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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
There Arc MANY Cool Retreat.

On the line or reached via the Union
Pacific, The Overland Route" You will
find fishing in Rocky Mountain streams,
hunting IN Wyoming, bathing in Great
Salt Lake, curative waters in Guyer and
HALEY Hot Springs, Utah Hot Springs
and Soda Springs, Idaho. If contemplate
ing trip to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah.
Idaho, California or Oregon do not fall
to ask your agent about the magnificent
train service of the Union Pacific. There
are palace sleeping cars, buffet smoking
served a-la-carte. and ordinary sleeping
cars, etc, ETC., every day in the year.
For time tables, or any information.
apply to. your local agent, who can sell
you ticket via the Union Pacific, or
address II. B.. Carter. T. P. A.. $40 Rob
art GtrAAk
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30

that the limit Of speed by the use of
steam has been almost reached.
Electricity, however, presents a force
which Is restricted only by the ability of
the engineer to utilize 1t. Thus, quicker
travel is a problem which the machinist
and civil engineer rather than the sci
enlist must solve.
Il would like to clear up a misappre-
hension that seems to exist In regard to
what I said Of rapid transit at the Cape
May convention said Prof. Smith, when
asked to tell how space could be ami
hilated at the rate of three miles a min
ute. II did not say that Tubber-tired
locomotives could be made to travel two
or three times faster than their present
Epeed. Ny reference was. to rubber tires
on electric cars. Electricity will un-
6oubtedly be the motive power used on
the railroad of the near future
Prof. Smith thinks the first railway on
" h1ch electricity will take the place of
steam will be built between New York
and Philadelphia, because of the compar-
atiVely short distance, the great travel
between the two cities and the large
profits to be derived from such a road.
''Of course the road would have to be
elevated" he said, Ito do away with
grade crossings, and 1t would be an air
line, for curves would not permit of the
high rate of speed desired. 1t would
be a double or triple track road, con-
trolled by an automatic electric block
system. Electric power would be trans,
mitted through the rails, and transmit
ting stations could be located at inter-
walls of twenty or thirty miles. There
would be no trains, but each car would
have Its own motor and would be run
singly.
''The cars would be two or three times
the length Of the ordinary railroad pas.
senger car, and would be built Of steel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30

gagged a troop of Rough Riders -
Shenandoah is among the early book
ings for the Grand. and it will be given,
as regards scenic detail, in a manner
something marvellous. The company is
promised to be one of the strongest that
has even been seen in the piece.
1t was frequently predicted that If
Mathews and Bulger ever tempted
providence in the shape of an engage
ment at Broadway theater in New
York dire failure would result. The
critics were again at sea, for this duo
of comedians, with their entertaining
vehicle, by thee Sad Sea Waves" fairly
took Broadway by storm, and established
for themselves lasting popularity with
New York comedy lovers. Mathews and
Bulger, with anIup-to-date collection Of
jokes and witucisms, will open the sea-
son of the Grand opera house the last
week in August.
1t is a fact that Manager Hays, of the
Grand, received many inquiries last sea-
son why I'm Old Kentucky" was not
scheduled for an engagement. With a
great many this drama is extremely pop
ular and each seasons visit is gladly
welcomed. After a seasons absence, I'm
Old Kentucky will visit this city, on its
way West, as Mr.. Lift has arranged for a
complete tour of this popular drama to
the coast.
Among the improvements the Grand
is undergoing the present summer
is the placing of an entire new stage
floor of yellow pine. When completed it
will be the most complete arrangement
of the kind in the two cities.
In his new play, Arizona" Augustus
Thomas has produced strong piece. 1t
is a comedy drama, by the author of
Alabama and I'm Missouri" and of the
type that is sometimes called melodrama.
While there is nothing distinctly novel in
the subject or in the characters the story
is told so admirably that the general YER
and, it may be said, it has already done
so. 1t has the elements of popularity,
and even its conventfonalfties appeal to
one strongly because of their manifest
reasonablenes&
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
For Sale by TICKNOR & JAEGER.
'OberliQ SIN ith's zoo Miles al Hour Train

