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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-23
A GOOD STORY.
How q Pretty Book Agent Got Ahead Of
a NeMspaner Man.

HFNeHtle' sAVhi
There are more than two newspaper
men living in Woodsburg, L. l., aud
of one ui them the boys told the Ram.
bier u good story. 1t seems that the
newspaper man in question had been
annoyed hy a persistent book canvass.
er. She w.s young, pretty and talk
alive and Lad for sHle a gaudily Gov.
cred book entitled How to BE Good"
The newspapCr man was busy when she
first called ON hinl and he told her TO
drop in VIXEN he had more time. She
did not succeed in selling the book on
the first attempt nor on tie second.
Her visits, however, became so fire.
quent that the newspaper man told his
wife of the matter. She was struck
with the title of the book and sold her
husband that he ought TO buy il, rs he
needed instruction on the subject
treated. Tie book agent called the
next day, Us usual. and the newspaper
man said:
well. I'll take your book, but |
would not buy II only my wife has
taken a fancy 10 the title"
The lady canvasser had not closed
her purse on theS2 which she received
for the bool; before she learned where
the newspaper man lived. and that
afternoon found her in Woodsburg.
where SIZE sold a second copy of the
book TO the newspaper mans wife.
He reached home earlier than usual
that evening and with lighted pipe
was enjoying the comfort derived
from roony slippers which adds To
the prospect of dinner when his wife
said:
Il forgot 10 tell YOU bought that
book. How TO BE Good"
The compositor you did" said he.
NOW we've got I'VE comics. bought
one of the book agent today"
We'll" said his wife. I'VE cam
mo. we can't. That's selling books
on false prrtenceS and I'll have that
woman arrested. The train is Just
getting in, but | ave my slippers on.
There's Lying 9 ing to the train now.
Say. Lying, stou that book agent al
the station unit | see her"
What do YOU want TO see her
about asked D.yng.
Meyer min Il. now. She'll be Off
if you doa't hurry. You just keep her
talking until get there
Lying reac ed the station rs the fair
book agent Nas boarding the outgoing
train.
Excuse ine. he said, "but Mr.. Dasl
wants to SIC YOU.
Mr.. Dash wants "a see mei' said
the book agent. demurely standing Oh
the car platform. 'Oh, yes, he wants
to buy one Of my books, Unjust have
cash for il. though. The price is ST."
Mr.. LYING, happy TO oblige his
friend Dash, paid The money, took
the book How to De Good" and the
train started as Dash, out of breath.
reached the station.
Don't hurry, old fellow" said
Lying, I've got the book for you.
How to BE Good"
by thunder" said Dash, as he sat
on the baggage truck and shook his
fist at the rain.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-23
AG EATS WANTED D.

Fm Club Rates, or any further Information de-
sired, writ, legibly 10 the undersigned clearly stat.
Ing YOUR residence, with state. County, street and
Number. More rapid return mail delivery will he
assured by your enclosing an Envelope hearing
vnur fuIi a.Idra4s
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-23
Tie Hover Out Of . job.

And the organ blower also must go.
lie has gone from most of the church
es, but old Trinity held out against
any innovations. Now even Trinity
has fallen into the line and electricity
will do the work formerly done by
muscle. The next thing will be TO in.
troducc electrical attachments for
playing he organ. They are already
used for pianos New York CONNER.
cial Ad, e%rtiser.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
PREFERRED DEATH.
Peter Malone Blows Out His
Brains FATHER Than Submit to

