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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
TOLEDO BLADES.
The Great Reputation Which They
Possessed for Many Centuries.

The Great Reputation Which They
Possessed for Many Centuries.
Saturday Review.
The glory of Toledo blades, like nearly
every other glory there has in great
measure departed, but a certain number
of sword makers and danascene workers
still maintain a remnant of the old ira
dition, though they have had to conform
somewhat to modern methods At their
apogee they formed the most important
corporation In the town, and possessed
all manner of privileges, which extended
even to the smaller fry who merely sold
daggers and knives. Every armorer
worked for himself, and boasted of meth
DDS and secrets Of his own He might
also have been said to be the master of
an artistic school, and great was the
competition among ambitious youths to
be admitted among the ranks of his ap-
DrenticeS.
The pecuier excellence to which the
steel of Toledo owed its extra ordinary
fame throughout Europe is said to have
been due to some special virtue possessed
by the sand and water of the Tagus, just
as the glorious beer of Munich is attribu-
ted to some special property In the waters
| of the Isar. The original iron came from
the Basque mines OF Mondrag gon, and
was also deemed essential to the general
steel are imported from abroad, and the
manufacture has sunk if anything below
the average mediocrity of Europe This
is as striking an evidence as any Of the
universal: decadence of Spain, for the IA
nous weapons of Toledo attracted a n
tion in song as far back as the days of
the Romans.
The Moors, as usual advanced the art
to its highest pinnacle, and, though the
FLORENCE Milan
have produced more artistic designs,
Shakespeare was certainly justified in
pronourcing "Toledo's trusty'' to be the
"soldier's dream" Each of the greatest
makers had a mark or crest of his own,
and this was regarded as an indispensa-
BILE warrant Of his workmanship. That
of julien del Rey was small heraldic
dog He was a converted Moor, and OBJ
tanned 81 eater celebrity than any of his
rivals, predecessors or successors, King
Ferdinand himself consenting to stand
sponsor for him at the font.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
ENVELOPE ETllUETTE.
Message Must Re Sealed to Be
Deemed Entirely Correct.


Deemed Entirely Correct.
New York Press.
The latest fad with the ultra-fashion-
ahie is the absence of the envelope. We
have gone back to the days of the olden
times, when the red waters and the seal
ing wax and the folded paper were all
that custom demanded or knew. The
modern or recalled fashion has substitut-
ed the daintiest tinted waters to match
the paper, heliotrope,. robins egg blue,
cerulean lilac, faWne or cream for the
mucilaged flap Of the envelope.
One must write on a big sheet If 1t Is
letter: on the smaller size for notes,
invitations, ETC.; ford and seal, and then
a wafer may be added for extra strength,
or the seal alone will answer If one de-
sires Sometimes the paper is folded like
the cooked hats or the dainty squares
which not even the curious postman
would trouble TO daily with, and then, if
one will, the seal and wafer may be dis
pensed with.
do you want to know how to fold these
dainty nissives? Then just ask grandma; ;
I warrant she has not forgotten, for, if
oil S true that's said, she had plenty Of
them in her younger days. Just ask her
She'll deny her billets doux at first no
doubt, but she'll be pleased just the same
to recall them and teach you how they
came to her.
The envelope Is a barbarism evolved by
& suspicious inventor, or maybe by one
who was practical rather than artistic.
However. fashion moves in cycles, and
the cycle of the envelope is passing. If
you intend to adopt this new style Of
sending letters, be sure that your paper
is heavyweight enough 10 stand the jour-
ney, and when you receive one in turn
do not cut and slash as you have been
accustomed to do with the envelop, but
remove the waters, break the scar, and
the writing will greet your eye untorn.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
STATE PIONEER GONE
DEATH OF DANIEL CAMERON, A
RESIDENT OF MINNESOTA FOR
MANY YEARS
PLACES OF HONOR AND TRUST
A Delegate to the Convention Which
Nominated Lincoln for President
for u Second Term-In the State
Tug Record Run Down and One
of Her Crew Drowned.

