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1 .2 AMONG THE SWIMMERS The Interesting Story Told by the Instruc tor of the New York Ath letic Olub. How the Commonest Style of Swimming Offers. fiesistance by an Ex cess of Surface. Lunc Capacity One of tho Most Im portant Requisites in hccoiu iiiH, an Expert* The Side Stroke the Best— Several Illustrations to Bring Out Good Points. Special Correspondence of the Globe. NEW York, March 4.— Swimming is an ancient art. but as an athletic sport it is comparatively modern among . civilized men. and it is only since the habit of spend ing the warm season at the seashore be came fashionable that any large proportion of people have taken the trouble to acquire the useful accomplishment It is a singular tact that the men, who of all others most need to be able to sustain themselves in the water, are the lea likely to know how to swim a Stroke. Of a crew of twenty sailors on board a merchant vessel scarce halt a dozen, on the average, have any chance of saving themselves it they happen WALKING OX THE WATER. to fall overboard, even in fair weather. The liability of sailors to swim is proverbial. And many a .hick Tar. who is washed from the deck, or falls from the .jib-boom. Oses his life only because he cannot keep oiiiiself afloat while a boat is being lowered. An exception to the rule is the champion swimmer of the world, Augusta Sundstrom, instructor for the New York Athletic club, who is a sailor and a sailor's son. His feat of swimming from the Battery to the club boathouse on the Harlem, a distance of seventeen miles,. in 2 hours and 12 minutes, with the tide, has never been equaled, and his time for a mile in dead water. Ml mm utes and 40 seconds, is the best on record. Mr. Sundstrom. who is now but 28 years dd, says: "1 learned to swim when I was too small to do thing else, and being in the water nearly all the time I became al most amphibious] It is much easier for one to learn the art when young than when one has grown up, and you will find that the best swimmers are those who have been familiar with the water from child hood. .My father, a Swedish master mar iner, was a powerful man, although an ordinary swimmer, and he gave all his boys strong constitutions and plenty of muscle. Without the muscle, one cannot swim well, because swimming is really a violent ath letic exercise, and the movements are so vapid and vigorous that great endurance is required to swim long distances at any speed. No doubt the continued exercise I had when a boy accounts for much of the development of muscle and lung power that now enables me to remain long in the water, and lam convinced that swimming i- one of the most beneficial athletic sports, judging from my own experience. During some seven years of knocking about the world on board ship, lirst as a boy and later as second mate of a square-rigger. I saw many different styles of swimming among natives of various islands and coast countries, and picked up some points that have proved useful. At St. Thomas 1 went into a race with about fifty native sponge divers, being backed by my captain to swim five miles against them. When those black fellows started off with (heir overhand, half-arm stroke, they went like Hying fish, ami I was so astonished at their speed that I forgot to plunge from the rail alter them until the captain gave me a push. Tor a short distance they could make great speed, reaching out one arm alter the other in front, of them and kicking alternately with the feet, but the movement was so quick that they soon tired, and with a long side-stroke I swam through the whole school of them and beat them easily. "The old-fashioned and commonest style of swimming is the breast stroke, which is an exact imitation of a frog, It is easy but not very fast, because the body and legs -•one downward, and present so much sur face to the water ahead that the resistance is great. The power is obtained mainly from the action of the legs. The knees are drawn up slowly and gently, not under the body but sidewise, and when the kick is made they are opened like a letter V, and the soles of the feet presented squarely to the water. As the arms are shot out ahead, palms of the hands downward, the legs are brought sharply and strongly to gether, like the closing of a pair of shears, which gives propulsion from the whole inner surface of each leg. The in- CHINOOK SIDE STROKE. side thigh muscles do this work, and as those muscles are little used ordinarily, the beginner finds swimming very tiresome. Special exercise is needed to develop the thigh muscles, and when I am training I use an apparatus similar to the chest weights seen in all gymnasiums, It is a sort of chair, in which 1 sit with my back to the wall and my feet in stirrups at the end of ropes that run through pulleys and are attached to weights. The movement is like the kick in swimming. Beginning with small weights 1 gradually increase until I kick out a hundred pounds or so with each leg. A swimmer should also use dumb-bells, making the same motions with his 'arms as he would in the water. "Lung capacity, of course, is one of the most important requisites in swimming: The more air a man can hold inside of him the more buoyant he will be and the easier lie can swim. To develop