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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
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Hand and informed him that he (the Nam
Citizen that being the he would be
given a Reduction on the alf-morocco Edition. While
doing his $50 Words a Minute, worked Kellar
produced a large Prospectus from under his
Before Busy Man could grab Spindle and
defend himself he looking at halftone Photo OF
listening why
the Work should be every Genemans Library. Then
the Agent whispered the Inside Price to him that
the Stenographer would hear and began fiji
a Blank. The Man summoned all his Strength and
a Buck.
81 don't read Books he said, 81 intellectual
Nit. Clear Out!'
So the Agent gave him a couple plying Looks and
departed, meeting in the Doorway pop-eyed Person
with his Hat the Back of his Head and Roll Of
Blue Prints under his Arm The Man looked and
moaned He recognized his Visitor a dangerous
Monomanac-the is building a House
wants to show the Plans.
I've got everything figured OUT he began, except
that can't get the Dining Room the Library
without going the Laundry and there's Fue
connecting with the Kitchen. What do think
better do?'
81 think you ought to live at Hotel" was
ply.
The Monomaniac went home and told his Wife
he had been insuIted
AT 1870 Committee of Ladies soliciting FUNDS
for the Home for the Friendless.
Those Friendless don't know their own
Luck" said Busy Man, whereupon the Ladies went
outside agreed that he Brute
Noon and lunched Bromo S=it-
=
When rushed tackle his Correspondence,
he by large Body of Walking Delegates who
paint Barn that he Candidate Cor the
Boycott He put Hour squaring himself and then
he turned to the Stenographer.
How far have got?' he asked
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
TELEPHONE WIRES
GOING UNDERGROUND
Northwestern
Company's Tun-
mel System to :
be Supplemented
by Conduit to
Minneapolis.

completed his tour, he will be compelled
to say that he has seen nothing wonder
full. for each of them has it's counter
part in other cities. Not SO with the
tunnel. In no other city or place can
one find such a thing as it, for it is an
impossibility in other cities because they
have not the sandstone underlying Them.
The tunnel is dug at an average depth
of forty feet beneath the, surface of the
streets and has no wall, but those which
were left when the workmen finished
with his pick. 1t Is seven feet high and
four feet wide and has a smooth level
floor. Along the sides are strung the
huge cables containing the hundreds Of
wires that are used for carrying the mes
sages OF the subscribers. Far beneath
the surface, removed from the atmos-
pheric conditions and currents, the wires
are always ready to do the service for
which they are intended.
But the formation underlying a great
portion of the city is not of such a nature
as to make it possible to use the tunnel.
In this section the company finds it nee
essary to build conduits for carrying the
wires beneath the surface. In order to
build a conduit trench four or five feet
is dug along the street and thing laid in
mortar. The cables are strung through
this thing and thus they are protected
from the moisture. This thing is
reached at regular intervals of about 300
feet by ''manholes,' where it is possible
for workmen to get on a level with the
wires to make connections and repair
them.
All the district outside of that men
toned where the tunnel has been dug
and where the underground wires are
needed, is supplied in this way. Each tile
in the conduit is about three inches in
diameter and affords sufficient space to
carry 400 wires. This system is almost
as satisfactory as that of the tunnel and
is much cheaper where sandstone for
nation such as exists in certain down.
town districts is not found.
Conduit to Minneapolis.
The conduit between st. Paul and Min
neapolis has been laid as far west as
Dale street and as far east as Washing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
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after the close of navigation, last fall,
he met with an accident about half way
between Circle and Eagle City After
leaving Circle on his way to Dawson
about a. m, without any warning
whatsoever, the ice gave way and Mr.
Downing and the mail went into the Yu
kon. He Immediately grabbed his sled
and called to the dogs to ''mush on AS
the mail was roped to the sled he knew
there was no danger of losing it. Through
his assistance the dogs were able to pull
the sled out Of the river. After a hard
struggle he got out himself. Then he
struck out for the nearest cabin, which
was eight miles up the river.
He was wet from head to foot and the
thermometer registered % degrees Below
zero. He FASTENED as fast as the dogs
could carry him and the mail over the
ice and snow until he finally arrived at
hunters cabin, after eight hours of
hard travel. Finding the cabin deserted
he took a bowie knife from his pocket
and cut his clothes from his person, as
his strength, was leaving him very fast,
wrapped himself in a blanket and butt
a fire.
Next day he continued his Journey on
to Dawson City, distance of 162 miles,
with his feet and legs so badly frost bitten
that every sep he took was marked with
bloody footprints. After six weeks Of
suffering in the hospital, it was found
necessary to amputate parts CT his toes.
He has finally recovered, and expects to
leave in a few weeks ION his annual trip
of inspection to Fort Gibbon and return
1t takes fifty-two tons of supplies an
nually to feed Downing's employees and
dogs during the winter months The sup
plies have to be. landed duking the sum
mer season by the steamers, as there is
no poss bic way to get any supplies during
the winter months. Between Eagle and
Circle City, a distance of 1z6 miles, where
there is no town or settlement whatever,
Mr.. Downing built cabins, fifteen to TWEEN
ty miles apart, in order that when evening
approaches the NAH carrier may go in and
build a fire and cook a warm supper for
himself and dog.
These carriers average from thirty-five
to forty miles day with the mail going
down. Coming back they make a little
better time. After leaving Dawson with
the mail the first stop is at Forty Mile
Post Office, the second at Eagle City, 100
miles below Dawson; the third at Circle
City, &c miles below Dawson: the fourth
at Fort Yukon, :66 miles from Dawson
From Fort Yukon to Fort HamIin, dis
lance Of ESQ miles, there is not a single
house Frol Fort Hamlin it is ninety
miles to Rampant City, and the next and
last stop, ninety miies3 from Rampant is
at Fort Gibbon, at the mouth of the
Tanana river.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

