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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-02
HONESTY OVERCOME.

LONDON spare moments.
A young man from Wiltshire, whose
ideas of milk had been perverted and
abused by contact with the cow in its
native haunts, recently engaged him
se.f with the proprietor of that animal,
engaged in supplying milk to custom
erS.
The second day the new hand re-
signed. He did not like the business,
and he wanted to go.
An investigation showed that, after
washing the cans the day before, the
water, as is usual, was left in them. In
st lad of the cans which he should have
taken, he put the days milk into those
having the WashingS and started on his
rounds.
On coming back he learned his error.
He resigned at once rather than face
the customers.
"Why, 1t was cheatin'." he said, "of
the worst kind. l can go up to CAN
mons mouth and let 'em shoot me, but
where | carried round that water"
His employer demonstrated. He had
no time to engage another man, and it
would greatly embarrass him to get one
in time. But the young man was in
flexible.
Mono; he had been brought up to
be honest, and couldn't look 'em in the
face again."
well, I'll tell you what Pll do" said
his employer desperately, cpl give you
ten shillings to go round this once. and
if you can't stand the abuse you needn't
try it again"
After much urging the young man
consented. He came back with a very
curious look OH his face.
Well" said his employer. "you came
out alive after all. DID you have very
hard time of it?''
'No--no!" said the man, "they did
not say word anywhere, except an old
woman, who told me she thought the
milk was improving--it was bit richer
yesterday morning. You must have for
gotten to skim it.''
His employer was sad and silent, and
| that young man is still in the business.
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TABLES FROM TREASURERS
FINANCIAL STATUS or STATE, c0UN-
TY AND CITY
SHOWN BY DETAILED FIGURES.

repositories of State Funds and
the Amounts They Hold
Treasurers Nelson and Miller
Render Accounts of Their
Stewardships - Synopsis of
Other Officers Reports.
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Homeesekers' Special Rates to the

Wheat fields of North and South Da
kota,
Corn fields of Kansas and Nebraska.
Grazing lands OF Texas and Wyoming.
Mining camps of Colorado and Utah.
Will be made by the Minneapolis &
st. Louis Ry., albert Lea Route" upon
August %, September 10 and October
II, rate of one fare plus two dollars
for the round trip.
Stop-over privileges will be granted
In above-named territory.
Tickets good twenty days.
routes, etc, call upon your nearest ticket
agent, a address G. NJ. Pratt, q. L. &
p. A., Minneapolis. Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-02
Some Snere Fighting.

BUENOs AYREs, Sept. 3O.-The latest
news received here from Rosario is to
the effect that the SWISS and German
colonlsts of that neighborhOod are sup
porting the insurgents. There has bee II
continuous fighting throughout the day
and the rebels claim to have the adj
vantage, and on the other hand the gov
eminent forces claim to have triumphed.
The only fact which is certain is that
there has been severe fighting between
tie rebels and The government troops.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-02
FUNDS OF THE STATE.
| The Banks Where the Money Is
Placed.

The monthly report of State Treas
urer Bobleter makes the following
CHI
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*Asked.
Bonds.

NEW YORK, Sept. 0.-Government
bonds steady. State bonds dull.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

be removed about quarter of mile
away.
1.-THE church is round and built of
wood. 1t has inside two corridors
around it where the vulgar may pene-
trate, but in the square holy of holes
not even the king may enter. The
mysterious relics kept by Abyssinians
in these innermost recesses claim ex-
ceedingly bold origins. In one place
they profess to have the original ark
of the covenant, in another bag full
of wind blown by the Holy Ghost on
the day of Pentecost. At Zebra Bizen
our interpreter told me that they kept
the picture of the madonna which Mon
elek, the son of Solomon by the Queen
of Sheba, brought back with him from
Jerusalem.
"The life of monk at Zebra Bizen
must be enjoyable enough. He wan
ders about all day long in his white
flowing robe and yellow cap, enjoying
air of the most perfect freshness. He
has his little stone cell or wooden hut
beneath the shadow of the rock. He
has his refectory, where he meets his
fellows twice a day at meal times-that
is to say, when there is no fast on, and
fasts in the Abyssinian calendar are
many and rigorous. On festival days
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
JOLLY POLYANDERS.
Women of Thibet Revel in a Multiplicity
of Husbands,

