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The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
Good Wine Wasn't Wasted.


IL witnessed q peculiar illustration Of
the prohibition sentiment in Maine q
short time ago." said travelling man
the other day.
"A party of us went from Rockland
to the town of Camden to see launch
ing. The vessel was the Mary Man.
ming, a big four-master, measuring
something more than 1,5OO tons, and
was launched full rugged. She is to be
used in the foreign trade.
1.-THE unique feature Of her launching
was the method Of christening. 1t
would have gladdened the heart of Miss
Florence Willard and her temperance
co-workers. Instead of breaking bot
tie of champagne when the vessel left
the ways, four young girls strewed
flowers over the bow.
1T was a charming sight, and" added
the drummer, there wasn't that IN
pleasant sensation Of good wine going
to waste."-New York Herald.
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WEARING QUEUES IN CHINA.

II IL Merely the Prevailing Style,
and IL Not Demanded by Law.
1T is to the Tartars who conquered
China several centuries ago that we are
indebted for this much discussed
queue" said Wing Lock, a prominent
Chinaman, to q writer for the Pitts
burg Dispatch. You hear great deal
about the laws of China relating to the
wearing Of queues; how a Chinaman
cannot return to his country without
his Queue, and all that. Well, it is all
bOsh. The wearing of a queue is no
more required by law than your gen.
tlemen wearing whiskers. 1t is Gus
tom and q style, and Chinaman real
ICES some truth in the saying that you
might as well be out of the earth as out
of style. A Chinaman retains his queue
simply because II he should ever re-
turn to his native land he would not
care to 90 about among his friends and
make himself conspicuous by such n
radical departure from the style OF SO
many millions of people. Strange, too,
that the Chinaman should hold to his
queue with such tenacity when it was
originally imposed upon him as mark
of subsection. When the Tartars came
over and set ruler on our throne they
decreed that every Chinaman should
wear queue such as they did. or
course, this was at first CALLING to them,
for they could not see or touch their
plated hair without being reminded OF
their conquest. But time heals all
wounds, and it was not long before the
Cinnamon began to cherish the marks
of subsection as good fashion or style.
This was also true about the style of
dress the Cinnamon now wear. 1t IS
in the queue that Chinaman wears his
badge of mourning. When China
mans father or mother dies there is
sent to him, as to all the members OF
the family, cOlOred carriers. These are
not garters as we understand, but sort
of ribbons. white. green or blue, which
are plated with the hair. White, green
and blue are the colOrs Of mourning,
while the ribbon that is ordinarily plat
ed i'm the queue is black. These blue
and green garters are Worn in the hair
| for one year after the death Of par
ent"
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
KANSAS CHURCH AFFAIRS.

Chetopa's new Methodist church is
ready for occupancy.
The United Presbyterian women, OF
Topeka. have completed arrangements
to secure parsonage and are looking
for suitable property.
There has been great religious
revival in Corning and 1S1 converts are
reported. The town has three fine
church buildings and another one is to
be built this season.
Burlington Independent: Wednes-
day afternoon Elder Setliff, state evan
gelist of the Christian church, baptized
twelve converts in the Neosho river. The
ice had to be cut so they could get into
the water, and the Thermometer regis
tered 20 degrees above zero.
Topeka Mail: Services were held II
the Seabrook Congregational church or
Saturday evening at which time sew
eral persons received baptism and wert
admitted into the church. Sunday at
o'clock the house was dedicated. 4
large audience assembled to witnes!
the solemn and beautiful services. Fiv'
ministers were present aad several dis
tinguished laymen from the city.
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There has just occurred in the Medi-
terranean an incident which should,
and we trust will, stir the souls Of some
Of our American reporters with the
charm of a great opportunity. 1t Is
pretty little case Of piracy. As the
story appears in the news, several boat
loads Of Moorish pirates captured an
Italian ship and plundered her Of part
of her load Of American petroleum. 1t
a said our Government will be called
upon to do something about 1t; but Of
course 1t is Italy's business to protect
her own ships. Our interest In the case
- strictly romantic. The story indi-
Gates q revival of the famous Mediter-
ranean industry formerly carried on
by Commodore Stephen Decatur and
other American mariners. II 1t is to be
revived it ought to be well described.
Happy narratives of such q piece of
piracy, with portraits Of the pirates,
would enliven the news Of the day-and
We think It could be very well done by
come Of the women reporters, who are
IN eager for opportunities 10 distin.
HniGh thoM.olveR
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The Charleston Is. c. News and Cou-
rier announces that it will pay 500 In
gold to those two of it's subscribers
who shall raise the two heaviest hogs
in South Carolina the present year.
The biggest hog is to take $50 for Its
owner and the second biggest $50, both
in gold. A third prize is also offered
to the subscriber who shall raise hog
showing the largest gain at the lowest
cost. The paper states that Its object
in Offering these prizes Is to encourage
the people of the State to raise their
own meat and to show that South Caro-
lima leads in the production Of hogs and
hominy, as it leads in the manufacture
of cotton goods. It says the reports 1t
recently received from all parts OF the
State show that while the people have
raised little money they had more home
raised hog and hominy at the close OF
1894 than in any other year since the
war, and some of the reports are almost
startling in regard to the size of the
hog and the little expense ut which he
was reared. 1T has been demonstrated
that bacon can be produced in South
Carolina at an average cost Of three
cents per pound"
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

