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The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
KISSING THE LADIES. >
Once a Very Popular English Mode ot
 Polite Saiuestioa.

Once Very Popular English Mode of
 Polite Saiuestioa.
 Nicolnus de Bethlen, a pupil of Dr. Bssire aS Alba Julia. visited England during the winter of 1663-4, and re- latss the following ia hi5 "Autobiogra- phy": Being unaware of the fact that it was customary in England to kiss the corner of the mouth of ladies by way of salutaticH, instead of shak- ing hands, as we do in Hungary, my younger brother and I behaved very rudely on one occasion. We were in- vited to dinner to the house of gen. tleman of high rank. and found his wife and three daughters. one of them married, standing in array ready to receive us, We kissed the girls, but not the married ladies, and thereby greatly offended the latter, but Duval, Ca Trench Protestant clergyman) apol- ogised for our blunder. and explained to us that when saluting we must always kiss the senior lady first and leave the girls and children to the last; after dinner it was considered sufficient to kiss tho hostess only in recognition of the hospitality re- ceived." Thereafter. he adds. he and all his travelling companions, with the exception of one, who could not be prevailed upon, compiled most scru- pulously with the rules of etiquette. Bethlen moved in the best society in London. He was received by Charles H. ''in publica solemn audientia" sur- rounded by throng of noblemen; he called on the Dux E5oracen sis, Ruper- tus Palatinus Rheni, and many noble men of high rank. At Oxford he was entertained and made very much of by the professors. who. he informs Us, spoke Latin with difficulty. In fact everybody in England, he tells us. considered it a great torture to be obliged to speak Latin, and he was, therefore, compelled to air lis broken English, which he had picked up at Leyden under the tuition of a poor Englishman.-Notes and Queries.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
PARIS FUMEUSES.
Rules for Thoir Guidance Prepared by . PhiOsophic Expert


 PhilOsophic Expert
 Smoking is a habit which is not confined to men in France ard other continental countries, says the London Telegraph Many Parisiennes now indulge m cigarettes even in their boudoirs, aud recent writer, who Is herself Q smoker, has drawn up set of rules for the benefit of fashionable female votaries of the "weed'' Some of these regulations gre rather peculiar, and the wonder is that it should be at all necessary co insist upon their observance.
 Never, says the guide philosopher and friend of fashionable IiimeaScS--never smoke in restaurant or out of doors, even when in company with your husbands. Never light cigarette after five-o'clccl1 tea, even if your most intimate friends only arc present. Smoke after your meals at home, either in Q loom dd hoe or in your boudoir. Do not hold the cigarette between your teeth or at the sides Of your mouths. Such low tricks are even unworthy of well. bred men, and you must Do mindful to car ry the cigarette gracefully to your lips, and 10 blow gentle wreathS or etherialized e. sence around you from your mouths, or, fl you like, down from your noses. Be cx. tremely careful not 10 allow any ashes to fall on your dresses or your carpets, and be sure that your cigarette-holders and their cases, your match-boxcs, your ash-trays and your general appliances for the cnJoy- ment of tobacco be as delicate and artistic as all objects used by ladies should be.
 By attention to these rules, concludes their compiler, fIm6Use Edy frequently make herself additionally interesting and piQlIGnte Blowing clouds of smoke from the rose may even develop into q most fas- cInating operation, providing the smoker have pretty proboscis, and that the profile of it only be seen by thc admiring cavalier or suitor, as the blue-gray vapor descends delicately from the nostrils. Tie guide might have added an injunction to the fEme.t'es which would be well worth their attention had she said: |" Go and see the Hottentot women smoke in the Jardin Ges Plantes." The three or four brown sAinned beauties from the Bush who arc exhibiting themselves daily to PaTlsians have Q way of inhaling and emitting tobacco smoke which would be worthy of the emulation of the most artistically- disposed Parisian tu'neuse It is true that the Hottentot ladies smoke big cigars which they beg from visit ors, and that they do not dlsdain the short black pIpe of clay, but they have fine way Of manipulating the numerous cigarettes which are also given to them gratis, and they emit the smoke from their rather wide nostrils in perfectly natural and even graceful manner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
QUEER BRONSON ALcoTr.
How 6 Shrewd westrrn Lady Once Made
 Him Eat Beef Juice.

