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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
WHIPPING POST IN MISSOURI
Used for Refractory COnvicts, and Is
Said to BE Efficient.


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March 2S.-
The whipping post, which has been re-
established In the state penltentiary
after four years of disuse had, before
that, been in use so long that no one
remembers when it was first establish
ed. It is simply one of the pillars of
the stairway to the dark cell room.
When a prisoner is to be whipped he
is handcuffed and fastened with chains
to the pillar. stripped, and the whip 50
applied that for days he remembers it
because of the pain.
Under the present management Dep
uty Warden Tom Bradbury does the
whipping, using a large raWhide, which
would raise "welts" on the back of
mule. Sometimes there is no fixed num-
Der Of blows, but sometimes the lashes
are numbered.
Most of those who are whipped are
negroes, for fighting in their cells over
gambling contests. Sometimes con-
Victs who refeuse to work are punished
with lashes instead of the dark cell,
which ex-Warden Pace used for such
men.
A few days ago young negro refus-
ed to work in the shoe shop, and when
his foreman tried to force him to he
fought back and knocked him down.
The refractory man was sent to the
whipping post al once. w men ne had
been thoroughly punished with the
rawhide he announced a change of
heart, and went back to his task ap-
parentIy satisfied He worked indus
triously, and by night had earned so
cents for the state.
Out of the 2100 prisoners In Tie pen
itentiary. Capt Tobin, the wardmaster.
says less than 400 have ever been pun
ished, and still less have ever stood at
the whipping post. Some need to be
whipped at intervals and cannot stand
good treatment, just as men outside
cannot always stand prosperity. "Of
course" Capt Tobin said, I'VE get
great many hard characters in the pen
itentiary We are there for the pur-
pose of taking care of them, and we
must adopt such measures as condl-
tions require That is all there is to
the whipping post. 1t serves a good
purpose and is not called into use very
often"
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give in while they had strength to lift
a hand, and when they came to the
surface and had their gear taken off
they'd be almost fainting with weari-
ness from what they'd gone through.
And 1t wasn't a one-day occurrence
either. They were always the same.
And the weeks slipped away till they
had run into a month and still none
of the gold had been brought to the
Cleaner.
The silt was the trouble, it seemed.
AS fast as they dug it out, just SO fast
did it slide down again into the steam
ers bowels, and the strongroom, which
lay right down under her keel, could
not be come at. OF course, one I'M
derstood that Cameron's reputation
depended upon his bringing off this sal
wage job successfully, but I don't see
the force of a mans killing himself.
and l told him so more than once. ]
fancied at the time that Miss Bradbury
was telling him the same every day,
but he didn't take any notice of either
of us, nor did Storey, the other diver;
and the pair worked themselves to
rags.
A stopper was put on their game,
however, in way they did not expect.
The steward brought word one morn
ing that the captain wanted to see me,
and 1 turned out of my bunk and went
OF deck. He seemed in a bit of
worry.
''Mr. Storey's had stroke said he.
I've told that man a dozen times ID
take drugs, sir, and he never would
Drugs are all very well for us,
Mac" says he, that have ordinary
stomachs, but drugs wouldn't have
saved Storey what he's got, and that's
paralysis
MY certie!' said l.
It's true" said the old man. ''1t
took him whilst he was in the boat
Cameron had just gone down, and
Storey was going to follow when he
was seized. They took off his helmet
and brought him back and he's down
in his room now with half Of him dead
and no speech left"
It's a complaint, I've heard, that
often does seize DIVERS
1T does if they stick to the trade too
long. Well, Mac, I'm waiting for some
one to take his place, and give you
first offer. It'll mean f5 week above
and beyond your present pay, and
there's nothing to hinder your earning
it,
Nothing that I can see, sir; Storey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29

The most reliable cure for catarrh in 10
cent trial size by druggists. Ask for Ely's
Cream Balm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
LOCAL NOTICES.

Cheap Excursion Rates to the south
and Southwest.
On April and 20 and May and IS. the
Wisconsin Central Line will sell excursion
tickets at fare plus 81 for the round
trip, good returning twenty days from
date of sale. For particulars call at the City
Ticket Office, 373 Robert street, St. Paul
MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29

king Card Co
Klingbeil Albert
Knott Bert
Kohne Heinrich
Kuttel Miss Katy
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ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.
List OF Unclaimed Letters Remain
ing In the POstOffice, ST. Paul,
March %. 1897.

