. There is, however, a re-
spectacle portion of the community in
favor Of maintaining the present con-
ditiOn of affairs. As concerning the
proportion of Canadians in favor
of the continuance of the pres
ent political system, cannot
say exactly, but ] believe they
are quite numerous and important. so
cially, politically and financially. Those
who favor a change are divided between
three SchemeS-imperial federation, an
neXatiOn and independence. Very few.
believe, outside the ultra royalists are
in favor of imperial federation, and |
may add that there are but few real
Canadians, either French, English.
Scotch or Irish, in favor of the scheme.
Of course Sir JOnn A. Macdonald, the
prime minister of Canada, who is a
Scotchman by birth, is in
FAVOR OF THE SCHEME.
Of the French Canadians you could
not find 10000 to speak in favor of inn
perial federation. | need not add that
i have no faith at all in the success of
the scheme, the general feeling among
the immense majority of Canadians be-
ing in the opposite directiOn-that is to
say in favor of separation from Eng
land. The date of that separation is
the secret of history and will depend
very mnch upon questions of tariff,
fisheries and others of a general i'm
portance, concerning, perhaps, mOre,the
relations between Canada and the
United States than the relations be-
tween Canada and England. After
imperial federation comes the ques-
ton of annexation. There is no
doubt respectable mum Der ofCanadians
favorable to annexation. 1t is no use
denying the fact. Those who do 1T are
either ignorant or hypocriteS. As tOthe
proportion in favor of the scheme. that
question cannot be answered, no votes
having ever been taken and there being
no practical means of ascertaining pub
lie opinion on the subject. Then come
those who favor independence. | be-
1ieye they are very numerous. and that
they form the most important portion
from certain points of view OF our pOpp-
latl0n. They are important socially.
politically and financially, and they re-
cTuit themselves in great part from
the young men, who have naturally mort
liberal tendencies and greater diSpo-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPITAL.
Not a Single Wheel of the Fed
eraI Machine Moved.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Christmas
day here opened up rainy. Suisse
quently the rain ceased. but it remained
cloudy and damp. The weather, how
ever, had but little effect on the re-
ligious observances of the day. Serv-
ices were held In most of the Catholic
churches as early as O'Clock in the
morning, and continued during the day
until noon. In the Episcopal churches
services were also held. while in other
Protestant churches services in honor
of the day were more or less general.
All the churches were we'll attended.
In official and business circles the day
was strictly observed, all the govern.
ment departments, the capitol and bus
mess houses being closed. None of the
afternoon papers published editions.
Places of amusement were very gen.
orally patronized in the afternoon, all
the theaters giving matinee perform
ances. The president passed the day
at the White house surrounded by his
family. He did not attend service in
the morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
kussia's Great Novelist.

Once Week.
Count Tolstoi. the famous Russian
novelist, Is a keen-eyed, serious-lolk-
ing, earnest-mannered man of COM
handing presence, with bald, broad
forehead and patriarchal white
head. He is rising twO-and-siXty, and
is one of the few who really practice
what they preach. He lives in the top
garnet of his former palace, the state
apartments being occupied by poor
peasant families, anu he spends most of
his time in agricultural labor, harrow
ing and moving or mending the huts of
the peasant women who are widows.
He receives his visitors in apostolic
fashion, acting as their servant and at
tending to their wants himself, nor does
he stop repairing the Ooots of the neigh
boring beggar folk while discussing the
sterner problems of life with arch
bishops and cabinet ministers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
THE BOSS" RAILROAD.
reorganization Of the Cincinnati.
Baltimore q Washington Road.

CINCINNATI, Dee. 25.-The plans for
the reorganization of the Cincinnati.
Baltimore AZ Washington railroad are
all completed. A temporary directory
has been agreed upon. The capital stock
is to be s5,O0J,O9O. The company will
be known as the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, AMI with the initials B.
o. ). it will doubtless soon be known as
the Boss railroad, lnaSmuch as nick
names are often more convenient than
the real names of railroads. 1t will be
operated as division of the Baltimore
y Ohio, which owns a controlling
interest in the stock. Gen. Or
land Smith is to be president
and Capt. w. W. Peabody will be
vice president and general Superinten-
dent. Capt. Peabody for a long time
held a similar position on the road, and
his return will be pleasure to all of
the old employees. j. II. Stuart, the
present general manager, has rendered
his resignation, but it has not yet been
accepted. The reorganization goes into
effect Jan l..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26

