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MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES. '
The library delivery station at Voge^
ll's drug store has been closed for re
pairs until Wednesday, when it will
be opened at the usual hour. .
Yesterday was the last day of grace
for making returns to the govern
ment officials in the matter of the ins
come tax. Deputy McArdle says the
retur J \have been very light, and that
a greAc many will have to pay the
penalty of 50 per cent imposed by the
J law. . ; .
Yesterday, morning Judge Holt fined
five bicyclists $1 or one day for riding
their wheels on the sidewalks contrary
to the ordinance. The contributors
were John Hlgglns. Charles Brown,
R. B. Town, J. H. Schreyer and Charles
G. Davis.
A large party of railroad men and
cattle buyers left for Miles City, Mont.,
Sunday evening, over the Northern
Pacific, to attend the cattle, conven.
tion which opened in Miles City yes.
terday. The party- numbered 100 men,
including representatives of the va
rious freight lines.
The piano recital of Gustavus John,
son, assisted by Claude Madden, vio
linist, at the First Unitarian church,,
attracted a large audience, last even
ing. Mr. Johnson in addition to being •
a fine pianist, has the faculty of se
lecting musical music and of playing
it in -a satisfactory way.
Thomas Desmond, the one-legged
man" arrested 'Sunday morning at
Hopkins. by Superintendent of Police
Smith and Inspector James Doyle on
suspicion of having stolen J. Costello's
buggy, was held at the central sta
tion yesterday, and will be kept there
until the police have completed their
investigations of the case.
The Woman's Rescue League met
yesterday at the Russell coffee house
and decided to establish a refuge home
down town, where girls could be
taken In case of emergency. A board
of managers, which included a number
of well-known ladies, was elected.
The new board will hold another meet
ing on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Dora Rollet. residing at 67 West
Island avenue, yesterday morning lost
five $20 bills which she had just drawn
from the Farmers ■ and Mechanics'
Savings bank. She placed the money
in a small hand satchel which had a
hole in the bottom. The matter was
reported to the police, but no trace of
the money could be found. The lo' c
is keenly felt, as It was all the moneT"
Mrs. Rollet had In the world.
It was stated yesterday that sev
eral warrants had; been sworn out
against barbers for keeping their
shops open Sunday forenoon. Carl
Miller, employed In the Nicollet house
barber shop, was one of the unfor
tunates. He will be arraigned in the
police court today, when it is expected
that the other arrests will have been
made. In Miller's case the warrant
was sworn out by Charles Evers.
At the meeting of the park board
yesterday Supt. Berry announced that
he had suspended Park Policeman
Joseph Ryan, who recently figured In a
blackmailing sensation on the East
side. The matter was referred to the
committee on police and Mayor Pratt
for Investigation. The report of the
street railway company showed a net
loss on last season's business at Lake
Harriet of $3,876.99.
The Griffin & Neill stock company
has made a palpable hit at the Bijou
in its thoroughly artistic presentation
of Boucicault's great play, "The
Jilt." : The company is first-class in
every respect, and contains a num
ber of . noted players. The splendid
ensemble work of the company ex
hibits to a rare degree the art of act
ing as It. ls seldom seen in these days
of cheap theatrical clap-trap.
James A. Heme's great American,
play, "Shore Acres," was presented
at the Grand last evening to a largo
audience. The exceptional merit of
the play has been largely mentioned
in these columns, and the great au
dience of last evening was quick to
recognize it. v The naturalness and
fidelity 'of the stage pictures pre.
sented have never been excelled in
any modern composition. "Shore
Acres will remain until Thursday,
including, a Wednesday matinee.
Fun in a Barber Shop. . :~. H•.
There was considerable .excitement
yesterday afternoon in the neighbor
hood of A. D. Aldrich' barber shop,
at 208 First avenue south. It was said
that Aldrich had "doctored" the elec
tric meter in his shop, and an officer
of the company who went down to
investigate was thrown out of the shop
by Aldrich. He told his story to Super
intendent of Police Smith, and Inspec
tor Joe Ryan was sent over to investi
gate. Ryan was refused admission and
went back. The matter was talked over
briefly and then Inspector John Hoy
went over to the shop and stationed,
himself outside where he could keep
his eye on the meter. Meanwhile the
electric ; company's . representative
went to Justice Smith's court, where
a writ of replevin was sworn out for
the meter and placed in the hands of
Officer Russell. Russell found Aldrich
in his shop with all the doors locked,
but promptly pried open the lock on
the door and seized the meter, the
seal of which was found broken. Al
drich will doubtless be arrested.
Will Placate the G. A. R.
The Minneapolis Limited 'Cycle club
has gone into the new municipal club in
a body, and will constitute the cycling
branch .of that organization. The cycle
club will have the club house at Lake
Harriet for a rendezvous and for club
meetings, but will, still be an inde
pendent club, with name unchanged.
The club decided last night to offer
the pipe of peace to the G. A. R., and. a
committee was appointed to wait on
the memorial committee, in charge of
the Decoration day programme, and of
fer the services of the club to take part
in the parade. This is expected to pro
mote good feeling between the organi
zations, whose relations have been
somewhat strained of late. Maroon
and orange were adopted, as the club
colors.
