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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23

of those now living, people watched for
the announcement of the publication of
one of SCoTT's novels as they did
for the report of a battle, and
more interest was taken in a new poem
by BYRON than in the result of a politi-
cal election. Not many years ago, the
entire English-speaking world waited
with Impotence for the appearance OF
CHARLES DIcKEHs' annual Christmas
stories, which Mr.. HowEII.s seeks to be-
little, and suspended labor and sport to
read one of HAwTHoRNE's ''Twice-Told
Tales" A million of people for an hour
forgot their sorrows to gaze at the
'Snow Image" which the magic builder
had caused to appear in every dooryard.
Then every girl could recite Percival's
"Lines to Seneca Lake." Sprague's
"Winged Worshipers" and Bryant's
death of the Flowers" Then the say
ings of the "Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" were repeated at every boarding
house. every meal of the day, and
served to help out the scanty and I'M
savory bill of fare. Then speeches were
delivered in the senate of the United
States that were worthy of permanent
place in the literature of the country.
Then the so-called literary magazines
contained something besides the biog-
graphies of soldiers and politicians,
arguments on the evolution theory, and
essays on political economy. Then
word painting had its place among the
fine arts.
A decline in literary taste means a
decline in refined feeling, thought and
expression, and in general culture. 1t
impairs the sermon, the lecture, the
newspaper editorial and the friendly
letter. 1t encourages the use of slang
and every sort of coarse talk. It's detri-
mental alike TO manners and morals. A
revival of literature would result in as
much good to the country as revival
in trade, and perhaps more people would
be benefited bV il.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
BURNING CABBAGE.

Quite a number of American cities
have resorted to the practice of late OF
burning garbage. 1t is proposed in
this way to lessen the causes of typhus
and malaria. There are other cities
which adhere to the miserable practice
of filling up the vacant lots with the ref
use of the household, the streets and
cutters. This is almost the certain
cause of zymotic diseases. Philadelphia,
to escape this danger, has resolved to
build three garbage crematories in diff
ferent parts of the town. The cost will
not exceed $4,000, and it is estimated
that the city will save that amount in
one year as compared with the expense
involved in the way it was previously
disposed of, besides getting rid of it
more effectually and with less expense
to the public health. Perhaps st. Paul
will be able to adopt the same plan
after awhile. 1t is true that we have
less cause than many other cities to fear
fevers and malaria, but long persistence
in a bad habit may eventually bring
them to us, in spite of natural adj
yantages and climatic conditions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
UNDER FALSE COLORS.

A clerical writer states, what is IN
queStiOnably true, that very many per-
sons are fond of writing reverend" be-
fore their names who are not entitled to
use it. 1t is not improbable that the
professed minister who got his name
in the newspapers the other day, by
forcing a kiss from the reluctant lips of
one of his female parishioners, is one of
them. Men engaged in manufacturing
or vending quack medicines are quite
likely to represent themselves as mis-
siOnaries just returned from heather
lands, where they made valuable dis
coverieS in the healing art. Thousands
of men who never occupy pulpitS, at
least by the sanction of any regu-
lar denomination of Christians, call
themselves ministers while they ply
the art of subscription book canvassers,
solicitors for life insurance companies,
agents for the sale of lightning rods, or
the sellers of corner lots in towns that
only exist on paper. A man engaged in
business may derive considerable bene-
fit in pecuniary way if he can succeed
in making people believe that he is a
minister by profession, but unable for
some cause to preach the gospel He
can easily gain the confidence and Sc
cure the assistance of the members of
the denomination to which he repre-
sents himself as belonging. He will
often succeed in getting transportation
at reduced rates, and in being enter
tanned in private houses without remu-
neratiOn. There are many amateur
travelling evangelists, religious cranks,
and persons who enjoy talking in
public, who represent themselves as
ministers of the gospel, but who
have no standing in the clerical
profession. Still, if any of these persons
are implicated in a crime, they are ad-
vertised to the world as ministers.
another star has fallen" and "a good
man gone wrong" is what the news
papers say. A sensation is created if
the public is informed that a minister
| is accused of an Offense, while few
would take any interest in the same
| affair if a lawyer or merchant, farmer
or mechanic, were implicated in it. But
all this teaches the supreme necessity
for real ministers walking in a straight
| line. OF all men in the world, they can
least afford to be as other men are.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23

