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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

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These goods sold heretofore no
at d.25, $1.50 and $500 a VAC
yard. Our special sale price ~
AS quantities are limited, an early
response is advisable. No samples
furnished.
Black Goods Department.
20 pieces of Figured Mohair Bril-
liantines, large, handsome designs,
bright and lustrous, regular ar
price, Soc a yard. IN
For Monday.
10 pieces of Etamine Brocades,
new patterns, just the thing IN.
for summer skirts. The 75c ave.
quality, for Monday, at 49,.
A phenomenal offering:
20 pieces of the latest weaves in
Black Crepons, Raised Worsteds,
Tafted Mohairs and other swell
weaves for separate skirts and H.
gowns, worth 75c and Csc a 4iC
yard. AS Monday special.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16


Black Peau de Sole, very AZ.
fine and heavy, worth 81 a JS
yard. Monday.
Black Satin Rhadame,
strong and 1ustrous, worth 81 t4k
a yard. Monday ............
Black eros Grain Silk, war On.
ranted to wear, "a in. wide, fH5C
worth $1.25 a yard. Monday
Black Brocade Taffeta Silk, "a in.
wide, late designs, and war- IA
ranted to wear, worth $1.OO EVk
yard. Monday. ..........
High Colored Taffetas-Reds and
every other very desirable 1A.
color. Monday and Mon. JyC
day only, per yard. ........
10 pieces of Louisene Check Tai
fetas, colors Blue, Brown, Green,
Cerise, Black and White, on.
Red and Illuminated S-co1or NabC
effects, worth $1.00. Monday
Note-The Louisene Silk is the
best wearing silk fabric known,
IA pieces of Black MORE Ve1ours,
for stylish skirts, all new, latest
markings, bought to sell at from ST.
to So yard. Mondays O. 10
prices here are Toe, SOC, ID 40
9Oc, $t.OO and.
Order vour Furs stored now. and attend
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Mail Orders.

Orders from out-of-town patrons
get our most careful attention.
Goods always shipped same day in
structions are received. That's
why this is known to be 1.-The
quickest mail order house in the
Northwest"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
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Cloak Dept.-Ladies' TaiIor-Made Suits.
A One Days Sale in the

We have the best of for asserting that Mon
days Suit Sale will be of the greatest in business
history We offerings Ladies Ready
Suits the biggest values and just the prices
lower than have heretofore mentioned Here's profit
ah1e
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

second, Mrs. F. W. Kies; third, Mrs.
A. Dufrene.
Inc faculty and graduating class Of
the state normal school at Winona has
issued invitations for the exercises to
be held at the school commencement
week, May % to e.
The engagement is announced ~
Miss Evelyn Kiefer. danghter re az ~
A: II. Kiefer, and Harry Brook On.
OF the we'll known business men Of
washington. D. C. The wedding viii
take place June s. After an extenIed
bridal trip, Mr.. and Mrs. Brook will
reside on capitol hill, in WASHINGTON.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Lightbourn cele-
DRAFTED tne1r forty-third wedding ami
versary Monday evening, nearly every
member of large family Of children
pelng present to join in the merry
making. Mr.. and Mrs. Lightbo,1rn
were married forty-three years ago in
New orleans, going from there to New
YORK and then to ST. Paul, where thew
located forty years ago.
Cab1t YerXa, Of MINNEAPOLIS. gave q
german Friday evening for the Yonno
Peoples German club, Of st, Paul The
rooms were decorated with roses and
PAINS. Mrs Holman, Miss Grant and
Mr.. Hayn1e chaperoned the party. The
guests We're Misses Mirion Holman
Ethel Haynie, Georgena Dittman'
HERNIA Gregory, Rachel Clark, Bell
and Helen Riley, Antoinette Nichols
and Florence Shiffmann; Messrs. Har-
vey Carr, Jay Crane, Wallace Grant.
Egil Bochmann, John Proctor, Charlie
Robinson, Louis Dousman, Graham
Anthony and Charlie Wheaton.
The event of the week socially was
the state meeting Of the D. A. r.. held
MONDAY all day in Park Congregations
al church. The meeting was avery in
tefestlng one and largely attended.
Prof. Hoyt. of New York, who will
offlclate as pastor Of House OF Home
during the summer, will be rendered n
reception Monday evening in the
church parlors. - s
Mrs Henry Horn. Of Irvine park.
gave reception yesterday in compli-
ment to Mrs. w. S. Hall and Miss
Welsh, Of Maryland
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Shipman. Of
Goodrich avenue. entertains at dinner
tomorrow for Rev. and Mrs. Dudley
Rhodes.
Mrs j. J. Parker entertained at din
| ner Wednesday evening.
Mrs. o. Martel gave an afternoon
euchre Tuesday. The hostess was as
sisted by several young ladies, who
formed part Of company enter
tanned in the evening. Ten tables were
played.
Mrs. Wells. of Western avenue, gave
a euchre party Tuesday evening.
Miss Mabel Horn gave a supper Of
ten covers Wednesday evening.
| Members Of the Young German club
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