lung power I open my mouth, take as big a gulp of air as 1 can and hold my breath, timing myself by a watch. When 1 can hold the wind in no longer I blow it out through my mouth quickly and take another gulp, and so on, doing that frequently during the day. When 1 am out of condition and training I .an hold my breath say a minute and a quarter, but when in good condition I can hold it twice as long. Any man can nearly double his lung power by this exercise. In swimming always breathe through the mouth instead of the nose. It takes too long to get a full breath through the nos rils. You are swimming in a heavy sea, for example, and coming up from under one wave you see another almost upon you. If you try to expel your breath througn the nose and take in a fresh supply that way. the wave will catch yon in the middle of the opera tion and half strangle you before you know what is the matter. Through the mouth the lungs can be emptied and refilled in less than a second, and the swimmer is pre pared to go under or through the wave. This is very important in surf swimming, when the swimmer gets a chance to breathe only by coming to the surface every half dozen strokes. In a short, choppy sea also, when the waves are running crosswise and slapping you on all sides in quick succes sion, you would soon be drowned if you tried to breathe through the nose. The breath must be taken quickly, so that the swimmer may not lose his buoyancy even momentarily. "The best stroke for long distances is the side stroke, of which . there are several styles. The swimmer lies upon one side, the right for illustration, stretches his right arm out ahead of him, palm down, and brings it with a strong downward sweep through the water to his thigh. The first part of the movement raises him, and the last part propels him forward. As the xight hand nears the side, the left is swung over through the air just ahead of the right I shoulder, and then. Is brought through the water with a wide sweep almost horizon ! tally to the left thigh. The right leg is I drawn up and straightened at right angles | with the body behind and the left leg simi ! larly in front. Then the legs are brought | forcibly together, the right' catching Hie ; water on the outside and top of the foot, and the left on the inside and sole. This gives a powerful impetus forward, and as the body is on the side and parallel with the surface of the water, the resistance is much , less than when breasting the water. It is difficult to describe this stroke and more difficult to learn it, but it is being adopted hugely by swimmers because of its power and speed. I first saw it, used by the In dians on the Columbia river, and learning it from them 1 made some improvements and frequently outswam them, l think I was the first to introduce it into the East. A peculiarity of this stroke is that the swimmer's face is turned upward and over his left shoulder, so that he looks behind him. The advantage of this is that the crown of his head meets the waves and his mouth is always out of water. The En glish have a stroke something like the. Chinook side stroke, but they keep the face forward and plough through the water nose first, .retting less opportunity tor breathing and meeting with more resistance. They also vary it by thrusting the left arm forward through the waterinstead of above. is an advantage when swimming against a strong wind, be cause it avoids the resistance of theniov ing air. ¥_9 "The plain overhand or turtle stroke, reaching forward first with one hand ami then the other and rolling the body from side to side, is the fastest for a short dis tance, but cannot be kept up very long. The pace is too rapid, and the heart and lungs soon give out. In a long race, how ever, a swimmer changes from one stylo to another, to vary the exertion and rest his muscles. He will try the long, easy breast stroke, the English porpoise style, the tur tle, and the American side stroke, and then Hop over on his back ami paddle along in naif a dozen different ways. I have sixteen different strokes, some of them merely for exhibition and fancy swimming, that 1 have devised for myself. One of the most peculiar is called the 'corkscrew.' I stretch the left arm straight ahead, keep the right at full length down against my side and thigh, keep the body rigid at full length and use only my feet as propellers. By a peculiar twist of the feet 1 get not only a rapid forward mo tion under water, but also a rotary move ment, a line from the end of the left middle linger to where my ankles would touch each other being the axis. The motion is simi lar to that of a long rifle projectile. "Another fancy movement is called'walk ing the water.' The swimmer lies fiat upon his back with his arms akimbo, hands MAN OVERBOARD. against his sides. By stretching his legs out in front and alternately bending them at the knees so as to bring the heels back toward the thighs, he draws himself along feet first quite rap idly. The action somewhat resembles walking. In all the fancy strokes and tricks, ease and grace are the main points, and these come from long experience and perfect familiarity with the water. No violent movements are necessary to perform what appear to be the most difficult feats. The specific gravity of the human