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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Plenty of Good Oysters.

From New Haven Letter.
The Long Island Sound oyster
dealers and fishermen were never hap
pier, for the oyster "set" along the
shore is wonderfully large, fine and
thifty. Every bed is thick with
young oysters, which are, some O.
the dealers say ''faster by q great
sight than we can catch them" A
remarkable thing about the crop, too,
is that there are no starfish to stran-
gle it. and the only enemy that con-
fronts the young oysters this season
is the drill" These pests are nu-
merous, and are doing some havoc,
but their destructive ability is not to
be compared with that of the star
fish. This fall and winter will be a
wonderful season for oysters; eplcures
have already noted that the flavor
is better than it has been for many
years past. The oysters are very fat
and tender, too.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Remarked After Thirty-five
Years.

Sept. Il, near Newport, Ark, Jack
son Thomas was married to his di
vorced wife after a separation OF
thirty-five years. Forty years ago
he was q farmers son, wen to do.
She came from the same circle. A
few years of married life developed
some unpleasantness, and they both
found that, although mated, they
were not matched. They separated.
and soon after she gave her hand to
another. He was married again al
so. BY q singular coincidence she
lost her husband and he his wife
about the same time. She married
again; SO did Thomas, when death
again about the same time made her
q widow and Thomas widOwer
Then they began to pay some atten.
ton to each other, and soon they
found that the fame Of their olu low,
was rekindled, and they agreed t.
Join their hands and hearts ono,
more, she at the age of 60 and he al
Sl.-Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Australian Rabbit Skins.

In the last ten years 29,OO0,OO0
rabbit skins have been exported from
Victoria. In addition to theexports
from the colonies many have been
used locally by hat manufacturers
and others, and large numbers have
doubtless been destroyed or allowed
to decay. The supply from Austria
liza has flooded the English market
and trade has on hand u supply suf-
ficient to last year or two. The
English rabbit breeders also found it
to their advantage to kill rabbits
mainly for their skins, and the sup
ply Of home skins is said to reach
3O.OOO,OOO annually. Belgium,
which supplies us with the tame bred
rabbits so largely appreciated and
imported for food, sends away over
100000, rabbit skins, but then
these skins are much larger, ola finer
color and better fitted tor furs than
those of the wild rabbit.-London
Globe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Confederate Homes.

The Confederate Home in Atlanta,
Ga. an institution which the lament
ed Henry W. Grady did so much to
secure by his active interest in the
plans which were formed for it's es-
Establishment, hasjust been completed
and will soon be thrown open, with
ceremo nies in keeping with the almost
s;.cred purpose to which it will here
after be devoted. When the celebra
ton takes place the southern people
will enter most heartily into the spirit
ofthe happy occasion, aud will warm
" congratulate the people of Georgia
upon having erected such a noble and
substantial institution to ease the
declining years of so many decrepit
veterans who exposed their lives in
the war for the cause Of their country.
The example which Georgia has set
should be initiated, SO far as their
esources will permit, by every state
the south. Now that the wealth
If our southern commonwealth has
increased SO much, with the prospect
If a still more rapid expansion in the
lear future, each southern state
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Quite Sufficient.

Different persons have different
IDEAS as to the best way of giving en-
ployment to their guests; but there is
one form of entertainment which was
for some years very popular, but is
now somewhat out OF vogue. This
is, the taking of guests to cemeteries,
which, while often beautiful, and in
u way full Of interest, ore liable to in
spire melancholy thoughts and sad
memories,
A young girl who had been paying
several visits in an Eastern city, at
last came to u house of q friend OF
her mothers who had a daughter
about the age of the guest.
"Now, if tomorrow is Il pleasant
day, we'll take drive in the after
noon," said the young hostess; the
first evening, ''is there any particular
place you'd like to go?"
mo, ] think not replied the guest
cat least" she added. truthfully.
i should like to go anywhere except
to the cemetery. l don't care about
going there again. as / have been
driven there five times nlroaa w."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
He Saved Something.

