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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

morist could have his serious moments.
He rushed down to the Office to find what
had become OF his story. ne managing
editor knew no.-.ng about 1t; the city
editor hadn't heard of it, and the fore
man of the composing room hadn't seen
it. AS Mark was snorting about the
Outrage" and hustling about the office
to find where in the name of Huckleberry
Finn the copy had gone to, proofreader
gave a sly nudge to Mark, and whispered
confidentia.ly You owe me a cigar"
why, how's that?" asked Mark.
I've earned it, replied the proofreader
In whisper of absolute confidence II
saved your job for you last night. Maybe
you don't know how the Old man here
feels about such things. He's fired three
men since I've been here-just that way"
Just what way?"
why, just as you were last night, You
know. Your stuff wouldn't do at all; 1t
was simply terrible. l knew If the Old
man saw 1t you were gone, so fixed 1t
up myself"
On most provincial newspapers, as pa
pers printed outside Of New York are
known, the galley boys correct the gal
leys. Sometimes in the best regu ated
offices the galley boy proves that he is
not a little brother to the OK. One of
these bright boys, looking over a poem
that stood in the corrected galley rack,
saw the line
Shall reign the Hecate Of the deepest
hell
Being less familiar with the English
language than he was even with Greek
mythology, he wasn't certain whether
cat was spelled with a final e or not He
ran to the foreman. and being told that
In that Office cat did not take the final
he corrected the line so that the next
morning It read:
Shall reign the He cat Of the deepest
hell.
One morning the readers of an es-
teemed contemporary were perplexed 10
see in type the announcement that THE
Scotus handed down an important de-
cisiOn yesterday" The afternoon paper
of the town, with whom the morning pa
per for years had held bitter contro-
versy, Interesting none but themselves,
on the relative merits of morning and
afternoon papers, laughed that day, as
the poets say. lin ghouiish glee" and it
was up to the morning paper the next
day to explain that the types" made
them say that the Scotus did so and so,
when the telegraph editor should have
known that word was merely the abbre-
Walton Of the telegrapher for supreme
court of the United States.
I Last Sunday a preacher in Mckee s.
Rocks, Pa, took for his text BE We
therefore steadfast," which being inter-
preted in the weekly paper, meant, "Be
We there for breakfast
1t was the mistake Of a makeup man
that put a face powder puff between two
death notices, and the telegraph editor,
who stayed late that morning, saw it and
had it routed out Of the stereotype plate
1t is an old story-such an old one, that
about Leigh Hunts line, that 1.-The types
almost refuse to do their duty in telling
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
CLOSING SCENE OF THE WAR
How Jefferson Davis Received the
News of LincOIn's Death.
Independent.

Independent.
The war being practically over, I was
sent from our comp at Lincolnton to
Charlotte, N. c., under a flag of truce.
Having entered the town with E. M.
Clark, member of my company, as an
escort, I was conducted to Gen. EchoIs'
headquarters In large upper room evil
IDENTIFY a schoolroom. Our guide pointed
out the general, a fine-looking, portiy
gentleman, seated at a table. Removing
nay hat I advanced and laid my papers
on the table and said: "Gen. Echols,
presume. These dispatches are from
Gen. Gillian. Shall 1 wait for an an
swer2"
please be seated" the general said
CHANGING around saw about sixteen or
eighteen gentlemen, all, with one or two
exceptions, in military uniform. Col Cal
Morgan, brother of Gen. John Morgan.
OF raiding fame, came to where I was sit
ting, and shaking hands, said: az be-
lleve you and Ilare not altogether strang-
ers." He had been our prisoner a year
or so before. While we chatted a gem
tleman in civilian melton gray suit turn
ed to address Gen. Echols. The cold
stare of a glass eye caught my attention,
and the features were somewhat faInii-
lar.
"Ah JEFF OASIS, and you here, pressed
/ saw a much pleasanter-faced man than
our Northern papers had pictured him.
A dispatch was handed to Gen. Echols,
who read and reread It, with an anxious,
earnest look upon his face. Hall rising.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

