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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE |
SUNDAY. MARCH 19, 1893.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
v I
By Ca:rifr I 1 mo 1 6 mos 1 12 mos j
Daily only". 4 0 c !$ 2 . 2 5 i* 4 . 0 0 !
Daffy and Sunday. .50c] 2.75 5.00,
Sunday |.16ct .75 _jj_S_g
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Mail I 1 mo I 6 moa I 12 moa
Daily GnU 25c $1,50 1$ 3. 00!
Daily and Sunday. .35c 2.001 4.00
Sunday 75 1 1.60;
Weekly 76 I 1. 00 j
Entered at Poatofflce at St. Paul, Minn., as (
Second-Class Hatter. Address all communl- |
cations and aake all Remittances payable to
THS GI.OUE CO., St. Paul. Minnesota.
Anonym us ,"-jnmunleatlons not noticed. Re- j
fcettd tninutcrlpta will not be returned ua-
Ifss R^iiimr'aQied by postage.
BRANCH OFFICES.
!\rv»- IcrU 10 Spruce St.
llili'asti ...Room 609. No. 87 Washington St. '
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THE WEATHER.
FORECAST FOR TODAY.
Minnesota Pair; warmer In southwest
ter; variable winds.
North Dakota— Fair; northerly winds.
South Dakota— Fair; warmer in eastern I
portion; variable winds.
lowa -Fair; warmer; winds mostly!
i •<• I herly.
M< ntana Pair; winds mostly northerly.
Wisconsin- -Warmer In eastern portion; j
light to fresh variable winds.
ST. PAUL.
yesterday's observations, taken by the j
United Slates weather bureau, St. Paul, i
P. 1". Lyons observer, for the twenty-four ,
hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature and
elevation.
Highest temperature 28
[.owest temperature 'j
Average temperature IS i
Daily range 19'
Barometer 2!»>x
Humidity 72
Precipitation "... 0
7 p. in., temperature 2G
7 p. in., wind, northwest; weather, partly
TEMPERATURES.
yesterday's observations, taken by the
I nited States weather bureau, Washing--
Tempexature. Temperature
High^Spm. High.*Bpm.
Bismarck ....30 & Montreal 14 Vi
Buffalo 36 28|New York . 4»; «-|
Boston n 34 Omaha ... 25 28
« 'tin-ago 32 2* Philadelphia .5t5 ll
Cincinnati ...5-S r.4 Pittsburg 60 58'
Cleveland ....:.4 if) San F'ncisco.sß 58 ;
Detroit 42 3ft St. Louis ....54 34
1 ">'<;' li 26 20 Salt Lake ...4t; 16
Helena 34 30 Ste. Marie ...32 24
Ja. Lsonvllle .82 74 Washington .50 r>>
Los Angeles .62 58 Winnipeg ....24 18 I
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul !
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\O CVISK FOR HYSTERIA.
The senate bill for inspection of meats i
was only put to sleep by the tap on its i
solar plexus the other day, and. reviv- j
Ing, is again on the calendar for farther
consideration. While no one wants to !
• it diseased or unwholesome meats, and !
while it is well enough for society to '
guard its members against being fed |
them, neither the quantity of such meats i
put upon the markets nor the general I
health conditions of our food animals ;
warrants the indiscriminate statements j
made in support of inspection. There arc !
always imaginative folk who generalize i
from insufficient data, and the tendency |
Lo exaggerate is not confined to dema- i
gogues. Most men are prone "to take a !
fragment for the whole and call the whole
a part."
It is generally known that, to protect
exports (if our meats from attack In for
< ign markets, the federal government ha 3
established aivl maintains expert lnspec- !
tion at thirty-three principal cities, em
bracing liß abattoirs. All animals bought
.-a these places by packers who do an j
export business pass under the eye of
these experts, first in the yards or on
the scales and subsequently after
slaughter and dressing. The meats thus j
h spected are not all exported, but are j
also sent to the cities and towns of the I
country for the retail trade. A perusal !
of the report of the chief of the bureau of |
animal Industry, which has charge of this i
work of Inspection, would allay the ap- j
prehensions of those good folk who seem j
to imagine that disease lurks in every
creature sent to the shambles. It will
assure tlif-m that the cattle of our coun
try are exceptionally healthy; more so.
In fact, than are their consumers.
We Bnd in that report that, of the 42,
--310,107 animals, cattle, sheep, calves and '
hogs, inspected before slaughter, 13,866 j
were condemned at the abattoirs, and
78,388 in the yards, a total of 92,254, or 1 I
to each 160. Of the 2G.550.689 inspections j
after slaughter, 70,121 carcasses and 49,295
parts of carcasses were condemned and !
s"iu to the rendering tanks, or one in
223. This is hitrdly a fair ratio, as the 1
inder of the "parts" were passed as '
sound. Of the 42,010,107 ante-mortem ta
lons 25,556,744 were hogs, and of the
2C550,689 post-mortem inspections 15,839.034
wore hogs. Put 1 out of each 330 head of '
cattle was condemned before slaughter,,
and but 1 ol" each 425 after killing. The!
1 tmber of animals condemned was I
but .:! of 1 per cent of all the mil- i
lions of animals Inspected. Really, the \
actual danger does not seem to warrant .
the genera] indiscriminate and alarming)
assertions made.
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<;Oi,l> LACE I.\WM\KI\G.
