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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
NEW WAY TO PRESERVE FRUIT
Can Be Kept for Weeks If Exposed
to VapOr of Alcohol.


A new way to preserve fresh fruit in
it's natural state has just been in
vented. 1t consists in exposing the
freshly picked fruit to the vapor of
alcohol
TO housekeeperS who like fresh fruit
for the table and are annoyed by the
quick decay which attacks it, this new
idea will be a boon. 1t was first pro-
posed by Prof. Petit, of the Versailles
Horticultural school, last fall, and the
method has since become an entity
Experiments were made by the pro-
fessor in especially fitted-up compart-
ments. The fruit selected for trial was
grapes. The punches were cut from
the vine when first beginning to ripen.
The fruit was placed then in a single
layer Of punches on a wooden grating,
or it was suspended in a perpendicular
fashion from this contrivance and was
ready for the oven. The latter con-
sists of a rectangular brick compart-
ment, covered on the inside with a
heavy layer Of cement, and then pro-
vlded at one side with a pair of swing
ing doors. Each compartment, for
there are several, is complete in itself
and Independent of the others. Each
of the ovens used in the original ex-
per1mentS has a capacity of six and
One-third cubic feet and Is built as a.
horticultural school
Beginning with this simple and rude
receptacle, the object of the Versailles
professor was to employ q quantity of
alcohol sufficient to stop the develop
ment Of the grapes after reaching
certain stage Of maturity and ripeness,
and furthermore accomplish this with
out destroying the original flavor. The
point was an extremely delicate one.
For this purpose a cylindrical jar
which was two inches in diameter was
filled with alcohol at SO degrees Fair
enheit and placed in one of the brick
compartments. The evaporation Of the
alcohol furnished just enough moisture
to preserve the original beauty and
shape of each bunch of grapes, and
their taste and flavor did not even
undergo the slightest change. The
fruit remained intact on the stone for
fully two months in it's original fresh
state.
Further experiments with a greater
amount of alcohol produced a curious
result. Three small vessels contain
ing alcohol, instead of one, were placed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

the Worlds fair, however. Mr.. Thach-
Ell, when he was here distributing the
Worlds fair diplomas, told his friends
that he had been annoyed throughout
the continuance of the fair by the per-
fo1mances of a man who looked like
him and who called himself by his
name The stranger was evidently
having fun at Mr.. TEACHERS expense.
He never tried to cash a check at Mfr.
Thacher's bank or did anything else
criminal, but he pI onlised appointments
to many people, and he went on mid
night quests for amusement in MIR.
TEACHERS name.
Glad to see you again, old boy"
some total stranger would say to Mr..
Thatcher, with wink, shaking him by
the good right hand. See you again
at the old place tonight" And you
promised me I should have a place"
another stranger would say in a few
minutes, and Mr. Thatcher could never
persuade the claimant that he was not
the man who had gone around dis
tributing promises so lavishiy.
MEN WHO LOOK LIKE BRYAN.
There was an outbreak of Bryan
resemblances in the last campaign.
Wherever Mr. Bryan spoke there was
at least one person in the audience
who bore some resemblance to him
who was painfully conscious of the
fact. A lady who attended the meet
ing in ST. Louis told me she saw g
stranger in an adjoining seat who
seemed to be writing under public
attention. and when she asked the
lady with him for the loan of her Op
era glasses the stranger broke out with:
Don't you think my son looks like
Mr.. Bryan?" Strange to say, one of
the men who look like Bryan is a
member Of the next house, and he ran
on the Republican ticket in Duluth
and beat the Bryan candidate for COLI
gress. He is Judge Page Morris, and
when he was here the other day the
resemblance was noted by many OF
Bryan's friends.
Another Of the new members looks
like Dr. Frank Howe, Of The Evening
Star. He is A. F. Fox, of West Point
Miss. w. H. Fleming, Of Georgia, il
new member, used to look like another
of The Stars bright young men-JOhn
P. Miller. Mr.. Fleming met with an
accident some years ago-he was
kicked by a runaway horse-and the
appearance Of his face was altered so
that the likeness between Mr.. Miller
and him will not be noteworthy
Col. G. G. Morrow, the very efficient
executive clerk of the senate, who re-
joices in the fact that he is "a Mis-
sourian, not grammarian," is the
walking image of Senator PETER, but
he knows more than PETER ever will.
Senator Davis looks like a survival
Of Ben Butler, of Massachusetts,.
But, then, [ could go on for page
telling you of the resemblances be-
tween statesmen. It is the source Of
much confusion to them sometimes,
often Of amusement.
George Grantham Balm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
JOHN SHERMAN, OF OHIO, AS
QUARRELSOME AS CONKLING
WAS.
HAS MADE MANY ENEMIES,
BUT HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
PART IN THE NATIONS HIS
TORY.
CUMMINGS DOWNFALL REVIEWED
Its Origin in Hayes Antipathy to
Arthur as Collector of the Port
OF New York.
pecial Correspondence OF the Globe.

