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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16


raraAe on the street In strange costumes,
and many Of them Improve their appear
anoe by wearing false faces of = repul.
sive character.
Thi. year the procession was quite
large and embraced many 81 our haul
fonnesf colored I-ople.
Mr. Plum Levi. the barrier OF the old
school who shaved me i've years ago
and still points with pride 10 the CORY
towel which b. nsed on me. was In the
procession He wore pink mask and
a mantle made of two large perforated
rubl-r doorma,s Ills feet were In.
cas.d In easy aud commoiious slippers.
each made from the pelt of dead colt.
Flotsam Gaside wore navy blue
domino with knitted hoci and blue sol'
dier Pants. lie wa. the life 81 the pro
cesiou. and almost everything he did
Wa mirfhful. lie is u grra, reader. al.
vay. abreast ~ the iin,e- and NAV h
often found reading the AsheyrTfo cIii'
ren till after 10 o'clock at night.
Ills Pearl Backus. of Coxsackie. N.
Y, l. paying visit to former Blue
Ruin friends and took part in the pa
rlde. She IL yet In her teens, but has
the wonderful gift of being able 10 cook
for her employers family and have
enough left over each meal for an aged
mother who has been again recently
blessed with twins II Il a Joy indeed 10
the kind old heart Of Pearls widowed
mother to know In her declining years
that her daughter will look ont for her.
Filial love among people Of moderate
means Il always n grateful sight
She wore q fur trimmed street dress
like one her mistress at Coxsackie wore
jus, before Pearl left there.
4 had occasion 20 meet my friend Mr
Franz Eber. Of the Lilliputian company.
q short time ago lie is about the size
Of the dividend HING on the Christmas
trre for me this year 10y Russell Sage,
and yet h twenty.thr-e years OF age. q
good comedian and pleasing after din
ner speaker.
lie has the air. though. OF a successful
actor. and the amount Of dignity he has
considering the small place he has to
drnps Il over makes me laugh. for am
q great hand In notice things that make
. deep impression on me.
lie did not seem to unbcnd. ] thought,
% much m he ought, considering that
crowned heads have rrstei on this bos'
oun. such Nc Il II. and that dynasttes
have staid all night at our house.
ARR I had gone The owner Of th>
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16
fro M CONTINUED.
WY 1ne BIC Wan snNlRro.
u.fsr. us usa Thls Tr..bie ne Wa
q. uts,. n. the ufassst.

n.f.r. Hs Usd ThIs Tr"abie us Wa
.s Hrs,s .. the Br.,ss,.
The big man had been entertaining
me with some of his adventures as the
train sy--i along. lie hal travelled all
over the world. lie had BEEN wrecked
at sea. captured by pirates. held M by
road agents. lei out % IL shot and lots
% other things. and he could relate Iar'
ticular. In highly entertaining manner
lie was q .is fco,sr % excellent build
and be didn't know wha, fear was
One Il his stories was abOu, meeting
thrre footpais one night In Detroit
They jumped out at him suddenly. and
all had r.yolvcr- at full cock. but with
hi good right fist he knocked them
about and killed two outright lie had
lu.t finished this story when we drew
up at a station where we were Ia wait
twenty minutes Tor dinner. We were
going out together. when he suddenly
pulled back anil sank into seat. lie
turned 80 pale ,ha, anSiously asked:
do you feel illi Are you In painY'
lit. nothing-go on" he whispered.
"Ilut let me get you some wine or
something.
Mono. I'm better now. It's justa
faint SPELL You ~ on alone.
lie was crawling hack when ] LETT
him. didn't remain away over ten
minutes, and found him reclining on q
sea, and shaking like n man with the
ague.
"say. man. III call a doctor Tor you!
You've got lad chill.
Newer mind l,s only transient.
Jus, bring me glass of water and keep
quiet"
lie shiyercd and shook AMI his teeth
clicked together. and had become seri'
ously alarmed. when the train began TO
move on. One minute later the colonel
sat up and began Ia look like himself
again. In two minutes there wasn't u
shiver left. was regarding him with
astonishment. when he kindly said;
sit down owe you an eSplans-
ton. Did you see that chap sitting on y
box near the dining room DOOR
What. little driei mp, humpbacked.
cdheadcl man. with rel goateey
The same. ! Just caught sight OF
him In time.
"You don't tell Inc You were shiyer-
ing ON his ACCOUNT
~ was. He's my brother-in.law. and
has sworn to lick me. ! was scared
half to death for fear he'd seen me
"Look here!" ! ssid NJ ! rounded on
him. II thought you told me You hal
killed about dozen men. and had been
through hundre,i psrilous adventures. :
"ycs. yes. ! told you ~, and u ws
all Gospel truth. but all those things
happsned previously. you know.
"Previous tn whatr'
To my having the grip. ! had 1t
powerful hard last fall. and when got
over II was u changed man. No more
hght-no nerve-no grit. That very lit
tie r~iheaded apology for u man chased
me three miles!'
"well. that's mighty queer
"yes. SIR. very queer-very queer. !
can't understand II. but the doctors rea-
soned II all out. l'm no fighter now.
sir. but u you want me 10 tell You how
I siayed six Indians In a heap previous
tn my having the grip will cheer
But didn't I Just gave him the cold
shake. Il hurt his sensitive feelings. ~
I could perceive. but ] wouldn't even
lend him chow Of tobacco. Detroit
| Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16

