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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16
lEahtOmedfs

AAakAtOhIcuks
Miss Myers. of Mahtomedi. gave
birthday party for her brother. u. S.
Myers, Monday evening. Among those
present from st. Paul were: Mr. and
Mrs. Norman ClOwett. Miss Mary Be
tagne, Joseph Warner. F. SkiIlman and
Fred James, Miss Louise Chryst and Mr..
and Mrs. c. c. Sharp. of Mahtomedi.
Miss Louise Chryst and Mrs. c.. c.
Sharp Whose guest she is for the sum-
mer(' went out fishing the other day.
Miss Chryst earned for herself the title
OF little tisher-maiden' by bringing in
large string of black bass and one
great large pickerel.
Registered at Hotel Mahtomedi during
the week: F. e. Swanstrom. Victoria.
B. c.; E. NJ. Dudley. LawreneevilIe, n.
j.; Charles II. Carpenter. Quincy ILL.,;
5. NJ. Allen, Milwaukee; T. 3. Miller,
New York.
Charles W. Norqulsf, James Harbert
and wife. L. c. Wiser. Mr.. ard Mrs. II.
w. Field. c. F. Fnrsell. George q.
Smith, Charles l.. Johnson, all of st.
Paul, spent Sunday az Hotel Mahto-
medi.
Mrs. c. c. Sharp, assisted by the
Ideal Mandolin Club of St. Paul. enter
tanned some city friends Saturday even
liz az AiC4 ClAfll lllilE A1hONlCW CObldSC.
The annual picnic of Constellation
chapter, Order Eastern Star, was held
at MahtOmedi Tuesday last near the
residence OF Mrs. Jennie Dampier.
T. B. Platt and bride have returned
from their wedding journey and have
taken up their abode at HoueysucKie
Lodge, MahtOmedi.
Miss Flossie Sharp. of Lakeview cot
tage, MahtOmedi, is visiting with Miss
Chryst. OF BelleYiew avenue, st. Paul
The Angels" gave a very enjoyable
party TO st. Paul friends ut Paradise
cottage, AIahtOmedi. on the Fourth.
Rosie Myers. of New Richmond,
Wis, is visiting her cousin. Anna
Myers, at her Mahtomedi cottage.
Mrs. c. A. Perks. from Wisconsin.
was guest at the Baker cottage, NAH
toned. during the week.
Alfred Dufresne and family and Miss
May Murray nave returned from Chi
cago and the worlds fair.
4. A. Prescott, of ST. Paul. is visiting
his brother, c. a. Prescott, at his Nah
tOmedi cottage.
J. B. Baztlle. st. Paul. and wife ara
expected at MahtOmedi tomorrow for
the season.
Sam Borg. of st. Paul, spent Monday
at Mahtomedi.
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proper way to achieve results in this
direction would be 10 have the Amer
Idan cOnSuls abroad employ agents to
look up the records OF ali who intended
lnmlgratIng to this country. He says
that the Stun districts OF the big cities
are Er9wing-iaTger ana larger each year,
and all The efforts Of the local city Off
cials to wipe them out seem wasted.
Il find. said he, "thdt the police
have practically given up the task of
trying TO break up the Sums in the
larger cities They have tried il so
often that they now look upon them as
an evil that had better exist in one
locality if they cannot be cleaned out
altogether When they raid them in
one section they move 10 anSther. and
no amount of persecution can keep the
SlumS even partially clean. So now the
victims and seekers of vice are con-
confined in certain districts and kept
within the boundaries as much as pos
sIbie under the circumstances"
The SIuTns OF New York.
"What slums did you first visIt?'' [
asked Mr.. Bernard.
Those OF New York. OF course, in
the metropolis of the country there are
several SUM districts, but l must
frankly admit that L have Witnessed far
worse sights III much smaller cities
than in Gotham. Bear in mind that IN
ali the cities l visited / had police aid
TO reach a correct estimate of the Sums.
so l was enabled to see all that was TO
be seen. In New York one would eX-
pecU to find the most horrible exhibit
lions OF vice displayed IN a most public
manner. The wonderful hold that PO-
lice superintendent Byrnes appears to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

The Commercial Clubs Outing
supplemented by Numerous
Church ARairs-SociaI and
Personal Gossip by Minneton-
ka's Shore.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

Why They Are Called spinsters.
Amongst our industrious and frugal
fOrefathers it was maxim that a young
woman should never be married until
she had spun herself a set OF body, table
and bed linen. From this custom all
unmarried women were termed spin
sters. an appellation they still retain in
all English law proceedings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16
TALES TOLD OF 'TONKA
GAPS IN GLRLISH HEARTS WHEN THE
BRkWHY 0ARSMEN WENT.

