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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
CONTRACT WORK
CurbInq, Filling and LeVeilne Rondo
Street, From Dewey to Terrace Park

CURLING, Filling and LeVeilng Rondo
Street, From Dewey to Terrace Park
Avenue
Office of the Board of Public Works.
City of st. Paul, Mimi. April O. 1905;
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city until
D. m on the 18th day of April, A. d. 1905.
for the curbing. filing and leveling, of
Rondo street. from Dewey avenue to Ter
race Park avenue, in said city, using
sandstone curbing. according to plans and
Specifications on file in the Office Of said
Board.
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
or a certified check on bank OF st. Paul
In a sum of at least ten (l0) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-.
pany each bid. Said check shall be made
payable to the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
JOHN S. erode.
President.
Official: r. L. GORMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
April 6-1905-1ot
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
Peterson Loses Aaqain

The house killed the S. d. Peterson
bill, prohibiting telegraph companies
from printing their contracts on the
backs of telegraph blanks. There were
81 votes for the bill, less than
required to pass it through the house.
A total of "a votes were cast against
the bill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
Not a cIassicIst

The real enjoyments of life are not ex-
penSlye. said the philosopher;
My daughters musical education has
cost me thousands OF dollars. But when
1 want TO hear a real tune / give 10 cents
10 the piano wagon man. Washington
Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
DRUG Clerk Bill Killed

Representative w. ]. Stock of
Stearns saw the finish yesterday of his
bill to require pharmacists after 1909
to have at least two years college
training. The house by a vote of AZ to
AZ defeated the bill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
RAILROAD no TIcEs
To California for $500 via Chicago Great
Western Railway

Tickets on sale from March ! to May 10.
For further information apply to ]. N.
Storr, General Agent, corner Fifth and
Robert streets. st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12

Gunshu Pass-Gen. Linevitch has pill
loried a number of officers who displayed
cowardice during the battle of Mukden.
publicly disgracing them by posting their
names at all the division headquarters.
while some of them are drummed out OF
camn-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-27
The Tone of Your Voice.

Kind hearts are more plentiful than gentle voices. and yet love loses much of it's power when the voice is sharp and hard. Try. therefore. most ear nestly to acquire the right tone in speaking and guard yourself carefully from falling into careless and bad hab- it's of voice. often sharp voice shows far more i'll will than the heart feels. but people do not know that the speak CTS bark Is worse than her bite" and they believe her to be III tempered and disagrecable-
 It is so easy to pick up sharp and snappish manner of speskingl Very often it is acquired in mirth and in the give and take battles of words in which boys and girls delight There Is no malice in their sallies and a great deal Of fun. but meanwhile the voice is of- ten acquiring a sharp and shrewish tone. which sticks through fife. making it stir up strife and i'll will among its listeners.
 So watch the tone in which you speak and take care that it is gentle and sweet. A kind voice is like music fin the home and Is to the heart what light and beauty are to the eye
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i regular horse mustache. It was of a light dried hay color. as many young mems mustaches arc. to their disgust Evidently the horses driver was proud of the curious appendage. for it was carefully parted and brushed each side of the animals nose. It was even curl led. one side being cur!ier than the other. again as q mans mustache is apt to be.
 Whether the horse was proud of this unusual ornament we have no means of knowing. for horse thoughts are hard to read.
 Almost as odd in a different way is the pony that has been trained to wrestle like a man. Both are freaks. but in the one case nature produced the freak. in the other a man trains the horse into a freak
 A man lately trayeled through the United States showing a pair of wres- tling ponies that belonged to him and which he himself had trained. Some time ago he took the ponies to England, where he exhibited them in the Hippo drome. famous place of amusement in London
 The animals have been trained to
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T wasn't born till some years after ward" I rejoined. My information is all secondhand and in very misty condition. If you're really interested. I'll introduce you to Miss Stanbury, the elder''-
 Both, if you please" said Drum mond, with a smile. And we strolled across to the spot where they stood, my friend muttering to himself: Pen dulum, Pendulum. Never heard of a man named Pendulum before"
 In spite of Drummond's expressed de- sire to meet pretty Margaret Stanbury, he devoted himself to the maiden aunt while we remained in the burial ground and during our walk to the little old house where they lived. Moreover. he was enthusiastic in praise of Aunt Jane afterward.
 "A fine mind and true heart" he declared. "A thoroughly cultivated woman and not the least imbittered. She could shine in the most exalted circles of society except for the very trivial matter Of clothes. Is she very hard up?"
 "She is, indeed" I answered, land Margaret, of course, has nothing. She has an eye on the typewriter, poor girl. But what did Aunt Jane tell you about the soldier?"
 Drummonds manner instantly show ed the reserve which characterizes
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| A Soldiers Name BY EVERETT HOLBROOK
 Copyright 1905 b FrdpkkR RTomts
BY EVERETT HOLBROOK

