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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

of the tent wall. and within reach, but
just outside of the extemporized dressing
room, are pinned and hung hats of every
color and shape, bodices trimmed with
lace, ribbons, flowers, chiffon and
spangles; long skirts and short skirts, and
the tarlatan ballet skirts. Nearly every
circus woman wears stays-and tight, too.
The only exception is the centortionist.
After the night show, about 1890, the
performers all go to the sleeping cars, and
it is there that we are most at home.
The sleeping cars have swinging upper
berths, and are clean, well ventilated and
attractive. AS rule each married couple
has another married couple for chums.
Their sections are usually opposite, and
the natural desire for neatness leads each
to decorate their berths with little ar
ticles of fancy work. slipper cases, tiny
pairs of sflken window curtains, little
cabinets for toilet articles in racks upon
the bulkheads, snowy counterpanes-in
fact, most of the dainty little things Of
decoration and comfort found in a sta
tionary apartment. These sleeper homes
are the pride of circus people, and any
one who is slovenly Is sure to be left
alone and never invited to the little
feasts, musicales, euchre parties, and
many other kinds of amusements fitted
to so cramped quarters
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

at work on boat of good capacity. She
had been stripped to the level of the
deck and presented sorry appearance.
There Is almost as much skill required to
dismantle a big boat properly as to put
one together. If 1t were to be knocked
into kindling wood the task would be a
comparatively easy one; but where every
beam and plank must be carefully pre-
served the job Is more difficult. If it is
sailing vessel. the masts and rigging
are to be reckoned with; If a steamer,
the boilers and engines must be removed,
and, whether sailing vessel or steamer,
every bolt rivet and nail must be care
fully extracted, to preserve the timber in
which they happen to be set. But, try as
the workmen will, it is not possible to
save for building purposes every bit OF
timber taken from the old ships. Much
of the flooring has to be ripped up and
broken for firewood. One man is kept
busy saving it up most of the time, and
large quantities Of 1t are readily disposed
of. boat which promises material for
which there is likely to- be considerable
demand is broken up before one for which
there is likely to be little demand, and
thus 1t happens that some boats lie I'M
touched for years, and a few lie untouched
until they go to pieces from sheer old
age.
YOU'D be surprised said one OF the
bosses, ''to see the demand there is for
this lumber" and he pointed about him
at the piles of dingy timbers and boards
on every hand.
"Oh. no; l don't mean by big con-
tractors, but this is all right for small
jobs. Yes. sir, that timber is good and
solid. 1t, will do all right for small
house, for a barn, or for any small build
ing; and there's lot OF it goes into them
jobs, too. The iron! Say that sells just
as fast as we can get it out -
While as a general thing the work of
destruction Is limited to those vessels that
are still able TO float, occasionally an old
boat is dragged from its resting place at
the bottom Of some river or bay and
fioated in to be torn apart for what there
is in it. Wrecking apparatus is kept on
hand for this purpose.
Stories are circulated from time to time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

But why should they want to hang a
man with so many friends?'
We'll you see, a man may have
many friends and yet two or three pow
erful enemies. My crime, as you call il, is
that I'm related TO the Douglases That's
the real crime. But that's not what I'm
to be hanged for. Oh, no, it's all done
according to the legal satisfaction of the
lawyers. I'm hanged for treason to the
king.
but surely" exclaimed the beggar.
they Will not hang man in Scotland for
merely saying hasty word against the
king?'
There's more happens in this realm
than the king kens Of and all done in his
name, too. But, TO speak truth, there was
a bit extra against me as well A wheen
OF the daft bodies in Stirling made up a
slip of plot to trap the king and put
him in hiding for while until he listened
10 what they called reason. There were
two Weavers among them, and weavers
are always plotting; a cobbler and such
like people, and they sent word would /
come and help them. I was foolish
enough to write them note and in
trusted it to their messenger. | told
them to leave the king alone until l came
70 Stirring, and then / would just nab
him myself, put him under nv oxter and
walk down toward the border with him.
for knew that if they went on they d
but lose their silly heads. And so wishing
no harm to the king / made my way to
Stirling, but did not get within a mile of
II, Tor they tripped me up at ST. Nicholas
having captured my letter. So was SEN
fenced, and it seems the king found out
all about their plot, as knew he would
and pardoned the men who were going to
kdnap him. while the man who wanted
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Circus WOman's Life Is One
Of Trials and HdrdshiDs
q o-u $500 o-tt-o-


