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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

Ju,r one hundred years have elapsed
since the inauguration in Europe Of the
high silk hat yciept the stoyepipe
and Tie centennial anniversary thereof
has been celebrated during the past
week by the haiters Of The old world
with ali the solemnity warranted by the
occasion According to the traditions
of the .'tiling, fraternity it was the
Quaker headgear Of Benjamin Franklin
which first gave to ;he Paris matters The
idea Of ''the stoyepipe and that led to
its adoption.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

REPRESENTATIVE OF ten OF the seven
teen nations participating IN the inter
national American conference signed an
agreement drawn up by the conference
for the settlement ~ arbitration Of dif
ferences and disputes between them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

THE United states Express Go. has
made a cut of from 10 10 - pei cent in
its employees salaries. The employees
held a meeting in Chicago and decided
10 .fax with the COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01
Grant County 8Frala,
WM. b. MINER, PROPRIETOR.

SAN FRANcIsCo was visited ii, an
earthquake Friday morning Beyond
cracking a few buildings and throwing
a bridge two feet ont Of line no damage
was done.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

THE United States supreme court
through Chief Justice Fuller, rendered
decision adverse 10 the constitutionali.
ty of the Iowa state law providing for
the seizure of liquor brought into the
state in original packages Such laws
the court holds. are an interference with
inter. state commerce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

a NEW daily, "The Evening Iele-
gram cf Superior comes to our table
seven column page paper. Il Is
neatly printed. well gotten up and
neNsy. Superior should extend q
hearty encouragement 10 the enterprise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-01

AHEAyY hail storm visited Baltimore.
Md, Sunday afternoon. Hailstones
measured two inches in diameter and
weighed four ounces. Many thousand
window lights were broken; teams ran
away, and others were abandoned in
the street to seek shelter
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-05
Gents Furnishin gs
UNDERWE

Mems Scarlet Medieated All Wool Shirts and Drawers,
All WOOL Double Front and Back Shirts and Ora
Mems All Wool Double Front and Back Shirts and
Mems Natural guaranteed sevenyfv per
Mems Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers
Mems Camel Hair Shirts and Drawers,
Mems White Merino Shirts and Drawers,
Mems White All Wool Shirts and Drawers, :
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
>I1UAFIONS OFFERED.
7Iaic.

Dor Wanted, a bright. active boy. about
ID II years old. with some experience in
business. Call Dental Depot, 5Sl and $50
Arcade Building
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
TO EXCHANGE.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES

DOR sALE-A fine family horse, perfectly
Il sound and gentle. Address P, Globe
TOR SALE-A nice two-seated sleigh;
i also Jump-seat sleigh. Address " Globe
OK ES wintered; best of accomod g.
IL tons; prices reasonable: only seven
miles out. \. r. Frost. Room lO, Frost
block
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

CANVASS ER>-ealary ana comm ission.
y Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.,
- West Third st.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

To TAILuKS-A rare chance to buy out
L a merchant tailoring estab lishment for
a little money. Address at once a. b. c.,
this Office
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

TrARPENTERS-T carpenters want
\ ed 81 once. I91 Western av., near Day
ron
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
z. Holloway. Aucfloncer.

IMPOaiAN AUCTION SAT- or new
Il furniture. The entire stock of the =.
n. Adler Furniture company, at 264 and
265 East Seventh ST., to be sold OF public
auction. commencing Thursday. Dec. IL, at
10 o'clock a. m. and continue from day to
day until all is sold The firm ; business NJ ust
be wound up at once, and the stock has been
placed in my hands to sell at public auction.
This elegant stock of goods consists of fur
is complete in every department. This will
be the sale OF the season. Remember have
S15.uu0 worth of furniture to sell al this
sale. Goods can be examined any time be-
fore day of sale. E. Holloway, Auctioneer
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
POPULAR WANTS.

The GLoBF's local circulation in the cities
If -. Paul aud Minneapolis : larger than
the circulation Of any other newspal er; and
Il has become the recognized " Ant Me dunn
for the Twin Cities.
WANTS are Inserted in the GLOBE under
classified headings according 10 the following
T.BLE OF RATES:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
AUCTION SALES.
kaEanagh Sc johnson. Auction
GERS.

