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SAVED FROM THE MOB Murderer West Inflicts a Probably Fatal Wound Upon a Sheriff. Chased and Captured by a Posse He Narrowly Es capes Lynching. • Westinghouse Will Attempt to Save Kemmler From Electrocution. Two Drummers Engage in a Fight Which Will Result Fatally. JBoonevii.i.k, Mo., June 14.— Sheriff T. S. Cronuier was shot and fatally wounded this evening by William West, a prisoner at the jail, who is awaiting trial for the murder, some weeks ago, of a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific road at Otterville. The sheriff had taken West his supper and as he turned his back to go i down stairs West drew a revolver and lired at him. The bullet passed through the sheriff's leftside, inflicting a probably fatal wound. The shooting occurred in the jail corridor, and when the sheriff fell West escaped. The city marshal with a posse pursued the fugitive and caught him before he had reached the city limits. The mob was anxious to lynch the prisoner, but the city marshal finally succeeded in landing him safely in jail. WESTINGHOUSE'S WAIIi. Objections to Use of Dynamos for Executory Purposes. Albany, N. V-, June 14.— The next legal step that will be taken in behalf of the Westinghouse Electric company to prevent the use of their vibratory current dynamos for the execution of murderers in this state will be in the for of a writ of replevin to repossession of the three dynamos of their patent now in the state prisons at Auburn, Dannemora and Sing Sing, which Har old P. Brown, the. electrical expert, pur chased for the state. The Westing house company claim to retain pro prietary interest in the dynamo to sell (or claim merely to lease) to customers after the manner of the Bell Telephone company in leasing its tele phones, and will seek by action to re strain the state from employing them for executory purposes. They will claim that Brown Illegally and fraudulently obtained possession of them by collu sion with its customeis, having a lease held possession of the dynamos in ques tion. This will prove a novel and interesting question. MAULED BY AN OLD PALt. Ernest Guiser Almost Torn Limb Prom Limb. Trenton*, N. J., June 14.— Jacob Meyers and Ernest Guiser, of Philadel phia, who had been traveling together, became involved in an alter cation near Monmouth Junction early this morning, and Guiser was terribly beaten. His skull is fractured in four places, four of J his front teeth are knocked out. his right eat is almost torn from his head, his jaw is cut, one of his eyes is gone, his neck is bacUy cut, and he is otherwise injured about the body. He was re moved to St. Francis' hospital, and the physicians say that his chances of recovery are doubtful. Mey ers was arrested. Couiser had just drawn $72 pension money. CORRUPTION EXPOSED. A Fund Provided to Influence Bay State Legislators. Boston, June 14. — The house com mittee investigating the alleged bribery in connection with the passage of the West End Railway bill, after swearing a long list of witnesses, to-day pro ceeded to examine G. A. Bruce who had been counsel for the Ames-Shephard company. His testimony related to an arrangement between the West End company and the Ames-Shephard com pauy, whereby the latter was not to pe tition for a charter this year and was to assist the West End company, as he understood, for a money consideration. He gave a list of parties retained to further the interests of the West End company, and stated that he had re ceived $10,000 from the company, $5,000 of which was for whom he might employ. The contract with some gen tlemen was that they should assist the company to procure a charter and he paid a reasonable sum for their services. Witness knew of no members of the legislature who were employed in the interest of the West End company. He had no knowledge of any illegitimate work by persons em ployed. Witness furnished a list of prospective workers to whom money had been paid and staaed the amounts. The committee adjourned until Monday. A COAT GAVE THE CLUE. Three Prominent Arkansans Ar rested For Train Robbery. Texarkana, Ark., June 14. — John Williams. Napoleon McDaniel and James Radcliffe have been arrested charged with being the men who com mitted the recent train robbery near here. These arrests cause great excite ment, as these men are well known and have hitherto borne good reputations. Williams is a well known detective, and McDaniel an ex-policeman. A coat gave the clue which led to the arrests. Officer McGraw found a coat near the scene of the robbery, and whiie on his way to town with it he met Detective Williams, who took the coat and said it amounted to nothing as a clue. This was told to the sheriff, who immediately searched Williams' room and found a vest that matched the coat. Williams was then arrested. He owns a planta tion in the country, and the morning after the robbery he called a doctor to visit a man at his plantation, who he said had shot himself by accident. This was Radcliffe who is badly wounded and cannot recover. He was put in jail last evening. The evidence against the pris oners is regarded as overwhelming. FELL AND BROKE HIS NECK. Wife-Murderer Smith Hanged at London, Ont. London, Out., June 14.— Henry Smith, who murdered his wife Feb. 18 last, was hanged at 8:10 this morning. Promptly at 8 o'clock Smith was con ducted from his eel! to the scaffold, sup ported by four sheriff's deputies. A short prayer was said by one of the at tending ministers, during which the executioner adjusted the black cap, and at 8:10 the rope was cut and Smith launched into eternity. There were but twenty persons allowed within the courtyard. GOLD BEARING ORE STOLEN. Miners in Upper Michigan Gobble Pay Dirt and Skip. Makquettk, Mich., June 14.