II you have q gate, keep II In repair
and properly hung, or else take Il on the
hinges In winter aud set IL carefully one
s.de. Asthe Capital Farmer says: "fi Q
front gate IL Que Of the most noticeable
features Of the homestead. II first
strikes the visitors eye and gives the fir't
and strongest impression of the farm.
Every man has more or less pride In hls
home, and the farmer Who likes to give
people a good impression Of hlmself
makes some effort To have the premises
look uic~. There IL no other one little
thing about the place that comes In for
go mach notice. lf the gate IL BROKEN
sway-backed and unpsinted, the whole
farm takes on = rundown air. II the
gate h neat. pretty and matches with
the rest OF these things, much disordsr
inside will pass unque.tioncd. Patent
gates, scrobstic gates, lever gates, self-
acting gates, yoa-pusb-the-outto ran
we-do-the-rest gates, are . delusion and
. trap, but . good gate IL worth having.
Look To Il.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16
CARE oE NIX IN colp WIArneR.

CANE w WIN NN WV "eI'''e".
when the weather IL cold enough To
keep the thermometer below any de-
gree. during the day, there Will be- no
need for fre In the dairy room or
box 90 keep the milk In u deep cans are
used. select q corner la clean room,
u.. cans made eight inches In diameter
and eighteen inches deep With close NJ
ting covers. set them all In the corner
% the room, putting the fresh ones With
warm milk In tb-m little way from the
other. when the weather IL not very cold.
But In tero weather cover the cans al
nlght With one or two blankets, so that
the milk ~ill not fres<.- II one has
never tried the deep, cold method OF set
ting milk this viii b. an excellent and
economical way % making the expert
meut. The cans eau he bought of any
dealer In dairy Implement. along with
the necessary dipper. In skimming, re
member you must take off nearly, " not
quite, one-thlrd Of the conteuts OF the
can before you gct down To the skim
milk. Keep dipping until you come To
Il. You can -ssly tell IL from the rcst'
-Asriculturi.t
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16
rss eARNvARD.

Out % the bsrnysrd are the Issues OF
crops. Some farmers have no barn
yards, and they are the oues ~ho com,
plain % hard times. The no h.rnysru
system of farming viii answer only IN
those places where the soil is still rich
With the virgin fertility, and they. sre
getting, like the bison, 10 be q rare thing
ia this country. save the manure
wssts your swill. aud let the apples de-
cay upon the ground, 10 you VII, bal
save the manure. L~t We look Into :
mans baruyard In winter, and there VII
be no trouble la determining about th.
.ise aud fallness of the grznsry, and
how the daily table IL supplied ~iti'
food. Build the whole farm upon ths
harnyard.-Americzn Agriculturist.
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heater .aid 10 him reproachfullyt

theater said 10 him rcproachfullyi
THAT was Mr. Nye. tho great Amer.
lean humorous writer. Mr. Eber. Did
you understand tho name fully when ]
introduced your
"Yes.- said Mr.. Eber. with . rising
infection. as he sat down ON the chin
ney Of . footlight Il ting han hcered
of him
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NUMBER Z.


legal masterpiece. and thereby turning
loose upon the horrifcd night . fra
grance 40 able, % durable and 20 pro-
nounced that You could tie horses 10 if.
be aid
There, you oyergrown mushrat
You shApsless paunch Of justice with.
out its brains; you oyergrown and
fungus error on tho face of nature; You
old he mud hen % the swamp~; you
Inalariai old intellectual wart on tho
brow % creation. by the time you can
~ down on the bottoms and gather your
maple bark and bring IL homo and boil
II, and pu, the caustic fragrance into 10
for another quart % ink. ] will BE- in an
other county; and by the time you can
draw another mittimus will be in most
any other state which may select.
"'l now bii you adieu. Caulifower.
IA r,rOir. old Polypus on tho men,
brane % nature. blight upon the great
Job u creation. farewell
lie then kicked the old mother dog
scross tho kitchen and strobe hcrcely
down the child bordercd pathway.
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@4A AM
wriisn fof No OtfoFd D,moeTsi
KNITTING.

