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The morning call., 1891-06-21

fish, but never dreamed it was a trout. /
gave it all my line, and the smoke was Just
pouring from my reel. Presently the hsh
stopped and / began to take in the line.
This performance lasted nearly four hours.
had a very small pole and line and could
take no chances Once got the FISH out OF
the water for a second. He frightened me.
Pm not naturally a coward, but had no.
ton of running when l saw that immense
thing on my hook. / was well-nigh exhaust
ed and was about to throw in my line when
a terrible hail-stOrm came up. Just as a
fearful blast came down l jerked the trout
out OF the water a few inches and huge
Maidstone struck him between his eyes. He
wiggled his tail for a second, as if in deep
thought then turned over on his back
stunned. Chicago Herald.
The morning call., 1891-06-21
SINGING OF THE SANDS.
South Sea Music That Takes the Travel
Infn EairNIand.

South Sea Music That Takes the Traveller
Into Fairyland.
During the whole course of my expert
ence as a traveller" SAYS j. T. BOwes, a
London man, in the Pittsburg Dispatch,
" the stTangest phenomenon ! have encoun-
tered is the singing of the sands on the Isl
and Palma, in the South Pacific, near Ia
hit. Near a town called Mona, on this
same island, are the wonderful singing
sands. These sands are in small desert
In the center OF this desert, about FIVE miles
from the ocean, are about dozen cocoanut
trees. Ka Pule, native guide, and myself
reached the trees about noon. Our horses
as well as ourselves were about used up
travelling through the deep sand under a
blazing sun. AS we lay stretched at the
roots Of the towering trees the trade wind
set in cool and refreshing from the ocean.
"NOtWiths landing the heat and our ex-
hausted condition there was an enchant-
ment about the situation that caused me to
think OF the beautiful stories OF my child
hood began to feel the soft touch of SUM
Der, and all at once | heard q faint musical
tinkling, as IL troops OF fairies were coming
to greet us as they used to In the stories.
tried 10 locate the melOdi0us sounds In all
directions there was nothing but the hot,
glowing sands. | looked up. There was
nothing but the beautiful tropical sky and
the tremulOus atmosphere. / was more and
more bewildered, and al length awoke Ka
Pule. told him what had heard, and he
explained that the music WAS caused by the
stirring Of the finty sands by the wind.
Anyway. the whole experience was beauti-
ful, aud have often said that | once made
visit to fairyland."
The morning call., 1891-06-21
LOVES woOING.

Sweetheart, pure aud fair and holyi
Show again thy face.
Change this ceaSeIesS night Of sorrow
Into one OF grace;
II you will be mine, love-speak most
Ifyou cannot-go,
Waiting eager for thy answer.
Now listen low.
When the night wind bends the rushea
In their watery bed,
Twenty times l ask you over,
Meath my bushes red;
Twenty times ask you, saying.
"Will you love me. Nane P''
And at last hear no answer,
Then 1 smile again.
Swift and pure as mornings splendoR
Come, oh, sweetheart, come,
Come in all thy manly beauty
To my heartily home:
Then I'll grant thee loves full measure
Till the cup you drain.
Then you clasp me to your bosom
And not go again.
Come, dear heart. the sun is setting,
And thy loved one grieves;
Keep thy promise here to greet me,
Meath the autumn leaves.
What could lead my footsteps hitheT.
What but thy dear face?
You will be my sweetheart, ever,
For my loves sweet sake.
RUTH WARD MANN
edduilLe, Colo. June, 1891.
The morning call., 1891-06-21
A LETTER ON DRESS.
Pretty Carriage COStume-A Coat Of The Cut
Called MalDlaQUGt
Special to THE CALL

NEW YORK, June Is, 1891.-It has been
said that the average mans conception of
beauty is flesh and color, and plenty of
BOTH" and this might be paraphrased to
read, "Woman's idea of smart clothes and
frills and furbelowS." for in the present day
decollete costumes and bright cOlors are the
rage. The average woman can hardly be
brought to consider with anything but dis
dainful federation. even a travelling costume,
unless it be deliberately trimmed. Trim
mings, used in the dressmaker'S sense Of the
word, are the great desideratum in feminine
estimation, and that woman is not alone in
her glory, of whom her friends used to say
Il believe it is Thackeray), why. Jane
wouldn't be happy as an angel unless she
could have her wings tipped with gold and
edged with point lace and have a halo set
with diamonds" This love of adornment is
doubtless one of Ewes legacies to all her
daughters-it is only the daughters of
Lillith who can afford to ScOrn the
destinations of modern dress. This love
of frippery as has been somewhat combated
by Redfern, who has taught his customers
that little of the choicest and finest hand
work is better than whole loads of the
snowy stuff which used to be piled upon our
garments. But even he relaXeS somewhat
at this season of the year and turns out
some toilettes for the summer campaign
which are anything but simple. In the
wOrk-rOoms is now being finished a carriage
costume, which, though taiior-made, is not
severely plain.
The morning call., 1891-06-21
A Vessel Kills Monster Whale.

