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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
A WILBUR GIRL
Sued by the Diminutive Manager
for Breach of Contract.

IOr Breacn OF OOnCFaCC.
Judge Twohy, sitting in the civil mu-
nicipal court, yesterday tried the case
of Manager Wilbur against May How
ard, formerly member of the Wilbur
Opera company. Two years ago Miss
Howard and her sister joined the Will
bur Opera company and toured the
country with the organization. Last
spring, while in Minneapolis, Miss
Howard had quarrel with
Mr.. Wilbur and left the company with
out giving the usual notice. One of the
rules of Mr.. Wilbur in managing the
AmaZ0ns is to retain S25 of their sal
aries so that they cannot leave him in
the lurch. The fair May went to Will
bur and demanded the s25, which was
refused, and she brought suit and re-
covered judgment of SlS. Wilbur Sc
cured stay of execution for
sixty days and the company came
to St. Paul. As Miss Howard
was one of the four skirt dancers. MI.
Wilbur was unable 10 present that feat
ure of terpsichorean art in his opening
opera at the Metropolitan, and, as re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
SHEEP FOR So CENTS.
DepIorabIe Scarcity of Money on
the Rio Grande.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 13.-There
is great scarcity of money in all the
lower Rio Grande section of this state.
There has been 10 rain to speak of for
eighteen months, the ranchmen are all
in debt and the farmers have been I'M
able to- raise enough for their actual
needs. The scarcity of money and the
impossibility of obtaining 1t i'll any
quantity was emphasized yesterday at
Roma, on the Rio Grande, where 27S
fat sheep. capable of growing four
cents a niece
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
Stole a Bolt of Cloth.

A coIored waiter named Johnson, en-
ployed at the DehcateSSen restaurant,
was arrested yesterday for stealing a
bolt OF cloth valued at $50 from the tai
lor shop of Mr.. Michaels, Robert street,
between Third and Fourth streets. He
sold the cloth to another tailor named
Lazarus on Minnesota street. Johnson
was charged in the police court and
remanded until to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
STATE MARkSMEN
To Compete for the Honor OF
Going to Springfield.

Aug. 81 and Sept. l have been set
aside for the annual fall rife match of
the national guard of the state at Camp
Lakeylew. The state inspector Will
select team that will participate in the
interstate contest that is to occur at
Springfield, Ill. The state matches are
three IN number, consisting of the
usual regimental team contests, match
for company teams and an individual
match. The teams will be composed of
ten men each, two alternates and cap
tain. Each man will fire at 200, 300, 500
and 600 yards, ten shots at each dis
lance, and make one skirmish run, fir
ing twenty shots from 600 to 200 yards
and ratreat
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
GRAIN GRADES.
Commissioners Decide to Make
No Change in the Old Rules.

No ChanSe in the Ola RuieS.
The law requires that the railroad and
warehouse commission meet every year
and establish rules for grading grain.
The board met at the capitol for the
purpose yesterday. After full discus
sion of the rules now in vogue 1t was
decided to make no changes. Sena-
tor March appeared before the
meeting and asked that a
rule be adopted requiring No.
hard wheat to contain 70 per cent of
Scotch fife, but the board felt that the
present grade is giving eminent salts
faction. An adjournment was had for
one week, when it is likely that change
will be made in the rule grading No. 3
oats. Clausen asks it, and he will report
more definitely at the next meeting.
President Ignatius Donnelly, of the
State Farmers Alliance, was the only
other outsider who attended the meet
ing,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
The Smelling Drowning.

Officer Mooney, of the Prior avenue
station, yesterday found the body of the
little girl Peterson, drowned at Fort
Smelling Monday. The officer recovered
the body in the boom just below the
fort. Coroner Quinn was notified, and
will hold an inouest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
Charged With Embezzlement.

