THEVAGABOND ARGONAUT

{^"There stood at the corner of Wabashaw andThird streets yesterday morning, a young manwearing iil fitting trousers and a manner of

doubt and hesitation. He was so obviouslyEnglish ami so helplessly a stranger that a charit-ably disposed young confidence man who of-fered to help him in any way possible found thathe was gpeaking to Lord Rodney, captain in theLite Guards of the Blue, and the grandson of

Lord Nelson, the great naval commander. LordRcdney took a ride in the suburbs with his newacquaintance, saw a good deal of the town andmany things he ought not to see and to em-phasize the follies of the hour loaned the pilot-ing samaritan $75, one national bank note of thedenomination of $r>o and a 5 pound note of thebank of England, numbered B, o. 137,941. Then

they parted. "Now," said Lord Rodney'sfriends at a later hour, "can you reconcile the careyou took of the number of tlie note and the

carelessness that has deprived you of it?""N*o I can't, he asked me for it and Igave it to him," "besides," with v gleam of

humor, "the young man didn't !'..'k for the num-

ber. Had he done so I would have given it to

hiiu beyond doubt." Loni Rodney's exper-

ience is not a singular one, St. Paul and Minne-

apolis are haunted with confidence men, thotrains abound with them and they ply their in-sidious calling in ail public places. Xow, one

would scarcely regard theArgonatft as a fit sub-ject .'f their devices, but no later than Thursdayh,- u:i> almost successfully approached by a

charming young man who made efforts to attainthe Argonaut's valuables. Itseejns to me that

this Huss uf nun might easily bo gotten rid ofit' the police were to take in thoroughly the ser-ious nature o' affairs. Lord Rodney will return

1. ;.;\u25a0 I arracks at Knightbritlge richer in exper-iences that cost too much for him, and whichSt. Paul cannot afford to pay for in reputation.They do say, but farbe it from me to repeatBlander, that Minneapolis is worse than St. Paul.

| "Do any of you mvem^r George Cln=nn.

Superintendent of the river div'sion of tho Mil-waukee & St. Paul railway, a ac inductor on thoLa Crosse division of that roau. If you do yourecall the most delightfully roly-poly traiu con-ductor that ever punched a coupon and passed a

member ot the legislature of Wisconsin who hadforgotten his transportation card. I met him

the other day. His bright, twinkling eyes

tv. inklingeven more brightly than of yore, andhis roly-poly-sness accented by time. They say

George is a good superintendent. The state-in.':it lends encouragement to the hope that hewillimpart to the gatekeepers at the Union

station tome reasonable advice in the matter of

politeness. For example: Having been unfor-

tunately called to Minneapolis I came for the 0

o'clo :k p. in. train. Afat woman with her arms

full of bundles, her tongue trembling with inar-ticulate inquiries, while her teeth held lirrnlyheryellow colored return ticket, blocked the way.Thepassage was narrow, the gatekeeper austere. Hewould neither !»ive the woman a hand jo pass

her parcels through the door, nor accept the

ticket the thrust toward him with her chin."What d' yer take me for—a chump?'' he ex-claimed, with withering sarcasm. Then Istepped up, took the woman's ticket, handed itto him, and helped her through the door. I was

rewarded by a grateful "thank you" by the wo-man, anil a most scornful "well, you are ad—

gillie,"from the gateman. I didn't say a word.

Rage, and an impotent desire to slay the door-man, pervaded my system just as Stuart Rob-ion's voice does a small theater. I know thatgateman. If 1 can help it he shall never punchmy ticket again. In the words of Artemus Wurd

1will try to get a puss first. Allof this respect-fullysubmitted to Mr. Clason,

53?"" Speaking of Stuart Robson's voice remindsme of not half a bad yarn he told me the otherday. Henry Irving, Henry Abbey and other fel-lows were talkingabout the chances of LcwrenccBarrett's success in London. "I am very ap-prehensive for Barrett," said Abbey.. "Very;liis mannerisms are so pronounced, nis legsare bad, and—well, I fear very much for his suc-cess." "Don't trouble yourself about his legs,"said Irving, quietly. "I have made bad legsfashiAable in London." Not bad joke that.What do yon think? But Barrett'sput ess in London is assured now. Socially, heis at the top, as indeed he ought to be, for he isa scholar, an actor, and an American gentleman.Irving and Ellen Terry are on the high seas,home-ward bound now, but only to prepare, like Cata-

line, to return. Things are getting evennow, forwhile the English actor, foreign singer and artistcommend themselves to the American people, theAmerican is getting on pretty well on the otherside. There is Henry .Tames, Thomas Hardy, W.

