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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-19
Lumber.
ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE.
The following deeds were recorded yester-


St. Anthony Real Estate and Improve
ment company to Ii Barbour. 1t 10,
blk 40, st. Anthony Park NORTH. $500
Arlington Hills. .............. -. 1900
l. Little 10 E Skogstrom, Il u 1t Z, subd
blk 38, Arlington Hills 800
II McClung to W S Martin, Its II and
70, blk 2, The strand add. 49,. -. 1000
W f Howard and Camilla Qvist, 40
Syndicate No. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400
John Gruhl to John Pikal, 1t 80, blk IL.
H" L an to pettingiii. it 81, ~
blk 7, Winters. .......... ...,......... 500
Reserve Loan ana Investment company
to Jane w Jordan, 1t II, blk s. Elmer
d MS rearrt pit of Manchester Park. 1,750
BrookviIle I'd add .........e....':.... $500
S, Q, blk II, West St Paul Proper. 1872. 46, SIS
Hansen to Charles BlOmberg, 1t "A,
subd blk IS, Arlt Hills. 1,650
Pauline Leslie TO A Ii Selb, 1t %, blk 4.
L K Stone to ] NJ Frederickson. 1t 26, blk
O. Fifth add to North st. Paul. 80
Cecile Payen to E w Jewett Its ID, IA,
Is, blk g. Synd Add No. 5.............. 2.100
One unpublished observation-disclosures. 1850
Total, fifteen transfers. SCI, 3S5
BUILDING PERMITS.
The following building permits were is
sued yesterday:
E F Tibling, 1-stcry frame dwelling st
Anthony av. near Byron.... ......... s., 600
r Maybee, l-story frame dwelling,
Moses st, near Indiana. -. 1000
jacobson, addition to dwelling, Thorn
as near Kent Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Board of Education. additional story to
brick veneer school house, Smelling
av, near OttOs =. Observation-Disclosures. 1,5O0
Nine minor permits ..... ........ LOO
Toto1 t1irtaan rarnits S6 0On
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-19
MINING STOCKS.
S575, Capital and Surplus |!

We have always in EANRsuffcient of our
OWN funds 10 purchase within a few hours
all good improved and vacant property mort
gage loans offered.
ST. Paul Title Insurance and Trust Co.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-19
GERMANiA BANN

FEiD UP CAPITAL. 500, 600
Surplus and undivided profits, $50, 900.
II. B. STRAIT, WILLIAM BIcKEL,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
A STYLISH EoUIPAGE.

pany. Early in the fifteenth century
they were allowed to dance before the
English king at Windsor before the
Scottish king at Hollywood, and acted
plays at the French court. Early in
the sixteenth century they became
famous as fiddlerS in Italy, as guitar
players In Spain. as harpists in Wales
and Ireland. They became painters,
wood and iron workers, etchers or en-
gravers on copper, soon learned TO coun-
terfelt, four of them being hanged for
an attempt to counterfeit the great seal
of England in 1919; they made bows and
arrows. knives and swords. Sometimes
they were even he I'd in distinction, for
more than one royal writ went out al
lowing their leaders TO adm n ister justice
In their bands according to tho laws OF
Egypt"
In several countries of Europe this
confidence was soon abused, and then
came retrlbution. Up to the time OF tho
general persecution the gypsies had been
at worst merely petty thieves and
swndlers, but finding themselves the
objects Of general detestation, they
rapidly developed worse traits of char
acters. They were accused OF many
heinous offenseS 1t was charged that
they were cam balls, that they robbed
graves, that t ey stole children for tho
purpose OF eating them, that they muir
dered men TO drink their blood. In
Germany hundreds were arrested and
put to the rack to make them confess.
They did confess, but when asked where
they had concealed tho corpses they had
stolen they could not tell and were again
tnrtnrad- In Eranca thav were nut to
death by wholesale simply on suspicion
and be ause of their nationality. A
more serious charge than any brought
up to that time was made about the be.
ginning OF the sixteenth century,
charge which allied them to witches
and associated them with witch
craft. This was quickly followed
by an accusation that they had
no religion. They may have had
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The spirit of barter is one which
very early animates certain American
children. As soon as they have pos
sessions enough to swap" for Others
more desirable, they are happy indeed
The st. Paul Press gives a recent
instance of such devotion to trade.
Please, sir" said boy to the fore.
man OF a paving gang. "will you give
ne one of those round cedar blocks ?"
Yes, I'll give you one if you will
tell me what YOU want it for"
ITO cover it with carpet, and make
hassock."
What do you want with hassock ?"
"Oh, / Lean trade the hassock to Mrs.
Brown for bird-cage. Her bird is
dead"
But what can you do with a bird
cage without bird p
Oh, don't want the cage. but I can
trade the cage for an oxidized picture
Frame"
well. of what use is picture-frame
without any picture?"
~But Mr.. Oliver has q picture of
General sheridan. and ne said he
would trade me a hanging lamp for a
good oxidized Frame"
$50 it's the lamp you wantin
mo, I've no particular use for lamp.
but 1 can trade good hanging lamp
for o Persian rug, and the rug for a
Mexican parrot. and Tom Higbie will
give me his banjo for the parrot. It's
the banjo 1 want"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