TENNIS BLAZERS COME NEXT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

Not Of The Man-Shunning Kind.
Life
What sort of a girl is she?"
"Oh, she is miss with MISSION"
All"
"And her mission is seeking a man
with mansion.
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BREEZES OF THE LAKE.
SOCIAL ZEPHKRS RsFTE1 FROM THE
SRJRES or WHITE BEAR.
SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT.

Hotels and Boarding Houses Sport
Their Summer Girls-An EX-
citing Wildwood Scene-Ar-
rivals, Departures and Some
Social and Personal Notes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
NAVAL DEMONSTRATIONS AT RIO
From the Philadelphia Record.

FROM the Philadelphia Record
| 1t is impossible to state with assurance
what emergency has developed in the
course of events at Rio Janeiro that
should call for the heavy increase of our
naval force in Brazilian waters contem.
| plated by our government. The Ben
nington has been dispatched to Rio from
the Mediterranean, ahd the San Fran
cisco has been ordered to the same place
| from the West Indies The cruiser New
York and the monitor Miantonomoh are
being rapidly fitted out for long voyage,
| probably to the same destination. Unless
the government has secret information
of new complications, the only probable
explanation of all these wariike prepara-
tions IS determination to overawe bv a
naval demonstration of unmistakable
| significance any interference with Amer
lean commerce on the part of the insur-
| rectionary Brazilian feet.
The latest dispatch from Captain Pick
ing, senior officer in command Of our
squadron at Rio Janeiro, was to the
effect that it had become dangerous to
land. This has been amply confirmed
by subsequent information. The Ameri-
can business quarter at Rio is located near
the custom house, directly under the
flre OF the rebel batteries on Cebras island,
and the constant mbardment, while
ineffective from a military point of view,
has resulted IN paralyZing commercial
operations. There are two courses open
to our governUent-elther to acknowl.
edge the insurgents as belligerents, re-
cognlze their right of blockading the
port and advise American citizens to
retire until the rebels and the loyalists
snail have fought their quarrel to a
hnlsh; or, in the event of refusal to ac-
cord belllgerent rights to the insurgents,
to treat them as lawless sea royers,
without rights which any nation is
bound to respect. Their vessels at the
present momnn1 have no better legal
status than had the Confederate cruiser
Alabama. Any act of war on their
part, whereby any vessel of our mer-
chant marine, or any American citizen
engaged in peaceful commerce should
suffer injury, might be construed as an
act OF piracy under the precepts OF in
ternational law.
This is the law of the case. Until the
Brazilian revolt shall have been raised
to the dignity of a lawful war by the
recognition of the insurgents as belliger-
ents, the United States government
would be justified in disregarding any
rights OF the latter to order blockades
or to commit any other act of war that
shall interfere with our peaceful COM
merce in Brazil. 1t goes without saying
that the mission of our fleet at Rio is
not aggressive, and that its attitude will
remain purely protective and defensive
Intervention favoring either of the par
ties to the Brazilian imbroglio would be
unwarrsnted, and strict neutrality
should be maintained. Neither viii any
thing more be necessary. The naval
force which is to be sent will be large
enough to command respect of our
right: and this is probably the true end
and significance Of the demonstration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
FICTION BECOMES FACT.
A Writer Who Has Written Fables That
Have Turned Out to BE Facts,

Have Turned Out to BE Facts.
In one story 1 had character whose
occupation was that of an analyzer Of
lava, specimens being sent to him from
all parts of the world, says Frank Z.
Stockton, in McClure's Magazine. In
this connection a foreigner inquired of
him if there were any volcanoes near
Boston, to which city he was on his
way. The preposterous idea was, of
course, quickly dismissed in the story.
But received letter from a scientific
man in New England who thought
would like to know that, not far from
Boston, but in spot now covered by
the ocean, there existed in prehistoric
times an active volcano.
AS to the practical application Of
some of my fanciful inventions, may
say that two young ladies on Cape Cod
initiated the example of Mrs. Lecks
and Mrs. Aleshine, and having put on
life preservers, and each taking an oar,
found no difficulty in sweeping them
selves through the water, after the
fashion Of the two good women in the
story. 1 will also say that the mega
tive gravity machine is nothing but
condensed balloon. AS soon as a man
can make a balloon which can bear his
weight and can also be put in q money
belt, he can do all the things that the
man in the story did.
1 may also say that naval men have
written to me stating that it is not inn
possible that some of the contrivances
mentioned in The Great War Syndi-
cate" may some day be used in marine
warfare. I myself have no doubt of
this, for there is no reason why tur-
tlebacked little iron-clad, almost SUBJ
merged, should not steam under the
stern of great man-of-war like the
'Camperdown," and, having disabled
the propeller blades. tow her nolens
vplens into an American port, where
she could be detained until peace should
be declared
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
NICE SITUATION, THIS.

