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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
sURDUED THE VICIOUS HORSE.
Gen. Grant as Cadet Displayed
Qualities Conspicuous in Later
DAYS,

The following story was told by Col.
Greene a classmate Of Gen. U. S. Grant at
West Point, says the American Horsebreeder
lone day when the members of Grants
class were called out for drill on horseback
there were not horses enough by one to go
around. Grant was one of the shortest men
in his class, consequently was on the ex-
IRENE left Of the company, and he was the
one for whom there was no horse, The Of
flcer ordered a horse brought, which was
done. The animal was vicious brute which
had proved so unmanageable that he had
been discarded. The officer in charge did not
notice the horse until just as young Grant
vaulted into the saddle, when, horror-strick-
en-, he ordered him to dismount. The horse
did his part to assist his rider to obey the
order. but Grant drove his spurs into the
sides of the Infatuated, plunging, kicking,
boiling brute, and guided him into an open
field, where he gave such an exhibition, Of
amateur Workmanship as no member Of that
class had ever before witnessed. Before the
contest was ended the horse was thoroughly
subdued and from that time became use
full, obedient animal, but was always ridden
by Grant,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
COLORADO FISH HAVE LEGS.
Singular Creatures That Inhabit the
Streams Of the Centennial State.


streams of the Centennial State.
Much CONSERVATION and still more wonder
was created In the state houss yesterday
morning by the discovery in the office of
Mrs. Martha A. Shute, secretary of the state
board Of horticulture iof an axolotl, or fish
with legs, which had become metamorphosed
into salamanders says the Denver Republi-
can. All kinds of theories to account for it's
presence there were preached during the day,
OF these theories the strangest appears to be
the most tenable. This is that the evouted
axolotl was taken up by evaporation from
a mountain lake near, the City of Mexico
where it's species Is most abundant to come
to eartl again in Denver with Thursday after
moons abnormally heavy rainfall. Yesterday
morning, when Janitor Smith opened the WIN
dows in order to air the Office against the ar
rival Of Mrs. Shute he beheld an object on
the sill outside, which caused him to spring
back in horror. Squatted on the sill Was a
hideous, dirty-hued green and yellow reptile,
about ten inches in length, with head like
that Of a bulldog, an enormous mouth wide
open six web-footed paws and tall that
tapered to a lash and was curled at the end.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
EFFECTS OF I1LECTRICIY.
Some Striking Experiments Re
counted by Scientific French

In recent communication to the Societe
internationale des Eiectriciens concerning
the therapeutic and physiological effects OF
high frequency currents, Mr.. d'Arsonval
showed the powerful inductive effects which
can be obtained with these currents SAYS
the Electrical World. A striking experiment
consists Of placing three lamps in tension,
allowing the current to pass through the
body. These currents cause no sensations,
and a man placed IN a circuit does not feel
that he IS traversed by the currents which
brilliantly illuminate the lamps. The prin-
ctpal results Of this identification are an aug
mentation Of the oxidations in the organism
and an increase in the production Of heat.
A subject who, under ordinary conditions,
eliminates seventeen to twenty-one liters Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
LOGS Miles over summer Seas.

A minimum Of cost provides a max
imum of pleasure on the North West
and North Land, the only exclusively
passenger steamships on the Great
Lakes. Seni-weekly sailings from Du-
luth, commencing June 18th, to Buffalo
and points East. w. J. Dutch. c. P. &
T. A., 1919 East Third Street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
Sailing over summer seas.

Buffalo and all points East are
reached via the North West and North
Land, the only exclusively passenger
steamships on the Great Lakes. Semi
weekly sailings from Duluth, com
mencing June Is, 1897. W, J. Dutch,
c. P. & T. A, 1879 E. Third Street
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
Grain Dealers

National association holds its annual
meeting at Des Moines June 22d and
23d. The Chicago Great Western Rail-
way offers a rate of a fare and third
on certificate plan for the round trip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
Young PeODle,s

