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MINNEAPOLIS. isv NOTE AND COMMENT. Several dnys ago an aspiring poet sub mitted to the editor of a local paper a poem on "Beautiful Snow." The rhyme was rejected, so the poet gave it to ru alderman from the East side, who will spring it on the council this after noon as a snow ordinance, originated by himself. A local clergyman regaled his con gregation yesterday morning with a discourse on the fervid topic, "Hell and Us Environments.'? His descrip tion of the place was so realistic thai liis congregation felt moved to ask ii lie spoke from actual experience. It was stated at police headquarters last night that Maj. Norton was to be appointed as secretary to tlie new chief ot police. \\ lieu the officers at bead quarters heard of it they went oul into the still, crisp night and kicked theiu- Belves. It has not been decided yet that the new chief of police shall retain Danny. The horse ia inn.-, dered dangerous from the fact that he lias been overfed and allowed ta run wild in Maj. Hender son's back yard for ihepast six months. It is said that it was Danny, and not a poodle dog, that l>it Capt Jim Hankln son. It such is the case, it will be well for the police surgeon to keep his eye on Danny, for there is no telling what may happen. A man was arrested last night for breaking into a paint shop. He told the officers at the station that he had wagered with a friend be could paint the town on Sunday even under a Re publican administration, and was merely preparing to cany out his plan when arrested. Maj. Henderson, of Minneapolis, Bends greetings to his old friend Maj. McClaughry, of Chicago, th.is wise: "Together we stood and together we fall. It's lough, old man, but wo can console ourselves with the thought that the people dou't appreciate a good thing when they have it." AMUShMKNTS. The much advertised farce-comedy, "Yon Youson," began a week's engage ment at the Bijou yesterday, playing to a good house in the afternoon and stand ing room in the evening. The crowd at the evening performance was so uproar ious that at times it seemed the very ceiling would fall. There is no neces sity to describe the perfoitnance in de tail, for the comedy has been presented in the city before. As it was then it is now. with a few minor changes that do not materially change the play. The scenery is as good as ever, the set put en in the second not, representing a logging camp, being perhaps a trifle more elaborate and extensive. (Jus Heege in the title roie was greeted with enthusiasm, though his Swedish dialect is by no mentis any better than when he lirst essayed the character of Ole Olson. Miss Sadie Connelly, as Mrs. Luflin, got a laugh whenever she appeared on the Ma.trc, and her inimitable dancing was accorded a hearty ovation. Miss Merrl Osborne, in the character of Jennie Morris, made a bit aud the audience discovered she was a very pretty woman. MissMauk Edna Hall, the leading lady, also demonstrated she was a clever act ress. She played the part of Grace Jennings. Today at 2::;<J a special New Year "Yon Yonson" matinee will be given at the Bijou. The Chicago lady quartette will give a matinee and evening concert at the, Lyceum theater today. ".Joseph Murphy's admirers will have aii opportunity of seeing him in tho great Irish comedy drama "The Kerry (low" at the Grand Opera house this afternoon. Popular prices will bo iv order. Taken to the Hospital. Saturday Officer Morrisey arrested an old tinier, named Tena Johnson, and locked her up at the central station on the charge of theft from tho person. Her crime was Hie luring of a tiusy laborer into her room In the North Star lodging house, on Washington avenue south, kept by Sodina; and robbing him of his money. SKt: was sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse, but was allowed to remain in the central station until yesterday, owing to oi.e. ot her arms beting broken. Last night sin- was sent to the city hospital, by order of Po lice Surgeon Gibson. Hurj,lftr Murphy Captured. Tom Murphy, an enterprising burglar, broke the shutter off the rear of Bar nurn's saloon, on llennepin avenue, opposite the city hall, last night. He then smashed the window and crawled in, proceeding to regale himself on fine cordials and cigars. A mammoth bulldog lay asleep in the center of the saloon, apparently hyp notized. Just as Murphy was walking off with a lot ot goods, Patrolman Charles Fleming, after a desperate liyht, nabbed him and locked him up at the central station. PRICE OF BILhIAKD BALLS. Owing to the Scarcity of Ele phants' Tusks Clio Cost Has Doubled. Kew York Advertiser. '•Never in tlio History of the game were billiard balls as expensive as at present," said Oliver Brown, manager of the Astor house billiard rooms. "A Bet of those ivory balls now costs f 34. Fifteen years auo the balls could be bought for $18. The increased cost is due to the scarcity of ivory. "When the elephant tusks, from which the balls are made, arrive at the factory they are cut up into blocks and turned roughly in a lathe. They are then placed in canvas bags and hung up to become thoroughly seasoned. When an order arrives for a set of balls they are taken from the bags, reground and polished. '•It is necessary to let the balls re main idle lor a lew days before they are placed upon the table, in order that they way become accustomed to the at mosphere of the billiard room, for they are very susceptible to temperature and easily become warped. "With ordinary care a set of billiard balls will last for two years. At the ex piration of that time they are apt to be come crooked and wobble on the table. They are then taken to the factory and ground down for use in the game of pola. Then when they become useless In this capacity they are again reduced In size and find their way into the loether bottle." The Superior IVIEDICINE for all forms of blood disease, AVER'S Sarsaparilla the health restorer, and health maintainer. Cures Others will cure you. HE LOST HIS WIFE. Dan Wassmsr Wants the Po lice to Help Him