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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
ON LUNGS PALACE.
The Police Are After the Pro
prietor and the Habitues.

The police are after an opium joint at
243 Sixth avenue south, kept by Chi
naman sailing under the euponious
title OF On Lung. The place kept by
On Lung is ostensibly a laundry, but
the police know the true nature of the
joint and are only waiting for good
opportunity to land On Lung in the
lookup. Patrolmen Courtney aud
Gamble have been watching the place
for some time past, and Friday night
they thought they had a ''cinchus
mortuous." At o'clock in the morn
ing hack drove up to the door of the
laundry and two women and a man
emerged. On Lung was waiting for them
and let the party in without murmur.
The driver. after fastening his team,
also disappeared into the mysterious in
terror of On Lungs palace. Courtney
and Gamble waited on the outside until
o'clock expecting the Guartette would
make their appearance, but they did not
come. Courtney then took the hack
and placed it in Gavln's livery stable,
and returning awaited with Gamble de-
velOpmentS. On Lung soon made his
appearance at the door of his joint. He
looked around to see il the coast was
clear, for it was evident the quartette
inside wanted to go home. Courtney
made q rush for the door and attempted
to gain an entrance, but On Lung was
prepared for him. He slammed the
door in the officers face and barred it
on the inside.
There was nothing to do then but to
wait until morning. In the meantime,
Courtney found a window with broken
pane of glass. Through this window
fumes of opium came Surging out, and
the occupants of the place could be
plainly heard in conversation. At z
o'clock one of the officers went to the
station to report. The remaining officer
could guard only one door, and, while
he was in the rear of the house, the
opium smokers made their escape
through the front door. The hack and
team belonged to HARDWOOD, the
liveryman, on Third street south.
The hack was afterwards secured
by proving ownership at the central sta
ton. A receipt was given and Gavin
released the outfit. There was a spe-
cial law against opium joints enacted
by the last legislature, and whenever
On Lung is caught the police authori-
ties will shove him through to the full
extent of the law.
A GLOBE reporter visited the joint
yesterday. The front door was open,
and full opium smoking outfit lay on
bed in an inner room, but On Lung
could not be found. The people who
occupy the up stairs portion of the
house said he had gone to visit a
brother Chinaman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
What the Baton Was For.

Washington Post.
The Marine band was playing in the
White lot. The people were thick; the
flies also. Director Sousa was standing
Oh the little platform. waving the magic
baton which has power to evoke such
sweet strains of music, and, naturally,
from his elevated position, he was the
cyncsure of all eyes. Among the crowd
who had gathered to hear the concert
were two old colored ladies, apparently
from the Wayback districts, and evil
IDENTIFY unaccustomed to such sights.
One of them cast her eyes upon John
Philip and inquired of her companion:
'Honey, whad you 'spose dat man
DOM up dere wayin' dat stick?''
go long, child" responded the other,
contemptuously, she's shootin' off de
flies, Oh cose, doan you see he's bald
headed an amt got no hat?"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
JAMAICA GINGER.
How the People Use 1t as Sub
stitute for Whisky in Prohibit
finn Tnxun

How the People Use 1t as a Sub
stitute for Whisky in Prohibit
ton Town.
Providence Journal.
According to the vote of Attleboro
that town is prohibition village. Not
a drop of rum OF whisky is sold there,
but something worse is, and in aston
ishing quantities. Men and women get
drunk as they have done heretofore,
and not until recently was it learned
how they became so Intoxicated in so
short space of time, unless liquor was
sold on the sly by some one who evident
ly had good thing in spite of the law
governing the sale of iutoXicants. Peo-
pie thought whisky was brought into the
town from this city, but it wasn't. The
situation became disgusting. Men were
seen at night sleeping in doorways and
upon the sidewalks III stupor. Some
had been drinking alcohol and water,
some paregoric and other stuff which
had burning qualities. These things
were not responsible for the greater part
of the drunkenness, however, and when
the good people found out that quarts
of Jamaica ginger were being consumed
every day by inebriateS, they held up
their hands in establishment. When a
man couldn't get whisky or alcohol he
would buy Jamaica ginger, pour it
down like so much water and then 60
Keeling about the town. The situa-
ton has become so alarming that a
crusade has been started to Shut up
every storekeeper who sells the stuff
for purposes other than medicinal. One
store has 1t done up in pint whisky bot
ties, and quite trade has been brought
about In this manner. One woman, with
a careworn expression upon her face,
pleaded with Sheriff Read at his Office
Monday regarding the matter. She
said her husband was upon the very
verge Of delirium tremens on account of
the use of this ginger. He had lost
fine position in one of the shons, aud
she wanted the officer to do what he
could for her. This is but one of sew
eral cases that have come to light within
a few weeks. The people who have
threatened to stop the sale of Jamaica
ginger are thoroughly aroused, and they
intend to do it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
MINNEAPOLIS.
LAST OF THE CAUCUsEs.
Holbrook Looks Like a Winner of
TOnight'S Primaries.

