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IN author and as " the dictator Of the
Colonial Office" The writer CONT
nues The young clerk displayed
great aptitude for business. and this,
combined with his righteousness,
placed in his hands a measure of au-
thority never before exercised by so
young a man in so subordinate a posi-
ton. He tells in his autobiography
how in opposition to the wishes of the
Secretary of State, he drew up a des-
patch recalling the Governor Of an
important colony, and forced his re-
luctant chief to sign it. He adds, Il
caught myself haranguing Lord Go
derich and Lord Althorp as if they
had been my confidential servants in
stead of. his Majesty's." He kept these
noble lords in a state Of pupilage-a
state which functionaries placed for
political reasons in administrative
Offices must patiently accept. The
next Secretary of State was Stanley,
by no means a man to brook dictate
rial subordinafes, and Taylor found
him cold and %untriendly, calls him his
"oppressor," cries out, II think he
was not chivalrous," and shows other
signs of having been severely sat
down upon. $50 In 1886 Lord
Glenclg offered Taylor the Governor
ship of Upper Canada: but this was
declined, as was also every other Of
fer of promotion. Taylor never
hesitated to describe himself as being
unfit to be Il leader. So Still, he
had the ambition to do good work.
He wrote long pnpers, to be submit
ted to the cabinet, on West Indian
affairs, and, in fact, under the SUI
preme rule of james Stephen, govern
ed what in office parlance were call
ed the sugar colonies thus the re-
cords of his heaviest labours are ac-
cumulated on the shelves of The Co.
loniaI office"
In reading these extracts it must be
borne in mind that the time to which
they refer was the first ten or twelve
years of SirHenry's clerkship, when lie
was still a comparatively y0ung mar.
Looked Mt in this light, how truly
refreshing is the whole picture! Be
hold this young Civil Service Clerk,
whose age we may take to have
been between thirty-fve and thirty
at the time, recalling the Governor of
an important colony, haranguing
Lords Goderich and Althorp as if they
had been his servants, grumbling be-
cause Lord Stanley put and kept him
in his place, and to crown all, govern
ing the sugar colonies! And yet
when offered an actual Go~vernship
refusing it because he felt AMI knew
he was unfit TO be a leader" We
would rather incline to the belief that
his refusal was prompted by the
knowledge that he had already at
tanned 10 The chief leadership, and
was in reality the real and only leader
and master in all colonial matters.
1t would seem that Sir Henry'S
views were, as a whole, Identical on
many points with the views held in
the West Indian Colonies, and thar,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
The Sap of Trees.
To the Editor Of the Globe:

To the Editor OF the Globe:
DEGRAFY, March 21.-The accepted axiom
of the masses is that the sap in the trunk and
branches of tree flows down into the roots
in autumn, and there remains until it flows
back again in early spring. / might ask to
be pardoned for my audscity in taking ex-
ceptions to the above established opinion,
when l claim that the sap does not leave the
trunk and branches in autumn or any other
time, Except when the tree dies.
tree is living organization like other
organic bodies, and depends upon the sap TO
preserve and perpetuate its vitality.
The sap has the same relation to the pres
ervation of the tree that the blood has In sus-
tanning the human body. The roots Of tree
are profusely supplied with sap, consequently
it cannot flow from the tree into the roots
In order to fully prove the truth of the asser-
tons which l advance, will give my own
experiment, which is as follows:
While in the employ of the late
L. B. Hodges in his nursery at De-
Graf, / got out willow cuttings late
In December, 1882, from large trees. These
/ preserved until the next spring, shipped
them to be planted .along the Northern Pa
cifc railroad, where 100 per cent. grew while
15 per cent. of same kind Of cuttings died
that were taken from the trees in early
autumn before the sap was presumed to flow.
II nv cuttings did not contain the full
amount Of sap they could not grow, conse-
oueutly l assert that the sap does not leave
the tree in autumn. That the sap remains
dormant in the tree can be easily shown BY
cutting oil a branch of tree in winter and
placing it in not room. The result will be
the sap flows from the branch.
JAMES FARRELL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Personal la General.

