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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Writes Versus.

"Do you take any interest in literature?'
inquired the young woman who reads a great
deal.
"Oh, yes replied the very practical young
man who is deeply absorbed in his ambitions
of law.
81 suppose you write verses sometimes %
Certainly! To be sure! But the CUSTOM
airy way is to abbreviate 1t to VS. "-Wash-
ington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
The Bargain Habit.

EYES," said Maud, "they have had one
slight disagreement"
fright in the beginning of their honey
moonr exclaimed Mamie.
at does seem too bad. But she is of such
an economical disposition that it put her
out of temper to learn that he paid 81 for
the marriage license instead of getting it
somewhere for 50 cents. Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
SALTWATER NEWS.
Patton Motor to Be Tried ON the
Cedar Falls Street Railway.

Cedar Falls Street Railway.
w. H. Patton, inventor of the Patton
system Of storage battery electric mo-
tors, left last evening for Cedar Falls.
where g. proposition will be made to
put IN line. Whether or not line
will be put in here has not been de-
cided, but Mr.. Patton expects to return
in few days, when a final answer will!
be given him. The motor will be manu-
featured In Chicago, and branch
establishment may be located here.
The Glenmont departed yesterday
with r raft Of logs for Laird, Norton
6 Co., Winona.
Thirteen RATS of logs were taken out
of the st. Croix last week. Shipments
are holding up well, and the remain
der of the season promises to be busy.
w. r. Gates, well known printer,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Felts Is In No Hurry

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug. 15.-w.
B. Felts was deferred today from making his
leap from the summit of Pixies Peak A
snow storm ragged from early morning to late
this evening. Many people went to Manitou
for the purpose of going to the peak to see
Felts jump, but he did not make the ascent
on account OF unfavorable weather.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
STEEL GOES UP 81.
Another Advance of So Expected
From the Combine

CLEVELAND, o., Aug 15.-An ad-
vance of 81 ton in the price of struc-
tural steel has been made at the mills
in this city within the past three or
four days, and another advance is look
ed for. A representative of the CIeve-
land Rolling Mill company said today
that he would not be surprised to see
the price go up 81 a ton more within
the next thirty days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
From a Personal standpoipt.

"You must confess" remarked Senator Sor-
ghum's friend, that business is not active
at present."
That's true replied the senator thought
fully I'VE are not doing as much in a bust
ness way as we used to. Still we couldn't
expect to keep holding up that sugar schedule
forever. Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
New Chimes Are blessed.

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-With elaborate and
solemn ceremonies the new chimes of St.
Patrick cathedral in this city were blessed
this afternoon by Archbishop Corrigan, as
acolytes, in the presence of fully 5000 per-
sons. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Dying Farewell to Humhert.

ROME, Aug. 15.-Signor G. Costa minis
ter OF justice, is dead. Shortly before he ex-
pired he sent a touching death-bed telegram
Of farewell to King Humbert. MARQUIS al
Rudini, the premier, will temporarily assume
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
BIG COTTON CROP.
Outlook Is for Maximum of Nearly
100000 bales.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 15.-Mr. H. NJ
Neill, the wel-known cotton statistician, has
referring to the correctness of his estimate
made in July, 1894, of the crop of that sea-
son, Mr. Neill says: "At this moment the
promise is equal to any previous year in every
state but Texas and on the present acreage
even allowing that Texas should fall short of
her maximum production by 100000, the out
look now is for a crop OF at least 9, $50, 000
with 500, 900 to 1, 000 900 more within the range
of possibilities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Railway Disaster in Germany.