D. Howells, Brcte Harte, aud a score of others infiction. Storey's works on common law, Gray onanatomy for another profession.Faulkner, Priest,Jamison and Richurdtou in the fine arts of paint-ing and sculpture, Mary Anderson, LawrenceBarrett, Booth, John S. Clark actors, BronsonHoward, Bartley Campbell, David Belasco indramatic literature —allot them, except Gray and

Storey, who are dead, reaping a harvest on theother side of the water. But they are only a fewand are named because they are heard of mostthrough the public press, England is pervadedby Americans, men of business and profession,and they all do pretty well too. They are Ameri-cans first, last and all the time like a good partyvoter. Now before I became an Argonaut I re-member, on a continental journey, having forcompanion dv voyage a native of the state oflowa. We were crossing one of the Latin frontiersand I interpreted for my English speaking friendss we were having our pnsspnrta vised. Said theofficer, "Yournamo?" Given. "Nationality?""American." "Xorth or South?" "North,"yelled the lowan. "Central or British Ameri-ca?" pursued the officer. "Oh, Great Scott!what sort of three-eared fool is this?" screamedthe man from Muscatine, as he danced up anddown. "From lowa, Etats Unis." "MerciMonsieur," replied the officer placidly, as he af-fixed the stamp and held out his hand for hisfee.

Idon't at this moment recall anythingquite so impressive as the figure of Z.B. Clarkeas chairman of the Republican convention theother day. He wobbled in his decisions,but anchored fast to Blaiue. Whena Blame man, and one not assuredfor Blame, simultaneous claimed his eye, theBlame man got it. He wielded a pair of tailor's

scissors for a gavel, and beat with clinkingmetallic authority upon the table for order, orswayed them in the air to beat thofcrhetcrioalperiods of his own utterances. It was ex-tremely edifying, and the superstitious and hope-ful Democrats may develop an augury of goodin the suggestion of dividing and dismember-ment those scissors conveyed;—or perhaps incensorious moods he may remember that frac-

tional relation which tailors have to the unit ofmankind; in fact, *he may carry his fancythrough a boundless realm of possibility, guid-ing it as Mr. Clarke did the convention with apair of tailor's shears. It was a great day forV. Clark and the shears. It wag not however agreat day for Senator Sabin. The eminent suc-cessor ot the white polled Marshal Jewell aschairman of the Republican national com-mitte will not take his goods to Chicago in onebasket. He will have to make trips very muchlike the man with the goose, thefox and the basket of corn. Now

If Minnesota had another name andthat name began with an A or B when tho call ofstates was making there would be music inthe northwestern delegation. But by the timeMinnesota is reached in the vote the voice ofsome very important states has been heard, andthe current of the convention's favor has alreadyestablished its direction. For my part, Ido notccc what Sabin wanted to go to the presidentialconvention for any way; hasn't he got enough toio if he secures his position at the head of the:ommittee. If he thinks he can be idle thissummer aud fall and attend to the committeework he is wrong. He has on hand the biggestjobof the year, and when he has piloted the Re-publicans of the east through the devious chan-nels of protection, and the granger Republicansof the west through the passes of free trade tothe harbor of the same ballot box he will havedone a big thing. But will he snr-ceed? In short,willthe Republicans win this fall? Out of theentire government fed stable is there a horse toenter and winin the presidential race? Thiuk itover. lam an Argonaut.but before Ipursue thegolden fleece elsewhere, Ihope to see Minnesotagive her vote for the Democratic party. Strangerthings than that have happened, but nothin" anybetter.

{SfIt has been a great week for Judge Lynch.Within ten days seventeen men have been sacri-ficed to appea«e the unsatiable, universal and un-reasoning human desire to kill. The newspapersteem with stories of crime and the history of theworld for yesterday is an uninterrupted narrativeof herror. Can there be anything more revoltingthan the confession of the young fellow whowent with his brother-in-law and another tohang his own father. Doubtless hanging was alight enough punishment for the old man; hebad seduced his gvvu daughter, but these were

not the men to punish him. Listen to the con-fession: "Pa tma on his shirt and we put the

rope around his neck and dragged Pa out. \u25a0' Ma

cried out not to hurt Pa and Pa he said, 'don'tchoke me.' Pa was crying. We pulled him up

on an elm tree branch. Ididn't look at Pa afterhe was up." Oh, human life and family lovehowfar from sacred you are in such social con-ditions! What an illustration of human depravi-ty is tarnished in the story of yesterday, as re-vealed in the public press. Take any day's issueand see how little there is to chronicle that tellsof joy, or comfort, or happiness, or pleasure. Itis murder, seduction, lynching, theft,or robbery, forgery — crimes thatsweep the gamut of vice, leaving no discordantnote of sin unsounded. Myattention was pointedlycalled to this condition of affairs by a gentlemanat a hotel breakfast table the other day. lie hada copy of the Chicago Morning 2fewe, whose llrstpage contained 184 separate news items. Thegentleman marked 143 which were records of sor-row. It gave one the horrors to have the gatheredstatements of the world's misery for yester-day. Try ityourself sometime; yet the journalthat performs faithfullyits duty to the public hasno choice. Itmust publish the news of the day.oritwillget left because of it being a cold day.

