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St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
CIR EAT DANCING.
: Maginniss' Flying Feet Did Not
Rest Until Danielson's Gun Was

: IA aginn1SS' Flying Feet Did Not
Rest Until Danielson's Gun Was
Empty.
Morning Greg oman.
Romeo Maginnis never took a dane
ing lesson in his life. but he performed d
some terpsichorean feats yesterday
morning in an Alder street saloon that
neither Carmencita DOR Lottie Collins
could surpass in point of agile aba ndon.
The accompanying music was merry
crackle of SiX-ShOoter. manipulated
by Jesse Danielson. Romeo did not de-
sire to dance until Jesse began to play.
Then the impulse to cut pigeon wings,
twist curley-cues, shuttle and rag was
more than Romeo could resist. Two or
three dozen spectators were preSe mt
when the entertainment opened, but,
for reasons this narrative shall explain,
they did not remain to witness the
grand finale.
The story goes that Romeo, who is a
gambler, had dispute with a brother
knight of chance named Nolan, and
Danielson, who also professionally woos
the flirtatlouS goddess, took up Nolan'S
end of the controversy. Romeo and
Nolan were satisfied to settle their quar-
rel through the argument Of fstlcuffs,
but DanlelSon was not cOntent with any
such tame and vulgar method. He re-
ceived his sporting education in the
mining camps of the Rockies, where the
revolver is an Indispensable portion of
every gentleman's wearing apparel, ,and
where the custom is to emphasize the
defeat of a foeman by compelling him to
dance. That's how DanielSOn celebrat-
ed his victory over Romeo.
Lets see you dance"
1t was the tone in which the mandate
was uttered and the bead drawn upon
his favorte bunion by Danielson'S six
shooter that impelled Romeo to obey.
His first movement was Boston dip to-
ward the door, but bull ct that came
within an ace of amputating one of his
toes caused him to suddenly change his
direction.
Easter"
An old-fashioned heedown was the
response, but it was not rapid enough
for Danielson, who is famed for de-
manding quick action for his money
Bang went the pistol and whirr wen.
the legs of Romeo in skirt dacet
minus the skirts.
Get a move on yourSelf!
When the smoke from the shot ac
companying the request cleared away
Romeo was seen to be performing a
cross between-a Virginia breakdown
and Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay quickstep.
Danielson was little better pleased
with the entertainment, but not satis-
fed.
keep a-hoppin'"
Crack went the pistol again, and
Romeo threw Tam O. Shanter's witches
into the shade. He hoped, skipped and
jumped until ne was ready to collapse
from sheer exhaustion, and then Dan
ielSon mixed mercy with mis- might. His
gun was empty.
Police Investigation led to nothing
tn at would warrant an arrest. The
attaches of the saloon confessed that
there had been some shooting, but
asseverated that it was the result of a
pistol accidentally dropping from the
bar to the floor. Some OF the spectators,
who retired after the first shot was fired,
and viewed the remainder Of the enter
tainment from cover, substantially de-
scribe it as it is here given.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
NO OTHER WAY.
The Delicate Young Heiress
Wanted a Guardian, and Sc

The Delicate Young Heiress
Wanted a Guardian, and Sc
cured One.
Chicago Tribune.
The delicate young heiress looked
.thoughtfully out of the window.
"My case is one that requires constant
care and watchfulness, is it?''
sit is," replied the young physician.
/ Sam l habitually careless of myself
and likely TO counteract the effect of
your prescriptions without constant
oversight?;
81 did not put it quite so strongly as
that, but if you will pardon my saying
so, you have stated the situation cor
rectly"
''Hum-and L am alone in the world,
with no one attached to me by ties of
kindredH' she mused.
The young doctor coughed discreetlY
and said nothing.
with this constant watchfulneSs you
think my naturally strong constitution
would rally IN time and my health be
fully restored""
II am sure of it. Miss Welloph."
ada you think | would trust myself
in the care of a mere hireling, whose
faithfulness would be of purely mer-
cenary character"
II should regret exceedingly to see a
case in which take so deep an interest
-aS-as a professional man imperiled
by such condition of things"
'And yet, how can the difficulty be
Surmounted?'
''It must"
''It is necessary that should be under
the constant guardianship of somebody
upon whose fidelity and regard [ can
depend with absolute certainty?"
II cannot be answerable for the re-
suit otherwise"
"And one whose patient watchfulness
must be guided by intelligence, skill
presume you would say"
'You are right"
"And yet am practically alone in the
world"
Again the handsome young physician
coughed decorously, but said nothing
and the shadows danced up and down
and to and fro on the wall. and the Nal
| teSe cat asleep on the rug got up,
stretched itself. yawned and stole
softly out of the room.
"Dr. Goode," said the young woman.
with slight tremor in her voice, you
| must prescribe for me in this matter"
II, Miss WcllOph?" he exclaimed, with
a kind of spasmodic gasp.
"Yes. DO you know of anybody that
| meets the requirements that such "a
| guardian must possess?"
"Do -" he echoed. impulsively, yet
hopelessly. "Oh, yes; but"
He He stepped, pale and trembling.
In. the glow of the freight her face
seemed to flush with the rosy hue of re-
| turning health already.
Nothing. Miss Welloph!'
"You were about to say, doctor, that
you know of some one who could"
| III was about to say nothing of the
kind, Miss Welloph. lift wild hope
| for moment occurred to me-"
"Yesw
"But noW
'Did l not tell you, Or. Goode. that
| you must prescribe for me as to this
| this guardian?'
"Do you know, Vera Welloph," he
said, with a wild yearnIng in his lcol
and voice, what you are driving me to
say?"
II think do, DOCTOR" she whispered.
"but-but don't see any other way out
of it. do you?'
| The cards are out,
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
DR.. Nelson
22o Washington Av. S.,
Corner Third Av., Minneapolis, MINI.