HAMBURG, Aug 15.-The Hamburg ex-
press was derailed last evening between
Celie and Oelzen, in the province of Hanover.
Three passengers were killed and thirteen in
jured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Electric
Power
z

DIR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT
generates double the power of any
other Electric Belt made. The arrange
ment of the metals is upon the most
approved scientific basis; the Voltaic
piles, being quadruple, so as to bring
out steady, powerful current; perfect
ly insulated, SO that, different from all
other belts, the full force of the cur
rent is conducted into the weakened
system In a continuous life-giving
stream. 1t gives tone and energy to
the nervous system and all it's depend
ent organs. AS Electricity is life,'' DR..
Sanden's Electric Belt is the modern
life-giver
Hundreds Of men are wearing these
belts in the Twin Cities, and our office
contains testimonials from thousands
all over the world. A pocket edition of
the celebrated electro medical work,
"THREE CLASSES OF MEN,
illustrated, is sent free, sealed, by mail
upon application.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
Only One Fare

For round trip to points in Southern
states on Aug. 18th, Sept. and ri.
See E. A. Whitaker. Albert Lea Route.
Ticket Office 396 Robert st.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16

they have been crazy to sell them continu
ously since 1890, at the time of the Barring
panic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
BATTLES IN INDIA.
European Women and Children Al
Cherat Flee to the Hills.

OHoItIt II IeC 10 0He 1HK1Ss
BOMBAY, Aug. ia telegram from
Cherat says that sharp firing was
heard last evening in the direction of
Fort Shabkadr. There is great excite
ment at Peshawar. The women and
children who have been in the canton
ments at Cherat have gone into the
Monroe hills northwest Of Sawalpindt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16
500 Line Tid-Bits.

Buffalo, N. z. and return. $1,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-16

correspondent to let the statement he
had made that day in the house go
unchallenged. The corr espondent did
80. That correspondent is today the
first assistant postmaster general and
the public man who repudiated the
interview is in private life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

nook of Missouri. 1t came nigh being
the county seat. 1t was the home Of
the F. F. VS., the F. F. ks and the
salt of the earth from other sections.
Why, Kansas City is new. And yet the
old town that had the first show, that
had everything, gives up its name, its
records, it's postmark and the county
printing and becomes-Greater Kansas
City. I suppose you New York people
have had so much Of this Greater bust
ness in yours that you'd like to for
get it,
81 think 1 should like to hear more
of your story said the clerk, in a
manner which the guest took to be
sincere.
well, you may not know 1t, but
Westport was a metropolis sixty-four
years ago. It was town on the hills
which overlooked country that would
make your eyes water. 1t was about
five miles back from the Missouri river.
I reckon you don't know, but sixty
years ago people who started towns in
the West were afraid Of rivers. Steam
boats brought epidemics up the river
when there was an epidemic, and the
people were afraid of epidemics and
built the towns back from the river.
That's how Westport come to be
five miles from the Missouri. And do
you know, the funny thing about it is
that the landing for the steamboats,
was called Westport landing for years.
The landing was what is now Kansas
City-I mean Greater Kansas City. 1t
was where people got off when the
Kansas fever was on-hence Kansas
City, although 1t Is in Missouri.
well, this Westport was the-what
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
A SADDLE cow.
French Marquis and His Trained
Steed with Horns.

Suzanne Is the name of the first COW
that probably has ever been saddled
and bridled and ridden like horse,
says the ST. James Budget.
Some time ago a number of gentle
men residing in and about Bordeaux,
interested In horses, formed themselves
into a club with the idea of holding
horse show upon a glorified scale.
Each member Of the club was to be
responsible for one of the items upon
the programme of the cirque, and with
one exception they all concerned them
selves with the exhibitions they would
give of their skill with horses
This single exception was Marquis
d'Ayguesvives, who declared, when
asked what form his contribution to
the programme would take, that he
would ride COW.
Suzanne is described as being much
higher in the intellectual capacity than
the majority of horses. She was treat
ed in exactly the same manner as
young unbroken colt, and success has
attended her training.
During the first month the marquis
found by dint Of many trials that Su-
zanne's favorite food was carrots, and
tc the constant use of this vegetable
he attributes the success of her train
ing a very great measure, as by it's
means ne won Sucn speedy way
to her affections that after a little
time she would take her meals only
from him and would allow no one else
to caress or stroke her smooth sides.
More Strengthening food was found
requisite, and gradually she was &C
customed to eat oats, to which she
took so kindly that In very short time
she was consuming six quarts day
with ayidity.
The training thus far had progressed
with remarkable success. but as soon
as a saddle was placed upon her back
nature reasserted Itself, and Suzanne,
frightened and enraged, rolled herself
over and over on the ground in a wild
endeavor to rid herself OF the tight
burden. After ten days of attempts
to pull off the saddle. Suzanne yielded
to the inevitable, and ended by accept
ing the presence of the unaccustomed
burden upon her back.
The critical moment, however. was
when Marquis d'Ayguesvives attempt
ed to mount into the saddle for the
first time. Suzanne chose the day on
which her owner had decided to mount
her for the first time for her culminat-
/ ing outbreak, and she had no more
consideration for him than she origin
ally had for the saddle.
| But Marquis d'Ayguesvives has had
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
AN ABSENCE CHECK.
Schame to- Put "a Stop to the LOaflnS
of Government EmpIOyes

