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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

that many are being cared for by their
irlends and neighbors, instead of being re-
feTred to the city or to this society for aid
one illustration out of many will be in
teresting in this connecticut: A club of la
dies asked us for a worthy family to care
for during the winter. We gave them one
the father Of which had died in the hos
pitai, leaving sick mother with four chill
den; then these ladies came to the rescue
and furnished them with clothing and the
necessafies of life.
The SOciety's Scope.
When asked whether the society
extended its efforts beyond st. Paul,
Mr.. Hutchins submitted a letter, to
which the society had made prompt re-
sponse Following is the letter, the
signature being withheld by request of
the society:
Willow River. Mimi, April 9. 1893.
Mr.. Hutchins.
Dear Sir:
i write to you to gain little information
your position l thought you would be the
one 70 whom should apply.
rms village Is situated about 100 miles
north Of st. Paul, or the St. Paul & Duluth
railroad l am teaching a district school
some four miles fnom the village and have
become interested In very sad case of
VINO Is dying of cancer. He has been af-
nictea Tor about year and half. They
are IN very poor circumstances, which
makes 1t harder for the poor unfortunate
His father deserted his mother some time
since, leaving her destitute in the wilder
ness, Since then she has applied to the
county commissioners. but in VAIN They
took the boy for while, but refused to aid
her further on the ground that her husband
Is living, although he is worthless man.
me me nttle fellow lies on his hard bed suf-
fering untold misery from morning until
night his mother being unable to render
him any assistance.
OF course, l know that this is out of the
range of your work, but could you suggest
any way by which could get him into the
city hospital at st. Paul? MY home being
IN ms, st. Paul, I could bring him with me
" %iiep b., return II the fact of his being in
ST. Paul would give him more right to the
hospital, as | presume it would It is only
t tSr tne matter OF a few months. but even
they the oona De 6rghtened BY change from
IN IN ms Jaw does not hinder him from walk
ing at times and he seems quite bright.
II you VIII kindly answer 1 will be more
tnan thankful, and try to follow any sug-
gestion you may offer. Yours respectfully'
Official Management.
The official management of the 60.
ciety for the present year is as fol-
lows:
OFFICERS.
alexander Ramsey, president.
W1lIord L: Wilson, first vice president.
w. d. Kirk, second vice president.
Rev. R. Hall, third vice president.
Daniel r. Moves, treasurer.
Morgan L. Hutchins, secretary.
MANAGERS.
Mrs. 1. g. W. VII Wesley ]. Jameson,
ners Appieby, Rev. w. N. Jameson,
MIS-; Hannah Aus James Kasson,
TRAN, Miss Julia Knauft,
MIS-. l. l.. Blood, Henry A. Merrill,
non non. GrSenleaf Clark, Mrs. Mary A. Murphy,
MIS- MIS-; =. y: Clarke, E. w. Peet,
Wliham T. Clough, Mrs. Annie M Rice
c. w. Hackett, Rev. q SINH
Mrs. T. c. Jones. Fred Fl. Stojtze
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
FOR THE RELIEF OF THE, POOR
The ST. Paul Society Doing Noble Work
for the City's Needy


years. Many of the children walk five
miles to come to the school on each
Saturday and enjoy the singing and
companionship of their teachers so
greatly that they are seldom absent
even in the most Indictment weather.
Each Christmas tree. laden with
gifts and candies, is prepared for the
children and highly appreciated by
them. A class In stocking darning is
a recent feature of the school. The
sewing school opens the first Saturday
morning in October. and closes the last
Saturday in April
The Relief Society Proper.
1t Is not infrequently that one hears
the word pioneer" applied to the re-
lief organization, and yet only those
who have read the annual reports are
acquainted with the facts of Its origin.
1t was on the oath of March, 1876, that
the ST. Paul Relief society was organ
lied under the name of 1.-The Society
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
IT'S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD

NJ. l.. Hutchins, Secretary of the Soe
ciety, interchangeable I'm HIS La
Dor of Alternating the Suffering
Unfortunates-Ori and Meth
DDS of the Sewing SchOOl--The
Average Attendance 210-The
Relief Society Organized on the
24th of March, 1S76-FOur De-
partments of an Auxiliary Ma
ture.
1t is not inappropriate that among
the philanthropic and public spirited
Institutions, to whose efforts and OBJ
1ects The Glob e has been giving
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

for Improving the Condition of the
Poor" TT was the outcome reads
the report of 1890, "of a long-felt need
for concentrating and systematizing
charities, which had. in this city, been
left previously to individual caprice, or
to the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, or to an organization having pri-
marily other aims, and ill adapted to
the exigencies of this work.
The first public suggestion of new
method was made upon the occasion Of
the sixteenth anniversary of the Y NJ
c. A. In an address made by tie presi-
dent, D. r. Moves Jr A meeting was
called in the rooms of the chamber of
commerce, then in the Rogers block,
on Third street. which was largely at
tended, and of which W. L. Wilson
was chairman, and Alexander John
son, secretary. Another meeting was
held March u, 1876 at which time a
complete organization was effected,
with the following fist of officers
President-Hon. H. NJ. Rice.
Vice Presidents Ramsey Gen.
II. Il. Sibley, Gen. w. R. Marshall Hon.
Z. X. Davis, Hon. j. T. Maxfield
Secretary and Treasurer. H. Randall.
Directors
Gen. r. w. johnson, C. A. Merton.
DR.. ]. H. Stewart, T. j. Barney,
George l: Becker, ]. H. Reaney,
d: Il. Bigelow, Albert scheffer.
horace thompson, David Blakely,
NJ. Auerbach, H. P. Hall.
+. M. Dean, C. w. Hackett,
William Lindeke j. w McClunp
Russell Blakey, L. D. Hedge,
D. c. Shepard, Conrad Gotzian.
Z. w. Griggs, H. X. Taylor
w. l.. Wilson, D. R. Moves Jr.
Auxilfarfes.
Under the Relief society proper there
gradually developed four departments
of an auxiliary nature, "officered and
organized for specific work along the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

Use the Lopg Distance Telephone to Mime
t}ta No and So. Dakota cities and town.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
Witness on the Table.

A man named Hogan was charged
with murder. y hat, believed to be tho
prisoner S, was found hear the body CT
the murdered man, and this was the
principal ground for supposing Hogan
was the perpctrator of the foul deed.
O'Connell, who was retained for the de-
Tense, felt tho case required the exercise
of his utmost powers The counsel fo,
the crown made strong point on thu
hat O'Connell CROSS examined the wit
ness who identified it. Are you per-
fectly sure that this was the hat found
close to the body?" Sartin sure. ;"
O'Connoll proceeded to inspect the eau
been. "Was the prisoners name, Pat
Hogan" Che spelled each letter slowly,
sin it at the time you found it?''
Twas, of course ~ "You could not be
mistaken?' mo- SIR And all you
swore is as true as that?' "Quite. "
"Then get off the table this minutel'
cried o Council triumphantly. Address
ing tho judge he said: My lord, there
can BIO no conviction here. There is no
name in the hail"
In many of the county assize courts III
Ireland witnesses give their evidence
when sitting on chair placed on top OF
q table which is fixed i'll front of the
bench. Some Of these tables are covered
with green baize. In the assize court i'll
the town of Wicklow l have frequently
heard a Witness after be has been call
ed, ordered to "come Oh the table" by
an Official of the court.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
A PIRATES FITTING END.
The Buooanecr L'olonnols Yves Tortured
to Death by Indians.


In St. Nicholas, in his series of
sketches of "Tho Buccaneers of Our
Coast" Mr.. Frank r. Stockton tells of
tho adventures of L'Olonnois, tho
Fronohman. While coasting along Hon
duras L'Olonnois ran his vessel ashore
Mr. Stockton says:
AS it was impossible to get their
great vessel off tho sand banks the pi-
rates set to work to break her up and
build u boat out of her planks. But
when they began the work they had no
idea it would take so long to build q
boat. 1t was months before tho un
wieldy craft was finished and they oc-
cupied part of tho time in gardening.
planting French beans, which were ripe
in about six weeks, and gave them some
fresh vegetables They also had some
of the ships stores and made bread.
thus managing to 1.-Two very well.
L'Olonnois was never intended by
nature to be boatbuilder, and when
the boat was finished it was discovered
that it had been planned so badly that
it would not hold them all, so they
drew lots to SEQ who should embark in
her, for one-half of them would have to
stay until the others camo back. Of
course l. 'Olonnois went in tho boat, and
no reached tho mouth of the Nicaragua
river. There his party was attacked by
some Spaniards and Indians, who killed
moro than half of them and prevented
the others from landing. L'Olonnois
and the rest of his men got safely away,
and they might have sailed back to the
island where they had left their COM
rades, for there was now room enough
for them all. But instead they won't to
tho coast of Cartagona.
The pirates left on tho island by their
heartlcss companions We're rescued by IL
buccaneering vessel, but l. 'Olonnois had
now reached tho end of his wicked Ca
reer
On the shores where he landed no did
not find prosperous villages and peace
full inhabitants to BIO robbed, but instead
no camo upon u fierce tribe Of Indians
called by tho Spaniards braves, y
or wild men. These people would never
have anything to do with the whites.
1t was impossible to conquer them or to
pacify them. They hated whito men.
They had heard of L'Olonnois and his
buccaneers, and when they found this
notorious pirate upon their shores they
were filled with fury such as they had
never felt toward any other Of his race.
Nearly all of the buccaneers were
killed. and L'Olonnois, being taken
prisoner, WAS put to death with most
cruol torturcs-a fate Of which he had
no right to complain.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
The Bowery Was the Resort of Wealth
Beauty and Fashion.