now you feeling this Morning." asked
Stranger
Swell and Sassy the Reply
And yet tomorrow YOU may join the Appendicitis
Colony and day after tomorrow you may lie
darkened Front Room with Floral Offerings on all
Sides" said the Stranger. "What you want is one of
our nOn-reversibe twentyyear pneumatic Policies
the Reserve Fund Clause Kindly glance this Chart
Suppose you take the reactionabe Endowment with the
Premium and Interest $4,000 Policy for 20 FEARS
make $500 clear, whether you live die while
the Company loses $3,S67.44 you your
self"
This is my began the Man.
COR you may prefer the automatic tontine Policy
with bal-bearngs continued the Death Angel In this
case the entire Residue into Sinking
draws Compound Interest. This possible
our new System of reducing Operating Expenses a
Minimum and putting the Executive Department into
the Hands of well known New York Fnancfers who
do not seek Pecuniary Reward but are actuated by
west of the Alleghenies.'
THAT will be about all from you,' Man.
"Mosey! Duck! Up an Aney!'
''Then you don't what of your FaniIy?'
asked the Stranger, in a Mortified Tone
MY Relatives collecting all their Money In
the Future, 1 don't why you should lose any
Sleep"
So the Solicitor went out told everyone along
the Street that the Man lacked Foresight.
At $3.50 o'clock the Industrious little Man picked UP
letter number and said to the Blonde Stenographer
Dear Sir
At that the Head of the Credit Department
hit him on the Back and said he had a Good One 1t
was all about little Frankie the Only Child the Phe-
the 4O-pound Prodigy.
In every large Establishment there is a gtlrg1ne
Parent who comes down. in the Morning with a story
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Two miles of tunnels, which the North
western Telephone company has con-
structed for carrying underground wires,
and which mas been supplemented by sew
eral miles Of conduits, are still to have
other important additions in the now con-
dUit now under course of construction
between st. Paul and Minneapolis. When
this conduit is completed, which will be
some time this summer all the wires be-
tween the two cities will be several feet
beneath the surface and the difficulty re-
sUltant from induction will be largely. if
not entirely, removed, giving a service
even more satisfactory than at present,
and reducing to a minimum the trouble OF
keeping the lines in repair.
A little over twelve years ago the bust
ness of the Northwestern Telephone COM
pany reached magnitude rendering it
necessary to lay the wires underground in
the business section of the city. At first
it was thought that the ordinary conduit
which was in use in most cities would
have TO be constructed in the streets of
The city. Engineers were put to work
surveying the ground and making EXAM
inatiOns of the conditions. 1t was then
suggested that a tunnel might be dug in
the soft sandstone which underlies the
limestone formation in the region west of
Cedar street, and South Of College avenue.
As soon as it was found that such a
thing was not only possible, but would
ice much cheaper than to dig up the
streets and lay the conduit, the company
determined to use the tunnel in as large
a district as the formation made it pos
sihlc. Accordingly men were put to
work, and nearly two and one-half miles
Of tunnel was dug fifty feet below the
surface Of the streets. This tunnel I'M
derlieS Fifth street from Cedar street to
Seven corners; Fourth street from Cedar
to Franklin; Sixth street from Cedar to
Washington; Wabasha street from Col
lege avenue to the bridge, and Cedar
street from Fourth to Second street. In
it are laid all the wires reaching to the
district west of Cedar street.
Tunnel Is wonder.
This great tunnel is one of the wonders
of the city, and no visitor can say that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
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TAIL SERVICE ON
THE YUKON TRAIL
$500