KNIT TING.
Daily shs sit- In hsr easy chair
An sEsd woman with Ashsn kAiT,-
Baslly khittins. busily hnktns
The psst aBd pFe.snt In sndiss. hinsins.
'ruths. hs.tie hsr. In of'ier .posihs,
fyer the painful fat disslo.ins
Why sbs u sittins The I've lons day,
- busily knittins.
And snils..ly thlnkins.
knitting ani Ihinkihs ths tine away
80 shll. .hs .it. a. her easy chair.
Recalling M past with "a. PrU-psst fair.
A hsio ~ bTishtns.s III pfe-ent cen reas luss,
Mhils many lssson 10 inemary tsarbss
AMI nfs, sks whispers. "a xofth ths living
Nhils SO afv frss ant iurtsg. hsnstins
That hssysa Il ours 18th ses ant sisaE"
Thus shs L. thinking
As she slts knltfins.
kblttins And thinkins ths time asay.
Mas fANOHETTA T.nstil.
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IMPORTANT

". ,,A fi,s.icai,d >0sps eus >, Aii
.' q. o. ur5.. a Co.. n Ia.iia NJ. Bas-
'... 81. .iI.si. f,r Ns,- Esgidsi STATES,
Hrf. O.. ID. iak,i.H, ss -. HIlis= ~,
W l.r,. 20 70 gsrr'sr po-sl ,is, nsiki-s
'.4 -'a . guIr,' i,lieiou' 'osP. Pos'T-rid
%. q g..-l isr,s,assi Jsr q .-all ouilay
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or c..v.. % We.

Tom-Did you ever hear Smith tell
about that trout hs caught last sum.
merf
Jsck-No. but II must have been bs
one.
Tom-A big hah,
Jsck-No. . big lis.-Yankee blade.
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TIE Rsdees.'ss ves,srs.

"Of cour.e.- ssid the critic. IL have
taken the worst side In criticising your
poems. But they have. nevertheless.
thsir good side too"
"And that is"-
'sThs sids Of the paper that's not
written ou."-flisgsuds Blattsr.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
-srssp rssplov."

Cervsrssaeses On vrscsi<sl sGyteahsrAi sepics
10 sshcsss-i- Arkirsss ail ese.ssicasiess In
trssie>f Tor this tetartnsat N uESuy ID. Has
so.p. arseaaar.i kiises onferd ps"ssrss.
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TAKEN BY siege.

Iccvyvsst, ~ - n upsss~ss oc~r.sy. M
SsipAlA ~. ssi raeii.sei ~ ss.sei srsas~
-. ,hrv..rh ,hs Am>fsaa Ttv.s AssogiAisAl
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16

A Maryland physiclan specially reeon.
mends beans and onioos % weolsseos
articles of dis<,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16

The common school and the harm
should BE- the high school in the agr''
...ltural course.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16

Crowding the brain is like crowdlug
ths stomach; 10 produces mental ipdI-
gsstioa,
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I,E , " DAVIS.
Dentist.

DAVIS BLocK. soCru PARIS.
r-nt.. rf.tss t.aLi Aiiay flAte., toll iinssi
r.rt.r ptste. 0eiiaiaid Pate. snd ~old 1oti
fs.,... t.asi filnax, ArNhsiAl tfvsn. 50
49,, IA a a sf-rtAitv tither AT s.s sslnln
t.,--.I 80 - elsstric vfbrstef u-si .hen assif
s.f fffaitisahls.
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have wished Il TO
L. John Hurl.
stone. as ! lave
intimaiei. was .
young man fond
of his pleasures
40 fond. indsSi.
thatthe rain they
caused 20 otien
and tho~e. too,
whom he held
mg~t dear did
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Before buying what you want. ssk
yourself II you need IL and can AFFORD L..
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Effy1 .ns in uss-t - infuruastisn 90 ~
u. ..t ri tIfsftsins oil a. VEL D. uttAin
.. ia o. A.iFsrtl-sfs, - IsagC.. prirs
MalIri. T-sstaEy psil. en reustls -
fr.f t.~tt.n .ns q csrvfai Uumpilati.n ffutu N
N"fr..ar NrTsraI-r tHrvftary % al ths ts-t
.H...s H"I .ass iuuruals. gives ~ Ctrvstatlpn
ra... .f H.rrF aus sn.t sg--i dssl - tnfurtns
t.H H.s..f "atss kn.i athsr matters psFtalnins o.
g. .u..ar-s ~ aitsrtisins Atslrv-- kON
t.ls NpNtKri.i>s HtRtAU, u -Prucs
N
L. rH. s..F B. siysrtiss aaythias ahyshsre Al
Il. trf srits O. tho a. RpNkLl a Co,
n. Il. sur.#F q ~ "a
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ASHEvILLE ECHOES.
gill NyG KEEPS US INFORMED As
TO HOW THINGS ARE MOVING

