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that the propeiling power in swimming comes always from the downward strokes and the closing movements of the legs. Initiate as near as you can" he says, "the movements of bullfrog. He swims absolutely correctly, and no one else has ever been able to improve upon him. Kicking the feet up and down instead of backward is always the tendency of the beginner. He has an idea that it will buoy him up, but although it may be easier at first he will soon learn that he makes little headway through the water by using it."
 The arm movement is next in the setting-up drill. The hands are raised in front of the breast, with the thumbs and forefngers nearly touching and the palms downward, nearly closed. The el- bows should be kept close to the side At the command "One" the arms are thrown back until they are straight out from the shoulder. At Two" they are returned to first position, and at "Three" the pupil comes to attention. For two days this land exercise Is | kept up; dnd lb is nOt unlil but hiiiIu 1 lesson that the instructor leads his put pil into the water. There, in three feet of water, with big, fat cork life pre- server encircling her, and grasping q long pole, which the instructor, stand ing on the edge of the pond, holds firm | ly in his hand the beautiful summer- girl-to-be repeats under water the first | part of the movements she learned in l the instruction room.
 When a rope has been tied to the back of the life preserver (still in three feet of water) she goes through with
 the arm movement, and after that both arms and legs are worked together.
 "It takes about 12 lessons.' said a well-known instructor, ito teach the average young woman to swim, and you would be surprised at the gratitude i they show and the thanks they shower upon me-
 "You see, to be real up-to-date summer girl now one must be able not only to swim, but to do it gracefully. It is most difficult thing to learn i'll | the surf, and as most of them spend their summers at the seashore, they come here in the winter and early | spring for instruction.
 "Yes, sir,' the instructor went on. | proudly, most of the belles of the beach, from Cape May to York Har-
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,ur children shall behold their fame.

Nearly two-thirds of those who fought in the civil war have already passed away. Of the 2,800, ,000 men called into the service of the nation only a few more than 100000 remain. By 194O these will be reduced to a battalion of $40, and five years later not one will be alive.
 The last soldier of the revolution, Daniel r. Bakeman, died on April 5, 1869, at Freedom, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. He was 109 years old. Only 30 years ago a man lived who bore arms when Cornwallis surrendered, and he stayed with us long enough to hear the news of Appomattox!
 We are paying $140,00o,000 a year to nearly million pensioners, and on this account we have paid since the war be- gan more than $2,o0o,0o0, ,00o. To keep Il states in this union cost us more than $S,000,000,0o0, or $3,000.000,0 ,00O more than the total wealth of those II states in 1860.
 The war cost the north the lives of 350,000 men, which number is close to the strength of the Grand Army of the Republic to-day. Those of the soldiers of the north who have died since the war outnumber the million survivors by more than 100000. If every veteran were to decorate the grave of a com rade who died since they fought shoul- der to shoulder, there still would be 237,0oo unstrewn graves.
 When the semi-centennial of Lees surrender is celebrated on April g, 1915, there will be not more than 430.o00 vet
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A charming bodice of rather differ.