How e Shrewd Western Lady Once Made
 Him Eat Beef Juice.
 Mir. Kennedy's recent Concord anecdotes have brought to the Boston TrdnscTipt's Listeners hopper the following story about A. Bronson Alcott. Mir. Alcott was known to be utterly opposed to the eating of meat-a strct vegetarian. Nothing would arouse his indignation quicker than to bring forward the idea that it was the de sign of Providence for man to subsist on animal food. He even refused to taste ot an egg. Some twelve or fifteen years ago he was welcome visitor in many of the cities of the West. His coming was hailed with de light. Dinners were given and clubs ex tended their invitations He was ready to talk and others were glad to listen.
 During one of these visits he was un usually pale and weary His hostess rallied him upon his favorite theory of vegetable diet.
 " Mir. Alcott, if you would only live as we do you would be strong and robust" she said, and the old gentleman, with a placid smile. made his usual reply:
 "And be in danger of becoming brute. '' He was a connoiSSeur in the cooking of oatmeal, of which he always partook in the morning. At this time the lady, feeling
  sure'that his health was seriously impaired resolved to take charge herself of his break fast. She sent tor pound of beef, had i slightly cooked, the juice extracted and well stirred into dish of oatmeal. MT Alcott ate with unusual relish. and dis coursed eloquently upon the virtue of grain that waved in the sun and air. The next morning the same dish was repeated, and throughout his stay he partook of the pud- ding and beef juice.
 It was noticeable that he gained rapidly in health and flesh. and became thoroughly satisfied with the Western climate. Before he left he remarked:
 "Your oatmeal has been very strength ening. You must tell me just how it is made. and I must take awaya a package of the meal"
 ''Mr. Alcott," was the reply, there is genius in good cooking, and it IS hard to impart it. Only come again and you will find the dish equally palatabe."
 Some days after he had returned home. rested and refreshed. Mrs. R. related the story in great glee to her own club.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
Swiss Scholars Wear slippers.

In one of the cantons of Switzerland the public educational authorities celebrate tho approach of tine wet season by providina each of the young scholars with pair u slippers. which the children bring wit them in the morning and wear indoors du. ing the day, while their damp tocts art b. ing dried at the fire. Thus the chances u their catching cold are reduced to a mn, mum. and the result is, of course. grcarc, comfort to the youngsters. much rci;c from anxiety on the part of the parents and, it may De assumed, cores pondin, regularity in schccl attendance
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
4 Woman with q Memory.

A writer in the New York Times says: "A most remarkable instance of memory has just come to my nonce. Its possessor is @ lady member of pr. Howard Crosbys church, in New York Without having taken a single note she will, when she goes home, write out every word of her pastors sermon, and she tells me she never makes Q mistake of a the or an tand'-that every sentence not only embodies his idea, but gives it in hls exact language. For twenty five years this lady has been performing these feats of memory, and during that time she has written out some two thou sand sermons. The manuscripts of some of them she has had bound and presented to Dr. Crosby. They make forty large vol umeAo
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15

making a kind of triangle, or figure of three. and this is the beginning of the boat. Thus she goes on, piLing egg upon egg. always keeping the boat in proper shape by her useful hind legs. AS the boat grows in size she pushes It from her by degrees. still adding to the unfinished end next to her body. When the boat i3 half built her hind legs ara stretched cut thus:
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15

A Lovers Stratagem-"How is it you always take your intended to the railway station?" "Because we can there kiss undisturbed, and the folks think we are merely saying good bye" !"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15
EGGS OF. INSECTS.