{^"Speaking ofnewspapers, there are rumors ofa now literary journal to be established soon in St.Paul. Its text is to encourage the native talentof the northwest, and it is to bo called, so goeththe report at least, l"The Northwestern Maga-zine." The name scarcely strikes one favorably,and as for its "prospects they are locked in thewomb of the nebulous future. It's strangethat we haven't contributed from oargreat and well educated population something ofimportance to literature. But wo have'nt. Thenewspaper press does the work so well, coveringthe field so amply, that really there is smallopening for the more serious work of book mak-ing. The Minnesota poet, novelist, historianand essayist, like the fortune of the proposedNorthwestern Magazine, belong to times notyet.

J3T*The Argonaut had occasion to go throughSeventh street the other day. He didn't go, butwent around another way to reach a destina-tion which was barricaded by the tornup streets. Tracks are placing forthe new street car service, anil the waythe constructors are blockading the streets is animposition upon the public not to be borne in hu-mility. There were some thirty men engagedupon the work, and nearly 300idlers stood around, looking on anddiscussing the methods of the laborers. By theway, have any of you noticed how many idlepeople there are in St. Paul? A stranger has

been so impressed with them that he has writtena letter to the Baltimore Sun animadverting tothe fact in terras of stern criticism. There doubt-less are a good many, but that man should go toWinnipeg. Then he would have something to

write about.

25?" Beware, ye men of money! Mr. VanHorn, the general manager of the Canadian Pa-cificrailway, says that only one mile of everyninety-four ofrailroad line west of ninety-five

degrees longitude west from Greenwich, is pay-ingproperty. That is a rather forcible presenta-tion of the matter, is it not? At a round esti-mate there is little less than 50,000 miles of rail-way west of the Mississippi river, and if only1.37 per cent of that is paying property it mightbe well to go slow. It is fair to believe, however,that the railway systems of the northwest are bet-ter furnished forl,h with profits than Mr. VanHorn's pessimistic view would mislead us to be-lieve. There is one thing sure, however, that thefreight and passenger movement is on a more lib-

eral scale than ever before, and goes on increas-ing.

JS~ "I'lltell you what it is," said an old poli-tician, speaking in the lobby of the Merchantshotel, and as one having authority, "I tell you

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there is no escaping the fact now thatWindom and Dunnell are dead, dead,dead! The failure of Dnnnell in theconvention gave the finishing sioke to thatbranch of the Republican party. Windom isdoing the grand in a foreign land and Dunnell,smarting under defeat, has retired to the seclud-ed fastnesses of his southerly home to enjoy adeserved retirement as best he may." All thisis not news. "LeRoi est mort, Vive le Roi."There if found in the New Testament, as illus-trative of one of the greatest temptations, howthe Son of Man was led to a high place to viewthat which ho might possess. Divinity resisted,but it is not given to man to withstand thetemptation. Elevation is a dangerous thing andone stops to wonder why, in politics, men usetheir strength to soar so high, when the historyof political attainment is almost invariably fin-ished with a fall. Where, for example, are Col-fax, Wheeler, Conkling, Wayne Mac Veagh, Ex-Postmaster General James, Windom, Don Cameron, Grant, Robeson, Curtin of Pennsylvania,Washburne of Illinois, Schurz, Wm. Pitt Kelloggand Dorsey? Why, shrouded in failure's densestoblivion. Gone. Almost forgotten. But whata splendid specimen of the politician the. manDorfeywas. lie carried Indiana just once toooften in a way too marked not to assnre us thatthe delivery of a free .people by contract is animpossibility forever. But this is not tothe point. I was thinking of Minnesota'sgifted son of Republican politics through whosehands a campaign fund, greater than was eveaexpended before will pass, upon whose fecundmethods will depend the fortunes of the Repub-lican party for this year of grace and a future ofdisgrace if he succeedsand Iwas picturing inmind Sabin on the Wednesday following thesecond Tuesday of November. Ido not know ifthis Wolseley has a Cromwell. Ifhe has.he maysay to him on that fateful day: "And thus farhear me," with the rest of it. You will find itact 111, Henry VIII.

J3?"IIc was an earnest' sort of man and hadbeen consul of the United States at Dantzic orsomewhere. He sat in the smoking room ofthe Windsor and the Argonaut in sociable moodlistened to him say a sensible thing or two aboutthe pork in Germany, Sargent's trouble with Bis-marck and all the rest of it. "Yes, the Ger-mans, like to eat pork, bnt as to the matter o*home protection, they are utterly indifferent. Ifthere is trichinae in pork,the German method ofeating the meat raw is to blame for the disease.For my part. I believe, there is no governmentantagonism nor commercial antipathy to the in-troduction of all kind of food products intoGermany, Nor is the question of theLaskcr resolutions involved in theleast. What does Germany care for that whichemanates from Tom Oehiltree? Here is thesecret. The German people formerly the mostreproductive of races are reducing as it weretheir domestic circles and where the expiringgrandfather had a dozon or fifteen, the grandsonfurnishes two or three great grand children onlyand agrees they are enough. Meanwhile emi-gration to America is doing much to reduce thepopulation, and while the government cannot actin the first matter of difficulty it can in the scondby discouraging people coming to the UnitedStates, To do this any cause that may makeAmerica unpopular is gladly seized upon, and thehog question and the Lasher resolutions are ex-amples" "I say," said the Argonaut "I am theArgonaut," "and my name, replied my new ac-quaintance," is A. V. Dockery of the UnitedStates consular service," and we said goodbye.

