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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

Nesting at the foot of one Of the Cas-
cade peaks. in a canyon which the sun
seldom Denetrates. only six miles from Sc
attic. is the wickedest railway camp in
America.
A thousand men. the scum Of the West.
have gathered there to drive a tunnel
through the mountains for the Great
Northern Railway company. Murderers
fleeing from Justice. desperate and law
less hoboes. driven thither by the Western
winter. gamblers and bunco men; saloon
keepers whose home-manufactured whisky
drives their patrons into a frenzy and
the most DEGRADED women that Pacific
seaport towns can supply. combine In
making the camp an inferno.
Tunnel City has about eight or ten sa-
looms. dozen stores, and. including the
men EMPLOYED on construction. popula-
ton of about 1900 It came into existence
a little over two years ago. writes a Seat
tie CORRESPONDENT of the New York World.
when the Great Northern sent out word
that the mountains must be tunneled to
save an hours time. and also to save the
expense in running trains over twelve
miles Of switch backs
have lust returned from Tunnel City,
as the camp is termed. after an invest
cation there covering three weeks.
1 reached the camp before pay day. and
was able to study 1t before it was set
on fire by bad whisky. The workers had
spent nearly thirty days underground.
and were getting restless. Day and night
for the work at the tunnel. never ceases
their ears had been filed with the
pounding of the air drills. and the dyna-
mite smoke that fills the big hole with a
perpetual mist had made them nervous
and irritable.
The pay roll of the camp IS $65000 a
month. and most of the money Is left
with the saloons. The laborers draw. ex-
elusive of board S35 a month, and the
fOremen and bosses S100 to 5000.
The labor conditions are considered
good. but they are seldom taken a1van-
tage Of Nearly every man glories in the
title of "booze fighter" This means that
they will keep away from whisky until
they can get money enough to indulge In
q prolonged debauch. They work like
slaves. and spend their money without a
thought of the morrow.
Drunk day." as pay day IS termed in
the camp. is on the 24th of each month.
Fully S25.000 is then circulated. Six days
later men who are not permanently on
the pay roll are permitted to draw what
money is due them. and to continue work
if they wish.
For three days following April "a the
cashiers were kept busy paying off the
men. On the night Of the 24th hundreds
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

casionally, when plucking or other extra
work has to be done.
Arizona takes very sanguine view Of
the future Of its ostrich industry. In
deed, some enthusiasts predict that there
are millions in it, and that the Salt
river valley will become as important an
ostrich raising country as South Africa.
During the last fiscal fear 100000 worth
of ostrich feathers were imported from
that region into The United States. A
duty is imposed on imported feathers.
and, following presidents and history,
If the infant ostrich industry thrives and
prospers it will doubtless be able to get
as much more protection as 1t sees fit to
howl for.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13
wHIMs OF THE MoNARCHs.
ROyaIty's Queer Fancy for Collect
Ing Queer Things.


The fads of royalty are numerous and
as eccentric as the foibles which bother
the brains of less illustrious personages.
The collecting Of lace is not the only
hobby of the Princess of Wales. She
has q remarkable lot Of hats and bon
nets, consisting of all those she has
worn during the thirty years she has led
London fashions. Each hat or bonnet,
carefully put away, bears the date Of the
season of It's use.
Perfumery bottles OF all kinds and de-
scriptions-of silver, gold, cut glass. un-
cut Jewels. gold encrusted with Jewels
and the like-are collected by the Crown
Princess Marie Of Roumania The grand
mother of the present czar of Russia
had a similar collection, which was
valued at $4,000. Immense sums are spent
in adding to his vast assortment Of
watches by the Nawab of Bahawalpur a
high and mighty East Indian potentate
He has about 1900 and is constantly ac-
quiring more. He usually wears three
or four watches and repeaters, changing
them from day to day. His set OF fif-
teen uncut rubies IS historic; they meas
ure about one and one-half inches in
diameter and are engraved with the
names OF the Mogul emperors. This
royal personage's crown is a mass Of
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