Uncle Sam Sends Seeds.
A. S. Lovett yesterday received a
shipment of garden seed from Wash
ington, to supply the vacant lot farm
ers this summer. The finance commit
tee of the commission will meet this
afternoon in Mayor Pratt's office to
hear the report of the treasurer from
the Sunday collections. A number of
churches Sunday took up special con
tributions for the plan, and very favor
able reports have been received from
some of them already.
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Laundry on Wheels. .-.,- ■'•■
Chicago Tribune.
A laundry on wheels is one of the
Sights on the South side.- The van is
nearly as large as those used by house
hold movers, and contains a stove and
an apparatus which holds the water
and a washing machine. The husband
is the driver and his wife does the
work. They laundry only plain clothes
and towels. The van " drives to a
house, secures the articles to be wash
ed, and the laundry is done before the
van moves on to the next house. The
promoter of the .scheme has quite a
route. - 7 y ■;■
"No. My idea is to give purses for
the horses that can run the slowest."
"Isn't that a little rapid for the peo
ple there?" •'"--
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ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo. N.Y.
THEY TALKED COIN.
I'l^OJi League Braves Have a
Red-u9t Time Over Free '
. Silver. ' / ;:.. •■.;:;,; S,
MET TO TALK M'KINLEY
And His Bill, but a Number
Whooped It Up for School- .
master Coin.
W. H. EUSTIS TO THE FORE.
He Said the Silver Craze Was
Passing , and They Jumped
on Him.
The Union league, that venera
ble Republican body, showed its sil
ver side last night.
Last night they met to decide
whether or not to re-enact the Mc-
Kinley bill, but the .tariff took up
but a small portion of the. evening.
The scheduled speakers did not ap
pear, and the. session was spent in
desultory discussion over the tables.
The general sentiment was for the
renewal of the McKinley bill. Some
wanted it to extend to importation
of labor, and to silver as a com
modity, and W-. H. Eustis was in
favor of renewing the sugar bounty,
with a local bounty in Minnesota
on beet sugar. There was also quite
a little discussion over the essen
tial difference between reciprocity
and free trade. , Judge John H.
Steele and Judge W. A. Kerr could
not see any, but were in the minor
ity. The league also had ; a little;
fun at the expense of the local
Democracy and their Jeffersonian
banquet. : •„.
Then the silver band began to
play. Some one suggested that cur
rency would be the issue in the
next campaign, and. thait tariff talk
would be dropped. Ex-Mayor Eustis
said the silver craze was passing,
but the remark brought .down "a
world of words about his ears." H.
H. Wadsworth, Judge Steele and
several others took it up, arid'ques
tions began to fly thick and fast.
George H. Fletcher, who had just
come' in, took a hand, and recalled
a statement made in the room last
August by Fred B. Wright that the
United States furnished the market
for 40 per cent of the world's prod
ucts, and could therefore determine
its own standard of value. And fully
half the members present' joined in
the applause. "Coin" was frequent
ly mentioned, and his arguments
were biougfrt up by several who
attended his lectures } last week.
President Hendrix finally declared
the discussion out of order, remark
ing ffiie McKinley bill was before the.
'house. iuiZz ...
The league will discuss the Mc-
Kinley bill at its next meeting, if it
(has luck. v j ; :-;- ' . - -•"<
.-„ 'BETTER TIMES EAST.
Senator Washburn Talks Encon'r
.aKlnkly v of the liu*iiicMs Outlook.
Senator W. D. Washburn arrived
in the city yesterday morning from
Virginia, where he has been spend
ing a few weeks for his health. The ■'.
senator takes a cheerful view of
things in the East, and says busi
ness men in New York feel hopeful
of better times. "A number of fac
tories," said he, "that have been idle
for a long time 'have started up, and
wihat is significant, at an advance in
wages. One of the largest woolen ,
mills in the country gave its em
ployes an advance recently, with
the promise of an increase soon. I
was also informed of increases in
the salaries of silk mill employes." .
As to the proposed dam in the Mis
sissippi river below the Washington
avenue bridge, the senator said the
indications were that work would
be begun in a short : time, which
would give employment to hundreds
of men. The agreement between the
Twin City Rapid Transit company
and the Milling company had been
completed, and had it not been for
a slight hitch in the arrangements
with London parties, the work
would be under way.
He said there was much dissatis
faction with the income tax law in
New York, where there are so many
great estates, and instanced the
Astor estate, which comprises thous
ands of buildings on which not one
cent of tax can be collected under
the new law. ~:y''y
The senator did not think there
would be any financial legislation
by the next congress owing to the at
titude of the senate, which, he said,
was committed to the free coinage
of silver, and to the attitude of Pres
ident Cleveland. . -
Senator Washburn will leave short
ly for Europe, accompanied by Mrs.
Washburn. They will return late in
the summer.
.1 THE COUNCIL COURT.
Still Hearing- Evidence In the
' Bracket! Hospital Case.
A. C. Haugan, city treasurer, 'testi
fied before Aid. Miner's investigating
committee yesterday afternoon in re
gard to the city's deal with George A.