Charles Meyer, an ex-employe of Ar
thur. Warren 81 Abbott, was arrested
yesterday by Detectives Enright and
Gruber on A warrant charging him with
the ENLIGHTENMENT of $40 on Dec. l. 1890,
the money of his employers. He waived
examination in court ana was held to
the grand Jury in $500.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14


elring? Gov. Merriam would not dare to call
the session. The call for this convention was
very in-oppOrtune and badly worded.
Then Gov. Yale credited the late
President Garfield with one OF Lincoln's
immortal phrases: "This is a govern
mentOf the people, tor the people and
by the people" and closed by saying:
Sufficient unto the day is its evil"
Supported by SearIe.
Representative Searle took the re-
verse view of the situation, and he elo-
quently advocated the extra session
plan. However, he explained that part
of the proposition was not yet before
the convention. 1t had been voted to
take up the resolutions item by item.
Then the first thing TO decide is the
$4,000 sufficient. He urged the insult
ficIency of the sum and argued that it
would be ill-advised to defer raising the
100000 needed until the regular sit
ting of the next legislature. 1t would
then be too late to erect buildings, and
no buildings can be erected with the
money provided, because the act
specifically prohibits it. He wanted to
see a building constructed of the vari-
GUS building materials of the state.
The first section was then adopted by
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
BRUCE IN OPPOSITION.
The Ex-senator on the Question
OfNegrO Migration.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 13.-Ex-
Senator Bruce. of Mississippi, opposes
the scheme of negro emigration to
Liberia, and says Bishop Turner is the
only prominent colored man in this
country who advocates it. Mr.. Bruce
says the American negroes are Amer
leans. They are African in nothing but
their color, and there is no more reason
why they should return to the land of
their ancestors than there is for the
Germans or Irish or Swedes returning
TO EurOpe
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
A Bic Find.

Mrs. Mary Brooks, of 527 Aurora ave-
nue., called at police headquarters yes
terday and identified note for 5000,
which was found Tuesday by Johnnie
{ asey. a twelve-year-old lad, living a
443 Fort street. The boy took the note
to police headquarters in order that it
might be claimed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
RuIIard scores.

John J. BulIard. charged with EN-
bezzling fr0m William Rodger. was dis
charged by Julse Esan Yesterday upon
his own recogBiZanee in the SUN OF 800
for his appearance 10 stand trial i'll case
an indictment Is found.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
RUN ON MARSHALL
The New Electric Line to Merriam
Park.

Park.
The electric cars will run on Marshall
avenue to Merriam Park despite the
protests Of certain citizens. The city
railroad company yesterday decided to
carry out its original plans, after care
fully considering the protests of resi-
dents on Marshall avenue. General
Manager Scott stated yesterday that if
the line were constructed as desired by
the opposition along Selby to Prior and
thence direct out on Prior, it would pass
through district where there are no
houses and the line could not pay. By
building, however, on Fairview and
Marshall avenues, it would afford ac-
cOmmodatiOn to large number of res
idents and the line would yield an in
come.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
Vale Opposes.

c o III DId l II Z u
that the con-
vention did not
represent the
state. nor but a
small fraction
OF IT. and he did
not think it
right for the
convention to
undertake to
upset the acts
u lllC lG 1910
ture.
This conven-
ton does not rep
re s ent One-half
the state - he eX-
claimed, "a Il d
viii GOV. Mer-
riam callan extra
session at the
h1qf- Of This uqfh-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
BIDS REJECTED.
Paving of East Fourth Street Will
Be Delayed.

Be Delayed.
The bids for the paving of East Fourth
street with cedar blocks were yesterday
rejected by the board of public works,
and the clerk ordered to readvertise for
bids. The estimates were opened at the
assembly meeting Tuesday. The low
est bid was S19, 800, and as the estimate
of the city engineer was S14,950, the
board decided that 1t could not accept
any of the bids. City Engineer Rund-
lett stated yesterday that he could not
understand why the bids were so eX-
cessive, but that the board had no
alternative but to reject them all.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14

imposed upon the people.
u would like to ask the gentleman a ques-
ton said Representative Kinney, remind
ing one of frequent occurrences in the last
house OF representatives. THE proposition
is to appropriate 100000. Wat will the per
capita be? Will il crush anybody:
81 don't care care what il would be- re-
sponded the Minneapolis economist. II IS
not right and It does not matter what the
amount Is. Let the people who are to be
benefited pay the bills
Vale Opposes.
Senator Durant moved the adoption
of the first resolution, and this brought
eX-Gov. Yale, of WInOua, TO his feet in
laudatory address upon the wisdom of
the legislature i'll appropriating only
$4,000. He pointed to the fact that
everybody had the right to vote for
members of the legislature. That legis-
lature, being a representative body, had
seen fit only to appropriate $4,000, he
argued, and it will not be complimentary
to the body 10 call them together
again, to say to them that they did not
know what they were doing. Mr.. Yale
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14

