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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17
State of Minnesota,

pIdtG OF MInneSOta,
Department of Insurance.
Whereas, the Guarantee Co. of No.
America, a corporation organized under
the laws of Canada, has fully compiled
with the provisions of the laws of this
State, relative TO the admission and au-
thorization Of insurance companies of its
class.
Now. Therefore. I, the undersigned. In
surance Commissioner, do hereby empow-
er and authorize the said above named
Company to transact its appropriate bust
ness of Fidelity insurance in the State of
Minnesota, according to the laws thereof.
until the thirty7first day of January, A. D.
1904, unless said authority be revoked or
otherwise legally terminated prior thereto.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal
at st. Paul, this S1st day of January, A.
d. 1903
ELMER H DEARTH,
Insurance Commissioner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

Senator Calhoun,s bill to provide
postage stamps and stationery for the
county officials of Hennepin county
was recommended to pass by the. SEN
ate sitting as committee of the whole
A bill giving the sheriff of st. Louis
county "a fee of 81 in cases where he is
unable to find the party or parties on
whom he is ordered to serve a sum
mons was introduced by Senator Lay
bourn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17
ELECT SPEAKER PRO TEN.
Armstrong Is Honored Through Sick
ness of DR.. Babcock.

Representative George w. Arm
strong, Hennepin, was Yesterday hon
ored by the house by unanimous cleo
ton as speaker pro tenn. The election
of temporary speaker was made nee
essary by the absence of Speaker Bah
cock, who is suffering from a severe
attack of grin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17

The simplest remedy for indigestion constipation
biliousness and the many ailments arising from
ules. They have accomplished wonders and their
timely aid removes the necessity OF calling physi
clan for many little ills that beset mankind They
go straight to seat OF the trouble relieve the die
fress cleanse the affected parts and give the system
general toning up. The 1ve-cent packet is enough
for an ordinary occasion The family bottle SO cenfa
sontains supply for ayear ALI druggists sell them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17

THE GUARANTEE co. OF NO. AMER
ICA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17

Principal Office, Montreal. Canada.
lOrganized in 1851 Edward Rowlings,
President. Robert Kerr Secretary At
torney to- accept service in Minnesota:
Insurance Commissioner. Cash capital.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
THE LILY IN LITERATURE.

Dwarfing the courtier train sovereign
star
Wearest the charm and token of a God. :"
The tiger lily, that Fawcett terms "a
fantastic, sultry thing, is the most bla-
tant of all the lily blooms. T. B. AL
drich has lauded their Oriental splendor
thus:
Il like the chaliced lilies.
The heavy eastern lilies,
The gorgeous tiger lilies.
That in our garden grow.
For they are tall and slender;
Their mouths are dashed with carmine;
And when the wind sweeps by them,
On their emerald stalks,
They bend so proud and graceful
They are Circassion women,
The favorites of the Sultan,
Adown our garden walks"
Austin Dobson has a Slightly different
description in his lines:
"And round her train the tiger lilies
swayed,
Like courtiers bowling till the queen be
nnne."
The mature trend of these latter days
has led many poets to descriptions of ma
tive lilies Elaine Goodale has splendidly
described the wildwood lily:
''Thro trellised roadway edges,
And open woodland range,
! BY ruined walls and lodges,
In every phase of change,
They lift in holy vigils
The years unquenched desire,
And heat the moVeless verdure
With shifting lines of fire.
Charles G. d. Roberts has some lines
on the Canada lily:
THE northern summer, bright like flame,
Grew troubled at the tranquil core,
And from the sudden passion came
This blossom blazoned as for war
And as the tropic bloom unfurled,
Strange hearts assailed this temperate
world,
And Ger the burning petals drew
The heavens with a sultrier hue"
The Iilv as an Easter symbol typifying
the Resurrection, appears to have been
evolved from the purity of bloom emery
ing from the apparently dead bulb.
Lucy Larcom has embodied the idea in
Eer lines:
"While the lily dwells on earth,
Walled about with crumbling mould,
She the secret of her birth
Guesses not, nor has been told.
So the unfolding mystery!
We shall bloom some wondrous hour,
AS the lily blooms when she
Dies a bulb to live a flower"
Munkittrick's quatrain on THE Bulb
is perfect poem with this same central
idea:
"Misshapen. black, unlovely to the sight,
O mute companion of the murky mole,
You .must feel overjoyed to have white
Imperious, dainty lily for soul
Whittiers poem on the Easter lily in
vests it with religious sentiment:
"A thought of Love immortal blends
With dear remembrances of friends,
And in these earth born flowers,
With Eden's lingering fragrance sweet,
The heavenly and the human meet,
The heart of Christ and ours
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
James WhitCOmb Riley'S
hi Y MIN [EMW[lT Am 7


