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The Globe-republican., 1892-12-23
OUR ST. LOUIS ATTER.
Unique Advertising DE vicSe~The Boule-
ward Law Suatained-Street Rail-
road Mall Cars

Unique Advertising De,icS-Th BouIs-
ward Law Suatained-Street Rail-
road Mall Cara
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1.-THE merchants
who have large holiday stocks of goods
to sell, pay handsomely for the ideas
their advertising agents give them
The streets are crowded with people
ready to buy. and yet bewildered by
the alluring shows In the big windows
OF every shop. and the tradesman who
holds the throng for a few minutes in
front Of his place is sure to make
money by 1t. This week one merchant
got an idea that set his competitors at
their wits end to compete with him.
He had an enormous show window, in
full view of the street, filed with his
most attractive and expensive toys,
mechanical and otherwise, and put two
little boys in it. All day long the
youngsters played with the figures,
winding them up and letting them run
out; shot at targets with guns and
bows and lay down and looked at
gorgeous picture-books. The street in
front was blockaded with people, and
inside the clerks we're kept busy selling
the things with which the lads were
playing. The idea has spread over the
town, and boys who like to play with
toys can easily get places in every one
of the shops now.
Postmaster Harlow could have
chosen no better time than this, when
the mails are crowded with Christmas
presents, and the carriers worn out
with overwork, for the extension of
the street railway postal service he es-
ta blished some time ago.
st. Louis is the only city in the coun-
try that has such thing, and the
Postmaster has no models to help
him. He started the system on line
of electric cars, running twenty miles
east and west, and found that it saved
a score of carriers and several hours
in city deliveries. He has now decided
to improve the system by adding 4
cross-town line TO it, SO that the peo-
pie livin. in the north and south will
get their mails quickly as well as
those in the west and east. The other
electric lines will be added to the sys-
tenn as fast as the government can be
induced to make the necessary appro-
priations
The courts have just sustained the
boulevard law of the city, and the
effect is already seen in great in
crease of the number of permits taken
out by builders for costly dwellings on
the broad avenues which the law was
designed to protect from the intrusion
of business. No shop or structure in
intended for any commercial purpose
whatever can be built ON the bOule-
wards. They are reserved entirely for
residences, churches and club-hOuses.
The tracks of the street railways
which have the right to run along the
boulevards pass along the center, and
on each side. guarded from the tracks
by curb, is a driveway and side
walk. Most of the boulevards have
besides, a double row of trees planted
along the middle. Vehicles and foot.
passengers are protected additionally,
by the elevation of the car-tracks, the
whole railway roadbed being raised
about two feet from the level of the
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from participation In organizing the
house, leaving majority OF peoples
party members to organize.

NOSaii
At meeting of the peoples party
state central committee a resolution
putting the stamp of Official disapproval
upon the inaugural ball was adopted.
1t was offered by Chairman Briedenthal
and is as follows:
Resolved, That the state central COM
mittee of the peoples party are in favor
of a plain, unostentatious, gubernatorial
Inauguration, with a reception, emitting
the inaugural ball.
1t was also decided to take steps to
assist in securing bond for Treasurer
elect Biddle, and the matter of contests
was considered.
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Coal M ne Inspectors Report.

The state coal mine Inspector of Ran
four years of service in the office he
now holds, has turned over to the state
printer the fifth report for his depart
ment.
In seven years the output has in
creased from thirty-six millions Of
bushels to nearly sixty-nin millions Of
bushels.
The estimated value of the output for
the year 1891 is $3,946,92O. The rapid
increase is not due to the opening of
new coal fields; it is the result of the
enlargement of plants and the estab-
lishment of new openings in the coal
district proper.
The report shows the total output OF
lead in the state to be 1904. 400 pounds,
worth $50, 100, and the output of zinc
at 4O,527 1891 pounds, valued at $4O5,-
273. Tie zinc output of Kansas II
more than one fourth of the total prod
uct of the United States. Lead and zinc
are found only in Cherokee and Craw-
ford counties.
The inspector recommends several
changes in the mining law, and suggests
that commission be appointed to ex-
anime applicants for the position OF
state mine inspector; also that the state
mining law be broadened so as to in
clude all other mines as well as coal.
The inspector of coal mines now has an
Office in the capitol building at Topeka,
where all mail should be addressed.
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now grew sensible OF somebody just in
front of me painting heavily. and from
time to time groaning. 1t was Capt.
Punch, in whom the agony and helpless
ness of the gout had been temporarily
conquered by wra b and terror. He
reached the deck unaided and fell a-roar-
ing. There was little to be seen. Here
and there q man held lantern. but the
light was feeble and the illumination
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State Charities.