Brackett. His testimony was not im
portant, but served to provoke a heat
ed discussion between that official and
Mr. Brackett,' who asked him a good
many hard questions.
A lady stenographer was present, and
took down what she could of the testi
mony, but owing to Aid. Rand's
anxiety to have the door open the
noise was so great that she dropped
her pencil in despair and declared that
she couldn't hear a word Mr. Haugan
said.
At one point Mr. Brackett interrupt
ed the witness:
"When these certificates were is
,sued," he asked.' "was it not under
stood the option was with me to take
them up at any time, as I was expect
ing to clear up the title soon?" -
"No, I did not so understand it,"
answered the witness.
"Now, did I not say long before that
first conversation that I did not think
it right that I should pay interest on
that $75,000 while I was quarreling with
the New York Life company?"
r; "I presume so,- but there was no ar
rangement made with me about depos
iting that sum at interest." . ,"\
Aid. Rand suggested that the investi
gation seemed to have simmered down
to a personal ' matter' between the gen
tlemen, but Mr. Brackett, who was a
trifle warm, persisted. "If that was a
. private matter," he said, significantly,
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE.' TUESDAY &ofe&&G, APRIL I*3, IS9o.
[ "why did you pay me $600 on those.cer
tificates, and later $1,300?" -■ : ... . „ :
'•';• i "Because I wanted to help you out,"
said Mr. Haugan, pleasantly. ' /.'..
: ''Well, I never asked charity '. from
anybody, or Minneapolis; either." ,'"".'.- -
''-"Weill," said Mr. Haugan, "Mr. Eus
tis asked me to do it a* ''a-! favor to
you. - - ■'. -.-... i -:■ ■ -
-»-".- - ?TCP?:!iii?n which Mr. Brackett
made to the committee a week ago is
still in the Inside pocket of Aid. Miner,
who says he will not read it until after
the evidence is all in. '-■ . 7 ".
- POOR MRS. COW. ; •'_;
Expert* Tell of Her Capacity to
'','•' • Do Harm. -?;*-:
At a meeting of the board .of trade
yesterday morning, several interesting
papers on tuberculosis were read. A
number of _ experts" had been Invited
to speak on ...the topic "of milk and
dairy inspection, and the interest. in
the subject was shown in the great
number of papers ' submitted. There
was. quite a crowd present to hear the
discussion, which included " many
owners of cattle. A dozen large glass
jars containing samples of the dis
eased viscera of cows were conspicu
ously in evidence, and the aspect of
things in general was gruesome. . . =*•
C. L. Smith, assistant state food and
dairy commissioner, started the ball
rolling by reiterating his statement
that there is not nearly so much tuber
culosis as people imagine. He said
the Inspections conducted by the state
were preferable to those of the city,
and that the dairies In the vicinity of
. Minneapolis were in (good average
condition, He was followed by Health
.Commissioner Avery, Dr. Cotton,' a
veterinarian; Dr. Reynolds, a veterin
arian from the state agricultural
school; Dr. C. W. Drew, and Dr. C. N.
Hewitt. The latter urged that the
state was abundantly able to cope with
the disease and should not be hamper
ed. . -l^yt -..-.. ■
At the close of the session, resolu
tions were adopted calling upon the
city council to take official cognizance
of the matter by establishing a system
of inspection to be done under the di
rection of the board of health.
BLIXTJS ATTORNEY.
He Says His Client Cannot Possibly
Be Convicted.
r Blixt's attorney, R. R. Odell, has
returned from Goodhue county, where
he spent part of last week. Odell
seems confident that his client will be
acquitted.- He said his object in going
to Cannon Falls was to procure tes
timony concerning Blixt's past life,
and he will be able to show that Bllxt
led a good life up to the time he met
Hayward. '■ '\y: yy^y. : 'y:y.
"They cannot convict Bllxt,"' he said
yesterday. "They have absolutely
nothing to go on except his confess
ions, and they cannot use them, ac
cording to the law In the case. No one
saw him commit the crime and there
is absolutely no evidence against him
unless Harry Hayward takes the
stand to tell what he knows, and there
Is little danger of his doing that; as
his testimony would, . of course, be an
admission of his own guilt. The coun
ty is in a quandary, and the authorities
have asked me to have the case con
tinued over the term."
COMPANY B BALL.
A Brilliant Social Event In (lit
History of the Military.
: When the gallant members of the I
Minnesota national guard attempt to I
do anything in a social way they never
content themselves ' with half way
measures. Instead, • they ' charge " so
ciety's moral enemy ennui, horse.-foot
and dragoons, and conquest is assured
from : the, moment the first note of; the
reveille is sounded. It was thus last
.evening when the gallant ' soldier boys
of Company B, met with the sisters,
cousins, aunts, et cetera; of other young
men, to chase the glowing hours with
flying feet in Masonic Temple.
. The occasion was the fourteenth an
nual ball of Company B, First regi
ment, N. G. M., according to the pretty
programme, and it was a grand affair.
The guests numbered fully 350, , and
there was no end of jest and jollity
, until 1 o'clock, when the band did not
play.'
The ball- room presented a radiant
appearance and showed brilliantly
with the dainty gowns and gaudy uni
forms of . the fair women and brave
men. Music was . furnished by the
Metropolitan orchestra' and every one
of the eighteen numbers was a gem.
