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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
An Expensive Luxurx.

An Indian Territory man was fined $40
Tor four minutes of steady swearing over
me = telephone. This may seem high, but
r1tory swearing is about the fiercest oual-
ity known to the business
Very likely the Judge feared the wires
would fuse next time If he didn't give
Plain Dealer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
Pretty Girl Is a Champion Athlete.


Miss Grace Craig, captain Of the st.
Louis basket ball club, is the leader of
team Of girls who are the champions In
the St. Louis basket ball field. Miss Grace
is an athletic girl of the true type. She is
1.-the and graceful, with rosy cheeks,
strong arms and splendid health. She
broke the worlds record in throwing the
basket ball at O'Fallon, Ill.
Miss Craig does not hold the record, as
Miss Lucille Withheld. also a member of
the St Louis team, outthrew her captain.
establishing a record that SurpasSes the
former record held ,AtrVassar college by
almost three feet
Miss Withheld, however, did not put the
underground shot 16 feet 111h inches,
which feat, accomplished by Miss Craig,
compares favorably with records made by
St. Louis college athletes. Miss Craig's
basket ball throw also beat the Vassar
record, but fell few inches short of Miss
Withnells throw.
Miss Craig. along with Caroline Single
ton, now Of Vassar college, was response
Bile for basket ball being introduced into
the St. Louis high school, and Miss Craig
was the first president Of the girls athlet-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
= Useless knowledoe.

DO you believe" asked the very young
man, that ignorance is more blissful than
wisdom?',
Not always" replied the man with the
invisible hair but when a woman's bliss
lies in her ignorance, it is folly for her to
seek knoWledge from the letters she finds
In her husbands pOckets'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
The ReaI ThInc

TEL me. Harold, "ashe said as the gen.
tie old horse they werei driving along the
country road dropped into a walk, IAN I
your. ideal grip
No." he said fervently. You're my
real girl!''
Whereupon the horse. finding himself
totally neglected. stopped and began to
broWse.-Chicago Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
His View. of II.

isn't that disgusting" said the cranky
man in the trolley car. Look at that fell
low with his arm around the girls waist"
OH" replied his wife, II guess YOU
don't like to see anybody making love any
way asi
Well, If people must make love it ought
to be h(Jff1ea-Ynyffa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
FrloId.

All. yes" said Miss Backbay. "Emer-
son appeals to us women of Boston: al
though he has passed beyond we always
keep him in our hearts. :
a., You don't say" replied Miss Wabash
wonder how it feels to be kept in
cold storage like that after death. .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
Confession.

Pardon me, dear" said the village edi-
tors bride, for appearing at dinner in my
wrapper, but
on: that's all right" interrupted the
knight OF the paste pot, "some of our
pest thoughts come to us in Wrappers
st. Louis Star
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
Worlk;s Both Waua

That sad-eyed woman over there" re-
marked the stranger within the village
gates looks as though she might have
cure in on the side track. stranger"
said the native with the auburn tinted
nose. She loved and won. That's my
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
An Unjust AspersIon.

Yes, our society's new president GER
tainly Is a busy woman, but they saw
she is neglecting Der duties as a wife
and mother =
That Is not true. I know for fact
that she manages to see her family almost
every day."-Brooklyn Life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
Game of elackba,l.

ball game between two colored mines YES
terday. ~ 'A4't0' yes
Smtthinslxy-Tr to! Did he fail?
BroWnovich-Yes lie got mad and call
cd the game OH account of darlxness
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07
VIII Move From House He Has Occupied
~ Years.