Peter Malone Blows Out His
Brains FATHER Than Submit to
Arrest.
Peter Swenson, boarder at the Falls
hotel at Fourth avenue south and Sec
ond street, Minneapolis. was found
dead in his room last night by Officer
John McKinna who went to the hotel to
arrest him on warrant sworn out
by John Malone, who charged SWenson
with feloniouS assault and battery on
Tuesday night last. Everything around
the room Indicated suicide. and an ex-
animation made by Coroner Towers
showed that Swenson had evidently
placed the barrel of a 3S-caliber re-
volyer in his mouth and pulled
the trigger. From all appearances
life had been extinct for two days.
Swenson was formerly employed by the
Minneapolis Eastern railroad as hos
tier. He was recently discharged for
negligence. On st. Patrick's day he
went into the railroad yard wearing
green ribbon. Malone tried to make
him take it off, and blows
were exchanged. A mutual friend
separated the men, but no sooner were
they separated than SWenSOn drew his
revolver and fired several shots at Ma
lone. Malone SWore out a warrant for
SWenSOn'S arrest for attempting to shoot
him, and it is supposed that he was
afraid Of being sent to prison, and to
escape this he took his own life.
He was last seen about the hotel about
o'clock Tuesday evening, when he
went to his room. When discovered
the body was lying on the floor with the
revolver by his side. He has brother
and sister living somewhere in this
state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
THE GOOD TIME COMING.

European affairs are having their
periodical shaking up. The recent de
feat of the French ministry, the still
more recent retirement Of BISMARCK
from the helm of German affairs. the
probable overthrow of the SALISBURY
government in England, and the de-
moralization i'll Russian court circles
occaSiOned by the exposure of Siberian
atrocities, altogether produce a FEVER OF
excitement in the European mlnd' LII
would be useless to conjecture as to re-
suits. There was once time when one
half of the connection in Europe to-day
would have involved the whole CONT
nent in war, but that time has passed.
The sword is no longer the arbiter OF
nations. Skillful diplomacy has sup
planted it. But the most powerful
factor in preserving the peace of Eu-
rope is the dread entertained by
monarchy Of the uprising of the labor
classes. The advancement made by
the working classes in Europe toward
obtaining recognition from the crowned
heads is eXempiied by the labor con-
greSS now in session at Berlin. what
ali elevation of the labor cause it is
when the German emperor feels hon
ored by the privilege of sitting at ban
quet table with the delegates to the labor
congress? The spirit of our American
institutions must be abroad IN Europe
when the former walls of caste are so
lowered as to bring king and peasant
into social cOmpaniOnship. Everything
goes to indicate that the world is not
only moving, but that it is NOV
ing in the right direction. 1t
is moving toward broader humanity,
toward more perfect equality of cOndi-
lions, and towards universal freedom.
The upper classes are coming down,
the lower classes are coming up, and
directly they will meet on a plane OF
common equality. The political COM
motions in Europe to-day are but so
many signs of the approaching millenni-
um when the brotherhood Of man shall
be established. And it is observable
that as the end draws nearer events
move with accelerated pace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
THE ARRANGEMENT
The Plan for Furnishing and Dis
tributing Seed Wheat.


The gentlemen who have been in
Minneapolis for the past week endeav-
oring to arrange for supply of seed
wheat for the farmers of North Dakota,
decided upon a plan of action yesterday.
The railway companies, the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern, have
agreed to guarantee the repayment by
the farmers Of One-third Of the wheat
it is proposed to give them. The ele-
vator companies agree to guarantee
the payment of another third and
the committee have drawn up paper
which they will ask the citizens of the
Northwest to sign, guaranteeing the re-
naming third-upoD certain important
conditions. The legislature at its re-
cent session passed a law permitting
the counties to bond themselves to the
extent of 5 per cent of their valuation
for this very purpose. Not until this
money is exhausted are the destitute
counties entitled to ask for aid. This
fact must be stated in their application.
The committee appointed by the gov
ernor, before they issue the necessary
seed wheat, will have in their possession
accurate information of every destitute
person in the state. When the wheat is
issued the farmers will be required to
give their notes for the value of it.
These notes will be placed in the hands
of commission consisting of represent
atives of the signers of the guarantee
fund of the railway companies, of the
elevator companies and also of the farm
ers. If any money collected from the far
mers remains above the amount Of the
cost of the wheat it is to be returned pro
rata to the farmers. That is the under
standing. The committee desire to
make this guarantee fund as large as
possible. 1t must not be less than $780,
900, and ought to be much larger. The
committee is in receipt of letters from
Chicago business men saying that they
desire to subscribe as much to the guar
antee fund as Minneapolis and st.
Paul do.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
SOMEWHAT PREVIOUS.