. The Standard Oil Company Is begin
ming to reap the righteous reward OF
thrift, enterprise and virtue. 1t now
announces that demand and supply
need no longer be regarded as fixing
the daily price of oil, and that the ex-
changes need no longer 60 to the for
mality Of posting daily quotations. The
trust itself will fix the price daily by
bulletin from its Office as, by the way,
the sugar trust does with its staple.
This simplifies matters for everybody.
particularly for the Standard Oil Com
pany, which is thus able to absolutely
control the speculative market In oil
to its own certain profit and to the con-
fusion of its few remaining rivals
Even If it did not endow universities
the Standard Oil Company Is doing q
great work for the education of the
people.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
STOCK AND FARM.

Kinsley Mercury: Feed is beginning
to get scarce and the fortunate owners
of a surplus are getting good price for
il. Hav is worth Sc a ton: fodder
$3.50; iafir corn Sc. Should the spring
be late there will be some difficulty IN
carving stock through. After such =
winter, however, grass is likely to start
early.
Harper Advocate: 1t seems to be the
general opinion among the farmers in
this locality that the wheat suffered not
a little from the recent wind storm.
The early varieties seem to have been
damaged the worst. Many contend that
il it should rain ere long and then turn
of warm there is enough vitality left to
make fair crop.
The Sterling Gazette says that the
peach buds in Rice county were all dead
before tho last cold snap.
Chapman: Joe Symns, one OF Doni'
phan county's largest farmers, says tn
wheat on the side hills is killed, owing
| to the dry winter and heavy winds and
much OF it on the lower lands needs
rood protected rain to redeem it. Mr.
Svmns gives as his opinion that much
! oe the wheat throughout the county i
killed.
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KANSAS RAlIROAOINC.

Parsons special: At special meet
ing of the stockholders Of tho Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad, held in this
CITY tho purchase of the coal road Of the
Southwestern Mineral Railway company
which extends from this city southeast
to the coal fields of Cherokee county.
was ratified and confirmed. President
Rouse stated to the Association Press
representative that the proposed gem
eral Office building to be erected in Kan
sas in conformity with the statutes
would be built at Parsons this spring
without any further delay.
The Wichita Southern is tho title OF
q projected railroad which Wichita men
will build if they can secure tho nee
essary capital. 1t is proposed to run
from there to McAlester, L T., after
cheap coal. A committee Of citizens has
already been appointed to lobby an act
through the legislature enabling Sedg-
wick county to guarantee interest for
five years on bonds of the railroad COM
pany, TO be issued at tho rate Of e, 600
mile. Later: A public meeting in
Wichita got up to protest against
such legislation, seems to have killed
the project.
The mutual association Of tho railway
lines is partially in action. evidenced by
the announcement made by the Kansas
lines that the advertised homeseekers'
excursions for March and April will ba
withdrawn. The Missouri Pacific, Bur-
liugton. Union Pacific, Rock Island and
Santa Fo have been advertising special
rate for homeseekers to territory west OF
the Missouri river. The lines east OF the
river heard of this action on the part OF
the roads west of that dividing line, and
went to Mr.. Caldwell posthaste, with
the result of that gentlemen making a
successful effort to have the lines with
draw the announcements, and at the
same time having them agree that they
will not sell or authorize connecting
lines to sell the low rate tickets fol
these trips.
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gushing.