£3?~Young Mrs. Winthop is coming, She is adear, good little fool who will make you cry.She made me cry, but her story and her life'schapter as told in the drama will make you hu-mid about the optics if. your are rightly constitut-ed about your heart and conscience.Now there arethe managers of that company, the Frohmans,all one time journalists, Charles of the biggestdiamond and the minstrels, Gustavo of fertile ex-pedient, and Daniel, resident brother in NewYork. Clever Smart business men, indulging ina fancy for money' making sharpened by anearnest and irresistible purpose to elevate art.Now the three of them—listen to the Argonaut —know as much about art as a Texas steer does ofa Ceylon Sapphire. But they know what thepublic like, and they give it to them. They candiscern between laughter and tears, and hownear they are together, and know how to producethem both, and Mrs. Winthrop will give them

to you.

' §^*The Argonaut remembers St. Paul whenthere was no railway. There were no end ofgreat steamboats at the levee. To-day from hiswindow he sees no steamboat, but half an hun-

dred locomotives and a thousand cars. The Mis-sissippi rolls uselessly by so far as commerce isconcerned, compared with the railways. Thereis change in the air. This column on succeedingSundays will try to keep up with the varyingtimes, and it willbe signed Argonaut.

Cares of Life.As we come to them they are received, borne

with and passed over with no more than athought, if we are in the enjoyment of health,but if suffering with piles or skin diseases ofany kind ; they maynify a hundred fold. A. R.Wilkes, B. &E. Zimmerman, and E. Stierle.'thedruggists, have Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy,absolute cure. ; Sold m. 60 ixihs. v 1

THE ST. PAUL SUNDAY GLOBE, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY4, 1884.

THE FOREST FIRES.

Several Villages Burned, Lives • Lostand Great Destruction of

Property.

The Fires Extend Through the Forest Regions

# ofall Northern Pennsyl-\u25a0 vania-

EMPonimr, Pa., May 3.—The forest tires Inthis section yesterday swept over at least50,000 acres, destroying, as far as ascertain-ed, four large mills and some thirty otherbuilding, besides an immense number oflumber lop. The people everywhere arefighting the fires. The heat Is intense and.the air is suffocating while the smoke ob-scures the sun. The loss on mill property,lumber, etc., amounts to $100,000. Thedamage to standing timber cannot be esti-mated.

HEAVY LOSSES.

llqutzdalb, Pa., May 3.The losses defi-nitely stated now amounts to $380,000, andan estimate of the total losses puts, theamount at 036,000.

The number of families homeless anddestitute is about 1,000, most of whom aresuffering for the necessaries of life. Sup-plies are coming in slowly, and the demandis great. Anything that can be utilized inthe shape of provisions, clothing or moneywill be gladly accepted by the relief com-mittee, goods for the sufferers to be trans-ported free of charge bythe Pennsylvania railroad. About150 employes of Hoover, Hughes& Co. are thrown out of employment, in ad-dition to about 30 at John Maurice's, MountVernon colliery, and 170 at R. H. Powell &Co.'s colliery. Mrs. Donovan was burned todeath. The insurances are much less thanthe losses. Subscriptions have been liber-ally given in the neighboring towns, and2,000 persons have been provided with pro-visions during the day. The sufferers aremainly poor miners who were at work in themines when their houses were laid in ruins.

IX TIOC.A COUNTY, PA.

Wieliamspobt, Pa., May 3.The latestreports here show that the forest fires in va-rious places have been extensive and verydestructive. Along the Philadelphia & Erierailroad from Driftwood west to Kane, heavyfires were in progress last night. Many cat-tle are reported surrounded by the flames anda number of fishermen had great difficulty ingetting out of the burning territory. Alargeterritory in the western part of the county isburned over, but the loss Is not very heavy.In Tioga county the fire is general. A largequantity of timber was destroyed as well asmany houses, barns and other buildings.The . town of Thompson is whollydestroyed, including the saw mill. Lossover $100,000. Seventeen houses wereburned in Arnot, establishing an additionalloos of $15,000. Two million feet of lumberwas also burned. The fire is- fierce aboutMorris and Antrim. Considerable pine tim-ber was among the property burned in differ-ent parts of Tioga county. The saw mill atSpring river, Elk county, was destroyed withtwo million feet of lumber. No insurance.Saw 'mills, logs and lumber of Dr. L. M.Otto, at Hemlock station, were also burned.Loss about $6,000. Reports from Center andClearfield counties to-day say the loss is notas heavy as at first reported.

VILLAGES DESTROYED.'

Port Jep.vis, N. T., May 3.—The entirevillage of Oilman's Depot, on the Port Jer-

is & Monticello railroad was burned yester-day evening and last night. The residentswere obliged to flee for their Hies, unable tosave anything. Not over half a dozenhouses arc standing in a radius of five miles.The fire is still burning. Gilman's tanneryand saw mills were destroyed. The wholesettlement was owned by him. Loss, $100,-'000. Two railroad bridges were burned.

Altooxa, Pa., May 3.—The town of Bris-bin, Clearfield county, was totally consumedby fire yesterday evening. Also the largelumber yards and mill of Hoover, Hughes &Co. Loss estimated from 8150,000 to $300,---000. \u25a0Fully insured. \~.,.

BURNING OF BRlSnrN'J§|-Houtzdale, Pa., May 3.—The^fire which

destroyed the neighboring town of Brisbln,is supposed to have originated half a milewest of Hoover, Hughes & Co.'s mill, wheresome Hungarians set fire to brush to clear apiece of ground for cultivation. The windcarried the flames to the saw mills and theywere quickly swept away. The progress ofthe fire was then very rapid through thetown, and the inhabitants were compelled tofly in every direction, and in many in-stances without sufficient clothing. Whenthe first alarm was received the businesspeople placed every team at the disposal ofthe \u25a0 neighbors, and „every bar room wasclosed.

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.• Mt. Carmel, Pa., May 3.—The severe

wind storm and fierce forest fires that visitedNorthumberland county yesterday had par-tiallyceased about midnight. To-day themountains for many miles are burning andsmoking terribly. Farm fences, cord wood,railroad ties and other valuable property aredestroyed. The loss will foot up thousandsof dollars. Yesterday's forest fires were themost damaging seen here in half a century.

OTHER POINTS.

Ashland, Pa., May 3.The danger fromforest fires is believed to be over. Four farmhouses were destroyed and a man namedAVcstheffer is supposed to have perished withhis house. Forty-five to fifty square miles oftimber land is burnt. The damage to theburned district is estimated at $112,000.

Reading, Pa., May 3.—The Blue moun-tains along the northern border of Berkscounty is on fire in every direction and se-rious danger is apprehended. The destruc-tion of woodland is incalcacualble. No farmhouses are yet burned as the people are fight-ing the flames.

Shenandoah, Pa.. May 3.The fire is stillburning, and extended over two miles ofcountry. Prompt action by the people savedtheir houses.

Petersburg, Va., May 3.—A destructiveforest fire is raging in the Isle of Wightcounty, about forty miles from here.

Kingston, N. V., May 3.—Forest fires arcraging here all day. A large quantity oftimber land is destroyed in the Catskills,Many of the fires extending from .Westllurdley and Pine hill. .

: .. STEAMSHIP LOST.

The State of Florida Supposed to BeBlown Up by Dynamite.

New York, May 3.—Austin Baldwin &Co., agents of the State line steamships, thismorning received a dispatch from Glasgowa» follows: "The steamer Devon, NewYork for Bristol, picked un, on April 27, twolife boats of the State of Florida without oc-cupants or gear. A sailing vessel boundwest signalled the steamer City of Rome,on April23, latitude 46, longitude 42. Shehad the shipwrecked crew of a State linesteamer on board." The City of Rome ar-rived at Liverpool on April 27 from NewYork.

New York, May 3.—Among the passen-eers on the State of Flordia, were Mrs. P.Ward, Cleveland! Henry wood, Miss LillianWood, Mrs. M. E. Wood, Mary Shackleton,Ohio; Waller Kink, Jas. G. Graham, Cana-da; Jas. Cruishank, Braddoek of Pennsyl-vania; Andrew Tarus, Thomas Williamson,Thomas Taylor, Jr., Miss Army Taylor, Mr.and Mrs. T. Taylor, Mrs. Anna Taylor,Miss Ada Taylor, Abraham Williamson,Chicago; George Eddington, A. Bethune,Toronto., When the State of Florida had left thisport, rumor was current that several of Ros-sa's agents were on board with dynamite,and detectives were awaiting the arrival ofthe steamer at Glasgow to arrest the men.This was confirmed by cable from England.Rossa said he knew nothing of the men re-ported to be on board.

Detectives were waiting in Glasgow for thearrival of the State of Florida so as to arrestthe dynamiters that

%were known to be on

board.

Gainesville Fla., HotelBurned.. Gainesville, Fla.:, May 3.— fire starting inthe Vanram house, spread thence across theentire square west of the court house, destroy-ing every building-in its way. It then swept

across Liberty street, burning the Arlingtonhouse, an elegant winter hotel, with the build-ingin its rear. The , estimated ; value of .< thebuildings consumed, mostly of wood is $400,000.The value of stocks and contents' cannot.belearned. There is a rumor that a child wasburned to death in one ,'\u25a0 of the \u25a0 buildings. \u25a0 Thefire is supposed to be caused by a tramp put outof the Varnum house the night before.