— The advent of the new management at the Michigan mine inaugurates a new policy. Supt. Ford has not only de cided to curtail expenses, but is also de termined to know what has become of upward of $80,000 worth of mineral that authentic report says has already been mined from the Michigan. Thousands of dollars worth has been traced to the trunks of miners, some of whom fled the district before their thefts were dis covered. As a precautionary ■ measure, all employes are now required to change their clothes on the premises. Victim of Malpractice. . Carthage, 111., June 14.— The body of EllaCordell, the murdered girl, was exhumed at Canton, Mo., and the physi cians found that she had been sub jected to a criminal operation. The case is " now being thoroughly investi gated, and the governor will be peti tioned to offer an additional reward -. for 'i the arrest of the guilty parties. Alleged Lynchers Acquitted. Columbia, S. C, June 14. — At the Lexington court, F. C. Caughman and Pearce G. Taylor, indicted for lynching Willie Leaphart, while in jail, were ac quitted. The defense -put up no wit nesses. The solicitor pleaded that this was intended to force the jury tostultify themselves, and that if the prisoners were sworn they would not deny being implicated in the lynching. The ver dict seems to be approved by the peo ple of Lexington. Many ladies were present during the trial, and congratu lated Caughman on his release. ,J London Postmen May Strike. London, June 14.— The dissatisfied postmen continue to hold meetings an to express their feelings in regard to the postmaster general's ailexed petty tyr anies. The postmen's union supports the men who have been suspended and their families. A final meeting will be held to-morrow, at which the question of a general strike will be settled. Worked the Gold Brick Game. Watertown, N. Y m June 14.— John H. Sweeney, of Clyde, 0., was con victed here to-day of swindling John B. Chapman, a farmer, out of $7,040 iv the gold brick scheme. Killed Her Own Daughter. Poughkeepsie, N. Y M Juuel4. — Abby Cable Towusend has been in dicted for manslaughter in the first de gree for committing an abortion on her daughter. Cora Booth, last April. The operation resulted in the girl's death. ■ — MINNEAPOLIS GETS IT. ; -> The Christian Endeavor Conven tion of 1891 to Be Held There. St. Lou is, June Over 3,000 per sons were present at the 6:30 o'clock prayer meeting of the Young People's Christian Endeavor convention this morning, and it was a very fervid and enthusiastic affair. It took rather the form of a public confession meeting, and scores,almost hundreds of the young people vied with each other for an op portunity to say a few words and give brief personal experiences. The regu lar session of the convention opened at the usual time, and alter sing ing and Scriptural reading, brief ad dresses were made. Dr. J. W. Ford, of the Second Baptist church, spoke of growing strong as Christians. Rev. A. L. Hay nes, of Indianapolis, followed on another branch of the same subject.and Rev. T. S. Hainlin, of Washington, D. C, also spoke on the same theme. What is called the pastor's hour then followed, which raised a score or more of three-minute 1 speeches by pastors of different churches and de nominations. These, exercises were in terspersed with songs, and the proceed ings were both animated and pleasant. The convention then adjourned, and three steamboatloads of delegates num bering about 6,000 went down the river to Jefferson barracks on a pleasure excursion. At to-night's session : the committee on credentials reported that 7,623 delegates were actually reg istered and present at the convention. The nominating committee recom mended -the re-election of President Key. Francis E. Clark, Secretary Baer and Treasurer Shaw to their respective offices and presented names for vice president for each state "of the union, provinces of Canada and other foreign countries represen ted in the convention, or identified with the Christian eudeavor movement. It appears that the convention does not actually elect its officers, that function belonging to the board of trustees whose headquarters are in Boston, but it makes nominations. which are equiva lent to election. The committee on res olutions submitted a series of reso lutions which reaffirmed the principles heretofore laid down declaring the Christian Endeavor pledge essential to a true society of Christian workers, de manding the rigid upholding of the pledge, the keeping of the Sabbath day holy, and condemning intemperance in every form and favoring total abstin ence. Sessions will be held to-morrow, and at the evening meeting the adjourn ment will be to meet again at Minneap olis next year. THOUSANDS FOR CHARITY. Chicagoans Patronize a Local En tertainment Liberally. Chicago, June 14.— Receipts aggre gating the remarkable sum of $35,000 was the box office record at the Audito rium for the week ending to-night. The showing meant that the 1,000 chil dren who are presenting the fairy spectacle, "Cinderalla," under the dir rection of Mrs. Benton Barnes, had drawn houses for six successive nights, averaging nearly $6,000. The proceeds go to the charitable institutions of Chi cago, and the thousand little fairies are booked for another week of it. This evening the big auditorium itself was scarcely large enough to contain the great throng of spectators. . Teaching of German Prohibited. Indianapolis, Ind., June 14.