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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
SHINING CATS GAVE
RICH BROKER A START
He Gathered Feline Pelts With Profit
Until tho Neighbors Interfered.

What was my first business yen-
tureT The wealthy Chicago broker
rolled back in his chair his face re-
Taxed, and he roared with laughter, UNI
til the clerks looked astounded. Well"
he resumed, when he had recovered
from the laughing fit. 1T was pelting
cats"
Then he laid back and roared again
You people who are born in cities
may not know it, but pelting cats is
a profitable business. AT least it was
when l was boy L was twelve years
old and spending money was scarce.
My special chum was Lie Mcintyre,
and we went into the pelting business
at his suggestion.
Life lived over back Of the dump
and knew more about the business
than did. and besides, my parents
would have objected had they known
L mad formed a community of interest
with Lie or was in the cat pelt busI-
ness.
Anyhow. L decided to keep my voca-
ton secret until Lie and 1 had made
our fortunes l had a little rifle and
LlJe could throw stones straight, so
we prospered and cats grew scarce.
We started with our own cats, and
there was sensation Of their mystic
rious disappearance. Then we raided
old Mrs. MONEYS cat colony and got
seven eXcellent peltS. We carried on
our pelting operations over on the rail.
road dump and sold the pelts at from
10 cents to quarter. We rapidly
grew rich.
Success made US want to branch
out. We began peltIng any other ami
mails that came our way. In three
months the town was fairly we'll clear
ed Of cats. and the business was get
ting slack.
Then Jamie Campbell, the son Of
the Presbyterian pastor, gave a circus
in his barn. That proved our ruina-
ton. Jamie borrowed old Mrs Smiths
AngOra cat for his menagerie, and he
dragged Shea's billy goat up into the
barn loft, and enticed Col Walkers
skye terrier there. besides numerous
other animals. Lie and L paid 2 cents
each and attended. Then we held a.
secret meeting of the stockholders Of
the cat pelt company limited. That
night we pelted the menagerie
There were troubles. Mrs. Smiths
Angora was traced to the hide store.
Shea's billy's skin was found beside it,
Col. Walkers dogs pelt furnished the
last link, and it took my father a week
to keep us out OF court. That was
my last venture in hides for some
time. "-ChicagO Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
A PROFITABLE WHALING CRUISE,
Dangerous Occupation, but 1t Brings
Large Dividends.

Whaling is rather a sporting trade.
says the Westminster Gazette The
risks Of the Davis straits are great, and
the possibility of luck" proving I'M
kind has to be faced. Still, 125 per
cent is comfortable interest for ones
money and reconciles one to a bad
season and a clean ship. The Diana Of
Dundee truly sporting name-has
paid her shareholders this year an in.
term dividend of 100 per cent, and
now a further dividend Of 25 per cent
is announced for the year She had a.
good catch, and whaIebone is at a ran
som price. Asum of s915 was also
carried to the reserve fund, which now
amounts to s2,707, so that the lucky
shareholders can contemplate 1903 with
serenity.
A Dundee whaler was lost last year
In the arctic seas, but another vessel
has been purchased. so that there are
again five vessels to fit out for the
hazardous work in the frozen North.
Dundee is the only port in the king
dom which sends whalera to sAa-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
Fine Arts scboo, to Move.

The St Paul School of Fine Arts Is
to have new quarters. A change has
been contemplated for some time, the
enlargement of the school making this
imperative. AT the regular monthly
meeting held yesterday in one of the
studios in the Moore block the reports
that were read showed the school to be
very full. the night class even finding
its quarters rather small. Mrs. D. A.
Monfort, who presided yesterday, ap-
pointed Mrs. Herbert Davis and Mrs.
George Thompson to serve on a COM
mittee whose duty it will be to secure
suitable quarters. A gift of $175 was
received from the Monday Art and
History class, through the leader, Mrs.
G. R. Metcalf, and the treasurer, Mrs.
E. H. Bailey. 1t was decided to hold
an exhibit Of the work of all depart
ments of the school the last four days
Of April at the studios in the Moore
block Seven corners
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
GERMANY VS.. UNITED STATES.
In Naval Personnel the Former Has
the Better of Us,

