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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

Both Mr.. Letter and Mr.. Armour
1me up smiling this morning. Their
'ecember mill may as we'll be declared
draw.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01
EVANS WILL VALID.
Not Much Chance That 1t VIII Be
Set Aside.

PARIS, Dec 31.-The latest information re-
garding the will of the late Dr.. Thomas w.
Evans, the American dentist, is that although
it may be attacked, there is little chance to
set it aside. All the classes are not known
but it transpires that DR.. Evans remembered
all his relatives He excluded from inher-
itance John Evans and his heirs. DR.. Evans
left fve-sixths of his fortune to charities in
Paris and elsewhere
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

.appy New Year to all who read the
e and all those who ought to
Ad the Glo e, but don't.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

Gov. Pingree is himself again. He
. as spoken vehemently against corpo-
te influence in the colleges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. S1.-Oficial
intelligence received from Mazatlan
shows that when the Mexican gunboat
El Democratic arrived at Clipperton
island, which is thirty miles west of
Acapulco, she found that a party of
Americans had raised the American
flag and coolly appropriated all the
guano beds, which they were opera
Ing. They had built houses and per-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

The year opens with the gold re-
.rve over the $160,OOO,OOO mark Is or
mt 1898 going to be a yellow" year?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

The pugilists start off the year with
'ery indication of the greatest series
talking matches of their career.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

| We have finally reached the year
when Mayor Doran goes out of office
With a thud.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

Green Bay, Wis, has started a coffin
y ctory That is no sign that the town
! dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

This IS the month in which Mr.. Han
a finds out whether he is an ace or
'euce.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01
Demand ON Germany for the
NJ R1AV a s Evacuation of Kao-C Chou the
GROWS BRAVE. Result of English Pressure.
GROWS BRAVE.

LONDON, Jan. According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, sud-
den stiffening has taken place in the
attitude of the Tsung- Lii Yamen toward
| Germany, resulting IN a demand for
the evacuation of Kiao-Chou and lead
| ing to the belief that Great Britain is
| bringing pressure to bear upon Pekin.
dispatch from ST Petersburg says
that on Thursday Emperor Nicholas
granted an audience to the Chinese
minister plenipotentiary Yang Yu, who
handed the czar a personal letter from
the emperor of China. 1t is there that
the conversation turned on the propos
ed Chinese loan.
The st. Petersburg Herald announces
that some Russian vessels have left
Port Arthur and gone into harbor at
Talien- Wan with China's consent, the
harbor at Port Arthur being too small
for the free movement of the Russian
vessels.
A dispatch to the Times from Hong
Kong says there Is the greatest activity
ia the naval yards there, while pro-
found secrecy is maint aimed. The move
whereabouts are not know at Hong
Kong. The cruiser Grafton having tax
en- on supplies of coal and ammunition.
leaves today. Friday)
The official newspa pers still insists
that the reports of the French occupa-
ton of Hai-Nan island by Admiral de
ls. Bedolliere are absolutely unfound
ed.
PEKIN, Dec. 31-Although desirous
OF obtaining British loan, the Chinese
government refuses to- agree to q for
eign control Of the internal revenue,
Lii Hung Chang, however, is disposed
to favor control of the internal revenue
in case Of default. IN the event of
loan not being procurable, China will
not pay her war indemnity until 1902,
in accordance with one of the provis-
ions of the treaty OF Simonozki. The
final decision is postponed until after
the holidays, awaiting reply from
London.
Further German missionary trouble
is reported from the Shan Tung prov
ince. It will possibly delay and compli-
cate the negotiations.
BERLIN, Dec 31.--The Nord Deut-
sche Aligemeine Zeitung announces in
big type tonight, that Emperor William
had arrived unexpectedly from Posts
dam and had conferred with Prince
Hohenlohe, the chancellor, the infer
ence being that it was a meeting of
special Importance. The paper also
prints the following evidently inspired
paragraph: Whatever talk persons
may write or say about Germany's new
naval development, this much is GER
tain, that when the muse of history
turns the page headed 1897, she will
persively linger over the place where,
in shining characters, tbs written of
the landing of the Germans on the
Strand of the Yellow sea-"
There Is more of the same character,
indicating its origin. Liberal and radi-
cal politicians, however, are bound to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

Nj Of course, you will write it this morn
| {ng Jan. 1, 1898.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01

1 The chainless dog and the chainless
bicycle are right in style this morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01
BULLETIN OF
HF ST. PHUI GLOBE
SATURDAY, JAN. L, 1893.

