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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
TODAY,S EVENTS.

AuditOriun-Mass Meeting, 8.
Met-SchuyIer1s Fiancees, SD.
Grand-DanieI SuIIy, 2.3O, S.15.
Park Church-Women'sB Board, 2.3O.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
Spring Chicken Factory.

SUPERIOR, Wis, April 14.-Amos Squlres,
a prosperous chicken breeder of Rockford,
ILL.,, has purchased a tract of land near South
Range, upon which he proposes to establish
one of the largest chicken hatcheries in the
Northwest.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Enterprising correspondents are
quite busy giving out Cleveland's COM
munication to Senor Castillo. 1t really
cuts no figure to them that Mr.. CIeve-
land has written no such communica-
ton.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Carlisle's bonnet is on a hunt for
clover blossoms. The big Kentuckian
is going to speak to the labor organiza-
tions of Chicago tonight.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

That the cigarette is almost as dead
1y as dynamite is shown in an Indiana
case. A young man of twenty-five
died after lying unconscious four
weeks from excessive use of cigarettes.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
Pepper Has Assigned,

LEXINGTON, KY, April 14.-James E. Pep
per, the well-known distiller, assigned this
afternoon. Assets between 500, 900 and $780,
900: liabilities unknown.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
HOLMES CONVERTED.

The Murderer Will be Received Into
the Church Today.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-THE North
American will tomorrow print story to the
effect that H. H. Holmes, the murderer, will
become a Catholic. He will be baptized by a
Roman Catholic priest, says the story. and
with all the ceremony Of papal benediction.
The ceremony, it is stated, will occur in
Holmes cell some time tomorrow.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Massachusetts retains a great deal
of the narrowness of Puritan days.
It's legislature has refused to appropri-
ate $4,000 for a statue Of Gen. Butler
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

The Myers voting machine proves a
sort of indolent bit of mechanism. In
a New York town it failed to record
over 100 votes in a total of 60O
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

With the returns before it, the
GIob is of the opinion that the old
time ball players played old-time ball
more errors than hits.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
A FAMILY AGAIN.
John Lehman Killed Three Children
and HIMSELF

CHICAGO, April 14.-This evening John Leh-
man shot and killed his three children and
then shot himself through the heart. Mrs.
Lehman and Henry Lehman, her young STEP
son, were away from home when the tragedy
occurred
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Is this excessive downpour of water
In the valley Of the Mississippi caused
by a fear that there won't be water
enough at st. Louis in June2
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Senator Squire may be al! right in
wanting plenty of coast defenses, but
he is all wrong in wanting to pay for
them with ffty-cent dollars.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Senator Tillman is out in Denver.
He has his hat with him and is talk
ing through it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Pierre Lorillard's horses "also ran"
at the Newmarket races yesterday.
British horses are very fast on British
tracks.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

passage of the bill today, without its consid-
Grafton by the proper committee, was some
thing out of the ordinary
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, April 14.-The Chip
pewa river has risen ten feet at Bruce with
in the last forty-eight hours. The rise Is
caused by the recent heavy snow and rain
Of Saturday. 1t is said that bridge was
swept away at Bruce. c. NJ. Burlington,
manager of the Dells Improvement company.
Of this city, ordered the flood gates opened
at the Dells dam as precautionary measure.
This relaxed six feet Of water that was
stored in the log reservoir. Twenty-four feet
of water is the danger point at Eau Claire.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, April A.
There has been almost no rise in the river
this spring, and the ice has gradually melted
and rotted awav. 1t did the same last year,
the first time the oldest settlers can remem-
Der such an occurrence. There has not been
water enough yet to float log, and it will re-
quire heavy rain to cause a rise. The logs
and ice in the tributaries have not moved
yet.
CUMBERLAND, Wis, April 14.-The ice in
the lakes here is going out rapidly as a
result Of warm wave and steady rains. The
saving season opened here yesterday, the
latest date for many years.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

The police of st. Paul will see to 1t
that Mr.. McCardy has very few Of
their votes to count.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 14.-Washouts
are reported on nearly all railroads in North
ern Wisconsin, due to floods caused by heavy
rains. All train service on the Eastern Min
nesota railroad was suspended today a
bridge and section of track near Hinckley
Minn., having been carried away.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

LAKE CITY, Mimi, April 14.-The warm
rains and winds have cleared Lake Pepin of
ice, opening navigation practically through the
whole Mississippi river.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
Colorado Democratic Convention.