The regularity of the winter mail SER
vice up and down the ice-bound YUKON,
between Dawson and Fort Gibbon, a
distance of 800 miles, has called attention
to one of the greatest feats ever per-
formed by a star route contractor in
the employ of the United States govern
ment A weekly service is being main
tained and it matters not whether the
thermometer is 20 above or 60 below zero.
The mail leaves Puget Sound ports by
steamer to Skagway, going thence by
rail to White Horse and by stages from
White Horse to Dawson. B. S. Downing
has the mail contract from Dawson to
Fort GibbOn, which is at the mouth of
the Tdnana river.
To assist in his work Mr.. Downing has
twelve regular and three special car
riers. He has also 1872 dogs and 48 sleds
and toboggans, and 252 sets of dog har-
ness. His is the longest star route in
the world, and it is one of the coolest
trips known to man today, the thermom-
eter often registering 50 degrees below
zero. But never yet has Mr. Downing
failed to deliver the United States mail
within the time limit, which is thirty
days from Dawson to Fort Gibbon. He
has the best dogs in the Yukon country
and during his four years of service not
a single complaint has been entered
against him at the department at Wash
ington. Mr.. Downing has been travel
ing up and down the Yukon since the
fall of 1897.
On the trail between Fort Yukon and
Fort Iamlin the river is very wide, ana
the snow drifts as badly as it does in
Dakota. mail carrier has to go ahead
on snow shoes, and the six dogs follow
him with the mail on a toboggan. 1t is
certainly hard trip, for there is no sign
of a trail ten minutes after man passes
over it.
When Mr.. Downing made his first trip,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

teen, giving birth to a daughter one year
later. This daughter now Mrs Rigsby.
of Seattle, Wash, married when fifteen
years old, and little Eva Rigsby was born
when her mother was just seventeen.
Three years ago when the last link in
the chain was born, the record was:
Mrs. Davis, at-grandmother, age
forty-five.
Mrs. Ellis, grandmother, thirty-one.
Mrs. Rigsby, mother seventeen.
Miss Rigsby, the daughter, one day.
At that time the combined age OF the
four generations was only ninety-three
years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Such is the remarkable record of Mrs
Minnie Davis, of Omaha who today, at
the age of orty-eight has a great-grand-
daughter three years old.
Mrs. Davis was born in Boston, Mass,
in 1855, and married when thirteen years
of age. At fourteen a daughter, now
Mrs. Ellis, Of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was
born This child was married when thir-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

he has seen all the most interesting sights
of the city until he has visited the tuu-
mel Of the Northwestern Telephone COM
pany. He may go to the beautiful parks
and witness their grandeur, he may see
the great commercial and manufacturing
interests of the city; he may inspect the
colleges and universities of which the
people are so proud, and yet when he has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

ton and University avenues, in Mime
apOlis. The company recently began
work to connect the conduits and last
Monday morning a large force of work
men began at Dale street to lay the con-
duit along Selby avenue. The trench was
Dug and some of the thing has already
been laid. The work will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible, and it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Plans Behring Strait Tunnel

To make the mineral endowment COM
plete, great coal regions have also been
discovered and are now being regularly
worked
''On the Asiatic side it goes without
saying what an important adjunct the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

nue. to Smelling avenue, then on Smelling
to University and out University until it
meets the conduit at Washington avenue
IN Mihneapoiis. Wheh5 the work is eem-
pieteo, Whlch viii be al soon as the large
force that is at work San accomplish the
task, it will be possible to carry on con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
$50 20 California ana return.