Three bold and sportive razor-backed
whales, zoologically known as Norquas,
were seen returning from an excursion
southwark to their Arctic home on Sunday
morning last by the men on the pilot-boat
Actaca. The giant of the merry trio never
got there. His corpse, with great cash In
the back, was passed floating in the Gulf
Stream by the Anchor Line steamship Gale
donia. When the CaledOnia's captain took
Pilot Kelley of the Actaca aboard on
Thursday he heard how to the big whale
came to his death. The Actaca was about
$50 miles east of this port on Sunday. cruis-
ing for incoming vessels. Just after dark
The morning call., 1891-06-21
How Could the "Dear Doctor" Refuseg

A few days ago prominent New York
clergyman, who is noted for his benev0lence,
received letter from q woman asking for
$1,000. This was her plea: She had friend,
she said, who married about the same time
as herself. They had married men of about
the same social standing and could afford to
have about the same things. Lately, how
ever, the friends husband had been more
prosperous than her own, and matters had
now come 10 such pass that her friend had
been able to buy new inlaid upright piano,
"while," she wrote pathetically, II am OBJ
liged to wear life out with the old square
piano my father gave me when was mar
ried. Now, my dear DOCTOR" she went on,
you will at once see the sadness of this
and send me a check for $1,000, which will
be sufficient, l think, to get an upright
little better than hers."
The morning call., 1891-06-21

There is a c0siness in low-ceilinged room
which in a high-celinged room is sacrificed to
emptiness. In discussing this point refer
ence is often made to the time of Queen
Elizabeth and the low wanScoted rooms
that prevailed at that period. Low ceilings
were the rule, and cOmfOrta6 bic interiors
rather than imposing eXteriOrs were studied
Regarding high ceilings. the New York
Tribune says: In furnishing New York
houses one difficulty almost invariably con-
fronts the decorator tine diSprOpOTtiOnate
height of the ceilings with the size of the
rooms. In the AstOr houses, for instance.
the ceilings are thirteen feet in height and
the rooms are of very moderate size. This,
to an artistic person, gives feeling OF dis
enlargement at the outset. OF course the
effect may be greatly Obviated by a deep
fripZe; and the wall-hangers have made
quite a speciality in papers that will lower
or heighten the effect of a room. There is
another way of bringing a ceiling down to
the required height which is very pretty
and Is not difficult to arrange. This is done
by lowering a square OF canvas, which can
be decorated in any way you like, from the
four corners of rhe room. One room man
aged in this way had light gray linen
square on which were painted very boldly
wild roses of a delicate shade of pink. A
deep frieze of the same design was placed a
couple OF feet from the ceiling, and the rest
of the wall was hung with a tremendously
tinted Japanese chintZ, meeting wooden
wainScOting painted in white enamel The
furniture was covered with gray cTetonne
over which the wild roses ran rampant, and
the whole effect was exceedingly pretty
Contractor and Builder.
The morning call., 1891-06-21

Blithe as bird she sang all day,
So happy at heart was she,.
FOR every morning along that way
Came some one. the singer to see.
His eyes seemed beamlng with loves true light,
But his heart was as black as a winters night
Alas, for the peace that ends in strifsi
For the dream that cannot bet
With never a thought OF that ruined life,
Over the world roams he.
flushed Is her laughter and stilled her song,
For the world Is harsh when girl goes wrong.
oh. know that this bright and beautiful earth
Is darkened by many stain;
That the light goes out daily upon some hearth
That never will glow again;
But the sorrow mans false promise brings
Il the saddest OF all sad earthly things.
San Francisco, June, 1891.
LILLIAN PLUNKKTR
The morning call., 1891-06-21

This Is a sketch Of a Redfern coat Of the
cut called MalplaQuet." 1t is Of cobalt
blue smooth-faced cloth, three quarters in
length and with the basgues cut into round
ed tabs. The waistcoat is of soft gray doe
skin, braided with gold and white silk cords.
The morning call., 1891-06-21

