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The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
LONGING FOR QUIEEUDE.

A St. Louis Preachers Plan by Which
 People Will Have Some Rest.
 A judge in Topeka has restrained a man from playing the organ more than one hour a day. Blessed are the peacemalzers. .'' The musical public will never know what suffering they inflict upon their fellow creatures who are not gifted with the deep sense of harmony. To live next door to an un- conscious sinner who is making maiden efforts to wiring music out of a French horn. or to have the head of your bed against a wall act as sounding board while an innocent maid in the next house is tantalizing a piano, seem to create the crime of justifiable profani- ty! The Topeka judge is Daniel come to judgment says Rev. John Snyder in the St. Louis Globc-Demo- crat. While he recognizes the necessi- ty for certain amount of musical practice, so that the blessing of music shall not perish from the earth, just as he would acknowledge the need of a fixed amount of human suffering in the training of barbers and dentists, yet he has equally measured the limits of hu man endurance, and said to the incipi- ent violinist or budding organist: Thus far shalt ye come, and no farther" In all seriousness, I think that the perfection of civilization will be reached when people shall learn the art of living together without noise. This is the problem that all great cit ies must strive to solve. 1 would ban ish every bell from city stecples. Clocks and watches have made them obsolete. would declare that every dog troubled with insomnia is an un- endurable nuisance. 1 would eXtermi nate every cat that uttered musical note after ten p. m. would relegate to the suburbs every parrot that dis cussed his family affairs before sunrise. The nervous wear and tear of crowded city life is hard enough to bear with out these preventable troubles. In the ideal city all those amateur pianists, violinists and French horn blowers, who are preparing to trouble the fu- ture generation, will be shut up in suburban retreat, where they can only make each other suffer. Brass bands will be taxed to the point of extermi- nation, and the only musicians permit ted within the city limits will be those permanently afflicted people who play those diminutive instruments on the street corners, which can only be heard in the .'dead waste and middle of the night" on account of their constitu- tional weakness. These instruments should be encouraged, because they feebly represent the form and appear ance of music without the substance thereof"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
MUD BATHS
The Novel Treatment Undergone by In- !. valids in Italy.

The Novel Treatment Undergone by In- valids in Italy.
 There is nothing particularly entic- ing in the sound of mud baths, and those who have tried them at Homburg and other places find them not agree able as experiences, however eficacious they may be as a treatment. At most spas the process is simply that of pour ing mud into ones bath, but at some Italian baths to which the fashionably sick are turning, traveller, who has taken them, finds that they are quite different. The mud, in very hot and almost dry form, much of the consist ence of brick clay, is applied locally to those parts of the body which are af- fected. The patient lies on a straw bed, on which is placed sheet. The attendant having ascertained the suf- fering parts, daubs them to the thick ness of several inches with the mud. The invalid, covered with hot sheet spring freely, then gets into hot sul- phur bath, is thoroughly cleansed, rubbed dry, and returns to bed arti- ficially warmed, where the precipitation continues for an hour or so longer. This treatment is repeated almost every morning for about twenty days, and is of great value in all manifesta- tions of rheumatism. The mud is dug out of mountain few miles from the spa and brought to the esta ablishmept and allowed to soak for several years in tanks of boiling sulphur water until required for use. sscgz.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
HANDY TO HAVE AN UNCLE.
How Q Young Man Got Himself Out of a
 Disagreeable Scrspe.

