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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
SUMMIT AVENUE ROBBERY.
r. c. JcfTerson's Residence Is Raid
ed hX Thieves.

A clever sneak thief entered the residence
of r. G. Jefferson. 276 Summit avenue, while
the family was at dinner, last evening and
succeeded in getting safely away with 500
worth of property. The thief secured an en-
trance through the front door, and, tiptoeing
up the hall stairway, hastily searched the
second floor for valuables In a front beds
room the prower secured a gold-flled hunt
ing case watch and two Smith and Wesson
revolvers, and from an adjoining apartment
took a sealsltn cloak and a cape of like ma
terial. The garments had just been returned
from the furriers, and hung conveniently in
a closet From the expeditions nature of tho
theft, 1t is thought to have been the accom-
plishment Of professional house worker, who
doubtless had a pal on the outside keeping
watch of those at the evening repast ready
TO give warning should any one leave the
table.
The house had probably been selected BY
the thieves beforehand. as It is some distan"n
from the street. with a large front porcA
partly in the shadow. and it was possible fo-
the adroit robber to manipulate the lock or
the front door without fear of being inter
rupted from the outside The door last even
ing, however, was unlocked, and noiselcss
turning Of the knob gave the thief easy ar-
cess. Nothing disturbed the family during
the intruder's operations, and the theft was
not discovered until the disarranged appear
ance Of the upper rooms was noticed after
dinner. The theft was reported at the Romeo
street police station.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
GOLD FOR ALL MEN. :
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Joaquin Miller Richness Klondike
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SULPHUR CREEK, Indian River,
Klondike, Aug. 20, via San Francisco,
Cal, Oct. 22--This camp may be called
the extreme limit of the newly dfscov-
cred gold mines in the direction of the
Stuart river, towards which all eyes
have been turned in expectation or
great developments. 1t is about fifty
miles from Dawson by way of Bear
creek, Hunter creek, Cold Bottom and
Dominion creeks, and about forty
miles by way of Bonanza and El Do
RADIO.
Our previous excursions had taken US
over the comparatively easy trails, ter
rible enough, too, of the camps within
ten and twenty miles of Dawson. The
purpose of these trips was to find out
in a quiet line of inquiry from camp
to camp, and even from claim to claim.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
A WOMAN'S DEED.
A BENEFACTRESs WHO is DOING
INCALCULABLE GOOD.
Deyotes Much of Her Time to the
Benefits of ChiIdren-HOw She
Helms Them,

BenentS OF Cnllurch-hho" ~
Helps Them.
From the Evening News, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs John Tansey, of 13O Baker street,
Detroit, Michigan, is one OF those WoHi-
en- who always know just what to 90
in all trouble and sickness. One that
is q mother to those in distress. 10
reporter she said:
sI am the mother of ten children and
have raised eight of them. several
wears ago we had a serious time with
my daughter, which began When sne
was about sixteen years old. She olu
not have any serious illness but seem
ed to gradually waste away. having
never had any consumption in our
families. as we come of good old Irish
and Scotch descent, we did not think
if was that disease. Neither did she
have a hacking cough, yet she grew
thinner and paler each day. Our ooc-
tor called the disease by an odd name
which, as I afterward learned, meant
lack of blood.
"It is impossible to describe the feel
ings John and [ had as we noticed our
daughter slowly passing away from US.
AS a last resort I was induced to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
ple. made by the DR.. Williams Med1-
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y,
which I understood contained In con-
densed form all the eleme ntS neceS ary
To give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. Be
fore she had taken half a box, there
was a decided change and after three
months treatment you would not nave
recognized her, as her health was so
greatly improved. She gained in flesh
RAPIDLY and soon was in perfect health.
have always kept the pills in the
house since and have recommended
them to every one I could. 1 have told
many mothers about them and they
have made some wonderful cures. one
of the girls had a young lady friend
that came to the house almost every
day. and she was a sight. Honestly,
she seemed almost transparent. l did
not care to have my daughters asSo-
ciate with her, as [ was afraid sne
would drop dead some day when they
were out on the street. 1 recommend
ed and begged her to take DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and
told her of their sterling qualities and
how the cost was slight, being only 90
cents a box or six boxes for $3.50, at
any druggists. Finally I induced her
to try them.
"They helped her wonderfully, and
undoubtedly saved her life. She now
recommends them to other young wom-
en-.
"Eyery mother in this land should
keen these pills in the house, as they
are good for many other ailments. l
don't believe in doctoring and never
spent much money in medicines, but l
can recommend DR.. Williams Pink
pills to every mother that has daugh-
ter Just coming into Womanhood.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24

