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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10
HONORED BY ST. PAUL
LIST OF FORMER MAYORS OF THE
CITY AT PRESENT
LIVING
THERE ARE NINE OF THEM

That Includes the Present Incum-
bent OF the Onice-Hon. Alex.
Ramsey Was the Second in Sue
sion of the Ctty's Chief ENecu-
tiVeS, Following Mr. ID. 0Imstead-
Gen. BECKER Is Also One OF Them.
OF the nineteen men who have he'd The
office OF mayor of st. Paul since April Is,
1854, but nine remain alive today. OF
these nine, Hon. Alexander Ramsey, the
second III The succession, following Mr.. u.
OlmsJead who was the first municipal
executive, has been spared to arrive at
the ripe age of eighty-four years, AID is
apparently strong and hear,y.
The names of the other eight mayors
now living ale George L. Becker, William
Lee. William Dawson. G. D. OBIien,
Robert a. Smith, +. p. Wright, Frank B.
DoIan and Andrew r. kiefer.
ALEXANDER RAMSEY.
The biography of the war governor of
idents of St Paul, and also to many of
the new generation who have kept pace
with current newspaper and periodical lit
erature. The governor, senator, eX-sec-
Tetary of war and second mayor of st.
Paul has ben described by Maj T. NJ.
Newson as the finest specimen of
physical man in the Northwest The
man most thoroughly posted in human
nature, and the man of the most jovial,
bluff; off-hand and friendly characters
tics"
Of Scotch descent on his fathers and Of
German descent on his mothers side, he
was born near Harrisburg, Pa, in 1915.
At the age of ten years he was left an
orphan and was employed as a clerk in
a store at Harrisburg. In 1928 he was in
the office of the register OF deeds of Dau-
phin county. For a short time he worked
at the carpenters trade, but from this he
drifted into the study OF law, graduating
at Lafayette college. In 1889 he was ad-
mitted to practice. and came to st. Paul
as territorial governor ten years later
Previous to this date, however, Mr.. Ram
sey had figured prominently IN politics in
the state of Pennsylvania, and in 1S40 was
chosen secretary of the electoral college
of that state In 1S41 he was elected chief
clerk of the house of representatives. He
also served in the Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth congresses. In 1S45 he was
town, Bucks county, Pa, and arrived in
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10
WILLIAM LEE.

Third in the list of living ex-
mayors of st. Paul is William Lee. He
took his seat April 12 1870, and served
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-10
FRANK 3. DoRAN.

The twenty-fourth municipat executive
of St. Paul is Frank B. Doran, who was
elected In May, 1885, and took his seat
June 2. serving until June 2, 1905. Mr..
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-31
Story Of a Slave
TO be Contlnued.)

To be bound hand and foot for
years by the chains Of disease is
the worst form Of slavery. George
d. Williams, of Manchester,
Mich, tells how such a slave was
made free. He says: My wife
has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in
bed alone. After using two bot
ties of Electric Bitters she is won
derfully improved and able to do
her own work. This supreme
remedy for female diseases quick
ly cures nervousness, sleepless-
ness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, f,,lntlng and dlzzy spells.
This miracle working medicine is
a godsend to weak, sickly, run
down people. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only 80 cents. Sold by
Garrett & Gerlg, druggis is
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-31
Volcanic EruptlOns

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions
rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica
Salvc cures them, also Old, Run
ming and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Bolls, Felons, Corns, Warts,
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Chapped Hands, Ch,lblains. Best
Pile cure on earth. Drives out
Pains and aches. Only 25 cents
q box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by Garrett & Gerig, druggists.
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The Public School System

