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MINNEAPOLIS.!
OFFICE 0.1 SOUTH FOURTH STKKKT.
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WILL DIG FOB COLD.
Party lt«-iiin' Organised to <;«> to
Alaska in Early Sprinpr.
Ingolf Aksolson, formerly of tnis city, lias
returned here after an absence ol < '■£"■'<■
years, which entire time has been spent in the
western pari of the country and in British
Columbia. He Is at preseni staying with nls
mother, Mrs. M. Aksolson, 181J •-
S; II- t SflUtll.
Mr. AksoUon's mission in the city ai preß
eni is Hi-it of organizing ;i party which will
leave Feb. i for the «old fields In Klondike.
The partj selected bo far consists ol
Aune, c\ president of the Northwestern Ath
letic i-lt:i>: Andrew Henjum, of this city; John
Lpe, Church Ferry, N. D.; Andrew Anderson,
Everett, X. l>., mid Mr. Aksolson. The party
will leav< Seattle by boat und pr ed to
nay. Thence they will proceed over
land to Klondike on skis. Mr. Aksolson has |
his own ideas about gold mining, as he Is
an expert prospector. He Intends to bring
the party further north than where others
go, I < being of the opinion th.it sold de
posits are richer about n> miles above Klon
dike. Here thi others will devote their time
to placer mining, while Mr. Aksolson will
prospi i tor quartz. The entire outfit for tho |
party will be purchased in this city. They
expect iv ceacb the gold fields and commence
work In ti;e middle of April.
\ <;<><i!l Year Expected.
A well-informed lumberman expressed the
opfuion tv the Lumberman, of Chicago, that
1898 would be a year phenomena] in the de
mands of railroads upon lumber producers.
The railroads have done a profitable business
this year, particularly in the last half of it,
and imt only see the necessity of improve
ments iiiid repairs, but are able to pay for
them. There will be car building and an
enormous mileage will be largely rebuilt with
new tics and new bridges. The outlook for
railroad lumber is trat the present very
heavy requirement will be continued through
tl'e coming veir.
Called to the Mill city.
Dr. John D. Helwig, of Urbana, 0., has ac
cepted the call extended him by the First
Presbyterian church of this city. Mr. Hel
wig received the call from the First Presby
terian church two weeks ago. The church
decided to extend the call Tuesday evening,
Deo. 14. Since that time he has been coiMd
erlng the proposal, and yesterday announced
his decision to the congreßation he Is serving
at present. Mr. Helwig is a scholarly man
and reputed to be of unusual ability in church
matters. He has filled various churches in
Ohio during the past eight years, previous to
which time he was a Lutheran minister, se
ceding from that church on account of doc
trinal differences. He was formerly and for
eight years president of Wittenburg college.
Yontiifnl Drunk.
George Kelly, an 18-year-o!d messenger boy,
was found by Officer Norbeck early yes crday
morning in a hei>Vss state rf i.itoxi ••ai'cn.
He was trying to go home when the officer
arrested him near Seventh avenue south and
Washington. He was charged with drunken
ness at the central station and released on
bail yesterday to appear in court today.
Where the boy procured his liquor will be
learned by the authorities today, and some sa
loonkeeper may have to answer for the lad's
condition.
Recovering From His Injuries.
Olaf Llndquist, the .policeman who broke his
right leg about two months ago by falling on
the £tone steps in front of the Fourth pre
cinct station, is rapidly recovering from the
accident. He is now able to walk with the
aid of a crutch and cane, and hopes to be
able to resume his place on the force (arly
In the coming year.
\\ :is mi Karly Caller.
When the clerk in C. H. Cirkler's drug
store, near Sixth street and Nicollet avenue,
opened up, about 7 o'clock Christmas morn
ing, he found a man In the store. The fellow,
upon being seen, hurriedly left by n side.
door, which he had left open, and made his
escape. A search of the store revealed noth-
Ing missing, although there wns quite a large
Bury of money in the safe and registers. He
had evidently not reckoned on being Inter
rupted so soon.
Dun/. Symphony Concert.
A large and appreciative audience was
present at the popular concert friven by the
Danz Symphony orchestra at the Metropoli
tan theater last evening. The programme
consisted of orchestral selections, and. al
though the arrangement was of a popular
orde r, It was of such a class as to please
the most aesthetic.
Ililtern la us to Dnnee.
T!ie "Ninety-eight" Pleasure club of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians anticipate a very
pleasant time at their tall, which will ba
held next Wednesday evening. Maht.owah
hall will bo fne Bcene of the danc\ and a
lar^e crowd is expected to participate.
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Sndden anil >Jys<erioiiN Climine.
NEW YORK, Deo. 2fi.— H. Maitland Kersey,
who for the last five years has represented the
White Star steamship line in this city, has.
according to a report today, actually severed
his connection with that company. He sailed
for Europe on Saturday, one day after the
arrival in this city from London of J. Bru-e
Ismay, sen of Mr. Ismay, of the firm of Is
may. Imre & Co., general agent of the linn.