We meet many peculiar characters
in this world. l ran across a man
once and he was a man ofiptelligence
and man ofsplendid family, wealthy
and all that-who lost his wife, and
who, in telling me ofhis bereave ment,
said:
"Well, Twill save something out of
the wreck. lean wear her stockings.
See here" and he rolled up his panta-
looms. Sure enough, there we're wom-
ems stockings Of fine texture and
reaching away above the knee. He
proceeded to explain that he had
Bought her several pairs at 81 each
Just O week before she died, but she
had never had any use of them, and
he would have to wear them out,
though he was sorry he had bought
them
The idea was so funny that it was
all could do to keep from laughing
right out, as the saying is, but the
man was so very serious that re-
pressed the inclination to do SO. ]
told him it was sad, but as long as
he could save something by wearing
his dead wife's hosiery he was not in
such bad fix, but still he could not
see the ludicrous side his narrative.
St. Louis Globe Dem ocrat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
The London Elevated.

Brooklyn Citizen.
Climbing the steps to the elevat-
ed station near Manhattan Beach
crossing the other evening heard
an old lady behind me remark to u
companion:
ooh, dear! I wish the elevated
road was on the ground"
Twas just tired enough to sympa-
thize with the dear old soul, however
absurd her wish. The remark re-
minded me OF a controversial tilt I
had with young Englishman some
time ago. He had lately arrived on
our shores, and was expatiating on
London's superiority to anything
we had here. He was pushing me
pretty severely, when an idea struck
me:
"Look at our elevated roads," I
said. "You haven't any elevated
roads in London"
ooh, yes we have" he answered un-
abashed, "but we put the blooming
things under ground so that they
don't disfigure the streets"
At that surrendered uncondition.
ally.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
A Pretty Deep Hole,

A hole ten feet in circumference APP
peared in Oconce county Ca, during
the great earthquake in 1886. 1t is
ull of water, and there has long
been talk about it's depths, but no
.oundings were taken until Il few
lays ago. Then a rope 200 eet long
was put down, but it tailed to touch
bottom, and now there are persons
who declare that "the hole extends
nto the bowels Of the EARTH" 1t is
proposed to take a second sounding
n the near Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
A Patron of the Arts.

From the Chicago Tribune.
"Four tintypes for Is cents! Gosh!
That's cheap"
A yellow-haired man with red
headed wife and six tow-headed chill
dren stood in front of u one-story
Photographic studio on the North
Side and stared at a sign in the win
dow.
"That's cheap" he repeated.
"We'll go in here, Liz. This is the
place we've been a-lookin' for"
The procession moved inside the
temple Of art.
"Can you put the whole bilin' of us
onto a tintype?" he inquired of the
photographer.
yes"
"Then go ahead. I'll take four of
'em."
The photographer grouped the en-
tire aggregation in front of a classic
Grecian background, turned the
camera in that direction, and the
pictures soon were ready.
do they suit your" he inquired,
bringing them to the light for in
spection.
They're bang up. Amt they,
Liz"
Liz expressed the opinion that the
portraits were perfect.
"You understand, of course" said
the proprietor of the studio, "tha. 25
cents for four tintvpes means 20
cents for each of you?"
"Gosh! l don't understand anv
such thing. That amt what your
sign says out there"
"The sign on a carette says, Five
cents fare but you can't ride ON one
with your whole family for five cents,
can you?"
"That's different. Them pictures
is just the same size as if there was
only one of us, amt they?"
'"Two dollars, please"
"It's a blamed swindle."
1.-TWO dollars!''
II won't pay it, by gum!"
"I'll hang them out and put 8
sign on them: Not paid for."'
EDO it," roared the yellow: haired
pilgrim, marshaling the procession
in single file and marching outside al
the head of it. "Do it," he reiterat
ed shaking his fist at the artist az
the caravan moved on it's way
down the street. "There amt {
dog-gone soul that knows us that'l
ever see it. We're from Mizzoury."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
The New Wife.

