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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
THE SCOTCHMAN.
Why Does He Succeed Where
Sometimes Others Fail?


Why does the Seotchman succeed
everywhere? Why, in Australia, New
Zealand and all the other British colo
mics, do you find him landowner, director
of companies, at the head of enterprises
of all kinds9 Again, why do you find in
almost all the factories of Great Britain
that the foreman is Scotch? All! it is
very simple. Success is very rarely due
to extraordinary circumstances or to
chance, as tue social failures are fond of
saying. The Scot is economical, frugal,
matter of-fact, exact, thoroughly to
be depended upon, persevering
and hardworking;; He is an
early riser. When he earns
but half crown a day he puts by six
pence OF shilling; he minds his own
business and does not NEEDLE with
other peoples. Add to these qualities a
body healthy, bony, robust and rem
dered impervious to fatigue by the prac-
tice of every healthful exercise-and
you will understand why the Scotch
succeed everywhere. His religion
teaches him to trust in God and to rely
upon his own reSOurceS-an eminently
practical religion, whose device is,
Help yourself and heaven will
help you" If Scotchmau were
wrecked near an OutlandiSh ISL
and in Oceanica [ guarantee that
you will find him few years
litter installed as landed proprietor,
exacting rents and taxes from the ma
! tiveS. Where the EngliSh-the Irish,
| especially-will starve, the Scotch will
exist; where the English can exist the
Scotch will thrive. The following little
scene, which took place in my house,
enlightened me very much as to why
one finds the Scotch farming their own
land in the colonies while the Irish are
doing! labOrer'S work. | had ALI Irish
Cook, an honest woman if ever there
yeas one, faithful and of religion as
sincere as it was impractical. The
housemaid, true Scotch girl, came
| d6wnione morning to find the poor cook
din her knees in the act of implor-
ing heaven to make her fire
burn. But your wood is Damp
she exclaimed, show can you expect it
to burn? Pray, if We will, but the Lord
has a muckle to mind; and ye'd do weel
to pit your wood in the oven O. nights,
instead of botliering Him VII such tri-
f1es." 1T was faith, nevertheless, :"
said worthy lady to whom l told the
matter. 1t was idlenesS, thought /, OF
very much like it. DR.. Norman Mac
leod tells how he was once in boat on
! q Highland lake when storm came ON,
| which menaced him and his companions
with the most serious danger. The
doctor, a tall, strong man, had with
him a Scotch minister, who was small
and delicate. The latter addressed HIM
self to the boatman, and drawing his
attention to the danger they were in,
proposed that they should all pray.
ma, na," said the boatman, s'let the
little ane gang to pray, but first the big
ane ina,,n taxi IAN oar or we: sllalla be
drouned.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
IRRIGATION.

The completion of the huge irrigating
ditch in the San Joaquin valley, Cal,
with the result that not only are 100000
acres of land brought into elstiYation,
but the canal stock itself is made divi-
dcnd-payfng enterprise, ought to be re-
garded with especial interest out in
Montana, particularly i'll the Yellow
stone valley, where agriculture without
irrigation cali never be a success.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
arc thousands upon thousands Of acres
OF land in Montana that can not be
titled until water can be brought to
them, they are az fertile as any farming
lands in the country. For miles through
the YellOwStonc ALLEY stretch tracts of
land which arc spIendidly. by position,
adapted for farming purposes, and
which, experiment has shown, will pro-
duce as excellent crops as any Dakota
farm.
With irrigation every aero could bc
utilized. 1t is true one or two irrigat-
ing bitches haze heen begun, enc near
Miles Git, The other il the vicinity OF
Billings. hnl The ivt,ris has never been
carried e. l se:rceasI3i completion. The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
HIDDEN MONEY.
How Immigrants OF Different Ma
lions Conceal Their Wealth.