DENVER, Col, April 14.-The state Demo-
cratic convention meets tomorrow. There will
be 463 delegates in the convention.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

Continued ON Second Page.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
TEN EACH.
Divided Between Bradley and
Mckinley.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 14.-The last of
the eleven district conventions in this state
were held today. OF the twenty-five district
delegates who will represent the state at st.
Louis ten are instructed for Mckinley, ten
received straight Bradley instructions and two
were instructed for Bradley first and Mckinley
If the governors name is dropped.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
WISCONSIN FLOODED,
WashOuts Reported From the North
ern Part of the State.

Special to the Globe.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, April 14-Wash-
outs are reported on the Great Northern, st.
Paul & Duluth, and Northern Pacific roads
west Of here. The Great Northern line from
here to Hinckley was abandoned today, owing
to the washout of long bridge.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
TWO MEN KILLED.
A Wreck Reported on the New York
Central.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April IA wreck has
occurred on the New York Central, near
Louisville. Two men are reported killed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-18

I rest ON a pillow OF pine. brought home from
tho summer mountains
fhe balm OF It's needles ~ soothing. and CRATE
ful feel 10 the hands.
The tender and thoughtful hands.of the friends
that gathering remembered me.
And yet the aroma it yields takes mo farther
than summer mountains.
Takes me down to the forests Of pine I'm Vtr
xfnia and North Carohna-
Again ride a horse and sleep IN the wood
and by roadways-
Again am with companions and implements
Of warfare
hear the drum and the ifo and the bugle's
call 10 action
Tho batteries Selch their fire. and the squad
rons charge hke1demons.
And from rude made breastworks come show
ers Of lead like hailstones.
While the flag goes up OF down as success
crowns our ondeavors.
The wounded lie In the forest but lire Il
eating its way there:
While helpless they lilo till consumed in The
terrible havoc.
Aud men are dying with thirst I'm the CRIME o
the conflict unending,
while the night stops only awhile the carnag
and belchings OF cannon;
And / lie on a pine needle bed. under tn
| bright stars of heaven.
Edward S. Dreamer in New York Sun
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THE SUMS DISTANCE.
Would Take Five Hundred Years 20 Cover
It at n Swift Steamers Pace.

Would Take Five Hundred Years TO Cover
It at n swift Steamers Pace.
THE sun is about 93. 900, 900 miles
distant from the earth. " writes Alden
w. Quimby in Ladies' Home Journal
1T varies through the year because the
earth's orbit is elliptical, and the sun
is at one focus of the ellipse. The earth
is more than 3, 900, 900 of miles nearer
the sun in December than in June, at
which time the ATTITUDES south OF the
equator receive his direct rays and ex-
perience the great heat of their summer.
Let us try 10 comprehend the figures
stated. The other day two racers of the
sea proudly lowered the record Of trans
atlantic passage. Could tLey turn their
prows to the sun. and drive their great
engines day and night in the crossing of
the ether main, ii would be 800 years
before they could reach harbor.
Most persons have noticed the APP
probable interval of time between the
stroke of an AK at a distance and the re-
sultant sound. Could we hear the sound
of solar explosion we would know that
the explosion had occurred IA years be-
fore. Perhaps tho most striking illustra-
ton is that which imagines a little
child to have an arm long enough to
reach the sun. The child might thrust
it's fingers into the seething fires, but 1t
would grow up to maturity and calmly
descend into the valley of extreme old
age, blissfully unconscious of any pain
from tho burning; in fact, it would re-
quire another such lifetime to bring the
! news to the brain.
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wALLAelEs AND KANeARoos.
A sportsman's Glimpses OF Animals Pc
culiar to Australia.