he passed the paper to Mr.. Davis, who
read 1t slowly, and, handing it back, re-
marked: well. we have lost a generous
enemy"
l paid little attention to what Mr.. Davis
said, supposing one of our Northern gen.
erals had been killed or died. The dis
patch went the rounds Of all, finishing in
Col. Morgan's hands, who asked Gen.
Echols, If consistent, to allow me to
read it.
"Oh, yes; give it to himH' he said; when
I read:
Lincoln was assassinated the night of
the 18th in Ford's theater Seward was
assassinated about the same time in his
own house: Grant has marched his army
PACK to Washington to declare himself
Greensboro n. G.. April : = '0''nS'0H'
1t was not long until Mr.. Davis left the
room and several others followed.
Gen. Echols asked: Mr.. Thomson,
where is Burbridge and his niggers?''
Just back Of Lincolnton,'' 1 said Be
ing somewhat incensed at the question,
said: II see you have President Davis
with you, general?"
Looking around the room, the general
said: mo. Mr.. Davis is not here"
But" said T. "he was here minute
ago."
"Mr. Thomson, am surprised at your
asking any such questions while here
under a flag Of truce"
"Oh! 1 beg pardon, general, you broke
down that bar by asking as to Burbridge
and his niggers.''
/ cannot recall the exact date of the
dispatch. But 1t necessarily Travelled
slowly, as we had cut all the telegraph
wires, burned bridges, tore up railroads,
and impeded travel all we could.
After hasty repast furnished by Mrs.
Echols we left for our post.
"A w. Thomson,
Lieut.. Twelfth Ohio " c.
Gen. EchoIs, smiling, said: Eyes, Pres
ident Davis is with u.s."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

New York Press.
Dreadful execution is done sometimes
by the man behind the types. Once a
newspaper man wrote an "ad'' for a the
alter, and I'm IL said:
From half past eight till half past ten
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
The style on that paper called for ex-
pressing the hours by figures; so when
the "ad' appeared it read like this:
From $50 to 1890
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
Sometimes the proofreader fails to cor
rect, and sometimes he doth correct too
much The sporting editor of a San Fran
cisco newspaper had among his notes an
item which said: The young salmon are
beginning to run" The next morning the
statement was printed on his page that
1.-THE young salmon are beginning to
swim" When the editor asked how It
had happened the proofreader said cheer
fly:
That's all right Billy. You had that
mixed up with your turf stuff, but I
Strengthened 1t out for you"
But why didn't you let 1t go as 1
wrote it?" persisted the editor
II couldn't" was the reply. Who ever
heard OF a fish running?"
Once a year, when go is in on the
Denver morning papers, and the telegraph
editor, while waiting to be called out to
the makeup, feels as if he wouldn't de-
mean himself if he talked with the re-
porters who are holding down the mid
and dog watches. the only story of Mark
Twain is told. One of Marks early as
signments in Denver was to write up the
opening of a new saloon, which was a
noteworthy bit of news in those days in
Western towns. The funniest way that
Mark could think TO write that story was
to start 1t off soberly, and let the words
bear silent witness to the fine quality of
the drinks dispensed that night. So the
article started at a walk, and soon ap-
peared to be running away with the
writer. Out of the mist of ideas shone
forth strong, if not clear one great con-
trolling purpose, and that was to euogize
the saloonkeeper. And in this maudlin,
incOherent eulogy the story ended at such
a late hour that Mark sent it out to the
composing room himself. He thought it
was the greatest thing that ever happen
ed, and he laughed over 1t till he cried
which proceeding is contrary to all hu-
moristic precedent; but Mark was young
then.
Another proof of the fact that Mark
was young was shown the next morning
when he eagerly scanned the paper to see
his story in type. Page after page he
turned to the last one, and then he went
through the paper again backward At
last, down at the bottom of column next
TO the reading notices, he found this:
THE Alcazar saloon was opened last
night with appropriate festivities"
Then Mark showed that even hui
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
Obtained the Passes.