Thousands have tried from time I'm
memorial to discover some etf1caclous
remedy for wrinkles and other fmperfec-
tions Of the complexion, but none mad
yet succeeded until the Misses Bell, the
now famous Complexion Specialists, or f8
Fifth Avenue New York City. ofered
the public their wonderful Complexion
Tonic. The reason so many failed 10
make this discovery before IS plain, pc
cause they have not followed the right
principle. BaIms, Creams, Lotions etc,
never have tonic effect upon the skin,
hence the failures.
The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic
has a most exhilarating effect upon the
cuticle, absorbing and carrying or all
impurities which the blood, by its natural
action, is constantly forcing to the sur
face Of the skin. 1t IS to the skin what
a vitalizing tonic is to the blood and
nerves, a kind Of new life that immedi-
ately exhilarates and strengthens wher-
ever applied. Its tonic effect is felt almost
Immediately, and II speedily banishes
forever from the skin freckles. pimples,
blackheads, moth patches. wrinkles, liver
spots, roughness, oiliness, eruptions and
discolorations OF any kind.
In order that all may be benefited by
their Great Discovery, the Misses Bell
will. during the present month. give to
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

all callers at their parlors one trial bot
tie of their Complexion Tonic absolutely
free; and in order that those who can
not call or who live away from New
York may be benefited. they will send
one bottle to any address, all charges
prepaid, on the receipt OF Is cents
(stamps or silver to cover cost OF pack
ing and delivering. The price Of this
wonderful tonic IS 81 90 per bottle. and
this liberal offer should be embraced by
all.
The Misses Bell have Just published
their new book, "SecretS of BeautyO
This valuable work is free TO all deslr-
ing 1t. The book treats exhaustveiy OF
the Importance Of a good complexion;
tells how woman may acquire beauty
and keep IT.. Special chapters on tho
care OF the hair; how to have luxurlant
growth; harmless methods OF making the
hair preserve its natural beauty and
color, even to advanced age Also IN
strucJlons how TO Danish superfluous hair
from the face. neck and arms without
injury to the skin. This book Will be
mailed to any address on request.
FREE Trial Bottles OF Wonderful Com
plexion Tonic free at parlors, or 25 cents
(cost Of packing and mailing) TO those
at a distance.
Correspondence cordially solicited. Ad-
dress
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13
II You Are Going
To st. Louis.
Peoria,
Davenport,
Rock IslanC
Dubuque.

Peoria,
Davenport
Rock Island
Dubuque
Take ''The Flying Dutchman" via Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway.
From Minneapolis every day at 1850 g. m.
and st. Paul $3.50 a. m, arriving st. Louis
early next morning. Beautiful river bank
route.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

Mattresses Schroeder & Dickinson. Ii
East Sixth street.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
The ART OF sMow sAoElNc.

No Man IL Born to 1t and Only Faithful
Practice Makes Perfect.
When Captain Glenn of our army
was sent Witha detachment of soldiers
to carry out some extensive explora-
tions in Alaska, last year, he found
that snow shoes would have to play
an important part in the work. An
incident occurred one day, that proved
to limit was high time to break in all
the men who had not learned the art
of snowshoe travel. The spectacle he
and his party witnessed was amusing
to all except the unfortunate person
who supplied the fun.
1t was before the patty had started
inland. The hospital steward was in
structed to cross a certain glacier and
report to Lieutenant Learnard. It
was necessary to wear snowshoes as
the weather was not cold enough to
form a crust that would bear the
weight of a man. SO he put on. the
toys and Captain Glenn AYERS in his
report, which the war department has
just published, that no one was aver
seen who was SO utterly helpless with
such footgear attached to him as this
hospital steward.
He persisted in sticking the toe Of
his shoes into the snow and his error
kept him in trouble. Then about
every third pace he would step on one
shoe with the other and keel headlong
over into the snow. In this situation
he was a mere mass OF helplessness
and do what he might, he couldn't
arise till somebody came and boosted
him to his feet. It took him eight
hours to travel two miles and before
he got back to camp he had given up
snow shoeing. He came in wading
through the snow mp to his hips and
dragging his shoes.
This convinced the captain that it
was absolutely necessary for every
member of the detachment to know
how to use snow shoes, and so the
edict went forth that the steward and
every other man who had not pre-
viously acquired this knowledge
should use snow shoes for a walk of
five miles every day till all were prof.
cient.
All Arctic explorers have testified
that s~now-shoeing is not easy to learn
and that it is still more difficult to
master the Norwegian ski.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
The manager was clambering out

