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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
FRITZ WAS SQUELCHED
AT an Anti-POverty Meeting---It
Was Otherwise Tame.

Owing to the unexpected illness of
President Buell., of the Anti-Poverty
society, the meeting last night of the
election of officers. which promised
some excitement and fun, was post
pooled. The attendance was, as usual,
quite small, and composed of monde
script crowd of whom individually
it would be very hard to
say what their occupation was
DR.. Finnegan opened the proceedings
in proliX review of the order, which
seemed to dampen the ardor of the pa
triOtS, rather than enthuSe them to any
excitement. l.. K. Campbell, who acted
as president, proceeded to read the con-
stitutiOn of the society, and shortly
after, in few words, introduced &. q.
Roberts, the speaker of the evening.
He Was a fluent orator, and in Scathing
language denounced the wealthy classes,
denounced the Republican and Demo
cratic parties, denounced, in fact,
all politicians as vampires upon the
people. You cannot do good to your
country now" continued this speaker,
"by calling up the memories of Lincoln
or Grant or Washington, but rather
ucHldilu VI your lNlllS pdtIlOlS d lOlty
sentiment and an earnest endeavor, and
that is all we ever demanded"
The placidity of the meeting
was broken by the uprising
of Fritz Gellerup, well-known
local socialist. The youthful Gellerup
arose to remark he was not as popular
as he might be, for man in his hearing
had just said he should be hung with
the Chicago anarchists, and all such
trash, but this didn't hurt him
much. He did not believe in God,
nor the idea of mixing God in
politics. God civilizing the world! Why
in that name the world had been turned
into slaughter house; in that sacred
name thousands of innocent men,
women and children destroyed. Thus
raved the fiery Fritz till stopped by
Chairman Campbell, who seemed
to think the orator of disorder
and anarchy was blowing off his speech
at their eXpense-S3.5O for one night
and 50 lie was virtually shut off. The
anarchists propose to hold meeting in
DANA hall next Sunday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
AMUSEMENT DATA.

rip Van Wrinkle" is as old as the
hills and is chestnut as venerable as
time itself; but it has not been seen in
Minneapolis for some years, so the Peo-
pies theater put it on last night, to run
week. CheStnutS are sometime pOpu-
lar. and in this case, very popular. Ev-
cry seat in the house was sold before s
O'Clock, land the curtain went up on stand
ing room very scarce. The play was
pleasant surprise and went in fine style
throughout. Barbour has done nothing
more clever than Rip, and shows he is
quite at home as comedian. Miss
Wellesley as Gretchen and Shaw as
Derrick were quite well taken. Oracle
Beebe and little Lulu took the childish
parts very cleverly. The scenery and
ard and there was no hitch OF drawback.
Rip will be run all week, with
promise of big business. -G
~ o..s
Tonight that comedy hit, 1.-THE Golden
Giant Nine" by Clay Greene, which
has run for some months in New York
and made hits elsewhere, will receive
its initial presentation here at the
Grand opera house. The engage
ment is for the week, and two
matinees will be given "Wednesday
and Saturday respectively. The leading
role is assumed by Mrs. Mckee Rankin,
the well-known Coincidence, supported
by Ralph Delmore, William Il. Harkins.
Charles J. Greene, Lenora Bigelow,
Marion Strickland, and other we'll
known people. In addition TO these
actors ''Ah Fooh," a Chinese histrionic
artist speaking English. is cast for the
Chinaman in the play. ''Ah Fooh' goes
on record as the first Chinese actor on
the English-speaking stage.
Mrs. Mckee Rankin and Manager
Charles A. Haslam, of 1.-THE Golden
Giant Mine'' company, are at the West
hotel.
The sale of seats for Jim the Pen
man. opens at the Grand opera box
office on Friday.
The play at the Pence opera house
this week will be Constable Hook,'
with John Murray in the title role. The
play is good one and will he given in
the able manner in which all plays at
the Pence are produced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