Appraiser Wakeman has definite and
satisfactory results to show for the new
system of recording the absence of en-
plcyes, which he introduced in the APP
praisers' stores about two months ago.
The appraiser felt that the government
was paying for too much time that it
did not get. All men employed in the
stores are required now to fill out small
blanks, giving the reasons for each alb
sence; these blanks are filed, and it is
then an easy matter to determine
Nh5 Their any mans record in attendance
is satisfactory or not, says the New
York Mail and Express.
The result has been most marked;
for the month of August and September
together the total number of absences
amounted to 2,SO6; in October after the
introduction of the new system, the
number fell to 677, and in November il
was only $40. Further strictness in at
tendance, with consequent gain to the
government will be secured by the use
of time clocks. which are to be put in
operation. These COntriVanCeS record
automatically and to the minute the ar
rival and departure of the men. Each
man is required upon entering or leaV-
ing his division, to adjust the clock to
his particular number and turn a crank
and the machine then prints the record.
The time lost to the government
through the vacations allowed the men
in the appraisers stores is no incOn-
siderable item. There are 400 employees
in the stores, and the regulations allow
each two weeks vacation every year
equal to nearly seventeen years of the
labor of one man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

up on the bar. Then you shake one
dice out, and if it's an ace you take
your choice of the drinks and drink IL.
You keep on shaking as long as you
roll bulls eye. When you don't you're
through. You pick every time out of
to down something. And say, when the
drinks is all gone, the next ace pays
for the round. Now, see?"
Il think So" said Mr.. Nudge, a trif1e
uncertainty, suspecting he was in
pretty fast game, but determined to do
his duty. DO I roll out the dice?"
mo. Say, Jimmy" to boy stand
ing beside Nudge. You shoot before
the superintendent and show him what
looked like Sunday school official, and
this was another trying speech, but he
was In for it, and in response to the
bartender's query ordered some lemon
ade.
Six glasses were placed on the bar,
one lemonade and five beers
Jimmy rolled out the cube with an
ace up.
You see he throws an only son and
he win,'' said the leader with a disre-
gard for grammar that gave Nudge a
jar. Jimmy said nothing, but with
self sacrifice worthy of better things
picked up the lemonade and drank it at
gulp.
"Copped his Hanna's sour drops"
said the bartender in an admiring aside
to the leader. 'Ain't he good? Oh, no, I
guess he's bad"
Jimmy threw the dice again and roll
ed out a tray.
Shut you out one, two, three that
inning" commented the leader. Now.
Adam, it's your turn"
Mr.. Nudge by this time had come to
realize that the picturesque terms in
which he was addressed were not In
tended really to hurt his feelings so
much as they were matter Of course
among the crowd, and this last refer
ence to his age passed almost unnot1c-
ed.
With a glance at the five trimming
beer. glasses along the bar, he rolled the
die thankful in his heart that his
chance to throw an ace was very slen-
der.
"WelI, if papa didn't draw dot"
exclaimed the leader as the cube laziiy
toppled over showing an ace.
Now the one subject on which Nudge
was not a crank was temperance, but
he was very moderate, and the sur
roundings did not exactly suit him.
However, he drained the beer glass
and set it back on the bar with sigh
Of relief.
spin 'em again." commanded Jim
my. With a sickening idea of his fate,
Nudge picked up the cup and threw
out the perverse bit of bone.
well, so help me, another ems"
chirped the leader gleefully. Say. lamb
chops, you can't afford to work, you
lose too much money. l guess you
amt no king killer. Two Oliver Crom-
wells in row. Wouldn't that jar you?"
1t certainly would, but Mr. Nudge
did not say so; he picked up another
beer glass and with an effort gulped
down the contents. He looked appeal
ingly at the biggest boy, but failed to
move him.
You got 'em going, keep it up said
that worthy. See if you can't roll out
another lonely"
Nudge was much afraid that he could
and he remembered having heard there
were such things as loaded dice, but
he shook the box and ratified it down
on the bar, afraid to look at the re-
suit.
"say, that's too bad" was the friend
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
OUR NATIONAL TROUBLE.
What We, as n People, Should Real
lie and Guard Against