Disagrecable Scrape.
 Ayoung man employed at the court house found himself in an embarrassing position the other night, says the Gin cinnati Times-Star. He had an en- gagement to take a couple of young ladies to one of the suburban resorts, and in donning his best suit forgot his poclsetbook, which peacefully reposed in his everyday clothes. When he boarded street car and the conductor demanded fare he became painfully aware of his unpleasant situation. He managed to find a dime and street car ticket n his clothes and this afford ed temporary relief. But the young ladies were new acquaintances and he could not we'll explain the situation and secure temporary loan. Besides young ladies hardly ever carry pocket books for such emergencies. And he in vain looked around for friend who would accommodate him. When the post office was reached a novel idea struck him. 'We'll take another car here," he said, II promised to mail two important letters for my sister, and she'll never forgive me if I neglect the natter" So they got off the ear and the young man dashed into the post office and on to the nearest pawn shop. He carried gold watch and soon had loan on it, borrowing a cheaper watch to wear until he re- deemed his own timepiece. Then he hurried back, and as the young ladies were patiently waiting he did not tell them about any trouble to get stamps The young ladies thanked him for very pleasant evening on their return, but they will not know everything un- til they read this. The watch was, of course, redeemed the next day.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
FOREST RESERVES.
The Government Becoming Interested i1
 the Important Question.

The Government Becoming Interested ia
 the Important Question.
 The acton of the federal government in setting apart certain large tracts of the public forest lands in the west as reserves" was outlined recently in these columns. Likewise, the value of these vast forests was referred to in their relation to the great irrigating systems of the west and their utility in supplying future timber demands. As therein remarked, the mere creating of these reserves was but an incomplete measure, unless some permanent sys- tenn of federal forestry was also soon adopted. At present the reserves are the department of the interior, subject only to such limited care as it's agents can bestow, which is slight.
 Last summer the army was sought by the secretary of the interior for details to protect from depredations some of the reserves. The acting judge advo cate gave an opinion that it was not law full to employ troops upon such duty un- less expressly directed by congress. Under this decision it seems that the details that have hitherto guarded, ex- cept during the winter months, the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia and Gen. Grant parks will be withheld this year. s
 A bill now before congress in refer ence to the public forests authorizes the secretary of war to furnish details of troops upon requisition of the secre- tary of the interior to protect these reservations. But why not carry the subject step further, as has been sug- gested by forest advocates, and reach the heart of the question? Substitute a bill placing the public forests that are withdrawn from public entry by settlers absolutely under the control of the army. Commence at the begin- ming and make forestry department at West Point, with portion of the conveniently situated highlands as an experimental station. Provide for as- signing portion of the graduates of the academy each year to command a specially enlisted forestry guard to carry out a system of scientific and PIdCC1CdA AO1CSeAJ uPOA VACoC ICSCIfd- tions. It is ventured to predict, the more this plan is considered, the more one will find in it simple and logical solution of a pending vital question. It furnishes new field of activity to the army; it insures fidelity to the national interests. It would give permanency and capability at once to the forest-v o,,cfay, =----., ,-=@-ISSs+..rs
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
Too Fat to Walk.

Sitting as profession would seem a novelty, but that is the profession fol- lowed by man in Indianapolis. His name is Harry Jennings. He weighs three hundred and sixty pounds and his good nature is in proportion to his superabundance of flesh. So fat is he, says the Indianapolis Sentinel, that walking is almost out of the question, but he manages to go from place to place where he serves at his profession. He has several customers. They are men who conduct offices, but who em- ploy no clerks, and in order to keep their offices open while they 70 to lunch or other meals. employ Jennings tocccupy chair and attend to buSi- ness which may ''drop in" during their absence. One of these offices has Q tel ephone, and Jennings takes seat at the telephone where he will not have to stir during the hour he is on duty. His great pleasure is to sit in reverse position in a chair with his chin rest ing on the back. He will sit this way for hours without hardly moving. lie draws a pension for obesity,
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
THE SERPENT'S GAZE.
Strange Muscular Power That Assists
 Them in Fascinating Their Victims.