A charming bodice of rather differ ent order is of plain grass linen, em- broidered in gold thread. It looks ex- pensive, but isn't, since the lawn may be bought for ten cents yard, and the gold thread embroidery worked at home in two evenings.
 Instead of being brought to the left side to finish with plain flounce, it ends rather more toward the center. At the neck quite A piece, lined with gold-colored silk and edged with gold lace, is allowed to hang in jabots to the waist.
 Such bodice, although so mex pensive, would be quite smart enough on any but the most dressy occasion.
 With the shirtwaist comes the old problem of keeping skirt and waist to-
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priety, on a dressy occasion; in the sec ond place, so many sheer materials can be secured at low price that lace seems a ridiculous selection.
 There is a strong tendency in New York to use prettily-colored ginghams for shirt waists. They launder well and are much more practical for hard wear.
 The more sheer materials are used for fancy bodices that have tight-ftting backs and bloused fronts that close on the left side under founce. For the flounce lisse is considered most smart. It may be either plain or edged with a satin ribbon stripe.
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bor, are graduates of our school, and
 we have beautiful animated testimoni- als at Newport, Narragansett and Bar Harbor every year. Sometimes we get one that stumps us, but not often.
 We teach them to dive, turn somer- saults and fipfops, swim on their back, under water--in fact, send them out of here accomplished swimmers.
 There is nothing like teaching them aquatic tricks, to use in case of emer- gency. For instance-and you might use this profitably in your articles--we tell them how to extricate themselves should they get caught in weeds. It is much easier, you know, to swim over weeds while going with the current than when swimming against it. If you have to pass over bed of weeds, try to pick out the spots where they are thinnest and then swim as lightly as possible, putting a strain on the small of the back, so as to keep the legs near the surface of the water.
 "If you find yourself entangled, in spite of your precautions, do not get rattled and waste your strength in fu- tile plunges to get free of them. Dive down and tear them from the roots or break them off. You must keep clear head, and if you don't succeed in one effort try again. Take breath each lime before diving, and do not become stam- peded because you are making no head- way.
 Another good thing to know is how to get rid of cramp. When you feel one coming on do not stop or stand, but kick it out by swimming as hard as you can. It takes a lot of nerve to kick out severe cramp, but it is fatal to remain still and let it get the best of you. A sudden jerk is the most effective thing. The cramp most to be feared attacks the calf of the leg and the muscles of the arm; consequently it is of great value to learn to swim with one arm aNd one leg, kicking vigorous ly with the attacked members at the same time. The cramp will come out if you kick hard enough nine times out of ten"
 With all its exhilarating and health | ful properties there is no doubt that | swimming as it is practiced along the shore nowadays in summer results in serious physical disorders. Remaining in the water a good share of the day, as many young people do, is bound to be injurious, and not infrequently nulli- l, fies all the benefits otherwise to be de- rived from six weeks vacation.
 As an organized sport, swimming has never been as popular here as in other countries, especially England and Aus tralia, where . great many of the rec ords are held.
 The New York Athletic club has done
 much to revive it hare, however, and the water polo, hurdle races and sprint races of 100 and 200 yards have attract ed large crowds. In this country Georgs J. Whittaclxer, of Milwaukee. is looked upon as the most brilliant short dis tance performer. His record of ono minute and nine seconds for the 100- yard dash has never been beaten here. 1 although there is aI- Englishman who swan the same distance few years ago l i'll one minute and one second.
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gether at the back. This year, however, 0 number of new ideas have been de- vised, and a trim effect is therefore much more easily obtainable.
 English women have plan which is well worth adopting, if the materials are obtainable in this country.
 At the waistline the waist is gathered
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MORE THAN HALF DEAD.
Nearly Two-Thirds of Our War Veterans Have Passed Away.
Even Drummer Boys Are. Gray-In Forty-seyen Years Not a Member of the Grand Army of the Re-
 public VIII He Left.
(Copyright. 1897. ]

Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes.
 These all are gone, and. standing like
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Scientifically Explained.

Mulcahey-Hello, Pat; how ssd you get the two elegant black oyes?
 Hohegan (specifically)-Oi got the left wan doin' up Maginty, lasht noight, and tie right eye got black from sym pathy.-Hooklyn Eagle.
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America was kept up, and it is the ag- gregate figures that appal, and show the price we paid for united country and liberty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