LA CRESCENT, Mimi, Oct. S.-(Spe-
cial. .)-Hon. Daniel Cameron, a pioneer of
this city and Of the state of Minnesota,
died Saturday evening at his residence
here, aged seventy-fve years.
From the time of the territorial days
Mr.. Cameron has been prominent In the
public and private affairs Of Minnesota.
He was born April 2, 1926 in the town
of Deerfeld, Oneida county, N. Y, was
schools of the neighborhood, and subse-
quently attended Whitestown seminary
and Fairfield academy. In October, 1846,
he came to Prairie La Crosse, Wis, and
resided there and at st. Paul for the
next two years. He then returned to
New York, remaining until 1855, since
which time he has lived in the West.
When the state was organized In 1858
Mr.. Cameron was elected to represent
1S64-5 he represented his senatorial dis
trict in the state senate. AS a member
of the railroad committee he had much
to do with the rechristening of the S. M.
r. r., and the passage of the law under
which the present road was built.
Mr.. Cameron was delegate at large
to the Baltimore convention which nomi-
mated A. Lincoln for president the Sec
ond time. Later he was member of the
state board of fish commissioners for SIX
years.
During all the time of his residence in
this state Mr.. Cameron took great pride
in the development Of Minnesota, and
was much interested in its history. He
was a member Of the Old Settlers asso-
citation, and has been president of that
body His father and moth=r were born
in Perthshire, Scotland. At the age of
twenty-one his father came to Oneida
county, N. Y, and settled on a farm,
and remained there for fifty years,
Mr. Camerons ancestors, as well as
himself, were Presbyterians, and he had
much to do with building and supporting
the Presbyterian church of this place.
The funeral will take place on Tues
day, at noon. from his residence.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
FREAK PHOTOGRAPHS
And the Way They Are Made to Fool
UnsuspfciOus People.

And the Way They Are Made to Fool
UnsuspfciOus People.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Speaking of freak photographs" said
an old newspaper man, reminds me Of a
singular little incident. About three
years ago, If you remember, story
went the rounds of the papers that a
flying machine had been seen maneuver-
ing in the air at number Of different
places in the middle West. Some of the
reports seemed to be well authenticated,
and 1t was certainly strange that the
same yarn should come from so many
widely separated points. One day while
the thing was being generally talked
about a certain big journal received
photograph from a town in Nebraska,
showing an enormous cigar-shaped ma
chine caught in the top of huge oak
tree. According to the story that ac-
companied the picture the aerial naviga-
tors had attempted to land and fell
foul of the oak. There was no doubt
as to the genuineness of the tree in the
photo, and 1t was at first thought that
the machine had been painted in which
is an old trick with pictorial takers.
When an expert was called in, how
ever, he declared positively that the pie
ture had not been doctored, and on the
strength of his opinion a reproduction
was printed. How the trick was done
afterward leaked out. 1t seems the
photographer first took a picture Of the
oak and then took a separate picture of
a small pasteboard model of a flying
machine which was only about foot
long. One of the beauties about photog
raphy is that you can make everything
the same size, and the photo of the model
was as big as the photo of the tree. The
model was then cut out of the picture
with a pair of scissors and pasted on
top of the branches of the oak, and new
photograph was taken of the combina-
ton. 1t was the most deceptive looking
job 1 ever laid my eyes on
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
SWAY OF SWEATER.
Popular Outing Garment Has Ousted
the Cardigan Jacket.

the Cardigan Jacket.
New York Tribune.
Il had 4 customer for cardigan jack
cts today said a dry goods jobber to a
friend with whom he was taking lunch
con, "and 1t seemed like reading a chap
ter from an old, forgotten book
Its no worse than receiving an order
for hoOpskirts," said another merchant,
''and that happened TO us recently"
The customer who ordered the hoop
skirts probably wanted them for stage
or fancy dress purposes but the cardl-
gan jackets were ordered for wear, and 1t
shows that there are still places where
the sweater Is unknown.
And then the merchant told stories of
the time when one of the leading articles
in the sarnple trunks of men who sold fall
and winter goods for mems wear ION the
re adj was cardigan jackets. Some houses
carried as many as hundred styles,
ranging in price from So to s1Ch dozen,
and the bulky nature of the goods made
it necessary 10 devote much space to the
line. The Jackets were worn by all class
es, and the article was considered one Of
the staples of the mems furnishing goods
line But the sweater has crowded the
opinions of those who sell the goods, it
has gone, never to return, except as an
article of small demand.
Ten years ago all the sweaters sold by
u.s. said large dealer In athletic goods,
were made by hand at a Shaker village
in New Hampshire. They were worn
then by oarsmen and by men who were
in training for the prize ring, and a
man wearing a sweater attracted about
as much attention as a man in kits. But
soon the hase ball and foot ball players
began wearing them. and within short
time the sweater became=a necessary part
of every gymnasium outfit. The demand
became so great that nearly all the mills
that had made cardigan jackets spe-
cialty put machines to work on sweaters.
AS the new article gained In favor the
old one fell away, and the demand is
now so great that the original manufac-
turers-the Sh2kers- s-cou1d no supply US"
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
SAW A DEVILFISH.
And Tainted With Fright mt the
Fearful Apparition.

