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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan SIN quar-
rel today over his child Leonard Shell
gren, of Cherokee, Iowa, was killed by
blows of the fist delivered by Frank B.
Ferguson. Ferguson, who gave himself
up to the police. claims he struck Shell
gren in self-defense.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
e.Lonv PhiIlins Is Rack.

Former Sheriff AIonzo Phillips return
ed last night from Southern Minnesota.
and sent word to the county authorities
that he would be at his Office today. and
would accept service in the proceeding
poW pending against him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
FREIGHTH RATES ARE FIRM.
All Agents Look for Rates to Be
Maintained

The agents of the various lines enter
ing Minneapolis all agree that rates at
the present time are in a firm condition
No cuts or concessions of any kind have
been made since Jan. l.
They do not know how long this state
of affairs will continue, but an agree
that they look for it to hold through
the entire year. Last year there was
just as strong feeling at this time,
but the rates commenced to wobbIe about
Feb. 1, and after that they were demor-
allied most of the time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06

famous pugilist was taken to the city
hospital. The physicians said there was
no immediate danger, but Hall only
smiled and said:
Il know better; 1 know when the
referee is counting ten
Hall has made his home in this city the
past few weeks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
Standard Gauge in India.

LONDON, Jas. 5.-The Calcutta CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says that at
a 1tCent conference i was decided to
ADEPT the STANDARD gauge on the Inlian
railways. The proposed change Will ap-
ply TO the per lanent way ana 10 brGges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06

of course one hears a great deal
about the severity of the climate, but
most of that IS eXaggeration, and u
look at the official weather reports will
show that the temperature of the greater
part of the Northwestern territory Will
compare favorably with that of this To-
CAVITY. FARMERS have suffered no loss
from early frost in that country for
nine years
Then again there is the general i'm
preston that railroad rates are so high
that it is impossible to make any money
even If you do get a good wheat crop
This is a mistake. The rate from Regina
to Port William is IL cents a bushel
which IS not any more than the farmers
in the United States have TO pay for the
same distance. Good land can be
bought for 81 an acre and the best for
$40, and there is lots for everybody. A
North Dakota firm has bought a block of
100000 acres south of Regina, and ex-
poets to parcel out the greater part of it
this season.
Mr., Myers is willing to admit that
northwestern Canada is good, but be-
Geves Manitoba to be the best part of it,
He said last night the 5000 900 acres Of
cultivated land in Manitoba last year
yielded $4,000, 100 bushels of grain, which
at the lowest estimate will be $40 clear
for every acre. Il don't think that there
is new country that can show anything
like this. We are just starting in up
there, but we are now on a level with
the Minnesota and Dakota farms.
Manitoba has one advantage in that
there is no part of it in which there is
rot sufficient rainfall during the year to
mature all the crops. In some parts of
the Northwest it is necessary to irrigate,
but in Manitoba never. There is a colony
of Mormons out in the western part Of
the territory who are irrigating and are
making a big success of it.
''The trouble heretofore has been that
most people had erroneous ideas concern
ing Northwestern Canada. 1t was gen.
orally believed to be vast desert in the
summer time, and completely frozen UP
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
COTTON HEAVILY DAMAGED.
Boil WeeviI Is Running Numbers of
Texas Fields.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 5.-Tailing the
census figures of production as basis,
it is estimated by the Galveston News
from reports of All correspondents that
the boil weevil destroyed 242,50O bales of
cotton in Texas during the past season.
In 1899 and 1900 Texas produced 2,65y.E55
bales, according to the United States GEN.
sus, Of which 1,55S 500, or over naif, We're
grown in the counties now infested with
WeeviL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
DEATH CAME SUDDENLY.
Mrs. BestPOn Dies Unexpectedly at
City Hospital.