Young Mr. Ismuy was the predecessor of Ker
the New York office. Just why Kersey
is out is not known. I'rinr to sailing he de
clined to discuss the matter, and Mr. Ismay
said he would have nothing to say until to
morrow.
British Statesman Gone.
LONDON. Dee. 2o.— Charles Harrison, radl
c.il member of parliament for Plymouth since
1895, is dead. Charles Harrison was born
August 1, 1835, and was educated at Kind's
college, London. He succeeded Sir John
Hutton as vice chairman of the London
county council when Sir John succeeded
Lord Rosebery as chairman of that body.
In the first and second councils he was chair
man of the parliamentary committee, and be
came known prominently as the father of
the modern application of the principle of
betterment by public Improvements. By pro
fession he was a solicitor. Frederick Harri
son, the well known essayist and president
of the London posltivist committee, is his
brother.
Again Rryan and n Bnll Flgii't.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 2C.-The last of
the seriis of bull fights by Mazzalttni was
given this afternoon, and was attended by
7,000 people. Tomas Maxzaltini narrowly es
caped with his life, being tossed by an in
furiated bull and gored In the hand. Ten
horses were killed and six buFs, the usual
number. The fight was not up to the usual
standard. Mr. Bryan and wife arrived in
Guadalajara, and were received by the rep
resentatives of the state government of Jalis
co, of which state that city is the capital, aaid
by the American residents.
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French Nestor Dead,
PARIS, Dec. 26.— Comte Anatole le Mercier,
senior member of the chamber of deputies,
Is dead. Comte le Mercier was born June
25, 1820. He was one of the seven deputies
from Charente-Inferreure, personally repre
senting the first division of Salntcs. He was
a descendant of the le Mercier who figured
In France during the revolution. His father
was for many years a member of the cham
ber. He received the decoration of the Legion
of Honor and published several volumes.
If you cannot get beef,
mutton will answer.
You may choose between
milk, water, coffee or tea.
But there is no second choice
for Scott's Emulsion.
It is Scott's Emulsion or
nothing.
When you need the best
cod-liver oil, the best hypo
phosphites, and the best
glycerine, all combined in
the best possible manner,
you have only one choice.
It brings prompt results
in all cases of wasting, or
loss in weight.
All druggists; 50c. and $1.00.
SCOTT * BOWNE, Chemists, N«w York.
BUXTON ft FREE p]i
HAS \ *l VUAV CHRISTMAS AND
THANKSGIVING DAY ALL IX
O.\E.
HOLDS A LEVEE AT HIS HOME.
VICTIM OP SATURDAY'S SHOOTING
AFPRAI EXPECTED TO RE
COVER.
YEW PARTY OF KLONDIKERS
Expect to l)i« Gold Within the Arc
tic Circle—News of Minne
apolis.
If President McKinley could have
seen the joy in the home of Junot D.
; Buxton yesterday, caused by the par
don which set Mr. Buxton free after
fifteen months' imprisonment at Still
water, his heart would have been
touched. The pardon came as a most
acceptable Christmas present, and Mr.
Buxton's many friends will rejoice
with him upon his liberty.
The pardon arrived at Still water
from Washington yesterday morning,
and Mr. Buxton was released at noon.
I Mrs. Buxton was present, and greeted
him as he came from his cell room,
and they came to Minneapolis imme
diately, arriving here at noon. When
it was learned that he was in the city,
many friends called upon him to greet
him with the best wishes of the season,
and to assure him of their loyalty and
friendship.
HIS VICTIM AVILL RECOVER.
Harming Despondent Over the Re-
Kitlt of His Rash Act.
The victim of Saturday night's shoot
ing affray, young Charles Hokanson,
suffered considerable pain at the city
hospital. Some of the sixty efttots pene
trated the lad's left thigh, while a half
dozen were extracted after the shoot
ing. The patient will recover, but it
wiil be some time before he will be well
again.
The prisoner and the patient sub
stantiated the details of the story told
in the Globe. Hokan?on's story is as
follows: "I was down on First street
south, across from Manning's house, at
1017, intending to speak to a friend.
Manning came out of his house and
across the street, with his gun in his
hand. He took me to his house and
said he was going to turn me over to
the police. I said I had done nothing
wrong and wanted to know why he
wanted me. I didn't know the man.
Then he took me down the street and
said he was going to take me to the
station. When we got mar my house,
at 1311 Second stieet, I said I would go
into the house and he could talk to
my mother. He said that he wouldn't
do that, and that he was going to have
me locked up. When nearer my house,
I was about three steps in f;ont of him,
and I thought he was raising his gun
to strike me. Then I started to run
and he fired at me. I don't know why
he wanted me arrested cr why he
should shoot me. I didn't do anything.
I guer-s that Manning was drunk when
ho did it."
Young Hokanson is an innocent
young man of twenty-one years, and
stated further that he had never been
around Manning's house or had
troubled him in any way. He returned
from the St. Peter hospital three
months ago, for fourteen months pre
vious to which he had been at that in
stitution. He lives with his mother
and older brother Gust. For some time
he has be?n employed in the Bemls
Bag company's plant.