Weather for Today
Fair, Variable Winds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
Why Doesn't the Boiler Burste

What tremendous force is struggling to tear boiler to atomsi Take, for ex- ample, q horizontal tubular boiler of ordinary proportions, 60 inches in di- ameter by 16 feet long, containing eighty three 1 inch tubes. Such boiler has surface area of 40, TIC square inches
 Suppose this boiler is operated with a working pressure of 100 pounds per square inch. which is not at all uncom- mon. The boiler therefore sustains to- tai pressure of 4,071,6 ,600 pounds, or more than 3, 035 tons.
 Do we realize what this means? The boiler has resting upon it the equivalent of column of granite 10 feet square and 254.5 feet high, or, to putit another way, the boiler is holding up the equiv alent weight of 22,37J persons, each weighing 182 pounds,
 The best authorities agree that the ordinary draft horse, working eight hours day, exerts an average force auring that time of 120 pounds.
 Now, this force acting to disrupt the boiler longitudinally is 226, 200 pounds, so that to produce an equivalent stress 1t would be necessary to hitch up to the ends of che boiler two teams of l 1885 horses altogether Strand Magazine.
 Zoo ys eak Gs Hold It.
 Charles-Uncle, I want you to try this limburger. Itwas imported all the way from Germany, each pound care. fully wrapped in tinfoil
 Uncle Josl. Gosh Air you sure thes didn' [ have to do it mp in b'iler iron?- tudiAnapolis Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05

member of the Pennsylvania State Medical society. a past grand in the Odd Fellows, a past regent and district deputy grand in the Royal Areanum and Q member of the Elks Sir Samuel is also treasurer of the Central Pennsylvania Building and Loan association. The new supreme commander possesses marked executive ability. tact and courage, and the Ancient and Illus trious Order of Knights of Malta is to be congratulated that its destinies are to be directed by so able a leader.
 During the past year 27 communicates and 5000 members were added to the or der the growth being equal to that of any previous term of equal length
 The supreme commander travelled over 5000 miles last year in the discharge ot his duties.
 Tie next meeting of the supreme com nandery will be held at Washington on the third Tuesday of October, 1898.
 During the past year 10 members died and l2 were expelled.
 The total membership of the order at last report was 20, 343.
 Grand communicates have been estab- lished in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela- ware, Wisconsin. Massachusetts and Min nesota
 The order was introduced into Massa- ohusetts in May, 1896, and there are now 27 subordinate commanderies with over 4, 100 members.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
AMMONIA SAVED HIM.
X PENNSYLVANIA DOCTORS ExPE-
 RlENcE WITH WOLVES.

Host In Wilderness. ue Had to Abandon His Horse and For Forty-eight Hours Carried on Contest With His Life as agse Stake.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
MASONIC.
4 Brother In Distress Is Entitled to Aid
 East, West and South.

East, W est and south. The grand lodge of Indiana has at all times contended and held that Mason in distress Is entitled to aid and assistance from the fraternity wherever he may be at the time of his need, and that, as a matter of law, his lodge is not bound to make any restitution, though it may always do so at its own option. Grand Master of Indiana
 The Order of Eastern Star now numbers In the United States about 125, 900 mem berS.
 The Masonic veterans of Kentucky com pose an organization to which none is ad- mitted who has not been an affiliated Mas ter Mason for 21 years,
 The grand master of the grand lodge of Quebec has issued proclamation, declar- ing the lodge recently established in Mont real by the grand orient of France to be clandestine.
 Detroit commandery, No. l, the best drilled organization in the worlS, has com pleted arrangements for attending the twenty seventh triennial conclave of the Knights Ten.rlars at Pittsburg next Oc- tober
 St Louis chapter has sword which was presented to the chapter by Companion ' dHCOGit CNNI 2u tteIs tts-O Ie relic WtlS captured at the storining of Stony Point in I777 by Companion Nancourt's grand father, who was surgeon in the Conti- mental army
 There are 3l lodges of Masens in Hamil- ton county, D.
 California Masons number 1S,S0S in 267 lodges Six new lodges and 6O0 mem. bers were added last year
 Ex-grand master of AIasons of Kansas, James HAAleCall of Wichita has the apron George Washington used 10 wear at Ma sonic lodge meetings Lafayette also wore it at one time
 In tine United States there are 27,917 Royal and select Masters.
 The total number of Royal Arch Masons. according to the last reports of grand chap ters, is lS2, 33S, a net gain since the last triennial report of Ii, 3l6
 The Scottish Rite Masons of the south. ern jurisdiction has membership of about 20, 0O0
 Apollo commandery Knights Templars. No. l, of Chicago, will not participate in the triennial conclaye of the order to be held in pittsburg next October
 In Maryland it is the rule to require the master elect of lodge to pass satisfae- tory examination in Masonic jurisprudence before be can be installed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05

