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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07

The exhibition OF the geographical appliances got
together by the Geographical Department of the Brook
lvn Institute was gratifying success in Boston Dur
Ing the three weeks that it lasted 1t attracted large
numbers of people and aroused genuine interest
,mong educators generally. committee consisting OF
Dr. James Cruikshank. A. q. Merwin and cyrus =
Adams the president Of the Geographical department
Vs. arnointed last week to arrange for giving the eX
hhltion I'm New-Y York City i'm october and November
II IS hoped to procure rooms i'm which there VIII be
abundant space for the display 20 advantage Of all the
mans aliases and other features of the exhibition.
Preparations are to be made for the reception of
hundRd thousand visitors
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
Tuesday Feb. 10.
SENATE.

When the session of the senate opened
Senator John Day Smith presented another
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13

This time G.'s ideas underwent O
change. He was one day busy writ
ing; stranger called in and asked
him where Downing street was.
II don't know" said G..
''Nor Buckingham Palace?"
"No."
The stranger finally asked him if
he knew where the Guild Hall was.
''No," replied G..
do you live in London, sir?" said
the stranger.
eyes SIR said G..
"Good gracious! and don't you
know where Downing Street, the
houses of Parliament, Buckingham
Palace and the Guild Hall are?'
"Sir," said G., II was turned out
of the postoffice for knowing too
much. l don't mean to offend in
that way again. am paid for keep
ing this book. I believe l know that
much; but if you find me knowing
an ring more you may take my
head"
"Good morning." said the stran-
ger.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
And So Say We All of Us,

Church bells are gross offenders
against the peace of Christian folk,
and in England seem more calculated
to irritate the sinner than soothe and
invite the worshipper. We are not a
musical nation in spite of our i'm
mense pretence in this direction, and
our modern companology is perhaps
the most intolerable in Christendom.
The chimes at Antwerp or Salzburg,
for example, will offend only the most
sensitive ear, but clamorous little
bell, rung from q steeple at early
morning and evening time with tink-
lings throughout. the day, seems an in
strument carefully designed to worry
all the dwellers within it's range. In
an age when every room has it's clock,
and every adult his watch, this con-
slant bell-ringing seems unnecessary.
1t should be within the power of our
county councils and municipal author
tiles to deal sharply with persons who
create disturbance at night by shout
ing, screaming and singing. For the
weary and hardworked citizen these
discOrdant sounds are hard enough to
bear, for the sick and restless they are
intolerable. The hours of rest ale
none too long; by $50 or z the milk
mans whoop is heard; the rattle o.
his cans and his foot on the area stel
announce that the days work has be
gun.-British Medical Journal.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
A SUSPICIOUS MAN,
Why He Would Not Hire Out HE
Team to a Stranger.

Why He Would Not Hire Out HE
Team to Stranger.
A young man in a Southern town
applied to the keeper of livery stable
for horse and buggy.
"Who is going along with your"
asked the latter.
ri am going to take my wife's moth
er out for ride. She is not well, and
I want her to have some fresh air.
wish that you would put spade and
a Ratchet in the bottom of the buggy
"What do you want them for?"
"I want to dig up some young cedar
trees to plant in the cemetery"
II don't think / can let you have a
buggy"
"Why not?"
because don't want to be hauled
up as awitness every time court meets.
l have got my business to attend to. +"
II don't understand you"
"Maybe you don't but understand
you. You have been married some
years, and when a married man in
this town wants to take his mother
in-law out for ride for her health,
and wants spade and hatchet and
talks about planting things in the
cemetery, that's all I want to know"
"But, my dear sir"
cit may be all right, but I don't pro-
pose to take any risks. When your
trial comes off you will swear there is
a prejudice against you in this town
and you can't get a fair trial, and get a
change of venue to some county away
off, and I'll have to 60 there as wit
ness every time the case is continued
or be fined $40. If you want to get
rid of your wife's mother, you 60 to a
drug store and get some Rough on
Rats and it will be case of suicide
or accident, but am not going to be
mixed up in it by supplying you with
spades and hatchets and horse and
buggy to carry off the corpse to hide.
No, Stree! Why don't you ask me to
put coffin in the buggy besides? No,
sir; I am not that kind of livery
stable man. I'm not in that line of
business. sympathize with you, but
for the mere hire of a horse and buggy
1 can't afford to take any such risk"
Texas Siftings.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13