Mrs. Bessie Bestron, who has been i'll
at the city hospital since Nov. H. died
unexpectedly last evening, and an au-
topsy will be necessary to determine the
cause of death. Mrs. Bestron was
brought to the hospital suffering from
tonsilitis, and while she recovered from
this, was still i'll. Her illness never APP
peared serious still she did not recover
very rapidly. Yesterday there was rise
in her temperature, and before the case
could be diagnosed she died
Mrs. Bestron was twenty years old and
resided at 1890 Eighteenth street south
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
Hoosier Krocks Out sucker.

MUNCIE. Ind, Jan. Sin an early
morning fight near here James Fleming,
OF Indianapolis, knocked out Eddie Sny-
der, of Danville, Ill, in the third round.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06

So much has been said about
Varicocele in medical advertise
ments that every man ought to
know if he has it or not. 1t Is a
solid fact, however, that run
across men every day that ars COM
planning Of weakness who have been
so negligent as to not evan examine
themselves and discover their trouble
until it has run them down and
mentally and physically.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
Minneapolis News.
POLICEMEN ARE IDLE.

ty Hours.
For thirty hours. from II o'clock Sat
urday morning until o'clock yester-
day afternoon,~not a move was made at
the central police station AS this in
cludes Saturday night, usually the bust
est night of the week with the police, it
is considered something quite remark
able.
The first five days of the year have
been unusually quiet in police circles,
and few arrests have been made. Mono
of these were of any Importance, being
principally DRINKS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
REFEREE COUNTING TEN.

Jim Hall Dying of Consumption in
Chicago.
CINCINNATI, ONO. Jan. 5.-Jim Hall.
taken to the city hospital today suffering
the well-knOwn Australian pLgilst, was
from lung trouble. While conversing
with group of friends he was seized
with a violent hemorrhage A carriage
was Immediately called and the once
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
HAS BEENs WIN A GAME.
st. Paul Hockey Team BIanIed by
Veterans Of the Club.

The first team of the st. Paul Hockey
club and eight HAS Beens," who i'm
their day carried the colors Of the club
to victory in many a battle with the
stick handlers from Minneapolis -
other pla1es, met at the Broadway rink
yesterday morning ana after two spirited
halves the oIdtimers emerged from ,e
fray with one goal to the good the
younger men being BANKED. 1t was a
good game, and the weight of the vet
Grams was largely instrumental i'll pre-
venting their opponents from scoring
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
Incidentally in the CITY,
AFT vs.fE vARHCOGELE.

Should not go home before having personal
examination by this great specialist. II
you have got the awful varcoceie, now is
the time to get 1t cured EXAMINATION
FREE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
ON THEIR WAY SOUTH
ADVANCE GUARD OF NoRTHwEsT-
ERN CANADIAN EDITORIAL
ASSOCIATION HERE
REMAINDER ARRIVES TODAY
Are Enthusiastic About Their COun-
try and Intend to Demonstrate
That 1t Surpasses All
for Farming.

The advance guard of the Northwest
ern Canadian Editorial association ar
rived in this city yesterday morning and
spread around among the different hotels.
About dozen scribes, accompanied by
their wives, stepped off the train yester-
day, and sixty are expected to put ii
an appearance this morning, as the train
bearing them southwark will leave at 10
o'clock
This is the third editorial trip in re-
cent years, and 1t is expected that it
will be the largest and the most pleas
ant The editors are going into the South
west with the firm intention of compel
ling the people in that section of the
country to believe that Northwestern
Canada is the greatest farming place on
earth. j. A. Osborne, of Brandon, has
large exhibit of wheat, oats barley and
other cereals raised in Northwestern Can
ada which will be carried in the car and
prominently displayed wherever the train
stops.
Among the most enthusiastic of the
editors are Walter Scott Of Regina, N
w. T., and w. A. Myers, of Shoal Lake
Man. When seen at the Merchants last
night these gentlemen were telling each
other what great country Northwest
ern Canada was, and what a great future
it has in store
According to them the wheat average
last year was thirty-five bushels to the
acre, all No. hard, while oats went up
to sixty bushels and was all of the first
quality. Individual instances are related
where the yield of wheat in certain Iocali-
ties was as high as fifty bushels to the
acre, and plenty of acres.
said Mr.. Scott: There is no better
farming country in the world than the
territory surrounding Regina in the
Northwest territory. 1t is a paradise for
the agriculturist, and I think would
be fairly well settled were it not for the
fact that we have been advertising lands
free. People have come to think that
anything that is given away is good for
nothing, and l am almost positive tina.
this has had the erect of keeping out
settlers in great many instances. They
can't realize that we have over 400. 0C0, 900
acres of the best farming land in the
world, and of this there are but 100000
acres under cultivation at the present
time. We got 10000 settlers from the
United States last year, and I would not
be at all surprised if we were to receive
three times that many this season.
Farmers are coming from Minnesota,
North and South Dakota Nebraska,
Iowa, in fact from everywhere In
spite of the fact that according 60 gu.
law a homestead can be secured in
three years, the Americans who com,
there will have none of them. They ap-
pear to prefer railroad lands and are
willing to pay as high as SO an acre SO
that they can own their land from the
start.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
Drugstores Old and New.

