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AntiquItY of ReIIs.

Before the time of bells various in- str4ments were used to summon con gregations to worship. h Egypt they are said to have followed a Jewish GUS tom ia using a trumpet. In some Or iental churches a kind of rattle gave the sigual. In monasteries monks took it in turn to go round the cells, calling the inmates to their devotions by knocking with a hammer. which was called the awakening instru- ment. Bells of one kind or another are however, of very great antiquity, having been used in religious cere- monies by many of the ancient nations as a means of honoring their gods and summoEing them to the feasts. For example, the feast of Osiris and Isis was always announced by bells. Pliny says that bells were in use long before his time, being called "Tin tin nabula." The Use of small bells (nolae) in Eng land, says William of Malmesbury, may be traced back as far as the fifth century, and 1t is clear from Bede that even those of the larger kind (cam- panae), such as sounded in the air and called numerous. congregation to di- vine service, were employed in Eng land as early as the year 680 being that in which the Abbot Hilda died.
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Wagner and the Goldfish.

At the suggestion of Kaiser Wilhelm. Gefmany's gigantic monument to Richard Wagner is to be erected be- side the romantic gold fish pond in the Berlin Thiergarten. the principal park of the German capital. The spot se- lected is to be made a musicians cor her by subsequent additions Of statues of Mozart and other famous authors. Seven renowned artists have been in- Vited to prepare and submit models for the Wagner. monument. prize court of the highest caliber will make the award when all the models are pre- sented. The funds for the purpose have been fully subscribed.
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Why She Got The nnrl.

A queer old man once made a tea party for all the little girls in our town; and, when they were all gather ed in his front yard in white dresses and carefully tied sashes, he offered a doll for the most popular little girl in the crowd
 But half the children did not know what most popular meant So he told them it was the best-lihed little girl. All the children voted, and Mary Blain got the doll. Mary was not the pret- tiest nor the cleyerest of the children but she got the doll
 Now" said the queer old man. q will give another doll to the one that first tells me why you all like Mary the best.''
 Nobody answered at first. But pres ently Fanny Wilson said, Its because Mary always finds out what the rest of us want to play, and then says, Let's play that'"
 The old gentleman said that was the best reason he had ever heard.
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Al Acted Parable.

When the late Dr. Alexander Proud nt was pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Springfield. Ohio, he told this amusing story at a social gathering of the teachers of his Sunday school
 "A good old Scotch elder, who was deeply concerned because his pastor consistently refused to allow children to be admitted to church fellowship, invited him to his house. After tea, the elder took the pastor out to see his large flock of sheep put into the fold Taking his stand at the entrance to the sheepfold, the elder allowed the sheep to enter, but as the little lambs came up, lie roughly pushed them back with a heavy stick.
 The pastor became very indignant, and exclaimed, What are you doing to the lambs? They need the shelter far more than the sheepp
 Just what you are doing to the children at the church, was the prompt reply.
 "1he object lesson did it's work. Never again did the pastor attempt to shut out from the fold of the church one of Ghrfst's little ones"
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CIeveIand.s Falr Flower.


 During MT. Cleyeland's tour of the south shortly after his marriage, Mrs. Cleveland and he were driving one day through the streets of one of the larger towns, escorted by two of it's citizens. Some one threw a bunch of violets to Mrs. Cleveland, and Mr Cleveland bent forward to catch it, remarking as he presented it: q won der why no one gives me flowers?"
 One of the gentlemen present gal IaE-3y replied: We think you have won the fairest flower in the land!" "Ah, yes returned the president, "but, you see, I can't keep her in water
 .It is not necessary. since you keep her in such excellent spirits, was the reply.
 Here Mrs. Cleveland interposed, say ing: T am afraid you are guilty of fiattery," " whereupon came the reply: No, madam; lattery is fulsome compliment. and in this instance no compliment could be either too frank or too fulsome!" The charm of this response lies in the last and fourth from the last words, Mrs. Cleveland's maiden name being Frances Folsom Ladies Home Journal.
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Mice That Manufacture Thread.

A Scottish artisan has conceived the ingenious and economic idea of em- ploying mice in the manufacture of thread. The small quadrupeds are made to turn wheel with their feet, and in this manner, and by means of . simple mechanical eontrivance, they are able to make about 2,800 reels of 197 yards each daily. To produce this quantity it is estimated that they cover a course of 18,000 yards.
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The Trekking Wagon.