New York Observation-Disclosures
Chauncey M. Depew was walking down
Fifth avenue the other day with g. GER
tain politician, who was trying to induce
the senator to give him some railway
passes He was making an impassioned
statement of the reasons why his needs
should receive the enlightened considera-
ton of Mr.. Depew, when an old, tattered
beggar interrupted him to get something,
in his turn, from the senator.
Look here" said the politician to the
beggar. You work the other side Of the
street; this Is my side"
Mr.. Depew laughed and gave to the pol
itician the desired passes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
To @Bid Yourself Good-By.,

bTOm the SPECTATOR.
An admirable instance Of CHEEKY stoi-
cism" is found In the letter of private
IN the Celdstreams NOW living wounded
at Wynberg), describing his experiences
in the battle at Mo6F5er river: 'I hap
pened to find bit OF looking glass. It
made rare bit Of fun. AS 1t was passed
Have a list look at yourself. my boy,
and bid yourself good-by.' The laugh
went round Then Advanced and we
were ut 1t again" Certainly. as Gen.
R.siiAr said. the men are splendid
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
The TransvaaI Amazons.

1t is considered not at all unlikely that
Boer territory the women will take up
arms against them And they would be
no mean foe to contend with. The aver
age Boer woman is thoroughly trained to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

the use of the rife. and her en,,,.,
towards Britishers is very bitter. In fac{
It is stated that President Kruger mi
had great difficulty in restraining these
low them to take tho Held as a last re.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
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SURPRISING STATEMENTS THAT HAVE Cor Our IN PRINT
AND How SOME HAPPEN.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
Dynum Rejected.

The senate, by tie vote, rejected the nomination of W. D. Bynum as geueral appraiser at the port of New York. The Chicago Records cores. pondent tells why the democratic sena tors objected to Bynum being con frmed:
 There are two reasons why the dem- ocrats of the senate refuse to confirm the nomination of ex.Representative Bynum of Indianapolis as a member of the board of appraisers at the city of New York, which is practically a life position, at a salary of S7, 800 year, and one of the most agreeable under the government. The law requires that both political parties shall be rep resented on the board, and Mr. Bynum was nominated as democrat. The democratic leaders in congress- insist that this is not fair, because Mir. By mum did everything in his power to de- feat the last democratic candidate for the presidency and elect the republi- can candidate, which is sufficient evI- dence, they think, that he Is not a loyal democrat, and therefore should not be given one of the fattest plums allotted to the members of that party. In the second place, they decline to assist President Mckinley in paying his political debts and rewarding the democrats who aided in his election. It was bad enough for so prominent man as Mir. Bynum to desert his party
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14

mon saleratus, which every Arizonian who expects to make bread carries with him. At station a little way beyond he got some ammonia and put on the wound. He has since felt no other inconvenience than soreness and is apprehenslve of no serious trouble. The Gila monster is evidently not a poisonous reptile, but foul one. He takes things into his stomach and keeps them there so long that he has bad and poisonous breath. He never cleans his teeth, or rather his heavy gums, so that people who are bitten by him are not infrequently troubled by blood poisoning. In this case the monster wi iped his teeth on his victims shirt
 here is quite an array of persons who nave been bitten by monsters in this territory and in no case was the contact the fault of the reptile, which is practically harmless on account of his slowness of movement.
 John Bostic was bitten at the Tip Top mine in 1877 and died six months later Death was preceded by para. lysis. A Frenchman was bitten at Fairbanks in 1883, got drunk and died in three and half hours, no doubt of alcoholism. Waiter Vail, the well known cattleman of Pantano, now of Los Angeles, was bitten ten years ago on the hand. It was so long before he could disengage the monster and ob. tam surgical assistance that he nearly lost his hand. Phoenix Republican.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Hanna ttas Everything in Readiness
 for tine Big Event.