Pfttsburg Dispatch.
When a younSster I was homeward
bound from Santa Anna with a csrg, Of
mahogany, and when off Cape Campecha
one calm afternoon was leaning over the
taffrail, looking down into the b,ue pro-
found, on the watch for fish, writes a
worldwide traveller A gloomy shade
came over the bright water, and up roxe
a fearsome monster, some eighteen feet
across and in general outline more like
skate or ray than anything else, all ex-
cept the head
There, what appeared to be two curling
horns, about three feet apart, rose one O,
each side of the most horrible pair of
eyes imaginable. A sharks eyes as he
turns sideways under your vessels coun-
ter, and looks up to see If any one Is
coming, are CHASTITY, green, and cruel: ::
but this things eyes were all this and
much more. | felt that the book of
Revelation was incomplete without him.
and his gaze haunts me yet.
Although quite sick and giddy at the
sight of such a bogey, could not move
until the awful thing, suddenly waving
what seemed like mighty wings, scared
up out of the water, soundlessly, to a
height of about six feet, falling AGAIN
with a thunderous splash that might
have been heard for mi es I must have
was conscious of was awakening u der
the rough doctoring of my shipmates
Since then l have never seen cne lie :p
upward in the daytime. At night.awh n
there is no wind, the sonorous splash is
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09

Nathin B. Hawkins, cashier of the Citi-
zens Bank of Portland, against sixty or
more insurance companies having agents
in this city will be called for trial.
Mr.. Hawkins alleges that the insurance
companies have effected a combination
or trust for the purpose of keeping up
the rate of premium and are doing this
through the local board of underwriters.
Hawkins seeks therefore to enjoin the
companies from doing business. The in
surance men believe that the law Of the
state does not touch them. In fact, this
view is held to a considerable extent by
the attorney general of Indiana.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
FROGS WEATHER PROPHETS.
They Jump Into the Water When
Rain Is Approaching.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
Have you seen the little wea her frogs?
They are knowing little chaps ard can
always tell when it is going to rain and
when it is going TO be line. and if YOU
will purchase a couple of them, just for
company for each other, you will. never
be caught out in the rain without your
umbrella These little weather prophets
are newcomers in our land, being German
immigrants. They have been shown for
a few days in large bird store.
When I saw them, the little frogs were
perched on two sticks, which ran across
a glass-sded affair, like an aquarium
box. These sticks were almost at the
top of the box, which was about half
filled with clear water.
The majority of the little fellows were
a dull brown, very nearly the color of
the stick on which they sat, and a few
were between green and brown. These
frogs are really tree frogs, and have the
faculty of changing their color to match
the color of the object on which they are
perched.
They receive the name of weather
frogs because they jump into the water
upon the approach of rain or bad wealth
er, and come out again when the weather
shows signs of changing TO clear When
full-grown these tiny frogs are little
more than an inch in length.
In captivity the weather frog Is kept
in a glass pan or globe, which Is covered
on top with wire screen. Water is put
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
BARE OF BUNTING.
Havana Resents an Order Issued by
Mayor of the City.


HAVANA, Oct. S.-Havana is generally
gay with flags, but today the city looked
dull, most of the fagstaffs in the city
being bare of bunt ng. The stars and
stripes were flying over the public build
ings and a majority of the consulates
showed the flags of their respective ma
uonalit' es, but private residences occu-
pied by the consuls, with few eXceptioI,s,
showed no flags. Particularly noticeable
was the absence of the British colors over
the residence of the Brit sh consul which
Is on the main square. This is cons d.
cred an unofficial way of showing the
displeasure excited by what consd-
cred an arbitrary and unnecessary order.
No flags were hoisted over the Spanish
consulate, and Senor Sagrario, the Span
ish consul general, declares that ne will
not raise the flag until Mayor Lacoste
considers the danger of sorder rising on
account of displaying the Spanish flag
is over or until he has received instruc-
tions on the subject from the Spanish
ambassador to the United States
Many Cubans are Of the op Mon that
the order of necessity should have eman-
ated from the military authorities, claim
ing that a mere mayor should not arro-
gate to himself the right to interfere on
questions touch ng international subjects.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
ENGLISH BISHOPS TRIP.

