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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
THE DIrDEOF THE FUTURE,

Those shallow ated young men in the
East, whose principal object in existence is
the furtherance of their selfish pleasures
and the adornment Of their more or less
effeminate persons have been discussing
with all the earnestnesS and gravity OF
statesmen debating the fate of nation the
momentous question of wearing for even
ing dress garments of a more VaTie
gated hue and more picturesque ensemble.
The more pronounced dudes, to use
a term which has now become firmly in
corporated in the English language, have
declared in favor of the bright colored silks
and satins in which our fOTefatherS delighted
TO array themselves as against the SOmber
and conyential black of modern times.
While viewed simply from an aesthetic
standpoint, the frightening of draw
ing rooms and ball rooms which
would ensue through the adoption OF
the costumes of an olden time would be an
element in favor of the new sartnrial move
ment the vanity which leads to it is en-
tirely unworthy Of the energetic and enter
prising youth OF the present day. If they
require ruffies, laces and gay cOlOrs to bring
them into notice they must be in very
sorry plight, indeed. and utterly lacking in
those other and more meritorious attributes
the possession of which should win them
recognition. And in any event, the occu-
pancy of their minds with such
trivial matters would argue a very
untlattering condition of mental mac
tiyit1. In the great and growing North
west the young men have some
thing besides clothes to think about and to
recommend them, and the dude of the
future, arrayed like SOLOMON in all his
glory or the queen of Sheba after fresh
shopping tour, will find but little encourage
ment in a section of the country where
vigorous common sense is one of the most
distinguishing characteristics of the people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
Gov. Davis Takes Roseate View

X. Davis is said TO be cock-sure of his
election to the senate. That a considerable
majority of the Republican senators and rep
reseutativCs- elect are his friends or pledged
to his support there is no doubt, and there is
a current belief that if there is any DISPOSE
ton to kick at caucus nomination be will
find supporters enough among the Demo-
cratic members to make up for any detection
in his own party.-PiOueer Press.
1t is not believed that Gov. Davis can get q
single Democratic vote. He might have done
so before the late election, but when he de-
clared in one of his campaign speeches that
be would not vote for any Democrat on
earth for any Office" and engaged in a cam
paigC of personal abuse of the opposing cam
didates he alienated his Democratic friends
Again, his views on the tariff are not in ac-
cord with the Democratic party. and hence he
need not look for any support from that
quarter. One of the most illadvised steps
GOV. Davis ever took was to enter the last
campaign as the defender of the g. o. p.
FARIBAULT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14

inconceivable. Not only does the abnor-
maIly small waist which is the product of
tight-lacing fall as far short of true beauty
as does large waist, but obtained as it is
in direct violation of physiological laws, it
is in most cases accompanied by evil results
which may prove vital. Permanent injury
is too great price to pay for the gratifica-
ton of temporary within of capricious
fashion, and the young girls who most
readily fall victims will some gay. to their
cost, discover the fact Better let nature
have her own way in the matter of 1.-The
human form divine" and let tight lacing,
with its attendant evils alone, even if fash
ION does require sixteen-inch girth at the
belt line
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
soCIETY AND CHRISTIANITY.