Navy officers are constantly making
comparisons between the navies Of
Germany and the United States, for
they think it vastly more important
that we should pay attention to the
hattleships and cruisers of the kaiser
than to those Of any other European
nation.
Germany has a great advantage
over the United States" remarked one
officer to a correspondent, lin the mat
ter of personnel. In the first place,
she has more officers and men than we
nave IN our navy, and then her facili-
tles FOR getting trained seamen are in
hn1tely superior. In the German navy
there are nearly 10000 officers and men
put the kaiser can draw on the mer-
chant service, which embraces some
fo,OOO men who have had three years
or training in the regular navy. This
gives 10 her big reserve force in tina
regular navy. The United States has
no such reserve. To be sure, we have
the naval militia, but the Spanish war
proved that while the patriotism and
enthusiasm are all there the naval
militia lacks experience. The United
states has no great merchant marine
10 furnish a supply OF trained seamen
Tor the navy, and this, to my mind.
IS one OF the greatest DISADVANTAGES
under which the service is Iaboring.
NOBODY knows the troubles we have in
trying to convert the raw farmers of
the western plains into genuine tars.
1t is uphill work and we have many
FAILURES. brooklyn Eagle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03

The man from Cooks has rebelled.
While he courts being followed he OBJ
jects to being ridiculed An Eastern
playwright conceived the plan of en-
Hvening the play he was writing by
briesquing a party Of Cook tourists.
The play was put on and was a sue
cess. The man from Cooks, dropping
into the theater on q night off, was
panied to discover Il personally con-
Quoted" group making themselves ri
diculous for the entertainment of the
audience.
He sought the ear of a judge and
demanded that the tourists be taken
out of the play or given another name.
The playWright'S manager answered
that ii would be impossible to leave
out the tourists and that by any other
name they would not be so amusing.
The man from Cooks contended that
he himself was affable, educated and
intelligent and never referred to the
personally conducted ones as "a jay
crowd The play he complained,
would lead an unthinhng audience to
believe otherwise.
The man from Cooks also put in a
word for the personally conducted"
He did not deny that they Travelled
with two suits of underwear only, but
he maintained that they took an intel
ligent interest in such objects of art
as the Apollo Belvidere of the Vatican.
Here again, he insisted, the play was
apt to create q false impression. In
fact, he called the judges attention to
an act that shows the tourists were
standing before the statue discussing
a meal ticket instead of the beauty Of
the archer god.
The judge has not announced his
decision, but unquestionably the sym
pathy of the people is with the man
from Cooks. He has become an in
stitution, and as such deserves protec-
ton. AS the small boy says. its up to
him" to say whether or not he desires
to contribute to the amusemen OF
theatergOers. If he does not, the play
wright should respect his wishes.
Moreover, to quote the poet, we're here
today and away tomorrow, and 40 man
knoweth when he may become a Cook
tourist.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
SPRING HOUSEKEEPING,

The last week of March or the begin
ming of April is the time usually chos-
en- by country housekeepers for house
cleaning. In the city, where houses
are rented from May to May, instead of
from April to April, housekeeping
comes month later, and is regulated
by the moving rather than by the put
ting out of fires. As a nation Ameri-
cans are fond Of heat, and many
housewives do not put out their winter
fires until the middle of May, and
sometimes not even till June. Country
housewives, who clean in April sell
dom pay any attention to the fires, but
keep them as long as the weather or
ders, which is altogether the most SEN
sible thing to do.
A neat housekeeper likes to have her
stoves out of the way when house
cleaning is done, but in very cold sea-
sons it is impossible to do away with
them before the end CE May, while in
warm seasons they are often super
fuous in March. Spring houseclean-
ing, therefore, must be divided into
sections. The birds, especially the fly
catchers, which usually come in March,
ought to decide the time for the disin-
lection of the house and the annual
war against insect pests which hatch
out indoors and outdoors at about this
season.
Science states that fitting moths and
impure germs of. every kind appear as
early as March, when the robin and
bluebird come from the South to rid
the trees of grubs, and the industrious
woodpecker. fights vigorously against
the same enemy of mankind and of
fruit trees. Unless a housewife ex-
poets the moth to corrupt" the clothes
she must attack it in March or very
early in April before it has Matched
out of the egg and begun it's work.
In sections of thescountry where the
buffalo moth has set up habitat for
itself, carpets, rugs and wooden clothes
should be cleaned and the premises
made ready for summer as early as
this season. 1t is an unpleasant
thought that In steam heated houses,
where the temperature is uniform, the
buffalo moth leads a continual exist
,ence, emerging from its grub state in
any month Of the year, instead of
waiting until the warm suns of the YER
nal season. The beetle roams as hap
PLY among the flowers in winter win
dows as 1t does among those in sum-
mer gardens, and goes through it's
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
DO CIGARETTES HARM YOU?
Here Is Test by Which You Can
Tell