The slj-rht of a sovereign commonwealth
meeting In the persons of its senators i
and representatives to pass laws and
vote money has ceased to command re
spect In tli. s.- United States. There is j
something about the Solon from Way- I
cross Center who comes down to the cap- j
Ital with his carpet sack and blows out i
the gas that appeals to America's sense I
of humor, rather than to America's :
pride. Minnesota is. of course, excepted, !
but in general the legislature of today Is
a standing joke. Even its corruption Is '
not taken seriously. Half a dozen bri
bery investigations going at once fall to I
attract public attention.
The legislature, in point of fact, is the '
bulwark of free institutions, and some- '
thing ought to be done to prop it up.
America mteht borrow a leaf out of Can
n 'as book. A provincial parliament over
< ■ line has enough embroidery and gold
lace about It to dazzle the public. A leg- I
Mature ought to be clothed in respect;
but, lacking respect, glitter and gold lace !
will do almost as well. When the law- j
makers of the province of Manitoba met •
at Winnipeg the occasion was something '
to Impress the voter. The Royal Can
adlan Dragoons paraded, and the Thir
teenth tfeid battery roared a salute.
Mnrk the contrast On one side of the
line, ceremony, gold lace and honor. On
the other, nothing but a few clean col
lars and a camp-fire of the lobby. Small
wonder the legislator of Canada fs look
eel ::j> to and respected, while his brother
V
in lawmaking in the United States Is
offered $0 bribes. If the Solon of the
states lAtl been escorted by royal dra
goons and saluted by a field battery, $10
would certainly be the minimum.
Ceremony seems to be the only salva
tion of the American legislator." If the
law will only allow him a military es
cort, top boots with spurs, and a broad
blue sash spangled with gold stars, there
may be some hope for him. He may be
able to eleel a senator without Involving
himself in scandal and puss the few need
ed laws without attracting a third house
larger than the other two.
BAGUB STREET MARKET SITE.
The proposal of the city council to pay
$50,000 for eleven lots in what is known
as the Eagle street market site, a reso
lution to this effect being new In the
hands of a committee consisting of Mayor
Kiefer. Comptroller MeCardy, Assembly
men Benson and Thompson, and Aid.
Knauft and Bantz, Is exciting a good
deal of interest. The only terms offered,
and which terms are now being seriously
considered by the committee, are that the
city shall pay for one year a rental of
$1,750, in addition to $800 taxes, and at the
expiration of that time pay $49,000 for
the site, or $51,550 in all. City Engineer
RundltUt reports that it will cost $3,400
to till the site to grade, making the grand
total for the Eagle street site $54,950.
In considering this proposition the
question naturally arises, why should it
be considered for ;i moment, in the face
of the fact that the eleven lots desig
nated in the resolution could be pur
chased in the open market today for $20,
--000? Why should the city of St. Paul pay
$24,950 moie for a certain piece of prop
erty than it can be sold for to the private
purchaser? In exact figures, deducting
the cost of filling to grade, $8,400, the
price asked is $31,550 more than It can be
sold for.
Another question that Is worthy of
careful consideration is this: It is learn
ed from a variety of sources that the
Eagle street site Is by no means a popu
lar one with the people. At a recent
meeting of the. market gardeners It de
veioped that SO per cent of them were
opposed to. the location. Why should
such a site, at su<-h a remarkable ad
vance over real, values, be forced upon a
class of people so vitally interested as
are the market gardeners?
In view of the recent action of the
council in so promptly taking into seri
ous consideration the proposal of the
agents of this site, there certainly exists
food for thought in the above sugges
tions.
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NEW YORK HOTEL HORROR.
On Friday afternoon another hotel fire
horror was added to a historical list that
embraces almost every prominent city
ln the country. The destruction of the
Hotel Windsor, New York, by fire, In
broad daylight. In the busiest portion of
the day, while all the day force of em
ployes were on watch and presumably
alert, with the attendant great loss of
life, raises the ominous question. What
would have been the harvest of death
had the flames broken forth at midnight?
Heretofore night only has been the
hour of dread for hotel guests. A mid
day alarm of fire would, supposedly, have
emptied the house of its inmates in an
orderly manner, without panic and with
out the loss of a single life. All repom
agree that the hotel was thoroughly
equipped for fighting Hre, with pumps
equal in force to six powerful fire en
gines. Yet it does not apear that any
effort was exerted to make them availa
ble. The costly machinery was there,
but at a most critical time it seems to
have been totally impracticable. On the
subject of fire escapes reports are a trifle
hazy, and, in some cases, conflicting. In
several Instances, notably in the case of
Miss Bessie Winter, safety was found by
means of a fire escape. But the heroic
efforts of the department with scaling
ladders would seem to Indicate an un
warranted deficiency In practicable tire
escape apparatus.
The story of the origin of the fire is
peculiar. In many cases the origin is
mysterious. Here it appears plain
enough, and an eye witness, Waiter Foy,
is alive to tell the story. A guest of the
hotel, while walking toward the Fifth
avenue front to look out upon the St.
Patrick's day parade, lights a cigar,
throws the burning match into the folds
of a lace curtain. Tn an instant the en
tire contents of the parlor were ab!aze,<
and the flames sped furiously from room
to room, driving before them the panic
stricken guests and others who were
temporarily in the hotel to witness the
parade. It was the beginning of fhe
end. The structure was doomed, and a
fierce fight to save human life the grim
business of the moment.
The Hotel Windsor holocaust will of
course revive talk about "fire-proof"
structures. But of what use are inflam
mable edifices filled with the most inflam
mable goods and decorations Imaginable?