The Bowery Was the Resort of Wealth
Beauty and Fashion.
"a pleasant picture occurs to mo Of
a summer progress Of the family CT
Governor Stuyvesant to and from the
meeting house, for divine worship III
the fort near the Battery, New York, >
writes Mrs. Burton Harrison i'll The
Ladies' Home Journal, describing
"When Fashion C;raccd the Bowery.
"In a brave coach, drawn by shining
horses, is cnsconced the governor him.
self, whose long, laced coat half hides
his wooden leg banded with silver. He
wears carefully curled pcruke and
holds his hat upon his knee, i'll order to
lrt the cool sea- breeze that fans his
..,.ed> sage. Els lady, sitting in state
beside him, is, in their staid and phlee-
matte community, accounted brilliant
parsonage; her gowns came out from
her native Paris, and her silken hood Is
Worn over frizzled and powdered hair;
her embroidered hose and high heeled
Shoes her rings, bracelets and lockets,
with the gorgeously bound book of de-
yotions Suspended by II golden chain to
her waistband, may be depended upon
as models Of the very latest modes.
Mrs. Bayard, tho widowed sister of tho
governor, occupies IL seat in tho coach
facing them.
after service in the bare colonial
church-where the dominie's sermon,
however eloquent. was always brought
to an end by three raps from the clerk $
stick at the moment when the sands OF
the hourgluss had announced that the
preacher limit of time had been reach
ed-the Stuyvesant party passes out be-
tween rows of respectful gazcrs. "
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
WHERE WOMEN RULE.
what soc,,l S,adont Found Imam East
EN- Province.


While studying social conditions in
oriental lands Dr.. Mice e. Stockham
was advised by ToiStoi to visit the
Naiars on the Malah:ir coast of India,
and witness Il typo Of civilization I'M
known elsewhere among the inhabitants
of earth. Here, according to II writer,
the husband is q mere incident III the
social organization. Womans power Is
autocratic and absolute Sho wins or
divorces Il husband ut will. She frames
and administers the laws by which he
lives, and through her is tho descent of
the property, which he may earn, but
not own. The ricetield is his active
arena, and if industrious and frugal
proving himself capable Of maintaining
u family-some Naiar maid invites him
TO become her husband. The successful
man Of eligible years is wooed and won
as is the fortunate and accomplished
maiden Of our country.
The impropriety of manifesting affec-
ton for woman before it is solicited
is thoroughly instilled into the mind of
the Naiar nan, and while the strife be-
tween natural tendencies and national
custom may sometimes approach the ma
ture of an irrepressiblo conflict, to yield
is ruin and humiliation irreparable.
The eligible bachelor must await an
avowal of love and choice and suffer in
silence if it be long withheld. The
Naiars arc Of Brahman origin and much
above the average inhabitants of India
in Intelligence and in the administration
of their native government. Better ma
tive schools are found here than else
where in India, and q surprising degree
of domestic tentment.-Springfield
Republican.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
The Ideal Sportsman.

