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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
SAVED FROM sUFFoCATIoN
Desperate Attempt at Suicide
Fooled by a Drummer.

Desperate Attempt at Suicide
Fooled by Drummer.
}. S. Soils made a desperate attempt
to commit suicide by inhaling lllumi,
mating gas at Hotel Beaufort Saturday
night. He was discovered little after
9 O'Clock Sunday morning at the point
of death, with only an occasional gasp
to show that life was not wholly extinct,
and, thanks to the people who went to
work at him, Soils regained partial
C consciousness about 6 O'Clock last
evening.
Soils first came to the hotel Friday
evening. About midnight it was dis
covered that his mind was unbalanced,
as he rose from bed, and, going out into
the hall, stated that he could not
sleep, because his room was full of peo-
pie. Saturday morning he went away,
but returned in the evening anu was
given room Oh the fourth floor. Be-
fore retiring he filled up every crack
and crevice in the room that he could
reach, turned on the gas full blast, and
lay down, as he supposed, to his ever
! lasting sleep.
Oliver Olsted, a travelling man for
Frisk, Turner d Co., who occupied an
adjoining room, became aware early in
! the morning that gas was coming into
his room. He made an investigation
and, assuring himself that the leak was
not in his room, lay down again. But
as the smell of gas became more and
more annoying he got up several times
and finally, about Q O'Clock, discovered
the source of the leak. He tried to
open the door but found it locked
and at once raised an alarm. Peter
IrOSSen, an employe. went out through
window, and from the outside opened
the window of Soils room, hazardous
undertaking, and, entering the apart
ment, found the man apparently dead.
1t was then thought he could no pos
SiDiy be restored.
Soils had been working for the Mann
heimers, Of st. Paul, in the fur depart
ment, until June 3, when he was sub
jected to a critical surgical operation.
1t was not completely successful, and
the matter evidently preyed upon his
mind until he became partially de-
ranged.
Letters were found upon his person
showing that his relatives live in Phila-
delphia. His father IS dead, but his
mother is wealthy lady of that city.
| He also wrote letter 10 the coroner in
| which he stated that as he already
saw the beginning of the end, he wished
to hasten the end by taking his
own life. He was losing his memory
! and the use of his limbs, and wished to
| live no longer. He also requested the
coroner to send his body East, so that
he might be buried by the side of his
father.
If he fully RECEIVERS it will be a re-
markable case of resuscition, and owing
wholly to the unceasing eXertions of the
employees of the hotel and the attending
| physician.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
A CURE FOR OoRPULENCE.
The Newest Regimen for Persons
OF Falstaffian Girth.

The Newest Regimen for Persons
OF Falstaffian Girth.
St. James Gazette.
The following is a course of treatment
highly recommended by DR.. Dudardin-
Beaumetz, a well-known Partisan
specialist, for the reduction of cor
pulence by persons whose hearts and
arteries are sound: Every morning a
general body sponging with hot eau-de-
cologne and water, followed by dry
rubbing and massage. A tumblerful
of purgative water is then administered
At the end of each meal a dessert
spoonful Of the following solution is
swallowed: Fifteen grammes of iodide
of potassium and $50 grammes of water.
The aforementioned regimen is to
be vigorously observed: First meal at
s a. M, cup of chocolate and 20
grammes of bread. Second meal, two
eggs or 100 grammes of meat, 100
grammes of green vegetables Or salad,
Is grammes of cheese, a little fruit, so
grammeS of bread, one glass and a half
of liquid Ga light white wine with
Vichy water). Third meal at Up. No.,
no soup, 100 grammes of meat, 100
grammes of green vegetables or salad, 10
grammeS of cheese, fruit, 80 grammes of
bread. one glass and a half of liquid
| (white wine with VichY water. No
drinking between meals, no tea, coffee
cognac, or other alcoholic beverage.
| Plenty Of exercise in the open air.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
WHERE WHISKY IS HIGH.
1t Would Beggar a Millionaire to
OF Get Boozed at the Fair

