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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
SICKLEs' ROMANCE.
Accompanied by His Daughter He
Hasn't Seen in Fifteen Years.

Kansas City Star,
Miss Eda Slckles, the twenty-one-
year-old daughter of Gen. Sickles, is
a young girl of Spanish type, of beau
tifuI face fand figure, brownish-black
hair and deep black eyes fringed with
long eyelaSheS4 She worShipS her faith
or, and she is the apple of his eye"
She has only been in America few
weeks, and. she speaks English 1mper-
fectly. She has lived all her life in
a convent rip Madrid, Spain, and the
story of it Is LIE this
When Gen Stekles was United States
minister to- Spain under Gen. Grant he
married a beautiful senorita of excel
lent family 1sWo children were born
Of the marriage boy, George Stan
ten Sicl1les, and Eda Sickles. When
GEN. Sickles was ready to. return to
America. his Spanish wife preferred to
remain, and her father, wealthy old
Spanish nobIeman, made his will, pro-
viding that the boy and girl should
remain in Spain till they were of age,
the boy to remain with his mother anu
the girl to be educated in a convent.
The daughter became of age little
more than a month ago, and she and
her brother sailed at once for America.
When they got to New York they
learned that their father was out in
the country making political speeches,
and would be back the next day. They
were at the Grand central station to
meet him. The meeting between the old
general and his daughter, whom he haG
not seen since she was six years old,
was thus described in newspaper OF
New York
LAS Gen. Sickles alighted from the
train and walked down the platform a
young girl with a beautiful face and
figure stepped forward and exclaimed
in a sweet, well-modulated voice: Is
this not Gen. Sickles?' He bowed and
answered, Tt is Thereupon the young
woman, looking him straight in the
eyes, exclaimed with a merry laugh,
which revealed two rows of perfect
teeth, Don't you know me?' The gen.
eral, again bowling, and this time also
smiling, said: Pardon, but I must
confess ana also regret that you have
the advantageso The young girl, not d
bit embarrassed; looked at the general
affectionately- and replied:
Look atene9 Don't you know me?
Don't you ,kn6w your own daughter
Eda?' Then the general clasped her to
his breast"
A few days after this meeting Gen.
Sickles started ioalt on his last tour, and
his son and daughter went with him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09

apolis detectives say that Shopera
stood for the goods stolen from the
store of H. c. Strelow by three negroes
the first week in October. To the
charge, Mr.. Shopera enters a denial,
and says he knows nothing about the
goods. Oct. he purchased a banjo,
mandolin and revolver, paying So Cor
the same, and, as is the custom, he
reported the purchase to the ST. Paul
police department on the regular blank
which is filed at the central station
each day. These articles were inspect
ed at his store by H. c. Strelow, who
claimed they were part of the prop
erty taken from his place a few days
before He refused to pay the amount
Of the purchase, and replevined the ar
ticles. Shopera gave a bond in the re-
plevin suit and will fight the cause in
court
Asked as to the statement made by
the Minneapolis detectives that a
wagon load Of goods stolen from Sire
low had been recovered from his place,
Mr.. Shopera said there was nothing to
the story. C. d. O'Brien, who has been
retained by Shopera, said so far as
he could learn there was nothing to the
charge brought against his client, and
this would appear very plainly when
the preliminary examination was held.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
STRONG FRAUD CRY
Raised by the Democratic National
Committeeman of Kentucky.

",
GREENSBORO, KY, Nov. 7.-Nation-
al committeeman Woodson returned
home from Louisville tonight, and with
reference to election frauds in the Ken
lucky mountain counties mentioned in
his statement to the Associated Press
last night. said: 81 have received
further proof of these frauds today bv
mail and wire. 1 have it on reliable
authority that kilograms were sent
from Louisville Wednesday to leading
Republicans of the Eleventh district
that the Eleventh must come up with
I4,OOO majority or more to save Ken
lucky to Mckinley. The majority
claimed for the Eleventh district on
Wednesday by the Republicans was
only 11,51l, and this corresponded with
the reports sent the Democratic com
mittee. On Thursday they raised it to
1920, on Friday to 1898 and on Sat
urday to 1880, and seem to be pre-
pared to furnish any majority neces-
sary from that district
The official returns telegraphed to-
day from these mountain counties,
which have long been notorious for
election fraudS-the election machinery
icing in the hands of Republicans in
every cOunty-Show extraordinary
gains over the certified statements sent
III the night after and the day follow
Ing the election. AT the official count
in number of these counties the Dem
ocratic county committee asked to BE-
represented by an attorney, making
their requests in writing, but theY
were denied this, and locked out with
the work went on. These irregular
proceedings will be contested before
the state canvaSsing board, and no Of
fort will be spared to purge the count
Of fraudulent votes. But in no event
can the Republican returning board
count in all of the Republican electors"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
WOMAN SHYLOCK.
Poses as IL Good Samaritan and Does
Profitable Business.