Special Correspondence OF the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The ap-
pointment of Senator Sherman to the
cabinet brings to mind some interest
ing facts about his public career and
his relations with public men. To go
back no more than a year it is enter
tanning to recall his fiat statement that
Gen. Alger had bought negro votes
which belonged to him in national con-
Ventions. OF course Senator Sherman
did not accuse Gen. Alger of negOtiat-
ing personally for these votes, but he
said that he held Gen. Alger respOn-
sible for what his agents had done.
Gen. Alger testifies that that quarrel is
ended, and Senator Sherman told me
recently that he would say nothing
more about it. SO the Ratchet seems
to be buried.
Go a few months back Of that and
you find Senator Sherman quoted as
calling Mr.. Platt, Of New York, the
Judas Iscariot Of politics. I never have
heard that he withdrew the epithet,
and he certainly accused Mr.. Plat in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

performances Of his circus. and Mr.. De-
pew would be deluged with inquiries
from all parts of the country and with
protests against such degradation of
a great name. Mr.. Depew is one of
those calm, philosophic persons who do
not protest against anything trivial.
and as Mr.. Forepaugh never commit
ted crime in his name he allowed the
deception to be practiced without pro-
test, thinking it a good joke on the
public. There are thousands of people
in the United States who boast of
having heard Chauncey Depew speak
who never saw him.
There was perfect epidemic of dOu-
bles of Mrs. Cleveland just after her
marriage. DO you think 1 look like
Mrs. Cleveland?" was a stock in
curry in society in not one but dozens
of cities. Young women all over the
country had their pictures taken in the
poses made famous by the photographs
of Mrs. Cleveland, which were scatter
ed everywhere. and these they sent to
the White house with letters asking
Mrs Cleveland if she noticed the re-
semblance. She was very good natur-
ed about the matter and returned
pleasant answers. In some cases She
sent her photograph too.
CAUSE OF CONFUSION.
When Samuel j. Tiden was a public
man, he was annoyed constantly by
men who tried to pass themselves off
as the sage OF Creamery park They
did not find it very hard to persOnate
Mr.. I'ilGen, for the reason that smooth
faces are not common, and the fact
that Mr.. Tilden's face was smooth was
the particular characteristic which the
public seized as Identifying him. You
know, many people think Levi P. Nor
ton locks like Mr.. TilGen. They did
rot think so when Mr.. Morton wore the
luXuriant "Dundrearies" which distin-
guished him when he was a banker
end d private citizen. The public is
not to be blamed for confusion about
the identity of public men. There is
much to confuse the public mind in
the newspaper portraits which are
printed in these days of Illustrated
journalism No two printed pictures Of
a public character are alike. So the
public seizes on the fact that a man
hes a prominent nose or a bald face or
a big figure, and every individual imagi-
nation fills in the other details of the
portrait. Mr.. Tflden was much annoy
ed at the people who usurped his iden-
tity. He did not suffer the annoyance
that came to John Boyd Thatcher at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