Sometimes it seems as if drugstores
have everything except drugs. The
middle aged man or woman remembers
when the apothecary shop had a dis
tinctive smell of drugs and chemicals.
Nothing was in sight but Jars of Won
drously colored liquids and powders,
crystals and sticks and drawers of Gu
rious things with Latin labels. The
only thing that was at all attractive
for the women was the case of fancy
soaps and perfumes, with face powders
and cosmetics, and for the men the case
of cigars. The soda fountain made the
first innovation. 1t was no such preten-
tious affair as now dominates the cor
ner drugstore. however. 1t stood mod
estly on one end Of the counter. There
were five or six kinds of sirups and no
ice cream or hot drinks. Later candy
found place in the apothecary's, then
came stationery, and now there are all
sorts of bric-a-brac.-New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
PERPETUAL MOTION.
One Inventor Has Accomplished 1t
by Harvesting n Cyclone

1t was during the portion of his ca
reer when he lived in the valley of the
south fork of the Big Sunflower river
that Henry Plymshaw, the inventor,
made his most notable invention. This
Nvention had to do with cyclones.
One afternoon Inventor Plymshaw
saw a splendid specimen of funnel
cyclone coming over the prairie, and he
called to me and said he would 90 out
and study it, since it was evident that
it was going to one side. The instant
the cyclone sighted us it came straight
in our direction. We weren't prepared
for this exactly, so all we could do was
TO run. We were just on the point of
giving up when most extraordinary
thing happened. Curious thing. Sort Of
natural too. And there it was. Only
one leg, and that down fifty foot well
in the middle of sheep pasture. If it
had had two legs, no doubt it could
have scrambled out, but it couldn't
make it with one Couldn't do any
thing except revolve. And it did do
that. never saw cyclone revolve like
that one. Mad apparently because it
had missed Plymshaw and me and got
caught. So it just buzzed around like a
top. Nothing in the world to stop it.
Most men-mere men Of action
would have been satisfied at getting
away and not having to revolve with
the houses and lots, but not Plymshaw.
No He got to thinking. and what was
the result? Put belt around the stem
of that cyclone Just at the top of the
well, set up dynamo, strung wire and
ran all the machinery and electric
lights in that part of the country. Reg
ular Niagara for power. Going yet.
Nothing to stop it, you see. Wonderful
what a thing mind ISL. V. Mari in
Harper's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
VALPARAISO AMUSEMENT.
sunday Is the Great Gala Day For
Rich and Poor Alike.