Manning was a despondent man
when seen by the Globe reporter a,t
the Third precinct police station last
night. He was very reticent rtgardirg
the affair. "I have been advised not
to say anything," said the prisoner,
"and don't think I could add anything
to the story. All I can say is that I
am sorry that it happened and wjsh I
had not done it. Yes, the boys had
been troubling me, but why I shot this
boy I don't want to say. I wasn't
drunk, as the boy says." Questioned
as to why he had attempted to arrest
the boy, Manning would say nothing.
He seemed to be very despondent at
what he had done. Manning is a miller
and has been employed by the Wash
burn-Crosby company for the past five
years. He is a very large man of m/jre
than ordinary intelligence. He is
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon, and will be arraigned in the
municipal court today.
SJriker.s May Not Accept.
LONDON, Dec. 2C— The outcome of the bal
lot of tho striking engineers, taktn as the re
sult of the recently adjourned conference be
tween the representatives of the men and the
employers, will not. be known officially for
several days, but there is no doubt that" the
verdict is overwhelmingly against the accept- J
ance of the terms of the employers.
Tw« Den<l From Exposure.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.— John Colmer,
16 years old, was found dead from exposure
in an outhouse in the rear of 2G.">l Marshall
street this afternoon. It Is surmised that
bis object in going where his body was
found was to take a quiet nap. A man sup
posed to be Joseph M. Morency was found
dead on the door step at 1233 Filbert street
today. His death is supposed to have been
due to exposure.
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Two Losi Life.
KINGSTON, N. V., Dec. 26.— While skating
at Tilton, on Walk Hill creek yesterday, Miss
Mary V. Van Ftarber, aged 23, broke through
the ice. Edward McMichael went to her res
cue, crawling along tho ice, but the ice broke
under him. and he was precipitated into the
water. Both were drowned.
Tnventor Dead.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— Henry Hersey, a
well known promoter, fell unconscious in a
rs/:aurant tonight and died shortly after
wards. Mr. Hersey was 74 years of age.
Joseph Lemar. a civil engineer who has had
business relations with Mr. Hersey, said that
Mr. Hersey was a former president of the
Steel Manufacturers' association and that he
was the inventor of the open hearth steel
process. He is said to have left a large ea
tate.
Relative of Mclvlnley Dead.
MILWAUKEE, Wls., Dec. 26— Mrs. Mary
Barnette, who was connected by marriage
with the family of President McKinley, died
today, aged S9. Mrs. Barnette was born in
Dervock, County Antrim, Ireland. Her hus
band's mother was named McKinley, and her
mother was a Douglas, a relative of Sir
Charles Douglas. Mrs. Barnette's husband,
wfco was named Stewart McKinley Barnette,
died many years ago.
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Editor Hnu-iMi Killed.
HELENA, Mont., Dec. 26.— Louis P. Bowen,
who has been connected in various capacities
with Montana newspapers for the past ten
years, was killed today at Sappington by
being run over by a train. He was a son of
ex-United States Senator Thomas P. Bowen,
of Colorado.
Football Player's Funeral.
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 26.— The funeral of
Marshall Newell, the Harvard football player,
who was killed at Springfield Friday last, will
be held at the Newell homestead, West New
bury, tomorrow and will be attended by a
large number of Harvard graduates, as well
as many students and other representatives
of tho college.
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Welshmen Elect.
RACINE, Wis., Dec. 26.— The Welsh Union
of Christian Endeavorers of cities of Wiscon
sin and Illinois met today and elected the
following officers: President, John E. Jones,
Milwaukee; secretary, Ellis M. Huthuess.
Racine; treasurer, Mrs. 0. L. Jones, Osh
kosh. The report of the secretary shows that
there are twenty-nine societies In the Union,
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1897.
with a membership of 1.500, an increase of 200
during the past year. The treasurer's report
showed that $250 was expended for missionary
work and that there was a good balance in
the treasury. The next meeting will be held
in Randolph, Wis. Chicago was selected for
the convention cf 1899.
THE MOON.
Evil Effects of Its Influence as Ol>-
Herved liy Snilorw.
A sailor on one of Uncle Sam's war
ships writes to a newspaper in his na
tive city as follows:
"Whatever scientists say to the con
trary, every sea captain knows that
mccnlight can twist a man's face out of
shape if it shines on him while he
sleeps. And that it will spoil food, too,
much quicker than sunlight. One
might as well tell me that a whale does
not know when its trail is crossed, even
\\ ljen it is miles away. Whalers all
know that, and if they can't explain it,
they are just as sure of it as they are
that there is a rise and fall of tides.
"Moonlight will sour milk, too, a kit
quicker than sunlight, and it will spoil
fish or pork quicker, too. Townfolk
dtn't believe all ihis, but most fanners
knew it.
"Every seafaring man has seen how
mccnlight acts. Down in the south,
where I've been a good deal, they say
that if the moon shines on a newborn
baby it will have green eyes. They
say the same thing in France, too."
CHANGED THE CLOCK DIAL.