upon the principle recognized in bicycle
construction-that of attaining nghtness
with strength. The weight of passen-
ger trains in proportion to the number
of passengers carried is something tre-
mendous when you figure 1t out This IL
necessary to keep the train from Jump
ing the track. But the feature of the
electric road that will obviate this is a
track which will make deraiIment inn
possible. With such track the high
est attainable speed will be devoid of
danger. The cars should be tapering
at the ends to minimize the resistance,
and the wheels might have rubber tires
to minimize noise and jar"
Prof. Smith is too conservative an en-
gineer to fix definite maximum speed
for such an electric road as he describes.
There are no 1nsurmountable problems
in mechanics that would prevent cars
being run at three miles a minute, but in
going much beyond that speed centrifu-
gal force would have to be reckoned
with, and 1t is doubtful if wheels could
be made that would stand the test
Such a road will be built, Prof Smith
thinks, just as soon as capitalists can
be convinced that it is a physical possi-
bilfty and is likely to be a financial
success. He has studied the engineering
problems involved and believes he Runs
solved them nearly all, but rs he is
neither a protector nor a promoter of
railway schemes, it remains for the orr
ganizer and the capitalist to develop the
plans he has sketched for the benefit of
the members of his profession.
road such as Prof. Smith describes
is already planned to connect Philadel-
ph1a with Atlantic City 1t will run
in an air line from Gloucester CITY to
the sea, and will be elevated It's length
will be about one-half the distance be-
tween New York and Philadelphia. SIN
gle cars are to be run by electricity
at speed of more than 100 miles an
hour The company has !neen organized
with s6,O00,000 capital. HnS sCSTe OF the
right of way has been secured Passen-
gers will be whisked down to the sea-
shore in one-half the Time 1t takes steam
locomotives to traverse the distance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30

glass in its windows, but only shutters,
which open and close 1t is built with
a large living room in the center and bed
rooms opening into this on each side.
There Is often a wing containing kitch-
en- with water closet adjoining. Bath
rooms are almost unknown, and the san
itary conditions of even the best houses
are bad.
The furniture is commonly of bent
wood, the chairs being arranged stifhy
about a table There is often a wicker
sofa and some rocking chairs, but no at
tempts are made at ornamentation in the
way of coy hooks or of wall decoration.
The bed rooms are fitted out with iron
BEDS covered either with canvas or with
wire springs, upon which thin comforts
are spread for mattresses. The mat
tresses are usually not long enough to al
low your whole body to lie on them with
out touching the wires. In my hotel here
in San. Juan the springs either scratch
the flesh of my heels, or, if I protect my
heels, my shoulders have to suffer by the
sharp wires between the mattress and
the pillow.
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY.
The Porto Rican ladies are now coop
Grating with the wives OF the army and
navy officers to improve the condition of
the poor women of Porto Rico. A ladies'
aid society has been organized. This so
ciety is non-sectarian, and 1t is supported
by voluntary contributions. One of its
chief officers is Mrs Col. J.. r. Hoff, its
vice president, the president being the
wife of the governor general. 1t has Of
fees just outside of Fort San Christobel,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
Reputable Engineer Has Taking Passengers From
New York to Philadelphia in Thirty Minutes
Ball Bearings Rubber Tires.

New York to Philadelphia by rail in
half an hour! That means speed of
two hundred miles an hour. Can it be
done with the motive power now in COM
merciaI use? An eminent engineer says
1t is possible, and will be accomplished
just as soon as few technical difficulties
are overcome. It is asserted that pas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30

fully embroidered and painted The fans
here all come from Spain, and they are
exceedingly cheap. You can buy for 81
a fan which in New York would cost $25,
and there are many $25 fans being used
by this crowd in the hall. Over there on
the opposite side of the room is one
which seems to have been made for the
occasion, and which, 1 venture, never
saw Spain. It is a dainty little thing,
and is welded by one of the prettiest of
the Porto Rican bellies. It is of silk in
the colors of the American flag, so made
that the red. white and blue flashes out
at every twist of her ivory wrist. You
can see that the better class of Porto
Ricans are very patriotic. They are glad
they are Americans, and will be good
citizens.
LET OUR GIRLS BEWARE.
AS I looked at these pretty Porto Rican
girls I thought of the sensation they
would create among our young men when
they visit the fashionable watering places
of the United States. They will be for
nidable rivals of the American summer
girls. Heretofore many of them have
taken their outings in Europe, but now
they are talking of coming to the United
States. They are taking lessons In Eng
lish, and already several of them have
found husbands among our army officers.
I understand that they IKE Yankee beaux
better than Porto Ricans, and that they
will prefer American husbands because
American wives have more freedom and
better times.
Speaking of customs, our young men
will have great advantage over the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
ON AN ICE FLOE.
TWO Hundred Michigan Fishermen
Are Blown Out-Shift Wind
Brings Them Back.