Christian Endeavor holds it's National
Convention at Detroit, July 6-13, and
trip is offered by the Chicago Great
Western Railway maple Leaf Route.
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of the spring forests, he-pulpit,
has long since passed his period of bloom,
yet the punches of bright red berries which
he bears above the ferns In his shady glen
tell that at least one member of tine cccle-
siastical body dares to differ from the
powers that be.
The fires that have been burning so
steadily all summer upon the ground, and
that are now blazing vigorously with
many-hued flames just before they shall
be quenched by the frost, have not yet
caught the forests. But shrubs and sap
lings are fairly afire before the month is
over, and little tongues of flame here and
there among the dogwoods, sassafrases,
locusts and gums show that II needs but
the same frost that will put out the light
Of the lowlier plants to set the whole forest
ablaZe. HENRY OLDYS.
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ia former Septembers our worthy ances-
tors noticed large birds coming forth Just
before dusk and darting in erratic course
through the evening air they naturally
called them bats. And since they were so
much larger than other bats they distin-
guished them from the ordinary kind by
clubbing them bull bats. 1t is an estab
l.shed rule of popular nomenclature that
'bulP' is a term of honor applied 10 the
mightiest things of any kind; the bull this
their kind known to their manners; and
the bulldog, though not pre-eminent In
size, is yet the most ferocious of the dogs.
have heard the deepest, heaviest whistle
toniars the arrival of noon called the bull
whistle. Hence bull bat meant simply
great, or greatest bat. But others of their
friends, taking them for hawks that pre-
ferred the night for their predatory deeds.
called them night hawks. Therefore it is
that these birds, which are closely allied
to the whipp0orwill, and which are not re-
lated to hawks, nor, Of course, to bats,
which are not birds at all. but flying man,
mails are known as bull bats or night
hawks Some people cali them whippoor-
wills, but this is only because of a mis-
taken notion as to their identity; mis-
take, by the way, that is nearer the truth
than the classification implied by their
names.
I would not be understood as finding
fault with common names. However rough
TIE classification may be, yet Ii implies that
some one has observed attentively enough
to differentiate the bird from all others.
Ard the existence of such close observa-
ton among the general people more than
offsets the lack of minute Inspection
shown by the rude grouping. Besides, i'm
spite of Shskespeare's dictum that that
which We call rose. by any other name
W ould smell as sweet" l think all the
friends of the robin will agree with me
that he would lose much I'm our estimation
if we were compelled to call him. say. the
migratory thrush.
To pass from the study out into the open
air once more: those who are much among
the flowers will miss the humming bird as
September wanes. His pretty poisngs on
invisible wings, his graceful dlrtings from
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Ill suppressed. Now, on the other hand,
we are eager to be rid of the waning sum-
mer. Not SO much that we are stated with
the charms Of that season of open windows
and lawn gatherings, but because our
thoughts dwell more frequently upon the
delights that accompany the cool, bracing
atmosphere of autumn. AS September
progresses there come occasional chilly
nights and almost, frosty mornings that
raise us upon the buoyancy Of expectation,
and when the summer forces regain the
ground thus temporarily lost, and the mer-
curry in the Thermometer rises to 80 degrees
or higher. our spirits sproportionally sink.
Our course issautupnnward. and we chafe
under delayA and retrogressions
BirdsSQf for the South.
But. as in spring, whatever the shiftings
of the temperature and however far back
ward into the domain Of summer we may
seem to be carried many changes that
serve as milestones 70 the observer mark
definite advances on our way. The birds
that have been the co4hpansons of our sum-
mer rambles know how elusive are these
apparent setbacks. They know that Sep
TENDER is the first aOfunn month, and that
IL, lulled into sense of security by the
seeming remoteness' of things wintry in
one of4these hot, stl1nmergike days, they
postpone their regular course, they will
find themselves overta kena una wares, and
will be compelled to'make sup the time lost
Therefore it is that. whetsser the mercury
be high or low. whether summer or au-
