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12 PEN PICTURES. The Early Days of St. Paul, With Brief Biographies and Anecdotea of Old Settlers. Checkered Career of George Palmes—His Manhood—Timothy Beardon— John Weber. An Able Conductor, .7. B. Rice— Merrill Ryder on the Frontier- -11. 6. Temple. John Summers and IIIb IIot«l--Kobert SinltU—Calvin Ullne—E. A. Teller. | Copyrighted by T. M. Newsou.J GEOKGE PALMES. A really good man is the noblest work of God. and George Palmes is a good man if there is any such in this or in any other community. A personal knowledge of the | man for over a Quarter of a century ought to qualify me to judge of his character cor rectly, arid when thoroughly analyzed but i few men. in my opinion, are better than i George Palmes. 1 remember him when on Bridge square and carrying on business as ! Mott & Palmes, tailors; I remember him later when adversity swept the firm out of existence, and still" later 1 remember him struggling for a loot-hold, and all through this he was the same kind-hearted, patient industrious citizen, and so he has lived for over a quarter of a century, and so he lives to-day, plodding on his way with his hair a little grayer, his step a little weaker, but with his manhood unimpaired and his hon esty unimpeached. Mr. Palmes is a trim built gentleman, always pleasant, always attending to his business, always honora ble, and by no means rich, yet lie is the pos sessor of a humble, happy home, and has the universal respect of his fellow-men. He •was born in Connecticut in l.v>; was reared and educated in Michigan: came to St. Paul in 1850. and has resided here continuously ever since. After his dissolu tion of partnership with Mr. Mott he started in business on a small scale, and has constantly increased his trade until his establishment is now considered the best in the city. His shop is probably the oldest continuous tailoring establishment in St. Paul or in the state. He married Miss Hull in 1853, who died several years ago. TIMOTHY KEAItDON". A familiar name is Mr. lteardon's, well and favorably known in this city, where, lor so many years, he has been contractor and builder. Like a good many other able fellows,he came from Ireland, born in Cork in 1857; emigrated with his parents to this country when quite young, and was satis lied with no other place but with the great city of New York, where his gather was living in 1871, aged 97 years—since dead. Though one of thirteen of a family, yet Timothy deemed it essentially necessary to his future welfare to know something prac tically, so he learned the trade of a carpen ter, and armed with this weapon of defense he came to the young eitv of St. Paul in 1850, and in connection with Richard Ireland rustled about and built the residence of 11. M. Bice on Summit ave nue, which was one of in-, first achieve ments. Since then lie has done a good deal of work in this city, and has been more or less engaged in politics. He is a man of push, of Industrious habits and a good citizen. J. 1!. RICK. Almost as long back .is I can remember anything about railroads, especially in this state, ■■.lm!d" It ice looms up simultaneously with them, and becomes, as it were, a part and parcel of them, li' my memory serves me correctly, he was the conductor j ■who ran the first passenger train on the ; then St. Paul & Pacific railroad (now the Manitoba), from this city to St. Anthony, ami .is 1 was one of the passengers on that occasion. July 2, 1802, or twenty-three year* ago, ! well remember how proud ' "Judd" was as the iron horse ploughed his way. .is it then seemed to me, over a vast prairie, but now almost a solid city! Mr. Bice, when only 19 years old. began work- Ing for the Michigan Central rail road, and after coming to St. Paul in 1850, he was a conductor on what is now the St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba road, six years, and then hi ]s,;:- was made assistant superintendent of tile same road, and holds the position still. having char^ of the Fergus Falls division, He was bom in Yankee land, Vermont, in 1880. ••.iuiiil" is a small or rather spare man. veryaffable. always pleasant, prompt In the diselia 'j(- of liis business, energetic lad a competent, popular railroad official. MKUIiILL i;. i>i:i;. A quiet, easy, pleasant man i- Merrill Ryder, and when one comes to learn some thing of his early history he is surprised at his equanimity, [or he was among the first to strike out into the lied river country in I search of furs. soon after the li- 1 cense of the Hudson Bay com pany had expired in IS'JI. and on these trips he endured many hardships and incurred great dangers. He was in 1 the Red river country when the Indian out break occurred, and on returning in 1862, sill the passengers in the stage that followed him were massacred, while became through palely. His brother had a store at Big Stone Lake, and one day an Indian called him out and requested the loan of bis rifle. Young Rider brought it to him, when some fifty Indians fired at him, and he fell dead. Mr. Ryder was bom in Connecticut in 1827: educated ■ at the common schools; was in business in , New Hartford for seven years, when be came West in 1854, and to St. Paul in 1850. After his return from the Red river coun try, as already stated, be continued the Belling and buying of furs until 1807. when he added the manufacture of the same and the traffic in game, and has engaged in this business for many years, having been a I permanent resident of St. Paul from 1858. One would infer from his frontier life that Ifr. Ryder would have some of the peculiar rough characteristics of the bonier, and yet he is as penile as a Chester field, and as pleasant as ■ morning smile. He is a man of moderate size, of pleasing address, of eccentric notions, and yet be is a gentleman of -.rood business qualities and a quiet, unobtrusive citizen." QnTE JUST. A butcher < ■.•■!•■ a lawyer's office. "Sir." he asks. "when a dog does any damage is not his owner responsible." "Certainly." "That I-. ii:r the ease. ;>.s your do- has just I carried a line Icy of mutton from my shop. ! you owe me ?3.*" "Nothing could !>e more just, replied, the lawyer.* 1 ••am! as my fee for proiVssior.it! advice is 85, you will please hand !;e B:*.. and we will call it gqiutre." Tin' lawyer was an old settler of ISA.). The butcher left. noItKRT -MiTil. Born In England in ls-iS: educated at the grammar kcluhj!; euiipvtiti to Buffalo, N. V., in 1835: engaged in the butcher busi ness; came In St. Paul in 1850: in 185" was steward of lie St. Paul club; kept tin- house for Judge Nelson for a time alter the club l gave it up: engaged with the linn of Drewry A.