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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

nee, the first Fourth Of July celebra-
ton. in grove where the city hall
now stands, the first county election,
the first brewery, the first stage line
to st. Anthony, the first Presbyterian
(by Rev. E. D. Neil) and Baptist
churches, the first legislature and the
first organization OF the territory. by
the first governor, Alexander Ramsey,
who arrived on May 81 of this impor-
tant year. At this time the West side
was still Sioux Indian country. The
legislature this year, however, changed
st. Paul from place to a town."
The first brick building was erected
In 1858 on what is now Bridge square,
overlooking the river. Three different
newspapers occupied it from time to
time. 1t has long been and is still
concert saloon.
The first bank In st. Paul was
opened in 1855 by Charles w. Borup
and Charles H. Cakes.
The first theatrical performance in
st. Paul was given in 1851 in Ma
zourka hall, in building on the cor
ner of Third and Exchange streets,
erected by Abram S. Elicit.
The first book store in st. Paul was
opened in 1853 by Gen. William G. LIE
Due, afterwards United States COM
missioner of agriculture and organizer
of the Hastings & Dakota Railroad
company
The first photographic map of ST
Paul was issued in 1851 by s. P. Fol-
som.
The first fire in ST. Paul was on May
16, 1850, when Rev. E. D. NeilI's Pres
byterfan chapel on Washington street
burned The first court house was
commenced in the fall of 1850, and also
the beginning of Christ (EpiscopaD
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Greenhouse, St. Anthony Avenue, Merriam Park

to none locally in it's line. Mr., Swan
son and his wife have had a careful
training and wide experience in the
floral business, both in this country
and in Europe, and their experience
has qualified them in no small degree
for their position among the foremost
florists Of the Northwest.
The nurseries and greenhouses at
Merriam Park are models of all that
plants should be, and from them
come the choicest of the blossoms.
shrubs and greenery used in the dec
orations tor all kinds Of social, church
and public functions in the Northwest.
This company carries probably as
large collection Of palms and ferns
as can be found in this section of the
country, and is not even surpassed by
the larger floral firms in Chicago. This
feature alone has brought the firm
into prominence and has aided in
placing them in the position they occu-
Ply as specialists in decorations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Their trade in furnishing and plac-
ing plants, flowers and shrubbery for
private gardens is considerable and is
rapidly growing. Mr.. Swanson has
made an especial study Of this feature
OF the work and his judgment as an
expert is frequently called for.
Mr.. Swanson, the founder of the
hrm, devotes his time principally to
the producing end of the business, and
SPENDS his time at the greenhouses
and nurseries. '..-3lll5 sd.
The firms store in the Endicott
building is in charge of Mrs. Swanson.
and her substantial clientele is ample
proof of her popularity and the class
of blossoms on hand
The store at 81 East Sixth street
Is under the management of Gust Col
berg, for many years with L. L. May.
The Minneapolis store, at SIS Nfcol-
let avenue. is managed by C, o. Swan
son, brother of the company's foun-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

NV w.
There Is much room for congratula-
tion to the proprietors Of the business
IN the immense progress made since
lts foundation by the Swanson Floral
company, OF which August Swanson
and his wife are the proprietors.
With spacious ell-kept show
rooms In st. Paul and Minneapolis,
ana modern up-to-date greenhouses
located in Merriam Park, midway be-
tween the two towns, the company is
In a position to render the best posi-
bic service to its thousands Of pa
irons, and the popularity of the Swan
son company today among lovers Of
flowers is sufficient proof of the re-
liability and experience which has
aided in building up the large trade
enjoyed today
August Swanson started the bust
ness some sixteen years ago in a
small way, and each year since then
has brought it's enlargement, until to-
day the plant and business are second
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

