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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
DeHiI'H Like Crimes.

Special to the Globe.
DEVILS LAKE, y. D., Dec. fS.-The grand
jury adjourned today 1t has been sitting
two weeks and found twenty-four indiet-
ments. Fred Baslitt was sentenced to one
year in the penftentiary for eXtortng money
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
PRESIDENT ANDREWS. OF BROWN.
He EuIOgIzes sherman in IL Will City
Lecture

IF there had been more generals like Sher-
man, the Civil would have been shorter. &"
In such eul0gisic manner President Benjamin
Andrews spoke last evening in the First Bap-
fist chuch Of William Tecumseh Sherman.
There was only a fair audience to hear the
distinguished president OF Brown university
but there were old veterans in the house
who gave the speaker the closest attention,
and did not hesitate to applaud the memory
of one Of the greatest military heroes in
American history. The lecture was of an
agreeable length. and it was an instructive
discourse. uttered by sn earnest student Of
human nature. an arden admirer OF Sherman
and a scholar. President Andrews was intro
dueed by President Northrop, who occupied
conclusion Of the address there was an infor-
nal reception IA front of the pulpit to giic
The audience an opportunity TO meet the lee
turer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
BY MARY
PROCTOR.

laboratory to his dwelling house, he
found, says Sir John Herschel, ga group
of country people gazing up at star
which he was sure did not exist an
hour before" This was the star in
question. The description of its various
changes is specially interesting at the
present time, when more is known of
the true nature of such phenomena
than was even in the time when the
star was blazing in the armament
The star remained visible, we learn,
about sixteen months, during which
time 1t kept it's place in the heavens
without the least variation. cit had all
the radiance of the fixed stars, and
tWinkled like them, and was in all
respects like Sirius, except that it sur
passed Sirius in brightness and magni-
tude." 1t appeared larger than Jupi-
ter, which was at that time at it's
brightest, and was scarcely inferior to
Venus. 1t did not acquire this lustre
gradually, but shone forth all at once
of its full size and brightness, "as If"
said the chroniclers of the time, sit had
been of instantaneous creation"
THREE WEEKS OF SPLENDOR.
For three weeks it shone with full
splendor. during which time it could
be seen at monday "by those who had
good eyes and knew where to look for
it" But before it had been seen a
month 1t became visibly smaller. and
from the middle of December 1872, till
March, 1874, when it entirely disap-
peared. it continually diminished in
magnitude. LAS it decreased in size
it varied in color. and at first its light
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
At the Foot.

81 hope they don't give my little boy any
naughty nicknames in SCHOOL,"
Yes ma, they call be 'Corns.'
How dreadful! And why do they call you
that"
Cause in our class, you know, I'm al
ways at the foot. Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
Mary Luxton.s Trial DraGs.

GRAND FORKS, y. D.. Dec. 1s.-The trial
of Mary Luxton for murder is dragging slow
ly along. The witnesses so far have testified
about as the story was told at the time CT the
shooting. The case will probably not reach
the jury before Tuesday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19

The ice boat regatta. which was to be held
at Minnetonka yesterday afternoon, was post
poned ON account OF insufficient wind, and
will be held next Saturday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
school Building Abiaze.

A small fire in the basement of the Elmer
son school called out several fire companies
yesterday afternoon. There was but slight
done.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
"pSPRoyoKED ASSAULT
Report That N Convict Struck Guard
ShortaIl.

Special 20 inc TIrDe.
SALTWATER, Mimi, Dec. 1S-Ed-
ward Sutton, alias Devine, third
termer at prison, made an unprovoked
assault upon Guard Shortall, Friday.
The guard reported Sutton, who re-
taliated by striking the guard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19

New Economist.
There Is good story going the rounds on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
Dr.. Sanders Electric Belt


a
mind that it for health
OF in
do
freeze ther " mai or a the
DR. T. SANDEN a'' s s., Ss Minneapolis MINI.
a m % a n. o 4p.m
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
Durnam's Bond Extended.

There is no Ginger any question but what
George A. Durham will have his freedom IN
I'll Jan. 10, 1885, The original bond for $1,000
which lac secured, giving him his liberty
The true northerner., 1897-10-27
The Last Call.

