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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-16
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.

The sixth week of our
midsummer sale of Muslin
Underwear will be devoted
mainly to the finer quail
ties. The prices for high
grade goods will be the low
est ever known here.
Cambria Gown. yoke of tucks and inser-
price S225
Cambria Gown, square yoke of embroidery,
with embroidered collar and cuffs, $40, reg
ular price So.
Cambria Gown, yoke of small tucks and in
sertlon, pointed collar and cuffs OF swiss
Embroidery. $50, regular price So so
Cambria Drawers, cluster of small tucks
finished with Lace, IS cents, regular price
S1.19
Cambria Drawers, cluster of small tucks
finished with hemstitehed rufie, S1OO, re-
duced from 81. So
Muslin Drawers, three clusters of tucks
finished with deep embroidered ruffie,
ST., marked down from $50.
"F. NJ" Summer Cor
sets, made specially for us
by the makers Of Thomson's
"Glove Fitting" Corsets.
Price, rs Cents. We have
sold rs dozen of them this
summer. Thattells the story.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-16

Trad c. Jones & Wright
Manufacture perfect Shirts.
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Gloves and Handkerchiefs.

Clearing prices in this de-
partment' are lower than
ever, and the variety of bar
gains greater.
12-button genuine 9" ou-
vim" Suede Mousquetaires,
tan and mode shades, sizes
81, 5A, OF, Oh and 634,
at $3.50 a pair; regular
price, So. ga saving of
$500 on every pair.
8-button genuine 'Jou-
vim" Suede Mousquetalres,
tan shades, in sizes 81, 5H,
So and 7, only $3.50 a
pair; regular price, s2.25.
All-Black Silk Gloves,
the best qualities we have
in stock, at
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-16
FIE[D,MAHLER
g. co.

FEATURES.
Remnant sale of All-Wool
Dress Goods.
Special sale of Imported
Underwear and Children's
Hosiery.
Mems Outing Shirts at
69 cents, worth 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
CHIPS OF MOSS AGArR
The Ground Covered With Them in Q Pet
rifed Forest in Arizona.

From st. Nicholas.
From tho Atlantic and Pacific railroad It is
not hard to reach one of the greatest Of natural
charlottesville petrihed forest Of Arizona
Much the nearest point is the little station Of
Billings, but there are the scanticst accommo-
dations for the traveller. Only mile south Of
the track at that point one may see q low dark
ridge, marked by a single cottonwood tree
Walking thither lover a valley so alive with
jack rabbits that there is some excuse for the
cowboy declaration THAT you can walk clear
across on their backs"') one soon reaches the
northern edge Of the forest, which covers hun
dreds Of square miles. Unless you are moro
hardened to wonderful sights than am YOU
will almost fancy yourself in some enchanted
spot You seem to stand on the glass of gigan.
tic Kaleidoscope, over whose sparkling surface
the sun breaks in infinite rainbows. You are
ankle deep in such chips as I'll warrant you
never saw from any other wood pile
What do you think of chips from trees that
are red moss agate and amethyst and smoky
topaz and agate OF every hue2 Such are the
marvellous splinters that cover the ground for
miles here, around the huge PROSTATE trunks
times patient ak has hewn them I broke a
specimen from the heart Of tree three years
ago which had around the stone pith a remark
ablo array OF large and exquisite crystals; for
on one side OF the specimen-which is not so
large as my hand-is beautiful mass of crys-
tails OF royal purple amethyst and on the other
an equally beautiful array Of smoky topaz
crystals.
One can get, also. magnificent cross sections
OF whole trunk SO thin as to be portable and
showing every vein and '.year ring" and even
the bark. There is not q chip In all those miles
which Is not worthy place, just as II is, in the
proudest cabinet, and when polished know no
other rock 80 splendid. It IL one Of the hard
est stones in the world and takes and keeps an
Incompatible polish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
STORY OF A POSTAGE STAMP.
low Won M0ltke Rewarded Kindness to q
Little Boy.
From Bow Bells.