The South African wagon is a long. heavy cart mounted on four wheels, as a rule, with a sort of canvas tent over the back half, leaving the front clear to carry the miscellaneous furniture of Its owner, drawn by sixteen, eighteen or twenty oxen, curiously fierce-look-
 ing with their immense spread of horn. sometimes as much as eight feet from tip to tip and rarely less than six. but in reality as patient and hard-working beasts as one could wish to find. Their mode of progression is certainly slow. but there is a strangeness and a fas- cination about 1t which may draw men to it almost as the Alps draw their deYotees. In front there marches the "voorlooper," generally small boy leading the two foremost oxen by a rein or rope passed through their nos trils. The driver walks alongside with the long and terrible whip he uses so unsparingly, or else sits on the front of the wagon and gets off occasionally to lash up the whole team with unfail- ing impartiality. The travelling is all done at night, starting a little before sunset and marching until perhaps II or l2 o'clock; then there is a halt till a little before the first signs of dawn. when they go on again till the sun be- gins to get hot overhead, and then they lie for the day.-Gentleman's Maga- zine.
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PROMoTOR
Of Jungfrau Railroad Dies with Ills
 Great Work Unfinished.

Great Work Unfinished.
 Zurich (SWitzerland) correspondence Chicago Record A man unique in Switzerland, Adolf Guyer-Zeller, has just been buried in the little manu- featuring village of Bauma, which was very nearly owned by the deceased financier and promoter A special train left this city this afternoon, bearing to Bauma, besides the remains of NJ. Guyer=Zeller, a number of members of the Swiss Federal Council. the entire Greek Society of Zurich, deputation of city officials and about 300 friends and business associates M. Guyer was the only railway king Switzerland possessed, and his death has caused the expected furry in railway stocks here. It was due to his marvellous zeal that most of the important rail- ways of Switzerland were built His greatest work was the JungfraC rail way, a project which has been pro. nounced impossible by modern engin- eers. When unable to find financial backing he decided to build it with his O"H Aholl0y' anu HilhSe4I hdu uelldySu all expenses thus far. A large part of the road is finished. but M Guyet did not expect to complete it before 1903. Now the question is, who will finish his life work? Aside from his railways, he was greatly interested in manufacturing concerns. His death will be felt greatly by the Greek na. tion, whose consul general he was for the German and Italian cantons of Switzerland
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spurning s10o,ooo a Year.

Says the London Christian Common wealth: Fred Charrington's temper ance badge costs him about f20,000 a year. At least this is about the income Ae would have received had he sue aeeded to his fathers business, instead of going over to the temperance ranks. The work which he organized twenty four years ago in a tent meeting in Mile-end road, Bow, has grown stead fly, till now he has. in the great assem- ply hall the largest mission hall in the world.
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Cheerful.

She-Ah, how heavenly I always love Wagner so much. Where is the band located?
 He-Madam, that is not band. The machine shop and blaming mill around the corner are merely running night turns, owing to the revival of busi- ness.
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HOW TIjian Clocks Arc Made.

The Fipian clock is rather Q eurios- ity; it is made from a hollowed tree trunk, something after the shape of canoe This is placed on the ground in the center of the towns, At 12 o'clock a few sharp strokes upon this hollow trunk with a wooden club at tract the attention, then twelve slow, loud strokes are given. This takes place every hour. the right number of strokes being given. The sound can be heard from one side of the harboE to another.
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How pr. Aillburn stndlaa.

Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of congress, Is a wonderful exampla of pluck under terrible difficulties. Al years of age the sight of one eye went out; with the other he could still see partially How he managed to smell his way through school and eolIepa iq told by the Union Gospel News
 When he made up his mind to antar the ministry, he was clerk in an rlj- nois store, with small means, and small opportunities.
 "Time was" he says, "when. after fashion, I could read, but never with that flashing glance which instantly transfers a word, line, sentence.
 Monte Carlo Story.
 The London Telegraph tells this Monte Carlo story: "A woman entered the salle while a prince whom she knew was winning in a sweeping style that scvmed destined to break the bank. I am so glad to see you here prince, and in such luck, too!' she ex- claimed Do tell me a lucky number: it is sure to win, for you know you are now in the vein The prince gener- ously placed a D 9 of gold louis before the yivacIous lady, whose beauty had successfully defied the effects of S6 winters, and said: Put it all on the number of your years and reap q golden harvest The lady reflected. hesitated, and then placed the pile on 27. An instant later the eroupier sang out. 'Thirty-six, red, wins. The lady muttered. An, mon Dieu; 36 is exact ly my age. and tainted on the spot"
 ohancee af the Country Boy.
 Shall the country boy continue to deplore his lack of chance? A re- porter has recently ascertained that 70 per cent of the cleverest men of the Chicago Exchange were brought up on farms. While mere circumstances of birth may sometimes make or mar sue cess in life. it is doubtless true that the all-round education of the farm is enc of the best foundations for spe- eialization in any future career.
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Happiness.