A sportsman's GIimpses OF Animals Pc
culiar to Australia
There are wallabies and wallabies,
scrub, swamp and rock wallabies, but
all furnish lively sport for the hunter.
The wallabies are next relatives 10 the
kangaroos and are found in Australia
+. G.. Afialo tells in the Badminton
Magazine how he hunted the wallabies
10 miles up the picturesque river, called
the Rhine of the south by the Austria
lians. The hunt was failure. but the
writer had more sport after kangaroos-
"We had not, my companion and /,
gone half a mile" he says. when we
disturbed large gray kangaroo at his
morning toilet He rose politely and
eyed us for a moment, which would
have been his last ON earth. only, as
luck would have it, he stood immedi-
ately between ourselves and the other
two of the hunters Then, while we
were bowling to each other, the kangaroo
suddenly vanished do not pretend to
know where he went When beast can
leap 20 feet without moving a muscle,
it is useless to look for it. Here came q
streak of luck We rammed through q
1 btALAAC VI e3AOWb ~ eAAA eAAi
of a sudden there sat small doe wallaby
in a small opening, scratching her ear.
1t is not everybody who can intrude OF
female wallaby and find her scratch
ing her ear with hind foot, nor does
one often find wallaby so interested
in what she was doing as this one was
She rubbed her ear some more. and
shocked beyond all measure, my frienC
killed her with an express ball
1.-THE ears were cut off as trophies
little while after this about 90 walla
bies and kangaroos were seen in herd
browsing in the grass mile away, an,
that was a tantalizing sight, though
mighty interesting. The beasts coul,
scent man a mile away easily, and
scent meant a go as you please hop rae
! with no finish so far as the men wer
concerned
with good pull at the flask, W
crept forward, :" the writer says 90
we plodded. and the animals began
look troubled, warned by those vagu
and inexplcable forebodings of instinct
standing erect now and then and scar
ming the horizon with their great eyes
The males tapped the ground to war
, the docs and away they went We e
3 two by luck-a buck and doe.
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Bird Hunters In CeylOn.

A more disagreeable object than a
scorpion OF Ceylon it would be difficult
to imagine. Although, as a rule. it does
not measure more than seven inches in
length, there is a species found In the
woods that are longer than foot. They
crawl out of some dried wood, and tax
ing up their position ON convenient
rock or stone. looking, as they hold
their great jointed sting curved over
their backs and their claws held aloft
the very picture of aggressive warfare.
Here they stretch themselves in the
hroiling sun and await their prey.
These are the small, beautiful honey.
birds that dart from flower to flower
and take the place Of the humming birds
of the east
As one approaches the scorpion seems
to shrink into the stone until it becomes
almost imperceptible. Suddenly the
great insect will raise its claws and
dart at its beautiful victim, which in Z
moment is destroyed. Strand Maya
zine
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Their Hobbies.

Some gossip in Cassell's Magazine
tells what are the hobbies or amusement
of some Of England's great men. Mr..
Balfour INDUCES in golf, bicycles and
philosophy, and he once played Ham
let; Lord Salisbury studies silence and
tries experiments with test tube; Mr..
Chamberlain raises orchids; Mr.. Glad
stone, of course. used to chop trees, and
now reads Greek when he feels the need
Of rest; Prince Bismarck drinks beer,
smokes and reads Du Boisgoby; the
Prince of Wales is fond of bowling; the
Duke of Devonshire, Sir John Millais,
Andrew Lang and William Black are
expert fishermen, while Mr.. Toole finds
something funny to do or say almost
every hour Of the day. Once he sent a
package of chocolates to a little boy who
sat in stage box and was disturbing
him with his astonishingly loud laugh
ter. The attendant delivered the packet,
with Mr. Toole's compliments, and
would the young gentleman who laughed
so heartily kindly eat these during the
performance
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-18

country. seeking what they may devour.
but also from disease germs, which. like
those Of yellow fever. do not rise above
a certain level The breeze. too. rocks
the house gently. like a cradle. and sets
the fresh air into circulation. making it
delightfully."- refreshing after the sulty
heats below.
II you should climb the long ladder
aud pep in at the door. you wiz find
tho family, perhaps, all asleep or sitting
about the floor eating yams. cOcoanuts
and bananas, and sharing them with
their pet pigs. parrots or poultry. You
will find there no pictures, toys or play
things. such as even the poorest children
among us possess; no music and no
books, no furniture in the room, not
even bed and no mats ON the floor.
Many a true built nest is constructed
with moro art and is more comfortable
for the little ones who are born in il.
and is far prettier than the rude huts Of
the wild mon of New Guinea. -Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Birds That Feign Death.
One of the most remarkable devices
resorted TO by wild things for their own
protection is that Of shamming death.
A beetle or spider Will double in its
legs and lie as if dead The reason for
this is obvious 1t may then be passed
over, mistaken for bit of leaf or stick
But it is more difficult TO account for
this practice in birds
A moor hen or land rail will feign
death. lying in the hand perfectly limp
and 20 all appearances unconscious II
has been suggested that the idea is that,
being already dead, the captor viii not
trouble to kill them.
More probably it is merely ruse III
the hope that by lying still they may
be forgotten and crawl off presently I'm
observed Another reason is suggested
by the fact that cats and the cat trib'
do not often touch their prey unless i
moves London Standard
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-18
"How 90 you pop
THE French Lady Thought It Question
Co he Answered.

