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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

Thousands of years after this ex-
ploslon the record of the catastrophe
reaches the earth and solitary watch
er in the old barony of bennington in
the year of grace 1901, sees a new
star suddenly blaze out in the mid
night sky, to fade away only as its
predecessors had done, leaving, per-
chance, not a trace in the sky to tell
the spot where once a world existed.
Among the millions of stars are to be
found bodies in all stages of develop
ment. Some are glowing with an in
tensity of heat and light far beyond
our utmost conception; others are
slowly cooling dewn-already they are
dull red in color; some are cold and
dark and dead.
No telescope will ever perceive these
latter bodies and no camera will ever
detect them. We only know that they
are there by their influence over the
light and motion of bright stars One
of the most interesting sections of
the new astronomy deals with these
dead, dark stars, and although no
eye has seen them, or ever will see
them, still we are able to ascertain
their size, weight and position just as
If they We're in the zenith of their
glory.-Chicago Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

Minnesota has a law that prohibits
the employment of boys in any line OF
labor that will bring them I'm contact
with the lower world. St. Paul mes
Senger companies say they observe IA,
but the boys make no protest when oc-
casion demands an evasion. The low
er world never asks for the return OF
change, It seldom kicks on the price,
and besides 1t is good to him. IL pro-
Vides things that home is a stranger TO,
furnishes knowledge that a life in other
lines of employment would not give.
While the messenger boy is not al
ways a Sunday school boy. vet il must
be said for him that his kind turn out
more good citizens than bad ones.
While the good in him is not Rccentu-
ated by night-hawldng, yet more than
one finds a way to better things. They
become telegraph operators, lots OF
them find their way into brokers Of
fees, and not few succeed in other
lines of business.
So meager is the pay and labOrious
the duties that few boys remain in
the service any length OF time. OF
the number employed in St Paul. full
~ one-half leave the service at the end
OF two months, and the companies are
kept busy searching for others 70 take
their places. This fact and the ten
dency Of the male messenger TO strike
whenever he thinks his personal liber-
ties are being infringed on caused one
st. Paul messenger company several
months ago to employ girls, but they
We're a failure. They would not stay.
Men were employed, but were costly,
and the company returned 10 the
youngsters.
Messenger boys and their home sur
roundings are now being made the
basis of serious consideration in New
York and the East. Legislation IS
moving in their interest, and an at
tempt is being made TO preserve them
from the worldly training that they
receive. Societies have taken up their
cause and reforms are promised.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
Showing How Work Was When Rarcadins Was In IT'S
Infancy

Red River of the North and providing
for the admission Of the easterly por-
ton into the Union as the state of
Minnesota Therefore, upon the. pas
sage of this bill, the western termi1f
of the main and branch lines would
both be located on the boundary of
the new state. @E1-
Many Vicissitudes.
Many vicissitudes attended the early
existence of the Minnesota and Pa
cific Railroad company, and under
that name it never was able to accom-
plish the completion of any railroad.
In 1862 company was formed under
the name of the st. Paul & Pacific
Railroad company, consisting of F. r.
Delano, William Willim, Alexander
Ramsey, Edmund Rice, R. r. Nelson,
William L. Ames, Richard Chute, Hen
ry T. Wells, A. M. Fridley, Dwight
Woodbury., Franklin Steele, S. B. Low
ry, j. d. Crittenden, Charles II. Cakes
and Daniel Bassett
Edmund Rice was elected president
of that company and retained the office
until 1870. 1t is a noteworthy fact
that the road has throughout it's entire
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
No. RgMz~

If you have any business with Mr..
William G. Bolton, President of the
Bolton Drug Co., Brooklyn, N. Y,
you must elbow your way through
a crowd of customers, and you will
lind him working at modest little
desk In the rear of the long counters.
A man who has Ave large stores
to look after must learn to do at
least two things at once, and Mr..
Bolton, whom reporter found at
the store, 264 Fulton Street, con-
tlnued to work as he talked.
have been in this business long
enough to see many proprietary
articles rise and fall " he said. 81
have never stopped to analyze the
reasons for the failures. AS for the
successes, merit and good manage
ment account for them merit chiefly.
Take Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, for example. In our
stores we have handled them for
years, and the sales have gone on
increasing right along despite lively
and persistent competition.
There are thousands, yes, tens of
thousands of people in this good
borough of Brooklyn, who consider
theIn standard household articles,
as thoroughly to be depended on as
tomorrow sunrise.
In my judgment, the hold of
Cuticura Remedies upon the public
confidence is explainable upon one
ground oFaly; that they really do all
they are said to do.
. If they failed to cure eczemas,
rashes and other, torturing, dis6gur-
ing skin, scalp and blood humors,
or if the Soap and Ointment. did not
possess delicate emolient properties
especially fitting them for toilet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