The Minneapolis and St Louis r. r. will
sell tickets April 1927, May 27-June s.
good for sixty days, at $50. The only line
making direct connection with through
trains at Omaha and Kansas City. For
full information call on w. L. Hathaway,
c. T. A., No. / Wash Ave. So, Mime
apolis or F. P. Rutherford, C. T. A.. 1898
Robert St, St. Paul. =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

concerning the incipient Depew their House. 1t
seems that little frankie has been told something at
Sunday School and he asked his Mother about and
she told him so-and-so whereupon the Infant Joker
to the Emergency and said; and you it,
and anyone who doesn't laugh is lacking in a Finer
Appreciation of Child Nature. The Busy Man listened
Frankie's Latest asked, whats Of
SO the Parent remarked to several People day
that the Man sinking into a grabbed Age.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

is expected that the work will be finished
by fall.
The conduit that is now being laid will
carry ten cables, each containing 400
wires which gives it a total capacity of
1900 wires. At Victoria street the size
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
By George AIDE.

Dear Sir was the Reply.
Just then he got the Last Straw-a bewndered Rufus
with Letter Of Introduction. That took 40 Minutes
When Rufe walked out, the Busy Man fell his
Face among the unanswered Letters.
call a Cab" he said.
"The Phone is out Of order the Reply
Ring Messenger" he said.
The Man a low Howl like that Of a Prairie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Copyright 1902, by
Robert Howard Russell.

- NE Morning an energetic little Man who had
a about Ton of Work piled up his Desk came
down Town with a Hop, Skip and Jump,
I mined to clean up the whole Layout before
~ NightfalL
He had taken eight hours of Slumber a
cold SOuse in the Porcelain After Breakfast he came
out into the Spring Sunshine feeling a EIddle
and snippy young Colt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

new road will be to the Trans Siberian
railway"
In speaking of the White Pass road
which forms, so to speak, the link be-
tween Alaska and the railway systems
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

ing been hewn out of the solid rock The
road will be pushed on to Dawson within
the next twelve months, and it is there
that ihe principal junction with the in
! tercontinental line will be established.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Of the United States NJ de II - said
that it was one Of the most audacious
engineering feats of all times This road
at present extends from Skaguay to
| White Horse Rapids, on the other side
Of the famous pass, much of its bed hav-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
A -ChiId,s Descrintion.

He was only four. and convaiascent
from the grip. Leaning his little head
on his mothers arm, he said, YEARLY:
20 mamma, / feel like a broken toy."
Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

versations between the two cities with as
much satisfaction as though the places
were not separated by several miles of
space, teeming with electric light wires
and street car cables.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

At 10 A. M the Man repeated Dear Sir and
Voice came him, remarking the Beauty OF the
Weather A Person who might have been Professor of
Bee-Culture the Pike County Agricultural Seminary.
far makeup was concerned took the Man by the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

will be reduced from ten fues to six,
and the capacity from that point to Min
neapolis will be 2, 400 wires.
The route that has been selected for
the underground cable is along Selby ave-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

''Me to the Office to get that Stack Letters my
Mind" said the Hopeful Citizen.
When ne dashed into the Office carried 220 pounds
OF Steam and keen for the Attack
tall Man with tan Whiskers from behind the
roll-top Desk and greeted him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Wolf and from the Office. When he arrived at
Home he threw his Hat the Rack and then made the
Children back into the Corner and keep quiet Ills
Wife told around that Henry Working too hard
MORAL: Work a but the Intermissions
UP Nervous System
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

Downing made his first trip,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20
Love laughs at HOmeOpatIls.
From the Toledo Bee.