The board of trade meets this morning.
Tuesday evening No. 81. A o. U. W.
hold an open meeting at the hall, 2O06 Cedar
avenue.
Wednesday evening George w. Cable will
give 9, reading at the First Congregational
church.
A Mrs. Moore, residing Mt 1913 Washington
avenue north, fell from a roof yesterday and
was seriously injured.
A sneak thief stole an overcoat at the meet
ing of the Sons of Temperance, 1872 Second
street south, yesterday.
This evening C. j. Buell. addresses the Citi-
zens' League of st. Anthony Park on NAT.
ural Rights and the Labor Problem
DR.. D. F. Jordan, of the Indiana State uni
versity, lectures at the residence of John
Edwards, 500 Eighth street south, to- m orrow
evening.
Minnesota !. O. o. f. Grand Canton. give a
social hop at the hall on the corner of
Nicollet avenue and Third street, Thursday
evening.
A boy named Willie Bagnette fell under a
street car on Seventh avenue, near Third
street south, yesterday, and one of his feet
was badly crushed.
The insurance on the Church of the Re-
deemer fire will be adjusted by the various
companies this week. The loss is estimated to
be about $75, 900, but the exact figure cannot
be ascertained. AS soon as the insurance is
settled, the work of repairing the church will
begin at once. 1t will be furnished in very
elaborate and elegant style, and will i'll APP
pearance look far better than the old church.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
THEORY AND EXPERIENCE.
The Former Is Worthless When
Not Conforming to the Latter.


At Calvary Baptist church yesterday
morning Rev. George l.. Merrill
preached an interesting sermon on
Theory and Experience" In sub
stance he said:
Theories are worthless which do not
conform to actual experiment, judged
''by their fruits" Infidelity is boast
full, beastly FalStatr which does nothing
of pious or permanent utility, and Lib
eraliSm speaks the language OF wisdom
and charity with the accent of ignorance
and hate. Christianity is not theory,
but thing, and invites the test. The
remedy for depravity, depression and
Encouragement is not EmerS0nian
ethics or PlatOnic platitudes, but Jesus
Christ, who gives rest by removing the
unrest caused by sin. 1t takes more
than progressive euchre, the may
waltz, a salaciOus stage and fashionable
society to fill a soul here or fit it for
heaven hereafter. Nothing more nor
less is required than Christ declared to
the proud PharSee and ratiOnaliStic
Nicodemus, I'VE must be born again.
The world is beautiful, but life is more
than comedy, and the thought of judy
ment after death is a BanQuO'S ghost
which will not down. Life is not all
tragedy, and the Christian knows that
i'll world of harmony and eternal order
God shall wipe all tears from his eyes.
Religion is rational; it uniteS mind and
heart; it pluckS no violet from the le-
ultimate enjoyments and employments
of the young or the old; GOdliness is
profitable for two worlds and for all
things; better, if necessary, to be
loathsOme Lazarus in this world than
damned Dives in the next: for time and
eternity the fOOliShness of God is wiser
than men, and the weakness of God
stronger than men. Have faith in the
Son and Word of God and your soul
will be bright in the shadow of the
grave. Men may ridlcule and reject the
religion OF Jesus Christ, but they re-
semble the old philosopher who looked
at harp with its wood and strings, and
declared its use unscientific and incapa-
BILE of harmony. But an old player came
along, who picked up the instrument
and caressed it. calling out the music
that gentler OH the spirit lies than tired
eyelids upon tired eyes" Faith and
unfaith can never be equal in their
works, because Christ is living truth
and Satan lying traitor. The manifest
man and wOmanliest woman is always a
Christian. Follow Jesus.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20

was during the third scene in the piece
that the author, who played the hero,
appeared. He was a stout, fat man,
very awkward and painfully nervous.
His confidence wasn't restored by 1T
tie urchin in the front row of the gal
lery crying with scoffing laugh, "0h!
Lard save us! there's an authOrn AS
for the audience, they simply yelled
with laughter. One of the stock COM
pany, during the management of the
late Henry Webb, was miserable, ca
demonstrating man. He had the fol-
lowing line to speak in some piece:
mo, no, dear child; [ could not eat"
"Ah, thin, God forbid l was mutton
chop before you," came voice from
the top" 1t was in this famous little
theater that the late Charles Sullivan,
best and brightest of Irish comedians
and good fellows. was playing i'll some
pantOmime in which large property
eagle was used. In one scene its wing
or, rather. one of it's wings-hap-
pened to fall off. There was ripple of
laughter through the house which was
changed into roar upOn Charles sing
ing out, 'BegOrra, the birds moulin"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
WOULD FOOL AN EXPERT.
Diamonds Which Are Not Dia
mODGS But Resemble Them