Whnt We, as n People, Should Real
lie end Guard Against.
Have you noticed that there are mora
broken-down men and weak women on our
streets today than ever before? Have YOU
not noticed that certain Of your friends
whom you have always known to be strong
and healthy, are, for some reason weak and
low spirited? Is it not possible that you
yourself feel trifle less vigorous than in the
past? Is it fact that the American people
are growing weaker, or is it due to some local
cause? There can be little doubt that it is
owing to the increase OF dyspepsia In the COM
munity. We have been called a nation of
dyspeptics, and there can be little doubt
that it is true
When people are in such state. when ma
ture is weak and broken, what would COM
mon sense dictate should be done? Precisely
what physicians say should be done viz:
Assist Nature. stimulate her tagging faculties
build her up. How? By using pure medic
inal stimulant, and for this purpose there is
nothing equal to pure whiskey. There is no
Whiskey so pure and efficient as Duffys Pure
Malt. 1t stimulates healthily and builds up
wasted tissues. 1t assists the stomach and
restores the health. 1t is popular because it
is so efficient. Great care should be taken
however, to secure only the genuine Distrus,
any dealer who for any reason seeks to in
duce you to buy something Just as good"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

fairly clear that beyond the name of
the prisoner and the fact of his i'm
prisonment the story is a fabrication.
OF course, there is no reason why
any one who feels moved to write
verses about the Eternal Spirit of the
Chainless Mind should not do so, in
venting whatever stories he may think
fit to illustrate his theme. But it is a
pity that Byron should have associ-
ated eloquence of that kind with the
name of man who suffered nothing
very terrible and profited so we'll by
his sufferings. The sacrifice of lu-
crative curiosity in the interests of his
torical truth seems highly creditable
to the cantonal council of Vaud.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

ly comment in tone Of real sympathy,
What YOU want is a switch light and
you get a whole railroad track" which
conveyed nothing to Nudge, but encour-
aged him to look at the six exposed on
the bar.
But it was only temporary respite,
and, when the box came to his hands
again, there were still two glasses on
the bar
Let her go, Percival," was the cheer
fully disrespectful order, and Nudge
knew there was that fatal ace before
he looked.
you don't need to do this, you know"
Jimmy volunteered, with suspicious po-
likeness. There's lots Of beer, some
breweries work nights. There Is more
in the cellar, too"
Three glasses Of beer was beyond
Mudge's limit, but he forced himself
to drink, and hardly realized that
things were little uncertain, and that
sometimes he could not tell which was
Dick and which wasn't, and once, too,
he was afraid he slapped the biggest
boy on the back and called him old
man. He was never sure Just what hap
pened, but he remembered having one
more glass of beer, and then shaking
hands with Dick and inviting him up
to dinner.
When he was out in the street he
knew he was not intoxicated, but he
put his feet down with unusual care
and there were rough places in the
walk he had never noticed. He was
sorry when he reached home that he
had no latch key. for he disliked to
disturb his wife, but he rang the bell
and held himself very erect and steady
when the door was opened.
do you feel that you have succeed
ed in accomplishing anything" Mrs.
Nudge asked kindly, as he stepped
carefully into the hail. and tried to
hold onto the hat rack and take off his
overcoat at the same time.
I'm 'fraid not" he said with a de-
liberation unusual even for so slow
spoken man. Fact is, m'dear, boysh
hard to influensh, and It's easy aches"
Mrs. Nudge knew something had
happened, but she was used to that,
and fortunately she did not know just
what 1t was.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
OILS, LOST I'm KANSAS
CITY.
THE PASSING OF A VILLAGE.
WESTERN GUEST sTELLS A NEW
YORK HOTEL CLERK SOME
HISTORY.
WHEN WESTPORT WAS GREAT.
Sixty-Four Years Ago the Town
Controlled the Trade of
California.