The tariff prepared by the Republican
committee is said to raise tin plate to
2 2-10 cents per pound as protection
to an unborn industry, There was al
ready duty upon it of 80 per cent.
This it is proposed to so increase as to
add $4,000, 900 or more to the cost of the
tinWare used in this country. Supt.
PORTER's high tariff organ in New
York, the Press, indorses the statement
that tin can be produced in this country
for less than half the cost of the same
quality in Cornwall. Steel is made in
this country as cheaply as in England,
yet these political philanthrOpists are
not satisfied with tax that aggregates
many millions on the users of tinware.
All the producers OF tin plate for the
world number about $4,000, while there
are 100000 workers in tin in this coun-
try. All the wages paid those who pro-
duce tin will not equal this tax on the
consumers of it. This will weigh down
and embarrass other industries by the
increased cost of the raw materials, with
no assurance that tin plate will be
made in this country, If it cannot be
made with cheap tin and steel, and a
tariff OF 80 per cent, it will be too tender
an infant to raise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
THELoTTERY sCHEMERs.

Those who imagine that the adjourn
ment of the North Dakota legislature
will be the signal for the lottery schem-
ers to abandon that field will probably
be undeceived when the next election
comes around. The lottery legions are
merely resting on their arms, prepar-
atOry to another attack when the oppor-
tune moment arrives. In the meantime
they propose to strengthen their fortifi-
cations in Louisiana by attempting to
secure an extension Of the time in which
the lottery company can operate in that
state. The new constitution of Louis
lana limits the lite of the lottery COM
pany to the year 1895. But a constitu-
tional amendment has already been pro-
posed in the Louisiana legislature eX-
tending the time twenty years longer
on condition that the lottery company
increase its bonus to the state. And
there is fair prospect that the amend
ment will go through the Legislature, with
a probability of its being ratified by
the people. Gov. NICHOLS has taken a
strong stand against it, and refused a
contribution of 100000 from the lottery
company to the flood sufferers, on the
ground that it was improper to place
the people Of the state under obliga-
ton to the company during the pend
encY of the proposed legislation. The
mayor of New Orleans did not evince
any squeamishness on the subject, how
ever, but promptly accepted the lottery
company's check for $4,000, saying that
no moral sentiment should govern the
city in crisis such as was then i'm
pending. 1t is altogether likely that
the kind of argument used so success
fully with Mayor SHAKESPEARE will be
depended on by the lottery company
to bring the North Dakota people to
terms at the next election. The ground
work for their operations was skillfully
laid In the convention which framed the
North Dakota state constitution. That
instrument not only failed prohibit the
organization of lottery companies in
the state, but it reduced the limit of
state indebtedness to figure that prac-
tlcally deprives the state of ANY credit
whatever. With a debt of nearly half
million now on hand, and liable to
increase with each succeeding year,
and no resources to draw on for the pay
ment of this Indebtedness except by
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
MEN WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT

President Harrison rarely smokes
more than three cigars a day, it is stated
-one after each meal.
William 81. Jackson, brother of Gov.
Jackson, of Maryland owns peach Or
chard containing $4,000 trees.
Mr.. Gladstone's close friend, Lord
Granville. has in his gift the captalncy
of Deal Castle, made vacant by the
death of Lord Sydney.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
will give readings from her own works,
including an unpublished story, in Bos-
ton on Tuesday next and the Tuesday
after that.
Whitelaw Reid, American minis
ter to France, sailed from Havre for
New York on the steamer La Cham
payne. Mr.. Reid goes to New York for
the purpose of accompanying his wife
back to France.
Mrs. U. S. Grant leads very quiet
life in New York. Her eyesight has be-
come very poor and she seldom appears
I'm public, except to drive in the park.
Gen. Sherman is frequent and well
come visitor.
The car in which Mrs. Harrison's
party travelled Southwark had been
comfortably fitted up and the party well
supplied with every imaginable dainty.
The refrigerator, where the wines and
meats were kept,iS under the floor in the
forepart of the car.
NJ. Rouvier, the French minister of
finance, is about to contract marriage
with his niece, Mile. Cadiott. of Dieppe.
M. Rouvier lost his first wife about
wear ago. She was well known in the
literary world as a novelist under the
name of Claude Fignon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
HE WAS APPEALED TO.