ss.s,ss v..ss Bssh fre~ the nsiy Lssd.
A rs~ seeissy iisms-Ihs Great ssd
Osiy Esss and o,hss Great Nss Sys
nss Met.
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N the mean.
time, every.
thing nj the
old home at
farmsted
was not a.
R,tsl, ~Nnld
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u rNi'N
Dentist,
u,Elow RLoCK. piNriELp, NAt>E-
o-rs spes every Nssiay. rus.dsy .sa Vel
rssiaf
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05
Use the Water.

Almost every spring the rivers and ditches are full of water caused by the melting of the snow on the mountains. Nearly every person living on an irrigation ditch can get plenty of water during the spring months. Later on the river lowers and water becomes less. Then there is scramble for water and only few get all they need.
 The proper thing to do is to use the water while there is plenty. Soak up the ground we'll in the spring and you are almost certain of a crop. Though the water is not needed in the spring it can be pro- titably used in saturating the alfal. ia fields and wetting up orchards and vineyards, so that when scar city of water comes the grounds will not need irrigating.
 We have seen a vast volume of water run to waste down the Tule river and do no good whatever. Use the water while you can get it; there is little danger of drowning your crops if any discretion is shown. Saturate your land and the proper time cultivate it we'll and a yield is almost certain. This small piece of advice can be proftably taken by many persons in the irrigable section of this county.-Visalia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05
A special dispatch to the Globe.

A special dispatch to the Globe Democrat, from Corpus Christi, Tex, says: According to reports received from points on the line of the Mexican National Railroad the cattle business is in deplorable condition. Bones of animals which have died recently are being put in huge piles at every station. Stock is dying of starvation and crops in most places are lost for the year. On..the Agua Dulce River stockmen are feeding their cattle on moss and prickly pear to save them until rain comes to make grass. The drouth is the worst known for many years, and unless rain is had very soon the damage will be beyond estima- ting.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

A man whose name we did not learn, while attempting to ford the river in blackboard, at thIs place had a narrow escape from drowning He was accompanied by a little boy and entered the river on the north side. As soon as the current struck the vehicle it was swept down stream. The man took the child on his shoulders and started to re- turn to the bank but the current was too powerful and he was car ried down. Both would have per ished had it not been for the pres ence of several young men who saw the mishap and went to the rescue, Both man and boy were greatly ,ex- hausted when taken from the water. News,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05
4 Big Orange Tree.

Florida boasts of the largest orange treein America. The trunk of this tree is said to be twenty-ioul inches in diameter at height ot two feet above the ground In a single season it has produced forty boxes of fruit. There is certainly no orange tree so large in Califor- mia. In Florida there are numer- ous orange groves which sprang up spontaneously from seed. Some of them are a century old. Many of the most productive orchards there are of wild sour trees budded or grafted with sweet orange varieties. It is probably in one these old groves that the biggest tree" above mentioned is to be seen.
 Such a specimen affords Florida boomers fine opportunity for cal culating the profit of orange grow ing, after this fashion: This single tree produces annually forty boxes of fruit worth $450 a box, or $6O in all. At the usual rate of 100 trees to the acre, an acre of such tress would yield 40OO boxes year, $6,- 900. What are our orange orchards worth when a return of S6,000 is to be had from each acre? That is equivalent to 10 per cent a year on $60,000, and so $60,O00 an acre would be a moderate estimate of the value of our orange groves.- Exchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05
The Arizona G0VernOrShlp.

