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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
A Fed Piano.

An English firm is bringing out a new
musician who has made practical use OF
the bed piano is Mr.. Jaeobi who, recently
run down by bicycle, apd obliged in con-
sequence to lay up, is finishing the music
of his new ballet by the aid of one of the
ingeniousy contrived Instruments
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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OLIVIA, Mimi. March Sat the village
election today the following officers were
elected: T. P. Mcintyre, president; E. L..
Depue. n. P Peterson and P. Schaeffer,
counclmen; H. H. Nuremberg. recorder; w.
J. Heany. treasurer; J. NJ. Peckinpaugh, JUS
tice: J. Miller Jr., constable.
At the township election for the town Of
Bird Island, the following were elected: Jos.
Hronish B. Tersteeg and VIM. Moran, super
visors Fred Rookie, clerk; Peter Nielsen
treasurer: VIM. Beuthe. assessor; c. NJ. Blan-
din justice; NJ. Sheren and John Miller Jr
Constables.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09

WASHINGTON. D. c., March S.-Postmas-
nesota-Ceresoo Blue Earth county Susan
J. kimble, vice Michael Russell. removed
South Dakota-Center Point, Turner county
Martin christensen. ''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
Fargo Ambitious.

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FARGO, March S-The city council has
passed resolutions requesting the senator's
and representatives of this state in congress
to use honorable means to have some IInite1
States cruiser or armed vessel named in
honor and after the City of Fargo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
500 Line Td-Bits.
Vancouver

Vancouver. Victoria. Seattle. and Ia
Soiho SlUU W
Portland ana San Francisco ............ SIS. 60
Spokane ........ ..............S SIG. so
500 Line Ticket Office, No. 1893 Robert street
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
Ice Running.

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PIERRE. S. D.. March 8-A high wind
here today started ice in the river running
row.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09

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CHATFIELD MINI, March S-Reports frcm
Fillmore county points are as follows, re-
garding the results of today's voting on
the license question: Canton. no license;
Spring Valley. license. 70 majority; Fen
tain, 10 majority.
O!msted county points are as follows:
Eyota. no license "a majority; Stewartville,
license. u majority.
Hayfeld, Dodge county no license, 10 ma
j0rity.
Leroy, Mower county. license, II majority.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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AITKIN, Mimi, March Sat the village
election held here today, the Citizens ticket
was elected as follows: Mayor, F. NJ. Shook;
councilmen, Peterborg, Casey and McMoni-
gal; recorder, F. E. Seavey; treasurer, A. l..
Hamilton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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BROWNS VALLEY, Mimi, March s.-The
annual city election was held here today and
Everything passed off very quietly. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, A.
B. Crossfeld; councilmen, George S. Smith,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09

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ANOKA, Mimi, March S.-An election to
authorize an issue of bonds in the sum of
$500 for the building of the Rum river
bridge, Main street, City of Anoka. was
held today in Anoka county. In the city the
returns show $50 for to Is against. Other
places in the county not yet heard from.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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APPLETON, Mimi, March S.-A spirited
municipal election today resulted in the cleo
ton of G.. w. Station. mayor; D. w. Swingle.
]. H. Laughin and A. X. Peterson, council
men; Z. V. Dicky, recorder; F. E. Wheeler,
treasurer, and A. D. Countryman, justice Of
the peace
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
SneciaI n The ST PauI GIohe

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LEROY. Mimi, March S.-One of the most
holly contested city elections ever known
here resulted in the election of NJ. T. Dunn
for mayor. S. d. MartZ. w. X. Porter and r.
Meyers Jr.. aldermen; c. l. Roy, recorder;
license
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
THE, NORTHWES ST.

