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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Riding a Cyclone.

Atlanta Constitution.
This thrilling story comes from Ala
bama: In the year 1882. about the lat
ter part of March, |. with some of my
friends who were on a visit to me, went
out to an old house about 200 yards from
the house one evening to enjoy our
selves over game of seven-up.
When we left the house not one of US
had the least idea that the bright RAYS
of the sun would be followed by the
black wings or destruction.
remember well, we had been play
ing about two or three hours. | had
the ace, deuce, queen and Jack of
trumpS. My opponent had just thrown
down the ten-spot of clubs, and was
just in the act of taking it with my lack.
when l was arrested by loud lumber
ing noise that sounded like the roaring
of train, but hundred times louder.
l dumped to my feet and ran to the
door. What l saw as put my head
through the opening will remain with
me TO my dying day. The space above
me was as dark as pitch, except when
the flash or lightning made a little
light, and by one OF these flashes |
could see old timbers. shingles, tree
tops and everything imaginable
flying in every direction. L
SpFdng 10 Tie mlQOl6 OF the room.
clasped my friend to my breast and
cried: I'VE are lost. oh God. save usl"
The words had hardly left my lips
when, D horrors, / saw the top of the
old barn torn from its bed and hurled to
destruction. folded in the arms of the
mighty destroyer. the old logs were
being scattered around me, l felt
the floor moving under my feet, every
thing turned dark, and knew no more
till l opened my eyes and found the
kindly face of the doctor bending over
me. l had been hurled over a mile from
The old barn. and how l got there with
out being killed the reader can best i'm
agine. Three teeth knocked out, my left
arm and two ribs broken, were ali the
injuries Ireceiyed.
On inQuiring afterwards found out
that my friends never received a
scratch. When the top of the old barn
was torn off they ran out in the yard and
lay fiat on the ground, huggIng the roots
of large stump.
1t has been nearly ten years since
that terrible night, and l never see a
cloud rise but L can almost feel myself
being hurled through the air.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
4 NOTABLE MAN.
The Father of Illustrated Journal
ism in America.

The Father of illustrated Journal
ism in America.
Boston Traveller.
Frederick Gleason, the father of illus
trated Journalism in America, is and
has been for five years an inmate of the
Old Mems home, at No. 1873 Springfield
street, Boston. Once worth half mill
ION, he lost his money in Wall street,
and is now, at the age of seventy-four,
practically penniless. but he remains
cheerful, and delights to talk of his
career. Said he the other day:
Il commenced the publication bus
mess in 1912 in the old ScOllay building.
Boston, issuing therefrom a number of
novelties and other cheap works. In
1913 l established The Flag of Our
Union. the first really literary paper of
It's class in the country. In 1851 the
Flag circulated 75,O00, ana my income
was S50,0 900 per annum.
In 1851 1 hired Henry Carter, more
Familiarity known as Frank Leslie. who
remained with me nearly two years and
then went to New York.
when | began the publication of
GleaSon's Pictorial Drawing Room Com
paniOn. which sold to NJ. VI. BallOu i'm
1851, determined it should be paper
of fact, not of fancy, as most OF the
journals OF to-day are. If there was a
disaster in midOcean. did not have nv
artists on the spot' My artists and
engravers were paid according 10 their
ability; consequently, they did their
best. In 1858 the artists of the United
States presented me with a solid silver
service valued at several thousand
dollars"
In 1853 Frederick Gleason was rich,
prosperous, and his name was house
hold word throughout the country. Less
than forty years later he is a broken,
feeble, well-nigh forgotten old man,
humbly occupying quarters in the in
StitutiOn for which in his prosperous
days he might have written a check
covering its full value.
BoStOnianS will readily call to mind
the elaborate and attractive suburban
home of Mr.. Gleason. the square, vel
low mansion OH Blue Hill avenue. near
~ opposite the Oakland garden of to-
day. When this estate was to be
sold at auction, the late Samuel
Walker. famous for his ornate
and pOetical yertiSementS, inserted
In the Boston papers such
ford description of this property that 1t
attracted notice both widespread and
laughable. Mr.. Gleason had spent
much money upon the property. and the
sum realized at the sale was dIsap-
pointing. NJ. NJ. Ballon. to whom Mr..
Gleason refers, is still one of our active
citizens, and has published several i'm
pOrtant books of travels.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27