The ball was voted the best ever
given by the company.
IOWA'S AGED STATESMAN.
Gon. Jones Well on Toward the
Century Mark.
Dubuque, lb., April 15. -The vener
able ex-senator. Gen. George W. Jones,
who has been a familiar sight -in this
cily for a quarter or a century, reached
the ninety - first
milestone' In the
journey of life last
Friday; but the day
being Gaod Friday
and the general be
ing a good Catho
lic, no celebration
was held by him.
He had issued invi
tations to the two
remain i n c col
leagues of his serv
ice in the United
States senate to
visit him and help
him fittingly com-
Gen. Jokes.
meuiorate the occasion. These vener
able men are Alpheus Felch, of Mich*
ignn, and -James W. Bradbury, of
Maine. Both sent letters of regret,
stating their inability to accept tlie In
vitation owing to the infirmities of age,
and heartily congratulating the general
on his remarkable preservation of
health and vigor. The idea, therefore,
of a celebration was eiven up. Yester
day the general attended Easter serv
ices at the cathedral, and later the fit*
neral of his old friend, Mrs. J. W.
Marlcle. .Only his immediate family
sat down to dinner with him. Gen.
Jones has lived in Dubuque and vicin
ity since 1820, or about seventy years,
and has never" known a day's serious
illness. '' *"■/
««. .
Bet That Hay ward. WonJt Hang-.
St. Peter Journal. ...
Christopher Adamson, of Traverse,
made a trip to Chicago three weeks
ago, and says that while there a gen
tleman named Wagnor, from Winona,
put up a bet of $100 against another
$100 from an lowa man that Harry
Hayward would not be hung. He wit
nessed the money transaction between
the two stock dealers in Chicago, and
saw the stakeholder put . it carefully
away. The _ Winona man I also volun
teered to make his lowa friend a pres
ent of $500 in cash if he could name a
single instance where a member of the
Masonic lodge " had . been hung. ...We
wouldn't be -afraid to . stake another
hundred " dollars : that this very same .
man would kick like. a Texas steer. if
his wife asked for. a new dress. That
is a feature of the tribe. - '" > : :
Sowing: Less Wheat.
Litchfield Review. s'vl
The acreage of wheat, in Meeker
county is much less this year than in
the past.; Farmers '' realize that : it is
poor policy '.to depend entirely on
wheat, and are beginning to practice
; diversified farming. Instead :of putting
all ; their ' land J into wheat, many have
sown ; a few ; acres to rye and barley,
I put in more oats than usual, and they
\ will sow a" few. acres of flax. . .
HE RAISESSPIDERS.
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Queer Business of Pierre
Granta ire, an Old Perm
',- sylvania Farmer, - . if;
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SELLS TO WINE MERCHANTS^
T^,;-: V -. ;.!.- „ : ■ y y-> .f-le
.. .. . 7-:' ■' i.-:cr-I}'
These Pets Can Soon /; Make fj£
New Wine Bottle Look J
' .; ..-' .■:•; Old. • ■'''•"""-* a !!;
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THEY WEAVE BEAUTIFULLY'
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And Sometimes Bring . Hiffh.
Prices— Cobwebs Are Not
- Proof of Age. ; ';' **
There is but one 1 spider farm in
the United States, says the Phila
delphia Press. As far as the writer
can learn there are only -two in
the "'■■ world. Entomologists:- have
collected and raised spiders for ! pur
poses of scientific' observation ; and'
investigation, just as bacilli l and
other unpleasant animals are nur
tured. Here and there a spider has
been male a pet of by tome lonely,
prisoner of Chil'.on or the Tombs,
but spider ; farming as a money
making industry is yet in its in
fancy. What in the world is done
with' a crop -of spiders? you ask.
One has only to go four miles! from.
Philadelphia on the. old Lancaster
pike and ask for the farm of Pierre
Grantaire to see what can be found,
nowhere else in this country, and
abroad only in a little French vil
liage in- the department of the
Loire. ..,'-.-, tH^P- -
Pierre Grantaire furnishes spiders
at so much per hundred for dis
tribution in the wine vaults of the
merchant and the nouveau riche.
His trade is chiefly with the whole
sale merchant,, who is able to stock
a cellar with new, shining, freshly
labeled bottles and in three months
see them veiled in filmy cobwebs,
so that ' the effect of twenty years
of storage is secured at a small
cost. The effect upon a customer
can be imagined and ■ is hardly to ,
be measured ; in dollars and cents..
It is a trifling matter to cover the
bins with dust. That effect is easy
to .the veriest tyro in the wine
trade. 'But cobwebs— that is a dif
ferent matter-cobwebs spun from
cork ■ to cork, cobwebs . that drape
the slender neck like delicate lace
when the flask is. brought to the.