tumn be upon the eartfI those whose
southwark. Journey, 10 sets for September
pack. their grips. make their p. p. c.. calls
and leave for their winter rhaunts.
Preparing % p&nart.
Some of the birds grin a slight inkling Of
their approaching derarture The sight. of
a number Of kipgbirds Sogether during the
latter part of,Augusf, for Instance. made
noticeable by the harsh. foihy utterances
that accompany their brief sorties after in
sects from the top Of some tail tree, in
forms US that3the home duties Of the year
are finished and that the sregarious in
stinct has asserted itself preparatory to
the concerted souttward flight. We need
then, feel TO surprise when, as September
passes, we hear no more the quarrelsome
ungentle tones that have forced them
selves upon our attention since that day in
April when the air was Jared with the
first kingbfrd's announcement of his ar
rival. :.
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Others of the birds however, of a less
conspicuous type seem to fade from our
sight as do the distant hills when twilight
blends into night. Their arrangements are
usually made so quietly and with so little
ostentation that it is hard to say just when
the last representative of any particular
species makes his exit from the summer
stage. They ltesaway, and their disap-
pearance is, perhaps, not noticed until 1t
suddenly occurs to the rambler mat for
some time birds Of "a certain kind have
been absent from the scenes of his saun-
tiers. Then he realizes that they have all
left for their winter homes in the south
and that their haunts of the summer will
know them no more until the sun itself
shall have returned from its southern
journey.
Somc That VIII BE Missed.
BY the time the month is over many
vacancies will have made themselves mani
fest. We shall miss the strident yet agree
ably vigorous call Of the great crested fly
catcher; and the banks of wooded streams,
as we walk along them, will no longer
yield the abrupt, explosive calculations Of
his little cousin. the, acadian fly catcher.
The brilliant plumage and loud. full-toned
carols of the orioles. both him OF Lord
Baltimore and his less stirling relative of
the orchard, will be gone from Our midst.
The various swallows, OF the harm, OF the
bank. of the cliff. of the tree, of the rough
wing. Will have gathered INTO armies and
southland ~
In the parks ofSthe city the canary-like
form of the suminep warbler will fit no
more among the trees. The hot fields of
young pines will no longer buzz with the
curious upward-sliding ''xs of the prairie
warbler that makes his lay lazy. The
yellow throated andSwarbHng virios. with
whom. owing to their predaection for tree
tops. the squirrels are on more intimate
terms of acquaintan6e than we heavy.
piodding bipeds. will give us no further
occasion to strain our eyes and cramp our
necks since theirf ten1ptingz songs will not
again this year inter- down to us through
the leaves. Those dark corners where the
Anees-f unite above q retiring stream will
have lost one Of their attractions. possi-
-fle encounter with the shy and .meiodtous
Kentucky warbler and Louisiana water
thrush And. last to be mentioned. but
most to be regretted, our worthy friend,
the observation-disclosures with whom SUM
mer has brought such familiarity that we
have learned to percetvas the homely merit
beneath the clothing Of sodd.ty. just as Mr..
PickWick ELBOWS upon opr liking as we be-
come accastoned to hte ptculiarities. will
no more mount his rpStrtfm in the small
tree when We eliteE his th1eket and bonn
bard M with notes u sssorted sizes.
New Arrivaia Baelx Fress the North.
But while we are losing friends whose
presence has hrighteneA our summer. the
month b bringfnx tosus others to take their
place. and to cheer US during the barren
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season Of frost and snow. The passing of
the former is a gradual lessening of num-
bers, and is gentle admonition that sum-
mer joys are fieeting; but when we come
upon a flock of white-throated sparrows
piping the closing notes of their seasons
songs in the bushes beside our road we
realize with a sudden shock that the year
is SO far advanced that our winter friends
have commenced to arrive. We have not
seen these handsome finches since last
May. when they left for the north to build
their homes and rear their young from
Maine to Labrador. and now their ap-
pearance among us tells of the compile
with thoughts of the cold. leafiess days
with which they are definitely asso-
ciated while here.
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Now He Uses n knife.