— board of school|icommissioners some time ago voted that the teaching of German in the public schools should be restricted to certain grades. The elec tions held to-day in four of the eleven districts of this city on this issue result ed in the election of Garver and Galvin (restrictionists) and Loeper and Vonne gunt (opponents of the action of board). The board remains as before— major ity in favor of restriction. Plumbers Join Striking Carpen- . ters. ' Denver, Col., June 14.— The striking carpenters and millmen were joined by 300 plumbers to-day. The prospects are that the plasterers, bricklayers and hodcarriers will join the strike next week. There are now about 2,300 men out. B9 Druids Denounce the Bennett Law Milwaukee, Wis., June 14.—Resolu tions strongly against the Bennett law were adopted by the grand lodge of the Order of Druids of Wisconsin at its ses sion this afternoon. ■ '.'.'' - -^». Messrs. F. W. Bergmeier & Co., Stationers, 335 Robert street, have secured the state agency for H. M. Stanley's great work, "In Darkest Africa," published by Charles Scrib ner's Sons, New York. For a new firm they show great snap and enterprise in getting a complete scoop on the old con cerns, and we heartily congratulate them. This work will be one :of the most popular books of the day, and we heartily congratulate them. This work will be one of the most popular books of the day, and this firm through hold ing the exclusive agency will at once become known all over the state. * — If you do not think Real Estate is picking up, look at the announcements of prominent dealers on twelfth and thirteenth pages. Movements of Steamships. Queenstown— Arrived : Umbria and Arabia from New York for Liverpool. New Arrived : Etruin, from Liver-, pool. See Fallihee & Snow's ad to-day on 13th page. . . THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MdliMl, J, JUNE 15, 1890. —TWENTY PAGES. MAD MILLIONAIRES. Some Wall Street Speculat ors Who Have Gone Crazy. Insanity Caused by Mental Strain and Heavy Losses. Jay Gould's Partners Have All Gone to Asy lums. A Lunatic Broker Who Ope rates Among Other Patients. SOUGH Wall street nen to fill an iusane isylum have gone :razy because of the :errible strain upon ;hem," said a veteran stock broker to a New York Morning Journal reporter yes terday. A retrospect of a few years showed that the remark was true. More than in ray other kind of business the 9laves af speculation are liable to lose their reason. Attention was called to the subject by the Ease of Broker Ded- JR rick H. Middendorf, who was found wandering in the streets of this city a few days ago. Middendorf was a speculator in a small way, and when he made a few thousand dollars by the rise in sugar trust certificates it is supposed his good luck proved too much for him. Wnen found he had $5,000 in his pockets. He was dangerously insane, and bit and struck the officers who re moved him to Bellevue hospital, where he now is. A few years ago William Van Schaick was one of the best known and most popular members of the New York Stock Exchange. He was a daring speculator, who had acquired a large fortune in a few years. Mr. Van Schaick lived in Orange, N. J. One evening he went home wild-eyed and crying. His wife was shocked at his appearance. "We are paupers," he cried; "all that I had has been lost In Wall street!" His wife was unnerved at her hus band's words and believed them true. Next day Van Schaick's safe was opened by his relatives, and in it were found $100,000 in government bonds. At the time his mind gave way he was worth close on to §500,000, but he imagined that he was a pauper. Mr. Van Schaick was put away in a retreat. It is said that he has almost recovered, and may put in a n appear ance in Wall street again in a short time. The case of Charles Prentiss is still talked of by members ot the stock ex change, although it occurred several years ago. Prentiss was a shrewd and successful trader, who has made a for lune by constant application to the busi ness of speculation. One day he rushed upon the floor of the stock exchange and mounted the rostum. "You have made your last eighth !" he shouted to his astonished fellow brokers. "Get ready to die, for the Lord is about to visit you all with de struction." Mr. Prentiss was taken to his home in New Jersey by his family, and has drifted out of sight. It is believed that he never recovered from his sudden at tack of insanity. A memorable case was that of dashing, handsome Charlie Johnes. He was the life of the board, always ready with jest and story, and the leader in all sorts of fun. He was a young man, too. and no one in the entire city seemed to have a brighter prospect before him. Johnes was the recognized leader of fashoin on the stock exchange, and his mind was particularly bright and brilliant. All at once he collapsed, because of the constant strain, and became a mere child. His pitying friends had him re moved to a private hospital, where he still remains. It is said that he will never recover his reason. Occasionally Johnes imagines that he is again a figure upon the floor of the stock ex change. "I'll sell 1,000 sugar trust at 90!" he shouts, while he jumps around and creates consternation among the other patients by his agile antics. Johnes had a fortune of $100,000 when he became insane. He had started a few years previously as a clerk for Charles F. Woerishoffer, the most dar ing and successful bear operator Wall street has ever had. Jay Gould's first partner, Charles M. Leupp, lost a fortune in Wall street. He took the profits from his tannery