''Most of the English immigrants
said one of the money changers at
Castle Garden to a reporter for the New
York Commercial, ''carry their money
i'll small case in which their sovereigns
OF shillings fit snugly, and have the
case attached to chain, which they
keep in a pocket as they would a
watch. An Irishman always has his
little canvas bag. in which he keeps
gold, silver and notes all together. But
great many of the Irish girls have
their sovereignS rolled up and seWed OH
the inside of their dress, very fire.
quently, too. inside of their corsets, and
often have to borrow my pen-knife to
cut them out when they come to get
them changed.
;"l.have seen some old Germans who
would pull off from around their BODY a
beltthat am sure must have cost 30 or
30 marks, and fish from it 5 OF marks
III silver to have changed. The French
they can place forty or fifty 2O-franc
pieces, and remove them very handily
one at time, and only one at time.
There are very few Italians who don't
OWL large tin tube, sometimes a foot
long, which they have hung around
flleif neck by a small chain OF cord,
aildin which they keep their paper
money or silver coins. SWedeS and Nor
wegianS are sure to have an immense
posketboOk that has generally been
used by their fathers and grandfathers
before them, and which will have
enough leather in it to make pair of
boots. The Slavonians or Hungarians
generally do not carry pocketbo0ks, but
they find more ways of concealing what
money they may have than any class of
people [ know of. Their long boots
seem to be their favorite place, and
in the legs of them they also carry
the knife and fork and spoon with which
they have eaten Oh their way across.
But have seen them take money from
between the lining and outside OF their
coats, which they would get at by cut
ting into a buttonhoIe. Some of them
use their caps, and very many use their
prayer books, placing the paper money
OH the inside of the cover, and FASTING
the tfy-leaf OF the book over it. But |
think more of that nationality stow
away their change inside Of their stock
ings than any other place, and don't
! take their stockings off from the time it
is put there until they want to change
it."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
THAT DINNER PARTY.

The reasons why Mr.. BLAINE should
hurry home continue to multiply. Not
only in Minnesota, formerly one of his
chosen strongholds, have signs of di-
vision appeared, but in other sections
the weakening is equally marked. Not
only that, but his enemies are combin-
ing against him. His old antagonist.
Candidate SHERMAN, is early afield,
and no doubt ere this the cable has
flashed to Mr.. BLAINE the tale of how
he induced little BILLY MAHoNE, for
merly a senator from Virginia, to stretch
his atteuuated legs beneath the SHEER
MAN mahogany and to fill 'shis little in
side" with the good things OF the SHER-
MAN chef and the rare wines of the
SHERMAN cellars. For, be it known,
your rare old wine is great mollifier of
political differences, and great inducer
of political condolences.
And perhaps the story which went
under the sea went OH to relate how as
the SHERMAN wine diminished the
MALONE enthusiasm increased, until
with the last bottle it eliminated in a
sworn declaration that the next Virginia
delegation to the presidential eonven-
ton should wear the SHERMAN favors
on their hats, and no others. Naturally
all this would have a disquieting effect
upon the distinguished gentleman from
Maine now sojOurning abroad, but there
is one ray of comfort that he can dis
Germ, student that he is OF contempt
rane0us history. There have been
times in the past when MAHoNE's
promises regarding the disposal of Vir-
ginia's influence were at par. There
were times when nothing in the way of
political dictatorship in that state was
impossible to him, not even the repudia-
ton of the states just debts
But things have changed since then.
Now it is Virginia that has repudiated
MAHoNE. His promises are now below
par. He may promise the Virginia
delegation to Senator SHERMAN, but
can he deliver the goods? Mr.. BLAINE
and others MAXWELL be warranted in
having serious doubts upon that point.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
OPEN SESSIONS.