Voice of Mankind, sing of land and sea-
Sing in this glorious morn!
The long, long night is gone from Calvary
The cross, the thong and thorn:
The sealed tomb yields UP its sanity guest.
No longer to be burdened and oppressed.
Heart of Mankind, thrill answer to His own,
So human, yet Divine
For earthly love He left His heavenly throne
For love like thine and mine
For love of us, as might kiss bride,
His lifted lips touched deaths, all satisfied.
Soul of Mankind, He wakes He lives once more
o soul, with heart and voice
Sing! Sing! the stone rolls chorus from the door
Our Lord stands forth. Rejoice!
Rejoice, o Garden-land of song and flowers;
Our King returns to u.s. forever ours!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
Lilies of all kinds,

Inc Ueur-Uc-iuce DGlDS one
Winters Tale Shakespeare.
The lily in literature has ever been the
symbol of purity or innocence. Indeed,
the name itself is expressive of this, for
it comes from the Celtic Ii, meaning
white Simile and metaphor picturing
this aspect constitute the most frequent
reference to it by ahe poets. Leigh Hunt
wrote;
NTWe are lilies fair,
The flower of virgin light;
Nature held us forth and said,
10! my thoughts of white.
Tom Hood says:
'The Lily is all white, like a saint"
This aspect of saintliness has been ex-
pressed in many ways; in so many, In
deed. as to almost invest the flower with
special sanctity
Nora Perry has written of them:
milk white lilies, parded and pale,
With their great white petals rolled
Fold on fold like a nuns white VEIL
other SMILES are:
Bearing up
To the blue sky that alabaster cup.
"The ivory vases hold
Each a sunny gift of gold
"Her chalice reared of silver bright
These SMILES all emphasize the idea
of consecrated beauty. OF the mere ma
terial quality of warm Wilderness nothing
has exceeded the line by Graham X.
Tomson
Lilies white as ivory new sawn."
Rut there are lilies and lilies. Though
the classic lily be white there are many
members of the lily family which are
NOT white And there are many so-calleu
lilies which are not even remotely allied
to the family of Liliaceae. The lilly oil
the valley is no more a lily than is the
onion. The plant styled "calla lily is
not lily at all, but only very close
relation to the Jack in Gne- pulpit.
The pond lilies are not true lilies, the
family Nymphaeaceae to which they pc
long having little in common with the
liliums. The name ''water lily mas,
however. become so general in usage as
to be a properly accredited designation
of the plant.
The Iris family has also been classed
among the lilies from Shakespeare time
until our own. The graceful and chlVal-
rous Longfellow, in a letter to James J.
Fields, wrote:
How beautiful they are, these lines
of the field; and how like American wo-
men Not because they neither toll nor
spin but because they are elegant ana
born in the purple.
The fleur- de-luce, chosen by the OLD
French Kings as their emblem-the nag
| flower-unfolding its imperial purple to
the sun. has little in common with the
white garden lily, though known as the
flower of the lily"
Of the lily family proper-the liliums-
there are many members that vie each
other in a brilliancy of color. yellow and
orange predominating. In fact, nearly
all native American lilies glow in these
| coloTs.
The Lilium Auratum, or golden banded
| lily of Japan. is perhaps the largest form
of bloom among the imported garden
lilies. For splendor of bloom and height
of growth the lily of the Himalayas is
said to Guido all others 1t has been de-
scribed by c. l.. Belts thus
| Grand rajah of the gardens gay durbar
1 Blazoning with naughty grace they pomE
abroad,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
Are Marriage Licenses too High?
(Troy Examiner.)

Wen wager our Easter egg that Troy
has moro bachelors and marriageable
young ladies and less marrying than any
other town of its size in the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12

Love sneaks out at the back door when
young man discovers that his best girl
likes onions
The sun., 1903-12-27
ENGLAND WARNS FRANCE:
Her Intention to support Japan II France
Aids Russia.