Find His Belle. She Has Gone to Chicago, and Says He Will Nsver See Her Again. Bradish Seems Beaten fop the Presidency of the Incom ing Council. Eustis Will Have to Flip a Coin to Decide Who Shall Be Chief. A thin gentleman, wearing ft fawn colored "Benny" and a trustful expres sion, called at police headquarters yes terday and requested to see the officer in charge in his private room. His business was very important, he said, and then he hitched his "Benny" and heaved a sigh. When the officer heard the sigh he bethought himself of the merry bygone days when he was in love, when he sat up all night writing letters to his adored one and sighing the while like an overfed furnace. He resolved to give the gentleman with the fawn colored "Benny" his earnest atteution, for he recognized in the sigh the sure indications of a breaking, surcharged heart. "Me name is Don—" began the gen tleman in the "Benny," and the officer mentally exclaimed: "Be gobs, 1 wondher if it is Don Civs;ir, or Alonzo." But it was neither, for the al . lated gentleman concluded his sente. ■-<• with "Wassmer." "Don Wassmer"— a de cidedly romantic name for a thin man, thought the officer. After the usual preliminaries and a hacking cough the thin man burst into tears and said he had lost his dear liitle wifey. She had left him and to save his soul from ever lasting perdition he could not find her. "An' is she sthrayedV" asked the of ficer. "Nay, nay." was the gentle expostu lation from the thin man. "She has not strayed, in the literal meaning of the word, and yet she lias. She is lost to me, she lias. 1 fear, strayed, from the path of rectitude, from her loving and devoted Don." Wassmei then went on to say that his wife had gone away from her home, on Thirteenth avenue south, and left him all forlorn. She went away on Dec. 14, and since that time he had neither eaten nur slept. He was of a nervous tem perament, and her absence made him flighty and very imaginative, and during the past few days be had done nothing but count heads on the street, hoping to discover in the madding throng that surged up and down the crowded thor oughfares some glimpse of his lost love's head. Her name was Belle, he said. He had married her in Chicago, whence he had come but two short months ago. He first bi-lieved she had gone back there, but recently ho had come into the pos session of several letters which made him positive she was in Minneapolis. She had written to a gentleman in Chi cago enclosing several letters which she asked him to forward back to Minne apolis. One letter was to a young lady friend of the family and the other was to him— to the forlorn and lonely hub by. The letter to him was a brief note and merely added fuel to the consuming flame. cv-» At this stage of his story thin Mr. Wassmer dropped several tears on the lappel of his lawn-colored "Benny" and drew a packet of letters from the inside pocket. They are below and will ex plain themselves: Send this letter bnck as quick as possible. Minneapolis, Minn.— James Conover, 4-8 Blxty-flret Street, Chicago: You are a stran ger to mo, but through Miss Clara >cwliuid I heard of you. mul would like to have you do me a favor. 1 will enclose v letter here In your note, ii nd wish you would send it to Clara for me. Do you see the point. 1 want « party here to think lam in Chicago. Hop ing you will do that, I close, A Stranger. Chicago, 11., Dec. 16. 1802.— Miss Clara Newlaud.— Dear Friend: I reached here safe and sound yesterday, although quite tired, J suppose on account of my worry. ] have lieen thinking of Minneapolis and wonder how the "old man" is by this time. 1 hope you will go up ou Cedar and write me the news. lam with a very nice iainily, and think I will pet along all right, although It will be lmrd for me at first. 1 have one girl to take care of. She is four years old. 1 sot $3 a week and my board, room and laundry done. I want you lo make Don believe lam in Chicago. Poor fellow, 1 feel sorry for him; but then we were fighting all the time, aud I not only made him unhappy, but every body else so. Weil. Clara, I must close now; will Write more next time. Give my love to Emma, Mary and all the rest. 1 will eu dose you a note to Don nnd you can tell him you met me ou the street. Write, koou. With love, Belle. When thin Mr. Wassmer handed tho officer the little note intended for him self he sighed bitterly, and once more the officer thought of his youth, green iields and sweetly-smelling flowers. Here is the note to -Don:" Don: You have said I have caused you much trouble, but vow I will cuuse you no more. Wishing you tlie best of luck, I re main Youk Runaway Wife. When the letters had been read Mr. Wassmer appealed to the officer to aid him in finding the runaway wife, lie was sure she would come back to him if he could but see her for a few moments and explain matters, lie loved her; he adored her, and was willing to put up witli anything and everything. She could scold him and even beat him if she so listed. All he wanted was to hold her once more in his arms. The oflicer promised to give him all the assistance in his power, ana advised the unhappy husband to so home, eat and tlieu get a little sleep.' Don Wassmer left the police head quarters, and when last seen was taking a reef in his "Benny," and sighing for "Belle." BHADLSH LOOKS BEATEN. He's Opposed by the Bosses and a Bigi-ight Seems Certain. Have you ever considered that Mayor elect Kustis ni.iy not assume command of the municipal craft today? Such a contingency is possible and within the range of probability. The mayor will not be sworn In until the council shall have been organized. The council may not be organized today. It is extremely likely that one of the prettiest lights in years will be seen in the council chamber today. Not in years, if ever, has the council been so clo^e on party lines and partisan organ ization so doubtful. In tue first place, there is the presidency in doubt. As the Globe alone pointed out after the last Republican caucus, no plate that will hold has been fixed up • et. B