Rev. DR.. HOWARD CROSBY recently took
occasion in a sermon to emphasize his
opinion that the great bulk of the follies
and temptations of un-Chrstian life to-day
Is directly chargeable to societyS whirL In
his opinion the sO-calIed Christians who
largely constitute the great army of goddess
dlers whose sole idea of life is to own
dray or dog cart, or to lavish thousands
of dollars on yachts and palaces, and all
other such perishable fiummery. are in re-
atty the worst foes that Christianity has to
contend against. They are the JEHOsA-
PHATs Of this age. who are in alliance with
the AHABs and are secretly conniving at all
the ungodlineSS of these degenerate times.
This is a strong statement of the case and
will doubtless meet with a strong and in
dignant protest from that class of church
people who are accustomed to find enjoy
ment in the whirl of social life. But com
ing. as it does, from such eminent pulpit
authority, the matter is entitled to receive
fair consideration. An impartial investiga-
ton of the facts will probably reveal that
DR.. CROSBY had more foundation upon
which to base his indictment against society
than will be generally admitted by those
who are known as society people. The
professed object Of Christianity is to WELD
a refining and elevating influence upon
mankind. Anything and everything con-
trary to that object may be set down as I'M
Christian. The first question. then, for
Christian people to determine is, whether
or not the customs of modern society har-
monte with the purposes for which Chris
tianity was established. Have modern Sd
cial ideas and customs an elevating infu-
ence? Is their tendency to develope talents
or is it to undermine them? Christianity is
an evangelZing system. 1t is an unselfsh
system. 1t is charitable. Are these fea-
lures prominent in the whirl of social life
to-day Does society impress its vOtaries
with a serious idea of life? These are ques-
lions which must be met and answered in
the discussion of this subject. Society is
exacting in its demands. 1t is a jealous
divinity, that will not tolerate a luke
warm worship. Those who are caught
within its vortex must give it their I'M
divided devotion. If, then, the mission Of
Christianity is the conversion of souls. the
civilization of the world. the caring for the
wants and cares and longings of the poor.
can these things be successfully accom-
pliShed by worshiping at the social shrine?
If these questions can be answered af1irma-
lively then DIR. CROSBY is wrong. If they
cannot be answered in the affirmative. then
&c is right. and pity it is that more of his
calling do not deal the same sledge-hammer
blows at the most degrading folly of the
ace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
A WEATHER CONTRAST.

The unhappy residents of the East have
the cordial sympathy of the more favored
people of the Northwest. While the former
are experiencing the discomfOrts incident to
drifting snowstOrms and the stoppage of
trains, the latter have been enjoying eli
matte conditions, balmy as the breath of
spring, and well calculated even to make
California herself jealous. Even the trees,
tempted by the sunshine's genial warmth,
have been almost tempted to put on another
garb of green, and the man without the
wherewithal to procure him winter over
coat rejOiceth and is exceeding glad. The
so called frigid Northwest sends greeting to
the frozen East and invites it. taking under
advisement the late lamented GREELEY's
advice, to come West and thaw out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
CLAIRVOYANCE.

The recently published account of the ex-
traordinary clairvOyant gifts possessed by
an eminent Brooklyn Physician. has started
a fresh discussion in scientific circles as to
whether or not the clairvoyant faculty is an
expression of soul force proceeding from the
same principle as that which determines the
faculty of mind reading. In mind reading
the insight appears to be wholly psychic or
mental, while if anything such as
clairvOyant power exists it evidently
must have supernatural endow
ment or it could not be enjoyed without re-
gard to light or distance or to any of the
limitations of ordinary vision. The be-
levers in mind reading are numerous. The
believers in claiTvoyance are cOmpala tively
few, Consequently there is a kick among
the believers in the former faith against
the attempt made by scientists to establish
that there is any intimacy between mind
reading and clairvOyance, or that there is
any affinity between the laws which govern
the two faculties. The tests which have re-
Gently been made of the clairvoyant powers
of the Brooklyn physician have staggered
the scientific gentlemen who were making
them. In one instance he sat in his Office
in Brooklyn and described with wonderful
accuracy the results of a railroad accident
which occurred that day in Maine. de-
scribing the scene of the occurrence, the
character of the injuries and appearance of
the victims and the place to which they had
been carried. A Brooklyn lady who had a
son visiting in Name was so much i'm
pressed by the description that she immedi-
ately fastened to the scene Of the accident,
to find that her fears were realized and that
her son had been killed. In another in
stance he diagnosed the case of
gentleman who was sick in
Europe, and to whose identity he
lad no other clue or guide than
a lock of the absent persons hair. Yet he
accurately described the malady, which was
of such a character that it had dehed the
knowledge of the EoSt celebrated physi
clans in New York, Paris and London.
The patient died, and an autopsy demon
strated the absolute correctness of the
Brooklyn doctors diagnosis. This incident
suggested to the scientists who have been
testing his clarvOyant powers the idea of
playing a trick on, him. Returning from a
nshing excursion one day, one of these
clalrvoyant testers saw a fine Attorney
heifer lying under tree near the roadside.
He took out his knife and cut from the ex-
tremity of the animals tail bunch of hair.
Upon his return to Brooklyn some of this
hair was sealed up in an envelope and de-
livered to the doctor, with the request that
he would describe the condition and ap-
pearance of the person from whose head it
had been taken. He did not open the letter
and examine the hair, but apparently ac-
cepting the statement made to him in per-
feet trust. he proceeded to satisfy the Curl
osity of the applicants. He wrote with a
pencil on a sheet of foolscap that the origi-
nal owner of the hair was at that moment
standing in a barnyard; that there was a
wagon loading with manure near by;
that boy was carrying cornstalks
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
CANADIAN FINANCES.