The state board of charities made
settlement with the auditor for Novem-
ber fer the state charitable institutions
in the following sums:
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Those Contests.

IhOSS CONTESTS.
The peoples party meeting, it is
stated by one who participated therein,
decided to ask the supreme court for
mandamus proceedings which would re-
auire certain members Of the house who
hold certificates of election to show why
they are entitled to them. This, it is
believed, might keep such members
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A WALLPAPER trust is announced.
This is bordexing on the intolerable.
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THREE in CHARGE
A Story of the Sea.
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.

at my time Of life from any man alive,
be his name Parfitt. or be his name
Punch, Or be his name Judy, by thun-
der!"
This insolent speech reached the ears
Of Capt. Punch, who was below in the
cabin under the skylight, which lay wide
open. The roar that followed was that OF
bull. It was by no means inarticu-
late, however. The sea words the old
fellow empl Dyed were so much to the
purpose that Mr.. Wilson, coming to the
skylight, cried down:
"It's all right, sir: it's all right, don't
excite yourself" and he then audibly
directed the man at the wheel to bring
the ship to the course commanded by
Capt. Punch.
Twas astonished to find Mr.. Wilson
acting in opposition to Capt. Punch. He
had shipped as Punch's first mate, and
Punch was indisputably his chief, how
ever Parfitt might have stood in this
complicated business. But I speedily
discovered that Mr.. Wilson was an ex-
traordinarily conceited and very bad
tempered man. He guessed that old
Punch was not going to improve in
health, and so, since Punch had made
him master of the ship, he was clearly
determined to remain master at all
costs, in defiance even Of Punch him.
SELF
All three men had notions of their own
as to the course to be steered. One was
always something to the eastward or
something to the southwark Of the
others. Capt. Punch had a tell-tale
compass in his cabin and when he was
too Ill with the gout to be carried on
deck he would sena his servant to the
man at the wheel with instructions to
luff or to let her go off as it might hap
pen. But these alterations in the direc-
tion pursued by the ship he was able to
contrive to his own satisfaction only
when the carpenter happened to have
the watch, for if an order came from
Punch when Capt. Parfitt or Mr.. Wilson
was on deck it was instantly counter
manded, with the result that when the
captains met in the cabin they would
quarrel wildly for an hour at time,
threatening one another with the law,
sneering at one another's experience,
often clinching fists, indeed, and on
more than one occasion very nearly
coming TO blows.
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WISE AND OTHER WISE.

The man who pays as he goes is seldom
jostled out of the line.
One thorn of experience is worth q
whole wilderness of warning. james
Russell Lowell
There is one thing to be said for the iu-
veterate story-teller. He thinks great
deal of his relations.
IF you can believe a certain young
Utah man, it was smoking cigarettes
that drove him to bank robbery.
do you notice how Miss English drops
her eyes when you speak to herr" mo;
but l notice how she drops her his when
she speaks to me-"
"See here. sir, don't you see l am
waiting here?" cried the irascible diner.
"Very well, sir; then ! will so and wait
somewhere else,' retorted the COM
plaisant waiter.
No, adders are not always deaf, but
doubtless they wish they were when they
want to make a column of figures come
out right, but can't because of the infer
nal chatter going on around them.
The old-fashioned "dinner horn, y
which called the laborer from the field
TO his well earned midday meal, was a
far better appetizer than the dinner
horn" Of the present time. which 10 gen.
orally cocktail or vermouth.
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stone Rotiingpins,