Just at this time, when so many la
dies are apparently finding even one
husband too many, Mrs. Isabella Bish-
OPP contributes to Leisure Hour chap
ter on how the women of far away
Thibet are happy as the day is long
with four or five husbands apiece.
Their determination to stick to many
husbands instead of one is thus far the
insurmountable obstacle to converting
these Thibetans to Christianity, Mrs.
Bishop says.
The Thibetan eldest son is the prin-
cipal member of the family. When
they reach certain age even his ia
Their and mother must step down and
out and go into a small house, leaving
him the main establishment. There
he takes his bride. He is her ''frst
man, so to speak, but along with him
she takes as husbands all his brothers,
be the number great or small. The
more brothers he has the more hus-
bands she. The women all like it, and
declare they would not have it other
wise for the world. "We have three
or four men to help us instead of one, -
they say. The stupidity and monoto-
ny of living with just one husband,
European fashion, are appalling to
them, and they pity their European sis
tiers sincerely. Here is their unanswer-
able logic: "If 1 had only one husband,
and he should die, 1 would be widow;
if 1 had two or three, am never a wild
ow. See?"
1t is the custom for all her acquaint-
ances to make a present of money to
the Thibetan bride. With this she
leases field for herself, and it's crops
are thenceforth for her own use ex.
clusively. 1t is rather odd that poly
andry was introduced among the Thib
etans originally as an economic meas
ure, so that the population should not
outrun the means of subsistence.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
MOHAMMEDANlSM IN MEXICO.

Arrangements for the Purchase of Land
for Colony About Completed.
Mohammed Webb, whose scheme OF
1slamic propaganda has been going
little slow lately, is now negotiating
for large tract of land in the state of
Chiapas, Mexico. 1t is his intention to
plant here colony of the followers Of
the prophet gathered from India and
Arabia, and give, as it were, prae-
teal illustration of Mohammedanism.
The land for which he is nego-
tiating, through Walter B. Murray,
is situated about three hundred miles
south of the. City of Mexico and fifty
miles south of the now completed
Tehuantepec railroad. 1t is about three
days travel up the Grihalva river from
the port of Frantera on the gulf Of
Mexico. 1t is a part of concession
from, the Mexican government, and
said to be very fertile and capable Of
producing nearly all the fruits Of the
tropics and some of those of the tenn
perate zones.
Webb, whose residence in the Philip
pine islands, where he was United
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
AMERICAN COLUMBUSES.
Lineal Descendants Who Have Descended
just as Far as the Duke OF Veragua.

Lineal Descendants Who Have Descended
just as Far as the Duke OF veragua.
For the last fifty-two years there has
Christopher Columbus, and around the
knees of this patriarch could be gath
cred to-day eight living children,
thirty grandchildren, and six great
grandchildren, so that there is little
danger of the name of Columbus be-
coming extinct or forgotten.
The name of this venerable descen-
dant of a famous man, says the Phila-
delphia Press, is Alexius Columbus.
He is ninety-six years old. There is
no doubt about his age or nativity,
for these matters were verified by his
son, John Columbus, with whom the old
man makes his home, and who for that
purpose paid visit to Quebec, near
where Alexius was born and reared.
The old man is in fairly good health.
His skin is swarthy and his hair is
snow white. His children are all
ter, Mrs. Rosa Columbus Sours, of Chi
cago, who inherits her fathers dusky
skin. Since the death of his wife, last
spring, at the age of seventy, Alexius
has been steadily falling in spirit.
Alexius Columbus was ship builder
by trade, as were his ancestors. He is
the only one of his generation who
came to the states. His sisters and
brothers lived in the province of
Quebec, though it is not known that
more than one of them is still surviv-
ing. An uncle of Alexius lived to the
age of one hundred and fourteen. The
old man is a great lover of tobacco. He
constantly chews or smokes. He has
always drank, and to this day has his
bottle of whisky in his room, from
which he takes a nip whenever he feels
so inclined. Of late the old man has
not been regular in his drinking
habits, and will sometimes pass day
or two without taking a dram. His
sons attribute this to approaching dis
solution, and think the old man has
not long to live.
II have been asked several times"
said John Columbus, his son, ''if father
would go the worlds fair Some of
my sisters are very anxious that he
should GO, but 1 oppose the idea. 1
think the old man would better pass
the remainder of his DAYS in quiet here
than to be exposed to the danger of
travel and the fatigue. Beside 1 hard
ly think the old gentleman would en-
Joy it. He is not learned man. He
never had any schooling. He cannot
read and he hardly appreciates the
significance of the Columbian exposi-
ton"
His son John, it may be added, is a
well-educated and prosperous man.
Alexius, the father is still an active
man and possessed of no mean physic>
al powers. The wife of AleXius was
an English woman. The grandchildren
of this union retain the athletic mold,
though their features are American,
not continental.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