body is about one-tenth less than that of sea water, and it will float without any assistance or motion. To change position it is only necessary to shift the center of gravity by moving a limb or bending the body. A swimmer goes up or down, swerves this way and that, turns somersaults and flip-flaps on the principle of a hawk's soaring in the air. Pat men are the best floaters, and in still water some of them can lie upon their backs and go to sleep without danger, but for fast swimming one wants muscle and wind and no fat. Bulk retards a swimmer. The swimmer should learn to dive gracefully if lie wants to be considered proficient in the art. Let him stand almost erect, body slightly in clined forward, holding his arms stretched out before him with palms down, fingers close together and thumbs touching. With a slight spring he projects himself forward, throws his head downward and feet up and enters the water it a slight angle from the perpendicular, the hands and arms cleaving the way and protecting the head. Always keep the eye; open under water, and don't wink. Winking injures the eyeballs. By turning the head upward and spreading the palms of the hands the diver can come in a curve to the surface, or by keeping the head down and kicking he can continue his descent. He wants a good sup ply of air inside when he makes the dive, as he may have to stay down for a while. Diving is very useful and sometimes profit able, as I found when I was one of the crew of the yacht Ambassadress. John Jacob Astor liked the fun so well that he sometimes tossed five-dollar gold pieces overboard for me to dive after. By pre tending that I couldn't see them on the bottom 1 once induced him to toss four over and then brought them all up at once in my mouth. Mr. Astor never took back anything that he jettisoned, and so I was well paid for four dives to the bottom of Newport harbor. A pretty and puzzling trick under water is smoking a cigar and blowing the smoke up through the water to the surface, where it arrives in milk white bubbles. When the bubbles break the smoke ascends in little clouds and puffs, or some times floats almost on the water for a few minutes. The trick is seen to best advant age in the swimming tank and always takes at the club exhibitions. It seems very strange to see a man go under water with a lighted cigar in his mouth, smoke calmly at tne bottom and come to the surface with the cigar burning as nicely as. if he were smoking in his easy chair. Appar ently he defies all natural laws, but of course he doesn't. It is a simple trick, but it requires practice. Just as I throw my self backward to go down, 1 flip the cigar end for end with my tongue and upper lip and get the lighted end in my mouth, clos ing my lips water tight around it. A little slippery elm juice gargled before going in prevents any accidental burning of the mouth. Going slowly down backwards. I lie at full length on the bottom of the tank and blow smoke through THE DIVED. the cut end of the cigar. Just as 1 reach the surface again, another Hip reverses the cigar and there lam smoking calmly. The reversing is done so quickly that" nobody notices it. That is a mere fancy trick, but i a useful bit of swimming practice and one that every swimmer should perfect himself in is handling in the water a person who cannot swim. To save a drowning person, yon must prevent him from taking hold of i yon. As you approach him. go under water, and if he is faced toward you, catch i him by the legs and twirl him around. i Then come up behind him and grasp him • by the collar or the hair at the back of the 'THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBED SUNDAY MOlima MAT.OTT 1887.~T.TfiHTEEl. PAGE.:. : head and flop him upon his buck. .To tow | i him ashore, swim upon your back, using ; i your feet and right hand for propulsion, I and drag him alter you. If he does turn l and try to grasp . .you, hit him In the stomach with your knee and hit him i hard. if necessary, punch his head and stun him. Do anything to break his hold if he grabs you, because if you don't, both i , of you will drown. I l____h___M_____________B_______________H SAVING THE BULK'S TWINS. t "Two little chaps, the Riley twins, abou 7 years old, tumbled from a raft into deep water at a Brooklyn dock one day, grappled each other and sank. I happened to bo near and dove alter them in my clothes. At the bottom 1 found one holding fast to a pile and the other clinging to him. I tried to pull them away, but only sunk myself into the mud with the effort and had to go up for air. The next timo 1 dove to them, caught them around their bodies, braced my feet against the pile and tore them loose. Before they could get their death grasp on me 1 had a hand in the hair of each and took them to the sur face, and although they had been under water nearly ten minutes, their lives were saved. '•It is of the utmost importance that a swimmer should know what to do in such cases, and just how to tackle drowning peo ple. If he does not go to work the right way, .lie will not only fail to save anybody, but will lose his own life. As an exercise and amusement, swimming will hold its own with any sport, and to be proficient in it a man must be an athlete, but every man and woman should know how to swim for