Peculiar MurkiiiK for the Figure
IV. Caused by a King* Whim.
Have you ever noticed that although
you were taught in school to say "IV.
four," every clock face in the commu
nity announces "1111. four?" And did
you know that this is because kings
rultd by divine right and could do no
wrong?
In the good old days when the mon
arch's word was final on every sub
ject, a clock maker of London town
constructed a clock for his majesty the
king of England. He brought it home
when it was made.
"What d'ye mean, sirrah," demanded
the king, after the kingly fashion of
those times, "by marking the hour four
IV?"
"Because, sire." quoth the clock
maker, "IV. stands in the Roman nu
merals for four."
"Four Is." shouted his majesty,
"mean four."
"Nay, Fire" — began the clockmaker.
But the king quickly proved himself
in the right by threatening to behead
the clockmaker. So the IV. on the dial
was made four I's and so It has remain
ed to this day.
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Her limn* Not Serious.
CANTON, 0., Dec. 26.— Miss Clara Shields,
daughter of R. S. Shields, former United
States district attorney and a cousin of Mrs.
Day, wife of Assistant Secretary Day, was
severely burned at her home here today.
Her clothing ignited from an open gas fire
place, and her father, answering her shrieks
for help, found her in flames. The lower
portion of her body and legs were severely
burned, and grave apprehensions were felt
at first. It is now thought, however, that
nothing serious will result. Miss Shields was
to have accompanied the Days back to Wash
ington this week for a social season at the
capital. _
Found His Pnrenta Murdered.
INDIANA, Pa., Dec. 2C— Milton Neal and
his aged wife were shot to death by an un
known assasin at their home near Jackson
ville, nine miles southwest of here, some
time during Christmas. Their bodies were
found at 9 o'clock that night by their son
Harry, who was passing the house and
stopped to pay a Christmas call on his par
ents. Neal was one of the most prominent
and prosperous farmers of the vicinity In
which he lived. Officers are today scouring
the country for the murderers, but aa yet
they have not been apprehended.
Only One in Donger,
ASHEVILLE, N. C, Dec. 26.— 0f the Injured
by yesterday's exp'.osion, Joseph Fln< h is in
a precarious condition, but In all probability
will live, unless injury from Inhaling fire sets
in.
Childish Victim* of Fire.
FRANKLIN, Pa., Dec. 26.— Grace and An
nie Nelson, whose parents live near here, were
left alone in their home last evening. The
former fell into the grate fire and her cloth
ing was lighted. She was burned to dea h.
In trying to save the life of her sister. An
nie was also badly burned, and it is believed
she cannot recover.
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lieft a Million Behind.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.— Moses E. Worthen,
one of the leading men of affairs in Passaic.
N. J., died today of typhoid fever, aged
sixty years. He leaves an estate worth a
million dollars.
Byrne Silivlit l> Improved.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— President Charles
H. Byrne, of the Brooklyn Base Ball club,
was unconscious for several hours today, and
during the remainder of the time he was
semi-conscious. The physicians, however, be
lieve that his condition shows a slight im
provement over that of yesterday. He passed
a quiet night.
Need Funds for George Monument.
I NEW YORK, Dec. 2R.— The committee 6 hav
ing charge of the Henry George memorial
fund has made another appeal for subscrip
tions. In its report the committee states that
J13.000 has bten subscribed, but that this is
in nowise adequate for the erection of a
memorial such as has been contemplated.
Cut In Australian Duties.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 26.— The Victorian du
ties on woolen and silk materials, wearing
apparel and woolen goods will be reduced 5
per cent after Feb. 1 next.
"*** * -d '
Mr. Short — My dear Maria, I find that you have considerably overdrawn at
the bank.
Mrs. Short — Oh, no, that can't be! I've got three of those blank checks
lefU
LOPG fIRGTIG HIGHT
KLONDIKERS CAN DO LITTLE
WORK AS ILLIMINANT IS
SCARCE.
GOLD OUTPUT WIL6 BE SMALL
stories regarding Scarcity of
FOOD COWT<ffeE*i 1 0 CON
FLICT. '
NO WAY TO G*JT SUPPLIES IN',
As Ice on the YnKfcn tv l i;i unusable—
Seventy Below Zero He
corfled.
SKA QUAY, Alaska, Dec. 17, via Seattle,
Wash., Dec. 26.— John Lindsay, of Olym
pia, Wash., who has just arrived from
Dawson City, says there will surely be
starvation there this winter. He exam
ined into the food situation in a thor
ough manner, he says, and after satis
fying himself that there would be star
vation, he sold his outfit and in com
pany with Frank Bellaine, of Olympia,
Wash.; Tom Story, of Victoria, B. C,
and Bob Glynn, of Seattle, started out
on foot, each man drawing a sled car
rying about 140 pounds of provisions.
Lindsay says the Dawson people bslieve
that there is no great amount of food
at Fort Yukon, as has been alleged.