where he lay ill and crazed with fever for some days and then died.
 Do you see the gray haired woman over there" I added-"under the crook ed pine tree with the girl in white? It was that woman-in those days as
 who found the soldier and led him to her mothers home."<
 And he spoiled the romance by dy- ing" said Drummond.
 "She had her own romance" I re- piled. "She was engaged to one of the Merrill boys. There were two cousins. one of whom inherited the property which has now come to you by the devious ways of destiny. It was not the heir to whom Miss Stanbury was engaged; otherwise she wouldn't be so confoundedly poor today. Her fiance left her all he possessed, which was mighty little. Both the Merrill boys went to the war, both gave their lives, and both are now at rest in the plot that is shaded by the twisted pine. The woman with the gray hair was the belle of the region in those days. but she is still Miss Stanbury; so there's the romance, all right The girl with her is her brothers daughter, an orphan. In fact, that's the whole Stanbury fam fly over there, so far as know."
 "A beautiful girl" said Drummond. And he turned his mind again to the story of the nameless soldier, with an obvious effort as if constrained by some impulse of his nature, an inborn love of the curiosities of life.
 Couldn't the man tell who he was ?" he asked.
 q believe there was some slight pa- ralysis of the muscles of the jaw, re- sulting from a wound" said I. My father could tell you. They understood him to say that he was William Pen dulum, and his gravestone bore that name for many years. But nothing could be learned about him. He was never traced back beyond Portland And ten years or more ago, when the war department records were over hauled and saved from chaos and de- cay, the local G. A. R. investigated this case and came to the conclusion that no such man as William Pendu- lum was ever in the army So the name was erased from the stone. There's no doubt, however, that this man was soldier, with the rank of second lieutenant. His uniform gave no clew to his regiment, however There were no number on it; it had seen too much service. and he had not a scrap of paper in his pockets"
 Nobody ever knew why he came here. eh?" said Drummond. Could he have got off the boat by mistaken"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-27

wrestle with a large. strong man and throw him and be thrown by him The mans name Is John. and John had to be trained to this horse wrestling. too. so he would know just when to throw his opponent or be thrown and at the same time keep himself from being hurt. Horse wrestling Is not quite the same as man wrestling. The man must also be very careful not to hurt the pretty. graceful creatures. for in that case they would refuse to perform any more
 These remarkable ponies use their teeth in their work. lifting the man by his clothing They have an odd way. too. Of catching the man between their fore legs. lifting him into the air by rearing up with him. then dropping him upon the ground. The ponies are named Madison and Banner. They are as different in their dispositions as two boys. Madison is full of fun and plainly enjoys the performance as much as the audience does. Sometimes he introduces bits of horseplsy en- tireiy out of his own head Banner. on the other hand. is of a serious nature. bent on doing his whole duty. and noth- ing but his duty.
 Ths different dispositions of the po-I nies Is shown in their behavior while the man Is wrestling with one CT the other of them While the man fs en- zzged with Madison in bout in vhich the horse is thrown Banner merely stasGs = ts s.s sbds ana vakehn ths|
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-27
THE TREE GAME.

