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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20

New England. 1,5oO; Reading, 5.4OO;
Rock Island, $500; st. Paul, 2O,40O;
Union Pacific, $500; Western Union,
11,100.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
Cash quotations were as follows
FlOur-NOminallY UNCHANGED. Wheat

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Nominally unchanged. Wheat
No. 2 spring, 6219@625sc; No. spring,
Gle; No. z red, 621a@6256c. Corn-No.
2, 3S1sc. Oats-NO.2. 273sc; No. white,
3OHc; No. white, 2SA@3Oc. Rye-No.
2, 43c. Barley-NO. 2. nominal; No. 3,
f. o. b., 39@55c; No. 4, f. o. b., 36@44c.
Flaxseed-No. 1, Sl.O2. Timothy Seed
Prime. $3.50. Mess Pork-Per Dbl. $3.50
@1S. Lard-Per 100 lbs, 50. 09. 7215.
Short Ribs Sides Qoose), S9.3719 09.50;
dry sailed shoulders (boxed), S7(07
short clear sides (boxed), S9.25@9.5O.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, S1.14. Sugars unchanged. Re-
ceipts-Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat, 49,
200 blu; corn. 41s,OO0 bu; oats. 3s4, 900
bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, $4,000 bu.
Shipments-Flour, 1000 bbls; wheat,
$4,000 blu; corn, All, 200 bu; oats, 305,-
600 blu; rye, 1000 bu; barley, $1,000 bu.
On the produce exchange today the
butter market was steady and uH-
changed. Eggs, firm and unchanged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20

six NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. won, Ethel w
second, Long dor third. Time, lis.
Second race, one mile-Dungarven
one, Cicely second, Ray Del Mar third.
Time. 1:4Ss4.
Third race, seven furlongs-Cyclone
won, Chant second, Elva third. Time,
1:29.
Fourth race, five furlongs-Volo won,
Oak Forest second, Templemore third.
Time, 1:05.
Fifth race, seven furIongs-Ferrier
won, Linger second, Forest Rose third.
lime, 1:3O15.
Sixth race. five furlongs-Bill How
ard won, Grafton second, Emperor
Billet third. Time. 1855.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20

The DAILY
GLOBE is the
organ Of the
masses, but OF
no party, class
or clique. 1t
is looked up-
o n b y t h q
masses as a
frien d d n d
counselor, be.
sides a steady
news giVer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
CUT THAT CUTS no FIGURE
kME5icAN TRAHSC GN7IREFTAL LINES
ARE N0T ALARMED
Bx THE 500 PACIFIC BREAE>.

Agents Whitney and Fee Give
Their Views on the Matter
Without ANY Ncryousness-
Canadian Roads Not Liked by
TravcicTs-$3 OncWay Rate
From St. Paul to Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
hawthorRe.

HAWTHORNE, Oct. 10. = First race,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
Total Sales of Stocks

today were 152.5OO shares, including:
Atchison, 1900; American Sugar, 122,-
600; Burlington, 10000; Canada Pacific,
1,70O; Chicago Gas, $500; Distillers and
Cattle Feeders, $4,000; Louisville q
Nashville, $500; Missouri Pacific. A,SuQ;
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20
WHEAT CLOSED STRONG
ON ACCOUNT CT FIRM CABLES AND
BEAR PANIC.
MARKET WAS MANIPULATED.

In the Stock Market Speculation
Was Featureiess and Dealings
on Small Scale-The Street in
State of Expectancy on the
Silver Question and Operators
Not Making Heavy Deals.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20

Dletonlan. ........-, ................1
Time, 2:1615.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
DEAD MANS FIND"
BY III. QUAD.