The St. Louis Republics Wash
 ington correspondent has the fol
 lowing to say in regard to our gov
 ernorship: Governor Irwin of Ari
 zona is here and intends to resign
 his office. MT. Irwin is an Iowan,
 and from all accounts never took
 kindly to the people of Arizona.
 He has not been at his post of duty
 very much, but has drawn his pay
 promptly. His mother died some time ago, leaving some property, and it is understood that Oakes Murphy, the present Secretary of the Territory, and who has been acting Governor during the greater part of Irwin's tenure, will be ap- pointed Governor. Murphy, while giving passive assent to the meas ure provi ding for statehood to Ari- zond, is secretly opposed to it, be- cause it might have tendency to affect the tenure in office of Federal officials in the Territory. Delegate Smith, however, is going to push his bill for statehood, and in all probability will get it through the House in this session and probably through the Senate during the last session of this Congress. Arizona is better entitled to statehood than either Wyoming or Idaho and the Senators who voted to let Idaho and Wyoming in cannot with any show of consistency or propriety refuse to let in Arizona, but as stated before, Murphy and the gang of officials in Arizona are quietly knifing Delegate Smiths eff fort, for reasons peculiar to them selves, namely, that the admission of Arizona to statehood would en- danger their jobs.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

Arizona is sending out just now about as many accounts of mining strikes as Colorado is in the habit of doing. If the reporters would exercise little better judgment in the wording, and not such big fig ures, the accounts would be better credited and be of some benefit to the Territory.-Mining and Scientific Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

It is noted by London financial journal as one of the causes of the failure ofso many Australian banks that many of them hold such vast quantities of land that when pinch comes they are unable to realize, and are compelled to stop payment. In. New South Wales twelve banks and financial syndicates own about 45,000,000 acres of land, one insti- tuition along owning S.500,000'acres. New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

The Salt and Gila rivers have both risen considerably during the past ten days, due to the melting ot snow in the mountains. Salt river was So high for two or three days last week as to prevent the crossing of the Globe and Verde mail. Freight teams continue to cross the Gila at San Carlos with. out much difficulty.-Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

The luxury of American parlor cars has been introduced lately in England by the Southeastern Rail- way Company. A train having four parlor cars started from Charing Cross and travelled to Hastings and back, attracting much attention. The cars were made by the Gilbert Manufacturing Company, Troy, N. Y.-Scientiic American.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

The latest story to find circula- ton is that Christopher Columbus was an avaricious, uneducated pi- rate. Nothing is sacred with those cultured egotists who are always grubbing into history for new sen- sations, and it would not be strange if George Washington should yet be discovered" by some of these people to have been nothing more than "low-down." pompous igno- ramus.-Boston Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

J. s. Carter was up from his cat tie ranch Sunday. He says he never saw horses, cattle and mules in bet ter condition at this season of the year than they are at the present time. The new grass is very large on the bottom lands. The cattle have all left the mesas and gone in- to the valleys after the rich feed.- Yuma Sentinel.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

John Jacob Astor, the first, was { man of strong and original charac ter. He was a warm friend of Hen ry Clay, says the Chicago Times The last considerable sum he wal ] ever known to give away was con tribution to aid the election of Clay as President in 1S44. The old mar had then retired from business, and when the committee called on him he talked around the subject, evi dently not intending to give any. thing. But some of the committee men knew the old man and were aware that he was always fond of a compliment and not averse to a joke. In fact, it was a timely jocu- lar compliment that conquered him this time and secured to the com. mittee his check. Mir. Astor said to the committee, to excuse himself for not contributing:
 'I am not now interested in these things. Those gentlemen who are in business, and whose property de- pend upon the issue of the election, are the ones who ought to give. 1 am now an old man. I have noth- ing to do with commerce or manu- featuring, and it makes no differ ence whatever to me what the gov ernment does. I don't make money any more, and so haven't any con- cern in the matter"
 One of the committeeman who knew him and his weakness for compliments, even when they were jocular, replied semi-seriously:
 Why, Mir. Astor, you are like Alexander the Great when he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. You have made all the money, and now there is more money to make"
 The old mans eyes twinkled at the blended compliment and jest. It tickled his vanity.
 "That's good, very good, indeed" he chuckled. II guess I give you something anyhow"
 And then he drew his check for $ 300, a big political contribution for that day, and handed it to the committee, who bowed themselves out and went their way delighted.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05

A. L. Sutton is now irrigating his farm by means of a centrifugal pump which raises 72,000 gallons per hour 15 feet. The question of fuel would be an important consid- eration with many in determining the advantages of pump irrigation. About a cord of.wood every twenty four hours is required to run Mir. Sutton's pump, but the expense to him is nominal as he has plenty of wood on his farm.-Globe Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-05
A contemporary wants to know

A contemporary wants to know where the loose sivler goes. It would take some time to indicate It's various destinations. If the con- temporary wants to knowehow 1t goes We can answer the question in one sentence: Like buckwheat pam cakes and maple sirup in winter fast.-Chicago Globe,