~ Years.
NEW YORK, June 6.-Russell Sage,
who has lived AZ years in the modest
dwelling at 506 Fifth avenue will in all
probability take advantage of an option
to purchase 632 Fifth avenue, and make it,
the home of himself and Mrs Sage. Thus,
at last, it would seem that the steady
northward trend of business structures up
Fifth avenue has proved too pressing for
the SageS to resist.
Their present home has become sand
WICKED in between confectionery store
and q hat shop, and within a stones
throw are shops of various kinds They
have grated harshly on the nerves of Mrs,
Sage, though not discoHcerting the finan-
cierY Yielding at lash to her wishes, how
ever. Mr. Sage has consented to leave
their home of SO many years. 1T
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07

last night that he was detained by the
floods and could not tell when he could
De with the convention. He is, in To-
peka. In his absence w. H Miller, SUI
preme foreman will take his place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-07

RUSSELL SAGE YIELDS
TO WISHES OF WIFE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

with the wedding, although the bride her husband.
 He protested that as the wife of prosperous farmer the officials had no authority to hold her. as she could not be classed with the indigent after her marriage to him.
 When he reached the proper official with this protest it was recognized as being we'll based and the bride was released.
 It was Samuel Spencer springstead and Miss Wilhelmina Cole who ate peanuts on their wedding trip until they were sick. Samuel is IF years of age. Wilhelmina is IS. They were forgiven on their return home. For eight days they made round of all the amusements they could find in New York, ending with the circus at Madison Square garden.
 Young Springstead already has learned to roll "my wife" off his tongue with all the assurance of benedict of years of experience. When they eloped from their homes in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island, he had saved $2s, which was to furnish funds for the wedding trip.
 They were married near Perth Amboy, and then went to New York They went to Proctor's, to all the vaudeville theaters they could find, took in all the amusements to be had, and wound up at Barnum's circus. There they bought peanuts with the abandon of youth, and ate fearlessly. When the glamour of the circus dis. appeared they found themselves with little money and a pronounced trou- ble in the region of the stomach. Under these circumstances their thoughts turned towards home, and their feet soon followed their thoughts.
 Albert Johnson and Amelia Hilbert had just been married. They had left their homes near Atlanta, Ga, and had gone into the city on their honeymoon. It happened that on the day of their arrival a circus opened it's attractions, and among them was a captive balloon in which rides were offered.
 It was the first trip of the balloon, and it proved to be the last for a few days. Of course the rope broke. Amelia and Albert sailed away into the clouds on their wedding journey. There was much confusion below and h great scurrying around of people. Searching parties were sent out to watch for the descent of the bridal car. Down it came st the end of 24 hours, 100 miles from Atlanta. The bride and groom decided that their wedding trip had been quite long enough and they hastened for the ouietude of their homes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
TUGGED AT THE LINE.

on the deck skidded along it as if he were on skates, cannoned against the starboard bulwarks,i and as the next roller took us on the. starboard bow it shot him head-frst down the saloon companionway, clean out of sight, and you wouldn't have known there was a shark on board only for the screams of the second saloon stew ard, who was coming up with tray of cocktails just as old blow-hard was going down.
 t'The shark lay head to the open sa- loon door. He gave his tail a. flap, and seemed undecided whether he would 20 on into the saloon or come tail first into! the cable tank; the 1next roller decided the question, for it shot him right into the saloon and banged the door on him, for all the world as if he had pulled it behind him.
 1T heard various sounds from the sa- loon, where all our best glass was put out and covers laid for IS people; but I did not go in. Well, you may fancy the state we were in, the ship pitching and all. h -.
 "Just then our old man came aboard, and there was 8 gay time, tell you. We got rifles and tried to shoot the brute through the skylight. You could see him rolling about in the pineapples and hothouse flowers and broken glass; but he had damned his head between the legs of the table, which had split in two, and the after part of the table fitted him just like sunbonnet, and the bullets glanced off it; so we gave over.
 "At six in the morning the skipper called the second engineer, and told him as he had brought the brute aboard, he must get rid of him, or he'd stop his grog and shove him down the saloon skylight to keep his friend company.
 "Well, the second engineer thought, and thought, and thought. Then he got a leg of mutton and dangled it down the skylight on string till it was under the table-fap of old Chase-me- Charey's sunbonnet. He couldn't re- sist it; he turned on his back, opened his mouth, and the hydrogra pher, who was ready with his gun, shot him clean through the heart"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
HE LEGION OF HONOR. l.
1t Has Recently Been Conferred Up
 on Several English Naval Officers.
It's History, Its Wealth and Tnstitu- tfons, and the Extent of Its Mem bership Which Now Numbers
 More Than Sixty Thousand.