If it teaches a lesson in simplicity of or
namentation, even to the extent of rigid
exclusion of combustible decorations In
the interior of hotels, apartment houses
and other human hives, a lesson that will
be heeded; much good may result In tha
future.
STATE BOARD OF EQt ALIZATIOX.
Mr. Dwinnell. of Hennepin county,
wanted to have the representation on the
state board of equalization changed from
one for each judicial to three from each
congressional district. The house sus
pected that this was a scheme to secure
for the cities a larger proportion
of members, and when the bill
ccme on for consideration the
rural representatives sat down upon
it with emphasis. Their suspicion
gets some warrant from the heat with
which a Minneapolis paper assails the
majority and its assumption that, through
the action of the state board, the large
cities are assessed a greater share of
the state taxes than they should bsar,
owing to the preponderance and jealousy
of members of the board from the coun
try.
This is so serious a charge that The
Globe felt it to be Its duty to Inves
tigate the case to ascertain Its truth.
The method of assessing is well known;
the primary valuation by the local as
sessors; the review of their work by the
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1839.
county boards, consisting of the county
commissioners and auditors, and the
final comparison, rectification and bal
ancing by the state board. If there had
been the partiality charged upon the
state board, it would appear in compari
sons of the valuations made by the three
bodies. It would show most strongly in
a wide difference between the valuations j
of the local assessors and those made
by the state board, for one might expect
the local assessors to be careful not to
give property in their jurisdiction higher
values than were given In other coun
ties.
The large cities are In the counties of
Ilennepln, Ramsey and St. Louis. The
valuations of property are to be found
in the state auditor's biennial reports.
Taking real estate as the standard, it be
ing about 80 per cent of the total value,
the following: comparisons of the valua
tions of the three separate bodies, in the
years ISM, 189G and 1898, do not seem to
bear out the charge of favoritism:
"j County | State
County. [Assessors] Board. j Board.
IS94— i ] j '
Hennepin . .jji'c.jww.a-in $m,m,239i0i30.i9i.0'M
Ramsey ...I 114.-141, G7C 114.476.28 1 >! ]U,476.&>2
St. Louis ...| 43,02C.917| 48,455,355| 44,k'2S,ii'i<;
iS%- i ' |
Hennepin . | 125,735,555! 101,712,8511 101.712.551
Ramsey ...| «.,'JOI.J!SIi 52.4tW.841] 82.409.51 l
St. Louis ...| 88,858,1001 41,037,939| 38,142,102
1898— I |
Hennepin .| 98.473.150 98.039.420] 98.030,420
Ramsey ...I SI.VjB.JiSS: S2,UUU.a(Mi 82,000,5*1
St. Louis ...| 37.228.301! 37.524.9891 37,:)38,567
It will be seen from these figures that
the state board has taken sometimes the
assessors' valuations, sometimes the
county board's, and sometimes, as in
St. Louis county fo; 18%, made a lower
valuation than either the assessors or
the county board. The charge is unsus
tained.
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WAR BY THE CODE DIELLO.
There is something attractive in the
suggestion from Baron Russell of Kil
lowen that the great nations of the
world adopt the code duello as a method
of eliminating war. The idea of the chief
justice of England is that nations, when
they become involved, instead of drawing
their guns and blazing away after the
fashion of politicians in Arkansas, ap
point seconds, write polite notes and. If
they must fight, do it in a gentlemanly
way. All of this appeals to people who
have caught the spirit of modern prog
ress. War in the past has olten been
rough, and sometimes even it
has been brutal. Any means that
will tend to remove it from
its present rowdy -status and make
it a matter of high art and etiquette will
be hailed by ail civilization as a distinct
triumph.
Various conventions have endeavored
to bring about the happy state of affairs
desired, but to very little purpose, and
even Baron Russell's suggestion, though
It has practical value, cannot be put
into effect without serious inconvenience.
In the case of two great powers the plan
might work- Imagine England and
France involved. The seconds once ap
pointed, the rest would be only a mat
ter of detail. With a choice of weapons
ranging from Jhirteen-inch guns to bridge
whist, something could be found satis
factory to both. The rivals could eat
"tinned roast," the survivor to be vic
tor, box twenty rounds or shake dice,
and the whole thing be settled without
severing family ties, mussing up the
landscape or booming the stock of the cof
fin trust. All of this is so alluring that
there is temptation to overlook manifest
difficulties. It is only necessary, how
ever, to call the case -to mind to realize
the perplexities of the seconds in the
event of a break in the diplomatic rela
tions between the bushmen of Austra
lia and the Laplanders of the North.
The bushmen would never agree to snow
balls, and the Laplanders know very lit
tle of the use of the boomerang. Pin
wheels would be all right for China, but
would never suit the Esquimau. Russia
would insist on caviar and Germany upon
liverwurst. Indeed, diplomatic complica
tion?, under Baron Russell's scheme, as
compared with those of today, would
resemble a map of Boston drawn over
section lines. Conflicting peoples could
never remember their original troubles
while code complications were being ad
justed.
War on 5 o'clock tea lines is a Rleasant
dream, but there is small use in delaying
the shock of waking. Baron Russell's
project will not do. It is very pretty, but
It can never be anything but a voy when
war can be conducted by the code. It
will share the fate of the duello. The
one can hardly be revived to beautify the
other.