still in her mouth and one paw was on
the breast of the other beaten, but l
pulled bead on her and dropped her
in her tracks.
"By that time the rest of the heaters
had came up, bowling over the fate of
their comrades. We measured that
panther and found her eight feet long.
1t was one of the biggest ever killed in
that district. The heaters skinned the
beast, and I've got the pelt at my home
in India now"
DR.. O'Kearney also related an expe
rience with tigers on the Bombay side.
He told how the heaters in that district
tracked tiger by the pugprints, or
footmarks, and then lined up to get
the big game at bay.
"In this case, however," said the
huntsman, "the tiger got between the
heaters in the line without anybody
getting a shot at her, but we captured
three tiger cubs about six weeks old.
held one of these up in my hands and
made it whine, thinking perhaps the
mother would come back, but we
never saw or heard of her again.
zone of these cubs was tanned by
Col. Hansen of the army, another was
sent to the Geological garden in Lon
don, and I do not remember what be-
came of the third. They weighed
about twenty pounds each at the time
we got them. They were tiger
striped as pretty as you please, and if
they could have forgotten their savage
nature they would have made the cum
ningest kind Of playthings."
DR.. O'Kearney, before his retire
ment from active service, was in the
Afghanistan war, in 1S79-SO He was
with the Sixty-sixth regiment at the
battle of Mayand, when that body of
troops known as the Kandahar column
was hopelessly routed by the over
whelming forces of Ayub Khan. The
old veteran says that more than half
the regiment were killed, and if the
Afghans had followed up their advan-
tage not one of the British soldiers
would have escaped.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
ABYSSlNlAN MONKS.
Their Life Seems Enjoyable to an
English Traveller.
They Retain Third Century Customs and
Have Most Remarkable Relics-The
Famous Monastery of De-
bra Bizen.

Abyssinia is a country of queer Gus
toms and strangely interesting land.
The people are, for the most part, dirty
and immoral, inferior in many respects
to the Kaffirs of South Africa, but they
are Christians, and have retained in it's
ancient simplicity the religion that
was taught them in the third century.
Among Abyssinians the man who kills
a lion is a popular hero, and is award
ed the proud. privilege of wearing about
his head then of the beast he has
slaughtered, privilege that is priced
as highly as knighthood among Eu-
ropeans, and makes its possessor man
of mark to the end of his life.
Some interesting, rare and exceed
ingly valuable relics they are possessed
of, too, or think they are. Here is an
account of visit to the monastery of
Bizen by J. Theodore Bent, who re-
Gently returned from Abyssinia:
''We started off at break of day to
visit the monks. 1t took US three
hours to reach the summit, where the
monastery of Zebra Bizen, or The
Church of the Vision is placed, and
truly the name has been well bestowed,
for no more lovely vision could be i'm
agined than the one which lay before
US. We could easily see Massowah and
the Red sea coast line, and the folds of
rich blue mountains to the right and
left Of US as we stood on the pinnacle
of the sacred mountain were glorious
to behold.
"My wife and 1 reached the holy pre-
cincts unobserved. We were seeking
out for ourselves spot where we could
repose, when down came the monks,
mute with horror at a woman having
approached so near. In vain we ex-
postulated and pleaded fatigue, in vain
we said we were English and deter
mined to hold our ground. The monks
sat around weeping and exclaiming:
Better for US to die than to permit a
woman to stay here Seeing their
genuine distress, my wife permitted
her Objectionable and weary person to
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