business and sunk them in stock specu lation. Then he became insane, and cut his throat while lying in a bath tub. Another acquaintance of .Jay Gould is now confined in an asylum in this state. This is "Col." Wells, who was for years a noted speculator. He lost his fortune, and conceived the idea that his ill-luck was due to the machinations of Jay Gould, with whom he had some business dealings. Wells became insane upon the sub ject, and kept sending letters to Mr. Gould threatening the life of the little magnate. Mr. Gould became fright ened at the threats and called in the services of Inspector Byrnes. The inspector watched the mail boxes, and caught Col. Wells in the act of de positing a threatening letter addressed to Mr. Gould. Wells was tried and found insane, and is still confined in an institution. John Platt was a prominent Wall street man ten years ago. He was the American representative of important German banking houses, and frequently swung a line of 30,000 shares of stock. The excitement told on him, and ha went mad. Platt went down to the foot of Wall street one afternoon after the close.of the market, and jumped off the dock. His body was never recovered, and is supposed to have drifted out to sea. Amasa F. Stone used to be a promi nent figure on the stock exchange until he went crazy. Ex-Surrogate Robert Hutchings is an inmate of a Jersey asylum. He was un lucky in Wall street,and the disappoint ment broke him down. At one time he was one of the largest operators in the market. The friends of Douglass Green, who ran off with Mrs. Snell-McCrea a few months ago, believe that he is insane. He was a hard worker and took little exercise, and it is said that his queer actions on the exchange had attracted attention long before he indulged in his final crazy action. Washington Qulnlan, the young plunger, who mysteriously disappeared recently, and has never been heard from, is believed to have become insane by his fellows. They say he had been conducting himself in an erratic man ner, owing to his heavy losses in specu sation. Post, the aged broker, who used to eat sandwiches and j)ie at a buffet counter, and skip out without paying for his lunch, was crazy, according to his friends. So was William H. Guion, who had been a speculator for many years, and whose losses are said to have unbal anced his mind. There are men In Wall street who a» sert that for a week of two af tef the Marine bank failure Russell Sage was insane. There is no doubt that he was mad. He lost 15,000,000 by the decline in the market, and it is said that he was removed to Quogue, L. L, where JDr, j Munn attended him. That was how Dr. Munn became the private physician of Jay Gould. His work with Mr. Sage was so efficacious that Uncle Russell recommended him to Mr. Gould, in whose employ he has ever since been. ANGEL. OR DEVIL.? Contrasting Opinions About Wom en by Men of All Ages. Rehoboth Sunday Herald. Heine: "Everyman who marries^ts like the doge who weds the Adriatic sea; he knows not what he may find therein— treasures, pearls, monsters, unknown storms." v Balzac: "Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart' easily as she does her gloves.". Victor Hugo: "Women detest the serpent : through ' a professional jeal- . ousy." . Thackeray: "A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under j heaven." ■'•:.. • (IT Punch: "The proper study of man- ! kind is woman." '• | Socrates: "Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will." ! Thackeray: "A woman's heart is just like a lithographer's ■; stone: What- is ' once written upon it cannot be rubbed ; out." ■'■■ ■■ : •"■■■-...- ■..■-. '■-._: >■ George Sand: "Love is the virtue of women." Fleming: "He who trusts women draws water with pitchers full of holes." . Shakespeare: - She is mine own, •-...: r.-.O*. And I as rich in having such a jewel. As twenty seas, if all their sands were pearl, The waters nee tar ana the rocks pure gold. Franklin: "He that -takes a wife takes care." * -*'v- Gotz: mem He wo marries once may be Pardoned his infirmity; . He who marries twice is mad. Shakespeare: BtUfi Women are frail Ay, as the glasses where they view them selves. . - Dryden: . gSHHEPaBeaHSIt "• As for the women, though we scorn and flout .'em, . • ■ We may live with, but cannot live without 'em. ' '■■■ ■'...' .:'... Voltaire: "Ideas are like beards— : men never have any until they grow up, and women none at all." r . Dumas : "Some women * advocate ■ platonic love, but none practice it." Shakespeare: "Frailty, thy ; name Is woman." '" Jeremy Taylor: "Woman, the pre cious porcelain of human clay." Chesterfield: "Very ugly or beauti- : ful women should be nattered on their understanding and mediocre ones on their beauty." .. . Beaconsfield : "The girl of the period j —She sets up to be natural and is only, rude ; mistakes insolence for innocence ; : says everything that comes to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only '- giddy." Proverbs xii. 4: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." Milton: It is for that such outward ornament Was lavished on their sex, that inward gifts ; Were left tor haste unfinished. S. Beware of girls with red ' hair. ■ .'i Goethe— Happy is the man who pos sesses a virtuous , wife his life ; is ' doubled. ; ~ : - Victor Hugo— are women's play things; women are the devil's. ,-;"':. ■ De Prades— l would not enter heaven j if 1 thought the woman I adored on earth was not there.. . tf v. - George D, Prentice— lf a man is hap- [ pily married his 'rib' is worth all the j other bones of his body. : >•'•? ■ Virgil— Woman is ever a fickle and '; changeable creature. :v.lii- Tennyson— Man dreams of fame while '■ woman wakes to love. c; , Moliere— lt is more difficult to rule a ; wife than a kingdom. . j..: Lord Chesterfield— Women are to.be • talked to as below men and above cbil- i dren. / '/■■■; .