radish has no sure thing on the presii ncy. To be sure, he had ih t c last -uucus more votes than any o her o candidate, but he did not ; tvt) ;i majority of the Republican vuu s, to say nothing of an assurance that all the Republicans would stand by him even if he were nominated in caucus. Then tho friends of George W. Cooley claim that he is gaining strength for city eneineer and that all the Republicans will not vote for Rlnker. it is certain that some of the Democrats will vote for Cooley if the contest narrows down to a question of Cooley or Rinker. The old question of what to do with Jim Tripp, the Eighth ward pensioner, will also cut some figure. Another compli cation arises from Alderman Wood ward's desire to boss matters. The Republican aldermen will try to caucus this morning. It is not at all likely they will come to an agreement. The light has been too hot over some questions to be quelled in so short a time. The boss Republicans of the city, however, will make a determined r ■ . — r effort to coerce tho aldermen into agree ing. After election and ud to the time of the last Republican caucus, a week ago today, the aldermen were allowed to do as they pleased. They failed to agree. Now the bosses are looking ahead "for the good of the party." This interference by the bosses concerns Jim Uradish more than any one else. It is admitted that if the presidency could be settled, and Miner and Skoog nln cated. the balance of the slatemaking would come easy. Miner and Skootr are supposed to be unfavorable to Bradisb, although they have exhibited an accom modating spirit, Miner having been prom ised that Jim Tripp would be pensioned by the city instead of the Eighth ward. But events of the past week have worked against Bradish with Miner and Skoog. The abnormal interest which the street railway has taken In Bradish's candidacy has not helped him. Cal Goodrich has been at the city hall al most every day in consultation with city officials and aldermen who are faithful to Bradish and the street railway inter est. Loiterers in the lobby "of the Nicollet have been almost daily wit nesses of conferences between Goodrich and the faithful. One could see McAllister, Loye, Flan ders, Woodward, Bradish and the rest stroll in unconcernedly, exchange a word or a nod with Cal and retire for a conference. So openly has this sort of thing gone on that no one could miss noticing it. Bradish has been injured by it. Miner and Skoog have been compelled to take cognizance of it and have been reminded of their anti-street railway pledges. Other and weightier reasons than Miner's or Skoog's opposition to Brad ish have been evolved. The, for him, unfortunate remarks dropped by Brad ish at the last council meeting with reference to labor organizations form the basis for the reasons the bosses are urging against Bratlish. What Bradish said was an insult to all members of labor organizations, and to all men who be lievo that laboring men are entitled to recognition. If Bradish be elected president of the counsel, the Repub lican party in Minneapolis will stand ill the attitude of indorsing what he said. For the past few days the bosses have been endeavoring to swing the Repub licans into line tor Fred Snyder. Snyder would satisfy Miner and Skoog. If he can be made the Republican caucus nomi nee for president, the Republicans can organize the council for a certainty, and probably 111 I all city offices with Repub licans. But the boom for Snvder is gall and wormwood to Gray ana Brazie and Loye, the old aldermen who want to be president. They do not like to see an inexperienced newcomer like Snyder elevated over their heads to the presi dency. All in all, the prospects are bright for a tight over every selection for oftice to be made by the new council. FLIP A COIN. How William Henry May Yet Pick a Chief of Police. We won't know who will be chief of police before this afternoon. It is al most certain that Mayor-elect Eustis has not decided in his own mind yet. Opin ion among the guessers is that the final choice lies between V. M. Smith aud Winn Brackett. The majority think that Brackett has the call. Tom Downs seems out of the'recKoning. The Nash forces made a last assault upon the mfiyor-elect's position yesterday. Nash has been considered out of the question by the best informed for weeks, and that opinion has been correct. But Nash's friends did not despair. John Goodnow, Nash's chief manager, is nothing if not persistent and persever ing. He organized a storming party, and last night the final assault was made. The Nash forces retired in bad order. Mr. Eustis has, in the opinion of main', made a serious mistake in treat ing the question of chief of police. Nearly two mouths have passed since it was' settled that he would appoint the new chief of police. During all that time all of the candidates whoever were worthy serious thought, save V. M. Srmth, have been under discussion. Now the hour, almost, for making the apDointmeut has eotue aud still Mr. Eustis is in doubt. His course with relation to this appointment is taken to indicate lack of decision, vacillation, or a habit of procrastination, any of them any thing but a qualification for an execu tive. "It wouldn't surprise me," said one of the disgusted Nash men last night, "if Eustis would finally nick a chief of police by flipping a coin." From the first the guessers have said: "The chief will be Brackett or"— any one of the dozen other aspirants. This condition of Brackett against the field is taken to argue well for Brackett. RELIGION IN LIFE. Rev. William Wilkinson Wants More in Kveryday Affairs. Yesterday in St. Andrew's church, Rev. Win. Wilkinson 6aid in his ser mon: "It is the wisdom of men to bring the philosophy of heaveu into the ordinary life of earth. There is today no truth more needful to be taught clearly and with emphasis, than that which says, those who name the name of Christ be careful to maintain good works. If men who are not in .the church are made to understand that prayer di vorced from practice, creed apart from justice, are