1.-The board finally decided, after
comparing these figures with bids re
ceived. that the ST. Cloud and Kettle
river stones were the only local stones
which, taking all requirements INTO con-
sideration, would prove acceptable LOT
the present contract. The consensus
of opinion of the board, too, was, on the
information which it was able TO
gather, that no standard or soft stones
should be adopted for a permanent
state monument of the size when II
is propOsed to have MinneSota'S capitol.
"Then there came the element OF labor.
NAV remark here that the granite and
soft stone cutters are widely separated.
The granite cutters union dominates
all work in that stone throughout the
country. The soft stone cutters UNION
and it's interests are entirely diverse.
We received one letter urging US TO use
granite and give those men work; ih-
other asking US to use both granite ana
soft stone, and still another urging the
use of the soft stone.
''Now there are only about 100 granite
cutters employed in this state, and II
the building were to be built entirely
of granite the work would not be done
by resident MinnesOtanS, but by I'M
ported stone cutters, whose wages
would be dictated by this national
union.
''If the remainder of the dome foundation
should be constructed OF Kettle river s anu
stone 1.-THE specifications now call for local
blue hmestone), the basement OF ST CLOUD
granite and the four-inch facing OF the eXte-
rior walls of Georgia marble, the cuplc Ieet
etrnctinn would be apportioned as follows,
+ba building is complete:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
coll. LAuOpTIS HERE
COMES TO LOOK UP THE DUTIES
WHICH HIS NEW POSITION
ENTAILS.
HAS INVESTED HIS CAPITAL
AMI EeNTERED INTO AN AGREE
MENT TO ENGAGE IN NORTH
ERN PACIFIC SERVICE.
OWNERSHIP IN STRONG HANDS.
New Management VIII Exert It's
Efforts in the Line of Co-Opera-
tiOn-May He No Changes.

Col. Daniel S. Lamont, recently elect
ed vice president of the Northern Pa
cific road. accompanied by his private
secretary, John Seager, arrived in st.
Paul yesterday over the Milwaukee,
and put up at the Aberdeen. During
the morning he paid his respects to a
number of the prominent railroad men
in St. Paul. and after lunch visited
the general offices of the Northern Pa
cific company. Seen in President VIM
ters office, he said to reporter TOR
the G 10 b that he would remain IN
ST. Paul but two or three weeks, after
which he will return to New York
Asked as to the duties which were in
Guided in the office to which he has
been elected, Col. Lamont minated
that the matter had not been definitely
decided and would not in all probable
ity until President Mellen arrives in
St Paul
In response to a request for some de-
tails about himself and his new berth,
Col lamont said:
81 have come to st. Paul for the purpose
If looking up the duties which have assumed
ia the management of the Northern
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

given immediate work quarrying and
dressing that stone for the new work,
which will give employment to those
men throughout the winter and prob
ably a great portion of the following
sumner.
1.-THE Georgia marble, under the con-
tract, is all to be shipped here in the
rough, and will be cut here. This will
give the soft stone cutters, residents of
this state, employment beginning very
soon, to last at least a year.
after a careful consideration the
board determined that the popular cry
about Minnesota stone was less import
ant than the interest of Minnesota
labor for labor, after ALL is the great
est item in the cost of such building.
We knew Of no material so beautiful
as white marble, within our reach, and
we believe that the decision reached
today is the best for all concerned,
considering at once it's ultimate beauty,
durability and architectural effects to
be attained.
'"The action of today is in the nature
of a compromise in all directions as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
FLOUR TARIFF RESTORED.
Lines Promise Not to Shade the
Rates Hereafter.


Today the tariff on flour from Min
neapolis to the seaboard is restored to
the old figure VIZ; 2212 cents per 100
pounds. the northern lines having after
seine effort come together on an agree
ment not to shade these rates, even on
some certain contracts which were IN
effect, and which are said to lap over
the first of the month. The flour move
ment has begun in real earnest, ana,
although it is true that the activity for
the past two weeks may have resulted
from the fact that shippers were an
xfous to secure the low rate, it is be-
lieved that from now on the bulk of
the business will be greater. AS it is
from 300 to $50 carloads of the white
stuff are now being daily shipped east
by the northern lines via Duluth, and
the lakes or by way of Gladstone, to
which point the 500 people send their
traffic.
The railroad men believe that it will
be a simple matter to maintain the re-
stored tariff, owing to the volume OF
business and the scarcity of cars later
on. There will be so much business
that the freight men will not be obliged
to shade the rate to secure the bust
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

to material and labor, supplemented by
a desire to produce noble, beautiful
structure that the people of Minnesota
will be proud Of and enjoy"
Speaking of the decision Of the board
last evening, the architect of the new
palace, Cass Gilbert, said to the
Globe:
'In my report to the board I was
compelled to consider the estimated
cost of the building first The tabu-
lated statement of the figures submit
ted in the various proposals showed
that after taking out minor contracts
and allowing for contingencies, the
board would have available for this
contract about 100000. I therefore
deemed it my duty to consider more
particularly bids which came within
or very near this sum. 1 personally
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
New Fall Dress Goods.