A Boston newspaper complains that the famous Bunker Hill monument. which when first erected was the tallest creation of man in this country, has uow become quite insignificant in height. It is 22o feet high, or 327 feet shorter than city hall tower in Phila- deluAia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
EGRE 9lEHE
KNIGHTS OF MALTA.

supreme Commander of the Urdef m
 a-commandery Notes.
 The new supreme commander of the Ancient and Illustrious Order of Knights of Malta, Sir F. w Samuel, NJ. D., of Mount Carmel, Pa, was born 40 years ago, and is q graduate of the Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia. He is 8
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
AS HE FLOATED OUT TO SEA.

was seven miles away, the racket had
kept everybody awake O nights ana
upset business by day. AS fast as the
drums were captured they were thrown
into the surf, and the last to go was the
one which had caused all the trouble.
When they finally chased Salathiel
Green and his drum into the cooper
shop and captured them he turned on
them with:
eff this drum goes into the sea go
with it! 1t shall never be said that
Squan Creek made me give up my
rights"
Those five men were an obligin' lot
and they heaved Salathiel and his
drum in together. The tide was just
on the turn, and the drummer waved
his hand to his wife, and then began
pounding away as he floated out to sea.
Long after he was out of sight we
could hear the tum! tum; tum! and he
had been gone two full hours before
the last faint echoes died away. Sala-
thiel Green and his big drum never
returned, but Squan Creek was saved
from humiliation, and from that day
to this not so much as the strains OF
a mouth organ have been heard in her
streets.
Copyright, 1898, by John Brisben Walker,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
THE ETERNAL FITNESS.

"You-you wanted to see me?" said
the business man as he turned in his
office chair at the entrance OF
stranger.
Eyes, sir" was the reply from the
well-dressed, prosperous looking cal
Ter. 81 left your house half an hour
ago."
Him. One of my wife's relatives
brother or something's"
mo, SIR" | am a tramp. l called
there to ask for an old coat, and she
, hunted me up this outfit-overcoat-
| business suit-hat-shoes-ev
| These things must have cost you at
least $50"
Nearer $780," growled the business
| man.
Don't doubt it, but you see the fiz
| I am in? There is such thing as the
eternal fitness of things. | can't &C
around striking folks for nickel in nc
such rig-out as this
MOI"
| "And no one would think of asking
me to carry out ashes or shovel snow.
"Well?"
"N ell, you'll have to give me jot
| or | shall have to return the Clothes
The merchant scratched his head
sighed heavily, and ringing his bel
| he said to the boy who answered it:
Joseph, tell Mr. Markham to put
| this gentleman to work at SIS pei
| week, and advance him as fast as his
talents and attention to my interest:
| seem to deserved"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
IT CAME AT LAST.

eyes, used to have a son. said the
old man, as he heaved sigh, land he
used to ride bike. but my son and
his bike are on this earth no more.
Bill was the sensih'est boy you ever
see till he got that bike. If I told him
this of that he'd never stop to argue
or question. After he'd learned to ride
that thingnumbob he sorter changed.
He got big-headed and wanted to run
things. Down below the house is a
railroad crossin', with bushes hidin'
the track till you get close up. Bill
was in the habit of gittin' over that
crossin' at the rate of fifty miles an
hour, and he'd never wait to see If a
train was comm. Sometimes the loco
motive of the express would miss him
by six inches, and sometimes he'd miss
the last coach by eight or ten. over
and over agin | said to him:
Bill, luck never goes only so fur
with anybody. If you keep this up
you're bound to be picked up on that
cowcatcher sooner or later
1t can't be did, dad, and don't YOU
worry he allus replied, and it didn't
do no good to keep on talkin'. He
traps put together, and as he had got
too big to lick / had to let him have
his way. One evenin' as he starts out
to take his spin, as he calls it, says
to him:
Bill, are We goin' to hump yersell
across the tracks without stoppin' te
look?'
Same a. allus do he replied.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27