into the pit to see him? 1 hear he is
cross as bear, and am in doubt how
best to approach him."
Mr.. Hunker is not cross. He Is the
klndeSt of men; you put your pack
there in my cabin and stay all night.
After he comes up and has had supper
[ will take you to his cabin and you
can have talk with him.
What gentlemen you meet in these
miners! This young mans name is
Crane, relative of Stephen Crane, I
hear, and writer of stories. He is
one of the partners here. / was made
at home IN minute. Mr.. Hunker Is
an American citizen born and edu-
Gated in Saxony, learned, kindly and
wise. He discovered this creek early
in September, soon after Bonanza was
found. He came this way along with
Mr.. Johnson, Of Ohio. They found
little rim Of rock in the bank before
their cabin door. and in little time
panned out $22. Then they went and
told Mr.. Henderson, after whom Hen
derson Division is named, and who
had already a set of sluices on Gold
bottom, and he was their first neigh
bor The Dominion government gave
both Hunker and Johnson discovery
claim and named the creek after the
gentle Saxon. Mr.. Hunker is called a
recluse, and is reputed to keep all his
affairs to himself, but Mr.. Johnson
seemed to have a different nature, and
soon there was brought out and laid
on the table enough gold to awaken
the rivalry even of Ell Dorado. 1 never
saw such gold; not a particle Of quartz;
great fiat pieces, that made things rat
tie as you turned them over. This gold
is worth SIT an ounce. The buyers are
only paying $3.50 for Ell Dorado gold
What do you think of this creek as
against Bonanza, Mr.. Hunker?"
"Well, we have some gold here, as
you see. But you also see that we are
only getting ready to work. Only three
claims at work in the creek-Tibbits,'
Renderson's, and this of ours. Come
along after a while and I may answer
you. At present I can only say that
we are all satisfied, and nothing seems
to be for sale"
A new gulch had been struck the
day before Come to this place, Bow
ems gulch. Coarse gold, and plenty
of it." said Mr.. Crane. Ten claims had
been staked. This is most important
in making up the estimate Of room
and area A creek that is only creek
may be worked out big In few pans,
but a creek in paying gulches and
benches will last twice as long and
give work to twice as many men,
Joaquin Miller.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
AVOID THE KLONDIKE,
Rnt Get a Farm While Farms Are to
he Had.

Under the heading ''The True Klon-
dixie" Frank l. Whitney contributes
a valuable article to Home and Gar
q den" After speaking briefly of the
mad rush Of thousands ,2 OF people cop 10 10
the Yukon gold f1elds, MT. "hilheS
says: ro crao1v that If ia
the duty Of every man and woman anso,sns TO own "a
pGreioHh piTe them a comfortable living, has never
seen 50 sns as sS w
the cues ato he areat increase of population
iale naans, t,s,a1 sources, together with the i'm
into aScstes RS etsS Sat stsei by is 5em we @ 72
elgn coun .hn en- 0n0 0O0 mark There has not
besS 5sssh and thf there l viii not BE- square mile
added to the II laDe s eny QUESTION Of sa
SUITE sdrIac The an food requirements of the people
viii demand the ,sd Of eysTy I f00t of
ianu. u.aant chance. and get home and farm,
Ine .lbre p tba price is within his reach
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24

