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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

A.
Book Covers ''B, " 900.
Book Covers c. 1000.
Basins, Wash, Tin, 400.
Brooms, Corn. dozen.
Brushes. Scrub, 6 dozen.
Crayon, White. 157 boxes, years supply.
Crayon Colorod, 50 boxes, years supply.
Dippers, Tin, s dozen.
Busters. Turkey Feathers. dozen.
Envelopes, No. II, 1900.
Envelopes, Noe, $500.
Erasers, BIB Felt. 314 dozen.
Ink. Violet, 400 gallons. years supply.
Ink Cans, so, years supply.
Legal Cap Paper, 126 reams.
Matches. Safety, gross.
Mats. Door, Husk, 50.
Muc1lage, Half Pints, gross, years supply.
Pointers % dozen.
Scoops, Coal, 80.
Slate Pencils, 100 boxes.
Snow Shovels, Wood, Steel Tip, so, years
supply.
years supply.
Soap, Laundry 600 pounds, years supply.
Soap Powder, Schmidts, 1 gross, years
supply. = . r-o 1919
ply; ~ ,o
ply.
Irvine, Wrapping, | gross:
Remington TypeWriting Machines. II, No.2.
All the above supplies herein enumerated
NAV be increased or diminished as the Board
of School inspectors may direct.
1t being understood and agreed that the
successful bidder shall furnish such other
necessary supplies. not herein enumerated,a as
may from lime to time be required, at prices
which shall conform to the prices OF other
articles embraced in the above schedule. The
reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. or such portions of any bid or
bids. as may be deemed to the best interest OF
the city.
ROBERT A. SMITH. Mayor.
GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer.
o. 0. CULLEN, President of Council.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

Boating dresses are made of serge
with extremely plain skirts. Indeed,
skirts for such purposes are becoming
so very narrow that one wonders how
the wearer can manage to walk in them.
They are called "umbrella-case" skirts,
and most correctly are they named, for
the wearer seems to be done up as
tightly as all umbrella ready for trans
pOrtatioD, and how she is going TO move
her legs with sufficient freedom to cause
locomOtion is a mystery to all who be-
hold her as she stands. The jackets
worn with these dresses are cut very
long indeed, almost to the knees, having
large, fiat pockets end deep gauntlet
cuffs. Nothing Is expected to go in
these boating-dress pockets, as may be
readily imagined, for it would be most
unbecoming to see a protuberance. on
the side of a snugly Skirted young
woman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

OF coral pink china silk almost yelled
with black lace and finished with deep,
black velvet cuffs and velvet ribbon
trimming. The fan is of black gauze
painted with pink flowers and gold
butterflies
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

Notable Pearl Necklaces.
Jewellers Weekly.
Perhaps the best known pearl neck
lace in London, England. is that of the
Countess TolStoi, wife of the sturdy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

T TAKES justas much
material to make a
dress this summer as it
did last summer. and
yet nobody Knows why
this should be so.
S * irtS are narrower
and scantier than they
ever were before, and
waists are tight fitting
and come down closely
over the hips in a way
that seems to take up
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
SEALED PROPOSALS
MAYORS OFFIcE.

CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 3, 1891.
Sealed proposals, marked ''PrOpOsala
for Fuel'' and s'PrOpOsais for School
Supplies,'' will be received at this office
until Monday. the Goth day of July. A. ID.
1891, at o'clock D. m. for furnishing the
following supplies for the ensuing year for
the heating and the use of Public schools OF
this city, namely:
Stove and Nut Coal, rs tons. more or less.
Egg and Crate Coal, 300 tons, more or less.
Streator Coal, 5000 tons, more or less.
Youghiogheny Coal 5000 tons, more or less.
Hooking Valley Coal, $50 TONS more or less.
Dry Slab Wood, 125 cords, more or less.
Dry Maple Wood, 80 cords, more or less.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
FUEL.

Ali fuel to be furnished at such places and
at such times and in such Quantities as the
Board of School Inspectors may from time to
time direct, which shall be weighed before
delivery upon any city scales designated by
said Board ana certified by the city weigh.
master or his deputies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

no material at all-that IS, no more than
would be actually required to cover the
figure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

rom to and A to ZEE. Russell Shoes for ALL
and Low Tennis Shoes and all kinds of Sporting
Shoes and Oxfords.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
The Cats breakfast.