Free delivery of letters by carriers at thu
residence of owners may be secured by oh
serving the following rules:
Ffrst-Direct plainly to the street and num-
Der of the house.
Second-Head letters with the writer's full
address, including street and number, and
direct answers to be directed accordingly
Third = Letters to strangers or transient
visitors in the city whose special address
may be unknown should be marked in the
left-hand corner Transient" This will pre-
vent their being delivered to persons of the
same or similar names
Fourth-Place the postage stamp on the
upper right-hand corner. and leave space be-
tween the stamp and directions for post
marking without defacing the writing.
Persons calling for letters in this list will
please say they are advertised otherwise
they will not receive IL EN-.
ROBERT A. SMITH Postmaster.
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DIED.

M'CARRON-In St. Paul, March q. at $3.50
a. NJ, at the family residence 276 Rondo
street, John E. McCarron, aged ffty-seyen
years and ten months. Funeral Monday.
March 29th at $50. Services at Ct Jc-
seph's church at o'clock. Friends in
vited.
WHITE-Maj. George Q. White, at late resi-
dence, Sc Western avenue, Sunday March
Is, at a. m Funeral arrangements an
nounced later.
A NEW IDEA.-E. w. Shlrk's purchase and
consolidation of the Quinby & Abbott under
taking business with his Seven Corners livery
will be combination appreciated by the pub
lie. l will make lower prices than have ever
been known in St. Paul. with the best Of
service. Undertaking rooms, 3Z2 Wahasha
Tel. 5e3. Livery, Cor. Tel. $50.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-10

war east and west, and his bravery won
him several brevets. He was on the
stats of both Mcclellan and Grant, the
latter of whom formed an especial re-
gard for him, which lasted throughout
the remainder of the life of the great
chieftain.
Upon Gen. Grants election to the
presidency he appointed Porter private
secretary. But Porter was more than
a mere private secretary. He was on
terms of the closest intimacy with his
chief and became in a measure his ad-
wiser, and was oftentimcs his personal
representative.
In 1873, after Grants reelection to the
presidency, Gen. Porter became vice
president of Pullman's Palace Car COM
pany. He was the first president of the
West Shore Railroad company and was
"a director in many other corporations,
among them the Manhattan elevated.
The successful work of the Grant Mon
ument association was largely due to
his efforts as it's president.
Gen. Porter is n member of the Cen
fury, University, Lotos, Players and
Metropolitan clubs, as well as of the
Union League, the chamber of COM
merce, the National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution and the
Grand Army of the Republic.
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thew might have overlooked before the