tributary of Hunlzer. The kindly min
ers pushed their boat up the creek
little way, landed, and carried their
supplies up a ladder to a platform or
cache" The caches are adjuncts Of
net only every camp but every cabin,
the dogs being so Numerous and preda-
tory that nothing can be left within
s. ,ne4I reach. NO man ever Climbs -rhe
leGucI ana nell,s h ms--f LnIesJ acUu1l-
~ II. lIeetl; CneII rs IcaveS ms Name a--d
,uu4esS. 4ne Mining Iooi5 .anG Other
bo- i've e4ce a. lrit near tae cache"
Iotning is ever G.ssuFDSd.. N8T is aT.y
p,>I.isi-4l-.it ever visited G1l any pet=
o.st-nt dos, eEea t-4ougR hs eat thseuah
ali inch BOARD TO ges as canRe0 g0oos,
ana open whole GROSS OF sardlHes
with his teeth. The miner is only
lat ghed at for his faith in fndi>n dogs.
SAT ON TIE FLOOR TO EAT,
Here at the deep an1;.er mouth of
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24

the members of Company D appreciate
what kindness and attention was
shown them while in San Antonio IS
evinced by the handsome token of es-
TEEN which the company has caused
to be designed for their sponsor, Mis-
Minnie F. Berg, of San Antonio and
which will be forwarded to the parents
of that amiable young lady in a few
days. The token, or memento, is par
ticulary> appropriate, being a gold
monogram composed of the letters Go
D' in gold set with diamonds and sap
phires, the gems being blue and waite,
the colors of Company D. The token
rests in neat case of blue and white
plush
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
BLEEDING PILES

And all other forms of this common
and often dangerous disease readlIy
cured without pain or Inconvenience.
Thousands of men and women are
afflicted with some sort of piles, with
out either knowing the exact nature of
the trouble, or knowing 1T, are careless
enough to allow it to run without TAX
ing the simple means offered for rad
ical cure.
The failure of salves and ointments
to permanently cure piles has led many
to believe the only cure to be surgi-
cal operation.
Surgical operations are dangerous to
life and moreover not often entirely
successful. and at this time are no
longer used by the best physicians or
recommended by them.
The safest and surest way to cure
any case of piles, whether blind, bleed
ing or protruding, is to use the Pyra-
mid Pile cure, composed Of healing
vegetable oils, and absolutely free from
mineral poisons and opiates. The fol-
lowing letter from Pittsburg gentle
man, a severe sufferer from bleeding
piles. gives some idea of the prompt,
effectuai character Of this pile cure.
He writes:
1 take pleasure writing these few
lines to let you know that did not
sleep for three months except for a
short time each night because Of a bad
case of bleeding piles I was down In
bed and the doctors did me no good. A
good brother told me Of the Pyramid
Pile Cure and 1 bought from my drug
gist three fifty-cent boxes. They cured
me and 1 will soon be able to go to my
work again.
WILLIAM HANDSCHU,
46 St., Cotton Alley, below Butter St.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is not only
the safest and surest remedy for piles,
but is the best known and most pop
ular. Every physician and druggist in
the country knows 1t and what it will
do.
Send for little book on cause and
cure of piles, describing all forms of
piles and the proper treatment
The Pyramid can be found at all
L. Ct n aa.,ts alzeseza
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24

sad death of his old comrade.
At last l laid my pack down on a
brush heap opposite Mr.. Hunker's
cabin ard went up to work bench
above the long string of sluices, where
a young man was making wheelbar-
row.
"I am a newspaper man, sent out to
find out from men who ought to know
the facts regarding the mines Of this
country, and I must see Mr.. Hunker."
"Wcll, there he is down there among
the men, with a shovel in his hand; the
man with sou'wester on his head"
THANK you. VIII you take me down
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24

to, but out of consideration of human
ity. He was an aged cripple with a
blind son.
Mr.. Gates, so the board of control
says, must have misunderstood the
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
Get Your Share!

100000 in Cod will be given away
by the Sterling Remedy Con pany
The conditions of this liberal offer are
easy, attractive and interesting
Everybody ought to try and secure
share of the Gold. Read the big ad
on page 20 of this issue.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
Sold Some State Lands.