Captain Peterson, a farmer living q
few miles from Ennis, Texas, recently
lost a pet in a peculiar and heartrend-
ing manner. Some of his friends who
had been fishing in the eastern portion
of the State brought him young ALI
gator about ten inches long, a spry
little fellow, much prettier than his
full. grown relatives. Captain Peterson
was very proud of his little treasure,
and had tank made for him out in the
yard. The tank was about three feet
by two and one foot deep, and was kept
only half full OF water, so that his ALI
gatorship could not get out and wander
away. Crowds of people came every
day to see the new pet, which was q
great curiosity to many of the people
on the high prairies. It soon became
very tame, and would swim to meet it's
visitors, and eat from their hands. The
Captain had another pet, however, a
large, white cat which, from the first,
showed the liveliest interest in the new
member of the family He spent the
greater part of his time circling around
the tank watching the alliqator's mo-
tons. and sometimes, when the baby
saur1an did not move fast enough to
suit HIM, he would reach down with
one paw and gently stir it up, and send
it spinning around at great rate. The
cat seemed to regard the alligator as
something got up for his exclusive
benefit, and evidently enioyed tbe
game to the utmost.
One day, however, Capt. Peterson
found his alligator missing, and though
a thorough search was made he could
not be found. In the course of an hour
the cat came in looking suspiciously
round and plump, and declined the
delicate morsels they offered him for
breakfast. Afterward they found him
rolling over and over in the grassy
yard, playing lazily with an alligatoris
foot. The cat had eaten the alligator,
the first time that a cat ever accom-
pllshed such a feat.-St. Louis Globe
Dem Ocrdf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

The maneuvers OF most European armies
cover q period OF from one to four weeks.
The troops go into camp, live in the open
air, whatever the weather, and ih all
respects save that of bloodshed, the
maneuvers resemble an actual campaign.
Although sometimes protracted, the
mimic campaign seldom continues longer
than week, and is planned with refer
ence to the possible movements Of an
imaginary foe. A theory Of the cam
begin an e sshSy sbsfpTe6 the s ey9IItons
vaded the country and to be marching
in one or more columns toward some
strategic point that must be protected.
The defensive army Is marching for the
purpose of protecting both the country
and its railway communications and
with these matters In view the duties of
both officers and soldiers during such
campaign are by no means light All
the operations of actual warfare, save
real bl0Odshcd, are carried on. Some
times the forces are divided into two
bodies. one Of which Is supposed to be
the attacking army, the other the army
acting on the defensive. The invaders
move forward, endeavoring as they come
TO do all the mischief possible, but i'm
stead OF actually burning the bridges
and destroying the railways and blow
ing up the warehouses-these things are
supposed 10 DO done--and when, for In
stance, detachment from the invading
ferce manages 10 reach bridge and 10
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

siego OF Metz and Of Strasburg. In
England. Chatham, Dover, Hastings and
other points on the coast are selected
for attack, and all tho operations which
would be carried on during a real Siege
are entered into with enthusiasm In this
mock warfare,
The change OF weapons, the difference
In the manner of arrayinR troops, have
rendered the battle-helds OF ancient
times unavailable for modern maneuv.
ers. Nevertheless, several exercise dis
plays OF armies have been held on the
Battlefield Of twenty and more centu'
rIes ago The Italian army has more
than once been drawn up on the historic
plain Of Cannae; the, hills around the
Sake OF Thrasymene, where Hannibal
defeated the Romans, have more than
once echoed TO the rattle OF firearms and
the shout OF victory. In Greece, the
little field force OF that petty power has
repeatedly been displayed on the plain
of Marathon, and the battles OF Their.
mopyIe have been fought over and over
again since the liberation Of that PENN.
sula from Turkish power In 1920.
The United States army has never
been engaged in such costly and exten.
sive operations. The people OF this
country would not stand the expensive
spring and fall paneuYers Only des-
potIc governments could enforce such
expensive fed operations as may be
seen every year in Europe, and an occa-
sIonal sham battle by few dozen men
on each side is the nearest approach to
the costly display by which the states OF
Europe keep their armies In proper con-
dition to do bloody work.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

