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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
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gold hills ''''U
But will obey you and I Will an
sWer. God alone knows what it means
out Will answer. At least, | will see
you once more. 1 will not be faithless
10 the best that was in myself.
On the grassy ramparts Of a great
fortress on the southern ocean shore a
woman sat alone, her face turned 10 the
sea. ~ inc
once she had been beautiful with vi
tsl physical beauty that deied time Rur
there was now lighted in her ewes tha
mystical soul loneliness of those thai are
Sohlg forward with calmness and CONT
She sat quiet, her spirit going out viii,
me tloe. from afar the gold of her hair.
sRone in the sun and her fiuttering yaiI
was ike an ethereal plume Towards
iler walked slowly the practical man 81
aHalrs. He walked slowly. because his
eyes were satisfied of her actual exist-
ehce' ana he asked little more of life a.
that moment
He was at her side ere she turned fr''o,
the sea. They had read much in eaci,
others eyes ere either spoke. He sill
trembled ihe sun
What is it?'
go abroad next week and may
never return, dear. Many things have
changed with me. 1t has been borne in
Upon me that | may have spoiled yoilr
NE somewhat. You have not marriedq',
He set is lips.
Marriage with me would have meant
nothing, he said, rather sternlv. -
nave had nothing to give-except money"
she sighed and smiled at one time
But we should say farewelI-for th4,
tlde is going out-and our lives are rasc-
ing. Put me out of yours or | viii be in
torment for fear l have done wrong;
He arose and faced her.
1t has seemed sometimes to me- that
there would be something for me in the
future Why have you sent for me?''
she was dangerously quiet, dangerously
repressed.
feel somewhat bound to you. 1t is
best to slip out of life free
He gasped. His mind was ouicl,
enough 44'Ni
freedom o., '--''
She bowed slowly, look of inscrutable
pain in her eyes.
his mlnd' Overlapping hampering ques-
lions, drove at the great point
why are you troubled? You have fol
lowed your duty. Why think of me?',
Then absolve me from the thought OF
you 1t will not let me be-"
He sat down beside her.
The tide is coming in, he said husk
lily; 1t is bringing many things. II is
bringing in companionship, a home a fin
ture, great, enduring love to me. even
my own ships, long delayed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
WHICH ST. PAUL BOUGHT

is then showed on the lower part Of a
machine, the upper part of which looks
like a circular box This is filled with the
marshmallow material, which is boiling
AS the box of molds slides under it and
the operator turns a little lever the hot
candy pours out of a dozen little open
ing right into the oval holes.
These half eggs are then set away to
harden. Or maybe they are taken to
table where there are a number of girls
with big box of already hardened
halves. If so, the girls go at their work
with renewed energy. 1t is not much
that they do here but it makes the eggs
look as though they were nearing com
pletion. The half that is cold is set upon
the half that has just come out of the
machine and they are again put away to
cool 1t scarcely seems possible that the
egg which only costs one cent and looks
so simple can have so much work
wrapped up in it, but it has.
Ihls time after they are hard and solid
they are put in a revolving pan of hot
syrup. And it is here that they get their
coating of color Are they to be red?
Then the syrup Is red. Are they to be
blue? Then the syrup is blue. And that
is the way it is done. When they come
out of the syrup they are sprayed with
number of different colored sugar crys-
tals-these give them the notified appear
ance of birds egg. Twenty thousand
OF these candy eggs are an average days
work in a good factory
The panorama eggs that are hollow
with glass at one end through which
can be seen waving trees and landscapes
are lots more fun for old and young.
and are made almost entirely by hand.
The first of the process is the same as
that OF the commoner eggs, but after the
molds are prepared their ways lie far
apart. Instead of the thick narshmal-
loWy substance that is poured into the
first box thick syrup is poured into this
one. The candymaker's skill must tell
him when it is of just the right mixture
TO harden on the outside only and leave
the crust firm though not too brittle.
Then when it is cool the syrup in the
hardened shell is poured out and when
the inside is sufficiently dried the half
eggs are handed over to the women who
are to make the pictures. They cut a
paper that will just fit the inside of the
egg and on it they put tiny waving green
feathers to represent trees and little lines
Of sugar that look wonderfully like rivers
when seen through a glass.
Then the artist adds the funny little
pictures of houses and barns, and COWS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31

