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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
ODD ITEMS.

The amount of water the sun raises
from the earth is estimated at the en0r-
nous weight of 81. 900, coo, 900 tons min
ute; the quantity of coal required to
produce heat in any way equivalent
to the sun is calculated to be 1900, 0O0,-
600, 100000 tons.
There is a woman in AtchiSOn so
stuck on the town that she prefers to
work on the rock pile rather than leave
the place.
At an equality Of age the male is gen.
orally heavier than the female, except
toward the age of twelve, when the av-
erage weight in both sexes is about the
same.
A Cairo bachelor, eighty-seven years
old, but rich, has received $50 appllca-
tons from ladies willing to be his wife
and risk his dying pretty soon.
The United States is by far the larg-
est consumer of stamped envelopes of
any nation in the world, upwards OF
5000, 900 having been used during the
past year. In England, Germany,
France, Russia and Austria combined
the number furnished in 1888 was only
little more than 70,000,000, or about
one-seventh of the quantity used In this
country.
Georgia beats the world in ba bies
The wife of Will Lennon, painter. has
given birth to a child weighing forty
pounds.
Weldless tubes of steel are now made
in Germany by the Mannesmann pro-
cess out of solid bars. A pair of rolls
revO!ve at the rate of 200 or 800 revolu-
tiOnS minute. A bar of hot and there
fore plastic steel is delivered to them.
and by their action it is stretched and a
hollow is made in the center. The tubes
made by this process are peculiarly
strong and light.
Richard Tevithick built the first loco
motive in 1904, but the first locomotive
after the modern idea was built by
George Stephenson in 1929; the idea OF
the construction of locomotive was
given to the world by James Watt in
1869. and patented by him In 1884.
So much snow has fallen i'm SWitzer-
land this summer that it has put stOI
to mountain climbing.
The owners of all cabs in Paris hav,
been notified to supply their vehicles
with counters before April 1 next. Tn,
counter is to indicate at every moment
the distance travelled, the hour and the
amount due. When the cab is in motion
the fare will increase in proportion tt
the distance gone over. and when the
vehicle is standing still it will rise as il
the cab were travelling eight kilometers
an hour.
A young woman in Parkersburg, w
Va, recently advertised for husband
and received numerous answers, to the
writer of one of which, st. Louis man
she became engaged. A time was Sc
for the wedding, but before it arrived
| the groom met with an accident b.
which he lost his leg. But she was
woman Of her word, and after his re
covery they were married. She recent,
wrote home that her husband was en-
gagged in steady employment. and was
good man.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
HOW IN WYOMING?

Woman suffrage is a live issue in
South Dakota, so far as the question
can be made such by being submitted
to the popular vote. Legislative bodies
have often taken the subject under con-
sideration. and voted, usually, with very
little sincerity on the part of most
of the voters either way. But
there is hardly an instance, per-
haps none in the state, where a
popular vote has been had upon the
entire abandonment Of the word male
in connection with civil and political
rights. There is no precedent OF this
sort fresh enough to aid the voters in
South Dakota in determining how to
cast their ballots in November. There
are intimations that the little pleas
antries between SUSAN ANTHONY
and MARIETTA BONES, the rec
ognized champions of the cause
OF their aspiring sisters. have
dampened the ardor that seemed to
bubble up in the earlier part of the year.
New inspiration seems essential to the
progress of the cause. Its friends have
turned hopefully to the newborn state
of Wyoming. AS territory, it has had
for twenty years female suffrage with
all its frills and padding. After this
experience, Wyoming has just planted
its verdict in the constitution of the
state. This seems to be reasonably con-
elusive. There could be no more favor
able test, perhaps, in any quarter.
Little has been generally known about
the real operation of indiscriminate suf-
frage there. To utilize it's value as an
illustration, South Dakota parties bave
| Investigated the workings of the system
in Wyoming. 1t seems that its
original adoption, in 1870, was one
of those pieces of humor that at
times possess legislatures. 1t was
pure joke, which was expected
! to draw attention in an advertising way.
The governor did not happen to be one
of the jokers, and did not veto it as eX-
peeted. In fact, when the next legisla-
| ture repealed the act, he vetoed the re-
peal. Neither party has tried to dis
turb it since. The facts as developed
| seem to be that it does not work out any
| of the good results claimed for it. The
better class of women very largely
either do not vote at all,o cast the same
ballot as their male relatives.@ The less
worthy elements. and they are numer-
Gus in Mining regions, as rule, vote
for pay. This is true of many very re-
spectacle ladies. They look upon po-
litical races as upon horse races !.
and dresses, jewelry and money
| are demanded for their votes. 1t
is very common for girls under
| twenty-one to vote. no man dar-
ing to challenge them. To do so
would subject him to ridicule, and very
likely result in his being driven from
the community. More money is re-
CURED to run the elections, and in place
of purifying politics, the participation
| of women demoralizes them. AS else
where, the Republicans have the Doodle,
and capture the great part OIL this vote.
1t is alleged that in all the twenty years
no advantage to the territory or society
can be credited to woman suffrage.
If this is the true record and honest
| picture, South Dakota will hardly care
to repeat the experience.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
CENsus MATTERS.