wrote to the author about it. He had
to acknowledge the corn" These
things do not so to show that man
ignorant of the time it takes to hatch
eggs, or of the proper position of the
leaves of corn on the stalk, may not be
an excellent citizen.
The question which concerns the
public is: Should property be taxed to
give instruction in branches of learning
that do not aid man in becoming a
good citizen, or assist him in the sup
port of himself and family? Most sorts
of learning only add to the pleasure of
the individual, or enable him to crafty
his peculiar tastes. They are in the
nature of intellectual luXuries, which
only persons of wealth and leisure can
afford. They are features of education
that can scarcely be said to belong to
the public schools.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23

jumped the track and went wheeling
and rolling down the embankment into
six feet of water. The accident was
caused by the spreading of the rails.
Its suddenness gave none of the train
hands time to escape, and they all,
along with cars, plunged headlong INTO
the water.
Conductor j. Dunn and a brakeman
were at the time in caboose. and as 1T
struck the water the trucks left it and
it fioated seaward. AS soon as they
collected their scattered senses suf-
ficiently to realize what had occurred
they concluded to continue their voyage
to sea in the cabeose and await devel-
Opments. Their conditions did not i'm
prove, however, as the wind and tide
rapidly carried them away from land.
Immediately after the wreck occurred
the engineer, seeing how matters stood,
continued on his way to Ocean Beach
for assistance and for the wrecking
train. Both were soon secured and the
rescue party started. When they ar
rived at the scene of the disaster the ca
boose was seen in the dim distance and
the figures of two men standing
in the doorway were clearly de-
fined in the gathering gloom. A
boat was Immediately put off and
soon reached and rescued the men,
bringing them safely to land. 1t was
then learned that they had received a
number OF severe bruises, which will
lay them up for two or three days, but
which will in no way prove to be Seri-
Gus. The work of reScuing the freight
cars will be commenced Immediately.
and it is believed that they have not
sustained much injury. The eaboose is
still at sea, and when last seen was
headed toward the Sandwich islands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
Booths Debut as an Actor.

DoITOlL rTeo FIeSS.
Thirty-nine years ago Monday Sept.
10, 1S49,) Edwin Booth made his first APP
pearancc on any stage in the city of
Boston, as Tressel, in Orchard I'LL"
In Lawrence Barretts sketchy but de-
lightful biography of his friend and as
sociate occurs the following account of
that memorable debut:
Mr.. Thoman, who was both prompter
and player, was arranging some detail
of the play, and becoming irritable at
having so much to do. SAID abruptly to
the young Edwin (then less then six
teen years old: "This is too much for
one man; you ought to play Tressel,"
and he induced him to take the part.
The elder Booth, dressed for Richard,
his dressing room. Calling his son be-
fore him. like severe pedagogue, or
inquisitor, he interrogated him in that
hard, laconic style ne could so seriously
assume:
'Who was Tressel?"
"a messenger from the fields of
TewkSbury."
''What was his mission?"
$40 bear the news OF the defeat of the
kings party"
''dow did he make the journey?"
son horseback"
"Where are your spurS?"
Edwin glanced quickly down and said
he hadn't thought of them.
''Here, take mine"
Edwin unbuckled his fathers spurs
and fastened them on his own boots.
His work on the stage being done, he
found his father still sitting i'll his
dressing room, apparently engrossed in
thought.
Have you done well?" he asked.
II think So" replied the lad.
"Give me my spurS," rejoined his
father. who never alluded to the Incl
dent again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
Written for the Globe.l
MERRIAM'S RAID.
"a Parody on sheridan's Ride.)