This old-established Office of
25 years standing is now
strictly under the care of the
old doctor himself, personally,
Persons taking treatment here
can rely upon safe, sure and
speedy cures as in the many
years gone by. Remember that
this is the only Office in Min
nesota where specialty.is made
of diseases of the Genito Urin-
ary Organs and of the Chronic
Nervous and Skin diseases
arising therefrom. This is the
only medical office in the state
where every disease of every
name and nature known to
suffering humanity is not treat
ed for money, and where a
speciality is made with the
greatest success of the above
named diseases.
ag- Private and separate reception rooms No
u A. m, 2 to p. IN. and7 to s Sp. IN
Mention this paper.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
THE DRUM IN HISTORY.

Probably Introduced in Europe
From the East by the Crusad-
ers.
Drums are probably an Eastern idea
introduced by the Crusaders into Eu-
rope. They are frequently mentioned
in the accounts of the first crusade.
When Edward III. of England aud his
queen made their triUmphal entry into
CALAIS in 1347. 'tambours," or drums,
were among the instruments which were
played in their honor. Another of these
was called ''nacaire," or kettledrum,
taken, together with its name, from the
Arabs. The poet Chaucer also men,
toned this instrument in his description
of the tournament in the Knights Tale:
"Pipes, trompes, makers and clarionnes
That in the battaille blowen blody sounes."
The king generally kept troupe of
these bandSmen, or minStrels, in his en-
ploy, and we read that Edward III. on
one occasion gave sum of sixty shill-
ings to Roger the Trumpeter, Janino
the Maker and others for their per-
formances. Another minstrel was called
the "cheveretter. or player on the bag
pipe.
King Henry V. had band which dis
COuTS6u SW6GI uluSlC uulluE Ills ca pcul-
ton to Harfleur. each member being
recompensed for his services with the
sum of twelve pence per diem. When
the citizens of London were mustered
in the thirty-frst year of the reign of
Henry WILL, we hear that ''before every
standard was appointed one dromslade
at the least" Each company Of 100 men
at this time possessed couple of drum
merS.
Kettledrums as used by cavalry ap-
pear to have been comparative Dov-
city in 1856, when Sir James Turner
wrote "There Is another martial lnstru-
ment," he tells us, FUSED with cavalry,
which they call the kettledrum; there
be two of them which hang before the
drummer's saddle, Oh both OF which he
BEATS"
The dignitary known as drum major
was not generally recognized in, the
English army till the close of the reign
of Charles |. Corporal punishment up
to the time of Willism Ill. was executed
by the provost marshal and his deputies,
but afterward the drummer was intrust-
ed with the task.
Among the records of the Coldstream
guards is all order that the 'drum major
be answerable that no cat has more
than nine tails" In 1861 drum major
of the Parliamentary army received ls.
Cd. pay per diem.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
AN ECCENTRIC OLD HERMIT
Bowed Over by a Beard Six Feet
and Seven Inches in LENGTH