Senator RIDDLEBERGER'S career,
which is rapidly drawing TO close, has
not been an exceedingly brilliant one,
but for all that he is entitled to the pub
lie gratitude for his many efforts in be-
half of open sessions of the senate. He
has made brave and persistent fight
against secret executive sessions, and
has only succeeded in drawing upon
himself the contempt of his fellow SEN
atorS. \ majority OF the senators seem
impressed with the belief that the peo-
pie have no business with public affairs,
and whenever man like RIDDLE
BERGER takes issue with them on this
proposition they brand him as dema-
gOgue. 1t is possible that RIDDLE
BERGER does possess some demagogical
traits. But it happens that in this in
stance he poses as the champion of
great public right, and the American
people will not fail to appreciate his
services. The eXtradition treaty be-
tween this country and Great Britain,
which has lain for nearly two years in
the secret records of the senate, affords
an illustration of the correctness of
RIDDLEBERGER'S position with regard
to open sessions. 1t contains provision
relating to the surrender of persons
charged with political offeESes which
the people have right to know all
about before the treaty is con-
1irmed. The other day when Mr..
RIDDLEBERGEE moved that his
eXtraditien treaty be discussed by the
senate with open doors, Mr.. EDMUNDs,
who represents the aristocratic element
in the senate, objected to even the consid-
Grafton of RIDDLEBERGER's resolution;
and the possibility is that the treaty will,
eventually, be confirmed without even
the people having the privilege of know
ing that it barriers away some of the
most sacred rights of an American cit
izen. When RIDDLEBERGER goes out of
the senate it is TO be hoped there will
be some one who will continue the fight
in behalf of open sessions as eoura-
geOGSly as he has done.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
THAT CONVENTION.

If the proceedings of the Republican
convention in Minneapolis demonstrate
anything, it is that the GLOBE was right
when it said that the whole movement
was in the interest of BI.AINE'S re-
nomination. 1t would also seem that
Gov. MCGILL caught on to the move
ment in good shape, and has fairly
placed himself before the public as Il
BLAINE annex. 1t was t0lerably
shrewd dodge in the governor to ii e
himself to the BLAINE movement, for
by so doing he has relieved himself of a
good many obstacles that might other
denomination. A fair statement OF the
Republican club movement now is that
1t is an organization OF the young blood
of the Republican party to promote the
denominations of JAMES G. BLAINE for
the presidency and ANDREW Il. Nc
GILL for governor.
But while the denominations of
BLAINE and MCGILL are the prime OBJ
jectS of this Republican club OrganiZa-
ton, there was another interesting fact
developed in the Minneapolis conven
ton. 1t was clearly brought to light
that the Republican party of Minnesota
is hopelesSly divided on the tariff
question. The politicians, the active
party manipulators and machines are
for BLAINE and protection without any
sort of adulteratiOn. The rank and file
of the party, the farmers and the work
ingmen, are for tariff reform and tax
reduction, and consequently will not
lend themselves to any movement which
will elevate Mr.. BLAINE to the presi-
dency on a straight protection platform.
1t is now evident that the BLAINE men
are III control of the party machinery, and
will send BLAINE delegation from
Minnesota to the national conven-
ton. The state convention that will
elect BLAINE delegates to Chicago will
also renominate \. r. MCGILL for gov
ernor. That is the plan as DOW mapped
out, with every prospect of being car
ried cut. But that doesn't assure the
electoral vote of Minnesota for Mr..
BLAINE, nor does it assure Mr.. Nc
GILL's reelection. individuals will cut
a comparatively small figure IN the next
campaign. Issues will rise superior to
men, and even Mr.. BLAINE'S magnet
ism will fail TO divert the public mind
from the necessity for tax reduction.
BLAINE may plant protective ideas, and
MCGILL may water them. but the DEM
oeratic doctrine of tariff reform is going
to get the increase, all the same. The
Minnesota Republicans may even switch
BLAINE and MCGILL over Oh to the
Democratic platform, but the people
will not be deceived by it. They know
what they want, and they know where
| to get it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Carnival Notes.

The ice palace excursion tickets issued by
the Chicago, Milwaukee d ST. Paul railway are
extended from Feb. 5 to Feb. &. This is to
permit holders to stay in the city over Sun
day.
The Aurora Toboggan club will be photo
graphed at the ice palace grounds at 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
The Seven Corners Snowshoe club will give
private social hop this evening at head
quarters, 236 West Third street.
The executive committee of the Ryan
Toboggan club will meet at the armory at 10
O'Clock this morning
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
GOULD'S LAST TRUST.