alone. Again, at Dover, on the Eng
lish side of the channel, there was no
express train scheduled to start for an
hour or two after his arrival, so the
youthful dispatch bearer ordered out
special train, in which he covered the
distance to London in about an hour,
and drove direct from the railway
station to the admiralty. Having de-
livered his documents, the bearer of
her majesty's dispatches became sim
pie mildly again, and when he left
the admiralty he probably ordered
cab with mildness that must have
contrasted strangely with the i'm
portance of his air when ordering out
a special train at Dover.
Doubtless this lad was selected for
the work because of his proved trust
worthiness, and doubtless he was
greatly envied by his less fortunate
comrades. But who among them did
not envy the record of another mid
shipman in the great catastrophe of
the lost Victoria His name was Ian
yon, and his duty was to attend the
duD1lTdl Oh uut DTltlSe, Vucu GHdO OIL
liant and Inflated officer realized that
his ship was doomed, and that few
short minutes must send her to the
bottom, he gave the order for all hands
to save themselves. Not until that
moment was discipline relaxed, and
then in obedience to the command the
brave sailors did their best to save
themselves and one another. But not
so the admiral. He chung to the
bridge, and by his side stood the brave
midshipman. 1t is said that the ad-
miral realized that the blunder was
his, and that it was not worth while to
prolong life when his career had been
so terribly wrecked. But the boy was
young and had no responsibility; he
had everything to live or; but he
thought it his duty to stand by his
superior officer in time of peril, and
perhaps he remembered Nelson's IA
nous signal: England expects every
man to do his duty" and so he re-
manned on the bridge.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
TWO MlDSHIPMEN.
Stirring Incidents In Connection with the
Terrible Victoria Catastrophe.

Stirring Incidents In Connection with the
Terrible Victoria Catastrophe.
Every English man-of-war carries its
quota of midshipmen, whose ages
range from thirteen to twenty years.
Though SO young they are already Of
fcers, and are frequently intrusted
with important duties, says Harper's
Young People.
A few days after the late disaster to
II. M. S. Victoria, midshipman ar
rived in London bearing Admiral
Markham's official report of the un-
fortunate event. AS the custodian of
such important documents this young
gentleman's passage was made as swift
and easy as possible. Arriving at
Calais, on the coast of France, too
late to catch the regular boat, he char
tered q special steamer for himself
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
DR. O'KEARNEY'S SHOT.
It Saved the Life Of an Indian at
the Last Moment.
Exciting Sport by Retired officer In the
Jungles Near Deccan-The Capture
of Three Tiger Cubs-Other
Adventures.

/ DIR. Brian O'Kearney, retired sur
geon of the British army in India, has
been a guest of the Palace for several
days. He has the outward appearance
of an old veteran, and the vast fund
of anecdote which old travellers are
apt to have. To a representative of
the San Francisco Examiner he re-
lated an experience in the jungle as
follows:
"We fellows on half pay, you know,
like a bit of hunting now and then, so
when one of my men came to my
house near Deccan one morning with
the news that big panther had broken
cover, we lost no time in getting up a
party of heaters and starting out.
1.-The beast turned out to be pan
there's. She had hidden her cubs
somewhere and had taken possession
of nulla or ravine only about mile
from the house. The heaters did not
care to go up the ravine after they had
located the panther, so I took dog boy
and man to carry my second gun and
we started ahead.
1u6T6 was uOU d SOuuu W NC uedlu
save our own movements. We had gone
about ten rods up the nulla when there
was half growl, half spit, like that of
an angry cat, and the big beast jumped
out of the bushes within yard of my
face.
zone of the men was on his knees
half under me pulling away the brush;
the other was at my left hand with
the extra gun. The panther ignored
him, but she pulled the dog boy out
from between my legs as a cat would
mouse. She took this poor fellow in
her mouth, seized the other with her
paw and then made for the thick brush
again.
81 confess 1 was too frightened to
stir, but as she passed me she gave me
a blow with her great long tail, as
much as to say: My mouth is full and
my paws are busy, but I'll give you one
whack just for luck That'blow sent
me spinning down the hill, and that
fact sealed the big beasts death war
rant. kept hold of my gun, and when
got to my feet she turned her broad
side toward me. The dog boy was
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