-. light, the seal of years of slow mcl- |
lowing. and fruition. .. -«
The Lancaster pike is an old, olds
highway that trembled: to the tramp*
.of marching columns in the Revolu- 1 !
tion. j In one' of the low, stone farm-'
houses, huge as to chimney, lives '"
Pierre •Grantaire, a veteran" of the
French army, who J was conscripted
as a middle aged man from , his
father's ."farm in '70 to fight the',,
Prussians. For ten .years.., he \ has ■
.lived' here, a rather unique figure
among the matter of - fact . farmers
around him. For the tricolor always^
flies from his, roof on the Fourteenth
of July, and the colors are draped'
half mast on i the anniversary of * the '
day ' that - the hated - Prussians^ 1
marched into Paris a quarter "of* a*
century ago. — .""" T-L \,
Old Grantaire has a ..wonderful
vegetable _ farm, . and sends in : the
choicest "green stuff" that . is dis
played in the Philadelphia mar
kets.- His neighbors know that he
is a market gardner, and also raises
mushrooms', !. and rather envy
him the returns from his squabs,'
that retail at 60: cents a pair this
lime |of : year. But • few of them
know of the spider raising industry,"
which makes a substantial part of ;
Pierre's business. It Is not to the old
man's interest to have this adver
tised, and. he seldom takes a caller,
into the two .rooms of his dwelling
Where his multi-legged pets cover
the walls and weave their gossamer
patterns everywhere/. ■'■■•■ :
It was a bit shuddering for. the
visitor, who had been brought up to
smash a spider with a slipper or
whatever "': came handiest, to be
brought into- a. room where there
were spiders in front of him, spiders
to the rear of him. • myriads of
spiders. on every hand.
The .walls, were covered by wire
squares from six inches "to a foot
across, like magnified sections of
the wire fence used to inclose poul
try yards. Behind these wire
screens the walls had been covered
with rough planking. There were
cracks between the boards, ap
parently left with design, and their
weather beaten surfaces were dotted
With ■•• knotholes and .splintered
crevices. Long tables running the
length of the room were covered
with small wire frames, woodfn.
boxes and glass jars. All of these
wires in the icon wer? coveted over
by patterns of lace tracery, in the
geometrical outlines fashioned by
the spider artists, inspired by the
mysterious instinct which has r.iado
them weave their filmy shares in
the same fashion -j rice "- the world
began. The „ sunlight streamed :
through the ope:: door and the u>m '
seemed hung with curtains of elfin
woven lacewory. The king of this
fairy palace rapped his stubby pipe-.'
against the door, and the webs were ,
dotted with black spots as 'tfa'at
spiders scampered tram - their . re- c
treats in the wail cracks and a*
score of villainous lo)k'ng pefr as l>
big as half dollars emerged l'r-m
--their crannies on the table and and'
clustered against their glass roof- 0
ing. -..y-:, ■:.--.. -i . ■;>;->-->' ' -
; "They ; think I feed them ' now " 4
said; Pierre, "but I fool . them for
you. They have brains, these ' little :
creatures. Ah, they are .cunning!*'
After you. will - never crush them
more you will say: "The spider can.i
teach me something. I will f watch"
him. He is a diplomat, an architect"
a mathematician. ; His • knowledge
is worth having.' Ah, there is a fine'
fellow running on your neck. Don't
knock him off. He will not bite you'
They: are harmless. He wishes to
give you bon jour and. make your
acquaintance.'* '.:.;.-_.-.:;
~ "You wish . to know of the business
ST at i S " ke you P eople-moriey:
first, then .the sentiment. .There- are
2,000 spiders , in; this room, all ' raising
families and minding their own^ busi
ness. Is not that a .teaching 'to • the
: world and : a lesson already? You
see, in these frames I breed -my pets, •
and when the enfants are big ■ enough
to run about I take, them in the next :
room, - where they' can set up for them
; selves, as you \ say. It is" ' from . there
.'■^' sell most. They = are canul
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baby, my - pets; they eat , their, • chll
cdrari and the children eat each : other. .
Se* I must get a good .price for those
i.that survive their childhood.
*?It ,is not" all : . kinds of spiders that
make webs. There are those that live
sin holes In - the ground, ' and £ make
soft nets In cracks, while others spin
for themselves trap doors, while oth
ers spin small homes in the grass' or
in the. room corner. -; No Indeed; I
have sought out kinds that weave'
themselves fine large webs of lines
, arid f circles. They ] only i look "artistic
iri the wine cellar or on the bouteille.
; They are the selected ones.- They are
three families— the names of \ them,'
. the Epira 'Vulgaris, the Zllla and the
' Nephila; Plumipes, which the entomo- .
'. loglsts will tell, you :• are : the grand
web spinners, the artists of the spider
. world. " .' - •"■-..... ■] ■■■.'... -'■ , ;.v 7. .-'.-..
"But what money is there ..in- it,
you ask. r Mon Dieu, money, money—al
way money. [ I who love my pets to be
,always- thinking of what they sell for?