Of course you have called to see
the new stuffs-the grandest show
ing we've ever had. See these for
Wednesday:
Novelty Suitings, all new de-
signs, equal in style to FA-
the S1.00 a yard kind Our mic
Granite suitings in all the new
and popular colorings, all pure
wool, so inches wide, good IT,
value at $1.00 a yard. lJC
Here at.
French Imperial Serge, in jet
black only, all pure wool, a.
46 inches wide, good value LyC
at SOC yard. Special.
Black Clay Serge, clear bright,
81 inches wide, all pure wool, con-
sidered everywhere good AZ.
value at 75c yard. Our 4YC
special price ................
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
WEST BRIGHTENS UP.
c. S. Fee Says the People Are En-
jOying BETTER Conditions.


General Passenger Agent Charles S.
Fee, of the Northern Pacific, returned
home last night on the overland train
after an absence of nearly six weeks
spent in the far West. Mr.. Fee went
West just before the return of the
Christian EndeaVorS from their annual
convention at San Francisco, and aid
ed by several of the roads travelling
passenger agents, handled the immense
volume Of business at Portland. where
the business was delivered to the
Northern Pacific. The number of pas
sengers carried by his road, Mr.. Fee
says, approximated 1000, and was con-
siderably in excess of the expectations
of the passenger officials. Returning
home from Portland, Mr.. Fee made
the trip by easy stages, stopping at
many of the larger stations en- route
east. He finds that generally speaking
local traffic has materially increased,
and that the people in the West, and
especially in Washington and Oregon,
are enjoying better conditions than
for several years past. The Washing
ton farmers, he explains, are having a
big crop, and are getting good prices
for their wheat, hops and wool, while
the lumbermen are selling large guam
titles of shingles at good figures. The
general feeling through the West is, he
says, much better, and must have its
good effect on this section.
According to the Northern Pacific
official, people in this section can have
only a vague notion of the intense ex-
citement which prevails on the north
Pacific coast at the sound cities and
even at Portland, over the Alaskan
gold discoveries.
Although the steamer Portland on
her last trip down did not bring as
much gold as was expected, MI. Fee
says that when she next enters Seat.
tie, about Sept. 25. the people of that
section are talking as if they believed
that between $4,00O,00O and $S,OO0,0OO
would be brought down from Klondike.
The Portland will leave st. Michael's
on her last trip down this year Sept, 20
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
Balance for construction {.

1.-THE problem was further compli-
Gated by what may without disrespect
be termed Minnesota stone howl
One interest that thought it would be
given an advantage by the use OF the
Minnesota stone sent circulars all
over. the state to enlist it's friends in
behalf Of the stone, while another in
terest which supposed it would be
benefited also took steps to urge the
Minnesota stone upon US. One local
ity or another, which was interested
in one or another variety of stone,
added in the agitation.
"In considering the stone problem,
we first took up the architects esu-
mates of cost of future construction,
not included in present proposals, and
found that we were left approximate
ly $700,0 C0 as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
ROADS SUMMONED.
Warehouse Case to Ee Resumed at
Kansas City.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31-The rate of $3.50
which has been made for the meeting
of the letter carriers in San FRANCISCO,
will be open to the public, and it is ex-
pected that the roads will do a large
business as. with the exception of the
rates for the meeting of the Society of
Christian Endeavor, it will be the
lowest rate made to the Pacific coast
this year.
Leading railroads to the number of
100 have been summoned to appear be-
fore the Interstate commerce commits
sion at Kansas City on Sept. q, to an
swer charges of the American Ware
house & Commission company, that
they are furnishing free storage to
customers contrary to the law prohibit
ing the granting of concessions. The
case is the same as that begun IN chi
cago early in the summer, and in the
course of which a great deal of evil
dence was taken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