Bowed Over by Beard Six Feet
and Seven Inches in Length.
GAINESVILLE (O.) Special to the Philadelphia
Times.
A singular character made his appear
ance on the streets of this city few
days ago, the first visit paid by him to
any city for oyery forty years, although
he has lived within few miles of this
place for nearly that length OF time.
This parsonage is known as "Father"
or Daddy" Sloane. although it is under
stood by those who remember his tESt
coming to these parts that that is not
his name.
He wears beard which would sweep
the ground over foot. were it not worn
plated and tied up at the ends, which
beard has been uncut for forty years, in
fufillment of VOW made when he was
quite young man that his face should
know neither razor nor scissors until he
was elected to some small office on
which his ambition was set.
AS the Office fell vacant time after
time he would make valiant fight for
il, only to be defeated, until, disguised,
he LETT the scene of his discontinue,
somewhere in the East, and, coming to
this state, took up his residence in a
sort of dug out few miles from town.
This place, which had been cut away
in the earth in search of stone, had been
abandoned by the owner, and here, un-
disturbed, Daddy" Sloane has lived
the life of a hermit, subsisting on the
produce of a small garden he has Gull
tiyated and few fowls. He has but
community. and often months and even
years have elapsed without his hearing
the sound of human voice.
Several times curiosity seekers have
endeavored to penetrate into his abode
and to draw the old man out, but such
have invariably been met at the en-
trance of his cavern home by its owner,
who, with shotgun in hand, has shown
every intention of repelling all i'm
pertinent invasions. The old man at
tracted much attention when he Wis
tied this place recently, his beard being
snowy white and so heavy as to bow
him over, it in all probability being the
longest in the world, measuring from
his face to the unplaited ends six feet
and eleven inches and weighing some
thing over seven pounds, being thick III
proportion to its length.
From his lack of sociablity the old
man has forgotten many words and
phrases, and although full-born
American would be taken for a for
eigner from the difficulty he finds in
expressing himself. His business in
town was to attend to the shipping
East of coffin he has moulded himself
of clay to have it burnt in furnace.
This coffin is lined into sectionS,i in each
which.iS draWna SymbOlical scene of
human life, the patient work of hours
of solitude by the eccentric hermit.
Those who are old enough to recall
Sloane as he was when he first took up
his ABODE here. say that he was evil
dently a man of education and refine
ment, but he has grown uncouth from
his strange life away from his kind.
His dress in winter is composed Of skins
of rabbits and squirrels, while in sum-
mer it is of a sort of plated grass
gathered from the country about, and
woven by himself in an odd, original
way of his own.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
THE SONG-sPARROW.

When the ploughmen ride the steamy brown
And yearning meadows sprOut to green,
And all the spires and towers of town,
Blent soft with wavering mists are seen;
When quickened woods in freshening hue
With bursting buds begin to swell,
When airs caress and May is new,
o, then my shy bird sings so WE'LL
Because the blood roots flock in white,
And blossomed branches scent the air,
And mounds with trillium flags are digit,
And dells with violets dim and rare;
Because such velvet leaves unclose,
And newborn rills all Ginning ring,
And blue the sun-kissed river flows
My timid bird is forced to sing.
A joyful flourish lifted clear
-Four notes-then fails the frolic song,
And memories of q vanished year
The wistful cadences prolong;
"a vanished year, o, heart too sore
/ cannot sing;" thus ends the lay;
Long silence then awakes once more
His song. ecstatic of the May!
edward w. Thomson i'll Youths Compan.
ion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
YOU'D BETTER CHERISH HIM.

There are husbands who are pretty,
There are husbands who are witty,
There are husbands who in public are as
smiling as the morn;
There are husbands who are healthy,
There are husbands who are wealthy,
But the real angelic husband, well-he's 8
never yet been born.
Some for strength Of love are noted,
Who are really so devoted,
That wheneer their wives are absent they
are lonesome and forlorn:
And while now and then you'll find one
Who's a fairly good and kind one.
Yet the real angelic husband-ohl he's never
yet been born.
So the woman who is mated
To man who may be rated
AS pretty fair" should cherish him forever
and day.
For the real angelic creature
Perfect quite. in every feature,
He has never been discovered, and he won't
be, so they say.
New York Mail and Express.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
MINNEAPOLIS.
HURT BY A CAR.
A Colored Girl Badly Injured in
q Collision.