mouth Of Trout brook in st. Paul, near
where the roads cross under the Third
street bridge. The railway ran down
to the Mississippi river and there was
small freight station measuring, 1
think, AXIS or 14x22 feet The first
shipment consisted of fifty barrels of
flour There was a great deal of diff
ficulty in getting the drays along the
side OF the railway grade, because
marshy ground was crossed before
reaching the end of the track where
this station was. Right at the end
of the track was broad sandbar which
prevented steamboats, from landing
there. Between the shallow water and
the hard ground of the railway the
sandbar extended some 500 or GOO feet
where man, if he stood still long
enough, would soon be lost to sight. I
remember that we took up the flour and
with some cross-ties skidded it down
onto the drays and hauled them back
by the gas works and around TO either
Sfbley or Jackson street. l am not
certain that Sibley street ran through.
| think it ran up and stopped at the
face of the hill. We hauled it down to
the steamboat and it was upon the
occasion of the shipment Of -four that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
How the First Railroad
@~
In Minnesota Was Built

TO Minnesota was the William Crooks
so named in honor of the chief engineer
of the road at that time. The engine
is still part Of the equipment of the
Great Northern road. 1t was manu-
-faetured by Smith & Jackson, of Pater-
son, N. j., and in comparison with the
enormous machines now used looks de-
scldedly Anticipated and small. 1t has
cylinders 12x22 inches and the diameter
of its driving wheels is fifty-six inches.
Like the rest of the equipment it was
brought up the river by boat, and was
received at the bank on a barge in
October, 1861 1t was unloaded at
the mouth of Trout Brook, where are
now the extensive railroad yards, and
gon a special track built for the pur-
pose on the first railroad grade ever
made in the state, was moved up about
l,400 feet from the bank and stored
under a shed of railroad ties until the
following spring, when it was used
'ln the construction of the line from
st. Paul to st. Anthony.
a Notable Event.
+ D. L. Kingsbury, assistant librarian
of the Minnesota State Historical so
ciety, recalling the important event
of the arrival Of this engine, said yes
terday: II remember it almost as we'll
as though 1T We're yesterday. That
was very important event in st. Paul
and nearly the entire town was out
to witness the proceedings. 1t must
have been Sunday, for I know did
not have to work, and the weather was
delightful. That one engine was of
more importance to us than the entire
Great Northern road appears to be
now"
The crew of the William Crooks con-
sisted of Webster c. Gardner, engineer,
who, until a comparatively few years
ago, ran on the Great Northern, and
George Winslow, fireman. The con-
ductor of the first train over the new
road when it was completed was Jud
B. Rice, who later rose to a high po-
sitior with the company and died only
few years ago.
In an address delivered before the
state historical society in 1897, on the
History of Agriculture in Minnesota"
j. j. Hill thus describes the beginning
Of operations on the new railroad:
j. J. Hills "reminiscences.
Il also remember the pleasant ex-
perience when the railway was just
finished from Minneapolis down to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

purposes, for preserving, purifying
and identifying the skin, SCALP. hair
and hands, the facts would have
been known long ago, and Cuticur,
would have gone to the grave-vards
OF medicinal failures.
AS a matter of fact, Cuticura
remedies are very much alive. OF
course our statesmen do not ask cues
lions OF people who come to buv
them, but from the ever growing 90.
mand L assume that the good works
OF Cutcura has been spread through
the community by word of mouth.
and with all due respect to the news
papers, that is the best advertising
IN the world.
Time and competition are the
hardest tests, and Cutieura has with
stood them both. Mothers use the.
soap and Ointment to relieve their
tornented babies, whose tender
skins itch aud burn with sruptions
as unsightly as they are agonizing,
because 1t is NOS only effective in
the highest degree, bat it is pure.
sweet and wholesome.
Grown up people who buy the
remedies FOR their personal usek
swear by them, know. Cuticura
Soap is the most popular of skim
soaps, and it's sale probably-exceeds
that of all other skin soaps combined.
I'VE have sold at retail over
$4,000 worth of Cutioura Soap. Oint-
ment and Resolvent this year, and
have as yet not heard one word OF
complaint.
II have no more interest in Cuti-'
cura than in other things we sell.
but since you ask my opinion. 1 +.
give it as freely on this subject as
1 would on any other"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
GOOD OLD ST. PAUL, MINI.