It is Of silver-gray camePs hair Of lattice
design across the foot OF the skirt worked in
fine silver cord, and around the hips is
draped a fall Of lace. The bodice and
sleeves are Of heliOtrope silk studded with
silver nail-heads, and wide lapels of gray
have the same braiding as on the skirt.
Between these is a vest of white satin COW
cred with a design in silver cords. The
large hat is Of gray fancy straw graced with
heliotrOpe crepe and trimmed with hello
trope gauze ribbon and gray feathers.
The morning call., 1891-06-21
POETIC THOUGHTS.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALI
CAST ASIDE.

A baby sitting IN the sunshine on the floor
Tried with her dimpled hands to brush the sunbeamS
from her dress.
SO sitting In LIES sunshine we oft cast asids
With thoughtless hands, counting as nauaht the
brightness sent to bless. GRACE HIBRARn.
San francisco, June, 1891
The morning call., 1891-06-21

During a severe thunderstorm at Anna,
Ohio, bolt Of lightning struck a girl.
When picked up she appeared TO be asleep
and has since remained so, it being impossi-
bic to awaken her. She breathes heavily
and her appearance Is natural.
The morning call., 1891-06-21

Three persons are cremated, on an aver
age, every week at Working, which is just
outside London.
The morning call., 1891-06-21
ONE OF MANY.

Leadvilte, Colo, June, 1891.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
Luverne, Mimi, Oct. 5, 1879
RODE AT FULL TILT.

Rev. s. l.. E. Speare Dashes at
tiOns.
The union meeting of the evangelical
ministers, yesterday morning. was like
one of the old-time meetings before the
summer vacation. Nearly all of them
were there except the Methodists. They
have not yet returned from Red Wing.
Rev. w. j. Hobbs presided. The paper
read was by Rev. S. l.. B. Speare, on
1.-The Christian Duty of Protest" And
he did protest. The first part of his
paper was theoretical and general. But
he SOON came down to particulariza-
ton. He cavOrted over the frames of
the managers of the state fair for allow
ing games to be carried on on
the grounds. He swung the lash once
or twice at the white SLOUGH hat
of Winn Bracket for offering prizes at
the exposition. The exposition was
cultivating a desire to purchase lottery
tickets. Then he tickled the sides of
his hobby with the spurs and made a
dash at the city administration for al
lowing various sorts and degrees of
crime to exist. He brought up with
rush in front of the grand stand and
delivered sentiment or Sir Robert
PEEPS, Agitation is the marshalting of
conscience to mould the laws.' Cen
eral discussion of the war on Sunday
saloons followed. Rev. ID. E. Wells re-
ported that five saloon keepers from his
part of town had been convicted of
breaking the law. 1t was the unani-
nous opinion that the parishioners are
in favor of reform in the abstract, but
that they are not enthusiastic over it
when it comes down TO individual cases.
The meeting concluded with a congrat-
ulatory address from Rev. Ii. L. Hast
ings, of Boston.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
PENNEY WON'T GET IT.
Moses CIapp Says His $4,000
Bill Must Go Unpaid.

Moses CIapp Says His $50, 900
Bill Must Go Unpaid.
The first and most important matter
that came up at the meeting of the
county commissioners yesterday morn
ing was the application of F. G. Penney
for a S25, 900 rebate OH money that he
had spent in grading. Penney paid out
the S25, 900 for grading streets and alleys
and filling a small lake in Penney d
Badgers addition. He claimed that
there was tacit understanding be-
tween him and the city council that he
was to be reimbursed for the money eX-
pended. When the work was done the
council forgot all about the understand
ing. So did the county commissioners,
TO whom Penney appealed. Then he
lobbied for the passage of legislative
enactment authorizing the county COM
missioners to pay him the money. The
bill was passed al the last session of the
legislature. When his bill went before
the commissioners this last summer AS
sistant County Attorney Davenport
asked the attorney generals opinion.
His reply, read to the board yesterday,
is as follows:
| always hesitate to pronounce
against the constitutionality of q legislative
enactment, DuJ IL QOeS seem 10 me that the
act in question, chapter 3SS. OF the special
laws of 1891, is in conflict with the constitu-
ton. Ample provision is made by the gen.
eral law for redress i'll ease of excessive val.
uation, and the act in question is plain at
tempt TO give the person named therein
special privilege act accorded to taxpayers
generally, and l am inclined to review the
act as repugnant to the constitution.
This opinion applies to all property
owners who undertake improvements
on their own hook as well as to Mr..
Penney. The board will not pay Mr..
Penney cent. He may take the mat
ter into the courts to seek a reversal of
Mr.. Clapp's opinion.
The committee on roads and bridges
was ordered to investigate a patent
bridge that Commodore Zimmerman
wants to put up to take the place of the
ferry at the narrows, Minnetonka.
Plats of the Sixth avenue and the new
Bass lake roads were accepted. August
Volbrecht was given permission to sell
liquor at Hanover, and Joseph La Point
at DAYTON
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