charity work in which he did not take an
active interest. Since his death the baroness
has not only supported the great charity or
ganization which the philanthropist founded,
but she has enlarged her own special work
and has extended her charities beyond Eu-
rope, and has invaded Asia and even Amer
lea. Most Americans are not aware Of the
fact that Baroness Hirsch has a representative
in New York who watches her interests in the
country, and handles large sums of her
money in assisting poor Hebrews from abroad
who find the new world rather difficult place
in which to begin new life. Her great gift
to the Christian charity in Paris is charac-
teristic Of her unbiased liberality
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
For
Twenty Thousand Dollars
Worth Of New Silks.

Dollars saved by attending important Silk Sale this
week We plainly advertise few decided bargains-Hun
dreds of other equally good bargains here, that
haven't time to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Fort Smelling.

Lieut.. and Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Jewett
returned from Piattsburg barracks this morn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Mrs Henry Horn, Of Irvine park.
gave a reception yesterday in compIi-
ment to Mrs. w S. Hall and Miss
Welsh, Of Maryland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Shipman. Of
Goodrich avenue, entertains at dinner
tomorrow for Rev. and Mrs. Dudley
Rhodes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

The event Of the week socially was
the state meeting Of the D. A. R., held
Monday all day in Park Congregations
al church. The meeting was avery in
terest1ng one and largely attended.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Prof. Hoyt, Of New York, who will
of1ciate as pastor Of House of Hope
during the summer, will be rendered q
reception Monday evening in the
church parlors -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Butterick'S Patterns.

We are agents for all patterns
and publications issued by the But
terick Publishing Company. June
patterns now here. Have you seen
"'The Glass of Fashion," We will
take limited number of subscrip-
tions at Is cents year. Regular
price, Soc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Extra Special Drawing Silk
Cards.

Monday at 9 a. m.
White Habutais. zoe, worth Soc
Black Habutais. ...2Oc, worth Soc
Check Taffetas. ...44c, worth 75c
Check Taffetas... TIC. worth $1.O0
Wide Pongees. ...29c, worth Soc
Yard wide Tussoreo8c. worth 81. IS
d in. Black Taffeta60c, worth 85c
Changeable Taffeta5oc. worth 75c
BLK Moire Faconne69c, worth$1. Is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Mrs. ]. J. Parker entertained at din
ner Wednesday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Mrs. o. Martel gave an afternoon
euchre Tuesday. The hostess was as
sisted by several young ladies, who
formed part Of company enter
tanned in the evening. Ten tables were
played.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
For Monday
Incredible Cuts in Dress Goods.