1t was all so commonplace that the police
man yaWned as he gaZed on the oft-repeated
tragedy OF the streets, says the New York
World.
"Glong there" he growled; you'd t'ink
youse never saw noting before"
1t was nothing new to see family thrown
out upon the street The times are full of
it, The landlord had been patient, very pa
tent, before he went to the civil court and
got papers of eviction. Pitiful pleas of sick
ness and poverty had been put up to the
justice and had secured couple of post
ponements. But postponements cannot go
on forever. 'E''-'t''
At last the thing was DONE The poor lit
tie remnants of furniture left from the pawn
shop had been bundled out on the sidewalk.
And then the good Samaritan arrived. 1t was
new kind of Samaritan woman.
My dears," she said to the heads Of the
distressed family. ''you seem to be in dis
tress. Let me help you. Do you need a
little money? Come into the house. Per-
haps l can find it for you
The was a little conference inside where
the crowd could not intrude. At the end
the little sharp-faced woman came out, hur-
rtedly closing her valise with a snap as she
did.
Soon the men were ordered to carry the
furniture back. The shabby stuff was re-
turned to the rooms Just deserted and left
in heap on the floor. The evicted family
had shelter once more.
But they had something else a mortgage.
1t was an ironclad document, a cruel docu-
ment, binding them by hooks of steel. For
this good Samaritan woman was in the good
Samaritan business for profit. 1t is a new
business comDarativelY-perha this woman
herself invented it-but it has proved, as the
reporter learned, handsomely paying one.
She haunts the civil courts in order to get
the names and addresses of those who will
soon need her helping hand, makes her own
inquiries and knows to a dot what persons
she can afford to help without endangering
her capital. Her profits are enormous.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
NOT THE ONLY TURTLE IN THE
TANK

When you think the worlds your oyster, and
felcitate yourself
On your standing and your balance in the
bank
Just remember there are others as respectable
as you
You are not the only turtle in the tank
The colonel of militia is a very mighty man
His epaulets viii tell you of his rank
But there's captains, and there's sergeants,
and corporals besides
He's not the only turtle in the tank.
The self-made mans a wonder and will tell
you himself
And there's one but himself to really
thank;
But when he dies there's some one who can
fill the gap he leaves
He's not the only turtle in the tank.
So take your honors easy and be just like the
rest,
For whether you're prize or are blank.
The world can do without you, can forget you
in day
For you're not the only turtle in the tank.
Jacksonville GFla) Times-U Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
SAIN 7 PAUL.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Gospel meetings VIII be held nightly this
week at Atlantic Congregational church.
The Red Mems dance, which was stated in
yesterdays G O b to occur last night, real
ly took place Thursday evening at Oxford
hail.
The choir boys of st. Peters church, Day
toms Bluff, with the choirmaster and organ
list, entertained the mission at Post Siding,
Earl and East Seventh streets, yesterday aft
ernoon.
The Young Mems Parish League of the
First NJ E. Church will give their second
Mosaic this evening, in the parlors of the
church. Prof. ]. F. Downey, of the state
university will lecture on "Shams, and
John Rule. the whistler of Minneapolis, and
Prof. w. G.. Reynolds will assist unsteady.
Following the programme there will be a
social and light refreshments will be served.
The Cleveland High School Literary and De-
batting society will give a musical and literary
entertainment this evening at Assembly hall.
Misses Flossie Terrier. Laura Lamb, Riteh-
atch and Marble Woolsey have charge of the
programme, which will be furnished by:
School orchestra, Miss Minnie Lundquist,
Miss Alice DAILY, Vera Putt. Miss Mabel Bed
berry Miss Kate Bersee, Prof. Anton Jurka,
Maurice Hickman, Miss Margaret jenkins.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
A SWORDFISH
Attacks n Bark and Leaves His
BrOadsvvOrd Behind Him.