UPRIGHT, 1893. by American Press Associa-
toni
; was along in November that Tom
discovered indications" at a spot
he Pinyon mountains of Nevada and
ted a drift. We didn't intend to put
bore than a weeks work-just enough
Eevelop the find" and load up with
;imens for assay-but after four or
days Tom was taken sick. Winter
already at hand, with O foot of snow
he ground.
You have never been among the
tern mountains, | may tell you that
bout the middle of December, after
Ter has seemingly shut down, there
es what is called a ''chinook"-a
IN wind off the Paciic-which melts
now and stands the season off for a
/, as it were. We had calculated to
advantage of this break to get out
he mountains, but fate willed it 9th.
Sc. Tom was q New Highlander,
b and rugged. He hadn't been sick
" since he could remember, and his
en- breakdown vas a complete sur
n to both Of us. He was attacked
In the afternoon with q violent
ching Of his muscles, and by mid.
! vas in q profound stupor, which
d with but few intermissions until
nd.
NEW that hs was in q dangerous
ition, but ] could not leave him,
ess a. he was, and make my way
! into the valley for help. nor could
. him down. In his weak and help.
tate there was but one thing to do,
hat was TO get q shelter ready and
the best care Of him possible. ]
q sheltered spot and in q day and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
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TRADE IN CHRISTMAS TREES.


We now require a million or two of
young evergreens for Christmas trees,
and these, too, are cut and stored away
in good time, the choppers often going
into the woods soon after the LIST of No
vember. A fall of snow in November or
December greatly increases the difficulty,
because the snow is apt to melt and
freeze, rendering the branches too brit
tie for transportation. The woodmen
therefore like to get their work forward
and pile their trees in the woods along
side the road, where they will keep fresh
and green for six weeks.
The largest market for Christmas trees
Is Philadelphia, whence they are dis
tributed to all parts of the country with
in 1000 miles. The woodmen get from
30 to IS a hundred for their trees, which
sell in the cities at prices ranging from
90 cents to SD.
AS for Christmas presents, they give
employment to many important trades,
the work upon which is continuous from
the first of January to the last of De-
cember. Some knowing grandmothers
and ingenious aunts, to say nothing of
uncles and grandfathers, are on the look
out all the year for Christmas surprises,
which they hide away in u~nfathomable
recesses, sometimes forgotten by them
selves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
WHEN MEN OPEN THEIR HEARTS.

WHEN MEN OPEN THEIR HEARTS.
There is nothing more effective or oft
quoted than those lines from the Christ
mas Carol" Of Charles Dickens: There
are many things from which ! might
have derived good. by which I have not
profted, I dare say" returned Scrooge's
nephew, Christmas among the rest.
But an sure I have always thought Of
Christmas when 1t has come round
apart from the veneration due to its sa-
cred name and origin, if anything b.
longing to 1t can be apart from that--as
good time; q kind, forsiving, charita-
BILE. pleasant time; the only time | know
Of in the long calendar of the year when
men and women seem by one consent to
open their shut mp hearts freely and 70
think Of people below them, as IL they
really were fellow passengers to the
grave, and not another race of creatures
bound on other journeys And there
fore. uncle, though it has never put a
scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, /
believe that it has done me good and
will do me good. and | say. God blessitr"
-MsE-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
SUITABLE GIFTS.

Don't be too particular about giving
useful Christmas presents, notwithstand.
ing that hosts Of practical individuals,
especially those of a philanthropic turn
of mind, are forever advising just to
the contrary. OF purse where extreme
poverty is in question, when the very
necessities Of life are lacking, a ton OF
coal or a basket Of provisions is doubt
less a more suitable gift than would be
3 Elken table or an embroidered
scarf; but, barring such extreme cases,
the greatest degree Of benefit and happi-
ness experienced by the exchange of
gifts at the season Of good will to men"
does not, Al q rule. result from those Of
. strictly useful nature. After all. msa
and women are only boys and girls
grown tall; and, pray, what healthy boy
or girl would prefer a pair OF boots to .
toy pistol or q pair of skates, a doll or a
box Of candy, as his or her annual con.
tribution from Santa Claus2
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