feature, in some role OF another. and the
costumes are of the resplendant kind.
The spectacle over, there is scurrying
for trunks and makeup boxes, dresses
disappear and tights are dOnned Every
article Of wardrobe must be neat and
clean and of the very best. On this point
Mr. Al Ringing, who directs the perform
anees, Is rigidly particular When the
ring acts are on there Is a ceaseless hurry
that would distract an ordinary woman.
and every minute of time is weighed ND
like so much gold. Some OF the women
have some part in two or three acts and
must change costume, tights and all, as
many times.
The afternoon show Is over by 4:30,
and then comes the real hearty meal of
the day. After this meal there Is an
hour and half or so to rest. The women
come together In shady corners fetch out
their embroidery and fancy work, and
talk of everything except their business,
which Is forbidden. We have a sewing
club, which last season sent several bar
rels of simple and useful things to or
CARNATIONS that care for the poor. Our
people are really Superstitious about their
duty toward the unfortunates in the
world. 1t is beautiful to see how quickly
even the poorest paid performer will re-
spond to any appeal for help to someone
IN trouble. You know, each one of us
risk our lives every day, and It may be
that that thought makes us lean more
kindly toward those in distress.
Seven o'clock finds everybody in the
dressing rooms, and for the rest Of the
evening the rush goes on. The women's
dressing room has no hardwood floor nor
soft carpet, but COOL cry mating is
stretched over the raw grass of the show
ground. Each artist has little square OF
ground, surrounded by portieres, and there
is sort of amiable envy that gives pic
turesque color to each spot. On the sides
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

a NOTABLE ship that ploughs the
"a stormy sea, f1inging the opposing
waves scornfully from her bows, is joy
Gus sight. The same ship wrecked upon
the rocks of an unfriendly shore, with
the wild waves rushing over her in tri-
umph, is a painful sight. But at least
shipwreck is a picturesque doom. Sor-
rowful but not picturesque is the fate of
those ships which, after Drawing wreck
thousand times, are at last towed into
the marine graveyard" to rot or to be
broken up for prosaic uses.
Perth Amboy, N. j.. doesn't feel par
ticularly enthusiastic over her marine
graveyard"
"But then" the people say, you've got
to do something with them, haven't your
BY them? ships that have outlived their
usefulness are meant. And so the people
of Perth Amboy and vicinity have come
to regard the graveyard" as kind of
necessary evil. Whatever other people
may think of the place. John Fl. Gregory,
it's owner, has become thoroughly con-
WINGED that, all poetry aside, the grave
yard is a money making institution The
fact that it has been doing business for
something like a quarter Of a century Is
also considered by many evidence that
Mr.. Gregory is right
The chief reason why ships that have
gayly sailed the blue waters for years
find their way to this gloomy abode of
skeletons is the fact that the timbers and
planks taken from old ships make good
building material The small contractors
found this out long ago, and at times
the capacity of the graveyard" has
been taxed to keep them supplied
The statement may have grewsome
sound. but it is true that "corpses' re-
ceived at the marine graveyard" do not
get what the public would term "a de-
cent burial" Stretched out upon the
beach in the full blaze OF the sun, or
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| ehds SAID the King, staggering unsteadily
! to his feet
Are you hurt?" asked the stranger,
m not just sure yet, replied the king,
removing his bonnet and rubbing the top
of his head with a circular movement Of
his hand.
Whats wrong wi those <scamps to Law
on poor beggar man?'' asked the stran-
ger.
Nothing, except that the beggar man
is not so poor as he looks, and has a
belt of gold about him which he was
foolish enough to show last night at the
inn where these lads were drinking
Then the lesson hasn't taught YOU
much, or you wouldn't say that to a
| complete stranger in the middle of a
black forest, and you alone with him
that is, unless they've succeeded in reiv-
ing the belt away from your"
No, they have not robbed me, and to
shows you that am not such aefool as you
/ take me for. l may add that the moment
you came to 1 resolved to give to my
rescuer every gold piece that isefn my belt
| So, you see, if you thought disabling me-
| there's little use in taking by force what
man is more than willing to give you OF
his own free will a,gS4
| The giant threw back his head and the
wood resounded with his laughter
What have said seems. to amuse
yOu." said the king, not too Well pleased
at the boisterous merriment of his COM
panion.
'It does that replied the stranger
| still struggling with his mrth; then, strik-
| ing the king on the shoulder, he con-
| tinued: II suppose there is not another
man In all broad Scotland today but me
that wouldn't give the snap of his finger
| for all the gold you ever carried"
Then you must be wealthy" COM
mented the king. "Yet it can't be that
| for the richest men l know are the greed
| iest''
mo, it isn't that" rejoined the stran-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
BY ROBERT BARR.