extensively to decorate. 1t is safe to
place the amount OF money expended on
Easter lilies alone, each Easter, at $1,000.
Sometimes the lilies are ahead Of the
season and sometimes behind, and their
growth has to be regulated. This season
the lilies were ready to burst into bloom
two weeks ago, had they not been arti-
ficially restrained by lowering the tenn
perature of the hCthouses. When they
are somewhat late, as they were last
season, they are forced by raised tenn
perature.
Many types OF humanity can he found
in the florist SHOP the week preceding
Easter. A woman may step ont cf her
carriage and give an order for 500 worth
of blossoms to put in her home ard on
her dinner table fox Easter Sunday, while
a poor woman III shawl stands waiting
to buy hardy little plant which will
grow and flourish in her poor home lCng
after Easter is passed. The poor, who
seem to love aOWar3 for Easter, dc not
buy with the raskless disregard CT c1n-
ditiOns as do The ricn. Boxes ard boxes
of cut lilies are sent tC wealthy homes.
but the poor woman wants a plant which
will not wilt in a day and leave only
a few dried stalks to rem!nd her &C the
money expended on II So it is usually
a hyactnth, potted and strong, which she
selects or else a crocus of a pot of daft
fodils.
Means Are Limited.
The limit of her extravaganza is Is
cents or 81. Sometimes she Goes not go
that high. Instead Of wishing the down
town florists, she visits The markets the
Saturday before Easter and trulges home
with her own plant. In the outlying dis
tricts many women buy potter plants
from their grocer as these merchants
are always provided with a stock of
flowers which are delivered with the
groceries when a customer orders them.
A great deal of the Eastar flower trade
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
The Broken Stick.
By ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ.

copyright 1902 by Daily Story Pub. Co.
There was nothing romantic in the an
pearance of the man who STROBE forward
across across the great yards of the packing
houses one October morning He was one
type Of the successful. In the scale of
packing house employees he stood third
from the president of the corporation
lie moved men and things from ocean TO
ocean by a word of diction, by the single
line OF q telegram. His salary had been
d good one for fifteen years, but outside
OF that he had investments that doubled
and trebled thmselves in a decade. The
president himself was in doubt whether
10 advance him or to fear him as a strong
future rival for his son and heir.
lie strobe across the yard with kindly
but absent-mlnded mods to those he pass
ed. His busy mind was in the Southwest
with vast herds and droves of cattle: on
The trains with crowded, lowing brutes
who We're being swiftly pushed to the
seaboard; al the packing house; on the
decks Of the cattle ships where steer af-
ter steer was hoisted rudely for trans
Atlantic voyage; following men North,
East, South and West; counting costs.
losses, wages, profits, carelessness and
neglect; il Liverpool or London with
consignees; seeming dishonesty and sharp
practices everywhere. These things ONLY
when he mounted a stairway and sat
down before desk piled up with mail.
The youthful stenographer had sorted
II ready for his chiefs hand, and there was
no loss of time. To one side were sew
eral personal letters, unopened. These
always gave Leroy, the stenographer.
some entertainment as one interested in
lis employers affairs. The letter with
the Nebraska pOstmark was from a little
sister who was married to a telegram
operator. Another, from a Missouri town,
was surely from that brother who was
doing so well at the practice of law A
scented note came from Chicago itself.
and the fourth letter was not to be ac-
counted for, as the postmark was illegi-
bic. 1t was rather a small bundle than
n letter, of a curious feeling and shape
ana directed in a bold hand that might
have been either mans or woman's.
When the last business letter was laid
down Mr.. Eugene Schuyler lit a cigar and
reached for the personal letters. One by
one they We're read, the Nebraska one
with pleasure, the Missouri one thought
fully. the scented note with a suppressed
movement Of WEAKNESS. The small bun
die came last, and from the corner of his
eye Leroy watched his employer tear off
the wrapper, unroI several layers of It's
sue paper and at last stare helplessly at
a bit Of broken stick with strange mark
1ngs upon it and that had with it only a
slip of paper that fluttered to the floor.
a bit of broken stick was a strange
thing to cause a man to gasp and turn
pale, was it not? His employer sat like
one stricken, his dark eyes wide opened
with a gaze at something not present
His hands still clutched the absurd bit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
THE EASTER TOYS