A man in downtown hotel address
ed an envelope to his wife, "Westport,
Mo-" Then he said "Shucks," tore up
the envelope and addressed another to
Greater Kansas City" He looked at
this superscription and grinned. Then
he took it to a clerk and showed 1t to
him. The clerk said the letter box was
at the end of the counter, says the New
York Sun.
"I know that" said the man with the
letter and the grin. What l want
you to do is read the writing on this
envelope The name of the town par
ticularly'
The clerk accommodated the guest
and asked, why Greater?"
The grin Of the guest turned like a
trampled worm. why" he Kissed.
"Godelmighty, man, and you a clerk in
a New York hotel. And don't know
that there is Greater Kansas CITY!
Why don't you read the newspapers?'
do you wish me to mail the letter.
asked the clerk, who saw the boss
coming.
mo, sir; no, sir. 1 mail this letter
myself Thanks to you. And 1 don
box anywhere. I'll take this to the
postoffice and mail it myself, and I'll
know it's gone. Say, honest Injun,
haven't you heard Of it?''
Heard of what? No, I've been on my
vacation and just got back
"Oh, well, that accounts for 1t, and
I apologize You know that last Thurs
day, Dec. 2, the name of one Of the
oldest towns in the West was wiped
right off the map, just like an old sum
on blackboard. With one hand, you
might say, 'Westport' went glimmering.
Kansas City just took it in same as a
blind fish would swallow bait. And
now it's Greater Kansas City-big G..
How does it sound, eh?"
You have been annexing a suburb,
I see"
mo-" said the guest severely. mo;
that's easy You don't catch 1t. West
port was the old town. 1t was in exist
ence long before there was any Kan
sas City. 1t was the metropolis of that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
PRISONER OF CHILLoN A MYTH.
Slight Basis of Fact for Byron's Gel
ebrated Poem


Romances of history are nearly as
evasive as ghosts. The latest impos-
tor upon whom the cold light of "our
meddling intellect" has been thrown is
the Prisoner Of Chillon," and in fu-
ture the sad floor" which was trod
Until his very steps have left a trace,
Worn, as If that cold pavement were a sod,
By Bonivard.
will no more be shown to the aWestruck
tourist. A correspondent at Zurich re-
ports that in the course of reservations
recently carried out at the castle of
Chillon the marks Of footsteps round
the pillar to which the prisoner was
chained have been effaced. Mr.. Neat,
the surveyor of works, having proved
to the satisfaction of the cantonal coun-
Gil that those marks were not authentic
but had been artificially made and re-
newed every few years.
Byrons most narrowing story seems
to have been almost a pure invention.
He tells of Bonivard whose father
was burned at the stake for his faith.
Imprisoned along with his two young
er brothers for their fathers faith,
Bcnivard sees them both droop and die,
and becomes himself a tottering gray
haired man, who has no desire to es-
cape from captivity, because, having
earth would only have been a wider
prison to him.
But. unfortunately for Byron's poem.
the real Bonivard seems to have been
a. very different sort of person. It is
quite true that he was imprisoned at
Chillon by the Duke of Savoy for his
Calvanistic sympathies, but when six
years later his friends got the upper
hand he was liberated and a pension
was awarded to him by the town Of
Geneva. He continued living in the
endowment of that pension for thirty
four years, during which time he pro-
duced a considerable mass of not very
scrupulous party literature and was,
in short, anything but the profoundly
detected and prematurely decrepit be-
ing whom Byron depicts as ''regaining
his freedom with a sigh after making
friends with the mice and spiders in his
dungeon. Whether the murdered faith
err and brothers and the rest of the
grisly details in Byron's story origi-
mated entirely in that poets magma
ton or were derived from the rigma-
role of some guide, there is probably
no means Of ascertaining, but 1t seems