There has been another poStponement
of the St. Paul census case, and what
should have been done yesterday will
probably be done to-day; although there
is no assurance that the secretary of the
interior will not keep the matter in
allegiance several days longer. There is
a good deal of red tape about the de-
partments, and those high-cockalorum
officials usually take their time in pass
ing upon matters of public import.
1t is matter ofno great consequence
now what decision Mr.. NOBLE may
render. The facts are all before the
public, and every man can form his own
opinion as to whether there was fraud
or not in the st. Paul census returns.
There is no trouble in convincing our
own people that there was no wide
spread system of fraud, such as Mr..
PORTER charged against us, nor do we
think the st. Paul delegation will have
any trouble in convincing Secretary
NOBLE of that fact.
But for all that, we believe there will
be recount, and we are still of the
opinion that it will be the best thing for
us under the circumstances. We do
think, however, that Secretary NOBLE
should make Supt. PORTER tender an
official apology to this city for his SIAN
der against US. 1t may have been the
fault of his experts, or it may have been
the fauIt of that unreliable atlas that
Mr.. PORTER was betrayed into launch
ing his calumny against st. Paul. Re-
CARELESS of whose fault it was, the cal
umny is on record, and should be wiped
out. Hence we think it would be no
more than good manners on the part of
Mr.. NOBLE to require Mr.. PORTER to
retract the offensive part of that nota-
BILE letter.
If the secretary will do this, we prom
Use to submit to the recount with the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
ADMINISTRATORS ETHICS.

To all outward appearances the ad-
ministration family is divided against
itself on the lottery issue. While the
father is engaged in writing messages
urging congress to adopt stringent laws
against the lottery business, the son is
reaping a harvest from lottery adver-
tisements in his Montana paper. The
familiar old adage of Practice what you
preach" ought to have place III the
HARRISON home. Father BENJAMIN'S
views are eminently sound, but they
conflict with Son RUssELL's method OF
doing business. A story is beginning
to find its way into the newspapers that
the Cape May cottage was partially the
gift of the lottery folks, and that their
contribution was dropped into the fam
lily hat by the administration boy, who
is setting the laws of Montana at deli
auce by his persistent course in accept
ing lottery advertisements for his Hell
ena paper.
1t is a matter Of no consequence what
BENJAMIN and RUSSELL may indlvld-
ually think of this lottery business. But
when they are sized up as the head OF
the national administration it does be-
come matter of public concern that
their views should harmonize. Either
the boy should call the old man OFT the
perch, or the old man should make the
boy come in out of the wet.
The HARRISON administration is
making vigorous effort to score big
record for heightened morality. But
with it all there seems to be an element
of thrift injected into administration
morality that amazes people. There is
a quaint mixture of mammon worship
with righteousness wholly inconsistent
with old-fashioned notions of religion.
Perhaps Mr.. HARRISON got this con-
fusion of materialism with religion
from his custom of passing the contrl-
button box in church. His long service
as deacon seems to have impressed
him with the idea that it is the Chris
tian duty of everybody, lottery COM
panies included, to chip in something
for the support of this ''unco righteous"
administration.
1t must be source of pride to the old
mans heart to see how aptly the son is
following in the fathers footsteps. The
boy will yet make worthy successor
| to the father, who holds it to be sin
for any one except himself to be the
beneficiary of corruption.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
MAY BE MADE.

Some of the administration organs
ridicule tine idea that new apportion-
ment can be made by this congress.
Still, it is only question of partisan adj
vantage, providing congress shall re-
main in session till Mr.. PORTER turns
i'm his summaries. Not even the in
tensely hot weather at Washington and
the necessities of individuals to look
after their political interests at home
afford any promise of the adjournment
of congress until late in the year. Judge
THURsToN, of Nebraska, who is one of
the high priests of the party in that
state, has returned from Washington,
in the full belief that it is the intention
to pass an apportionment bill this ses-
sion. Other information tends to con-
firm this view. If it promises to give
the Republicans dozen or more men,
bers. elected on general tickets. it may
be taken as reasonably certain that the
apportionment will be made.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
HIT OR MISS.