remain there long enough TO destroy II
were the warfare real, q notice 10 posted
up. This bridge has been burned. I"
When cavalry force reaches the rail-
road, and is there long enough TO tear
up the rails and destroy, the
ties, p'acard Is posted, This rail-
road has been destroyed" and neither
bridge nor road can In fairness be used
by the opposing army. The stream must
be forded or a new bridge built. IL the
defenders are moving forward by rail
they must alight at the point whore the
track Is supposed to be torn mp and pro-
coed forward on foot.
In every respect, therefore, the spring
and fall maneuvers OF the European
armies are made as closely as possible 10
resemble the actual conditions prevailing
during war But the maneuvers are
not confined TO operations In the field.
In order that the soldiers may be accus-
toned TO every detail of their business,
siege operations are undertaken, one
division being supposed to be shut up In
town or city, the rest OF the force be-
slcglng ii there Works offensive and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
DANCERS IN THIBET.

They Wear Masks and Rope. with WIN CHI
They fcourge Themselves.
Dancing enters into a great many OF
the religious ceremonies in Thibet,
where the inhabitants spend great
part of their time in worship and its
attendant festivals.
Prince Henry of Orleans, eldest son
of the Duke of Charities, has recently
returned from journey of explora-
ton in Central Thibet. With M. Bou-
valot, the noted explorer, and a COM
pany of guides aud servants, he
crossed the desolate country between
Lakes Lob Nor and Tengri Nor, mar
rowly escaping loss among the glaciers.
In Lhasa, the seluestered capital Of
Thibet, which they reached after many
hardships, they saw many religious
dances. The most striking of these
was dance by masked priests, deco
rated with the ropes with which they
are accustomed to hagellate them
selves.
Despite the fact that Prince Henry
was announced as a person of high de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
SOME BRIGHT LITTLE FOLK.

Downey, of Regent street, London,
commonly known as "the grand old
photographer, took the pictures Of
nearly all the celebrated people who
visited London in his day, and had q
wonderful collection of photographs of
the English royal family. He had q
particularly fine collection of pictures
of pretty children, of which the accom-
panying cut is one. The name aud
date are both missing, but the face has
probably often figured in London
drawingrooms since then, and its own
or is almost sure to be one of the bellies
of English society. A copy of one Of
his royal family groups is to be found
in almost every household in England.
IL represents the Princess of Wales,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

the land of his fathers. He was the
son of half. caste Arab, and his mother
was a full-blooded negro slave. In
point of ancestry, therefore, many Of
the Arabs whom he has controlled as a
master does a slave, look down upon
him.
He is the man described by Cameron
as an African dandy, and of whom
Stanley said that he was the finest
gentleman he had ever met in Africa.
BY pure intellectual superiority Tippu
lib, after he went to the lake regions
as a trader, gradually gained the SUI
premacy over all other traders, until a
large tract of country, extending from
Kassongo, on the Upper Congo, to
Stanley Falls, acknowledged him as
its ruler. He has supreme influence
over oil the Arabs in the district he
governs, and if so dispo sed he can be
of much assistance to the Congo Free
State in its efforts to suppress slave
raids.
For several years he lived at Stanley
Falls, where he accumulated an i'm
.mense quantity of ivory. much of
which has been taken TO the coast by
caravans of 1000 to 5000 men. His
home, however, is at Kossongo. At
Stanley Falls he lives in a mean little
hut, apparently caring nothing for its
discomforts, though he is rich enough,
If he chose, to live in one of the finest
houses in Zanzibar.
Gleerup, the Swede. who crossed
Africa q while ago, visited Kassongo
and reported that Tippu Tbs dwell.
ing there was a fine stone mansion,
which would compare favorably with
any private residence in Zanzibar.
Though in his dealings with white
men he has been courteous, obliging
and generally faithful, Tippu lib in
the past has caused an enormous
amount of suffering to the helpless ma
tives of Central Africa. He has made
slaves of thousands of them, and this
has involved the destruction of many
villages and the slaughter of many
helpless natives. No one supposes
that he is actuated by any motive
than that of self-interest.
He has now agreed to stop slave
raiding in the territory he controls,
only because he sees that it is his in
terest to do so. He is a very shrewd
man, and finding it useless to oppose
the advance of the whites, he has de-
cided to cooperate with them, know
ing that it is to their advantage to
give him abundant opportunity to
carry on his trading enterprises.
1t is hoped that this able man, who
is by far the richest person in Inner
Africa, may be made valuable agent
in carrying on the civilizing work now
in progress on the Upper Congo and
in the lake regions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