A street car accident happened last
evening about o'clock at Sixth avenue
south and Washington by which Allie
Hunter, colored, was seriously hurt, a
horse injuredand buggy demolished.
James Carter, Miss Hunter and
a little child were out riding
and were crossing the tracks
at the place indicated, when a
Minnehaha Falls car came upon them
before they had time 10 get out Of the
way. The horse and bue-y were caught
and thrown to one side, and Miss
Hunter struck the ground with great
violence. She was carried to her home
i'll the rear of 2151@ Washington avenue
south and DR.. Gibson called. Her body
was badly bruised, her spine injured
and, it is thought, she also received in
ternal injuries. Mr.. Carter escaped un-
hurt. All are colored people. Some of
their friends claim that the conductor
did not ring the bell and warn them of
the danger. Other eye-Witnesses say
that the motoneer was not to blame.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
RoyaI Arcanum Business.

The delegates to the convention of
the Royal Arcanum rested Oh their oars
yesterday, and ceased from all labors.
Many of the members attended divine
service, and others took advantage OF
the opportunity to see the city, and a
very pleasant Sabbath was passed
withal. Business will be resumed this
morning at o'clock. when several
routine matters will be disposed of, 1t
is expected that the election of officers
will also take place this forenoon. In
the afternoon the delegates will visit st.
Paul.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
Oraneemen Meet Today.

Arrangements have been completed
for the annual meeting Of the grand
lodge of the Order of Orangemen, which
convenes in this city at the Masonic
temple at 10 O'Clock this morning. Dele
gates and officers will arrive at o'clock
over the Great Western road. They
Will be met by delegation from Twin
City Lodge No. 16, and escorted to the
Holmes hotel, which will be their head
quarters. The grand black chapter will
begin its sessions at the Masonic Temple
at 10 o'clock this morning, Sir knight
John Marshall, worshipful grand mas
ter, of Philadelphia, presiding.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
EfronterY.

Washington Star.
$50 you're burglar, are you?'' said
the Chicago judge.
"No, ] amt, your honor" was the
answer. This is my first offense."
''Your first offense! Do you mean to
stand up there and tell me you had the
impudence to try amateur burglary in
Chicag gO?n
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
HOW She became Famous.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
"How can she command such salary
when she is only an ordinary little
actress 2"
Parsons-H Heavens, man. she is the
only actress in America who hasn't been
chosen as the model of the Montana
statue.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
Order Countermanded.

New York Weekly
Foreman COB office)-What are yo ~
working at now?
Boy-Runnln' off some business cards
of q young woman who wants to do
mending for gents and families.
Foreman-Gee whiZ! Didn't you get
word not to print 'em? The order is
countermanded. Quick as the boss saw
that girls card he rushed off and mar
ried her.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
To Race in Buffalo.

BUFFALO, June 1.-THE directors of
the Charter Oak Park association, of
Hartford, Conn.,s have decided TO
hold their August meeting in
this city, where the free
use of the track was offered to them.
The Charter Oak and Hartford stakes
will be decided at this meeting. The
former stake is $4,000, and the Hart.
ford, which is for three-year-o will
be worth about the same amount TO the
winner. The original dates fer the
Hartford meeting were from Aug. 2S tc
Sept. l, inclusive.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
THE NYACK MISSING.
Fear That a Lake Erie Steamer
Has FOundered.

CLEVELAND, o., June IA rumor
reached here late tonight that the pas
senger steamer Nyack, which left Buff
falo Sunday morning, had foupdered
on Lake Erie. Up to a late
hour nothing had been heard of
her in this city. A private dispatch
from Buffalo stated that the Nyack
would stop at this port, but the custom
house official says the vessel had not
arrived up to 2 a. III. Monday, and that
he did not know anything regarding
her. A gale prevailed on the lake.
but whether or not the NYack was
caught in it is not known here.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
The Bread Question.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
His wife was woman who was very
charitable. and her charity was of the
kind that took her into the houses of
poverty, where she could see for herself
the condition of the unfortunates. The
other evening he was reading lot Of
odds and ends from the newspapers to
her.
"The Egyptians kneaded bread with
their teet." he read among other odds.
Her thoughts we're elsewhere.
"Those poor children l saw today"
she SAID. abstractedly, needed bread
looked up over his paper at her curl
OuSlV
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
Different Now.
Judge

Judge. -,
Witherby-I wish could get me de
cent office boy.
Plankinton-Why,I thought you were
Dragging the other day about what a
fine one you had.
Wltherby-I was, but that was the
first day he came.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
The Nyack Safe,