The manager was clam ber1ng odHs
rejecting courtesies. He was dumb,
pale, unreconciled. It was his weak
ness to take himself too seriously. II
nobody else laughs at him, q man
should jolly himself nee in a while.
There was only one litter, and it
came from the labeling-shed. The
manager turned, colored, bis his lip,
and wrung out his brown side-whis-
kers. The one word of fire escaped
him, and he hurried off, the pink shirt
clinging to him like a shiny sticker on
q can.
When the new pie label came out, it
was decorated with a striking figure
of a mountain lion showing his teeth
and crouching for a spring-which
was at once business-like and appeti-
zing, the manager said to the artist.
"Jessie," Dave whispered az they
sat on the porch one September even
ing, after she had put OF the ring,
would it have been any different II
there hadn't been any quaker"
Jessie laughed. "Who knows?'
she evaded. Jessie was always rather
elusive; but Dave caught her in his
arms and took several satisfactory
a swers. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

Judging from the facility which
some wee nursery tots have for scrawl.
ing on any surfaces exposed to their
ravages with the lead pencil, one
would suppose that every child is de-
sirous OF making its mark in the world.
The elf-activity of a child is marvel
lous. Andif its infant efforts after artis-
tic expression are. only guidedaright,
there is no telling what legends of
beauty, what lessons of truth, it may
inscribe upon the face of society and
the world, rejects the Christian Reg
lister.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

Science Is steadily broadening its
field OF usefulness as the seryitor oil
industry and the benefactor of man
kind. OF ail the sciences there is
none 80 imperfectly understood as that
Of m~eteorology, because we are forced
to de with an intangible substance
and cAangeable air currents and tenn
peraturos, and the subtle influences
Of land and water. Of low ~depressions
and high elevations in the earth's
crust, on 4 delicate but responsive at
mosphelic envelope. Yet the science
has advanced sufficiently to be OF great
value 70 the navigator and in guiding
the farmer In blowing and seeding and
harvest seasons.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

r. tEN rumpns between England
and the oers Is due. as some. people
claim, ~ the desire On Che part III the
Britishel 10 POSSESS the gold aslds 81
TIE T%saIgvaal, II appears. according
y the 1pw York Tribune. thai hard.
" difsr II separations have had their
influences On i own troubles III the
Philippine The Tribune quotes
Mayor Strong, who. BY the way, Is ]
son Of ". +. Strong, of dry goods
fame. to the effect that the sugar
trust was interested u prolonging
Aguinaido's lease W power and adds
that guns and ammunition used By the
Philippine rebels have been furnished
by . ring Of hamp spectators. Green,
~ bis History y the English People
says lie tgo great cansaa OF vars have
been taxation ard religion. Today ii
woull sssln that there II only ona
cause 81 i namely, BUSINESS, oplnes
tlas Drs aooaa Economist.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

Better and oreintelIigsnt farming
may correctly be said to be every
whore tho order Of the day for this
country, and the iAprovenens in the
strictly farming pfrt means better
things II every val for eli engaged in
this industry; betl1r homes and home
surroundings, anSa fuller recognition
Of the needs Of tae mind in the homes.
The old noEsaase against book learn.
ing il now no longer heard, observes
Home and Farm. Il is fully under
stood n these progressive times that
guidance for the best practices III ell
lines "a service can, to quite D large
extent. Be obtained through books
aud Newspapers.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

The Berlin 4oapers assert that Ger.
many must hafs nor colonies. and
and say it islf6assShtQ maintain
that tho earthis divided mp, as a new
division is impending in colonial pos
sessions. The colonies of the Meth
erlands are pointed toSs among those
that cannot much longer be kept from
. new division. II is declared that
the candidates for these rich colonies
are Great Britain and Germany, and
that the latter has the better chance.
The Deutsche Zietung thinks the in
heritance ID ripe, as the Netherlands
is unable to f~ructify its colonies.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