gushing.
Mrs. Grannis herself has adopted the
modern advanced wOman's apparel,
wearing tights, a short skirt reaching
only a little below the knees and
combination wooden suit beneath the
tights. She has discarded cOrsets and
wears a girdle.
Mrs. Grannis is New Englander by
birth. At the age of Is she taught
school in her native village and subse-
quently in Ohio and Brooklyn, n. \.
In the latter place she married and for
several years knew what ease and
money meant Then her husband lost
his money and after little died. Mrs.
Grannis took In boarders, roomers,
served and turned her hand to many
things to support herself and family.
She has fairly we'll succeeded, and
owns the house in the metropolis where
she lives.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

Prof. II. G. Conn has discovered bac-
illus No. Al. Prof. Conn is an eminent
bacteriologist associated with the Wes-
leyan University of Brooklyn. Bacillus
No. Al Is the scion Of the proud and
illustrious house bearing his name. For
years his family has been doing an ex-
tensive business in diphtheria, tubercu'
losis, cholera and other well-known
industries Of like character. Judging
from the base uses to which Prof. Conn
purposes subjecting Bacillus No. Al, he
must have been the black sheep of the
family. For the professor has publicly
expressed his determination to inocu-
late butter with Bacillus No. Al. And
Brooklyn butter at that! Such drastic
treatment, even to a wild and wayward
bacillus, somewhat dulls the enthusi'
asm which naturally wells up over the
professors discovery. The professor
doubtless in anticipation Of the indig'
nation which his expressed determine
ton will arouse, says the experiment,
is in the cause of science and better
Brooklyn butter. If this be true the
cause of science should stop at pro
longed suffering. But why, we ask
Prof. Conn, should Bacillus No. Al be
selected to make something wholesome
out Of Brooklyn butter? What Is the
matter with Bacilli Nos. 23, 80. Z, OF
even that old swashbuckler Of germ
dom, Bacillus the First? Why haven
these been set to work on plate Of
Brooklyn butter? Why should they bt
given the more enjoyable and lucrative
task of developing consumption ant
other popular brands of disease? Why
we ask Prof. Conn in behalf Of advO
Gates of fair play, is Bacillus No. 4.
compelled to gnaw his way through
roll Of Long Island butter that ha'
dwelt some time in Brooklyn?
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

When a man starts out to smell bad
things, see wicked sights, and learn
dark deeds, he can generally smell. see
and hear. Stead and Burns and Now.
bray all seem to come specially for such
purposes. They are all busybodies and
sensationalists. anxious for personal
ClorificatiOn. Both Stead and Burns
have done good work in their own
land. but it has been Swallowed by their
unwisdom and crude criticism of Amer
lea, that they know little about. and in
regard to which they have taken no
time to investigate.
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Where Woman IL Boss.

A woman's paradise exists in the In-
dian Ocean. The tiny island Of Mini
coy, midway between the Maldive and
Lacadive groups, is entirely under FEM
mime rule. the men humbly taking the
second place on every occasion. The
woman is the head both Of the Govern
ment and the home, and when she mar
ries her husband takes her name aud
hands over all his earnings throughout
his married life. Silk gowns are the
universal wear, the upper classes dom
ming red silk and earrings, while the
lower ten appear in dark striped silk Of
coarser quality.
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to display more
than the shoulders
Is the greatest
means to excite
emotional thought
To me there is
something holy in
the person Of a wo-
man which Is sa-
cred to the purest
relations of life,
and 1t should MT
be exposed by pub
lie exhibition. My
observation h q S
taught me that fat
women are til e
greatest offenders.
They lace them
selves SO tightly
that 1t gives then,
an abnormal ap-
pearance, and the
low dresses which
they wear make an
exposure which to
me is not only i'm
modest. but dis
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