By means luckily CONTROL many lots than cost
to make. Buying chances here the like of which can't be
found in establishment in the country quality Of
the offerings is strongest proof.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Mrs. Wells. of Western avenue, gave
a euchre party Tuesday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Our Great Annual May

in the store
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Miss Mabel Horn gave a supper Of
ten covers Wednesday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

Members of the Young German club
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

w. and attend to repairs any time you In the
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
A Wonderful Clock,

Two years ago South Chicago jew
eler did some figuring. He calculated
that he would, In all probability, live
forty years. He knew that it takes at
least two minutes to wind the ordinary
house clock. At that rate he figured
that he would, during the rest of his
life, spend about sixty days of his
valuable time winding the clock, to say
nothing of the time and temper lost
through forgetting it. Then he decided
to make clock that would have to be
wound but once in forty years.
He spent his odd minutes at the task
and has succeeded in producing a won
derful piece Of mechanism-the only
one of it's kind, he claims, in the world
This forty-year timepiece is fifteen
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

Another British novelist has been Sc.
duced into coming over here by the
prospect Of making a few more Ameri-
can dollars. This time it is the retiring
and modest author of the ''Zenda"
stories. Lovers Of the romantic have
enjoyed the lively work Of Mr.. Haw-
kins, but it is doubtful if they will care
at this day to hear it read by the au.
thor. Dickens first set the fashion of
authors reading their work to audi
ences, and he was followed by Thack-
cray and many others. But both Dick
ems and Thackeray were something Of
public entertainers, the former espe-
cially so. The breadth and human in
terest Of his writings, too, helped to
make his readings success. Ian Mac
laren called forth lively interest be-
cause he was, besides being a popular
writer, a noted philosopher. Mr.. Haw-
kins is none of these things. He is not
even a public speaker, and has not yet
attempted to test his powers in that di-
rection. 1t is hardly likely that he will
add to his popularity by this American
trip, although, Of course, his admirers
over here will be glad to see him.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
irches i'm diameter. and weichs seven.

inches in diameter, and weighs seven
ty-five pounds. The movement is
geared so that the barrel-wheel con-
tanning the handspring revolves in two
and half years.
When this wheel has made fifty-six
revolutions somebody will have to give
the key seventeen turns. The clock
will then be wound up for another
forty years. The first wheel from the
barrel-wheel crowds around at the rate
Of ONE turn a year, The dial-plate is
six inches in diameter.
The making of the work took most
of the jewelers. leisure for twenty-four
months. The movement is full l-jeweled.
The clock will be put in a hermetically
sealed glass case, and it will work in
a vacuum, thus lessening friction and
preventing the oil from drying.-Phil
adelphia Times.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

If later information bears out the
first reports of discoveries Of rich gold
fields along the KlOndike river In Brit
ish Columbia it will not be surprising
If the world witnesses again some Of
the picturesque spectacles which at
tended the great rush to the California
gold fields fifty years ago. The story
of a steamer which reached Seattle
the other day with load Of passen-
gers, almost every one of whom car
ried his bundle of gold dust, is in itself
enough to kindle the imagination Of
people who crave sudden wealth. Let
this narrative be repeated often
enough, let it become definitely known
that there is a new, unwOrked gold
field, where any man may seize claim
and work it for his own enrichment,
and the exodus to the KlOndike will
follow with a rush. People are less
credulous than they were when the
temptations of California were held
before the eyes of christendom. But
they are not less eager for wealth nor
less willing to risk time and health in
it's pursuit. The extraordinary devel-
opment of the Witwatersrand mines in
Africa in recent years show what
charm the idea Of opening natural
treasure house still has for men. Even
supposing that the reports of the KlOn-
dixie mines have not been exaggerated,
however, there are many reasons
which will and should act as a deter
rent to men in danger Of the gold fe-
yer. The difficulties Of trip to the
new mines are great. The prospect
ors who migrated in covered wagons
across the plains in 1849 had more OBJ
stacles to contend with than traveller
would have nowadays in getting to the
Klondike or the upper Yukon, but the
California gold-seeker had fairly
equable climate for his travels and for
his work after he arrived. The man
who goes to the mines along the Klon-
dixie must bear considerable expense
for his journey, he must be ready to
face the hardships Of unremittent la
Dor, of a rigorous climate and Of linn
tied rations, and occasionally he must
confront real perils. After he arrives
he must live in a complete isolation
from civilization for the greater part
of the year. Men bitten with the de-
sire for gold-hunting would do we'll to
take full account of these conditions
before venturing on an expedition
which, while it may result in wealth,
may merely leave them stranded, pen
niless and hungry in a rigorous eli
mate.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
The bleak and snow-covered top of