W. G. Hobbs of Indianapolis will to-
day take Assistant Freight Agent E. F.
Kelley's place in the "Big Four'' office at
Chicago. Mr.. Kelley leaves for St. Louis
Sunday evening and will at once assume his
new duties at that place.
The new cantilever bridge and the double
tracking of the road has added but S65, 900 a
year to the Canada Southern's charges. The
road formerly paid 100000 year for the
use of the old bridge. Now it owns one of
the best bridges in the country.
A dispatch from Cincin natl yesterday says
that the Pan Handle and Bee Line roads
have been selling tickets to New York for
SIS, with rebate Of IS at New York. The
New York, Pennsylvania g. Ohio sells for 81
without rebate and announces that it will
sell lower than any other line SO long as the
agreement as to difference in the length of
its line is disregarded. The Washington &
Baltimore rates are kept nearly up to the
standard
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
No Dana.r Apprehended.

General Superintendent Whitman Of the
Omaha line has returned from Chicago and
reports the Eastern division Of the line in
fairly good condition, but it will require
spring repairs to get 1t in its former
good shape. Mr.. Whitman spprebends no
danger from any OF the rivers along the diff
ferent divisions, as extra precautions have
been taken TO protect bridges from any
blockade Of ice. Tue snow in Wisconsin
along the line has been CONCEALED, and
should the sun come out very strong aud
little rain fall the whole state Of Wisconsin is
liable to float into the Mississippi By the Chip
pewa river and visit the exposition at New
Orleans. But it cannot take the Omaha
bridge at Chippewa Falls Dor at Eau Claire,
for since the food early last fall the company
has fixed both so strongly that nothing short
of tue oiden time food could oisiOdge either
from their moOrinEs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Billiards.
ANsON AND PARKER.

Six hours day has been Anson's average
rate Of practice the past week, and his play
has strengthened the confidence OF his friends
to the point of believing that he is a sure
winner in the match with Frank Parker next
Wednesday night at Central Music hall, in
Chicago. The big ball-tosser has a fund Of
physical stamina that no amount of billiard
playing can deplete, and he shows up fresh
at the end and beginning Of each day. His
game has beyond question improved greatly,
and If he has the good fortune to play up to a
fair proportion of his practice work he will
make the pace hot for Parker. The latter
however, is not to be left out Of the cal
culation by any meals He too is playing
good billiards. No large runs, to be sure,
but plenty of the size of 25, 80, 35 and
Whereabouts He doesn't seem to be making
many billiards, but somehow the string
shows that he is not idle, and the average is
very satisfactory. Many fears are expressed
that the game, 500 points, is too long by Mt
least 100 points, and that it will drag far in
to the small hours Of the morning. 1t is
not likely 10 do that, but should be over at
midnight at the latest, provided play begins
promptly at s O'Clock, as provided in the
articles of agreement. To begin on time
the players should be In the hall and en-
gagged in selecting referee by half-past z,
and IL by mutual consent the first ball should
be bit little before the stroke Of s, no harm
should be done. Either of these men can
play 100 points of cushion caroms In con-
siderably less than an hour, and they ought
easily to play 500 points of fourteen-inch
balk-line in four hours.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
First Doy's Trial.
Pennsyfrania Immigration Haul.

Pennsyfpania Immigration Haul.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March 22.--The Pennsylvania
company expect within the next thirty days
to land in Chicago $4,000 immigrants and
during the summer at least IS, 900 more, it
being claimed that this number is now con-
tracted for at the various European agencies.
The 81 orders, the result of the cut in emf
grant rates some weeks ago, have been is
sued by the ennsylvania to the amount of
over $780, 000-some say $40, 600
and are distributed far aud wide, having
been eagerly bought W by the immigrant
agencies at home and abroad. The Western
trunk lines have been figuring on the prob
able amount of traffic that will accrue to
them from this source, and estimate that
about four-ffths of the arriving emigrants
will continue their journey westward, and
that that proportion will be distributed
throughout the Northwestern states and ter
ritories This viii leave 10000 as an addi-
ton to Chicago's population that may be ex-
pected during the next six months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Cheaper Men, RI es from Tenas.

