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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
STEAMSHIPS HAVE EARS.
New Device by Which the Newest
Ocean Liners Are Euuipped.


The Gate City, which arrived here on
Monday from Savannah, is the first
steamer going out Of this port to be
equipped with an aurophone, the new
device for enabling the lookout to de-
termine the direction of sounds at sea.
The aurophone was tried on the way
up, but little could be told about it's
utility owing to it's being placed in a
poor position. 1t consists OF a brass
box which fits over the mast and which
has projecting from each end a broad
mOuthed funnel. From this box, close
to the tunnels, two tubes like ordinary
speaking tubes lead down the mast and
through the main deck to the deck be-
low. Inside Of the box there is COM
pick arrangement of diaphragms and
soundingbOards so placed that sound
viii enter only one Of the tubes when 1t
is passing through the funnel on the
opposite side of the box On the lower
deck is an arrangement like an engine
room indicator, by which the box above
may be turned around the mast and
directly under the indicator is a tell
tale compass. The man below places
the tubes to his ears, where they are
held in place by a cap. Unless the fun
nels above are pointing directly toward
the sound which he wishes to locate he
VIII hear it only family and in one ear
because one of the tunnels being turned
away from the sound the tube opposite
does not operate. He then turns the
Indicator in the direction from which
the sound appears to come and when
the funnel is pointing directly at the
sound it passes through the funnel and
out Of the other, putting both tubes in
operation, and the operator hears the
sound distinctly and in both ears at
once He then chances at the indicator
and the point on the tell-tale at which
it rests gives the exact hearing Of the
sOund.-Boston Transcript
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
bucks, and wanted them quick.

DUCKS, and wanted them quick
When a st. Paul physical instructor.
in the capacity of referee called time.
the principals got together in a lively
manner, and the first round was de-
. cidedly good. It was give and take.
and both men were knocked down be-
fore the three minutes were up. In
general the honors We're Roy's. he do
ing most of the offensive work. His
heavier opponent, however, sent him to
the floor at the close of the round. but
because Augustine struck him while he
was rising, Roy claimed the fight on a
FOUL, Which was not allowed.
The first part of the second round
was fast, and the sports were warming.
up with enthusiasm when Augustine
landed on Roy's jaw, and the battle
was indefinitely off. Augustine was
declared the winner of the purse. and
the party re-embaFked for the citv
arriving here about Ann, disappoint,
ed only that the fight was Of such
short duration. One or two, who had
the small end of the betting, however
were q little sore over. the result and
claimed that Roy had laid down !"
because the foul of the first round had
not been allowed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Artillery for Hungary.

Inc negotiations now proceeding between
the cabinets of Hungary and Austria looking
toward renewal of the dualistic system Of
1867 are complicated by a demand of the
hungarian government for the establishment
OF an artillery corps. The Hungarian militia
or honved, which has been always looked
upon as animated by national sentiments, is
still without any regular corps Of artillery;
and consequently the empire is in this line
OF armament behind other European ma
tons. Russia has 4,200 guns; France 900;
Germany, 300, and Austria-Hungary, only
1,fIo, hardly more than Italy, which had 1 $40
guns before the Abyssinian disasters. during
which she lost many pieces Of artillery. The
minister or war of the Austrian Empire is
now contemplating the increase of the arrny
from 1.SS0,00O men to 2,400 600, through modi-
hcatlons of military service analogous to
those introduced in France and Germany
Ihat will make necessary an increase of ar
ullery, and the Hungarian honved seems JUS
tilted in demanding the establishment of an
artillery corps, though the Vienna govern
ment would prefer not to increase the
strength of the Magyar militia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Europe. whose champion now is Spain,