The anything-to-get-there editors of
Republican papers, who were "pointing
with pride" last year to dollar wheat as
the consequence of McKinleyism and
Dingleyism, are maintaining a silence
now, with wheat at 65 cents, that com
mands our intense admiration for their
discretion.
The bicycle companies are said to have
entered into a $25,000,000 "understanding"
to save expenses. There is a pleasant
sort of resiliency about that word un
derstanding which isn't conveyed in plain
trust.
Sorosis will please take official cog
nizance of the fact that the queen regent
of Spain accomplished more in the treaty
business than did the whole cortes.
Aguinaldo might slide around to a tele
graph office and send his condolences to
Alfonso. Neither has any peace worthy
of the name.
Charles A. Plllsbury Is spoken of as a
Republican candidate for vice president.
He ought to have flour enough to make
that stick.
Evidently the queen regent of Spain
believes in the motto "Never put off till
nianana what you can do today."
All attempts to save the Spanish cruiser
Colon have been abandoned. It is quite
evident she has come to a full stop.
If Ella Wheeler Wilcox is looking for
a state of "unkissed kisses," let her take
a bird's-eye view of Texas.
The indorsement Gen. Miles is getting
from the beef investigating committee
Isn't doing him any harm.
It is noticeable that the Delaware leg
islature adjourned itself by simply blow
ing out the gaa.
The traveling library bill traveled
through the house committee of the
whole.
If anybody finds that Alaskan boundary,
he ought to put a ten-ton weight on it. |
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.
One of the most noteworthy charac
teristics of the house of representatives
at the capitol is its disposition to ad
fourn sharp on the stroke of 12. The
Philistine dropped in the other day Just
as one of the members made his usual
noon hour motion for' a recess.
"Regular," rorrfilrlled a bystander.
"Most regular > e &'^iifctye. body on earth.
Just like a lot of mules on a railroad
dump. Kick the scrapers over behind
'em and trot off to the crib."
The destruction of the market sheds
has resulted in some revelations. Those
whose necessity it has been to come down
town nights will 'WTnombor'" the inky
blackness of those *Jon.gj tunnels, not only
on the Seventh street face of the old mar
ket, but on both slrleS' cif the area north
west of it. Now Jth» 'city lamp-lighter
did not get any official notification of the
tearing down of these' shed?, so the next
night he went right cm' his- usual rounds,
the result being that there shone out on
the night air the rays of two lamps that
had long since bqen fjjrgotten save by
the officer on the beat and the lighter.
They could not be seen from the street,
but they used up five feet per hour, and
that helped a little! Of late years, at
least, the travel through that, north mar
ket passage after nightfall has hardly
been heavy enough to average one to
the dollar paid for the illumination of the
two tips in the lonesome place.
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John L. Townley Is' telling a story of an
experience he had recently at Hastings,
where he went to try a case. It was
during the intricacies of a legal struggle,
and Mr. Townley noticed a strong smell
nt burning sulphur. Soon after the court
remarked:
"We will take a ■ live-minute recess,
gentlemen," and produced from under the
judicial desk an eight-day niatch in full
blaze, with which he proceeded to light
hia pipe.
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Patrolman Ben Morris was presented,
the other day, with several good sized
fish, neatly wrapped up in a brown paper.
As he could not very well carry the lish
around with him he dropped in at En
gine House No. 8 and asked if he might
leave them until he went home. The
permission was readily granted and
Morris found his bundle waiting for him
when he called on his way home.
Upon opening the' bundle, with visions
of fried fish floating In his mind, Morris
was surprised to find that he had nothing
but some blocks of wood, with the tails
of the original fish neatly tacked on so
that they would stick out at the end of
the bundle.
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Yesterday Bailiff Parrish looked out
from the municipal court room, and no
ticed two small boys, beating a third,
who was smaller than either, and howl
ing lustily. Assuming the role of peace
maker, the officer Jerked the boys apart
and demanded to know what the trouble
was.
"We were all right to lick him," said
the biggest of the aggressors. "Why,
he's got the smallpox."
And the excitement proved to have
arisen from the fact that the youngster's
vaccination was taking.
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Little Frank Farre.ll was up for more
good advice from Judge Orr yesterday.
"So this is the boy whole stole Pioneer
Presses, is it?" asked his honor.
"It is, sir."
The court thought a minute.
"I continued the case yesterday to have
time to think," he said at last, "and I
have thought long and industriously. I
have searched the records for a precedent
and none appears. This is not a probate
court. In case the boy is Insane let him
go to Judge B&zille. But as for me, I
have no power to inflict punishment upon
a person who will deliberately steal, ap
propriate, secrete and carry away copies
of the Pioneer Press."
SMART SHORT STORIES.
An old minister at a certain village was
In the habit of paying unexpected calls at
the school and putting the pupils through
their "facings." On one such occasion the
minister asked 'the , class if there were
any pi'ophets nowadays. This was . a
poser to the majority; but one bright lit
tle fellow, the son of a pushing trades
man, eagerly extended his hand. "Well,
my lad, are there any prophets?" asked
the minister. "Yes, sir," was the answer;
"small pr.olits and quick returns, father
says."
After the battle of Custozza a soldier,
supposed to have been killed, was entered j
on the books of his, company: "Died on
the 24th of June 1866." A few days after
ward it turned out that he was still alive,
and the honest quartermaster made the
following entry: "Died by mistake." At
length there came a letter from the min
istry of war, announcing the death of the
man at the hospital, when the quarter
master recorded the fact as follows:
"lie-died by urder of the ministry."