WACO, Tex, March can effort is to be
made to divert the cattle trade of Texas from
St Louis and Chicago to Cincinnati Gen
tlemen interested in the st. Louis Narrow
gauge railroad have joined other business
men at Cincinnati to run Texas cattle over
the Narrow Gauge, getting special rates from
Cairo east. 1t is thought this arran ge ment
will enable meat dealers to reduce the price
of butchered products very largely, while it
will be a good arrangement for the Texas
cattlemen. Louisville, indianapolis, Cleve-
land, Columbus and Pittsburg will be sup
piled, after this arrangement is completed,
from Cincinnati, saving in both time and
freight of as much as 20 per cent. over the
present prices. The prominent bankers and
business men here are in the scheme, and
are very sanguine Of its ultimate success.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Rum Ern,n Under IL.

A few days since a gentleman in the city
was going to Chicago. 1t was quite a cold
night, and after he was in his berth he be-
came chilly and asked the porter for another
banquet.
'Aint got nun squiah," said the porter.
"Here's half dollar, go and get me a
blanket repeated the passenger.
''Golly. don't knO bout it squiah, there
isn't another in the cab, but I'll see what
can do fur yer"
About ten minutes afterwards the curtain
of the gentlemsn's berth was drawn aside
and a blanket Was thrown in.
In the morning one OF the passengers was
complaining about the temperature during
the night. ''When / went to bed / had a
blanket over me, but when | awoke shiver-
ing all over / could not find it anywhere"
he said.
The porter, who was listening to the con-
versation. explained by saving: I'VE WIS
maxim up time las night, boss, and guess
we run from under de blanket"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
R0lf-9. !SEatinQ.

Manager Carter has closed an engagem ent
with Prof j. D. Dare to appear at the rink
tonight and to- morrow night, when the pro-
fessor will give slack-wire performance on
roller skates.
Miss Mabel Davidson, who has been out
on long tour among the roller skating
rinks returned last week and left with her
father for another tour, and will probably go
as far as st. Louis.
Another roller-skating tournament upon
larger scale than the last, is about to be
arranged for in New York. 1t is said that
Rowell and Littlewood have been cabled to
and asked to learn to skate, SO as to be in
shape for the contest, which will probably
take place in May. All those who took part
in the contest just closed will 90 into train
ing. The conditions Of the race will be an
entrance fee of 500, open to
all. AS Skinner and Donovan
are matched for 81 900 side to skate at the
time named, in case others enter their skate
will become private one, and the gate re-
ceipts will be divided so that the winner will
get the same proportion as the contestants in
the six-day go-as-you- please contests. 1t is
almost certain that Noremac, Cox, Dan
Herty, Sullivan of Saratoga, and all the crack
pedestrians will be starters in the next event,
which will probably send the record up to
800 miles for weeks journey.
DR.. Rowe, in the American Field, takes
calm view of the situation from a purely dis
interested standpoint, and reaches the con-
clusion that & the roller skate is king,n
and that, in spite of the com bination of
preachers, show people, saloonkeepers and
legislative cranks. ''young and old throng
the skating Kinks, if anything, more than
ever.'
Many can appreciate the sentiments of the
young man who said, after he had been on
the floor awhile, that he thought his rollers
must be made of slippery elm, instead OF
lockwood.
Sharon, Pa, boasts of skater 81 years
old who can hold his own at work or on roll
ers with many younger man.
Portsmouth (O.) correspondence: The
ministers have begun their crusade against
the Kinks, and one of the city papers advises
high license on the pastime, but we are in
clined to the opinion that the Kinks will pros
per, Notwithstanding these puerile assaults.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23

SACRAMENTO may now aspire to vie with
Cincinnati as an art center. Mrs. CRoCKER
proposes to donate her magnificent collection
of paintings, valued at half a million dollars,
provided the citizens will within four months
raise a fund of $500, 600 for the construction
and maintenance of suitable building. 1t
is claimed that the money will be quickly
raised, so the municipality may enjoy the
munifcent gift. This is much better than to
hall, a veritable art mausoleum, as did Mrs.
STEWART. Works of art when open to the
public tend to develop the estbetic quality of
a community, and to elevate the popular
taste aud tone.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Nrowr,,,ps are evid.r,lr not