States consul and where he was also
converted to Mohammedanism, seems
to have given him liking for warm
countries, claims to have thousands of
Moslem colonists ready to come to this
country for the propagation of the
faith whenever a suitable site for
colony shall be secured. These colon
lists, he claims, will be self-supporting
families, and the general expenses of
the colony will be borne by some rich
Mohammedan merchants of Calcutta
whom Webb has enlisted in his scheme
of evangelizing the New World. The
colonists will be brought in specially
chartered steamer.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

THE London Optician says that great
men are usually blue-eyed, and IN
stances Shakespeare, Socrates, Locke,
Bacon, Milton, Goethe, Franklin, Ma
poleon, Bismarck, Gladstone, Huxley,
Virchow and Renan.
THE Russians still retain their old
barbaric love of splendor, and when
the empress shows herself she is
vision of unmatched gorgeousness.
She is one of the few monarchs of Eu-
rope who still make a practice of wear
ing crown on great occasions.
Arizona republican., 1893-10-08

he is very busy chanting and dancing
in the church. He never marries. He
knows nothing of the world or its
vices. His existence is negative one
he does neither harm nor good to his
fellow creatures"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-10

have also dreamed a they g,o,,~
wsfd with stumbling footstop. - n
instincts through wars, s.riles .sia.
bnlations. that time would con- u
all nations should become ona ..ss
speaking one language. mlo "a, ..'e,
law. and move with ono spirit ~" -
In the hafmonies that We yIt0.,.,
to-day are signs and token, a. ~
coming time. A day shall d.xs IA
the United states Of Americ, va,
brace tho North American Co-s's.
from Alasks's fields Of ice 10 ,s. " "a,
OF the Montezumss. Another ~. ~ Az
come when bonds Of Union ,b.2 "a
together the Greater America A., 'N
Greater Britain, and they shall mi, ~ ~
land and the waves with the voices, y,
latest language that man has le,,,.s q
utter. And then beyond W, .so., :
day shall come when The T,%
States OF the World snail 49,. -
their Representatives ia go, ...S'
Who can doubt that they viii ...
their records in the tongue G,, .n'I s
on this continent by the adven,p,rs,,'. 80. !.
jamestown They will make ,a,i,
George Mason statesmen Of b,r ~
rights. They sill copy 10 th.i, -.
stitution many OF the plans Of AaA,..
They will teach thu creed OF Jtss,,..-
"that liberty is the gift OF Col -. 49,
blessed indeed will they be II to det.si
those rights, 10 administer their com
tuition. and to propagate that creed tI.,
shall fins one moulded in the irans I
Washington.
From the things which Others b,,
done we detraet not. They wer, g,,,
and numerous and glorious. asi !.
would that this were fitting tine 10 p,,.,
and praise them. But thus | have :,
tempted 10 tell something Of via, Y,
ginia has dono for tho world which
will never allow to die.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-10
Court-Housc Destroyed.
ass telegraph . the pIspllc1 !

SAvAssAH, Ga. August 9.-Ih'
Worth county courthouse, st lsss"aa'
was burned this morning at ? o'e.ecl'
All the county records, eHcep, iboio
contained in two books, were burned'
Incendiarism ia suspected. Some ay
the fire at the door OF faction when
wants the cour,-house moved TO Syl'es
ter. Others think the match was sp-
piled by persons interested IN having
the records destroyed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-10
Riyer,Stea,ner Sunk.

PApuoAH. KY, August We:
steamer City Of Sheffield sank Lass uisA I,
forty-fve miles up the Tennessee NJ ~
in FIVE feet OF water. She hsd sia ~
hole in her bottom and flled IN yea
minutes The cargo was OF lumber 81.
is not injured. The boat lies s'EaiS1
mn and will be easily raised.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-10
Bank Convention Postponed

New York, August 9.--An official 90.
nouncement is given to the public to-dS!
tina. the Executive Council Of the Amer,
can Bankers Association have dee1l =
to postpone to future day, hereafter
to be fixed, the convention ADVERTISE =
be held at Chicago. September 6th iaa
7th proximo. This action Is oxlns v
the present crisis and the inability o.
officials to leave their post OF duty.