CATHOLIC CHURCH NOTES.There is to be a meeting of all the total absti-

nence societies of Ramsey county at Crusaders'hall this afternoon at three o'clock. 0

The particular council of the St. Vincent dePaul society holds its quarterly, meeting at thehall of the association, basement of the cathed-ral, at 3 p. m.

Father Metzger and DeCantlllon, O. P. of HolyRosary parish, are giving a mission at Baraboo,Wi»., as is also Father Power, with an associate,at Jacksonville, 111.

Active measures are being taken to collectsubscriptions for the fund started last Sundaynight at the Irish National League meeting atMarket hall, to pay Irish members of parliament.The subscription in this citypromises to be quitelarge.

On the departure of Rev. Father Nealis of St.Joseph's church in this city for Europe lastweek, his parishioners presented him with apurse of $650. His stay will be about threemonths, and during his absence Rev. FatherEagan, O. P., will have charge of the parish.

The gross receipts of the recent Dominicanfair of the HolyRosary parish, Minneapolis,were$3,800; expenses $300, making a net profit of$2,500. This was more than was anticipated.Miss Mary O'nara, who won the silver caster,originallypresenting it to the fair, has generous-lydonated it to the Dominican fathers.

Bishop Ireland is to-day at Tracy, Lyons coun-ty,where steps are to be taken to build a churchand establish a mission. Since the workshopsof the C. & N. W. R'y has been moved to Tra-cy, the number of Catholics in the place hasbeen largely increased, and there is promise of amost nourishing Catholic congregation in thatplace.

\u25a0 A retreat which has been given every eveningduring the past week at the cathedral, to theyoung men of the parish, has proved highly suc-cessful, Sermons were preached daily on theprincipal sins and temptations of youth, that ofTuesday evening, on "Swearing," being byBishop Ireland. The church was comfortablyfilled at each service.

In preparation for the approaching Plenarycouncil of the Catholic Archbishops and Bishopsat Baltimore, there willbe held a meeting of the

Bishops of each province (districts presided overby Archbishops) to arrange any special subjectsthat they may desire to bring before the council.That of the archdiocese of Milwaukee, in whichprovince the diocese of St. Paul is located willtake place in that cityon the 12th and 13th ofMay at the archiepiscopal residence.

Rev. J. A. Stephen, of Jamestown, Dakota,who has been appointed by the archbishop ofBaltimore to the directorship of the Catholic In-dian bureau, passed through this city duringthe week on his way to Washington, where hewill immediately assume the charge of the affairsof this important missionary work. Before leav-ing Jamestown, where he has been pastor forsome time, he was made the recipient of a hand-some sum of money, a present from a number ofthe citizens, both Catholic and Protestant. Hisplace at Jamestown will be filled by Rev. FatherMcManus temporarily.

An important addition to the Catholic churchesof St. Paul will be made this year, one by Rev.Father Stariha, for some time pastor at RedWing, whose church will be for the Germans,and we think the French will have anotherchurch built for them.

Father Stariha's • church, the basement orfoundation walls of which are alreadyup, is block 111, Stinson's subdivision of Day-ton's addition to St. Paul, and is on the Fortroad, or Seventh street, as it is called now, a fewblocks west of the intersection of the Short linewith Seventh street. The. gentleman's resi-dence is enclosed timber is on the ground forthe church, and a school house will be built im-mediately. The nucleus of the new parish isa list of 250 families. The buildings and groundwillcost $25,000; already there is a subscriptionof 53,000, and the Roy. Father will have no diffi-culty inobtaining a loan, and then there will befairs, and a postoffice through which innocentlove letters will go from Hans to Gretchenat a higher tariff for postage toCupid than Uncle Sam charges, but then

all is fair in fair times as in war, and the tables,and the postofflce and the fishpond, and themerry-go-rounds will all help to pay the debt of achurch and school which in the near future willbe in a thickly settled portion of St. Paul,There is a store building near the church, andwith the trains stopping at the : crossing thereis reason to hope that block 111 before July Istwill be well covered with buildings. Mr. JamesStinson, of whom the lots were purchased, treat-ed Father Stariha in a generous manner, andfurthermore as he is a bachelor, he will releaseall the love letters that are sent to him from thefair. The church will be frame veneered, andthe building; is large. The Rev. Bishop Grace istaking a livelyinterest in Father Stariha's work.

Fanny Davenport is not as fat as she usedto be; she reduced her weight to play in"Fedora," and the change in her appearanceis wonderful.

Advertising Cheats!!!"Ithas become so common to write the be-

ginning of an article, in an elegant, inter-esting manner,

"Then run it into some advertisementthat we avoid all such,

"And simply call attention to the merits ofHopßitlers in as plain, honest terms as pos-sible,

"Toinduce people"To give them one trial, which so proves

their value that they will never use anythingelse." .

"The Remedy so favorably noticed in allthe papers,

,'Religious and secular, Is"Having a large sale, and Is supplanting

all other medicines."There is no . denying the virtues of the

Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bit-ters have shown great shrewdness\u25a0 "And ability

"In compounding a medicine' whose vir-tues are so palpable to every one's observa-tion."