I will tell you now, and then you : will
talk no more of ; money; and I. will
show *you ■ something. A customer
{comes .to me. He is a wine merchant
J from New York or Philadelphia, or
perhaps he writes. He says that he
has just stocked a cellar j with five-"
,Xear old port, or Burgundy, or some-;
; thing - else. The bottles have '-been
i brushed clean in shipping., They. look
new and common. They will. not sell
for old wine. He : has . attached to
. them labels of twenty, thirty or forty
years ago, some year of a grand vin
tage. He tells me so many hundred
bottles. I know how many of my
•pets will soon cover his cellar ' in' cob
webs of the finest old kind. I put them
in little small paper boxes, ■ a pair! in
a box. I ship them in a crate,' with
many holes for air. : Maybe I send.,
two, , three, four . hundred . jjj spiders,
'tor them I ask half a franc each,
$10 for every hundred. In two' months
you would think, his cellar was not
■■ disturbed for the last .fifty. . years. It
has cost him $40 or $50 maybe, but he
may sell the wine for $I,ooo— yes, more
1 than that— above what; • they . had
•brought without my pets had dressed
the bottles in the robes of long ago.
5!-: "The -merchant takes !■! the parvenu
and the nouveau rlche, who are' easy
to fool and play with. He leads them
down into the dark cellar. By the light
of - the candle the, customer , sees .the
rows of bottles. Their hecks are deep
>4n jdust— is easy jto blow over them
, dust. The cobwebs drape them; they
.sketch from cork to cork— it is' plain
that there is here great age. All my
cobwebs, mon ami. . The customer has
what you call the pulling of the leg to
him. He is proud. But it is p-ood
; fb^bim.. Good wine i§ only meant for
the man who knows it. " ;'." ".
i "Perhaps a man j has quickly made
great wealth and keeps a .grand es
tablishment.: He must have a fine wine'
' cellar. •; Perhaps :he .'. buys j himself old
wines, dusty and ' cobwebby. But the
cobwebs are broken and en deshabille
..when the • bottles ! are j moved Stb; ' his
'cellar.-' They have not ' the : tone, -' the
\ look lof the real old ■: age, •of the ' long ;
years of gentle rest in : the undisturbed
dark/ nest cc pas? Then he drives out
"tb'see old r Pierre, or writes from New ;
• Y=or& Chicago — I do a grand busi
ness in Chicago. Sacristi; F send him
my pets. They work for him. Soon he
can take his rich friends into his cel
lar, - and they- say. 'Mon j Dieu, this Is
-superb, it is j magnificent: ' We give
you congratulation, my boy.' This is
what money cannot buy. g My pets stop
working, :■ and they do what: you call
-wink the other eye. -They- then resume
their toil."
. -"Tell us how you raise them and feed
them, Pierre." asked" the visitor, in
sinuatingly, r '•* : ' ; >• -- - •". •
"Corbleu. it is ' a science, this rais
ing, of -spiders. I- have on hand at one :
time .about 10,000 > spiders, old and
, young. I brought. some eggs from
France, and the choicest web makers
to be ! found. - Here is the queen of them
all. Her children are the superb spin-.
ners. Many hundreds of my pets are
her. descendants.^ It is* a kind- bred
by my great uncle »in. France." ,
; The old man led tlie way to, a glass,
dome In the corner, beneath which. a
flimsy . web of beautiful pattern
stretched across nearly two feet. Pierre
touched one of the meshes and a huge
black spider danced nimbly out from
her downy nest and ran up the vibrat
ing thread to the j old man's finger.
He gave her a . fly, and she tripped
; back within doors with her booty. .
"This .is Sara," said Pierre. "She
has the grace, the chic, the slender
beauty of the divine Bernhardt. She
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that I am better than lard, and
more : useful : than butter; that I
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is tne priae or an my pets. Ah, here is
Zola looking at you." , ~ ' ■*.•!■
A hideous, hairy monster had crawled
up the fine wire : netting that* kept him
within - bounds and | stared sardonically
not a foot away from the writer's nose.
A start and exclamation were natural,
but Pierre looked grieved. •':
• : "I do not blame "you much," said he.
"Zola Is good-natured and would not
hurt you, but he has the horrible look.
He has fits of bad : temper- sometimes. •
Then, ventre-bleu,' look you out. He is
the bird spider of ! Surinam. His body
is two inches long, and he catches and
eats small finches , and sparrows when
in his woods. His bite is bad poison. 1
doubt .not it would kill you. But I
tame him "■; with kindness. Yet he -is
; not pleasant : : to think •of " running
around a room. He might have "a bad
temper. He would eat all my pets in
.one day. " But he is king of all spiders
— le grand monarch. Therefore* I call .
him Zola,, the most superb of writers. .
"When the mother spider wishes to
lay her eggs,; she makes a . little' web
in a ; broad crack. See, ; here " is ' one
weaving : her nursery. Then i she - lays
fifty eggs, perhaps, like, petit jelly
drops. Then she covers them up in a
soft silk cocoon, and leaves them. In
two weeks, longer In winter, § they be
gin .to hatch. It is very difficult. It ■
takes one or two days. -The. egg shell
or skin cracks off in rags. Mon Dieu,
but .there Is a great struggle ! for the
erifants.* Then they grow, and in a
week look like spiders. I They moult oft
en, arid shed their skins like the snake.
I must separate the brood at a tender
age. | It is hard to break up the family,
but, !Sacristi, they devour, each other
until only the one is left, like your
droll tale of the cats of Kilkenny.'.'; ..
MP
A CONVICT'S WILL
Luxuries ami Article** of Virtu
.. Given Away Freely.
