The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
AMONG THE PERIODICALS.

The highest chimney in America and the
fifth highest in the world is the enc built for
the Omaha ard Grant smelter, at Omaha 1t
was constructed in 1892 and its dimens>ns
are as fellows: Height above the stone table
at ground 352 feet inches; size at basn, g
feet square; foundation, So feet square by Is
feet deep. 1t cost nearly $4,000 and was built
in 120 days Nearly. 1000 COO b; icks We're used
in the structure, as we'll as $3.50 bushes Of
lime, 1,500 barrels OF cement, and 2.3d cubic
yards of sand. 1t has not sunk an inch since
it was neutrality-suspicious. Bulletin.
Whatever the Russian czar may hcpe re-
garding the advent of an international mill IN
MUM, it has not arrived within measurable
distance Of London yet. The lively eboli :ols
of the youthful larrikan go on most ga "
from day to day. The magistrates are We y
severe with their tongues, but very lax VITA
the sentences, and apparently enc -u!age til J
lively young gentlemen in Their rowdyism
Mr.. Kernahan, a novelist of some reputa
wrote an outspoken letter to the papers ex-
pressing his hope that certain too lenielt
magistrate would be the next victim of the
young scoundreis; then he thinks there would
be some hope of stringent uras.-Inter-
national Magazine.
Peter MacQUeen writes from Porto Rico
to Leslie's Weekly about the Dandy Regi-
ment:''
perhaps there never was a more in crest
ing body OF men drawn together in this coun-
try than the First Regiment, United States
Volunteer engineers" he says. 'tTne co'one!,
Eugene Griffin, is a partner Of Thomas Fdi-
son, the wizard. They have 500 Skilled me-
chanics in the regiment. Rich men and roor
oh ma te Of INA nj yry
II only foOr-sweeping. Here the son Of a
count; there the heir Of a millionaire; next
an editor, a college man, a blacksmith, 4 pro-
fessor It is a collection of the most il gent
Gus jacks In the world.
1.-The engineers have, special work to do in
Porto Rico, such as the construction and re-
pairing of bridges, the building Of roads tie
strengthening of Notifications and all the
varied employments which in our newly-ac-
quired territory will be necessary to tie d.
velopment of the place.
''Of the 1,106 officers and men, tn ire are
four or five sons OF congressman; ore is an
assemblyman from Brooklyn, Mr.. Wright; che
is the son of Edison, another the son Of
Count Mitkiewicz; and twenty colleges are
represented, either by graduates or UNDER
graduates. One college, that o. Cornell, had
twenty-three of its sons in the regiment.
From Harvard were Lieut.. Bishop, 81; Ii ut
Abbot, 49, Lieut. Walker, a son of Admiral
Walker, &c., Lieut.. Gillespie, '9S, and Bull
and Livermore '01. Bishop was civil en-
gineer at Schenectady, N Y, and has been
promoted to regimental ordnance officer;
Walker and Abbot were each put in charge
CT boats crew during the voyage of the
Chester. The discipline at sea ard after the
landing at Ponce was splendid If anything
went wrong with the machinery thu Buys
knew just what to do. Their fre-drill was
the best have SEEN"
Fire and Water editorialy denounces wells
dug within the city limits To verify its
statement that water from such wells is
never safe, even when pleasant to the taste,
the editor tells the story of man who
prided himself upon his excellent well. Into
it a kitten toppled one day and was drowned,
whereupon it wss determined to draw out
all the water and clean the we'll thoroughly.
There had been no Cleaning for years. and
the Kittens death was seized upon as a good
excuse for having one. The water was ac-
cordingly drawn off and a man sent down
70 scrape the Bottom of the well. In the
first bucketful he sent up were discovered
the remains of three toads dead cat, and
the sleeve of an old Shirt in which had been
tied u and consigned to watery grave no
less than six small kittens! In the next
bucket which was hauled up was a peck
of earth worms such as are called might
walkers by fishermen. they were all dead!
This was the last straw. The owner of the
well. convinced that his Wei (as is common
ly the case in eitleyJ had been used as a
dumping place for. dead animals, refused to
try any further experiments in the cleaning
line, and, instead, had his much-vaunted well
filed I'D and rendered useless for the future.
II Secretary Aiger has, as reported, placed
his resignation at the disposal of the presi-
dent, the duty of Mr.. Mckinley to the coun-
try, to bis party and to himself is to ac-
cept it. No such universal condemnation Of