FROM BOW Bells.
Some four years ago, among the letters re-
ceivcd BY the ex-Ameer of Cabul at Mussooria
was one addressed to Ills Majesty, King of
Afghanistan," which ran nearly as follows
Your majesty-I am u little German boy, and
am making collection of stamps. 1 wish
very much to procure some stamps Of your
majesty's kingdom and shall be very much
obliged il your majesty would send me some"
The letter was made over to tho English politi-
cal officer in charge of the amecr, who good
naturally answered the letter, inclosing small
collection OF Cabul stamps. In due course
came reply from tho little German boy:
kind English offcer-The stamps which you
so kindly sent me have arrived, and are valued
by me in my collection. l showed them and
your letter to distinguished German officer
who is now staying at my fathers house, anu
he is 20 pleased with the kindness of an Eng
fish officer to u little German boy that asked
kim to give me his photograph to send to you,
which ne has done. and hope you will accept
it," The letter contained a photograph. with
the autograph. "Von Molt.sc. Field Marshal"
Tho little German boy was the son OF we'll
known manufacturer who had been most lib
erai in providing benevolent institutions for
workmen in Germany and who was the field
marshals host during the maneuvors in the
neighbo-hood OF his property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

anu IINCt com sts the rails and the little marsh
wrens necessarily chatter from morning till
night
He who believes that in winter the woods are
devoid of birds will. after a few hours search
form an entirely different opinion. To be sure
the songsters. or most Of them. have left and the
places inhabited by them but a short time
since are bare and brown; but on a close ex-
animation many will be found tenanted by
other featbered forms of harder nature
forms which have como to us from more
northern climate to remain for few months,
until the rigors Of an arctic winter shall have
passed away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
being an entirely different bird and 60 seldom
reach this latitude that but single instance Of
its occurrence is known to me. Many may