tuey ulignL nave OVeTIOOkeu DcIOrc the
lesson of the day-the soldiers slowly
obeyed the unusual summons. Burns
got his lantern and quickly called the
roll. Four men failed to respond. Leav-
ing the company still in line, the SER
geant FASTENED to the tents for the
absentees. Two of the number were
found placidly sleeping. Twowere away
carbohydrates Riggs and Murphy.
IF I'm not mistaken l saw three
shadows" said Lambert, as the sergeant
made his report. what would the cap
tain do if he were here ?-send patrol?"
1.-THE captain never had a night roll
call, sir; but he wouldn't send patrol.
That's only good way of not ketchin'
men, unless they're too drunk to run.
1t wouldn't be of much consequence,
only for that man Riggs bein' one of
'em. He's troublesome case. If the
lieutenant approves of it, I'll sent Sergt.
Watts and couple of good men without
arms. They can find whoever's out.
What / don't like about it is that some
body jumped the fence into the Walton
place."
1.-THE old homestead across the road?"
Eyes, sir. There's been some trouble
between the captain and the Walton
family. He ordered the men never TO
enter the inclosure on any pretext, the
old lady made such row bout it,"
"Who lives there? Surely they ought
to welcome our sending responsible men
over to drive off our renegades."
swell, don't know bout that, sir"
said the sergeant, with nervous laugh.
eff there's anybody on earth the cap
tain's afraid of. it's old Mrs. Walton.
She's terror. Nothin' of the unpro-
tected female about her, sir, though she
and her daughters live alone there.
Both her sons were shot during the war;
one was killed, and the others in Havana
or Mexico; said he'd never surrender.
and won't come home. reckon they're
pretty hard up there, sometimes, but
you should see how the old lady rides it
over the captain, sir. / wonder she
hasn't been over to pay you visit. Shall
! send after Riggs and Murphy, sir?
It's like sendin' good money after bad.
They haven't n cent, either of 'em, and
if town was their object there's no use
in their goin' nobody would trust EN-"
Then came interruption-the sound Of
horn, on ordinary tin horn, too, float
ing through the dark and muttering
night.
That's her, lieutenant. That's the
old lady herself. She reads prayers
| regularly at half-past nine every night,
and some of the niggers are out yet.
They used to have a conch shell that
sounded pretty, but Parmelee said they
had to sell it. They've had to sell pref
ty much everything, tryin' to keep
alive"
TrN
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night posses have been concerned. but
he'd hunt the whole state for lost
blanket or bayonet. And he always
goes alone-and gets what he's after,
and he's had no trouble worth mention
in; but that fellow Potts was impudent
to him to-day, and he was slow bout
seem it at first; now, though, he's Sot
his mad up and gone over there TO get
the mule and satisfaction both; that's
what I'm afraid of, sir. He dashed
Parmeleee to-day for bein' coward,
and--beggin' your pardon, lieutenant
though the captain amt much on mil
itary, he fires up like flash at anything
like insult to the flag"
do you think it advisable to send
after the captain?" asked Lambert,
after a moments reflection.
There's no way we can send, sir,
'cept afoot or behind four-mule team
in an army wagon. We only had that
one saddle mule"
Lambert stepped to the tent door and
looked out. The sky was overcast and
the darkness thick. wind was rising
and whirling the sparks from the cook
fire over by the road, and from the pipes
of the men sitting smoking and chatting
in little groups about camp. Some had
come to him at nightfall and sought
permission to go in to the village, and
he had felt obliged to refuse. After the
events of the day it seemed wisest to
hold them at camp, and he had so in
formed Sergt. Burns. AS he stood there
now looking uneasily about, first at
the dark threatening sky, then at the
darker shadows about camp, Lambert
thought he caught sight of three or
four forms, vague and indistinct, hurry
ing along the bank beyond the fire.
"Who are those men?" he asked.
81 don't know, sir. l warned the COM
pany to remain in camp. I'll see" And
Burns turned quickly and made run
for the opposite end of the company
grounds. Some of the men started up
and stood gazing expectantly after him,
and the chat and laughter suddenly
ceased. The shadowy forms had dis
appeared:. so, 10y this time, had Burns.
Then there came the sound of his power
full voice, out by the road:
llalt lheTc, you Hch9 SOHlc Ddch
herc!"
Then followed rush and scramble
in the bushes. and the sound of foot
falls. rapid and light, dying away in the
darkness. Then some low laughter and
comment am ong the men. Then Burns
came back. tnd. without waiting to re-
port. sternlIprdered: Fall I'M"
Knocking the ashes out of their pipes
and buttoni7g their cvercoats-a thing
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-10
Lost OpportunIty.