Tonight will be held the last set of
primaries of the season. AT these dele
gates will be elected to the Democratic
city convention next Wednesday. AS
announced yesterday, movement is on
foot to put some one other than E. q.
Holbrook into the mayoralty con-
test. Saturday it was said that
b. F. Nelson would be the
Holbrook opponent. Yesterday it be-
came evident that the movement really
was in the interest of G. M. Foote. But
the Foote men are working in the dark
to great extent. Mr.. Foote has been
out of the city over week., Before he
went away he gave it out cold that his
name must not be connected with the
mayoralty canvass. No word has been
received from him to indicate that he
has changed his mind. He was eX-
pected home Yesterday, but did not
come. He has been telegraphed to say
whether he would accept the nomina-
ton, but has made no reply as yet. 1t
is not likely that Mr.. Foote will enter
the contest. Holbrook looks like a
winner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Failing at LARGE Again.

Several months ago Inspector James
Hankinson arrested in this city the no
torious Canadian bank robber and
forger Ed Failing. Hankinson, who is
a friend of the chief of police of Mon
treal. was requested to keep an eye
open for Failing, ana did so with the re-
suit that he located him in New Boston.
He arrested him one afternoon just as
he entered the postoffice to inquire for
a letter. Failing was taken to Stafford,
Can, and lodged in Jail to await trial
Canadian bank. The local police de-
partment was notified yesterday that
Failing had escaped from Jail and was
at large again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
THIRTEEN SLABS.
a Minneapolis Fight Which May
Result Fatally.

Early yesterday morning desperate
fight between Bohemians occurred in a
boarding house at the corner of Eighth
avenue northeast and Ramsey. The
boarders had been drinking beer the
entire night and were all in
bellIgerent mood. Two broth
ers, Andrew and Joseph Wagner,
pitched into Frank Skatszi and literally
cut him to pieces with knives. They
inflicted thirteen wounds On him and he
now lies at the point of death. Patrol
man Cichoracki arrested the Wagner
brothers and locked them up at the
north station. The fight between
Skatszi and the Wagners was the re-
suit of an old family feud, begun on the
other side of the water.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
After Ice Men. Too.

Saturday afternoon while the family
of j. W. Day, the ice dealer, was away
from home, burglars entered the resi-
dence at 1926 Fourth street northeast.
They ransacked the house from cellar
to garnet and took away everything of
value that was portable. Among other
things stolen was cigar box full of
small coin and bag containing q lot of
silver and com. There is no clue to the
burglars
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
An Absent-Minded Poet.

huii NeWss
Lord TennYson is fond of port, not
withstandiDg the sentiment of "Locks.
ley Hail." 1t is related that his friend
Henry Irving went to dine with him.
After dinner a bottle of port was
brought in. The old servant, to Mr.. r.
Wings amusement, set the bottle and
one glass before his master, who helped
himself and talked on. Mr.. Irving,
who also likes port, kept his counsel
and devoted himself to the claret.' He
did not even reveal that he had been
left out in the cold when the poet, hay
ing finished the bottle, quite unconscious
that he had had no help, asked if he
liked the wine. Mr.. Irving was able
conscientiously to say that he did, for
the claret, as claret, was excellent. This
incident can hardly happen again, mas
much as Lord Tennyson. OH medical ad-
vice, has, it is believed, dropped his
after-dinner port, and now muses. on
claret,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
The PeachblOw.