Boys and girls can have lots of fun playing the following game. The ques- tions are given out on slips of paper without the answers, and the one who gets the greatest number of correct an- swers is the winner of the game:
 What is the most level tree? Plane. Which tree suggests thoughts of the ocean? Beech.
 What tree would we prefer on a very cold day? Fir.
 What tree contains domestic anil nal? Mahogany.
 What tree might very properly wear a glove2 A palm.
 What tree is a pronoun? Yew.
 Which tree Is tale teller? Peach.
 Which tree is an insect? Locust.
 Which is the dandy among trees ? Spruce.
 Which tree is an invalid? Pine.
 What tree never is barefooted? Sam daiwood.
 Which tree can best remember num- bers? Date.
 Which tree has passed through hre7 Ash.
 Which is the most ancient treeg FL der.
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had been name also, and one might still see the marks of the chisel which had cut off the raised letters. A small plot was set apart for him and was all ways well kept. Upon Memorial day it would be plentifully bedecked with flowers.
 In the years after the removal of the name from the cross the stranger was not omitted from the roll of honor, wherein he figured by his rank alone
 Lieutenant," the venerable Pastor Congreve would say, with glance to- ward the grave, and, after moments pause-"our guest. whose name, un- happily, we do not know"
 This was an old story in the town. of course; story without beginning or end. and no one would have been so rash as to predict that the missing facts of it would come to light on this side of the judgment day. Forty years this man had lain in the grave, and his secret with him. yet the hidden truth was destined to arise and mingle vivid ly with the affairs of living folk.
 On an afternoon in the middle of April . card was brought to me in my office in New York, and I supposed that it foreshadowed a newspaper interview, for the sender was reporter named Henry Drummond, with whom I had slight acquaintance. He was an agree able young man, of a remarkably en- gaging appearance, and I was able to tell him honestly that I was glad to see him. His errand. as he informed me immediately, had nothing to do with 'copy." He had come to avail himself of my legal advice.
 T have recently inherited a lawsuit" said he. 'and I want to know what to do with it. You've heard of the mud dle about the division of the Merrill estate?"
 Yes" said I. There's a part of it in my native town. As result of this long drawn controversy one of the finest old residences on the Maine coast has been without a tenant for more than ten years, and a great piece of shore front property has had no proper care"
 Aside from your exalted talents" said he. with smile, that's the chief reason why I came to you. There seems to be a chance for me to take this property in Kingsford for my
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home he had talk with my father and another after supper. and then he hunt ed me up.
 Come" said he, Tets have look at my estate"
 l went with him, and he led me straight to the broad portal of the great dark house. heard the key rat tie in the lock.
 Pm a bit nervous. you see," said he by way of explanation.
 Are we going ip?" I asked. There are no lamps. We'll break our necks over the furniture or set the house afire lighting matches"
 T can find my way" said he. And. indeed. he showed a marvellous apti- tudc.
 I stumbled in his wake and eventual ly overlook him with a reckless dash and thereafter clung to his coat tails, resolved that if we fell he should be the undermost.' So we came to a room on the second floor and to a shadowy corner of it where stood a tall old clock with carven case of black wood.
 'Whew!" said Drummond. Let me get my breath. This is a crisis in the lives of several people, my friend. How
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ever, there's another one downstairl
 What in blazes do you mean" d manded. Another what?"
 Another clock. But this was | uncle's room"
 E Uncle? You mean old Sam MI rill?"
 "Yes; the man who in his last yed seemed so fond of Arthur, yet left his property to George. in will dai five years before"
 T don't understand"
 William Pendulum" he answerd willis N. Pendulum. The will is the pendulum. And now. by heayenI is in my hand!"
 While speaking he had swung oI the door of the clock case, and now turned toward me so suddenly that ! crashed together.
 Light match!" he cried. And managed to do 1t.
 saw yellow and stained paper my friends hand. Before the mat burned out we knew the nature of t brief document. It was indeed a WI and the name signed to it was Sam1 Merrill.
 We did not wait for lamplight, Ii examined the will then and there the aid of matches. It seemed qu regular--it was dated 1S63-and made Arthur Merrill and not GeoI the chief heir-sole heir. indeed-to | property in Kingsford.
 Arthur left all he possessed to Ja Stanbury." said Drummond. By u will he was made owner of this esta It therefore passed to his fiancee. r was never properly at issue in the prd ent litigation; no interest in it belon ed to any of the contestants nor col have passed to me. have signed aw my share for nothing, because ti estate is legally vested in Jane Sta bury, and shall never contest her rig to it. +
 And now" he added, as the ld match burned out, do you begin | understand what happened? GeoI Merrill, who was at home on furloul when his uncle died. found this VI here in this room. Doubtless he kn1 that the earlier will had not been q stroyed. Upon an impulse he hid tk document in the first place that could think of and never had the moi strength to reveal it's existence un the hand of death was ,on him. ThI he told comrade, one who was a sq ferer with him in the same hospital. doubt. He trusted this man to keep Il secret, to disclose the right will, h preserve Georges name from disgras Why this riddle wasn't read long al is q mystery to me-"
 Although this was largely conjectul it has stood every test of subseque investigation. and the title of Mi Stanbury to the property has been col firmed by the usual legal meaf Whether this has made my friend pod CT. in all that counts for real value 1 this world, will not venture to asset Indeed he has lost the estate only tell porarily, for it will no doubt pass Margaret Stanbury at her aunt's dea( and Margaret and Drummond are be married early next month. Soi5 mems luck is invincible; they canr{ suffer loss even by being honest.
 As for the soldier beneath the std cross. he is now designated by his rig full name The clew furnished by 4 association with George Merrill and the presumption of his having been inmate of the same hospital close ups, the date of Merrill's death sufficed f. his Identification after a patient sear} of records. and his name proved to 1 Albert Stevens.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-27
orI.Ip of sh. s,.,, r-.