Rose and Jenny were young ladies
when their father decided to marry
again. The new Mrs. Pabor at once
took O violent dislike to the young
girls, and so worked upon the old
mans mind that he gradually grew
to distrust them, and the daughters
finally made up their minds to go
and live by themselves.
In time Rose married happily, and
had happy home, while Jane, after
graduating from a medical college,
began to practice as aphysician. In
all this time not a word had they
heard from the father they still fond
~ loved.
So years passed on. Rose had
three children. Jane was spoken of
highly among the doctors, and was
no longer .despised and sneered at.
She made money now, but never
neglected the poor people who could
only pay her in blessings. Among
them was woman whom she had
saved from q painful death by u lit
tie bit of "heroic" surgery. Her
name was Maggie Gleason. The
poor woman had found place at
last as housemaid in a private in
sane asylum, to which wealthy fam
lilies sent those among them whose
minds were astray. 1t was q hand
some place, surrounded by trees and
shut in by stone wall. Sometimes,
when Jane Pabor drove out that
way, she stopped to speak to Mag
gle, and on one occasion found the
woman in greatly agitated condi-
ton.
II want to speak to you, ma'am, :"
she said. "But Pm half afraid I'd
lose my place if any one heard, and
it's q good one; but you'll keep it to
yourself. Do you think, Miss Doc
tor, dear, that they ever put people
into 'sylums who are no more crszy
than you and are?"
cit has been done, Maggie" said
Miss PAbOr.
"Well there's an old gentleman
here that doesn't seem out of the
way to me-" said Maggie. "And in
dade, he tells me he is not q bit
wrong; only them that put him in
want his money. But the doctor
tells me crazy folks always do bt
thinking the loike of that. So
dare say no more. But wish YOU
could see him, Miss Doctor, dear
And no time better than this, for thu
ould doctor is away and the nurses
at dinner, and no one would be thu
wiser. just come up with me ant
spake to him, for my mind misgive'
me. Come up"
Now iflittle Miss Doctor had beer
Master Doctor, she would have de
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
A slight Mistake.

DR.. Keate, who was head-master at
Elton from 1909 to 1884, once fog
ged eighty boys in one night, who
had shown symptoms ofmutiny, hav
ing them brought to him out OF
their beds in twos and threes, so
that they had no opportunity o.
combining or taking counsel to-
gether. He once, SO runs the story,
logged the whole body of candidates
for confirmation, the paper with their
names on it being mistaken by him
for the flogging bill. He would list.
en- to no protests or remonstrances.
but went conscientiously through
the whole lot.-Leeds Echo.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
Beating the Editor.


The weekly paper on which ! learn
I'd my trade was situated in q town
which NO circus going West ever
skipped. We used tocount on those
circus ads. as regularly as we did on
the holidays, and for years md years
we were without q break. They were
cash, of course, outside of the dozen
Tree tickets which the agent left, and
the money pulled the publisher
through tight place moro than
once. Our object was, of course, to
get as high a rate as possible, and
to get high rate we had to boom
the circulation. 1t held steady at
about 450, and for the first three or
tour years 1T was sufficient to tell all
agent that we printed "about a
thousand copies" Alter that, how
ever, there was one chap who gave
us trouble. He was an agent for
old Dan Rice, and he paralyze'l US
by asking to see the pile Of paper
we had wet down for the outside
pages. While he didn't get to see it,
he knocked our regular $40 adj
down to $50, and he had no sooner
gone than we began to plan to beat
him next season.
About the time he was expected we
got an extra bundle of paper, fixed
it with the landlord to notify us, and
the idea was to wet down enough to
show a full thousand copies. We
were daily expecting call when an
old tramp printer slouched into the
office one fine morning and asked for
a job. We were just getting ready to
work off the outside pages. and as
he said he was used to b Washing
ton," he was offered a quarter to
pull the edition. l was at the roller,
and I soon saw that he knew his
business. He could "fy" and
point" his sheets with surprising
dexterity, and he brought the lever
around with ''chuck" which made
things shake. In two hours he reach-
ed the bottom sheet and turned tc
the publisher with:
lis this al!?'
eyes, that's ALL"
81 make the pile four hundred and
fifty"
"It's about four hundred anc
eighty. Here's your quarter, ant
perhaps I'll let you set up an auction
bill this afternoon"
When afternoon came, in walked the
circus agent, looking as Jim Da, dy
as you please. We took one look Il,
him and tainted. He was the identi
cal chap who had done the pres
work of the morning. When we re
covered consciousness he was holding
out his blistered hands and saying
"I'll fill out a contract at $1S ant
leave six tickets. Sorry for you gen
tlemen, but perhaps you can get ri'
of that extra bundle OF paper by dis
counting literally on the price. In
working this little racket ali alon'
the line, and it's curious how fast tn
circulation Of the paper gets belo,
five hundred. IN. Y. Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24