church. Joseph A. Wheelock came to
st. Paul this year, and the first ph0-
tographic gallery was opened.
The first military company, Al. C..
Jones, captain, and the first brass band.
J. c. Terry, leader, were organized I'm
1886. The first policemen were ap-
pointed this year, and work started
on the Wabasha street bridge.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Abandon
Society for
Hospitals.
Titled Women Get No
More Consideration
Than Others.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE sins Of the
smart set continue TO furnish an agree
able theme for pungent phillippics and
pulpit denunciation, but one hears lit
tie of the titled women in London,
who, revolving against the empty
frivolity of fashionable life, devote
themselves to useful avocations and
missions of mercy.
In entering the Children's Hospital
in Great Ormond street to be trained
as a nurse, Lady Marjorie Erskine.
daughter of the Earl of Buchan, Is
merely following the example of sew
eral feminine members of the aristoc-
racy. Lady Maud Keith-Falconer was
graduated as a trained hospital nurse
az st. Batholomew's. At the same in
stitution Miss Campbell. daughter Of
Sir John Campbell, underwent SINH
lar rigorous training and is now the
matron of convalescent home The
daughter of Admiral Sir John Dali
rymple also obtained her nurses di-
ploma there.
Lady Hermione Blackwood, now one
Of the most jealous workers at the
Queen Victoria Institute for Nurses.
WC4At lAA1OdSA a AO0A SCdAS OOAASC a.
the London Hospital, the biggest in
stitution of the kind and the mosE
exacting with respect to nurses in the
city. On its nursing staff at the pres
cnt time are several women, known
simply as Nurse This or Sister That,
who bear exalted Mayfair names.
Lady Ulrica Duncombe, accounted
one of the most beautiful women IN
England, who was recently married.
had previously become a full-fiedged
trained nurse Titled nurses at these
big hospitals are shown no more con-
sideration than any others. At the
Children's Hospital Lady Marjorie
Erskine is plain Nurse Erskine." She
has to rise at 6 o'clock every morning
and her dainty hands have to take
their turn at scrubbing out the wards
On the other hand, several of the
Vanity Fair DANES expend their sur
plus cash in bedecking their pets with
fine raimeut and expensive jewelry.
Never before was such reckless ex-
travagance displayed in the matter or
canine adornment. One of the most
striking examples of wealth misap-
piled in this fashion is furnished by
mite of a dog of the ugly, hairless
Mexican breed, rejoicing in the name
of Cinderella She wears around her
neck a satin ribbon threaded through
diamond clasps.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
MANCHESTER FINDS
PURSE TOO LEAN.
Duchess Plans Beyond Her Means

LONDON. Dec. 17.-Au sorts Of queer
stories concerning the financial affairs
OF the Manchesters have gained circu-
lation, owing to the action Of some
Irish tradesmen and builders in apply
ing TO the courts to expedite the settle
ment Of their accounts for work done
at Kylemore Castle and for supplies
furnished. The extensive renovation
and alterations still in progress there
have cost a mint Of money-much more
than the Duchess at first anticipated.
when, in characteristic American fash
ion. she gave a carte blanche order to
FIX things up regardless" But as no
American millionaire whose daughter
has welded a title has heretofore failed
TO put UP money enough to enable her
TO hold her own against the effete aris-
tocracy Of Europe. no doubt is felt in
society that Papa Zimmerman will
continue 10 make good
AS the Kylemore bills poured in and
the figures mounted up the Duchess
suggested TO her husband that they
should overhaul the accounts and check
OF the items and see that they were
really getting something like their
moneys worth The Duke shrugged his
shoulders.
Business is all Greek to me. and
bes' les il is beastly BORE" or some
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18

thing to that effect he is reported to
have answered. 1T is your fathers
money, and if you think there is any
thing wrong with the bills, why-do
anything Dbu like about them, but just
let me out"
So the upshot was the Duchess un-
dertook to overhaul the bills herself.
and the order went forth that they
were no longer to be paid on the mere
20. K" Of the Kylemore agent
But she found that she had tackled
a bigger task than she had bargained
for. While she was playing the role
Of the grand titled dame. the bills ac-
cumulated and remained unpaid.
Tradesmen who had been accustomed
to monthly settlement of their ac-
counts by the agent on the spot be-
came suspicious and grew clamorous.
Rumors spread in the neighborhood
that Papa Zimmerman had been hard
hit in some stock market speculation,
and would not put UP any more money
for Kylemore Castle In consequence
some of the most insistent of the cred
itors applied at the High Court in Dub
lin
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18