. In the last issue of the Prison Mir-
ror appeared. the last will and testa
ment of a pardoned convict. It-. will
bear reprinting:
Being of sound mind and physically
able to get away with three square,
meals per diem, and realizing that
within a reasonable period of time
.from the date hereof, I am to be, "by
virtue of executive clemency" or other
wise, translated from the death that
has surrounded me during the sixteen
months last passed, into life beyond
the borders of this tomb, and having
during the entombment aforesaid be
come possessed, in fee simple, by rea
son of purchase, presentation or other
. wise, of certain and divers goods, chat
tels, . personal property, etc., as fol
lows: "to wit:"
One (1) nickel clock of the construc
tion called "New Railway."
It may be said of this clock that its
name is well applied, for, barring a
little freak of fast-mail service, its
equal for speedy action I have never
seen; it will easily out-travel" the edi
tor's jaw, and give him the advantage
of a down grade It Is my firm convic
tion that, if given a fair chance, it
will easily make two and one-half days
on any ordinary working day, between
the rising of the sun and the going'
down thereof. What it might be able
to perform on Sunday Is past computa
tion. This clock I give and bequeath
to the occupant of Cell 208, only cau
tioning him not to let said clock fool
him Into the idea that his time has
expired a full six months before the
date set by law.
Next In order comes a pair of slip
pers; the fabric of these slippers is
not so costly as other slippers that I
have seen, neither is their construe
, tion of that peculiar grace and beauty
that we all love to see; but they. are'
comfortable, that is, when covering - a
No. 6 foot. What they might prove in
case of. being bestowed on an individ
ual with a No. 8 foot, is problematical;'
. it. might destroy their usefulness; the
strain on them would- probably be as 7
great as it is sometimes known to be on
•a. half gallon jug when your grocer in
sists on forcing a whole gallon of mo
lasses Into it. Being puzzled as to
whom to bequeath this legacy, I shall
leave it to the best judgment of the
executor of this instrument. '.v v
Next comes a piece of soap, of the
style denominated "tar;" it is not a
full cake, neither is it the minimum
part thereof, but just a good, sizable
chunk such as. fits the hand to perfec
tion. This chattel I desire to bequeath
to the occupant of Cell No. 413, with
the suggestion, that notwithstanding
the excellence of the aforesaid piece of
soap it should not be treated to per
form the difficult task of "washing
him over the wall of freedom."..
. Lastly, there are divers and sundry
picture cards, some of them being of
the vintage of 1894 while still others
have come Into the possession of the
said "No. -3826" at a more recent date.
It is my desire that these cards, to
gether with the receptacle in which
they are contained, should fall to the.
share of the occupant of Cell No. 490,
and further, this testator sayeth not]
except that it is his desire, and that he
hereby requests the captain of the cell
house to act without remuneration as
the executor of this instrument; and it
is further stipulated and agreed to by
this testator, that said executor shall
be forever exempt from making any re
port or statement as to his disposition
of the goods, chattels, personal prop
erty,, etc., of this testator, either by
writing or orally, either to the said
testator or to any. other whomsoever.
It is suggested by the -testator, that
this instrument be shown to the editor
of. the Prison Mirror, and should he
show no signs of insanity or profanity,
that he be allowed to publish the same
(without pay) and placed in such posi
tion in said paper as he in his discre
tion may choose. - -
Given under my. hand |
this 2d day of April, 1895. |T. No. 382 C.
Without witnesses. |
Hl* Weakness.
Atlanta Constitution.
"Kitty, don't you ever get half a day
off?" one typewriter girl asked anoth
er, as the two stood on a corner wait
ing for a street car. - > ,-r.
"Well, I could get more time than I
do," Kitty answered, "but I don't care
to take It. Let me tell you about my
employer. Nan; he's the funniest man
I ever saw. He Is awfully pleasant,
obliging and all that, but if I don't
hold him down to business we wouldn't
have any. He likes to walk around the
office, talk to the other clerks, look out
of the Window and look at himself in
the mirror. T wait until I get out of
patience, aha then I say: 'Come on,
Mr. Bagsby, I want some work; please
open the mail.'
: "It is just the same way. about half
holidays. . If I just give him the slight
est hint that I would like half a day
he drops his pen in a hurry ,~and says:
'All right, Miss Kitty. We have been
working pretty hard lately. I*ll take a
half-holiday .'.too,' and off he goes. So
I don't care ' to \ get away very often.
People may laugh about typewriter
girls, but I tell you It is | our business
firmness " that holds Louisville; com-,
merce together. .Don't ; you think so,:
Nan?" And Nan said she thought so.
■■'■ „ - ." - — — — »mi ' " ; " '".;'
. Werry Disappointing - .
Philadelphia Record. -'.• .'':-;.
Gov. McKinley disappointed his hear
ers In his set speech at Hartford, Conn.,
this week by omitting all allusion to
the currency question. None of the
other presidential candidates are talk
ing about the currency. '- Their! eyes are'
all turned skyward,. watching from the
drift of the clouds the direction of the
wind;! But ..the currency question is
the . topmost _! topic; and it"; will have to
be "disposed of before any other Imme
diate issue.
