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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
COINCIDENCE CLUB.
Secretary Tells Two Odd Stories,
Both of Which Are True.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1t was the. sccretary's turn to tell a
yarn to his fellow members of The c in
cidence club. The Coincidence club by the
way, has no cumbersome machinery. 1t
has members and officers, meets once d
week to tell queer stories along tie inc
suggested by its name and everything
but the strict truth is barred.
I've got two stories, much alike, to
tell. There's nothing dramatic or sens Il
tional about them. They struck me as
queer, though. You know Tm% q lawyer,
and lawyers are largely dependent for
business upon their friends, who send
cases to them. One Gay man named
Dodge brought in letter Of introduction
to me from friend out West. He had
a simple sort Of a case and l asked
him 20 come be ok at 8 o'clock that af.er-
noon Then l went over to the criminal
court on business that kept me till with
in a few minutes of o'clock. As 1 en-
tered my Office there was a man sitting
in the shadow. Without really locking at
him, and with my mind full of the ap-
pointment 1 said, as l went to my private
office:
" How are You, Mr.. Dodge? I'll see
you in minute.
Pretty soon 1 rang and told the office
boy to show in MIR. Dodge. The man
St-bAC II eiIltA JAG NSRoil NIL -|OUSC ctI
all Imagine NY surprise when he said
" How did you know my name?'
"At the same time he handed me a
letter Of introduction from friend down
East. His name was Dodge, all right
and he had a case. l gasped over The
oddly of the situation, explained the
coincidence to II visitor, and even Show
ed him the other letter of introduct OIL.
But the man did not believe me, He evil
de,.tly thought l was a liar and left with
out putting his case In my hands. A few
minutes later in came the first Mr.. Dodge
and we had a good laugh over it.
The other coincidence was this: I got
letters from two frierds-one west of
Chicago and Que south, asking me to COL
lect claims against big Chicago firm and
a big insurance company with an agency
in Chicago. 1 telephoned and made APP
peintments with representatives OF each
of the concerns-cpe at IL and the other
at 12:3C o'clock. I went out on az GRAND
and was delayed till 1890 o'clock When
I came In both men were waiting. Strange
as it may seem, beth men We're named
Rose. I introduced them. One was o j.
gipaily from Rhode Isllnd and thu other
from Connecticut AS far as they cou i
rigure out they were not related. I've
used false names, but otherwise the
stories are strictly true, and can be prov
CT by evidence that will pass Inu ster in
the court Of law"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
derful change a weeks work in the open

derfu1 change a weeks work in the open
air makes.
From our stores man can obtain
strong, durable suit of clothes for 10
shillings or IL shillings which sum, If he Is
willing and not too careful of the inner
man, he can soon save up. If the clothes
he arrives in are done we give him an old
suit, picked out from the bundles sent by
friends Or again, If he comes in suit
too good for wearing when doing rough
work, we give him an old one and keep
the good one for Sundays and when he
leaves us. Sometimes the men give US
some trouble and anxiety, but the ma
jority see that what we do Is for their ad,
vantage. They know very we'll that We
can do without them, while they cannot
do very long without US, for most of the
people who come to us have lost all their
friends. Only they must work, and when
that is over they have the time to them.
selves and are free to wander all over the
estate and into the neighboring villages,
but this they seldom do, being content
with the occupation set them"
ALL CLASSES APPLY.
DO people once in really good posi-
lions come here?'
Yes, and we deal with the high and
low alike. Some six years ago man
from his speech I should say he had had
an exceptionally good education-came
to me in the last stage Of want and dis
tress-boots. such, as they were, tied on
with odd bits of string. his clothes hang
ing any way. his hair uncut, and his
face unshaven and dirty. We gave him
work on the farm, and after time,
when he had repaired his wasted frame,
he left to get a situation few months
ago a well-dressed gentleman touched
me On the shoulder in Threadneedle
street. Well, Col. Lamb, how are your
he said I know your face, but 1 can
not recall your name, I replied. am
-, whom you rescued six years ago.
| 1 am now manager with Messrs -
| and have married and settled down. You
| must come and see my wife. I have told
| her all you did for me and she wishes to
meet you
This is not an exceptional instance.
Last year out of IT'S men drafted to the
| farm 800 were restored to their friends
and helped into good situations, and all
| Of them are still apparently doing well.
Down here" continued the colonel
I'VE begin work at o'clock in the morn
! ing and go on till in the evening, with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
VALUE OF PEARLS.
JeweIer Sets His Own Price and
There Is No Standard.
Now Orleans TiYnac namoorat