DIG UNRESERVED AUCTION SALE
IL of Mother Of Pearl Pietures-Y ourseH
and LADY are invited to attend the big unre-
served auction sale Of mother OF pearl pict-
ures, to be held at Store No. lIu East Sew
enth ST., opposite Browning, King & Co. q
commencing Monday evening. Dec. 3. at
z :3u p. m, and continuing each day at and
Z 81 D. N until the entire stock is solo
The goods consist Of pictures OF all kinds,
sue b as mother of pearl, satin, etchings,
PAINTINGS and historieals. The stock is ali in
fine condition and first-class, ana will be sold
regardless Of value. as they are consigned 10
US by Chicago house going out Of business:
so II you want bargains in pictures attend
this sale. as never In the history of st Paul
has such all opportunity been offered for to
get such fine pictures at your own price.
kayanagh " johnson, Auctioneers.
DINE FURNITURE and Carpets at Pub
lie Auction-We will sell at public auc-
ton, in our salesrooms, Nos. 1-6 and lsS
East Sixth St. On Wednesday. Dec. 10. at 10
a. m. fine lot of household goods, consist
ing OF fine bedroom suits sideboards. easy
chairs. sofas, parlor suits. hall racks, hang
ing lamps, an extra fine lot of Body Brussels
and ingram carpets and rugs; parties in
search Of bargains cannot afford To miss this
sale. Kayanagh 4 johnson, Auctioneers,
1S7 and g East Sixth ST.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
PERSONALS.

AIRS. BRADLEY'S FACE VASE
w beauties the complexion. removes all
blemishes. Golden Rule, ST. PAIL; thinner
man, Tenth and Wabasha: Brill, Fifth and
Wa5asha: Hainert, Selby and Western avs
M KS. MARY A. TUSeEY treats ali
iu chronic and nervous troubles; mag
netic and massage treatments; sittings daily.
223 East Eighth St =
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

CUPEKFLOUo HAIR. moles, warts. cue.
- permanently removed by electricity Mrs
Baldwin. Suite 205, The Colonnade, corner
St Peter and Tenth; entrance on ST Peter
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
POPULAR WANTS.
CAN BE LEFT
INSERTION IN THE GLOBE:

F. VAN DUYNE. Druggist s2s East Sew
enth street.
A I. GUERNSEY Corner Dale and selby
Avenue.
?. L LIL.LYBECK. corner Seventh and John
streets
HOTEL RYAN DRUG STORE. 1913 Robert
street.
NJ C. LYONS Druggist 707 East Third
street, corner Bates.
MOUNTS & SAWYER, Grocers, corner Ash
land avenue and Dale street.
A. P. WILKES, Druggist 759 and 761 West
Seventh street.
BERKMAN q CO.. 422 Dakota avenua
E. FOX, 496 Rice street.
FRANK L. oSBURG 17S Western avenue.
D. n HAYES. AL West Seventh street.
HIPPLER & COLLYER, Druggist 1919 East
Seventh streeg.
JOHN FURLONG GROCERY COMPANY.
Corner Eighth aud jackson streets
WILKES PHARMACY. Seven Corners
NJ. D. MERRILL. Books and Stationery 442
Broadway.
HELLER's PHARMACY corner Tenth and
St Peter streets.
R. SCHIFFMAN & SON. Druggist corner
Third and Maria
A. LYONS. Druggist Corner Third and
Maria
Il. P. PETTIGREw corner Rice and Lyle
hart
W. NJ RICHARDSON. 76O waoasha
MRS. JENNIE CLINTON. 65l East Seventh
street
G. H WEBB, 566 Broadway
B. j. WTTTE. 527 Lafayette avenue
Y. a. HIRSCHER, 2s5 Rondo.
ROBES, Ale N. Exchange.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
miscellaneous.

TO EXCHANGE-Fine improved IaTm of
l. 1.2SO acres i'll Becker County, Mimi,
two and half miles from railroad station,
torders on lake of clear water. NJ farm
house, barns for 100 head of cattle. flowing
well, etc, etc. This place is equipped with
everything necessary to a first-class farm,
wagons. mowers, reapers, seeders, ETC.. etc.,
and contains % head Of registered cattle.
A splendid chance to trade city property.
Let Us know what you have at once. as owner
is now in town and win not refuse any
reasonable offer. Weatherby Il Hay, 4I5
Pioneer Press Building.
nOUS ES-For sale, Two six-room warmly
IL built houses. all modern, Nos. 295, 297
Chatsworth ST., near cable; terms to suit.
James O Mears & Bro. }sl} jackson ST.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
4. IN. NicoIay. Anctioneer.