The papers throughout the country
are fiiIed with articles as to what to
20 eat, and what not to eat, what
to drink, and what not TO drink.
Such advice may be good for some,
but not for all. There are no two
things alike in this world. There are
no two blades Of grass alike, no two
faces alike, no two bodies alike, and
40 two stomachs alike. What one
stomach demands another may reject,
and what 10 one mans meat may be
another man's poison, as the saying
goes. Hence it is always better
70 take the advice of your physician
rather than to risk doctoring yourself.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

An expert from the bureau Of eth
nology. after an extensive ~investiga-
tion in Virginia, declares that it is ar
rant nonsense for any person there 10
claim to be q descendsnt of Pocha-
hontas! Perhaps Tie next effort will
be to obliterate the Smiths
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

A srecent police order in Chicago
prohibits freak advertising in the
streets. To one man arrested, dressed
as an Irish knight Of olden times and
bearing q tin shield with an advertise
ment upon it, a.police captain said:
'tWhy. that rig would make an auto-
mobile balk. II shall not be per-
mitted."
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
ACADEMY
OF THM-
IMMACULATE : CONCEPTION,

La.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters Marisaitat
Of Holy Cross.
Oners to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed.
ucation. Constant attention is paid 20
home and social culture. Lessons ara
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The course
o. instruction ia two-fold-Preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, ed.
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

At Harborne, England, laborers OK.
cavating to widen the road, unearthed
the skeleton of a man with q wooden
stake driven through the breast bone.
The skeleton was evidently that of a
suicide, who, in accordance with the
custom of the old days, had had a
stake driven through his heart and
then been buried at the dead of night
at crossroads.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

An unusual wedding took place
lately at Phillipsburg, N. Y, when a
couple whose combined ages repre-
sented $50 years were married in the
First Baptist church. Both parties
had entered the state of matrimony
before, and there were present at the
wedding breakfast seven children,
twenty grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
oPELoUsAs,
Washington. La.
Rod Mil workers ON Strike

1tOt1 IIIf UH s5tTIKB.
Plttsburg, Pa = rod mill wort
ers at the plant Of the American Steel
and Wire company, at Rankin went
on q strike Monday, closing that de-
partment Of the big works AMI throw
ing idle about 1.00e men.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

There are no return checks used IN
Chinese theatres. They stamp the
band each evening, a different colored
ink being d ed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

The sctive southern correspondents
are engaged In greatly increasing
the cotton acreage.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24
ornroUsAs. . LOUISIANA

Kentucky is in 1t. When Bourbn
meets rye, then comes the tug Of
war.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

Esntucky has q congressman namel
Juntsaayle. Whoever named him EVIL
denly got the months and the weather
badly mixed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

A curious case of lightning destruc-
ton took place OF Gatchina, an impe-
rial summer residence, not far from
st. Petersburg, Russia, where stood a
stone column fifty feet high, held to-
gether hys iron angles. When rain
fell n or or less water penetrated The
stones i'll the interior of the monu-
ment. Oneday it was struck by light
ming and instantly the whole column
disappeared from view, killing a lone
sentry on guard. The. only explana-
ton is that the heat of the lightning
instantly generated steam on coming
in contact with some of the water and
the terrific explosion followed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

The value Of a newspaper az nm
advertising medium consists ia
It's circulation.
When you can secure the cor1-
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price OF one, it is money
savedl
"aEho st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the I'd of
March, 1894, with " The Opelou.
.sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price OF subscription
has been reduced to 50 o wear,
TILE COURIER being BY odds
the best paper In the empire Par.
lsh OF ST. Landry Is therefore tn
shAanast
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

The Rev. E. r. johnson Of Null
berry, Ind, one of the oldest ministers
in that part of the state, was til
sick q few days ago. His iR@ess re-
calls the fact that he was once de-
clared dead, and while lying in his
coffin he heard his funeral sermon
preached by a brother minister. Mr..
Johnson had suffered an attack Of cat
alepsy. He was conscious of what
was taking place about him, heard the
physician pronounce him dead, and
witnessed the Preparations made for
bis burial. The spell was broken just
after the eulogy had been pronounced.
His restoration to health followed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-24