had been fully discussed the first young
matron said in plaintive tone:
II wonder If the man ever lived who
did not call downstairs to his wife when
he wanted to find any small article of
attire-and that before he had opened
a single drawer in quest Of it, toor'
"Oh, yes, such a man has no doubt
existed" said the second young matron
cheerfully, "but he happned to live i'll
a fiat"
ooh. pshaw,' said the bride, Il don't
believe any such thing; Edwin has
never done such thing since we were
married"
you can't expect to know a man
very thoroughly in two weeks, dear"
said the first young matron, they are
very much alike, and yet
81 beg your pardon; Edwin is not at
all like other men," said the bride, with
dignity. He"
Il shouldn't so much mind the call
ing downstairs" said the second young
matron, 'if-now honestly, girls, did
you ever know man who did not APP
parently believe that his wife was in
conspiracy with the laundryman and
the chambermaid to do away with all
his linen, jewelry and neckties?"
Edwin never" began the bride.
81 wonder who takes care Of mans
linen and sees that it goes to the
laundry as well as to it's return before
he is married." went on the second
young matrOn. "I never knew a man
who seemed capable of doing it HIM
self after a certain ceremony was per-
formed"
"Such a man would be a candidate
for a harp and crown said the first
young matron, decidedly, "but there is
not likely to be much Of a demand
for such articles among the men [ know
i'll the near future"
Why" said the bride. edwin never
expects me to-"
IT registered a VOW when I was mar
ried that I'd let Jack attend to his own
linen,' said the first young matron.
you see. I remembered how papa al
ways held mama accountable for the
laundryman'S treatment Of his"
yes; and the result?" asked the sec
end young matron.
THAT he didn't send any to the
laundry at all for three weeks, and
finally the supply gave out. 1t happned
that we were invited to a dinner at
Jessie's that evening. and Jack was
asked to bachelor dinner at the same
hour. I didn't give him his choice at
all; 1 simply accepted Jessie's invita-
ton. and that evening, of all others. he
discovered, after I was all ready, that
he hadn't a clean collar to his namer'
What awful things he must have
said" cried the second young matrOn.
mo, DEAR he simply said that he
couldn't go to Jessie's with soiled linen.
SO he'd Just look in at the bachelor
dinner. where his linen would not make
any difference
There's no moral to that story"
said the second young matron.
ooh, yes. there Is. dear; I was care
full never to give him such an excuse
again.
Edwin would have go<e with me,
anyhow" said the bride; che is so diff
ferent from other
Listen DEAR" said the second young
matron. 81 hear him upstairs calling
to you now. I'm sure he does not know
that we are here; let us listen and see
what he says
cit is a sound in the street that you
hear. dear; Edwin would never-why,
that is his voice!"
"Eudora! EudoraY' called a mascu-
line voice above stairs, don't come uD.
just call and tell me where on earth
you have hidden all my clean cuffs"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

in the oven. At the end of a fortnight
the vapor arising from the alcohol had
impaired to the grape an alcoholic red
dish hue. No more than six cubic
riches of alcohol were ever introduced
at one time and the amount was re-
newed every thirty or forty days.
The temperature of the oven and
surrounding room should be as low as
possible in this process of preservation.
This is necessary in order to retard the
ripening Of the fruit, which when once
begun is rapid and destructive The
precautiOn in the matter of tempera-
ture IS absolutely necessary, for the
duration Of the preservation of the
fruit depends upon it.
Mr.. Petit's investigations have been
particularly happy Of late. His most
recent experimentation has added
valuable demonstration to the original
discovery. He has succeeded in pre-
serving punches of grapes entirely in
tact fifteen weeks after they were
plucked from the vine.
1t is hoped by horticulturlsts that
the French professor will extend his
discovery to the important matter OF
preservation Of ali Kinds OF fruits and
even some products Of the vegetable
garden. 1t seems clearly evident to Mr.
Petit himself that other fruits, such as
peaches, oranges, pears, bananas and
persimmons, will readily yield to the
same method of procedure. Also, that
such small vegetables as the tomato,
celery, lettuce, egg plant string bean,
carrot and others that are liable to
dry up and shrivel on exposure to the
atmosphere, may be kept fresh and
green for many months by some similar
method Of artificial moisture.
The process and the paraphernalia
for the preservation Of fruits are both
simple and easy. The method lies with
in the reach of everyone. Any careful
housekeeper can have a similar oven
built at a small expense, and the lux
ury of having fresh fruit and vege-
tables always at hand, amply repays
for the trouble.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