THE value OF pearls is to large ex-
tent arbitrary" said a jeweer. ct de-
ponds chiefly qualities that are pecu-
liar to each specimen and cannot be clas-
'siffed. For instance, two pear-shaped
pearls that are exactly alike would bring
four or five times as much per grain as
they would separately, and when a dealer
gets hold Of one that has some peculiar
and attractive color he puts whatever
price upon 1t he thinks he can get About
a year ago the purser of one of the
steamships running out of New Orleans
bought large pink pearl from the cook
of the vessel. He gave him S. for it,
The cook had bought it from negro at
AspinWall for a flask of whisky worth
Is cents; so he made a good profit. The
purser showed me the pearl and while
I wasn't certain of its value I offered
him s25, but he declined to sell. A few
weeks ago he had a Maiden Lane gem
buyer among his passengers and asked
him to put price on it The New Yorker
gave him $500 without haggling a moment,
and l have no doubt secured an excellent
bargain. 1 mention the incident to show
how values run in that particular line. 1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
FORTUNES IN TOYS.
Wealth Waiting for the Man WHO
Can Invent Popular Puzzle.


English Illustrated.
The chief penny top now most in de-
mand is something of a mechanical kind,
either In the shape or a working mode
or puzzle. The old kind of top, with
no movement, but which was simply
made to be looked at, is Of no use today
or the most popular penny toys dur
Ing the last half century more than one
dealer gave me full particulars About
1862 or so there was a tremendous III
on penny watches with imitation gold
chains! And the manager of a famc lis
firm told me how curiously this came
about. 1t was all due to woman who
stood near the Mansion house, 1t seems
This hawker covered a piece of thin
board with black velvet, and, cutting out
holes for the penny Watches placed the
latter in them, with the s"gold" chains
twisted attractively round. Then She
called out loudly: "A lovely watch and
chaln FOR penny! People began to
BUY rapidly, and time after time that
day she replenished her stock, and sold
out again. Other hawkers learned of it
and within three days this penny watch
mad become quite a rage all over Eng
land. The toy firms were simply
mobbed' for it by. the hawkers One
firm alone sold over 5000 grc SIS in three
months; and the maker, Frenchman in
FaFls. had to put down new machinery
and keep his factory going night and day
for four months to supply the demand
There is a fortune now waiting for
the man who can invent a puzzle that
will take the place which the "ffteen
puzzle once had, or the famous a" igs
in clover was informed, on the very
highest authority, that more than one
regular street seller of tops could be
pointed out to me who had often made
over EGO week: and that e1O weekly
was by no means unusual for many OF
them to make during good run of a
popular article
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
MISS O'BRIEN MARRIED.
She becomes the Wife of Carl l..
Stewart, of MINNEAPOLIS.

The marriage OF Carl L. Stewart and
Miss Myrah F. OBrien took place hast
tuesday afternoon at the home of the
bridegroom's sister, Mrs V. D. Irets
Park avenue. Minneapolis Mr.. and Mrs,
Stewart left that evening for a trip East
The marriage ceremony was PERFORM d
by Rev Henry Holmes, pastor Of Lowry
Hill Congregational church, ana an I'D
schoolhate of the groom Mr.. Ho mes
stated last night that he was reoues I'd
by both the bride and the groom MOI TO
make return on the marriage license for
twenty days.
Wednesday mornings papers, by the LIST
or marriage licenses issued. sAoT ed that
a license had been issued Tuesday to Otto
Sougstad and Miss Myrah F. O'Er.en.
The records did not show the issuance
of license to Mr. Stewart and Mis-
O'Brien.
Miss O'Brien came to Minneapolis last
May from San Francisco, accomparisd
by ner mother, and registered at the
Berkeley, where they remained until they
went to MinnetOnka for the summer.
Upon returning to Minneapolis thew
boarded with S. G. Daniels, 11S Nitol!et
avenue
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
ON FARMS
THE SALVATION ARMY IS DOING
GOOD WORK IN ENG
LAND
REFORMING LONDON VICIOUS