Who is the happiest person? He whose nature asks for nothing that the world does not wish and use.
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Food That Costs Nothing. During the warmer season, when allowed to forage for themselves, each fowl gath CTS several ounces of meat daily
 When the supply of grasshoppers, bugs, flies and worms fails, it may be furnished from the table, the scrap pot or the market Green food may be furnished in cabbage, vegetables, ap- ples or cut clover. A warm breakfast 5hould be given on cold days and there should be no lack in the supply of drink. A meat diet with grain and vegetables is essential to the well be- ing of fowls during the cold weather, when worms, bugs and insects are not to be found by the birds, but in sum- mer the fowls can secure such foods for themselves. Gardening.
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Bee That Took to Drink.

Dr. Weir, in discussing the tendency of some insects to get drunk. says: "An intoxicated bee was carried to my laboratory for dissection and micro scopie investigations This insect was so drunk that when placed upon it's back it had the greatest difficulty in getting upon it's legs, yet when cos mos blossom was brought within two inches of it's head the bee thrust out it's proboscis and staggered toward 1t. It immediately began to suck the nee- tar and in few minutes tumbled over, a drunken, senseless, almost inert lit tie mass-=a victim of appetite" seedIess Oranges and Concord Grapes. The seed1ess orange that has be- come so popular in California was originally found growing wild in the jungles of Brazil. The Concord grape also is a wild plant and the man who removed it from the woods in Massa- chusetts died but recently.
 The Ink Plant.
 The ink plant of New Granada Is q curiosity. The juice of 1t can be used as ink without any preparation. At first the writing is red, but after few hours it changes to black
 Carrier Pigeons In War
 On an average 200 carrier pigeons ara officially kept In every German fort ress.
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His wife,s Gift.

His Wife,s Gift. He beamed in joyful ecstasy Der a hundred dollar gift, Till from his purse he found thered been A hundred dollar lift"
 Judge.
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Sufficient Reason.

The poet sat with his head resting in his hands
 Upon his face there was seated look of deep deejetion.
 His cheeks were sunken.
 He eagerly eyed the door into the grill room of the bar beside which he sat.
 By and by a friend happened in and slapped him on the shoulder.
 What's the matter, old man?" he asked.
 Matter huff" was the melancholy response.
 "Whatse
 Last week the warm weather in spired me and wrote a lot of verses about spring and vioIets and balmy breezes, and now look at that"
 He pointed toward the window be- yond which the snow was piled in drifts.-Detroit Free Press. Largest swannery in the British Isles.
 The largest swannery in the British Isles is that at Abbotsbury, in Dorset shire, at the western end of the Fleet estuary. The swannery belongs to Lord Ischester, and contains over 1 900 swans. At one time the swannery held as many as 5000 or 1000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-27
ST. PAUL PRODUCE