Rabbits, chickens, ducklngs and eggs
Of every kind and variety gave a most
festive appearance to the shops which
deal in Easter goods, and it is likely that
of all the little and big people who spent
so much time picking out the daintiest
and most appropriate gifts for their
friends, from among the great display of
oddities, there are few who gave thought
to where the pretty things came from,
or how they were made They simply
took them for granted. The little fuzzy
chicken that looks for all the world as if
1t had just hoped out Of the she'll may
have been the pet of some dark-skinned
japanese woman who saw it go to it's
death with sorrow. For these pretty little
chickens and ducklings, about whom
there is no make believe, are bred, killed
ana carefully prepared in Japan. There
is no other country that supplies the
same things. They are very different
from the cheaper wOOlly chicks that are
turned out wholesale In this country
Each individual bird that comes from the
land Of the chrysanthemum has been
tenderly cared for in some Japanese home
until it was at just the right age to be
prepared for sale. Many ladies keep them
and care for them just as some of our
women do lap-dogs.
Less real both in appearance and IN
reality. hut none the less attractive are
the rabbits and hares in their little nests
full Of eggs that come from Germany
These are mostly made of .papier mache
or plaster Of Paris, and it seems but
natural that they should come from the
land where the hare myth originated.
The common humming birds egg that
can be bought in any Of the shops eor a
penny. has little story of its own. 1t
took twenty~four hours, from the time
the sugar and starch and the other in
gradients that form it's marshmellow in
side were mixed together, before it was
even ready to harden. Most Of the time.
IL IS true, it was only resting and getting
cooled off for another process, for if is
truly surprising how quickly they are
really made.
Hundreds Of wooden boxes. about three
feet long and two broad, with sides three
or four inches high. filled and packed
hard with pure white powdered starch.
stand IN high piles all around the room
where the eggs are made, waiting to be
used. When one Of the boxes is finally
taken off the pile, little oval molds are
set into It's surface. This is done in the
tWlnkllng of an eye, and leaves in the
starch the impression of a number Of
eggs cut in half the long way. This box
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31

of stick upon which were Whitfield odd
marks.
"A right down Indian trick" thought
Leroy, but it means something-it sure
ly does
He whacked away at the typewriter for
hfteen minutes. The slip of paper still
lay upon the floor. At the end of that
time Mr.. Schuyler spoke in a strange and
husky voice.
Il expect to leave tonight. Hurry
things up, will you?
Leroy was not satisfied He was fond of
the man and saw his perplexity and
anguish. Had he or had he not seen that
slip? Curiosity struggled with better feel
lngs for one instant, then Leroy stopped,
lifted the paper and laid it on the desk.
You dropped this, sir.
Inc man took it with shaking hand
1t had on it only few faint words-but
they were enough With a deep breath
he spoke again:
Yes, 1 leave tonight. 1 will see the
president. 1t may be three or four days
before I come back"
Leroy watched him across the ward
He seemed to have forgotten the presi-
dent, for he walked straight on as a
man in dream. He boarded street car
and rode a long ways. From time to time
he fingered bit of broken stick.
He al1ghted at a suburb, where a we'll
worn path went from the small station
across an open grassy field. He looked
ahead as one in a dream.
1t is the same" he muttered. ''the
very same Then he struck across the
path, crossed a driveway and came out
on a grassy ridge.
He sought a spot near some spread
ing trees and to it dragged a bench Then,
Tor the first time, that strange clutch at
his heart loosened a little
Here we sat- he thought. there We
sat in the long ago, the one woman that
has ever truly loved me and lit was
such day, such an hour-nothing
changes. She told me that real love
could not charge when it was once born
and IL did not want to believe her
| thought more of money and power-un-
i'll the hour of parting came. Then
sat here. and the anguish of the thing
came We had to part How quiet she
Was!-but her heart broke. | tried to
think not, but it broke-sitting here-so
quiet know now that | notched the
best of myself into this bit of stick-and
she knew it also.
,, He leaned back and looked at the lake
with deep braaths
50 quiet-with her pretty black gown
her Quaker gray hat. So quiet with
no glance or thought for anyone but me-
So thoughtful. SO tender. You to YOUR
duty, / to mine, she said, and God
keep love between us for our own good
and uplifting. But if ever the time
| comes when l send you the bit of broken
/ stick, come to meas l will come to Won
| if you send for me in sickness or
DEATH -
| a sob shook his whole frame. He
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
THE TINE TO woo.