A Washington dispatch says: The
 holding of the Philadelphia republi-
 can convention is hardly necessary, save to ratiiy the work already cooked
 up by the coterie of United States senators. Mr. Hanna will lead this
 distinguished list and take with him a
 presidential candidate in the open, a
 vice presidential attachment up his ! sleeve and platform already written
 in the rough. There has never been, in the history of the republican party, such domination by the one-man
 power. An the speeches to be made
 by the temporary and permanent chairman and the one placing McKin. ley in nomination are now in Hanna's 5 hands and are edited by himself aud the president at the White House. The plank giving Mir, Sppooner and
 Mir, Fairbanks the greatest trouble to devise is the one with reference to the trusts. It is necessary to so disguise the language that the people will have an idea the declaration will mean something, whereas the trusts will know and have direct assurance to the contrary. Senators Spooner and Fairbanks have been selected to fix up the trust plank because they are well known corporation lawyers and know about how far they can go into a re- solve without giving offense
 Mir. WolcOtBs speech as temporary chairman will be largely devoted to painting in glowing colors, with words he knows so well how to use, the prosperity abroad in the land, and how President Mckinley brought it about. Senator Lodge, as permanent chairman, will paint the picture of the growth of domain arising out of our conquests, the incident of the Spanish war.
 The work of the convention will hardly take more than two days. There are no contested seats save in the south, where there always is. be- cause of the wrangles and jealousies of the colored contingent. When two delegations thus present themselves both will be seated and gwen half d vote. On the second day, after the of the platform, Hanna wants Mckinley nominated by exclamation, and this is the programme. Immedi- ately the vice presidential contest will begin with half dozen nominees, and after ballot, a stampede is expected for Roosevelt, if the game can be worked, and if not, for Cornelius x. | Bliss, who was the first secretary of the interior under Mckinley and long president of the Union League club of New York.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
Night af Terror.

Awful anxiety was felt for the wid- ow of the brave General Burnham of Machias, Me, when the doctors said she could not live till morning" writes Mrs. s. H. Lincoln who attended her that fearful night. All thought she must soon die from pneumonia, but she begged for Dr. Kings New Discov cry, saying it had more than once sav- ed her life, and cured her of consump- tion. After three small doses she slept easily all night and its further use com. pletely cured her" This marvellous medicine is guaranteed to cure al throat, chest and lung diseases. Only soc and S1. Trial bottles free nt H. c. Hitcbcock's drug store. l
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14

There is a man in Washington who does flouriShing and profitable busi- ness in collecting the cartoons of statesmen as they appear in the illus trated daily and weekly newspapers of the country. When he gets together an exclusive collection of the carca- lures of any particular statesman he invites the victim thereof to view them, and he finds an eager customer at once. It tmakeS no difference wheth- CT the forteS or the foibleS of the sub ject are illustrated in the pictures, they go at good prices just the same. And yet we rot infrequently hear public men complaining because they are held up to ridicule in one form or another by the wicked press.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
BITTEN BY A MONSTER.
Horace E. Mann Made a Catch on
 the Desert.

Horace E. Mann. a resident of Phoe- nix, is feeling great deal of pain in his left arm. That is where he was clutched by Gila monster. He would have had as much pain there if he had been clutched by steel trap. Mir. Mann was returning few days ago from Agua Caliente hot springs. On his way he overlook John Stroehle and O. Hooker, and went into camp with them The next morning he borrowed shot gun and went out to shoot rabbits for breakfast. He got three and tying them to the end of the barrel he started back to camp. Passing between two rocks he saw two Gila monsters i'll peaceful slumber
 He tied their tails together, singing them across the other end of the, gun, he proceeded to camp, the Glia mon sters swaying to and fro in the morn ing breeze. They swayed 50 close to Mir. Mann that one of them nipped his shirt but omitted the skin. Then Mr. Mann swayed some and the other monster fastened upon his arm, cutting through the thick shirt sleeve. 1t was an awiully heavy monster. 1t bit into section of the arm an inch and half long and half an inch deep, but clung to the shirt. Mr. Mann reached the camp and, pressing all the blood ne could out of the wound, applied com
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
PLANS FOR NEW RAILROAD.
Phoenix to Connect with Pacific and
 uuIi of Mexico.