From the New York Telegram.
George c. Boniface has Tot been feeling
in the best of health lately, and his wife
has attributed it to excessive smoking.
The actor. being particularly fond of good
cigars, denied this vehemently, and vowed,
with mental reservations, that he only
smoked three cigars a day. Not being able
to prove to the contrary, his wife, like a
wise woman. said nothing. Subsequent
events however, proved that this did not
cause her to cease thinking.
Last week the comedian had a birthday,
and his wife presented him with a watch
charm in the shape of a cigar cutter. 1t
was a cute little thing, and to prove his
appreciation of the gift, he used IL vigor-
ously the first day. The next morning tho
wife asked:
How many cigars did you smoke yes
terday?"
Three" was the reply.
Thirteen, you mean, was the rejoinder.
There was something in the tone of his
better half which caused the actor to think
he had better temporize, and so he said:
well, as yesterday was my birthday,
perhaps 1 did exceed my allowance by one
or two. but 1 am certain L did not smoke
thirteen"
'Oh, but you did: no more and no less. I
kIow 1t and can prove it,
How"
That's my secret. And now promise me
that you will limit yourself to three today"
OF course he promised. again with men,
tai reservations, and then went into the
wcodshed 10 think II over.
Recalling the events of the previous day,
he found that thirteen was about the right
number, and IL didn't take him long to
connect his new charm with his wifes
knowledge. A close examination of the in
nocent-lookiag little thing proved that IL
was register as well as a cutter.
And now dove-colored peace broods over
the comedians household and loving wife
trusts her husband as implicitly as of yore.
The charm registers three every day. He
Cuts the or hers with his kpffo
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their souls in the land from which they
sage from home. They felt that they were
no longer among entire strangers; for here
was at least a representative of their old
friend. He was twice the size of that
friend, It was true. but in this new land of
the west everything was on a larger scale;
and they called him the American robin
It SO happens that he Is a thrush; and is
who is member of the warbler family:
but that Is q small matter. When sentf-
ment and science conflict. science must
always yield. Consequently robin he be-
came. and robin he has been unto this day
a living testimonial to the tenacity Of pop
ular error. 80
Rail- Bats or Night Hawks.
The case Of the robin IL notable in-
stance Of erroneous classification by the
people; but 1t = by no means single. When
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John Ruskin.