sition for independence. They aie
proud to call themselves Canadians, but
would be much preuder to call them
selves so if they were members of one
of the Independent, nations of the
world. This sentiment cannot be con-
sidered as hostile to England or the
English people. or to the queen. Cana
dianS are generally satisfied with the
relations they have had with England
lately"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
BUYING A l1IVAL TOWN.
Novel Method OF Campaigning for
County Seat.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 25.-A county
seat election is soon to be held IN Raw
inns county, in the northwestern part of
Kansas. Two towns are competing for
the honor of being the seat of govern
ment-Atwood and Brakeman. The
latter town has inaugurated a novel
method of campaigning. A fund has
been subscribed TO buy all the houses
i'll Atwood and move them to Blake
man, and thus depopulate its rival.
Forty-seven dwelling houses and stores
have already been purchased and
moved to Brakeman, and the purchas-
ing committee are negotiating for a
majority of the remainder. The people
of Atwood are said to be hard up and
quite willing TO dispose of their houses
at a fair price. The Brakeman purchas-
ing committee is backed by railroad
and town company, and finds no ditfi-
Guilty in raising the necessary funds.
The Brakeman people are confident of
success at the coming election.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
Paul Morton Quits the 20. %

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-General Freight
Agent Paul Morton, of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad, has re-
service of the company Feb. 1. Nor
toms successor as general freight agent
OF the Burlington & Quincy will be
Thomas Miller. at present general
freight agent of the Burlington & Mis-
souri, river at Omaha. Mr. Miller, it is
understood, will be succeeded by George
II. Crosby,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
An Important Clause.
SPECIAL to the Globe.

Z IittJdl 10 IIt UIUUt.
ROCHESTER, Dec. 25.-Mayor Porter
and the city recorder signed yesterday
the bonds Of the Rochester & st. Paul
railway, which were voted to it by the
city of Rochester last October. There
has been trouble over them ever since
they were voted, the city council OPP
posing the issuing of them Unless
clause was embodied in the bonds that
competing line to the Chicago s. North
western, as the Rochester & st. Paul
Railway company stipulated in the
proposition to the city. The bonds,
however, as issued yesterday did not
contain the clause,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
"A Famous English Novelist.

London Letter to Indianapolis News.
Personally Besant is striking look
ing man. He wears luxuriant beard,
which covers most of his face. His fea-
lures are regular, and he has splendid
broad forehead. Large eyes look out at
you from under heavy eyebrows and
through gold-rimmed eye glasses. His
whole appearance is that of an earnest,
intellectual man. lie has .one of the
best libraries in London, in which he
takes an especial pride. He is a hard
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
Architect windrim win Retire.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-It is whis-
pered that before long the treasury de-
partment will have new supervising
architect. The p resent incumbent, Mr..
James WIndrim, it is understood, does
not care to retain the position, in fact
he cannot afford it. He did not seek
the place in the first instance, and only
yielded to the pressure of his friends
when he consented to accept it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
CH,oice Taan4l-yaade creams.

Delicious Buttercups, Fine Caramals,
Elegant Chewing Tafy, Fresh Cream
and Burnt Almonds, all fresh daily. Nj.
j. McFadden IL Co., 100 East Seventh
street
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
ANNOUNCE: NsENTS.

u t-...JN >J4.CE- 80 AN "A s.,
Il meeting of the stockholders of The
Peoples sank of st. Paul will be held at It's
banking Office. on TUESDAY, Jan. i4th, be-
ween } N. and p. III. for the purpose
of eiecting directors for the ensuin; year.
Il. Il. Moore, Cashier.
I'M ii $50 rZrtiI Al \ :
IN st Paul Division No. ,. iifp-m tank
social hop at *. P. hall, IS East FIN street.
Friday evenin. .l1th. Friend inv ted
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
UTES ARE DISAPPOINTED.
Uncle Sam Has Broken His Prom
iSeS to Them.

Q uCIt Sttih HIS DFOAVII IT'S L TUIII
iSeS to Them.
DENVER, Col. Dec. 25.-The South
ern Ute Indians have just held a coun-
ell of the three tribes relative to the
treaty made by them last year for their
removal to Utah. They don't under
stand why the treaty has not been car
ried into effect. They were unani-
mouSly in favor of the removal, and re-
solved to ask the Indian department for
permission to send delegation of In
dams TO Washington To urge the ratlti-
cation of the treaty. They want to be
heard in answer TO the objections made
by the Indians Rights association to the
treaty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Masonic.

A stated communication of Ancient
Landmark Lodge No. ), A. +. & i. NJ,
will be held this evening.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
SURPRISED

AT the saving you make We have no leaders bats to
offer merely blind the public Our Booksa well all other
give you something for nothing When you can buy an
article of any house for ten that cost fifteen be careful
what the item will you We have broken the
ELS back have been selling Books and propose to
keep up the good work. Be and before buying
which will cost nothing and it may be the Of
ing you money and make you happy
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81.

FOR FUNERALS.
Fine five-glasS carriages IIr funp ais. =.
john Grace Livery, 80 Eat Ain,n 81 t.
Telephone I2IS-2.