| Chicago Times
"Come again."
"What?"
"Ten cents MORE"
How do you make that out?"
whisky is % cents a drink here.
SIR" and the white-aproned waiter
showed glistening pail of teeth,
while his form described the arc of
circle.
The man from Missouri wiped his
lips on the napkin and slowly went
down into his jeans.
"How much do you charge for letting
Teller smell the bottle?' he medita-
lively inquired, but the nimble cup
bearer of the degenerate gods had
pocketed the change and fitted.
This conversation occurred yesterday
afternoon in the justly celebrated
Casino at Jackson Park. 1t had oc-
Cured about thousand times, both
previous and subsequent to the visit of
the statesmen from Missouri. The
waiter was well up in his palt, but it
gave the gentleman from Pike county
a shock. INVENTIVE cents for whisky
that had whiskers on its breath and
Day-wlndowS in its tout ensemble!
The worlds fair was evidently too rich
tNA 10 OlOOu IC uluob clliICI ICIIln
TO Pike county or go to Dwight.
The German who succeeded the Mis-
sourian in the tender attentions of the
obsequiouS waiter also received a shock.
He called for a small bottle of beer,
and, after he had quatfed its contents,
the waiter called for cents.
''Gott in himmel!''
"CWenty-five cents ="
"Mein gracious! You don'd mean
dat? pay only ten cents der city up"
That doesn't make any difference.
It's twenty-five cents bottle here.
This is no Dutch picnic. It's the big
gest fair on earth.'
The German forked over silver
quarter and yearned for Milwaukee
avenue with a lingering, parcning
yearn.
A wild rumor was set afloat yester-
day. 1t was to the effect that the Pro-
hibitionst party of Kansas and Evan
ston had bought a controlling interest
in the refreShment concession at Jack
son Park. Tor the purpose of enforcing
Its Sumptuary ideas at the worlds fair,
and had begun by placing prohibitOry
tariff on sour mash and hofUrau.
Whisky which makes a mans breath
smell like Peoria mash tub is marked
up to twenty-five cents a smile inside
the gates, Wh1le q DOuthtul or Deer
costs the same sum. The result is that
a tidal wave of temperance is sweeping
over the exposition grounds like the hot
winds that precede a Kansas drought.
1t is not easy TO escape. In his
anxiety to save ten cents New Jersey
man yesterday left the grounds and
walked four miles before he could get
outside of the Hyde Park limits and a
glass of Bourbon whisky. He is going
to swear off until he returns to Hoboken.
The trouble with the price of wet
goods at jackson Park is the 25 per
cent of the gross sales demanded by the
exposition. Out of every dollars worth
of strongtdrinks sold on the grounds the
exposition gets 25 cents. The consumer
pays the tax. The concessionaire is
too busy to attend to such vulgar
financial details. 1t has a more dull
ing effect on the whisky market than
the revenue tax, the municipal license
and the Whisky trust combined.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
THE FIRE QUEST.
Gossip About the Evidence Thus
Far Introduced.

A great deal of speculation is rife
among tax payers and others as to the
outcome of the fire department investi-
CATION, which is now on in full blast,
and which mas been reported in detail
in the GLOBE. The investigation has
been conducted in a manner which to
say the least has brought out a great
deal of evidence sought for, and great
deal which has been offered without the
asking. The investigation has proven a
matter in which every property owner
is interested, and every one who has a
dollars worth of insurance. it is sur
prlsing to note the number of people
who have followed every word of the
testimony as printed in the GLOBE
from day to day. A great many seem
to be of the opinion that most of the
testimony is offered by eX-fremen who
are getting even with the heads of de-
partments for taking them off the pay
rolls. These men have in their teSti-
mOny made a number of very serious
charges against the officers of the de-
partment, and the investigating conf
mittee has taken due note OF every
word.
Some of the testimony has been of
little or no value, notably that which
has been offered bv the witness Nc
Donald, who has tried to weave romance
and humor into his evidence. Such
testimony the committee values at lit
tie, and it has certainly not aided the
prosecution any.
Chief Runge does not seem to be wor-
rying or losing any sleep during the
investigation. He sits quietly back in
his chair, and his face frequently is
contorted with smiles he tries vainly to
suppress. The chief says that he is not
afraid of the outcome. if the evidence
to be forthcoming is of the same quality
as that which has been put in. He re-
fused to name any witness whose testi-
mOny ne thought was perjury, but from
his manner it was plain to see that he
considered great part of it in this
light.
Aid. Brazie said yesterday to the
GLOBE: There is no question that
there has been slack discipline in the
fire department. but | am of the opin-
ion that the majority of the charges
made are the result of mere talk.
There is no doubt in my mind that the
men III the department have some
times helped themselves at fires, and !
suppose they Will continue to do SO
until the end of time. This should of
course be stopped, but l do not think
the Minneapolis fire department is com
posed of thieves. Runge may lack eX-
ecutive ability, but he makes up in.
other qualities"
The investigation will be resumed
today, and will continue full of interest
The committee is keeping very mum as
| to what they will decide upon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10