Official quotations on produce are no
Longer Furnished by the st. Paul Produce
changing hands in the open market are
as follows
Butter-Firm and In active demand. Re-
hrsts, 26c; Dairiess-Hand separator, 24c:
extras. 23@24c; hrsts, 2O022c Ladies'
Extra Extras jl6 Ell packing stock. 15c.
fancy, full cream, 121z@1Sc; full cream
Young America, new. 13014c; brick. No
l, 13Q131sc; brick, No. 2, I11hc; Swiss
cheese old, 121Sql4c; Limburger, as to
Eggs--Market shows flrmness; receipts
moderate and local trade takes the
bulk Fresh stock, cases included, loss
Popcorn-Per ID, 2MQac.
Beans-Market firm. Fancy navy, per bu.
e; medium, hand-picked. per bu, 81. 40
Peas12Yellow peas. $40: fancy green,
Potat o: Ste fair demand at ssQsgc;
Muscsa :, tines Inc per Dbl. $3.50; Cobdens, per
Vegetables SCaulihower, per bu, $1@1. %;
s.; tomatoes. crate. 81 IS basket Rea, g. ef d.
GG9 aabs frSIt@Pyy; b Per ttSR s25@50
essas Rs. lS'' Almeras' per key
AppIes-New York market steady; higher
per Dbl, $45095; Fancy, per bbi. $500
80; choice, $2.75Q3. Is; fancy Ben Davis
$3.25QS.5 so; choice Ben Davis, $2.75e53 Is,
Lemons-Receipts liberal; demand good
csHfornia, per box. 81 :a5e@ B97 'z'04'0'
Congratulations, per box, $3.50: Cali
fornia navel. $S50@S.7 Is; Seedlings, s..
Cranberries-Cape Cod, S65097 so per Dbl :
Jerseys, Sc per Dbl; Bell & Bugle. s.. 30
per Dbl; Wisconsin and Minnesota, s.
Onions-Red Globe, per bu. s50eoc. Vel
low Globe, per blu, S5Q90c; Red Weth-
ersf1sld, per bu, 759S5c; sllverskins, per
Hickory, per bu. SOL. %; black wal
nuts. per Blu, 75c0$1 new California
Walnuts, per ID, 13c; peanuts, raw, per
ID. SC; peanuts, roasted, per Id, &c; Bra
zils, per ID, &c; pecans, medium 10
1l13c; hazelnuts, per lb, 121Ac; chestnuts,
new, per lb, 12915c.
Bananas-Supp1y large; demand active.
Choice shipping, $2.6O93.
Figs and Dates = Figs. new, California,
per box, 1.25; Fard dates. 10-lb boxes,
6g9c; Hallowee dates new, &c.
per half Dbl, $271; hard, per Dbl. S.
f. fHir: Veal, fancy, &c., veal, medium
mutton, country-dress 607c; milk
lambs, pelts off, 7Q9c.
Poultry - Dressed. Turkeys, choice to
fancy, 9@11c; culls, &c; chickens, SGD8ac;
Fish-Fair demand. Groppies per ID, e1h
&c; pickerel, per ID, 4c; pike, per ID,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS

SEED ARKETS-Chicago Dec 26.-
Inc naxseeG market appears to be at a
standStiL. The speculative market ap-
pears TO De willing to rest with confidence
On the pinnacle which is built and with
certainty Of still higher points. 1t is not
probable that the holiday season will
develop much. Receipts here were 104
cars, II cars at Duluth and 70 cars at
Minneapolis Cash fax at 1882, May at
timothy seed closed at $3.50 per 100 lbs,
and clover seed at $S25 per 100 lbs. Min
neapolIs f1aXseed quoted at $1.4315 per bu
BOSTON WOOL MARK T-Boston
Dec. 26-The holiday season has not had
much effect on the wool market. The de-
mand continues quiet, but values are firm
FOR all grades. Territories wool continues
to lead, holders are asking Csc for fine
medium and fine, while the staple article
is calling for zoe. Fleece woods are slow,
put the market holds firm. Following are
the quotations for leading descriptions
Ohio and Pennsylvania fieeces X and
above, 33Q34c; Xxx and Xxx and above IS
@36c; delaine, 3SQ40c; No. l combing, 800
VS. No eOm5ipg, 5000 Mic, Michigan,
l Michigan combing, 35636c; No. 2 do, "a
g35c; No. Illinois combing, 35@36c: No. 2
illinois combing, 34q35c; X New York, New
Hampshire and Vermont, 26G27c; No. 1
New York, New Hampshire and Vermont
92933c; delaine Michigan, 34035c IN
washed medium, etc.-Kentucky and In
three-eighths blood, 29G3oc; Missouri
quarter-blood combing, 26c; three-eighths
blood, 26@27c; braid combing. 23024c; lake
and Georgia, 24Q25c. Territory woos-
Montana and Dakota, fine medium and
fine, 22Q24c; secured 60@65c; staple, 66GD
zoe; Utah, Wyoming, fine medium and
tine. 18Y21c; secured, 59Q62c; staple, $50
Csc; Idaho, fine medium and fine, 1SG21c:
secured, 59Q62c; medium, 20923c; secured,
52Q54c Australian secured basis, SPOT
prices, combing superfne S5Q9oc; good,
S5QS7c; average. SEC.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York, Dec
26-Butter-Receipts, 1852 pkgs; strong;
western creamery, 23Q27c; June cream
cry, 22G251ac; factory, 1512@20c. Eggs
Receipts, $3.50 pkgs: steady; Western I'M
graded at mark, 15G21c; Western, 23c, loss
Chicago. Dec. 26-Butter steady; cream
cries, 16@26c; diaries. 16G22c. Eggs firm;
fresh, zoe.
2S-Coffee futures opened steady at I'M
ruled exceptionally dull with weak I'M
dertone, following unsatisfactory Eu-
ropean cables and Indifferent public in
terest. Transactions were exceptionally
small with scarcely 5 points variation all
day. The market closed quiet and I'M
changed to points lower; total sales,
$3.50 bags. including January, 5.S5c;
March, 6 05c: May, 610c; July 61566 zoe;
August 6.2oc; September. 6.30c. Spot Cot
fee-Rio dull and nominal; No. invoice,
SIC; No Z iobbing. nc; mild quiet Cor
higher; fair refining. 8 13-16c bid; refined
"a" 15-16c; Confectionery "a . i5-iGd;
cut loaf. 9-16c; crushed, 9-16c; pow
dered. SIC; graduated, 3-16c; cubes,
5-16c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-27
SALTWATER.
Remarkable Act of VandnIisu,-Iror-
gers Like Cold Weather