LII
They Prove TractabIe and In
dustrfous and Show Gratitude
Work Is Furnished All Those
Who Apply for 1t on Liberal
Terms-Life at the Colony.
The darkest England scheme for rails
ing the Submerged tenth" is divided into
three branches-city shelters, farm
colony in England and an oversee colony.
Hadleigh farm colony, about thirty-eight
miles from London, is beautifully situated
on the estuary of the Thames, in the
southeastern corner of the garden of
England, some five miles from Southend.
and comprises 1850 acres of all sorts of
land, which about ten years ago was
quite wilderness, even the pasture
being overrun with weeds. But under
the skillful management and the labor
of men who heretofore were a loss ana
q danger to the community great
change has been made in the vast area
of derelict Essex farms, so great indeed
that last year the gross turnover was
e25,0 The Tilbury and Southend rail-
way runs along the lower border of this
estate and as one approaches by the
line the scene is indeed striking Brick
kilns show that the army is engaged in
other pursuits as we'll as farming. At the
base of the hill, which starts almost at
the railway embankment, are three brick
fields whose total output for last year
was 3,O00,0 900 bricks, yielding to the credit
of the colony a4,717. The number woula
probably have reached 100000 but that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23

the bridegroom made the responses, and
when the time came to clasp hands, pro-
duced glove belonging to the BRIDE
groom which ne had worn. The proxy
holding one end OF the glove and the
bride the other, the promises were eX-
changed and the ceremony completed.
a cablegram from tile bride TO her hus-
band. 5000 miles away, gave him her Wife
ly greeting to which he responded. There
was a wedding feast In Pretoria and an
other in Amsterdam, and the cable was
kept busy with congratulations. Then
the bride said farewell to her family and
went on board the steamer to begin her
voyage to her new home.
The custom of the old glove marriage
dates back to old Dutch colonial days,
when they We're more common than in
these times Of rapid and cheap journeys.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
MARRIAGE BY PROXY.
Peculiar Dutch Ceremony Perform
ed In Amsterdam and Pretoria.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
An extraordinary ceremony recently
took place in Amsterdam, with a counter
part in Africa. 1t appears that young
man left Holland some years ago to serve
IN the telegraph department of the Trans
vaal. II had been his ambition to make
a certain young lady in Amsterdam his
wife if he ever attained to prosperity
But when success was achieved he was
unable to leave his work for journey-to
Holland. In this difficulty a marriage
proxy-known in Holland as a glove mar
riagewas suggested.
The details We're all carefully arranged,
the difference of time exactly calculated,
and continuous cable connections between
Pretoria and Amsterdam secured. The
bridegroom and his friends assembled in
the Hotel Kruger. An operator using a
wire from the cable notified the ladys
family in Holland that all was In readi-
ness, and the reply came that the cere-
mony would then begin.
In the Amsterdam mansion q frien,. of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIEs.

A successful concert was given vester.
day afternoon by the Thirteenth Mime
sofa regiment band.
A large meeting of dressmakers was
held at Labor Temple yesterday after
noon to consider the matter of organiza-
The funeral of Mrs. Christine Heeman
mother of Supt. J. A. Hegman, Of the
MINNEAPOLIS city workhouse, occurred yes
terday afternoon al 1:S0 o'clock from the
letter's residence.
The water in the river is ten feet higher
than is usual at this time Of the wear
and eight feet of water in the Golfer dam
prevents the continuance of the work of
repairing the break made in the upper
lam last winter.
The Henley athletic football team de-
teated the Sheridans yesterday by a
Icore of 81 to ..
At Cen. Pixies Grave.
WASHINGTON, Oct 22-The biennial
pilgrimage IF the supreme council of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
NEW PASTOR IN PULPIT.
DR. Love, of the First Methodist
Church, Assumes Charge.