A delegate was talking to the crowd OF
There were lots of others talking Of
new hats in the bazaars;
A reporter stood beside her as her hot
air ebbed away.
And tried to get something from her
very ample say.
The lady never faltered as she grasped
his friendly hand.
But said, please wire the details TO
mine own, my native land.
Send q message quite Outspoken TO my
distant friends in Mimi.
For 1 was born in St Paul, in good old
St. Paul, MINI.
Tell my sisters and companions as they
mount the trolley car
From Hamline and the Midway and 9TH
regions far,
That I fought the battle brayely ard
when the dag was done
That nothing was accomplished from
the time that we begun.
But still l talked on bravely alike with
all the rest,
Till the laryngitis grasped me by my
worn out throat and chest
Then | whispered out the message above
the shrieks and din
To my sisters in the suburb and in
good old st. Paul, Mimi
II fear that 1 will not survive and so
I've set my heart
On sweet impressive funeral, let each
chapter take a part,
Let the Distaff and the Nathan Hale
come filing sadly in;
Fasten on my badges firmly with my
federation pin.
Let Madam Regent call the roll and when
she calls my name
Explain that 1 died at my post and
talking Just the same.
Just say l caught the speakers eye and
seemed about 10 win
But I'm talking in another world OF
good OLD st. Paul. Mimi
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

In none of ats commercial factors
more than in its railroads are the
growth and the present greatness of
the city of st! Paul exemplified. To-
those who, unacquainted with the rail-.
road history ofsthe state, know St. Pauf
only as the great railroad center which
It now is, it may seem almost ,tncred-
fble that the first railroad line in Min
nesota was put into operation scarcely.
more than forty years ago and that.
many of the men who were present to
witness that modest beginning are still
alive to marvel at the wondrous develi
opment Of the citys transportation fa-
cilities and its Importance in the world
OF commerce. And the first locomotive
ever brought to Minnesota is still in
the possession of the Great, Northern
Railway company, which is the lineaf
successor of the original company. :.
The railroad history or St. Paul, and
of Minnesota as we'll, has its Begin
ming in an act of congress-, approved
March 8. 1857, whereby grant of land
was made to the territory Of Minne-
sofa ito aid in the construction OF a
railroad from Saltwater by way of
st. Paul and ST Anthony erTow Min
Big Stone lake and the mouth of the
Sioux Wood river, with a. branch Via
st. Cloud and Crow Wing, to the nav
fgable waters of the Red River of the
North" This act granted six sections
Of land per mile Of road. The legisla-
tive assembly of the territory prompts
ly accepted the grant, designating
Breckenridge as the western terminus
Of the main line and ST. Vincent as the
northern terminus of the branch line,
and created a corporation under the
name Of the Minnesota & Pacific Rail-
road company for the construction OF
the roads.
At that time the territory of Mime
sofa extended from the Mississippi
river to the Missouri, and consequent
ly the projected lines of railway would
extend only about half way across the
domain of the territory; but contempo-
raneously with this legislation a bill
was passing through the houses of con
gress dividing the territory upon the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
The Mercury in Blue and
the Odd Life He Leads.