other largo citIcs OF the Roman Empire,
we may recognize the gypsios BY the
description OF groups OF men black as
Tartars, who worked at the forge, were
good dancers, were skilled In music, and
were accompanied by thievish women
who looked into the palms Of credulons
persons 10 foretell their future" The
description is toeraDly true TO nature.
and makes II almost certain that the
gypsies came from the East perhaps by
the way OF Egypt, a long time before
they made their appearance In Western
Europe, and also that they always ex-
hiblted the same character OF feature,
and practiced the same employments
which have ever since distinguished
them.
On their first coming into Western
Europe the wandering folk were almost
generally we'll received. They were
clever people. generally more skillful at
any craft than the native workmen at
that time who practiced IL. and what
they did not know they soon learned
Pleasant spoken, courteous, quick at
acquiring the language OF the country
they adopted for their own, they easily
insinuated thcmselycs into good COM
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
He Went Down to His once.

"My dear. said Mr.. Blough, II am not
going out this morning. 1 have got a
cold and it rains, so think 1 will stay
in the house and finish examining those
papers that"
ooh, I'm SO glad. said Mrs. Blough.
Il have wanted to get a chance to
run out for mornings shopping for
some time, so 1 will go to-day, and you
will see to things, won't you?
Il expect the grocer's boy pretty
soon. Tell him to bring some cheese
and bread, and one-half pound of but
ter, the usual quantity of tea, three
pounds of loaf sugar, and don't forget
to say that the last coffee he brought
was not the right kind. Then, when
the dustman comes round be sure you
watch for him, and tell him he mustn't
spill any more ashes on our walks.
fore hSoh e fei her can't S be be IL lifted ted
till l get some new trimming for the
bottom of my yellow skirt, and ask her
to call on Thursday afternoon. Oh,
and don't forge. to tell the milkman to
leave two pints instead of one. Tell
him I'm going to make a pudding to-
morrow. And the butcher will have
to be paid Give him IS Cd, and tell
him the sirloin he left on Friday wasn't
tender, so won't pay him full price
for il.
"Acd the upholsterer is coming to
see about doing over that chair in the
back parlor. and say to him that will
come round and pick out the color I
want in plush. And now I'll run out.
"You can have a nice, quiet day, with
nothing to disturb you, and You won't
mind going out for lunch, will YOU.
if | don't get back? Good-bye-good-
bye, dear"
And Mrs. Blough went ont.
Mr.. Blough whistled softly. Then
he said to himself:
Somehow, don't think it will rain
much"
And he went down to his Office.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
Fashion. In House Pain .,ne.

There are regular fashions in house
painting which change as regularly,
though not as often, as those of femi-
nine dress. Just now the fashionable
color is yellow, and if you go to any
suburban neighborhood you will find
more than half OF the new houses
painted to match the canary's wing.
The most correct style seems to be to
paint the window frames, cornices and
gables a deeper shade of yellow or
orange, but olive green, deep brown,
or even black are sometimes used.
The effect is cheerful, if not always
restful to the eye. and yellow as pre-
vailing tone in landscape is infinitely
preferable TO the dominance of rusty
browns and neutral tints that so many
frame houses used to endure. Nor was
the aesthetic craze for oil sorts of COM
binations of sad sage greens, which
struck tho country four or Ave years
ago, altogether joyful thing. It has
died away, and while yellow to-day is
the fashionable color. there are still
plenty of courageous citizens who will
paint their houses to please them
selves, and the landscape is diversified
and cheered by eruptions Of flame and
carmine on roof and walls. Hearth
and Hall.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
GETTING SUPPER