State Auditor Dunn visited Anoka yester-
day and sold about 700 acres of state lands
in that county. The lands were not very
the sales being made at the appraised price
values practically, averaging about IS per
acre.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
poetic apostrophe beginning thus:

"a silver sheen's Ger the cloudless moon
In Minnesotas cloudless sky;
But, ah the wheat that the moon helps grow
Will turn to gold-so we won't mind moons.
The fact that ST. Paul man would come
all the way to speak a good word for Min
neapolis earned for Mr.. Wilkes the title
1.-THE Thirteenth Chapter of First Corinth-
ians."
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
PRESENT TO MISS BERG.
Monogram to the Sponsor of Con.
pRny ID.

The pilgrimage of Company D, First
infantry, Mime sofa National guard, to
the hot sands of San Antonio, Tex, last
July, to participate in the competitive
drill, which was announced to occur at
that ancient city of the Lone Star
State, was not altogether without it's
pleasures although, with but a few
notable exceptions, the company from
the North Star State met with an eX-
trcamly chilly reception in Texas. That
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-27
A PRACTICAL VIEW OF IT.

 The folks that write of fields of green where
 birds and daisies rule, I'll bet you, never struck them fields and
 plowed a Gcorgy mule, And them that writo of tinkling bells in dells
 where cattle roam, I'll bet you, nevor had to drive tho scamper-
 ing cattle homol And them that sing of woodlands sweet and
 softly signing pines, I'll bot you, never hnd to tramp through prick
 ly briers and vines And cut cord of wood or twol No matter
 what they say, The country ain't as purity as it looks from
 far away Just let em come and try it-whoro people
 have to rise Before the sun has blazed way along the
 chilly skies And work from then until the stars look from
 the darkening dome I'll bet you, fore the day was done they'd all
 make tracks for homei And yet they keep on singing of country fife
 So sweet" And leave out all tho mortgages and notes we
 have to meetl No thank 'em for their compliments, for all
 the words they say But still VIC ain't as purity us we look from
 far away Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
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Bad Story Telling.

If Oscar Wilde's assumption were to be taken seriously, that all fiction is ly- ing, 1t might account for much that affiicts readers, since the lack of morale affects the intellect, and what is done without conscience is apt to be done badly. Of course all fiction is not lying, as all killing is not murder, but 1t is a sad fact that many writers of novels and short stories seem to have left their consciences and much of their brains behind when they go forth to work--as if these belongings might safely remain In seclusion, with the dress coat and the white tie, to be brought out only for especial occasions Artemus Ward once remarked that he had a giant mind, but did not have 1t with him, and that tor the latter half of it) is apt to be thS case with any of us when we are care less. True, even good Homer sometimes nodded. but this affords no example for us who are not HomerE 10 come to our tasks otherwise than with all our wits about us and invite public attention to the chance ''oozings of our brains'' is as If one should issue from his apart ments unshorn and half clad or enter upon the busy haunts of men without money in his pocket. Frederic NJ Bird in Lippincott's
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Duration of Human Life.

That the human being was intended for greater length of life than is usually attained in our artificial existence is probable from the fact that he does not reach his full and complete development until his twenty-fifth year The life of most of the low animals is reckoned to Do about five times their maturity in a natural condition, and, although dis turbing causes interfere with human life ill the present day, yet within Ger. tain limits man is subject to the same laws as every other type of existence in either the animal or the vegetable king. dom
 Nature has assigned to him a certain period during which he should attain to a sound physical and mental maturity and any attempt to curtail that period by early forcing is and must be neces. sarily productive of lamentable results The boy or girl may be developed under Q system of steady "cramming'' into a highly accomplished man or woman long before full age has been reached. but it may be accepted as an axiom in almost all instances that the earlier the development tine earlier the decay The lesson to be learned from the records of those who have lived to advanced years Is that moderation ill all things. whether physical or intellectual, is the secret of long life, and that it is easy by system atically violating this rule to produce an artificial old age. Nineteenth Century
 A monk named Rivalto, in sermon preached at Florence in I805, said that spectacles were first used in the year 1926
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Re YyaIl,ed Far Too Fnr.