A country schoolteahcer recently gave
a boy a question in compound proportion
for home work, which happened to include
the circumstance of ■ "men working ten
hours a day in orfler to complete a cer
tain job." Next morning the unsuspect
ing teacher, in looking- over the little pack
of exercises, found Jim's sum unattempt
ed, and the following. letter inclosed in the j
page: "Sur; I refuse.' to let Jim do his 1
sum you give him iastnite as it looks to
me to be a slur eight-hour sistum;
enny sum not more than eight hours he
is welcum to do, but .not more. Yours
truly, --Abram Blank, Senr."
A six-year-old, while visiting at the
house of a friend, accidentally tripped
and fell down about ;six of a flight of
stairs. Running to the little one's as
sistance, Mrs. R., -after picking the tot
up, asked: "Did you hurt yourself,
dear?" "N— no'm.'i she replied, sobbing
ly. -< How many steps did you fall down?"
"I d— don't k— know. I did— dldnt— k— k—
count them."
VARIOUS ODDITIES.
• Vienna has begun the construction of
bicycle paths through the streets.
Ground has been conceded for the pur
pose of building a new street on condition
that a strip be prepared for the use of
bicyclists.
The number of decorations awarded in
England during the forty-three years
since the institution of the "For Valor"
decoration, the Victoria Cross, half have
been awarded for acts of gallantry per
formed in India, no fewer than 182 hav
ing been given for the Indian mutiny,
against Til for the Crimea. Ten were
awarded in connection with the late In
dian frontier campaign and four for the
recent Soudan operations.
The largest pure nugget ever found was
known as the "Welcome Stranger" nug
get. It was found Feb. '5, 1369, by two
men named John Deason and Richard
Oates, in fossicking the margin of a
patch of alluvium near Dunolly, Victoria,
almost on the surface of the ground. It
was resting on a beet of stiff, red clay,
just above the bedeck, barely covered
with a loose, graveljy >pam. It was about i
twenty-one inches long; width not given,
and ten inches thick. ■wlih a little quartz,
Iron oxide and mjillock in it, but the
great body of ft ■*■* solid gold; so there
is no reason to suppose that either John
Deason or Rihcarß P&i 1 ?^ felt much ag
grieved on the scfl^e Wl the foreign sub
stances in this most .."welcome stranger."
It contained 2.256 oiuieei of gold, or, after
smelting, 2,248 ouno.es- of fine gold, and
was valued at the, Bank of England at
$47,070. Its gros3 weight as it came from
the ground was att^ut 208 pounds.
NUTRIMENT* IN NUTS.
In different parts ofiEurope scientists
have lately been ejtpeSimenting as to the
nutritive and medical'values of different
nuts, and have advanced opinions favor
ing the use of certain nuts as food in the
case of certain diseases.
It is claimed that there is a special
kind of salt in nuts which is especially
good * for softening the muscles of the
arteries, and elderly, people who suffer
from the stiffening of these muscles are
especially benefited by eating nuts.
In France, among the poorer classes.
the absence of , flour is replaced by the
chestnut, which is dried and ground.
The peasanls eat walnuts with bread
which has been smeared with garlic, and
this diet 1b said to replace meat. Bread
Is 11 ke wise made of the chesnuts.
There Is a pine nut of Korea which la
rich in oil, and la supposed to be so
strengthening that It is given to Korean
children who are delicate of constitution.
There is also a nut in Korea which looks
a little like a beechnut that is roasted
Jind eaten and is given in the raw state
as a remedy for coughs.
THE STATE PRESS.
Sic 'Km.
St. Cloud Times.
Democrats can afford to stand pat and
yell ''go it Reed." and "go it McKlnley!"
as the fight of the administration upon
tzar Heed waxes warmer. The warmer
it gets the more probability there will be
of Democratic success next year.
Ohjeet* to the Law.
Lake City Republican.
The present garnishee law in this state
makes It possible for a creditor to selzo
the wages of a laboring man in excess
Of $25 a month. All wages not exempt
must have been earned within thirty
• lays next preceding the garnishment
or execution. The law la an Injustice to
the debtor from start to finish and 3houtd
be repealed, and another doubling the
amount exempt and striking out the thir
ty-day clause should be substituted In
its place. Just because a man is poor
and in debt is no good reason for per
secuting him.
No liul.n i metl Goods.
■Chaska Herald.
Dairy Commissioner Bowler has pro
mulgated official notice that violators of
the food laws will be proceeded against
without further notice. If rumors are
correct, something Is liable to "drop"
almost any time among food adulterators.
Maj. Bowler does not propose to promote
the embalmed food industry.
Kui'is Come to Life
St. Peter Herald.
Hon. William Henry Eustls does not
seem to have profited by his experience
last fall, and has announced that he will
be a candidate before the Republican
state convention in 1900 for the guberna
torial nomination. Mr. Eustis will not
have clear sailing by any means, as Capt.
Van Sant has also signified his intention
of becoming a candidate, and Congi-ess
men Eddy. Tawney and Morris would
only nee.d but little urging to enter the
field.
The Consumer Pajs.
Montgomery Messenger.
Some of our Republican exchanges are
very jubilant over the raise in wages of
a few employes in the iron works of the
middle states. If they consider the raise
of from 10 to 40 per cent on nails, wire,
etc., etc., they will see that it is the con
sumer that pays the advance and not the
millionaire manufacturer.
Sees a New l.ijtlit.
Moorhead News.