Some Are Round, Some Like 8 Pyramid and Others Like a Flask.
 Insects eggs are not all of an oval form, like those of birds. but some are like a pear. some like an orange. some like pyramid, and some like a flask. ~.Fs> -4.5
 The egg of the gnat. for instance, may be compared, in shape, to that Of 8 powder-fask. and the mother gnat lays about three hundred at a time. Now. each egg, by itself. would sink to the bottom of the water; yet the gnat puts tLe whole three hundred to- gether in the form of little boat, and in such a way that they will all swim on the surface of the water; and very curious way she has of manag- ing this. =2sssesszsls s.s.esssz -s...-ts- Like other insects, the gnat has six legs. Four of these [the four fore legs) she fastens to floating leaf, or to the side of bucket, if she is on the water contained in a bucket. Her body is thus held level with the water, except the last ring of her abdomen, which is little raised. This being done, she begins to make use of her other two legs Ger hind legs). and crosses them in the shape of the letter X. The open part of this X. next to her tail, serves as a kind of scaffold ing. to support the eggs she lays, un. til the boat is formed. Each egg, when laid. is covered with a kind of glue; and the gnat holds the first laid egg in the angle of the X until the second egg is laid by it's side, and glued to it; she then glues another egg to it's other side. All these stick togethe: thus:
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-15

The X, or cross form, is no longer wanted, and she holds up the boat as cleverly as if it were done with two outstretched arms.
 The boat is at length completed, and an excellent boat it is, quite water-tight. For, though it is very small and delicate, yet no tossing of the waves will sink it; and nothing can fill it with water, or turn it upside down. In fact, the glue with which it is covered prevents it from ever being wet. Even if tho boat be pushed down to the bottom of tho water, up it comes again quite dry; 80 that 1t is better than the best life-boat that has ever yet been invented.
 The eggs of insects arc not, like thoso of birds, always smooth, but are sometimes ribbed. and sometimes tiled. or otherwise sculptured or carved on the outside. s-s:,4ss5
 The she.l of an insects egg is rarely or never brittle like that of bird. but composed of tough membrane, which in some instances can be stretched out. as appears from the eggs of ants and some other insects, growing considerably larger in the process of matching. 4s5z
 The mother insects usually dying before their eggs are matched do not sit upon them like birds except in the singular instance of the earwig. which appears to attend moro to shifting the eggs about to places where they may receive moisture than to matching them by covering them. Ants shift thei, eggs acco ding to the changes of tho day and night, and also of the weatf CT. placing them near the surface of their nests when it is warm and dry, and deep down when 1t is cold or wet.
 In consequences of being exposed to the same temperature, all the eggs of any particular species, in any given district. are matched exactly at the same time or at most within few days; and when such eggs are numer- ous an immense number of caterpillars make their appearances all at once on plants and bushes, anl give rise to the notion that they ars brought by winds or generated ivy what is called blighting weather, though this is as absurd as it would be to say the wind could bring a flock of cattle. or that the blight cou.d generate flight of spar rows or rocks without eggs to hatch them from.
 By looking carefully on the bark of rose or currant bushes, or on the back ribs of goosebcrry leaves, the eggs may be found sometimes in patches, sometimes in rows, whence the cater pillars are matched that creep into the buds, or stream over the leaves and devour them-N. '. Ledger.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28
Third and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul, MINI.

C1TATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
y Ramsey, ss.-Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Hubert H..
Mollers, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF HUI
bert II. Mollers, deceased, late of the County
of Ramsey ana State of Minnesota, being
granted 10 Nicholas Hefmes;
1t is ordered, That six months be and the
same is hereby allowed from and after the
date of this order, in which all persons hay
ing claims OF demands against the SAID de-
ceased are required to file the same in the
Probate Court of said county, for examina-
ton and allowance, or be forever barred.
1t is further ordereL, That the first Monday
in October, 1891. at 10 O'Clock a. m.
at ganeral term of said Probate Court, to be
held at the court house in the City Of Saint
Paul, in said county be.and the same hereby
is appointed as the time and place when and
where the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
nd it is further ordered, that notice of
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate, by forthwith
publishing this order, once in each week for
three successive weeks, in the ST. Paul DAILY
GLOBE, a daily newspaper printed and pub
lished in said county.
Dated at Saint Paul this goth day of March,
1891.
By the Court: JOHN B. OLIVIER,
IL. 81 Judge of Probate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28
A SURPRISING DELAY.
Contrary to General Expectation
There Has Been No Verdict in
the Nfurnane Case.