I iUhos
The peachblow porcelainis of Chinese
manufacture, and is about 800 years OLD
1t is not, as is sometimes supposed, the
designation of particular shade of
color, but rare and peculiar glaze,
which not merely covers the surface of
the vessel, but penetrates the entire
texture of the article, so that if the
same be broken the internal structure
is identical with that of. the surface.
The method by which this result is
reached is unknown, and much money
has been expended in vain to discover
it. The ware is, in sense. therefore,
the result of happy accident. Speci-
mems of it are rare in China today.
where it is priced as highly as anywhere
else. Most of that of which there is
definite knowledge was taken from
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
A Miraculous EscaDe.

A little girl named Irene Merrill mar
rowly escaped death last evening. She
was leaning out of a window on the
third floor of the Albion block when she
lost her balance and precipitated head
long to the walk below. Fortunately
was seriously injured, and internal COM
plications may arise as result of the
shook
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Only PractfcaIJoke.

Burglars entered the rooms of Philip
Chabot, the saloonkeeper at 327 Main
street northeast, Saturday night. Philip
and his spouse were sleeping, and the
burglars wandered through the rooms
aged to carry off a lot of valuable cloth
ing and articles, and then returned, no
doubt to carry off the sleeping Chabot
and helpmate. Instead. however. they
decided 10 perpetrate practical joke,
and, it is said, they tied the night robes
of the sleeping pair together and left
them 10 dream away till morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Robert Garrett,s Sensation.

LONDON, Sept. 1O.-A dispatch from
Vienna to the Daily News says that
Robert CARROTS coaching party is ere
ating sensation among the residents
of the Austrian Alps. A five-horse drag
heads the procession. The party have
already crossed the st. Gothard, Stilger-
koch and Finstermung passes. They
will traverse the Inn valley and thence
proceed to Venice. They are loudly
cheered at every town, village and ham,
let thew visit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Ice Water Without Ice.

Here is, way to get ice cold water in
places where there is no ice. Wrap a
Jug-a porous jug, one of those common
earthenware things-in flannel = wet
flannel; wrap it all round, leaving no
with water-or with claret cup, which
some sinners prefer to water-in an
open window exposed to all the air there
is. Keep the flannel wet. In an hour
the contents Of that jug will be almost
as cool as if they had been iced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
VESSELS IN COLLISION,
But Neither of Them Receives
ANY Injury.

ANY Injury.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Cunard line
steamer Servia, Capt. Button. from
New York Sept. 3, for Liverpool, ar
rived at Queenstown at SIS o'clock this
morning. The captain reports that at
8 a. NJ. on the 9th inst. while in longi-
tude So. and while the vessel was going
at dead slow rate of speed, owing to
the prevalence of dense fog,
the lookout suddenly espied the
dimensions of sailing vessel ahead.
Orders to reverse the engines were in
stantly given, and as quickly obeyed,
but the TWO vessels were so close to
each other before their proximity was
discovered that it was impossible to
check even the slight speed at which the
steamer was running at the time before
they had come together. The sailing
vessel was the ship Undaunted, Capt.
Lewis, which sailed from Shields July
81 for New York. and passed the Lizard
Aug. z. Neither the sailing vessel nor
the SerYia was injured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Endorsed HlcGoyvap.

A big meeting was held in Brazenski's
hall, corner of Broadway and Fourth
street northeast, yesterday afternoon, of
the foreign Democratic voters of the
First ward. The meeting was unani-
nous in its Endorsement of John Nc
Gowan for alderman, the vote standing
as follows: Hungarians, 1l2; Poland-
ers, PIG; Slavaks, 1875.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
A Talking Clock.
Philadelphia Record.