to be made to do duty, they will soon despise religion and those who profess it. It is a fact a study of all moral and ethical systems "will prove that those who, alas! have often pretended to love them most, have fre quently made the letter to take the place of the spirit. Long after the Jew had ceased to care for practical right eousness he was very exact in his line of times and seasons, of set fasts and new moons. AH the Jews are not dead yet. It is possible for men to exalt a theory at the expense of all it, by sense, reason or logic, inculcates; for words and forms to lose their power to in fluence conduct. If men who attend the churches would, in business, live out the precepts of the man Christ Jesus, soon the desert places of com merce would be made radiant with beauty. We must insist upon a standard of hie which will commend itself to the cultivated sense of right in the breast ot all men. "It is the glory of some men that they have made their names symbols for honor, truth, equity and sterling integ rity. This has not come out of chance. The shadow has followed the substance. Look at the Quaker. We may, if we will, lauirh at His broad-brimmed hat and blunt speech, but that man has gloried a word, aucl exerted an influence for good, in proportion to his numbers, which has never been excelled, and not often equaled, in all the world. It is not poetic or racy to speak about truth, purity, good work, just weight and measure, exact and honest representa tion of sioods, honest payments of debts and honor in tiie dealings of man with his brother man in all the relationships of life. No romance resides in this. It does not move the soul to laughter or to tears; is not half as pleasant for many men to listen to as it would be for them to hear about 'harpers with their harps' or 'the rustle of the angels' wings.' But it has at least one feature in advantage over such talk. It is more useful. It is not amongst the possible things that it can be too well understood. The temptation to depart from the way of life, to think there is an easy way to wealth and to honor, is great. The success ov wicked ness for a time appears complete. The man who practices it does spread him self like a green bay tree. Men look on and admire. But soon the scene changes. That which went up with such a display falls like a star and is heard of no more. This fatal, fascinat ing and seductive glamor of money has its tracks marked in pain, sorrow, tears and blood along the path of time. If we would look back with calmness on its dire tracks we should know full well that it is in the man, not in his bank ac count, that honor or disgrace may be found. Virtue is like the city of God. Men. may say of it, it is dull, tamo or commonplace. It is the almighty power in morals, clear and productive. Its triumphs are in every land in all time. It will make a plain man shine with the sheen of God. "True religion has two windows. One looks up to its founder and king, tho Lord of Hosts. The other looks round to man in all his relationships, and to him it is a brother and a friend. The more perfect it is in the heart of any man, the more exquisitely are all its adaptations in virtue to ali men's many needs." HEAT OP COLORADO DESERT Experience of a ilailroad Engineer in tho Terrible Atmosphere. ATELY a Southern Pacific engineer told '.he Santa Barbara In dependent something about his experience on the Colorado desert as follows: "V o v don't know what hot weather ia here. Pve just come n from a trip to Yuma, A. T., and I can tell you that the ride between Beau- B C(--\X JSS» ni( nt and jfuina— l7o miles— in the hot season is a trip you will not soon forget. Remember that this is a hot country and no water. Every train that goes over the road takes one or more water cars. This is .absolutely necessary iv more than one sense. Any traveler can signal any train go ing either way on this strip of track and ask and receive from the water tanks a supply of water. This is the rule of the company, and I pity the en gineer who would disobey the rule and iiot stop at the signal. Tdon't mean to say there is a man who would refuse to do this, even if it wasn't the rule. I can tell you of more than one case where the getting of a water supply from the train was the preservation of the lives of travelers. "Let me tell you something of the heat. When I was in India last the thermometer stood nt 116 deg. in the shade at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It did not fall much, if any, below the 100 deg. notch during the night. The air is pure and dry, and the people sleep in the open air. The great trouble one finds there is not only the heat but the mosquitoes. They are very ferocious regular cannibals. People now com plain of a new species that is even more fond of eating persons than the old species that we know so well. But I am getting away from the heat. Run a locomotive into India or Yuma and you can't tell which part of the machine is the hottest. "The journals, driving boxes, eccen trics and pins are no hotter than the other parts of the iron work. Section hands will drop a crowbar on the ground in the sun. In five minutes they can't touch it with the naked hand. "You would be interested In the In dians at Yuina during the hot weather. They will go to the Yuma river and scoou up a big batch of wet mud and piaster their heads all over with the sticky substance. Then they will seek a clump of greasewood trees and take a nap. "Another thing you will find curious and interesting. This is the great des ert of pure white sand. It is always shifting and changing as the wind changes. Pve known of its covering the track to a depth of from sevento ten feet inside of an hour's blow. You will see at Seven Palms the telegraph poles with the bottoms gouged out. You know the piles are eaten away by a species of sea worm aud the teredo, but there are none of these animals at Seven Palms. The sand blowing against the poles is what does the mischief, just as a sand blast will cut away the hardest glass." A GUESS AT