Special Cabs Despatch TO TIE SuN.
LONDON, Dec 2o.--It i suthoritatively
stated that the British Government has in
formed the French Government that 1t Is
using all possible efforts at Toxic In the
interests Of peace. but that In the event Of
war England would side with Japan II France
should side with Russia. NJ, Delcasse has
apprised the Russian Government of this
statement.
According to other reports the foregoing
statement is exaggerated. 1t is asserted
that the closest understanding exists be-
tween London and Paris as to the desira-
bility that every pressure should be brought
at st. Petersburg and Toxic in behalf OF
peace.
1t is stated furthermore that England
has assured France that should hoetilities
ensue she would only actively intervene in
the event Of France actively siding with
Russia
But Il is aid that Lord ansdowne has
been ssured by NJ. Delcasse that FIR nee
woul not o. moment consent to being
drawn to strug le In which there was
prospect at the Ru so-Japanese compli-
tions would affect the cordiality Of Anglo
French relations.
The sun., 1903-12-27
TWO MEN MISSING.
They Left TarrytOwn for Nyack In Boat.
which Has Been Found Bottom Up.

HhAS neVu uuttOui
NYAcK. Dec. 2e.--Christopher Sickenger.
engineer of the ferryboat Rockland and
Isaac Osterhout. mate of the Chrystenah,
are missing, and 1t is believed by their friend
that they were drowned in the Hudson,
between Nyack and Tarrytown, on Thurs
day night. These two men left Nyack
for Tarrytown at 1 o'clock Thursday after
noon in a fiat bottomed rowboat belong
ing to the Rockland. They we're accom-
panied by the fireman Of the Chrystenah,
who was going to take q train from Tarry-
town for his home in Germantown, Colum-
bia county.
The men reached Tarrytown all right,
it has since been learned, and the fireman
went on his way home. Siokenger and
0sterhout left Tarrytown in their boat at
clock Thursday evening for Nyack,
but they did not reach here and have not
since been seen or heard from.
This morning Isaac Wallace. the dock
agent here, received a telephone message
from Irvington telling him that the boat
had been found bottom up in the river
at that place. This message strengthens
the belief that the men were drowned.
Christopher Sickenger had been engineer
on the Rockland for two years, and for eight
years before that he was engineer Of the
Chrystenah. He was about 80 years Of age.
His wife died few months ago, leaving
two children. His home was In Nyack.
Isaac Osterhout has been mate on the
Chrystenah four years. and his home is IN
Peekskill, where his wife and two children
i've
The sun., 1903-12-27
NEW YORK ARTISTS GET MEDALS
Awards In the water Color Exhibition
at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-The jury OF
awards in the water color exhibition OF the
American Art Society announced to-day
the names of the artists who will receive
medals for their work. Eighteen honors
were given to Pennsylvania, twelve to New
York and eight were divided among the
other States.
Gold medals were awarded to anhtus
Smith Of Philadelphia; W. verplank Birney'
New York: Walter G. Harrison. New York;
Peter Moran, Philadelphia Paul de Longpre,
Califronia: James B. Sword, Philadelphia
Carl Weber, Philadelphia; ;,t Leon Moran Tan.
YORK; 4. II. n Hyneman.. New York. and
F. l.. Kirkpatrick, Philadelphia.
The following received silver meda'
awards: Rebecca N. Van Trump. Philadel-
phia; W. s. Budworth. New York; Walter
Satterlee, New York; Il. G.. Plumb, New
SS1s Ssb John A. qaSs inassm ph'dfpRRh1sa pRRaaepha Es
Walter !Sn Paris, '"FSSi F@ashington,' B. G.;
Howell, wilson, Philadelphia; James hin
sella, New York; E NM eller, New York;
Donald MoGregor, Philadelphia
Rhett, Charleston. S. G.; John j, Dull
ington; Mary, Austin Oliver, Geneva. n, Y; !;
Sykes, Cincinnati; Mary Stewart Dunlap
New York; Charles H. Hagert, Dingman's
Ferry, Pa, and c. Philip Weber, Pha-
dephia.
Those who won bronze medals are Ed
ward Ertz, Chicago, ILL.,. H. W. IomlnSon
Elizabeth Lesser. New York; Nj. L: Ba' es
Bumpus. Quincy, Mass; Ferdinand Moras
Philadelphia Eugene CASTILLO, Philadelphia
and Winfield Rubins, Minneapolis, MINI.
The sun., 1903-12-27
SWAPPING CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
DAH.iFTER ri 'SH or FOLKS WHO
cor THE WRONG PRESENT.