Rev William Love, recently assigned
to the pastorate of the First Methodist
church, of Minneapolis, faced his new
congregation for the first time yesterday.
The church was well filed at the morn
Ing and evening services in anticipation
of the new pastors appearance Dr.
Love preached at both services, and was
accorded a warm welcome. A special
programme was rendered by the choir.
DR.. Love came to Minneapolis from St
Thomas, n. D., having been connected
with the Dakota conference for several
years, and succeeds the Rev. William
Fielder. He has also been connected with
several other Eastern and Western con-
terences the best years of his life hav-
ing been spent in the ministry This is
the first permanent charge he has as
sumed in Minneapolis, but he is no
stranger to the Methodist people of this
city. They are familiar with his work
IN other helds. and he comes we'll rec
commended
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
MAY BE A BANDIT.
Arrest Made in Connection With the
Northwestern Robbery.

CHICAGO Oct. 22-Claud Laudrain, a
telegraph operator, was arrested here to-
day on suspicion of completely with the
recent robbery of the Northwestern fast
mail train. Laudrain was formerly in
the employ of the Northwestern. He adj
mitted that he had been in the vicinity
of the scene of the robbery three days
after it occurred. He refused to discuss
his whereabouts prior to that time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23

Scottish Rite Masons of the southern iur-
isdiction to the grave of Gen. Albert Plke'
late supreme commander of the order,
was made today. The grave is located
in Oak Hill cemetery. Short services
were held after the Masonic ritual. Repre-
sentative Richardson, of Tennessee, vice
commander presiding
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Possible Suicide.

DULUTH, Mimi, Oct 22.-(Special.)--
John Baird a saw mill worker, left his
home on Friday morning after telling his
wife he was going to West Duluth to
take job in a saw mill. He has not re-
turned since, and it is believed he has
Jumped into the bay. He has been talk
Ing recently of committing suicide.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23

may add that nearly all the oyster pearls
found in this vicinity are worthless. In
fifteen years experience 1 have never
seen but two that were worth setting"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Iowa Suicide.

MUsCATINE, To-, Oct. 22.-The body
of James FADE, veterinary surgeon,
aged eighty-four, was found this morn
ing in a stable with his throat cut from
ca to ear Supposed suicide.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Hunters Hard Luck.

LITTLE FALLS, Mimi, Oct 22-(Spe-
cial To-day while Julius Jergeson was
out duck hunting his gun was accidental
ly discharged, the shot taking effect In
the left instep. His foot was amputated
below the heel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Suicide of Children

Among the curiosities of Prussian sta
tisticS is the fact that In a decade Ala
school chiloren, under fiften years of age,
committed suicide.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Big WING RarreI.

A monster wine bafrtf has just been
built at Nancy. FRANCE, cfpr the Paris ex-
position. A dinner was given inside the
barrel tc the $50 coopers fiwho made it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23

A man who is ACCUSTOMED to the best
Gordon Hat. III III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
Horse Eafers.

Upward of $4,000 horses are annually
consumed by the people of Vienna.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
GIANT INDIAN RACE
SOME INTERESTING RELICS DIS
COVERED UPON A FARM IN
SOUTH DAKOTA
NINE SKELETONS UNEARTHED

Femur Bones Found of Such Great
Length as to Indicate That the
POssessOrs in Life Must Have Been
From Seven to Eight Feet in
Height Flint Arrow Heads and
Stone Pipes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
NEW PASTOR IN PULPIT

DIR. Love. Recently Transferred
From the North Dakota Confer
ence to Minneapolis, Assumes His
New Charge-Young Woman and
Her Escort Assaulted by ROwdies
The News of Minneapolis.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12
A SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
impressive Departure Of the Troop
ship Grant for the Phiiip-
pine Islands.

An unwonted event took place in
New York harbor lately. a great
steamship. belonging to the United
States government. had been trans
formed into model trOopship. that il
might be used permanently as mill
tary transport. 1t was laden heavily
with soldiers of the regular army, who
were TO be carried, by it 10 the Medi-
terraneun sea. en- roure to the Philip
pine islands. says Youths Companion
This ship-renamed the Grant-bore.
besides her l.s00 troops and crew, Gen.
Lawion and IA staff of officers Be
fore She left on her long ocean voy-
age She steamed up the North river
to a point opposite the tomb Of Gen.
Grant. There she fred a salute of 81
guns and her bands slowly and SOL
emndy played the national anthem.
No circumstance Of pomp. no empha-
sis Of official recognition. were omitted
in the dispatch of this ship. The sec
rotary Of war stood on her deck when
she fired her farewell guns at the base
Of the great generals tomb. The sol
diers were i'm uniform as ON dress pa
rade. and the huge ship and its crowd
ed decks was an impressive representa-
tive Of national power. Not without
similar ostentation is she to steam
over waters once plowed by the gall
leys of Roman and Carthaginian sol
diers. She carries large guns with
which TO fire sautes and exact them
in return. Her significance is not to
escape observation.
Behind her on the great Saxon high
road around the earth follow two more
ships of like character, the sherman
and the Sheridan. both model trans
ports. each hearing, as she does. nearly
1000 American soldiers, and guns TO
awaken the echoes Of the Mediterra-
mean and the Red seas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12
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PHOTOS IN BICYCLES.
Up-to-Dnte Girls Have II New Place
for Pictures of Their
Admirers,