or King Edward VII reigns over Eng
land. For himself he adopts a very
different mental diet, but that, he ex-
plains, is because he has to go out into
the world and combat heretics and he
has proved himself invincible to the
influence of modern thought.
To the suggestion that the young
men under his training should be kept
abreast of the speculations of the day,
he once replied: I'VE never allow our
selves to think. 1t is all decided for
US. If we doubt one thing the whole
thing must go. Don't talk rubbish
to me about there being more faith
in honest doubt than in half the
creeds. 1t is all settled for us and
there is nothing to dispute"
HOSPITALITY FOR ALL.
A bed and meal may always be
had for the asking by the wayfarer
at Llanthony Abbey. Father Ignatius
believes in the hospitality that asks no
embarrassing questions of its recipient.
1t is medieval England that he yearns
to see restored.
"Monasteries were never so much
needed as now" he says. "If we had
our monasteries back the lands they
once held for the poor would revert
to the poor again. and the land ques-
ton would be settled. The work
houses, forced on US by Elizabeth
when the monasteries were destroyed,
would become empty and useless"
1t Is the liberal tendencies of the
English church which excite Father
Ignatius' greatest ire. He once avow-
ed that it would give him great pleas
ure to tear Bishop Gore of Worcester
limb from limb because he spoke of
Adam and Eve as pair of anthro-
poid apes" By way Of contrast he is
fond of recalling his friendship for
Bradlaugh. the atheist. whom he ad-
mired as a brave soul and an honest
man."
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
SEASONS HUNT
COSTS FORTUNE
Americans Pay Big Sums
for Use Of MoorS in
Scotland.
GO TO SHOOT GROUSE
Effort Will Soon Be Made
to Introduce Bird Into
America.
GO TO SHOOT GROUSE

LONDON. Dec. 17.-scarcity Of
money among the English and Scotch
aristocracy has enabled Americans to
eecure grouse moors at very cheap
rates this season. Prices are, on the
average. 25 per cent less than IN for
mer years. There are more Americans
on the Scottish and Yorkshire moors
this year than there have been for the
last ten years
Mr.. Waterbury takes the lead easily
in the matter CT lavish expenditure and
entertaining. At Braal Castle, the
Caithnesshire property Of Sir !Tolle-
mache Sinclair, he has a party OF be-
tween fifty and sixty American friends.
He has paid SOS. 900 for the right OF
shooting over the moors and the use
of the castle for the grouse season. and
II is estimated that, with travelling ex-
penses, the hire Of dogs. guns and the
wages of beaters and other incidentals.
his expenses will not fail short Of an
other $4,000 a week. George G. Fowler
of New York has rented 10000 acres at
Coignafearn for $4,000 for the season.
anu AlCp bOOt 10 b4A1SAAA6 q b46 RnAly u
American and Partisan friends up to
the Scottish Highlands.
Broomhead. IN Yorkshire, one OF the
best moors in the British Isles. was
taken early in the year by a syndicats
of Americans, with Frank Bibby OF
Chicago at their head The prospects
of a good grouse season were not then
encouraging. with the result that the
moors were secured for a mere song.
The syndicate has cleared $4,000 on
the deal
This same syndicate is preparing TO
exploit Wales and Ireland in anticipa-
tion OF next season. Irish moors can
now be acquired at ridiculously low
figures. and it is the intention OF the
syndicate to buy them up and place
them under proper protection
Waterbury has an idea that grouse
may flourish in the United States, and
with this object in view he is making
arrangements that a quantity OF eggs
shall be sent out to him next year. He
proposes to try incubators first. and
il artificial means should fail he will
have recourse to foster parents He
is prepared TO spend $4,000 on the ex-
pertinent
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18