MUGwUMPs are evidently not popular with
the Chinese authorities. The whole tribe of
KERI GUAKUKIS and the families of other
leading Corean independents were hanged
at the palace gate with the single exception
Of the chief offender, KERI, who had taken
refuge in Japan aud is coming
to seek an asylum in the United
States, where Mugwumps are honored. Civ
ilization could hardly have made much head
way in the Orient, where women and chill
dren are hanged before the palace
of the most populous kingdom in
the world. It would seem that
civilized nations should protest against such
barbaric act on the part of a country whose
ENJOYS are treated with distinguished con-
sideration at the seat of government of ma
tiOus
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
LATER and more detailed reports of the

LATER and more detailed reports of the fire
at LaDgham's hotel in Chicago, early yester-
day morning, show that five people were
killed and four others badly injured by the
falling walls. Among the dead is Mrs. BEL
KNAPP, well-known society lady of Cincin-
natl, widow of Col. BELKNAP, who died at
New Orleans several years ago. Several
people who were caught in the wreck were
drenched with water, and suffered intensely
from the cold before they could be extricated.
The building was fre-trap of the latest ap
proved pattern, and peculiar to much of chi
cago's slttudinous architecture. The build
ing aud maintenance of such structures
ought to be made an offense amenable to the
criminal laws
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
Ortouyilie 10 Lake SuDer;or.

Articles of incorporation of the Ortonville
& Lake Superior Railroad company were filed
with the secretary of state Saturday for con-
structing double track railway from Orion
vile, Big Stone county, northeasterly to
point to be determined on Lake Superior,
with extensions and branches. The business
of the company is to be transacted
at Ortonville. The corporation is to date
from March IL, 1885, and continue for a
period of fifty years. The capital stock is
placed at 81, 900, 900, with liabilities at the
same amount The first board of directors
are Cornelius K. Orion, Charles E. Brooks,
Leslie c. Lane, Thomas M. Grant and Ber-
nard Dassel of Ortonville, who are also the
incOrporatOrs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23

1t will consist of knit jersey of nayy-blue,
with broad cuffs and collars trimmed with
white, navy-blue pants, white belt, white
stockings and white cap.
paper bat will be one Of the novelties
this season
Henry Boyle has signed with the Lucas
club at salary of 81, 700.
The Columbus (Ga.) Stars defeated the
Louisvilles March 16 by score OF IL to z.
Dan O'Leary is now making much head
way in his efforts to organize a club at
Toledo.
Kicking has broken out in the New York
club owing to a reduction in some OF
the salaries.
George Dreamer, the veteran player, is re-
ported as dying of consumption.
The New York and Metropolitan teams
will play their first exhibition game March %.
The Boston club is now entering its ff-
teenth season. 1t held the cham pionship in
seven out Of the fourteen seasons already
played
Goldsmith, the Chicagos' old pitcher. will
make a tour of this country with the Cana
dian team.
The Cleveland Plaindealer expresses the
''fear' that Messrs. Spalding and Arson are
right in their prediction that the pennant is
coming to Chicago this year beyond ques-
ton.
Omaha correspondence: There is strong
probability of Omaha having league team
Tor the base ball season. Sullivan of Kan
sas City is looking the matter up. Athletics
OF all Kinds are on the boom here.
1t is rumored that the outfeders of the st.
Louis league team are to be counted on fiery,
untamed animals, which are at present in
training near the boneyard. When Chicago
man knocks the ball into Kerry Patch, one
OF these mounted men will be sent after it,
and in the interval the umpire will shout:
"Thirty minutes intermissioD. Gentlemen
who are thirsty will find pump on the next
block. No beer, cider, soda or cigars sold in
this park. Sunday Sayings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23

CHICAGO will now have an opportunity to
display whether or not the spirit of reform a
ton which has apparently fallen upon that
city has come to stay, or whether. like civili-
cation in Texas, it only develops in spots.
Tonight is advertised the great prize fight
between BURKE and GREENFIELD and all Chi
cago is ablaze with delighted interest If the
prize fight is stopped and the participants ar
rested and punished we shall begin to have
faith in the expressed desire of Chicagoans
for pure ballot. If the fight goes off with
out molestation from the legal authorities.
then we shall know that as q reform city Chi
cago is fraud. We shall see what we shall
Spa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
THEENEoRrUNIrE WV