Strange Muscular Power That Assists
 Them in Fascinating Their Victims.
 The power of continuing motionless, with the lifted head projecting for ward for an indefinite time, is one of the most wonderful of the serpent's muscular feats, and is one of the high est importance to the animal, both when fascinating its victim and when mimicking some inanimate object, as, for instance, the stem and bud of an aquatic plant; here it is only referred to on account of the effect it produces upon the human mind as enhancing the serpent's strangeness. In this att titude, with the round, unwinking eyes fixed on the beholder's face, the effect may be very curious and un- canny.
 Ernest Glanville, a South African writer, thus describes his own expe- rience in the Fortnightly Review. When a boy he frequently went out into the bush in quest Of game, ar1 on one of these solitary excursions he sat down to rest in the shade of a willow on the bank of a shallow stream; sitting there with cheek resting on his hand he fell into 9 boyish reverie. After some time he became aware in a vague way that on tho white, sandy bottom of the stream there was stretched long, black line, which had not been there at first. He continued for some time regarding it without recognizing what it was, but all at once, with an inward shock, became fully conscious that he was looking at large snake.
 Presently, without apparent motion, so softly and silently was it done, the snake reared it's head above the sur face and held it there erect and still, with gleaming eyes fixed on me in question of what was. It flashed up on me then that it would be a good op- portunity to test the power of the hu nlan eye on snake, and set myself the task of looking it down. It was foolish effort. The bronze head and sinewy neck, about which the water flowed without ripple, were as carved in stone, and the cruel, unwinking eyes, with the light coming and going in them, appeared to glow the brighter ClC l LOOhcQ, came over me a sensation of sickening fear, which, if I had listened to it, would have left me powerless to move, but with cry I leaped up, and, seizing a fallen willow branch, attacked the reptile with species of fury. Probab- ly the idea of the Icanti originated in a similar experience of some native"
 The Icanti, it must be explained, is powerful and malignant being that takes the form of a great serpent and lies at night in some deep, dark pool. and should man Intentionally ap- proach and look down into the water he would be held there by the power of the great gleaming eyes, and finally drawn down against his will, power less and speeches., to disappear for ever in the black depths.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
BEAVER FARMING.
A Unique and Thriving Industry
 of North Dakota
The Animals Obtained from Trappers and Confined in Ponds Where They Multiply Very RapidIy-How
 They Are Dispatched.

The industry and sagacity of the beaver have often been commented upon. But those qualities have no. prevented this animal from being looked upon as fair object of capture says the New York Ledger. Its fur i valuable, and, therefore, it Is much sought after by trappers. Still, it may surprise some people to know that in one part of this country, at least, there are men who raise beavers for the mar ket. just as they might do corn or cat tie. It is in Mclean county, N. D., that beaver farming is largely carried on. The soil is very poor and is not adapted, as are other parts of the state, to wheat growing. The Missouri river runs along the western border of the county, and numerous streams flow into it from among the hills to the north and east. Cottonwoods and elm streams, and it is there where the beaver farms are situated. A man who intends to start this industry purchases, say, ten acres of land through which a stream runs. A dam is built at point where the stream is narrow and the banks arc steep. All that is needed is to fell few trees across the bed of the stream and fill in with dirt and stones. This holds the water back so that two or three acres of land are flooded, thus forming pond. The next thing to be done is to erect fence of wire netting, from two to three feet high, along the banks of the stream and around the pond, inclosing all the trees that can possibly be taken in.
 Generally colony of from twelve to sixteen beavers is put on the farm. They are, of course. obtained from trappers. They are placed in the pond in the spring and soon become accus- toned to their surroundings. In few days they begin to build their huts of mud and sticks and to show their wood-chopping abilities on the trees. There is no return from the outlay the first year, but by the fall of the second year the colony has largely increased in number and the farmer looks for ward to having regular income. It is on the last day of October or on the first day of November that the harvest, so to speak, begins. First the ponds are drawn off by means of foodgates that are covered with wire netting to prevent the animals from slipping through. The houses of the beavers are thus left exposed, and the farmer goes from one to the other, tapping on them with club. Beavers are readily frightened, and the noise causes them to run out. They can only move slow ly and are soon caught and dispatched. The beavers which formed the original colony are spared, and then the food gates are closed and the pond is filled again. The beaver skins are dried, prepared and taken to market, the fur being used in the manufacture of coats and capes and trimming garments for women. A good deal of beaver fur goes to China, where it is made into shoes for women who can afford the luxurv
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-06
A remple Made from a single Stone.