Diamonds which Are Not DIa-
monds But Resemble Them.
"What brilliant diamoud?'
eyes"
"Why, one could almost see to read
in the dark by its rays said reporter
for the New York Mail and Express
recently to downtown ieweler.
''Think So" he replied. ''Well it does
think it is worth?"
Zone thousand dollars"
.'1s that all?''
"We'll make it $4,000 or $500, or,
possibly, $4,000.
''I'll sell it to you for SO.
"Why so generOuS?"
:"There's no generosity about that.
Most buyers would not give more than
s. for it, >t
'Wby nOt?"
Because it is not real stone. They
come from Oberstein. in Germany. The
entire town is supported by the manu-
facture of such gems. How are they
fixed up? In various ways. This imi-
tatien diamond is only quartz, and it
has been boiled in some chemical that
will make it look brilliant for awhile,
but it soon wears off. If you handle it
much it will not look so luStrOus. Dia-
monds are the hardest stones to success
fully imitate.'
What other gems are manufactured
cheaply?"
lone of the easiest is the emerald.
Many stones you think are rubies are
only red spinal, and lapis laZuli is only
dyed chalcedOny. Chalcedony is the
usual base of false OnyXes and agates,
which are most cOunterfelted. The
stones are boiled in some cOloring mat
ter and then subjected to intense heat.
The color permeates the whole stone.
Some of the families at Oberstein have
one secret and some another. They
dever give them away. One family has
the secret of converting crocidOlite into
cats eyes. Gypsum and hOrnblende are
also made into the same gems. Zircons,
which are formed of silicon and zir-
coma, look like diamonds. A thin slice
of diamond is sometimes laid over
topaz so that the whole appears to be
one gen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
LIGHT LITERATURE.
The Damage 1t Is Doing to Our
Young People.

ouhS EcOpic.
Rev. Frank r. MillSpaugh, rector of
st. Paul's Episcopal church, preached
on the text: keep thy heart with all
diligence for out of it are the issue of
life,'' Prov. w., %. These were some of
his words: Among the most fruitful
perverslons of the heart is a corrupt lit
erature. The land seems to be full of a
written pollution poisoning the very
atmosphere. There is hardly boy or
girl under our instruction. so plentiful
is this light literature, but that has had
his or her mind contaminated by the
stuff. | was told by a mother short
time ago that her little son asked in his
prayers that he might be respected
pirate. He had been reading one of
those delightful books left in his way
by an elder brother, which is doing
nearly as much harm as intemperance.
They make our young men aimleSs,
worthless, unfit for business, unfit for
God. All works of fiction must not be
put in the same catalogue as this for the
youth and the young woman. Man
works of fiction have exerted an
influence for good upon every one who
has read them, but how few i'm COMPARE
son to that flood which, if not kept back,
will sweep many an unSuSpecting one
from the mOOringS of early youth and
carry him out to sea. Closely related to
this is the sensational drama. Drama.
like fiction, may be good, but l assert
that one cannot go to an impure drama
and return without stain being left
upon his heart. Does one go regularly
he is fitting himself for participation
in such like scenes as have been enacted
before his eyes. Whenever you run the
risk of subjecting yourself to the rude
jest or illusion, shun it as you would
the father of all impurities. o, has not
the willingness on the part of many
to subject themselves to like tempta-
lions been the means of bringing into
our American homes such condition
OF moral depravity as will finally. unless
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20