Among the most valuable Of the stone
ware utensils are the rollingpins, which
seem to come nearer to solving the prob
lem of rollingpin than any other. A
wooden rollingpin is certainly not all that
could be desired. 1t is not cold, it is apt
to become rough, and it is always an alb
sorbent of grease, and needs to be repeated
ly scrubbed to be kept clean Paste can
not stick to n roller of stoneware, it is so
highly glazed. 1t is nearly as cold rs mar
BILE and far better, because it is lighter
The plate glass rollingpins which were in
troduced by some ingenious inventor some
years ago, and which were intended to be
filled with cracked ice in order to chill
them, proved to be failure.
AS on any glass dish containing ice
water, beads Of moisture settled on the
outside when the rollingpin was filed, and
drop of moisture, az every expert pastry
maker knows, is sufficient 10 iniure the
best pastry. Yet the inventor builded
better than he knew. SO cool and smooth
was his glass rollingpin that housekeepers
speedily adol Ted it without the ice filing.
Why does not some ingenious inventor
give us a rollingboard OF enGmcled wood,
something that is cold ON the surface and
not too expensive for universal useg Or
has the art of enameling wood never been
brought to perfection, like the art of en-
ameling metalp \ marble or slate board
is heavy, and q marble pastry table is
cumbrous and expensive for family use.-
New York Tribune
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The I.orgnette Girl.

What shall be done with this quintes-
sence of graceful impertinence2 She is
usually not one bit nearsighted The
dainty tortoise shell toy she SO deftly and
effectively wields is either an instrument
of eoquetry, defense or cruelty.
Viewed as the former weapon, it is with
out equal in the entire arsenal of firta-
tion's weapons. a skilled coquette can do
more damage with it than with the fam
As means of defense against the imperti-
nences of other women it is invaluable.
A cold stare, n contemptuous scrutiny
through it will put to rout an army of inn
pudent women.
But as an instrument of cruelty, an in
quisitorial weapon, it does greatest eXecu-
tion, The lorgnette girl can display the
most finished insolence with her fragile
plaything She is quite capable of calling
the attention of the public to the worn
gown or mended gloves of her victim.
a tavorite and systematic course of cru
city Is TO take her station at the door of u
summer resort hotel at the hour when the
omnibus is arriving from the station with
its load Of weary, travel stained passen-
gers and coldly scrutinize the dress of each
woman as she alights. The lorgnette girl
can be fascinating, she can be clever, but
she has possibilities of brutality which
would make II strong man quail. q
Week
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Milk for Children.

Milk is gradually being appreciated for
its hygienic value, and contains all the ele-
ments necessary for the eformation of blood,
bone and muscle. 1t is frequently pre-
scribed by physicians as a remedy in vari-
GUS forms of illness. When pure it is of
infinite service; when tainted it Is posi-
lively dangerous. In one instance in a
wealthy family where baby was slowly
wasting away, a well paid milkman pro-
vided milk according to the once popular
fallacy, from one cow" A sample was
analysed, and each teaspoonful was found
to contain, in round numbers, half mil
lion bacteria. Immediately the rule was
laid down that all milk given should be
sterilized. Since then the child has become
plump and healthy.
II such trouble can arise among the
wealthy, how much more probable is its
occurrence among the very poor where
ignorance reigns supremel Those engaged
in visiting the poor in cities reveal pitiful
cases of poverty, carelessness aud ignor.
ance. Baby's milk Is left uncovered ALI
day long in the sitting atmosphere of one
living room, placed with other food in
sink, which becomes the refrigerator for
those who cannot afford ice, and here alb
serbs germs by the millions.
Condensed milk is, fortunately, favor
ite food for infants among the poor.
Though not a perfect food, it is sweet and
clean, and will remain so if given a little
care for sufficient length of time.--Lip-
pincOtt's
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Don't wound Helpless People.