a New York trade paper thus disposes
of the leaders of the ways and means
committee. who are now formulating a
tariff of the most vital importance to the
manufacturing industries Of this coun-
try,
Chairman Wilson, Charleston, w.
Va, population. 2,2S7.
"Benton McMillin, Carthage, Tenn.
population, 4S1.
Henry G. Turner. Quitman. Ga,
population, 1908
Clifton r. Breckinridge. Pine Bluff,
Ark, population less than 1000
Alexander &. Montgomery, Eliza
bethtown, KY, population. 2,200.
I'VE have no advertisers for any of
those towns: no trade paper has; there
are no manufactures located there, and
yet all the manufacturing industries of
the United States must lie idle, while
these men, who know nothing about
manufactures. argue ever what they do
not understand"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
A PECULIAR STRIKE.

To go on a strike has been hitherto
deemed the peculiar privilege of the
horny-handed sons of toll, but this com.
mon understanding of the rights of the
matter has received rude shock by the
action of certain gentlemen of leisure
out of job. The gentlemen referred TO
are the tramps who are spending the
inclement winter season at the county
jail at Bordentown, n. j., and the cause
of their strike was the nonotonous bean
soup diet provided for them by the sher-
iff. The strike was successful, the threat
of the tramps to boycott the Jail proving
quite sufficient to obtain a change in the
bill of fare.
The possible morals Of this story are
numerous. One might quote, in the vein
of Sancho Panza, that '':ruth is stranger
than felton," that "a modest dog never
gets bone," and SO on, ad lib. The
suggestion that the weakness of the
sheriff was due to the fear of losing his
boarders and consequently also his prof
its on the victuals supplied to them is,
OF course, preposterous.
Parenthetically it may be added that
odd as the incident appeared TO the Jer-
seymen, it would have been in the line
of the expected had it occurred in Kan
sas under the reign of executive senti-
ment as recently promulgated.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
NORWEGIAN SUPERSTITION.
Men Who Claim to Read Signs That
Others Are Blind To.

| Men Who Claim to Read Signs That
Others Are Blind To.
The simple faith of the Norwegian
peasants is that seeing or not seeing of
beings in the other world is a mere
question of strong or weak nerves.
Only, reversing the generally accepted
| belief, it is the northman of strong
| nerves who has power to see the un-
seen, says All the Year Round. And
he who sees it fears it not eff you
have the grit" says my informant,
''you may see dozens and scores Of
forms pass your door, but you know
not what it is to feel alarm"
''There's ghost on every ship" says
the same authority. my own uncle,
who saw the unseen plain from his
childhood, was married to a woman
who could not believe in spirits. He
had fishing smack of his own, and
saw strange things Of nights One
night he asked her to go out with him,
and she went. If 1 see anything 1
will call for you.' he said, and she
agreed to it. In the dark middle of
the night he could see three Aen come
walking on the water toward the little
vessel. He went ahd called his wife,
saying:
"sLook out, now; do you see moth
ing?'
NO said the wife. Il see nothing
but the water and the darkness.
"'Well. said he, there are three men
there, plain to be seen, and now III go
and get up the nets, for storm is sure
ly coming
Two o'clock was the wonted hour
for getting up the nets, but wait he
would not. in spite of all that his wife
could gay to him.
WIN two o'clock came the nets of
all the other fishermen were lost and
their boats nearly wrecked in sua-
den great storm that rose, but my
uncle was well out OF it and anchored
in safety, because he could read the
signs they were all blind to-"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
THE LAW SET At NAUGHT.
A Railroad Surveyors Experience with I
Suspicious Georgia Moonshiner.