self-preservation." m GOOD TASTE IN DRESS. It is Sadly Lacking: in American Men and Women. Cleveland Plaindealer. The American girl and woman don't dress as Well as they should. Anglomaniacs of lesser or greater degree may talk about the athletic Englishwoman and the extra weight and strength that she carries if they like. The talk isn't good. American femininity has more strong points, outside that of health, than that of any other nation, except the savages, of which we know little except that the sun and fresh air have plenty of chance at them and that they work very hard and despise the hired girl. But our women are most inartistic dressers. A promenade on any crowded stieet in an American town will show that. Take a trip and see for your selves. I'll wager a good deal that fat and squat women will be seen in light colored garments and thin women in funereal gar ments that show their imperfections of fig ure as luridly as a black lettered sign on a a white card. 1 wouldn't give a picayune myself for a woman who has not the necessary pride to dress herself as well as her means will allow. Clean, neat, and even luxuriant dress always supposing that one can af ford luxury — tell of ambition, and ambi tion's an excellent thing if controlled. It may be an absence of taste that leads a woman to dress in unsuitable dresses and choose unsuitable patterns and shades for them. But advice is one of the cheapest things of the present day. And it is not alone the gaunt and the fat women who handicap their faces and figures with bad dresses of bad shapes and worse colors. I see girls who are fair of face, but a little fleshy, who use barred goods for their dresses, and wear close and small hats and bonnets; and tall and rather diaphanous maidens, who have an inordin ate affection for bars and big brimmed hats. Very bad taste, my dears, 1 assure you, and unneccessarily bad taste, too. lt is a taste that no amount of money can put into shape, because it arrays nature and art against each other. And men are as bad or worse. They do not show as badly as women because the standard of dress is not as high among them. A really well-dressed man is some thing of a curiosity, though there are quite a number of them in every grouu. l wish that the average apportionment of brain among them was larger than it is, for it has been my bad luck to meet a good deal of mascu line vapidity in good clothes. But I suppose the well-dressed men of a century of civiliz ation average up better on intellectuality. At least I hope so. We all know thin young men who have an abiding love for striped and very tight trousers and hats with over powering brims. And we all know how the general effect of the hat, the trousers and the man strikes the eye — of everybody but the thin man. The tall men wear pea jack ets and short ones frock coats, and fair men red neckties and dark ones blue and green shaded ones. This incongruity puts more color and humor into one's look at the throng, I'll admit, but it isn't healthy and ought to be banished. ■ Due to Rum and tine Boycott* Baltimore American. A wealthy family of Washington having taken up their residence in an elegant man sion, issued five or six hundred invitations for an afternoon tea, as a house-warming. The date of the entertainment having ar rived, the hostess, with a corps of assistants, assembled in the parlor ana patiently awaited the arrival of the guests. The early part of the afternoon passed without a single arrival; then, as twilight waned into night, a few strayed in, their feeling of awkwardness rivaling that of the hostess when they perceived the state of affairs. It subsequently transpired that the servant to whom the invitations had been intrusted for deliverance, in an unwary moment, took too much to drink, and, after delivering a few invitations, cast the remainder away. A similar incident, though two-fold more embarrassing to the hostess, occurred in a family living in the fashionable northwest section of the city. On this occasion the invitations issued were for an evening re ception, the time set being 9 o'clock. Shortly after 10, a lady prominent in social circles drove up to the house, and though astonished at the absence of carriages about the entrance, supposed only that she had come in advance of the other guests, alighted and bade the coachman return at midnight. Upon entering the dressing-room her astonishment increased to find that she was literally the only person who had arrived. After throwing aside her wraps and dawdling through an immensely long three-quarters of an hour, she decided to descend to the brilliantly lighted drawing room, where the mortified host and hostess welcomed her with effusion. For some in explicable reason not another guest arrived throughout the evening, which she was compelled to sit all through, having ordered her carriage not to return before 12 o'clock. The reason of this singular boycott on the part of society remains to this day involved n the deepest mystery. PERKINS. "What's in a name?" No part of him is Perkins' name, IT ttught plebeian is its tone; More stately presence never came With the cognomens princes own. So far removed from commonplace ' So noble and high-bred is he! * Such flue reserve and native grace And dignity arc rare to see. His