The Pioneer Press has seen a new
light. It is hoped It will keep it in view
until after the next presidential election,
for there is nothing more certain than
that the nominee for president of the
Republican party in 1900 will not be a
pronounced enemy of trusts, and that
the nomination of the opposition will be.
Therefore, if the Pioneer Press adheres
to its present views, it will of necessity
become ally and the advocate of the lat
ter.
The Democratic Male.
Waseca County Democrat.
The G. O. P. at present may hold the
reins over the Democratic mule, but the
patient animal may raise both feet at the
same time, kick the driver real hard, and
then dock him the time spent in the air.
— . _«_
YARNS WITH A POINT.
On the occasion of a public reception at
Napier, Australia, the school children of
the town, after being duly complimented
by his excellency from County Tyrone on
the hearty manner in which they had ren
dered the national anthem, were solemnly
assured that if they put their shoulders
to the wheel they would be sure to reach
the top of the tree! This mixed metaphor
being commented upon, a compatriot of
his excellency retorted: "Sure, it was an
axle tree he meant, bedad."
The author wanted some reading, and
he sought out an unfamiliar shop. He
thought he would be recognized any
where, because his portrait had appeared
in the periodical press. So when the
salesman handed him a copy of his own
latest book, he winked drolly at the man
behind the counter, and pushed the book
away from him in mock disgust. "For
heaven's sake, no!" he cried; " I can't
read that man's stuff." "Well to tell you
the truth," said the salesman, solemnly,
"I can't either!"
A scientific demonstration which caused
some amusement is described in a recent
number of the Criterion. "A certain phy
sician had a large Toepler-Holtz mahcine
which gave a spark like a young streak
of lightning. His wife was much inter
ested in it, and watched the doctor 'ma
nipulate it, until she fancied herself mas
ter of the aparatus. One day a party of
friends called whfn the doctor was out,
and the good wife seized the opportunity
of paralyzing them with her knowledge
of science. She was a very dignified
woman of portly presence, and, after
leading them into the office, she began her
explanation with all the Impressiveness of
a lecturer. She spoke briefly of the pre
liminary manipulation of the machine.
'And then,' she said, laying her hand upon
one connection, 'the electricity goes from
here to here." whereupon an angry white
spark leaped out from the brass ball in
dicated, with a report like a horse-pistol,
and smote her upon the extended finger,
causing her to sit upon the floor with a
violence that shook the window panes.
The guests stood around in expectant at
titudes, looking at their fallen hostess in
pardonable surprise. Only for a moment
did that capable woman leave them in
doubt. 'There,' said she. In the most
m itter-of-fact manner, as though events
had simply followed the usual course,
'you see how it works. Now let's go into
the garden and look at the chrysanthe
mums."
WHY LONDON LAUGHS.
"What book would you recommend for
a man who has just got engaged?" "I
should say a check book."— lllustrated
Bits.
The Main Thing— Max— l am afraid
your father will object to me, as I keen
a shop. Freda— All he'll want to know
is— does the shop keep you?— lllustrated
Bits.
"Parker always exaggerates everything
so." "Yes. He can't even start an ac
count at the bank without overdrawing
it."— The Cigarette.
Husband (going out shooting)— I know
I'll miss you while I'm away, dearest!
Wife— Oh, of course you will! You al
ways miss everything when you're out
shooting!— Colored Comic.
Wise Lad— Maurice and Johnnie have
been rude to their mamma. Mamma has
complained to papa, who is heard com
ing up stairs. Johnnie— l say, Maurice,
here comes papa; I shall pretend to be
asleep. Maurice— l shan't; I shall get up
and put on my trousers.— Cigarette.
A Pertinent Question.
Boston Traveler:
Beef Packer and Millionaire Swift, of
Chicago, tells the beef Investigation com
mission that mouldy meat is sought by
the epicures of this country. If this is
true, why was it not saved for the epi
cures instead of being sent to the sol
diers, who did not seek it?
Where liiKniln I* Mi , oil.
Washington Post.
We miss the name of John J. Ingalls
from the preliminary proceedings of the
pending prize fight.
The liirufiled Czar.
Washington Post.
There is not even a remote possibility
of Mr. Reed getting provoked and re
signing bis leadership.
Poetry of the Period
IS it BnUHCFf
When you hear the sparrows trilling,
trilling from this eaves.
Whan you sneeze, sneeze, sneeze.
When you cough and cry and wheeze
And you wish that all the snow banks
were a million miles of cheese,
Is it spring? Is it spring?
11.
When you look out your window through
a glassy frame of ice
Is it spring? Is it nice?
Yea. It's nice, 'course it's nice
For the coal man, the weather man and
the man that's got the price.
It is spring, lovely spring?
111.
When you're waiting for a "Lowry car"
to take you down the line
In this spring-like time.
You stand kr<»e-deep and sublime
In a snow bank a-muttering. "Oh, 'aint
the weather fine?"
For it's spring? Lovely spring?
IV.
When you get down to your business and
you trudgo along tha street,
frvery one you meet
Gazes sharply at your feet
As if they knew Niagara was washing
them so neat
For it's spring? Cheerful spring!
V.
Yes, it's spring! 'Course it's spring!
And we all knew a two or a thing
That when winter comes once more
We'll all be South galore.
That Is we think we will before lt'a
spring. _F. C. M.
A DAKOTA HERO.
Across a Western plain trailed a long
provision train
With a little guard of soldiers in the
rear.