were right in sight. 1t seemed doubly
hard for Tom TO be bowled over just at
this time and harder still TO know that
the chances were all against him. The
only hope | had was that his robust on
stitution would pull him through this
mysterious illness, but as he lost
strength and grew weaker day by day
even this hope died away.
The chinook lasted nine days. 1t
seemed as if summer had come back. /
nursed Tom, gathered a lot more wood,
made the shanty more comfortable and
dug a grave for Tom on a knoll 80 feet
back of the cabin. If he pulled through,
he would never know it; if he died. /
could not leave his body above ground
to be eaten by the wild beasts. He had
hardly spoken since his illness, his men
tai faculties seeming to be benumbed,
and / was therefore greatly surprised
when | came in from my grave digging
TO find him looking better than for days
before. | took it as a sign that he had
passed the crisis and would now mend,
and l was trying to cheer him up when
he said:
"Sam, / heard ysa ut work. Tvu Ave
done right. You know you could have
depended on me to do the same"
"Why Tom, old man, you are much
better today! You are surely going to
pull through / was digging a bit to
run the water off if it came on to rain"
But he was not deceived. After a bit
he told me of his old mother and a sister
in the east and asked that his share Of
the find might be sent them in case
things turned out right. That night the
chinook vanished as swiftly as a shad-
ow moves, and winter came bowling
down on US. 1t was the Goth Of Deem
Der. Before morning it was far below
zero, and a heavy snowstorm was raging,
and Tom had relapsed knto his former
lethargic state. was in for it now for
sure-snowed up on the mountains with
a dying man for companion. From the
morning of the Goth to the afternoon of
the Gath the man never uttered a word;
sometimes he would open his eyes as /
moistened his lips or forced a little soup
down his throat, but he neither knew
nor saw me. knew by the look of his
eyes that he was stone blind. About 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the date CIV
en-, as l returned from the spring with a
kettle of water, Tom quietly asked:
Sam, is it near Christmas dayI"
Within a 'ew hours"
"And you have got the grave readyT'
why, man. you won't need a grave
for years to come. Come, now, / want
to try You with a bite to eat, and I'll
warrant you'll feel better for it,"
But before | could get around to 1t he
had again become unconscious, and the
next and the last time | heard his voice
was late that night; don't know but il
was Christmas morn, for it was mid
night or after when he moved al arm
and broke my sleep. By this time | had
of course given up all hope and realized
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
ORIGIN OF CAROLS

The singing of carols on Christmas
we and Christmas day is of medieval
origin. A carol should be simple and
melodious. There are many fine speci.
mems of them, but most of them are not
fine. Here is the first verse of a favorite
and ancient and famous one:
God rest you. merry gentlemen;
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour.
Was born upon this day
To save us all from satan's power,
When we had gone astray.
oh, tidings of comfort and JOY,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Was born on ChrMtmas dan
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY.
A Week OF Successive Feasts and Rollick.
ing Festivities.

Christmas in Germany is not Emitted
to day, but extends over a week Of
successive feasts and festivities. The
family gatherings are usually very large
and the merriment correspondingly
great. The observances are usually in
a~ugurated on Christmas eve with a sup
per.
The tree, which is comparatively
small, is placed in the center of the ta-
BILE, where it stands until after the New
Year, retaining its tinsel decorations.
The gifts are not suspended from tho
tree, but are placed in parcels about il
and under the table. The presents ara
distributed amid great hilarity by an ell
der son or brother, who makes up as =
jovial st. Nicholas. The children, like
children everywhere, enjoy their toys,
which are less expensive and more prac-
teal than ours, and their elders rejoice
in additions to their personal wardrobeS
and household belongings.
The supper is a comparatively plain
one. The table is set forth with backerei
meat or sausage, herring salad, French
SdhO u ocI uldh tdAt VIZ iISn DtcT VI
wine. After healths have been drunk
and songs and choruses sung, the fna1
ceremony is to bid every one 'Froehliche
Weihnacht," and the party disperses.
The Christmas dinner is On a more elae
crate scale. The piece de resistance con-
sists of roast goose, the national dish. Il
is stuffed with apples or chestnuts and
preceded by a soup and accompanied by
kartoffel (~potatoesl, blumenkohl (cauli.
fower) or rosenkraut brussels sprouts)
and s~auerkraut, the latter cooked and sea-
soned, and a compete of plums or other
fruit cooked with vinegar, sugar and
spices. The dessert upon so important q
day may consist of two dishes beside fruit,
a pudding and APPEL krapfen. This will
perhaps be of rice stewed until tender il
milk, and then blended while hot with
fine chopped and sifted beef suet, raisins
and eggs, whites and yolks both well
beaten. This is a sort of German plum
pudding, for it is boiled in a cloth O,
mold and served with hot and sweet
wine sauce.
These feasts are renewed every day
until the inception of the New Year, and
then whoever you meet, wherever Won
are, the greeting is passed, "Prosit Neu.
jahr" Happy New Year,, and the Christ
mas season comes to an end.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