An out Of town visitor, most charming
woman, was so kind as TO observe. while
we sat around friends lunch table, that
we appeared to have no scandals" In our
village; in fact, that our society talk
was lacking in piquancy; in short, that we
were dull"
We all smilingly accepted her commen-
dation, together with its implications, but
one of us started nervously as she added
gayly: Are you positive that you have no
skeletons in your closets Not one Of you
or yours ran off and married her fathers
coachmanW
The perturbation came by reason of the
trim little waitress who stood at the
speakers elbow. She had been quietly alb
sorbing the conversation, and now her
cheeks were burning. How would any of
the guests have felt had the class in which
she belonged been spoken of In that tone.
The remark was surely inopportune, to
say the least, in the presence Of coach
mans" sister, as was this waitress-tha
sweetheart, too, of a coachman.
j have more than once been surprise,
annoyed by the carelessness of visitors
their conversation before servants-tl.
heedlessness of those who reckon them
selves gentlefolk and who certainly ought
10 Vdke JHelr ODiiBaOiOns iDOTe serlOusly
and thoughtfully.
The discussion OF the servant question
is in itself sufficiently tedious as topi'
of talk, but it becomes objectionable whei
awoman rehearses her domestic grievances
In the hearing of friends maids. The
very fact that the waitress can make no
reply puts her in position which any
right minded person should respect.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
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Let us Advise You, Ladies.

We again feel called upon to do the
female portion of our readers the ia
vor of drawing their attention to the
publications of Mess. A. Mcdowell
x Co., q and 6 West 18th Street,
New York. This firm import and
publish the American Edition of the
Partisan Fashion Journals, ola Mode
de Paris" ssc.; "Paris Album OF
Fashion," 3s. "La Courturiere," 5oc.;
and 'La Mode I5c. These books
have been favorably commented upon
by us in previous writings, but in con-
slderation of the many improvements
we haye noticed we do rot hesitate to
speak Of them as the first journals OF
their kind 10 be found on
the bookstands. Their September
numbers will contain all the latest
Fall styles at least a month earlier
than any other fashion paper. The
plates in McDowell's Journals are not
reproductions but are the work OF
French artists, done in Paris. Send
Tor sample copy,
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The Vegetable Fly.

From the Home journal.
One of the most natural produc.
tons of the West Indies is the famed
vegetable fly, an insect about the
size and color Of drone
bee, but without wings. In the
month of May it buries itself in the
earth and begins to vegetate. BY the
beginning of June sprout has issued
from the creatures back and made
its appearance above the surface of
the ground. BY the end Of July the
tiny tree known on the island as the
fly tree) has attained its full size, be-
ing then about three inches high, but
perfect tree in every particular,
much resembling delicate coral
branch. Pods appear on its
branches as soon as it arrives at its
full growth. These ripen and drop
off in August Instead of containing
seeds, as one would naturally sup
pose, these pods have from threeto
six small worms upon the interior.
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A DRUNKARD q BRAIN.
r ACTUALLY ExHALES ALCOHOL AT AN
AUTOPSY.
tho 81. Louis Globe Democrat.

,,.ou, the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
~ II was present at the autopsy of
noted old 'rounder' of my town few
weeks ago., said John A. Holiday,
Of Troy, N. Y, at the Lindell, "and
I was startled and shocked at what |
cav. The dead man was about 60
years old and had been the town
1rlnkard for forty years. The doctors
had surmised that when they cut his
head open pronounced smell of
alcohol would issue from the skull.
I thought it only one of those grim
sort Of jokes that the Ksculapians
indulge in sometimes when they are
carving a fellow-man to mince meat
in the interest of their science. But
| soon learned that it was no Joke,
for when the surgeons saw had cut off
the top of the mans skull the odor of
alcohol that filled the room was
strong enough to almost sicken one.
Then one Of the surgeons struck a
match and held it close to the brain.
Immediately blue flame enveloped
the entire portion of the cerebral
organ exposed, and the quivering
flesh sizzled as if on gridiron. That
experiment and disclosure set me to
very seriously thinking about the
error of my way. l am not tenn
perance lectures nor a prohibition
politician, bu. / must most respect
fully and firmly decline your invitation
to have something. l don't want my
brain 20 float around in sea of
alcohol, as Gid that Of the poor old
town drunkard of Troy. There is no
telling how many other mems brains
reveal the same condition if an au-
;opsy is held upon them.
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was sufferer from catarrh for
fifteen years, with distressing pain over
my eyes. used Ely's Cream Balm
with gratifying results. Am apparent
ly cured.--Z. {. Warren, Rutland,
VT.
suffered from a severe cold in my
head for months and could get nc re-
lief. Was advised to use Elys Cream
Balm. 1t has worked like magic in
its cure. l am free from my cold
after using the Balm one week, and /
believe it is the best remedy known.
Samuel J. Harris, Wholesale Grocer,
II9 Front ST., New York. S-5-2t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-08-05
All for Good Luck.