TTWO ELEGANT WEST SrY NTH ST.
L Lots at Auction-A. 81. Nicolay will sell
at public auction on Thursday morning at Il
O'Clock, Dec. IL. 1885, at the .Nicolay Real
Estate Exchange. l4l East Fifth ST., between
jackson and Robert SITS, two valuable busi-
hess lots on Vest Seventh st, between Tus-
earora and Bayard av. This is big snap:
terms easy: sale positive, rain or shine My
real estate auction sale No. 7s7.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

NJ CLASSES IN DANCING.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
and 5 .. NJ. Central Hall, 9Th and Cedar.
Posfothce address. residence and private
Lessons IT T4e Dayton aY., Eear Grctto ST.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

No .'lin for iG" WantS VIII be received.
In every case the tige must lie specified, and
The money, according To above schedule,
must accompany the order.
- Advertisers VIII lieaSe designate the
heading under which they desire their
~ snts'' 10 smear
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
DYE WORKS,

= j. ROCHkX. y. W Steam DYE Works;
i Office, 4I6 Robert ST., Ryan block;
works, % and 81 Indiana aT
/ AMI>ON 81 o.. New York Steam Dye
y VI Orks; ladies' ana gents elothiug a spe-
cialty Il 4 est Sixth st
I AHLEk. Il MINFEI, Minnesota
IA Steam Dye Works. pa East Seventh St
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
PROFESSIONAL.

CLOTHING-Wanted to buy, gentlemen S
" secondhand clothing for cash. Address
"A GIoha
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
INSTRUCTION.

A So PER MONTtf-Sborthand even
n ing; Standard system; lessons day and
By mail Miss J. D. Hess, eighth floor, Pion-
eer Press Building.
"a PAY for one month evening school;
cD.J commercial or shorthand course Net
TopOlitau Business School, fourth floor, Pho
neer Press
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

IL. ment Bankers, loan money on i'm
proved property in ST. Paul and Minneap-
oils al per cent ''on or before" Offices,
New Pioneer Press Building. st. Paul and
Bank OF Minneapolis Building MINNEAPOLIS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
HfESEEAE..
WANTED TO Buy,

DIANO TUNIN6-SI. 80: iirst-class WORK
L guaranteed. Samuel E. Crutehett, 52J
Wabasha ST. Room ,: CITY references.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

EUkNirURE-S6oU buys the furniture
Il complete of an elegantly furnished pri-
vate modern fiat; the furniture cost SI,.iOu
and has only been used a short time Self &
Allyn. agents, Room 90. National German
American bank
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
BOARD WANTED.

DOARD-A young lady wishes board
ID reasonable rates; fifteen minutes from
court house. Address Y 4, Globe
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

DUPS-For sale, LleweIlvn setter pups
L wheIped Aug. 10, 1890, BIZ Gladiator
No. 1927. out of Countess E, No. Ie2DS;
also some wheIped Aug n, 1892, by Blue
Count V. No. 1909. out of Ice Palace
Beauty, No. 1026l: priZe-winnIng stock:
and a weH-trained, dark female ferret Ed
ward Edmunds IA West Third St, ST. Paul.
MINI.
CAFES AND OFFICE FURNITU RE
~ For sale, two fire-proof safes and Office
furniture at the Detroit Stove Works, zI3
East Third St, st. Paul, MINI.
SrOVE-For sale, one heating stove at 4ss
y jackson ST
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09
BOARD OFFERED.

BOARD OFFERED.
AT SHAkOPEE HOUSk-Is9 West
N Fourth St.-Best accommodations and
board in this city or state at 81 a day reduced
rates TO permanent guests cable cars passing
the door. j. Morrison.
RoARD-Nicely furnished rooms, with ex-
II ceIlent table board, and with every con-
venience. and very reasonable 20l East
Thir zenith st.
BOARD, with or without furnished rooms:
- furnace heat. gas, bath; prices reason
able 81 East Tenth.
RoARD-Nicely furnished rooms and
- board; furnace heat. bath, use of parior
and piano; terms moderate. al Sherman St
ROAKD-Nicely furnished rooms: furnace
y heat gas, bath and piano, at 226 East
Tenth ST
pOARD-Four rooms, we'll furnished. with
u excellent board at the Benediek. POO
Dayton, corner Summit.
N ORW0OD HOUSE-East Ninth and
" Wabasha-The best equipped boarding
house in the city; quick service, excellent
table, warm rooms; 81, $3.50, s. per week
OO7 EAST TENTH has large. pleasant
~ rooms. modern convenienees, ex-
cellent table board, g o'clock dinners.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