national religion at the beginning OF
their wanderings, but seem to have lost
IL, for In whatever country they were,
they adopted, or pretended TO adopt. the
religion of the people. NJ twiths. anding
the fact that they rendered an apparent
conformity to the religious rites OF those
by whom they were surrounded, they
mingled with the adopted religion many
secret ceremonies of their own, which
in time, being discovered, added to the
Nervousness Of the offcnsc.
Thus, classcd with Migrants, with
hcre.ics, with witches, general crusade
was begun against them, and whatever
faults they had were far more than pun
ished by the cruelty with which they
were treated. During the reign OF Hen
ry VIII. they were ordered out OF En-
gland, and vessels wero provided for
their transportation, but q few years
later we read OF fines being in
filcted on shipowners who brought them
back. Indeed, IL was found impossible
to get rid of them entirely, for the peo-
pie stood In awe of them. Tho mystery
OF their origin, the tales as to whence
they came, their claims to deal in the
black art, their pretended gift Of propk-
ecy, all made them dreaded by the coun-
bTl pcOpic, WIN WtTt dlTdlu 10 complain
OF them to the authorit es, and thus ena-
bled them In many districts to enjoy a
comparative immunity. Nor were they
entirely without their uses, for they car
ried many, though humble, arts to So
cluded parts Of the country, and for this
reason, too, wore protected, or at least
not prosecuted In the remoter rural dis
tricts. Near the cities and towns, how
ever, they suffered severely. Hundreds
were arrested, the men were hanged, the
women and children drowned, for no
other crime than that OF their birth. as
I'm not few Instances the sole record Is
something like that made in Norwich In
1882: ~III mel were hanged and one
woman and two children drowned for be-
ing Egyptians.
The seventies passed upon them had
the effect Of driving them north, and ia
Scotland for a long time they found
shelter. Even here, however, they at
length fell into disgrace, presumably on
account Of q scandalous adventure Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

James " This monarch was fond OF
providing about ut night among his sub
jects. and CHANGED on one such excursion
20 come upon gypsy oncampment.
whore he became to0n companion OF
tho wanderers In their carousals Speak
ing with too much familiarity to wo-
man OF tho tribe, he was assaulted by
one Of tho men, and forced. TO save his
life. TO discover hImsolf The gypslcs
kept him prisoner for several days and
finally released him only unoer promise
OF immunity from punishment In re-
yenge, however, after his escape. he
issued royal proclamation declaring
that II three gypsIcs be found together
any OF his subjects might kill one OF tho
three without mourning either rcproach
or punishment
AZ this time a wide tract OF country
across the island. known as the rcbata-
bic Land, separated England from Scot
land. This territory was the home OF
refugees, OF out avs, OF desperadoes,
who. In this district OF uncertain juris-
diction, found immunity from the Off
GERS OF justice OF both England and Scot
land. The Scottish gypsles, finding
themselves hard pushed, resortcd to this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

medieval noblemen; but the great part
were poor, ill-clad and worse fed. A
singular feature OF this, the first inva-
sion, lay in the fact that gypsy band
then seems from all accounts to have
been precisely the same as the gypsy
band TODAY. The men were on horse
back or on foot, the women and chi dren
in wagons; the gypsies were noted for
their fast drying, for their love Of horses
and dogs They called themselves the 81
cant, and told various stories about their
origin and the country whence they had
come. Some said they were from India,
others claim to be from Egypt, and
endeavored to excite popular sympathy
in thelr behalf by various talcs of their
sufferings. In one town they detailed a
pathetic narrative Of having been driven
out OF Egypt because they abjured Chris
tianity; In another they claimed that tho
Saracens had expelled them from AS q
because they refused to accept Moham-
mechanism. In still another they de-
clared themselves to have boon expelled
from Asia by the monster Tamerlane.
At first their stories were received with
some degree OF credit but the gypsies
themselves soon fell into disfavor. They
were horse traders and horse thieves,
bHcy neIc bihhtIS, bney WeTe pcbJy PHI
ferers OF any small goods that could con-
veniently be stolen and secreted. Their
women were all fortune tellerS, and in.
culcated among the people the belief
that gypsy woman could deal in the
black art. In various countries the peo-
pie soon arose against them, and, as we
are naively Informed, "divers were slain
for their evil deeds"
This was their first appearance in
Western Europe, but long before this
they werc known in the East, though
how long is uncertain. Two hundred
years before they appeared in Germany
they were mentioned 10y an Austrian
monk who saw them In Greece and Asia
Minor Writing q paraphrase on the
book Of Genesis he pauses to incorpo-
rate in the margin bit of his expert
ence concerning the gypsies. founding
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
Influence Of Light on toior.