The river rose sufficiently and remained
open long enough to enable food sup
plies to have been brought from Fort
Yukon, had there been any there. The
people of Dawson, believing that there
were not ample food supplies at Fort
Yukon, refused to go there, preferring
to remain at Dawson. No more than
three hundred or four hundred people
took advantage of the transportation
companies' offer to take the people to
Fort Yukon free of charge. When the
miners at Dawson found that no
more provisions would reach the town
by the river route they announced that
a meeting would be held to take steps
for apportioning the provisions in the
town. Those that had plenty, they
said, must share with those who had
ncne. Capt. Constantin c of the
Northwest mounted police, interfered
and told the miners that no such thing
would be permitted. The meeting was
not held.
Lindsay says the output of the mi
ners will be greatly curtailed this win
ter because of the scarcity of food and
light. Coal oil sold for $45 a gallon
and candles are as high as $150 a box
of 100. Even if men were able to work
their claims they cannot get light to
do so.
These statements are borne out by
all returning Klondikers, quite a num
ber of whom have reached here the
past week. Few of them take as
gloomy a view of the situation as does
Mr. Lindsay. Dr. B. L. Bradley, of
Roseburg, Or., says that food is scarce,
but he does not think that there will
be actual starvation. Neither does W.
B. King, of Merced, Cal.; P. J. Hol
land, of Butte; Thomas Story, of Vic
toria, or Robert Glynn, of Seattle, all
of whom reached here this week from
Dawson, the most of them having left
there on Nov. 2. As an instance of the
scarcity of food in Dawson, Lindsay
relates the case of Dr. Van Zandt,
formerly of Spokane, Wash. Van
Zandt is an elderly man, and, being
without provisions or money, he offered
a gold watch for a sack of flour. He
could not get it, and remarked to
Lindsay: "God only knows how I am
to keep body and soul together."
Lindsay says 200 or more miners are
prospecting at the mouth of Stewart
river, but nothing is known as yet as
to what success they achieved.
Henderson creek, five miles below
Stewart river, and forty miles from
Dawson, is a promising stream, and
it is being developed this winter.
The weather about the Stewart and
Big Salmon rivers ha«J been bitterly
cold, 70 deg. belo>v bejng recorded at
Maj. Walsh's camp, twelve miles be
low the Salmon, on Nov. 3. The Yukon
river between Dawson and Fort Pelly
froze completely over on Nov. 18. The
river is piled full 6f ice in great ridges
as high as the ordinary house, and a
roadway will have to be cut through
it before dog or horse teams can opet
ate on it. The outlook, therefore, for
taking supplies down to Dawson in the
immediate future is not good.
Inspector of Mines .^McGregor left
here a week ago with a. number of doff
teams and horses to make the attempt
MONEY TO BURN.
to reach Dawson with about twenty
tons of provisions, but nothing has
since been heard of him.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 26.— Hon. Clif
ford Sifton, minister of the interio-, ar.d
J. A. Makenna, of the interior depart
ment, left today for Washington. Mr.
Sifton goes on the invitation of Secre
tary of War Alger to discuss the best
means of sending relief to the miners
in the Yukon district. Mr. Sifton ex
pects to be in Washington about a
week.
IT TAKES THE PLACE OF CLERKS.
NUkel-in-the-Slot Machine Which
Places PeanntH In a Suck Hut.
A long-haired inventor arrived here
on Saturday with a nickel-in-the-slot
machine which, at the dropping of a
coin, measures out peanuts, puts them
in a bag and delivers them to you pip
ing hot. The small boy may be able
to pass a lead nickel upon the seller of
peanuts who stands at the corner, but
this contrivance confiscates all spuri
ous coins and points the finger of scorn
at the dishonest. It is the work of
seven years of toil on the part of T.
S. Wheatcroft, who once kept a littio
country store in Pennsylvania. The
boys came to his place and not only
pared thin slices of the cheese which
he had on his counter, but helped
themselves to handfuls of his peanuts.
He disliked to rebuke the young ras
cals, for by so doing he might lose the
trade of their relatives. So he invented
this machine, which, from time to time,
he has improved until it is plastered
all over with patents.
"Peanuts?" he would say. "Just drop
in a nickel, sonny, and help yourself."
The contrivance, which was placed
on exhibtion here Saturday, is a wool
en cabinet six feet high. There is a
hopper In the top of it which is filled
with peanuts. Crackers, raisins ana
all kinds of groceries could be used in
place of peanuts. There is a little boil
er in the concern which keeps the pea
nuts warm and at the same time at
tracts the passer-by by sounding a
shrill whistle. It costs 3 cents a day
to keep up steam.
The cabinet may be placed In the
street, or in a store for that matte! .
Indeed, the inventor is seriously think
ing of having a grocery store filled up
entirely with these automatic sales
men. In this way the populace can
rush in at any time, put its money in
the slot and go away with all the
sugar, coffee and spices which may be
required. Once a day a man would go
around and shMvel fresh supplies into
the hoppers, close down the covers and
then lock the machine a^ain. In this
way the enterprising grocer may dis
pose with, clerks altogether and do
an absolutely cash business. Of course,
he might have to have a wagon on
which to deliver the goods. The prin
cipal work the grocer would have,
though, would be to gather up the
nickels at the end of the day and put
them in his safe.