Travelled More Than Two Thousand
Miles in IA Coach and Four.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two thousand miles Is the length Of a
journey made with a four-in-hand by Rt
Rev. John Francis Stretch, coadjutor
bishop of Brisbane, Australia. DR.
Stretch IS himself a native of Australia
and presides over a district larger than
the whole of England. His people are
scattered far and wide, and it is nothing
unusual for him to set out on a drive of
several hundred miles to visit a mere
handful Of people in some outlying set
Elements. Obstacles count for naught
with this enthusiastic bishop, who thinks
nothing of swimming across a river when
a fording place Is not readily available
He discards, when on his long drives, the
usual Episcopal attire, and has many
curious tales to tell of strange adven-
lures in the bush and on the lonely
plains. DR.. Stretch, the long driving
bishop, is most popular with the people
of his vast diocese.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09

Henry Thomas, a colored porter, tried
to shoot Clara Coquine, also colored at
the colored club here, tonight Thomas
fired four shots at the woman, but fail
ed to hit her. She played 'possum, and
Thomas, thinking she was dead, ran
from the room. He learned in d few
minutes that she was untouched by his
bullets and he tried to get into the room
again to finish the job but was arrested
before he could do any damage.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Sierra Blanca.

Sierra Blanca in every respect the
greatest mountain in Colorado, is the
southern terminus of the serrated Sangre
de Cristo Range, which forms the eastern
boundary of the San Luis park. or valley,
which was once a, gigantic lake, and is
now 1900 feet above the sea level. Blanca
itself rises ooa l4'sSs feet above y sea level;
Pixies Peak 1t is twenty-three miles
around at timber line and about seventy
miles in circumference at it's base. L is
about eighteen miles east of Alamosa
and sixteen miles north of old Fort Gar
land. now the town of Garland.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
PhiiRdeiphia's Mild Hickey.

Philadelphia Enquirer.
The sarsaparilla rickey was discovered
by the head bartender of well-known
cafe in the central part of the city.
The sarsaparilla rickey consists of
cracked ice, a bottle, or as much as a
tall, thin glass will hold of ordinary Sar-
sapar LA, and the juice of one-half of d
lime. The ice is put into a glass first.
then the sarsaparilla, and lastly the lime
juice. The combination of sweetness in
the sarSaparilla and sourness in the
lime, coupled with the sarsaparillas s we'll
known flavor, forms drink both delicious
and refreshing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Drving Preparations sinn1v dc

velop dry catarrh; they dry up the secre
tions which adhere to the membrane and
decompose, causing a far more serious
trouble than the ordinary form of ca
tarrh. Avoid all drying inhaants, fumes.
smokes and snuffs and use that which
cleanses soothes and heals. Ely's Cream
Balm is such a remedy and will cure ca
tarrh or cold in the head easily and pleas
antly. A trial size will be mailed for 10
cents. All druggists sell the SOC size. Ely
Brothers. sc Warren St., N. Y
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads
itself over an irritated and angry surface,
relieving Immediately the painful infiam-
nation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
REST FOR HAIR
That Has Been Tortured by the Re-
cent Elaborate Dressing.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
One of the advantages to the appear
ance that may be gained from the sum-
mer sol ourn in the country is rest TO
the hair from the elaborate dressing that
it must needs receive in full season days.
Hair fashions have been hard on the
natural growth for several years past,
and have brought many heads to such
a condition that a toupee, in plain Ian
guage, a wig, is a portion of the toilet
outlay of most women Pc st their earliest
youth Hair ever befrizzled and twisted
in complex devices cannot remain in
natural wholesome condition. Something
may be done to save 1t from utter ex-
tinction oy giving 1t o rest from pulls
and twirls as often as possible One wise
lady Of my acquaintance always wears
her beautiful long black hair hanging in
plait down her back in the mornings
at her country seat
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
SALTWATER.
Funeral Services Over the Remains
of Fred Scott.