As a proof of friendship between France and England the former nation has recently conferred upon a num- Der of English naval officers the cross of the Legion of Honor, an event which, with but one exception, has not occurred before for more than quar- ter of 8 century.
 The Legion of Honor now counts be- tween 6o,oOo and 10000 members. The first empire, which practically substi- tuted the Legion of Honor for all the distinctions of similar naturei of the monarchical regime. had fixed the number of members far below that fg- ure. In fact, it created only 4s,0o0 Legionaires during the whole of it's existence--1, 400 of whom were civil ians-and at the fall of Napoleon only two-thirds of the original total were on the registers. The succeeding dy- nasties-the two Bourbons, Louis Phil
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
NM vow.

 When get rich, I'll quit the road for good And st&y content at home, as each man
 should
 Who has home wherein the faithful wife Through years of lonesome labor spends
 her life; I'll give some younger man my timeworn
 grip And let him take my routine mor4nly trip,
 When get rich. When get rich, at home I'li Rls,*%y stay, And give my wife some comfort every day; I'll smooth away the wrinkles from her
 face
 That time has all too soon begun to trace; HI tighten all her laborA> great and small. And if she would consent, I'll bear them all,
 When get rich. When get rich, I'll give with lavish hand To help the fallen rise in every land. I'll give to spread the gospel far and wiGe' To feed and clothe the poor on every side; I'll advertise that have funds to spare In doing good to others everywhere,
 When get rich. When get rich Why make so raSh.a vow2 A voice within me whispers. even now Thou art already rich in resource grand A voice that now can cheer. a helping hand, A heart that now should beat with love
 divine
 Give what thou hast, give freely what is
 thine,
 For thou art rich. ~-Charles W. Scarf. in Rams Horn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
E1oquence in Figures.

Those who have patience for statis- tics may calculate how much truth to fact there is in this piece of loyal elo- quence on the part of ap Australian schoolmaster: "King Edward" he told his class, 'is now sovereign over con- tinant, 100 peninsulas, 800 promon- tories, 100 lakes, 2,ooo rivers and O,0Oo islands. He waves his hand, and 9Oo,- GOO warriors march to battle to con- quer or to die. He bends his head, and 1000 ships of war and 100000 sailors perform his bidding on the ocean. He walks upon the earth, and 3oo,ooo, ,ooo human beings feel the least pressure of his foot. The Assyrian empire was not so popuIous. The Persian empire was not so powerful. The Carthagin- ian empire was not so much dreaded. The Spanish empire was not so widely diffused The Roman empire was weak in comparison and Greece was small village. ."-Y Youth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

to considerably below that of the Cum bre, where the mule transports cross.
 A glance at the accompanying maE gives general idea of the portions of this great trans-con tinental railway that have already been built, but the comparatively short section which re- mains offers some of the greatest engi- neering difficulties that engineers have ever been called upon to surmount in the construction of railways in either the new or old world.
 For the completion of such part of the line as may be in Chilian territory that nation guarantees five per cent. annual interest on sym not to exceed $7,3O0,000, and thera Ss 8 provision in the bill making it obligatory upon the builders to sell the line to the govern ment within five years, if the state wishes 10 buy, at the amount upon which interest is guaranteed plus 10 per cent. With such a provision it is more than probable that Chile will own its end of this trans-continental line, the building of which marks & new era in South American industrial develop ment.
 The illustration will give some idea . of the difficulties of construction of the line. R. B. MANSFIELD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
OLD SEAMAN'S YARN.
ae Tells How Monster Shark In-
 vaded a Cable Ship.
Visited the Main Saloon and Wrought Havoc Among Gut Glass and Dainty Via nds-Caught with
 Leg of Mutton.