Hints For Acquiring Grace and Sc
curity on the Ice,

curity on the Ice,
The modern girl skater merits the
description given her ancestress by an
old chronicler, who writes that she went
Gas swiftly as a bird fyeth in the air,
or an arrow out of crossbow."
The best skate is one that clamps
firmly on the heel and fits the edges so
tightly it becomes a part of the foot
itself, It should be accurately and
perfectly steady if properly strapped
to the foot: Laced boots for skating
are to be preferred to buttoned, as
they permit the freer circulation of
the blood.
The beginner might advantageously
carry a stick or light pole in the hand,
But make a trial, learn to balance the
body properly, and with little con-
fidence success will come very soon.
It is wonderful how soon children
learn to skate. Tiny little bodies,
wee bits of womanly humanity. dart
Wy CIlelI tlOcI SlSOcIS 81 Cautiously
feeling their way, bright flashes of gold
and silver, as it were, fitting by some
unwieldy body of the deep.
The girl skater in learning ought
never to look at her feet, should keep
the head up, advancing the body,
her face in the direction she is going,
and the body slightly inclined forward,
according to the first principle of
gravitation, which in scientific Ian
guage says: keep the center of gravity
over the base. In skating all move
ments should be smooth and grace
full and an effort made to keep quite
free from jerking and awkward ges-
lures. The art of stopping is soon
learned. Slightly bend the knees,
bring the heels together and bear up
on them.
It may be accomplished by turning
short to the right or left and, as you
and know, too often happens to us
by sudden contact with what acts in
place of terra frma and from no de-
sire on our part to reach SO decided a
halt. The best skaters avoid swing
ing the arms. They are also cnreful
to wear a close fitting dress, as full
and loose clothes catch the wind and
retard progress. A sensible skater
never ventures on thin ice and, unless
perfectly sure that the CLASSY rink will
bear her weight, does not dream OF
putting on her skates.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
The new cabins were not built that
fall, and this was the only quarrel
which ever occurred between the three
families. COmDaniOn.
UndersoId the Owner.

The proprietor OF a country store
was noted for being particularly
obliging to his customers, and he had
a clear headed and smartyoung man
for clerk. One day one of the best
customers of the house called to buy
a dress pattern. The price was sew
enty-fve cents, and after a long talk
the clerk closed the bargain at sew
enty cents.
While the clerk was selecting trim
ming, etc., in another part of the
store, the genial proprietor came
along rubbing his hands, inquired
after the family of the customer,
praised her taste in selecting that
particular piece of goods, and as q
special favor to a good customer let
her have it for sixty-eight cent per
yard.
The clerk returned, and the lady
told him ofthe reduction the proprie-
tor had made. The clerk was furi-
GUS, but not in the least disconcert-
ed. He saw that if the customers
thought he was selling higher than
others in the store they would avoid
him and his discharge would follow;
so he said:
II just looked at the bill and can
sell you that piece at sixty-fve cents
a yard"
When the sale was completed the
proprietor was as angry as the clerk.
"Do you know that I made the
price sixty-eight cents?" asked the
proprietor.
EYES," replied the clerk, 'but I
want you to understand that no
man can undersell me in this store. +"
He kept his situation.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
Didn't Propose to Know Toe
Much,

