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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
Russia's Great Novelist.

Louisville CourierJournal.
Count TolStoi is a man of sixty, with
iron-gray hair, sunburned countenanee,
plentifully furnished with gray beard
and mustache. His hair is parted down
the middle and is thick and full. His
brow, furrOwed with the ploughshare of
thought, is broad and massive; his eyes.
small and piercing. CLEAN out beneath
bushy brows. His nose. large and
prominent, has full and expressive nos
tris. The features are SO strongly
marked that once seen they cannot
soon be forgotten. He is rather above
the average height, and his threescore
wears have not bowed his stature. But
he is no longer as robust as he was. He
looks somewhat Shrunken ami worn, as
If time and the eyer-burning ire within
were making inrOads on what was once
a stout and stalWart form.
Count TolStoi dresses not la moujik,
but not as count. He wears coarse,
dark blouse. butt0ned up the breast and
fastened round the waist with leath
ern girdle. Collars. cuffs and such
other frippery he eschews. His trous-
ers are as those of other men. On his
head he wears soft. weather-beaten
brimless hat aud whenever he walks
abroad he carries a stout staff. The
costume OF the disciple is like to that
of his master. Simplicity in dress is a
distinctive note of the Tolssoian gospel
ono among the many points In which
il resembles the QuakerS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
CLEANED AT STILLW ATER.
Doings in District Court--A Young
Girl Dies of Heart Disease.

Shelter & Rossum recovered judg
ment yesterday III the district court
against j. Fl. Miller in the sum of 500.
The case of Thomas Curtis VS.. The
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis K
Omaha Railroad for damages received
last April by being struck by one OF
their trains was OH trial yesterday, but
was not concluded. The claim is for
the value of horse and buggy and
5000 personal damages.
The funeral of Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald,
who died Friday of pneumonia, will oc
cur tomorrow at q. IN. Her husband
died last winter from injuries received
i'll the woods.
Patrick Flanagan has been bound
over to the grand jury in 500 bail for
malicious injury to August Dunke, his
father-in-law.
Miss Anna Donalds, 4 young lady
fourteen years of age. residing at Oak
Park, died suddenly Oh Thursday night
of heart disease.
Clarence and Christie johnson, of
Fargo, sons of eX-Sheriff johnson, for
merly of this county, are visiting
friends here.
No men are being sent to the woods
Just now, the lack of SHOW preventing
hauling.
Eighteen patients are enrolled at the
city hospital.
n. G.. Norton, of Wnona, is in the
city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
nAKOTA.S PIlTNI.

While Dakota will hardly reach cab
met position, ii is pretty well conceded,
at least by its genial and popular. but
very imaginative stump oartor, Col.
PLUNNER, that it is to have the govern
norShip of Alaska. In view of the an
ticipated efforts of the graSping seal
monopoly 10 renew its charter next year
aud the low moral tone of things there.
it is important that man of implacable
integrity, and sonorosity that will appal
the ears of evil-doers OF their employers,
shall WELD the government baton there.
The Dakota Cicero is fortunate iii the
requisite vocal possession, and it is be-
lieyed that in his VaTiegated assortment
of principles those adapted to the Alas
kan situation may be found. BE will
be able to do a great work for that re-
cion, in an advertising way, at least.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
LITTLE LAUGHS.

You can never judge of q mans sorrow 10y
the signs of his hatband. Weekly.
The hog trust viii make the lover of pork
chops bristIe with ndignation.-Pittsburs
Chronicle
A girl always wants fellow TO tie true
lovers knot when she gets him on the string.
Boston Gazette.
The sentence There's no such word as
fair' can hardly be classified as cant
phrase Merchant Traveller
If she who hesitates is lost, the mau who
shutters must have great difficulty in finding
himself-Somerville Journal.
Man seldom amounts 10 much until he gets
married. And very often his usefulness fails
TO materialize then.-Baldmore American.
survivor of the famous Light Brigade
is now plumber in indianapolis. He still
knows how to charge. -Terre Haute Express.
About this time look ont for the high
winds increasing areas of polysy Tables,
rhetoric spouts and a tidal wave of second
hand erudition. Joseph Cook is on his way
to Kansas, lecturing as he goes,--New York
Sun.
The published statement that Mrs p. Har-
rison indorses the hustle goes TO show that
Mrs. Cleveland's plan for reducing surplus
isn't any more likely 10 be adopted than MI.
Cleyelands plan by the Mills bill is.-Mil-
wauke Sentinel.
'But times is hard Mlinda You'll have to
git long with very Ittly sponduiicks this
Christmas"
"Thet's the same old story, Ezekiel. faint
squar fer you to talk SO jest after a pres
Dental lection. New York World.
is marriage a failure?n Well, we guess
not, if boy two years old who can stand on
his head and make strike with ''tenpinsT
every other time counts for anything Glenn
Falls Republican.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
CHAMELEON-LIAE CISCO.
Physicians Puzzled Over the Case
of Colored Woman Whose
Skin Has Turned White.