A fair house greeted the first performance
of 1.-The Two Orphans at the Grand last
night The role of Louise, the blind girl, is
In the keeping of Miss Kate Claxton. Miss
ClaXton has made this part famous. She
has played it several thousand times in every
city in the country. She is still the personl-
fcati0u of the part. Charles Stevenson has
the part of jacques Frochard, and acquits
himself creditably. The balance of the cast
is fair. The play itself is so well known To
theater-goers that comment on it is unneces-
Sary.
A large house greeted Nictors Big Bur
last night. 1t is one of the best companies
Manager Hilton has yet shown his patrons
and another large weeks business is looked
for. Its opening is filed with new songs
and hearty laughs but its olo is its strong
point. being made by Master Harry Delmar;
Harrison; Miss Carrie Graham. whose La
Zingerella'' dance is new here, and who can
kick fully six feet high; Billy Baynore, Il
quiet but mirthtul comedian; Williams and
Adams in clever character changes, their
Minneapolis firemen being apropos and
meeting with hearty applause; Gibson and
Boyle, song and dance men, and the Albion
family in q magnificent gymnaStic specially.
"Yon Yonson'' is home, and he is meeting
with big reception. Last nights audience
at the Bijou filled the popular play house
from pit to dome, and the play was enthu-
siastically received. AS the crowds were so
large at the box Office in the evening the
management particularly request that seats
be reserved during the day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
AFTER THE SHEKELS.
Three Damage Suits Begun
Against the Street Railway Com
pany.

Three Damage Suits Begun
Against the Street Railway Com
pany.
May IL, last, Edward E. Brown board
ed Fourth street south electric car
and rode to Twenty-seventh street,
where he had the car stopped so he
could alight. While ne was in the act
of getting to terra firma the car was
suddenly started, throwing him to the
ground with great force. His left leg
was broken, and he was otherwise in
Jured, so that he will not he able 10 do
any work for year to come. Yesterday
he sued the street railway company for
$4,000 damages.
Next comes Enoch Lord, who has
serious complaint against the company,
resulting from the transfer system. He
tells the district court that on Aug. IL
last, he boarded an interurban car to go
TO st. Paul. He handed the conductor
proper transfer, and the conductor
told him 1t was run out, mo good, and
not worth a d--n." He was ordered to
get off, the conductor saying "by Cd.
L will put you off. The conductor rang
the bell to stop the car, tore the trans
fer up, threw the pieces in Lords face
and called a policeman. His conduct
was so violent and threatening that
Lord was thrown into a state of fear
that caused an attack of apopleXy.
This confined him to bed for a month,
and has injured his health SO that he
sues for $1,000. Is
Charles +. Rivenburg sues the
Minneapolis Street Railway company
for $40, for running into his team on
Washington avenue south Aug. % last,
and gripping one of his horses SO that
it is practically worthless.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
RICHARDSON'S READING.

1t was a good audience that faced
Locke Richardson in Century hall last
night. They will all come back and
bring others with them. Mr.. Richard
son is, without doubt, the best platform
reader in the country. He Is more than
a mere elocutionist. He is an actor who
assumes multiplicity of characters, and
he is an educated man. He understands
what he reads. He is no parrot re
peating by rote what he has memoriZed-
Nh Richardson reads entirely from
memory. too, but he knows the meaning
of what he reads. lie has studied the
meaning of the author until he has it,
and then he calls into play his own Won
derful talents, and tells that meaning
to the audience. Last night he read
Brinsley Sheridan's 1.-The Rivals" 1t
was a delicious entertainment. There
seemed to be no art in the readers
methods, because he is an artist. Jo-
seph Jefferson and Billy Florence
could get no more humor out of the lines
of The Rivals" than Mr.. Richardson
goes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