DlQnI Propose 10 NnOW LOU
Much.
London Graphic.
During the administration of Lord
Melbourne there was a singular young
gentleman employed in the general
post-othce. His name was G. He
was from Yorkshire, the son of a
widow. Her husband had been the
servant of an eccentric old general,
who had a kind feeling for the boy,
md always got him out of his diff
:ulties with some of the high officials
to whom his singular interference
was distasteful.
Among other things it is said OF
him that while he was employed in
the general post-office, on one occa-
sion he had to copy letter of some
high official in answer to an appli-
cation made by an old gentleman
in Rutlandshire for the establish
ment of q new pcst-ofice. The writ
er of the letter said the application
could not be granted in consequence
OF the applicants proximity to an
other Office"
When the letter came into G.'s
hands to copy, being a great stick]er
for plainness, he altered proximity"
to 'nearness.
The official observed it and asked
G. why he altered his letter.
"Why," replied G., because I don't
think the man would understand
what he meant by proximity"
"Well," said the official, "try him;
put in proximity again"
In a few days a letter was received
from the applicant, in which he in
dignantly said that his father had
fought for his country in the French
wars, and he should like to have the
scoundrel who had brought the
charge of proximity or anything else
wroAs a5ainst them.
''There," said G., did I not say
sop
G. carried his Improvement to such
an extent that the secretary said to
him: Il do not want you any long
er-you know too much"
Poor G. went, but his old friend the
General got him another place.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
Laxiness Pers0aiaed.

Even the preachers are not adverse to q
joke that lies in the line CT the protest. nal
funny man. One of them told the follow
ing in an East side church lately when he
was invited to speak: A traveller discov-
cred man lying on the ground one warm
day within foot or two of the shade of a
tree. why don't you lie in theshade2" he
inquired. II did," replied the man, but
it has moved away from me and can't af.
ford to follow it." "Well, if you are not
the best specimen of lazy man have seer
yet! Make me another remark on a par
with that and I'll give you quarter" The
man said: Put the quarter into my pock.
et," He got it.-[Bufalo Express.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
A War Vessel Built by Archimedes.

"A war SeSSel Built by ArCh1meOoS.
In ancient days there seems to have been
built great war vessel by Archimedes for
Heron, the king OF Syracuse, which must
have been as unsafe as it was ambitious and
extravaganza writes Henry L. Nelson in
Harper's Weekly. It was not only a fight
ing ship, but it possessed even more splen-
dor than the most sumptuous American
steamboat Being the work of Archi1nedes,
it was, OF course, replete with curious and
ingenious mechanical contrivances. Its in
terror arrangements, with which we are
now chiefly concerned have been thus de-
scribed: 'The middle deck had on each
side of it fifteen apartments for dining
each furnished with four couches, such
as they used to lie on at their
meals; and on the same deck was also
the place for the accommo dalton of the
mariners, wherein were fifteen couches,
and three large cham bers for men and their
wives, each having three BEDS next which
was the kitchen for the poop, the floors OF
all which were pave d with mosaic work,
wherein was represented the whole story OF
the Iliad; and suitable to so rich a floor was
the workmanship of tn ceiling and door Of
each apartment. On the upper deck was
pAeASN AVA SAOACAoV oAO a AAlO WdlA, w ACI Gil
were several garden plots furnished with
plants of all kinds. which were watered by
1eaden pipes laid to them from a great re.
ceptacle of fresh water, where there were
also several arbors fivy and vines set in
hogsheads of earth, whose roots were
watered in like manner as the plants"
Were ever mariners so well housed and cir
cumstanced as those? This brief extract
from the description of the ship gives but
faint idea of its glories. There were cab
ms for3 the marine soldiers (they had
marines in those far distant days., and
twenty stables for horses (horse marines
"lso were apparently not unknown, and in
the forecastle (what glorious torecastle it
must have beenD %. as receptacle for
fresh water. made of planks, well lined
with cloth and pitch, which held 253 hogs
heads; and near that was well, lined with
sheet lead, which, being kept tull of sea
water, nourished great numbers OF fish,"
This ship was too big tor the shallow har-
Dor of Syracuse, so Heron sent her as q
present to Ptolemy, surnamed Philopator,
king of the Egyptians, and her name was
changed from Syracuse to Alex andria.
The luxury OF marine life is illustrated in
this palace, with its baths, its sleeping
rooms its couches, its banquet halls With
all the devices that could be invented by
the pleasure-loving, sensuous Greeks It
was all in keeping with the soft airs and
smooth waters that kissed the purple hills
of the Mediterranean and Ionian seas.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
Monday, Feb. g.
HOUSE..