JERSEY CITY, \. j., Dee. 14.-Physi-
clans are interested in the case of Julia
Cisco, middIe-aged cOlored woman,
whose skin has turned white. She is q
widow and resides in Rock street, near
Summit avenue, Jersey City Heights.
Three years ago Warden Osborne, of
the city hospital, called at her home to
remove sick man and had CONVERSE
ton with Mrs. Cisco. who, he says, was
then as black as the average negro. She
visited the city hospital yesterday With
her grandson, who was sick. and Warden
Osborne failed to recognize her, and
when she recalled their conversation
three years ago it was difficult TO con-
vince him that the colored woman he
then met. and the white woman who
stood before him were identical. Mr..
Osborne asked the woman TO tell him
about the change of her skin. With
marked negro accent she thea told the
story. Il am fifty-three years old, and
| lived for many years ut No. 40 Null
berry street, New York, There are lots
of people near there who will be able to
verify what L say. r was always con-
sidered to be colored until | turned
white as you now see me. was born
at Hoosac, Mass. My mother was a
black Mohawk Indian. and my father a
light Hoosac Indian. Neither of them,
as far as | know had negro blood in
them. About 1860 | noticed white
spots on my skin, and thought they
were due to leprosy, but they. disap
peared, and thought no more of them.
My husband, who died III 1861, was very
black. Three years ago big white spot
appeared on my arm, and was followed
by others on my breast aud lips and
other parts of my body. The doctors
told me | would die. A cancer appeared
in my breast, and | had an operation
performed. L have been growing
whittier ever since. When | expose my
self to the wind, or work hard. my en-
tire person turns pinkish color. L can
get any quantity of evidence in support
of my statements. They are all true.
DIR. L. ". Pyle, OF 400 Bergen avenue,
Jersey City, has known NE a long time.
Dir. Pyle says he has known Mrs. Cisco
about fifteen years, and that her story
is true. He said that Mrs. Cisco had
frequently been visited by physicians,
and that her case had caused much as
constituent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
WINONA WINNOWlNGS.
A LabOrer Killed General City
News.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WINoNA, Dec. 1.-THE Dutchman
tonight killed man named Ole Peter
son, a laborer living at Dresbach, who
was walking on the track this side OF
that place. His right foot and left
hand were cut off and his head terribly
mangled The body was brought here.
The Republican club reelected all
its old officers.
Farmer Sherman, living near Mime
sofa City, was thrown off a load of wood
and badly hurt.
The Mastuka Toboggan and Snow
shoe club held meeting this evening
and organized for the season.
The police force has contributed so
for the Olsen fund.
A team belonging 10 farmer
named Font became frightened 10y a
piece of paper on Main street to-day,
broke away from the htching post aud
tore down Main street and up Second,
smashing a wagon in front OF Arnolds'
store. No other damage was done and
the horses were caught on Center street.
The new American Building and
Loan association held q meeting last
uight at the board of trade rooms. John
I. Wilson was elected treasurer and ID.
T.. Vance secretary. The association
will meet monthly. 1t has already l25
members.
Commodore Pierce has received let
ter from Hon. Mark Il. Dunnell, accept
ing his invitation to the Christmas
steamboat excursion. The city council
has also sent him an official acceptance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
THEPosToFFICEs

There are in Illinois lS2 poStmaSters
appointed by the president. OF these
three are still serving on appointments
10y President ARTHUR. OF the entire
Isl, but eight or ten suspensions of Re
publican incumbcnts We're made by
President CLEVELAND. the others sery-
ing out their fun terms. followed by
the appointment of Democrats, of course.
From a published list it appears that
nearly all the commissions extend from
one 20 three wears into the next admin
isiration. The average is about two
wears. 1t is given out that in the in
stances where suspensions were had
the guillotine will do prompt work. but
in other cases the example set by Mr..
CLEVELAND will be followed. There
were, for special reasons, more Suspen-
Sions in Illinois than in other states. II
will follow. then, that the Republican
aspirant to the postal service must. as a
rule. wait two years before he has a
chance. 1t will he long two years for
the weary patriots.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
AssIMILATING CANADA.