Nne ErcnCn Lazy InOuEnt AZ = Uueellou
co BE Answered.
An American lady who spent some
time in Paris says that she had a friend
there, a French lady. who wished to
learn little English, and did So
Among her acquisitions in the language
was the expression, How do you dO?''
TO which she was careful to learn the
proper response.
One day the American lady met her
French friend on the street. The Amer
lean lady said, "How do you do?' with
smile. and passed on She did not
stop to notice that she had left the
French lady standing on the street in
establishment.
Soon afterward she called on her
friend, and was received very coldly by
the French lady. As she did not know
of any reason why the lady should be
offended with her, she pressed her to tell
what was the matter.
Have / done anything TO grieve
your she asked
Anything TO grieve mel'' answered
the French lady. You meet me on the
street, you ask me how am, you do not
wait TO find out how l am, you pass on,
and then you ask me whether you have
done anything to grieve mer'
Then the American explained that it
! is not customary for Americans TO wait
for an answer to their inquiry, "How
do you dor that they commonly utter
the words ana pass ON, or II they stop
to speak, at once begin TO talk of other
matters.
The French lady could hardly express
her establishment 1.-The Americans dc
many very, very strange things, she
said, but this is the strangest of allp'
The French, when they are Of the de
gree of acquaintance that justifies in
quiry as 60 the health of another, stoI
and hear all about it. and all about thu
health of the respective families. WheI
all this information has been exchanged
the two persons part with many adieu,
, and elaborate good wishes for each 9th
er's continued health and happiness.
, The Italians frequently embrace on
I another in public places and shak
hands several times and commit on
a another in parting to the care of God
n The Americans and the English are Oh
q only people that question each other a
I to their health without stopping TO fin
: out anything about it.-Youth's Con
n panlOu
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-18
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.

WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL The Ebenezer
school is going to Mount
Pleasant Tuesday. August 4th. l am
going too. Fare round trip adults SOY;
children 25S.
We return thanks for the invita-
ton received to attend the Virginia
Conference African NJ. f. Church Nor
folk District No. l To be held at Berk-
lev. Norfolk 90. Va in Trinity A. M
IS. Church, commencing July 9th and
ending July 81. 1896.
Mr.. Willis T. Menard of Wash
ington, D. c., called on us.
Rev. s. w. Bacote, B. D.. pastor
of the Second Baptist Church OF Kan
sas City, Mo-, raised about $500 % at
rally on the Sd Sunday in June.
Mr.. Booker Jones OF Hartford,
Conn, called or us. He was enroute
TO see his mother in Amelia county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlott Dabney
of King William County, Va. has set
tied in this city at No. 1908 w Leigh
Street.
been the guest of Mrs. Martha Rhodes
returned to Philadelphia this week.
Dem chickens am gettin moughty
fat, but what q terrible calamity viii
fall 'em when the First Baptist Churcl
Sunday School run their picnic to Mt
Pleasant. Tuesday July 21st.
Rev. Louis H. Taylor, Jr pas
tor of the A. M. e. Zion Church, o
Hartford. Conn, in company with Mr.
James Allston of New Haven. Conn.
called on us. They had been attend
ing the Christian Endeavor meeting a
Washington and came to see the city.
We return thanks for the invi
tation received to attend the secon'
annual outing of the Tuxedo Club a
Edna Grove, Tuesday, July 81, 1896
Danville, Va.
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Kentucky's Names.

Kentucky is known as the Corn Crack
er State, from game bird enjoying the
same name which was formerly found
in great abundance in most parts OF the
state. 1t is also called the Blue Grass
State, from the belt of land running
through the center in which this variety
of grass grows to great perfection. In
the early days of our history it was
known as the Dark and Bloody Ground,
being so termed by the Indians 1t was
then debatable land between the In
dams living north of the Ohio and those
living in the mountains Of Tennessee
and Georgia, a sort of battle-ground for
these tribes, which fact gave it the
name long before it was settled by the
whites
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-18
NIGHT ON sHIPBOARD.
The Regular Duties and the Time 70
General Relaxation.

