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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
Minneapo1i. State of Trade.

At the meeting of the Trades and La
Dor council in Minneapolis last week the
following reports were received from the
different unions relative to conditions in
their trades:
W.oodworkers, No. 14Getting along
finely.
Woodworkers. No Reimbursement a
little slack, but picking up
.Woodworkers, No. REORGANIZATION get
ting along finely.
r Brewers-All working and organization
In good shape.
Bricklayers- all working and
organization in shape for the summer
work.
Custom Tailors-Business fairly good,
although, the spring trade has been a
coopeTs, No. s2-work good, and union
all right.
Cigarmakers-Fair; some of the mem
bers out Of work.
Coopers, No. 12-Nearly all employed
Coopers Machine Workers-All mem
bers fairly employed.
Observation-Disclosures good
Barbers-Business good; several shops
have been unionized.
Lathers-Business pretty good; looking
for a prosperous year.
Musicians Association-All employed
photographers = All members of the
union are employed.
Painters = Thirty-two new members
were initiated at the last meeting, and
the leading employers Of the city have
agreed to employ none but union men
the coming season.
Stonemasons-Not doing much on &C
count of the backward spring.
Pressmen-All employed, and all in the
union.
Typographical Union-Good demand for
printing.
Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers
Doing very well since the starting of
their new organization.
Upholsterers - Doing well, one shop
| thoroughly organized and the union gain
ing strength at every meeting.
Woodenware Workers-All working.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
NEW FAD.
How the Up-to-Date Girl Seals He
Letters at Present.

How the Up-to-Date Girl Seals Her
Letters at Present.
My lady has a new fad about her pape-
terie which this time has nothing to do
with the size or shape of the envelope or
the tint of the paper. The fad has Just
begun to gain hold on New York So
ciety girls, but 1t Is seen often enough
for the letter carriers to have noticed It.
and If you carefully inspect envelopes tho
fair sex have used that come to your no
tice you will see what it Is.
When she seals her letters now the up-
to-date girl no longer puts the seal In
the apex Of the triangle made by the fan
of the envelope, but carefully sets 1t abou,
two inches to the left, as the envelope
lies, address side down, on her writing
table.
Just what the reason for this is or what
the origin of 1t Is, none of the fair ones
who are following the fad seems to be
exactly sure.
ut is SO novel, though" one of them
explained, land the seal really looks
much more artistic off to one side than
planted right In the center"
Rumor has it that the fad started from
a letter received from a New York eirl
now resident in Paris, who has quite q
reputation among her friends for DOING
original things. AS so many of the stvIae
and fads come from the capital of France
that seems as good an explanation as anv
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
SHOPKEEPING EXPERIMENT.
Calvary Parish VIII Sell Dry Goods
tn tho Nav Vorl Door

Calvary Parish VIII Sell Dry Goods
to the New York Poor.
Calvary Episcopal church, at Fourth
avenue and Twenty-f1rst street, New
York city, Is well known among the poor
of New York for It's charitable and phil
anthropic work. 1t now proposes to open
shop, under the parish care, in which
will be kept a good line Of such dry goods
as are in constant demand among the
poor.
This Is not a new experiment for the
rector of Calvary, the Rev. DIR. ]. Lewis
Parks. He had already given his scheme
fair trial in his former parish of St.
Peter lin Philadelphia Dr. Parks told me
the original fund from which this shop
was started was furnished from the rec
tors fund.- This has been returned and
the shop has been for some years yielding
small interest upon the Investment
1t is proposed to keep a fair stock of
dry goods which are in common use, such
as ginghams, plaids, f1annels and cot
ton goods. Sales will be made on the in
stallment plan, and no person bringing
credentials will be refused credit for such
goods as he really needs. A reasonable
price will be charged in order to make
the work self-supperting, but 1t is the
purpose to keep the price far below that
charged in the ordinary dry goods stores
doing business on the installment plan.
This shop is really the outgrowth OF
custom which has been In vogue in
Calvary parish for some time. 1t has
been the practice to permit its parishion-
ers to purchase at cost price certain ar
ticles from its stock of cloth provided fo1
the regular work Of the various organiza-
lions. Demand for these articles increas-
ed to such an extent that the idea OF
keeping a store here similar to the one
he had organized in PHILADELPHIA pre-
sented itself to the rector.
1t Is proposed, as the occasion arises, to
enlarge the scope of the new institution
and If it seems desirable arrangements
may be made by which the store shall
shop for its customers. At present two
sales are held every week-on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings-in one Of the
large lecture rooms of Calvary chapel
in East Twenty-third street, New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
VOICE STARTS AVALANCHE.
The Slide Began just as a Man Call.
- eds"GoOd-Bye."