H. W. Barrett and E. Paul: recorder, A.
Dean.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mimi. March Sat the
annual village election the following ticket
was chosen: John B. Schmid president; A.
Frederickson, recorder; II. C. Warnke, treas
urer; j. J. Ray justice. William Pautsek.
constable. There was not much interest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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IP5cIdr Sr.
MORRIS, Mimi, March S.-The vii
1age election here today passed off
quietly. there being only one ticket in
the field. The following officers were
elected: Mayor, Anton Watzke; council
men. w. L. Colyer, H. L. Smith, Louis
.Thoele, Thos. Thomasson; treasurer,
Samuel Larson; assessor, D. L. Wheat
on; justice, Timothy Murphy; street
commissioner, Arthur McConville.
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SPoNIdI 10 I IIt St dUI UIUDt
MAPLETON. Mimi, March S.-The fol-
lowing is the result of the village election:
President. Thomas Taylor; councimen, Hugh
Quinn. William Troendle. William Hanna;
treasurer, William Stroebel; recorder. C. j.
Laurisch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
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&. MADELIA. Mimi, March Sat the village
election E. l.. Cove was elected president of
the council. Other members of the council
are G. Jacobson. Charles Slocum and G. S.
Harris d.. G.. Devlyn was elected recorder;
M. s. Dossett. treasurer; S. NJ. Pomeroy, JUS
tice; J. e. Austin and J. B. Crandal consta-
bles. License carried.
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WINTHROP, Mimi, March S.-The follow
ing were elected President. Henry Klossner;
trustees John Lundquist, H. C. Garfield. B.
+. KEELING; recorder. Frank NJ. Dimond;
treasurer T. McKasey; assessor, Fred Pod
ratz; justice of the peace, J. G. Meyer; con-
stable S. B. Pearson; street commissioner,
+. A Osberg
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SHERBURN, Mimi, March Sat the
city election here today Thomas Patten
was elected mayor; H. Middendorf, J.
2. Clemmensen and L. Peddie, council
men; H. H. Jenkins, recorder; D. M.
Rooney, treasurer; J. X. Townsend, T.
L.. REGARDS, justices; Chas. Palmer, con-
stable. License carried 125 to As.
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her ,rlc4ies. one wlll seEo u 7i.-s 'e central telephone station, and at an hour appointed her house will be put in communication with the homes of her dear 500 friends, and the invitation will be extended personally In her own voice. There have been practical experiences already with sending news by tel ephone to regular subscribers, distributing mu- sic by telephone and transmitting ser- mons to invalds over the wire. In time, as society grows and social duties be- come a greater burden, there will be calling by telephone, and Mrs. Thing umbob on her day to receive will sit with her ear at the instrument all aft- ernoon and hold brief conversations with her friends as they ring up ono after another. The conversation of the average afternoon caller in a big and busy city Is telephonically brief, and re- marks on the weather are as interest ing at long range as they are at closs quarters. We live at higher pressure every day With the aid of the tele- phone we may condense twice as much into 24 hours.
 JAMES R. SANDERSON.
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Sadie Webb, Mail Carrier.

Talk about feminine independence! Where will you find more convincing illustration than in Miss Sadie Webb of Porter township, O.? Sadie is the pride of the county. and she comes honestly by her reputation. Barely out of her teens for two years, she~has personally discharged her duties as contractor on Uncle Sam's mail route No. S1,277, which takes in five thriving towns. Every day she drives 32 miles, making 192 miles per week, and before her four year term has expired she will have completed 6,S64 miles.
 It isn't many young girls who would shoulder such a contract and assume such daily responsibilities for such . period of their lives. but Miss Webb heartily enjoys her work and has man. aged to make a good living out of 1t. Besides carrying the mails for four post offices. she buys all of the goods for four general stores located in the vil- lages along the route that she has to travel. She also carries passengers and is typical hustler in every way.
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The telephone has become a feature of social life, finding a new sphere of usefulness This is due in part to the reduction in the rental rate in certain cities. In Detroit and other places where there is competition with the Bell Telephone company, and where rental rates have been cut in half a large clientage has been found in do- mestic circles. In St. Louis, where an opposition company is now laying wires and planning to give a service at less than one-half current rates, household CTS are among the chief subscribers.
 Telephones are being rented for houses not for convenience in calling up the butcher and baker, but for social purposes. An investigation by railroad men showed that the decrease in rail- road travel in recent years was caused by the long distance telephone Society
 too, is beginning to live at telephone speed. Engagements which were made
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A Woman County Physician