Tn from the slums one quiet day,
Bringing to st. Paul fresh dismay,
The affrighted air with a shudder bore,
Like herald in haste to the bankers door,
A terrible grumble and rumble and roar,
Telling the battle was on once more,
And Merriam twenty score ballots away.
Bill now let loose the sinews of war.
And passed il along from bar to bar;
As loud into Ramsey county rolled,
The war of the tussle uncontrolled,
Making his blue blood chilling cold.
AS he thought of the stake in the coming
fray.
But there's road to the Governors chair,
A narrow pathway leading there;
And with pockets flush and heart as light
AS ever candidates in a fight
Bill saw the Capitol dome in sight.
Emil well he knew the terrible need,
OF dispensing stuff al the utmost speed;
Homes rose and fell, but his heart was gay,
With Merriam fifteen score ballots away.
Under dext'rous hand, his load"
Like the rain from the caves of a house top
flowed:
And his rivals sped away behind.
Like autumn leaves before the wind.
The heart of Sam Nichols, as well as his
Were beating, like pris'ners assaulting their
impatient to be where the wire pullers call.
Every nerve Of his minions was strained to
With Merriam ten score ballots away.
From the train bearing delegates coming
Came the dust. like the smoke from can
mons mouth,
The Merriam gang, fed with Mammon's ire,
Swept on with their red eyes full Of fire:
But. 10! They're nearing the scene of their
heart desire:
They're snufing the fumes of the rum, not
bay.
And Merriam only five score ballots away.
The first thing that Merriam saw tat the con-
vention) were the stragglers,
Then the retreating delegates;
What was done? What 10 do? \ glance told
him both,
He flashed a big wad mid storm of huZzas
And the wave of retreat was stopped there.
because
The sight of the "long green's compelled it
to pause.
With beer foam and dust. Billy's nice clothes
were gray,
And the stuff ne had flashed in manner so
gay,
Really seemed to the whole convention to
say:
81 have brought you Billy all The way.
From 159 to 273 votes to-day"
Hurrah Hurrah for Merriam,
Hurrah Hurrah for money and man;
And when their statues are placed on high,
Under the dome of the North Star sky,
The Americans hustler's temple OF fame,
There in the genial millionaire's name,
Be il said in letters both bod ard bright:
| Here is the stuff that saved the day.
| By carrying Merriam Ihro' the fight
Tho twenty score ballots away" M. D. ID.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
DIsREPUrABLE CAMPAIGNING

In virulent tone wholly at variance
with the rules of reputable Journalism,
and with a lack of dignity which be-
trays a most contemplate spirit, the
Pioneer Press of yesterday characteriZeS
the GLOBES utteranceS concerning
matters pertaining to the state cam
paign as tissue of falSehOods. 1t is not
our purpose TO descend to the billings
gate level which Mr.. MERRIAM'S organ
occupies, nor do we intend to handy
epithets with it. When it comes to that
/ kind Of journalism the Pioneer Press
can have the whole field to itself.
In noticing the article in yesterdays
issue of the Pioneer Press headed
"Globe Lies" we wish, in the first
place, to call attention to the fact that
Mr.. MERRIAN's organ made no effort to
disprove a single statement that the
GLOBE has made. 1t contents itself
with a Wholesale denunciatiOn of our
utterances, and evidently hopes by its
clamOr to deaden the hearing of the
public so that the words of sober truth
which we have spoken will not find
Judgment in the public mind.
In the second place, we desire to call
attention to the impOssibility of dis
proving our statements. What we have
said concerning Mr.. MERRIAM'S legis-
lative career is a matter of public rec
ord. The evidence of the truthfulneSs
of our statements is a part of the
archives of the state, and all the billings
gate his organs can employ from now
until dOomsday will not wipe out or re-
but it. And the GLOBE will see to it
that this evidence is not obscured from
public view.
The GLOBES plan of campaigning is
to cOnfine itself to facts and to state
ments susceptible of proof. We pro-
pose to adhere to that line. 1t is our
purpose to let the people know the his
tory of the candidates who are presented
for office. We are not the organ of any
ring or clique that is interested in con-
cealing facts, nor have we any motive
for throwing dust in the eyes of the
| public, as the ring organs have. We
are publishing a NEWSPAPER, and not
| turning a machine crank. Our business
is to supply the reading public with in.
| formation about men and things OF
whom and about which they are anxious
| to hear. And that is what we are going
to do from now until the end of the
campaign, whether the ring organs like
| il or not
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
Curious Ancestry.