•----!.■•■ ,=..,--.. , . . t Richter— Love lessens woman's deli cacy and increases man's. \ - \^i J : -Beaconsfield— Talk to women as milch ' as you can. This, is the best school: This is the way to gain fluency, because you need not care what you say, arid ; had better not be sensible. ['* !>J ;v.' il i ; Seward— The ; porch of a temple in the interior of Japan has this inscrip tion: "Neither horses, cattle nor wonjeri admitted here." • '_': ' Anna C. Steele— Women are gen-: erally consistent in their insincerity, if in nothing else. ■ : . Bulwer Lytton — Oil and water— woman and a secret— are hostile prop erties. - ■ . ; _ : — ** TERMS AND TITLES. The Curious Derivations of a Num ber of Words in Popular Use. Kehobeoth Sunday Herald. "Varlet" is the same as "valet," and each is an offshoot of the feudal "vas sal." ' " . . v Madame is "my lady," and sir has been extracted from the Latin "senior' through the French. "Dandelion," dent de lion (the lion's tooth), and, "vinegar" was once yin aigre (sour wine). : - ' . ".•• . -i- A "villain," before the stigma of dis- ; grace was attached to him, was a labor er on the villa of a Komau country gen tleman., : ■ - '-/-.' • "Biscuit" keeps alive the -Latin bis coctus (twice cooked); 5 and a verdict is simply a vera dictum (a true saying). . " An earl was an "elder" in the ■ primi tive society, while pope is the same as "papa," and czar and kaiser are both "Caesars." " ; ■ : ; : ' ' _.:' Queen at first meant "wife" or "mother," and a survival of its early ; signification exists- in "quean," used now only iv bad senses. - "Jimminy" is a reminiscence of the classical adjuration, O gemini, used by the Romans when they called upon the : twins Castor and Pollux to help them. ■ Redingote is "riding-coat," borrowed by the French from our own ; language and returned to us in a new guise with ; the dressmaker's stamp of approval. ' "Slop" shop has nothing to do with slops, as some amateur etymologists have asserted, but means clothing shops,' the word coming from Icelandic slopper, , a coat. .: . Lord is the Anglo-Saxon halford (loaf distributor). The Latin term for "lord" (dominus) has . given us "dominie," the old term for preacher, and the same root is found in "dame." -' "Roamers" are people who go to Rome to see the pope, and "saunterers" was the appellation bestowed on the religious . enthusiasts who made the pilgrimage to the sainte terre— the Holy Land. 3ui ■91 ■«■ -■ & COIiIiEGE BOAT RACES. Contests That Will Take Place on the Thames. 0^- New York, June 14.— The interest in the college eight-oared shell races which are to take place at New Lon- J ' don Is greater this year than '. almost ever before. They begin next week, and the last one will not be rowed until . the last day .of ' . this month. " The col leges that will have crews :on t%et; Thames are Yale, ; Harvard, Columbia^ Cornell and the University of Pennsyl** vania. The first race, which will be the: one between the Harvard and Columbia^ freshmen. . will be : two > miles, and ' sil- : though the ;' date has not been finally fixed it ' will, in all probability, be the . 20th or 21st : insts; The second race, ; which Is also two miles, will be between the freshmen crews : of .■ Yale, Columbia and Cornell, This race- will be rowed ; the 24th iust. ; The next race will be the Yale-Harvard 'Varsity four-mile ,race," . which takes place the ' 27th. The Col umbia-Cornell-University of Pennsyl | vania three-mile 'Varsity race will • probably be rowed the last day of June i or the Ist of July. The exact date of this race has not yet been set. Asking Too Much. ■ Texas Slf tings. 2 • Lady— l can't stand this any = more. ; You have a different soldier here in the: kitchen every week, '" * ; Servant— nQt my fault. In a house where the table is as poor as it is in this, you cap't expect the same sol dier to stand 14 more than a week. A SUMMER FRIEND, The Hammock and a Few of the Charms It Has to Offer Us. It Is an Aid to Tired Natures —A Sort of Sweet Re storer. Some of the Different Phases in Its Brief But Glorious Existence. Sketches of the Various Kinds, Good, Bad and In different. The season of the year has approached when the hammock is ripe, and the calls for that useful article of family comfort are becoming so numerous that the sup ply can hardly reach the demand. These little affairs, when hung in the front of a cozy little home, between two trees whose overhanging branches give prom ise of plentiful shade, and with nature's soft green carpet underneath the whole affair, have an inviting look that makes the passer-by long to take an hour off and lounge in the cool shade. Is there not something restful in the swaying motion of the suspended net, as you 101 lat ease and read your favorite novel, while the curls of blue, cloudy perfume from a fragrant Havana lazily ascend overhead until the pale blue mingles with the bright green of the rustling leaves. There are times when the front yard is not possessed of trees with sufficient strength of character to hold a ham mock that is intended to carry double. In cases of this kind the head of the family usually procures a piece of 2x4 which has previously been sharpened at one end with a heavyweight hatchet, appears on the scene of his trials. It is the old story. The stake strikes a stone ; there are the customary