have noticed bird with light gray breast
perfectly plain save for one little dark spot
right in the center-this il the sparrow, very
common at present. but entirely abseut in sum-
mer, as it breeds in the northern states and
Canada With them bird much smaller and
save for the breastwork otherwise very similarly
colored is the little field sparrow, equally COM
mon with the foregoing, but much shyer and
less easy to approach. Any old field covered
with q rank growth Of weeds and tall grasses
will furnish an abundant supply Of these "a
well as the juncos white throated and tree
sparrows.
THE TIrLARKs.
Nor are those bare, dreary looking fields
without interest. That old wheat field or
meadow that looks utterly deserted, as far as
the eye can see is very apt to contain some
very interesting forms. The titlarks and
shore larks, or as they are more often called
horn larks, usually quite abundant. The
former will be less in February. while the shore
larks have been less since early November;
curious birds they are, too, each with little
horn or tut, OF black feathers on either side of
the head, which can be raised or lowered at
pleasure hence the name, horned lark. They
are so very nearly the color of the surround
ings as to be almost unnotlceable even when
directly among them. and the first notice one
usually has of their presence Is to see the en-
tire flock take wing seemingly from beneath
his very feet and hurry to some distant part Of
the field; after one or two repetitions of this
they become very shy. and it is difficult to get
even within gunshot OF them.
Washington is peculiarly situated orni-
thological!y. so to speak; not only do We get a
fairly full quota of LAID birds, but for an in
land city it affords not few sea and coast
birds On the river may be found herring and
BOnapartes. gulls and fish hawks, while count
less numbers of ducks of various species, an
occasional flock of geese, and rarely. very
rarely, flock of swans may be seen.
BIRDS THAT STAY THE YEAR ROUND.
One more phase of winter bird life and am
done. / refer to those birds that remain with
us the year round-the cardinal. Caroline
wrens, song sparrows and others. The first two
may be heard singing on a bright day as joy
ously as ever and in March the dear little song
sparrow will begin to tune his instrument. One
bird of striking note Is the goldtinch-but who
would recognize him? Gone is that bright
golden yellow, for which he was SO noticeable
but a few months since; gone their jet black
wings and ashy rump, and in their place
dingy yellowisn brown mantles the little song
ster, with just here and there little dingy
yellow prevailing, as if indicative of what will
be once more in a few months. This is the
winter plumage Of our common American gold
finch and Is one of the many interesting things
to be learned by those who will brave little
cold and unpleasant weather to study nature
n her winter garb. E. n. h.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Foremost among these is the little winter
wreu-such n tiny, dimiEutive little chap that
when on a cold and frosty morning, when you
are enceavoring TO keep your fingers and toes
from freezing. his hoarse clutter comes from
the brush heap, IL seems almost a miracle that
such a mite OF bird does not appear to feel
the effects of I he cold in the least He is a
marvellous songsteI. and must be seen and
heard TO be fully appreciated. for il seems al
most incredible that such volume of song can
come from SO small a creature. Unfortunately
he seldom. # ever, sings during his
stay here; but further north, in New York and
Massachusetts,, he Is one OF the noisiest musicians
in the woods. He is a shy little fellow fire.
qIentlug the wood piles. brush heaps tangled
underground and similar places, and so cute
and cunning in his movements that
1t not un1requently requires close searching
ard no little maneuvertng to discover him,
even when IL Is known exactly where il is In
central New IO-k i once followed a gushing
lyrical song for nearly an hour through ooe of
the worst swamps imaginable and finally Gis-
covered Its source few feet from where had
originally started did not know he could be
such a sweet singer They are such cunning.
quaint little fellows. with their snort stumpy
tails pointing directly toward their heads aud
tier sly movements. that they never fail to
prove of interest ANY place Offering con-
are as often met in the frozen swamps as else
where.
THE BROWN cREEPER.
Early IN November the brown creeper comes
to Us. vet how few there are who ever see him /.
Nearly as small as the winter wren, but such a
different bird He is a splendid example of
what Is known as protective coiOration." So
marked Is he that on whatever tree be alights it
Is almost impossible to distinguish him from
the bark. Indeed, It would be quite so were it
not for his keeping constantly in motion He
Is a ereeper IN every sense of the word, wor king
his way up the tree after the manner of wood
peckers and constantly in search Of insects
which are secreted among the c-eyices of the
bark Their note is extremely faint-a fine
hairlip. if may SO call it. and rather apt to be
COMPOUNDED with that of the kinglets They
are to be found mostly in the deciduous woods
although occasionally met in tie pines.
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Next come the kinglets, and what dear little
fellows they are; two species, the golden
crowned and ruby crowned; each, as the name
implies. with a golden and ruby crown on the
head. TO offset. as il were, their otherwise very
plain attire OF olive green. They are. think,
the smallest OF our birds next to the hummer.
a2d frequent the pines almost exclusively and
usually IN large companies; and their faint
constant little chipperings are to be heard
In every patch OF pines III the district. The
golden crown Is sllen; with u, save for the
call notes. but In the spring the ruby favors
Hote than once | lave followed them by mis-
taSe for something else. They are s1ciable
unsuspicioCs h;tle chaps. and If one remains
quset tney will frequently come within arms
reach and peer a. you from their little black
eye a. ! 20 ask what strange creature il is that
has invaded their domain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
A Learned Doctor.

From the Medical News.
One Of our physicians recently received the
following letter from . country physician CD:
.'Dear dock hsv pashunt who's phisicol sines
shoes that the wiudpips was liberated Of, and
and his lung have dropped intoo his stumick.
be il unabel to swoller and I feer his stumick
tube is gon. l hav Civ hymn svry thing with
ont effeckt. his father ia welthy Onerable and
in6uennhial. he is an active member Oh the
N. e. Chirsch and god nos don't want TO loose
hym. what shall due. ana buy rsturne male.
yours In needle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
How the Loarer Originated

From the Callao Couris-.
In the beginning God created heaven and
earth and all things therein. uo then created
man and woman and left the loafers on the
corners, and in due time they multiplied and
spread into the depot, post Office and stores
In the latter place they sit and explain state
and national problems that havo vexed great
minds, and exist partially by sampling goods
While he 10 thus engaged his wife e out wash
ing for her neighbors. and the poor, helpless
children arc left at home to care for themselves
as best they can. There II nothing more
noticeable than tho losfsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
MAsAYA, NICARAGUA, January 1, 1892.