San Francisco Bulletin.
When the barkentine Irmgard from Homo
lulu with sugar for ]. D. Spreckels & Bro.
arrived here on the 22d her skipper Capt
Schmidt, reported that the vessel was leak
ing slightly, and the cause of the inflow of
water he could not explain. The leak could
not be located. The Irmgard proceeded TO
the sugar refinery, discharged her cargo and
Immediately the depth of water in the we'll
was lowered. 1t was supposed that a seam
on the port side had opened near the water
line, and very little attention was given to
the matter until this morning when the
cause of the trouble was discovered.
The Irmgard is lying in the stream. Her
first officer was leaning over the port rail
and discovered what he at first took to be a
large peg driven in the vessels bow at the
water line. On closer investigation he found
that the Irmgard had been rammed by a
swordfish, and that the hostile fellow had
paid the penalty of his imprudence by ieav-
ing large section Of his horny sword en-
bedded in the tough planking of the hull.
The sword had passed through the planking
and broken off about a foot from the point
of impact. The supposition is that fair
length of the bone protrudes from the inner
side of the barkentines Skin"
Neither Capt. Schmidt nor any Of his men
have any knowledge of the date or hour
when the lrmgard was attacked. They do
net remember feeling any shock, though the
force exerted necessary to drive the sword
through the stout planks must have been
tremendous. The sword is about two inches
broad and a little over an inch thick and is
armed with sharp teeth. 1t made a clean
cut, and IS driven in so firmly that several
planks may have to be removed before it
can be secured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
IN A gladly" BARBER SHOP.
One of the Craft Discusses the Sec
rets of the Trade.

Philadelphia Record.
The LADY barber is in town, and
she is creating something of a SEN
sation. She began business few days
ago in a little shop of her own near
Ninth and Hilbert streets, associating
with her another LADY artist and an
ordinary everyday man. A curious in
dividual Strolled into the shop yester-
day afternoon and found the male bar
Der busy with one, customer while three
others sat waiting their turns to be
shaved and shorn. There was but one
lady barber present, the other evidently
having gone out to her lunch. The
lady stif1ed a yaWn when the curious
man came in and jumping up smiled
sweetly and cried: You're next, siri'
The new conner was mild-nannered and
had a weak chin. He was easily led,
and he slid into the operating chair
with blush, while the three sitters
put their hands up to their mouths and
snickered audibly. Beautiful wealth
err exclaimed the lady, in very nat
ural and business-like fashion. The
poor man did not reply. He was afraid
If he opened his mouth he would
scream, for she was tucking a towel In
around his collar and it ticlled him
awfuly. She was very plump young
woman, with premeditated blonde hair,
and as she leaned over him and began
to ply her razor, he realized that she
had had her lunch. He wondered va
guely how a. dainty woman could ac-
quire liking for such coarse food as
onions, but he said nothing at the time.
After time he lost some of his nerv-
BUSINESS and began to ask questions
mol! said the lady barber. 81 can't
say thai the work is distastefUl to me.
I rather like it. You see, I've been in
the business for quite a while now,
but this is the first time I've been in
Philadelphia, and it's the first time I've
had Stop Of my own. My lady
friend, SHE'S out at lunch now, trav-
eled all over the country with me quite
while. We went up in Canada for a
time and we did pretty well. O! yes,
She's almost as good as / am. We
both had a professional barber teach
us how to shave and cut hair. 1t took
Inn naa"ly three weeks TO give us
81! the points. No, the men don't say
much II us; most of them seem to be
too scared. They don't seem to he
f.bIe to talk about anything but poll
tics and base ball I can talk horse
racing all right. but that's about all
TT ere you are, sir! VIII you have your
Fair cut today?" The man said MOI
sc emphatically that the other inmates
CT the shop turned around and looked
at him curiously. He paid his money
and walked out. He seemed dazed
lie stood in the middle Of the street.
rubbing his chin, and would have been
run over by a trolly car but for the
vigilance of a policeman who dragged
him away just in time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
A HOT RETORT.
Why She Saw No Use in Longer Re-
naming a Widow.