st. Paul, so employers, of this class OF
labor say has less than 100 messen-
ger boys, lads whose business Is the
delivery of kilograms and the hundred
and one duties that a corporation such
as the District Telegraph company and
like firms attempt to perform, but il
there is any other class of labor with
Young America as its dominating fea-
ture that sees more Of the worldly side
of life, it will have to bunch its knowl-
edge and show the kid" in blue.
For obvious reasons st. Paul mes
senger boys are all over fourteen years
of age. The maker of laws never fig
ured on size; years was the basis oil
his efforts, but it's wise bloke," says
the boy with the badge, that knows
how TO beat that game. Nature and
the truth are not always bedfellows,
and the foreman Of the blue-coated
gang that nightly kicks it's heels be-
meath a hard wooden bench and an
swers calls has, no time or rather in
clination, to differentiate between the
two. They are just kids" to him, and
he employees them by word Of mouth,
not appearances.
The St Paul messenger boy Is just
about what the world makes him, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

the world, 1t must be admitted, Is i'm
pressive. He is a boy with the imp
side of his career decidedly To the fore,
and his wits sharpened by the constant
brushing that the world gives him. and
he is not exactly a Sunday school
scholar. The world is too busy to de-
mand It,
Honest, the boy in blue generally Is
that IS as far as the world accepts
the word, but in some lines he is an
apt pupil of the new version of the
Golden rule, do others or they'll do
you" Service corporations do not al
ways pay their boys on a basis of an
nual dividends paid the stockholders
and when the boy occasionally works
in an overcharge, or holds up the ig-
norant receiver of telegram for an
extra charge under the plea that IT is
the rule, he has no trouble unless found
J
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

history been essentially a ST Paul in
stitution and chiefly differed by st
Paul men.
~ Times were very hard IN the then
remote and sparsely inhabited region
and it was only after much negotiation
that the new company effected an
arrangement with E. F. Drake and "
Winters whereby those men contracted
to complete the ten miles of road be-
tween St Paul and ST. Anthony This
contract was successfully carried out
in the course of the year 1862, and the
ten miles was the first railroad ever
operated in Minnesota. 1t is no exag-
geration to say that this mile
stretch of road cost more effort than
any 500 miles Of the system that have
since been constructed. The track ma
,terials and also the engines and cars
We're brought up the river by boat.
r. The first locomotive ever brought
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
ALL THE STARS ARE AeLoW.
Scientists Say That Like Sun They
Are Masses of Burning Matter.

During the last sixty years search
ers of the heavens have made the dis
covery that the celestial bodies known
to us as stars are similar in many re-
spects to the sun, some considerably
larger, others smaller but on the aver
age not much different in size and ma
ture. They are-at least the visible
stars are-great glowing globes of gas
eous matter.
AS rule these vast furnaces burn
steadily. Sometimes, however the fires
seem TO die down and then blaze out
again as of yore. Three hundred such
stars are known to astronomers, says
Chambers Journal; they are called
variable stars because of the waxing
and waning Of their light. Now and
again the seething fires prove too
strong for the bonds of attractive force
which hold the star together, and with
one mighty upheaval the vast globe is
shattered into fragments, blown into
atoms, vertically dissolved into thin
air"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
State of Minnesota.

Department of Insurance..
=, whereas: the knights Templars and
organized under the laws of Illinois i1a..
fuliy complied with the requirements Of
me laws OF this state, relating to Co
operative or Assessment Insurance.
Now, Therefore, l, the undersigned Tn
surance Commissioner, do hereby emnov-
er and authorize the above named
Society to transact its appropriate bust
ness of Cooperative or Assessment Life
insurance in the State of Minnesota ec
cording to the laws thereof until the
thlrty-hrst day of January. A. D. 1904,
wise legally terminated prior thereto.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of office
d. 1903. a.
ELMER H. DEARTH.
Insurance Commissioner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

If a man has a legal right to exer-
else his natural right of shooting the
scoundrel that attempts TO drag the
name Of his wife or daughter in the
dirt, the social atmosphele Will clear
up aterially.-Legislator B. p. Wag-
gener, of Kansas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

1 felt that we had sent out more ton
mage on one boat than the cranberry
crop would have furnished In month.
1 remember how proud / was to ride
up on the last dray bringing up the
procession"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

The toll of New York society won-
an is harder than that of any kitchen
maid or washerwoman in the city. Ev-
cry other woman you meet says she is
tired.-Dr. George F. Shrady. of New
York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
State of Minnesota