old, determined to embrace the life of a
monk. while still retaining his allegi-
ance to the English church. Assuming
the name of Father Ignatius, he first
attempted to found a monastery at
Norwich. But the Bishop forbade him
to preach, mobs attacked him and his
companions, and penniless and in brok-
en- health he was driven out of the
town. For years thereafter his life was
story of persecution, endurance, pluck
and tremendous resolution ending in
1870 in the calm of Llanthony Abbey.
But it was sorry haven OF refuge
he first found there. He slept for a
time ir a cowshed while the other
monks occupied a windowless barn
close by. However, times mended and
as the means were provided, he
wrought a wondrous change in that
peaceful Welsh valley until then al
most uninhabited.
The visitor, viewing it for the first
time, seems suddenly transported back
through the dead and gone centuries to
a scene that belongs to the middle ages
An illusion to which a singular air of
reality is lent by the figure of Father
Ignatius, arrayed as an Abbot in the
garb of st. Benedict, with tonsured
crown and the pastoral staff in his
hand.
QUIET AND PEACE PREVAIL.
The monastery and its great church
are bathed in the golden sunlight. In
the meadows may be seen the broth
ers of the monastery, with their habits
tucked around them, tossing hay and
laughing and playing with some of the
children who attend the monastery
school, cowled and hooded figures fit
about the corridors; in the convent
garden Benedictine sisters are walking;
the lowing of cattle and bleating Of
sheep sound pleasantly in the ears: no
puff of the railway engine or screech
of steam whistle obtrude a suggestion
of the strife and hustle of the mode
world; over all seems to brood a spirit
of infinite clam, peace and contentment
But it is not to live life of pas
toral ease that Father Ignatius gath
ers around him those who are prepared
to forsake the world and its ways. The
discipline he imposes is severe No one
who is above the most menial work
is received into the community. The
novice, whatever his learning. has to
serve his apprenticeship with scrub
bling brush and pail. The monastery
bell. which sounds so romantic to the
outsider, is for the inmates a stern
taskmaster. From 2 o'clock in the
morning until at night it keeps them
on the move every day in the year.
summoning them to prayer or to work
The cloistered monk is not permitted
to leave the monastery grounds. He
is allowed to converse with his female
relations only through grating.
SHUT OFF FROM THE WORLD.
The monks and nuns. live in a state
of utter ignorance blissful ignorance
Father Ignatius considers it-of all
that transpires in the modern world.
Newspapers are forbidden them. They
are allowed to read only such books
as Father Ignatius considers orthodox
and few are produced nowadays He
rejoices in the knowledge that many
Of them are unaware whether Victoria
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18

LONDON, Dec. T.-Father Ignatius,
the famous Protestant monk" who
denounces the higher criticism as more
dangerous to Christianity than open
atheism and boasts that he would still
believe everything in the Bible even if
it said the moon was made of green
cheese, has again furnished striking
proof of the unquestioning character of
his faith.
At LIanthony. in a lovely Welsh val
ley surrounded By mountains, where he
has established monastery and sum-
moned the middle ages back to life, he
is erecting a beautiful memorial to
commemorate wondrous apparition of
the blessed Virgin. which he declares
appeared there twenty-four years ago.
Time was when such an undertaking
would have evoked storm of angry
protest and derisive comment in the
English press, but the popular estimate
of Father Ignatius has greatly changed
in recent years. Even those who most
strongly differ from his religious views
estness and unselfish enthusiasm
Many have heard him In America, for
he once preached a mission from New
York to San Francisco.
His description of the apparition as
beheId by him and several of his monks
and lay brothers recalls the numerous
stories of spectral visions supposedly
witnessed in medieval days when the
church ruled supreme and scoffing
skeptics were unknown. According to
Father Ignatius the Virgins appear
ance was heralded by a great circle of
light flashing out over the heavens and
Illuminating the whole country round
about. In the center Of this circle there
gradually took shape a gigantic figure
standing sideways, with uplifted hand
WILL ERECT A STATUE.
In the distance the. monk says.
1.-The figure seemed to be about sixty
feet high, but as it descended it as
sumed the ordinary size of a human
being 1 saw distinctly the outlines of
the features against the bright light
and also the exact form of the drap-
cry, all as plainly and clearly as it is
possible for me to express"
1t never appeared again to tie pious
watchers, but on each recurring ami
versary of the blessed vision, Father
Ignatius and his little community have
celebrated the festival of Our Lady of
Lfanthony." And now, having acquired
the necessary funds, they will give per-
manent expression to their faith, in the
form of marble statue, representing
a female figure with outstretched arms,
holding in one hand the lamp of truth,
in which light will be kept perpetu-
ally burning.
Here the deyout father fondly be-
lfeves that in the days to come when
the church ceases its efforts to recon-
cile sciehce and religion. and reverts to
the faith and methods of it's earlier
guides, pilgrims from afar will gather
in thousands for prayer and inspiration
and miraculous healing.
HIS EARLY STRUGGLES.
It was III 1861 that the Rev Joseph
Leycester Lyme. then a curate. "A years
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Plar Altered. Author sues.