Every effort has been made by the
workers for local option in recent weeks
to bring the facts before the people, for
the reason that they believed that to
be we'll informed was with any sincere
voter enough TO insure vote TO main
tain the law.
We believe that it has been remark
ably beneficial to our county. Pauper-
ism has decreased. Drunkenness and
crime have decreased. The income
from fines and costs have not only paid
the expenses, but left us over $4,000
ahead, the local option law being the
only self sustaining law on our statute
books. The education the county has
been having in looking on the traffic as
a crime has been Invaluable. The warn
ing which Allegan has given us regard
ing increase of drunkenness and crime,
ought to keep any man from voting for
the saloon For the six years we show
80 convictions out of 94 prosecutions,
and only six acquittals, aud more con-
victions would have resulted if IA little
stronger effort had been made. The
temperance people of the county
promise, through their Anti-Saloon
League organizations, now in every
township, u better enforcement than
ever. Under the saloon system, the
relief from taxes would be little, and
the income more than eaten up by the
added expense attending crime.
But there is a stronger argument: 1t
is the argument of Righteousness. What
ever be true as regards finances, the
license is blood money. How can any
voter with spark of manhood vote to
give another the right to sell that which
will make brute and tiend of his
neighbor? Drinking is the cause of about
80 per cent of all our crimes? How ca n
license make legitimate, semi respect
able, that which robs reason, empties
the pockets, Increases divorce, ruins
homes? If man is determined to sell,
we may not always prevent it, but God
forbid that we should be responsible
for his selling Better had we walk
over poor sidewalks, drive through the
mud, have no roads, than say to men
I'VE give you the right To sell"
But the saloon keeper says something,
too. He says, "rll give you $500 for
the privilege, to help pay your taxes,
but doyou give me $4,000 in return; I'll
give you $500, but do you give me your
boys and girls" Infamous, heartless
exchange! The request of the saloonist
ought To be met with blow, the blow
of the ballot. The last call is out. Vote
for the law-Vote Yes and then let
us have better enforcement than ever.
Shall the manufacture of liquor and the
liquor traffic he prohibited within the
county? Yes"
G. DE w. BRowER.
The true northerner., 1897-10-27

Mr.. Longwell attempts to make
point as to the expenses of 1897, but he
neglects to state that in addition to the
S111 30, already collected, one bond,
that of Thos Minter, for $500, has been
estreated To the people; Fred Meabons
convicted and not yet sentenced, +. A.
Osgood convicted and served sentence
of 40 days in Jail and the following
cases yet pending; Jas. Burgess, l. +.
Hamilton, Geo. H. Cross, VIM. Ii.
Smith, Fred Bailey, Harvey billiard, Nj.
A. Engle, NJ II. Strong, 2 cases, b. ID.
Hicks, w. IL Owen and Chas. Crippin.
1t is reasonable TO presume from past
experience that these cases will event
uate in balance'on the peoples side
side of the ledger for the current year
One set of figures Mr. Longwell has
correct. Twelve saloons would have
paid about $4,000 taxes, that is
the saloon keepers would have made
the immediate payment, but it would
really have come out OF their patrons,
and in many instances wives and child
ren would have suffered for the neces-
saries of life to help pay the iniquitOus
tax. This sum, to those ouside the viii
lages, would have amounted to the
magnificent sum" of 80 cents per year
on each 81 900 valuation, provided the
traffic did not increase public expense
in other directions which It undoubt-
edly does. If Mr.. Longwell's twelve
saloons would be such a blessing and
furnish such magnificent sum-" how
many saloons would be required to
make us all wealthy and happy?
The Jail record shows tina following
Drunks and disorderlies confined
during the license years of 1S82-3-4-116.
During the local option years of 1892
3-4-47. A decrease-69 cases.
The total incarcerations in the county
jail for the first years mentioned
above were, 2S1.
For the last three years, 164, de-
crease of 1T, or nearly 100 rer cent
and of these latter, % were confined for
violation of the local option law.
Mr.. Longwell charges the law with
three elections and seven meetings of
the board and figures the expense at
S5,271.7S. OF course, neither he nor
anybody else, knows the expense of
such elections, but there have been but
two elections held under the present
law and the expense of the second elec-
tion is Justly chargeable to the saloon
element instead of the law as are all
of the seven meetings of the board
except the two held in 1890 to put the
law into operation. III the "antis' are
so fearful of expenses, let them stop
petitioning for the overthrow of the
law and stop putting the people to the
expense and trouble of voting to sus-
The true northerner., 1897-10-27

tain II.
AS TO the claim that there is more
liquor drank than under high license,
il is needless To reply. Everybody
knows il is not true. When men who
favor the traffic advocate the repeal OF
the statute on the ground that q IL will
lessen sales, the argument has no
weight whatever IL looks as though
"the devil had turned preacher"
In conclusion we would say: Let
every voter ponder we'll these facts and
figures and then walk up TO the polls
on Monday and vote Yes"
Remember that cross in the square
opposite the word Yes" means a vote
in favor of protection for the family
and the home, while vote the 9th er
way is a vote to protect the saloon and
the rumseller. "Choose ye this day
whom We will serve"
Let us have the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
LINCOLN H. TITUS,
Ex-Pros. Atty.
The true northerner., 1897-10-27
That Taxation Bugbear.

Figuring all the expense of trials,
board bills, officers fees, etc., for the
four years, Mr.. Longwell makes total
be charged against the local option law,
and gives credit for but 81, ,562 81, in
fines and costs collected.
But this is not full statement. In
addition to the above the following
fines and costs were paid during the
four years under discussion:
The true northerner., 1897-10-27
Total ------------s5oo.oo


This is a trifing mistake of 1886 .63 in
Mr.. Longwell's reliable (?) statistics.
Add to this the S73 so improperly
charged to the law in the Giddings case
mot criminal case at alb and we have
the sum of 5000 .13 which should by right
be deducted from Mr.. Longwell's bill
of costs. Then if we credit the law
with the IS days of court expenses
saved, it will be seen that the claim
that the law is self sustaining is amply
proved even for the four years selected
by Mr.. Longwell.
In addition to the above imprison-
ments, there were during the same time
the following which are omitted from
Mr.. Longwell's table,
Peter Callicott, lonia- ---------------I3 months
Peter Hotaling Jail go days
Mr.. Longwell was unable to get
statistics prior to 1898. Perhaps we
can help him out to a certain extent.
Before this time, that following convic-
tions were had and fines collected:
The true northerner., 1897-10-27

Do you scratch and scratch and won.
der what's the matter? Doan's Oint-
ment will instantly relieve and per-
manently cure any itchy disease of the
skin no matter how long standing,
The true northerner., 1897-10-27

have carefully read the foregoing
article and have examined the records
in the Office of the county clerk and
find the facts stated to be correct.
O.W. ROWLAND,
Deputy Co., Clerk.
The true northerner., 1897-10-27
There is Glass of People

Who injured by the of coffee. Recently there
has been placed in all the grocery stores pre-
paration called GRAIN-O. msde of pure grains, that
takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach
receives il without ~.stress ana but few can tell 1t
from coffee. Ii does JLOt cost "a much.
Children may drink 1t with benefit Is cts. and
25c per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The true northerner., 1897-10-27

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-O? II is delic-
lous and nourishing and takes the place of flee
The more Grain-0 you give the children the more
health you distribute through their systems. GRAIN
o is made OF pure grains, aud when properly pre-
pared tastes like the choice grades of coffee Dut
costs about "a much. All grocers sell it. 15c
and
The true northerner., 1897-10-27
Totals

An aggregate of 81 ,548 69.
The following persons were imprison.
oh ,,rior IN 1909.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
THE AGE OF THE PEARL.
Probably the Oldest Precious Stone
Known to the Ancients.


, The pearl is the one gem that comes
to us perfect from the hand of nature,
and to this it's great antiquity as
gem is largely due, says the Popular
Science Monthly. Precious stones
whose beauty and brilliancy depend on
polishing and cutting would naturally
be discovered and utilized. The discov-
cry of the diamond probably dates
within historic times. Though known
earlier, it wns not generally included
among the gem treasures of royalty
even as late as the seventh century. The
modern cutting of diamonds in regular
facets was invented as recently as 1856.
Indeed, it is quite probable that the
pearl was the first gem known and
treasured by prehistoric man-since
the search for food must have been the
first occupation of the earliest race
and the shining pearl would thus have
been discovered in river mussels if not
in marine oysters. Certain it is that
the Old Testament and the ancient writ
ten history nllude to pearls, and that
remoter evidence is found on the tombs
and excavated cities in still earlier
cras. The Egyptians, Babylonians and
Assyrians held the pearl in an esteem
yer9ing on reverence.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
UeE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
lrp Made in an Open Lot-Why 1t
Was Constructed.

trp Made in an Open Lot-Why 1t
Was Constructed.
The most gigantic harp ever con-
&ucted, as far as the record goes, was
ht made by Veritan, the provost of
trkli, near Basel, Switzerland, In 1857,
Us the St. Louis Republic. That was
tong while ago, but the fame of NJ.
lritan's gigantic harp was such that
lis still occasionally mentioned by
1iters on the rare and the wonderful,
tt as the sea serpent, bloody rain,
Je mastodon, etc, are NJ. Neritan's
tossal musical instrument was 800
IT in length, and, on that account,
rs constructed in an open lot instead
in a harp factory. 1t was most sim
+ in construction, consisting OF Is
Ires strung tightly between two poles.
esc wires were Of different sizes, the
fgest being one-sixth of an inch in
hneter and the smallest one-twclfth
Al inch. They were stretched north
Id south and inclined in such { man
er rs to form an angle OF from 20 to
dgrees with the horizon. This queer
Astument was not intended as an c%-
kgruted toy, but was constructed for
he express purpose OF foretellin%
chaGcs in the weather, which were
calolated by Prof. Veritan according
to ie different tones the instrument
n,aA when the wind was blowing
thrt1Rh it.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

During a smallpox scare IN johann
nesburg, Africa, an enterpr!siEg fellow
declared that he was doctor. ard with
= can OF cort!cnscd Iaill. and "a needle
yaccinated about 1,JG0 psopic, chorg-
ing each of them five shiillngs for his
services. -pes
Lightning played queer pranks in
the residence of Paul SimrnonsoN- at
Montague, Mich. 1t passed down the
chimney. rent the stovepipe. burned
holes in n tablecloth ard cut sorn<'PiG-
turc wires. Six persons were in'<hc
house. but they were not injured.
A man arrested in London on IL
charge of attempting to commit suicide
said he had no intention of killing hirr-
self, but had had dream in which he
thought he was cutting his throat, and
woke up to find that he was really
hacking his neck with carving knife.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
CHINESE HAIR SOAP.
Is DisaRreeabIe to Look At, hut Has
an Excellent Eject.


In the great empire of China you run
across some odd things, writes Mar
gherita Arlina Hamm in the New York
Times. One of these is what we might
call hair soap, and is used for shampoo
ing purposes. How ii is made | never
could find out, but from the mere mp
pearance of the article l should say it
was composed of fine curlcd hay, oat-
meal, wheat hYsks, grease and little
boraN. 1t looks for all the world Ike
some of the oil cakes which dairymen
feed to their cows in winter time. In
the market it is sold by tine cake. or to
those who cannot afford the luxury in
small pieces. The cake is round or
clliptical in outline, from an inch to two
inches in thickness, from twelve inches
to two feet in length and from eight to
fifteen inches in width. II must weigh
two or three pounds.
In using it your maid breaks ofr
piece about as large as an ordinary
cake OF toilet soap. When applied to the
hair it produces fair lnther and the
hay and husk separate and work their
way into the scalp. The rubbing causes
them to polish the scalp as well rs the
hair itself. The subsequent rinsiur car
rics away all these vegetable ipgredi-
ents and leaves the hair and scalp in
beautiful condition-the former soft
md silky. the latter pink and warm
While the hair soap is very ugly to look
at and seems altogether ridiculous. yet
If you use it once you are simply
charmed with your new acquisition and
employ it regularly thereafter
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

John 7. Shumate, the Democratic and
Silver Republican nominee for district
attorney, is a lawyer well known to liti
giants and others throughout this county.
and his election would simply mean the
endorsement of one who is honest, up
right and well qualified for the position
This fact is too well established to need
any advertising through the newspapers.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
May Not Come Over the Line.

may Not Come Over the Line.
Fis, Forestry and Game Commits
stoneSwan has returned from Utah,
wherthe had a conference with the Ute
1ndias in reference to the violations of
the pme laws by the Indians. Mr..
Swanwas successful in his mission, and
obtaied the prSmise of the Indians not
to hur. MIR. Swan eventually became
quite ppular with the red men on ac-
cotmtof his engaging manners, and
they ubbed him "Waw-na-boo-la-la,"
which being translated means Chief
Deenan.
ArSwan met the Uncompahgre Utes
at q lace about twenty miles from Fort
D0eesne, ut the Ouray agency, and
thsh he had quite lengthy colloquy
winths aborigines through an inter
ppsaf.
~ result Of Mr.. Swans mission was
thy tht 1ndiais were practically per-
sulA led aat thy must not hunt game
OUT OF season OF they would be arrested.
Md Swan beliees that some of them
vii ddso and TIT they will have to be
ar std. but he oes not think any of
th4 will make hy resistance.
1hey seemed ttFesard it as an injus-
ticA tht they are bot permitted to hunt
when tiey want I'd because this restric-
tio1 DERIVES them of the deer hides
which tley Use for making gloves. moe
cas3ns, pcketbOoB and other articles,
from thtsale of witch they derived a
small nome. Mn Swan believes the
gUveftmnt shoul( provide them with
some kin of lea lher so that they can
continue the manufacture of these
thing, an then they will not care par
ticpl4ly hunt.
MrlSwn met McCook, Iene Colorow,
Sheyfauand Chipeta, the squaw of
thp fcesed Ouray. Some of these
ch3efd an going to visit Denver some
time Shi' week on their way to Wash
inktOH nd Mr.. Swan will entertain
thotI Vile they are here.-Monday's
Tins
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

1t is reported that there will be no
less than twelve tickets 10 choose from
at the coming election. Now this does
MT mean that there are twelve different
sets Of nominees in the field. Far from
it. There are practically but two men
up for supreme court judge-Gabbert
and Hayt-and two up for district at
tOrney-Shumate and Wiley. In this
county there are but four tickets-Dem-
ocratic, Populist, Republican and Silver
Republican, the last two identically the
same As to nominees. The other eight
tickets are mostly duplicates Of the
state and district nominees, and our
voters bavo no business mOnkeying with
any Of their embiems. Tho safest wav
is to put your X after every nominee
you wish to vote for, or quicker way is
to put 1t after the Bsyan- Rooster COM
bination emblem and let 'er 60 at that.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
DESERT LANDS-No1TCE OF INTENTION
TO MAKE FINAL PROOF.
LAND OFFICE AT

NltHHVVU sETIIpS' NI1V., VVt y, ISJ1.
], Henry Stadtmnn. OF White River, Rio Blan--
co county. Colo, who made desert land npplcsi-
ron No. 10, Ttc. on the 18th dav of December,
1893, for the n y, Sc Il. !; SW 4 Sex. 3 Up.
N, X. % W. 9Th p. NJ. hereby give notice
of my intention to make final proof
10 establish my claim to the land above
described before the Clerk OF the District
Court Of Rio Blnnco county, Mt Meeker,
Colo. on Tuesday. the I'D day Of Novem-
bcr, 1897. and that expect TO prove that said
land hns been properly II Irignted and reclaimed
in the manner required by law, by two OF the
following witnesses:
J. ID. MoCE OF Mccker, Colorado. J. n. Lewis.
b. W. Barnes and l.. w. Queen, all Of Angor,i,
Colorado Henry Stadtman. Claimant.
oclG-n2U }. H. PHILIPPE Register.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23
w&LD's BEST THIN ARMoR.
Rel fkable Plates at Indian Head
Ehat Shot Could Not Crack.

Rel ekable Plates at Indian Head
lat Shot Could Not Crack.
q navy department is securing n
con- Int improvement in the quality
of Arnor plate, says the Washington
Poo A test made at Indian Head the
ott dey demonstrated that it now
pod ses the best thin arlnor, at least,
in whole world. A four-inch plate
reI cnting some of the side armor
of battle ship Kearsarge, that was
wei p on the bows, was fired at with
tinch gun. Not long ago shot
wa calculated as able completely tc
pet rate an armor plate OF one and
on@ lf times as tsick as its caliber.
In Ter words, five-inch shot would
pet |ate a plate seven and one-half
ind thick.
four-inch plate, however, not
on Kept the shot out, but it smashed
it and the only mark left on the
pld vas slight dishing in the center,
no pre than half an inch deep. This
pa the plate. Then another shot
wa ken at it to ascertain the power
re ID to perforate the plate. This
va accomplished only by giving the
sh u high velocity Of 1855 feet per
se and even then the plate was not
er
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

There is good opening for some in
ventor to patent hand shaking glove
for the use of candidates, thinks the
Silver Cliff Rustler. 'Spose it should be
something that will ease the muscles
and tithe same time increase the grip
ping powers. A skin-lined coat tail
pocket that will hold gallon of whisky.
and q false topped hat crown for the
storage Of candy, gum and cigars would
also be appreciated by some.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

m i'd there is little doubt Of the ulti-
mFf annexation of Hawaii. 1t is just as
vi that those who are fretting them
sizes about the kind Of government
4t island shall be given should re-
4mber that recipes for cooking the
Ne are useless until the hare is caught.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-23

A telephone wire in Springfield.
Mo-, WINS unintentionally connected
with the fire-alarm wires, and when the
telephone was tested the fire depart.
men. was aroused by long-continucd
false alarm, which for several minutes
kept the firemen on an exnspernting
hunt.