BUFFALO, N. Y, June IL "A a. MA
telephone message just received from
Erie, Pa, says the steamer Nyack was
driven in there by the gale at 9:40
O'Clock yesterday morning. All on
board are safe and we'll. and will pro-
ceed this morning at daylight for Chi
cago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
CHEMICAL WORKS BURN.
A Costly Midnight Fire at Will
iamSburg.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Shortly after
midnight this morning the chemical
works of Joseph Burns, in Williams
burs were destroyed by fire. The
works are one-story frame buildings
at White and McKibbin streets
and cover an area of fully two
blocks. The fire destroyed the entire
plant, with the exception of one build
tng. The concern carried stock of at
least 100000, and the loss will run over
100000. The rope works of William
Wall & Sons, directly opposite the
chemical works, were drenched with
water to prevent the flames from
spreading.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
DESTROYED A TOWN.
Awful Work of a Cyclone in a

Awful Work of Cyclone in a
Mexican Village.
PUEBLA, Mex, June 1.-THE most
disastrous storm that has ever visited
this part of Mexico is reported from
the town OF Puaychmetta. The entire
town was destroyed, every house in
the place being swept away by the
terrific wind. The town had popula-
tion of about 1000, all of whom were
made homeless. About eighty persons
were injured, but none fatally. The
storm also destroyed the crops OF that
section. Owing to the remote location
of the town but meagCr particulars of
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
The cards are out.
The Caravels Sighted.

HAwKsBURY, G. B., June II, = At
noon today the American tug Triton
passed through the Straits Wide, the
first one Of the Columbus caravels, the
Nina, in tow. At O'clock the United
States snip Newark passed with the
flagship Santa Maria, followed three
miles in the rear by the Plnta, towed by
the tug Lawn. The Pinta had her sails
SET
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
THIRTY-NINE KILLED.
Terrible Slaughter of Convict s
Trying to Escape.

Trying to Escape.
CAIRO, June 11.-Fifty convicts, while
returning to prison at Touray City, near
this place, overpowered the mount
ed guards and tried to escape.
Fifty of them succeeded in getting
away, and some of the guards
started in pursuit. The twenty-five
guards left in charge of the other 500
kept them quiet by repeatedly firing.
The fugitives were overtaken and
called on to surrender, but being armed,
this they refused to do. Inc guards
fired on them, killing thirty-nine, and
the other eleven were captured.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12

Necked Pete. He looks like fighter
but has he got any staying qualities?
Second Patron-It's his staying quail
ties Pm betting on. He was roust-
about in the Chicago postoffice for four
years, and Pve seen him get drunk
twice in succession on Cincinnati
whisky.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
Cornelius Is Generous.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Cornelius Van
derbilt has contributed 500 towards The
fund of the Columbian boys congress.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
An0theY Letter 10 Women.

AM0tAer Letter 10 Women.
May rs, '92, Syracuse, N. Y.
Dear Madam:
want to tell you what your
Vegetable Compound and San
ative Wash have done for me.
81 was so bad with falling of
the womb and Leucorrhea
that could not stand.
81 had doctored so much
without benefit | was entirely
discouraged. expected to die.
Zone evening | read in the
Herald about your medicine.
I got some, and took 2 bottles
of the Compound, and used one
of the Sanative Wash.
Il am now we'll and strong,
am never troubled with either
of the complaints. If more
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12

women WOuld
use your Com
poun d, t h er e
would be less suf-
fering in h e
world" Mrs.
'Ma easier, 126
Olive St.
All druggists sell it.
Address i'll confidence, =
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM MKp.
Co., LYNN, MASS.
Liver Pills. rs cents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-16
Do Swans Sing Before They DIET

The story that tells of swans singing
before death is very old, and of course is
founded upon fancy. The idea has been
brought down from ancient myths. The
voice OF the swan is extremely harsh
and disagreeable, without single mu-
sical note in it, and no good reason can
be found for likening some of the world s
sweetest poets to this unmelodious voiced
fowl.
The only approach to a verifcation
we have ever seen is the following,
clipped some years ago from Virginia
newspaper:
"a sporting friend, recently returned
from a foray upon the Potomac river,
below Mount Vernon, was the guest of a
venerable and highly intelligent lady,
who has always lived on the Potomac.
Speaking of the swan, she gave it as her
decided opinion that this bird was in the
habit of singing or making plaintive
noise when dying. The reason she gave
for entertaining this belief was that on
very many occasions in the last so years
she had been, awakened at night by a
sweet and exceedingly sad noise, some
thing like the tones f aaageolet coming
over the water, and that on every sub
sequent morning dead swan was found
to be floating on the water or to have
been washed ashore. ."-Pittsburg Dis
patch,