Poor HIGGINs. His misfortune is that be
got an appointment to treasury elerkship
HIGGINS is from Maryland. There are l, 4a9
other persons in Maryland who wanted the
same appointment Thirty-eight other states
have, on an average 70 each state, 500 peo-
pie who wanted this same place And When
Is, 400 people, with good lungs, unite their
voices the earth trembles With the roar OF
their shouting. HIGGISs is bsd man in
their estimation. They want him turned out
sud the prize left open until the next draw
lug. Civil service reform has Quaint
meaning to The majority Of politicians Each
mans standard OF reform in she civil ser
wise is The measure OF his own interest
That Is abua, the way the bulk of them look
at It. The Republican who is displaced bv
Democrat feels that Z great shock 70 the
civil service has been given. The Demo
erat who gets let in a scramble for place
deplOres the failure Of policy upon which
his hopes had been planted SO it goes
And, after all, TIE lucky man Is the one uho
has no taste for politics, and steers clear of
misfortune. The unhappy msn Is the one
who, like HIGGiSs, gets Into place. and then
receives kicks and curses for his official re-
ward.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23

ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has inau-
gurated reform in the department of JUS
tcc which will meet with popular favor aud
very materially reduce the public expendi-
ture. He directs that district attorneys shall
not be provided with assistants; that they
shall perform the functions of their office in
person. II this is followed up, as 1t undoubt-
edly viii be, by the appointment of thoroughly
competent men the service will not suffer,
hut the position will not be the sinecure that
it has been regarded under the late free and
easy administration. 1t is clear that the
new regime means tn reform the thousand
and one abuses that have developed In every
department Of the public service.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-23
PRESIDENT RARRIos

From what the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat says of Gen. RUFINo BARRIos, the Central
American dictator, he is not such JESSE
JAMES sort of fellow as he has been pictured
to us. The Mmes-Democrat says:
With the exception of the great NAPOLEON, it
would be difficult to point out public character
who has figured, during the past eight decades,
of whom SO many false and sanderous reports
have been circulated. President BARRIos' per-
sonal and political enemies have spared neither
labor nor expense in their effort to ruin his repu
tation and blacken his character. Every crime
that can be mentioned or imagined has been laid
at his door, and the world has been taught to be-
heve that in cruelty, recklessness and brutality
he is a modern reproduction of TIBERIAs, NERO
and CALIGULA.
Those who know Gen. BARRIos, who have had
the opportunity extended them of personal in
tercourse with him, and above all, those foreign
ers who have visited the city of Guatemala, have
learned to treat the mendacious reports that are
current regarding him with the contempt they
merit, but as the people of this country to
be sngularly ignorant of the history of his career
few facts concerning his past life might be
deemed interesting by the public.
Gen. BARRIos has been in power more than q
decade, yet, although several revolutions have
been raised against his government, and numer-
Gus attempts have been made to assassinate him,
but seventeen of the most blood thirsty conserv-
alive chieftains and assassins have, after fair
trial, been condemned to pay with their lives the
penalty of their crimes.
When he reluctantly assumed the functions Of
the executive Office Guatemala was the prey of
contending factions and the public treasury was
empty. Bands Of guerillas and bandits infested
the public roads, and agriculture. commerce
and mining were practically abandoned. In a
few short years he has remodeled the govern
ment, reformed political abuses, built
railroads and wagon roads, has net
worked the country with railroad lines
and established primary schools in every village
academies and founded asylums, hospitals, scien-
tifc schools, museums and homes for invalid
soldiers. Under his progressive government
commerce has revived, agriculture has been
placed on q firm basis and mining operations are
being carried on in different parts of the repub-
lie. He has been accused of prosecuting the
clergy, yet the priests were the first to congratu
late him on having escaped ASSASSINATION May "A,
1884. He is said to be immoral yet happy and
loving wife and family of small children well
come him when he retires to their apartments
after the labors of the day. friend never asked
his assistance in vain, appeals to his charity
never met with refusal, while hundreds of in
stances might be cited where he has generously
aided new enterprises and helped young men
starting in life.