Mr.. Smith of Hennepin introduced res
olution requiring the court house commits
sloners of Hennepin to furnish to commit
tee of the house a full statement of the es-
timated cost of the Minneapolis court house,
and to require said county commissioners
to furnish $4,000 to pay for the examina-
tons of the plans and Specifications of said
building by a competent architect The
resolution was referred to the Hennepin
delegation.
On the motion of Mr.. Kinney, H. f. 22s,
being Mr.. Stockwelfsfb relating to the liza
bility of employers, was referred to the
judiciary on the ground that the constitu-
tionality of some of its provisions is doubt
A number of house and senate bills were
advanced stage.
Saturdays 1ncompleted calendar was
taken up and Mr.. Searles bill relating to
the state reformatory at St. Cloud, Mr..
Bells bill relating to challenges of jurors.
and Mr.. Lomen's bill to amend section 1897.
chapter G. General Statutes, 1878, were
read third time and passed.
Among the few new bills introduced was
one by Mr., Demo, which provides that
railroad companies shall have all depots and
stations properly heated and lighted half
an.hour before and after the departure of all
trains.
Mr.. Penney introduced bill relating to
garnishments. This bill is to reduce the
amount for which a creditor can garnishee
debtors from $40 to S.. The bill Is aimed
at the class OF. people who run up bill for
$3.50 at small stores and then change their
patronage, the storekeeper being 20 werless
to enforce the collection of his debt.
Tuesday Feb. 10.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
MINNESOTA S0L0NS.
Condensed Proceedings Of Both
Branches of the Minnesota Leg
iSlature.
What is Being Attempted in the Way
of Legislation by Our Law
makers.
Wednesday Feb. 4.
SENATE.

Senator March introduced bill amend
hereafter the park board shall not issue
bonds without the consent OF the common
council. The bill has the unanimous con-
tent of the Hennepin delegation.
Senator Keller presented bill which pro-
vides that corporations for manufacturing
purposes shall not be required to pay any
fee for filing articles of incorporation.
NO MONEY TO BUY VOTES.
Senator Mcmillan introduced bill yes
terday which limits the amount of money
his campaign for election. The maximum
amount to be expended is $1,000
for candidates for state Offices.
including United States senators and
c6hgressmen. For county Offices the limit
y $500, and for town, village and city Offices
Il II $3.50. except that for the Office Of mayor
IN cities Of more than Is, 900 inhabitants the
limit is $500. These amounts must include
all moneys spent to secure nomination a.
well as election. Sworn statements of the
amount of money so spent must be filed
with designated officers before certificates of
election are issued.
A large portion of the day was spent by
the senate in committee of the whole. The
morning session was presided over by Sen.
atof Leavitt, while Senator Eaton occupied
the chair in the afternoon. The following
bills were recommended to pass: 8. F. No.
70. allowing non-residents to use public
town Libraries; No. 80. increasing Jurors
fees; No. "a, reducing the number OF people
necessary to incorporate village to one
hundred; No. 60. providing for committee
to consider the subject Of waterways; No.
81 to protect and reimburse any reversioner
against the failure of any tenant for life to
pay taxes; No. 1O6 relating to banks and
banking; No. ITO, relating to the duties Of
public examiner.
With the exception of passing under q
suspension of the rules House file 40. which
provides for the distribution of seed grain
to farmers whose crops have suffered by
blight, Frost hail, etc, the house was en-
gagged all of yesterday with the Durant.
Daily contest case, and finally disposed OF it
in the afternoon by awarding the seat to
the Republican, Mr.. DAILY, by vote of Sc
to 80.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
The Influenza,