his "reminiscences of selling out the
nomination of 1888 to Harrison. Now
Mr.. Platt is going to be a senator all
through Mr. Sherman's term in the
state department, and as his colleague
is a Democrat the interests of New
York before the department will be
largely in his hands. A great many
persons will watch with an amused
interest for the first encounter of Mr..
Platt and MIR. Sherman after the 4th
of March.
THEIR STRAINED RELATIONS.
For a cause of the strained relations
between Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Plat
you can go back if you like into still
more ancient history and very interest
ing history it is.
When Mr.. Hayes was president, John
Sherman was secretary Of the treasury.
Chester A. Arthur was collector of the
pert Of New York under Grant. Hayes
asked Arthur to resign. He refused.
Hayes removed him, and the surveyor
and naval officer as well, and appoint
ed Roosevelt, Merritt and Prince to sue
coed them. The senate rejected the
three nominations. Hayes nominated
the men again, and Roosevelt and
Prince again were rejected. When
congress adjourned, the president ap-
pointed Merritt collector and Silas w
have been rejected by the senate when
it met in December. but Secretary
Sherman stepped in and, through ap-
peals to Allison and Morrill,, persuaded
the senate to confirm them. Gen. Adam
Badeau said that Sherman first offer
ed Arthur the place of consul general
at London which Badeau held as a
16U9cU from Ora mt HaUpS al
ed Grant that he would leave Badeau
in London, and he told Badeau later
that he would not have made good
Sherman's promise to Arthur. In his
book Sherman says the place he sug-
gested for Arthur was that of consul
general at Paris. When Arthur declin-
ed the offer, Sherman went among his
old friends in the senate and told them
that If Merritt and Burt were not con-
h11ned he would resign; that the con-
stitution gave the president the right
to make appointments, and all the
senate had a right to do was to con-
slider whether the appointments were
good without reference to the removals
which had preceded them. The senate
was persuaded, and the nomina tons
were confirmed.
Three years later Arthur, because of
his martyrdom, was put on the ticket
with Garfield and elected vice presi-
dent AT the same time Thomas G.
Plat became a senator from the state
of New York.
Following Garfields inauguration
came the memorable fight between
Garfield and Senator Con6Iing over the
New York patronage. That fight caused
Plat and Conkling to resign their seats
in the senate and go to the New York
legislature for vindication. They
didn't get the vindication. They were
retired, and Plat suffered sixteen
years Of privacy before he ventured In
to the public arena the other day as
the senator from New York. After
Conkling and Platt's resignation from
the senate Guiteau's bullet killed Car
field and made Arthur president.
All these events you can trace back
tc the time when John Sherman, Sec
rotary of the treasury, went among his
friends in the United States senate and
persuaded them to confirm Arthurs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

vote was taken Blaine addressed the chair
and mad a fifteen minutes speech against
Arthus removal. Then he voted with Con-
hi ng. 1t was evident that while Blaine wa>
SIT ak-ng that COnkling was much moved
Rut his indomitable pride would not yield.
HIS friends looked to see him offer his hand
t. Blaine at the end of that little speech but
he only sat nervously lingering his mep1ial.
If Conltling had accepted either Of these OPP
Tolturities to make up his quarrel with
+ aine, the political history of this country
would have been very different.
Quarreling is not profitable in politics, and
feuds are an obstacle to success Look a!
William Mckinley He has no feud with any
one. His hand is the gladdest his smile is
the most seductive in the whole political
world. He couldn't charm the knob off a
door. but he once did something almost as
diiiicult. When his seat in the house was
contested, some years ago, he persuaded
Frank Hurd. of Ohio, and Roger Q. Mills,
of Texas, to vote to give him the seat in tho
face of report from a Democratic committee
saying he had not been elected. Think OF it
the champion OF protection Turing two nest
eminent free traders to vote against their
party so as to keBp him in the house.
And by that incident hangs tale. 1t was
in the next congress, l think that Frank
Hurd contested @ seat, and he made all ap-
peal to the house which almost tragic
in its intensity. nSome one who remembered
that Hurd had voted for Mckinley asked Nc
Kinley if he would vote for Hurd "Oh, no."
said Mckinley, quickly. but Hurd voted fer
you" said his questioner. II know" answered
Mckinney, Out U5HaU d ROOQ case.
WHERE MIGHT IS RIGHT.
Mckinley is the president, and Hurd Is
dead.
1t is not unusnala for parties to split in
voting on an election contest in the house.
The lines are drawn much more firmly in
the senate, but even there, you may remem-
Der, the late Senator Payne, of Ohio, was
confirmed in his seat by Republican votes.
Party ties are closely followed in the house
ONLY when there is party necesSity. If a
members seat Is needed to strengthen the
majority, there is no question of right. Might
is right, and the representative of the minor
ity Is turned out on the slightest pretext.
When there is an uncertainty about the re-
suit Of an election, men usually vote with their
party. In the case of Mr.. Mckinley, no one
could tell whether he was elected or not
The testimony was confusing. But the Demo-
Gratis were in the majority, and they turned
him out without much ceremony. 1ney
thought they were better off without HIM
just as the Republicans concluded some years
ago that Col. w. r. Morrison, of Illinois
was good man to get rid of. BY the way,
Jehu Baker, the man with whom they beat
Col. Morrison, Is coming back to congress
next month. He did not distinguish himself
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
DIDN'T FORGET 1T.
Elephant Settles an Old drudge by
killing His Former Keeper.