There is an easy way, If you are a
cigarette smoker, to tell whether or not
the habit Injuries YOU" said physi-
clan. DO you feel, after inhalfng the
smoke, a languor, a sinking and a great
depression? Do you feel melancholy.
hopeless, weak? If you do, you should
abandon smoking at once
THE tendency of tobacco is to weak
en- the action Of the heart. But in
very strong, robust persons this weak
enlng effect is very slight; 1t is not
felt at all, and these persons tobacco
cannot be said to injure. But in persons
whose hearts and constitutions are
frafl the effect is strongly felt, the
symptoms being those that I have lust
described, and such persons ought not
to smoke.
THE director Of the physical Iabora-
tory at Yale has tabulated the records
of all the smoking and non-smoking
students for a period of nine years. He
has found that the smokers are shorter
in stature than the. non smokers. and
that they do not develop as well. Dur
ing their four years course at Yale
non smokers gain "a per cent more in
height and 26 per cent more in chest
girth than the smokers. The former.
too, are quicker than the latter. They
learn quicker, walk quicker-exceI in
the speed of all the physical and men
tai arts"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03

great queen, and has put a premium
upon any facts relating to her person.
atty. Perhaps the most interesting
description of Queen Elizabeth in her
later years has been brought to the
fore by the tercentenary is that given
by the German Hentzner, who visited
England in 1898. When Hentzner saw
the queen she was said to be fifty-five
years Old" that being ten years less
than she really was. Her complexion
was pale and somewhat Wrinkled, her
nose bent and her teeth discolored from
eating sugar. She had earrings OF
pearls" Hentzner continues, red hair
(but artificiaD, and wore small
crown. Her bust was uncovered Gas Is
the case with all unmarried ladies in
England), and round her neck was
chain with precious gems. Her hands
were graceful, her fingers long She
was OF middle size, but stepped on ma
jestically. She was gracious and kind
in her address. The dress she wore
was of white silk, with pearls as large
as beans. Her cloak was of black silk,
with silver lace, and long train was
carried by warehouses"
The cap Is the latest folly, and,
though much is said against it, 1t con-
tinues to gain ground. In the old days
no one wore cap who was not bald
or married, and those who are old
enough to remember these facts inva-
riably object to caps. MY dear. it
makes you look like your grandmoth-
er. Is the comment of the elderly rel
alive When younger member of the
FAMILY appears in a cap. To which
the younger women retorts, with her
eye on fascinating old miniature, IF
1t makes me look like my grandmother,
L shall be only too pleased"
1T has frequently struck me-" says
thoughtful woman, that domestic
training is either too rough or too elab-
crate. The elaborate kind is arranged
as much for the needs Of intending
teachers that those girls who wish to
become servants seldom avail them
selves of 1t, while. on tie other hand,
what are termed servants training
MONIES, though most useful institutions,
seIoom give the girls more than an eIe-
mentary notion of the duties of domes-
tic service and leave all the subtler
arts OF cookery and all the more fin
1shed duties of the waitress to he
taught by the mistress or by INNER
servants in large houses.
In Vienna, however, judging by
what is said of the Dienstmadchen
Schuie' IN that city, much more than
this is carried out. The nunils ara
taught the work Of high class cooks
of parlor maids, of ladies' maids and
of chiIdrens nurses. For each depart
ment of domestic work there is some
special course Of training, but all are
taught enough of general duties to he
able to help their fellow servants on
OCCASION point which will appeal to
housewives who suffer from inconven-
fence from evenings out The pupils
supply restaurant with cooked food
and the dishes appear to be the re-
verse of failures. and. what with the
goodness of the teaching, the fact that
wealthy pupils at adequate fees also
avail themselves of it, and the gener-
ally practical lines on which the whole
affair is conducted am pot s11rnrisad
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
TRUSTS AND HUMAN NATURE.
Showing How Ii Is All in the Point of
View,