And Was Unmiudful OF the Very
Proper People She Shocked.
Chicago News.
An awfulIy swagger girl came into an
uptown drug store the other day. She
led tiny pug by slender silver chain.
Her hat was all a-bloom with purple
flowers, and an Alsatian bow of purple
ribbon was tied aQout puggle's neck so
big as to give the impression that there
Waf more bow than dog.
Milady seated herself on a stool in
front OF the soda fountain and tenderIy
lifted his small canineship to another
seat beside her. The order was given
for chocolate ice-cream soda. When It
was served this rather remarkable
young woman conveyed a spoonful of
the cream first to her own lips and then
to puggie's. This process was repeated
until lot a drop was left.
1t developed during this interesting
episode that the dogs name was Mig,
and to see Mig blink his eyes and lick
his small chops was very funny, indeed.
"Ughl" exclaimed a matter-of-fact
woman looking on, "how that girl can
put that spoon back in her mouth after
that dog had licked it passes my COM
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
JOE JAGNFI FOUND.
A Lost Lads Terrible Experience
in the Woods

A Lost Lads Terrible Experience
in the Woods.
Last Thursday Joe jayne, deaf mute
eleven years of age. strayed away from
his home at 2419 James avenue north,
and not even clue to his Whereabouts
could be found. Supt. Smith detailed
quartet of policemen to search for the
unfortunate youth, and yesterday morn
ing their efforts were rewarded. The
boy was found in the heavy woods
skirting the west shore OF Crystal lake.
He was discovered wandering about
through the undeTbrush in an aimless
fashion. lie was taken, almost dead of
starvation and exposure, to the resi-
dence of his parents 1t is thought he
will recover from the effects of his ex-
posture.
The little fellows experience in the
deep wood were terrifying, and he re-
counted them all TO his parents on his
fingers in the language of the deaf and
dumb. He was out in the terrible storm
of Thursday night, and as near as can be
learned remained through it al, crouch
ing terrified under the Speeding
branches of a huge oak. When found
the young fellow had his pockets filled
with wild strawberries. The policemen
who discovered him were Wetherell.
Custer, Rice and kaehn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
ALL ABOUT RUBBER.
Some Useful Hints for Users Of
This Important Article.

some USeful Hints for Users OF
This Important Article.
Anillne coiors, soluble in benzine,
are used in giving brilliant hues to
India rnbber.
Thlrty-elght steamers are employed
in the business of furnishing submarine
cables, most OF which are made in Eng
land.
Rubber-eXporting countries are be-
ginning to adopt the metric system of
weights to supersede the clumsy and
lneXact native systems.
Oils soften rubber and render it unfit
for use. Consequently rubber goods
should be kept away from grease and
oil and in cool place.
In steam hose the amount of rubber
between the piles of duck should be
considerable, otherwise it would dry
out and the hose open between the
piles.
The rubber tree displayed in the win
dow of many rubber houses is not the
true rubber tree, but is the Ficus
Australians. and produces resinouS
rubber that has no commercial value.
In the manufacture of rubber hose
The duck should be closely woven in
order to give the hose proper strength,
the rubber being frictioned into the
ihterstices ana the piles wrapped
together SO that it will not blister.
A good elastic cement tor joining
rubber or leather may be made with
bisulphide of carbon, four ounces
isinglass, two drachms; gutta-percha,
ODe-half ounce. Dissolve and apply a
thin coating to the parts to be joined,
which must be well hammered together
after drying and remelting the coating.
The business of making rubber tub
ing was very small under the old and
awkward method Of wrapping around
long rods or poles. Then the tubing
machine was invented, which takes up
the rubber dough and presses it through
dies into lengths illimitable.- This so
cheapened the product that in the line
of Syringes alone tons are taken every
day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
CHARMED BY A CoRNET.
How Badgers Love for Music
Got 1t Into Trouble.
Ttou