II plans now in preparation do not
 go wrong, the Republican says, the
 American, Mexican & Pacific railway will be built, giving Phoenix a port
 on the Pacific ocean. opening rich
 mining and agricultural country and ! forming direct connection between the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
 railroads with the Mexican Central
 and the Gulf of Mexico ports.
 For several days Mrs. L. J. Velasquez Beard, one of the chief promoters of the line, has been in Phoenix, and to a reporter last night she outlined the plan. She states that the northern
 terminus of the road will be in this city and the southern at Banderos bay. The Arizona line will go through Mar icOpa, Pinal, Pima and santa Cruz counties, touching Tucson and Flor ence, with branch line to Deming, and crossing the line twenty miles east of NogaleS. Here the road IS to go through the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, JaliScO and Topic, via ArizDe, AlamOs, TopOlObambo bay, Altata, Culiacau, Mazatlan, San Bias and hence to Banderas bay, where a harbOr with d depth of 100 feet may be obtained. Here the line can connect with the Mexican Central giving access to the City of Mexico, Tampico, Vera Cruz and to Guatemala via the Oaxica x Te- hauntepec railway.
 Mrs. Beard says that s4,00O,OO0 in German and Holland capital is back of the Mexican end and that concessions from the Mexican government have been secured for virtually all of the fine. Incorporation papers have been filed for the Arizona part of the road. The capital stock is SJ, 900. GOO and the incorporatorS are w. W. Williams, <. W. Purcell, M. G. Samaniego, II. II. Filling. J. l.. Ober, John Gardiner, J. l.. Powell, of Tucson; O. F. Widaman, Los Angeles; Lyman Bridges, San Lean drO; l.. J. Beard, Philadelphia; George P. Blair, Mammoth: W. NJ. Griffith, AdOlDh Bail, s. II. Gould, W. P. Blake, w. IS. Purcell, J. Knox Corbett, l.. c. Hughes, Esteban OchOa, F. A. Kim ball, of Tucson, Alexander K. Coney, san Francisco, and A. B. smith, Los Angeles. The first eleven are to act as temporary directors. Col. Bridges is chief engineer of the road, prelimi- nary surveys have been made of the entire line and chain survey will be made soon. Mrs. Beard is of the belief that practical work will be commenced in few months and the road be in op- alton within thirty months.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
Gold steel or Death.

"There is but one small chance to save your life and that Is through an operation, was the awful prospect set before Mrs. l. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge Wis by her doctor after vainly trying to cure her of frightful case of stom. ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on the marvellous powers of Electric bitters to cure stomach and liver troubles, but she heard of it took seven bottles was wholly cured, avoid ed the surgeons knife now weighs more and feels better than ever. It is positively guaranteed to cure stomach liver and kid. ney troubles and never disappoints. Price 50c at H. c. Hltckcock's drug store. 1
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14

and support the candidate ofhis former political opponents without being so well rewarded for it, and they have endeavored to prevent him from en- toying the reward. They want to make an example of him. They intend to make it plain that no renegade demo- crats can be rewarded by the republl can party with their consent and as sistance. Furthermore, they think it is n little early for the president to reward Mir. Bynum for his political services.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14

FOR SALE.--A well furnished house of eleven rooms, located on Broad street, good well, with steam pump, galvanized tank, of 1000 gallons capa- city, under cover, stable and other outnouseS. Also, two new pumps and hydraulic hose for sale, and a large wagon. Apply at the BELT office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-01
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

George II. Phillips, the Chicago corn
corner man. i said 10 have cleared
S3OO.OUO by the deal
The Rogers locomotive works at
Paterson. y. j., have closed down
finally.
Miss EuGcnia WaShin gton. great
grandnicce of George Washington.
died al Washington yesterday.
]. c. Byrne. porter in a Chicago
hotel. fell down an elevator shaft from
the seventh story and was instantly
Killed.
Twenty-fOur cases Of smallpox have
been discovered in New York.
The board of health at WaShburm.
Wis. has announced that schools will
not BE- opened until the first of the
year on account of the smallpox cpl
demic-
Pope Leo received 10000 visitors at
-. Peters Thursday ana appeared to
be in good health.
The British campa "a in Ashanti has
ended.
4 typhoon caused great loss OF life
and property at Torrance. Indo-ChiDa.
John Baxter. culored. killed police
man and Il citizen at Jacksonville,
Fla. while resisting arrest.
Russell r. Harrison's plrR to be re-
tanned in the army mas Dean rejected.
Herman Levy. Of Chicago. who had
often said he wanted 50 die suddenly.
did so in Dubuque Ia. He was a
travelling man.