Ben BUTTERwoRTH, who is nothing
il not original. has introduced bill in
congress for the assimilation of Canada.
Exactly how Mr.. BUrTEIwoRTH pro-
poses to assimilatc Canada. or what is to
he done with il when asSimilated is YETI
the dark. But it is certain he wants TO
assimilate 1t. Ii the Cincinnati con-
gresham wishes TO convey the idea that
Canada must first be ehewed up, then
we are not with him. We are favorable
to annexation in any and every form
that has yet been proposed except this
one. When we get Canada we want it
to be in good shape. We want il whole.
and not in broken fragments. Much
less do we want it crushed into atoms,
coated with saliva, and then taken into
the national stomach TO be assimilated
10y digestive processes. Let US get Can
ada by annexation, but not by assimila-
tion
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
UNJUsILY IKITICIsED.

Gov. GRAY'S refusal to allow the
state house at indianapolis to be used
for the MORTON reception last night
is naturally construed by the opposition
into an act OF intended discourtesy to
the vice president-elect. While Gov.
GRAY is an intense partisan, and
Hoosier ideas of polite society are not
always in accord with those that pre-
vail in more cultured centers, still
there is no real reason to find fault
with the governors conduct i'll this
matter. \ town the size of In
dianapolis ought to have hall or a
hotel large enough for public
reception, without using the states
property. A state house is not
intended for tavern or dance hall,
and although Gov GKAY's action in this
matter subjected him 10 criticism, we
are rather inclined to admire his dis
play of moral courage. It's the duty of
the governor of state to see that the
states property is protected and only
used for proper purposes. If the Re
publican citizens of indianapolis wanted
to give Banker MoRToN a party. they
ought. in all decency. TO have furnished
their own onttit, and not have attempted
to beat the state out OF a reception hall.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
PRESIDENT MAKING.

This is q peculiar country. That is
so far as political affairs are concerned
We are scarcely out of 4 presidential
contest until all the wiseacres are at
work on president making for the next
term. Already Gen. ALGER has an
nounced himself as candidate for the
Republican nomination in 1892; and
while, in some quarters, this announce
ment is construed into bid for scat
in the HARRISON cabinet, the general
impression is that the Michigan man
means what he says. He is the owner
OF Il barrel. and in these days the mill
ionaire who hasn't his eye on the presi-
dency is an eXcel ton. On the
other side, we have two diStin-
guished New York gentlemen in
the fed as active candidates for
the Democratic nomination. Gov.
HILL shaped his late gubernatOrial
canvass solely with view of
making himself a prominent presi-
dental candidate in 1892. Now there
is another Richmond in the field, in the
person of Secretary WHITNEY. The
plan his friends have outlined is to
make WHITNEY the candidate for gov
ernor i'm 1891 10 succeed HILL. and if he
is elected by good round majority, as
he is likely to be. they expect to use
that fact. in conjunction with Standard
oil money. to make president of him.
Thus the merry game of president max
ing is perpetual source of amusement
in this country. 1t turns out oftener
than otherwise. however, that the first
i'm the field are the last in the race.
They usually betray their weak points
in time for others TO take advantage of
thpm
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.