Some wonderful elephant stories were
told at London inquest on Wednes-
day about the favorite beast known
as Charley, which had been in Sanger's
circus thirty-one years. He killed his
former keeper by cruising his skull with
tusk. The man used to ill-treat the
beast and was discharged about a year
ago. He was recently re-employed IL
another department Of the show. He
visited the elephants quarters the 9TH
er day to speak to the keeper. Char
ley was eating his supper. AS soon as
he heard the mans voice he turned,
seized him with his trunk, pushed him
against the wall, and crushed his skull
with his tusk
The owner Of the elephant testified
that there was no doubt that the AMI
NAL was paying an old grudge. Char
ley was the kindest elephant he ever
owned. He had appeared at five lord
mayors shows and many Drury Lana
pantOmimes. Mr.. Sanger added:
Elephants do not forget injuries or
klndnesSeS. L remember several re-
markable instances. On one occasion,
when l had been separated from an
elephant for two years, the elephant,
on seeing me, seized me around the
waist with his trunk and would not let
me go until he had Rugged and ca
IeSSeu NE lof long time. IeafS OF
pleasure ran down the brute's cheek.
Some years ago a nephew Of mine, a
child of three, was playing around
Charley and climbed up his legs. Char
ley gently resented this, but the child
continued. Charley then took the child
up, shook him gently and put him down
some yards away
There were other testimonials to
Charley's sagacity, and the coroner's
jury was SO impressed by his amiabil-
ity that it did not even criticise him
for killing his former keeper, but re-
turned a verdict Of accidental DEATH
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
Simple Cure for ChilhIainS.

For chilblains, though 1t may not be pro-
fessional for me to say SO publicly" said a
physician, "the best cure that l can now
think Of is snow. The snow can be applied
in any way, either by walking in the snow
barefoot, as l did as a last resort or to apply
the snow to the feet in a foot tub, or other
wise. What is needed is to get a good guam
tity Of snow directly to the feet MY ex-
perience has been that the feet should re-
main in contact with the snow for at least
five or ten minutes. There is no danger
from catching cold if the snow foot bath is
used in warm room. There are all kinds
Of remedies for chilblains, of course nearly
all of them are good, but snow is cure in
itself, not remedy. There may be cases
where it may fail, but l have never exper-
fenced any. "-Washington Star.
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DIED.

FlNK-In St. Paul, Helen, at her late resi-
dence, 14S West Sixth street, Sunday, Feb
Il, at i O'Clock, noon, age sixty-ive years.
Notice of funeral later
ROBERTSON-In st. Paul, Mimi. Feb. 60
1897, at family residence. No 20 Summit
avenue, Hazel j. Robertson, aged twenty
2:30 p. m.
CONNOLLY--In st. Paul Pierce, infant SCH
of John P. and Nellie Connolly, aged thh-
teen days. Funeral from residence Of par
ents, 759 Park avenue, at 2:30 Monday.
Duluth and st. Louis papers please copy.
HEFFERNAN-In New York, Feb 81. 1897,
Edward ]. Heffcrnan, son OF Thomas
and Bridget Heffenan, aged thirty seveD.t
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
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To the Hot Springs

OF Arkansas is favorite trip with those who
wish to escape the dsagreeabIe weather of
there via either Chicago or st. Louis, buy
your tickets over the Burlington which has
the best facilities for giving you & pleasant
trip. Rate for round trip, $47.8Q. and tickets
good for three months, on sale all the year
round at 400 Robert street Qotel Ryan,, St.
Paul, and 306 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis.