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" Mary, how do you like the Ivory Soap?"
" Best we have ever had, ma'am. The starched clothes
are whiter and the flannels are softer than when washed
with common soaps. It saves my hands; they used to
be very sore after a wash."
"Well, Mary, I am told that it saves the clothes, too,
and you shall have only Ivory Soap after this."
Those who have tried both common soap and Ivory Soap, say that it takes
only two-thirds as much of the Ivory for a wash.
COPYRIGHT 1898 BY THE PROCTER L GAMBLE CO. CINCINNATI
BETTER THIS BAUBLE
MAYORALTY NOMINATION OF THE
DEMOCRACY PROMISES AN
ELECTION THIS YEAR
MANY COVET THE HONOR, TOO
Good Field In the Running for the
Nomination Soon to Be Made-
Gossip as to Leaser Places That
Wistful By** Are Bent Upon as
Spring Becomes an Approximate
Reality.
The popular idea around town that a
nomination on the Democratic ticket this
Bpring means an election may account
for the fact that there are a number of
men who are willing to head the ticket. I
Dr. E. H. Whitcomb has been in the
field for a long time, that is, his friends
have been talking him up, and there is no
doubt but what he has a large number
of fritnds in the city. In fact, it is
said his has become the most aggressive
campaign up to this time. His friends
are already framing up delegates to the
convention from the list of delegates who
attended the last convention. This
work, too, is not confined' to any one
ward, but wherever there is a local
leader known to be friendly to the
Eighth ward physician. Aid. Matt Banta
has also openly given it out that he
would accept the nomination and make
the race or. his record in the board
luring the last two years. Like Dr.
Whitcomb, he comes from the Eighth
ward, and would likely divide the dele
gation with Whitcomb. J. J. Parker
has told a number of people, so the
Globe is informed, that he would be
pleased to make the race this spring, but
to what extent he has pushed his desire
is not yet apparent. Humphrey Barton
has been urged to make the race for
the nomination. Up to the present Mr.
Barton has not fully determined to make
the struggle, which it seems would be
necessary to get there. His position as
the head of the city and county organi
zation has given him prominence as a
party man. Still his position does not
help him in any way except as individual
members of the organization might be
disposed to support him. The sentiment
of the organization is that Mr. Barton
is entitled to a good deal of considera
tion at the hands of the local party at
Borne future time. • Whether or not this
is the time to seek that something Is for
Mr. Barton and his advisers to decide.
Ther are a number of Democrats still
who would like to see Hon. J. W. Lusk
placed at the head of the ticket, and
the name of Postmaster Smith is not
Infrequently heard In connection with
mayoralty talk.
• • •
Anthony Yoerg Jr. would like to try
the running with McCardy again this
spring. He thinks he could "get ir^sld©
the money this time." How hard he
purposes to work for the nomination re
mains to be seen. Edward Ekman, who
also ran against McCardy, and split the
Democratic vote with Yoerg last year,
would also like to go it alone with the>
present comptroller. And, as the Globe
}ias heretofore mentioned, John Rogers
Jr.'s name has been coupled with this
nomination.
• * *
For city treasurer Peter J. Metzdorf
WORST KIND OF CASE.
We Will Tell You if You
Will Believe It.
The Experience of Well Known Per
sons Ought Surely to Be
Convincing.
"We ask you to read the following state
ment from a well known citizen because
he suffered from one of the worst kind
of cases of backache and kidney disor
ders, and was cured by Morrow's Kid-ne
oids. If you are in the least way troubled
with a weak back or disordered kidneys,
use Morrow's Kid-ne-oids; they cure
every, time.
Mr. W. Porter, elevator man at Mann
heimer Bros., corner of Robert and Sixth
street, Bays: "I have been a constant
sufferer from kidney troubles for a long
time. I suffered with kidney backache,
rheumatism, nervousness and other dis
tressing- and annoying symptoms of dis
ordered kidneys. I tried to get relief by
taking different kinds of kidney remedies,
but my trouble remained until I com
menced to take Morrow's Kid-ne-oids.
Kid-ne-olds cured me of all my former
troubles. I gained fifteen pounds in two
weeks. My friends have noticed the
wonderful change in my appearance and
physical condition and want to know
what caused it. I tell them Morrow's
Ktd-ne-oids and advise them to give Kid
ne-oids a fair trial. Kid-ne-oids cannot
be praised too highly."
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but
Yellow Tablets, and sell at 50 cents a
box at all drug stores and at Ticknor &
Jagger's Drug Store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac
tured by John Morrow & Co., Chemists,
Bpringfie**- "
is again a candidate. He has a good
many friends. He thinks the fact that
he and two of the mayoralty candidates
live in the same ward will not have any
bearing on the ambitions of any of
them.
Robert N. Grady may make the race
for alderman in the Fourth ward. It is
not known whether Aid. Donahower- in
tends taking another chance at this or
not. If he does the Democrats expect to
beat him.
It is probable that Henry Sternberg,
who came within a few votes of defeat
ing Aid. Kenny at the last election, will
receive the Third ward nomination for
alderman again.
Charles E. Hamilton has been men
tioned as a candidate on the Republican
ticket to succeed Aid. Sanborn. The
St. Paul Review says: "Mr. Hamilton
was mayor of Winnipeg during the Riel
rebellion, and was attorney genera) of
the former Conservative Manitoba cab
inet. He has had practical experience in
the very duties he would be called upon
to perform, and In this instance the man
would dignify the office."
* * •
Henry Bahe, of the Eighth ward, will
be a candidate before the Republican
convention for city treasurer.
* * *
The Tenth ward, which favored C. F."
Mahler,.for mayor in the last Republican
con^Wpon, is again exhibiting Mahler
Bynu>tnms.
* * •
— Aid. Shepard will likely make the race
again unless Sullivan defeats him for the
nomination. Shepard would like the
nomination for mayor, and would or
dinarily be satisfactory to certain influ
ences dominating city Republican poli
tics, but It is understood that Reeves
already has all of these hooked on, so
that the best that remains for ShefJurd
is to try to get back where he is. He
had a close call last time, and may
think that was a lesson.
The Tenth ward Republicans are said
to have experienced the same feelings
about Allard that the Democrats did
after he had represented them two years.
They are tired of him. Capt. Webber is
said to be as pleased with this change
in sentiment as any one.
The Midway News dashes cold water
on the aldermanic aspirations of W. J.
Sullivan. It says-r "The matter of Mr.
Sullivan's aldermarric aspirations was
probably one of those side moves employ
ed in the contest just closed, as no
yourg lawyer in the act. of starting out
in a new practice can afford to devote
the amount of time necessary to prop
erly represent such a ward as the Elev
enth for a remuneration of only $8" a
month." Perhaps Editor Paradis is him
self a candidate for the place.
* « •
The People's party city committee will
hold an open meeting tonight at S o'clock
in Assembly halls to receive names^of
parties desiring to serve as judges of
election.
THINKS IF MILLIONS.
Cecil Rhodes' Pregrnant Reply to
Chinese Gordon.
Ainelee's Magazine.
"That 'Providence is generally on the
side of the big battalions,.' is a_favorlte
quotation of Cecil Rhodes. 'MjT battal
ions,' he says, 'are pounds sterling.'
"In securing these 'pounds sterling'
the genius of Cecil Rhodes is pre-emi
nent. He is a master of finance; the
more long-headed and shrewder the man
the more readily can Rhodes separate
him from his money. To show what
capital he can command without pay
ing the shareholders a cent dividend, I
need only state that two years ago the
British South African Chartered com
pany had expended $25,000,000 in Rhodesia,
that the British taxpayer had not con
tributed a farthing toward this, and that
since its establishment the chartered com
pany has earned no money for Its share
holders. He handles millions as another
would hundreds, and is not fastidious
how he gets them, "^'hen treasurer gen
eral of Cape Colony, at the age of twen
ty-eight, Gen. Gordon met Rhodes sind
told him of his refusing a roomful of gold
effered by the emperor of China for
crushing the Taiping rebellion. 'Oh, what
a wasted opportunity!' exclaimed Rhodes.
'1 would have taken as many roomfuls
as I could have got.'
" 'The bigger the aim the more money
you need,' is his motto, and Rhodes is
essentially a man of big endeavors. He
first corralled the diamond output of the
world, and made humanity pay his price
for love or ornament. Then he annexed
140,000 square miles of valuable land to
the English empire, and finally attempt
ed to confiscate the richest gold mines
on earth, and, incidentally, paint the
South African Republican British red.
Those three jobs required untold sums."
"Sun Shine Route" to California
Kb via the C, M. & St. P. to Kansas City
and thf nee via the A., T. & S. F. Ry.—the
most desirable route to California in ex-
Every "Wednesday a fine Pullman tour
ist sleeper leaves Minneapolis and St.
Paul and runs through to Los Angeles,
arriving there every Sunday morning.
Rate for double berth only $6.00.
Write J. T. Conley, A. G. P. A., St. Paul,
for "Sun Shine" folder, and for lowest
rates to California.
. m •
Long: Railway Lines.
As now surveyed from New York to
Buenos Ayres, the intended Pan-American
railroad would be 10,221 miles long. To
finish and equip It would cost at least
$200,000,000.
The total distance of the projected
"Cape-to-Cairo" railroad in Afrioa is 5.6C4
miles.
-THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1900.
OOM PAIL AMIABLE
BOER PRESIDENT PLACID IN SPITE
OF THE TRIALS OF THE
WAR
PEACE REIGNS IN PRETORIA
Interesting: Plctnre of Condition* In
the Transvaal Capital Given by
an American Correspondent—
Steyn,' of the Orange Free State,
Emphatic In His Views as to the
"War—A Boom In Umbrellas.'
The following Interesting resume of the
situation at Pretoria during war times
is written by the correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean, who says:
The few officials who remain here work
quietly and tteadily. By far the greatest
pressure of state affairs falls upon F.
W. Reitz, the state secretary. He is at.
work from dawn to midnight, transacting
a bewildering mass of affairs. Tele
grams from all parts of the country rain
In upon him, all of which he reads at
once and decides upon. To him is sum
mitted all the war news, and he decides
what may be given out to the public and
what is to be kept as government in
formation. I had expected, from reports
I had heard, to find this man utterly
broken down in health and mind, but, as
a matter of fact, I find him full of bodily
vigor, and practically able to carry on
with ease the work of a country at war.
Indeed, all the officials of the state ap
pear to work easily, and each appears to
do his share in harmony with the rest.
All of them are Boers, and they show
no signs of physical or mental over
strain. Their equanimity under trying
circumstances, or their Dutch phlegm, is
a never-ending source of wonder to me.
Numbers of them adjourn at intervals to
spend a week or so at the front. Then,
after taking part in an engagement, they
return to their duties in a placid manner
as if nothing out of the common had
occurred. I find it almost impossible to
obtain any details or stories of the cam
paign from them.
OOM PAUL AMIABLE.
In company with Mr. Reitz I called one
afternoon on President Kruger. The old
.president, who is now seventy-five yoar9
of age, rose quickly from his seat, on my
arrival, and asked me where I had "bean
wandering for the past six years." I told
him all the world over, and lately in New
York. The old man reseated himself and
resumed his pipe silently. I h.ad met him
nineteen years previously under very
similar circumstances. It was at Kim
berley upon his return from England in
1880, a few weeks before he was to de
clare war for the first time against Eng
land. The man before me now was evi
dently the same strong, obstinate man.
There was the same quick look from the
corner of his eye, the same husky, harsh,
and aggravating voice. His coat might
have been worn for the six years of my
absence; the Kruger hat worn the same.
The old man's eyes were plainly very
sore, and must cause him great irrita
tion, but I am told thai since the declara
tion of war he has been abnormally tfm
iable.
Our conversation opened with America.
I told the president that when I left the
United States a considerable amount of
public sentiment was veering round in
favor of the republic. To this he replied
in a laughing way that he thought the
Americans would do all that the English
men asked them to do—"in fact, they
will join the English against Africa.'"
That very day news had been cabled out
that eight American warships had been
ordered to South Africa "as a token of
good will to England."
TAKE LIFE SERENELT.
I heard that the Boers had very few
men on the frontier near Kimberley and
Hopetown. And, as it was well known
that De Aar Junction had been strongly
fortified as a base for the forward move
ment by General Buller, when sufficient
reinforcements arrived. I was sur
prised at the seeming apathy of the Boer
leaders in this matter. Then I was told
that the burghers at Tuli and Mafeking
were being transferred to the Free State
frontier near Kimberley and Norval's
Pont. Nothing definite was known about.
Builer's forces except that dense masses
of troops had been seen moving north of
De Aar. I was in Johannesburg when a
high official told me that the English had
crossed the Orange river and were mov
ing to Belmont, where they were oppos
ing only 1,500 Boers. The following morn
ing tho news came in, privately, that'the
Boers had been driven back with a loss
of twelve killed and forty-four wounded.
I took a train for Bloc-mfontein, and,
after many delays, went on with a train
load of Transvaalers who were bound for
the front. Numbers of these men wer«
taking a railway journey for the hrst
time in their lives, but they seemed to
take matters as serenely as the oldest
travelers. They were quiet and seemed
thoroughly confident. All carried a little
plum food in a small pillowcase or bag.
They were dressed "anyhow." During
the night they sped the long hour 3by
singing hymns.
At the railway stations during the day
light run south through Free State vil
lages the government had provided free
coffee. Nothing else was offered or ex
pected. Groups of young girls in
their country Sunday dress were slr.ging
the national anthem or hymns. It was
Sunday, and the scene and the surround
ing country recalled Ohio or Indiana in
the first days of '61. On arriving at
Bloemfontein I found the town in its cus
tomary Sabbath calm. A few children
and women were en the platform as we
ran into the station, but there was no
expression of welccme shewn to the train
load of fighting men from tho north. Aft
er a change at the Masonic hotel I started
out in the fierce glare of the African sun
shine to find the government secretary.
But at the government building all was
silence and locked doors Neither guards
nor attendants were visible. So I return
ed after a while, and found the editor of
the Express, who entered my name at
the deserted club, and then took me to
the local "White house," where I met
President Steyn, who was sitting with a
few friends in front of his house. The
"My dear Puss, you must have seen—you must have realized—you must know
that I love—"
"Get out, Tommy! I aon't like your necktiel"
president Is a typical Africander, stand-
Ing six feet In height. His powerful frame
Is surmounted by a large head. He has
clear, large eyes, elevated arched eye
brows, a flat nose, and a full dark beard.
Thi3 Is the man who, more than any. oth
er, represents the spirit of militant Afri
canderism.
STEYN THROUGH WITH ENGLAND.
He told me, in answer to my inquiry
for news of the fighting, that it had been
very severe, but that the English advance
had been checked, and that the reinforce
ments arriving at the front every hour
might possibly stay ther advance. He had
no illusions, but thought that If the Eng
lish, who were supposed to be 12,000
strong, with an immense number of can
non, were active, there was no doubt they
would enter Kimberley.
The president expressed vigorously his
contempt for the taetiM of Sir Alfred Mil
ner. He said: "That they should have
thought we were such cowards as to
stand idly by am* see men of our own
nationality butchered hurt me most of
all." After a while ha added, forcibly:
"Never again shall I be a party to, or
shall I sign any convention with the Eng
lish."
President Steyn also referred to Amer
ica, but not with the same good nature
as did President Kruger. He said he
had made a personal appeal to Presi
dent McKinl-ey for arbitration, but had
been refused.
"America," he said, "has evidently ar
rived at an understanding with England.
The republican idea Is dead. We are
looked upon as vassals of England, but
we will show the world that we are able
to defend our liberty as long as we have
Hfe."
He referred also with some bitterness
to the Cape Colony politicians of the Af
rica party as men whose "sole idea of as
sistance was to get up a subscription
for the widows and orphans. Our friends
there are our greatest enemies. We can
do without them."
The 1,500 Boers* at Belmont were re
inforced by the arrival of 600 more men
in time to take pact in the first fight.
They withdrew under the heavy artillery
fire of the English, and report forty kill
ed and seventy wounded. Their losses
at Grass Pan must have been heavier.
One commando was surrounded, tost
many horses, and reports twenty-five
killed and wounded. The English were
reported to be slowly advancing toward
Kimberley, and a heavy fight was ex
pected on the 2Sth. On the 27th we heard
that the Transvaal forces had reached
the front after a forced march of forty
eight hours. On the 2Sth, the day of the
battle at Modder river, I wrote the fol
lowing in Bloemfontein:
The streets are full of burghers from
Zontpansburg and Ladybrand, a fine
iooking body of men. I opened conver
sation with a fine-looking man of about
fifty, an active, keen fellow, who told
me he was Field Cornet Viljoen. He said
he was out with his five sons, four of
whom I saw, active six-footers,
all eager" to be in the battle. All the
burghers seem to be well' supplied with
money (their own coinage), and the Eng
lish storekeepers are doing a roaring
trade. One purchase the burghers all
seem anxious to make struck me as very
strange. Every man wanted an um
brella, and they have cleared the town
of Its stock. Waterproofs are not to ba
had at any price, and these men will have I
to lie out in the rain for months to come. !
Every man of them seems to under
stand that he must fight for a year if
necessary.
TALK WITH MB. FISCHER.
I visited the raadzaal and had a long
conversation with Mr. Fischer, the lead
ing member of the cabinet. He told me
that all the members of the raad were
unanimous in standing by "their Trans
vaal brothers^ A large number of towns
people are English and make no secret of
their sympathies. The reported dispatch
of the American fleet, under Admiral
Schley, gives them unbounded satisfac
tion The Boer dislikes an American,
and persists in his belief that America
will ultimately assist the English. About
5 o'clock in the afternoon I called at the
government house and was informed by
the president that Gen. Cronje had re
ported at 2 p. m. that heavy firing had
commenced and that the burghers had
held every position they occupied and
were of good cheer. A full report would
be sent later.
The number of burghers engaged was
between 4,500 and 5,000. A reliable spy
had just reported he had counted 15,000
English troops passing the Orange river
bridge last Thursday, and that train
loads of bridge materials were awaiting
the capture of the Modder river bridge,
which had been destroyed by the Boers.
In the evening I returned to the presiden
cy and sat out with the president in the
quiet starlight, awaiting the telegram
which was to give details of today's fight.
About a dozen men were there, and,
notwithstanding the immense importance
of this day's engagement, these Afri
canders discussed I all sorts of subjects.
Jan Wessels, a giant of a man, told hu
morous stories of the fatal fighting. Dis
patches kept rolling to, but not the one
we were all waiting for. At last a tele
gram arrived from one of the field cor
nets, who had been fighting all day. He
reported that the English had been driv
en back at all points. The comment pass
ed on this was that the English had been
unable to deliver their attack, owing to
the lateness of the hour, and would com
mence again in the morning.
A great battle had been fought, one
which may become famous, and yet there
was the president of one of the republics
unable to get a word of detail. I followed
the example of the natives and came here
to my hotel to sleep, jnuslng as I walked
along upon some phases of the Boer char
acter. An American town under like cir
cumstances would wake the place up with
the noise they would make. The placid
Boer goes to sleep.
DEADLIEST POISONS
Known Instantly Kill Human Beings
That Absorb Them.
Chicago Chronicle.
The discoverer of prussic acid was in
stantly killed by inhaling one whiff of
his own handiwork.
Pure prussic acid is never sold or han
dled. The smell of it is always fatal. It
kills not in three minutes or half an hour,
but the instant it enters the lungs as a
gas. The mixture ordinarily sold as prus
sic acid is 98 parts water to 2 parts of
the drug. Even in this form it is very
deadly. A 20 per cent mixture of the
acid would kill nearly as quickly as if
pure.
Atropine, though it has no harmful
odor, is so deadly that so much of it as
would adhere to the end of a moistened
forefinger would instantly cause death.
Cyanide of potassium has a pleasant
smell, which is not injurious, but a small
quantity swallowed kQIs at once.
Pure ammonia, if inhaled, would cause
death almost as quickly as prussic acid.
PRIVATE CAR OFFICE
GENERAL MANAGER OF RAILWAY
DOES MUCH OF HIS WORK
ON WHEELS
IS SECURE FROM INTRUSION
Has Time to Think and Act While
Coins Over the Road—The Ordi
nary Routine of the Life of a
Railway Official When He Is on
Business and Away From His
Home Office.
A great many men spent most of their
time in walking, others in sitting, while
others roll around the greater part of
their lives. The general manager of a
railroad company is on wheels more than
half of his lifetime. He feels more at
home in his private car than he does at
his hotel or house in the city. Ask nine
out of ten railroad officiate, and they
will tell you that they can do more work
and far more thinking in their private
cars than when in their offices, no mat
ter how well they may be guarded from
the public by the faithful private secre
tary or watchful messenger, for, in spite
of these defenses, people will' call, tele
grams and letters must be received and
given attention. Once on the road, how
ever, they are separated to a certain ex
tent from the world about them, and can
plan schemes with the aicf of a good cigar
which cannot be thought out when at
headauarters.
Many a railroad official in this country
starts out in his private car, and never
sees the inside of a hotel or restaurant
until he returns, although he may be ab
sent a week or te-\ days. Sometimes he
covers 2,000 or 3,000 mites without leaving
it. Whenever the car stops those in the
town who have business with him trans
act it in his office. When the engineer
opens the throttle and the train starts
he resumes his correspondence or confer
ence with some other official, which has
been postponed during the stop. Before
beginning the trip the secretary has had
an idea of the places which would be
reached on certain days, and directs that
the mail from headquarters be forward
ed accordingly. It may be sent to the
division superintendent or to the station
agents. If a change in the arrangement
is made, and no stop is made at a cer
tain point, the telegraph operator at that
place is notified ahead, and the mail sent
on to the next stopping point. JH lough
the average is not over one delivery a
day on a big system, it is enough to keep
the official's staff busy in attending to it.
Telegrams are, of course, the most im
• portant, and frequently the special train
is "flagged" for'the purpose of delivering
such messages. The conductor only waits
until the manager has had time to glance
over the dispatch. The answer is hand
ed the operator, and on goes the train,
the engineer pulling out a little to make
up for the unexpected delay.
The mail usually reaches the private
car at the first stop in the morning. The'
secretary, with his paper cutter, goes
through the stack of letters, ranging from
the manlla envelopes with "train mail"
in big black type printed in the corner,
to the soiled white envelope, containing
an application for a pass or a request
for a job from some section hand, for the
official receives all sorts of correspond
ence. Much of it he never sees, for the
secretary is a young man selected for his
knowledge of human nature and what
interests his superior. Sometimes fte is
able to attend to one-half of it himself..
What he wishes to show the manager is
spread out in a pile, and possibly, after
breakfast, the two sit down on one of
the leather couches of the smoking com
partment. Puffing away at his Havana,
the manager listens as the secretary puts
the contents into as few words as possi
ble. At the close of each communication
the manager dictates his reply word for
word if it Is important, and merely an
outline if not.
VERY RAPID MEN.
The average railroad official is a very
rapid man; is fond of making fast time,
and in dictation he wants to get through
as fast as possible. From 100 to 150 words
a minute may be rattled off to the sec
retary and the latter has to keep his row
of pencils busily employed during the
time. By the time the cigar is finished,
the batch of letters has been attended
to and the secretary, and possibly an as
sistant, have enough to keep them going
for the balance of the forenoon. Tha
manager then attends to some of the
other hundred details mapped out for this
trip. Perhaps the car of an assistant
superintendent or division freight agent
has been hitched on at the last station.
He sends for that official and for an
hour or two they get their heads together
over some special subject which can not
be attended to by correspondence. Per
haps he desires to look over improve
ments on the line and has the porter
place chair on the back platform where
he can examine the track as the car
passes over it at the rate of forty-five oi
fifty miles an hour. Special trains aro
generally noted for the fast time they
make. One reason for this is the of
ficials aboard get an idea of the con
dition of the track and roadbed. If the
car runs smoothV at a high rate of speed
and does not jolt or rock, they know that
It is well ballasted, the rail Joints are
even and that it is in condition. Ex
perience has accustomed them to note
every jolt and jar and the reason for it.
Many a section foreman has been hauled
up after a trip of the superintendent over
his part of the roaa and told to put h
In better condition.
Railroad men have to do a great deal of
thinking, and in trips along the road
where the train may run two or three j
hours without stopping they have an op- |
j portunity to get by themselves, which is
denied them even in the quiet of the pri
vate office. The car usually contains a
half dozen stuffed easy chairs and a sofa
or two in order that the manager or su
perintendent may fix himself comforta
bly while his mind is at work. It has
plenty of little push buttons around
the side, so that a touch of the finger
is only needed to bring the porter with
the cigar or a glass of something good.
These little things have a wonderful ef
fect in helping the mind work smoothly
and rapidly. There is a great deal, too,
in the bill of fare. Ag far as possible,
the table is supplfed with the fruits and
vegetables of the season and such meats
as can be carried along in the condensed
collection of the cook. The chef of today,
however, has a much wider range than a
few years ago. It is not considered much
to get up a dinner nowadays which will
include oysters on the half-shell, soup,
roast turkey, escalloped oysters, o.uail
on toast, two or three vegetables, olives,
celery and salads for relishes, with ice
cream to finish up, accompanied by a
bottle of wine. A menu as elaborate as
this can be quite easily prepared and
served as well as in a modern hotel. It
Is frequently enjoyed by the general man
ager and his staff, for there is nothing
small about the railroad official of today.
He has plenty to do for his assistants,
but takes care of them equally as veil
as he takes care of himself. They h&ve
no second table, but are all with the
manager while on the road, unless he
should have a party of friends as guests.
It is rather monotonous and lonely at
times when he is obliged to spend four or
five days in traveling. He can not talk
to his secretary as he can talk to an
Intimate friend, no matter how confiden
tial may be their relations, and is very
glad to entertain son. 3 of the stockhold
ers or directors of the line.
BIG DEALS ARRANGED.
Many a big railroad deal has been ar-
CASTORIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa- ,
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
** Just-as-good* are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
I What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor otfcer Narcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You toe Always Bought
yj Bears the Signature of <
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CIWT»UH COMPANY, TT MUHWV ■THIET. WCW VOWW CITY.
Best Line to Chicago and St. Louis.
The Finest Train in the World leaves St. Paul daily
at 8:05 P. M., for Chicago and St. Louis. Electric
lighted, steam heated, with Standard and Compartment
Sleeping Cars, Reclining Chair Cars, Pullman BufTet-
Library-Smoking Car, and a Dining Car operated on
the European plan.
Ticket Office, 400 Robert St. (Hotel Ryan,) Telephone, Main 36.
"EAST, WEST, HOME IS BEST," IF KEPT
CLEAN WITH
ranged in these private cars. With time
enough to talk over matters and no pos
sibility of being disturbed, except by col
lision or other accident, many an hour in
the forenoon or evening can be spent dis
cussing deals which may involve millions.
The average capitalist and investor is well
aware of the comforts of traveling in this
manner, and has the opportunity if inter
ested in the line to examine the cortions
over which he passed and can jfldge of
this or that feature by actual observa
tion, whfch is much better than when a
thousand miles distant.
Private cars are built of the best ma
terial, and have the latest ideas included
in their arrangement. If a railroad man
occupies a position which gives him the
right to have a private car, his health is
considered of such value that everything
should be done to preserve it, and he
should run as little risk as possible In
case of accident. His life is precious from
a business standpoint, if from no other.
Then the private car is often used as an
experiment to show the real value of new
ideas in ventilation, in brakes, heating,
lighting, etc. If they are failures the
company dors not suffer the -toss from
placing them on a number of passenger
cars for the same purpose. Many a com
pany manufacturing a certain kind of
lamps, for instance, gladly furnishes a
number of them free for several months
for use te the private car, hoping they
may get a big order from the railroad
people. Consequently, while the private
car represents a large amount of money,
the railroad company does not always
pay as much for It as might be thought,
although some are running over the big
systems of the country today which cost
from $60,000 to $75,000 each. Among these
may be mentioned the cars of President
Samuel Spencer, of the Southern com
pany; also those of President Galloway,
of the New York Central; James J. Hill,
of the Great Northern, and several other
Western magnates. These cars are mod
els of their kind, and no expense has
been spared in any particular. President
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania, travels in
a very ordinary looking car. It is not
gorgeously decorated or furnished, which
any reasonable man could desire. Presi
dent Spencer's car was designed by him
self and built and equipped entirely from
his own ideas. While the cars of the gen
eral manager and general superintendent
are built purposely for them, the under
officials are frequently obliged to get
along with a passenger car from which
the seats have been removed and par
titions thrown up at an expense of a few
hundred dollars. There is one small
road in the South where the private car
of the head man consists of a freight
caboose which has been altered for the
purpose. It is worth about $400.
DEATHS.
CAHILL—In St. Paul, Sunday, Jan. 28,
at :M a. m., Mary Ellen CahiU, aged
five years and four months. Funeral
from 'residence of her uncle, P. Fleming,
62 Tilton st., Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.
m Friends please omit flowers.
ARE THE
children growing nicely r
Stronger each month? A
trifle heavier? Or is one of
them growing the other
way ? Growing weaker,
growing thinner, growing
paler ? If so, you should try
It's both food and medicine.
It corrects disease. It makes
delicate children grow in
the right way—taller,
stronger, heavier, healthier.
50c. and % 1.00. all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists. New York.
AMUSEMENTS.
SRC llf Uif ULI I fIU 1 Lessee & Manager,
ToniVhtl MATINEE ,- v mnr
1 Uni^ni | WEDNESDAY 25 <* 50C
James A. Herne's Great Play,
Hearts of Oak
Everring Prices—sl.oo, 75c. 50c. 25c.
Last Half of Week—MLLE. FIFI.
IRC I nUrUF tlflW |Le»«ee & fUnager.
Matinee Today^3H2:3o&
The Passion Flay
Presented by the Cinematograph.
Wonderful, Impressive, Realistic.
Reserved Seats 25c and 50c.
.GRAND. FULGORA'S
Fashionable Van- QTAD6
deville of the world 9 I Hll9i
Little Fred, The Sldmans, Brothers For
rest, Barnes and Sisson, Josephine Gasa
man, Billy Van, Cook and Clinton, Hunt
ing Trio.
Next Week —"Through the Breakers."
PILM GARDEN I A^S ziK
Cor. Eighth and Wabashft Sir.
S fame and Darrell.
Continued Performances bet. 2 & 5 and 8 & 12.
General Admission 15c. Balcony 35c.
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Golf, tennis, polo,
1 f bicycling, fishing, shooting,
$ photographing.
1 I
* Outdoor diversions in this
j i matchless climate are uninter- >
] I rupted by winter weather.
i f The California Limited,
] I Santa Fe Route,
I * affords quickest and most
j ( luxurious service.
m ]
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" MlnneapoUs, Minn.
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