Lid She Die?"No !'She lingered and suffered along, pining

away all the time foryears," \u0084

"The doctors doing her no good;""And at last was cured by this Hop Bit-

ters the papers say so much about.""Indeed ! Indeed !" '' \u25a0'; •"How thankful we should be for that med-

icine." . ' p£yADaughter's Misery. ;j.'",,'

"Eleven years our daughter suffered on abed of misery, •-;._ ;... ,::;/V>

"From a complication of kidney, liver,rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility.

"Under.the care of the best physicians,"Who gave her disease various names,"But no relief,"And now she is restored to us In good

health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters,that we had shunned for years before usingt."—The Parents. -, ....

• -• ", \Father is Getting Well.

"My daughters say:.."How much better father is since he used

Hop Bitters.""He is getting well after his long suffer-

ingfrom a disease declared incurable""Ami we are so glad that he used your

Bitters." . \u25a0..,:•"•\u25a0; . .A Lady of Utica, N. Y.

llf&lfAMBM-VS Causes^no Pain.

P^^J^J^HE&fJ^ 1^ Relief, at

£?/ Once. 'Jhorough

§gi cr^^HlTreatment will

ff^^/^^fe Cure. SotaLiq-

!Bi&^%^!nidor Snuff. Ap-

B^^fe^^A.' ply with Finger.

Hb^"E£VER Give it~a Trial.50 cents at druggists. - 60 cents by mall regis-

tcAd. Send for circular. .*\u25a0 ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, K. Y.

• \u25a0 J/g£&Sssjfe@\ r \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'. This BELT or Regeneray^Jsppjj! Ipf^ifev tor is made expressly for

%hF"f4/mtlV^VIje cnreo£ derangements\^J*S4 i !f£^V]ot the generative organs.l&^y^nJCyStiy^Thcrelsno mistake about

[|™' this instrument, the con-k \2??:?'~~=jiF'^ *7*i^ .tinuous stream ofELEC-Ifi'^'fciSfefcd* TRICITY permeating|\fibllliip3/«l|| I through the parts mustIllLlN^Kp^UrlLlres? ore tnem to healthy

• .7*'™' action.' Do not confoundthis with Electric Belts advertised to cure all illsfrom head to toe. • Itis for the ONE specific pur-pose. For circulars giving full information, ad-dress Cheever Electric Belt Co., 108 Washingtonstreet, Chicago, 111. dIuSKATO, MlKif.

Il TRIUMPH of SKILL,

*^ gpJSCfAt

Prepared from Select Fruitsthat yield the finest Flavors.Have been used for years. Be-come Tlie Standard FlavoringExtracts. one of GreaterStrength. None of sucli PerfectPurity. Always certain to im-part to Calces, Puddings, Saucesthe natural Flavor ofthe Fruit.

MANTTFACTUILED BY

STEELS & PRICES,Chicago, 111., and St. Louis, Mo.,

libra of I.npullnTenet Genii, Dr. Prlco'a Cream BaklnsPowder, «nd Dr. Price'! Cniqne Perfnmei.

ME MAKE NO SECOND GRADE GOODS.

masse*** m.Mu.im.'uf.-ggaaß^giaS^s»^feg^ -

GentleWomen

Who want glossy, luxuriantand wavy tresses of abundant,beautiful Hair must useLtON'S EATMAIEQN. Thiselegant, cheap article alwaysmakes the Hair grow freelyand fast, keeps itfrom fallingout, arrests and cares gray-ness, removes dandruff anditching, makes the Hairstrong, giving it a curlingtendency and keeping it inany desired position. Beau-tiful, healthy Hair is the sureresult of using Sathalron.

"Willthe coming' man smoke ?" was set-tled by Prof. Fisk in His etaSnioir jram-*phlet. fie ( inor«OYer,that rationalway to me tobacco i*through tha pipe.Allagree that onlythe belt tottMco »h*onh£be used. Which is the beat? that towhlohKbtlira h, acontributed (mnt&st ex-

-1 quisite flaTors. Black-well's BullDurhamSmoking Tobacco nilsthe bin completely^

! Nearly two-thirds of allthe tet)acc«grcon the Golden Tobacco belt «fBorth Cato-

: Una goes into the laanut.-ictory of Black-! well, at Durham. They buy the pick of

' \u25a0! i »i the entire section. Hencekiii /§J^fe£ BlacSvrell's Bull DurhamW% §3** Smoking' Tobacco is thefijjjLft# bestof that tobacco. Don't<>^r^& dsdelvid when yon. buy.

\u25a0Spl* ' \u25a0 The Durham Bull tfade-' f£M. * I . mark is oni(3^3 JS every genuine

ISfS Blaclnyell's Genuine BullDurham;m-<: is the ohoice ofall juifges ofjTsli: . Smoking Tobaoco.