The bleak and snow-covered top of a
mountain $4,000 feet high is not the
place where everyone would stake out
a claim for public land, but that Is
where Mayor Lewis of Manitou, Colo.,
has filed his claim. 1t is 160 acress
across the top Of Pixies Peak. He was
enabled to do this because few years
ago President Cleveland transferred
the summit of the peak to the interior
department and it thus became public
domain. Mr.. Lewis does not expect to
irrigate his property or to utilize it for
grazing purposes, as it would not be
success in either case, but he thinks
that since there is a cog-wheel road
running to the top Of the mountain for
several months in the year he may be
able to derive an income from the tour,
lists who visit that exalted point.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Municipal Ownership.

Gas plants are operated by 168 cit
Les Of England and Scotland, including
almost every city Of consequence, ex-
cept London; by 338 cities Of Germany,
including thirty Of the largest, such as
Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden; by
Brussels, by Amsterdam, by many cit
les i'm the British colonies, and by
twelve American cities, including
Wheeling, Louisville, Richmond and
Philadelphia. Electric lighting plants
are operated by over 200 American
municipalities, including Dunkirk, in
this State, and Jacksonville, Spring
field, Little Rock, Topeka, Bay City,
Detroit and Chicago; by many British
cities; by some in the Australian colon
les, and by thirteen German cities, in
Guiding Hamburg and Dresden. Street
railroads are owned and operated IN
thhrty-three cities Of England and
Scotland, by some cities Of Germany,
Switzerland, Holland and Of the Aus
tralian colonies, by Toronto, and In
measure by New Orleans. To put the
matter into condensed form, municipal
ownership Of one or more of these
street franchises prevails In over 700
cities, and Is authorized by the laws of
a score Of States and countries. Time
was when private ownership Of all
street franchises was the rule. Now
the chiefest cities of the world are for
saking it. Progress In the art of munic
ipal affairs Is all In the direction Of
municipal ownership.
Municipal ownership is, therefore, no
new or over radical thing. 1t Is neither
socialistic, communistic, nor populistic.
1t is feasible and practicable. 1t must
be at least reasonably successful, and
it cannot be attended with amy greater
political evils than the no more univer.
sal municipal ownership Of docks, fer
ries, bridges, markets and the water
supply. So much the experience of
these other cities indicates to u.s.
Municipal Affairs.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter,
and each trunk, as well as the upper
bole, is perfectly normal, nor does the
fork show any signs Of fattening,
ridge or one-sided coalescence. Hence,
the union must have taken place when
the trees were saplings.
Is this natural graft" or did some
Indian possibly use the saplings as part
Of his wigwam support, and tie them
so tightly as to induce coalescence?
The size of the trees considering the
slow rate of growth Of the blue ASH
seems to make them antedate the
white settlers in Ohio.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

bringing out West the helpless children
of the Eastern metropolis. 1t has re-
Gently been charged in city court
that man from New York has made
it practice to bring foundlings and
orphans to Chicago and dispose of
them for a certain stated sum. The
last heard of it judge had ordered
that the man be brought into court to
explain where he got the children and
who authorized him to engage in the
human traffic. Whether or not he ex-
planned this satisfactorily has never
been published. The West has it's own
helpless children to take care of, and
it is not likely that any reputable char
liable institution in New York would
countenance the sale of it's wards. The
matter is worthy of investigation.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
State PAPERS Mutilated.