The financial distress in which Canada
finds itself ought osuggest to our Dominion
neighbors the propriety of shutting up shop
as a semi-independent government. Can
ada should sever itself from British dOmi-
nation ana set up an independent govern
ment, or it should Immediately take steps
to annex itself to the United States. The
latter course would be the smOothest way
out of the middle. If the United States
would undertake to pay the Canadian debt
and make up its deficiency. that would be
about fair equivalent for the new terri
tory 1t would gain by the annexation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
THEMAID WHO aACEs.

If, as KoKo says. married men never
f1irt, then it may be taken as proposition
equally true that married women never
lace Unfortunately the same excellent
statement cannot be made regarding the
maidens with equal universally. The
age which so recently existed FOL taper
waists and trim figures and which for a
time sensibly gave way to a desire to at
tam a standard nearer that of which the
Venus OF Milo is the recognized type, is
again cropping out Why the fashion of
dispropOrtionately small waists should be
regarded as fulfilling the demands Of beauty
and should meet with such ready accept
ance is, in view of the personal discomfort
it involves to its deyotees, little short of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
War of ctticoats.
To the Editor of the Globe.


Sir: In 1856 voted for Fremont for presi-
dent: in lS60-64 l voted for Lincoln for the
same office; in 1852 voted for Grant for
president, and in 1875 voted for HAYES, who
was not elected to that Office, though he got it..
These decades carried the country through
the war aud effected reconstruction. and since
1875 I have voted all kinds Of party tickets
upon all kinds of party platforms determined
to get right once in q while if that was posi-
BILE. Now have read the various comments
of the press, some condemuing and some ap-
plauding, the absence of Mrs. President
Cleveland from the recent receptions given
to the chief executive by the citizens
of Richmond. Va. II is under
stood that that absence was due to
the fact that the young lady
who happens to be the daughter of one ].
Davis. of Mississippi, was to be present. This
circumstance has given an Interstate and
international Importance TO social event,
which has aroused the patriotism of the chiv-
alrous North, aud awakened the wall of the
heroes of the s.lost cause Terrible must be
the consequences The war has become one
of petticoats now on both sides of the imagi-
nary line which marks the waist Of the
Goddess OF Liberty. Let it be fought out
until one side or the other hoists the emblem
of peace. Treason shall not work corrup-
tion of blood are the words of the constitu-
ton. but they are written words; dou btless
the political chemist could extract from pint
of Miss Winnes hearts blood quart of
treason. Let US have war! w. W.
Minneapolis, Nov. l3.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
st. Clouds Water Power.

ST.. CLOUD. Nov. 12.-The dam across
the Mississippi river, after two years labor,
has been finally completed, and st. Clouds
water power is second to none i'll the
United States. The cost of the cOnstruc-
ton of the dam IS S225. 900. Already manu-
facturers from all parts of the country are
coming here viewing the facilities offered.
and with prospects of locating here. The
Phoenix Iron works, which is being removed
here from Minneapolis and greatly en-
larged, is the first manufacturing concern to
take advantage OF the water power. The
establishment. the buildings of which ore
approaching completion, will when entirely
finished employ from roo to 500 men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14