happened in the order related-had
been lost. 1t went down in the storm
of the fire of II. There is a new rec
ord. but 1t is full of errors. In this case,
for instance. the man appears as being
SiXty-One years old. He is only fifty
nine. 1t makes a good deal of differ
ence to man when he gets that far
along rs to the exact numberOf years he
has lived.
Well. when he had been admitted to
his own home he sat before the fire.
His wife asked MIN if ne was sick.
No"
Might OFF, t-
Tine beginning" he replied. i
That puzzled her. She repeated the
words. "a night of"
Then she dropped her sewing and
went to HIM aud put a hand on his head,
Then she asked him if there was any
thing serious in the department and
several other questions. AS he was, an
old officer he made 10 display. An old
police officer is like physician who has
seen good deal. He finally reaches
that stage where he is surprised at
nothing. where he displays no emotion.
This old policeman smiled at the curl
oSlty of his wife. He said to her:
MARY, there is nothing serious. The
force is all right. In fact, they say it
was never better in its history" He
turned his face away as he said this, so
that she did not see the bit of scOrn that
played about the whitened beard.
Then he asked her for the old flute
She took it from its place in the corner,
and he was about 10 put il TO his lips,
when she gently took it away. As she
did SO she pointed to a cradle in the
room. He bowed his head. He bad for
gotten that he had not played the old
wind instrument at home at night for
twenty-five years. Heretofore what
ever music lie had drawn from the old
flute had been drawn in the day time
when the little one was awake to do the
dancing.
Then he took Mary on his lap and
tod her that he had just come from the
council. She unbuttOned his coat and
looked for the star he used to wear OH
his waistcoat, for lately he had worn it
there. because he had done no patrol
duty for some years. The star was
gone. Mary put her head on the shout
der of the old officer. For moment the
silence in the room was such that the
breathing of the child in the cradle was
distinctly heard. de did not wait for
her to ask him why. He told her that
he was not the only one. He explained
to her as we'll as he could how it came
about that the old men of the force had
been retired.
enough to pay for the home. / am glad
we did not put on the second story. We
won't suffer this winter. And by the
something to do, or maybe they will
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Couldn't brighten the Squire.

There comes from the town of Bald
win story of gruff, Square-edged old
Squire thompson, one of the first settlers
ct the neighboring town of Cornish, and
father Of the late DIR. Thompson, for
many years prominent physician in
that part of the state, saws the Lewiston
(Me.l Journal. 1t was a local saving
about Cornish that Squire Thompson
had never been scared. Many plots
had been laid by practical jokers, but
all had come to naught. Finally
some Cornish wags made a last effort.
One night Squire Thompson attended
husking at which the festivities were
somewhat prolonged. 1t was midnight
before the squire started for home. his
way being by path through the GENE
terry. The wags had been busying them
selves in digging big hole across this
path, and as the squire proceeded home
he suddenly tumbled in. At the same
instant sheeted figure appeared on the
edge of the hole and exclaimed in meas
ured, sepulchral tones: What are voa
in my grave for?'' ssWhat are Won out
of it for at this time of night?r retnrteu
the doughty old sqnire. as he scrambled
out and proceeded on his way.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
PENSIONED POLICE.
Time Hangs Heavy on he
Hands o. a Superannuat-
ed officer.
Making the Acquaintance Of
His Family After Years
Away From Home.
A Magic Flute" to Be Played
Upon Only in the
Daytime. Do
- Il
Some Peculiar Trials Incident
to Making a Legaliz9d
VagPant. rs
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald
Monday night a man we'll wrapped
knocked at the front door of cottage
on one of the West side streets. The
woman within asked before opening the
door who was without. The reply from
the street was. at is =, open the
door" The woman hesitated. 1t took
her moment to realize that the voice
was that OF her husband. Not because
she was unfamiliar with it, but because
she had no occasion to hear it at that
hour for twenty-five years. That was
the time he had served the city. lie had
Sattled on the night of the big fire;
he had struggled during the strike; he
was at the Haynarket riot. How many
fires. accidents, murders. suicides. run
Always. tlOaters and all other incidents
In the life OF policeman In city like
this he had seen and participated in to
the extent of his duty no one will ever
know, for some of the records have been
destroyed. In fact, the very record of
the enlistment of this particular man
for the story is true and its occurrences
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
TEXAS JUSTICE.
The Way They Administer 1t i
the Lone Star State.