Tho $4,000 damage suit OF Ara
Emma ]. Phelps, against ex-0owfnee
Lswelling, Mayor Cloyes. Of Atehison,
and members Of tho local board Of po-
lice commissioners, under the Lewslling
administration terminated by judgment
being rendered for the defendants on The
pleadings of the plaintiff. The plaintiff
sought to recover by reason OF tho fact
that her husband, during 1895, failed to
support her. spending his earnings in
joints which she claimed, were contrary to
law, with tho knowledge and consent OF
the defendants. Judge Webb. OF the dis
trict court, decided that the suit could
not b maintained. A similar suit
against tho city OF Atchison was decided
While engaged in operating ono Of
the new electric mining machines in the
North Leavenworth coal shaft, William
Baker received shock that killed him
instantly. By some means he came in
contact with small live wire that threw
him over on the machine, when his right
side struck the main wire and he was
severely shocked. The foreman OF crew
running the machine, William jenkins.
received q eevere shock, and it was
thought for q time that he would die
also. The employees Of the mine are
greatly stirred up over the accident,
and they came out of the mine at once.
The machines have been used in the
mine for about a year, and this IL the
first death caused by them. The pro-
prietors of the mine claim that there
was only 800 volts OF electricity used.
and they are at loss to account for
Raker'a death
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

1t is felony for a policeman in New
York to accept a basket of peaches from
a merchant. But it is all right for
policeman to accept hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars from Wall street specu-
lators. For getting a camel through the
eve of needle Byrnes, of the New York
police force, is the rarest achievement
Of the age. To keep him at the head OF
the force and imprisOn the poor patrol
man for taking a few dollars is worthy
the peculiar stripe of goodness in that
town.
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upon a sort Of clariOnet. very much
after the fashion Of the little German
bands that have become so numerous
in the large American cities. Their
garb. so tattered and worn. has a brig
and air about it which never fails to at
tract attention and to secure a few
soldi for the performers.
They have a melancholy air and go
about with a fOrlorn look. which, added
to the fOrlOrnness of their attire, makes
them objects Of pity.
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A ZEBU CALF.

Born in Central Park. New York City,
Recently.
Quite little excitement was caused
a few days ago at Central Park. New
York city, by the birth of a zebu calf.
1t is wonderfully pretty female calf.
two feet in height and of 4 russell brown
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
LIGHT ON HIS FLINDERS.

Berlin Horses Now Wear Electric
Headlights on Their Brides.
In Berlin the use of glow lamps at
tached to vehicles and the horse draw
ing them is now so common as to eX-
cite no remark, says Industries and
Iron. An adaptation of the glow lamp
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

A woodsman does not expend . few
powerful blows upon mighty tree and
then stop, expecting the majestic forest
monarch to fall; nor does q wise mer-
chant send forth q few haring ads and
then cease, expecting business and q
fortune to come without further effort
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The Moqui Indians, who formally re-
1ected civilization the other day, should
be transported to Turkey. They would
be exalted to positions Of rank and
power there.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

the English reading public. 1t is four
teen years since he went to London 10
attenpt 20 establish an English edt-
tioa of an American paper, and his sue
cess has BEEN remarkable. Mr.. Barr Is
a tall. muscular man of fine presence.
He is In the forefront Of social reform
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

A Georgia exchange says: Matt
Grizzle and Rumfire Starger are max
ing a lively race for tax receiver or
Lumpkin County" If names count Tor
anything, both ought to win.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

John Burns says our American hotels
are mot quite up to those Of England"
Such criticism as that utterly destroys
the worth of any other he may make
concerning American matters.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

thor of some pecu-
liarly gay and half
satirical short sto-
ries. He is perhaps
still better known
as a humorous wri-
ter in the Detroit
Free Press. under
the name of Luke
Sharp" r o b ert
Barr is one Of the
fe W Americans
who has succeeded
in satisfying the liz
oro,r demands of
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The Spanish anarchist, Franch, was
executed about year after he commit
ted his crime. In Spain justice seems
to have the same limping gait that often
afflicts her sister In America.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