That is a big ''trust" scheme JAY
GOULD is connecting with the ROTH
sCHILps and lot of moneyed nobility
in Europe to control the food supply of
the world. A part of the scheme is to
erect granarieS, warehouses and pork
packing establishments along the lines
of all our Northwestern railroads, with
the '!trust' center of the Northwest
in Chicago, from whence Western farm
products are to be carried over the Bal
timore Sc Ohio railroad to New York,
and from there to London by the
trusts" own line of steamers. The
scheme is on the gigantic scale that
Mr.. GOULD gets up all his monopolies;
and if his man BLAINE should be
elected president, Mr.. GOULD will prob
ably make a success of it. But that
word ''if'' is there, and the scheme may
not operate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
THOEBE'S NERVE,

The nerve of Mr.. THoEEE. of Ken-
lucky, and late contestant for Mr.
CARLISLE'S seat in congress. eompels
admiration. Congress decided Mr.
THOEBE's claim to be totally invalid and
utterly without foundation, and yet Mr..
THoEBE comes smilingly forward and
asks the government to hand out 400
to pay the expenses of his contest. The
utmost the law allows for such purposes,
is $1,000, but il is THOEBE'S one great
opportunity, and he is going, in the Ken
tucky vernaeular, ''to play it for all it's
WORTH
Or course no one Supp0SeS that his
expenses really amounted to that much,
but having gone into the contest purely
as matter OF speculation. he naturally
wants to put the figure as high as pos
Sible. No sense of courtesy toward a
defeated candidate should influence con-
gress in allowing the claim. 1t is a
mOoted question. indeed, whether the
law allowing the payment of any portion
of contest expenses should not be re-
pealed. Certainly there would be fewer
contests, and those only when the cases
were especially strong, if contestants
were obliged to pay their own expenses.
AS it is. with an overlooking treasury
to draw upon, many contestants make
the fight, not because they have any
expectation of success, but because it
costs nothing and they can get Wash
ington trip at the public expense.
The result is that public business is
delayed, useless annoyance occasioned
and big bills OF expense charged up to
the government. There is evidently
need for reform in this matter, and
the reform ought to begin with Mr..
THoEEE'S ease.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04

which would have been the penalty of a
refusal. Frank was on.-Buffale Courier.
Ma" said Bobby, running into the
house, ''you said that il did real act
OF kindness this afternoon, l could have
a piece of pie, and Pve just done it."
"What was the act of kindness, Bob
by"' inquired his mother while he ate
the pie.
And Bobby replied between bites:
" A cat came into our back yard and l
didn't stone Epoch.
First Beggar-Why didn't you tackle
that lady? She might have given you
something. Second Beggar-I let her
go because L understand my business
better than you do. l never ask a
woman for anything when she is alone;
but when two women are together you
can get money from both, because each
one is afraid the other will think her
stingy if she refuses. Our profession
has tOI be studied just like any other, if
youeXpect to make it a Success.-TeXas
SifGngs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
A CHASTITY FIND.
Remnants of Balloon Found Near the
Zenith City,
WITH CHASTITY CONTENTS
The Skeleton of a Man, Compass and
aSandbag in the
Basket.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, MIMI, Feb. 3.-A report
was brought to this city this morning by
trustworthy Polish farmer, named
Childowick. living near one of the
travelled roads a few miles west of
the city. that in going through
the woods to the house of a
brother farmer he had discovered a most
peculiar apparatus caught in the tree,
which at once arrested his attention.
He did not know what it was, for he had
never seen anything of the kind before,
but from his description of a
great bag of smooth cloth. will
low cage and multitude OF
ropes and rigging, it was evidently a
stranded balloon. But the discovery
that riveted his attention and caused a
more careful search was nothing less
than the half decayed body of man
lying suspended in the branches. He
had evidently been thrown violently
from the basket of the balloon,
for the body was lodged in the branches,
the head resting against a large limb
and a great cash cut across the fore
head. AS near as could be made out,
he was a man about thirty years
of age, with dark hair and
beard. but the body had been
so far deeomposed by the warm weather
of last summer that it was hard to dis
tinguish the features. There was
nothing of Importance in the body of
the dead man, nothing indeed by which
he could in any way be iden-
titled. The car contained one
or two small articles. including sand
bag half full, compass. etc. The
broken rope, trailing in the snow at
some distance, showed that the unfortu-
nate aeronaut had made every endeavor
to bring his dangerous craft to a
stand-still before it was crashed
to pieces by the fury of the gale. and he
was dashed out to his death. 1t is sup
posed the balloon was one that went up
last spring at some point and was there
af ter never heard of, and the friends
of its lonely passenger, who perhaps
are hoping for some return of their lost
one. may now hear for the first time of
his sudden and dreadful end. Several
vesSelmen place credence in the report,
as the balloon had been seen and re-
ported passing over White Fish Point,
Lake Superior, some time in midsum-
mer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
HER HAIR TURNED WHITE.
A Lady Who Bears the Marks of
Night of Terrible Suspense.