The Way They Administer 1t in
the Lone Star State.
Philadelphia Press.
''We don't pa'ley long with murderers
out in our state," said a soIemn-looking
man i'll the Broad street station the
other day
what state is that?" | asked.
Texas" he replied. I'VE jist give
man fair trial an thar it ends. If he
is acquitted, all right. An if he's con-
victed he hangs. by thunder"
THAT so?'
''Yes, sub. It's very seldom we let
'em escape US. Just befoah came East
L saw man convicted in a peculiar
way"
''Ah! You don't say. Let us hear
the story, will you?
at was an ordinary case. Jake Saun-
ders stole boss, an when Glib Y elsh,
the deputy sheriff, tried to nab him,
Jake pinged him. He was arrested, an
the prosecutin' attorney made out a fine
case GIN him. He had the thing all his
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
RAILWAYS.

Other Grains-Corn-No. 2 winter, cars;
No 3, 0O cars; No. corn, z cars. Oats-No.
:, cars; No. ). ri cars. Rye-No. 2, Gears;
NO. 8. car. Barley-No. 3, ) cars; No T. 5
cars. Flax-No. /, 9 cars; rejected. car
cars Inspected Out-No. 1 hard, cars;
No. 1 northern, 81 cars; No. 2, cars; No. 8,
70 cars; rejected, cars; no grade, II cars:
Corn-No. 3, SIS cars. Oats-No. 3, cars;
No. 3 cars. Rve-No. ?, car. Barley
NO. 3 car; no grade. car. Flax-No. l, IS
cars.
Flour Shipments-Chi Milwaukee &
st. Paul, 1858 bbls: Omaha. 5.6g7 bbls: Wis
constn Central. 0100 bbls: Northern Pacific,
lO0 bbls; Kansas City. 1853 bbls; Chicago
burlington Northern, 1900 bbls 500 line,
6.225 bbis
Wheat Receipts by Car Lots-Chicago Mil
wRuKee & St Paul, IS: Omaha 1876: St Louis
81; Minneapolis & Manitoba, 332; Northern
Pacific, 10; 500 line. A.
Wheat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS receipts.
459.7O0 bu: shipments 6S,520 blu.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts-Wheat, 459.700 Du; corn. 1929
bu: oats, 36. 260 bu: barley, $1,000 Blu: rye,
1,1SO bu; flax, 10,S80 bu; flour. 555 bbls mill
stuffs. 20 tons: hay, 1874 tons; fruit 10000 lbs:
merchandise, Leo, $50 lbs: lumber. 81 cars:
barrel stock, II cars; machinery TO- 900 lbs;
coal, 1,525 tons; wood. 166 cords; brick, Is 900;
cement. 100 bbls: live stock. S cars dressed
meats 10000 lbs; hides, o., 800 lbs; sundries,
cars; car lots. 1888.
Shlpments-Wheat, $3.50 blu: corn &c, go
bu; barley. 2,760 bu; flax, 2,070 bu; flour,
29, 740 bbls: millstutfs. Sos tons; hay, 81 tons;
merchandise, 1.375.470 lbs; lumber, 40 cars;
barrel stock. cars machinery, 70, 900 lbsS
live stock, l car: hides, 10000 lbs: wool,
10000 lbs; sundries, cars; car lots. 639.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27

miss you from the force and want Won
back again. When is the mayor elected
again?"
1t was not to her diseredit that she
asked the question. 1t was the result
of the twenty-five years of her husband
OH the force. She must in that time
have heard him talk about the elections
and what they were liable to bring
about.
He SAID to her that he was not afraid
of suffering. The city would paw him
u pension which would keep them from
starving, if it came to that. He thought
he might get something to do-maybe
he might become bailiff in one of the
courts. He knew some of the news
paper boys, who had always been good
TO him, and they might say a word fof
him when the time came. He had al
ways tried to tell the boys ali the news
as far as duty would allow. Anyhow,
he had treated them all alike. He
guessed all would come out well.
Several times during the night the old
officer jumped. from his bed and listened.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. .-Cattle-Receipts, 1,50O;
shipments, l.400; market slow and weak at
yesterdays decline of 15l125c; natives, S.. 90
Receipts, 1900; shipments 4O0O; market
opened strong. closing weak: rough and
common. $3.50@3.65; mixed and packers.
SS.b0g3.75; prime packers, S36O@3. s.; prime
heavy and butcher weights, S37503. 80;
Sheep = Receipts, 1900; shipments, 900
market steady; native ewes, S3GD4 25; mixed.
4.2S04.75; Westerns S475; lambs S4a6.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
LIVE STOCK.
Union SfOeI1rnrIiS