- Scotren in 1801, where he remained seven years; was bookkeeper i.i the boot and shoe store of W. .I. Smith & Co. hi 1899, and ' then was with McCauley and Cashier in : the commission business; in 187:1 became the chaplain of the Bethel mission of the Western Seaman's Friend society: is now engaged in various missionary work. THE MAN. Such is the brief history of Robert Smith, and yet it is not all his history, for, in con nection with the material elements of life, he has been a prominent factor In the pro motion of good deeds, and like his master before him. mingles with publicans and sinners to do His commands. There is something refreshing in • Mr. Smith's mode i of preaching, for there is an originality and earnestness in the man which command at tention. He is devoid of hypocrisy or more show, and when be speaks it is j from the heart and not from mo- j tives of policy in order to gain notoriety or j popularity. He is a good representative of the genuine Englishman; has an excellent physical organization; considerable force of character, and has made himself a man and a good citizen by the strength of his will power. JOHN Sl'MMKlts. Mr. Summers is an excellent specimen of a self-made man, and it is really through the force of his industry ai:d individuality that he has attained his present position as owner and landlord of the Windsor hotel. Years ago 1 knew him as a journey man carpenter, then as Summers & , then 'he sold out and built and took possession of the Windsor hotel In 1877. He was bora in Scotland in 1830; was well educated in the high school of Glasgow; learned the trade of a carpenter in his native city; emigrated to Brooklyn, N. V., in 1852; to Chicago in 1553, where he worked three years and then came to St Paul in ISSO, with results as already nar rated. Mr. Summers shows his Scotch characteristics by his strong and somewhat angular points of character, and what lie has made financially has been by that un ceasing and indomitable will-power which marks the man. He is industrious, pru dent, careful, economical, self-reliant, cau tious, yet progressive, pleasant, a solid, business, common-sense citizen. 11. S. TKMI'LE. "Going! going! going! how much do I bear? one dollar! one dollar! one dollar! going—g-o-n-c!" This is the first memory I »«ave of HE. Temple, who. surrounded With piles of good* and a crowd of people in a store down on East Third street, in the year 1850, was rattling off a lingo of words | interspersed with fun, song and poetry. He was a line-looking man. with a fresh I complexion, ■ pleasant eye and expression I and a long, flowing beard. His voice was 1 clear and melodious, and he held his j audience by sheer force of good nature. And so he continued i for years in that dingy auction room— "Going! going! going! gone!'' Originally he was bora in Maine in 1823 and naturally fell into the lumbering business with his father; then "went it on his own hook" for two years, and then entered mercantile pursuits and commenced his career in this city in 1850 as an auctioneer. He sold all the property confiscated by the state dur ing the Indian war; all condemned property of the United States, and at one time a warehouse full of hardtack. lie then opened What was known as Moffett's Castle and kept a good hotel for a year or so. when he sold out and started a dining-room on Jack son street, and from thence leased the Com mercial hotel on Seventh street, where he has been for several years. Mr. Temple is a man of energy and of business tact, and makes an excellent landlord, and is a \ery worthy, pleasant gentleman. CALVIN S. LI.INK. Very few men were more popular when In active business life in this city, than CoL Uline. He was a "hail fellow well met." liberal, kind-hearted; always one of the boys, and good nature was a pre dominant trait in his character. He was a young, sprightly fellow when he came to this city, but years have made him more sedate and have filled out the frame work to a respectable degree of flesh, still he is the same old-time pleas ant '•('al."' Born hi New York in 1833. he received an academic education at* harlotte.s ville, and removed to New Jersey in ISSO, but in 1853 took up his residence in Indi ana, and became distributing clerk in the pOHtofßee at Indianapolis. Arriving in St. Paul in ISSG, lie connected him self with L. H. Eddy and C, W. Griggs iii the grocery business until 1801, when he enlisted in the Sec ond Minnesota regiment and served over four years, being commissioned second lieu tenant first lieutenant, captain, major and discharged ■■ lieutenant colonel. He was elected treasurer of Ramsey county la 1808 and held the office Up to 1870, or eight years; was married in 188S to a dear little woman, sister of Mr. Eddy. In 1871 he held the position of salesman of lands for the St. Paul, Minneapolis A; Manitoba Kail road company; engaged in mining and lost considerable money; sold l.is homestead ou Mississippi street for 520,000 and moved to Devil's Lake, Dak., where ha now is. The many friends of CoL Uline wish him ( idU.-Ji.'i .1. .toiin WEBER. Mr. Weber was burn in Switzerland in 1827 and educated in his native land; ar rived at New York from the old country and worked at his trade M • stonecutter for lour years; came to St. Paul in ISSG, and worked for six years for Is. Presley, spout throe years in the mines of Idaho, traveled through different states and finally returned to bt. Paul and opened a grocery store on the old Fort road, now Seventh street, where he now is. lie married Miss Catherine Ayd in UN, Mr. Weber is a quiet, steady man. and has built up quite a nice trade by years of in dustry and lair dealing. E. A. WBUJCB. Mr. WeUerWM born in Connecticut in ISIS, where he received his education: learned the trade of ■ cabinet maker; worked at it in New Milford, when, in 1856 he went to New York and engaged in the hotel business; in 1860 opened a hotel in Bridgeport, Conn., for himself; sold out in i *.'>."> and came to St, Paul that year and was superintendent of the old Winslow house —burned; in is;.'.» took charge of the Winsjow bonne at St. An thony—building stiU standing.': returned \ 0 St. Paul and bought and sold real estate tiiiiil 1808, when he went East and remained there ten years; removed to St. Paul in 1873; in 1878 opened a grocery store on up per Third stroet, and continued it three yoars; since then he has been in the real estate business. i;i:ai, KSTATK. lie purchased forty acres in Ramsey '• count}". just this side of the Hennepin line, -■Mi- years ago, for ? 1,200; sold for Si,COO; worth .