The epidemic influenza, or "I.a
Grippe" as it is called in. Europe,
seems to be sort of century plant.
1t blooms once in hundred years;
at least it has assumed general ep.
idemic form and spread over the
world at periods of about a century
apart.
Medical authorities agree that Of
itself it is not especially dangerous,
and is not likely to result fatally, but
is liable, if the system be run down
at the time OF the attack, to induce
complications that may result in
death. To a person with any chron-
ic disorder an attack of LA Grippe"
is attended with danger.
The microbe theory of the general
infection seems to be the one most
generally adopted by the medical
profession. Whether it be correct or
not one fact seems to have been thor
oughly esta blished in the progress of
the epidemic through the communi-
ty-it attacks with greatest viru-
lence persons whose systems have
been weakened, or run down" from
any cause.
Many of the fatal cases have result
ed because Of complications with
kidney disorders. Another poison
finds egress into the system, and the
kidneys, already weakened and un-
able to perform, and failing, death
follows as a matter ofcourse.
"La Grippe does not take hold of
a person whose system is in good
condition, or if at all, the attack is
a very light one, easily thrown off.
If, during the prevalence of the cpl
demic, people would keep their liver
and kidneys in perfect working or
der bv the use OF "Warner's Safe
Cure" which never fails to render
these purifying organs of the system
competent to fully perform their
great Office, they need have little fear
of ola Grippe" or any epidemic of
similar sporadic character.
Beginning Of Great Industry
An old woman, feeding her hens
with prudent care, is said to have
made the beginnings of a great men
baden industry in Maine. Her name
was Bartlett, and about half q
century ago, down in Blue Hill
bay, she was one day boiling
some menhaden for her hens, when
she found quantity of oil rising
to the top Of the water in the pot.
She skinned it off, bottled it up, and,
with unusual enterprise, got aboard
the old sloop that piled between Bos-
ton and the east coast, and took the
strange oil among the dealers Of the
Club" A man named E. E. Phillips
examined it, and offered to buy all
she could bring him. She went home
happy, and all summer the old gentle
man Bartlett fished and the old lady
fried out the oil. In the autumn
they had enough oil to bring them
in several hundred dollars This.
was the beginning of an industry
that yields some years fifty thousand
barrels OF oil, and is second only to
the whale fishery.-Boston Letter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
SENATE.

In the senate yesterday the greater part
of the morning session was spent in discuss
Ing resolutions. In the afternoon large
humber Of local bills were passed, and just
before adjOurnmenta vote was taken on the
house joint resolution providing for COM
mission from the legislature to confer with
similar commissions from other states upon
was one of Senator Donnellys pet measures,
and he met square defeat by ayote Of "a
to 10.
Senator Donnelly introduced two bills re-
lating to thestate prison management. One
of the bills authorized the board of prison
Irvine machine for the state prison and to
proceed with the work of getting the plant
in operation as rapidly as possible The
second bill provided that the board of state
prison managers shall be elected by the
people. The board shall consist of five
members, all to be elected at the next gen.
eral election. Two of the members shall be
elected for two years and two for four years,
and at the expiration of the term of office
of each member his successor shall be elect
ed for four years. In case ofvacancy in the
board it shall be filled by appointment by
the governor, the appointee to hold office
until the next general election
Senator. Davis bill asking congress to
give a bounty to the Minnesota Rangers is
introduced at the request of ex-Judge E. St.
Julian Cox, president of the association OF
the members of the regiment. Judge Nc
Fail is secretary Of the association.
HOUSE.
The house held its first Saturday session
yesterday morning and transacted quite
large amount of business. Several bills of
general importance were introduced, to-
gether with large number of minor and
local bills. The calendar W as reached also
and the greater portion of it disposed of in
quick order. The speaker commenced bus
mess by announcing tn appointment
Messrs Richardson, McAllister, and Erick-
son as the special committee to confer with
similar committees from other Western
states with a view to fixing uniform rate
of interest.
The committee on agriculture made
favorable report on the joint resolution
favoring the passage of the Butterworth
anti-option bill.
A resolution by Mr.. Stevens providing
that all bills reported for passage by the
appropriations committee be referred to the
on notice of debate given by Mr.. Stone.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-13
Friday Feb. {
Saturday Feb. z.

The legislature spent the day in visiting
state institutions.