Our public schools have not al
together escaped the evils of
OVERRIDING. When a man or
woman wants to reform the
world right away and does not
know how to do it, the popular
plan is to call upon the public
school system to perform the job.
1t is all SO easy. Just drill the
youthful minds in the elements of
the fad, and 10. the millennium
begins to dawn.
1t probably would break upon
US in reality if all these schemes
were put into opera ton, for either
the new generation would die of
brain fever or the schoolhouses
would have to be turned into lu-
natic asylums. The average cur
rlculum is about all mature per-
son would care to maSter,i and
there is distinct sentiment that
1t would be better to tighten than
to burden 1t.
At the convention of the Ma
tlonal Educational Association in
California last summer, the ex-
presslons against the tendency of
imposing fads and reforms upon
the public schools and increasing
the books and the studies were
free and vigorous, and the view
of the men and women best quail
flied to speak on the subject was
to the effect that 1T would be best
to limit closely the number of
studies and to teach a few things
well, SO as to produce well
rounded educational development,
to which the sensible fathers and
mothers of the land ought to say
Il fervent amen.--Saturday Post.
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NO KNIFE USED

Cancer, Tumors, Rupture,
Goitre, Piles, Flstula, Structure,
Fissures, Rectal Ulcers, Polypus,
Prolapsus Ami, Pruritis, and all
Rectal troubles cured without
knife or pain, or chlOroform op-
eratIons. We cure by mali ali
chronic and nervous diseases, all
blood and SKIN diseases in all
their various forms, Indigestion,
Constipation, Asthma, Ca
TART, Pleurlsy, Inflamma ton of
this Bladder, Neuralgia IN any
form, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Lost
Manhood, Kidney, Liver, Lung,
Heart, Stomach-all inf1a NINA
tory trouble. Address
e. f. BROWN, M. D.,
Bellevue Sanitarium,
Belleview, Fla.
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LaGlippe with it's after effects
annually destroys thousands OF
people. 1t may be quickly cured
by One Minute Cough Cure, the
only reiaedy that produces 'mme-
diate results in coughs, colds,
Group, bronchitis, pneumonia and
throat and lung troubles, 1t will
prevent consumption. Anti Mo
nopoly Drug Store, Ocaia, Fla.
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Oyster Parlor
and Restaurant

For ladies' and gentlemen. Oys-
t@rS and meats at all hours from
8 a. m. TO IL p. III. Oysters
served in any style. SPECIAL rats
- regular boarders. Personal at
t,ntlon given to both kitchen and
table. No 1O5. North Magnolia
street, next to McIver & Mckay.
Mrs. A. NJ. ANTHONY.
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READ THIS

distant. Phil lost SO many of his
pigs that he decided to turn de-
tactive. He soon located three
fine shoats in q pen On Long
Swamp. He applied to Truman
to turn on the legal screws. The
day for the trial in due time
came, and Phil was there, dressed
in a linen buster and q large era
vat, which John had extracted
from his fathers wardrobe for
this special occasion. The case
was called, and Phil was put On
the witness stand.
TO be Continually
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-31

Round trip tickets to Havana,
Cuba, via Plant System, and be-
ginning November 1st winter
tourist tickets to principal Flor
ida resorts. Tickets On sale to
all points in the United States.
For full Information relative to
schedules, resorts, rates, etc,
call at the city ticket Office in the
OcaIa House. j. &. Maughs,
city ticket agent.
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A full line Of Whitman's fine
candies and chocolates IN sealed
packages Just received at T. w.
Troxler's. Price 40, 60 ana 50
cents per pound.
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A TEXAS WONDER
Halls Great Discovery for Kidney and
Bladder Troubles

One small bottle Of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities Of the
kidneys and bladder in both men ard
women. Regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail on receipt Of 81.
One sma'! bottle Is two months treat
ment. a;d will cure any case above
nlention"d E. w. HALL
Sole Ma iufacturer, st. Louis, No. for
nlerly q Waco, Texas
Sold b the Autobiography drug store
Ocala, + a.
READ THIS
Seguin, Texas, Sept. q, 1861 have
taken H: IFS Great Discovery, and it has
cured ne completely of kidney and
bladder trouble. f. SUCHART,
Treasurer Gaudaloupe County
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A FLORIDA TALE
(By ". d. Turnkey. Clarksville, Tenn,