airy wind, more violent than the first
we had encountered, blew up. The
angry waves began rolling like big
houses. In less than two or three hours
our party of passengers and emigrants
were threatened with new danger.
The steamer began rocking SO violently
at successive moments, i'll the white
foam of the agitated waters, that it was
with the utmost difficulty that the cap
tain and the SteerSmen could, by clinging
to the irOn-built bridge, retain their ele-
waited position on board the steamship.
l never shall forget the night l had to
pass on that Thingvalla steamer, as it
was fighting its way through the roaring
waves, the night of Feb. 3, 1888. Eli,
me! l cried, and then, repeated,
silently, the prayer of the Greek poet:
II Lord of earth and air,
Ii | must perish, | thy will obey;
But let me perish in the face of day!
l know of nothing more terrible than
stormy night on the watery element;
it is simply hOrrid.
We were on the 47th deg. latitude
and the 4Sth longitude when the storm
began anew. The steamer, with all it's
power of scientific steam compression,
could not make half mile an hour
that.night. In the morning the Their
mometer had sunk down deg. below
bottom, and on the fOredeck of the
steamer the salt sprays of the ocean had
frozen into huge ice blocks of more
than foot in diameter. We were then
where the ocean is said to be immeaS-
urable, days journey by sea from the
geographically famous Newfoundland
banks.
For three days and nights the wind
and waves were against the course of
the ship. 1t was indeed a curious sight
to see the many hundred tons of ice on
board the GeiSer after the storm had
subsidized and we were allowed to enter
the deck and TO look around.
EVEN SNEERED AT THE CAPTAIN.
The captain, on being asked what he
thought of such weather and such a
voyage, humorously ejaculated: "Ah,
my dear sir, that's nothing. It's only a
fresh breeze, plus a little chilly
weather" Aha. | thought, the sailors
are quite another set of people! God
forbid another fresh breeze all the
same" Sneeringly answered him. The
captain laughed, and he later on &C
knOwledged that we had had one of the
tiercest transatlantic trips ever met
with by the steamer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
FORGIVENESS OF WRONGS.
We Should Forgive as We Expect
to Be Forgiven

w LIZ II
Rev. Marion ID. Shutter preached yes
terday afternoon at the Third Univer-
salist church on the forgiveness of
Personal Wrongs" Following are the
closing paragraphs of the sermon:
I'VE ought to forgive others because
we so often stand in need of forgiveness
ourselves. We need it from God and
from men. Who can say, Il have
never wronged my brother?" Let US
not create reSentmentS in others, nor
harbOr reSentmentS against them. What
would life be worth? What would
earth become? Is life to be made up of
diScOrdS? Is there nothing of celestial
music to reSOund through your souls?
Are our hearts to be filled with daggers?
Shall we have no peace for ourselves,
no good will toward men? We cannot
afford to harbOr malign and rancorouS
passions. Our bOSomS are not to be
cages of wild beasts and denS Of SER
penis. Let us forgive, for we are pass
ing swiftly onward. Who wishes to come
down to the last solemn hour with
his bundle of petty hatreds? Who
wants his worst enemy to die unfor-
given? Who would not be sorry that he
permitted that foe to 60 down to dust
unpardOned? When we come to stand
among the shadows, may those shadows
not be deepened by the remembrance of
personal difficulties unreconciled. Eu-
cid exclaimed once: LET me die if
be not avenged" 1t is better to say
''Let me die ii | be not reconciled."
Such a victory as this, though it be sung
by no minstrel and blaZoned upon no
banner, will be remembered and hon
ored before God after every trump of
fame is silent, every banner forgotten
and every monument dust.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
AERIAL MAIL CARRIERS.
A Carrier Pigeon Service to Con
meet All the Chief Points in Al