Europe, whose champion now is Spain,
and the American colossus"
Proceeding then to compare America
with wealthy bankers, Senior Pidal ar
cues that she will think twice before
attacking the Hidalgo, whose only de-
Tense is his ancestral sword. Spain
must not display bravado," Senior Pidal
continues, but a calm determination
to preserve her colonies, cOnfiding in
the justice of her cause and leaving
the result to Providence. Those who
once shouted Berlin established later
the horrors Of the commune Spain is
not invincible, but she is not a despi-
cable enemy, and history shows that in
many instances a small and desperate
army has routed supericT forces
Gen. Pando writes that he knows
thoroughly the offensive and defensive
power Of the United States and he
knows the Americans themselves, and
is convinced that they are inferior to
the Spanish. Therefore, America would
be the greatest sufferer at first.
Though this is my opinion as mil
itary man." Gen. Pando adds, 'as a
citizen do not desire war. Who knows
how the conflict would end?'
Gen. Pando proceeds to urge the i'm
portance of immediate diplomatic eff
forts between Madrid and Washington
to settle the difficulty, and, if possible,
to terminate the reDelllon without
fighting to the bitter end.
Let America have a chance" Gen.
Pando is quoted further as saying, ito
show by her acts whether her friend
ship is sincere. Nothing is so dangerous
as delay. But whatever comes, the
Spanish army is ready to repeat the
deeds Of our forefathers on American
soil in defense of country and honor.
Senior Moret, the Democrat Liberal,
writes a letter pointing out the safety
and correctness of President Cleve-
land and Mr.. Olney's policy and the
danger of a departure from it for the
United States internal affairs. Spain"
he says, "can benefit by the American
constitutional dispute by wisely push
ing the war to rapid end and estab-
fishing reforms before April. The
Spanish government may now see it's
way to accept the good offices of Presi
dent Cleveland after despising the
warning Of native political parties.
The governments policy is incompre-
hensible. 1t is capable of granting au-
tonomy in Cuba while establishing the
inquisition ON the Philippines. Who
can tell whether the government will
arrive at an understanding or will de-
clare war with the United States? Per
haps after Capt. Gen. Weyler with
fcrty battalions has cleared the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio Of rebels, the
government with stroke Of the pen
will establish autonomy in Cuba"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
A JERSEY FROG FARM
woman Who Finds It's CroakinR
Crop a Profitable One.

Crop a Profitable One
New Jersey Herald
MISS Mona Selden, of Friendship. N
j., is a hunter Of renown. The game
she bags is frogs. For seven years she
has been supporting herself by her
unique athletic exercise. Now she ia
one OF the most prosperous citizens in
the little town, and she is reputed to
have a bank account which, if it keeps
or growing, will eventually enable her
to give up frog shooting.
Before she, took to frog shootinp Misc
Selden taught school in the country
regions for SO a week She did not
particularly enjoy teaching. for her
pupils We're frequently bows about
twice as big as herself, and they had
that particular form of humor which
shows Itself in being obstreperous.
Moreover, $40 a week did not satisfy
Miss Selden's idea Of proper compensa-
t1on. Consequently, when she found
that frogs were a costly luxury, she re-
solved to invest her savings in a frog
farm Friendship being rich in boys
and swamps, Miss Selden bought
twenty acres Of land, fenced 1t in and
began to raise frogs for the New York
market, to the scornful delight of her
neighbors. They thought she was
a harmless and amusing lunatic when
they saw her practicing shooting frogs
But when they learned that she cleared
81, 600 the first season those who came
to scott remained to initiate, and frog
shooting became a popular occupation
in Friendship. The other shooters sell
their game to Miss Selden, who in turn
sells 1t to the market.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
COMANCHE CRUELTY.
How the Red FiendS Tortured a
Prisoner the StaI<cd Plain