out-door adjectives, and after the netting is finally hung the stake tips ovei upon the first strain. In the end the order is given to a carpenter, aud the job is done scientifically and to the satisfac tion of all parties. It is a pretty sight on a summer even ing, when driving down one of the styl ish resident streets of Minneapolis, to see the hundreds of people resting from the cares of the day in the hanging nets, and enjoying the cool evening air. Had Sancho Panza been possessed of one of these modern inventions, what words of benediction he would have be stowed upon the inventor? But it is at the lakes that the ham mock is in its glory. There it is in use at all times and under all circumstances. There it is that it is made a useful ap pendage for elderly matchmakers, and no family with a large number of daugh ters is complete without one or more. There appears to be something inspir- y^~** =^ r:> ** y ' SOLID COMFORT. ing in the companionship of the younar pair when suspended in air, seated in the clinging embraces of the seductive hammock. Care should always be taken in the selection of one of these household joys. It is not every hammock that can with stand rapid changes of climate, and some of the cheaper ones are so tender that they need to be housed with the most scrupulous care, like a hot house plant, during cool or damp evenings. Often the hammock that has swung in graceful curve in the early evening will present a sorry sight on the day following, unless it is warranted not to rip, tear, shrink or wear. Think of the harrowing feeling that comes over the young family man, as he starts out to his daily work and casts a benificent glance in the direction of his loved com forter of the evening before, only to find that the dews of the night had twisted and shrunk it out of all possible recognition. f nitiiii ll^^^jv ny« JUST A LITTLE DEW. ! What tales could not these little rope affairs tell, had they but lips with which to speak. Bow many little tender secrets are breathed while they swing :to and fro — secrets confided to ears that are all too anxious to hear them. Then what gossip is not traded back land forth when two matrons socially inclined seek the rest of the soothing hammock. There is the light and shadow in every stage of life, and the ;hammock could tell many stories in that strain, could it but speak, i There is a social standing and class (distinction among hammocks also. The ;poor little yellow one does not claim to [be on speaking terms with the large, roomy tricolored one with its silk awning and all the appliances that go 'with such elegance and richness. But ■the time comes when they both are equal, for the hammock is short lived at ithe best, and after a season's wear and *tear both are thrown aside in the com- mon litter. The hammock is essentially a sum mer bird, and has its days of glory through the warm summer months, while in the winter fades away its glory, and the coal stove and steam pipes once more exult in the undivided attention of king man. The Girl in the Canoe. Savannah News. To the girl who has an ambition to row I would say^ Why nQt rather pad dle your own canoe? To sit in a row boat and splash about with the oars, while all the time you are backing up blindly against the scenery, is not to be compared with the pleasure experienced when you feel the laugh of each JJtttf wave as it breathes almost aeains"l your side and wield the shining paddle beau tiful enough to be set up a* * ■ aa ment in atlrawing room. It is surpris ing how expert a woman becomes as a canoeist. The exercise may seem more difficult at first than row ing, but it soon becomes easier and can be continued with out fatigue for a much longer time. It is infinitely more graceful, and, what should be of importance in this age of feminine athletics, develops the chest amazingly. An outfit of a canoe suita ble for a woman's use— paddle, cushions and suit— costs more than a boating or tennis rig. but on small rivers and in land waters like the Adirondack lakes, where decked canoes are unnecessary, the expense is not burdensome. A Sight canoe that will not draw above three inches of water nor weigli more than twelve pounds is an ideal craft for a young, pretty and clear-headed sailor, who can get more healthy recreation and honest fun out of it than a water course can in any other way be made to afford. A rowboat is all very well, but one can love a canoe. A LOST RING. BY B'JO. "Sometimes our losses prove our gains. A broken ring can be mended, and a happy marriage may result from a broken engagement." So saia Bob Sawyer to his friend Phil Duncan. But Phil only shook his head sadly, and replied: "Never, Bob, never. Not this one. Not this one." And Bob detected tears in Phil's voice if not in his eyes. "So you broke the ring, did you?" in quired Bob. "Yes; I demanded it of her. I threw it on the ground, and ground it under my heel. 1 called her a deceitful little minx, and said that I was glad to be rid of her. and that it was fortunate that I had learned her true character before I had bound myself to her for life. Then I turned and came away." "Came forth to the darkness," put in Bob. "It seems to me that you are wasting a deal of emotion if she is as worthless as you say. And if you are so glad to be rid of her, why the deuce do you sit there with your eyes in the fire and your fingers clutched in your hair like a lunatic? Now, when I'm glad over anything I whistle and sing and dance, and maybe gc .and take a drink. Won't you?" "No," said Phil. "I have drained my cup to the dregs already. I must now bid you adieu, as