And the crowd dispersed without waiting to
see the bulletin and the rooms were closed.
1t was feared at one time that Col Newell
would not be able to stand the strain alone.
and an effort was made to utilize Col
Wheelock. But climatic influences or lack of
magnetic sympathy caused failure, and the
Newell barometer was made to do service as
long as the result was in doubt.
~
The bringing of a libel suit by Lovely
against the Austin editor demonstrates one
thing that was not believed before-the
Albert Lea statesman has a thin skin. 1t was
the general belief that he held the edge even
on an alligator or a rhinoceros.
~
The fact that Gideon Tucker has been
coouetting with the administration for ever
so long a time. seeking an Office, only to re-
fuse one when it was offered him because it
was not exactly to his liking, proves con-
clusvey that he is giddy I'M and unworthy
TO hold place in a staid and dgnified govern
ment.
-
Violet Clmeron has simply met the fate OF
all such gaudy, vulgar flowers, Decent peo-
pie will not tolerate them in their conserva-
tories. Besides, the American public has
soured on Sweet violets" long ago and is
ready to ring the chestnut gong at mo-
ment's warning.
If it is a fact that ghosts do walk the earth,
or the spirits of the dead come back to plague
and torment US, Gov. Davis need not be as
tonished to meet the Apostle Paul some dark
night this winter when he is skurrying around
the boarding houses in the outskirts looking
I'D members of the legislature with designs
on their independence. If reports are 10 be
believed, Paul is not the man to tamely SUD-
nit to such q slur as the governor cast upon
him. Still, it is safe to say that if he was on
earth he would be q Democrat, and II he ran
for office his name would be on the Demo
cratic ticket. Aud he would be elected, TOO,
even if Davis made speeches against him
Just as was the case with Judge Wilson in the
First district.
It is worth while for mans ambition to
lean in the direction of the turf in England.
Archer died almost millionaire, and his fu-
neral was attended by all the dignitaries and
pOtenates. In Dakota, when jockey dies,
they bury him in the stable lot, and, if he
happens 10 have any loose change in his
pockets, his surviving companions squander
go
Mr.. Merriam went without necktie yes
terday for more than TWO hours. But he was
rot electioneering. He was trying to make
the furnace at home give up little heat. 1t
was so proyokingly obstinate that he got out
of patience and went down and tackled it
himself. If the laboring men could have seen
him their hearts would have warmed towards
him Involuntary, and he would have been
solid with them for all time to come.
49,
The Democrats in the Dakota legislature
won't be as lonesome this session as they
were the last, anyway. There was only one
solitary Democrat in the last legislature
Next winter there will be ten. They can hold
weekly meetings-when there Is no poker
game going on-and congratulate eacn olner
on the steady growth of the Democratic party
in the territory.
~x*
If Cleveland is candidate for president in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
A GOOD SELECTION.

The Newsboys' Home association was
exceedingly fortunate in the selection of its
first president. Mr.. TALLMADGE's serv-
ices in connection with last winters carni-
val demonstrated his abilities as the man
aver of any institution in which the public
is interested If he has fault it is an ex-
cess of energy and public spiritedness. If
the board of directors will give Mr.. TALL
MADGE the proper backing there is no
doubt but he will make the new Institution
over which he is called to preside great
Success
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
Ihe Detroit Newspaper War.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 13.-James E. Scripps
proprietor of the Evening News, to-day insti-
tuted suit against the Detroit Free Press for
$4,000 damages, the cause for the suit being
a campaign advertisement in the Free Press
which he consider libelous. John a Russell
of the News staff, also brings suit for S. 700,
basing the action on the publication in the
Free Press of clipping from an exchange
questioning his sobriety. Both suits have
been evidently brought in retaliation for the
suit Instituted by the Free Press yesterday,
based on statement by the News attacking
the financial credit of the Free Press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
A victim OF Abortion.