How the Red FiendS Tortured a
Prisoner on the StaI<cd Plain.
Colonel r. I. Dodge, who was sta
toned for years on the frontier, where
he had an abundant opportunity to
study the Indians has written a book
about them. In it he tells of the fiend-
ish cruelty Of a party Of Comanches
who captured a Mexican during a raid
They started with him to their camp
across what is called the Staked
Plain.
AT water hole on this tableland,"
continues Col. Dodge, the party halt
ed for several days. Telling the pris-
oner they wanted it for some religious
ceremony, they set him to digging a
hole in the ground. Working with a.
knife and hands, he in a day or two
completed a pit about three feet in di-
ameter and over five feet deep. Early
the next morning a rope was tied about
the ankles of the captive and wound
spirally round his legs and body to the
neck, binding his arms tightly to his
sides. Rigid and immovable, the man
was then planted upright like a post
in the hole, the dirt filled in and tight
~ rammed down around him. When
all was completed, nothing but his
head was visible Then they scalped
his head, cut off his lips and eyelids
tainted and left him.
''On the arrival in camp the party
described in detail their punishment of
the Mexican. ard in all the tribe it
was regarded as an equisite piece of
pleasantly. The man would live, they
said, eight days, revived at night by
the cold Of the high plains, to be driven
mad the next day by the hot sun beat
ing on his scalped head and defense
less eyeballs"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN
BANkRIPT CHICAGO BANKER ENDS
LIES TROUBLES AND
WORRIES.
WENT DOWN IN THE CRASH
CAUSED BY THE SUSPENSION OF
THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL
BANK.
VENT DOWN IN THE CRASH
kEENLY.
Criticisms of His Unfortunate Vic
tins More Than He Could
Bear.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Suffering from
depression caused by financial reverses,
Otto Wasmansdorff, a we'll known
banker of this city, today fired bullet
into his brain and died almost instant
ly.
Banker Wasmansdorff killed himself
IN front hail bedroom at his home
on Cleveland avenue at II o'clock this
morning. His sons, William c. and
Otto Jr., who were in the parlor be-
meath their fathers bedroom, heard the
report of the revolver and rushed UP
stairs. Running into the room the hor-
rified sons beheld their father lying on
the bed dying and a 32-caliber revolver
lying at his side. He had shot himself
in the right temple. and a tiny stream
of blood was flowing down his cheek.
Everything in the room was in perfect
order. The deed apparently had been
deliberately planned.
Mr.. Wasmansdorff was a member of
the private banking firm of Wasmans-
dorn q Heinnemann, which failed a
week ago as a result of the failure of
the National Bank Of Illinois. The fail
ure of his bank had a crushing effect
upon MI WaSmanSdOrff and also seri-
ously affected his wife, who is ILL., The
banker for several days was unable to
eat or sleep. The criticisms Of unfor-
tunate depositOrs weighed him down,
and he was in constant troubled state
of mind. This morning the banker ap-
peared brighter and less troubled in
mind than upon any other day since
the financial crash that ruined him.
After breakfast with his family, with
whom he chatted pleasantly, he glanced
over the morning papers. He then en-
gagged in a frolic with his little grand
daughter, after which he retired to his
room. Fifteen minutes later the fatal
shot was heard by the two sons. The
young men were overcome with grief
and said they never had the slightest
suspicion that their father contemplate
ed suicide. Mrs. Wasmansdorff was
Frustrated by the shock.
At the time of the failure the assets
of Mr.. Wasmansdorff's bank were Civ
en- at $550,000 and the liabilities at S415.-
O00
Mr.. Wasmansdorff has been a banker
In this city for more than g. quarter
of century, and during all that time
he was member of the firm which
went down in the crash last Monday.
He was Of a retiring and unobtrusive
nature and was known in the business
community as a conservative and hon
est man. He was about fifty-five years
old.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

scientist is trying to make bees manu-
facture medicated honey in variety of
fiavors for the cure of various diseases
He keeps the bees under glass, SO that
they can get honey only from flowers
especially chosen. BY the different
kinds of honey thus produced influenza.
coughs and colds, indigestion, asthma
and many other ills are said to be read
lily if indirectly reached, and while the
palate of the weakened invalid and the
stubborn child is tiekled he is being
surreptitiously cured
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
FROM WIRE TO TYPE.
A New Improvement That Is Pros
posed In TYDe-Setting.


The general public has but faint
idea OF the strides that are making to-
ward perfection in matters electric,
Geographic and mechanic, says the Jer-
sey City Journal When type-setting
machines were invented it was thought
that they could be no further improve
ment in that direction. 1t remained,
however, for a clever young man Of
Brooklyn, N Y, to demonstrate the
practicability of using the type-setting
machines in connection with tele-
graphy. About three years ago it oc-
Cured to Mr.. Frank J. Kihm, special
telegraph operator of the Brooklyn
Eagle, that it would be possible to set
i'll type the Geographic news sent oven
the Associated Press wire. Hundreds
Of operators are copying kilograms
with the aid of typewriters, and Mr.
Kihm decided that with extra care and
experiences a type-setting machine
could also be used with fair success.
The editor Of the Eagle at once plac-
ed type-setting machine at the oper-
ators disposal. and after some weeks
of practice the telegraph wire Of the
Associated press was extended to the
composing-room, and Mr.. Kihm pro-
ceeded to demonstrate the practicable
ity of his idea. AS the operator in the
New York Office Of the news associa-
ton clicks off the dots and daehes
they are simultaneously produced by
the giant telegraph sounder at Mr.
Kihm's type-setting machine. AS the
different letters come over the wire
Mr.. Kihm touches the same letter on
the key board OF the machine, and in
stantly there is formed a metal letter
corresponding with the letter trans
mitted over the wire. When a whole
word has been formed Mr.. Kihm
touches the blank space button and a
space block of metal drops down :nto
place Then another line is set in
type. and SO it goes.
So expert has Mr.. Kihm become that
he runs the machine with surprising
speed, and with very few typcgraph-
zeal errors. He is the only telegraph
operator in the world who receives the
news by ear and runs a type-sett!ng
machine with his fingers at the same
time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
A MARRIED HONEYMOON.
The Bridegroom Fares Hard ON His
Visit to a Real City.