To the auction sale of Fine Furniture.
China and Glassware. Carpets. etc, on
Saturday, Aug. -. at 10 a. ~, at lS6,
186 and $50 East Sixth street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
Oel B. Bassett was the first to get the

Joel B. BasSett W
chairman's atten-
tiOn.and he spoke
at length against
the plan to re-
convene the leg
stature. His
idea was that the
state sh GU Id
make no exhibit,
but leave it en-
tirely to individ-
ualS who won d
be benefited by
the same. IL e
cried out against
the bur d e II of
taxation. which,
he said, would be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
SuppOrted by SearIe.

p big majority,
and the second
section, calling
for 100000. was
also adopted with
little opposition.
Then the conflict
was resumed on
the proposition of
an extra session,
and over an hour
was consumed in
a warm debate.
Cost Nothing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14

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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
A Wonderful Clock.

Another marvellous piece of mech
anism has recently been exhibited
in Paris. 1t is an S-day clock, which
chimes the quarters, plays sixteen
tunes, playing three tunes every
hour, or at any interval required,
by simply touching spring. The
hands go as follows: One once a
minute, one once an hour, one once
a week, one once month and one
once a year. It shows the moons
age, rising and setting of the sun,
the time Of high and low tide, be-
side showing half-ebb and half
food. A curious device represents
the water, showing ships at high
water tide as if they were in motion !;
and, as it recedes, leaves them high
and dry on the sands. The clock
shows the hour of the day, the day
of the week, the day Of the month
and the month of the year. The
mechanism is so arranged as to
make its own provisions for long
and short months. It also shows
the signs Of the zodiac and the diff
ference between sun and railroad
time for every day in the year.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
Saying Unpleasant Things.

There is certain class of people
who take great satisfaction in say
ing unpleasant things. They call
this peculiarly speaking their
minds" or "plain speaking" Some
times they dignity it by the name
of telling the truth" Asif truths
must be unpleasant in order to be
true! Are there no lovely, charm
ing, gracious truths in the world?
And if there are, why can not peo-
pie diligently tell these. making
others happier for the telling, rather
than hasten to proclaim all the dis
agreeable ones they can discover?
The sum of human misery is al
ways so much greater than the sum
of haman happiness that it would
appear the plainest duty to add to
the latter all we can, and do what
lies in our power to diminish the
former. Tritles make up this amount
and in trifles lie the best and most
frequent opportunities. 1t may
seem little thing to tell another
what is out of place in her appear
ance or possessions; but if the
information is unnecessary and
makes her unhappy, it is clearly sn
unkind and unfriendly action
Harper's Bazar.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
A s50,ooo Dinner Set.

The Astor family possesses gold
dinner service that is the envy OF
every woman who has ever seen it.
It is one of the most costly in this
country. It is valued at $4,000
and is now the property Of Mrs.
William Aetor. It has been in the
family's possession long time. 1t
would be hard to describe, as it was
made in different parts Of the world
and was picked up on odd occasions.
It is unique, and has been talked
about more than any other dinner
set in this country. The larger
dishes consist of an immense plat
eau and center-piece, end-pieces,
candelabra, wine coolers and pitch
ers. In the design is represented
fruit of all descriptions, together
with the unicorn and lion in re-
pousse work. Mrs. Astor uses q
white linen tablecloth of the finest
texture, made especially for her,
with a white lace border showing
lining of pink satin. Her table is
always decorated with Gloria de
Paris roses, their exquisite shade Of
pink matching exactly the satin
underneath.-Ladies' Home Jour.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14