bonnet, which brought him to his knees,
and before he could recover his footing
a blow on the shoulder felled him.
At this critical juncture there rose
wild shout down the road, for the fight
ing party. in coming round the turn, had
brought themselves within view of
sturdy pedestrian forging along at great
pace, which he nevertheless marvelously
accelerated on seeing the melee. For
moment the daZed man on the ground
thought that the landlord had come to
his rescue, but it was not so. 1t seemed
as if a remnant of the storm had swept
like whirlwind among the aggressors,
for the newcomer in the fray, with savage
EXPLANATIONS which showed his delight
in tumult. scattered the enemy as a
tornado drives before it the leaves Of a
forest. The king raised himself on his
elbow and watched the gigantic stranger
lay about him with his stick, while the
five, with cries Of terror. disappeared
into the forest. for the two that were pros
trate had now recovered wind enough to
run.
"Losh," painted the giant, returning to
the man on the road, Il wish I'd been
here at the beginning"
Thank goodness you came at the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

but do you mean that you are going
voluntarily to your own hanging? Bless
my soul, man, turn in your tracks and
make for across the border
Hutchinson shook his head.
IF had intended to do that" he said
II could have saved myself many long
step yesterday and this morning. for 1 was
good deal nearer the border than / am
at this moment. No, no; you see, / have
passed my word. The sheriff gave me
week among my own friends to settle
my worldly affairs and bid my wife and
BARNS goodby. So I said to the sheriff:
I'm you man whenever you are ready
for the hanging u
I've heard many a strange tale said
the king, but this beats anything in my
experience"
ooh, there's a great deal to be picked
up by tramping the roads," replied Hut
Crimson sagely.
What is your crime?" inquired his
majesty.
"Oh, the crimes neither here nor there.
If they want to hang man, they'll hang
him, crime or no crime"
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er, but If you wander anywhere about
this region you will understand what /
mean when tell you that I'm Badly Hut
Crimson
Badly hutchinson" echoed the king,
Wrlnkling his brows, trying to remember
Where he had heard that name before;
then. with sudden enlightenment:
what, not the man who is to be hang
ed today at st. Ninians?"
The very same; so you see that all the
gold ever minted is of little use to man
with Tightening rope around his neck. -
And the comicality Of the situation again
overcoming Mr.. Hutchinson, his robust
sides shook once more with laughter.
The king stopped in the middle of the
road and stared at his companion with
amazement
Surely you are aware he said at last,
that Tou are on the direct road to ST..
Ninians?"
Surely, surely" replied Badly, land
you remind me that we must not stand
yammering here, for there will be great
gathering there to see the hanging. All
my friends are there now, and If say 1t,
who shouldn't, I've more friends than
possibly any other man in this part of
Scotland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
.F ALL the women who depend for
their daily bread and salt upon the

OF ALL the women who depend for
their daily bread and salt upon the
appreciation of the amusement
seeking public, the circus woman appears
to have the hardest lot, and is certainly
the least known in her proper person.
The actress is frequently interviewed and
talked about, and the average reader has
q pretty clear understanding of the type.
But the circus woman is an unknown
quantity outside of her daring or pictu-
rescue performance, albeit she Is very
much of a woman in quiet home attach
ment and simple and almost childlke
manner Of living One of the principal
riders with the Ringing circus, sweet
faced and gentle-mannered young matron,
thus described the daily routine of her
work during the tented season, and it
forms an interesting picture of the stir
ring devotion of these mystic people who
travel from place to place day after day
during the summer months and contrib
ute so much to the general happiness of
the world.
We seldom play more than one day in
town, and the performances are given
at and o'clock. Every morning at 9
o'clock there is a street parade. and every
one must take some part in it. This usu-
ally means a slow ride under the broiling
sun over several miles of streets deli
cate woman would probably faint and fall
from her horse before she had ridden a
mile. Usually it is past noon when the
pageant returns to the show grounds, and
then hurried change must be made from
the parade dresses to street clothes for
dinner The dining tent IS clean, airy
place, with well set tables, and the food
is of the best. 1t compat eS with the
average flrst-class hotel Of the town.
After dinner there is little time left
before the afternoon show begins Nearly
every performer appears in the opening
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
Big Ships Are DismantIed
At the "Mdrine Grdveyard'
A0-oEU- -o-o-e-tt q xEct-o+o-

soaking in the waters at the mouth of
the Raritan river, the hulks do not await
burial, but are broken into bits, which is
usually brought about through the me-
dunn of gang of lusty Italian laborers
armed with axes and crowbars. In some
cases however, even this formality Is dis
pensed with and marine corpse" stays
above ground in this graveyard" until it
literally rots away.
''Spose it does seem sorter rough to a
stranger, said one OF, the men In charge
of the work at the marine graveyard "
as he looked over the nine boats then in
progress of disintegration. But we fell
lers get used to it, he added.
Close at hand gang of men were busy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

to the effect that the men engaged in
dismantling the old boats frequently make
valuable finds.
Not bit Of it," said one of the men
in charge Of the work. Its mighty little
we fellows get out of them. They are
cleaned out pretty thoroughly before they
come here. / found dime once. That's
the limit, as far as / know
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Willing TO Assume Credit.
1t is said that the Ohio floods have
been good thing for the farmers 'Rah
for Ted!-Memphis Commercial-Appeal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
REVENGE.
Last Winter.