Waukesha county, Wis. Is soon to en- joy the novelty of having a county phy- sician of the gentler sex. This woman Is Dr. Maybelle M. Park, who was elect ed by the county board of supervisors after a spirited contest, her opponents being three male physicians of most conservative antecedents and practice.
 Miss Park was born at Dodge's Cor ners, little village in the southern part of Waulxesha county. Miss Park was graduated from Carroll college, in Wau- kesha, and then attended the State uni- versity, where she received the degree of bachelor of science in 1891. The en- suing autumn she matriculated at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylva- mia at Philadelphia and graduated in the three years course. She then took the Pennsylvania state examination, one more dreaded by the young M. D. than any other college ordeal. After she had passed this examination with distinguished success she opened an of- flee in Philadelphia and also began a course of study in the Postgraduate School of Homeopathics. She received from this institution the degree of H. M (master of homeopathics), after which she located in Waukesha.
 Dr. Park, at a recent convention in Madison, read a paper on the subject. Does the Professional Woman Need the Ballot?' and in commenting on this local paper said, "She is charming woman, with a voice of great sweetness and her paper was strong one."
 q am not new woman,'" she said in a letter lately written to a Chicago friend. 'I love the so called old ideas of womanhood and motherhood, but want genuineness. earnestness and knowledge, together with sweet refine- ment' Again, q have not given my age, for it is unnecessary, and it Is less than the number of years when ono has gray hair or is supposed to know the ins and outs of life."
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which her father will find it difficult to evade, for 1t is a fact that some busi- ness men prefer for personal reasons not to have telephones in their homes and their offices as well. Possibly it keeps their wives too closely in touch with their movements.
 There are now about $50, 900 Bell tele- phones in use in the United States. The number of opposition instruments in op- eration Is comparatively small though in many towns of Michigan. beginning with Detroit, the opposition, with it's low rates, has driven the Bell com pany partly or wholly out of business. If the use of telephones in homes be- comes general, as it is certain to do with the reduction of rates to g . month. the number of telephones in use five years hence will be not less than 1.600. .00o-probably many more. The greengrocer and the butcher will find them necessity since their customers will all have them.
 Marketing will be done by telephone. Hngagementsw will be made by telephone. The domestic economy will be revolu- tionixed. In time the use of telephones will become so common that c woman about to give an entertainment will not
 think of having invitations mailed to
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Cured His Wife of Gadding.