Bay City. Mich, March 1.-THE ice in
Saginaw bay broke away at o'clock on
Sunday morning, carrying 200 fishermen
toward Lake Huron.
A gale from the east prevailed and the
men were powerless to help themselves.
At daylight they found the great body of
ice surrounded by water with no land in
sight on account of a binding SNOW
storm. \ tremendous sea cracked the
ice under their feet and many had mar
row escape from drowning.
At noon the wind shifted to the north,
driving the ice foe back. As it crashed
along the shore it was piled up in i'm
menSe heaps. The snow still made it
impossible for the lost fishermen TO de-
termlnc where they We're.
Watchmen We're appointed to skirt the
edge of the foe and report developments.
At noon yesterday one of the sentrieS
discovered favorable point and land
ing was successfully made. This was at
the mouth of Big creek, where the lives
of hundreds of fishermen have been saved
III the past. Here the entire fishing vii
lage succeeded in getting ashore.
Many of the fishermen lost their shan
ties and contents. Some of them suffered
50 severely from cold and exposure that
they are under the doctors care. All Of
the castaways have reached their dwell
ingS in this city.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
Prime of Mental Nigor.

A woman with a love for statistics am
research asserts that the human mind il
never stronger than between the age
of 40 and 80. George Eliot was nearll
20 when she wrote "Middlemarch" ana
Daniel Dcronda; Darwin the same A.,
when he wrote his Origin of Species
and twelve years older when he gaze
to the world his Descent of Man" De
foe was 81 when he wrote "Robinsor
CruSoe.' and Cowpcr - when h" wrote
Tho Task" and John Gilpin' Waiver
ley made lis first appearance when Sir
Walter Scott was II, and his best stories
were written when he had passed 46
Dean Swift was - when he conceived
the plot and wrote the story of Chilli
verS Travels. Longfellow wrote Hin
watha' at Is, and til" last ten of Glad.
stones years We're among the brightest
aud most brilliant of his life. The son.
of the Shirt" and bridge of Sigh" wcr,
written when Tom Hood was IL years
old
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
HEAVY ASSESSMENT.
Levy OF 100 Per Cent. Ordered to
oe Made on National Bank
Of Illinois Shares.

Washington, -. c., March 1i-Comp-
fr"lier Dawes, after an expert exami-
nation of the condition of the National
Bank of Illinois and appraiSement of its
assets, has ordered an assessment of
100 per cent. against all its shareholders
As the outstanding shares represent a
face value of 81 .O0O. 900. this assessment
Is expected to bring that amount into the
bank assets available for liquidating its
Indebtedness.
Comptroller Dawes has also directed
Receiver Mc\ulta to make an inveStiga :
ton with Il view to bringing action for
damages against the directors and Off
GERS of the bank who. by bad mana se-
mcnt. were responsible for its failure.
'Th" comptroller said that he had fore
seen for some time the necessity of this
assessment. and that while he regretted
that it would fall heavily upon Il great
number of innocent shareholders. he had
no choice in the course which by law he
IS compelled To take.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
SALE AT ST. LOUIS.
Franchise Of The Browns" Includ-
ed in an Auction of Baseball
Property in that City.

st. Louis. Mo. March 14.-At noon
today, under the foreclosure of deed of
trust, Sheriff Pohlmann sold at public
auction the Sportsman'S park and club,
including the franchise held hy the St
Louis Browns, to X. \. Gruncr, a prom
lnent lumber dealer here, and one of the
club : directors, for $500
lie Is thought to represent the credit
ors OF the club. and heads a personal
claim of $1,000 for lumber T. c. Beck
or who Is creditor Of the club to the
extent Of $4,000. was the only other
bidder. He stopped at SCI. 800 Char
icy tomlSk"y of the ST. Paul club and
Thomas LOTUS. the Western league
ma@natcS, were here for the purpose of
bidding. but before the sale began de-
cldcd not I" take hand in il.
The property sold today has for some
montnS been in charge of +. 5. Muckcn-
fuss II receiver.
6. \. Gruncr. the purchaser of the
club, Is treasurer Of the Phil Gruner X
Ere. Lumber company. After the sale
Grunrr said: Il bought the property Tor
the creditors and boudholderS
EamcIl X Mucch. the attorneys for the
hondholderS, said: Its Il bonade plr-
chase of the property by the creditors Of
the club. What Will we do with the ball
club now that we have possession of il ,
hy run il ourselves. | guess"
Chris Won der Abe was not present at
the sale. but was represented by his at
turney.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18