Mayalipmam, India, has seven of the most remarkable temples in the world, each of these unique places of worship having been fashioned from solid gran ite powders. Some idea of their size and the task of chiseling out the in- terior may be gleaned from the fact that the smallest of the seven is twenty-four feet high, seventeen feet long, and twelve feet wide, Travellers who have carefully examined them are of the opinion that it took centuries of work to carve these graceful edifces from native rock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
DAILY ROUNDUP.

Diphtheria at 500 Lawson and scarlet
fever at 60 Cherry and $50 Payne ave-
nue..
The committee on claims from the as
sembly will hold a meeting Monday aft
ernOon.
The Shepherd Photo company will
give half of the money it takes I'D this
week to the unemployed. Here is
chance To encourage charity.
The funeral services OF the late Frank
b. JilSon will take place from the FAM
lily residence, 134 Nina avenue. this aft
ernoOn at O'clock. Bishop Gilbert will
conduct the services.
The ladies of st. Paul's church report
that their three-days season of dinner
giving was financial success. Those
who ate with them are ready to testify
unanimously that the dinners were a
success.
Clark and Edmonds, who were ar
rested Friday night by the police on
suspicion OF having stolen quantity of
clothing and shoes, are still at the CEN
tral police station. Over two hundred
persons visited the station yesterday
with view to identify the property as
stolen from their residences and stores,
but the owner did not turn up.
AhC SOiOiICl july III lIiO lIQuCSb
over the body of John Shea. who was
killed at the Midway ear barn, returned
an open verdict. The evidence of the
man employed with Shea at the time of
the accident was to the effect that the
jack used in elevating the car was not
defective, and that the accident was
unavoidable. The jury returned YER
diet in accordance with the evidence,
holding the company blameless.
A little before o'clock yesterday
afternoon horse, drawing a light cut
ter, caught its loot in the cable slot at
the corner of Fourth and Robert streets
and seriously injured its hoof. The
conductor on cable car, which was
just then passing. showed his enter
prise by getting off Of his car and find
ing out the names and addresses of
those pasSers-by who saw the accident.
in case of suit by the owner Of the
injured animal. MIR. Blackburn. the
owner and driver of the horse, is not a
resident Of this city, but lives a short
distance out of town.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
DRUNKEN OFFICER.
Mayor Declines to Act Upor
Charges Preferrad

mayor Declines to Act Upon
Charges Preferred.
The quick action taken OIL the Frank
lin charges has caused some inquiry as
to why the charges against PatroImen
Biomquist and Oldberg, made to the
mayor on Nov. last, never received
any attention.
On the night of Oct. 80 Court SIS. In
dependent Order Foresters, gave an en-
tertainment at the hall, corner of Payne
avenue and Wells street. Patrolman
Blomquist appeared at the hall during
the evening in an Intoxicated condition.
He demanded admission, but was re-
fused, and for half all hour raised a
disturbance. Finally Patrolman Old
berg, who was on the beat, had
his attention called to the row.
but on recognizing fellow officer
refused to pay any attention. A
committee from the order visited
the mayors Office the following day and
made complaint The mayors private
secretary said the charges would have
to be made in writing to receive any at
tention, and formal charges were then
filed against both officers. The MAYOR
had the charges investigated, but. al
though the facts were found to be as
stated, nothing was ever done in the
matter. The committee from the For
esters who made the charges has been
patiently waiting for some word from
the mayor, but up to date It's still wait
ing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21

and public. and stimulate the genera
tions to come with zeal for the true,
the beautiful and the good.
We leave our friend in the hands OF
the great, loving. merciful God, in
whom he trusted. In that land of rest
and refreshment there will be no pio-
neer work for him, for the Master has
surveyed and established its boundaries.
There will be for him no building of
cities, for that city of light has for its
builder and maker. God. There will be
no changings and wanderings and part
ings tor 1t is an abiding city. There
will be no darkness and hunger there,
for the "Smile of the Lord is the feast of
the soul"
Rock of Ages" and Nearer My God
to Thee" were beautifully rendered by
the choir during the service.
a large concourse accompanied the
remains to Oakland cemetery, Bishop
Gilbert and DR.. Andrews concluding
the exercises at the cemetery.
And thus the esteemed and beloved
citizen, who endeared himself to all
vino knew him, whose generosity in
upbuilding the city and state has left
its permanent impress. has gone from
our view, but his memory will be at
fectionately cherished for generations
to come.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
DISTKiCrC COURT.