The Regular Duties and the Time For
General Relaxation.
The first CALI is sounded again five
minutes before sundOwn. when the en-
sign and the jack halyards are manned,
and staylight made ready for hosting
to indicate the ships whereabouts dur
ing the night. Then the color call fol
lows at shutdown as the flag is lowered,
and saluted by all as it reaches the deck
The assembly is then sounded for even
ing quarters and muster, but there is no
drill
AS rule, it is just after sunset when
the bugle call is sounded to "stand by
hammocks-' - That brings all the crew
on deck, and they stand in silence close
out to the ships side beside the ham,
mock nettings in two ranks facing the
stern, until the boatswain' s mate reports
to the officer of the deck. "An up and
aft. A" The latter then orders, "Uncoverl
pipe DOWN. and in obedience to this
order and the boatswain's whistle the
MEETINGS are thrown open, and the ham,
mocks are served out and taken below
to their proper places. Each hammock
has printed on it a number, and that
same number is ON the hooks below
decks where that hammock has to be
SWING so that each man sleeps III the
same place every night, and that place
is called his billet p"
Unless, now, a boat is called away
there will be no moro bugle calls until
five minutes of 8 o'clock. The period is
one of complete relaxation, and is spent
by the sailors in smoking, spinning
yarns, singing, playing ON musical In
struments. and dancing. At S:55 the
first call is again sounded as warning
to the crew to prepare TO turn into theii
hammocls and go TO sleep. Then at
O'Clock comes the call known as tat
too.
This tattoo is the survival of an OLE
custom. In the "old navy" it used t
} last 10 minutes, and was performe'
with drum and fife. playing all manne
} of airs and quicksteps according to tn
| fancy or ingenuity of the drummer an
fifer. 1t is even said to have been handle
D down from period Of superstition
when they used TO make a hullabalo
$ after dark &c drive the devils out Of tn
I ship. At the last note of tattoo the ship
bell is struck twice for o o'clock an
: the boatswain's whistle sounds PIP
, down. Every man must then turn int
i his hammock, whether he is sleepy {
4; not, for an inspection is made by til
J. master at arms to see that ali have dor
o so. Then sounds that last, long, mourn
/. full call, TAPS. "-Lieutenant John n
4 Ellicott. in St Nicholas.
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Spoons Free to All.

I read in the Christian Standard that
Miss A. N. Fritz, Station A., st. Louis,
Mo-, would give an elegant plated
hook spoon to any one sending her ten
2-cent stamps. sent for one and
found it SO useful that I showed it to
nv friends, and made $13 in two hours,
taking orders for the spoon. The hook
spoon is a household necessity. 1t can
not slip into the dish or cooking YES
sci, being held in the place by hook
ON the back. The spoon is something
housekeepers have needed ever since
spoons were first invented. Any one
can get q sample spoon by sending ten
2-cent stamps to Miss Fritz. This is a
splendid way to make money around
home.
Very truly,
e,e-lSt JEANETTE s.
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ATTENTION sOLDIERs.I

The following captains request their
companies to report for duty at Leigh
St. NJ. f, Church, Sunday, July 18th at
Grand Rally:
Captains Mrs. Maggie Bum. Mrs,
Annie Barbour, Mr.. Paul Ballou, Ju-
liam Shelton, William A. Noel, Rob-
ert Eldridge, Randolph Taylor, Aaron
Harrison, Abraham Johnson, Neal
McLaurens. The great Village Lamp
commences on the above Sunday and
continue until August 9Th. Every
body are invited to come ard help US
to redeem Richmond from the power
of sin and darkness.
Yours for God and man,
J. H. BRICE, Pastor.
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A Money Making Woman.

have succeeded so well in the past
few weeks that 1 think it my duty to
thank you for it, read in your paper
of the Centrifugal Ice Cream Freezer,
and what a good thing it was to sell,
and / find it better than represented,
as can freeze cream perfectly in less
than one minute. / never make less
than So a day and often twice that,
and I consider that very good wages
for a woman. Write to W. II. Baird
& Co., Station A. Pittsburgh. Pa, and
they will start you IN the freezer bust
ness, and believe anyone can pay for
a sample freezer the first evening sell
ling cream, and any lady or gentleman
can make money in this business any
where. MRS W. b.