Before the invention of steel pen people used to write with quills. m origin of the steel pen came about in queer way. A jeweler named Jcsepl GiiIott living in Birmingham. England one day accidentally split the end c one of his fine steel jewel making tool and threw it in temper on the floor.
 A little later it became necessary fo him to write letter. He searche- high and low for his quill pen bul could not find it. Looking again On th. floor. he discovered not the pen. but th. broken steel tool
 Possibly could write with thix.- h. said picking up the piece of dIsczrds< spit steel He tried to write with q and. of course. succeeded
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-27

my fathers house. Thus it happened day in the cemetery of Kingsford and heard the roll call of our squadron of the dead.
 Isn't it very unusual" he said to me. -'that there should be a nameless soldier in burial ground so far north? Was this body sent here by mistaken"
 Thereupon I told him all that could remember of the story. The soldier had come to Kingsford on the steamer from Portland. He was found wandering the streets in a dazed con- dition and was taken into a house.
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noial Day Story of Unknown Soldier and Will;
 How a Reporter UnraveIed Mystery of Long Standing

Willis N. Pendulum-that was the way she heard it--but the doctor was strong for William and carried his point. And always thought that Yankees were smart!'
 This exclamation hardly seemed to fit the context, and asked Drummond what he meant.
 Either there are stupid folks in Kingsford or I am misled by wild delusion." he replied. but declined to give me any clear view of his mind.
 Evidently he was full of this story, for his condition bordered upon trance during the remainder of the day. We took a long walk in the afternoon, and he honored me with very little of his conversation except in the way of enig- mas.
 "This matter of speaking in riddles, , he told me in answer to, protest, lis reporters habit. We go out on stories together, and every fellow is trying to beat the others. We keep our points to ourselves. and, as it is very hard to refrain from speech entirely, we learn to talk without saying any thing. And that reminds me that I'm thinking of going back to the trade. I haven't much of a stake except this property down here."
 That's enough to save lazy man from work" said I. Gut it up into sites for summer cottages, and you can sell them to the elect of Boston. This place is getting fashionable. tell you, it's a fortune"
 q believe you, my friend" said he. And yet I'll bet that go back to re- porting"
 You have my permission" said I, somewhat annoyed, but more perplex- ed.
 By the way" he remarked moment later, T suppose you know where Miss Stanbury found Lieutenant Pendu- lum. No? Well, she found him in front of her own gate"
 "What of it?" said I.
 Arthur Merrill, the man to whom she was engaged, was dead at that time. but the news had not reached Kingsford The cousin, George Mer- Till, knew it. however, or had known 1t few days before. He, too, was dead on the day when your wandering sol dier arrived here. He had died in hospital in Pennsylvania. I got these facts from Miss Stanbury, and your father verified them."
 But what bearing have they on this case?" I asked. Do you mean that the lieutenant was carrying last mes- sage from Arthur Merrill to Miss Stan- bury?"
 NO, sir; he was not" responded Drummond promptly. Arthur had every opportunity to send messages, and he sent them. and they arrived all right, though some weeks delayed. Our friend Pendulum had nothing to do with them"
 Did George Merrill send news of his cousins death by this man?"