whan Nebraska became State, and
up to the present year, Mr.. Boyd has
held numerous offices and performed
executive acts, all of which become
void, il he be an alien. As Mayor OF
Omaha he was prominent in approving
acts bonding the city for large sums,
which bonds are now in the hands OF
capitalists in New York and Boston.
AS Governor he approved numerous
acts of the recent Legislature,
chief among which are bill appropri-
ating $15O,O0O for drought sufferers,
$50, 900 for the Worlds Fair, and the
vetoing of the celebrated maximum
freight-rate bill. The legality OF his
acts in these questions has been recall
ed. and the. greatest uneasiness pre-
walls in railroad and commercial cir
cles. Nothing has occurred in the
States history to mix affairs up to
such an embarrassing extent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
Men BehInd pr... Good, counter.

If you have done much shopping you
must have noticed that more men than
women are employed at the dress goods
counters. 1t occurred to the writer to
ask If there was any reason for this.
The manager replied, just as if he had
been expecting some one to ask the
question. There are several reasons
for it. Women do not like to take the
say-so of their own sex on dress goods !;
men have better ideas of combination
than women; men are more diplomatic
in dealing with women than saleswom-
en- are. A saleswoman can accomplish
more at some other counter than men.
But at the dress goods counter men
make the best employees. You would
naturally think that woman could
grab up piece OF goods and show il
to advantage. / never saw one that
could do it. Few women are good
judges IT combinations of colors on the
counter. A modiste is. of course, but
a woman cannot always have a modiste
with her whau she goes shopping
Men who are il the business take to
thing like combining colors as naturally
as ducks take to water. They seem to
know as soon as they see a woman
what will become her in the way of
dress goods. There are many articles
In such a store as this which women
prefer 10 buy of their own sex, but
when IL comes to dress goods they pre-
fer to deal with men," - Chicago
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

IN armed camp, for the leading powers
can, on a few weeks notice, put in the
field no less than IL, 900, 900 soldiers fully
equipped for the deadly work of destruc-
tion. The entire male population Of the
Continent is practically at the service Of
the governments, as the system OF con-
scription as practiced in Europe is so
severe that it is practically impos .ible to
elude military service. In England alone
is the service voluntary, nor are any
pressing inducements offered to recruit
the English army, but so great is the
number of the unemployed in the British
Isles that, with low wages, the ranks are
generally full.
One feature of the COMPULSORY military
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
Tho Ba Lands.

The "Mauvaises Terres," as the old
French fur-traders called them, are in
Dakota, Wyoming and Northwestern
Nebraska, between the north fork of
Platte and the south fork of the Chey-
enne River, and cover an area of about
10000 square miles. They are de-
scfibed as one of the most wonderful
regions in the world. Biologists hold
that during the miocene period q vast
fresh-water lake covered this portion
of the American continent. As these
lakes drained off, after the subsistence
of the plains further east, the original
lake-beds were worn into canyons that
twined in every conceivable direction.
Here and there abrupt and almost per-
pendicular portions of the ancient beds
remain in all imaginable forms, some
resembling the ruins of abandoned
cities. Towers, spires, cathedrals,
obelisks, pyramids and monuments of
various shapes appear on every side.
DIR. Hayden, the earliest explorer Of
this region, says
TNot infrequently the rising or setting
sun will light up these grand old ruins
reminding one of a city illuminated in
the night as seen from high points.
The harder layers project from the
sides of the canyons with such regular
ity that they appear like seats of some
vast, weird amphitheater."
These lands are entirely unsuited for
agriculture, and with rare exceptions
are of little value for grazing. They
are, however, one of the richest treas
uries of fossil remains to be found any
where. The soft clay deposits are in
some places literary filed with the
bones of extinct species of the horse,
rhinoceros, elephant, hog, camel, a
deer that strongly resembles a hog,
saber-toothed lions and other marvel
GUS creatures.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