^40.000 now; bought two lots on the corner of Third street and Pleasant avenue, tor which he I paid £3,800; worth now 118,000; with im provements 825,000. He has been married twice and has two sons and a daughter. A BALLOON" OOKfl ll* Tin: WItOXO WAY. When in Bridgeport he agreed to bring 20.000 people into the city by the ascension of a balloon, and for this purpose the great French balloonist in New York was en gaged with a balloon of the capacity of :i,00l) yards. The 20,000 people came, balloon went up, but it was the wrong way, i for It struck the side of a ban and disap peared as a good many other tilings haye— in gas! Still, on second trial, it was ■ suc cess, and so were the 20,000 people. Mr. \Veller is a small man, but ]>ossesses (treat energy of character, and has ; been all his lifetime an indefatigable worker. He accumulated a good deal of wealth, but lost it through others. Vet he has surmounted all obstacles, and now owns land and four houses worth $25,000. lie is a quiet nan who minds his own busi ness and looks out for his own interests. THOMAS M'MAHOX. A native of Ireland, born hi 1838; came { to 'America In 1850; lived in Chicago six | years, when be removed to St. PaulinlSsG; was Wall street commissioner of St. Paul one year, and was appointed on the police lone in 1574. and has been on the force a number of years. Mr. McMahon, coming here twenty-nine years ago,saw a good deal it the hardships incident to pioneer life. but he lias maintained his manhood and has proved a faithful servant of the city. JOSEPH MINE A. Came to St. Paul in 1850; born In Indiana in I s-;.: engaged in wagonHnaUng and ; blacksmithinghi 1858; entered partnership with Michael Eaton in 18GT; bought out his ■ partner and carried on the business alone for four years: made a partnership with his brother; in ISSI became sole proprietor and 1 has carried on the business in West St. Paul 1 successfully, demonstrating what can bo achieved by earnest, bard labor. Mi 1.1.1.1.1 AM MOOXKV. A native of Wisconsin, bom in 1552, Mr. Moouey removed to St. Paul in 1556, and commenced learning the wagon trade in 1874, Hiving three yean as an apprentice v. 'tii Minea Bros.; worked for A. Perkins: became ■ partner with his old boss; sold i out but continued in his employ. " TKKKKNCK O'mUE>\ Born hi Ireland in 1882, Mr. O'Brien at th«age of 1 4 years, removed to Montreal, Canada, then to Vermont. then to .New j York and Pennsylvania, and came to St. j Pud In 1850; was a joiner and carpenter by j umde: worked on the Wabasha bridge; formed a partnership with 11. Roche in 18CI, and continued it until 1879, when the pres cii partnership was formed. The firm is t now carrying on a large business. m. HOKANSON'. Born in Sweden in 1824, Mr. Hokanson moved to America in 1553 and to St. Paul ' in is.ji;. and here he became the owner of the building used as the North Star mills, and is a shareholder and director in the Anchor Manufacturing company. He Is a thrifty, industrious man and a worthy citi zen. • • Tim ST. PATJIi DAILY GLOBE. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1885.— SIXTEEN PAGES LIFE IN NEW YORK. The Great Metropolis not Invaded from the Country Nor Evacuated By Presidents. A Handsome Belle's Hansom and the Prob ability of it Becoming the Swell Vehicle. Safe Deposit Vaults and the Millions They Contain—Precautions Aicaiiiat Burslary. The Burlesquo Likely to bo Very Pop ular Next "Winter— Spansrled Tights of the Past. People Steal fond ol the town this year. The streets still present a bright and well populated appearance, the houses seem in the main OQOMied, and those rev.rts which are open are thronged by people who show in their clothes and manners tint they are Well-to-do and in "society."' There seems to l»e an entire dearth of those ttßßßgon and bucolic visitors w ] lo formerly trooped into New York as regularly as June came around. A number of ingenious theories Jiuve been advamed to a<count for the ab sence o< the cuntiyman. Hotel keepers, who feel the los,s of them mosl have adopted the ingenious idea that the change of administration has SO naMltted the farmers and storekeepers of the back woods, and the rush lor olhce is >o g that tliey are all Bonra TO WASmXOTO.V and their state capitals instead of New York. It seemed difficult for the leaders to realize that the regiment of big booted, black coated, bewhlskered and sun burned men, who are content with any sort of ac commodation and pleased with any fare. permanently disappeared. Loaf rows of chairs Staid out in front of the Sturtevaut House, the Park Avenue hotel and the Metropolitan to welcome the surburbau pilgrim; but he cometh not. The seats are nicely cushioned, comfortable and numer ous, but only an occasional city guest or a sleepy cab driver occupies one." At the few theaters open the audiences are composed of men in evening dress, women in fashion able garments visiting Englishmen, dudes, talky clerks and men about town. At Del nionico's the tables are occupied by peo ple who dine there all the winter through. Coaches are often seen on the avenue. In a word, all of New York that is here in the winter is here now. Even the failing off in the annual rush to Europe is causing comment A widely accepted idea is that all this is the result of the. races. •♦• A prominent society woman here has just started the fashion of having a private haajßOSa. This is the hist n-siilt of the lianstun craze. The street are literally alive with hansom^ beariag well dressed, llowerly decorated and laaghJag women. The papers have seriously discussed the propriety of driving about in hansoms, and many of them have decided that the con spicuous position in which a woman Is nat urally placed in one of the two wheelers should be distasteful and obnoxious to a lady of reiineuient and a ;rood idea of the proprieties. Nevertheless, Rood and proper girls, well dressed women and ma ture and highly n-sjKvU-d matrons go rat tling about town just as pleasantly as though no one had ever thought of linding fault with their sport. Women may geugrally be trusted in matters of this sort. Their natural instinct keeps them from rushim: into harm. At all events, they make the law> themselves, and if they choose to con sider it projter to drive about unattended in aaaaoeas, why it is proper, aud that's end of it. hansom nmn having been established as a custom, it of course followed that some woman would ii>e superior to her eompanlons, and that woman is a very handsome and indepeud ent fOUfJ widow who has managed to keen in the beat society, despite a number of enrions eseajudes. She is more reckless than vicious, and she is a beauty of even more than looal fame: hence sin- leads rather than follows the hMham Her own hansom is very far ahead of the cumber some yellow vehicle with which the New Yorkers are now familiar: it is as pracetul in outlive as the beautiful old fashioned cutters were, of a i>olished bottle-green shad.-, with bevel-plate gtSM, Stamped leather and silver trimmines, and monstrous wheels with stripes of diabolical red aloug tkeapohea. Hie man who sits up behlna it ;i - juare shouldered and correctly dressed coachman, and the horse is a high-step piajg oay. with uo cud of tire and go. What with the crest, the white hor>e-<.