PARIS, Dec. IA case which should
interest authors at home cropped up at
the Theater des Mathurins here in a
piece by VI de Bray A comedian. NJ
Frey. had been improvising a great
many jokes and the audience enjoyed
ii. but the author protested The man.
agement took NJ Frey's side. so NJ. de
Bray. who did not want his piece mas
sacred, hired a lawyer to take notes OF
the divergencies between the text and
the performance. withdrew his play and
sued for damages.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Armless, but skilled Painter.

GENEVA, Dec. 17.-Swiss artists are
truly astounded by Miss Aimee Rapin,
who came into this world without arms
To-day Miss Rapin holds an important
place among Swiss artists. Her most
celebrated work, truly masterpiece,
is THE Clocks" With her genius-di-
rected toes Miss Rapin makes pastels,
too, and portraits In bas relief.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Richest widow in England.

LONDON. Dec 17.-In assiduity and
concentration lie the secrets of the sue
cess of the richest widow in England.
She is Mrs. Ascheton Smith, wife of the
late Duff Ascheton Smith, who left
property worth over 100000 year Out
of his income the deceased. through the
business sagacity of his wife. saved as
much as s15,00O.0O0, which goes to the
widow.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Lion Lies Down With Lamb.

PARIS, Dec. 17.-An animal trainer
has been startling Paris this week by
exhibiting the fulfllment of the Biblical
prophecy of the lion lying down with
the lamb. The lion likes and allows
himself to be played with by lamb
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
King Carlos Wins at Cards.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE King of Por-
tugal has been a great social success.
His aptitude for sports and pastimes
extends fully to cards, and at Windsor,
as well as Chatsworth and Welbeck
his bridge play was exceptionally bril-
liant and his winnings heavy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
France calls am American.

PARIS. Dec. 1.-THE council Of the
Paris University has authorized
Charles Fiske Beach Jr., a lawyer of
St Paul, to give a course of lectures in
American law at the Sorbonne.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-27
Electrocuiture,

Electroculture Is somewhat new
word in our agriculture. II means the
science Of making plants grow by TIN
help Of electricity. Little experimen.
tation has been done In this line on
the American continent, except by
growing plants In the glare Of electric
lights But In Europe the matter Is
receiving good deal Of attention, the
electricity being applied there directly
to the plants III various ways. III
France pamphlets are being published
on the results.
Under the intensive agriculture fol-
lowed near the great capitals OF Eu.
rope the acceleration Of growth means
q great deal. Some Of the land under
glass near Paris rents for two thou.
sand francs per acre per year. 1t Is
evident that It is very important
matter to be able to increase the pro.
duction only q little. In the United
States 1t Is at present different, and
we are not yet driven to applying cleo.
tricity to the growing Of farm crops.
The results obtained In Europe are
interesting though not extraordinary.
Many plants grew more rapidly when
the soil was supplied with electricity
and in some cases the seed germi.
mated much more quickly. Thus peas
sown In ground that was supplied
artiicially with electricity terminated
In two and half days, while without
being supplied with electricity they
terminated In four days. It was found
that an induction current caused the
most rapid growth Of the plant, while
with the continuous current the yield
was larger. So one kind Of a current
would be needed for lettuce and an.
other for peas.
The French scientists do not find II
difficult to get very good results, but
say that they are unable to overcome
the obstacle in the way In the cost of
electricity. Therefore electroculture
Is as yet not practical science. The
question Of profit cannot be yet con.
sidered. that depending on q greatly
reduced cost of making electricity.