The case of W. r. Murnane went to
the jury at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. 1t was matter of some surprise
that verdict was not reached promptly,
but no agreement was reached up to 10
o'clock, the latest hour fixed by Judge
Kerr for receiving the verdict. In his
address to the jury County Attorney
0'Brien said it was not pleasant task
to him to prosecute an old schoolmate
and who afterwards held a superior
position to him when engaged
in bank of this city, but he had tried
to do his duty fairly. He thought that
fair Interpretation of the evidence
shows that Murnane had not conducted
the Office in a business way. He had
himself admitted that balance of
Sl,3l2 of the cOunty's funds were in his
hands Dec. l, 1890. The question is as
to his right to use that balance. If
| there was no intent to defraud the
county in the judgment of the jury he
! would not ask conviction upon mere
technicality. Mr.. Durment, in his adj
dress, claimed that there had been no
appropriation of money to his OWL use
by Murnane. He had funds III his hands
at all times sufficient to settle with the
county. He had been doing extra work
and the county owed him for it. He
was willing and had offered to settle
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28

CONTRACT WORK-SEWER on FISK
~ AND OTHER STREETS Office Of the
Board OF Public Works, City of st. Paul,
Mimi. March Is. 1S9l.-Sea!ed bids Will be
received by the Board of Public Works in and
for the corporation of the City OF ST. Paul,
Minnesota, at their Office in said city, until
u m. on the Both day OF March, A. D. 1891,
for the construction of sewer on Fisk street,
from Martin street TO Dayton avenue; on
Martin street, from Fisk street TO Dale street;
on st. Anthony avenue. from Fisk street to
Dale street; on Rondo street, from Fisk
street 10 st. Albans street; on Carroll street.
from Fisk street TO Dale street: ON Igleharf
street, from Milton street to Dale street: on
Marshall Avenue, from Victoria street TO Mill
er street; on Dayton avenue, from Victoria
street TO Miller street; Cd st. Adams street,
from lglehsrt street to RondO street. and from
st. Anthony avenue TO Martin street: and on
Victoria street, from Marshall avenue to Day
ton avenue, in said city; said sewering to be
done under one contract, according to plans
and specifications ON file III the Office of said
Board. A bond with at least two (2) snreties
in q sum of at least twenty (20) per cent Of
the gross amount bid must accompany each
bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
r. L. GoRMAN, President.
Official: ]. T. KFRKER,
Clerk Board of Public Works
marl9-10t
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28
NO EGG FAMINE.
Hen Fruit More Plentiful, and
There Is No Easter Scarcity.


The somewhat alarming price of
p cents dozen charged for eggs
during the past week gave rise to a
rumOr yesterday that there was a corner
somewhere, and that the price would
be still higher until after the Easter de-
mand had been filled. The fact that
the price per dozen for eggs fell from
the above figure to IS cents yesterday
is, however, reaSSuring, and after con-
ference with number OF commission
dealers it may be confidently asserted
that to-day eggs will be plenty at Is
cents. John De Camp, the Robert street
commission dealer, gives probably the
true reason for the recent scarcity of
hen fruit. Since the thawing weather set
in, country roads all over the West have
been in a Well-nigh impossible con-
ditIon, and farmers have held the pro-
duct of their hennery'S for future mar
keting. Recognizing that the price for
eggs just now would be more than usu-
ally good, they have placed any number
in the market i'll the last couple of days,
and the break in prices has resulted.
Mr.. De Camp thinks there is no reason
to anticipate an egg famine. He admits,
though, that the commodity has been
scarce all through the season, and adj
vanceS as the principal reason that the
scarcity of grain last fall in the Dakotas
and some parts of this state induced
farmers to kill their chickens IN prefer
ence to wintering them, which latter
process would have cost more than the
value of the eggs to be obtained.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Ramsey-ss. In Probate Court.
III the matter OF the estate of Anna Mol
lers, deceased.
Letters of administration with the will an
nexed on the estate of Anna Mollers, de-
ceased, late of the County of Ramsey and
State of Minnesota, being granted to Nicho-
las Hermes;
1t i 30 ,dered That six months be and the
same is hereby allowed from and after the
date of this order. in which all persons hay
Ing claims or demands against the said de-
ceased are required to file the same in the
Probate Court of said county, for examina-
ton and allowance, or be forever barred.
1t is further ordered. That the first Monday
i'll October, 1891, at 10 o'clock a. m.
at general term of said Probate Court, to be
held at the Court House in the City of Saint
Paul, in said county, be and the same hereby
is appointed as the time and place when and
where the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
And it is further ordered, That notice OF
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate by forth
with publishing this order once in each
week, for three successive weeks, in the st.
Paul DAILY GLOBE, a daily newspaper printed
and published in said county.
Dated at Saint Paul this Goth day of March,
1891.
By the Court: JOHN B. OLIVIER,
H. 81 Judge of Probate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28
Federal City" Is u Story of st.
Paul and Minneapolis United.