Michael Menish asks judgment against
Peter a. PAIL for STA 50 for services
rendered.
Buckley. Duncan & Co. have begun
all action against the News Publishing
company to recover S2,055 for supplies
sold.
Noyes Bros. 81 Cutler have garnished
the funds of the United States Linen
company in the hands of Miller, Stafford
IL Brown to Salty claim of $2O1. "a for
merchandise sold.
Judge Willis has filed decree in the
case of the st. Paul Trust Company, as
receiver Of the st. Paul Brick u Manu-
featuring Company, against William
MarkOe ana others 1t is decided that
Maria Markoe is the owner of a Judg-
ment for S662 rendered in favor of the
ST. Paul Brick Il Manufacturing COM
pany against William r. Hawthorne.
Joseph Anstett will have a hearing
before Judge Egan at 10 a. m. to-mor-
row OH a writ OF habeas corpus. Anstett
was sent to the workhouse for ninety
days in default of fine of 500, on a
charge made III the municipal court of
selling liquor without a license. The
claim is made that the municipal court
did not have Jurisdiction over Anstett.
and that the commitment was not ac-
cording to law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
NEW EMBROIDERIES.

Almost the entire spring
importations O. New En-
broideries are now in
stock, and our special an
nual display and sale begins
tomorrow. Not only is the
assortment of Swiss, Main
sock and Cambria Edges,
Insertions and All-Overs
and ~ inch Flouncings
larger than ever before, but
we shall also aim to make
the prices IO0Oer than ever
before. ,.i~
The patterns are dainty
most of them confined to us
exclusively.
The cloth and work will
bear the most critical inspec-
ton.
While we shall have the
best stock in town all
through the season. we wish
to say that many of the
choicest things cannot, be
duplicated when the present
stock is sold. And the
choicest things always go
first. =. !
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21

yesterday. Mr.. Jflson was man who
was especially plompt in his bust
ness dealings. and while in no
sense embarrassed, collections were
slow, as in all branches of business at
the present time, and this disturbed
condition gave him much anxiety. Those
who were in the best position to know
felt much anxiety relative to his mental
state for the past few days, though he
continued attending to business as
usual. Last Wednesday he visited DR..
William Davis for medical treatment.
but the doctor did not seem to discover
his alarming mental condition, and he
was not placed under surveillance. 1t
is beyond question that he was insane
| when he took his life.
DR.. Davis was called up by GLOBE
| representative, but he declined to make
any statement whatever concerning the
malay under which Mr.. Jilson was
laboring.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
CAPITOL NOTES.

The Western Fire Insurance Company
Of Pittsburg was relicenSed yesterday to
10 business in the state.
Those interested i'll civil service mat
0erS will find the ninth report of the
commission in the rooms of the histor-
ical society. The report gives full
account Of the methods of entering the
service.
The following were among the callers
at the capitol yesterday: Superintend-
ent of Schools NJ. F. Miller, of North
field; Prof. Vaux, of st. Paul Park :;
Isaac Slade, Winona, and John Fair
banks, Austin.
The articles of association of the
SiegeI Creamery company. of SiegeI,
Brown county, were filed with the sec
rotary. The capital is $1,000 with debt
limit of $4,000. Fifteen hundred dollars
must be paid in before business is COM
menced.
W. p. Andrus, treasurer of the state
fish and game commission, reports the
arrest and conviction, on plea of
guiity.Of James Mum, of Becker county,
for violation of the fish and game
laws. He transmits to the auditor the
fine of $50 which was imposed by the
Justice.