According to the American Consul
ct Chingting, China, the people Of
China are not SO far behind the pro-
cession as may be thought. At least,
MI. Smithers gravely reports to the
state department at Washington that.
in the department called Yungpei.
Chih-li-T'ing. god is found in album
dance by washing in the valley near
the city. The inhabitants Of the
neighborhood keep large focks OF
geese to work the gold fields for them.
When the geese are found to be very
heavy they are killed, and their craws
enptied Of the gold contained therein.
a foek OF geese is sometimes worth d
GOOD deal Of money. bnt geese dressed
seady for eating ! very cheap, in
deed-from 15 to 90 cents each.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-20
They Want a Man of Flesh and
Blood for the Ticket.
He Was Given Great Ovation
Yesterday.

There is something of revolt against
Chairman Hanna in all this. New Y ork
and Pennsylvania are not all the states
that have felt under constraint becau Sc
OF his highly centralized and thoroughly
business-like system which he has used
so successfully, but which, many fear,
Is raising the business reputation of the
party too high. They feel that by put
ting In Roosevelt, man of flesh and
blood who stands for ideas and actions
rather than business, they can help the
party and at the same time show the
country that the National Repu blican
convention is doing business for itself.
The candidacy Of Mr.. Long seems this
evening to be the only real live thing in
the way of the Roosevelt conflagration,
but many things may happen between
now and day after tomorrow when the
voting win probably take place.
Mr.. Edward N.Dingley, "a delegate from
Michigan, and well known in Maine, said
tonight that Michigan was for Roosevelt
If he was presented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-20
GREAT OBSTACLE REMOVED.
For Concurrent Action by the Power.
ny Russia's Frank Statement.

For Concurrent Action by the Powers
ny Russia's Frank statement.
Washington, June 19.-when the official
day closed 1t was found that q message,
received in the morning from Admiral
Remey at the navy department touching
the readiness OF the Princeton and Mari
eta and Zaflro for immediate service pre-
sented all the news that had come to the
government from the East since yester-
day. One Of the most important devel-
oped, however, namely, that the notice OF
the Russian government Of its intention
to despatch four thousand troops to China
was accompanied by an understanding
that these troops were to be used for the
assistance Of the Europeans and Ameri-
cans and with no purpose of territorial
aggression on the part Of Russia.
This assurance was received with the
greatest satisfaction. 1t is understood
that Japan, in view OF Russia's frank
declaration win oensent to assume the
same obligation toward the other nations
in which case, the greatest obstacle to
effective action, whether concurrent or
joint by the powers in China may be con-
sidered as removed.
Lord Paunoefote, the British ambassa-
dor, called at the state department this
afternoon and spent half hour in con-
ference with Secretary Hay. His Lord
ship had no news from his own govern
ment beyond that contained in the morn
ing papers respecting the developments
in China, and he was particularly anxious
to be informed as to the details OF the re-
ported battle Sunday morning. The state
department was without Information on
this point. 1t is expected that Admiral
Kempff viii be heard from within day
or two. The difficulties In the way of a
speedy communication between the navy
department and Admiral Kempff are IL
Illustrated in the series of messages that
have come in the last As hours from the
cable offices. Yesterday the department
was informed that while the wire system
beyond Chez Foo and leading up to Tau
and lien Tsin had been cut, IL had been
arranged that daily steamboat should
carry messages for these points at Chez
Foo and take them to their destination
up tnt rlNer. AnOuBn bnls arrangement
involved a days delay, 1t was acceptable,
and the authorities were disappointed at
receiving today the following notice from
the cable office:
"Cable office reports Chinese admins
tration cancelled arrangements for postal
service from Chez Foo to Tien Tsin and
Tsku. The Great Northern route through
Siberia will do its utmost TO get tels-
grams through to Tien Tsin, but mes
sages can be accepted only at sender's
risk
An ugly feature about this notice Is the
disclosure of an apparent purpose on the
part of the Chinese government to inter-
fere with free communication between
the foreign naval commanders at Tien
Tsin and Chez Foo and their respective
governments, an action which may have
some bearing on the decision which must
he reached very shortly as to the status
of the relations between China and
other nations Of the world.