Big stores KEEP, Isus! Making Trades
Women In the MaJOrity-Men Folks
Rather DO Without Than ShOp-Some
who Only wanted TO Learn Prices.
Two women with arms full of bundles
met in a Broadway car yesterday morning
and each smiled "a she greeted the other.
Going down town to exchange presents. y
they remarked simultaneously.
The conversation that followed revealed
the fact that two families were overstocked
with things that they hadn't any use for.
A phonosraph that offended the musical
ear of one was to he traded for n new baby
carriage, and set of Shakespeare, if luck
went well. would become cut glass vase.
bottle of perfume and n dozen candle
shades.
The stores were full of women, changing
everything from 25-cent lace handkerchiefs
to costly jewory, and there was hardly a
man among them. If appearances count
for anything, the men who got what they
didn't want grnned and bore IT,
In most of the stores special arrangements
for the annual rearrangements of purchases
were made Exchange desks were set up
in various departments and from there
matters were Strengthened out. Some got
credit checks, some cash The clerks in
charge of those desks had to work over
time They had their troubles, too.
Here's piece Of china that ware to
with n determined jaw. The piece Of china
was carefully tied up in box bearing the
firms name. The clerk united il. pulled
aside about a bushel of excelsior and an
nounced decisively:
Cant, give credit on that. 'Twasn't
bought here"
But I'm sure it was" protested the
woman MY daughter-in-law gave it to
me in that box and you must have sold it
to her"
Maybe she had the box and bought
the china somewhere else" suggested
the clerk
"W hat" Casped the woman with fine
show Of indignation. "Ycu accuse my
daughter-in-law of trying to misrcpresent
to me. The idea Size wouldn't do such a
thing ard you're impairment to suggest it.
She did, but she didn't exchange the
piece Of china
Another phase Of the game came to light
when n woman appeared at a desk with
an ivory paper cutter.
How much credit do l get for this7'
she asked.
The clerk hustled around and finally told
her that the article had cost t3.45.
-Oh, very well, | don't think II! return
it to-day" remarked the woman, taking
her paper cutter and walking away
Another OF the rubbernecks," mused
the girl behind the counter. There's a
bunch Of them that wants to know how
much some friends or others spent on the
presents they got They haven any idea
of changing anything-just are 30 curious
that they cant stand it any longer"
There were more serious miX-ups in one
or two of the stores which have rules that
nothing can be exchanged unless the ticket
which is made out at the time Of purchase
accompanies the goods to be exchanged.
OF course, no Christmas gifts were accom-
panied by the tickets that told how much
they COST and the iloorwalkers had merry
time trying to straighten matters out.
The sun., 1903-12-27
J4CkTARs had roo G0OD A TINE.
New Orleans Festivities Too Much for
Them-Ortiercd to Pensacola TO Sober Up.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. 26,-The war
ships Minneapolis, Hartford and Yankee.
which have been here celebrating the
Louisiana Centennial, received orders to-
day to sail at once for Pensacola. The
vessels we're to have remained here for a
week or more longer and then sail direct to
the West Indies.
The order to sail for Pensacola was issued
at the request of Admiral Wise, who re-
ported that the festivities Of New Orleans
during the centennial celebration and
holidays had proved demoralizing to dis
cipline. The men have been very popular
and 40 large a number have been locked up
until they got sober that Admiral Wise
thought il best to take them to some quiet
nlace
The sun., 1903-12-27
HUCKLEBERRY'S VICTORY.
Dunn and Baker Voted For IT, Dickey
Against It,

ALBANY. Dec 28.-In denying the ap-
plication of the New York City INTERIOR
ough Railway Company for permission
to construct thirty-six miles Of electric
roads in Bronx borough, the State
Railroad Commission says, in a
written opinion made public to-day,
that there is no necessity for the construc-
ton of any part Of these proposed roads
for the reason that the electric railroads
now operated by the Union Hallway Com
pany and those for which it has franchises
to build. are and will be am pie for some
time to come for the street surface passenger
traffic in that borough.
Commissioners George ". Dunn OF Bng-
hamton and Frank M. Baker OF Owego
Joined in refusing the application TO con-
at ruct. Commissioner Joseph NJ. Dickey
Of Newburgh writes dissenting opinion
in favor Of granting the application. de-
clarng hat there was necessity and room
for another line Of surface roads in that
borouph
The sun., 1903-12-27
THE EVENING GROSBEAK.
A Pretty Little Bird That Visits Pacin,
Coast Cities in Severe winters.