How Badgers Love for Music
Got 1t Into Trouble.
San Francisco Call.
A real, live, savage, untamed badger
is now staying at the melodious home
of l. e. COggin, at 1913 Morris avenue,
off Bryant street. Coggin is the we'll
known cornetist of the Golden Gate
band. That animal ha been prowling
around the house for weeks, dividing
its attention between the chickens of
the neighbors (WilI badger climb a
roosJ after chicken? The neighDors
say so, any way and the carrots of
the French Hospital garden. But it
always came back to COggin's at night
to hear him play.
C0ggin's fine ear, trained to discrimi-
nate between all shades of sound,
detected the presence of his un hidden
auditor. The trap did its work. Music
loving badger was nipped by the claws,
and then MIR. Coggin, after an exhaust
i've wrestle with an improvised RATA
and an iron ash barrel, succeeded in
barreling his prey. Afterward it was
an easy matter to contine his catch in
cage of stout trellis wire and place it in
the kitchen. That kitchen is now the
center of attraction in the neighbour
nooQ. Heople call all DAY OY scores 10
stay and speculate Oh the strange ami
NAL.
1t is big badger, and a pretty one.
1t is a foot broad and about thirty
inches long. Its fur is soft gray, finely
marked on the under side with white.
A white streak runs from the top of its
head toward its queer pointed nose.
Its eyes are bright as diamonds.
There in captivity in the kitchen it
gamely defies the whole circle of critics.
1t Kisses and growls, and makes little
darts and rushes in the direction of any
supposed assailant. 1t refuses to eat
or make friends, and is just as mad as
''pug" in chancery.
MIR. Coggin is going to try his cornet
upon him at close range, and if that
fails he knows he cannot be ia med.
He will then offer him to the Sutro or
some other menRgerin
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
sTARVE HOUSE FLIES.
This Method Beats Every VARIETY
of FLY Trap Yet Invented.


of FLY Trap Yet Invented.
New York Ledger.
mo, thank you, my dear. do not
want any fly papers or fly traps about
my home. l learned a great many
years ago that the more things we have
to call flies the more will come. In a
neighborhood where flies were simply
a nuisance l lived almost unmolested
by them because l never permitted a
particle of stale food to accumulate
about the premises.
Files, like good many other things
will never stay where they are in dan
ger OF starvation, and L never kept any
thing about the place to feed them
with, not even fly paper. Everything
that could not be burned was carried as
far from the house as possible and
buried. All garbage is valuable as
fertilizer, and utilize it as such.
ut is my opinion that every form of
fly paper. fly poison and fy-tfap, which
is baited with any substance, is just so
much inducement for them to stay
around the house. They think-if flies
think at all-that they are going to get
something to eat, and, therefore, hang
around The best fly prev entive is
starvation"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
The Brethren Enjoyed 1t.

Manchester Times.
1t was at late quarterly meeting of
the Seventh-Day Baptist churches that
two clergymen were to present papers
on the same day, ana the question of
precedence having arisen, Mr.. A.
sprang to his feet and said! 'I think
Brother B. ought to have the best place
on the programme; he is an older man
bered that Brother BPS subject was
"The Devil' cheerful smile seemed to
beam around the church, The brethren
do SO enjoy these little things.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
PARENT AND CHILD.
Rev. Pleasant Hunters Pulpit Ad-
vice to Each.

The Rev. Pleasant Hunter, of the
Westminster Presbyterian church. last
evening delivered an instructive sermon
on the subject of Before and After
Vacation" his talk being in the main
to young men and their parents. In the
course of his remarks he inculcated
the idea that parents should surround
their children with such influences
as will teach them to take a more hope
full view of life. Every young man, he
said, had his own future to carve out,
no matter how adverse may have been
the influences under which he started,
and if filled with an earnest desire to
succeed he would do so in spite of every
handicap that a seeming fate placed
against him. The sermon was laden
with timely and valuable advice, and
was thoughtful homily to both parents
and their children.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
MENACE TO MILKMEN.
THE BOARD or HEALTH WOULD
DANISH THEM.
DIRTY DIARIES THE CAUSE