THE Sealskin Buffalo, made by
crossing polled Aberdeen cattle on
the wild stock, is said to have a
fine, glossy fur, as beautiful as that
of the seal, and much thicker. The
hump on the buffalo almost entirely
disappears on this cross, and with
it the shaggy name for which buffa-
loes have always been noted. There
are now twelve of these seal buffa-
loes, and the cross promises to be-
come a successful and valuable
breed. They lose their wild traits
and become as easily domesticated
as ara our common cattle under
like circumstances. The Hudson's .
Bay Fur Company is giving up bus
mess because furs are no longer to
be had, and the sealskin buffalo.
many of which show fur marked
like tiger, will doubtless become
a valuable product in northern
chimes, where the winters are toe
cold for the common breeds of cat
tie to succeed. The above crossing
will no doubt yield a greatly im-
proved fur-if fur it can be called
but it will probably be = long time
before it is recognized as q "seal.
skin"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
The Countess Scfopis Dead.

There died in Turin, at the age
of seventy-two, says London dis
patch, lady to whom the United
States and England owe sound
gratitude. She was the Countess
Sclopis, widow of one of the arbit-
ers on The Alabama claims; had
lived for many years in Turin, and
her season was cosmopolitan rem
devious of the artistic and literary
celebrities of Europe. Upon grand
occasions the guests were privileged
to drink their tea from a superb
silver service to which an interest
ing history is attached.
When the Alabama arbitration
had been happily completed the
British government asked Count
Sclopis to send an account of his
disbursements, the salary of his
secretary, etc. For reply he took
his wife to the British foreign Office
and introduced her as his secretary,
and the best secretary in the world,
It transpired that the Countess
copied all the documents, cores
pondence, memoranda and trans
lations used ut the famous arbitra-
ton, with her own hand, and they
formed six large volumes. Soon
after her return to Italy the Count
ess received q beautifully and spe-
cially-designed silver tea service,
each piece bearing this inscription:
ITO the secretary of Count Of Sclo-
pis, with the thanks Of the British
government
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
Curious Customs Concerning Women.

Although among the Bedouins a
wife is considered as slave, single
ness is looked upon as disgrace.
Persian women have little educa-
ton, and are reared in seclusion
and ignorance, knowing nothing
beyond the walls of their houses.
Hindu women are forbidden to
read or write. Indeed. those who
dare to indulge in such luxuries are
often accidentally" missing.
Jewish women of the higher
classes were secluded from public
life, and passed their time with the
distaff and spindle. At marriage
the ceremonies lasted seven days.
In China a wife is never seen by
her future master. Some relative
bargains for the girl, the stipulated
price is paid, and she is afterwards
a submissive slave.
The women of ancient Rome
were treated with the greatest re-
spect. Still, they were not allowed
to inherit property and could be
divorced by their husbands for
counterfeiting their keys and for
wine drinking.
In Turkey woman is held in the
most rigid seclusion. She must
always appear yelled. With pigs
and dogs she is forbidden to enter
a mosque, and the Koran declares
a woman who is unmarried to be
in state of reprobation.
Siberian women are raised as alb
ject slaves, untidy in dress, and are
bought with money. The most ca
PRECIOUS whim of her husband is
law, and should the latter desire a
divorce he has only to tear the cap
from her head.
Among the Congo negroes when
q man wishes a wife he secures one
and keeps her on probation year.
If her temper and department are
satisfactory he, at the end of the
year, formally marries her. But
should she prove an incumbrance,
he sends her back to the parental
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
Bits Of Information.