From LesIie's Weekly.
very little Is heard nowadays of John
Ruskin, but the venerable sage is still liv-
ing in retirement at Brentwood. while the
years pass on and art increases without
his heed. He is dreaming away the last
days of his life peacefully. planning always
for more work to be done tomorrow" His
twilight time is passed by wide window
looking out from his library across the En-
gllsh landscape, so beautiful always in his
sight He receives no visitors excepting
few old friends. and these come but rarely.
His hair and long beard are white, but his
features scarcely show his great age while
MS eyes are as keen and brilliant as when
they gazed upon the beauties of Italy or the
fresh canvases of Turner The public has
known but little of Ruskin's private life,
and there has always prevailed an idea that
II was hiled with sorrow, from the fact
that he was divorced from his wife because
OF her having fallen in love with Sir John
Mfllais, his friend. The story is really a
sad one, AID yet 1t was not taken to heart
by Ruskin. 1t should be remembered that
the young Mrs. Ruskin was not his first
love, the object Of the ardent passion of his
youth having married another. That wa,
when the heart-break came. Years after
his divorce Ruskin met another woman,
whom he loved and to whom he was en-
gagged for several years. but the engage
ment was broken because of Ruskin's un-
orthodox religious beliefs. She was reso-4
lutte. but it Is said the grief of 1t all killed
her. When she was dying Ruskin came to
her. but was not admitted. for she sent out
this message: Can you say you love God
better than you love me?' and when his
answer came, NO" the door was closed
upon him forever Ruskin's early life was
not one Of great enjoyment, yet In no way
particularly sad. He was born in Blooms
bury in 1919. He was reared on Puritanical
principles. his mother having been a stern
woman with little affection. while his
father was tender, loving and sensitive
with high principles. but devoid of ambi-
ton. He was a wine merchant Of means.
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Peanut OIL.
From the San Francisco Examiner.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
The first peanut oil factory in the United
States will I've established in Norfolk, Va,
at early date. The oil is highly valued
in Europe. as II Is stated that fully S5.0o0.-
600 worth of peanuts are brought into Mar
seilles annually for the manufacture OF
OIL which is used in toilet soaps and for
other purposes. The peanut -four is quite
extensively used in Europe and made into
bread, cakes. biscuits. &c. II is one Of the
favorite articles Of food. according to con-
sular reports. in hospitals In Germany.
The capital stock Of the peanut company Is
$4,000. and II is operating under the pat
ents of Mr.. Weatherley. which cover the
machinery and methods OF decorticating
tie kernel of the inner skin. According
to the estimates made says the Atlanta
Constitution, the cost Of a plant for treat
ing five tons of peanuts daily is as follows:
Machinery. $500; building, $6,e00 while
the expenditures. including labor, insur-
ance and taxes amount 10 1857 per day. In
a prospectus issued by the company II 10
calculated that tie receipts from FIVE tons
OF peanuts win amount to rs gallons OF
refined oil at 81 per gallon ls5 gallons OF
crude oil at so cents. 3.6So pounds OF Hour
and meal at cents and 1850 pounds OF
stock feed 1T % cents per 100 pounds. maxi
ing the total gross receipts $fi5-o0 per
day, which. it IL estims ted. would give q
yearly profit ON . nve-ton factory OF f19,.
as.
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Advertising is not an expense.
1t is a business investment. IL
you want to invest your money
profitably you will therefore put
your advertisements in such
paper as The Evening Star, that
is read regularly and thoroughly
by everybody worth reaching.
The Star is the recognized
household and family journal of
the National Capital. and has
no rival as an advertising med
ium.
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esque crush. But-such Is the compassion
OF Providence-it only retains this aspect
for about half an hour each day. Then
downtown Washington resumes its nor
NAL appearance of an ample district of
wide thoroughfares for the parading of
sane, unhurried people. The quick lunch
Is an American institution-and, first and
foremost, Westinghouse are Americans,
else how could they have mastered the
trick of eating all they want inside of four
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of mist flower in sxampy places. the blue
of the lobelias and of that hooded hermit
OF the woods, the aconite, the reddish pur-
pie Of the phlox beside the stream, the
bright pink of the Deptford pink I'm the
meadow, the cream color of the quaint and
clustered turtle heads. the vivid orange of
the butterfly weed, the deep red of the
cardinal flower, the rose-purple of the gay
feather. and the blue and white of the nu-
merous asters of wood and field stand out
in proud defiance of the petty rules Of
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The president of a 18th street bank sat
In dairy lunch near his Institution the
other noon. absorbing a glass Of iced tea
and two two-cent biscuits-total cost nine
cents. In the chair beside him sat a dis
trict messenger boy. The messenger boy
had thirty-fiye cents worth Of food stacked
up on his chair arms. Here was q contrast
in indulgence between two human beings
bank president. of course, paid his nine
cents at the cashiers desk on his way out,
So did the district messenger boy pay his
nine cents. That was the figure OF his
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narce-then he does not know the negative
delights of nicotine nor the positive mis-
cries Of dyspepsia. Substantial founda-
ton for a smoke-that's the only purpose
of or valid excuse for eating stuff in the
who knows tobacco has of putting 1t. And
tobacco on top OF cup or two CT hot cof-
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From Harper's Bszar. .--
Il wonder why they call the expenses of
a church the running expenses?' said Mrs
Martin.
II suppose it's because the vestrymen
are never able to catch up with them !"
answered her husband. AZ
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minutes in order that they might devote
the remaining twenty-six minutes OF their
midday half hour to comfortable smoke
The smoke, in Washington, is a part of
the midday meal-very much the main
part For proof of this. time the man
who enters. at noon, 18th street dairy
lunch institution. He enters at the stride
of man who is attempting to catch a
train on the time of an habitually slow
running watch, and there Is a CLEAN of
anxiety In his eye. If he does not emerge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
Pedestrians, nights.

From Brooklyn Life.
Irate Citizen Ito, scorcherl-'Hi. there!
Have pedestrians no rights in this city?"
Scorcher (whixxtng by)-.Certa1nly, they
have funeral ritee."
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APP2OAcHOF AUTUMN
New Fir 8 and Flowers Attend the
Passing Of Summer.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
Feathered Friends Back From the
North for a Visit.
IN FIELDS AND WOODS
7ritten Exclusively for The Evening Star.

0W READILY THE
human mind well
comes a change! In
April we were look
ing forward eagerly
to the final oblitera-
ton of all trace of
winter. Each day of
warm sunshine was
q friend most cor
daily greeted; each
cold, bleak rain that
impeded the onward
march was received
with Impotence. often