Troy Times.
A capture made by the Viennese po-
lice has brought to light the extraordi-
nary ancestry Of very singular pris-
,oner. He is lieutenant in the Prus-
sian army, charged with swindling ON
an extensive Scale-a PruSSian sub
ject, with a PruSSan name, but with
a Cinnamon for his father. On the
charge sheet his name is entered as AS
sing. The name of his father was A
Seng, and for three years, from 1917 to
1920, he lived at st. Helena, acting as
valet-de-chambre to Napoleon L. When
the emperor died A-Seng went to
Europe. Frederick William Ill. was
then king of Prussia, and the China
man entered his service, married i'll
Berlin, and was great favorite of the
king, who became godfather of his chill
dren.
He was decorated and died at Pots
dam in 1886, holding the post of SERGE
ant valet in the royal service. One
son entered the army and served in 1t
with some distinction. He is the
prisoner against whom this course of
Swindling is charged. He did not re-
main long in the service, and soon after
his withdrawal little brochure
was published, attributed to him
under his name, now PruSSian-
lied into Assing. The treatise
attracted great deal of attention. 1t
was a violent attack against certain
abuses in the Prussian army; and the
general opinion has since been that its
real author was Prince Frederick
Charles, the red prince. Assing's later
life was that of mere adventurer, with
an infaIlible receipt for breaking the
bank at Monaco-if only the necessary
capital could he subscribed. The receipt
proved fallacious and the capitalist is
captured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
CURIOUS THINGS.
The Harvest Moon.

Providence journal.
September also holds within its gift
the harvest moon, when on the evening
of the Goth and the three or four sue
ceeding evenings, the moon rises on
each evening with only an average diff
ference of twenty-six minutes. Then,
if the clouds are kind, the moon
will be seen in the east as soon
as the sun disappears in the
west, and the serene September
nights will be full of beauty. The
husbandmen of old believed that the
so-called harvest moon was due to a
divine interposition to prolong the day
and aid them in gathering i'll the har-
vest. Science shows that the phenom-
enon is the result of natural law. The
name so devOutly given is, however.
still lovingly cherished, and so long as
the solar system preserves its present
relations the return of the harvest moon
will each year commemorate the simple
faith of the first observers of this crown
ing beauty of September nights.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
BUILT WRONG

The CULLOM antitrust bill, should it
become a law. would be excellent; that
is to say. it would be if it put an end
to all trusts. But it is unfortunately
based upon the assumption that these
conspiracies against the public arescOn-
Quoted openly as business partnerships
are, and that the law can lay its hands
upon them at any time, and find all
the proofs necessary to convict. Moth
ing can be more erroneous than this
idea, and nothing could better establish
to the public the indefensible character
of these combinations than this diff
Guilty of obtaining proof against them.
They are conceived in secret, and carry
on their operations mysteriously.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
Stolen in the interests of Art.