THl!) GREENROOM HEN I was a lad I the painting room o the old Princess theater, A. D. 1846, re< marks G. A. S. in the LondonSundayTimes, whenever a tragedy was performed thine used to be laid down a huge carpet of green baize. Often and often have I asked the stage carpenters, the prop erty men, nnd even the mighty prompter himself— he was Mr. Emden, the father of the extant Walter Emden, the well- known theatrical architect— what was die meaning of this theatrical board of areen cloth, but I never could obtain a satisfactory explanation of tho mystery. Nor, although long years afterward I was enabled to solve the riddle, can I remember now whether it was James Robinson Planche or E. L. Blauchard who enlightened my ignorance. The meaning of the green cloth was simply this: In the Engijsn tragic drama the heroes and heroines are mournfully addicted to dying in sight of the audi ence. Now, in the atter part of the eighteenth century, and during the first fifty years of the present one, ihe nobil ity and gentry were in the habit of pre senting their cast-off drawing-room and birthnight dresses, often made cf the richest silk, satins and brocades, pro fusely embroidered with gold and silver, to the most conspicuous among the players; and tiie dramatist artists, when it was their business to give up the ghost in preser.ee ot the audience, very sensibly objected to liavintr their fine clothes spoiled by coming in con tact with the not always clean boards of the stasre. So it occurred to some thoughtful manager.to lay down a green clotli on which kings and queens could expire with due dignity, but without soiling their gay apparel. I have a theory— only a theory— that the "greenroom" at a playhouse derived its name from the tragedy, green cloth being kept there In case of need, and that the "green coat," or footman, "super," was so called because it was part of his duty to lay down and take up the green cloth. 'I'wiis But a Dream. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Teacher— Well, Tommy, 1 suppose you had a very pleasant time Thanks giving day? Tommy" (not feeling well)— Yes, had an awful nice time till after dinner. ■«•- Was It Theft? Ilarper'H Bazaur. Bobby (at the breakfast table)— Maud, did Mr. Jones take any of the umbrellas or hats from the hall last night? Maud— Why, of course not; why should he, Bobby? Bobby— That's just what I'd like to know. I thought he did, because i heard him say when he was goiiit out, "I'm going to steal just one, and—" Why, what's the matter, Maud? Just Plain Hunting. Buffalo Evening Mews. Nimrod— Any good hunting around here ? Farmer— Taas, oceans of it. Nimrod— What kind of game can you shoot ? Farmer— Never seed |any game— just plain huntin'. THE PATH OF PiSACE. Who sent you here? Just whe n my heart was torn And torturer! with love's ißtest agouy; When to myself I solemnly bud sworn To walk life's way alone, you come tome With those big eyes, mysterious and strange, And sad, sweet face, as solemn as the grave. What I bad thought the end was but a chauge; Agaiu 1 find myself a woman's slave. Bat do not frown— don't take away those eyes Whose lightest look seems to intoxicate. Must leave me now? Yes, yes; the hour Hies, Hut thou hast brought me nearer heaveu's gate. Thy genilehnnd— thy loviug hand has led lie from the shores of siu; from Ktoue to stone lie's taught my inH'rinjr feet to tread The path tout lends to p r _>ace— l walk alone. — Cy rt'armuu iv 2\ew Yori. Suu. MR. BLAINEIIIPROVES The Distinguished Invalid Is Reported Better by His Physician. He Exhibits Little Despond ency and Speaks Hope fully of the Future. Little Prospect That He Will Be Removed to the South Soon. Suit Against the Chief of Ordnance— Other Wash ington News. Washington, Jan. I.— "Mr. Blame is a little better," Dr. Johnston said this evening. When asked if Mr. Blame sat up any yesterday Dr. Johnston an swered in the negative. It is now four teen days since Mr. Blame suffered a relapse which many of his friends feared would speedily prove fatal. That he has lived the old year out and witnessed the coming of another year is a surprise to many who have means of knowing just how ill Mr. Blame has been, and who also know how sick he is today. While there are rumors from time to time that Mr. Blame is to be removed to some warmer climate, no preparations have thus fur been made by the family for such a journey. The fact that Mr. Blame is not able to sit up seems to be taken as evidence tnat the period of his removal is very remote at least. His physician will not discuss the question with any but members of Mr. Blame's family. It is understood that personally Mr. Blame prefers to remain in Washington pending the termination of his illness. He is fully aware that, unless his physician accom panied him on his journey and remained with him, he would be running a great risk. This fact and another, that he could not find elsewhere the comforts of his own home, make Mr. Blame, it is said, vary much averse to being re moved. Sick as Mr. Blame ia, he still exhibits much of that wonderful will power and nerve that have carried him through more than one crisis. In these latter days he exhibits less of the despoudency over his physical condition than that which characterized him when he was much stronger than he is today. In the presence of his family he tries to be cheerful and hopeful of the fut ure. His apprehensions he keeps as his own secret. There are times when he discusses his plans for the future, espe cially those of a literary nature. It is understood that of his politics he does not speaK except in a desultory fashion, ns if they had lost to a certain extent for him their interest. It is also under stood that in case he should not be able to carry out certain of his literary plans, he has arranged to have papers relating to public matters in his possession ed ited and published at the proper time. At •midnight Mr. Blame's apartments were in darkness. His physicians have retired for the night. COMMON INFRINGEMENT. Suit Broujjht Against the Chief of Ordnance. Washington, Jan. 