raiment costly, richest fur And daintiest of white array; Costume nnd manners faultless are On all occasions every day. Of quiet elegance and ease His life has all heart can desire Of pleasant ways and pnths of peace* An easy chair, an open the. May the delights be as the days Of Perkins, the aristocrat! For him this wish and feeble praise— . My lady's handsome Maltese cat' -Boston Evening Transcript. . TWELVE FAIR BOWLERS j How a Dozen of St. Paul's Society Girls j Are Making Themselves Healthy During Lent, And at the Same Time Having Lots of Fun in a Quiet Feminine Kind of Way. Blondes ami Brunettes Who Arc Becoming Experts at .Ten-Pins anil "Cocked Hat." No Gentlemen Need Apply, for the Doors Are Locked Against All Male Intruders. : IHERE Is a par- M.V of twelve St. I Paul society * girls who are having lots of fun all by them- i selves during | these quiet days | of Lent, and in ! the meantime we are not say ing a word to anybody. On pleasant Tues day afternoons these twelve of St. Paul's fairest and gayest maidens do congregate at the home of one of their num ber and partake of a light luncheon, after which they repair in ._ body to a certain re sort far out on West Seventh street, where there are bowling alleys, and there they spend the afternoon playing ten-pins. They pay the proprietor of the 'place liberally, and be. in return, guards the rickety door that leads to the alleys faithfully while the young' ladies are enjoying their exercises. Men are strictly excluded from these after noons spelit in the bowling alleys, and, be he brother or betrothed of one of the fair ones, no member of the sterner sex is per mitted to be present. There is a saloon adjoining the alleys and connected by a door, which is kept securely locked during the hours when the girls are enjoying them selves. They neveijpatronized the bar but once, when they indulged in a pail of beer, but the effect was found to be otherwise than good, and now beer is tabooed. The three alleys in the place, are all in use at the same time, four girls playing at each. Straight ten-pins is the favorite game and the one generally played, although "cocked hat" is sometimes indulged in by the more experienced players. For a "bowling cos tume." the young ladies wear neatly fitting gowns of some material resembling woolen goods, with Tarn O'Shant er caps, and long gaston de suede gloves. Of the party, five are decided brunettes, four are blondes and the remaing three might be called "me diums." The "captain"' is a TALI. AND PRETTY BI.UXETTE, the best player and the jolliest girl of the dozen jolly fair ones of whom she is the leader. She secures all the money and pays the car fare and the proprietor of the alleys, settles all di. ites that arise, and decides whether they will walk out to the rendezvous or ride. In pleasant weather walkin. is preferred. At the alleys lots are drawn for partners and opponents and the fun of the afternoon begins. At first the girls experienced considerable difficulty in keeping the balls from wobbling off the alleys into the troughs on the side, but the majority of them have overcome that, and are now able to send the spheres with more or less directness to the objective pomt — the triangle of pins at the other end of the alley. There is one little blonde who seems to be unable to exercise due control over the balls, which persist in rolling off the sides of the alleys, despite her strenuous efforts to make them roll down the center. She does not de spair, and declares that she shall persevere until she is the best player in the club. There is another member of the club, also a blonde, and one of the most charming girls of the whole dozen, who doesn't care a bit whether the balls roll down the trough or down the alley. She doesn't see any fun in rolling ten-pins anyhow, and only goes along because the other girls do. The cap tain of the club is just the opposite. She would rather roll ten-pins than waltz any time, and went at it to learn with the same determination that made her one of the most expert oarswomen in St. Paul. ' She combines accuracy witn grace, and presents a very pretty picture as she sends a ball whizzing down the center of an alley, and eagerly watches the result of her shot. She scorns the small balls that the. other girls use, and selects one about six inches in diameter.' The only member of the club who has ever beaten .the captain is a tall, dignified blonde, who generally plays with the leader, and always presses her hard for the victory, and sometimes wins. The next player in rank, according to per fection of play, is a short, stout, good natured girl, neither dark nor fair, but one of the mediums. She plays well, in deed, but as yet has never won the distinction of having beaten the captain. The girls have as many differ ent styles of de livering the balls as a professional base ball pitcher. Some of the more muscular members of the club select a ball about four inches in diameter, and send it swiftly down the alleys with one arm. Others will se lect a larger ball, and, standing with one foot on each side of the | alley, will give j it two or three | short swings and j send it rolling slowly towards the pins. The captain and two. or three others are now busy mastering the difficulty of taking a small" ball