PhlIaQeIphIa RECORD.
Recently clever person in st. Peters
burg arranged and placed on exhibition
clock with phonograph attached that
will repeat at ANY hour set, according
to the possessor's desire, such orders or
to it.
The dial of the clock of the future is,
we are told, human face, from whose
uncanny mouth comes the announce
ment of the hours, as well as any di-
rections that may be left with it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12

doubled under tPe ebn h ue
was notified, and ordered the body
taken to Connolly's morgue, where it
now lies. The funeral will take place this
afternoon. 1t Is thought Renner lived
about three hours before he succumbed
to suffocation. There was but one little
bruise on his body, and that one on the
right arm, where it had grazed the wall
when Renner was precipitated to the
bottom of the well.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
And Why, to Be Sure.

BRUSSELS, Sept. lit is officially
announced that the government of Bel
GUM declines to allow the international
monetary conference to be held here.
ROME, Sept. 1.-THE French and
Italian delegates to the international
monetary conference have arranged to
meet representatives of the other states
in the Latin union in order to determine
a course of action.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Renner's Body Recoyered.

The body of Renner, the we'll digger,
who was entombed alive in the we'll on
Portland avenue Friday morning was re-
covered at 500 yesterday morning, after
incessant laboring by relays of men.
The body was forty feet from the sur
face, and when found was in state of
excellent preservation. The body was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12

China by the Dutch in the days when
they monopolized the trade with that
way over Europe. The specimens in
this country have almost all of them
come either from Holland direct or by
way of France, whittier pieces of it
were early carried by the Dutch, arous-
ing unusual interest among the French
pOtterS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
Nfootz for Alderman.

In the Ninth ward yesterday was held
meeting for the purpose of indorsing
some one for alderman on the Demo-
cratic ticket. The meeting decided that
Louis Mootz would make a good on
ponent of jim Bradish. Mr. Mootz lives
in New Boston, and is we'll known in
the Ninth ward
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
RoYALIsTs ATA FETE.
Genoa the Scene of Dazzling
SDeCtac1e

GENOA. Sept. H. The king and
queen and members of the royal family,
together with the cabinet ministers, at
tended popular fete and ball given at
the Raggio castle in Cornigliano this
evening. The castle was layishly decor
ated and illuminated for the occasion.
Two thousand guests were present, in
Guiding. besides those mentioned, all
of the foreign diplomatic representa-
tives and the commanders of the for
eign men-of-war. Their majesties, who
greatly admired the fairy-like scene,
were greeted with frantic cheers. The
ball was opened by the Count of Turin.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
No Hone for Mrs. Maybrick.

LONDON, Sept. 11.-Rome Secretary
Asqueth has replied to the petition in
behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. declining to
advise the queen to interfere with the
prisoners sentence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12


: Mabel was the object on whom my
a. hearts affections were centered. l was /;
!: sure my love was reciprocated, but cool !:
8: ness arose, not to say indifference, which
a: was never cleared up until the following {
: was received IN answer to my request for
{: an explanations:
4: Dear Sir: ] decline to create in you a
/. false hope You can afford to 20 to the ,
=: aters, solrees and other places but on
/: mammals birthday you could not even i
: buy her an umbrella. With best wishes
to you and the future one who may be !:
! foolish enough to have you, am, sir, !:
&: yours obediently, MABEL -" /:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12
BESTO WING THE "MITTEN."
She Did Not Even Promise to Be a
Sister to Him.

London Tit-Bits lately offered prize
for the best letter from any man in the
world descriptive of how he was ''given
the mitten." The prize fell to the writer
of the following specimen:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
The Club Among Sayages.

The club or mace was probably
the first, as it is the most universal.
weapon, and every nation would
seem to'have some form peculiar to
itself. The Maori spent years of
labor in grinding to shape his battle
dorelike 'merai" out of jade OF
greensboro; the New Britain savage
makes a hole through a granite peb-
BILE by dropping water on it while
hot, and thus forms the head of his
club; the Fijian found ready to his
hand tree, whose evenly radiating
roots he trimmed into an exact like
ness of the medieval "morgenstern. y
wherewith the Swiss battered down
the Austrian ranks at Sempach.
The mace of the Persian horseman
was of steel, with a head formed of
six or more radiating blades or ridges,
and had often a basket hilt like a
sword. The terrible Mahmud of
Ghazni, like the knight of Border
song, lat his saddle girth had a good
steel sperthe, full ten pound weight
and more" and it was with this that
he shattered the idol of Somnauth
before the eyes of the Mortified
priests, strewing the temple floor
with the jewels hidden Within
Chambers Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
Corot and Daubigny.