Judge EDGERToN. the Indiana mem
Der of the civil service commission. is
plain-spoken man, who does not permit
his opinions to be trammeled by his sur
roundings. The Judge has been MEM
Der of the civil service commission long
enough. as he thinks. to obtain an intel
ligent idea Of the practical operations OF
civil service reform: and: according to
the best light he can view it ia. the
whole civil service system is an enor-
nous fraud. OF course, Judge EDGER-
TONS views do not accord with the
opinions held by GEORGE WILL
IAN CURTIS, but the difference is
that the latter is "a sentimental
politician, while the former is intensely
practical. Mr.. CURTIS belongs more
to the English school of politics,
while Judge EDGEEToN is thoroughly
American. Thus, we take it, the success
of our experiment in civil service re-
form will depend largely upon cur fut-
ure national policy-whether we will
continue in the direction of Initiating
English customs and Of adopting Eng
lish ideas, or whether we make right
about face and march back to the purely
American standpoint. That civil
service system operates successfully
in a monarchical government is
unQuestioned, for the experiment
has been made and the wis
dom of it vindicated. But in a
popular government like Ours the con-
ditions are so different from what they
are in the old world that, even if the
civil service principle be correct. there
must at least be change III the forms OF
application. TO the average American
mind there is a great deal of tomfool-
cry in our civil service rules, partlcu-
larly as TO the manner OF passing civil
service examinations. There can be no
special objection urged to the method
of promotion in the civil service. Pro-
motion according to seniority is an old
rule IN our military and naval service,
and there is no reason why 1t should not
be equally satisfactory in the civil sery-
ice. But why sch OF applicants
for clerical positions should be sub
iected to series of examinations on
subjects totally irrelevant TO the service
is mystery that has never been ex-
planned satisfactorily TO the public mind.
Under the civil service tests there are
no guarantees that the successful appli-
cants will be any better qualified for the
positions to which they have been APP
pointed than if they had received their
appointments as the reward of faithful
partisan service. This is what makes
the politicians mad. There is nothing
in our application of the civil service
principle to reconcile the public mind
to the belief that the government or the
public service is more benefited than 1t
was under the old system of distributing
patronage. As an abstract proposition,
the principle of civil service reform
may be correct, but in our application
of it we have made it seem absurd in
the eyes of those who are thoroughly
American in their ideas.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
SUPREME sALARIEs.

The Chicago senator proposes 10 aid
in tile work, now getting under rapid
Roadway, of providing against any re-
turn of the surplus era, by raising the
salaries of the supreme Judges to $4,000
doubling them. There does not APP
pear other present reason for this in
crease. No doubt most of those who
fill such stations could earn more III
the practice of law than they get on the
bench, but there has never been COM
plant that the best talent could not be
had at the present figures, BY putting
the salary high it will offer induce
ments to smart and greedy men to seek
the place for Its financial value. 1t is
now station of honor. to which the
most eminent and capable may worthily
aspire. The relief ii would afford TO
the treasury is small. and the Repub
licans will soon be able TO eXtrieate the
government eXchequer from all plcth-
oric embarrassment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
A LOST ARR REVIVED.

There is about to be a revival of one
of the lost arts. Bloodletting, which
had been permitted to fail into condi-
ton Of innocuous desuetude by the medi-
cal profession, is to be taken up again
and to be adopted as the one life-saying
element in the treatment of pneumonia.
Some of US can remember when doctors
had but one treatment for all ailments:
II was 10 bleed the patient. The younger
generation, however, knows nothing Of
this treatment. The bandaged arm, the
lancet in the hands of the surgeon. the
sharp incision. the squirt OF blood
from the swollen vein would be novel
sights to the people of this age; out
they were familiar enough forty years
ago. before SO many new-fangled no
tons crept into medical science. The
eminent Italian physician. MARAGLI-
ANo, was the first to propose revival
of blood-letting as treatment for dis
eases depending upon the presence OF
micrO-organisms. The last number of
the Medical Record Endorses MARAGLI-
AMOS theory, and says that the results
vi ltttilt III CfoNo VI Piit's-
mOnia confirm its correctness. DR..
MARAGLIAS0's theory is that in dis
eases depending on the presence Of
heterogeneous the first practica-
bic measure for combating them
is TO p1omote the elimination of
the poisonous matters from the
blood. He asserts that bloodletting
iudiciously Dracticed at the critical time
relieves mechanically the pressure on
the heart, and there is q consequent i'm
proyement IN the circulation. and the
pulse diminishes in frequency and be-
comes fuller. Considering that the NOR
tally from pneumonia in this country IS
so high as to be reproach to medical
science, it is to be hoped that our Amer
lean physicians will not be so preju-
diced against old-fashioned ideas and
practices as to overlook the merits OF
this proposition to revive the lost art OF
the medical profession.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
OUT IN THE COLD.