1. -James S. Grosvenor, L. Wilson and E. H. Lttch field, of New York, and 8. Seabury, of New Jersey, have entered suit against Commodore Folger. chief of ordnance, for Infrlugemet upon a patent for im proved breech-loading cannon. Lieut. Seabury, of the navy, claims to have in vented the improvement, and that the others have bought shares in the inven tion. They claim that Commodore Fol ger and others have conspired to de prive the complainants of their rights by building a similar gun for the govern ment. Their patent was filled in 18' JO. The guns were made in Great Britain, France. Italy, Spain and Germany. Shortly after 'the issue of the patent, Lieut. Seabury claims he exhibited a model and drawing of it to Commodore Folirer and that he was promised a trial of his invention by the navy depart ment. Soon after this Commodore Fol ger, it is said, planned with Ensign R. Dashiel, of the navy, to design a can non similar to Seabury's and to evade the charge of infringement by chang ing the form of certain parts of the in vention. The model and drawings of Seubury, it Is charged, were used in this work and the resources and facilities of the ordinance bureau called into play. The trial of the design was successful, and it is charged that a large number of cannons are in process of construction at the navy yard under direction of Dashiel, who claims to be the inventor. An injunction is asked to prevent further infringment and a decree compelling Commodore Folger to pay the damages plaintiffs have suf fered. RAILWAY fci VKNINGS. They Wore Gratify! njyrly Large During the Past Year. Washington, Jan. L— A preliminary report on income ami expenditure of railways for the year ending June 30. 1892, compiled by the statistician to the interstate commerce commission, will soon be made public. The gross earn ings of 128,349.99 miles of railway are shown to have been $951,025,159, from which the gross earnings of the entire railway systems of the United States are estimated to have been $1,222,711. --693. This is an increase of $1-25,950,303 over the earnings of the previous year, or an increase of $008 per mile of line. The operating expenses for the year were ?514,822,08'J. being an increase of $82,834,189, which leaves an increase in net earnings of $43,116,114, or 12,472 pur mile of line. A comparison of pas senger and freight service shows the largest proportion of increase in earnings from operations to have come from freight service. The actual increase in revenue from passen ger service was $31,500,028 or $247 per mile of line as against an increase in the revenue from freight service of $81, --500,071, or $349 per mile of Hue. It is observed that the railways on which there has accrued the largest increase in gross earnings per mile of line are the lines connecting the wheat-growing localities with the seaboard and the line 3ln the Southern states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. It is significant, however, to notice that on these rail ways there has been an increase in op erating expenses nearly equal to the increase in gross revenues. The report shows that the aggregate gross earnings of sixty-two roads, each of which enjoys an income in excess of §3,000.000, is $794,470,631, being an average income of $12,814,161. The average gross revenue per mile of line for all roads is $8,840. CANADA'S TEN PER CENT. She Might Abolish It on Tea and Coffee. Washington. Jan. I.— The suspen sion of the discrimination duties on su imported into Canada via the United States, reported from Ottawa Saturday, will hardly be considered by the gov ernment of the United States as satis factory evidence on ilie part of the Canadian government of entire eood ai<d fr:>'*dfy feeling. The presumption is that Uie law has beeu iound tv be 01 no advantage,' and therefore it has been suspended. The presumption is based on the fact that Canada still imposes a duty of 10 per cent on all tea and coffee imported via the United States, a duty which has been in existence for number -of years. It has effectually driven all tea and coffee traffic , with Canada from transit through any part of the United States. Apparently it has proved advantageous to Canadian transportation interests and therefore is still maintained. In the language of a prominent official tonight: "If Canada wants to show that she Is possessed of a good and friendly feeling for the United States, let her abolish that 10 per cent duty on tea and coffee." * mt THE CANADA LYNX. Lota of Tnetn to the North of Lake Nipissing. Forest and Stream. In December, 1890, we were going up the Sturgeon river on the ice. At a point about eight miles north of Lake Nipissine we saw an animal across the river, about a mile in advance. Not knowing exactly what, it was I ran ahead with a .40-82 Winchester. On coming to the track in the snow I saw at once that it was a Canada lynx, and as there was an enormous bluff or rock on the shore in the direction taken by the animal it seemed probable its den was in the vicinity. As soon as our dog came up he fol lowed the fresh scent and found the lynx about 200 feet up the ledge, crouch ing under a large rock. The ascent was so abrupt that i had the utmost difficulty In getting up. Even the weight of the rifle told against me at times. The po sition of the lynx was such that It was impossible to see him without climbing on a laree bowlder directly In front of the place of the animal's refuse. I mounted the bowlder, and, stooping down, looked in at the lynx barely ten feet away, but I was so much blown by the exertion that it was necessary to wait a half minute or so to recover my wind. 1 remained on guard in front of the animal, and when sufficiently recovered knelt down and fired. One spring would have reachttd me, and its momentum must have precipitated me 200 feet down the face of the cliff. The position taken by the animal was such that he could not be seen except from the one point. He appeared rather frightened than vicious, so far as I could judge— • when first seen his eyes were glaring green