Mrs. NJ G. Cooper, of the Royal Acad-
envy of Arts, London, England, is I'M
doubtedly one Of the greatest living
SculptorS. She has modelled buSts of
half the nobility of England, and is now
in Washington making busts of distin-
guiShed Americans. Mrs. Cooper has
just completed q bust of Mrs. Belva
LOCKWOOD which is now in the Cor
coran Art Gallery. Ruskin. the great
artist, placed Mrs. Cooper as one of the
greatest SculptorS and painters Of this
century. Mrs. Cooper is an ardent
friend of peru-na. and i'll Il letter dated
January 26. written from Washington
says the following: Il take pleasure in
recommending Pe-ru-na for Catarrh and
In grippe. | have suffered for months
and after the use of one bottle of Peru
IA l am entirely well.'-Mrs. NJ. G.
Cooper.
Send for a free book on catarrh en-
titled Health and Beauty" This book
is written especially for women, and
will be found to be of great value to
every woman. Address DR.. Hartman
Columbus, Ohio.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
Dickens ard the Children.

Writing III the Century on Charles
Dickens interest in the cause of cduca-
ton, James l.. Hughes concludes his
article by saying:
He was the first great English student
of Froebcl. He deals with nineteen diff
fcrent schools in his books. He gives
more attention 10 the training of child
hood than any other novelist, or any 9th
e. educator except Frocb"l He was
enc of the first Englishmcn to demand
national control of education. even in
private schools. and the thorough train
ing of all teachers. IL" exposed four
teen types of coercion. and did more
than anyone else to lead Christian men
and women To treat children humancly
Every book h" wrote, except two. * rich
in educational thought. He took the
most advanced position on every phase If
modern educational thought. except man
val training. When he i thoroughly un-
d.r$tond h" Viii he recognized as the
Frurbel of England.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
"A Fair Face Cannot Atone for
An Untidy House.
SAPOLIO
Madame Lehman and Her Fcath
cred Friends.

Nine. Lilli Lehman is on ardent
champion of birds and animals. Posi-
bly, she is little partial to the cause
of the birds. as might be expected of
one sweet singer to another, but her
sympatheS are not confined to the Audu-
bon society. She is an honorary officer
of the Berlin Society for THE Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. to which organ
iZation. according +" report, she has be
queathcd her fortune.
Not long ago Mime. Lehman received
a request for her autograph. Such re
quests are more than daily occurrences
during the American S"iourn of the great
singers, who are really very generous in
their responses In this case the appi-
cant was an agitated young woman who
secured the unusual privilege of being
personally received by Nine. Lehman.
Naturally she had arrayed herself in her
most SumptuOuS street ralment in order
10 honor her hostess and. incidentally,
do credit to herself. To this end, there
fore, she wore a large hat. whose ample
area barely accommodated the feathers
hcapcd upon it.
Autograph album in hand. the young
woman entered the singer apartment
her fcathercd adurnmentS qulveriug con
SpicuouSly with the excess of her emo
tons. The desired autograph WAS @ra-
ciouSly given. hut the interview did not
end there. Mime. Lehmaun could not
missionary work in behalf of her bird
feathered visitor was quite won over.
and went away promising to abandon
borrowed plumagc of the literal variety.
IJ1rupr'S RlI9T
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
To Cure a Cold in One Da

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
25c. The genuine has l.. b. O. on each "a blet
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
LIFE PLANT"
1t Grows from Its Own Leaf in the
Island of Quad, 1oupe.

On the island of Guadeoupe, French
West Indies. peculiar plant, called the
life plant" grows wild. If any leaf
he broken from the plant and pinned by
the stem To the wall of Il warm room.
each of the angles between the undula-
tionS of the leaf margin soon throws out
a number of white. thrcad-like roots.
Next. II tiny plant begins to sprout,
which i'll the course of two or three
weeks attains Il height of two or more
inches. When the original leaf begins
to Shrivcl. which may take from six
weeks To three months, the small plants
may be cut ont with scissors and planted
or the whole leaf buried, when the young
plants will rapidly attain full size. When
cultivated the plant grows four feet tall
and produces graceful red and yellow
flowers.
Consul Ayme believes this plant could
he grown successfully as Il house plant,
and certainly in any ordinary green
house. Old and new leaves Sprout with
about the same readiness
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
THE ASUALTY LIST.
Gen. Otis Continues His Reports
About Condition of Troops.