This is the story of shark and ca ble ship-an anecdote told by vet eran seaman of thrilling experience aboard a ''cabler," with one of the mon- ster maneaters who infest the waters of the Mediterranean.
 And this, says the Philadelphia Press, is how he told it to a brother sea- man, as they were comparing notes on the ability of the maneaters to live out of the water, for a great length of time.
 ''The old Grapnell,' said he, twas cablesLip, and we were at St. Helena, anchored close in, and the second en- gineer got hook, baited it with 8 fistful of oily waste from the engine room, and began to fish for huge shark that was hanging about our stern.
 "As it happened, the governor of St. Helena, or some big pot, was com ing to dinner that day, and the table in the saloon was set out with the best glass and pineapples and bananas, and what not, all in the way of dessert. We'll, the shark wasa bit coy, but just as four bells was striking he gobbled the bait. --.
 ''The old man, was ashore, and we clean forgot about the governor com ing to dinner, forgot everything but the shark plunging and tugging at the line. a/
 "Well, we had hoisted the brute ten feet or so clear of the water when the first roller struck us, pointing our bow balks at the sky and swinging the shark out till his tail nearly touched the water, then, swash! we went into the trough, pitching our proI eller up to the sky and swinging the shark in board .
 "The bight of rope slipped, and smash! came the shark on to the after gratings; 22 foot he was, and as thick as a Pickford's van almost. \
 Swish! came the next roller, and as we went into the trough the shark shot
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
CROSSING TIE ANDES ]
A New Trans-Continental Railway
 in South America.
1t Marks a New Step i'm the Industrial Progress of Chilli and Axgen- tune RspubIic--A Part of
 It Is Completed.

Venezuela and Chile and Argentine represent distinct types of the South American nations. Venezuela is the unprogressive; Chile and Argentine the progressive. MT. James Barnes calls Venezuela the Land of Stand still," and @, appelation is good one.
 Such a name, however, would not ap- ply to the other two republics. Though it may be doubted if either have shown the progressiveness of some sections of the new world, yet both are now pushing toward development of re- sources that will give them prominent places in the gallery of nations, and in no line is this development more
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
AN EIGHT DAY GAME.
German Professor Played Steadily
 During That Period.
Then He Went to Bed and Slept Thir@ ty-Six Hours-Heroic Cure for In- somnia--A Protracted Game
 of Poker.

Every man probably has told or has heard fabulous stories of poker play ing. The narrative of how Brown and Smith sat down to quiet little game with Black and Jones at eight o'clock Wednesday evening and how they or dered Swiss cheese sandwiches at nid- night, black coffee at five a. m. Thurs day morning, and adjourned at noon with Smith $1.3s ahead has been told many times with many variations.
 Sometimes Brown, Smith .& Go. make couple of days and nights of it. and a larger sum goes through the clearing house. Every one knows the type of story which is told to illustrate this desperate life. We'll, here is the 'Munchausen" version of it:
 Prof. Heinrich Gerhauser, of Berlin it wiM be necessary to send to Ber- lin for the affidavits if required--had been troubled with insomnia. He could not sleep, no matter how much he tried. At an evil moment--for the professors family-some authority told him that what he should do was to sit down to quiet game of cribbage and play until he tired himself out.
 
 Tuesday evening, just after tea, he put on his slippers and smoking jacket and sat down to game with his wife. Frau Gerhauser lasted until midnight and then she dropped to sleep in her, chair. The professors eldest son took her hand and continued the game un- til his younger brother woke up in the morning. Then the brother jumped into the breach and the game contin- ued. Meanwhile Frau Gerhauser had, slept and was ready for the fray again. She "sat in" until noon and then man. friend dropped in and was preesed into. service. He lasted until six o'clock, when one of the servants took thG chair.
 Then the eldest son tried it for a fevAl hours, and the rest of the fanily, bar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
BRIDES AND GROOMS,
Sometimes They Spend Honeymoon
 ~ in Peculiar Fashion.
Unexpected Presentments Interrupt Current of Welded Bliss at the Start, Butt Complete HappI-
 ness Usually Follows.