from beneath the rock, when ready to fire his position was changed. The head was not visible, but the breast only was exposed. The 3GO-grains bul let proved too much for him. Hunters in Northern Ontario do not consider the lynx at all dangerous. If taken in a trap they do not hesitate to attack the animal and beat it to death with a club. My own experience tends to confirm the notion that they are cow ardly. £ THE MIXED IUC OF INDIA* bj The Inclinations of the People Are More European Than Native. Popular Science, Eurasia has no boundaries. It lies, a varying social fact, all over India, thick in the great cities, thickest in Calcutta, where the conditions of climate and bread-winning are most suitable; where, moreover, Eurasian charities are most numerous. Whereever Europeans have come and gone, these people have sprung up in weedy testimony of them —these people who do not go. who hayo received somewhat in the feeble inherit ance of their blood that makes It pos sible for them to live and die in India. Nothing will ever exterminate Eur asia; it clings to the suu and the soil, and is niarvelously propagative within its own borders. There is no remote chance of its ever being reabsorbed by either of its original elements. The pre judices of both Europeans and natives are tar too vigorous to permit of much intermarriage with a jat of people who are neither one nor the other. Occasionally an up-country planter, predestined to a remote and "jungly" existence, comes down to Calcutta and draws his bride from the upper circles of Eurasia— this not so often now as formerly. Occasionally, too, a "young shopman with the red of Scotland fresh on his cheeks is carried off by his land lady's daughter, while Tommy Atkins falls a comparatively easy prey. The siirht of a native with a half-caste wife is much rarer, for there Eurasian as well as native antipathy comes into operation. The whole conscious incli nation of Eurasian life, in habits, tastes, religion^ and most of all in ambition, is toward the European ami away from the native standards. May Introduce a Skirt Dance. Clothier and Furnisher. Mrs. Drowsie— What, my dear, you are not going to wear that bright colored necktie in the pulpit are you ? Rev. Mr. Drowsie— Yes, I am. That's the only way 1 can keep the audience awake. People have no idea how crude and cruel soap can be. It takes off dirt. So far, so good ; but what else does it do? It cuts the skin and frets the under-skin ; makes red ness and roughness and leads to worse. Not soap, but the alkali in it. Pears' Soap has no free, alkali in it. It neither red dens nor roughens the skin. It responds to water in stantly ; washes and rinses off in a twinkling is as gentle as strong; and the after-effect is every way good. ssmM All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. k AMUSEMENTS. IBIJOUi °™ nd - ; — New Triumphant Return and ,t O i.>» Itegal Success of V QcLv S YON Matinee YONSON.I Today. Coming— 'The Bottom of the Sea." CTTTJS OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY~OP O Hennepin— District Court, Fourth Judi cial District. . # In the matter of the assignment of O. G. Krogstad and Christopher Ellingson, doing business as Krogstad & Co.. insolvents, to Matthew Walsh, assignee. - " Notice is hereby given that O. O. Krossta<l and Christopher Ellingson, dome business under the firm and style name of Krogstad & Co., all of Minneapolis, County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have by deed in writing this 31st day ot December. 1802, made a general assignment to r the undersigned of all their firm and * individual property not exempt by law from levy and sale on execu tion, for the benefit of all their creditors, without preferences. All claims must be verified and presented to the undersigned for allowance. I MATTHEW WALSH. Assignee, i Dated this 3iMt day ox December,' 18D3. ' . ' Pm|i irlo 1 -■"■ S - ■ r"lUU8» GLOBE, Jan. 2. El Begin to get re.tdy. to commence to arrange for that H New Housekeeping Outfit, or for the New Furnishings ■-' ■■ . lor that spare room. Jlove in the runtter at once. We 1] can furnish special designs, give you any woods, any l\ finish, or any Kind of coverings, and can make anything H to order, at no extra expense, if we have a little time. Fj Tf^ "I fW% TO npHEßoll Top is the Ideal Desk. Pull I I^\O \JT i Q i B7' I down th • top. and Presto, every Drawer, LJ«rs^S\ mkMI i\ • cupboard and compartment is securely M^ ** «*• SSUA-M.*.* looked, and in the morning everything lset ' actly ns you left Is. The time was when $100 at least must be paid for a good "Roll Top." tl&<-£!fi>&K Tf»f^^iA^<:''^»*iiiLAsA»4^. We have them for from 519 50. t0 $24, aDd W^^Mj ***' Ifl^&^v'tp rir?*ffTiii high grades, same as we use In our owu Of j&WSIILt-. '-Jfpi'f^SiW^ Wjf&MS??/ nil 'he same grade, but different sizes, all '^rM^'^S^Tf' r ' l " J^S^* l^ mac e nn(^ finished upon honor, and the ma- tlfi^@t,fe^.- r (the Oak ones tiro handsomer), high back, 3 x '*>* i ¥ i * : "' 3 ***Wr^ v£l\^ It, and is ab=olut;iy perfect in all its ap- -£jM I Mil pointmonts. 4-ft (i-in desk-, the same grade. ' »W ¥%wWW&sBg& ajffl f0r 839. -1-ft desks. s:!5. You understand *Sj^«j*4iiSSEa^^3iS^>^Stes»* these desks we are talking about arc all tho JLj'^?*ra^^^^^P^^^Fsf^^S^3* highest grades. We have desks from SlB to j g^^f^^^^7^s^«^^S^^3T^?fsi 8-1, and please remember tuat whenever you IS^^^^'^^^^^^^'^^^'a^^ see such prices advertised, we can show you j l3W?sl^i'lti^?^S^!S?^>*iSi''''Si'^^sb better poods for the same money or less, bill hM^^^^^^^^^^^W^ni\S '" we doSl '* * v «»t you to buy them, as f° r -il^ i " JaaßggfjjlJgg fi ' we can sell rich goods at such low figures. , itiw^^W^yJ^^SirK^WMll/A— W-i s ? lv ? fur onr o '* ll Catalogue of Office Fur* t ''^M^BP^^mmxi'iU^MW^T^ uishings. We have a special Department foj ij^^^^^^^^i A o ons * n< f forour - M * mmothPortfolio ' 100 " h " u 5 ]£ pics Carpets sent; stat* kind ami prico. Wt \ WV^"#^^*v^ss^!^r*J>-"-__i?fej l^f3S I "^^ 9 «'«y 1"° niiles Freich'. except on (roods «d- # »*\r.*rci. «"»*» l :'i«TB > IvW J , mJ^^^T^|j6«h.