All around the edge of Valparaiso
bay is a string of little towns SO close
together that you cannot readily dis
cover where one leaves off and the
next begins. The most pretentious of
these is Vina del Mar. which is a very
popular seaside resort. During the
summer season, from December to
February, it is gay place. \ short
distance from the town is the ''cancha,"
or race track, in connection with which
are golf links, cricket and polo
grounds, all managed by the English
sporting clubs. The polo matches and
the races are over by the 1st of Deem
Der, but cricket golf and tennis 20 on
all summer. Tennis tournaments are
held, lasting for several weeks. Most
of these sports, with the exception of
tennis, which goes on all the time,
take place on Sunday. Sunday is the
great gala day, when all the popula-
ton, rich and poor alike turn out to
have good time.
The common people find their holt
day sport in getting gloriously drunk.
If you walk along the street on Sun
day afternoon. you must not be sur
prised to meet every few minutes in
dividuals decidedly unsteady on their
feet. The little wineshops do Il rush
ing business, and there is always Il
large crowd about the door watching
and loudly applauding the dancing of
the "cueca." which goes on all day.
This is q sort of national dance. per
formed to the accompaniment of the
guitar. The dance is quaint and rath.
er pretty if the dancers are sober. but
in its ordinary environment it is far
from inviting.
During q good season at Vina del
Mar one has an excellent opportunity
of seeing the aristocratic Chileans of
Santiago. In January Santiago is very
warm, and the society people come
down to the coast during the hot
weather. The ladies are many of
them quite handsome. They all dress
gorgeously and have very bad man.
ners. They stroll along the hotel piaz-
"a, and if they see anything that
arouses their curiosity in any of the
rooms they stop and look on serenely,
regardless of the occupant. They
never make their appearance until 10
or IL O'Clock in the morning when
they go down to the beach for a morn
ing dip. After the IL o'clock break
fast they disappear until o'clock,
when they all come out in gowns that
would rival Solomon in all his glory.
They either drive on the beach and
trail their skirts and embroidered chif-
fons through the sand or stroll up and
down the long platform of the railroad
station, watching the trains pass.
These exciting diversions occupy them
until dinner. Sometimes there are
dances in the evening-dances called so
only by courtesy, for they rarely
dance: they only walk around and ex-
hibit their indianapolis News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
"The Great Unknown"

For thirteen years the author of
"Waverley" was unknown. Indeed the
country spoke of him as "the great I'M
known" pseudonym Sir Walter
Scott often employed in writing. But
on Feb. %, 1927, Sir Walter gave din
ner party to which, among others. Lord
Meadowbank, the judicial magnate,
who CHANGED to know his hosts secret,
was invited. Then when the toasts
were being drunk Meadowbank, with
SCOTS permission, got up and proposed
the health of "the great unknown, Sir
Walter Scott" The effect was magical,
and the news spread through the coun-
try like wldtire. Indeed that dinner
and the secret it disclosed was the
most talked of event of the year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
The Canary Is n Little Pig.

The canary is always regarded as a
small eater just as the pig is notorious
for its gluttony. People with small ap-
petites are often twtted for not eating
more than enough to feed Il canary,
and this led a man who was tiny eat
er to watch the yellow bird and report
He found that a canary that weighed
241 grains ate just thirty-two times its
own weight in a month; that is, it ate
rather more than its own weight on an
average every day. Anyone who watch
es the little bird will notice that it is al
ways eating. Now, says the investiga-
tor, pig doesn't eat its own weight ev-
cry day, glutton as it is. Hence he
thinks that the canary deserves to be
classed as little pig.-London An
SwerS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
Three RuIes For Fiahing.

One day as the Rev. Mark Guy
Pearse of London was strolling along a
river bank he saw an old man fishing
for trout and pulling the fish out one
after the other briskly. you manage
it cleverly, old friend" he said. ~
have passed a good many below who
don't seem to be doing anything"
The old man lifted himself up and
stuck his rod in the ground. "Well, you
see, sir, there be three rules for fish
ing, and tits no good trying it if you
don't mind them. The first is, Keep
yourself out Of sight; the second is,
Keep yourself further out of sight, and
the third is. Keep yourself further out
Of sight still. Then you'll do it"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become of the old fash
Toned child that made faces?"
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who hung his lodge sword in a
conspicuous place?
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who said a handy. industrious
man was full handed?"
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who wanted to put his enemies
where the dogs wouldn't bite them?
What has become of the old fashion
ed father who took whip and held
heart to heart talks with his son out in
the barn?
What has become of the old fashion
ed woman who gave her children pota-
toes to make animals with, using tooth
picks TO make the legs?
What has become of the old fashion
ed woman who didn't think it proper to
appear on the streets with her husband
unless she had hold of his arm?-Atchi-
son Globe
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
Jefferson as an Inventor.