Don't tell me necessity knows no law.
She makes 'em. l am acquainted with
a. man who, early in the winter, was
frightened nearly out Of his boots be-
cause he could not get coal. He thought
he was going to freeze to death the mo-
ment a cold snap struck us. He de-
nounced the coal miners for striking.
the operators for letting them strike,
the government for not confiscating
the mines and the people in general
for not overthrowing the government
He was really in a dreadful state of
mind.
Then one day he happened to read
an advertisement. He had always
prided himself on being man and
therefore never reading advertisements
which, he contended, were published
merely to gull foolish women. But this
particular advertisement interested him
because it told of oil heaters, which
made it possible to keep warm without
coal. The more he read, the more he
was tempted to try one of the things,
if for nothing else than to prove that
the advertisement lied.
Well, the upshot of it was that he
paid 1915 for a little jigger not much
larger than a lantern and bought
gallon of kerosene to burn in it.
The other day l happened to say
something to him about coal.
Il haven't burned a pound Of it this
winter" said he proudly, and 1 don't
intend to. The coal spectators have
taught me how to get along without
it. I am satisfied if they are. Three
months ago they wouldn't sell me coal,
even when they had it. They We're
holding back to get even more than the
outrageous prices it then commanded.
Now they are soliciting me to buy and
my turn has come. l have four of the
handiest little stoves you ever saw
the whole four cost less than 1 would
have had to pay for ton of coal-and
it takes about % cents a day to keep
my house more comfortable than it
ever was when the furnace was 60
ing. | don't care if the miners strike
every year. l don't care who owns the
coal mines or how much spectators
make out of foolish people, 1 am in
dependent of the whole rag, tag and
bobtail of them"
How about the Standard Oil COM
Say" said he, there's the meanest
If the government of the United States
doesn't overthrow that trust, then the
government itself ought to be thrown
over"
So, you see, he's the same man after
ALL Possibly, however. the same law
under which he is Furnishing the coal
people will eventually aid him to pun
ish the oil company. Necessity, I tell
you, knows a lot of laws.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
Artistic Wall Paner.

The artistic side of the manufacture
of wall paper is the development of
very recent period. In this devel-
opment different manufacturers and
designers have had a hand. Some of
these are living today and deserve all
honor for their labors. If any one
man has had more to do with this
work than any other, that man was
William Morris. When William Nor
ris first entered upon his work there
was very little that was artistic in wall
paper; when he finished his work wall
paper was a thing of beauty and a
joy forever. The period in which Nor
ris worked lay between the years 1856
and 1896 Thus the influence of Will
liam Morris was so recent as to be
almost present with us today, and it
is not too much to say that not a line
Of wall paper is manufactured in this
country or in England that does not
show marked traces of his taste and
originality.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
Handkerchiefs From All States.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Hebron Baptist Church gave a sale
of handkerchiefs and aprons yester-
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. R.
Il. Witty, on East ROBBIE street. a
unique idea was carried out in COL
lecting the handkerchiefs for the sale
Each member of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety was asked to get some friend in
some other state to send a hardker-
chief to the sale, and the result was
that there were on exhibition hand
kerchiefs from almost every state in
the Union. Some of them were very
handsome, While Others were very
simple. There were also a number
from local sources and a large number
of aprons We're sold
Mrs. c. H. Bronson and Mrs. Adam
Fulner had charge of the sale tables.
Mrs. George DOran. Mrs. ]. S. KimbaIl
and Mrs. Harry Wilson presided In the
dining room. Mrs. Witty was assisted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
SOCIAL.

Mrs. H. S. Manchester, of Holly ave-
nue., entertained informally last night
in honor of Miss Peck, of Seattle.
Mrs. Frank Mas, of Lincoln avenue,
gave a dinner party Wednesday even
ing in celebration of Mr.. Mas birth
day anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Wagner of Sc
attic, were the guests of honor at a
theater party given Wednesday even
ing at the Metropolitan opera house.
, The Danes of the Round Table met
yesterday afternoon at the home of
. Mrs. Andrew Nippolt on Holly avenue.
THE Georgian Period of Poetry" was
the subject of the afternoons study.
Mrs. j. w. Straight led the discussion.
and there We're readings from Robert
Burns and Thomas Moore. Mrs. Nip
polt played several piano solos.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
AS to GossipIna.