Husbands in New Haven have a very effective method of curing wives of the habit of "gadding around" One man named Bates, who was afflicted with a gadding wife, essayed to euro her by locking her up in room. He was driven to this act because his help-s meet was rarely home when she was wanted, and in consequence he seldom had a well cooked meal or tidy house to come home to. Instead of having family row, he thought he would lock her up so that he would know where to find her when wanted. He fitted an iron barred and padlocked door, and every day before leaving the house he locked his wife in. This was done day after day.
 Soon the neighbors began to miss Mrs. Bates, and there was much speculation as to the cause. When the neighbors went to the door to call. there was no response to their raps, and the house seemed deserted. This seemed remark able for there was a time when Mrs. Bates was seen abroad every day. Fi- nally the mystery was explained. The neighborhood was startled one day at the sight of Mrs. Bates leaning out of a third story window of her house sEcS.'ng for help. Soon group of neighbors gathered, and to them the woman related a startling story She claimed that for six weeks her husband had kept her locked up in her house and under no circumstances would so much as give her the liberty of step- ping outside the door in his absence. She had stood the treatment as long as she could and had decided to rebel The excited neighbors told the police the story, and in a few minutes an off, cer was sent to investigate. He found the woman's story true. The door of her room was fastened with huge iron bar padlocked to the door casing. The police sent at once for the woman's husband and made him unlock the door and remove the bar and paddock.
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one that tells it's story easily, carefully and in such. way that 1t Is like a series of pictures. It must be the panorama of life, and for the time you are the locker on.
 The immoral novel Is one of the unde- sirable products of today-the novels that analyze faith into nothing, that condemn man until one wonders how it was possible that God made him after his own image and exploit and make of worth fool of a woman who con siders it her business to remodel the world. I'm tired of it. This is a very good world if one will only take the trouble to look for the good things in it. I don't blame anybody for refusing to honor and respect such women as are pictured in the analytical novel of today. They talk, talk, talk, until you think that is the only mission they'have. They regard motherhood as burden, faith as a folly, humanity as a fraud. They complain of unfaithful husbands, of wicked children, of unsympathetic friends. But what have they done to deserve anything better? Thank good ness, most of these women are in books! Only few of them are in the everyday world, and those few are not popular. Women can write advocating a newkind of woman but it's the old kind, the loving. sympathetic, gentle woman, who is popular. Men are wiser than they look, and they realize that if the heroine of the analytical novel were desirable as a companion she would have been dis covered in Solomon's time. Instead, as the centuries have rolled by men have gone on loving and choosing the gen. tie, womanly woman. and she's the wo- man he'll continue to select. I'm sure of this. Generalizing, he's honest and brave and kind, and he looks for wo- man who will be congenial and who will
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TIE TELEPHONE
 IN SOCIAL LIFE.
"A NEW SPHERE OF USEFULNESS FOR THE PHONE-TAKING THE PLACE OF THE
 MESSENGER AND TELEGRAM.

her tears as she gives an affirmative answer, and another tragedy is averted.
 Of course the telephone in social af- fairs has it's drawbacks. However close ly Jack and Edith may be closeted with their own particular telephones, they can never be sure that a crossed wire will not give an unfeeling stranger the benefit of their condolences, and it is not encouraging to sentiment to have an alien voice cry in your ear: "Get off the wire with that dadblamed talk! Here, central, give me the Hygeia Ice company quick" And there is always central who may be relied upon to take a lively interest in her clients affairs whenever calls are few and she has moment to give to them And there too, is the uncertainty in the recogni- tion of voices which may lead to awk- ward complications. How is one to know when a joyous voice floats over the wire with Are you going to be at home this evening, Miss Becky?" that it isn't that tiresome Beaker man, to whom Sarah has orders to give the stereotyped Not at home'' reply.
 It is odd that the telephone compa- nies did not see long ago the advan- tage of working up the social feature of the telephone. It is a business that builds itself. If one family has tele- phone, every other family in that "set' is going to demand one. Every young girl in every family is going to find that the girl who has a telephone at her el- bow fares better in social matters than the one who has to depend on the old forms of communication for making so- cial engagements. So in cities where the telephone has become a factor in social life every father of every young girl finds his life made a burden until his house is supplied with the desirable adjunct.
 At the old rate of telephone service it was not practicable for a great many men to have telephones in their houses. In New York city, for instance, it is all the average man can do to support a telephone service in his office at S200 a year. But where service is down to $2i year, as it is now in some cities, the problem is siinplified. Two tele- phones at $24 each are much less ex- pensve than one telephone at the old rate of s100 or more. This fact will give Miss Bud an unanswerable argument in favor of home telephone-an answer
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A Silk Season