The bank clearings yesterday were S1,76s-
95j.46.
This morning the board of court house and
city hall commissioners viii meet
The Bank of Minneapolis yesterday in
creased its capital stock from S15O0OO TO $3.50,
600.
Mrs. c. NJ. Foote, who has been at the
point of death for oyer a week, is now out of
dsnger.
The Baptist ministers got together yester-
day morning and talked about Vacation
Thoughts and Suggestions"
DR.. Tiffany is reported as much better His
illness was due to indigestion, and Dir. Duns-
moor says that IL was not serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. c. Cooke have returned
from Christmas lake and will reside at the
Kenilworth. III East Fifteenth street.
Charles H. Robinson has been decided
upon as deputy weighmaster at Minneapolis
The appointment will be confirmed to-day
Sixteen minor permits for the erection of
buildings to cost in the aggregate s., $3.50 were
issued at the building inspectors Office yes
terday.
The Minneapolis Single Tax league will
meet at the West hotel this evening to organ
ize for the winter and map out plan Of
campaign.
Henry Hauck, aged forty-eight. died at his
home, $40 Fifth avenue north, Saturday.
The funeral will be held this morning at 9
o'clock from st. Joseph's church.
The contract for building the new shops of
the Great Northern road at Great Falls Mont,
has been let to James Carlisle L. Co.. of Min
neapolis. About $50, 900 will be expended
Steve Terhune, who was arrested on Satur-
day hight for an assault upon his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Caroline Snow, failed to appear for
trial yesterday morning ana forfeited $50
bail.
Cases of scarlet fever at 1906 Sixteenth ave-
nue. south and 2412 REIMBURSEMENT avenue
south and diphtheria at poi Seventh street
south were reported at the health Office yes
terday.
The body of William II. Reney who for
mally recided al 4l2 Third avenue north KS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06

the expense of improvements at she
cataracts. In the same year and upon
the Invitation of the Danube Steamer
company, an American engineer, Mr..
McAlpin, made an inspection of the
part of the river which was to be opened
to European trade. But his plans we're
not executed. Only three years later,
In 1874. Turkey and Austro- Hungary
agreed to send mixed commission to
study the problem of the 'Iron Gates"
The Russo-Turkish war prevented the
starting of the work; but the Berlin con-
gress took it up again, and stipulated on
July 8. 1878, that 1.-The regularizing of
the Iron Gates shall be intrusted to
Austro-H ungary." Some years were
spent in preparatory studies of the I'M
dertaking, and also in waiting until the
financial crisis in Austro- Hungary
should pass away. Finally, in 1889. the
Hungarian minister of public works,
Gabriel Baross, organized at Orsova the
technical bureau for the enterprise, and
in September of that year work was be-
gun in earnest. The contractors are to
complete it in 1895.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
A GAY DECEIVER.
A Young Married Man Caught
With Another Beau.

The occupants of the union depot
about the hour of last evening were
treated to a highly exciting little do
mestic scene, and when the 7:20 train
pulled out for Chicago it left would-be
passenger behind in an interesting but
decidedly unenviable situation. The pas
senger who failed to connect was Charles
Baker. of st. Paul, supposed to be a
drummer. The miscarriage of his plans
was due to the interference of his wife.
Baker, who is a fne-lOoking, stylish
young fellow, has, 1t appears, been pay
ing assiduous attention to highly
estimable young lady of this city named
Heating, who was not aware that he was
married. Last night ne intended to
start for Chicago. After bidding his
wife an affectionate farewell at st. Paul
he came to Minneapolis to take the train
that he might also take leave of Miss
Reading, who met him by appointment
at the depot. His wife, however, mis-
trusted him. and came to Minneapolis
herself, arriving just In time to make it
hot for him. She was evidently in
formed of his plans, for. calling at police
headquarters, she secured an officer and
went directly to the depot. When she
arrived there she marched directly up
to her giddy hubby, who sat chatting
pleasantly with Miss Heating, and seiz
ing him by the ear poured forth the
Walls of her wrath upon him. Her eyes
flashed fire and. although she did not
for moment for her ladylke dignity to
descend to any abusive epithet stronger
than puppy" Mr.. Baker received a
public roasting which he will not
soon forget, and isinnocent companion
was treated to few cutting remarks,
although she earnestly protested that
she too had been grossly deceived. When
Mrs. Baker had talked herself out of
breath, she marched her naughty hubby
brunette, while Mrs. Baker is petite
blonde. and also very prepossessing in
appearance.