duty, as they are some hours each day,
they enjoy themselves as at a picnic.
Aside from the practical importance
of the semi-annual campaigns as a train
ing school for the soldiery, they some
times assume historic interest. Europe
is covered with battle-helds. Some
years ago an English map-maker UNDER
took to draw mp map of the Continent
which should, by pair OF crossed
swords, indicate the locality of every
battle which had been fought on conti-
mental soil. So numerous were the
battle-fields that as the story goes, he
was forced no less than three times to
enlarge the scale Of his map in order to
include them ALL To the soldier IL is a
matter of interest to fight over again in
peace the illustrlous battles of his coun-
try, and very frequently the maneuvers
take place on one or another historic
field. Two years ago the Russian spring
maneuvers took place on the historic
field of Narva, about eighty miles west
OF st. Petersburg Near Narva Is
the historic ground where Charles MI.
OF Sweden, with 5000 men, defeated
Peter the Great with $4,000 One
division OF the Russian maneuvering
army were considered Swedes, the rest
as Russians, and the battle was fought
over again, with the result, however,
that taking advantage of the enemy's
known inferiority, the Swedes were all
taken prisoners. Four years ago the
Russian maneuvers were at Pultova,
where Pc ter the Great defeated Charles
XII in one of the bloOdest battles
fought on Russian soII. Eight yoare
ago the reviews and maneuvers were
held on the ground of Borodino. One
half the Russian army represented the
invading French force, the other portion
successfully resisted the passage of the
French across the river, and did what
the Russian Generals Of eighty years
ago did not do.
The Germans have often used their
ancient battlefelds on which to train
their soldiers. just before the Franco
Prussian war the evolutions of the Prus-
sian army were held on the historic
field of Leuthen, in Silesia. whore, in
1857, Frederick defeated the Austrians.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11
A NeIghborIy NeIEhborhood.

A Neighborly NeIEhborhood.
Mr.. Goodheart "a suburban resident)
GOOD morning! What can do for
you this bright and beautiful spring
morning?"
First Neighbor - noticed you
hadn't begun making garden yet, and
/ thought I'd just step over and borrow
your spade.
Mr.. Goodheart = Certainly = GER
tainly. Here it is. Good-day."
Second neighbor-"How do, Mr..
Goodheartl Will you let me have
your hoe for few minutes?"
Mr.. oodheart-"Y-e-s. Certainly"
Third Neighbor-"G ood-morning. I
see Mr.. Spinks has your spade and Mr..
Pinks has just passed me with your
hoe, and as you can't do anything with
rake without a spade and hoe to
break the ground, concluded l might
just as well drop in and borrow your
rake. Thanks"
rourth Neighbor 81 see you are not
making any use of your wheelbarrow.
and"
Mr.. Goodheart-"I will need the
wheelbarIow the moment begin max
ing garden"
Neighbor-"Oh, yes, of course. But
you can't make garden without a spade
and hoe and rake, you know, and I'll
rush back with the wheelbarrow quick
as l see the spade coming back.
Thanks"
Mr.. oodheart-"Now. don't forget
that I'll need this wheelbarrow just as
soon as Mr.. Spinks comes back with
my spade"
Fourth Neighbor-"Oh, I'll have
plenty of time to get through with the
barrow. Spinks told me he'd be busy
with your spade for q month. "-Ne,0
York Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

81 left Romulus at 10 o'clock this
morning." he began to say TO the po-
liceman on the corner.
where's Remus?" interrupted the
facetious cop, who was also somewhat
of classic.
"Remus? There amt no Remus,
he said. with puzzled look.
"Yes, there is, too. Didn't you ever
hear of Romulus and Remus?"
"Never heerd of Remus. No."
what. never heard of the twins the
che wolf suckled?"
twins nothin'," he exclaimed.
"You don't know what you are talking
about. There amt no Remus, and
Romulus is the town out here on the
railroad where live. You'd better
study mp on your Biography, before you
try to learn strangers anything" And
he left the policeman paralyzed. Free
Press.