We readily associate the names of
Corot and Daubigny, and with rea-
son. Notwithstanding the twenty
years seniority of the former artist
they were intimate friends, sharing
many similar aspirations in art
while each still preserved his distinct
individuality. Corot was more sub
jective, tingeing his works with his
own peculiar poetic fancy. Daubig
ny, on the, other hand, gave himself
up more to the impression of the
moment, endeavoring to express the
local qualities of form and color in
all their brilliancy and freshness.
He did not reach perfection of style
at the beginning of his career, but
through most devoted study, guided
by the native strength and origi-
nality of his views; nor did this high
epoch of landscape art come hastily
or accidentally, but was made pos
sible by the united efforts of many
men. and minds working together
during the first half of our century.
Century.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
The Sultan Objects.

Beyond Tangier I see between
ranges of ,metalliferous mountains.
upon whose slopes herds of wild
horses, enough to set up the Cont
nent with cavalry or tame cattle for
its commissariat, could be raised,
vast alluvial plains, we'll watered,
utterly untouched by industry, vet
capable of bearing grain and fruit
enough to supply half Europe
wheat, oranges, lemons, Indian corn,
sugar, grapes, olives, dates, bananas
and every kind of vegetable see
a great navigable river, the Lebon.
down which all this produce might
be fioated, between Fee and the sea-
coast, for rapid export. Not steam
plow, or a harrow, or a thrashing
machine will the sultan permit; not
square foot will he sell; not a
steamer or trading boat may ply
upon rivers which should be at once
the boundaries of teeming and pros
porous provinces and the arteries of
cosmopolitan commerce. Fortnight
ly Review.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
Pretty Bad.

One evening, at the Grand Opera
housein Gloversville, Miss Osbornes
Grand Metropolitan company" of
which no one had ever heard, played
a horrible piece, ostensibly by Sar-
dou, of which probably Sardou had
never heard. Next to burly ma
tive, who was painfully absorbed in
the tragedy, sat a New York drum
mer, who could understand very lit
tie on account of the poor architec-
ture of the house.
Turning to his neighbor, the drum
mer remarked, II find the acoustics
very bad, don't you" Yes, it is
rather bad tonight, he replied, sniff
ing the air; "you see it comes from
the tanneries in the neighborhood
In hot weather the smell is worse
than at other. times" He again
turned his attention to the stage and
left the drummer to his reflections.
New York Sun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
A Mad Horse,

There are a number of stories
about the fury of horses on the bat
tlefield and occasionally they seem
to go mad One instance of this was
an Arabian horse at Balaklava,
which rushed at an English soldier
who happened to be drawing water,
seized him in his mouth and threw
him down, and then, kneeling upon
him, tore at his breast and actually
bit off his hand. Before this terror
could be subdued he bit off another
soldiers finger and seriously injured
the veterinary surgeon of the regi-
ment. There was no battle in prog
ress on the occasion, but it is highly
probable that a military life and the
attendant. excitement had driven the
horse crazy.-Washington Star.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-01
Humors of Signboards.

The hlmors of signboards might
fill a chapter by itself. Such humor
is sometimes intentional and some
times not; in the latter case not in
frequently all the more amusing.
The very diversity Of tongues repre-
sented tends to lead to blunders. In
a cosmopolitan city like New York,
numerous signs can be found in Ger
man, French, Italian, Polish, He
brew, Chinese, japanese and various
other languages, most of them in the
different quarters occupied by those
nationalities. A mixing up of two
languages occurs at times, and we
find signs that read Bier & Wines. "
or "Sompergarden." The "etc in
Soda Water & ETC." looks rather
suggestive, and a reversed N (N) or
S ~ is not a very uncommon sight.
although it will be passed unnoticed
by many. Wrong spelling, or an
omission or transposition of letters.
may also cause smile. Pigeon
Holes" appeared on a sign on Broad
way, near Worth, and ''Excluvisely''
remained for years unnoticed on the
signboard of a prominent firm. New
York Times.