In hotel in Berlin there is night watohman who did not take kindly to the system adopted few years ago requiring him to go through the hotel Rt certain hours and touch an electric button fixed up in various places.
 After much thought he fixed up an automatic arrangement on several of the buttons so that they would report at certain hours Soon the button sys- tenn got so out of order that the man. agement abolished it.
 It was found necessary to keep watch in some way on the gentleman, how. aver, and finally pedometer was given him to carry on his rounds which would register every step he took All went we'll the first two nights thereafter, but on the morning following the third night the old man was missing. Or search being made ha was found sound asleep in the engine room, and the pc. dometer so attached to the piston rod of the engine that with every stroke it reg. istered step. It had been travelling all night, and when taken off it registered 912 miles. Berlin Gazette
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SCHOOLS AND PoLlTlC8
4 Scheme With Real Estate Trimnj,qsl
 That Won In Oregon.


 "Sp6alzing of schools i'll relation to politics, |" said the ex-b boomer from Ore gon, "always reminds mo of a campaign in which I was interested some years ago The Douglas county representative In the Oregon state legislature, realiz- ing that his popularity was not exceed ingly great, had been talking of build ing new state normal school, presum- ably. at Roseburg, the county seat and his own home. This caused great con- sternation among the $50 inhabitants of the little city of Drain who had been profting by the courtesy title of Drain Academy and Oregon State Normal school, under which the school there had been run since 1885 The postmas- ter, who kept drug store and sold school supplies, took counsel with his sister in-law, who dealt in millinery and ran boarding house for students, and she sought the mayor, at whose general merchandise emporium she was the principal customer.
 The mayor was man who thought slowly, but to a purpose, and, having set himself the task of devising some way of oircumventing the member from Roseburg, he passed the next three days in profound cogitation He con- ceived a scheme whose various elabora- tions and manifestations were too diver. sifed for him to handle alone, and he came to mo for help had just gained considerable influence in the county through backing a projected railroad tc the coast, and also as a real estate deal CT and sawmill owner With my busi- ness methods and the mayors knowl. edge of tho conditions confronting ut our plans were soon put into operation. First, we suggested the candidacy of an ambitious young Drainite, dealer in leather goods and hardware, for mem. Der of the legislature, taking all the wind out of his opponents sails by heartily indorsing the talk in favor of 8 new normal school. Meantime we hao large grain field of the mayors, which had begun to lose its fertility on ao. count of overcultiyation, surveyed into city lots, and as soon as our candidate had received the regular party nomina- ton we put the town site of East Drain, with it's streets named after conspicuous men of the state, on the market and gave one of its centrally located block; for the new normal school.
 Well, everything came to pass ex. aotly as we had planned. Our candidate was elected and the building of the new normal school on the site we gave wa: authorized. We sold 0 sufficient nun Der of East Drain lots to more than pay for the land and all expenses. The con tractors on the new school were men who had aided the legislation authoriz. ing it, and they got their supplies from the mayor their hardware from the member and their lumber from me. My mill also supplied lumber for other buildings in East Drain, including q new boarding house for the milliner. who has prospered ever since The post masters increased business soon war. ranted his moving into one of tho two brick buildings in the city of Drain, and the former dealer in leather goods and hardware is still member of the Oregon legislature New York Sun.
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A Friendly Bar Eram,nn......

A Georgia correspondent sends us this account of young man s oral examina- tion for tho bar by local committee before an old judge who was also an old acquaintance of the candidate. Be- ing asked, What is arson2'' he scratch cd his head and finally said, II believe that's pizon, ain't it2''
 On this tho old judge, to help him put. says Tut, tut, Jim Suppose were to set fro to your house and burn 1t down, what would that be2'
 With quick and emphatic reply Jim says T think it would be dad drafted mean trick
 But although this answer was nea technically accurate Jim wus in the hands of his friends and was honorably admitted. Case and Comment.
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Leather and Keroaene.

There is one use of kerosene which is seldom mentioned. It often happens that when heavy shoe or boot has been wet it hardens and draws so that it hurts the foot. If the shoe is put on and the leather thoroughly wet with kerosene, the stiffness will disappear and the leather become piiaiDie, adapt. ing itself to the foot. If oiled while wet. the leather retains it's softness a longer time. The kerosene does not in 3ure the leather at all
 There has been some discussion rela tive to the tariff as to whether funera monuments are works of art Decided ly not; that is, hardly ever