Some years ago an English manu-
facturer of carmine, who was aware Of
the superiority of the French co or,
went to Lyons for the purpose of i'm
proving his process. and bargained
with the most celebrated manufacturer
in that city for the acquisition of his
secret, for which he was 60 pay So, 900.
He was shown all of the process, and
saw a most beautiful color produced,
but he found not the least difference in
the French mode OF fabrication and
that which had been constantly adopt
ed by himself. he infinitely examined
the water and the materials, which
were In every respect similar to his
own, and then, very much surprised,
said: 81 have lost both my labor and
my money, for the air of England does
not permit Us to make good carmine."
@Stayp said the Frenchman, don't
deceive yourself; what kind Of weather
is it now? 2"
"A bright, sunny day." replied the
Englishman.
"And such are the days." said the
Frenchman, con which / make nv
color; wero / to attempt to manufact-
ture it on dark and cloudy day my
results would be the same as yours.
Let me advise you my friend only to
make your carm;ne on bright, sunny
days"
The moral of this will apply quito
as well to the making of many other
colors used in manufactures, and also
in the fine arts, for it illustrates, in
practical way. the chemical influence
of light upon certain coloring COM
pounds or mixtures. -Boston Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09


tional identity, the mon have forgotten
TO what nation they belonged and have
become absorbed into other pcopes.
Two or three notable instances, how
ever, have happened, but OF the whole
number none is more singular than that
OF tho gypsies, people who once were
race, and although now scattered bands
OF wanderers, nevertheless preserve
many of those characteristics which are
generally considered to indicate nation
ality. Although their national identity
was ages ago completely destroyed, and
by some national movement they were
sent from their native land TO become
wanderers up and down this earth, still
the families OF Migrants retain much of
their original language, together with
not few peculiaritics which completely
separate Thorn from all other poop es.
The first appearance of gypsies In
Western Europe was In 1417. when
band numbering, according to different
accounts, between 4c0 and 1,4OO, APP
peared In Germany. This little host of
invaders soon found their way into every
part of Germany. Tho first band was
rapidly succeeded by others, and under
the influence of some unknown agency
the gypsies soon came In swarms, and
cound their way across the Alps into
Italy, across the Rhine into France, over
the Pyrenees into Spain, across the
Channel into the British Isles. A
few OF their leaders were richly
dressed. and assumed AL the style Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

@~fr"tufous GxIsrtonco OF q AIuouau ON
Railroad Tricycle..
James De Doe, lineman employed
by the Great Northern Railway Com
pany, accomplished a feat which,
while 1t was TO great extent involun-
.ary, is no less remarkable. De Doe
is furnished by the company with one
OF those tricycles so constructed as TO
run on the regular railway tracks.
The machine works with hand lever,
and speed of ten miles or more an
hour Is quite commonly attained. De
Doe accomplished the extraordinary
feat OF keeping mp with short-line
train running thirty miles an hour for
distance of over two miles. He
Wouldn't do it again, he says, for &c.
600. He was waiting in the yards for
the 7 80 train to Minneapolis to pass
him. The train passed all right and
stopped for few seconds with the
tail coach close 10 where De Doe stood
with his machine. That gentleman
conceived brilliant idea. He would
take a turn with section of No. 9
wire on one OF the coach buffers, make
the other end fast to his wheel aud
save labor. The connection was made
IN such a way that he calculated he
could release himself by cutting the
wire when the speed was too high.
He chuckled when the train started up
to think what a snap he was going to
have in getting to Como. The train
was fraction Of minute late, though,
and the speed ran up to twenty miles
in 10 time. De Doe saw with alarm
that the little wheel on the other track
was jumping q foot clear of the rail
every few seconds. He determined to
cut the wire. and reached around for
his pliers.
They were gone. The unusual mo-
ton had jerked them out of the tool
box. The SPEED was up to twenty
five miles an hour now and the tri-
cycle was spinning along on two
wheels, with the beam carrying the
third tanning the air like kite-tail.
De Doe was working hard to un-
when there was gigantic plunge. A
telegraph ineman shot through the
air like meteor and landed in q sand
bank beside the track. A railroad
tricycle. kept going and lit thirty feet
further on, badly wrecked vehicle.
The concern had run off the track.
That De Doe was not killed is q
mirsc'.,. He was at home last even
ing, however, at his residence on Como
avenue, and only few scratches told
the story of his thrilling experience.
He has decided to furnish his own
motive power in the future.-St. Paul
Globe
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