Federal City" Is Story of st.
Paul and minneapolis United.
The secret is out at last.
For some. days past the public has
been mystifed, and its curiosity, whetted
by the appearance in the daily papers
OF ambiguous advertisements in rela-
ton to Federal City" They ran,
Federal City has 100000 populations"
The lOvelieSt women on earth live in
Federal City" etc. Considerable spec
ulation was INDUCED as to the meaning
of the lines. But the secreI is at last
a pamphlet, which was issued yeSter-
day. 1t is anonymous, and the incogna-
tive production is credited to IAN OPP
timist." The impression is that the
writer is MinneapOlitan, as the Senti-
ment leans in that direction, but it is
possible that a st. Paulite penned the
work. and i'll an effort to be perfectly
fair, leaned toward the other side.
The book purportS to be "a re minis
cence of the time before st. Paul and
Minneapolis were united" and at
length reviews the causes which led to
actual union. After the census row
was over the wiser heads of both cities
were led to see the advantages of a
union, which was accordingly effected.
Great difficulty was experienced in the
selection of name for the united cities,
and Federal City was finally agreed to-.
The story is dated twenty-five years
hence, when Federal City has 100000
population. and is still booming. The
story has every pen element of origin
atty, but is brightly and cleverly told.
and, as the author suggests, contains
several very valuable hints for our own
times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28

find the Royal Baking Powder far SUI
perior to the others. 1t is pure. con-
fains none but wholesome ingredients,
is of the greatest strength, and should
be used in every household in prefer
ence to any other.
IF. Y. VALADE, M. d.,
Public Analyst, Dominion of Canada.
The United States GOvernne nt
Tests.
The official tests recently made by the
United States government showed 1906
pubic inches of leavening gas per ounce
Df Royal. which was q per cent greater
than the strength of any other cream of
tartar powder sold in Minnesota. The
official tests by the Canadian govern
ment give the same superior results for
The Royal.
The greater the leavening strength
The more economical and valuable the
powder, and the less residuum left in
the food.
This great array of evidence is unprec
edented i'll the history of any article of
food of the present day. When we have
preparation of such character as here
shOwn-abSoutely pure, its ingredients
most approved and wholesome, of great
er strength and entirely uniform in its
Work-here, indeed, is pure food for all.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28

with the county, but the board of COM
missioners had delayed making settle
ment with him. Judge Kerr delivered
an exhaustive charge, in which he called
attention to the principle that mere
holding OF the money in his posse ssion
was not an appropriation to his use land
it was the province of the jury to de-
termine from the facts whether or not
Murnane had actually appropriated the
funds to his own use, as charged in the
Indictment. Judge Kerr, the attorneys,
and number of friends remained in
the court room until O'Clock, thinking
the jury would be in at any time. Judge
Kerr then left word that he would be
found at home until O'Clock, but that
after that hour he need not be sent for
until 10 p. m. At the latter hour, no
verdict having been reached, the jury
was locked up for the night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28

Edward Haltigreen and Joe McDermott,
who were arrested several days ago for break
Ing into Barrett d Barretts establishment
242 East Fourth street, were arraigned in the
police court yesterday. Haltigreen turned
states evidence and made a very clear case
against McDermott. who was convicted and
sentenced to the workhouse for ninety days.
Hatigreen was rewarded for his duplicity
by being discharged from custody.