IL cLLMO ODO luh1
one should meet an ex-
perience 30 marvellous
and mystic in its every
detail as that which has
come before me in this
quaint old town, which
started its existence
centuries ago when
here was only q group
of wigwams here from
which assembled climb
ing spirals Of smoke, and
before the great vol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
Nest Terrible Of An.

ktOn suo Dostou NeNb-
he had climbed M Blanc's smooth, ley
heights and stood upon the top; he'd traced the
Nile clear 10 its source, with ne'sr . thought 10
stop; he'd trsmped across sAhsrs's wsshs till
hs was like to drop; he'd fought on many .
bloody held and heard the bullet pop. he'd
cleaned out gangs Of rufians and never called
cop; he'd brought full many an elephant 10
mother earth kerfop, and caused the savage
tiger TO enjoy its final hop, and his bravery had
cost him many . scar.
But when he returned 10 Boston heros honors
for TO share, he acted like . man whom 4 was
no big job 70 scare; he'd run and hide behind
the trees, and high would raise his hair; he 4
trembls and bed shake and blsnch. In evi-
dent despair; his heart would beat, his eyes
would bulge and he would cry. "Beware," he
acted like . coward all the time and every
where; and the thing that frightened him, you'd
b surprised, was Just, swear. that very sen.ls
harmless thing, plain electric carl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
SOME WINTER BIRDS.
Feathered Songsters That Are Cold
Weather Visitors Here.
THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS.
The Winter Wren, Brown Creeper. Kinglet,
Crossbil. Spsrrows and Other Species That
May Re Seen In Woods and Fields at This
Season of the Year.
Written for The Evening Star.

ASHINGTON BI r d
life presents two distinct
phases to the student of
nature. according to the
season of the year at
which it is observed.
In the summer time
We have the songsters.
thrushes. warblers,
rireos, &C., making the
hills and valleys ring
with sweetest music,
while along the streams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
A WIZARDS BRIDE.
A Strangely Assorted Couple in a
Nicaraguan Town.
A LAWN DANCE AT NIGHT.

Misshapen HuAband--His Peculiar Power
and the Stories Told Of His Influence Over
others-A Brilliant Mind and Distorted
Body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
TITLES OF DIPLOMATS.
Foreigners in Washington With
Handles to Their Names.
HoNoRS TOO FREELY GIVEN.
A Popular Tendency to Distinguish . Repre-
sentative OF Another Country Beyond His
Dissatisfaction OF High Degree In the
Legasions-No Ambassadors Here
. n DEMOCRATIC

N ID z NJ o G X A 7 4 @
America no titles Of
nobility are permitted
among American citi-
zens, but In Washington
there are more foreign
titles than there are in
any other American ityi
This is due to the pres
ence here Of the diplo-
matte corps. and among
foreign diplomats titles
are numerous enough.
Nevertheless thew are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Those Who are acquainted with the region
about Four-1ntle run will probably remember
the strip Of pines between the railroad and
canal. running from the old adueduct to the
W, u and W Junction IL was here in The win
Yer o. IS $50 that the crOssbils were found
Tor the hrs, time in many years and where a
large number OF those IN collections were
taken They are "a bird OF the far north and
ply offood III their native haunts gives out
This consists almost entirely of the
seeds OF the pine CONE, and to en-
able the birds 20 extract them the
points OF the bill are curved thus giving
them the power OF forcing open the seed cap
saies- TEeyt are handsome birds. varying in
color from darA rel through every intermediate
sage 10 olive green. AID a rule 10 fearless
that during the winter mentioned a number
were caught with tie hands IN the grounds OF
the ASrie cultural Department
THE sPAERows.
Turning now to tie underbrush and hedges,
We have the sparrows, and handsome fellows
some OF them are. particularly the white
throated. These NAV be easily seen and recog-
nized, as they constitute a goodly proportion
OF ths toe Is Of birds seen along the roadsiCies.
II one looks sharp. he may see the white spot
on the throat. and. IL close enough, the little
yellow stripe over each eye. In company with
them viii almost invariably be found large
numbers OF jGncos; these the little gray or
rlAie-eoiored birsiS with white bellies and dark
gray, almost black, breasts, white bill and outer
tai feathers They are generally known as
snow birds, although junco is the proper
name; tho true snow bid, or snowflake,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