"A carrier PIgeOn service TO COn-
meet All the Chief Points in Al
geria.
Some of the Algerian newspapers
have recently invited the attention of
pigeon fanciers in France to the prob
ability that the establishment of car
rier pigeon service in Algeria would be
beneficial to the country and profit
able enterprise. The towns along the
coast are connected by rail and tele-
graph, but neither railroads nor electric
wires have been extended far inland;
though at two or three points railroads
from the coast have been pushed some
distance south says the New York Sun.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Blanc left Mar
settles to establish a carrier-pigeOn
service between all the principal points
in the interior and the coast towns. He
expects to raise his pigeons in Algeria,
and to establish the service along five
different routes. Some of these routes
will be over 200 miles in length. The
birds will not be required to fly over
Seventy-five miles to reach their home
stations, and Oh the longer routes there
will accordingly be relays of birds to
carry forward the letters which other
messengers have delivered. By sending
the pigeons only about Seventy-tive
miles Mr.. Blanc expects to secure swift
and practically certain performances of
duty Oh the part of his aerial mail car
rierS.
Some of the routes extend down to
the edge OF the Sahara, and Mr.. Blanc
confidently asserts that with the
pigeon service it Will be possible to send
communications between Oran, Algiers,
Phillippeville and Constantine. along or
near the coast, and points on the south
ern frontier within few hours, serv-
ice that now requires several days of
hard travelling over rough country.
The service, it is believed, will be of
especial value in connection with the
military operations which France is
likely to carry on some day againstthe
hostile tribes of the Sahara, who now
and then modest the southern border of
Algeria.
About year ago quite number of
carrier pigeons were sent to the French
Congo for the purpose of experimenting,
with view to establishing an aerial
messenger service between the white
stations along the Ogowe river.
We have not learned whether the en-
terpriSe has been successful
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
mittee ON health and hospitals" There
is slight difference with distinction

mltIee On nealtn ana hospitals" Ihere
is slight difference with distinction
in this case.
The Tribune is suffering from a
severe attack of journalistic discourtesy.
Its attitude Oh the tariff question has
been miSrepresented, it claims. The
Tribune's attitude Oh leading questions
Is Of vital Importance to the country at
this time.
Evert NymanOver has returned to
America and will be in Minneapolis
within week. This notice is given IN
season so that persons desiring to leave
the city can secure tickets in advance
and avoid the rush.
bsHas Aid. E. M. johnson found out
vet who ''shall' be elected police COM
missioner to succeed Mr.. Janney?
IA paper something after the style of
the New York publication, known as
Flown Topics" might find some food
for society sensations here in Minneap-
oils.
Winter cholera is not without its
blessings. ItaffOrds man a good eX-
cqse to take drink.
The examination necessary to be
passed before a certificate to practice
medicine in Minnesota must be some
thing of farce. A medical student
stands better show of passing than a
doctor who has allowed himself to get a
little rusty upon medical terms.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
DUBLIN GALLERY HUMORS.
Jokes Made When the House Is
Allowed to Talk.

AiIOWcU 10 lGlk.
Here are some humors of the Dublin
gallery, taken from the Era Almanac
for 1888: The last good thing l heard
in the poor old ''Royar' was during the
last Italian opera season there. l for
get who the prima donna was, but one
of her songs was vociferously rede-
handed: Encore! encore! encore!'
OnkOre: give us the song ag'in ma'am,"
cried voice from the gallery, and she
did. One of the funniest scenes l can
remember occurred in the old FaShiOna-
BILE Street theater. The play was Ham
let" and the gallery chaffed the Prince
of Denmark numerically, especi-
ally i'm the scene with the
ghost. At length Hamlet stepped
forward, and, addressing the
gallery. said: Look here, me boyos, If
viz don't stop yer coddin', me an the
ghost will go up there an bate the devil
out o. the lot iv viz" But 1t is the
QHeen'S theater which has always held
the palm in the matter of gallery chaff.
And, indeed, sometimes the Queens pit
broke forth. An old fellow wearing a
the house one night. Why white hat
is such an eyesore to Dublin playgoers
| cannot imagine, but so it is. s'rake
off that white haiti" "WhO shot the
donkey?" and other remarks of a like
nature greeted the stranger, who didn't
appear to take the slightest notice. The
noise in the gallery increased to regu-
lar uproar. Then the old fellow rose,
looked up toward the gallery, and, wav-
ing his hand for silence, said: "Gentle-
men, if you don't stop this noise I'll
leave the theater." A shout of laughter
from all parts of the house greeted this,
and the wearer of the white hat
was left in peace for the remain
der of the evening. l remember a
nice comedy being produced at the
Queens. was announced as "a new and
original comedy, in which the author
will appear 1t was written by Dub
lin gentleman, and the house was
crowded from top tn b0ttnm. think it