that II was only a question Of a few
hours more. His long fast had reduced
him to a mere skeleton, and during the
last two days / could hardly get the beat
ing of his pulse or heart. BY the time
was awake, he said:
"Sam, where are your / cannot see!"
/ took his hands in mine and bent over
him as / said:
Here | am, old fellow. Do you feel
better?'
"Tm most gone, Sam! And it's
Christmas day. amt itY
Eyes," ! answered, greatly surprised
that he had kept the run Of time so &C
curately. But You are not going, Tom;
you are betterf'
Christmas day in the old home,
Samf' he went on. at is years since ]
was there. They'll remember me and
speak Of me, though-father and me!
Fathers grave Is there, near the old
home. Mine they will never seei"
But Tom, Tom, You are better. You
will get wellr ] cried. as ! lighted q
candle and bent over him to lift his
head.
mo. Sam. I've been dreaming.
dreaming Of my mother and sister-of
father-of the old home-of- Good
by, Saml know you dug the grave
days agoi Mark 1t, Sam. Mark 1t 30
that mother may know it II she ever
Motheri Moth
And II was all over with poor Tom.
I sat beside him till the day came, the
day Of prayer and feasting and rejoic-
ing among millions, and then | wrapped
him in his blankets and carried him out
and gave him burial and uttered the
prayer which l krew was on his moth
er's lips, and shed the tears which ! felt
were yelling up as she thought Of the
absent n He asked me to mark his
grave. | did so, and then ] waited for
weeks before | could get down into the
valley. The next summer when the
snow had melted away from the noun.
tains / went back to the lonely shanty
with laborers enough to develop the
mine, which we called Dead Mans
Find" and before another Christmas
lay his mother sat by his grave while i
told her the story Of his illness and how
her name had been the last on his lips
on that dark Christmas morning when
his soul went outinto the great unknown.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

had knocked together a pretty
rtable shanty. Then | gathered a
heap of firewood and was as ready
uld be for a change of weather.
me days Tom neither grew better
Prise. When | insisted on it, he
take a bit of rabbit soup. but his
e was gone, and he lay for the
part in a deep stupor, neither
~ nor moving.
hrse years we had knocked about
yer State together in hopes of 3
II had been a hard life and 8
zone. We were more often hun
I'm not, and up to the time ni
! illness we had found nothing Of
ascquaslcs. but now-well, If III
ns amounted to anything, we had
bit rich, and our tens Of thousands
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
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BELIEF IN SANTA CLAUS.

1.-THE belief in Santa Claus gave me
years OF unqualified satisfaction" A v
Mrs. Burton Harrison. Whether It was
actually swallows in the chimney top or
flying squirrels gamboiing pom our
caves, | believed sundry noises of the
night to be the paving of tiny chargers
on the roof When recently | asked a
small person of 8 whether he still be-
ieyed in Santa Claus and he answered
me IN whitening good Englisa. 'Inever be-
heved in Santa Claus; | always thought
1t was parents | felt quenched and de-
jected beyond reason"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
CHRISTMAS GHOSTS.

Eft twixt the o o
light and the fire
In winter evenings
long age,
What ghosts l rails
ed at your de-
sire
To m a k Q your
leaping blood
run slowl
How old, how grave,
how wise, we
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

MAY good digestion wait ON appetite,
and health on both, is a good motto for
your Christmas dinner. In this connec.
non it should be remembered that moth
ing so promotes digestion as a cheerful
heart and a clear conscience
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Mrs. Brown-That's g nice turkey, but
: expected you'd have brought some
thing to wash il down with.
Brown-My dear. that's a rattle tur-
ley, and he's been washed down al
ready.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