A Railroad Surveyors Experience with .
Suspicious Georgia Moonshiner.
"A good many years ago was build
ing a railroad in Georgia, said sur
veyor to q writer for the New York
| Tribune. Il am Georgian, and once
while following a survey, l saw
chance to ride across the mountains
and thence to my home to visit my
father. It was early in the afternoon
when started on my long ride. The
moon was shining high in the heavens
when l began TO- climb. was jogging
peacefully mp the incline, when, from
shadow, horse and rider came out
from the side of the road and fell in at
my side.
"'Good evening, stranger said the
man politely.
Good evening. SIR said, glad of
even unknown company.
(which way are you going" asked
my new companion.
Over the mountains I answered.
Reckon I'm going that way, too
he said, and then I had an opportunity
to look at my friends face. 1t was
strange face. Smooth-shaven, young
and yet old It was calm and placid,
as expressionless as stone, and yet
there was certain set about the jaws
that kept me uneasy. And no matter
how often I looked at him, how quickly
turned my glance on his face, his
deep-set eyes were always watching
me. I felt even when did not look at
him that he was watching me like a
cat. We rode for hours, talking as one
does with that class of people, untifa
nearly daylight we had crossed the
mountains and were making our way
along a comparatively level road.
When we came to river which we had
to ford my friend reined up.
"'This is as far as Co. he said.
"I'm sorry to lose you,' replied.
civilly.
"'Stranger,' he said, when my horses
forelegs were in the river, where are
you from?
Georgia. answered; this is my
state
"'Who's boy are your
"Judge SIS
Is tIldt 30! ne Sd1O, III u CdIIn VOICE.
why, do you know what I took you
for? Revenue! Yes, sir; and 1 came
near shooting you, sir. Half dozen
times on that ride made up my mind
you were revenue, sir, and each time
1 was just readyto do it. But hated
to do it, sir, you looked SO square. I'm
glad didn't
$50 am L. answered, with false,
jerky laugh, for that emotionless man
gave me the chills, and sent my horse
across the ford.
"'Good-by,' I cried from the other
side.
"'Goodby. sir he answered. Then
his horse carried him off in the gray
light, and I felt a sudden sense of
great relief"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28

4 poor unfortunate who has been
there contributes in an exchange the
following gem 70 immortality:
Backward, turn backward, Q Time
in thy fight, feed me on gravel again
Just for tonight; l am 50 weary of
restaurant steak; petvi6ed doughnuts
and vulcanized cake; oysters that
sleep in wstery bath: butter as
strong as Goliath OK Cath; weary Of
paying for what don't eat chewing
up leather and calling il meat Back
ward, turn backward. for weary ! an
give TIE whack at my gran dmother's
Jam; let me drink milk that has never
been SKINNED: let E2e b-, once have
an old-fashioned pie. then III be will
ing - curl cd and die"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
DIAMONDS SET IN IVORY.
q New Plan Being Tried By YAshiesAbis
EuropsaD JevetsYa.

The fashiousbl bic jewellers Of London.
Paris and other continental capitals
have hit upon - new idea regarding
the setting Of diamonds. says foreign
exchange They propose 20 use In the
setting ivory instead Of silver or gold,
and 10 must be acknowledged that
there Is sorae reason for doing so. II.
IS well known how difficult IL il 20
clean the silver or gold setting proper
y and ~ preserve the original luster.
Gid se:tsugH have the drawback OF re-
fecting their yellow color on the
stone. and 20 depreciaie thereby tho
water % the stone Another vslgh.y
objection Is that Sbey lose tho bright
Cess which !s peculiar 20 these Tnetsls
as soon as they are used as the o-iy
setting for refsecting and transparent
stones, while they ars beautiful and
add TO sbs appearance Q. diamonds ast
with pearls. cats'eyes or ehrysoprss.
Ivory would solve this question q:
cnce, which a. present car o1ly 10 az
tai1ei bT setting the transparent with
= hslt t-snspsreD: s.one Ia gold or
silver.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
: REARING oE BABY ELKs.
How They Arc Captured aud the Gentle
ness OF Treatment They Require.