and curving it from one side of the alley to another. W_B . . JUST FEEL my MUSCLE," said a member of the club to the writer, who has the pleasure of her acquaintance, as they met late last Tuesday afternoon as she was returning' from the rendezvous. "Don't you think I am getting strong!." she continued, after the reporter had given her arm a reverential squeeze. "Some of the girls have even biirger muscles than I, and we all have wonderful appetites. It was hard work at first, and we couldn't i keep at it very long,'; and would be so tired when we reached home as to be unfit tor anything during - the evening, lint that wore * off and now we can 101 l the pins all the afternoon and dance four or live hours in the evening. and then only be sufficiently tired to as sure us of a good night . rest. We very nearly gave the thing up soon after we began. It was so difficult for us to ever make a snot that scored, and the thing grew monotonous. . We could only roll the balls very slowly, and the horrid things would wabble from side to side and finally wabble off into the trough. After we be came more expert, the exercise grew more interesting, and now we wouldn't, miss an afternoon for anything. We are thinking j seriously of going out twice a week, instead Of once." As the young lady turned and walked down the street, with her erect and graceful carriage and elastic step, it could readily be believed that the exercise she had taken had been beneficial. • — — • m , Good Advice to Ilii.bnnda. Don't expect perfection in your wife; the best Of women, as well as men, are faulty. depend on your wife to exercise all the forbearance; it is equally the husband's duty. You wooed your bride with tender, loving words; don't withhold them from the wife. Don't tell your wife that she has "no head for business." when she questions you; a little aid may enable her to develop so lair a talent as to prove useful in some perplexity. Don't read the daily paper to yourself, chuckling . over the sharp editorials, but read it aloud; your wife will enjoy them, though ;in the press of daily cares she finds little time her self for the recreation. Don't consider that because you have married and given your wife the great honor of your name, she must be your willing slave; the honor re ceived is fully equal to that given. Don't look with suspicion upon all your wife's actions, but cheerfully accord to her the same freedom you desire for yourself. Don't transform yourself into a domestic whirlwind or tempest if household matters are not just in accordance with your views; fault finding is a poor encouragement to do better. Don't- quote "my mother, sister or aunt," as a model for your wife; very dear those parties should be. but the wife infinitely dearer. Don't forget that you sometimes may be mistaken in memory or judgment; errors do not always lie on the wife's shoulders. Don't entertain the idea that your comfort is the first and chief consideration; you are but one of the family. Don't keep business matters from your wife; if she knows in just what condition your finances are, you can depend upon her dis cretion. Don't ridicule your wife, however weak and foolish she may really be. . how ever vain or homely; you once made her believe that she was infinitely more pre cious than aught else the world ever held, and to yon she should ever remain so. Don't allow a cloud to settle upon your face whenever your wife asks you for money; a woman seldom rushes, with her eyes open, into reckless ex penditure; but it costs. something to keep the pot boiling and the chill from the home at mosphere, and even your wife needs money in order to do this. Don't for one moment forget that you promised to love and cher ish, and that there is a deep significance in those two words; they' mean more than . the giving of food and shelter, . for those every wife earns. Don't ever speak of your wife's faults to others; as her husband, it is your sacred duty to hide from and not parade them to the eyes of any one. Don't forget that woman as-well as man is a reasoning and reasonable creature; she is just as much accountable to her Maker and society for acting in accordance with the dictates of her conscience as is her husband. Don't consider your duty as her husband ended when you have provided for the mere, temporal wants of home; there are other duties for which you will be held re sponsible. Don't forget that when you are growing brighter and keener from contact with the world, your wife is spending her days without these ad vantages; if you desire to have her to keep pace with you in the walk of life, special pains must be taken to give her intellectual refreshment and change. . Don't repulse the fond endearments of your wife, whatever your mood may be; woman's nature is such' that it needs the sun shine of love to keep it strong and healthy. Don't call upon anyone — least of all, relatives — advice in regard to your conduct towards your wife; deal justly, tenderly and truly by her, remem bering that in the presence of God and the angels you have taken her for better or for worse. The Utmost Depth of Misery. Town Topics. At the club: "Upon my soul, Dobson! you are the dismalest company 1 know of since that Brown girl gave you your conge. 