-oUar aud reins, and all the trappings, the eg is one that attracts unusual attention. It is evidently quit>- y to its owner, lor any one more placid than «he Ippean when bewfiag about the streets in her conspicuous vehicle would be hard to find. Private vaults in the Stock Exchange building arc rented to members. One of the tenants mistakenly opened somebody -jfe. and only became aware of the blunder when he began to handle securities which he did not recognize M hi- own. Then he reported to the oin>ialsin eh the occurrence was hushed up so n fully that it did not get published at the time, and additional precautionary meas ures were taken to guard the receptacles of wealth. Nevertheless the subject of iNk in sate dejMjsit vaults ha-, been a general topic in Wall street. Of course a g<K«l portion of the deposits consist of paper* which would not l>e valuable to thieves,l>ut the aggregate of negotiable securities act ual money and such portabilities as jewelry and plate is so great that BObody under takes to estimate, it. The president of one establishment guesses that hi-> vaults con tain ?:«.uOO.OOO in stun" that njOMDmmmma oovu) not vse. The guardianship seems portal as against burglars and sneak thieves. The lmseos of sales must bring evidences of identity every time they wi-h to enter and must be able to repeat their individual passwords to the. pro]>eromcial. Then they must open a look iv each of two gateways, Uie com bination bein? divulged only to tenants. The rules and devices vary somewhat in the different places, but substantially they amount to the sure exclusion of merely in terloping thieves. Fire and force are prac tically impotent, too. But the managers «re compelled to admit that a conspiracy among employes might result in the coni -1 Me cleaning out of any safe deposit strong hold in town. All is done that can be in this manner. The humblest porter's ante cedents are carefully examined before ap pointnient, and his conduct afterward is scrutinize! by means of spies. This rule la applied to the more important officers. Resent thefta by well-reputed handlers of treasure, however, have demonstrated that real character Ls not discoverable until events divulge it. and there is a genuine agitation over the apparently unavoidable risk, even in the vauntedly impregnable vaults. Three to six persons could conspire for the biggest burglary in the history of crime. ♦♦* What to do with wealth after one's got it? That is a serious question. I saw a youn^wniuau who was about to start for a tour in Texas and Mexico. Bfcl wished to take plenty of money along to those re gions of highway and in a way which would baffle them. So she had a travel ing dress trimmed lavishly with buttons mUag fivt' to a hundred dollars each. The cheaper ones contained gold pieces neatly laid between the wooden molds, which were covered with cloth in the usual fashion. The costlier buttons were simi larly stuffed with United States notes. As fast as she requires cash she will clip off these adornments, replacing them with or dinary ones of the same outward pattern. V Burlesque has come into renewed thea trical favor and the chances are that it will be as popular next winter a> in the fall of ISG3. when Lydia Thompson and her British blondes took the town by storm. That vas the golden era for that "style of entertainment, and Wood's museum— where the company had been compelled to open through failure to get into a more lashionable house—was crowded chiefly by the same sort of audiences that are now drawn by comic opera. "Ixion" was the principal piece, au<i to this day, whenever a manager contemplates biuiesque.he hunts out a copy of that punster w< rk with a view to injecting timely humor into it for revival. Lydia was brought here by au Kimhshmitn named Henderson, who after ward married her. Along with her were Pauline Markham. Ada Ilarland. r, Harry Beeket. lielle Howitt and liose Massey. The manager of the theater [mom Daly's^ w;>s lieonre Wood. ■ of these bin ;• a fa vorite w»;»ic with the white-mustaehed and red-noseil contimrent who LIKE P> «.-<ss|p "ii a hot afternoon !n a club. And what BBSbeeOBHOf the fair ones who disported Uagtjhi spani'led ti-'htsonly sixteen - ago? Lydla Thompson is living pri vately in London and is cruelly neglected by her husband, who has'grown rich in theater management. Pauline Markham. whose "voice of vocal velvet" was extrav agantly prais^i by the late Richard (Jrant White, bastar in emotional parts before dinner audiences. Ada llarhuid became the wife of Brainier Mathews, the rich and well known literary man. ami lives quietly here in New York." the center ot an ad miring, congenial circle. Harry Heeket became the" comedian of Wallacks Hi and died four years ago in London. Lisa Weber passed, aw hi the street the other day and I barely recognized her.sofatand old had she gotten. Belle Howitt is still •rk, 1 believe. ThlC • years adaj insisting the public in ftii utioiis U n Bla.kweirs Island. The con valescent hospital pattest who acted as guide for our party i»ointed out in the ward through which we were passing an Inebriate who. he somewhat erandilo- Queni . i l:l d been one of Lydir. Thoi: t She .-, . KeiJe Howitt. !: v exploited bereett in a btaauß of praadse suit agahMl Henry J. M"i:tairue and then di.sapiieared from pub lic view. BATTLE \\ 1 I II IIATTLKSXAKES. Perlleum Adrcniurc of a Party of YoiniK 'Iru. Port Jervis i X. V.) Cor. N. V. Times. J-ast Sunday morning a party of three fOBBf men. W. ~P. Hall and t ac, brother* named We<tfall, had a lively encounter with a lot of rattlesnakes and MaeksßakesaJ Rose's switch, about six miles west of tins village. The locality Ls wild and romantic. It is in the center of a blue-stone eo;i;itry. and every spring the quan-ymen, in blasting the rock, come large quantities oi snakes which have en > oiic.^l themselves in the blue stone ledges - of |he long winter months. They emerge in the sprint, anu after basking in the hot su for a few tiays they leave the spot for feed and water. Just above Rotat switch is a thick ledge or succession of s of rock known to almost even quanyniau as the snake den. The - men had this place in view when they .started out. Providing themselves with Mout green clubs, they adfaawed cautiously ■MM s«.