drous beauty. In the good old
days before the war its sunny
slopes were dotted here and there
with rough. built cottag es, the
winter homes of wealthy cotton
planters from Georgia and Caro-
lima. The Seminoles before them
called it "'Amascohegan' imoon-
lit waters.)
The only all-year-rouDd resi-
dent Of the lake was Colonel
Wagstaf, of Indian war fame.
he raised the long staple cotton,
and shipped by the queer little
steamboats, that made tri-weekIy
trips from Palatka to the upper
Ocklawaba.
In the midst of the lake an is
land lies, lily-lined on one side and
high-llfted on the other above the
beach Of coarse white sand-sand
like that which painters some
times sprinkle upon fences to dull
the knives of boys who whlttle.
This beautiful specK of land was
denscly wooded with the wild or
ange, and comprised about forty
acres of arabic land. When the
sea island craze was at it's height
the colonel decided to plant the
island in cotton; and soon the
orange trees were log heaps, the
logs became ashes, and the ashes
grew into cotton stalks. GLOW
foolish, " men would now say; but
the colonel was happy. What
more could "orange kings" be:
La the course of time, wars
rude blasts dlslodged from his
home in far-oif Tennessee another
gentleman with military prefix.
Captain John j. Cook and his
brother, Esau, bought for q mere
song the coloncl's plantation, and
soon replantcd the island with
orange trees. The Cooks We're
the first to settle in this region
after peace had thawed the fro
zen fountains of brotherIy love.
Soon, however, others followed,
and the lake became noted for
hcsperian apples and good
cheer.
The only negro in the whole
settlement was Phil, lean, lank,
slnewy lad, gingerbread in color
and jocose IN disposition. He
lived at Captain Cooks as gen
eral run-around for the family,
and was everywhere except
here wanted. His chief employ
ment when out of the captains
sight was playing with Captain
John, Jr., the twelve-year-old son
of the seuior Cook. His heels
and Johns had so often come in
contact with sandspurs, and con-
quered, that they resembled pep
per box tops. Each spur stepped
upon would yield at least one
barb 20 the stopper.
Not many miles from the lake
was the Long Swamp settlement,
peopled entirely with negroes,
who had homesteaded govern
nlent lands along the Ocala-
Tampa road for twenty miles or
more. Phil's determination to
stay with the white people was
often the subject Of discussion IN
the negro quarters, all agreeing
that there could be 10 harm in
picking up his fat pigs when they
strayed too far from home Bat
Phil knew On which side his
bread was buttered, and would
reply to them, when the subject
was preached, about as follows:
eco long dere niger, don't yer
reckln Is got mo sense'n er don
key? De Bible dun said dat de
OK knows be owner, and de don
key knows be marster's corn
crib. Yer kin jes bet yer bottom
doller dat dis here chile knows
whar marse Cap'n's kitchen
am"
The winter Of 1882 brought
many other settlers to the lake,
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We are Offering our line Of
WOODEN underwear cheap. Come
ard get a suit before the cold
weather gets you. J. w. Hold ges.
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TOmpkins' Ice Cream Garden

Ice cream delivered III any
quantity to any part of the city.
Give ample time when large
quantities are wanted. Restau-
lunches at all hours. Special
rates by the week
Also city dray furnished when
desired.
Ike Tompklns and wife, propri-
etors, 40 South Magnolia street.
or postoffice box 962, Ocala, Fla
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TIE road TO HEALTH

Economy i said to he the road to wealth,
Bu. cool head and warm feet II sure tie road
10 health.
D. your Shoes need half-soleing?
Do ahey need new h"eling:
D. th"y need new eyeleting?
Do they need new stifeninS?
Do they neel new Goreing or Elastic?
Do thrY Meet new laces:
Do they need invisible patching?
D. yOur rubber boots need patching:
Do they need heel plating:
Do they need rc-stitching?
Do they need new siding?
DO they need ne~ fronting?
Do they need new backing?
Do they need new topping:
Do they need French Backing?
Do your feet need corn curing?
Well, do You need new shooting:
If 50, apply TO-
y. W. GOODWIN,
The star Shoemaker, Ocala Fla.
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TO Care Constipation Forever.
Take Ca car@tS Candy CatI.arl:c Zee or 25c
II - G.. c. fail to cure, or, cIstS izfn, u4oreY
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-31

How q Your 1kI1neyss
Dr. Hobbs Sraragus Pills cure II kidney Ills. Sa n
ole free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or
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OurDress rim=
 ming Stock, *