Truth.
The Widow Teeters husband had been dead
only few weeks when there were surface
indications that she was about to marry
again.
The late Mr.. Teeter had not been exactly a
model husband and it was the general opin-
ion that his death was stroke of good fortune
for Mrs. Teeter. but still the relatives of the
deceased thought that his memory required
a widowhood Of at least year. When the
indications of the approaching marriage be-
came apparent, some of her husbands friends
waited on Mrs. Teeter, and one of them said:
I'VE hear that you are about to marry
again, Lucy Ann
well, 1 don't know that it is any of your
business replied Lucy Ann, ''but if it will
give you any satisfaction to know the facts,
L don't mind telling you that I shall be a.
married woman again in about two weeks
but Tom has been dead less than three
months, protested another.
well, 1 suppose he's as dead he ever
will be, isn't hep"
But said third, 'you ought in common
deceney to wait until he is cold"
'FWait until Tom Teeter is cold!' repeated
the widow, with fire in her eye. eff your
theological belief is orthodox, you must know
that Tom Teeter hasn't ghost of a show of
ever getting cold
Then the obieeting relatives filed out, and
Mrs. Teeter resumed the work Of preparing
her trousseau.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
SCHOOL UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
Pupils Come and Go as They Please
Mostly Men OF Family.

New York Sun.
There is school in this city that is in
session every day in the week except Sunday,
and two nights besides. The students have
no recess. There Is no stated hour for In
struction. although il is understood that the
day pupils are expected to be at their desks
from. 8 o'clock a. N. until 5 p. M, and the
night pupils from Z until 9. If one is tardy
no questions are asked. If he wants to be
late or dilatory he is the sufferer. There is
no roll call. There is romping, no high
links, at any time during the day. There is
no sticking of bent pins into the seats Of the
other pupils; no pitching of the ball: no
shout in the afternoon; no playing hockey
1t Is a solemn and earnest class. The
pupils are, for the most part, men of fam
lily, and go to school during the day. Others
work in the daytime and attend at night
The teacher has never yet reprimanded one
of his pupils. No pupil has ever been known
to make q, face at his teacher when the teach
er'S back was turned. The average attend
ance is seventy.
These pupils are studying for the purpose
of getting themselves into line for the ordeal
which may make them members of the police
force, or park policemen, or hremen, or let
ter carriers, or clerks in some department of
the municipal government The school is
private. The pupil understands that when
he enters that the teacher has no certificate
to give. The fact that the pupil has been
proficient in his school does not imply that
the pupil will pass the examination required
by the civil service rules of the municipality.
1T does not presuppose a pull But 1t makes
the pupil better qualified for service and less
tin1id when he runs up against the civil serv-
Ice interrogations. He knows a little more
than he might otherwise have known. He
knows that the name Of a man or town
must begin with a capital letter when he
writes out that name. He knows the loca-
ton Of the principal cities in the country. He
knows whether Chapultepec belongs to the
war with Mexico or the civil war.
II he is an applicant for place in the fire
department or as park policeman he must
know how to read print and manuscript. He
must be able to write and show a specimen
OF his writing by copying from manuscript.
he must be proficient in addition, substrac-
ton, multiplication and division as applied to
whole numbers. He must be able to give the
location of streets and ferries, and if he
wants to be fireman he is told what the city
laws require in the construction of build
ing. and in order to test his memory he is
told to visit a certain house and inspect it.
and then he is required to return and make
report Of it.
If he wants to be a policeman he must go
over the same ground, in addition to which he
must know, after he has been instructed
what policeman must do under certain cir
cumstances. And If he Is looking for a place
In the postofice or a clerical place in the
city hall, he must understand how to man
ipulate common fractions, as well as some
other things.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09

or less sand while at said play; one green
apple; one marble (swallowed accidentally;
one gumdrop bamboozled out of another boy;
more or less baby food hooked from his baby
sister, piece Of pie (wheedled out OF the
cook. 1t being her baking day..
Dinner-About three times as much as I
eat.
Another stick of candy to induce him to
be a good boy; more or less sand and gravel:
a large wad of chewing gum (also swallowed
accidentally; one pin; three glasses of milk
to make him sleepy another stick of candy
to induce him to take his afternoon nap; a
piece of bread and jam on waking up from
said nap; more crackers; more cookies.
Supper-About four times as much as I eat.
apples, nuts, raisins ad lib.; three glasses of
milk to make him sleepy again; large piece
Of bread and jam to induce him to go to
bed.
Now, will somebody please tell me the why
and wherefore of all this, and what he does
with 1t all?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
SCHOONER STORM TOSSED.
Narrow Escape for the Rising Star
on Lake Michigan.