Remarkable Act of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
gers Like Cold weather.
A remarkable act Of vandalism WAS
committed in the office Of Judge 7 G.
Nethaway Sunday afternoon. Some one
entered the office and proceeded to de-
moHsh things. The note books owned by
Mr.. Nethaway's stenographer were torn
INTO bits, and papers and everything else
were scattered about the office. No ar
rests have been made
Loggers rejoice over the cold weather
now prevalent in the logging regions.
Even with the absence of snow logging
is getting along nicely and Ice roads are
being constructed.
An adjourned term of the district court
was held yesterday by Judge WiIIiston.
of Red Wing, and several small cases
were heard. Court cases have been set
for trial.
Now that Christmas is over Saltwater
merchants have had an opportunity to
consider the amount Of business trans
acted last week, and reports in nearly all
cases are to the effect that trade was
better than it has ever been before.
Thomas Burke, OF Solway. MINI. who
spent Christmas with relatives in this
city, expects to return today
The I. S. c. club, consisting of the
young society people of this city, will
give a dance in Woodmen's hail on the
29th inst
In the probate court yesterday final
settlement was made in the matter Of
the estate of Nancy Borden, deceased.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-27


NEW YORK, Dec. 26-Wan street spent
a very dull day today, and took great
comfort therefrom as a grateful relief
from the painful activity of last week.
The fact that the stock exchanges in
London and in Germany were closed had
an influence toward dullness in view of
the great importance attached to the
course Of events at those centers. The
London market particularly will be eager
ly scanned tomorrow to get an idea of
the progress of the settlement which has
caused grave anxiety. The strength
shown by International stocks in this
market was an indication of confidence
in a quiet settlement IN London. The
London market for Americans has be-
come so narrow and is so subject to
manipulations that the cable quotations
in other parts Of the market were await
ed before conclusions were drawn.
Sterling exchange in New York was
without quotable change, and tomorrow S
steamers take only single shipment of
gold amounting to $500,000. The sterling
exchange rate in Paris reacted fully 312
centimes, indicating a notable relaxation
in the London pressure on that center.
Here the money ruled easy all day from
az to 6 per cent. These various indica-
tons awaken some confidence that the
stress of the preparations for the Jan.
disbursements OF QlNlOeIQS anu Interest
is past.
The depositing of the internal revenue
payments in banks here continues and
the course of interior exchange is In IA
vor Of New York. The quiet course of
events in Boston today was also viewed
with much satisfaction from Wall street.
The consequence was market when
displayed many examples Of market
strength, although the dealings were
very dull throughout. That the demand
was considerably made up from the short
interest was evident from the large gains
shown by stocks which have been recent
" suffering from bear manipulation. There
was some professional bidding up of
prices In opposition to the bears, as there
was an appreciable demand through COM
mission houses. The higher range of
prices did not bring any severe pressure
on liquidation, having fair grounds for
confidence that forced liquidation is at an
end. The market receded at intervals IN
a semi-stagnant condition, but the closing
was strong, though very dull. a number
of specialties showed gains ranging from
to points, and many railroads are a
point or more higher.
The bond market was irregular, specu-
lative issues advancing and some less con-
spicuous mortgages showing sharp re-
actions Total sales, par value, $780, OO.
United States IS advanced Il in the bid
price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
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