Is rich with novelties, the as sentiments customers tell us, is be- yond comparison when measured by any other stock hereabouts, some of the kinds,
 Silk-Jet and Spangled Gimps Black and White Applique Black Silk and Chenille Frirges- Black Fringe DrapsriesSilk Tom Tom Fringes-Steel and Pearl Gimps and Garnitures-Plain and Fancy Silk and Mohair Braid Trim mings.
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tackle the wrongs right under their noses and preach actual facts and show the working man that he has a right to live in the world he was put in" He said the men, and especially the working men, are beginning to do their own thinking and that when they do their own thinking the preachers will have to speak something besides Isaac and Jacob, etc., before they will get them to their churches.
 Another man said last night that he was driven out of every church he had eyer attended and that the thing which caused this was nothing but hypocracy. He said that in every church it will be found that men are continually turned away because their clothes are torn or shabby.
 John Kerley said that he did not know of church in New Haven who would not receive anybody with open arms.
 Major William Lincoln, Charles Gay, William Gay, Roger M. Sherman and others spoke during the evening.
 Next Sunday evening the discussion on the same subject will be held and it is hoped there will be as many speakers as there were last night
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A DYNAMITE BARREL AS A TAR
 


 One of the most remarkable dyna- mite explosions that ever happened oc- cured few days ago on the levee, where the steam-dredge Gamers was engaged in clearing away the river bottom
 It was in the quiet hum and drowsi- ness of the monday hour. The mono tonous creak of the dredging scoop had ceased, and the laborers, wiping their heated brows, sought the refuge of the lunch-room with sigh of relief, and prepared for their midday repast. Then it was that Thomas Gordy, a clerk in the boat, also desisted from his labors and became seized with a desire to re- create his wasted faculties by shooting with Monte Christo rifle. Taking the rifle in his hand he went on deck and commenced to plug away at little fish swimming near the bank. Seeing barrel on the levee, twenty-six feet away, he thought it would be pleasant to put hole through 1t.
 Now, ordinarily, it is entertaining on a hot summers day to put holes through barrel, but marksmen should remember that all barrels are not emp ty. This particular barrel covered two boxes, each containing fifty pounds of the most powerful dynamite, seventy five per cent. nitro glycerine. Two pounds of it is sufficient to blow the toughest stump into atoms, and good care is taken that all living animals are two hundred feet away when the ex- plosion occurs It was this harmless ri, h AJr " thought it would be amusing to pune ture. He took careful aim and fred
 That MT. Gordy lives to tell the tale is nothing more or less than remarkable. There was a terrific explosion that shook windows in the Ursuline convent mile away Gordy's clothes were stripped from him in tatters, and he was thrown under the barge. Strange to say, he retained consciousness, swan out and was pulled aboard. Although he suffered from shock for some time, he now goes about with only slight limp as result of his injuries.
 The dredge-boat was not appreciably injured, although by measurement only twenty-six feet away from the explo- sion. Nearly every man on board was knocked down, but no one was injured. A watchman was knocked into the wa ter It was found that the crown of his hat had been taken off.
 The dynamite played many queer tricks. Besides breaking every glass and piece of crockery on the barge, it took away the stovepipe and legs of the kitchen stove, but left the body of the stove The legs were never found. feet away a negro was knocked out of his skiff and swan ashore. Gordy's gun was found in the woods with bent trigger and hammer. His watch-case was also found, but it's works had been blown out.-New Or leans Times Democrat.
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BULLETS HIT IN THE SAME
 pJ,A CJI TWICE