MY dear" said Mrs. Cawker tn bar
daughter, when you are at Mrs. Curnso'a
this afternoon. hope you won't think Of
repeating that bit of gossip about Mrs.
afternoon"
why, mamma ."
We'll. because it would be ungenerous
and unkind. and L don't think Mrs. Gil
foyle would like 1t told: and. besides.
Tant to tell it to Mrs. Cumso myself. =
Smart Set
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
HAN .
SAPOLIO
FOR TOILET AND BATH

It makes the toilet something to be en-
loved Itremoves all stains and roughness,
prevents prickly heat and chatting, and
leaves the skin white, soft, healthy. In the
bath it brings glow and exhilaration which
no common soap can equal, imparting the
vigor and life sensation of mild Turkish
bath. ALL GRocERs AND DRUGGISTS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03

in receiving the guests by Mrs. Willis
Darratt. Mrs. Hugh Monroe and Mrs.
Thomas You'd. An Informal pro-
gramme was given at intervals during
the afternoon. Mrs. Frank TORY SANG
a solo; Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. TORY
sang a duet, and Mrs Bronson gave
several readings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03

Fuller street, will leave today for a
visit in Kensal. n. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Hennessy, of
Western avenue, have returned from
the South.
Miss Kimberly. of Dayton avenue
has returned from California.
Mrs Mcnamara, of Helena, Mont,
who has been visiting Miss Humbird,
of Dayton avenue, has returned to her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Goodkind will re-
turn next week from a visit in Grand
RaDidS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
to learn that the school is entirely self
supporting"


"The new licensing act in London.
which has called forth much criticism"
says The Queen, has been rather flip
PANTY described as the husbands
charter. 1t seems very likely in many
cases to prove the Wife'S death war
rant. Already it is clear that it presses
with greater severity upon a wife than
husband. Parliament has. allowed a
man to get rid Of "a drunken wife.
without providing any means by which
to keep her from sinking to the lowest
degradation. Recent police reports
strongly confirm the impression that a
maintenance order may be simply an
additional inducement to a discarded
wife to continue in her unfortunate
habits. What is wanted is a clause in
the act which shall empower a magis-
trate in all cases where a husband is
granted a separation order to make an
order at the same time for the com
pulsory retirement of the wife to an
1nebriate home, where she can at least
have a chance of reformation; where
as, as matters stand, the weekly allow
ance to the wife, without any addition
al safeguard, too often simply finds it's
way into the pockets of the saloon
keepers"
1T is not the person who wears
heavy f1annels. who muff1es his throat
to the ears every time he goes out, who
asslduously avoids draughts, and who
ILLS his system with the contents Of
medicine bottles, who avoids taking
cold. The only safeguard against
these disagreeable attacks is a system
which presents an uncongenial soil to
the influenza mfcrobe, and when the
system is not of this character meas
ures OF prevention are of small USE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
The Fair Litiuation.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Decision was
reserved today in the supreme court
on an application by attorneys for Mrs.
Herman Oelrichs and Mrs. W. K. Van
derbilt Jr. for a further extension of
time to file their answer to the suit
brought against them by the mother
and other relatives of Mrs. Charles L.
Fair. who, with her husband, was kill
ed at Trouville, France, Aug ID last in
an automobile accident. Counsel said
Herman Oelrichs had sailed for Paris
in order to ascertain exactly what
happened, and it was necessary to
have an extension of twenty days to
make an answer. Counsel for the heirs
of Mrs. Fair opposed the motion and
said the defendants were in possession
of all the facts necessary to enable
them to answer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
CLUBS AND CHARITIES.

The Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary societies and the Young
Ladies Missionary Society or the
Daytons Bluff German NJ. E. Church
held a joint meeting yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Pauk, of
Hope street. Mrs. A. L. KOeneke had
charge of the programme.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
Mrs. Mckinley in = Runaway

CANTON, Ohio, April Mrs. Nc
k1nley's team started on a runaway
as she was driving to the cemetery
this afternoon. The horses were ston-
ped in time to prevent injury to Mrs.