"A Lazy VINO bears ghe Marks Oh
a Night of Terrible Suspense.
Philadelphia Item.
A party of doctors and ladies were
discussing question which interests
everybody on this terrestrial sphere,
namely, the SHOWS of time which sooner
or later must whiten the heads of all.
A layman who was present. said: II
know of man who, but a few weeks
ago, had mustache as darkly brown as
the fur of seal. Now it is almost
white in places, and not hair of it but
is gray. The change took place in the
space of one night, that succeeding the
death OF daughter who was to him the
prettiest little maid that ever croWed
for kisses. Intense grief caused this
sudden transformation"
Upon this one of the ladies' said: 81
happened to be in New Orleans few
years after the war, and at reception
one night met young lady who could
not have been more than twenty years
old, but whose hair was of a sill
very white. She was a beautiful girl,
and with this crown of silver naturally
attracted every ones attention. l
learned how she came to have white hair
soon afterward. She was the daughter
of a wholesale grocer in New
Orleans, and during the early part of
the war lived with her parents in that
city. Just before New Orleans was oc-
cupied by Gen. Butler her father, who
was then an invalid, took his family out
to small plantation he then owned
near Baton Rouge. At the same time
an uncle of the girl am talking of man
aged to run the blockade and took with
HIM very large quantity of diamonds
and other valuables, for he Was a
jeweler. He reached England in safety
with his precious cargo.
''The family enjoyed peace and Sc
eurity for some months at Baton Rogue,
until Gen. Butler hoisted the stars and
stripes in New Orleans. One night
soon after that event party of bum
mers or camp-followers, said to be at
tached to the Union army, but who, as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04

| believe, may just as likely have
been thieves and cut-throats of
Confederate sympathies from the
purlieus of New Orleans, made
descent upon the house at Baton Rouge.
1t was nearly midnight when the family
were aroused by loud knocking at the
door. The door minute or two later
was burst i'm, and five or six masked
men entered the house. They pro-
ceeded at once to the room where a
lamp was burning by the bedside Of the
master Of the house, who was very Ill
at the time.
IL should have stated" said the lady,
"that the gentleman's name was Hythe,
il / remember rightly. One OF the
masked men, revolver in hand, stepped
up to Mr.. Hythe and said: We want
the diamonds and jewels you brOug ht
away from New Orleans Mr.. Hythe
realized at once that the robbers had
mistaken him for his brother, the
Jeweler, and tried to explain
that he had no diamonds or anything
OF any Particular value in the house.
Iheey refused to believe him,
and proceeded to make a thorough
search OF the house. Mr.. Hythe's two
daughters had been sleeping in the
room below their fathers, but of course
were awakened by the noise. Their ex-
perience of the tide of war which had
swept over them once or twice before
enabled them to understand the situa-
ton at once. By good fortune they
We're enabled to get out of the house in
safety and reach a neighboring cane
brake, where they hid.
Meanwhile the robbers, having dis
covered nothing but little counterfeit
money, tried to induce Mrs. Hythe,
whom they had captured, to reveal the
whereabouts of the treasure. She could
only affirm what her husband had said.
They subjected her to horrible indigni-
ties, and finally set fire to the house. She
escaped from the building. The girls in
their hiding place saw the torches
applied; saw their father, as the flames
leaped up to the roof, come to the win
dow of his room, and then fall back into
the fire. They dare not move, and
when the neighbors found them, hours
later, the hair of the younger girl, then
about fifteen years old. had turned as
white almost as her cheeks, bloodless
with fright. Her hair had been black
as night before"