lam going to Boston to pursue my art there, and forget the frivolities and deceitfulness of woman iv the excitement of a noble ambition." And with that Phil Duncan, painter of marines, strode out of the room. And before friend Bob could think of anything to say to keep him still in old Manchester-by-the-Sea, he was on his way to the metropolis of New England. And neither Manchester-by-the-Sea, nor sweet little Blanche Winthrow. who loved him with all her dear little Yan kee heart, saw him any more. Bob was sorry for Phil. He knew well enough that he loved little Miss Winthrow. He was, also, sure that Blanche loved him as truly as any ten der and homespun New Hampshire girl ever loved anybody. And New Hampshire girls are not the stoniest hearted creatures in existence by any means. "Phil is too touchy," said Bob to him self. "He should have given Blanche an opportunity to exculpate herself and not take a little overheard gossip be tween two girls as dead proof. Let me see — how was it? Phil stood in tne garden and heard Maud Braiser and Sis talking. He heard Blanche Wiuth row mentioned and stopped like a Paul Pry and listened. " 'She told me,' said one, ' that she didn't care a snap for him, and never intended really to marry him, but only took his ring for the sake of getting a ring to wear.' " 'She was out late last night with that actor, Ned Cliffton, ' rejoined the other. "That was enough for Phil. Like an arrow he speeds over to Blanche's house and demands of her mother what time she got in the night before, and her mother tells him, seeing that he is afflicted with a severe dose of jealousy, that she did not get in until morning. Then seeing Blanche out in the road, he rushes out and demands of her whom she was with the last night. Blanche now couldn't tell, she hadn't kept a memorandum of all her visits or callers. Then Phil demands the ring and this episode— Great Kelsey ! That's a small matter to leave a girl for! But some people lose all sense when in love." "To think," said May Sawyer, his sister, who had just come in, and evi dently had the affair in her mind, "that it was all a put up job of us girls to tease him. We saw him coming down the garden path, and ducked down in the bushes and said that purposely to see what he would do, because we thought that he was troubled with jeal ousy." "Well, then, 1 think that you have dfne a despicable trick, and have wronged Blanche villainously. None the less so because not so intended." And big, burly Bob Sawyer strode out of the house and down to Widow Winth row's as mad as a March hare and hardly knew whether to be the most angry at his sister or at Maud Braiser, to whom he was almost engaged himself, or at Phil Duncan, acting as he had done. Bob kept on walking until he walked straight into the Winthrows' house,and there found Blanche, looking the very incarnation of despair, toying with that broken ring. A strange pang shot through Bob Sawyer's heart as he saw this gentle girl made the victim of such a contempt ible joke on one hand, and of such a fool's rage on the part of him who should have been the guardian of her feelings; and he said it would serve both Maud and Phil right "if I should take her myself." Then he explained all to Blanche and promised to go and find Phil and bring him back. Then it was little Blanche's turn. She got up on her dignity at this and as Bob was about to leave the house said: "No, he has cast me aside as worth less. Let him come back at his own accord. The ring is broken and has been thrown away." What was it inspired Bob to say: "Love is love, and justice is justice. You do not love me, Blanche Winthrow, and I know it, but I think it would be justice were you and I to leave these and love one another." Blanche looked up at the burly Bob in amazement. First she turned cold, and then she turned hot; once pale and then red. A little tremor of fear came over her, for Bob was so big. Then she felt like a child in his presence.and laughed at this sudden turn in the affair. "It is justice," repeated Bob, "nothing but justice; justice first, romance after wards. What do you say, Blanche? And it will take something more than gossip to .drive me from such a true little thing as—" But his mouth was sealed with Blanche's kisses of love. J ustice pre vailed, as Maud Braiser, the idle gossip, and Phil Duncan, the foolish, learned as they sat back in separate pews and saw handsome Bob Sawyer lead the lovely Blanche Winthrow up to the altar in the old English church in Man chester-by-the-Sea. Followed Instructions. Lloyd's Weekly. At a hotel a waiter came oat of the coffee room and informed the manager that a man was raising a disturbance because he could not have his accus | tomed seat at the table. "Go in again," said the manager, "and propitiate him in some way." Back went the waiter and said i "If you don't like the way things is done here, you can get out, or I'll propitiate you pretty quick." -. — i — The moth of the codling worm de posits its eggs at the blossom end of the apple soon after the apple is formed. Sprinkle With Paris green, not too strong. Perhaps It may be necessary to Sprinkle m twq weeks from tat first sprinkling again. SPECIAL SALE Ladies Tan Oxford Ties. Price, $2.50 per pain They stand double the wear of the Black goods. Misses' Spring-Heel Tan Oxford, £^--.