Official receipts at South St. Paul: GO
hogs, Ii cattle, no calves no sheep.
Hogs-only one load received, and those
held over. Market quoted steady
Cattle-Oferings were Is head of butchers
steers, and few COWS were in the pens; no
trading done. Quotations: Prime steers,
S3 2594.25; good steers So 25@2. so; prime
COWS, 81. 25Q2.50; good cows. Si.7562. 25
common to fair COWS, Sl0I.75; light veal
calves: S3Q4; heavy calves SI.5C613: stock
and oxen, $i12.
Sheep-No trading. Quotations. Muttons.
S3.5c@4.Z5; lambs, $3.50@425; stockers and
feeders, s.. 5o035 So
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Name for a Hotel,

Detroit Free Press.
A Detroit man. who has his owl
opinion of women, is at present en-
gagged i'll getting up plans for hotel il
the North Carolina mountains. The
other day friend met him, and they
talked quite while about the venture
by the way" inquired the friend
what are you going to name it?''
"Weman's Mouth" he said shortly.
"What?" asked the startled que S
toner.
"Woman's Mouth" he repeated.
That's funny name for hotel.
What are you going to call it that for?'i
Because it will be open all the year
roun.''''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 6.-Cattle-Receipts
1,SOO: shipments. 100; market strong; steers
10c higher; good steers, S5.O105.45; fancy,
80. 750595; cows So. 40Gs3.S0; stockers and
FEEDERS, S2.45@4 Hogs = Receipts. $500;
shipments, none; market 10c higher; all
grades S3.30O395; bulk. S35503.sJ Sheep
Receipts, none; shipments, 1850; market
quiet steady.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Omaha.

OMAHA, Dec. 6.-Cattle-Receipts, 1850
Business was moderately active at steady to
sF2ng pTieesi common to fancy steers.
ceipts, 1850; market active at about yester-
q: Gay quotations: light, s.. 60@3. IS; heavy.
s.. 650I3. IS; mixed, S36003.65. Sheep-Re,
ceipts, 100; natives. S3.5505: Westerns, So. so
M4.15.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
CouIdn't Raise Prices on Her.

Boston Transcript
Brown-But you must admit that the
Mckinley bill has sent up the price OF
dry goods.
FOgg-I don't know about that. NV
wife spent the whole day yesterday
shopping, and she didn't spend cent
more than on any former occasion.
Brown-She didn't find any rise i'm
prices, YOU mean?
Fogg-I didn't say that. She never
has to pay anything for samples, you
know.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
MINNEAPOLIS MARhE1s.
Chamber of Commerce.

The session yesterday was mainly to dis
pose of the wheat ana other grain and seeds
arriving for sale on track with trading in fu-
lures postponed till Monday and the wheat
pit was practically deserted. The tone Of
the market is more or less affected by gen
eTal prices at all places which were mainly
adjourned. The May sales ranged near the
closing prices of Thursday with the enstom
airy narrow range at this season. The closing
OF wheat was as follows: No. l hard, on
track sSl7ci No. ! northern, December
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27


some regaT ding it as a disease per Sc,
others as a symptoms of insanity iii one
form or another. One of the first
writers on insanity. Esquirol, was in
clined to believe that there is such a
disease. but his observed cases have
been relegated to other forms of mental
disease, especially general paralysis,
which in his day was not well under
stood.
A propensity to steel is often symp-
tom in advanced insanity AID imbeciI-
Ity. a poor, demented creature will be
found gathering boards of gold in the
shape of yellow, glittering stones or
jewels in the guiSe of bits of broken
glass. Yet it is related that persons
who otherwise exhibit no signs of mem
tai failure may be afflicted with this
form of impulsiye monomania. as a
French author has called it. For in
stance, this case is on record: "A
young lady, sound in body and mind,
was possessed with an irrepressibIe de
sire to take any small object coming in
her way. Her room contained a coIlec-
ton of her stealings in the shape of
handkerchlefs, gloves. stockings, and
lace which she had stolen from her
mates at boarding school. She was at
length discovered. She made no denials.
her profuse weeping gave token of her
sincere sorrow, and with shame she
promised ia the future to avoid her evil
tendency. She retired to her chamber
and prayed God fervently to sustain
her in her resolution. Alas, the next
occasion witnessed her fall, and repeated
offenses of like character at length
obliged the principal of the school to
send her home to her parents
An emplOye i'll the government service
of Austria stole kitchen utensils
with which he heaped up his rooms,
never using or disposing OF his stealings.
Royal perSOnages have been afflicted
with this tendency. and even physicians
have not been exempt, a case being
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-28
WILL GET 100000.