 Certainly not. George had no req son to suppose that there had been any delay. He thought Miss Stanbury knew that Arthur was dead. Your fa- ther has seen a letter that proves it, letter written or dictated by George the day before he died"
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show without interfering. But let the man begin with Banner and seem about to bring the horse down Madison steps up immediately and takes a hand in the game. helping his mate. He goes behind John. catches Johns collar be- tween his powerful teeth. throws his fore legs around Johns back and tries to drag the man on and away from his mate. This part of the match always brings down the house.
 Madison often really drsgs John away from Banner. Then he lets the
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Cousnaruns-

What gets wet through dryins7 A towel
 When Is goat nezriy7 When it is all but QbattD-
 Why are carpets the cheapest artI- cses Of furuitsre7 Because they are bought by the yard and worn only by the foot
 What is the difference between c gardener. q billiard player. . gentle man and <<xton7 The srxt mfn1s h1s peaz- the r-cpnd r1znds hks coez- fho third mln1s hls 1s 6ad q1s: slhs DUuE11 n1nn1 - nrg1 ou1 lvA
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ring. and the trainer was putting him through his stage tricks when sudden ly, without anybody suspecting what he was about. Banner ran at an att tendant. caught the astonished man be- tween his fore legs. reared upon his hind legs and threw the man to the ground. He did it merely for fun and with no thought in his horse mind of hurting the attendant
 That gave to the trainer the idea of teaching Banner and Madison to wres- tie. This required four years of very patient and persistent training. but at last the experiment succeeded.
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Don't you know me. FlyawayY' with smile said he I'm the fairies alarming needle If
 weren't for me What a sery ragged set you thouxhtlcx
 elves would be,' Busy. dartin~ dragon ny dsrned the tea
 with speed.
 deed
 Even fairies find 1t good 10 have a frienl
 In needf
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If George had means of writing. of course he did not need to send a mes senger." said l.
 There has never been notion in Kingsford. so your father tells me-" answered Drummond. that Pendu- lums coming here had anything to do with the Merrill boys or their affairs"
 "Then what the deuce are you driv- ing at?''
 But Drummond was relapsing into give me a sensible reply. When we got
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LITTLE FAIRY FLYAwAY.

Little Fairy Fiyaway tore her gau4
 wing; She fell into bramble bush from out hl
 cobweb swing
 The fairies always knew she was cars
 less little thing! Sorry little Fiyaway. sobbing In despair, Heard a sudden humming through th
 summer air Looked to find dragon fly close besIt
 her there.
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PONY THROWS HIS MAN.

man drop upon the stage. Banner trots ofr to oue side. and Madison runs to his mate in a pleased way. as If to say.
 We got the best of man that time didn't we--
 In an odd way the idea of training the ponies to preztie was s1xxzssed fo their owner. He ~az a trainer Of trsck horsez and had be<n fer many yonn O. ~ Dnnn9 VnD DpEfwml1g n uno
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,pyrisht. 1905. by Frederick R. Toombs

share of the loot and escape from the lawsuit. Shall do it?"
 It was not a question to fe decided offhand, for I must first learn the value of Drummond's interest in the suit. The details of the matter are un- important here. Suffice it to say that was led to advise Drummond to make this settlement, and he did so. In the last week in May we went to Kingsford in connection with this business, and Drummond was a guest with me in