A LITTLE white rose in the garden blew.
When the dew in the dawn lay bright;
Ana over the grass came her lovers M
WOO,
And faithful troth TO plight
But the rose bade the wind ~ sign 81
She fiouted the vows Of the butterfly;
And the cricket-he skipped without say
ing goodbye
TO the little white rose in the garden.
But. aIacki the wee rose-when the
cleaning grew
She quaked in the twilight gray,
When a moth flew out of a lime TO sue
And won her without delay
That bold night moth that flew from the
lime,
He won the wee rose without reason or
rhyme
Because - sly fellow - ne knew just toe
time
To WOO a white rose in the garden.
Smart Set.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
THE DREAM or HOME.

Who has not felt how sadly sweet
The dream of home, the dream of home,
Steals DER the heart too soon, too 1ieeI,
When far Ger sea or land we roam?
Sunlight more soft may DER US fail,
To greener shores our bark may come:
But far more bright, more dear than all,
That dream of home, that dream Of
home
Ask of the sailor youth when far
His light bark bounds Ger oceans foam,
What charms him most when evenings
star
Smiles Ger the wave? To dream OF
home.
Fond thoughts of absent friends and loves
At that sweet hour around him come;
a1S dreo oeo , 81 rea,, 81
home
Thomas Moore.
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Free chair cars. Tourist sleepers three
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81. For full INFORMATION apply to T. N
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and Robert streets, St. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
Sons OF Veterans.
A. O. L. w.

University Lodge No 81 at its meeting
on Wednesday initiated new members ana
received several new applications. A large
number of visitors We're present.
Noble Franklin Lodge No. 2 had an In
teresting meeting Friday, and the enter
tainn.ent committee made a report which
indicates that the event of April will be
a hummer. On April % there will be
another large event at which time large
number of candidates will be admitted.
Noble Franklin is moving right along.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
ROyaI Neighbors.

Maple Leaf Camp No. 3S1 held its reg
ular meeting Thursday evening, followed
by a social session. Those taking part in
Miss Ruth Anderson, Miss H. E. Ruddy,
Mr.. Arthur Bergstrom, Margaret Kelley
Gertrude Morey and Agda Lindahl Ice
cream and cake was served. The camp will
give a card party Thursday evening, april
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
Modern woodmen Of America.

The degree team of the Capital City
Camp No 1884 VIII give an exhibition and
grand hall Tuesday evening, AF-l !, at
Vasa hall, 254 East Seventh The team is
calculating to visit the head camp at In
dianapolis in 1888, and is beginning to make
preparations for that purpose. The boys
promise to put up a good drill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
a Defense Of the .ola Mail,

A toast IS offered to the spinster! We
meet great many pleasant people in
this world, but nowhere do we find
more satisfactory person than that elderly
unmarried woman, generally and some
what disrespectfuliy known as the '1old
maid" and supposed to be afflicted with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
Court of Honor

Harmony Court No. 1898 c. of H. viii
entertain the members and their friends
on Thursday, April 3. The ladies will serve
refreshments, and general good time is
anticipated as usual. Members are urged
to be present and bring friends.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31

Prosperity Camp No. 2, w. O. W. win
hold the regular meeting on April 2. The
Twin City promotion committee wishes to
remind the members of the grand ball to
be given on April 4. The committee
promises an enjoyable evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
500 LING Home.eeIsera, rates.