The Grand Forks News reprOduces a
strong protest that it states was pre-
pared by able attorneys of North Da-
kota and filed with PRESIDENT HARRI-
SON last year, against the admission of
the state under the constitution adopted.
The most material point in the protest
was that the limitations of the consti-
tuition made it impossible to operate a
state government in compliance with it.
The state debt was limited, and the
highest rate Of taxation four mills on
the dollar. This was shown to leave a
deficit of $137,SO0 after reducing eX-
penditures to the lowest possible point.
The amount of debt was stated, and a
close estimate made of the cost of the
state administration. A condition of
practical bankruptcy was shown, and
the president asked to withhold his ap-
proval of the constitution till it could
be amended. The condition is that pre-
sented to him, and the state is forced to
hold up its manacled hands as an eX-
cuse for asking other states to help its
people out of their difficulties.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
HEATING BY ELECTRICITY.
incorporation of Company to
Manufacture the ADDiianCeS.

incorporation of a Company to
Manufacture the Appliances.
Articles were filed with the register
of deeds yesterday incorporating the
Carpenter-NevinS Electric Heating COM
dany, with a capital stock of 100000, in
shares of 500 each. The incorporators
are f. ". NevinS, G. E. Carpenter. Nj.
f. Scofield, John w. Kelly, l.. Kimball
and Robert L. Long.
Prospects are very good for this new
corporation building up one of the most
important industries of the city, and,
for that NATTER the whole country.
This company proposes to manufacture
and deal in apparatus for the produc-
ton of heat by electricity, and
for supplying the same to prac-
tical uses. The electrician of the
company and the man who has invented
all, or nearly all, of the appliances which
the company will manufacture at pres
ent, is Charles E. Carpenter, a young
man who is quite we'll known III the city
from his long connection with TaylOr'S
restaurant. Mr.. Carpenter has always
been a good deal of maker of things in
general and for some time has devoted
a good deal of time and attention to
electricity and methods of applying it,
an industry which is yet i'll sWaddling
clothes and the possibilities of which are
Immense. His first invention OF note
was griddle cake baker, operated by
electricity, which has been given a prac-
tical test in this city. Then he has in
vented and patented numerous other
methods Of applying electric heating,
among them an electric soldering iron,
a fiat iron, all sorts Of cooking utensils,
hat block, and, perhaps the most i'm
pOrtant of all, so far as monetary re-
suits are concerned, method of heaIing
by an electric current the rolls which
dry the sheets of paper III paper mills,
by the use of which paper manufacture
ers can save thousands of dollars every
year.
Electric heating appliances are not
particularly new inventions, but OF the
numbers which have gone through the
patent Office at Washington, few have
had the merit of being thoroughly prac-
ticable and economical. Probably, be-
fore Mr.. Carpenters invention, there
was not one in the country which COM
bined these two essentials. His pro-
duction, however, has been tested re-
peatedly, in fact is now in daily use in
Minneapolis, and has not only been
found to be thoroughly practicable, be-
cause it can be applied readily to almost
any purpose for which heat is required,
but has been found to be economical,
both of trouble and expense. 1t is prob
able that there has never, since the in
vention of the telegraph and the tele-
phone, been evolved from the brain of
an ineentOr an application of electricity
more important than this.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20

direct taxation, the temptation will be
very strong fol the North Dakota
people to stille moral sentiment i'll their
anxiety to find some relief from the
burthen Of taxation that must neces-
sarily be imposed upon them. The
late legislature, although frightened
out of adopting the SPENCER bill,
managed most skillfulIy to help the lot
terry scheme along by reducing The
state to the worst financial straits that
was possible. 1t will require an I'M
usual display of moral heroism for the
people of North Dakota to resist the
tempting offer of the lottery managers
in their next legislative election, but
somehow we have such faith in the
moral integrity of the people that we
believe they will stand firm in their ad-
herence to correct principles, and will
amend their constitution so as to en-
able the state to establish all the credit
that it wants, and to borrow money
rather than traffic its honor for mess
of lottery pottage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
COMING TO THEM.