of Fred Scott.
The funeral of Fred Scott was held yes
terday afternoon from the residence oil
South Second street. Services were con-
Quoted at the house by Rev. A. d. Stowe,
of Ascension church, and services at the
grave were conducted by ST. Johns lodge,
A. F. and A. M. Bayard commandery,
Knights Templars, and the knights of
Pythias acted as an escort. The funeral
was largely attended and the floral trib-
utes were beautiful.
A large force of convicts are at work
beautifying the interior of the prison
yard. A roadway has been constructed
around the park on the south side of the
yard, and two additional parks have been
arranged on the north side of the yard.
William Sauntry, owner of the excur-
sion steamer Pauline, has decided to
build new steamboat for the excursion
business on the st. Croix, the boat to be
built the coming winter. If present plans
are carried cut, it will be the handsomest
and best excursion boat in the Northwest
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Decay of Teeth.

A rapid tendency to decay, hitherto un-
known in extent. is taking place in he
teeth of the children and youth of the
present generation. OF the children of a
large number of parochial. industrial and
other schools in England over 10000
mouths were examined and the condition
of each tooth was marked upon a chart
Less than Is per cent of such boys and
girls of an average age of IL years did
not require some treatment for decayed
tecnth.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Unknown Insane Man

John Smith is the name given by an
unknown insane man held at the Henne-
probate court. He was picked up by the the
town constable. at Bloomington township
on charge of vagrancy, and was wan
The Fifth precinct police, in whose Gus
tody he was placed found the man vio-
lently insane, and removed him to the
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Everything Orderly.

utation Of strikers which, went to Par.s
and laid their case before M. Waldeck-
Rousseau, the premier, returned here to-
day. They were welcomed enthusiastical-
ly. Enthus astic meetings and processoas
were held to celebrate tie triumph of
the men, but everything was conducted
in an orderly manner.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
Started Il Riot.

Two soldiers belonging to Company B.
FortgttSh T7gt IN regiment, now being recruited
last evening on Second street, between
N1collet and First avenue south, Mime
ap0lls, both finishing in cells at the cen
several pol ce officers "-ei
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09

treat all the abovel diseases and guar
antee a cure in every case undertaken,
and may be consulted personally or by
letter; Pamphlet apd tGhart of questions
sent free All business strictly conflden-
tial. Office hours ffsm1q a. m. to p. m.
Sundays 2 to p. M. Address letters thus:
GALENIC INSTITUTE. ST Paul. Minn.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
STREET CAR STRUCK.
Fatal Collision Between "a Trolley
Car and Passenger Train.

Car and Passenger Train.
WASHINGTON, O., Oct S.-A street
car on the Trumbull line, containing
twenty-three people. was struck by the
Cleveland and Pittsburg train on the
Pittsburg & Western road at Niles to-
night. The car was east-bound and was
struck in the rear by the train, which
was going east. Bert 8. Ward, of De-
forest, was killed, and Joseph Allen,
Strickland Holton, Ella Mcbride, Mrs.
Samuel Cartright and the 2-yearold
daughter Of Charles Tintz, Of Niles, in
jured. Allen and Holton are seriously in
jured and may die. 1t is feared Miss
Mcbride has her hip broken The others
are not seriously injured. Several more
We're slightly cut and eleven severely
shocked.
The car is almost total wreck, and the
wonder is that more were not killed. The
cause of the accident is not determined,
but it is reported that some one on the
car rang the bell without authority.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
speeiaI anc-way Rates.

From Oct. to 0 inclusive, the Chicago
Great Western Railway will sell tick
cts 10 Chicago and intermediate points
where the rate is higher. at $3.50 and
through tickets to Eastern points at rates
based on this reduction. For further In
p. D., corner Fifth and Robert streets
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-10-09
START FOR HOME.
South Dakota Regiment Leaves San
Francisco by Special Trains

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. s.-(spe-
ciaf)-The Ficst South Dakota regiment
left for home today by special trains.
going by way Of Portland. Owing to q
failure to make arrangements with the
railroad company the committee will NOT
be able to furnish meals en- ro1t,. es
planned, and the men will be comneIled
to look after themselves.