1t required no rice in their hair, no
orange blossoms, no white veil to tell
that they had just embarked to make
the voyage of life together He stuck
to her more closely than a brother, or
even shadow, as she joyously walked
in the sunshine. He proudly appre-
ciated the obligations he had assumed,
and was bent on meeting them at all
hazards. When one Of the finest on
the woodward avenue square CALAMITY
took her by the arm to pilot her
through the current Of bewildering
dangers the new husband interfered
summarily, says the Detroit Free Press.
"Herew ne exclaimAl, with unpol-
isned haughtiness, that there girl be-
longs to me. She's all mine, and any
body that goes a f1irtin' round her is
goin' to get mixed up with me-"
The big policeman bowed his accept
ance of the situation, with the result
that the irate bridegroom was knocked
twenty feet in a northerly direction by
a bicycle, which he chased for half
block before discovering that he was
outclassed, while she was only saved
from an untimely fate because truck
man had strength enough to throw his
big team of Clydesdales on their
launches. atta
'.Tll have the law against this dog
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Wanted Nothing More

A correspondent Of the New York Sun
tells the following story to illustrate the
Southern Negroes spirit OF contentment be-
lore the war: Jack was once asked by his
young master 70 make three wishes He
was told to take plenty Of time and think
we'll before he spoke. After celebrating
several minutes he said: "Well, Marse Joe
master. when you consider all TIE number
OF good things in this world, can't YOU think
of something better? Try again. Be care
full" We'll, Marse Joe, always want TO
you have only one more wish Can't YOU
think Of something better than pair of
boots and fat meat" After thinking awhile
he gave 1t up, saying: "Marse joe If had
par Of boots and plenty CT fat meat, | Joan;
want nuthip' mo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
SAYS
STRIFE Is INEVITABLE.
SPAIN TO BE THE CHAMPION OF
EUROPE IN A COMING CON-
FLICT.
GEN. PANDO CLUSTERING.
Declares That Spain Is the Stronger
and That America Would
Suffer.

MADRID, Dec. PEI Liberal pub
fishes letters from leading political
personages ON the relations between
Spain and the United States.
Senior A. Pidal. president Of the
chamber of deputies, says in his let
ter that it is necessary to understand
the American nationality, which,
through the errors of the Latin races
and the selfish Anglo Saxon policy,
seems destined to transform and alb
serb in an embryonic union of a peo-
pie without a history the future des-
TIMES of the American continent.
Some writer's consider that the
American union is a prototype of the
worlds democracies, Senior Pidal
continues. Wiser thinkers have reck-
oned up at it's true value this gigantic
agglomeration Of new peoples. Serious
statesmen are aware that strife, espe-
cially economical, is inevitable between
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
WARNED BY A THUNDERBOLT.
Maine Liquor Dealers Think PrOvi-
dence Has LuterPosed in Their
RehaIf

New York Sun.
The liquor dealers of South Brewer,
Me-, think that Rev. Mr.. Ramage, pas
tor of the Congregational church in
their village, has received a warning to
let them alone. A year ago Mr.. Ram
age and the mill hands were great
friends. Crowds attended his meet
ings and contributed literally toward
his support. Last winter. when times
were dull. many men stayed around the
barrooms too long for their good, and
drunkenness WAS common. 1t was then
that Mr.. Ramage started his crusade
against the rum sellers. 1.-TWO or three
men were arrested ar his suggestion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Combine Against the Calamity.