I any breach, but the events of the last
few hours had shown the man in his
true colors. There would be no brass
band. That is, he would withdraw his
subscription and buya big bass drum
for himself and beat it for his own
amusement.
The idea was considered good one.
The meeting and the band went to
smash in about five minutes, and with
in an hour fifteen big bass drums were
on their way to Philadelphia. When
Salathiel Green heard of it he was "sot-
ter than ever, and he used whole
bottle of liniment on his arms and
wrists to enable him to pound the
harder That night he and his wife
sat up all night and kept the drum
busy, and nobody in Squan Creek got
a wink of sleep. Along toward day
light Joe Henry, whose mother was on
her dying bed, went over and offered
Salathiel his One-eyed shark to stop
pounding for an hour, but the "sottest'
man spit on his hands to get new
hold and replied:
Henry, me and you has slept in the
same bed, been wrecked on the same
sand-bar and chawed on the same plug,
and if you wanted sixty cents I'd lend
it to you in a mint. / can't stop
poundin', though. It's a matter OF
principle It's me agin the whole
town of Squan Creek, and I've got to
show the town that l can't be down.
ed''
Two days later the fifteen drums ar
rived in body. The fifteen owners
awaited them, and fifteen men began
pounding away as hard as they could
strike. Thunderstorms and earth
quakes and hurricanes wasn't in it by
comparison. Every man went march
ing as he would, and he beat time to
any old tune he could think of. In
about ten hours folks began to arrive
from all over the country to find out
the cause of the uproar and three diff
ferent schooners sent boats ashore to
see if the townspeople wanted to be |
taken off. The racket was kept up for |
two days and a nj hit, and not one Of |
the drummers had yet shown signs of |,
giving in when something happened |
to save the town. The fire company |
came in from Keyport about eighty |
strong and jumped onto all the drums |
Ind drummers. Although Squan Creek
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27

dent. as he motioned for that individual
to arise, Il hev few words 10 say W
YOU. | happened into place de udder
day where tfteen Guild men was snoot-
in craps. | was lookin' fur my lost
dawg. You was one of dem nfteeh
men. You didn't see me, but L hearu
Won say dat de climax OBJ de occasion
unprecedented de similitude OF de para
gon.'. l writ de words down In my
book, and yere dey am. VIII you
kindly explain de pint you was tryln
to maker
I'VE was talkin' bout de wah. y
reckon" replied Brother Bebee in
shame-faced manner.
"Oh, | see And did dem big words
of yours refer to boom-shells. or
what?"
Reckon 1t was boom-shells, sab"
Yes? Did you ever see BOOM
I SHELF"
NO, sab"
well. | hev. Dey was invented to
| lift foIkses up in de air and blow EN-
all to pieces. ! will gin you one week
| to git de kinks out O. your tongue and
git back to de plain English language.
| At de end of dat time, If you hewitt
done it. you will find a boom shell
| waitin' fur you at de head of de alley
stairs, and de pomposity of de afiilia-
! ton will produce a consanguinity to
articulate de diaphragm. In plain Eng
| fish Brudder Bebee, dat bomb-shell
| will scatter you ober a square mile OF
| territory. and your wilder will begin
| lookin around fur a man wild sense IN
| his head. You look tired and home
| sick. and you may now sot down.
| SHINDIG WATKINS WAS GUILTY.
| AS Brother Bebee fell back on his
chair with a great jar the president
| asked for Shindig Watkins. The broth
| err was in his place, and as be stood up
he was asked:
"Brudder Watkins, was you in q
woodward de odder day to git job?'
yves, sah,' was the reply
"Did Won notice an old bald-headeo
| Guild man sorter hangin around
dere?"
mo. sah."
"Well. dere was one, and II was me
In sorter wanted TO hear what yot
would say to dat man. When ne axet
II you had had any experience in run
| min a saw you answered dat you had
and dat de emergency Of de domestica
had always jubilated de non-existent
| Do / quote your words correctly, SAM
IL reckon"
aAnd as TO DER meanin'? I he
worked in a woodward myself, but
can't make out what dey refer to- ID
dey mean dat you am bustler.
Eyes, sab"
"Did de woodward man SO under
J stand?"
II Reckon not, sab.
ssNo. I reckon he didn't In fact
I'm sure he didn't / wasn't fur 81
when he riz up and took you by de col
|, i lar and put his foot aeain you q
bounoed you ont He didn't know ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27