claretl such al. act to be distinctly
unprofessional and departed from
the place; but the daughter of Eve
yielded, rather to ease Masgle's
mind than for anything else. She
tripped softly up the stairs and en-
tered a room hot as an oven, stuffy.
with closed windows, furnished with
q great deal OF useless elegance, and
saw. sitting over an untasted tea
QUO. an old man in a crimson dress
ing gown. His head was bent on his
bosom and his hair was quite white.
As she entered he turned his face to-
ward her and she saw her father.
She saw also. thank Heaven, that
his face was the face OF man in 1ull
possession of his senses.
"Jane!" he cried, and she flew to
him and knelt before him, encircling
him with her arms. "Jane, Jane!'
He chung to her sobbing. Glow did
you find me?" he asked. "Did YOU
know she had me locked up? l am
not crazy. Two doctors swore to it
at her bidding; but l am not. She
has my money; she enjoys herself,
and she leaves me here. l did not
believe a woman could do such
things-that such things could be
done to any man. Jane my sole de-
pendence is ON you. l am utterly
broken down.
Little Miss Doctor never faltered.
II will take you from this place, :"
she said" I found you only by
chance. Maggie. this is my father.
You we're right. He is quite sane. ]
shall take him with me. Get his hat
and coat"
Maggie, trembling with terror,
obeyed: The daughter dressed her
father as though he had been a child,
and led him down stairs. Her little
gig stood outside the gate. Maggie
unlocked it. At this instant q keep
er, a great, Misunderstanding fellow,
appeared. He commanded her to
stop. She continued on her way.
He attempted to use brute forge.
Little Miss Doctor dubbed her whip,
struck him a violent blow that sent
him reeling backward, and, as he Tor
tunately tripped over stone and
fell his length along the ground, she
] had time to follow her father into the
vehicle.
Then away they drove, and were
soon safe in the streets of the city.
Many people heard of helegal pro-
ceedings that followed. Mrs. Pabor,
with her white lashes and cruel m outh
appeared in court, but could not
prove her husband a mailman. Be
ing in his right mind, he regained
possession of his vast property, and
appeared again as be- lore in the world
of the living.
The wicked woman had secreted q
considerable amount of money, anC
with this she fed. She has since beer
seen travelling in Europe, under al
assumed name and as a widow.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24
AREMARKABLE CASE.