'The old axiom that lightning never
 strikes twice at the same spot is borne out by fact" said a regular army sur geon, the other day, but it is firmly believed by most soldiers. You remem- Der the character in one of Capt Mar ryatt's novels, who used to stick his
 head in cannon ball holes, regarding them only as the only secure spots in a battle-well, an almost singular incl dent came under my observation at San tiago. During the desultory fighting on the Sd of July, several soldiers were ly- ing near big stump on the east wing of the firing line, when along came bullett and knocked out chunk of bark bullet and knocked out a chunk of bark as big as my two palms. One of the finger in the hole. That's the safest place on the field he said laughingly and the words were hardly out of his mouth before another bullet shattered his hand. It took off two fingers and struck the stump within half an inch of the first missile. If they had been under severe fire this would not have been so remarkable, but one of the sol diers in the party told me afterward that the two bullets in the stump were the only ones that struck within fifty yards of where they lay After the surrender we found many places where bullets had struck exactly on the same spot. The most remarkable instance of that kind saw personally was near the First Brigade Hospital, where brass
 jacketed Remington slug and regu- lation Mauser bullet, both evidently spent, had embedded themselves in heavy fence post. They had come from different directions and were dug out welded together and formed rude cross. It is now in the possession of an officer of the Eighth, who had it mount ed in gold for watch charm. Nothing else near the fence post had been hit New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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MAILING FORD.

Thomas Kearney of Meriden was the lowest bidder for the contract to build the state road on North Colony street, and the selectmen, Hall and Cook, sign ed the contract on Friday, which MT. Kearney took and the same day visited State Road Commissioner Macdonald and secured his approval, and on Sat- urday had his men and teams at Work carting stone for the bridge. To-day le will begin active operations toward grading and getting the work well un- der way, and If the extreme cold wealth CT does not set in too early MT. Rear ney intends to get the entire work com pleted this season.
 The changes now being made in the lower floor of the town hall widd add much needed vault room for the rec ords of the town. The new vault to be made will be nine by eleven feet and the borough vault has space of nine feet and eight inches by thirteen feet and four inches. The present borough vault opens into the court of burgesses' room. When the new vault room is completed there will be an entrance way from the present town vault into it. The room to be occupied by the court of burgesses in the future will be in the next room east.
 The superior court decision in the case of the New Haven Water company against the borough of Wallngford has been handed down. This suit was brougt in January, 1S9S to restrain the borough from diverting any portion of the water of Muddy river at it's pump ing station. The ease was tried by Judge Roraback in the superior court, and he gave judgment in favor of the borough. The water company appealed to the supreme court, alleging forty-one reasons of appeal for errors in the rul- ing of the superior court. The supreme court finds no error, the opinion being by Judge Torrance. The case was ar gued last June. @Watrous x Day and c. "A. Harrison appeared for the water company and Henry Stoddard and o. H. D. Fowler appeared for the borough.
 w. A. Booth has received his reap pointment as deputy sheriff, and Satur- day morning took the oath of office and filed $10000 bond.
 Dr. F. S. Hancock and wife are stop ping in town as the guests of Mrs. Han cocks parents, Judge and Mrs. l.. M. Hubbard.
 The adjourned annual town meeting will be held in the town hall this even ing.
 The loss by fire at H. l.. Davis, house has been adjusted for $50.
 The schools in the Central district will be closed on Friday to enable the teach CTS to attend the state teachers conven- tion in Hartford.
 J. A. H. Heineman has already ship ped 5000 bushels of apples this season to Ayers, Mass.
 James P. Platt spent Sunday in New fane. Vt. George D. Munson won the first place tn the golf tournament Saturday, with a total of 105 and handicap of 16, mak- ing a score of S9. J. P. Stevenson from scratch broke the local record, with | score of 91.
 The eldest son of Albert s. Judd of | Main street, aged four years, died yes terday afternoon of typhoid fever.
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ioIiss Tl,eDter


 The two wonderful children, Ellis and Edwin Smedley, will appear this week Tn Polls in the comedy drama, ""The Little Mother" played by the Smedley family. They played last season the part of Little Lord Faunteroy alter nately in this city. The Courier at the time most emphatically endorsed them, Voicing the universal opinion of the public. Miss Eva Nudge, a clever comedienne, will also star the bill, and in fact the star list is very large this week because Ryan and Richfield will play their farcette, "A Headess Man." Jack Marshall's celebrated quintette will sing and Charles M. Seay, accom- panied by Miss Anita Hendrie, will present the satire, Dollars and Dogs" A new instalment of the Dewey pictures comes this week and the Althea Twin sisters appear in singing, dancing and acrobatic acts, Burllhart and Adler in Yiddish talking act and Barrett and Leonard in comedy sketch. Prices, 10 and 20 cents. Ladies at matinee, 10 cents. Bikes checked free.