Redfern, the man milliner, has been
sued for divorce Chicago is looking to
him now for seasonable novelties In d.
vOrce suits.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The cable says that Sir Arthur Sulli-
van has sprained his ankle and Will DE
unable to attend further rehearsals OF
his new opera. Has Arthur become q
skirt dancer?
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

President Of The
National Christian
League for the Pro-
motion of Social
Purity, is superin-
tendent Of the ".
c. T. L. of New
York County and
superintendent Of
the Social Purity
Central Union. She
has been a reform
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The Turkish Government has made
a report as to the nature of the Arme.
MAN outrages. Now all that is neces-
sary is for the Turkish Government to
get some one to believe the report. +
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

We understand that w. X. Wander
bilt proposes to put his wife off with
500 a day for life. But if Mrs. Van
derbilt is economical perhaps she will
not be obliged to take in washing for
q living.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

A theatrical exchange says that there
are 10000 actors in the United States.
1t is simply astounding that so few OF
them go upon the stage.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

and in the Parkhurst crusade against
rammany took an active part. She is
4 steadfast believer in woman suffrage
and is the editor and proprietor OF a
religious paper. the Church Union.
Low dresses Mrs. Grannis considers
an evil of stupendous proportions. The
dress, she SAYS, which Is cut so low rs
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
ROMAN P,PERs.

Some Italian Musiciano the Like OF
Which Are Not Seen In America.
Akin to the peasants who come down
from the mountains in the planting
and harvest season to earn few lire
on the farms Of the Roman Campagna
are the pifferari, or pipers. who may
be seen playing, singly or in groups.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

Capt. Arson has got it all fixed to
capture the pennant for 1895. All that
is necessary now will be merely to win
the games.
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Purae Mt the Girdle.

For several centuries the purse was
always worn fastened to the girdle. \
cut purse got its name from the fact
that rather than take the time to loose
the nurse from the belt where 1t was
secured BY buckles, one cut the straps.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The fellow who had the nerve to
steal q red-hot stove from the White
House is out of his proper field OF &C.
ton. His place is in Congress.
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ZEBC CALF AND COW.

color on the back that shades into
pure white on the stomach. The eyes
are a melancholy black. The little legs.
upon which she is not yet quite at home.
are as slender as pipe stems. At pres
ent there is little sign Of the hump at
the base of the neck that Is the pecu-
liarity Of these cows.
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for the latter purpose is shown in the
cut herewith The lamp is enclosed in
a silvered reflector, and is fed from a
small battery of accumulatOrs carried
on the vehicle
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

We still believe that about nine-tenths
of the yarns of the latest insurance
swindler are Holmes-spun.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

John Burns says: "Chicago's streets
are the worst in the world. Chlcago
Is still the Superlative city.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

ADakota scalper claims to have been
swindled out Of $4,000 worth OF TICK
cts. Why doesn't he Sioux?
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08
LOW DRESSES A CURSE.

A Woman Reformer in New York Stifo
Up War Against Them.
Mrs. E. L. Grannis, Of New York, is
waging q fight against the ''abOmina
.ion' of low dresses. Mrs. Grannis is
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

With divorces selling at $25 apiece
there seems to be no excuse for mock
marriage in Chicago.
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WEll.KNOWN AUTHOR.

Robert Barr, Who Recently Spent q
Month in This Country.
Robert Barr, who recently returned
to England after being i month in the
United States. is well known as the an-
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

The sea cucumber is nothing but q
thin skin, and q very capaciOus stom-
ach.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

Rev. Conrad Haney's name has been
stricken from the "blue book; his NOR
ais were too yellow.
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

About the only pleasure in this life
n to have friends who spoil" you
The Globe-republican., 1895-03-08

For making a requisition move
smoothly there's nothing like Standard
oil