If your sweetheart is giving you ring
for good luck, and you are to have the
choice, let Il be an oval moonstone sur
rounded with small, clear diamonds. This
stone, more than any other, has the reputa-
tion of bringing happiness, and even if you
do not consider this the ring itself will be
found most effective one, the diamonds
bringing out the many colors in the moon
stone and the moonstone returning the
compliment by intensifying the brillancy
OF the diamonds.-Ladies' Home Jonrnal.
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GRATEFUL. .-CoMFoRTING.
EPPS'S COCOA


"By thorough knowledge OF the natural laws
which govern the operations OF digestion and
nutrition, and by careful application OF the
has provided our breakfast tables with deli
cately tiavored beverage which may save us
many heavy doctors bills. II is by the judicious
use OF such articles OF diet that a constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough
TO resist every tendency TO disease, Hundreds
or subtle maladles are iloatling around us ready
TO attack wherever there is a weak point. v e
may escape many fatal shaft by Keeping cur
selves well fortified with pure blood and prop
erly nourtshed frame."-CfUR Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half pound tins, by grocers, labelled
thus:
JAMES EPPs & CO., homeopathic
Chemists. London, England.
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A Cheap Disinfectant.

A disinfectant that costs very little and
is perfectly odorless is made by dissolving
heaped teaspoonful of nitrare of lead in
quart of boiling water, stirring it with i.
stick and then adding it to a pailful !,
cold water This is odorless and will nc
stain, 1t costs about three cents, and II IL
Is thrown once week down the bathtub,
closet and stationary washbowl it will b
honey well spent.
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Church Worker-"And how did you
like the singing of our choir
Visiting Stranger, anxious to be
polite. -"Well, the members didn't al
low their efforts to be diverted me
chanical accuracy of the organ. New
York Tribune.
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A widower married sister of his
late wife a few weeks after the death
of the latter. An acquaintance who
had just returned from long journey
sympathetically inquired whom he was
in mourning for. "For my sister-in-
law was the hesitating reply.-Scran-
ton Truth.
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As an after.dinner pill, to strengthen
the stomach, assist digestion, and cor,
rect any bilious tendencies, Ayers
Pills are considered the best Being
sugar-coated, they are as agreeable as
any confection, and may be taken by
the most delicate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-08-05

When you come right down to the
facts in the case, it's the loose-htting
straw hat that shows which way the
wind blows.-Iexas Siftings.
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81 haven't seen sole 60 out of my
door to-day" remarked the complain
ing shoemaker, who didn't believe in
advertising-Yonkers Statesman.
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Waiter-"What. kind of soup will
you have ?"
Beenthere-"Just plain"
Waiter-'What do you mean by
thatl"
Beenthere "Without any thumb in
it."-Boston Courier.
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Take good care Of your beard and
keep it clear of gray hairs so as to
retain your young looks by using
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
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Ted-"He's full Of Impractical
IDEAS"
Ned-"I should say he was. The
only one of his schemes that didn't 60
up was fying-machine. IN. Y. Sun.
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We always admire a dentist for one
thing at least. He isn't afraid to say
thing right TO your teeth. Baltl-
more American.
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The Testimonials

Published in behalf of Hoods Sarsap-
arilla are not extravagant, are not
written up" nor are they from its
employees. They are facts, and prove
that Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses alb
solute merit and is worthy the full
confidence Of the people.
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HOOPS PILLS are purely vegetable
perfectly harmless, effective, but DC
not cause pain or gripe. Be sure tc
get Hoods.
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When a fly lights on piece of
sticky paper he realizes that he is
better off.-Binghamton Leader.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla is recommend
ed by physicians as the only sure
blood purifier