AS the accomplished artist should DO
master of detail. so should the sports
man be thoroughly informed in all mi
nor matters which bear upon his amuse-
ment. The man who never rises above
the killing stage misses much OF the
most enjoyable and satisfying attributes
of sport, for il the thorough mastery of
details lies the really enduring pleas
ure. Moreover, have found that, AS q
rule, the better informed IL sportsman IS
the less game he kills-not because
learning intcrfercs with his skill, but
rather that lie has learned enough not
to Kill too much.
My ideal sportsman-and we find him
here and there's the man who has
outgrown the desire to make big bags,
who has passed the point when pleasure
is measured by tho pile of dead, vino
has educated himself till he has risen
above the seliishness of mere slaughter,
and who has grown TO consider rod cad
gun as accessories to rather than cssen-
tials of pleasure aiield. Such man S
path winds through places so pleasant
that he never wearias of them, and his
game bag grows lighter as his unGer-
standing of nature broadens. He be-
comes more naturalist than sportsman
lin the ordinary acceptance OF that
term), and while be probably is an en-
cellent shot the very knowledge of his
ability to kill when he so desires tenn
pers his eascrness to do Sod w.
Sandys in Outing.
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The Quality of Real Fun.

One man said to another in an ele-
waited car about something that lie had
just read, CHOW, that is actually fun
n.y." and then he read it over again.
The inference from this is, of course,
that many of the things written in fun
are not really funny, and, making due
allowance for lack of appreciation, it is
doubtless true that much of the matter
written as fun actually does lack the
true spark. 1t may be we'll inten toned,
good natured even cheerful, and yet
lack the peculiar filling, satisfying, en-
ergizing refreshing, uplifting quality
of real fun.
The man who has this kind of fun in
his heart and who has besides the power
of communicating it to his neigh5or
need not go to the Klondike for his re-
ward. New York Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
CAKE WALK is FRENCH.
When 1t Originated, 1t Also Stood For n
Marriage Ceremony.

When 1t Originated, 1t Also Stood For n
Marriage Ceremony.
The cake walk properly had its origin
among the French negroes of Louisiana
moro than century ago. There is lit
tie doubt that it is an offshoot of some
of the old French country dances. 1t re-
semblcs sey cral CT them i'll form. From
New Orleans it spread over the entire
south and thence north. 1t was found of
convenience to the plantation negroes.
They We're not welded by license, and
it was seldom that the services of Il
preacher were called in.
At cake walk man might legiti-
mately show his preference for Il wom-
an and thus publicly claim her for Il
wife. In effect the cake walk was not
different from the old Scotch marriage,
which required only public acknowledge
ment from the contracting parties. So
this festival became in some sense a
wooing, an acceptance or rejection and
ceremony. This explains its popular
ity with the blacks, outside of its beau
ties, with the accompaniment of mu-
sic, which is competent at al times to
command negro support.
Cake walking has improved, as do
most things shat are constantly practic-
ed. Il has lost old significance in the
south. Negroes now get married, when
they marry at ALL in tho white folks
fashion. 1t has, however, become pan
tomime dance. Properly performed, it
is beautiful one The cake is not much
of prize, though the negro has a sweet
tooth. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
Black Coffee "a Preventive of Malarln.

Black Coffee Il Preventive of Malarln.
1.-The best remedy in the world for
an impending attack OF malaria or chills
and fever is strong black coffee, " said
the drummer with the quill i'll his
mouth. Us he walked up to the cashier S
desk and paid for lunch for two
EARLY yesterday morning | awaken
ed with tho usual accompaniment OF
the ague had hot flushes Following
them came a sensation similar to hav-
ing cold feet dancing IL minuet on one IS
back in the winter tine.
"Well, I'm several hundred miles
from home, out of reach of my wife, OF
course, and was in a dilemma. Get,
ting the aguc, when you haven't SYM
pathetic spouse or loving old mother
near to douse your feet i'll IN ustard baths
and rub your chest with camphor, is
not the pleasantest thing in the world.
$50 what did do but adopt the sug-
gestion of fellow who said he'd had
the agy dozens O. times and drank cof-
fee.
81 swallowed five big, brawny cups
of the stuff, aud when | arose today
felt like Il king. 1t had effected a cure. y
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
MUCH OPIUM is IMPORTED
1t Is Taxed Heavily, but It's Victims Must
Have 1t ut Any Price.