- J^^^N*** $1.25 and $1.50. Children's, $1.00 *""'' '' i n and $1.25. We guarantee these Just received a large invoice (A goods to wear well and give good Infants' Tan Shoes, sizes 2 to 6s\ service. outwear two pair of French Kids. Ladies' Wigwam Slippers, with good feather soles, $1.25. Misses' $1.00. Children's 85c- the cheapest and best vacation shoe made. Tennis Shoes that will wear all bear our stamp, and guar anteed by us. Ladies ' Fine Overgaiters, 75c and $1.00. The Largest Assortment of Ladies' Fine Kid Ties and Slippers in the Northwest. Prices, $1.25 to $6.00. ' i^Cli l^ i "WffF" \ Men's Seal Oxford jsry^^ ftfejl Ties and Men's Russia Leather Shoes wear like Men's Low Shoes of tsaii#i Loverinq's Celebrated M $3.50 Shoes for Men sent to any address on approval when express charges accompany the order. : Non-Rheumatic Shoes made to order. Ip Open Saturday and Monday Evenings. Warehouse property for sale on the Minnesota Transfer, fronting on the company's tracks. This location affords advantages for storage, distributing, transferring and shipping that can be had NOWHERE els* in the Northwest. Apply to 1 IMPORTER, MAKER. AND RETAILER'^^% EiTER, MAKER. AND RETAILER;^fe YEJRJINm iTHE'SHOEMAN 6 L -^^ Set of Teeth, $7.00 13 A Perfect Fit and Satisfaction Guaranteed Teeth Ex tracted Without Pain. I Tire Dr. Lovejoy Dental Co., 418 Wabasha St., Between Sixth and Seventh. i POOR SHOW FOR THE NINTH. Reasons for Early Rising in a Family of Boys of Uniform Size, Whose Wardrobe Was Not Ex tensive. Pittsburg Dispatch. A very popular member of the de partment of public safety is noted for the great variety of his wardrobe, especially in the matter of hats and neckties, and it has been a source of wonder to his friends how he managed to follow so successfully in the lines laid down by Berry Wall, more espe cially as his salary, while good, is not extravagant, and he is known to have a terror of running bills, especially tai lors' bills. Last evening he dropped into cen tral station with a particularly lurid necktie that put to shame the electric light, and made the glittering brass railing in front of the captain's desk look somber by comparison. He was asked where he got the object lesson in primary colors, and In a burst of confi dence told the following story: "You see, it's not altogether my fault I'm wearing: this necktie. lamof a re tiring disposition, and it makes me nervous when I pass a young lady on the street to have her look at this neck tie, and then stop and listen for thun der. But this is the way it is. There are nine of us boys, and we all live at home. There is little difference in our size, and the sam<3 hat, collar or shirt will fit each and every one of us. Now see how it works. "The first one up in the morning has the choice of nine outfits. From what ecomparatively an infinite variety of clothing he can secure that which suits him beat— and he generally does it. It is a warm, sunshiny day, and he glances through the clothing clearing house and picks out a light suit, patent leather shoes, a straw hat and a fancy necktie, probably leaving in their place heavy winter wear, all splashed with mud. "The next to arise will take his choice of the remainder of the clothing, and so on down the list, until the ninth and last gets up. He has no choice. He simply takes what is left. If he has exceptionally good luck he may find a complete suit, but it is as excep tional as winning the capital prize in a lottery. The probabilities are that each garment represents a different suit of widely separated eras of construc tion, all more or less in need of repair. We are philosophical and the last one to arise usually takes an inventory and then goes into dry dock for repairs, or, in other words, goes back to bed while buttons are sewn on and rents are closed. "After telling you all this It is hardly necessary for me to say that I was the last one of the family to get up this morning. The result is lam wearing base ball shoes, black dress pants, a white vest, lawn tennis shirt, pea Jacket and a straw hat. The necktie is all right. 1 would have overslept myself this morning, but i» was so loud it woke me up." 7 Catching Recommendations. London Tit-Bits. Mr. Slimpurse (who has been accepted by Miss Wealthy, without inquiries as to his financial standing)—! wonder^ my darling, if your parents will give their consent. Miss Wealthy (thoughtfully)— Ma has always been very particular about the moral character of young men 1 aseoch ate with, and I'm afraid she'll ask % good many questions. Mr. Slimpurse (joyfully)— Oh, I can get references from half a dozen minis* ters. Miss Wealthy (delighted)— That' a splendid! That will catch ma. Thea after that, all you'll have to do will bo to get references from half a dozen bankers and you'll catch pa. 2 1 j^csssl***! I n^ir''*M^tJ "Was It the doctor's medicine, or your trip to the sea coast last summer, or visit to Florida, or travel in Europe which has made such a change in yon? The last time I saw you I felt sure you would die, you looked so thin and haggard?" "It was none of these; I got worse after every trip. Bat I learned throuzh a friend, who had tried them, of the 1 wonderful remedial properties of Dr. O» McLana's Celebrated Liver Pills. To make a long story short, I tried them, and am now, as you see, enjoying per fect health." Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Liver Pills are a positive cure for Sick Head* ache, Indigestion, Constipation, Malaria and all diseases arising from a dis» ordered Liven We present AN ELEGANT PACKAGE <"- Pieces whish are worth »1.00 to every purchaser of a box of these Pills— (Price 25 cents) sold by all druggists— who mails us the outside wrapper, their ad-* dress plainly written, and four cents i'a stamps. Fleming Bros., Pittsburg, Pa. U/hu are y° UT rooms vacant? An ad in tii* "I'J Glob* will rent them.