81 wish't I'd been here in Ameriky in
the time of the war;" remarked Mr..
Herlihy to his wife. 81 wouldn't be
drivin' coal-cart for livin', if had"
"Ah, well, Michael" remarked Mrs.
Herlihy, in n soothing tone, 'if you'd
gone to the wars, you might have been
kilt, man, like as not
And fwhat if l had" said her hus-
band, refusing TO be consoled, "fwhat il
l had, Norah Herlihy? There'd have
been my pinsion comm regular livery
month, and it's ourselves could have
lived on it for the rist of our lives, in
stead of goin' out scrubbin' and drivin'
coal carts"
''Sure, / niver thought of that" said
Mrs. Herlihy, and melancholy silence
fell upon the pair.-Youth's Companion.
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the Clay ticket of 1874, and was for
many years an honored judge in his
own city. Young Storer started out in
life with the handicap of having great
father, hut he conquered that difficulty
and made his way in the world on his
own merits. In 1860 he was assistant
United States attorney for the south
ern district of Ohio, ar,l in 1873 he
opened a law office of his own. Mr..
Storer's wife is immensely wealthy.
She will shine with her brilliant hus-
band in Washington society.
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though wearing the uniform and hold
ing the commission of the United States,
had refused to come to the aid of the
officers of the law.
II ought to be back by nine o'clock"
was the message the captain told Cor
poral Cunningham to take out to camp;
but Cunningham was the ingenious
youth who first accosted. Mr.. Lambert
on his arrival that morning, and Burns
had nearly shaken the life out of him
when he heard the story the men were
passing from lip to lip. Cunningham
was a young fellow with better opin-
ion of himself than his employers
seemed to entertain, and, though fair
ly educated in the. public schools and in
q business college of his native city, u
fondness for Bowery life and associa-
ton with Bowery boys had undermined
his usefulness. He enlisted after los
ing his situation, and, coming TO Closes
company when clerks were hardly to
be had at any price, was put into the
company office instead of the awkward
squad. Then came vacancy among
the corponls; the young fellow, being
new broom, had swept clean, and was
so helpful about the books, papers and
the like for six weeks that Close gave
him the empty chevrons, and gave
Burns abundant cause for another out
break of blasphemy. There might have
been some way of licking Private Cum
ningham into shape, but there was none
whatever of reforming Corporal Cum
ningham. He was not oil bad, however,
for by evening he began to realize the
extraordinary solecism of which he had
been guilty iii the morning; so he was
actually ashamed to GO near the leu
tenant, and never even repeated his mes
sage to Burns until nine o'clock had
come and the. captain hadn't. Then
Burns went over to the lieutenant's
tent, where the youth sat wrapped in
his overcoat, trying gloomily and with
stiffened fingers to write some letters
by the light of a single candle.
81 suppose, sir, the captain meant TO
ride the mule back himself. He could
have got to Potts place before six and
back here by eight, easy. 'Tisn't likely
they'd ask him TO stay to supper. I'm
only afraid of his gettin' into a row,
and him all alone"
II wish he could have been content to
send for the mule instead of going" said
Lambert. "Any of the men could have
gone, suppose"
"Well, sir, the trouble is that he'd
have had to send the men on Inuleback,
or else pay their fares over on the cars.
The captain has n pass, and it doesn't
cost him anything; and he's afraid to
let the mule be gone over night. It's
mighty easy losin' 'em among all these
niggers, and they might charge it up
against the captains pay. The captain
has stuck close to camp so far as these
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-10

The most unique of the many forms
insurance takes is that Of insuring
keys. The man who insures his keys
PAYS one dollar a year, and is furnished
with label for his key ring. This
label requests the finder to turn over
the keys TO the police and claim one
dollar reward. They are then returned
to the owner, wherever he may be, free
Of charge. In case the keys are lost
beyond recovery. the bill of the lock-
smith who replaces them is paid up TO
The sum of 500.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-10
BELlAMY STORER.
He VIII lie the First Assistant Sec
rotary of state.

Bellamy Storer, first assistant SEQ
rotary of state under John Sherman,
is lawyer, student, an eX-congress-
man, a polished statesman, and one in
every way fitted to occupy the impor-
tant place which is TO be intrusted TO
him in the Mckinley administration.
Mr.. Storer is graduate of Harvard,
class of '67. Tie read law with Stanley
Matthews, and for many years has
been one of the leading lawyers of
Cincinnati. He Is remembered we'll in
Washington for the two terms he served
as representative of n Cincinnati dis
trict. Mr.. Storer's father was n dis
tinguished Ohioan and Il great man.
Bellamy Storer, ST., was admitted to
Bowdoin at the age of IS, and studied
law under the preceptorship of Daniel
Webster. AS long ago as 1880 the senior
Storer was a member of congress from
Ohio. He was presidential elector on
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TTo BE CONTINUED
SAVED BY LITTLE CHILDREN.
An Episode of an Indian X aid In Utah
Nearly Thirty Years Ago.