Have 1t ut Any Price.
The extent to which Opium smoking
is practiccd by the Chinese in this coun-
try may bo judged from tho fact that
the importations of smoking opium at
this port last year aggregated III, 4Ol
pounds. The drug, at Sc pound,
amounted to S72S, 4OG The drug was in
the form prepared exclusively for smok-
ing and not available for any other uses.
1t comes i'll rectangular tin boxes, not
unlike those i'll which pepper and spices
are put up, each containing about half
pound. So prepared, opium is 4 semi
fluid dark brown. sticky substance, re-
sembling New Orleans molasses i'll APP
pearance.
Chauncey NJ st. John, deputy sur
veyor of the port, says that on the inn
ports of this sort of opium at San Fran.
cisco since Jan. | last to date duty has
been paid to the amount of STAG, BAL.
This would represent 24, 800 pounds Of
tho drug. BY tho steamship Gaelic, ar
irving from China OH Feb. Is, tho opl-
UNI imports amounted to Is, 333 pounds,
on which the duty paid was $40, 600.
Not including this largo quantity, the
smoking opium now i'll bonded waro-
houses here, Oh which duty OF 1921, 500
has not been collected, amounts to 90
315 pounds.
1t is believed that opium smoking
has greatly decreased since the duty was
reduced from 50, the former rate, to
tho present rate of So pound. Former
" largo quantities of smoking opium of
an inferior quality were made in Vic
torin, B. c., and thence Struggled into
the United States. Tho reduction of du-
ty, while greatly lessening the profits
of smuggling, left the risk CT seizure
undiminished, and this tended to dis
courage the Victorian industry, which
has practically been abandoned.
Very little smoking opium reaches
tho United States save that which comes
to this port from China. 1t is all made
in that country. The drug for medici-
nal uses comes in its crude form from
Turkey. a little of this raw opium is
occasionally imported by San Francisco
dealers by way OF New York, reaching
this city by rail.
Tho manufacture of smoking opium
in the United States has been greatly
checked, if not well nigh destroyed, by
the imposition of IN internal revenue
tax of $40 pound. The Tux, in fact,
was laid for the express purpose OF dis
couraging the business.
III some way report has gained cur
rency that an attempt had been made to
smuggle a large quantity of opium into
this country III the guise of nut oil"
by tho ship New York, which went
ashore at Half Moon bay. The customs
officials say there is no foundation for
the story so far us they are informed
San Francisco Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-23
rorest pyo.cct;on I'm Idaho.

The miners as we'll as the mine own
ers operating in northern Idaho are Pc
culiarly interested in rational and eff
fective methods Of forest protection to
what remains OF the public timber lands,
and as producers Of national wealth
have right to demand it. They have
the result CT years Of wanton forest de-
struction before their eyes and can see
themselves confronted with q timber
shortage before many years that threat
ems their commercial and industrial life.
That such condition is fast approach
ing needs no prophetic vision to foresce.
The extent Of burned forest land the
past lG years as developed in these re-
gions is an evidence that requires no
supporting argument to make effective.
That many thousands of acres CT forest
still exist in the Cnur d'Alene basins
does not weaken the fact of al impend-
ing timber shortage Under the present
conditions two CT three dry seasons
would suffice 10 wipe out the larger
portion by far CT What remains of the
forests in this part of the state. There
is not yet adequate protection or super
vision, and public sentiment upon these
points is lot yet sufficiently aroused
Forester.
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An Honest Nan.

"Now look here, Thompson, F" re-
marked Brown. 'sIt has been six months
since you borrowed that 50 from me. "
Seven, corrected Thompson grave
ly.
"Well, then, seven months, snorted
Brown. land you promised to give 1T
back to me in a week-promised faith
fully, you did, 10 return ne it in seven
days instead of months -
~ know it,, answered Thompson
sadly, drawing memorandum book
from his pocket. "That bill was series
F, No. G72, 929, issue of 1887. 1 made
the note, and then l spent the money.
Since then I've been trying to recover
it.
"But, 4" howled Brown, "any other
would do as well y
Ono" responded Thompson, shaking
his head. "I'm a man of my word.
When you gave me the bill, said i
will return this to You, and meant it.
Brown, old man, just as soon as l come
across No. G72. 929, series L, issue Of
1887. Ill see that yen get it, for l am
not the one to go back on NV promise. :"
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Self Made Men CT Other Days.

The self made man is by no means
solely the product of modern times. Co
lumbus was a weaver, Franklin was q
journeyman printer, Ponc ;5ixtus V was
employed in his young days in keeping
swine, Robert Burns Was ploWman,
Alsop was slave, Homer was a beg
gar, Daniel De Fec was apprenticed to a
hosier, Demostheues Was the sen of a
cutler, while Virgil WAS Il baker S son.
Ben JonsCn was bricklaycr, Cervantes
was common soldier, Canova's father
was storecutter, Captain Cook com
menced life as a cabin boz, Haydn, the
musician, was the SCH Of a poor wheel
wright, Pizarro, instead Of going to
school, was sent to keep hogs. Kirke
Whites father was butcher, and
Keats father kepua livery stable.-New
York Sun.