The zephyrs come in from South Da-
kota laden with cheer for those who
hope to see the artificial distinctions OF
political society so far abated as to
allow women to vote as fully as men.
The mild movement of the atmosphere
now promises to swell into sweeping
blizzard before the vote is had. An in
cident in connection with a farmers in
stitute a few days ago indicates the
ripeness of the field for the harvest.
Mrs. BARKER, the talented head of the
w. G. 7. u, was present and delivered
herself on the suffrage question. A Pc
tition was then signed by nearly every
woman present. and pledge taken
with equal unanimlty by the men to
vote for extension. Resolutions were
adopted with rising vote, and ball
set i'll motion that will roll on resist
Iessly. 1t is evident that the women
are in earnest in this matter there.
When SUSAN B. ANTHONY and MARIA
Bones go tripping hand in hand through
the political rye out there, the enthusi-
aSm will rise to more than summer
heat, and a prairie fire will be slow
fipUre
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
THE FIRST TO VOTE.

Rhode Island has its state election
early in April, and it will be Of special
interest this year, as something of an
index OF public sentiment in the East
and the progress of the educational
work. 1t is the first state to vote in the
spring, one of very few that remain in
the vernal list. There has been some
letting down Of the barriers to the bal
lot box, and the qualifications are now
much the same as in other states. It
used to be Republican stronghold, but
the voting last year did not suggest that
designation. The Democrats gave their
candidates for governor and other state
officers several thousand more votes
than the Republicans, their man for gov
ernor having a plurality of $40, and
the only man elected on either ticket
was Democrat. But the Republicans
had a majority in the legislature. and
that body elected their candidates.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20

A PROMINENT physician in thesEast
comes into print with the assertion that
there is no pure liquor sold in this
country. either malt OF alcoholic. In
his view, the liquors of the early time
were free from all authorizations, and
therefore little harm resulted from their
general use. There are traditions,
however. that the drunk came a good
deal as in recent times. 1t will be re-
membered that the inspection depart
ment in this section found much less
adulteration in beer and whisky than
they had been charged with. The well
fare and comfort of consumers would be
promoted by definite knowledge on the
subject. 1t is probable that their use
will continue good while, and it is one
of the most useful provinces for the
state to protect this health Of the
citizen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20

Were candidates elected by plurality,
as in this and all but two or three East
ern states, Rhode Island would have
full corps of Democratic officials. The
unequal apportionment, as'in Connecti-
cut, gives the legislature to the Re
publicans without regard to the general
vote; still, the Democrats had one
branch of that body the last time, and
are hopeful Of controlling it this year.
Tariff reform is being made the issue
by the Democrats, and the result is
somewhat in doubt; that is, as to the
Democrats being able to outvote the
Republicans and all the small parties.
With equitable Legislative apportion-
ments the Democrats would at least
divide the senators from Rhode Island,
Connecticut and New York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20

A MAN who owns a farm few miles
east of st. Louis, in Illinois, wants con-
gress to pay him 100000 for small
portion of it containing one of the arti
fetal mounds so numerous in the Mis-
sissippi valley. This is claimed to be
the largest of them all, 102 feet high,
covering 16 acres at the base. The top
is fiat, and about an acre and a half in
extent. 1t is an enormous pile of dirt,
and the men who built it wasted time
and money so far as known. Congress
should not encourage them. There are
large number of these mounds in a
secluded region that st. Paul parties
Will explore this spring. Prof. POWELL
says that it can always be told from the
shape of the mound whether it is of the
class used for interment and containing
relics.