@ pleasant
~|DA 1 Dances and games
for the girls and
EHi the boys.
~ H. Outside the shad-
ows are colder
tits showing.
Soft flakes whirl downward and drift on the
pane.
Round the warm hearth. where the fire Ia
glowing.
Old folks draw closer at Christmas againi
The head of the house. in the glow OF the en-
bers.
Stands straight as an arrow, smiling. but
grand.
here h. his W.. ID some fifty Defenders
Leave her as ~ttly as waves on the sand.
Aghe Is TO him still as fair as he thought her
fany a son, now. and blossom checked daugh-
III ter
Gather about them for Christmas once morel
hen there are neighbors and cousins and low
Ia ers:
BERTHE, from college. and stroke of his crew;
portsmen who come with an eye on the COW
LII erG;
M Maidens of beauty whose charms are not few.
ainty Dianas Of favors quite chary;
VI Reginald, fresh from the ranch on the plain;
sarned girl graduates, Sallie and Mary,
III Meeting and greeting at Christmas gain
II al. to my fancy, the fairest OF faces
III Yonder Is shining In silvery curls,
Framed in soft wrappers a d delicate iaccA
s Grandmother sits In a cluster OF RiriS
patching the dancers with eyes growing esn-
NJ der,
I'll Clearer and dearsr for long ago pain:
* plding the loving hanl J. near TO defend her,
Safe with her children at Christmas again.
11F
IAN remember when beaux by the dozen
XII Toasted her beauty in wit and in wine:
u too, adored her-though ] was a cousin
n Many q sword tried its mettle with mine.
ia. gallant company, vanished to hadesl
Swept with the years till we only remain.
Q is for me still the sweetest of ladies'
her old sutton, at Christmas againl
adam, your and Though the dancers be
plenty.
let ue. too. stand-not in waltz or in reel.
Is was 'the mode" eighteen hundred and
twenty.
When 1t was voted as mighty genteel."
b. that was dancing. Then steps" were de
rigueur"
Not a wild scramble. absurd and insaneL.
q win remember that elegant figure
et us walk through II at Christmas againi
US, that is WE'LL Strike a ~statelier measure,
sN fitting the SHOWS and the honor of wears.
skra7. docs IL bring TO you visions Of pleasure.
Ai,r has the music a tremor OF tears2
Wire let US stay. Why this laughter, young
53N% misses?
.isUnder the mistletoel" Zoundsi then. it's
plain,
andmother. biushing. must bring out those
kisses
he has been keeping for Christmas againl
-Launce Lee.
~NrRR~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
CHRISTMAS AGAIN.

HROw away r
and all live In
the present;
Youngsters r
flirting with
laughter and
noise;
Christmas indoors
is remarkably
pleasant
Dances and games
for the girls and
the boys.
Outside the shad-
ows are colder
tits showing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

What Christmas ghost can make US chill
Save these hat troop in mournful row
The ghosts We ali can raise at will?
The beasts can talk liz barn and brye
On Christmas eve, old legends know.
AS one by one the years retire,
We men fall silent then, | trow-
Such sights has memory to show,
Such voices from the distance thrill.
All, me! they come with Christmas snow
The ghosts we all can raise at will.
Oh, children Of the village choir,
Your carols on the midnight throw!
Oh. bright across the mist and mire,
Ye rudy hearts of Christmas glowi
Beat back the shades, beat down the woe.
Renew the strength of moral will:
Be welcome, all, to cone or go
The ghosts we all can raise at will
Friend, sursum corda, soon or slow,
We part, like guests who'ye joyed their
I'LL:
Forget them not, nor mourn them So
The ghosts we all can raise at will!
Andrew Lang.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-15

Is Itislyery injnrious to q good six mn
ibreila to use # alternately for the sun,
and rain, Is some women. especially ia
the ccuntry, still persist in doing. a
srnshade should NEVER be d,snpened. nor
should 8 rain umbrella be subjec4ed TO-
heat damp. erspiring hand passing
over the silk takes the tody out. Il & d
great mistake TO strap mp q parasol or ss al,
umbrella in tight roll Though ii Il
sometimes more Convenient to essrryit
in the case in travelling, such a case does
more to wear out the silk by friction
than any regular use Of the umbrella.
When the umbrella Is at the house, not
in use, 1t Is far better to leave the case
off and let 1t stand In the corner Of q
closet or lie in . drawer, where It win
be protected from the dust. The old
idea that twilled silk wears better in an
umbrella than plain Sill Is certainly dis
proved. The best silk for an umbrella
lisa taffeta of strong, even weave. Where
there is twill or rep In a material, one
part Of the silk must be weaker than the
other, and the weakest part between the
reps or cords is apt to crack.