bow They Are Captured aud the Gentle
ness OF Treatment They Require.
"One of the most interesting sights
saw in Yellowstone park this summer"
said tourist to New York Sun man.
little animals wouldn't let strangers
touch them, but to their keeper they
were as tame and confding as young
puppies. They licked his hands and
face and played around him like cosset
lambs. The keeper said he was tanning
them for the governments geological
collection at Washington. we have to
capture the young elks, the keeper told
me, before they are a week old or we
can't do anything with them in the
way of tanning. The bull elk stands
guard over the female when she gives
birth to her calf and for some time
after. When anyone approaches he
becomes furious and pugnacious and
we have to drive him away before we
can capture the calf. We put him to
fight with bloodhound. the hound
driven the bull elk out of the neighbor-
hood. The mother elks are tinid and
we have no trouble with them.
"'We are obliged the keeper con-
tinued, 'to handle the baby elks with
the utmost care and kindness. No
animal is more sensitive than they are.
and if / were to cuff or slap one of
them as would dog could never win
its confidence again or make any prog
ress with it. / daren't speak cross to
them or in loud or sharp tone, for
they know even better than child
when you are scolding them. Their
memories are SO good that they never
forget the slightest bit ofill treatment,
and we have to fondle and caress them
and speak gently to them at all times
to accomplish our purpose. So long as
we do that they mind and love us.
Tanning young ellSs is ticklish business.
but I like it better than any other
work
while the keeper was saying this
his sleek little four-footed pupils
huddled around him, licked his cloth
ing, stuck their noses toward his face
and showed the most remarkable affec-
ton Tor him. 1t was a sight worth
going long distance to see."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28

IMPORTANT,
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Theologians teach us to expect that
the seventh thousand year of the world
will be the millennium. Taking our
Bible chronology for our guide, let us
inquire how long we must wait for that
period. Chronology divides the worlds
history INTO two parts-the first reaching
from the creation to the birth of Christ
the second from His birth onward
Christ was probably born in the year
1904, Ammo Mundi. This is 1S93 Ammo
Domini. Add these two periods and we
find 5727. a NJ; then subtracting these
years from 5000 we find it 203 years to
end the 5000 years and usher in the ex-
pected millennium. Many think at the
end of seven years from now will bring
us to the end of the 1900 years since
Christ's birth,
Illustration on above: To pay a note of
s., 600 in hank you will need twenty
hundred instead of nineteen.
r q p
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
MRS. LEASES CREED,

On Tuesday of last week Mrs. Lease
delivered lecture at Gypsum City, of
which the Advocate thus speaks:
Mrs. Lease declared herself Chris
tian without creed and a politician
without party, but defined and exem-
plified her status much better than the
former. Her real position, however,
reminds us of 2 German we once knew,
who purchased great many houses. An
acquaintance who had observed this in
quired why he did not build houses in
stead of purchasing those already built.
and the reply was: Fools dey builds
houses and puys en- The people put
up the money and Mrs Mary Ellen
Lease makes the speeches ana there is
no legislation that aids her, except as it
has under our system of government Of
fered her tie opportunity, as it does 10
all. 1t Is claimed she Is prosecuted.
Most pretended reformers would like TO
be prosecuted in that way As she IS max
ing money out of ii. something that no
genuine true reforiner ever did. De-
claiming vehemently against poverty
and starvation, she named no remedy.
that can be shown to be such. Also
lutely none.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28
BRiSTLES FROM HOGS.
Brushmakers Prefer the Foreign Product
to the American.

to the American.
Bristles are only obtained from hogs,
and strange as it may seem, the United
States, which is the largest hog pro-
ducing country, is very small bristle
producer. The statement is made in the
Pharmaceutical Era that for all bris-
ties used by practical worknen in
painting, decorating, whitewashing,
vanishing, where satisfactory results
are desired, and ell beneficial toilet
brushes. we are obliged to go to other
countries to obtain our supply. Amer
lean bristles are short, crooked, and
only used for the cheapest kind Of
brushes very largely in house
hold brushes OF low prices, and in
small brushes, whHh finished attract
i've results are not required. They are
short, because the hogs are killed
young, before the bristles have time
to grow large. pork being the article
sought by the growers, and bristles
only an insignificant product They
are gathered in this country at the
various large packing establishments
By contractors who buy the privilege
OF having men grab what bristle they
can as the hogs pass along in being
cleaned, after killing. A stated su1onnt
is paid per hog. The hair from the
ridge Of the animals back being the
best. is secured first, and saved for
brush-ma lers' use. The side hair is
kept separate and used To mix in cheap
grades OF curled hair for upholstere-s
Nearly all American bristles are gray.
they would /. white
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-28

The circumstance that another wal
vessel was ordered to join the American
squadron at'Rio simultaneous with the an.
nouncement that the United States min
ister to Brazil had recognized the belig-
erents in their contest for supremacy
over the established adm inistration
gives the latter a plausible accent,
though it is denied by the state depart
ment at Washington. Extraordinary
and arbitrary as such action would be
on the part of Minister Thompson, it
would not be surprising, in view of the
administration erratic course in the
Hawaiian affair.