MEDICAL.

j^a^'VSk'^'Ti^iSPSSl* Regeneration forj3ii>S^l fa I BI3MW enfeebled systems

lf""»li||Xsuffering rom a|§«" eEUeaATE» :.

"«^general want -of

j -dE*i£ tone, nnd its usual~<jH(tti_ concomitants, dys-

pepsia and nerv-S^^ w^^- *Si^^ ousness, is seldom

lj^|ppfj#||?*^Sv =. derivable from the

~—*mur"l:*rjasfe newed health and

vigor, that is a gen-S'SjßßPffl PrJP nine corrective, is ,

B•• »J ' m r?J !^.*3*' the real need. Itis the possession of

this grand requirement which makes Hostetter'sStomach Bitters so effective as an invigorant.Eor ?ale by all drr.frgists and dealers generally.

UNDERTAKING, ETC.

QUINSY & ABBOT(Successors to Stees Bros.),

mSMW IIMMERSAND

\; Funeral Directors,Corner Third and Minnesota Streets.>::;;:;;•;> TC-lmo . \u25a0

PILES! PILES V.Asure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching and

Ulcerated Piles, has been discovered by Dr. Wil-liam, (an Indian remedy) called Dn. WILLIAM'SINDIANOINTMENT. A single bos has curedthe worst chronic cases of 25 years' standing. Noone need suffer five minutes after applying thiswonderful soothing medicine. Lotions and in-struments do more harm than good. William'sOintment absorbs the tumors, allays the intenseitching, (particularly at night.after getting warminbed,) acts as a poultice, gives instant and pain-less relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itchingof the Private parts, and for nothing else. Forsale by all druggists, and mailed on receipt ofprice, 81. NOTES BROS. &CUTLER,WholesaleAgent, St. Paul, Minn.

liSilßmiEaiixmachinery"

S. P. MORRISON & COENGINES,

B3ILERS, SAW BILLS and MACHIEM,STEAM PUMPS,

Inspirators, Belting, Packing, Steam FittingEtc., JUtc.MANKATO, - - - - . MINX.

LOANS, ETC.

GEO. A. CLARKE,Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Broker

Office under Citizens' National Bonk,

r . MANKATO, MINN. v

BUILDING CONTRACTORS. ,

O.R. MATHER,

CONTRACTOR and builder,Manufacturer ofBed and Cream Brick, and dealera allkinds of Mankato Stone.' Quarryand Works,Nort Front strife

.... Ankato,-mm% -. ' - 87

5

' , CARPETS, Ac,,'

10.17 EAST HIED STREET,ST. PAUL,

THE OLDEST ANDMOST COMPLETE

In the NoTtli^vest!w$—~

Our Large and Elegant SPRING STOCK Mag now com-plete, we are able to present to our Patrons the most per-fect and desirable stock of Goods fOT showa in this mark( t,comprising all qualfifcs, and an fitfci Variety of Sties

\u25a0 IN

AND GENERAL

Our Purchases-In Carpets alone exceed in Quantity any Shipment ever made ttthis city anfl embraces the Newest and Most Desirable Effects in

Wilton's, Biploi, Lowell, Mi, Mil, Ciiti's" BODY BRUSSELS,

Aim&liglMaps&Fßrrals, ii 1.1,2,3 hi mt-A-lso, Three-Plies

of all the leading manufacturers of the United States;.in applies we show specialties of twenty differ-ent manufacturers, their choice patterns la Extra Superß, ranging from 83c to Si a yard. -We alsohave Ingrains from BOc to 75c a yard. \u25a0 ..„„ ...;

the special and magnificent Patterns direct from, the looms of such well-known Carpet Manufac-turers as W. J. SLOA2*&CO., New York, -CO^ESTABLE & CO., New York, and MAR-SHALLFIELD &CO., Chicago, either and all of the above firms' Carpets being famous all the worldover; and this season's Patterns exceed anything-ever-before attained point of richness and noveldesigns. ;

I

FIFTY DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF

LILEI A! OIL CLOTH!CHEAP TO THE TRIBE.

Our Upholstery DepartmentShows the finest line of Raw Silks, Damasks, Reps, Terrace, Etc., Etc.

Our Lace Department!Contains Everything from 15 cents per yard to $75.00 per window.

Our Window Shade Department(roods in this Line ofEvery

LQsility and Price.

01 lALL PiffllEPlßlEirr!Papers can be had at New York Prices, Wholesale or Retail. A splendid line

of Screens and other novelties. The Goods having all been selected by Mr*Matheis, they are guaranteed as to quality.

Our Manufacturing Department!has been greatly increased, both In numbers and talent, and those who favor thishouse with orders forwork willfind no delay. House- wives should make a noteof this when engaged in house renovation.

II ORDER TO CLEAR OUTOUR STOCK OP

Remnants!We are making a Drive on them, and offerinducements never heard

of before. Itwillpay you to call at once and see the

ATTEACTIVE BA^QAXTSTSWe offer in these Remnants.

JOHN MATHEIS,17 East Third street.