From the Buffalo Express Ks
A new danger threatens the peace
and security of the reporters. The
statesmen are after their Job. A large
part of the political stories from ST
Louis this year are being written bv
prominent politicians 1 earnestly ad.
wise the members OF the newspaper
profession to combine to resist this
aggression or it may be their sad fate
to be driven out of their present occu-
patton and into politics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
A Season of Revenues

From the Washington Star.
The two girls We're on a shonnino
tour. 'iie
You didn't speak very courteousIv
TO the clerk" said one of them.
m sure I didn't mean to he in
conslderate," was the reply. "I don't
see that there was any occasion to he
deliberately deferential.'
Wei, it's just as well to be very
careful indeed at this time of wear
There isn't any telling who is going 70
De the only man at the summer resort
your father insists on visiting"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

An oyster-shucking contest between Thomas
King, of Baltimore, Md. and James Brown,
of Norfolk, Va, for the championship of the
District of Columbia. took place at Cadets
armory, street northwest, last night before
a large crowd Two hundred select oysters
were laid on a platform before each contest
ant and they began signal given by Col.
R. H. Key. The contest lasted twelve min
utes The purse was 800. Thomas King won,
leading Brown by 10 oysters in the IL minutes,
and he was awarded the purse and the cham
pionship of the District of Columbia by the
judges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
His Besetting Sin.

washington Times. - -
Why was that fellow sent down." INQUIRED
me visitor OF his Satanic Majesty as they
VINO writhed uncemfortably in his steam
heated cell. ~
lnordinate preyarication," replied Satan.
What was his speciality"
He repeatedly stated that he had crossad
the ocean twenty seven times, and on each
trip everybody aboard except himself and the
captain was deathly SICK -s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
ONWARD. Is WORsTED.
Gus Augustine Floors Him in the
Second Round.

Some fifty red-hot sports made a pill
grimage into Dakota county yesterday
afternoon to witness a fistic encounter
between Wizard Al Roy, a light
weight of local renoWn, and Gustave
Augustine, a welterweight, also of
this city. 1t was "a dollar throw
the purse to go to the winner Those
who had been given the tip assembled
at a Jackson street saloon shortly be-
fore o'clock, whence a start was made
for the battle-ground in an open bus
and several hacks. The ring, which
was pitched in the barn back of a we'll
known road house on the Rosemont
road, was reached in an hour, and the
principals shook hands while the red
hots' bet their coin. The fight was to
be an eight-round contest, and the
wise ones said this was as good as a
finish, as each man was after the fifty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
No Need of 1t.

Texas Slfter
He was whistling and she didn't like it.
"I wish" she said. when you are walking
with me you wouldn't whistle. 1t is ex-
tremely rude" 81 am whistling for the want
of thought" he replied. with evident intent
to be very crushing. 'If that's what It's for. =
she remarked. Il think may say, without
fear of successful contradiction by any one
who knows you, that. you don't, have to, =
Then ks stopped.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Slaughter with o1d-sty1e Guns.

Nothing so far done with the long-range
magazine rifles OF today approaches the
Of the latter part OF the PAST century and the
earlier half OF this. Thus it Is asserted by On
eyewitness that at the battle Of Fontenoy 800
French guards fell before q single English
YollaY.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Scientific Girl,

UD-to-Date.
Miss Fodderingham-What a thoroushIv
up-to-date girl Miss Kittish is
MISS Belllngham-What has she done nowp
Miss F.-Since eminent medical authority
has pronounced kissing dangerous she car
ries a small vial of carboiized rosewatar
about with her.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
NaRScOts Won II

=, The Mascot Polo club defeated the For+
ohelIlng cracks in Christmas morning game
at the Fort. After an hour and a half NAV
S MaSek, me Mascot rush scored goal by q
goal heId the Mascots' score down as much
as any one, II not more ''' nu0h
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Agra's beautiful BUILDING.

There is at Agra one of the most beautiful
buildings IN the whole world. 1t is called the
Tai Mahal, and it was built by Shan Johan
the Mohannedan emperor, over the grave
OF Armand B2nu. his fayorite wife. 1t is
stated to have taken 10000 men twenty years
to build It. II is of pure white marble and
though it has been built for geo years. it is
rot in the least discolored.