The Slide Began just as a Man Call.
eda"Good-Bye."
Rocky Mountain News.
is 1T true that the sound Of a human
voice may start snowslide? James Per-
chard, clerk of the state court of appeals.
is inclined to answer the question in the
affirmative. He has for twenty years
past been almost of the belief that a
word of farewell which he shouted in one
or the mountain canyons cost the lives
of two persons.
Il never think Of the event without a
shudder," said Mr. Perchard yesterday.
Il was mining at the time in the region
above Georgetown. The snow had fallen
to an unusual depth that winter, and
miners moving from one cabin to another
were warned to look out for slides. 1
stopped in one of my trips at the cabin
OF an acquaintance and took dinner with
him and his wife. AT the close of the
meal my host urged me to stay a while
and take smoke with him, but felt
nervous and impatient for some reason
which is was impossible for me to ex-
plain, and declined as politely as possible
the kind invitation. Z arose from the table
and without delay started on my Journey.
Crossing the canyon turned to wave a
farewell to the friends who had enter
tained me. The man and his wife were
third person was In the house. The air
was perfectly still. Not the slightest in
timation was given of the awful disaster
which was about to happen. waved my
hand and shouted Good bye
Hardly had the echoes of my voice
died away before muf11ed sound struck
the cara noise like the boom of can
non-and the whole side of the mountain
seemed to be in motion. The snow, ice,
trees and rocks started toward the bot
tom of the gulch, and within five seconds
the cabin was overwhelmed, and the spot
on wh1chtI stood one or two minutes be-
fore was buried under fifty feet of snow
I summoned assistance as quickly as II
could be done, and we frantically dug ou,
two dead bodies The third person after.
wards recovered from the injuries in.
| ficted by the slide, but have never en-.
| tirely forgiven myself for the word which
shouted on that never-to- be-forgotter
| daVn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
CALENDAR REPEATS ITSELF.
Every Twenty-Eight Years You Can
Use Your Old One Over Again.

Every ,Twenty-Eight Years You Can
Use Your Old One Over Again.
The monthly calendar and the yearly
calendar Of common years repeat them
selves at the regular intervals of six,
five, six and eleven years, creating tho
calendar steele of twenty-eight years.
Our yearly calendars repeat themselves
In regular order every twenty-eight
years, except when the last year of the
century Is not leap year; then an ir-
regular interval of six or twelve years,
and, in the case of the leap years u, 70,
80, "a, So Of such centuries the regular
order of twenty-eight years is not re-
sumed until the expiration Of forty
years twenty-etght splus twelve). Com
mencing with the year 1900 each yearly
calendar will repeat itself every twenty
eight years until the year 2099.
That all centuries must begin on either
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday
is explained by the fact that our calen-
dar repeats itself every 400 years, there
fore but four days out of the seven can
1naugurate century.
The interval of forty years in the case
of leap years Indicated at close of CEN
fury applies also toa any other event oc-
curing at intervals Of four years. For
instance, the presidential Inauguration
day, March 4, 1877, occurred on Sunday.
forty years later.
The intervals must always be six, five,
six, eleven years, but at the close of
three of every four centuries an irregu-
lar1ty in the repetition of the monthly
calendar occurs. There may be a repe-
t1tion of the interval of six years twelve)
or there may be an interval of seven and
fivesyearse (twelve) before the regular or
/ der Is resumed, but such. irregularity in
monthly calendars is limited to a period
Of twelve years. 49, ~
| No monthly calendar ever repeats IT.
self jn less than five years. AS a further
illustration, take6May,; 1871 This ;calen-
OAR repeated itself May, 1876 Give years,
and May 1882 aesix~ years., but the entire
calendar for 1871 repeated itself in 1882
only on eleven-year interval
A monthly calendar repeating itself at
no time in less than five years, and often
In not less than eleven years, the age of
an acquaintance can be readily ascer-
ta1ned by knowing the month, day of
month and Of week of BIRTH
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10

All day long until late last night the
members Of the subcommittee of the SEN
ate committee on finance and the house
committee on appropriations were hard
| at work on the omnibus appropriation,
| with the result that last evening they
| found themselves in position where they
| felt safe In having the bill reduced to
typewriting Gin rough draft), for con-
| sideration by the full committees Of both
| houses today
This makes 1t probable that the bill will
be introduced in each branch of the
legislature tomorrow, at which time it
| will probably be made special order for
| Thursday.
! Senator Stockton Rep.), Rice, who Is
| a member Of the subcommittee said last
night that he did not think the DISPOSE
| ton of the bill would take a great
| deal Of time. The committee had sailed
close to the wind, and was going to keep
the bill, If possible, within the amount
possible to be levied at the present tax
levy, although that would require pretty
close figuring. He had no doubt however,
| that the committee would succeed in do
ing this and he did not think that, If the
| committee was successful in meeting the
+ approval Of the respective finance and ap-
preparations committee, there would be
much opposition on the floor Of either
| house.
It Is intimated that the committee has
been holding the items needed In the bill
under pretty close control, in view of
the dubious condition of the Anoka-H Hast
| ings hospital matter. The consensus of
senatorial opinion. however, seems to be
that both cities will be looked after on
! some plan, whether 1t be known as the
| county plan. the cottage plan, or any
other old plan.
The tax levy at present will realize
| about $500, 600, and 1t Is estimated that the
| total expenses will run pretty close to
| the available amounts. a total of state ex-
penses, aside from the continuing appro-
priat1ons, of about 81, 10000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
DEARER THAN GOLD.
Eleven Such Metals, and One o
Them Worth SOS, 900 a Pound.