1 never saw a fellow take the mitten so wretchedly." "Wretchedly! Haw! Wretched issn't a name faw it. You can. aw, fawncy how wretched 1 am when I tell you. 1, aw, don' tcayawa wap how my, aw, bweeches fit me." "HWHVw.MfI-JisfhaHbpVofVaß-CGE." 2 BtaS , *___ls____ THOUSANDS y<_slfPSk. of LA DS E S Gl!idlr Testif r that P_»_-__ __*. 8=^"" ,ls P ur POseisso !c --__£____*.• j^^'y^orthe legitimate relief 3 *^ / '^.4^^^°* pain ' and hea,i _ °' j^^y^ *''*MMma those painful complaints __i __t__ ? 'i^. and diseases so common _^^_____^___^* tOOUrMOTHERS . WIVES petit bt HAIL SECURE FROM OBSERVATION, on" RECEIPT of price. Mrs. Pinkham's «___ to Health" AND confi- DENTIAL CIRCULAR HAILED TO ANY LADY SENDING ADDRESS _r> stamp to Lynn. Mass. J! .TfVmp this Paver. «■■»-- T.TPIA E. PISKHAM'S .VEGETABLE COMPOUND _______ i V. is rax Woman's Sure Friend tor all delicate and COM PLICATED troubles. LADIES it WILL not pebfoemsubgical OPERATIONS OR curb CANCER, BUT it will UNDER ALL cir. CUJISTANCES, ACT HARMONY WITH TH^LAWS THAT GOVERN TOUR SYSTEM. PROHPX IK ACTION AND PLEASANT TO TAKE. E3TTHAT FEELING OFBEAR3NO DOWN, CAUSING TAIN, WEIGHT AND BACKACHE, IS ALWAYS PERMANENTLY CURED BY ITS USE IT 18 A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY. * t3T_ is a Blessing to overworked v.tmuff It M _ MOVES FA__7_ S, FLATULENCY, ALL CRA __ TOR STIMU LANTS, AND BELIEVES WEAKNESS OF THE STOMACtC CURES Lkucorrikea. Menstrual periods passed tcitho _ pad.. Physicians Use It and Prescribe It. * ETIT REVIVES THE D_K___ SPIRITS, invigorates AND HARMONIZES THE ORGANIC FUNCTIONS, GIVES ELASTICITY AND FIR-tNESS TO .IE STEP, RESTORES THE NATURAL LUSTRE TO THE EYE, AND PLANTS ON THE TALK CHEEK OF WOMAN THE FRESH ROSES OF LIFE'S SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER TIME. ITS MERITS KEEP UP THE SALE. *■ _T For THE cure of KiD NET Complaints OF either SEX THIS CO JOCUND IS UNSURPASSED. IN PASSING THROUGH -.} _ UNUSUAL TRIAL OB IN CIIAKGE OF LH'!,, IT WILL, IF UfiFD fnOROCGULY GIVE GOOD nEALTn AND STRENGTH. ' ; '" : ' M * MRS. PINKHAJTS LIVER TILLS cure constipation, BILIOUSNESS AND ___1X( OF THE LIVF.R, 25 ctS. TEET SHOULD BE TA£I_N IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPOUND. * T__.diC3 should always use Mrs, Pinkham _ Sanativo Wash. It is a superior article, mailed for 25 cents. ALL SOLD BY BRCGGISTS. » ■::■ »»..»«■::■»>«»«». CONTRACTWORK. ! Paving Western Avenue. j i Office of the Board of Public Works, } City of St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 23, ISS7. j | Sealed bids will bo received by tbe Board of j Public Works in and for tho corporation of the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, at their office In said city, until 12 in., on ttio 7tli dag of March, A. 1).. I_T, for the paving of Western Avenue, from Summit Avenuo. to Laurel Avenue, in said city, with . asphalt (i.:.' feet . wide) and putting in Kettle river sandstone ; curbs according to plans and specifications on j file in the office of said Board. A bond with at least two {?.) . sureties In a ! sum of at least twenty (20) per cent, of the gross amount bid must accompany each bid. ' The said Board reserves the right to reject any or. all bids. WILLIAM BARRETT, President, Official: K. L. Gorman, Clerk Board of Public Works. ;..•■- .; I 55 -fls i FIELD. MAHLER & CO. LATE NOVELTIES! As % 1 A S_ __ _ M _i I I ill ' __■ J. ____. _fflL J______i _*> 1 _r _. Jt___B __l __. 2Lii____l JV* I Our latest styles of Paris and Berlin High Novelties in Silks and Dress Goods, with trimmings to match, are now ready. While the assortment is very large, the quan tity of many of the choice novelties is limited. We show a special attractive line of new weaves in Black Silk Goods, such as Faille Francaise, Tricotine Front Armure, Venetian Satis Mais, Drap D'Fleur, And many other fancy weaves. Elegant High Novelties in Velvets and Satin for combining with silk or wool. Our special number in COLORED RHADAMES at $1.25 AND Colored Surah at 85c, In all the new shades, both worth fully 25 per cent, more, are still on sale. We shall put on sale this week two large lots of Ladies' and Gents' Colorefl Cotton anft Baltoiian Hosiery ! At, the uniform price of 25c a pair; full regular made; would be cheap at one-third more. We have added largely to our LADIES' MUSLIN UNDERWEAR STOCK Last week, and continue to sell a nicely made Corset Cover at 25c, Chemise at 25c, Drawers at 25c, Skirts at 50c and Night Gowns at 50c. We have added to our stock of I'n dearwear Boys' Cambric, Percale and Seersucker Waists from 25c to 50c apiece. IS^Prompt aud Careful Attention Given to Mail Orders. FIELD. MAHLER & CO., Bridge Square, Cor. Third and Wabasha Sts., St. Paul. Confirmation of Assessment for Ciiange of Grade on Am Street. Office ok the Board of Public WORKS, ) City ok St. Paul, Minn., ..larch _.'