*veral large rattlers found Ban ning themselves, and (juickly dispateiie«l them. not. however, before they had iriven the jiecullar ratting Hriae far which they are n well known. Tiiis had the effect of bring out countless numbers of reptiles, and before the young men were aware of it they were surrounded OB ifl - - i.y a UsstafC rattling lot of snakes that made them shudder with fear. For tunately they had on stout boot*, and the snakes were not in as good con dition to bite and do harm as they would be latex iv the season. The number of snakes kept bjeVßMßaj such an e\Unt that the young urm in their terror maintain that they must have encountered 150 or ioo snakes ot the rattlesnake and blacksnake variety. Finally it was noticed that the Baal -iitiug aSBOBg themselves, and on taapeetfOß it was seBB that the blacksnakes were attaddßK the nittlers, and vice vena, both being warmed up to their work by the BBBV hit: they had received from the young men. Although blacksnakes and rattlers niimrie with each other durim the lOBg cold winter months. \et 0B the BBBNaeh ol sprim: they separate after a deadly combat, v. herein the blacksiuke* are soiuetnnes fietottOßß aud the rattlers on other occasions. A bpitz dog which followed the young men was au object of especial hatreii. and «as soon covered by the reptiles, which wound themselves about his body and bit him to such au extent that he swelled to twice his natural size. After a fight of about fifteen minutes the men had everything their own way, and over bfty were gathered up and carried away ad trophies of the affray. They were sold to an old medicine man, who extracts the oil from the fat to sell to persons aitlicted with rlieu ■Mttaaa, neuralgia, sprains and other aihnents. As ni_ii a- |g jkt ounce is paid by those who beiieve iv the wonderful curative qualities of the snake oil. The pOBBg men cut oIT the rattles of many of the snakes, ionul having .•lttet'u or twenty, and the makes ranged in size from" >ixt«-en iuv-hes to six feet, one Janre black snake. ■ perfect BBecfaßOß, measuring a trifle <>\er six feet. Had it not been for the Bfht be tween the rival snakes, the fBBBg men might have been dangerously bitten. Bruin Coaxed a Fig-lit. A Port Jervis dispatch says: On Sunday morning .Mrs. Suyder of Glen Wild. Sulli van county, stepped to her back door to shake her table-cloth, when she dropped the cloth and screamed, for approaching the house with all the coolness and delibera tion of a lightning-rod agent was a bear as big as a yearling heifer. It had come up out of the deep guilv below Bowers' saw-milL Mrs. Snyder's screams brought others to UN scene, and the bear, after loooking ou in apparent enjoy ment of the scene his appearance had made, turned and walked slowly to the road on the opposite side of Snyder's field. He took his way down the road, and then went off into the woods. There were no real bear-hunters at Glen Wild just then, it being a good day for trout, but there were six men left in the place who knew something about coons and they con cluded to learn something about bears. They got their guns, called live dogs to gether, and away they went. They fol lowed the trail for three miles. The dogs were ahead, and evidently eager for a fray. By and by the hunters heard a great commotion, and in a short time four out of the five dogs came tearing back. They never stopped when they reached the hunters, but kept right on in the direction of open country. From the ex pression of their eyes the amateur hunters concluded that the dogs had seen something. Presently there came from somewhere beyond them the sound of a heavy body approaching through the brush, and the next instant the huge form of the bear appeared, and it kept coming right on. The hunters turned and followed the dogs, and soon left the bear far in the rear. The bear, however, followed, and shortly after the young men reached Sny der's house bruin appeared on the edge of the field, and afterward walked composedly across it within ten rods of the house. When he got opposite the house he stopped, and the hunters fired a volley at him. A shot or two took effect, for the bear made off, limping badly, and disappeared in the gully below the mill. The hunters hadn't the courage to follow him, and at last accounts he was still at large. The fifth dog was found in the woods at the spot where the bear had evidently fallen foul of the five. It was dead and every bone in its body broken. lire i|trot . Detroit Free Press. A well-known and wealthy resident of Woodward avenue recently united by mar riage his large interests to those of a fash ionable and wealthy widow. When Woodward Avenue was courting Widow the latter said to him one evening: "Mr. A., they do say that you are the meanest persou in Detroit." "Why. dear ne, Mrs. W.," was the un disturbed reply, "they say the very same thing of you. Come, now, don't you think we'd make a rood match?" And they did. tHILDBEX OF HEAVEN. In heaven we shall be children again: Children of Ono from children of twain. Nona but children shall come into heaven; Children of seventy, children of seven. 60 it is said, and so it is sun?; AS we grow older we shall «row youajr. THE WOMAN'S GLOBE. Suggestions Concerning the First Meal of the Day and How It M ay be Served. "Women Losing the Poetry of Motion— How Fashions Originate— A Youth's Mistake. Some Things That Everyone Should Know— Household Novelties —Decorations. There Is probably no meal that requires more thought on the part of the careful, housekeeper than breakfast, and none that as a general rule.receives less consideration [ It is an obvious fact in most households tha t a little more consideration given to the firs. meal of the day would very materially in crease not only the comfort, but also th kindly feelings that it is so essential to cul" tivate in the home circle. A great many ar t apt to serve up odds, ends and scraps lef f from previous meals in a slipshod sort 0 fashion, placing it upon the table befor those who have a capricious appetite at best' and taking away the desire, rather tha* gratifying it by some dainty dish arranged by deft lingers, aided by a little forethought. V To be sure many do not require aught but a light breakfast, as hot rolls, coffee, choco late, or tea, with the now necessary ac companiment of oatmeal, cracked wheat or grits Of some kind, and eggs in one form or another. Again, there are those to whom the morning meal must be substantial, be ing the one most enjoyed of all three and necessary to fortify them for long hours of labor, ami for these appetizing and strength ening dishes in which discretion as to choice and quantity is used should be chosen. We do not absolutely condemn the practice of using cold meat left from the pre vious day's dinner, or )>oultry and game, but let these be arranged to look tempting, Many delicious dishes can be made out of cold meat, with potatoes or bread-crumbs added, while poultry can, if served cold, be carefully cut up. placed in the center of a dish garnished with water-cresses or a mound of delicious mashed potatoes browned to a delicate shade; Saratoga chips will also serve for a garnish, and these cold frag ments nicely served will prove a useful side di>lu and not revolt the eye by their untidy and unappetizing appearance, as, alas! L» so frequently the case in morning meals. *•* But before the meal is served it is a most important matter that tho table should be arranged with the utmost care. A soiled and stained table-cloth, a smeared goblet, or a sticky plate will spoil the most luxu