When a scout rode swiftly back, shouting
"Close up for attack!"
Close behind him rang the. war cries,
loud and clear.
A circle soon was made, and, in skirmish
, line arrayed,
The soldiers and the teamsters blazed
away.
While the wild, war-whooping Sioux.
finely mounted, fairly flew
Around the little band of men at bay.
At dusk the sergeant said we were run
ning short of lead
And at best could hardly struggle
through the night.
You could hear those brave men swear
not a red should raise their hair
As long as they had strength enough to
fight.
A fellow, young and slim, who was
r known as "Curly" Jim,
Whispered something in the sergeant's
ear.
The latter shook his head, as he turned
away, and said :
"You couldn't make the trip, my boy,
I fear."
The young scout made reply, with a glit
ter in his eye:
"There's no one left on earth who cares
for me,
So, sergeant, let me go, and If I pass the
foe
I'll have the reinforcements here at
three.
"To reach Yates, twelve miles away, In
and hour will be play
For this speedy little saddle 'bronc' of
mine."
Then he sprang 1 noon the back of his
prancing little black,
And galloped swiftly through the
skirmish line.
As he rode across the plain the arrows'
fell like rain
And the bullets whirred and sang about
his ears,
But his life seemed fairly charmed, for
he passed the Sioux unharmed
And waved his hat in answer to our
cheers.
Just a little to the right of the young
ster's line of flight
We saw a head-dress flutter in the
breeze.
Then we saw a puff of smoke as the red
skin's rifle spoke,
And the fleeing broncho sprawled upon
his knees.
We saw the brave boy stand, with re
volver in one hand.
After ending, with a ball, the pony's
pain.
Then he knelt upon the sod, prayed a
hurried prayer to God,
Ere he sent a bullet crashing through
his brain.
Following his fall came a thrilling bugle
call,
Ag the cavalry from Yates charged
down a hill.
AVhlle the disconcerted Sioux in all direc
tions flew
We gathered 'round the form so white
and still.
Every hatless head was bowed In that
wild, blasphemous crowd,
While the sergeant sang a fragment of
a hymn.
Now ft little pile of stones from the
wolves protects the bones
Of Dakota's youthful hero, "Curly"
Jim.
—Will E. Maiden.
DREAM OF THE GEOMETRICIAN.
Alexander Knlatowskl, Polish born in
vestigator
Into subjects geometrical,
With logarithms deep.
Sat on brooksids green and bosky, where
his metal incubator
Hatched no truths trigonometrical,
And so he fell asleep.
He though he was incarcerated in an
octohedron,
Where a host of things pentagonal
In horrid conclave sat,
And where his wits wore enervated by
a dodecahedron
Wearing over mien diagonal
An algebraic hat.
In a costume of trapeziums and circles
fabricated.
Which refused to be square rooted.
To his horror he was dressed.
And he found that his trapezouls would
not be eradicated;
He was parallelo-booted.
Though he did his very best.
In this life somnymbulistical he ran from
apparitions.
In a course circumambulatory.
Toward a vast abyss, .
Where with his mind statistical he found
geometricians
Giving facts somewhat consolatory
Of a short death's bliss.
No aslnorum pons appeared to cross perl
patetically:
The scholar leaped elusively,
With awful eerie scream. . .
And himself upon the grasses he found
not apathetically,
And was convinced conclusively
That all had been a dream.
—Pearson's Weekly.
TO BIDV.iRD KIPLING.
God give you health and length of years!
And us new treasures of your mind!
Tour loss would leave a world in tears
And no successor leave behind.
You spoke some things that liked us not—
MNtruth unmeant— hard-hitting truth.
Half-truth, the worst of all— God wot
You had the courage of your youth.
But what you saw or thought you saw
With young and clear unblinking eyes
You said; and by the Jungle Law
You could not have done otherwise.
"When 'Omer smote 'Is bloomln' lyre,"
The gods be praised, the schools were
few;
He found a coal of living fire
And passed It down the years to you.
—James Jeffrey Roche In Boston Tran
script.
WAITING.
She stood while yet 'twas early dawn
Close by the open gate;
Her cheeks were pale, her eyes were wan;
She murmured, "He is late!
How does he dare to treat me so?
And after all .he's said!
Ah! here he comes;" her eyes grew
bright.
She raised her pretty head.
And as the laggard came in view
She cried in tones to freeze:
"You're getting later every day;
Three pints this morning, please."
—Polly Pry in New York Herald.
Some Day.
Some day, some day we will \>i friends I
know, ■ it =
We cannot always treat each other so;
Some day our paths will meet, and we,
dear heart,
Will wander home together, ne'er tr, part.
-«t. Paul's.
ATTEMPTJT ARSON
DASTARDLY PIHPOSEJ OP MID
XIGIIT MISCKEWTS THWARTED
H\ THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WOULD HAVE BURNED LIVING
To Hnve Roblted the Dea.l Rumor
That Johsi Latinah Had Hidden
Txmmmmimt* Believed to Have
Aron»ed tk« (ovetou.ne** of t'u
prlnelple.l Rant-al* Track.
Found In the Snenr.
There Is every Indication that a das
tardly attempt was made yesterday
morning about daylight to burn a house
at -199 Hatch street, near the cordage
works, in which an old bachelor, reputed
to have money, occupied an upstairs
room. A German family occupy rooms
In the rear, on the first floor. Whether
further criminal action was contemplat
ed is a matter of conjecture, but there
can be no doubt but that the incendiaries
were willing to sacrifice the lives of those
in the house in accomplishing their pur
pose, whether it be murder of the old
man to gain possession of his money, or
simple robbery of the premises.