With so many people getting mar ried all the while it is not strange to find some of them going through ex- ceedingly peculiar honeymoons. It would be stranger, probably, if they all got married and then settled down just like ordinary folks.
 The bridegroom who remained at work on the farm while his bride set out on her honeymoon dressed in her wedding gown and determined to have the time of her life affords a well known instance of peculiarity in this direction. Others have been just as strange, but not so we'll known.
 Among the recent matrimonial do- ings there was one case of a bride who made her wedding trip to Ellis island and spent part of the honey moon in charge of the immigration officers. There is also the story of the newly welded pair who made their wedding trip in a balloon, quite unwillingly, and were rescued from it 24 hours later.
 Marie Stoyanova is the heroine of the first story. Peter BakaloHtch is the bridegroom. Elias Yovtchef is the interpreter. Rev. Nicholas Zeit- zoff is the minister. Maria had just arrived in New York on the Deutsch- land. She had been engaged to the bridegroom before he had left his native Poland. He had become a prosperous farmer of Brookhaven, l.. I. He knew his bride was coming on the steamer and he was awaiting g it with minister, marriage license and interpreter-not that the latter would be needed in the ceremony, but possibly with the officials.
 Unfortunately Maria, instead of coming by second cabin, saved money and came in the steerage. The immi- grafton officials declared that she had to go to Ellis island for examination. That was not allowed to interfere
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
Business Dates from 1855.

There are many firms whose history is known since their foundation in the eighteenth century, and some who claim, and probably with justice, to go back to the seventeenth century. The publishing houses of Longmans, Riv- ingtons and Murrays are instances, and the names of many bankers will im- mediately occur to many readers; but among wholesale druggists and the analogous trade of drysaultery there are also large number. Of the for mer Messrs. Corbyn date from earlier than 1730, and of the latter Messrs. Pott, of Southwark, claim to date from 1655.-Notes and Queries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

ginning to realize that this was no ox- tlinary game, prepared a schedule of turns and divided the day up into, watches"
 For seven days and nights Herr Pro- lessor sat and played crihbage be- fore he felt the first sensations of sleep creeping over him.
 That was on Tuesday, just a week from the time he had sat down to the game. He was afraid to trust the frsts symptoms, and so he decided to take! another day and night.
 After playing steadily for eight days. and nights he felt positive that he was sleepy. At ten o'clock Wednesday, night he threw down the cards and said he thought he would go to bed. He slept for 36 hours, almost breaking an- other record.
 The same authority that gives this story to the world hands out another. !, It will not be necessary to go farthEr than New York for affidavits in thisl case:
 Early in the year, however, two pro@ ,fessionals sat down to play in a New York club at ten o'clock one Wednes1 day evening at a quiet game of poker They did not play for high stakes, ande when ten o'clock the following mornl ing struck the amount of money lostl and won was about even. They hadS then been playing for 12 hours, but neither expressing any fatigue the game continued uninterruptedly un til ten o'clock on Thursday night. Onel of them, Frost, had then lost about $2oo, and as he desired to make goodl some of his losses play was continued all that night, until once more the hrur of ten a. m. chimed forth. Both play; CTS were apparently as fresh as ever., and as Frost had begun to recoup hin-il self it was magnanimously suggested by the other, Richards, that the game should continue.
 Neither had had anything to eajH with the exception of a few sand-,, wiches, though each had consumed four bottles of whisky and 12 siphonz of Vichy water. At ten o'clock on. Friday night Frost had managed to win $12o, and as the game had then been running for AS hours it was pro1 posed by the loser that an adjourn ment should be made, an offer whichI was gratefully accepted by his pRrt-i ner