rious meal. So let the linen be spotless, and then whether it be of the finest damask or coarsest homespun will be a matter of minor consideration, so that it is pure and smoothly laundried: have the glass bright and shiny, the china white and glossy, and your first great points are gained, so that the delicacy of the food placed before the most fastidious will be doubly relished. Always have flowers upon the breakfast-table—the one bright spot that so frequently gladdens the eye. Many exclaim that these are not al ways attainable, but such is not the case if a little care ami forethought are used. In summer blossoms can be purchased at a small outlay. Autumn brings its inany hued leaves that rival art in the beauty and richness of their coloring, while in winter ivy. holly, and evergreens look well with brilliant red berries shining against the vivid green. Ivy planted in a fancy vase will grow rapidly and form a pleasing deco ration for the table during the winter sea son, the only attention required being care ful watering and training of the vine into graceful curves. Fruit is also a needful ac cessory to the breakfast-table. In summer small fruits and melons are best; in the autumn golden pears and rich clusters of grapes, while winter brings its varieties of apples and oranges from home and foreign climes. *»* Put under the damask cloth upon the table a sub-cover of thick Canton tlannel. If you cannot afford the heavier "table-felt" sold for this pun>ose. Or an old blanket, darned, washed, and kept for this use only, will an i swer the purpose. The upper cover will lie I more smoothly, look like a much better quality of napery, and keep clean a third longer than if spread over the bare table top. Have mats of some kind, spun glass, basket-work or crochet, under the dishes. Hesides these have a knife and fork laid straight upon either side of the plate, an in dividual butter-plate and salt-eeller for each person, with fancy cut-glass, silver, or gilt bottles for the two kinds of pepper used at the table. Castors are a thing of the past and .ire never used now. a servant handing the condiment needed when requested, salt and pepper alone being placed upon the ta ble. *•♦ The fertile brain of woman can devise so many ways and means to improve her per sonal appearance at small expense and labor that for her own self-respect and esteem she ought to feel in duty bound to make herself as neat and as attractive as possible at all times. A simple morning dress can be made in summer of percale, gingham, or batiste, with snowy linen collar and ribbon tied at the neck to look neat and suitable for ordi nary wear, and not be too elaborate to see to the daily duties that so many house keepers find incumbent upon them, while a more dainty robe can be of white India mull or cambric that is always new and be coming when freshly laundried. In winter, cashmere or some of the many wool goods always to be found can be made serviceable if dark chintz or sateen is considered too commonplace. Feminine Deterioration. New York Mail and Express. "Women, these days 1 think, are losing the poetry of motion," said a prominent artist. "They are not exactly gauche when walking the streets, but they do de cidedly lack freedom of physical action. High-heeled . shoes and tight-fitting gar ments prevent them from carrying them selves except in a straight-ahead way. There is no undulation, no motion what ever, aside from that which is necessary to preserve the center of gravity. It is fre quently asked, 'Why don't artists paint madonnas and emulate the old masters? The madonnas are not to paint. They ex pired when civilization began to hamper physical development with dress. The beauty of the female face still remains, but that is all. The Roman and Athenian maids who draped their classic robes around their bodies, grow M nature intended, and inspired Phidias and Praxiteles to perpetu ate their forms. Alas! their chisels have been supplanted by the instantaneous pro cess of photography. The modern madon nas who promenade Fifth avenue are pre served for futune times by the aid of the camera." The dancing masters are becom ing seriously alarmed at the falling off in their business. Only those who teach the latest London and Paris dances are doing well. The roller skating craze has para lyzed Terpslcborean sport, and as a French master put it. "ze butif raize and ze di vine polkairsare deserted for ze petit 5 veels vich roil ze body around like mad." He said further that the attendance of regular scholars had fallen off at least 40 per cent. The pupils invariably went to the rink, and if they came back to finish their course of instruction he found he could do nothing with them, as their minds were on ' roller skating. The dancing masters are prepared to go in league with theatrical managers and light the rinks. The Birth of Fashion. Mme. de Pompadour once had an ugly pimple on her chin. She was vexed, and, at last, in despair, pasted a piece of black plaster over the offending spot Result: All the ladies in the court appeared the fol lowing week with pieces of plaster on their faces. A fashion was established, and it watt kept up for a long time. The same lady, as I suppose you know, was exceed ingly diminutive in stature. To remedy this defect she invented high-heeled boots. They were unknown before her time. Re sult: The ladies of the court took to high heeled boots, and another fashion had birth. Marie Antoinette bad enormous quanti ties of hair. She didn't know what to do with it. She was waiting for a barber one day with the intootioo oX being shorn, and had piled up her hair In a careless manner, when she suddenly found that this style of head-dress set off her small features to ad vantage. Result: Monstrously high coif fures came into fashion, and were worn for a very long time. Anne of Austria had exquisitely formed arms. Result: Short sleeves came into fashion. The Princess of Wales is the unfortun ate possessor of a limp. Xo sir; not a little amble, but an ugly, 'unprepossessing limp. Would you believe it? Some time ago a large number of ladies had one heel of their shoes made lower than the other. Result: The ''Alexandra limp" became the height of fashion. The "Grecian bend" was another result of the unfortunate defect Well, this sameflnoble lady has some slight de formity in the neck which prevents her wearing presses cut low. Result: The fashion which still rages among English la dies for bodices reaching almost to the ears, which fashion is much ridiculed among the Parisian-. •le rnderMaud* lite Sex. Chicago Tribune. To the average youth I don't know any more uuproiitable or endless study than womankind. Yet every young man goes through that extraordinary phase of life when he understands the sex. Ho knows ail about them. He can write a book about them, and all their little idiosyncrasies are clear before him. It i* a glorious time of life. It lasts two nr three years. He srows to oO and his analytical powers are so in tense they practically paralyze his reason. A tlasii from his intellectual lantern-eye lights up the innermost recesses of woman's soul, and shows all its hidden strength and weakness. He looks around with a proud, patronizing air upon the inferior mortals who don't profess to understand women and claim no divine power of analysis. He fixes his great heart aad brain on some one woman he has studied. He knows she worships him, and he tells her how thor oughly he has sounded every depth of feel iiiir and sentiment in her nature. He feels that he has only to speak and she is his. At last he speaks, and sky and sea and earth get all mixed up when the gentle voice tells us to go to thunder. Thin:.'