CHICAGO, Nov. THE schooner
Rising Star. Capt. F. Nelson. lumber
laden, was towed into port this morn
ing in a disabled condition, by the
steamer Colin Campbell She was
picked up off Milwaukee Friday by the
steamer as she was rolling helplessly
in the trough of a heavy sea.
The crew of eight people. including
the female cook, tell a thrilling story
The Rising Star left Green Bay for
Chicago on Tuesday, and on the same
night she was found to be leaking.
Hard work at the pumps kept her
afoat- On Wednesday a load Of lum-
Der was unshipped by a heavy swell,
which was only a forerunner Of Thurs.
days terrible gale. The crew lost con-
troll of the boat and were barely able
to remain on deck, while the craft
foated southwark at the mercy Of the
storm. When rescued all hands were
completely exhausted by exposure and
hard work at the pumps.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
THE EVENING OF LIFE.
oid Age May Keep Much of tho
Brightness and yigor or YoutH

Every one is familiar with the shrunken
look OF the aged, the wrinkIed face ~.
thin legs and bowed form, the Changed tone
OF the voice and the weak action of the
bodily organs. Few OLD people are eouaI
10 tne muscular effort Of earlier years The
nerves shrink, hearing. sight, taste and an
petlte lose their keenness. Is it not sade
ana yet there are thousands Of old peopIa
VINO manage to keep as bright az ever. Thew
nave the strength to keep them up Here
is a remarkable instance which is worth
reading:
Mr.. Alfred p. Chapman. 29 Hanover st
baitfmore, says: MY grandmother who is
now past 30 years OF age has been using
Duny,s pure malt whiskey for about three
years, and 1t has acted in her case almost
nke charm. always giving her an appe-
Ute and allaying any disorder of the stom-
ach' IL is an excellent thing for elderly peo-
PIE who require tonic as well as a stimu-
lant.'
me above is only one of hundreds of tes
umonials equally convincing. They prove
that In all cases Of weakness nothing pro-
duces such Strengthening effect as Duffy's
pure malt whiskey. 1t gives stimulatjve
nourlshment to the worn out system, stirs I'D
the torpid blood, enriehes it and ouickens the
circulation. ~
In purchasing from grocers or druggists ba
caretul to get Dufy's and nothing else.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-09
A BOY BUILT III.
Model of "a Famous and Fast Loco
motive Seen at the Worlds Fair.

motive Seen at the Worlds Fair.
Washington Star.
Wonderful as is the great engine 1897
which pulls the Empire State Epress. a boy
has just completed a model of it which prac-
teal engineers say is in some respects more
of a marvel than the real engine The model
is one-twentieth the size of the original, and
is such an exact reproduction and works so
perfectly as to astonish all who Sc it.
Struck by the mechanical beauties of the
monster engine while at the world't fair,
Willis Brown, a young mechanic of Waltham,
Mass, has devoted no less than 100 working
days to reproducing it in miniature.
The model contains over LOCO pieces, all
of which young Brown made himself. The
dimensions are: Length. 1712 inches; height,
Az inches drivers, inches in diameter; cyl
inders three-eighths by one-half inch. The
outside diameter of the boiler is 712inches,
and it holds about half tumblerful of water.
The fire box is held by siXty-four nuts
around the base and twelve stay bolts on
each side.
In place OF CRATES and ashpan a branbox
is placed under the fire box SO that alcohol
can be run in from the tender and the sur
face set on fire. 1t will burn for about ten
minutes without being replenished. steam
pressure of ninety pounds has been borne
by the boiler without injury.
The model exactly follows the drawings
from which the original was constructed, and
is said to be a perfect reproduction.