State of Minnesota
Department Of Insurance
Whereas. the Woodmen Accident Assoc
citation: a corporation organized under the
laws OF Nebraska, has fully complied with
the requirements of the laws of this state
relating TO cooperative or assessment in,
Now, Therefore, l. the undersigned. In
sufance Commissioner, do hereby en-
power and authorize the above named
society to transact its appropriate bust
less OF cooperative or assessment acct
oent insurance in the State of Mime
sofa according to the laws thereof until
S Shne, thirty first day of January, A. d.
1gg4, unless said authority be revoked on
In testimony whereof, I have hereIfnto
SET my hand and affixed my seal of Office
e 81 Paul, this 31st day of January A
D., 1903. a.
ELMER H DEARTH.
Insurance Commissioners
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

Fifty per cent OF the graduates OF
Vassar college marry, and L am positive
that the families of Vassar graduates
more than average two children to
the family.-President Taylor. OF Vas-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
THE WooDMEN ACCIDENT AssocIA-
TON


Home Office. Lincoln, Neb., A o.
Faulkner. President; C. E Spangler, Sec
rotary. Incorporated July 8, 1890. Com
menced business, Aug. II, 1890 ATTORNEY
70 accept service in Minnesota: Insurance
Commissioner.
Net assets, Dec. 81, previous
year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40, 976. %
Income During 1902.
Membership fees with appli-
Annual dues and expense as '''-'''O
sesssments or premiums. -. 27,147 60
Premiums or assessments for
specific or temporary disa-
bility benefits .............. s7,7O7 So
Total paid by members. 1888. 1869. 10
FROM all other sources. 1857. GO
Total income ............ 1874, 227 .4S
Disbursements During 1902.
Specific benefit claims includ-
~ ing installments, paid,...:. s2.7oO. 90
Temporary disability benefits
ana other payments to mem
bers - .................... g. O6S 90
Total paid to members. 1913 90
Commissions, salaries and eX-
penses of agents and col
Salaries of officers and en- ''''A' %
All other disbursements ~ 70 S SS9 6 SS
Total disbursements ...... $1O9, 1872 80
Excess of income over dis
bursements -. ............ s25, Os5. O4
Assets.
Value of real estate. bonds
and stocks owned ....... S12256 %
Mortgage and collateral loans I7500 90
cash IN office and in bank 36314 %
Accrued interest and rents . 564 II
Assessments due and unpaid. 6034 70
Total admitted assets. s7267O %
Assets not admitted ......... S17. 039 Al
Liabilities
Claims adjusted and unpaid. S142. 70
Claims unadjusted and reported 1892. 90
Total actual liabilities. s6O34 70
Balance to protect contracts. SCI. 6S5. AZ
Exhibit of Certificates or Policies, RusI-
ness of 1902.
Total Business
In force Dec. 81 (begin- 11''-'''-i''
ul ming OF year, .........1 $50 81 ,0o1. $50
written during the year1S,214 5,S49. $50
Total 1904 s16S5O 400
Ceased during the year. .IS, sis 4,sOS. $50
In force Dec. 81 (end of
year, e. '.'............19,2 29 1916, $50
Claims Unpaid Dec 81
beginning of year, 869 81 Sa1
claims incurred during
The year .............. 1850 1904
% TIC, Total LII; .;.:;:.;.. 2.9OS $78, 785
year $500. ......... 1855 67,7O1
Unpaid Dec. 81 lend of
Year, ...-..-.......... 342 S6.034
Terminated by death or
specific benefit during
ear 60 nm
Business in Minnesota
In force Dec 81 (begin- 1A'''o"ii'
nlng OF year, ....... 656 $3.50 2Oo
Written during the year 3,24S S27,7SO
Total ,.............. 1889 s917. 500
Ceased during the year. 1922 254,55O
In force Dec. 81 (end of
year, 49,. ......... 2,O77 1868, $50
Claims Unpaid Dec. 81
beginning of year) TX 40.
Claims incurred during
the year .'.'.......... 1872 1859
C1aim do'a aat+ iI,,d,,d; ,,: 1877 s4.S7S
year .....'............ 1853 1928
Unpaid Dec. 81 (end Of
year, ........ ........ "a so50
Received from members in S''O
Minnesota during the year. S11 .SS1 IN
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Free Delivery
Nav Is. 1903.

May Is, I8U3.
Aquette, Miss Nellie Munger, Mrs. I.
Amende, Ernest Barley, Edd
Cook, Clayton Hendershott, E.
Mcbride, John Templeton, Chas,
Wandrey. Arthur
VIM. YATES, P. M.