* Worth Knowing. That a bag of hot sand relieves neu ralgia. That warm borax water will remove dandruff. That milk which stands too long makes bitter butter. That salt should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion. That it rests you in sewing to change your position frequently. That rusty flatirons should be rubbed over with beeswax and lard. That tough meat is made tender by lying a few minutes in vinegar water. That a hot, strong lemonade taken at bedtime will break up a bad cold. That a little soda water will relieve sick headache caused by indigestion. That a cup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. That well-ventilated bedrooms will pre vent morning headaches and lassitude. That a cup of hot water drunk before meals will prevent nausea and dyspepsia. That consumptive night sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly in salt water. That one in a faint should be laid flat on his back, then loosen his clothes and let him alone. That you can take out spots trom wash goods by rubbing them with the yolk of egg before washing. That a fever patient can l>e made cool and comfortable by frequent sponging oil with soda water. That cold tea should be saved for your vinegar barrel. It sours easily and gives color and riavor. That to beat the whites of eggs quickly add a pinch of salt. Salt cools," and cold eggs froth rapidly. That the hair may be kept from falling out after illness by a frequent application to the scalp of sage tea. That white spots upon varnished furni tare will disappear if you hold a hot plate from the stove over them. DOMESTIC NOTES. Novelties in (lie Housekeeping 1 De- partinent. A haudful of salt sprinkled once a month on the tops of tire bricks will pre \eut them from cracking. A pretty design for a lamp-shade, which must l»e painted in water-colors or oil, is a spray of hone\ suckle with moths fluttering about it. Linen draperies embroidered with any desired design are used tor mantels, por tieres and curtains, and are a pleasant chauge from wool. Japanese and Chinese cotton nigs are very pleasant lor summer use, being so much cooler than woolen ones. The com binations of color are soft and harmoni ous. A cushion for a cane chair is of pale blue upholstery serge with a darned background of cinnamon-colored silk, having a branch of magnolia embroidered upon it in Keu rington >titch. An effective table-scarf is made of old -Mln sheetim;.having discs with wheel italgM embroidered on it. Branches of conventionalized olives in the natural col ors are embroidered across these in outline stitch. I'lush towels are a novrHy in the house keeping department. They have a soft, lustrous sun.ice like silk plush, and their drying qualities are equal to the Turkish towds. while lor decorative purposes they are far more effective. A careful housekeeper says that badly rusted smoothing-irons may be made fit for use by soaking them in kerosene- oil for two or three days. Hub otf all the mst possible, then rab With sapolio or scouring sand, pol- Lshing afterward with emery powder or emery paper. Five O'clock Tea. Envelopes to which an imitation red wax seal with crest is attached are seen, aud, no doubt, save people a deal of trouble. Little bonnets hold their own very well, ami the high, peaked front art'airs are not destined, so the milliners say, for long pop ularity. The better class of mauls now refuse to wear caps because they are "common," and milady realizing the fact, does not insist, you know. Housekeepers are said to take kindly to the newest silver ice pitchers, which are china lined, and additionally, "just the nicest thing you ever saw." The latest thing in glass berry dishes are in the shape of a boat very nk-ely modeled. It can now be said that one Entity eats a whole boatload of strawberries. Now that the tourists* season has come again, many of the young lady travelers wear a dainty satchrl slung over the shoul der with a nutty embroidered strap. Warm weather induces eight out of every ten ladies to substitute silk for kid gloves, they being cheaper in the nrst place and far more comfortable in the second. Families on whose tables the newest of everything in ?lass and china is seen, now use the cut glass tumbler, half of which is covered with raised stars, for water instead of goblets. A good number of mothers have yet to decide how old their boys must be before they can discard knickerbockers for trous ers. An oversized boy dressed in the for mer looks silly. Gray and brown seem to be the two fa vorite shades for ladies' traveling suits this season, and nearly all are "tailor-made." The majority are severely plain, but none the less stylish. Sunshades are as elaborate and parasols as "superb" as ever, notwithstanding the depression in business and the resignation of Gladstone. Some women prefer a tine sunshade to a new pair of shoes. Tennis rackets are now made of sandal and other choice woods, and have bows of the brightest kind of red ribbon on the handle, not to assist in striking the ball, but to enhance the general effect of the bolder. WAY. All maiden lives that waned In their young prime— Since the first beating of the heart of Time Re-live, I dream. In May's mysterious grace, Sing through hor birds and blossom in her face. —Independent. THE GIFT OF BEAUTY, Touug Ladles With Shapely Hands Xot Popular at Glove Counters. Wanted—A Pretty, Blue-Eyed Clerk as a Drawing Card ior Trade. "My hands were too small and pretty and I was discharged." The speaker was a pretty, modest girl of about 19, who had been connected with a prominent and popular glove store on a street not far from Nicollet avenue. She had only been there a short time when the proprietor discharged her. "I am very sorry,"' he said, ""but we would lose many of our lady customers if you stay. Youi hands are entirely too small." A Globe reporter who had heard the girl's bitter expression, asked the glove dealer about it, and received the following reply ;_ "\\ c never had a nicer, more modestand satisfactory girl in our store, and if