st. Louis Glope- Democrat.
Signor Liberati, interviewed by re-
porter, said: Yes, the story Is true.
The cornet that l lead my band with is
stolen property. ought to modify this
statement little, though. 1t happened
i'm this way: was in the band instru-
ment factory of G. q. Conn, in Elkhart,
Ind, and was rummaging around
among comets that had been sent
in for repair. I had tried a
dozen or so, and at last picked up an e
fiat that was so nicely modulated in
tone and so fitted to my lip and my
style of expression that L really could
not let it pass ME. 1t seemed to NE
that / could play better on that instru-
ment than any other that l had ever
tried. | asked Mr.. Coon who the owner
was, and he gave me the name of the
leader o village band. i guess 1 did
not steal the instrument, but, all the
same, packed it in my trunk and am
leading my military band with it to-
day.
''The owner was amply repaid. l left
an order with Mr.. Conn for cornet for
him of three times the value of the one
| had taken, and since then there has
been a perfect understanding between
us. He has all instrument which, in his
estimation, is worth three of the one
that he lost, and | have one that, in eX-
preston and ease of meditation, is sim
ply divine. The making of perfect
cOrnet is an accident. | found one and
carried it off, and perhaps a good deal
of my reputation is attributable to This
discovery -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
POLITICS or POETRY

1t has been claimed, and perhaps
justly, that our race and time would be
benefited if more attention were given
to poetry and less to politics. The lat
ter ferments diseords, while the former
tranquilliZes them. The struggles of
civil war, the animosities of political
partisans, the conflicts between labor
and capital, the changes in industry
produced by the introduction of ma
chinery, the new developments in sci
entific discovery and the fierce strife to
obtain wealth have done much towards
distracting the attention of the people
from aesthetic literature. 1t is clearly
time for revival. Within the memory
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
is Just about as wide as the vale that
separates the spirits of Light and Dark.


''My DEAR" said one lady to another.
show many children have you?"
Fourteen" was the reply. "Graeious,
the inquirer rejoined, show extrava-
CANT" The criticism is applicable to
Julian Hawthorne, whose books are
being aground" out in fashion to ap-
pal. There is no end to the work Of
his pen, and if the quality but kept
| pace with it, great things in the end
might be looked for. But the suspicion
is rife that Hawthorne has converted
himself into machine" and the care
and patience evidenced in his earlier
works have been laid aside. His Fort
une's Fool' (Tickner & Co., Boston,, 470
pages of light plot and eOunter-plot,
brings to the close reader of his works
no revelation of powers hitherto con-
cealed. The novel is Hawthornesque,
sans the vigor and life in the books that
first attracted the reading public to
him.
Rand, MeNally q Co., Chicago, are
first in the field with an authorized edi-
ton of Zola's LIE Reve Che Dream),
translated by Mrs. Eliza Chase. Those
who have known lola in LIE Terre or
Mana will not recognize him in LIE
Reve. The hideous, the heart-rending
and sou[despoilng lola of LIE Terre
gives way to lola the priest in LIE
Reve. Contrast the close of LIE Terre
with these the final words in LIE Reve:
Everything is only dream"
"And so at the moment of supreme
earthly happiness, Angelique had dis
appeared in the slight breath of loving
kiss"
Frank c. Bliss has prepared a
pocket edition of st. Paul, Past and
Present, that will prove valuable
to the citizen and the stra ger
at the gates of the capital city. In con-
else manner, the work treats of the
| early Northwestern explorations, early
| pioneers, growth of the city, present
| proportions, and an accurate statement
of manufactures, city departments,
| commercial interests, churches, schools,
ETC., of the great city. f. G. Bliss Pub
| fishing company, st. Paul.
| -
Henry Goldman, of Kansas City, has
issued volume ON Short Methods for
Computing Interests and Discounts.
To mathematicians the work will be of
value.
~
Mark Twain says: 1.-THE temptation
to drink among literary men is not the
liquor. When man is diSsipated his
friends always say, Such a brilliant
fellow it he would only let liquor alone
In time the drinker gets credit for tai
ents he never dreamed of possessing, and
there are many who try to pluck this
brand from the burning. The number
of chances offered to a dissipated man
to reform and earn good living are
many more than those open to sober
and industrious young fellow. In fact,
| the sober and industrious are supposed
to get ON any way"