comfortable ncighbors Many of tho
Scottish gypsy chiefs were men of UNI
daunted courage, and with their thievish
dispositions were also characterized by
occasional curious fits Of generosity.
In thoir way they were notable char
acters, and in the annals OF South Scot
land are many gypsy stories-of VIII
Faa, who was about to rob tho minis
ter OF tho parish, but on learning
who was in his clutches, apologized
and conducted the reverend gentleman
through "the bad bit Of land:" OF Mac
donald and Jamison, the chiefs who long
defed the law, but at length were taken
and hanged together, and at whose exc
cution all the military in the country
were paraded for fear of q rescue: there
was no rescue, and finding themselves
doomed to certain death, they bribed the
hangmen ~to make good job" of Jean
Gordon. who sheltered in her barn and
preserved from all harm gentleman
who had once been kind to her; of Matt
Baillie, who, reproved by a woman of his
tribe for plundering a gentleman who
had given her a sixpence, Invited the in
jured person to his tent, placed twenty
or thirty stolen purses before him and
asked him to pick out his own, then
counted the money to make sure the
count was correct, remarking, ~See
among what honest people you have
fallen;" Of Charley Graham, who gave a
poor widow the money to pay her rent,
and robbed her landlord OF IL as he was
taking IL home, and. returning, gave her
a receipt In full for the money he had
loaned her.
We know the English and Scottish
gypsies better than any other country.
for, although the gypsies have no litera-
ture OF their own, more attention has
been given them in these two countries
than elsewhere. The persistence Of this
remarkable people In their habits of life
for 400 years at least since they APP
peared In Europe Is one OF the strangest
incidents in history. They are now
found everywhere; Il is believed that not
less than 1900. 900 are in Europe alone,
70 say nothing Of those in the United
States, in Canada, South America, Az
RIGA, and Australia. They are abundant
G vi parts Of Asia, are found even In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A Isiky Herss causes Dsacon Tracey %
Let Ga Few Psnt-Up oaths.
Just out of Bennington. VT. lived
Deacon Tracey, and one day a brother
OF his died and willed him horse. The
animal came to him from a distance OF
seyenty-five miles, and whether il was
change OF scene or streak of natural
cussedness Ia him no one could say,
bra he took fits" He would balk OF,
the slightest excuse and often with no
excuse at all, aud the Deacon would
have to hold himself in and fool around
unit. the beast got ready to go on. He
woulc have got rid of him, but nobody
wanted the horse. and in hopes that he
might have change OF heart the dea-
con continued 10 dive him In and out
of town.
One day he got notice that clergy
man OF his faith was coming to spend
O short vacation with him, and drove
in to meet the train. Instead Of the
clergyman. who was not very well
known to him, he picked up a Boston
drummer who was ont on q vacation
and who wanted to go to the uext farm
beyond the Deacon's. Neither had
time for any questions before the horse
baked.
what's up?" asked the stranger as
the rig came to stop.
Hes baked, answered the Deacon.
"Well?D
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
Action of Fog ON Plants.

At a recent meeting of the Royal
Botanic Society the secretary said that
the action of fogs on plants was most
felt by those tropical plants in the So
ciety's houses of which the natural
habitat was one exposed to sunshine.
Plants growing IN forests or under tree
shade did not so directly feel the want
of light; but then, again, London or
town fog not only shaded the plants,
but contained smoke. sulphur, and
other deleterious agents, which were,
perhaps, as deadly to vegetable vitality
as absence Of light Soft, tender
leaved plants, and aquatics, such as
the Victoria regia, suffered more from
fog than any class of plants he knew of.