Washington. u. G., March 13-Gen.
Otis today cabled the war department as
follows:
Manila. March 13. = Adjutant Genera.
Washington: Casualties san Pedro Nacati
Wounded March /, Private Warner Mar.
shall. First Washington. thumb, Slight ::
March 10, capt. Edward Smith. First Ida
no. leg. slight; March II. Private A. b.
Seigenthalcr, Twenty second infantry. rib,
severe.
Near San Felipe March :. co. c. Private
John Mcdonnell, First Wyoming ankle,
slight.
Near Calnocan. March 11-Twentieth Kan
saS. killed Co. +. Private Oscar q. Thorne;
wounded, Co /. Corp. William II Rieuihly,
hand moderate. March J.. wounded. Twcn-
tieth Kansas, co. {. Private Arthur {.
Howe. shoulder severe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
The HorSpless Wagon.

1t is now NV" Years by the clock since
the first automobile sailed up Fifth ave-
nuc We were witnesses of the alarm
with which horses viewed its approach
The alarm was natural. That solitary
automobile was the herald of their doom
1t was something else besides We should
like To he pictorial and say that we re
gar,icd it rs Il phantom of the future. hur
we prefer to he truthful and say that
we saw III il Il guarantee of clean streets
The latter are not here yet, but to use Il
HcgeliSn. they are in process of becom-
Ing The sal" of the last line of omni-
buses Of which the city boasts and the
declared intention of the purchasers to
put automobiles in their stead is good
deal more than Il step III that direction.
The organization of Il company To do the
trucking of the town automatically *
u good deal more than another Collier :
Weekly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
After the Dog Show.

Conversation in a railway carriage be-
tween Mr.. \. and Mr.. B., returning from
dog show Mt Manchester. Mrs. Z. and
Mrs. u. seated at opposite ends OF the
compartment.
Mr.. A.-"What do you think of Lady
Lupton:'
Mr.. B.-"Cannot say | cared for her;
don't like her expression: besides, she Is
pig-jawed and pricks one ear.
Mrs. C-"Oh. Martha, What horrid
men to speak SO disrcspectfully of a
lady. and Il titled lady. too.
Mr.. Al thought her feet bad: she s
a wretchcd mover. and quite out at ell
bows.
Mrs. C.-"La, Martha. | feel quite I'M
comfortable Where is the next stop
Mr. B.-"Ycs, and bad form. ! am
told She was reared on Il farm. and did
not get enough outdoor exercise. That
accounts for the lumpiness Of her knee
joints.
Mrs. Doh. Jane. do pull the cord"
Mr. A-'And | tell You what | no
ticcd she was short of a rib
Cord. Explanation. Curtain.-Tit-
Bits
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
Would Have Been in the Front.

Two darkies sat side by side IN an ere
waited railway car. One was a salloi
and bore the gilt lettering y. ;. >. Ne"
York" on his cap band. His coat colial
was open and his neck was barred TO the
cold air. His companion had a DERBY
hat jammed down over his ears ana MS
coat collar turned up almost to has eyes,
"Yo' wouldn't mind a breath of AR Ell
yo'd been where we all was, SAID the
sailor; different kind o climate, bu!
worScn this. And different KIND .
work. too he chuckled.
You didn't see much of the hghtlne-
You were in the background, weren
you?" said the muffed up one.
In the background? Well, eff you q
had bullets asingin past yo ears as
had. reckon you'd thought 70 was III
the front ground," cried the sailor:
Well. yo' didn't leave yo' ship:
Il had Il shore detail once
We'll. yo' didn't have rifles
'Revolvers to brighten EN- Oft. Ana
we cut our way fro de grass Wild KNIVES.
1t was de onliest way dar was. In de
background, Wish you'd been there.
lou'd n guessed you was III the front,
ground all right. till you ruined away.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
\ dispatch from Seattle states tt

Fred H Merritt of the Golden Star
mine at Mine Center, Rainy Lake dis
trict. arrived at Duluth recently with
>eyenty-four pounds of gold.