"It won't take the money to the
bank," said Mr. Wheatcroft in all .^t j
riousness, "but I reckon I'll be able
to fix that up in time. Man in Buffalo
is going to fix up a store with these
automatic clerks of mine."
This machine cannot be bunkoed.
I tritd to Impose upon it in,- a yarlety
of ways abetted by the inventor, and
did not succeed. If you put in a lead
blank the size of a nickel 5-cent piece
the machine will confiscate the coin
and whir derisively at you. If you
put In a dime the coin will be thrown
out of the machine through a different
slot. All good money is returned, with
thanks, unless it Is a 5-cent nickel.
There have been graceless youngsters
who put in coins with strings tied to
them. The string is j*issc-d through a
hole in the coin and securely fastened.
A coin with a hole in it, whether it be
nickel or not, is captured, string and
all. The inventor said that there was
some kind of a chemical arrangement
which would cause the machine to re
ject everything not made of a special
kind of metal.
The automatic salesman is strictly
honest. When its stock of crackers
or peanuts is exhausted a sign is
dropped down below the slot, which
reads:
SAVE YOUR NICKEL.
This machine Is empty.
One of these days, if the inventor
continues to elaborate ujon this con
trivance, it will be possible to put a
$5 bill into one of these machines and
get in return two pounds of sugar, a
package of coffee, 100 clothes pins, and
whatever change may be left. — New
York Herald. _
BITTER MADE WHILE YOU WAIT.
New Churn Turn.* It Ont From Sweet
C'renm In Five Minutes.
Thrifty housewives of old-fashioned
notions would have turned green with
envy last week if they could have seen
the exhibition of butter-making which
took place daily in a Dearborn street
basement. Butter of a splendid flavor
and appearance was made in five to
seven minutes there, and, more re
markable still, it was made from sweet
cream. Most astonishing of all, the
buttermilk left was not buttermilk at
all, but sweet cream still, suitable for
ordinary uses on the table, says the
Chicago Tribune.
This remarkable performance was
made possible by a new churn, which,
In reality, is not a churn at all. It is
called a separator instead, since it does
not work on the old "kerplunk" princi
ple of a churn, but stirs around the
liquid by means of a whirling set of
blades. Yet it accomplishes the neces
sary work of agitating the cream and
filling it with air, the two essentials of
butter making.
The new butter-separator Is made in
various sizes, according to the demands
for its use. It consists essentially of a
fair-sized pail, a set of revolving blades
inside, and a train of gearing to turn
the latter. The blades are of trn, like
a small windmill or the screw of a
propeller, and are mounted on a hollow
shaft down which air is fed to the
liquid inside the pail. A large wheel
and a small one, a clever piece of flex
ible revolving shaft, and a handle to
turn all completes the equipment.
In the exhibitions given twice dally
last week with the new machine a gal
lon of ordinary sweet dairyman's cream
was put in ths churn and the gear turn
ed by hand. In five minutes the butter
was formed, and the residual cream,
still sweet, allowed to drain out through j
a tube in the bottom of the separator, j
Then a couple of washings of clean |
water were poured In and the butter
thoroughly agitated again by turning
the machine. In the last washing was
put a little salt and coloring if desired, i
so that when the butter was taken J
fiom the churn at the end of seven
minutes it was ready for the table and
of most superior quality. Out of a
gallon of cream about a pound of but
ter and three quarts of residual cream
were usually secured.
Thus every one may be his own
dairymaid in the years of progress to
come. Ten minutes' work with a few
quarts of cream will supply a table
with the best of butter, of whose gen
uineness and purity there can be no
question. More than that, the process
furnishes a ready check, by weight,
on the quality of cream being supplied
by the milkman, since Lake Michigan
water, according to the inventor of the
new separator, yields only traces of
butter on long agitation.
■•■
Wjisli Your Lace*.
It 13 a very great mistake to keep choice
lace for years without washing. Many women
believe that it Is ruined by soap and water,
and will keep some cherished length for
years and years, turning yellow with age and
rotting with the dust it has accumulated till
It really drops to pieces.
RiKhtittK a WroiiK.
Miss Wabash— Your friend who has just left
us is something of a pessimist, I Imaginr.
Miss Halsted— lndeed, he isn't. He's an
optician, and has the cream of the West side
trade.— Chicago Newa.
What is
CASTORIA
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Xarcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria is the Children's Panacea
—the Mother's Friend.
THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
APPEARS ON EVERY WRAPPER.
EXPEGTIfIG A RISE
WALL STREET IX A STATE OF SUS
PENSE AXD HOLIDAY DULL
NESS.
SITUATION FAVORS BULLS.
MANY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS VISI
BLE WHICH POINT TO HIGHEB
PRICES.
HETTER PROSPECTS FOR 1888.
Improvement Made DurliiK IS!>7
Will Be More Than Etiuttled
Next Year.
Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— 1n his weekly
review of the financial situation, Henry
Clews says:
In its general aspects, busine.s at the stock
exchange does not vary materially from the
conditions existing since the lute upward turn
In prices. Some prominent operators, whose
buying started that recovery, seem to foavi
realized their profits and are now operat ng
In a transient oft and on sort of way, but no
longer constitute v persistent bull element
The market Is therefore dependent mainly
upon its lnstrinsie Btrength backed by the
moderate buying of a bullish outsidu con
tingent and the expectation of the rise that
usually attends the distribution of invest
ment earnings at the opening of the year.
The situation contains some very Important
elements favoring speculation for higher
prices. The satisfactory aspects of general
business are well maintained. Ac.ortting to
tho reports from trade circles and irom the
manufacturing centers, there Is good reason
for expecting that the commercial recovery
of 181)7 will be more than equaled in 1898. Ad
vices from the agricultural Btatea Indicate
the prospect of a more active business thau
has been realized for many years, and sug
gest a probability of the liquidation of an
important amount of farm mortgages, with
the elfect of creating a demand from the
mortgagees for other securities to take their
place. The Iron trade, which is accepted aa
the best barometer of the condition of busi
ness at large, continues its remarkable In
crease of activity. The be.st evidence of the ;
magnitude of tho current increase in this in- ;
dustry is afforded by the fact that the lake
shipments of iron ore for is:« 7 amount to 12,
--200,000 gross tons against VXKUOO in 1896—
showing a gain during the twelve months of
2,600,000 tons, or near.y 30 per cent; and yet j
there is a probability of it still larger in v -
ment in IS9B. Our exports of steel rails and '
railroad equipments and also of ele trical
plants are assuming very extraordinary di
mensions; and there are Indications of an In
crease In the homo construct! > n of railroads,
to say nothing of tho undertaking of long
deferred repairs and Improvements and pur- \
chases of roiling stock. Tin- continued fall I
In prief-s haf, made It possible to export a va
riety of articles for which we have hitherto j
been unable to find a foreign outlet; and this,
With other conditions, foreshadows the full
maintenance of the Increase in exports <>f
manufactures which has been steadily gain-
Ing for the last two or three years. The
value of this lies not merely in our gaining
new sources of trade but equally In the re
lief which Is afforded to our congested home
markets, and the consequent bet'.er oppor
tunity for the realization of industrial profl B.
It Is not easy to overestimate the Importance
of this growth in our export trade. The total
foreign shipments of merchandise for the last
eleven months exceed those of the same [<< -
riod of 189G by JN6.000.000, and of 1895 by |242,
--300,000. This gain has been largely flu., to
our extraordinary shipments of brearlstuffs;
but, Judging from the fact that our winter
wheat acreage sown this year la cstimatpd to
exceed last year's by 7 per cent, while the
European acreage Is reported to be under that
of 1896, there seems to be a probability that
next year also we may have a large surplus
of wheat for export. Thus, so far as the busi
ness of next year may depend upon our export
trade, the outlook for business in 1838 Is most
hopeful.
The operations of the railroads continue to
exhibit an extraordinary Increase of earning.
The gross traffic receipts of 131 roads for :
November show an average Increase of 20
per cent over those of 1596. For the first elev
en months of the year 124 roads show an \
Increase of $20,800,000; during the first half
of the period, however, the earnings show .1
but slight increases, bo that most of the gain
has been made within the last six months.
Although there has recently been some con
siderable irregularity in rates, the In'
on net earnings 'm&s been in a higher ratio
than on gross. Tor the month of October
130 roads chow a pain In net earnings ay- I
erasing 8.45 per cent, and In gross of only
7 per cent. For the firpt t^n months of the \
year the net business of US roads shows an
Increase of 11.12 per cent, whilst the gain
In the gross "earnings was only 5.2 per er-nt.
Tills Is a very satlsfar-tory exhibit and evi
dences Improved management In this class
of Investments.
The opening of congress has had little vis
ible effect upon the interests represented in
Wall street. Little new in policies was ex
pected and l'ttlo has appeared. The common
expectation was that thf president would an
nounce a strictly businrss policy; and that Is
Just what he has glveD. much to the satis
faction of the people at large, who, above"
evprything. want a rest from disturbing polit
ical agitaUcm. The general purpose of th°
president's financial policy, and especially
his declarations In favor of the mainteri:!.-!- ••
of the gold standard, have awakened a re
sponsive chord among the conservative classes
at large and also helped eonfidpnee In o;ir
prospects abroad. The Intense hostility of the
silver e'ement in congress to this feature of 1
the message Is a measure of the estimate
placed upon the sound money policy of Mr.