BUSINESS CHANCES.
Miscellaneous Business Chances
A Ny ON r that has $3.50 to $500 can learn
n of good, nice. clean business For
particulars call So East Fifth
fNIGAR and confectionery for sale cheap
- for cash; must sell at once 4ySEa
Wahasha St
EOk SALE-The right and lille for the
i whole United States of valuable patent
paddock, or will exchange for good house
and lot in st. Paul or Minneapolis; this is
rare chance for an investment: will send
copies Of patent and all information thereto
to all parties " no will reply to this advertise
ment. Address Pgdlock. Globe.
EOR SALE Gu EAP-Cigar and confec-
l. tionery store, or will trade for lot. In
quire corner Seventh and Kittson.
ONE OF THE BEST So HOTELS in
~ Minneapolis at 80 cents on the dollar
for good tenant; the owner is obliged TO
live In Florida; terms, $500 to $1,000 down,
or good security, balance long time per
cent. NJ. G. Thompson, go Hennepin aV
DARTNEal WANTED-Sure-p paving pusi-
l. ness; no risk; big profits: must have
credit or about $1,000. Call 604 Grand
Block.
CS10 CASH BUYS a tirst-class bust
DcOO ness; cash receipts over 500 per
month Address I l. Globe
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-09

DUTCHE R-Wanted, first-class tu-cher
ID n 90 u 81 Peter. For particulars, in
-1rfra N East Fifth
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-01-16
LEGEND OF A WATCH.
Servants We're Afraid of the TIme-PIec,
and Tried to Drown 1t.

Servants We're Afraid of the Time PIec,
and Tried to Drown 1t.
For years DR.. Allan. the Scottish
physician, was suspected of being a
wizard, an opinion which was consid.
cred all but confirmed when, in $780,
he provided himself with silver watch
OF the regulation size and style. Chanc.
ing to stop with a neighbor over night,
as it was rather cold he laid the watch
near his body and covered it with the
bed quilt, so that the chilly weather
would not affect the works. Next
morning he arose rather abruptly and
left the house without removing his
treasure from its cosy nest in the bed.
In. fixing up the room the servant
discovered the Internal chatterino
thing, and Immediately concluded it
must be the old doctors familiar
spirit, conclusions which she hardly
arrived at before she had fed wildly
from the room. Other servants were
called and the whole array charged
the ''chattering thing" in the bed.
Clubs and tongs were freely used. but
the case was strong and the thing still
ehattered defantly.
One of the girls, more courageous
than the others, finally agreed that she
would take the tongs and carry the
thing to the moat and drown it, a pro.
eeeding fraught with danger, but at
last decided upon. The others followed
at respectable distance with hoes,
clubs and shovels, with which they
proposed to pounce on the thing should
it attempt to attack the heroic girl.
When the old doctor returned for his
watch he was informed of what had
been done, one of the servants leading
the way to where the thing had been
drowned. It was found hanging on a
bush on the bank of the moat. The
failure to beat or drown the creature
to death fully convinced the servants
that it was in reality the old wizards
spirit. and they could not be persuaded
70 touch # jewelers. Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-01-16
SAVING FOUR MEN.
The Heroic Deed of a Courageous al
Humane Young Miller.

The Heroic Deed of a Courageous al q
Humane Young Miller.
In February, about the year 184S,
there was great ice freshet in the
Schuylkill river at Conshohocken, and
it was extremely dangerous for boats
to venture on the river. At that time
there was a store kept by Davis
MeCann. Four men slept in it, ill.,
Guiding McCann himself. While they
were all sleeping the water rose aud
washed away the store along with the
occupants. The men finally managed
to get out of the building. and clung to
an old canal boat which had lodged in
the trees, and there they staid for
hours in the intense cold, calling for
help, but although many persons stood
on the bank, all were afraid to venture
out to save the men.
Benjamin Harry, who owned a small
grist mill where the Albion Print
Works now stand, came upon the scene.
and as the other persons stood with
blanched faces, took small row boat,
and in the darkness of the night and
the intensity of the cold. with nothing
to guide him but the cries of the men.
made four trips without any aid and
brought in the men one at time. Mr..
Harry said that the ice dashed against
the sides of his boat and threatened to
break it to pieces at any moment. The
men were helpless, as they were nearly
frozen through. They all finally re-
covered, but some of their fingers and
toes We're amputated. Davis McCann
lied few years since from gangrene
N his feet, brought on by the expert
snces of this terrible night. The hero,
Mr.. Benjamin Harry, died about one
md half years ago.
Any old resident of Conshohocken or
Spring Mill can vouch for the truth of
he story. .-Philadelphia Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-01-16
and British authority In this region
was forever at an end