screens decorated with photo
graphs. 10y common consent. were reie-
gated long since to the dusty olscurity
Of The garrett or the widowed isolation
Of the cellar" says the photographer
who studies fads; "but photographs
will accumulate. aud women find il nee
cesSary to exhibit some Of them at
least. So there has iiseu a fertile
genius With fad for displaying photo-
graphs on The boudoir wall acefully
distributed belweeG the spokes Of biz
cycle wheel. says the New York Press.
Not an ordinary bicycle wheel, how
ever. will suffice. 1T is young wom-
an with matrimonial prospects. more
or less immediate. or a maiden in the
first throes Of hope She must show her
pictures in a wheel from her best
young mans bicycle If she is married
then she must use wheel which has
reVolved in century runs. This is an
effective ornament and permits the eX-
hihition OF 80 or more fayorite pic
lures.
Another fad has brought it about
'Hd' udHN NuuUR ueh WHO iasF year
were wearing boards have faces as
smooth as eggs this year. Their adorn-
mouts have been sacrificed to the fad
in question. The end Of the century
young woman must have Slrec photo
graphs Of her swain. Picture No I must
now him in all the splcndor and dig
nifty Of a full beard Picture No. . re.
ycals his manly beauty polished Off
only 10y mustacle Picture No 3pre-
scnts him entirely Invested Of All wills
kers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12
An uncomfortabIc superstition.

A very uncomfortable superstition
prevails in the Minieh province, When
ever a pigeon house is to be made the
fellaheen consider that the pottery
used in its construction should lie
baked by the help Of human body.
\ pigeon house was to be erected in
the beginning of this month at the viii
lage of Ben. Soomrook In this province,
and this necessary preliminary Of it's
contraction was not forgotten. y
young child was first caught. and in
spite Of Its struggles. was put in an
oven and burnt alive while the pottery
was baked with the aid Of this human
holocaus', Two men. one of them pot
ter by trade, nave been arrested on sus'
picion Of having taken pari IN this old
custom,-Egyptian Cairo Gazette,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12
FIFTY EIGHT YEARS OLD !

Its long life, but devotion To the true inter
esis and prosperity of the American people has
won Tor IL new friends as the years rolled by and
the original members of its fasliy passed TO their
reward, and these admirers are loyal and steadfast
today with faith in its teachings and condolences in
Tie Information which II brings to their homes and
hresides. ~
As "a natural consequence n enjoys in ifs old
age all the vitality and vigor OF It's youth strength
ened and ripened by the experiences OF over half a
century.
II has lived on its merits and on the cordion
support Of progressive Americans.
u is THE New York Weekly Tribune" ar
knowledged the country over as the leading Ma
tionel Family Newspaper Az"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12
\ rccuIInr En.Ilsn custom.

The most Of the English usages some
Of us copy. and the rest Of Us can get
used TO, but there is feature of formal
dining there which is different. refer
to the failure to introduce all the com
pany to one another. There are no gem
cral ntroductions at an English din
ner, or even at house party in the
couutry. If all the guests are acquant-
ed, there is no need to introduce them.
but If they are strangers they must re-
main so, or trust TO chance or personal
magnetism for making acquaintance
ships. Every man is introduced at a
dinner party to the lady he is to escort
to the table. There ii stops, II is a
custom which has some close relation
to the experience Of an ancient race
through many centuries. leave the
reader 10 analyze it.-Euglish Charac-
ieristics, by Julian Ralph. in Harper's
Magazine.