In the files Of the House no signat-
ures of Webster, Clay or Lincoln re-
main. While there should be hundreds
of letters from these distinguished
men in evidence, all have disappeared,
and there is no trace of their where
abouts. President Lincoln in the
course of his official career in Washing
ton sent hundreds of original docu-
ments bearing his signature to both
House and Senate, but on all these
original papers filed in the House the
signatures have been cut off. There
are other important documents In the
House files which have been similarly
mutilated.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

Charles s. Newhall, Treasurer of the
Melrose (Mass.) Cooperative Bank, re-
Gently absconded. 1t was at first
thought his stealings would amount to
but few hundred dollars, but a par
tial investigation of his books shows
that they will run up into the thou
sands. A thorough investigation of
his trunk revealed 1900 champagne
corks, which significantly tell where
five or six thousand dollars Of the steal
ings went. AS the champagne corks
are not of any value as negotiable
materials their discovery will not
be of any benefit or consolation to the
depositors in the collapsed concern.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

Herbert Spencer is anxious to bring
the biological part Of his work up to
date, and has five secretaries at work
helping him. His health is so feeble
that he is only able to manage at in
tervals an hours work in a day.
An advertisement in the London
Daily News offers for history of Cali
fornia fifty dollars. 1t must be COM
piled from materials in the British Mu-
scum. The length of the history is also
laid down at four hundred thousand
words. 1t could be produced, at the
rate of two thousand words a day, in
two hundred days, or in nearly seven
months.
On the same morning, in Chicago, the
Tribune and the Times-Herald review
ed Robert Hichens' novel, "Flames,"
and the phrasing was somewhat anus
ing. Said the Tieles- Herald. THE
Green Carnation' was a green lily pad
floating on the surface of stagnant
slime and ooze, compared with this,
which is ooze itself down to the very
''For the healthy adult mind, Flames
is as pure and elevating as the lily that
elevates itself out of ooZe and slime"
w. T. Stead fears that the growth of
mother tongue up into so many portions
that before we know it people who
have always been understanded of one
another will have to converse with the
aid of an interpreter. The London
Spectator says that no academy for the
IS needed, and continues: eve do not
believe that any need exists, because
we entirely deny the proposition that
the English race, in it's various habita-
tiOns, is taking to unintelligible dia-
lects. We have never met with news.
paper article in modern English, much
less printed book, whether hailing
from America or Australia-if not in
tended to be a skit on current local
slang-which was not perfectly intelli-
Gible to any educated man who uses
the English language as, his mother
tongue. The marvellous thing about
the free trade in words which has been
employed in the English language is
the manner in which it has kept the
English language steady. Books writ
ten IN the Elizabethan age are still per-
fectly Ineligible. There is going to be
no English tower of Babel. Instead,
the language will broaden and deepen,
and yet remain as clear as ever II
VAS"
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Feeds His Mule Fence Rails.

An old southwest Georgia negro
called to one Of the laborers in his vine
yard.
''You, John! Hits time ter feed dat
mule. Give him a couple of fence rails,
quickv'
''He doesn't eat fence rails, does he?"
inquired bystander.
"Lawd bless you, yes, subj" replied
the old man. "Dat des Whets his ap.
petite He use ter b'long ter one er
desc offlse,seekers, en- he got so hongry
stapdin' hitched in de sum dat he
started ON fence rails fer a hvin; en-
now he won't tackle grass tell he's
dome eat up string err fence, den he
eats oats or grass for dessert. wy,
suh," continued the old man, she got
loose de yuther day en- took EN- eat up
one whole gable end OBJ Ebenezer
chapel, an wen we run up ON him he
wuz maxim break fer de pews en- de
pulpit! Dey wouldn't been much EN-
dat meetin' house left eff ever he'd got
ter de inside er it. Give, him fence
rails, John; he got ter do some hard
plowin' dis mawnin' v'-Atlanta Con,
StitutiOn
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
The Benefit of Self Help.

Booker T. Washington, the colored
orator, constantly impresses upon the
minds Of the members of his race to
whom he talks the advantages to be
gained from self-help. In a recent
speech he told a good yarn to illustrate
his point '"There isn't much that we
get in this country without working
for it," he said. Il remember a story
of an old negro who wanted a Christ
mas dinner and prayed night after
night: Lord, please send turkey to
this darkey.' But nome came to him.
Finally he prayed: o Lord, please
send this darky to turkey And
he got one that same night"