. l". \ lie assessment of benefits, costs ami expenses arising frotn'a change of grade on Ann street, from Seventh street to Yon ..linden street, in the city of St. Paul. Minnesota, having been completed by the Board of Public Works in and lor said oil v. -aid board will meet at their office in said city, nt 2 p. m. on the 14th day of March, A. D. 1- .. to hear objections (if am j to said assessment, at which time and place, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, said assessment will be confirmed by said Board. The following is a list of the supposed owners' names, a description of the property bene fited, and the amounts assessed against the _.ame, to-wit: E. 11. Hawkes" Subdivision of Winslow's Addition to ... Pani. Baku Balance Supposed owner and description. Lot. Block. Benefits. Damages, to owner. to city John H SchaeiVer I in $2 09 $100 <o oo SI CJ AntSchaeffer 2 10 2 00 1 Oil o OU 100 Henry H Fuller 2&1 ll 4 00 00 0 00 2 00 Winslow's Addition to St. Paul. Balance ilalanc Supposed owner and description. Lot. Block. Benefits. Dan-fit... to owner, to city JosEagan 12 11 $2 00 $100 $0 00 $100 TT Armstrong :, 9 [i 1 M Isaac Bernheimer 6 9 S 00 F Falkner :, .-, » qq 1 Theo Heuningcr ...'..'.'.'.'. 6 5 » 00 I no 0 00 100 All objections to said assessment must be made in writing and filed with the Clerk of said Board at least one day prior to said meeting. Official: WILLIAM BARRETT, President. K. L. Gorman. Clerk Board of Public Works. c:_-C5 FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1 CITY OF ST. PAUL. i Office Board Fire Commissioners, } St. Pa i 1.. Feb. 80, i. .7. _ FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY AT AUCTION Ij i The Board of Fire Commissioners of the j City of St. Paul will cause to be sold at Public ' auction on Tuesday, April 12, At 2 o'clock p. in., the following described property, to-wlt: Lot five (ft), in block ten, (10), Bazille & Gueiin's addition to the City of St. Paul, to gether with tbe improvements thereon, being the premises occupied by Engine Company No 1., situate at No. -ill St. Peter street. TERMS OF SALE. Ton thousand dollars (910,000) cash, bal- ! ance in one ami two years, at the rate of j seven per cent per annum. Notes to be dated from the date of giving possession of the premises; the city to retain possession until . new Engine House about to be erected on I new site is ready for occupancy. By order of the Board. j REUBEN WARNER, President. Official: William p'Coi.man. Secretary, 51 .un. _ P.V.Dwyer_Bras. PLUMBERS AND DEALER IN Fine Art Gas Fixtures. i 96 E. Third Street. ST. PAUL PatentLaw-Jas. F. Williamson, Room 1"., Colloin Block, Minneapolis. Solid or of patents, counsellor in patent oases Two rear!* an Examiner iii U.S. Pa tent Oliice. A POSITIVE ssr-ssrs til VUI 1 1 _ ii '••" "C oi.e SOS will MM the iScst obkt.ckM out n four days or ies*. Allan's Soluble Medicated Bonnes, No nauseous doses of cubebs. copaiba or oil A sandalwood that are. certain to produce dyspepsia by destroying the coatings of the ston.ac:.. l.iofc ■1.... Sold by all druggists oi nailed on receipt e_ price. For further particulars send far circuit* P.O. Box U«. xias - MIRE J.C.ALLAN CO.. UUfl_U. S3 John street. New Tor*. "^ w **•■■*■ TONIC BITTERS l& __i_-_iJ___Bt:__?a_aa_ The most Elegant Blood Purifier, Liver Invigora tor. Tonic and Appetizer ever known. The first Bitters containing Iron ever advertised in America. Unprincipled peraoni are iinitat ing t he name: look out for f-auus. Bee that _^_ /T\ , the following signature yyj (£jjj fJ is ou every hot tie and A/iT yti //// lake none other: /Wil_/A ST. PALL, MINN. C/ Druggist A ChemW. mßPMH_Pmip_Mel-_PHi Proposals for a Steam Flouring; Mill and Machinery. I'm > 1 States INDIAN service, I Crow Creek agkxc . . D. t.. Feb. R.i, ;- 7. \ Sealed |-!- -;.■ ..I. . indorsed "Proposals for Flour* ing Mill and Machinery," addressed to the under xiyiied at Crow Creek, D. T., will be received at tills dice until 1 o'clock of .March IS, 1887, for the erection of a null building slxlo Feel with 36 feet posts and a shed or loan-to StxlO feet to cover engine and boiler: and flouring mill machinery to consist ot one ran of burr mill-stones. 12 inches in diameter, for grinding wheat, wits a double reel cheat for bolting purposes, and all nceessarv machinery required in cleaning the wheat and preparing for grinding: also one run of stone 2J inches in diameter, for grinding corn and feed, said mill to have a capacity of grinding 100 bash 1- ot wheat and MM bushels of corn per day of 10 hours, an engine sad boiler of standard quality to be furnished to .supply the motive power tor the mill. ISids will be received and considered for the erection of the building or furnishing the machinery, or both, as may be desired. OF.ItTI.-IKI. " CnECKS. Bach hid wast be accompanied by a certified ■keck or draft upon some Unit* l States deposit ory, made payable to the undersigned for at least per cent, of the amount .if the proposal, which check or draft will be forfeited to the United States in ... any bidder or bidden receiving an award shall fail to promptly execute a contract with good and sufficient sureties, otherwise to be returned to the bidder. The right la reserved to reject say or all bids or any part of any bid if deemed for the best inter est "i the service. Crow Creek agency is on the Missouri river, .1 miles from steamboat landing and Similes from Chamberlain, 1). 'i., the term. of Chicago Mil waukee ft St. Haul railway. Freighting from Cniunbcrlain to agency from M to '.'.'> cents per hundred weight. For further information address the under ■_»•*■ . . . _• w. W ' axdbrso. I mted States Indian Agent, Crow Creek, Dak Note-A copy of specifications and drawings on file at GLOHE oflice for the information of bidders