there was a singie place vacant we would have kept her. But there was not. She was a glove fitter, and her hands were entirely too small and pretty. You seem astonished, but I will explain. Nine out of ten ladies who come here for gloves have hands neither as small nor as pretty as that young girl's. The result was they found it dis tasteful to buy from her and went else where for gloves. Nothing pleases a lady more than to find, in buying gloves, that her hands are smaller and more shapely than those of the saleswoman, and my ex perience has taught me that women will, other things being equal, buy where they lind that to be the case. That young lady has the hands of a duchess and put to shame half of the fashionable young ladies who come in here. Yes, 1 agree with you that it is a decided shame, but we could not help it." BEAUTY AT A DISCOUNT. The statements of this merchant were confirmed by a lady who changes her gloves at least twice a month. She wears a six and-a-half Jouvin herself, but says: '-Now my hand is about medium, neither large nor small, but 1 know how it is to go into a store and have a six-and-a-half handed you by a dainty saleswoman who can easily stretch h've-and-three-quarters over her hand. I would not be so foolish as to with draw my patronage on that account, but I know of ladies who would. It is too bad that a girl should lose her place on that ac count, yet I don't doubt the story you tell me." At some of the millinery stores, however, pretty girls are in demand and stylish ones lire paid extra prices. The reason is ob vious. A lady customer goes into look foi a hat. The stylish shop girl covers hei pretty head wiih a desirable article, and turns herself about to display the effect. Everything looks well on her and the cus tomer is enraptured with the bonnet. She fondly imagines it will look as stylish on her own cranium, and perhaps never learns that it does not. But sales are quickly made and the pretty lay tigure reaps her rewards. Handsome girls are also used to display cloaks and shawls and other wraps, which appear to best ad vantage on their Jundesque forms and sal aries to correspond are paid them. These are cases in which BEAUTY IS AT A PKKMIUM. A case came under the observation of a Globk reporter last week, that showed very forcibly how mankind, In the mascu line sense, is "led by beauty by a single hair." The proprietor of a literary depot wanted an assistant, and was inquiring where an eligible person might be found. The reporter suggested that an abundance of such talent was lying around loose, but the quantity was diminished when the pro prietor said: "Oh! 1 want a young lady, and a pretty one, too." This newsdealer was a sharp one and a deep student of human nature. Only a pretty girl would do him, and his course of reasoning was this: ••The patrons of my depot are all men. Not one lady in a hun dred wants the daily papers of the country or even the illustrated periodicals. A pretty girl is an attraction and men who come once will certainly come again. Once pleased they are steady pat rons. Oh, I've tried it and know ail about it, and I can give you several cases in point. Last week, while the Mexican editors were here, one of them came in my store and bought a Chicago paper. I had a pretty girl there then and this descendant of Montezeuma became in terested in her. He came again, and. sir, during the short stay of that "delegation in Minneapolis he was in there six times. Ho not only made a purchase each time, but a liberal one, and directed his compatriots to my place. I was -sorry when they left the city. This cum' is only one of many I could give you. I know very well of dozens of young men who came in and bought papers or stationery only as A MZBI PRETEXT to get to see and talk to my pretty clerk." "Does she chat with customers'?" "Only on business topics. If she went further than that it wouldn't do. A cus tomer will sometimes come in and want a WBide novel without knowing exactly what lit: wants. This may be a pretense, but it results in my pretty clerk dis cussing the merits and demerits of certain authors. That is about as far as she goes in a conversational way. But, my dear sir, don't you know a man likes to sim ply look at a pretty girl. Take my Mexi can customer for instance. He could scarcely speak ten words in English, but he makes it up in looking with those bright black eyes of his." '•What other points of advantage are there in a pretty girl for a clerk?" "They are too numerous to mention, as you newspaper men say. When you are at leisure come around to my store and see how it works. But wait until I get my pretty girl for clerk, any sprightly, attrac tive girl will do—pretty blue-eyed angel of about eighteen years of age preferred." Lookin' Fer Bar. They have bears in the West, says the Merchant Traveler, that are hard to sub due, and so they have need of strong men and women. A settler's wife of this class, on the outskirts of civilization, overhearing herself described as "half human, half an alligator," resented it, and said she had "feelings," but she was not this woman— the story teller whom the hunter met. A New Yorker on a hunting expedition in the far West rode up to a mountain cabin and hailed a woman hanging out clothes in the front yard. "Good-morning, madam," he called out to her. "What yer lookin' fur? You must be lost, or sumpin'." she replied. "Thanks, no; I'm a hunter and I under stood there were bear up in this neighbor hood, and would you give me some points?" The woman dropped the white garment in her hand and came down to the fence. "Hit's bar yer lookin' fer, is it?" she In quired, craning her thin neck forward in an eager way. "Exactly, madam, "he answered, straight ening up in his stirrups. "Well, stranger, yer in the right neigh borhood. Thar's bar here in plenty." "Have you ever seen any?" "I shed say I hed." "Tell me where 1 can find a den. I'm looking for a dozen or so. I'm not par ticular as to numbers." "Oh, hain't yer? Thet's what my ole man said, but he's changed his mm' now, I reckon." "Is he afraid of the brutes?" "Not now he haint." "Tell me about it." "Well, yer see one day me an' the ole man seen a bar climbin' in the hogpen, an' he sed he'd just put an end to that bar with a club. I told him to get a gun, but he sed bars wuz no great shakes, nohow, an' he'd go with a club." "And did he?" inquired the'hunter, as the woman stopped talking. "I reckon he did; I went in and clira up to the roof, an' purty soon I heerd a mighty racket out in the pen. After a while it got powerful still outsidft, an' I clim down to see how it come out" "Well," Inquired the hunter, anxiously, 4'did he get the bear?" "No, he didn't, the bar wuz clear gone.* "And your husband?" "Well, the funeral tuck place the next cay. Hit's bar yer lookin' fur, b tt? Well, stranger, that same bar Is Yooud here jit."