J. rom thS fOFNdnf OfCp0Ht0h.
A flock OF evening grosbeaks. the pretty
little birds which usually visit this city during
the winter. arrived here few days ago.
They have been fitting about and feeding
on the seeds of the locust trects. the pods
OF which still cling to the branches, and peck
ing az the stems from which the seeds of the
naples have fallen. evidently finding some
thing eatable there.
These birds did not visit the city last winter,
II was supposed on account OF the season not
being severe in the mountains and forests,
where they have their haunts. There are
several species Of grosbeaks scattered over
North America. from the Far North away
into Mexico. They derive the name from
the large stout bill which is chara cteristic
OF the whole family. The evening gros-
beak is the only species seen here. Flocks
of them are often seen in the pine woods on
the Cascades and Blue Mountains as late as
May, being on their way from the South
to their summer haunts in the far countries
of the North. They are seen at different
times in Wisconsin and as far East as the New
! England States
They are supposed to visit this city when
the snow gets unusually deep in the mountain
but their movements appear to he capricious.
The blue, pine and rose breasted species Of
the crosbeak are OF more showy plumage
than the evening grosbeak, which is of modest
colors. but still is beautiful bird. being Of
n dusky olive color shading to yellowish on
the rump; the forehead, line over the eyes
and under tail coverts. yellow: crown, win gH
, and tail black bill. greeDish yellow. conspicu-
ously large. In this species the female differs
but slightly from the male. but is easily dis
tinguishabe. In some OF the other species
the males are Raudy with red. blue and white
markings. During their visits here they
appear very tame and unsuspicious. and
their only note while feeding consists OF a
single rather screaming call In the mating
season the male has warbling whistle not
20 pretty rs the robins song
The sun., 1903-12-27
BACK BROkEN 4 MONTH"
Strange story Told by Greek When
Brought TO q Hospital.

vassilios Pratio was taken to the Hudson
street hospital from ~ Washington street
late yesterday afternoon. PIatio, who is a
native of Greece. says that he was at work
he was struck by passing train and his
back broken.
He was taken to a hospital. where he
stayed some time, but did not get well. He
became very desrous Of seeing his family
in Greece. he says, and finally was taken
from the hospital and sent to New York:
He was met by friends here, VINO carried
him on mattress to the Washington street
boarding house.
He had been there two or three days be-
fore his friends called an ambulance. The
man would not say how he got 60 the train
from the Chicago hospital.
The sun., 1903-12-27
Town Pride OF q North Carolina Girl.


"A young North Carolina girl gave me
a centre shot the Other day as token OF
that pride Of locality which is more pro-
nounced In the South than elsewhere" said
MIR. Henry o. Conners Of Baltimore. nt the
E5btt.
1T was quite small place. but it boosted
one very fine hotel. at which stopped all
night. After good breakfast paid my bill
to the grown daughter OF the lady who ran
the tavern and who WAS quite up in the duties
Of a cashier.
lyon have a nice little town here. miss.
said |, trying to make friends with the good
looking clerk. but ! must say that ! never
knew there WAS such n town on the map till
the Southern Railroad landed me here yes
terday.'
"Fying me coolly and looking Inc sauarely
in the eve. the Tnrhecl maiden said Where
be you from, mistery ! owned up to Ralt-
i reckon there's lots OF folks in Baltimore
that are just as ignorant ms you."
The sun., 1903-12-27
SWEPT OVERHEARD AT SEA.
Two OF Fishing Schooner's Crew Lost
or Plymouth, Mass.

BosToN. Dec 28.--In the snowstorm this
noon two-masted schooner was sighted
close to the rocks at Cohasset. AT first it
was thought she was ashore and that her
crew were in the rigging A volunteer
crew Of life savers put of to the rescue.
They found that the craft was at anchor.
but had been badly used by the gale of
yesterday and last night.
She proved to be the fishing schooner
Ellen II. Jones of this port. and when of
Plymouth yester day encounte, ed gale
that blew her mainsil out of the bolt ropes
and otherwise crippled her. Two OF her
crew OF ten men were washed overboal d
and drowned. Her captain worked her in
to gain lee. It is thought the schooner
can work Oft shore safely as soon as the
gale abatcS.
The sun., 1903-12-27
santa Claus at Riding and Driving Club
sports.

Santa Claus visited the home of the Riding
and Driving club. on the Park Slope.
Brooklyn last night. and the children made
merry with their annual Christmas enter
tun,nent and equestrian sports; IN. Christ
an unusually large number of children par
ticip,ting in the various evolutions on the
tani lrk TO the music Of a string orchestra.
After the music ride Santa claus appeared.
mo intcd on a foIr-in-hand, with Hamilton
ii. salmon, the well known Brooklyn society
man as driver. Riding aroand the ring,
VII / Il red coated guard sounding his horn.
Santa tossed iortn handsomely decorated
hoN"s of bolbo"s TO the childr"h ,.,
b Fritz Be ford This was followed by an
egg and sUoou race on norscback, which was
won by Miss Dorothy ilnbbs. Miss Smythe
bei.g srconi. ul ,r,.
The jumping compet!ions followed me
blue was won by f. ID, Peabody on his bny
mare. with Fritz Bedford. on William NJ
Dykman's mare gaining second honors
Tne women Is class went TO Miss harrington