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REPLIES TO CRQVER
Continued From First Page.
name has been dragged 800 miles
outside "of Washington city for that
purpose! After nominating Cleve
land three times' and electing him I
twice to the presidency, the Stand- j
ard Oil and Wall ' street people got j
him to use all the powers of govern- |
ment to further their schemes. The j
. country has been astounded to see '
postoffices ; and' patronage used 'to
coerce congress into doing biddings
of the East, from striking down sil
ver to packing a supreme court.
In the -meantime the country has
'going on from bad to worse.
With abundant crops, and with the
most industrious and enterprising
people to be found on earth, we are
in a paralyzed condition, brought
on by no natural cause, but by the
arbitrary acts of a number of the
governments of the world controlled
by the influences of the salaried
classes and of the bondholding
classes of Europe and America.
These wanted to make all property
and commodities cheap and money
dear, and they have succeeded. The
result is, tlhait the purchasing power
of the producing classes has been
destroyed, while all the debts, taxes
and other fixed charges remain the
same. It takes all the people can
get together to meet the fixesi
charges. Consequently labor is idle,
and the great producing classes are
in distress, and they are finding
out the cause. They have learned
that the so-called "honest dollar" is
the most dishonest dollar ever in de
mand, for it compels the debtor to
give twice as much property to pay
his debts as would have been neces
sary; at the time the debt was con
tracted. ' „ .
"Now, does the president's letter offer
a -remedy for these people? None.
They have been bled until they cannot
stand up, and he simply tells them to j
be content. They know that until
they get more blood they cannot do
business. They have submitted to this i
ruinous .policy long enough, and de- !
mand a change. The Eastern manipu- j
lators see this, and In order to keep '
their; grip upon the government are
arranging to .again delude the - people.
For this purpose they are going to
start a boom, and, as it was the West
ern people who. were to be duped, It
was decided to start the boom In Chi
cago,! arid, in order' to draw the. crowd,
j they -concluded' to 'take the president
out, but before. they got him there, the
; atmosphere .became, chilly, f and they
bad to give this up; then they did the
next best thing; they got him to write I
a letter for publication. It has come, j
and the boom let that will be borne of \
this will be such a little one that It
will not reflect on the virtue of its
mother."
.'. % STIItS UP BLAND. :
.The i Silver Crank Hit Hard by
■"-•-■' Cleveland?* Points.
LEBANON, Mo., April 15.— Hon.
R. P. Bland was seen at his home
today and interviewed relative to
President Cleveland's letter. Mr.
Bland was shown the salient feature
of the v president's letter, and said,
after perusing it carefuly: "
- .Mr. Cleveland, unfortunately for
himself, his party and his country,
from the beginning of his adminis
tration, draws the line sharply be
tween the friends of bimetallism
and gold monometallism. In doing
so he has forced upon the country a
state of affairs that is intolerable to
the masses of our people. Gold
monometallism is a stench to the
nostrils of the plain people. The gold
standard may do for the bondholders
and the bankers, but the sufferings ]
of the industrial masses consequent !
from silver demonetization will not '
be endured longer without a strug- '
gle, the like of which this country l
has not seen since the late civil
war. Mr. Cleveland must remem
ber that this crystalization and com- i
bination of the gold standard senti
ment and methods wrought disaster
to the people of all gold standard
countries, and this policy is now
ruining this country. It is the state
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of things that has made his adminis
tration hateful to the masses of the
American people. Mr. Cleveland's
insinuations that : the advocates of
silver restoration are based on
wicked and unpatriotic purposes
which may do for those environ
ments are such as to prevent there
from seeing and knowing the uttec
poverty and distress that is prao
vailing among the masses of th©
people, but those who live in the ,
midst of this distress 'arid see. daily
that the people are suffering, will
repel with scorn such insinuations."
BE.\.\Y ISN'T TAI/KIXG. \)
Kx-President Taking No Chances*
of Hoodooing: Hi, Doom.'
CLEVELAND,' 6, April . 15.-Post
master Anderson and; .Congressman-
Burton returned ,from Indianapolis
today, where they went to invite ex-
President Harrison to make an address
before the convention of the league of
Republican clubs, to be held in this
city In June. Mr. Harrison said that
he regretted very much his inability to
address the convention, but that ho
could not do so consistently. "Mr.
Harrison has taken the position that
he will make no political speeches"
said Mr. Burton. "He told us that the
only reason he worked in New York in
the Interest of Morton last fall was that
the story had been started that he
was opposed to Mr. Morton, and he de
sired to show by his work that he was
not."
"Did Mr. Harrison say anything to
you about his presidential candidacy?"
asked Jhe reporter. !
"No," said Mr. Burton, "he had
nothing to say about It whatever."
CarliMle AnxlouN to Sneak.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-Secretary
Carlisle said today that he would like
very much to take part In the approach
ing campaign In Kentucky, and would
certainly do so If his official duties
would permit. When and where he
would speak, however, were details
not yet arranged.
Washington Star.
"Yes," said the heavy-set, conspic
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against me for some time past. But I
thing I've , struck a scheme with
money In It."
"What Is It?" :V
"I'm going to see If I can't get up a
race track near Philadelphia."
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