Some.of the new spring goods are sim ply charming, and, judging from the lavish display of silks, the summer of '9S will be par excellence a silk sea- son. Organdies, mulls, swisses and dim tiles come in the most delicate tones and shades. while piques are seen in all the delicious colorings of Scotch plaids, and are therefore the most pro- nounced novelty of the season.
 The newest shirt waists for summer wear are made severely plain, all the fullness centering in pouf in the front, the sides being drawn down to fit the figure closely. while the sleeves are de- cidedly small and are gathered into the armholes, with but scant fullness on the shcy iders. PIaids. piques or striped chevIots are the top notch of style in these uasfui garments. and when such patterns are used are invariably cut on the bias.
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ly, too, lets her heroines rest among piles of cushions while the heroes bring to them good things to eat and drink. In reality they are thoroughly at their ease. Miss Braddon had rather an in clination that way, too. though her ma jestic young women occasionally got up and walked across the room and sery- ed somebody with tea and so display ed their well shaped hands and fash ing rings" The Duchess invariably made all her young women wave large feather fans, which calls for certain amount of muscular strength, and then she used to let them sway wherever they might be going.
 This reads delightfully."-, but when you bring it down to absolute truth don't you think that 8 swaying young woman would look a little bit like one who was too full 'of-enthusiasm? The namby pamby young woman who nestles on somebody's shoulder and takes the stiff ening out of his collar went out of vogue with Thackeray's Amelia, while as for the heroines of the various so called religious novels they simply walk into a room and sit down on the settee. I have often wondered what settee was. Probably 1t will be like comfortable sleeper in parlor car. I'll discover it some day.
 1 have never been able to get over the conceit of the man who wrote "Ben- Hur." He said that Dickens would be forgotten because his people are com- mon! Why, when 'Ben-Hur' is being used to wrap up slate pencils people will be loving Little Nell, admiring Da- vid Copperfield, applauding the heroism nfC Cu6x Go offnra ov,6 o6A f11a aot womanliness of Bella Wilfer. I don't believe Charles Dickens and Thackeray talked that way about people who wrote books when they lived, yet here's a man who happened to make a hit with a book that had history as it's foundation, and he throws mud at men who pos sessed the great gift of touching the heart and of drawing the pictures of living, breathing souls. Botheri Con- ceit may push book, but it won't make it live forever. It may advertise 1t, but it can't make us love it. Each one of us may read it once, but when the heart is sad we don't go to 1t to be cheered up as we do go to those living, breathing people created by the two masters of novel writing in English. I never did see the use of writing novels to improve people. A novel, a good one, is like a beautiful piece of sunshine it's going to bring joy to you. If you are well in mind and body, you appre- clate 1t keenly; if you are i'll. it comes to you just like the golden ray that peeps through your shutters and. brightening your abiding place, makes everything around you gladder. He who can write good novel has done mere than any other man to bring happiness to men and women. And good novel isn't one that has 300 pages devoted to what the writer thinks about some much vexed question and 100 to the story. but 1t h
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once by personal calls or formal notes of invitation are now proposed and closed over the telephone wire. The young man who wrote note of invita- tion and paid a messenger 50 cents for delivering it and bringing an answer now calls up No. 577 and says: Hello! Is this MT. Wallacefield's? Is Miss Della at home? Oh, yes! Is that you, Miss Della? How are you? This is Andrews Allen. Will you go to the Century theater with me Wednesday night? Yes, it's Sothern. ** Yes, his new play,
 Lady Ursula : Thank you. I'll call at quarter before 8. Goodby."
 The transaction is closed in two min utes. MT. Allen telephones the theater to reserve two seats for Wednesday night, and on his way home he stops at the box office and gets the tickets.
 Or if 1t is question of a bunny" as Welsh rabbit is known in some cities of the middle west, there is no need of sending formal invitations or setting the function for a future day. There is a series of "hellos," answered by busy young men in banks and in- surance offices, followed by a series of similar conferences with young women at their homes. Behold at o'clock of the evening of that day select dozen gathered around the silver chafing dish disputing the amount of worcestershire sauce and mustard which shall go with a stated quantity of cheese and ale.
 Or suppose an entertainment in pros- pect for a certain night and Miss Wall- flower suffering for an escort or . chap- eron. Some good friend, hearing of her predicament, rings up No. 1925. Will Miss Wallflower accept seat in the carriage of Mrs. Goodheart and 90 with her to the ball7 Miss Wallflower dries
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bring into his life all the pleasant little womanly ways that he would miss if it were not for her Oh, yes I've so much belief in man that I know he will choose the right kind of woman.
 Parenthetically, though, I must beg of him not to disappoint nee and so go back on the good character vcuched for him by tsH