Them Worth SOS, 900 a Pound.
The expression worth their weight in
gold' is a familiar one. In the book Of
standard quotations it is thus credited
to John Terrier; Now cheaply bought
for thrice their weight in gold" 1t is
very generally believed that gold is rec
onized as the most valuable of the pre-
cious metals, but such a view of the mat
ter does not take into account 1.-The scien-
lists" There has recently appeared, I'M
der warrant of the highest scientific au-
ethor1ty, statement of values based
upon the commercial price of various
rare metals-a statement which over
throws many previous fond notions A
pound avoirdupois of gold is put in this
statement as worth $500. A pound of
platinum is valued at $144, and iridium at
SLIP. After these there is rapid descent
according to scientists, to cobalt, worth
So aepound; magnesium, worth $3.50; bis-
muth, worth $275; sodium, $3.50; manga
nese, $1.10, and aluminium, IS cents.
Then comes jump to chromium, worth
$3.50 pound, and palladium, worth $780,
Uranium is worth $3.50 and osmium is
worth $1,000 a pound. There may be
scattered about the community a few
persons who are looking for bargains In
barium, which costs $500 a pound, or
for rhodium, which costs $780, or for
arium, which costs So, 800. Indium costs
$4,400, thorium $500 and rubidium $780,
These figures, however, may be said to
pale into insignificance-if anything con-
nected with scientific discovery ever pales
into anything so intangible-when COM
pared with the value of gallium, which,
according to the scientific standard, is
worth $6S000 a pound.
The apparent excess Of value of the
other metals quoted over that of gold Is
not due, it ought to be added, to their
superior intrinsic worth, but rather to
their exceptional rarity. Gold in general
use as money, in jewelry, for ornament,
and otherwise, is being constantly pro-
duced, whereas the more rare metals are
with difficulty found, and the occasional
demand for them gives them what may
be called an artificial value
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
Used by Jenny Lind.

Two relics are treasured in ALBANY
that were honored as having been used
by Jenny Lind when she visited the
massive wood, vanished, medallion
painted and gorgeous in color. They were
the property Of the Delavan house, the
proprietor Of whichS bought these pieces
prima donna, the ordinary appointment
of the rooms prepared for her not being
considered fine enough. When fire de-
stroyed much of the old hotel years ago
later was sold with a quantity of other
things The proprietor of Turkish bath
house purchased the1pieces, and now they
are used in room set apart for guests
who may like to spend the night in
the building
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
Women Worker. in England.

The prevalent idea has been for some
time that the typical English woman
is, above all things. domestic, and it has
been mentioned that the pushing, bust
ling, fine de steele American girl might
profitably study the shrinking, cringing
femininity of her English cousins. The
American woman has also proudly claim
ed that she was the pioneer in women's
occupations, and that there are more
trades and professions open to women
in America than anywhere else on the
globe. A book just published in England
upon perusal, will soon take this conceit
pations may be noted ted the following foil
Feminine architects, farmers, plumbers,
bankers, chemists, contractors and gard
eners. Women drivers, cab drivers, pi-
lots and letter carriers figure conspicu-
ously. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
is THE SOUL OF W.T." GOOD WIFE,
you NEED
SAPOI-|O

from the long sleep her mind would be a
total wreck, but again the experts have
been surprised at the developments Of
this case.
One day Mrs. sercy suddenly opened
her eyes and in weak voice asked for
her children. She was greatly surprised
at the change which she found in them
after the long interval, but she had no
difficulty in recognizing them and ap-
peared perfectly rational on every sub
ject. Mrs. Sercy was not greatly weak
ened by her illness, and in a few hours
astonished her family and the physicians
by getting out of bed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10
Engineers Discuss New Laws.

Three lodges of the B. of L. e. held
short meetings yesterday afternoon and
evening. Division No. 474 met at Odd
Fellows hall, and besides transacting
routine business initiated one member
and listened to the report of the legisla-
tive committee.
Division No. 1913 met at Wittichs hall
and initiated two candidates and devoted
the rest Of the meeting to the consldera-
ton of routine business.
Division No. 1863 held a good meeting at
]. o. o. F. hall, Payne avenue, at 7.80 last
night, and disposed of a large amount of
business, besides initiating Edward Jones
John Olson and Henry Ives. The legisla-
tive committee made an extensive report.