Not many people know that Thomas
Jefferson was great inventor. His in
ventions were all of articles of every
day use. He devised a three legged
folding camp stool that is the basis of
all camp stools of that kind today. The
stool he had made for his own use was
his constant companion on occasions of
outings. The revolving chair was his
invention. lie designed light wagon.
A copying press was devised by him
and came into general use. He also in
vented an instrument for measuring
the distance he walked. A pillow and a
hemp cultivator showed that his
thoughts were often on agricultural
matters His pillow received Il gold med,
al in France in 1870. Jefferson never
benefited financially by his inventions,
but believed they should be for the use
of every one Without cost.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE.
The Reason One Woman's Cook Was
Dissatisfied With Her Place.

''This is Il queer age we live in
sighed young housekeeper. We've
just lost a very good cook for a very
absurd reason, | think. She came to
us about four months ago and was
satisfactory in every way-neat, in
dustrious, respectful and last, but
foremost, an excellent cook.
"As she was SO very quiet l could
not tell whether or not she was as
well pleased with us as we were with
her, but about six weeks ago the trou-
BILE began. She asked me suddenly
one day why we entertained so sell
dom.
ELLA l said, we don't care to en-
terrain except few choice friends
now and then. 1t costs more than we
can afford, and we really don't care
for it,
Your house is just as handsome as
anybody's,' she went on. Other peo-
pie that I've lived with entertained all
the time, and their houses weren't
near as pretty or as nice as yours.
You never have anything but club
meeting once in awhile. Why don't
you have teas and receptions, Mrs.
Blank?
Il reiterated my two reasons-that
we couldn't spend money in that way
and that we preferred simple amuse-
ments. Ella didn't seem satisfied. but
the matter was dropped. Last Mon
day she asked to spend a week at
home with her sick aunt, and, as
couldn't well refuse, she departed. To-
day l received postal card from her
couched In these words:
Dear Mrs. Blank-My aunt is better.
but I'm not coming back. I've got a more
stylish place"
Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
Didn't Know Her.

what has become of Miss Blank,
who was always such a favorite in
your set?"
Her father failed some weeks ago,
and all they had was sold at auction"
poor thingw
"And now they have to live in lit
tie house in the suburbs"
"What change! How she must feel
itr'
"Yes. She is so much changed that
even her best friends would not recog-
nize her. met her in the street to-
day and did not know her at all, poor
thing"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
Ran without Legs.

granddaughter, whose clever sayings
are the delight of her parents. The 9th
er day she came to her grandfather
with her face all smiles.
"Grandpa,' she said, 81 saw some
kitchen floor without any legs. What
do think it was?"
Mr.. Congressman studied for awhile
Ind gave up. What was it," he asked.
Water" said the youngster trium-
phantly.-St. Louis Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23

There is one thing anarchists will not
consent to, one thing they rebel against
(at least in thought, and sometimes in
act, and that is anybody's assumption
to rule another, whether it be car,
king, nobility or democrat majority,
says William NJ. Salter in The Atlantic.
They are disagreed about many things
There are individualist anarchists and
socialist Tor communist anarchists, be-
levers in private property and believ-
ers in common property, but all alike
believe in self rule, and they are as much
opposed to democratic state socialism
as to state socialism of any kind. They
believe that power intoxicates the best
of men and are not willing to allow it
in any form. mo master, high or low"
they say, after William Morris. Let
life shape itself" mind your own bust
ness" mo interference is their
demand