Very low one-way and round-trip ra IS
to points in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Al
IBERIA. British Columbia and the Pacific
coast Fer particulars apply TO ticket or
fee 379 Robert street.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-03
"GET THERE JUST THE SAME"
The Wing1ess Cimex Lectu1arius and
Some of His SOciabIe Ways.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington.-The range of useful
ness of the Department of Agricult-
ure is nicely exemplif1ed in bulletin
just issued on that pest of the house
scientifically known as "Cimex Lectu-
larius," otherwise commonly called the
bedbug. The entomologists of the de-
partment have been thorough and ex-
haustive, and present great variety of
interesting facts in regard to this ON
nipresent companion of man.
According to the advices of the gov
eminent scientists, the bedbug has re-
markable intelligence. He is migra-
tory, taking passage in the trunks and
satchels of travellers, marching along
the walls of houses over water pipes
and caves from house to house in
search of home and food He knows
what windows are, and has habit
of crawling in around the sashes to
gain access to house. The literature
of the Greeks and Romans and the
ancient peoples of Asia show an ac-
quaintance with the bedbug, and the
scientists at the department have
found an allusion to him in the early
eQIllOnS OIL IIe IolUIe, NDSIt III tic
fifth verse of the Ninety-first Psalm,
it is said, Thou shalt not need to be
afraid for any bugges by night" In
Old England the bedbug was called
the "wall louise" and later the
"chinch. The latter name is now pre-
served in the vicinity of Boston. In
Baltimore they are called the ma
hogany fiat" New Workers call them
"red-coats." Wherever vessels have
sailed bedbugs have Journeyed, and
sailing vessels and steamships are no
toriously infested with them. The
coolest ATTITUDES have them, and in
the tropics they are riotous in their
prosperity. The earliest writings of
the colonists in the United States and
Canada allude to them, although the
legends of the native American Indian
make no mention of them.
Structurally, the bedbug is of low
order It's habit of extensive locomo-
ton has resulted in the loss of wings.
The government scientists say this is
a very fortunate circumstance, since
otherwise there would be no safety
from it for the most thorough and
careful of housekeepers. Now and
then the entomologist finds a speci-
men which shows some disposition to
enlarge its wings, but as yet there is
no considerable development in this d.
rection. Observers find that the nests
of the common barn swallow swarm
with bedbugs. In England there are
three different species. One of them
is found in pigeon cotes, another in
the nests of the English martin and
a third in places frequented by bats.
In this country variety has been
found occasionally living in poultry
houses. The odor of the bedbug comes
from glands on the under side of the
body which secrete a clear. oily, vola-
tile liquid. This odorous oil is Of no
use to the bedbug. but illustrates the
persistence OF a characteristic. With
those insects like the bedbug such as
the chinchbug, the squashbug and
similar insects. which live on plants,
the odor II a means of protection
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-03

No. 522 East Gwinnett street. Before
her return she will visit Charleston.
Mr.. George NJ. Gadsden, director of
public works for the city, left yester-
day for New York. He will visit Sar-
atoga and other points, and will be
away for about two weeks.
Mr.. C. r.. Ashley, Mayor of Valdosta,
was in Savannah yesterday, sailing
during the afternoon for Baltimore.
Besides his political prominence, Mr..
Ashley is one of the leading business
men of his section.
Mr.. R. E. L. Hunt, who has been
with the Neal Willard Co, will leave
to-day for Wilmington, N. c., where
he goes to accept place in the freight
and claim department of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad.
Miss Ethel Estelle Kemp, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Kemp Of
Branford, Fla, spent last week visit
ing Miss Hattie Pead, No. 1875 East
Thirty second street, and her uncle,
MI. A. B. Crosby, No. 108 East Ander-
son street. She left Thursday for Way
cross, where she was the guest of Mrs.
j. H. Matner until yesterday when she
returned TO her home in Branford.