The s'worxer'' blew the beer froth of and
and cooled his chops of FIRE,
And hoped-that Rnrlor would be proved IN
this respect q fiar.
For what's the use he wildly asks, ''of al
our fuss ana H05Se
If this here silver services now agoin to
bluff the boys
WAS il for such we marched and made our
feet one wholesale corn.
Or set a-trustin' till the skin is grown as
tough as horn:
-Four wears we've wallowed deep in woe
a-wa;lin' for the spoils-
And this Is what they're giyin' US for all our
works ard tolls
His glass was drained and as the bar was
short in credit there.
He took his way with heart loved down out
in Tie wintry air.
and frozen stiff row longing stares a. the
besio;tiee granite cone,
While passerS take him fs- The ghost OF .aoa-
u4feat OF Hope.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
ZENITH CITY BUDGET.
Proposed Iron Foundry Removal
Failure OF Furnishers.

Special TO the Globe.
DULUTH, Dec. 14.-Dan III. Merritt,
proprietor of the Iron Bay foundry at
Marquette, is in the city, and proposes
to remove his entire plant to Duluth,
provided satisfactory arrangements can
be made. The foundry has been one of
the most successful industries of the
upper peninsula of Michigan for many
years, and its removal to this city should
be encouraged by every Duluthan.
To- day cars are being loaded for the
first shipment of lumber By the all rail
route district to the East a rate of Al
cents having been secured to Boston.
The completion OF Duluth, South Shore
d Atlantic road. with its connections,
has made through shipments at COM
peting figures possible.
The real estate boom is gradually
spreading itself over the city. Yester-
day the activity was principally III
acres. To-day sales are largely in the
city proper. though the west end still
holds its own.
The Duluth Turn Verein is arranging
for an excursion on the lake some time
between Christmas and New Years.
MessrS. Meinhardt, JoernS and Thiel
will select the boat and make other ar
engagements.
Union Ticket Agent Robinson yester
day received orders to sell no tickets 10
points east of st. Paul over the St Paul
Il Duluth road. This is looked upon
here as the forerunner of another rate
war.
Graham Pulver will leave next week
for the Pacific coast, and expects to put
in the winter between Vancouver and
Los Angeles.
Joseph Shelby, heavyweight pugil-
ist of Michigan. is in the city ION bust
ness Paddy Mcdonald preferred.
A new Uniform Division, Knights of
Pythias, was instituted at Agate lodge
room this evening.
Breeze Is Hume, furniShers. failed to-
day. Chicago jobbers are the principal
losers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Benjamin Harrison viii be the sixteenth
president of the United States having only
one given name. No man has ever been
elected pres dent who parted his name on
one SIDE.
Mrs. Lang ~ writes: Il am compelled to
decline al offers of literary work" This an
nouncement comes in time to add largely to
the general joy atthis glad Christmas season
Sam Jones recently said, in talk q. Glen's
Falls, that the reason he did not settle down
to congregation of 1000 or more, and 8
salary or $1,000 in some city, was that he
could travel and preach to hundreds Oh
thousands and earn S25, 900 a year.
Preserved Gaige was the queer name of one
OF John Morrisseys' eronies who was buried
Sunday in New York. On its way to the eenk
etery the funeral procession passed saloons
in which during his lifetime Mr.. Gsige had
dropped the neat plum Of $500, 600.
John Wanamaker, OF Philadelphia, does
not want cabinet position. but would like
to be mayor Of the Quaker City. Perhaps
Mayor Filler could be persuaded 10 so into
the cabinet and give Wanamaker a chance 10
manage Philadelphia.
The empress of Russia has not recovered
from the shock caused to her nerves by the
recent railroad accident in which she 50
nearly lost her life. She cannot sleep. and
grave tears are entertained that her health
has been permanently injured.
Henry ". of France INDUCED in HIS and
KS sent by letter. A bundle of his love
epistles were sold i'll Paris last week, and a
great many thousands of osculatory saiuta
tons were evidently sent around promis
cuously by the merry monarch in his time.
Maurice Thomson says there is no more
significant in American life than the sturdy
iirmness OF the fiber in the public judgment,
which has refused to accept Dir. James as a
representative American novelist, despite
the persistent efforts Of the editors.
The crown prince Of Russia is described by
Moscow correspondent as an ordinary
young man, with coarse black hair. dark
complexion, not overnight, kind in disposi
ton. though with fun appreciation of his
own importance, and fOnder of reading
than anything else. The miserable attacks
of Illness which ;hakes his life a burden at
times account fol- his objection 20 society.