-,^- \ vortised «t Special Prices. One i.rico to all. \ 4 - 231 f New England I - Furniture & Carpet Co., i THE LIBKRAI. niNMFAPOI IQ H HOUSE FUKMSIJEIIS. 1 lUM>t;/\r'UL,Io. M j THE BOWER ■ jjhoit ■ jjand School ! ■ ~2f : "* G!o!n Building, Minneapolis, Minn. :>> ' To pass admission . examination means a 3 position when you graduate. The standarv of efficiency required of its ■ pupils is the highest. Business men are inquiring of applicants: "Are you a graduate of the Bower School?" J * 7 — * Jfo "•?it^^S''' !^^aLj,. ■_..,—■,,*•' ? j^- ~" '' *™f:' * '^Cc-. '*'* -'■ v '_^ / * nj^ f^ Largest assortment of QT7" A r PT?Q '" the Northwest, including Barney * Berry, Peck & Snyder, DJ\A J. HitO Itnymond, etc. Racia; States of all kind* GUNS, RIFLES, REVOLVERS, ETC. GI!V HEPAIKINC A SI'KCIAJiTY. SPALDING'S ATHLETIC AND SPORTING GOOD 3. Northwestern Agents for Dupont's Celebrated Gunpow der. Hercules Dynamite. KENNEDY BROS., ■ Minneapolis, Minn 10 FURNITURE, S?v i CARPETS, "A! ! STOVES, DOWN CROCKERY. F. H.PETERSON & CO. 73 & 75 6th St. S., Einneapolia. MENTION THIS AD. DOCTOR Hennepln Avfnno, Corner Fourth Street, MINNEAPOLIS, - MINNESOTA. Tb< oldest aid Only reliable medical office cfltsiind in the city n» will be loon by consulting old files of the daily press. "siriularly grmlimtea and h'i:i!ly < l u»lin. d: long engA^ed In Chronic, Nervous and Brill Diseases. A friend iy talk costs uatliing. i If inconvenient to visit the city for treatment, medicine Rent by mail or express, freo froio observation. < uraLlo cairn guoruntrcd. If doubi exists we say so. Hours— lo to 12 a. m., 2to < and 7toß p. m. ; Sundays, 2 to 3p. i.i. Ii you caunnt come state case Lt NerVOUS UfiOltUy, or/, Lack of Energy, Ph.r.lnil Decay, arising from Indiscretion!, Excess, InC.ljence ot £xi>osure, producing mi me of the following effects: Nrr vousnrss, Debility, Pinitusa of Bight, Self-Distrust, De fective Memory, Pimples on the «cc, Aversion to Society, Loss of Ambition, UnStnets to Harry, Melancholy, Dys pepsia, Stuntod Development, Loss of Tower, Pains in the brclt, etc., treated <vit;i success, Safely, Prlmtely, spi-ntiiy. unnatural Discharges Cured Permanently. Diseases, i Blood. Skin and Vensreal Diseases, £L, asking Body, Nose, Throat, Bkiu and Bone», Blotches, ErJptions, Acne, Eczema, Old Sores, Ulcers, Painful S«r«ll ings, from whatever cause, positively and forever driven from the system by moans of Safe, Time-tested Hco.-dlc>.. Stiff and Swollen Joints and Khoumatisai, tlio result of Illood I'oison, Positively Cured. KIDNEY AND UR INARY Complaints, Painful, Difficult, too Frequent or Bloody Urine, gonorrhoea and Stricture promptly cured. OAYAOCItI Throat, Hone, I.nn? DJttasn; Constitu- UA ! AnhHltional and Acquired Weakness^ of Both Sexes treated successfully. It Is self-evident thai ■ phyß. ioian paying particular attention to a class of cases attain* great skill. Every known application is resorted to and th<> proved good remedies of all ages and countries are used. Ho Experlmcuts are Hade. On account of the great number of cases applying the clmrges are kept low ; often lower than others.. Skill and perfect cures are important. Call or write. Bv-«plom lint and pamphlet free by i.ia<>. . Tho Doctor has successfully treated and cured thousands of cases in this city and th J Northwest. All consultation*, either by trail or verbal, are regarded as strictly confiden till, and arc pi veil perfect privacy. ~)R. BR:NLEY. Minneannlis, Minn. DR. NELSONS 301 and 3'"3'vVftsliington Av.Soiitli Et^stt^? '■ Coruer Id Av.,>iiuneai)Olis,Minii ■S^^rt;"; i Regular graduate. Devoted £( Wf&jst S3 years to hospital aud special of Bagi flee practice. (Snarantees to oiire,|wC, T}*ja without caustic or inercury.pfi^^Jjv ' chronic or poisonous diseases of 4irgi4.-S? I tho Mood, throat, nose mid b!c:n. j/iT* 58 kidney, bladder and kindred or RJ^r t*H gani=, nervous, physical and or %an ! J ?f : Kanic weakness, pravel, stricture. '$££?«£< etc. Acute or chronic urinary 3— =•. 3{| diseases etieed iv 3to 8 days by a -i*>ia> 3U local remedy. .\o nauseous drugs y^S-Kri used. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 2io:iEM»- and 7toisp. m. bunday 'i to '6 p. Bugs' H Call or write . HimKßj nil m —Dr. n. Waite, specialist, sixteen I*ll PA y ears ii Minneapolis. Why suffer ■ "" w when ' cure is mild and certain? Ask hundreds of leading citizens of St. Paul Minneapolis and the Northwest us to trea ment and cure. Pamplet free, lav Lta.v bruo. Avenue, Minneapolis 9 -THE genuine (eeley f TREATMENT For the Liquor, Opium, Co caine, Chloral and Tobacco Diseases and Nervous Pros tration is not now nor never has been given in St Paul or any other place within the state of Minnesota ex j cepting MINNEAPOLIS! —AT— V THE KEELEY INSTITUTE ' Cor. Tenth St. Park Ay. China 0 11 UCnCMCR "wan Hoi Decorating. lll Hi nCUl.ni.nr w-Cround it's Mcollet Avenue. Minneapolis, Mlua Dealers in IXL Pocket Knives, Jfugllsli Carvers, Razors. Shears and a full line of Toil I.'1 .' Ai tides Kasors, SheaH and Clip pert ground: bKaiib : harpenod, i;>(. PATENTS. JAS. F. WILLIAMSON COUNSELOR AND SOLICITOR. Two years as an examiner in the U. 9 Patent onice. Five years' practice, '39 331 Guaranty Loan Building, Minueapoll* 1.24 Pioneer l'ress Building, St. Paul. I'AUL & M Sit VI -V, pis.i »i \l*f*!l •* » I aiiii ors, Cs€-t6O Te.npla Court. Minnenpills; 911-U1 j l'lo'r.ccr Press Building. St. Paul: an<l2J- I N irrl I Building, Washington D. C. EstublUhtsl *3fl ■ ypnrs inMsnneßP r.IU nn<l our In St. I' ml. Caton College, 703 NICOLLET AY., MINNEAPOLIS Tenches Shorthand. Bookkeeping and al public and high school branches. Shorthand by mail. Enter any time. Catalog freeand Tuition low. K me teachers. ON, ■ pnwMtfl T.J. <ATON. Presid e n eni j ■■ "INSTANT nHrsfflfl iwaHla 1 -* 1 * 111^' ucver ra If 00 II 111 0 11 turns. I will send (sealed) CDCC tomyfello»v sufferers a pro cription IIILL to enlarge small, weak or cans. A sure cure for Emissions, Lose Man hood, Nervous Debility Varicocolc. etc. Ad dress 1..5. I'rankUu. Muslo Dealer, Mar* •hull, AiicU.