Several trainloads of cattle and sheep from
the West passed through st. Paul yesterday
on the way to the Chicago market.
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Chaicago Great Western will be held in
Chicago, Sept. 9, when successors to three
members of the board of directors will be
elected.
Charles P. Murphy has resigned his posi-
ton in the Northern Pacific freight depart
ment and has accepted a clerical position
with the Northern Steamship company at
Buffalo.
Word was received at the Great North
ern general Offices yesterday that the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha steamer Kagoshima Maru
would reach Seattle Sept 10, and would
sail again for Yokohama Sept %.
Tax Commissioner G. S. Fernald. of the
Northern Pacific, left yesterday on the over
land train for Bismarck, where he is busily
engaged in settling number of cases where
the taxes of the road have become delinquent
owing to disputes as to the amount and
method of levying them. He will be gone
several, DAYS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
DOWLING'S BOMB.
Secretary of the Republican League
Threatens to Resign.

CHICAGO Aug 3-The first meeting of
the executive committee of the League of
Republican clubs since the Detroit conven-
and means. The discussion was given
sensational turn, it is said, by the threat
of Secretary NJ. j. Bowling to resign IN
less satisfactory means for the maintenance
of the organization were provided. He was
persuaded to withdraw his resignation, but
not until resolution presented by Melville
Hayes, the Ohio member, was adopted, au-
thorizing President Crawford, Secretary
Bowling, Senator J. NJ. Thurston, 1. NJ. Ham
ilton, of Illinois, and Mr.. Hayes, to make
such arrangements with regard to finance as
they may deem proper. and to call upon the
national committee and tender that body the
service Of the league. Secretary Dowlings
resignation hangs on the report of this COM
mittee. Mr.. Bowling refused to say any
thing about his effort to resign. but It was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
To+a, outlay for marble and freight

Total OUTLAY
TX cents per foot ...-........... SlVo9UO w
g Chicago Great Western railroad
is quoted above. because we are informed
that the contract Tor frelght loo Genus Per per
cubic foot) has been made by that route
If some other road should get the business
the division of freight earnings might be
slightly different.
s7It will he seen. by the above that the total
expenditure outside OF the state, If marble
should be adopted for the 4-inch facing of the
exterior of the building would be about
) per cent of the total appropriation 49, OOO,-
LOO.
eve now have of st. Paul limestone,
sc. 829 feet; of Winona limestone. SO 1876
feet: of Kettle river sandstone, a.
SIT feet, andf granite, 99,73S feet. This
divides the ethree last named stones
very evenly, land St. Paul, the fourth,
I think, will not seriously object as
the capitol is being erected here. The
total of this Minnesota stone is $780,
$50 feet. as against 141, 203 cubic feet
of Georgia marble, so that the Mime
sofa stone constitutes seven-tenths of
stone in the building. Now it is a
part of the contract with the firm to
which we have awarded the contract
that all stonecutting and labor be
done in this state which reduces the
figures for the expenditure outside Of
the state to a little over 100000 on
this enormous building, barely per
cent of the total appropriation
"The basement, which is to be of
granite, will, give Immediate work at
once to all the granite cutters in the
state. except the half of them who
are already steadily employed in
monument and curb cutting, which
constitutes their permanent source of
employment. They will be employed
at least a year And the work will be
done by resident granite cutters and
not itinerant journeymen. We believe,
also. that the work on the other gran
tie to be used about the building SUBJ
seouent to the completion of this con-
tract will also give them a continuing
employment.
1.-The Kettle river quarries will be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
IN GEORGIA MARBLE
Confused From First Page.

board, last night related to the G
some of the difficulties which beset the
body from sthe start, and showed the
considerations which had led to the
action of yesterday. He said: I'm the
first place the board is limited to an
expenditure of 100000. That injunc
ton the board has religiously tried to
follow. We, have taken into consider
alton our present finances and future
resources, and we have determined to
keep within the figure given. From
the following financial statement you
will see that in our calculations we
have not only figured the cost of con-
struction under this contract, but the
adornment of the grounds, purchase
of land to legally vacate Aurora av-
enue and interest on certificates, which
should not properly be charged to US: