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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
EGGS FALL 800 FEET.
Bat Not One of Them Is Even
Cracked.


Cracked.
From the New York Press.
Alexander Hermann, the prestidigi-
tateur. used to perform many wonder
full feats with eggs. but no one UP to
recently had come forward with a plan
to drop a dozen fresh eggs 500 feet
upon a solid foundation without as
much as cracking the shells.
F. L. Ellithorpe. the inventor. per-
formed this apparently impossible task
in the presence of a selected party in
the rev Empire building, at Broadway
and Rector street. and it cost F'rede-
rick Potter, the owner of the building.
1000 for him to do it. 1t was as a
test of an auxiliary safety device for
passenger elevators that the eggs made
their tremendous leap. They were &C
companied~ on their trip by four glasses
of water and the globe of an incandeS-
cent electric light, these three articles
being chosen as the most fragile that
could be thought of. with the idea
that if they passed scathless through
the ordeal, man could do so.
The verdict of the experts present
was unanimous that the invention is
complete success, and hereafter no
elevator will be considered perfect
without it, The principle is that of the
air cushion of compressed air, which is
forced into an alright we'll at the bet
tom of the elevator shaft by the down.
ward rush of the car. gradually reach
ing a degree of compression sufficient
to check the fall Of the car and bring
it to an almost gentle standstill
The test trips were made between c
and o'clock in the evening. Besides
Frederick Potter, the owner of the
building, Mr. Ellithorpe, the inventor;
H. P. Kallman, of the Fidelity &, Cas-
ualty company, and the chief engineer
of the building, there were about a
dozen others who had been invited. In
the shaft of elevator No. 9, an old ele
vator weighing about 1000 pounds, was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
QUEER FIND IN THE PACIFIC.
DereIict Canoe With a Lot of Fish
Picked Up by Merchantman.

DereIfct Canoe With a Lot of Fish
Picked Up by a Merchantman.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
On board the Hawaiian bark IoIania
there is a curiosity in a native canoe
made by some of the Pacific islanders.
While on the voyage from Honolulu
last August for Hong Kong to load
mating for Baltimore an object was
seen in the water to the leeward. Capt.
Mcclure changed his course, and, run
ming close to it, found it to be a mann
moth canoe. He had the ships car
penter put into the canoe, which was
nearly filled with water When once
inside it was almost impossible to
stand up on its slippery bottom. To
make his position more exciting the
carpenter was seen fghing with a
large fish, which was making desper-
ate efforts to escape from the boat. A
sharp hook was thrown the carpenter,
and it was not until he had stabbed
the fish several times that it was con-
quered. When the canoe was hoisted
on board a number of small fish were
found swimming about. The large
fish. weighed seven pounds.
The canoe is twenty-five feet long,
cut out OF a solid log. with rearing
ends. which would give the log it was
heWn from diameter of at least five
feet. There is not senrblance Of iron
about it but along the gunwales are
holes in which lacings of hide thongs
are used to hold to and for serving the
oars. Places are cut out for the
thwarts, which were made Of pieces Of
bamboo placed in the inches while wet
and allowed to shrink. There is also
place in the bottom to step a mast
NJ no hn-
longed to some of the natives of Bal
1ingtang island. in the Bashee group,
from Which the Iolani was about TWEEN
ty-five miles when the curious vessel
was picked UP. The presence Of the
fish could not be accounted for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
MATCHMAKING MACHINE.
What a Detroit Inventor Claims for
His Device.

His Device.
From the Detroit Journal.
After nineteen years of experiment.
ing, a machine for manufacturing
needles was invented and perfected by
Eugene Fontaine, of 80 Trunbull ave-
nue., this city. A dispatch from Cleve-
lard states that a company is being
organized there by a number of capt.
talists Of the city to manufacture need
les with Mr.. Fontaine's machine. The
company will be capitalized at $1,O00,-
600.
The new machine, it's inventor says,
will revOlutionize the needle making
industry of the world. Heretofore, all
needles have been made by hand and
in Europe. The cost per thousand has
been for~ the best quality about 70
cents. The new machine, when on ex-
hibition before the interested capital
lists in Cleveland last Monday night
turned out between forty and fifty
needles a minute. 1t will bring the
cost to 20 cents per thousand, II Is esti-
mated.
The machine was conceived and built
in Detroit. Mr.. FCntaine says that it's
construction has cost him in all nearly
$1,000 in money and time
The needles are made all in the one
machine, complete except for the tem-
pering. Steel wire Is fed into one end
and at the other it comes out needles,
punched, shapened, and polished
AS the wire enters 1T is chopped into
the required lengths. Then each piece
is clutched by vise-like steel fingers
ard held while the first indentation for
the eye is made. Next the eye is
punched The entire head is then
rounded and tapered.
BY another movement of the machine
the half formed needle is reversed and
set to revolving rapidly while the point
is shapened. Next comes polishing of
tl;e entire needle by emery belts
MIR. Fontainle is modest, and accord
ing to his own statement, is less known
here in Detroit, where he has lived and
worked, than in Cleveland, Toledo, or
Chicago. where his machine has been
exhibited, and much commented upon.
He has lived in Detroit for twenty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
ONE GOLD KEY.
Made to Fit All the Locks I'm the
House.

From the Philadelphia Record ~ 5--- -f-- q
With the many occupations that the
fin de steele woman has taken upon
herself she has found it necessary to
cast aside as her burdensome many
customs that were dear to the heart
of the sweet ladies. of the last genera
ton. Among tie discarded is the great
juggling bunch of keys that every true
housewife. was proud to wear at her
side. Truly itsnnade no claims to pref
tiness. but it spoke loudly Of duties
carefully supervised, and its wearers
head was never so full of various So
cial and charitable obligations as to
make her regale herself and her friends
with panic every few minutes Of
having forgotten where she had laid
them. But the modern, up-to- date
woman cannot be thinking incessant-
ly of her burch Of keys. There is too
much to do these days. She has, there
fore by stroke Of her happy inge-
nuity created the master key. This
key solves the mystery and is master
of her possessions. It reigms alone.
The plan is Simply to use a similar
lock for the safe, the writing desk,
wardrobe, bureau drawers, and what
ever it Is desirable to have well taste
ened. Then the master key is made
" III lllcliI IL Is uoudlly
after the owners fancy, and is worn
either on the long chains that are
seen so generally about the neck, or
on bracelet.
These keys were first made in Lon
don, but the idea has been appreciated
by many American women. Besides
being valuable for the economy of
time and space they are sometimes
very beautiful. Usually they are quite
small and made! of gold, the founda-
ton, however being made of steel, as
the gold is too soft metal to bear
the pressure necessary for opening
locks. Many that are seen are pos
sessed of artistic as we'll as intrinsic
value, the Etruscan and Roman de-
signs in chasing being popular. Again,
they are made quite plain and fiat like
Yale lock key. The more elaborate
ones are sometimes quite brilliant with
jewels, which. when seen dangling
from a chain, produce a rather stylish
and mysterious effect.
One Of the handsomest that have
| been seen was a small copy OF St. Pc
ter's- key, about an inch and half in
| length. In the top were sunken q
number of uncut emeralds, and the
fine workmanship brought out most
| exquisitely the Etrusean design. The
! Embedded motto was know myself as
| I know thy possessions. This key
I sold for a great price, but the fair
| purchaser consoled herself by saying
! that it should go down to posterity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
ON FIRE TWENTY-SIX YEARS.
Violent Outbreak of a Long SmOlder-
ing Mine in Pennsylvania.

Violent Outbreak of a Long SmOldcr-
ing Mine in Pennsylvania.
From the Pittsburg Times.
The coal mine fire at Connellsville
which after burning slowly beneath the
surface for twenty-siX years breaks out
in all it's violence is one Of the startling
incidents of mining life. Coal is such
an extensive deposit in Pennsylvania
that in the operation Of the vast num-
Der of mines it is practically impos sible
to keep some section of the coal seam
from catching fire once in a while.
When the fire Is started to eXtinguish
it is task beyond the power of man
unless the circumstances are favorable.
Slowly the fire eats its way into the
vein, burning over wider areas as the
fuel in immediate reach is consumed,
farming itself into a fierce crater of
ruin when it breaks through the crust
of earth and finds access to air to feed
1t with oxygen. daily threatening new
fields and finding new opportunity
with every new opening or old works
that it penetrates.
Mine fires have been among the prob
lens that operators encountered
through all their experiences. Some in
both sections of the state. in the an
thracite and the bituminous regions,
have proved obstinate and destructive.
end all the ingenuity of man has fail.
ed to gain the mastery over them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
RAGS AS THANK-OFFERINGS.
SuperstitiOus Custom of Olden Times
Not Wholly Discontinued.


Not Wholly Discontinued.
From the London Mail.
The singular custom of leaving rags and
other worthless objects at wells has not en-
tirely fallen into dsuse. The superstition,
in modified form, exists in other portions
of the world. A traveller in Persia found
tree with rags tied to its branches They
had been left there by the inhabitants OF
province infected with ague. tree hung
with rags was. found by another traveller in
Africa. Crooked pins. old clothes, pebbles
shells, rusty nails, small coins, and even
bundles OF heath were considered approximate
thank offerings at shrines in earlier days
for it was believed that the saints and apos-
ties did not care for articles OF value.
Such was the superstitious alteration OF
fountains that t was forbidden by the six
teenth Of the canons issued in $780, in the
reign of King Edgar. and it condemned
by the canOns Of st. Anselm- 1t was also in
terdicted by the laws passed in the rel gn OF
King Canute Since the Reformation the
practice has not been prevalent except in
Ireland. where many old wells consecrated
to saints and martyrs yet made the OBJ
iects Of pilgrimage There IS scarcely a par
ish throughout the land that has not its own
holy we'll, where, despite practical admoni-
ton, the faithful and the faithless come to
pray for physical or mental relief and leave
behind them scrap Of rag as an Offering
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
HEN WITH FOUR LEGS.
Brooklyn Has Chicken Which
Which Shows the DOn's COIOrs.

From the New York Journal.
Polly is her name. She is a hen and of
such up-to-date proclivities that, to keep in
line with the march Of progress she came
into the world with four legs instead of the
ordinary two She is the property Of Prof.
v. Gomez. Of No. So Madison street. Brook
Ign, and the pet OF the household.
Very early in life she discovered her extra
allotment Of legs did not add to the grace of
her gait, SO she wears them clasped and held
up under her, much as if she had her hands
folded. The legs are full grown, but par
TALLY attached 20 the body.
Polly is Spanish hen, and has openly
Haunted her colors throughout the present
unpleasantness. Her comb is of a brilliant
red and those folded and redundant legs are
of the yellowest. 1t may be her nationality
that induces battle royal daily between her
and August the pug. and Chick, the fox ter
rier, who are her playfellows. Down goes her
comb and Polly routs the enemy from their
plate Of bread and milk. Every day Polly
lays an egg for Mrs. Gomez. The largest
share Of her affection is given to August
who is himself something of a freak, boast
ing six toes on his hind feet. Z
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

two years. He was born near Quebec.
'"The machine will undoubtedly con-
troll the entire. trade of the world even
tually," said he. sit will be simply
another case Of the circular saw again st
the handsaw; steam against hand
work. There can be no competition.
Needles have never before been
made in this country. My machine will
change all that. I expect to be able to
give the country a big and entirely
new Industry"
pin-making machine, which is an
adaptation of the wire-nail idea He
has been for many. years connected
With the National Pin company The
Fontaine engine is also one of his pro-
ductiOns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
he head waiter. who is Princeton sopho-

the head waiter. who is Princeton sopho-
more.
1.-The Indians take a great interest in ath-
letics. and one of them, Albert Nash, grad
uate Of the Carlisle school, was one of the
winning team in the relay races at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. Another of these
prisoner as a child in the Apache war. For
time he was confined at st. Augustine, Fla.
Edwin Moore is the high jumper of the group,
who distinguished himself at the Fourth Of
July games. Healy Wolf, another Indian, is
q little chap who came from Alaska and he
is very proud of the fact that he served Capt.
orderly. The names Of some ne'1 Of the otber
Indians Edward Peters, George Musco,
John Garrick, Edward Rogers and Joseph
Shoulder, and while their appearance as
walters does not suggest the ultimate solu-
ton Of the Indian problem, It does indicate
that they can adapt themselves to the sur
roundings at a summer hotel, and that is
something that many a white man finds diff
cult"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

wise the car would rebound as rub
Der ball when it struck the we'll.
At thirty-five feet from the bottom
the car fits tightly into the shaft. and
the compression Of the air beneath be-
gins in earnest. A valve with strong
spring lets out the surplus air in the
bottom of the well, permitting the car
to stop with a gentleness truly Won
derful. To fit out the building in this
manner cost $35 900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

Mrs. M. A. Humel reached the Klondike,
but to do it the plucky little Swedish woman
had to walk 900 miles in the dead of arc
tic winter, over the frozen Alaskan wastes,
from the mouth of Minook creek to Daw
son City. Mrs Humel was one of $50 persons
who left Seattle in August. 1897, on the
steamer Humboldt. When they reached st.
Michaels they found they could go fur
Their in the vessel, but boat built by
3C0 Of the passengers, in which they started
UP the river. At Minook creek 1000 miles
from Dawson City. their progress was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

stance, to that of the horns of ami
mails, to human nails. and the claws
of beasts. Whatever it may be. these
excrescences do not threaten either the
health or the life of those who have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
INDIANS AS WATERS.

Carlisle Students Serve ut "a Summer
Hotel Under "a Princeton Sophomore.
From the New York Sun.
"a New Jersey seaside hotel, where l have
been this week." said man yesterday, "haz
dozen walters who would make an ole
plainsman jump out Of his chair when he first
laid eyes on them, though, as matter CT
fact, they are Differentiated than tie aver
age waiting maid. They are all Ird;aFa irln.
the government school at C1rl.sle, Pa exec.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

face CT the hole was as placid as mill
pond. not even a wrinkle in the mud
showing that anything had disturbed
More smanadam was hauled and de-
posted about week ago. Today the
hole is as wide%and as deep and as in
nocent looking as ever. 1t declines to
need any kind of Improvement and de-
fies the authorities with devilish obsti-
macy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28

Blocked by the ice. The party proposed to
camp there all winter, but to some the de-
lay was insupportable, and among these
was Mrs Humel. who owned a claim in the
Klondike, secured by a deputy and upon
which she was anxious to begin work. She
made the journey ON foot enduring frightful
cold, sleeping at night in bag of skins.
There were ten in the party that started to
make the journey on foot. but five gave up
and returned. After journey of thirty-five
days, with the thermo meter so degrees below
zero, the plucky five arrived at Dawson City.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
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The age-herald., 1898-06-22
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, The committee of public health have this day advised me of the existence of yellow fever at McHenry, Mississippi and of the further facts that the states of quarantine against the counties of Jack son, Hancock and Harrison in the state of Mississippi, and have recommended to me to issue a proclamation of quarantine against the three counties nanied above and any other place that may become in fected.
 Now, therefore I, Joseph F. Johnston, governor of the state of Alabama pursu- ant to the authority vested in me and by an "Act to Regulate the Practice of Quar- antine in Alabama, approved February 2S, 1887, do hereby proclaim, declare and estab- fish a quarantine. against persons and things in the said three counties of Missis sippi, and any other place that may become infected with yellow fever.
 may wish to come from the quarantined territory into this state shall be fixed The rules for the disinfection of persons, have been in use shall be those adopted by a convention held in Atlanta on April 12 1898. This quarantine shall be conducted through the committee of public health of the state, which is hereby charged with the duty of enforcing such measures to carry out the objects of this proclamation. not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as 1t may deem nec- In testimony wherof, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed at the the 16th day of June. A. D., 1898, and of the independence of the United States the 123d year. -
 Governor. By the Governor. = -..
 J K. JACKSON,
 Secretary of State.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
Recruiting at Bessemer

Bessemer, June 21.-Captain T. T. Huey, Sergeant N. Nail and Private Joe Hines, of Company H (Bessemer Rif1es) now in camp at Mobile, are in town for the purpose of recruiting if possible twenty-five volunteers for their company. Sergeant Huffman has been here about a week also looking for re- cruits. So far only nine have been secured, four of whom go down to Mobile today. The members of Company H now in town expect to join the company at Mobile We'd nesday or Thursday as it is believed the First regiment, Alabama volunteers, will be moved to Miami, Fla, about that date. Captain Huey reports the company in good health and spirits and eager for the fray.
 M. J. Boots, formerly with the Howard Harrison Iron company leaves for Chatta- nooga tomorrow to accept a responsible po- sition with the American Pipe and Foundry company
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
ON THE RACE TRACK.
Latonia Results

Cincinnati, June 21.-Banished, with but eighty-six pounds up, won the Tobacco Selling stakes at Latonia today from a high class field of six starters. Track fast.
 First Race-Six furlongs. Necklace 10 to 1, won; Suydam, second; Harry Lee, third. Time, 1:15ik.
 Second Raee-Five furlongs. Beana, to 5, won; Piccola, second; Glad Hand, third. Time, 10212
 Third Race-Declared off.
 Fourth Race-Tobacco Stakes, one mile, selling. Banished even, won; Orimar, sec ond; Doncelli, third. Time, 1:41.
 Fifth Race-Five furlongs. Jolly Roger, 5 to 5, won; Estabrooks, second; Rockland, third. Time, 1:02.
 Sixth Race-Six furlongs Purity,S to D, won; Cyclone, second; Boardmarker, third Time, 1:14%.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22

about the recent primary in this county has been most approving. The day was as quiet as possible in Augusta, and yet there was a good substantial democratic vote. There were no noisy bands Or hacks with badged voters driving from poll to poll and shouting in disorderly fashion along the way. Everything was done decently and In order, settled just as effectively, settled just as fully in accordance with the public desire, and with absolute freedom from ex- citement and bitterness. The democratic primary made fine impression in Augusta, and did great work.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
Ste ckhoIders' Meeting

New York, June A.-The Metropolitan Street Railway company officially an nounces that a stockholders meting will be called to ratify an isue of 900 new stock of which $6, 6,000 900 will be isuesd to retire debentures and 900 for further improvement of the system.
 The directors declared the regular quar- trly dividen of 1A per cent, payable June
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
l., A. w. Bulletin

Baltimore. June 21.-Chairman Mott, of the l.. A. w. racing board. has issued this bulletin: The score of leaders in the na- tional championship: Gardiner, 43; Cooper, 23; Bald. 16: o. Stevens, g. Aaton, g; Tom Butler, g; Mortens, 8.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22

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 Price, 25 cents per box Sold by drug gists
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 Send to Dr. Radway and company, Lock Box 365, New York, for Book of Advice.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
St. IOuiS Results

St. Louis. June 21.-At the fair grounds today only two favorites won
 First Race-Selling. one mile. Vaddallo, to B. won; Can Gallop, second; Inspirer, third Time, :43.
 Second Race-Five furlongs. Be True, 15 to l. won; Iris second; Lucinda B., third Time, 103
 Third Race-Five furlongs. Genua, to g. won; Bessie Ewing, second; Flying Bird, third. Time, 102%.
 Fourth Race-Five furlongs Sir Rolla, won; Naoma, second;. Time, 1:031s. ,,.t.s|
 Fifth Race-Handicap. six furlongs. Gib- raltar even, won David, second; Silver Set, third. Time, 1:14A
 Sixth Race-Handicap, six furlongs. Ju- anita. 10 to 1, won; Miss Verne, second; Minnie Weldon, third. Time, 1:14R.
The age-herald., 1898-06-22
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