John Latlnah, the bachelor, who occu
pies a room in the upper story of the
house. Is a German Jew, fifty-three yeara
old. His neighbors know little or noth^
ing of him, but state that, he is reputed
to have saved considerable money from
his work as.a laborer, and that he never
goes out but to his employment. His
room, though poorly furnished, contain
ed everything: necessary in the line of
cooking utensils and conveniences, and
he has been in the habit of acting as his
own restaurateur.
He retired early Friday night and knew
nothing of the fire until awakened by the
smoke. Jumping out of bed, he found
the entire side of his room, next the out
side wall, in a blaze, the smoke pouring
into the room through several large holes
burned in the floor. His neighbors and
the family living in the rear of the house
were roused about the same time, and
an alarm of fire was turned in, while
they made every effort to check the
progress of the blaze. Pails of water
were brought from a neighboring well,
and with the timely assistance of the
ftre department the house was saved,
but not until one side had been badly
burned and holes eaten through the floors
and walls.
An investigation of the fire showed that
it had been set by unknown parties. One
of the firemen discovered two large auger
holes on the west side of the house and
kerosene stains covering several square
yards about the holes told the rest of the
story. The holes were bored directly be
neath the room occupied by Latinah, the
purpose being evidently to carry the fire
directly Into his bedroom. On the same
side of the house were tracks in the
snow, indicating that two persons at
least had been concerned In the deed.
An examination of the clapboarding
showed five more places where the mis
creants had attempted to bore holes, but
failed through striking obstacles.
In the rear of the house, which is en
tirely of frame construction, is a small
shed, the roof of which leads up to the
windows on the second story. Against
this shed was a short ladder, and tracks
In the snow showed that two men had
climbed up there and had set their kero
sene beside the window, while they tried
to pry it open.
It Is thought that the discovery of the
fire came earlier than expected by the
parties who set it, and that they intend
ed to start a blaze in the rear and an
other on the same side as the first, but
were prevented through the miscarriage
of their plan 3.
There Is absolutely no clue to the Ident
ity of the firebugs. They were not seen
by those who discovered the fire, and
Latihah is unable to give any light on the .
subject. He said yesterday that he did
not know whom to suspect, and explain
ed, in broken English, that he had no
idea why one wouid wish to burn him
out.
The Rondo street patrol wagon re
sponded to the alarm sent in, and offi
cers from that station Investigated the
affair". No action has yet been taken by
the police, and they are almost as much
in the dark as is Latlnah regarding the
responsibility for the occurrence.
.^*.-
II MEMORY OF MAJ. WILKINSON
TABLET WILL, BE PLACED IX THE
AIMIIMSTR \ MON Bl ILDIN<;
AT FORT SftSUIMI
Cerenionlea in t'(Vnne«tloii With the
Event Will ll.' Participated In by
the G. A. It., of Mlnneaitolln and
St. Paul.
The committee of the G. A. R., con
sisting of Capt. J. J. McCardy,- of St.
Paul, and J. F. Foss and Judge J. P.
Rea, of Minneapolis, which was ap
pointed to secure a memorial tablet to
be erected to the memory of MaJ. M. C.
Wilkinson, reports that a contract for
the construction of the tablet has been
let.
The tablet is to be of bronze, three feet
long and two and a half feet wide, and
■will bear appropriate inscription and be
placed on the walls in the administration
building at Fort Snelling. Unless somj
change Is made, April 19 will be the day
of the ceremonies attending the placing
of the tablet, as It is the anniversary of
the day that the regiment to which MaJ.
Wilkinson "belonged was ordered South.
Capt. McCardy, chairman of the com
mittee, says it will be made an occasion -
worthy of the man and attended with con
siderable ceremony, participated in by
the G. A. R. of the Twin Cities.
A complete programme will be pub
lished in a few days.
<H'ARAXTINED 35 MORE.
New Cane of Smallpox Clumpm a Third
Street Hotel.
The first case of smallpox to develop*
among the white people of the city was
reported to the city physician yesterday.
The patient gave the name of Frank
Brown and came to St. Paul from Minne
apolis last Tuesday. He has been lodg
ing at the Mission house, 145 East Third,
and though he complained of sickne?a
when he first came to St. Paul his case
was not diagnosed as smallpox until yes
terday. He was at once removed to the
pest house. The fact that he has never
been vaccinated makes the health depart
ment of the opinion that the disease will
be hard to eradicate in his case.
As soon as It was known that Brown
had been stopping at the Mission house
the place was quarantined and orders
given to confine all lodgers who have
been there for tlie past few days. As a
result, at 6 o'clock last evening, thirty
five persons who had been exposed were
confined there, all having been vacci
nated by Dr. Leavltt and Health Officer
Sinks. The records of the house show
that fifty-two people are wanted, as hav
ing been exposed, but the larger part
have already been found and confined.
They will be obliged to remain under
quarantine for the full period.
One More •' 'Graph."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The ergograph Is an Instrument de
signed to ascertain the nerve strength of
an individual. It is now being used in
the public schools of Chicago, to test the
nerves of the pupils, because the authori
ties, claim to have ascertained that there
is a connection between the nerves and
the mental ability of students. This is
a long way in advance of the crude edu
cational methods used by our fathers and
grandfathers, and yet there were Intel
lectual giants In their days, too.