McKlnley. fie has made himself a center
around which #ie conservative sentiment of
the country may safely rally; which is an im
portant gain towards the procurement of some
measure of currency reform. Exactly what
form that action may finally take is as yet
| far from certain. It Is likely to conform
I entirely to tho measure presented by the
secretary of the treasury; for. while his gen
| eral Durp<> a<? commands considerable assent,
j yet the details of his plan do not appear to i
■ strike finan^l opinion as the best that could .
i be devised. The plan of the Indianapolis con- j
i ventlon is waited for with mu«h interest, j
j It has doiibtl'-BS been carefully deliberated :
j after consultation with numerous persons |
supposed to be well qualified to judge in the
: subject; nM it Is likely to present the most
advanced and most generally approved ldras
In the Dlan to be soon submitt*»d to con
i gress. Yet, after all, it is very possible that
3
the silver element In congress may prov<
strong enough to defeat any notion at thi
present session. In that case, the (llsrusstofl
win, however, hav< educated public opinion
to a point which will make money reform in
evitable at a lab r stage.
LONDON >l \KKKTS.
Slight nine in American Railway
Slinrt'M.
LONDON. Pec. 26.— The stringency in th<
money mark) t (lightly Increased last week.
The Bank of England did a large business In
bills at 3 per pent and loans at 3'«. A rls«
In the hank rate is considered possible. Tha
gold demand continues strong; but the pre
vailing discount rates are expected to prevent
withdrawal < fur the continent and the United
States.
On the itoch exchange business was pool
and the tendency downward. Consols wir<
Bold In order to obtain money, but there wa»
little movement in other first-class stocks.
There was much selling in Chinese anil Japa
nese bonds. The latter dropped 2'*j points,
while Chinese, 1896, fell 2 points; gold loan
Vi point, ami silver loan '._. point. Argentine
securities fell off attain '" 2 a point. Home
railways w< ri lower on dividend estimates,
American railway securities were steady, the
only feature being a rise of \\ points In Cen
tral Pacific shares. Canadian railway shares
showed a relapse on the- poor traffic returns],
Canadian Pacifies falling \i, point; Grand
Trunk guaranteed ", point, and Orainl Trunk
firsts *i point. Argentine railway securities:
also declined on the disappointing traffic re
turns.
STRAXGE, IF TRUE.
How n Brooklyn Doctor Educated a
\orili Carolina Hamlet.
A Brooklyn physician in making an
nual tiuiitiiiß trips to the wilds of North
Carolina discovered ill" dearth ef news
papers among the people of t >i : » t state
and the utter Ignorance of many con
cerning tor-i<-s of til-- day, says thi New
York Tribune.
This set the doctor thinking, and it
resulted In his Bavlng all newspapers
and magazines when he had reached hU
hem< after one of his Bhooting r ri i>s.
nnd sending tivrn to the li >s1 who had
entertained him while In the South.
The grateful recipient of the literature,
after reading it himself, distributed it
among his friends, and this was kept
up for ;i whole year. The nexl time
thai the dm tor Journeyi d to the little
North Carolina hamlel he was greatly
impressed by th<- mental development
of lls friends there. ll<- was surprised
to find thai the i"- iple whom h>- former
ly i: ikt 'i '.•. iih and who were bo grossly
ignorant of the world's happenings
were • fairly well posted on every
thing of national Importance thai had
occurred nlnce his previous visit. In
fact, h« found th' mi so \\<!l posted on
many subjects thai the questions they
iisi<- <l him ai times were even embar
rarsing. H- ha<l always considered
hlrrnelf rai her n ell n ad, ai t hat. He
finally alluded In ;i delicate manner to
hi" hosi i" ti. . . the
b( 1 1 - r in the handful of people who
lived In the hamlet, ;'ii>l the latter very
'■i'l bluntly t < » l <1 him t'Mt it
wan the result of th<' weekly package
of newspapers and magazines thai he
h;id sent them from his Brooklyn home
if the pri \ ious i welve moni hs.
\\ ' I . • ii the doctor again departed for
the North he vi • ■ <l to himself that he
would ke< p up Jii.s good work, and his
friends declare thai he h;is not only
done bo, bul ha also Interested other
people In the mental development of
his North Carolina acquaintances.
MAID OF HONOR'S DUTIES.
Thorn Wlki Attend the Czarina >lw»t
lie \l>if to Sew find Cook.
Those- who thir.k thnt the life Of a
lady about a court is necessarily that
of a butterfly, may !>*' surprised to
le;irn th;u cleverness with th>- needle
Is an adjunci demanded of th>- maids
'.f honor at the court of Russia, to be
of us'- In • • • of emergency when In
attendance on the czarina. That tht-y
r:,'iv.- also to read well aloud and to
stand for any length of time goes with
out saying, but it would hardly b<
lieved thai In order to pas:- Into thr»
imp' !■; ;: ! presence Russian maids of
honor have to obtain ;i diploma for
cooking! Such is, however, the i
In some imperial mens . the
maid of honor has to compose the
every-day dinner menu. And In all
this training there underlies the teach
ing that an empress or grand duchess
of Russia Is a personage of divine vo
cation. Having passed through all this
ordeal, the would-be maid of honor, at
the app of slxtf mi or seventt en, is pre
sented to the empress, and if finding
favor in th>- Imperial eyes, is appointed
a demoiselle d'honneur, passing subse
quently through the various grades
mentioned. From this body of maid
ens, too, the various grand duchi
•nith th>- czarina's approval, also make
their selections.
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