Last Winter.
Said the plumber to the coal man:
Say, / want a ton of coal"
Said the coal man to the plumber:
DO you really Why, how droll!"
Said the plumber to the coal man:
We'll, perhaps an eighth will do"
Said the coal man to the plumber:
There are scores of you
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
H.-This Winter.

Said the coal man to the plumber:
Are you busy then. today?"
Said the plumber to the coal man:
Am I busy? ! should say!''
Said the coal man to the plumber:
All my water pipes Is froze
VIII you kindly come and clear them p
And the plumber thumbed his nose!
-Someryille Journal
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Young FOOLS WHO HARRY.

A green boy without dollar, pres
,ent or prospective, sparkling girl
regularly and talking about marry
ing, is a spectacle for gods and men.
He should be reasoned with, and IT
he will not quit it until he is able to
support a wife, and knows whom he
loves, and the difference between
love and passion, he should be
.quarantined, or put in a convent
erected on purpose for such cases.
Nine-tenths OF the unhappy marrl-
ages are the result of green human
calves being allowed to run at large
in the society pasture without any
yokes on them. They marry and
have children before they have mus
taches, they are fathers before they
are proprietors Of two pair OF pants,
and the little girls they marry are
old women before they are twenty
eosoc asionaiIy one of these goslln
mari ages turn out all right, but
1t Is a clear case of luck. 1t 10 time
enough for these bantams to THINK
OF finding a puflet when they have
raised enough money by their own
work to buy a bundle of laths to
build ben house. But they see
girl hat looks cunning, and they are
afraid there is not going to be
enough girls to go around, and then
they begin to get In their work real
spry and before they are aware ofthe
saactity of the marriage relation they
are hitched for life, and before they
own a cook stove or bedstead he has
TO get up at night and go for the
doctor, so frightened that he nearly
runs himself out or breath and
abuses the doctor because he does
not ran too. when the doctor gets
there he f1nds that there is not
enough linen In the house to wrap
up a doll baby. tits about this time
that a young man begins To realize
that ne IL colossal fool, as be
siies around TO heat water and bring
IA the bath tab, aud goes whooping
after his mother or her mother. He
turus pale around the gills. bis hair
turns red In a single night and he
calls high heaven 10 witness that II /
re lives until morning, OF which he /
nAs serious doubts, he will turn over I
: nsw leaf aud never get married
again until be gets older. Clifton I
4Ms0Fd
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asCruplJlouSy FulFHlrD.s

Mr.. Roosevelt says: sin 1886 the
republican party came into power,
and in 1900sit retained power on GER
tain definite pledges. each of which
was scrupulously fulfilled" Ifany-
one doubts that this 10 an unwar-
ranted boast, let him read the repub-
Iican national platforms for 1895 and
1900.
Among the definite pledges" in
the 1896 platform were the promises
of reciprocity; the promise to pro-
mote the free coinage OF silver by
international agreement; the prom
ise to give veterans of the Union
armies preference in the matter ~
appointments to office; the promise
to honestly enforce the civil service
law; the promise to create nation
al board OF arbitration; the promise
to admit the territories to statehood;
the promise to give Alaska repre-
sentation in congress. Not one of
these pledges has been fulfilled.
Conspicuous among the definite
pledges" in the republican platform
for 1900 was the promise that the
party would retain and prevent all
consplracies and combinations in
tended to restrict bu siness, to create
monopolies and to limit production
or 70 ooptroI pricaa Another tdef1-
mite pledge" was to maintain 1.-THE
associated policy of reciprocity"
Another definite pledge" related to
the enforcement of the civil service
law. Another definite pledge" re-
lated to the admission to statehood
of the territories. Not one OF those
definite pledges" has been fulfilled
-Bryan's Commoner.
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COME AND GET YOUR MONEY. "
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III Mi-o-na fails to cure you Of
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and get your money" 10 the broad
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Martin are selling Mi-o-na, n natures
cure for dyspepsia.
A SOC box of Mi-o-nA contains two
weeks treatment and benefit will be
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The gu arAntee means that IL MILO
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There is no other medicine that
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Increases the vitality, soothes aud
heals any Internal Inflammation and
gives tone aud strength TO the whole
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will Build Connecting Track.

The Katy surveyors were here
two days this week running line
for lengthy connecting track with
the l. & G. n. The lines will con-
meet north of town above the over
head crossing in NJ. L. Wards field,
or at least there is where the survey
runs. This III after of q connecting
track will come up before the Rail
road Commission at Austin next
Tuesday and ii the Commission or
ders q transfer track put in ii will
be done. We think this track Is
needed. Italy News-Herald.