WHAT THE COLONEL WANTED

was in one of the village stores te
make purchase when a colored man
came in with bottle in his hand anC
was greeted by the merchant with:
Hello, boy. Yo' are Colonel Thomp-
sons man, amt yo'?"
Yes, sah," was the reply, "an' de
| kurnel he dun wants"
oh, l know what the Colonel wants.
and yo' wait minute and I'll draw a
quart of whisky"
as he waited around, and presently
he said:
"Mistah Walker. Kurnel Thompson
ne Gun told me to come yere wild dis
bottle and ak yo'-"
of co'se-of co'se," interrupted the
merchant. THE Colonel wants a
quart OF the same, and I'll be through
In minute. Mighty good brand that,
and L knew he'd send for more"
The colored man walked to the door
and back. and by that time the mer-
chant reached out for the bottle and
said:
L told the Kurnel it would touch
the right spot, and 1 wonder he didn't
send for gallon
''Mistah Walker, de Kurnel he dun
said to me-
"Of co'se-of co'se. Be careful of the
bottle going home"
The bottle was taken to the reear end
OF the store and filled, but when it was
handed to the cOlored man l noticed
that he looked perplexed and embar-
raised. He started off after a bit, but
was back in three minutes to ask:
yere bottIe"'
"Of cose-of co'se, yo' stupid mig
GER
But Kurnel Thompson he dun said
"Lawd save us, man, but go on! The
Colonel sent yo' for quart of whisky,
and yo've got it, and now git along
home"
The man went out and mounted a
mule and started off, but after going a
quarter of mile he turned and came
back AS he dismountede at the door
the merchant caught sight of him and
exclaimed:
"Befo the Lawd, but Colonel Thomp-
son has got the stupidest niger in all
the land What's the matter, boy?"
"Mistah Walker, Kurnel Thompson
dun gimme dis bottle and told me to"
ITO get it filled with the same brand
of whisky, of co'se. I've filled it, and
yet yo keep bothering me-"
mo, sah-no. sab. De Kurnel he
didn't say whisky"
What! What"
mo, sah De Kurnel he dun said 1
was to git lie in de bottle.
coil? Oil? Colonel Thompson sent
YOU for oil instead of whisky?"
Eyes, sah He dun said lie ober fo'ty
times, so 1 shouldn't furgit it. lie
suah sah-dead suah. Jest wants lie y
"Oil, eh?" unused the merchant after
wondering over it for long minute.
! well, if he wants oil instead of whis-
| ky he can have it, of co'se, but if that
| Colonel Thompson amt getting ready
| to commit suicide, go out of politics or
leave the country then I'm ready to ad-
NIT l don't know human nature!"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
BROTHER GARDNER AROSE.

grains of sense In my head on an oc-
casion twenty months ago I'd have
been enjoying a soft snap to-day.
mo, it wasn't a ground floor specu-
lation," he continued, after breathing
on the glasses and lifting them up to
the light. Il got letter from the
president of one of the biggest rail-
roads in the country, asking me 10 call
at his Office When l called | discov-
cred that he wanted to pay me $1,000
per year to test the employees OF the
road for color blindness. / closed with
the offer as quick as / could get my
breath, and day was named for me
to bring up my samples and show the
old gent the modus operandi of the
thing. | was on hand when the shour
arrived. I had all the colors ever u3ed2
about a railroad and after looking them
over the president sagaciously observ-
ed:
""This green doesn't seem to me to
be quite as deep as our signals, but
perhaps II will answer well enough
Il turned to him, and hope to drop
dead in my tracks IL he wasn't looking
at the brightest kind of red-the dan
ger signal, you know"
"'You mean this ! said as ] pointed
to the deep green.
mo, sir, mean this he replied as
he put his finger on the red.
"Ah. mel" sighed the oculist, but
what a foil / made Of myself The
president Of that big railroad couldn't
tell red from green. nor blue from
white, and ! was ass enough 10 give II
away that he was color-blind. II was
only between us two, but he few mad
| and called me an impostor and an idiot,
and | was virtually kicked out OK his
! office"
You ought to have lied about II,
/ was remarked.
! II ought to have kept my mouth
1 shut and never said a word IL was
| nothing TO me whether he could tell
/ the color of his hat or not, but II was
! heap to him To learn that he'd been
married for thirty years and diont
know whether his wife had black hair
! OF red"
1 Copyright. 1858. by John Brisben Walker.)