St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28
TALK.

Giovanni Caro- is whimsically averse 70
an open fire because he says IL is such dis
/ traction that people straightwsy fall TO look
ing at il watching its itful changes, aud an
: sWerng you In listless, dreamy preoccupied
manner. his idea is that conversation can
J hardly be matter OF ''brisk reriprocation''
before an open fire. since the mood inspired
/ By Il is retroactive. furtiye and ineonsequent.
Look at /. 4. Marvel, says he, aud You'll
Z ind him the oracle Of all the illusions aud
delusions Of half the world on the subject o.
I hre on the hearth. All bis thought takes FIRE
even when be Is describing "Wet Days at
EdgeEooa." But want you to observe that
most Of his sentimental reTeries have been
evolved from his own lonesome conscious
ness when sitting solitary beside bis Preside,
aud his eg0 IS obtrusive and natural.
/ { You remember in TriEirs u Shandy the
pathetic story Of lie Fevreis death, and the
eolloquy of the pulse with its dim, receding
beats-attempt pied 70 be described in type
until the fnsl .'ShaE go on 90 is ssked, and
1t stops al Mop Now, / am usually re-
minded OF that lapslng, hating, and indie
tinet dialogue Of lie Frvre's pulse in Sterue's
talk before an open IRE, which is always
monotouusly called ''eheerfui.r I'll eoncede
thst pleasant sensations are produced by q
blazing FIRE, but the mind is oYershadowed
By them, and hardly ever responds 10 the
( hriiliancy OF prose or poetry until the eve
stops looking al the burning distraction.
Hew Ainsiie wrote the oft-sung poem about
Z the ssIngIe SIfa.'i
Bot the eantie hearth where eronies meet
An the darling o oar e'e.
Thai marks 10 US ward complete,
o. The Ingle side. f,r me,
I'll wager all that fine spun sentiment was
worked OF where he couldn't see the fire.
People must affect the open FIRE infstuatIou
even when they feel il not, indeed have IL
not, Cor am told there are fashionable par
Tors in the snowy East where a simulated
asbestos mockery is set going 10 deceive the
FIRE Eorshipers- After such depravity OF de-
cep;ion the subter:uge OF Mulberry Sellers Is
an innocent and amiAble pandering 10 the
prevailing eredulity.
Some time ago writer IN London Natars
suggested novel way Of getting at the
nature OF an siling PERSONS complaint.
| Bringing the electric lamp to bis aid, he
would so construct an instrument Us to have
series Of persons arranged In the form Of q
semi-cirele. These would each be 50 ne
fractive as 20 secure 4 ehromatism,
while the rays Of light being bent would en-
able the observer 20 peer into almost any
! part OF the human frame he might please.
The theory of this savant Is applicable TO the
general b lief in { r revelation OF the fire.
light, when Is presumed 10 illumine the
social quality Of the mind, and give test OF
] its responsiveness.
After all, the warmth Of fire is the main
consideration here, for the poet hit It Ia the
lines:
"True, the springs are rather late.
And eary falls predominate;
Int the Ice craps pretty sure,
Aud the air Is kind o pure"
In any unDleassntness in Minnesota in
volving ''altars and fires" don't you fancy
it would be for hres first and FOREMOST
Reading FrOude's last volume concerning
Carlyle, his suffering at intervals from sleep
lessness. and travelling all over the United
Kingdom for refreshing, natural rest,
are vividly depicted in bis own suficing
terms. In this country notable instance
of wretehed aud chronic insomnia is Abrzm
5. Hewitt In Washington what with ehro-
nometers Din the early matin hours, and
the dogs at all hours his slumbcrs are sadly
/ disturbed.
His misery was exaggerated by 4 bakers
dog whose owner ObstInately refused TO abate
the nuisance. Finally Mr.. Hewitt sent a
( complaint to the District commissioners, but
| they replied that II was beyond their pOwer "a
! protect him.. Now the sleepless statesman is
I to try and get an amendment put un 10 dis
triet license bill in the Senate District com
mittee, which viii require that dog which
[ is complained OF as annoying 10 a neighbor
shall be removed or killed.
/ Caleb Cushing in Washington likewise,
once applied to the courts for relief against
/ the barking of dog that
1 disturbed his studies In the night. in Ger
many they do things better, for there is
record Of \ case where gentleman made
/ complaint OF young heller that beloved in
the night when hungry, and the court adjudl-
Gated the owner of the animal to lie at fault,
and sentenced him TO pay fine, as well as
stop the believing.
The New York Tn3uzs OF Dec 81, says OF
Peter B. Sweeney, a power under the old