From the Toledo Bee.
Homeopathy is a school of
small doses. 1t is a school of
pills, but the pills are usually
sugarcoated. They ar. easy
to take, ard it is contended by
members of the school that they
do the work.
Why, then, should homeo.
pathy and kissing be at odds?
If there Is anything easier than
taking a kiss it is giving Il kiss,
and kiss Is small quantity.
At any rate. the dose can be
repeated many times without
injury.
The homeopathic, the press
reports say, condemn the gen.
tie art Of osculation as unSani.
tarv and conducive to the prop.
agatiOn of microbes. Well. if
it is unsanitary, so be it. How
ever, we would rather drink the
necta" Of the lips we love than
quatf the best forma ldehVde
that ever was compounded,
and the sweet brea, h that
comes in faint and fragrant
sigh from those lips after the
kiss is over has more delicious
perfume tan all the deodizers
the health department uses.
The microbe that finds Il
chance to get busy through IA
kiss is a lucky miCrobe. 1t
won't do much harm. 1t is
bound to be a sweet-tempered
and happy sort of germ, and
the cnanCes are it will hustle
around and find some grouchy
bacillus that has no good aim
in life and destroy it, instead of
preying upon loving and kiss.
ing humanity.
We fancy there will be nc
falling off in the sale of engage
ment rings in Missouri, not,
withstanding the conclusion the
honeopaths have reached.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20
Dads Hot Time.

The City Dads had a hot
time of it at the council meet.
ing Saturday night. The Bur-
lington r. r. put in spur or
switch 0from the main line to
tine electric light plant, the
city paying one half of the ex-
pense and now the Burling ton
modestly requests the city to
sign agreement where by it
the city-assumesSali liabilities
for fire "r other damages that
might be attributed to or caused
by the spur being put in. Mr..
Fitzgerald represented the
company and did his best to get
the council to agree to pay the
railroad damages that might
occur, but Aldermen Scott aud
others could not see their way
clear to placing the city in the
zine hole. After squanderiag
an enormous amount Of gas, the
proposition was defeated
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20
Female Weakness Cured.

was troubled with severe female
weakness for over six months. was
treated by six very prominent Physi-
clans without any marked benefit. My
last doctor was skilled specialist
and he told me the only hope lay in an
operation. | heard of Smiths Sure
Kidney Cure and after using it for one
month l find myself cured, and even
the doctor who last treated me now
prOuounces me Week.-Mrs.. j II Faver
Atlanta, Ga. Price 80 cents and 81 90
For sale by j. j. Fitzpatrick.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20
Legislature Saved.

The three cities 81 T,OuiS
ST Josenh and Kansas Citv
saved the Iapisl,trrA for tho
Democrats and tpe Democratic
partv in 1902 and for 1904 The
NEXT LEGISLATURES which meets in
Jannarv will he ,,,mn,sed of
176 members. Sanate--Dpmo
Gratis oG. RannhIic,ns H,use
Democrats 50 Peppb,i,aps so.
majority GA Joint ballot 40.
The occupation ct members Is
as follows: S'uAte. lawyers. y;
merchants, D bankers, :; physi'
clan, l; undertaken, l; farmer,
l; physical culture, l; retail
liquor dealer. ISL. House,
farmers 10; lawyers ~; mer'
chants, Il; physicians, t; teach
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20
MAIN TRAVELLED THROUGH
THE WEST.

You can thoroughly rely on the
Burlington's passenger service to
Denver, Kansas City, ST. Joseph,
Omaha, st. Paul, Minneapolis,-to
the whole West, Northwest and Pa
cifc Coast region.
Consul your nearest ticket agent or
write US OF your proposed trip. 1t
shall be a pleasure to send you a
careful reply and any of Que publ
cations free on request,
WIN. FITZGERALD Nv, wAKELEY,
General Agent Gen'l Passenger Agent
Hannibal, No. st. Louis, Ne.
GM. LEvEV. Gen'l Manager.
ct. LeuAA Ne.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-20

Kansas City Pointer says:
"R. M. White, of the Mexico
Ledger, refused to give free
space for a lengthy obituary no.
tlce of IA man who had always
been antagouistic to local pa.
pers. o. p. Sturm, of the
Marshall Index practices the
same policy. 1t should become
universal and as the Olarksville
Banner says: Anyhow. a
newspaper cannot lie a man in.
to heaven"