Special to the Globe.
GRAND FORKS, OAK. Nov. 13-Dr.
Wheeler was called to Grafton this morn
ing to hold post mortem on the body of
young lady from Canada, who died day
before yesterday from the effects of an
operation by a Grafton physician. The
victim refused to disclose her identity, but
after death letters were found which gave a
clue to her mother and the name of her
lover and seducer, who had sent her to
Grafton for the purpose of an abortion. with
means to keep her a short time. Both were
teegraphed to and are expected to arrive
to-day from Canada.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14

For one whole day the barometer remained
almost stationary, in this position-the news
being of a most unfavorahle nature. once
when Itasca county was reported to have given
500 majority for Ames, it quivered like the
uuills on fretful porcupine and made des-
perate efforts to get up on top OF his head, but
finally subsidized when it was learned that the
rumor was false But the hopes of the weary
watchers continued at low ebb as long as
the barometer marked high tide. After awhile
the returns became more favorable for Nc
Gill. and as the reports were confirmed the
barometer gradually settled until it showed
as follows:
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fully, and none of themwere content to read
the kilograms and understand that the COM
mlttee had no further news than was con-
tanned in them. They were crazy for addi-
tional returns, and would not be
comforted unless county vote was
read Off every TWO minutes. This grew
to monotonous of course, but it
could not be helped, and the secretary and his
assistants were so frenzied that since the ex-
element has subsidized they have had to resort
to hair dye to conceal the streaks of gray that
ornament their craniums. Matters went on
for brief time until finally, in sheer despera-
ton, it was announced that the committee
could not be bothered by people seeking in
formation. as it was necessary to figure
great deal aud absolute freedom
from interruption was required. Then
there was a dense cloud of gloom,
and everybody was in the dark eX-
cept those who had been about the rooms
great deal and had caught on 10 an infallible
plan for telling just how the battle was go
ing. These observing men had noticed, dur
ing the trying hours, q peculiar shifting of
the side whiskers Of Col. Stanford Newell,
who had facilities for securing all inside
pointers (Col. Newell. it will be remembered.
is one of the memOe rs of the committee
whom the organ thanked for deficient serv-
ices in the campaign-allowing Republican
majority of 41,000 to dwindle down to 200 o..
1t occurred to them that the whiskers could
be utilized political barom-
eter, and, if the committee de-
clined to give out any news, those who were
on to the secret could tell how the fight was
going, anyhow. Consequently, close watch
was kept of the colonel When news unfav-
orable to McGill came in, the whiskers imme
diately suffered and stood up, almost straight
on end, like this:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
Dnlush Dock improvements.

Cp6Cldl W Iuc OlOOO'
DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. ia joint
meeting OF the chamber of commerce and
citizens was held tonight, at which the city
council and government engineers in charge
of the harbor improvements were invited 10
be and were present. The extension Of the
dock lines was the subject under considera
ton. The draft of an ordinance was unan-
imously adopted which fixes the line 1000
feet from the center of the harbor on either
side, and adds on the east side of Rices
point alone twenty miles to the dock
front of the system if the improvements
adopted for the bay front are carried out.
The harbor will remain 1900 feet wide and
one and three-quarters miles long, The
entire dock front in the harbor will be forty
eight miles, with even more than that On
the east side, Rice's Point extending up st.
Louis bay. Until this question is settled,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
ACountx Seat yNar.

Browns VALLEY, Nov. 49, Traverse
county is likely to have contested election
arising out of the county seat tight between
this place and Wheaton. The question
was submitted to the people at the recent
election. Browns Valley having been
chosen as the county seat by previous vote
of the people, it required, under the law of
1885, a three-fft vote TO secure a re-
moval This Wheaton failed to scure
Browns Valley getting s votes over her re-
uuired two tfths in total vote of 1.131.
The fight was warm one, and Wheaton,
is by no means satisfied. Actual steps
toward a contest have not yet been taken,
but are threatened.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-14
Paid His Set.

ST. CLOUD, Nov 13.-One of the many
different election bets made in this city on
the outcome OF the gubernatorial contest
was paid last evening John Herman
agreed to wheel Sch Reichert on a wheel
barrow through the principal part of the
city IN case of McGill's election, and last
evening he redeemed his pledge Re ebert
held large transparency. the front of
which contained McGlrs portrait. the one
side, ''Hurrah for McGill," and the other
side, Doctor AmeS, you are left"