The Wonderful Change Wrought in
Man by Minnesota Air.
She came from Detroit, Mich, and
her great pride was in being an in
valid. She lost no opportunity in
stating that she came to Minnesota
to recuperate. She did not hesitate
to enter into q conversation with any
person she came in contact with,
giving advice archaeological or
physiological-to invalids, and seek
ing the same from those of robust
constitution. Her conversation was
always prefaced by the INTRODUCED
ry inquiry SC common to visitors.
Ibid you come here for your health?'
She thus addressed stalwart, rudy
visaged young man at the dinner
table of the hotel, and the following
dialogue ensued:
Eyes, madam; came here proba-
bly, the weakest person youever saw.
/ had no use OF my limbs-in fact,
nv bones were little tougher than
cartilages. / had no intelligent con-
troll of q single muscle nor the use OF
a single faculty."
"Good graciousY' exclaimed the
astonished auditor; land youlived?"
II did, madam, although was de-
void of sight, was absolutely tooth
Tess. unable to articulatc a single
word, and dependent upon Others
for everything: being completely de-
prived of all power to help myself.
1 commenced to gain Immediately
upon my arrival, ard have scarcely
experienced sick day since; hence l
can conscientiously recommend the
climate"
"a wonderful cure!' said the lady.
But do you think your lungs were
affected"
"They were probably sound, but
possessed of so little vitality that,
but for the most careful nursing, they
must have ceased their functions.
81 hope you found kind friends,
SIR"
"Indeed did, madam; it is to them
and the pure air of Minnesota that
owe my life. My fathers family were
with me, but un fortunately my moth
er was Frustrated with severe i'll.
ness during the time OF my great
weakness"
"How sad! Pray what were your
diet and treatment?'
"My diet was the simplest possible,
consisting only of mlk-that being
the only food my system would bear
As for treatment, depended entire
ly upon the life giving properties Of
Minnesota air, and took no medicine
except an occasional light narcotic
when very restless. My improvement
dated from my arrival. My limbs
soon became strong, my sight and
voice came to me slowly, and a full
set OF teeth, regular and firm, ap
peared."
Observation-Disclosures! Surely
sir, you must have been greatly re-
duced in flesh?"
madam, I weighed but nin'
pounds. I was born in Minnesota
Good day."-St. Paul Pioneer Press
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-24

whose financial condition fully iusti-
fies it should take the steps to return
to the home Tor all the disabled Con-
federate veterans who dwell in its
limits. A number of the states o.
the south have already made pro-
vision to this end, but even those
who have done SO should, in proper
ton to their means, make still more
liberal appropriations with this no.
BILE object in veiw.
This esta blishment already in ex-
istence with a few exceptions, are not
on scale to accommodate the vet
Grams ofthe respective states to which
they belong. A large proportion OF
the veterans, whose condition de-
mands immediate assistance, are now
dependent upon their own feeble eff
forts to earn q livelihood. and upon
the kind Offices Of their friends. 1t is
the sacred duty of the whole south
to support and care for all such vet
Grams in their old age, to extend to
them assistance that will give ease
and peace to their last years, ard To
throw around them every barrier OF
protection and safety. The day is
rapidly approaching when the south
ern States will be in q financial posi-
ton to appropriate very much larger
sums than they are now able to do,
both to erect establishments resemb-
ling the one just completed at Allan
TIA or to enlarge and extend those
that are already in operation.-Rich
mOnd Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-26
A WONDER WORKER.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, a young man of
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-26
BR IEF, BUT TO THE POINT.

/ had rheumatism all over my body for
two years. Doctored with eminent physi
clans, and spent three months in Reed City
hospital. Four bottles of Hibbard's rheu-
matte syrup entirely cured me. The great
estmedicine in the world. Charles Rowe,
Baldwin, Mich.
Every word of the above is true. T. Hef-
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by johnson, Pratt g. Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-26
A. j. WHITE.

This gentleman said "There has been
a little stringency in the money market 1t
was due altogether to the unprecedented
amount of improvements being made here.
1t seems as though all the property owners
caught the building fever, and In large
number of cases they had not the money to
make the improvements, SO they all COM
menced to borrow at once. This naturally
made money tight for the time but it is
easier now and every demand can be met
l am not handling any eastern money and
don't know how the agents of the outside
capitalists are fixed, but have handled
lot of local money and have always been
able to place it to advantage. 1t is possible
that some Of our property owners have gone
beyond their means in building and would
have shown more wisdom in selling out
right. but that is their affair"