Bits of charcoal scattered around
absorb sick room impurities.
Glue from whale refuse is new
article Of commerce made in Russia.
The China Sea and the Bay Of
Fundy are the two toughest seas in
the world.
According to Jevons and Mulhall,
"gold loses 2 per cent of its weight
in 100 years."
1t is estimated that Indian wars
have cost the United States Gov
ernment 100000.
Easter Sunday in 1891 comes or
March 29th. 1t can never occur
earlier than March 22d nor later
than April 25th.
Platinum can now be drawn ints
wire 30 fine that twenty-seven twist
ed together can be inserted in the
hollow of hair.
Sir John Lubbock kept queen
bee for fifteen years, a test proving
her eggs to be just as fertile at that
age as they were twelve years before.
The State of Washington, it is
claimed, has more coal than Penn
sylvanla, more pine than Maine,
and more fish than Massachusetts,.
The records of insurance compa-
MES of the United States show that
the American man lives longer than
men of the same race in the Old
World.
1t is estimated that in 100 cents
there is about II cents worth of
metal, and in twenty nickel 5-cent
pieces there is less than 5 cents
worth.
Ivan Nikolaevitch Zakoff of St.
Petersburg has discovered a method
of baking rye bread direct from the
grain. The rye is washed to clean
it, and Immediately after it is turned
into dough and baked.
A popularity about the 1881" is
that adding the first figure to the
second makes the third, and sub
stracting the fourth figure from the
third gives the second. Adding the
four figures together gives US the
number of the century.
The period of "a generation" has
been heightened. 1t used to be
thirty years, and was later increased
to thirty-four. Now, a scientist
says, the average term Of human
life has increased in the last fifty
years from thirty four to forty-two
wears.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
Some Long Lived Poets.

Poetry as a life work seems to be
allied with longevity. The greatest
American poets have uniformly
rounded out more than the allotted
span of human life. Of those that
are dead in the flesh Bryant and
Longfellow are conspicuous exam
pies Of singers who continued to
sing in the evening of matured lives
as well as in the flush of vigorous
youth. Of the living, wh, gal
axy-Whittier, Holmes, Walt Whit
man, not to speak of the conipara-
tive youngster, James Russell Low
ell. Lingering among generation
that was unborn when they were in
the plenitude Of their powers, these
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-14
Illusion Of Woodpeckers and Bears.
Mr.. ]. D. Pasteur, Inspector Of
the Post and Teleghaph Service at

| Mr.. J. u. Pasteur, Inspector OF
the Post and Telegraph Service at
Java. communicated to DR.. F. A.
Jehtink, in June last, the following
very curious and interesting facts
about woodpeckers, who, under the
illusion that the buzzing sound so
apparent on applying the ear to tel
egraph poles is caused by the Wig
orous efforts of gnawing or boring
insects, make large holes in the
timber, on hopeless chase after
such. He incloses piece of tele-
graph pole made of teak wood, with
two woodpeckers (Picus analis),
from the Kediri Residency, Java.
The wood, which is of iron hardness,
is perforated with rather large holes
near the place where the insulators
had been attached. Although In
spector Pasteur passes thousands
of telegraph poles under view each
year, only in a very few cases has
he found any damage done to them
by woodpeckers, and, until now, the
damage done has always been on
the living hapok trees { Eriodendron
anfractuosum) J, which are used in
Java for this purpose. The piece
of telegraph pole now sent is the
only instance known to him of dam
age being done to the sound and
very hard poles of the teak (Tec-
tona grandis). Besides the above
mentioned woodpecker, from time
to time the rare little Picus molusc-
censis was seen also among the
others at work. Mr.. Pasteur re-
marks on the great rarity Of such
phenomenon in the Paris electrical
exhibition of 1881 there was exhib-
tied, as great curiosity, a telegraph
pole sent from Norway, which was
perforated by a hole Of Z centime-
ters in diameter. The Norwegian
administration was for a long time
uncertain TO what cause to ascribe
this damage done to poles which
were otherwise quite sound, till
mere chance at last revealed wood
peckers at work. In Norway, too,
another equally remarkable case of
damage had been noted as done to
telegraph poles by the large stones,
which are heaped round their base
to insure their stability in the
ground, being removed and scat
tered, apparently without any rea
son. This, which was for length
of time inexplicable, was at last
found to be the work of bears, who
apparently mistook the sound in
the timber forthe buzzing ofa swarm
of bees. 1t is too much to expect
of either bears or woodpeckers that
they should be versed in the ways
of modern science.-Leyden Muse
um Notes.