An Explanation of the Recent Ac.
ton with Reference to the Fayer.
weather Will-HOw 1T Affects the
Legacy OF Mrs. Beardsley of This
City.
BRIDaEPoRT, Feb. 27.-The deed of gift
made by the executors of the Fayerweath-
or will gives Mrs. M. B. Beardsley, wife of
Judge Beardsley of this city, 100000,
which is in addition to the legacy of
500, 900 under the will. Whatever may
be the result of the Fayerweather contest,
Mrs. Beardsley will receive at least 5000,
O00 The will has been admitted in the
surrogate court without opposition and
the present contest is over the codicil,
which was executed upon the day of the
death of Mr.. Fayerweather, and in which
about s., 00O, 900 is given to the executors.
The executors have now made a deed OF
gift, and in accordance with a memoran-
dunn loft by the testator with Mr.. Ritch,
one of the executors, Mrs. Beardsley, re-
ceives a legacy of 100000.
IF tho codici1 is sustained she will re-
ceive 5000, OOO If it is rejected the $4,000.
600 which it is claimed was left in trust
for the executors, will become part of thu
residue of the estate. Under the will, tt
which no objection has been made by the
heirs, this residuary legacy is to be dis
tributed among the colleges. The law ii
New York state prohibits any man from
| giving more than one-half of his estate fol
charitable and beneficiary purposes; there
fore, should the legacies of over s., 900, O0C
under the will constitute one-half of the
estate, the $2,000,000 under the codici
| would become intestate estate. In tina
event the widow of the ,testator would re
ceive one-half of that amount and the
three nieces, of whom Mrs. Beardsley is
| one, would each receive one-sixth. There
| are many sensational features connected
with the contest
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-28
TO KIDNAP JOHN COLBERT.
Scheme on Foot to Outwit.Governo
Hill-Danbury Talk.

Scneme on root 10 Out"1t.UOVeThOT
Hill-Danbury Talk.
DANBURY, Conn, Feb. 27.-The case of
John Colbert, the thief wanted in this city
for the theft of horse, promises to exceed
in interest the case of Charles Pardon, the
man who was wanted in Waterbury for
burglary, aud for whom Governor Hill de-
clined to grant a requisition.
The New York law provides penalty of
from five to ten years for an officer who
takes criminal out of the state without a
requisition, whether or not the man is
willing to return.
Captain Heating was in Brewster yester-
day attending to the preliminary hearing.
the reuuisition papers. He also obtained
af6davits which will be forwarded with
the application for requisition to Gov
ernor Hill.
There is some scheme on foot among the
members of the police force of this city to
get the best of the New York law and
Governor Hills refusal to recognize Gov
ernor Buckley as Connecticut's chief ex-
ecutive.
Captain Heating said this morning that
one Of his men had volunteered to go
over to Brewster and take the man with
out requisition papers. The identity of
this man of course will not be divulged as
it would render his task much more dan
gerous.
Captain Heating will rely upon Cover
nor Buckley to refuse requisition to
have him Reating) taken back to New
York state on tho charge of taking the
prisoner from the state.
HARTFORD, Feb. 27.-An officer from
Danbury was expected to-day to ask Gov
ernor Bulkeley for a requisition for the
Danbury horse thief, who is now in New
York state. The application was not
made, but is expected tomorrow. Moth
ing more has been heard of the proposal to
take him without reqnisition, except dis
cussion among lawyers as to the results of
such action. Opinion is divided among
them, but the weight of opinion seems at
present to be that a man once brought
here on a criminal charge could not escape
trial on plea of forcible transportation
back into this state.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-28
NV HAVEN. Saturday, Feb. IS. Isgi
Weather To-Day - Far,
aOestery vtnas.

Among the Buttons:
Natural Pearl Buttons in eight
sizes.
Cleaning Gilt Buttons. The
nobbiest shapes and sizes.
Left OF Temple STREET Entrance.