and British authority In this region
was forever at an end.
An expedition descending from Pitts
burgh in boats had already captured
Natchez and ousted the British from
the Lower Mississippi Shortly after,
the Cherokees and other Indians whom
Hamilton had melted to take the war
path were overwhelmed by Colonel
Shelby, and on the upper Ohio and AL
leghany the Indian country was so
thoroughly devastated by Colonel Brod-
head that all along the frontier there
reigned profound peace, instead of
the carnival of burning and scalpinp
which the British commander had con.
templated.
The stream of immigration now be
gan to flow steadily. Fort jefferson
was established on the Mississippi
river to guard the mouth of the Ohio.
Another fortress higher up on the
beautiful river which La Sale had dis
covered and Clark had conqured be-
came the site of Louisville, so named
in honor of the French king witt,
whom we were newly allied.
James Robertson again appeared on
the scene, and became the founder of
Western Tennessee, as ae had already
led the colonization of the eastern part
OF that great State. On bold bluff on
the southern bank of the Cumberland
river Robertson founded city which
took its name from the gallant General
Nash, who fell in the battle ofGerman-
town, and among the cities of the fair
South there is to-day none more beau
tiful or thriving than Nashville.
Thus, owing to combination of cir
cumstances hardly paralleled in human
history, was this noble territory over
come and conquered in single cam
paign by handful of Virginian back
woodsmen, with loss of not more than
three-score lives.
1t was in consequence of the prowess
OF George Rogers Clark that, in the
treaty of 1888, all this rich DOMAIN was
secured to the United States. Like
many other great men. he was neg
lected by his ungrateful fellow-coun-
trymen when they no longer needed
his services. His last years were spent
alone and in poverty, in rude cabin
on Corn Island, until his sister took
him to her home at Locust Grove, near
Louisville, where he died in 1878.
His grave is in Cave Hill Cemetel
at Louisville, marked by little head
stone with the letters &c. r. c." 1t is
said there are not half dozen peopl
in the United States who know where e
to look for it.-John Fiske, in Youth
Companion.
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lie sILkMoRM,s RlvAL.
A Large Brown Moth which Produces,
Very Larga Cncnnns.

A Large Brown Moth Which Produces
Very Large Cocoons.
We are accustomed to consider silk
solely as the product OF the well-known
silk worm, which feeds upon mulberry
leaves, and has been so widely domes-
ticated in Europe, and even to some
slight extent in this country. But the
truth is that there are many other
varieties of caterpillar which furnish
the same product, and that in India
alone fifty different kinds of silk-bear-
ing insects are known. The most inn
portant Of these, the tussur moth, feeds
upon more than thirty different species
Of plants, and the caterpillar weaves a
cocoon about four times the size of that
Of the mulberry silkworm. Great at
tentiOn is paid to the rearing OF the
tussur, and very religious ceremonies
are employed in caring for it. The
large brown moth, which has four
transparent eyes upon the wings is
venerated, and only people of certain
caste are permitted to approach ii. 1t
has been domesticated in India for
thousands of years, while the cocoons
of all the other species are collected
wild from the Jungle. One of these
feeds on the castor-oiI plant and spins
q white cocoon. In China also the silk
from several varieties of worms Is used;
and in Japan. besides the ailanthus
caterpillar, there is a species which
until lately was reserved for the exclu-
sive nse of the Mikado. the exporta.
tion of the eggs being an offence pun
ishable with death Some Of them, how
ever, have been carried to France,
where an attempt, which promises to
be successful, is making to cultivate
this species. 7. Sun.
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MY SOLID GIRL.

Yse I remember well the eve asked her to be
mine,
And how l prayed the graces that my wish
she'd not decline.
think no other mortal ever loved maid so
well:
shsdn't half enough Of words my constancy to
tell.
With her my own the future years with sun
shine would be bright.
without her life would be to me dreary, star
less night
So my heart went wildly beating and my brain
was in a whirl
When she placed her hand in mine and said
"I'u be your solid girl
She was fragile creature then of fairy-Iike
design,
little dreamed that now her weight would
double that of mine;
That the clinging little woman all so delicate
Would in the after years become a stalwart
amazon.
But, still it sometimes happens that such
changes do occur,
Andnow that she's the more to me can't think
less OF her.
Did not love her dearly should think nvself
q churl
She kept her promise faithfully-she's stfll nv
solid girl Chicago Herald.