not nearly SO numerous - some people like TO
make them on.
In conversation with q writer for The STAR
member OF one of the foreign legations
laughed about this the other day and pointed
to several notices of himself in newspapers pub
lshed outside of Washington wherein he was
alluded to variously a marquis. count and
baron, whereas in reality he has no title of no.
bility at all. He said il struck him very
strange that in q republic like ours he should be
SO often put down in the public press as having
a title which he had no right or desire to lay
claim TO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
UNCLE SANS DEBTS.
Some Of the Creditors Who Bother
Him With Claims.
CRANKS OF MANY KINDS.
They Present Demands Of All sorts-Bad
Debts Owed by the Government-Curious
War Claims-Reappearance Of Those That
Have Been Formerly Disallowed.
HERE NEVER WAS

hEhE NENEh WAS
anybody 30 pestered
by duns a. Uncle Sam.
People who say that he
owes them money are
always swarming about
the Capitol when Con-
gress is in session.
while thousands of
claimants all over the
country are continually
clamoring by letter for
Some Of them
are cranksaud not a few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Randolph Rogers, while yet . boy, showed
his TALENT BY carving curious cane beads on
gssrlsd S>ieks which h found in hi rasabiuo
4 ~ voe6A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Art 6tudents League. Instruction In IN heancnsa
~ seven leading aEtsta - l1tA 9 -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

there are few countries better able 10 .,na
niles abroad than Russia. for there are no go
than $4,000 hereditary mobiles there and 500 O1 o
Hhose nobility dies with them. But . title i'm
nSss'a coniers no PRIVILEGES, unlesc the mai
service. A
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
Are You Coming.

The removal of one hundred families
in one body from Illinois to the north
ern part of Iowa last February, is
the starter of an avalanche of good
citizens soon to occupy the fertile
acres of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Lands now worth from seyehty-five
to one hundred dollars per AGRA in
Illinois, can be replaced in the North
west by just as good lands for from
five to twenty dollars per acre, and
the new home be amid just as plea
SAINT surroundings as the old one.
The Sisseton Lands in South Dakota,
to beopened to homesteads April 18th,
1892, the thousands of acres of cheap
lands in Minnesota, the millions in
North and S. Dakota, are beginning to
be placed in the holdings of former
owners of high priced lands. Five,
ten and twenty acres for one. In
twenty years these acres will be high
priced, but the owners cannot ego
west agin and grow up with the coun-
try" The Minneapolis & St. Louis
BY. has no lands for sale, but it is in
terested in the growth of the west,
and will be pleased to furnish reliable
information to those contemplating
seeking new homes. Address, G. M.
Pratt, G. P. A., M. & st. L. Ry., Min
neapolis, Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
PERSONAL.

The family of w. G.. Stegner, has
arrived in the city from Faribault,
and are now comfortably settled in
the J. A. Masters house on I'd street.
Mr.. Robert Roberts returned on
Saturday from three weeks trip to
Carthage, Mo.
DR.. z. G. Harrington and wife re-
turned home on Saturday, after sew
eral months sojourn in the South
and along the Pacific coast.
Rev. G. G. Pollock, formerly pastor
of the Presbyterian church here, but
now stationed at Fergus Falls, was
in the city Wednesday.
Rev. T. L. Patterson, formerly pas
tor of the Baptist church in this city,
but now of Mason City, Iowa, is in
town renewing acquaintance.
Mr.. A. e. Morse, Of Granite Falls is
in town on business. 1t will be re-
membered that until some little time
ago. Mr. Morse was busily engaged
here ia the butter and eggs business.
Mrs. Oscar Hermann and daughter
arrived in the city this morning from
MaZomanie, Wis.
Col. VIM. Thomas departed last
night for Fort Worth, Texas. He ex-
poets to be away about ten days to
two weeks.
Mr.. Chas. II. Parsons, is visiting
friends at Wyoming, Ohio. He will
return to Ann Arbor, Mich, in about
ten days.
Thos. Sherk has started upon his
homeward trip from California, but
will stop at number of points along
the route, SO thatit will be some lit
tie time before he arrives home.