An Ordinance Proposed That VIII
Proclaim Filthy Places Pub ic
Nuisances-Fire Department
Investigation = Sunday Pick
Ups.
The board Of health will meet this
afternoon and wreStle with the dairy
question. 1t has long been an estab-
lished fact that great many of the
Flour City dairy farms are conducted
in manner conducive of anything but
good for the public health. The city
health department has been vigorously.
conducting a warfare against the men
who own and operate diaries after the.
fashion of New England pig sites. but
the energies of the commissioner,
DR.. Kelley, have been for the
most part wasted. He has been
unable to bring about any great reform,
and the consequence is that the citizens
of the city consume milk that is not
milk-a paradoXical composition. Sew
eral months ago Commissioner Kelley
submitted a report to the board of
health on the milk question, and the
statistics adduced showed a condition of
affairs that produced a sensation akin
to nausea upon the members when they
listened to its perusal. The report
maintained that out of the several hun
dred dairies in the city very small
number were conducted in manner to
insure pure milk.
1t is now proposed to bring about
reform through the medium of city
ordinance, the construction of which
will be discussed and possibly decided
upon at the meeting today. This Ordi-
nance will deal with public nuisauces,
for it is the intention of the board to de-
clare the majority of the diaries such
and ask for their removal beyond the
city limits. The ordinance will prohibit
the maintenance of dairy farms within
the corporate limits, and if it should
pass the council, there will be an en-
forced exodus of milkmen to the woods.
The board of health will take the stand
that the dairy farms are institutions
that prove continual menace to the
public health, and as such should be
removed to Arcadia, Sheol, or in fact,
any place out of the city and its environ
mentS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
Some Missing.


Detroit Free Press.
prisoner" said his honor, you
have been convicted of bigamy by a
jury of your peers. Eight of your
victims have appeared to give their
testimony. Have you anything to
''Pd like to ask question. your
honor"
every we'll; what Is it?''
"fdslike to know what has become of
the other siEI"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
THE WORKHOUSE WAR.
MAYOR EUSTIS DISPOSED TO PUNISH
HIS ENEMIES.
MELoy AND ALLEN HIS MEN.

ANuAA nc ~ DITCH SOG IN III NOW
Some Doubt as to the Slate
Going ThrOugh-A Desperate
Attempt at Suicide Is Fooled
by a Travelling Man.
Judging from the present position of
affairs i'll the contest for superintendent
OF the workhouse, 1t looks as if Mayor
Eustis were determined to avenge the
slight of the water works committee of
the council in diSpoSing of Allen by not
only finding a soft berth for him,
but for his bosom friend and political
companion, Aid. Meloy. If the latter Is
made superintendent of the workhouse
Allen will be assistant superin-
tendent, at least that is the slate
at present. Whether after it sees
the light and runs the gauntlet
OF criticism it will be carried out is an
other matter. One theory appears GER
tain. Burke O'Brien, who had the pull
week ago, is not in it now, and his
friends feel sore and discounted
Meloy. however, has not asked for the
position, nor seen a member of the
board in his own behalf. The canvass
is entirely the work of Allen and his
1IleHuS. AlleD Is dJ present al NOrk IOf
the park board, and will not quit until
September, at which time he can step
into the position at the workhouse.
TheS outh side then will have a good
complement of the best Offices at the
disposal of the board. Two of the COM
missioners, Woodland (presidenD and
Howe, are from the Eleventh ward.
So are DR.. Hull and Mr.. ID distri ct
superintendent of the poor. Add to
these MeIoy and Allen as superintend-
ent and assistant superintendent of the
worKhouse. and it would look as if
there were gross faYoritism somew here.
1t is claimed. however, that the mayor
owes political debt as we'll as
friendship to them, as they stampeded
the delegation of the Seventh ward for
him very early in the convention. To
the other candidates his honor states
emphatlcally, and so desires it under
stood, that he has only one vote, ard he
Will not hamper any of the commission
ers. However that may be, both Wood
ard and Miller feel like following his
lead, as the administration will be
judged by the manner in which the
affairs OF the workhouse are conducted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10

on their achievements in this line.
For long time they refused TO part
with the choicer examples of sang de
b@uf, coral" peach blow," and
crushed strawberry, and it is only in re-
cent years that the "foregn deyils''
have been able to obtain them. The
objects have no other decoration than
that of single color, ranging from
darkest to highest shade-from black,
deep red, the darkest blue or green,
the most vivid orange, to palest pink or
violet or delicate canary. 1t is because
we have in them the perfection of
color united with an antique simplicity
of form that their art value is so great.