Robert +. Spearman, attorney for the
department of justice, Washington, is
at the Albany. Mr.. Spearman has been
half of the government in Indian dep
relation claims.
I'm taking testimony in these Indian
cases." said Mr.. Spearman, 81 frequent
ly hear some very interesting stories
concerning early frontier life. / re-
member one case in particular, which
l thought to be one of the most re-
markable exhibitions of courage in an
eighty boy that l have ever
heard of. 1t occurred near the town
of Beaver, in Utah. A ranch in that
vicinity was attacked by the Indians,
and one man who was visiting the
ranchman killed, and for awhile 1t
seemed as if the whole party, wife and
children, would fall prey to the saw
ages. The house was surrounded by
the Indians, and the people within de-
Tended themselves as best they could,
but the ranchman, watching his oppor-
tunity, lowered his little boy and his
daughter, who WAS but - years old,
from the back window and told them
to try to make their way to the canyon
and follow it down to Beaver, where
they could obtain help. The two chill
dren succeeded in reaching the canyon
unobserved, and, with presence of mind
and bravery which, 1 think, is remark.
able for boy of that age, the boy told
his sister to follow down one side of the
canyon and he would follow the other,
so that in case the Indians should find
one of them the other might not be OBJ
served.
"The children succeeded in reaching
Beaver, where n relief party was or
ganized, which FASTENED to the rescue
Of the besicged party. At the begin
ming of the siege the Indians had heard
the children in the house, and, miss.
ing their voices, the alert savages dis
covered that they had gone and en-
deavored to overtalIe them, but being
unsuccessful and knowing that help
would soon arrive, withdrew before the
rescuers could reach the ranch."-Den-
yer Republican.
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A PLEA FOR THE BIRDS.

does IL never strike you. ladies,
AS your plume-tipped hats you buy
Inat for each one OF those feathers
some manned bird has had TO die?
mat Tor every spray-tipped bonnet
That so heedlessly you wear.
That, by fashions laws coerced,
In an act OF cruel slaughter
In effect you've had a share?
You may plead you didn't know II,
You've uAwittingly offended.
Have but thoughtless been at worst;
But, oh. surely now we tell you
What this feather craze implies,
IL no longer will find favor
AS II now does in your eyes.
Then your ears, we beg you. ladies,
To this prayer OF ours incline,
And forthwith against a fashion
That Is barbarous combine
Yes, speak out, as you are women,
And the welcome news impart-
Birds no longer shall be butchered
That your bonnets may be smartl
London Truth.
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Tribute To a sincere Life.

We were standing on the rear plat
form Of a crowded street car. One man
near us said To another: "The church
was full this afternoon at the funeral
services. He was good and true man,
the same all through the week that he
was on Sunday" That tells the story
of life. 1t is true story. and il Is
a lesson TO young men.-United Presby-
terion.
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Differently Educated.

At wedding in an English town the
officiating clergyman asked one of the
witnesses how his name was spelled,
and was told "McHugh."
"But how is that?" inquired the
clergyman. "Your sister spells il Nc
Cue
"Please sir" was tho answer, my sis
ter and me didn't go to Y same school"
N. Y. Tribune. III
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GEN. HORACE PORTER.
He VIII Probably he Our Next Ann
bassador tn France.

Gen Horace Porter has almost as
great reputation as an after-dinner
speaker as has DIR. Chauncey M. De-
pew, whom he succeeded as president
of the Union League club, of New York.
Though seasoned New Yorker now,
he is a native of Pennsylvania, having
been born at Huntington, in that state,
on April Is, 1897. His father was the
then State Senator David r. Porter,
who was afterward, in 1899, elected gov
ernor.
Horace Porter entered West Point in
1856 and graduated in 1860, in time to
take part in the civil war. His field Of
service comprised at one time or i4n-
other all of the important theaters of
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The returns of causes for insanity in
England show that in every 100 cases
"a are hereditary, "a may be attributed
~ drink, 10 to business and money
troubles. IL TO loss of friends, 10 to
sickness and II to various other causes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-10

One of the worst things about bad
man is that he leads n long process
sion of others into evil.--Ram's Horn.
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"

rr-., .se going down of that even
~. 80 srn Lieut.. Newton Lambert had
800 his first day of company duty
', shs sunny south. and found himself
..,andine the temporary post OF