Misfortune and poverty bring out the
good points of a manufacturing his
elbows.-Burlington Free Press.
The color of Mr.. Wanamaker's new
two-cent stamp matches the taste it
leaves in the MOUTH Chicago Post.
He-Do you think long engagements
are the best? She-Oh, I don't know;
several short ones are lots nicer, to my
mind.-Terre Haute Express.
How can pointer be well-bred when
it is such bad manners to point? This
is a question for dogmatic philosophers
to puzzle over.-Commerclal Adver-
tiSer.
"Do you know the kind Of figure
YOU cut in that bathing suit. Bessie"'
ssNo, but it's No. 1, Pm sure" you've
hit exactly" "How?" Because it's
next to nothing" Philadelphia Times,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

JAPAN has recently had its first cleo
ton under the constitutional system
that has been inaugurated. A full CORPS
of parties seems to have the field, the
result showing thirty-nine administraf
ton men, thirty-three opposition and
thirteen Independents, and two doubt
full, perhaps prohibitionists. There Is
no mention of boodlers or blocks of five,
but they could not be expected to have
all the equipment at the start. The
mikado may still have place, but can't
equal Speaker REED in fine work. The
progress of these Japanese in the ways
of the advanced peoples of the age'is
one of the modern marvels. They must
be of very different stock from the
Chinese,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

utmost good grace, and will promise to
give all the assistance to make the new
census an unqualified success, and to
have every feature of it as straight as a
bee line.
In the meantime, we may as we'll set
to work preparing for the recount, and
to arrange for the most capable emu
merators that can be procured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
NORTH DAKOTA TALK.
Not a Dakotian.

Sargent Teller.
Pierce is better man than either
Allen or Ordway, but so far as his in
terests in Dakota are concerned, they
are identical with theirs, i. e., none at
all. In case he is refused reelection
he can safely be depended upon to fol-
low in their footsteps; to bid goodbye
to the Flickertail state until the times
should again be propitious to his secur-
ing Office.
1'Senator Pierce's record as senator
has not been bad; there is no particular
complaint arising from anything that
he has done. But he is not a Dakotian,
and has no claims on the people of the
state
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
a Bad Lot.
Philadelphia Re

Philadelphia Record.
People who create machinery SO in
famous as is the force bill must be ac-
credited with desire to make the most
Infamous use OF it. The federal officials
who selected the deputy marshals in
Philadelphia and other cities in 1878
were quite as scrupulous, to say the
least, as any that would be likely to be
entrusted with the task of administer
ing this measure in the interest of their
party. 1t will scarcely be pretended
that the present machine managers of
the party of moral ideas are more vir-
The heroes who conducted the great
Doodle campaign of 1888 and organized
the ssblockS-ot-five" scheme of vote pur-
chasing are still in the saddle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

pointment of the 600 additional pension
clerks. These are assigned to the
states in proportion to the population,
and under the methods Of the civil
service law. Commissioner ROOSEVELT
says that many of them do not serd APP
plications for half the places assigned
them, more especially the cotton states.
1t might be supposed that capable
blacks would be numerous enough to
fill the places, but they seem to not care
for the offices. 1t is a favorable indica-
ton that there is not more greed of this
sort among the young men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

matron, the wife of an affectionate
husband, the mother Of grown sons and
daughters, wears her dress-but my pen
shrinks from writing what this high
bred lady does" That .smost decorous
city" may be easily taken for st. Paul.
1t is the rule here for such ladies to
wear their Dress" 1t would not be
regarded as quite the thing in public
not to do so. What is ELIZABETH try
ing to unbosOm?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
Why They Favor 1t.

Utica Observer.
The working politicians of the Repub-
lican party are. with few exceptions, in
favor of the fraud and force bill. No
patriotic consideration, however, con-
trolls them in this respect. They favor
it because twill materially increase the
army OF officeholderS and furnish addi-
tional pap for the party heelers. Think
of these precious worthless hired to see
that congressional elections are fairly
held.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
Lots of Fun Ahead.

Rochester Post-Express.
Speaker Reed has been ruling the
house with rod of iron. Mr.. Struble
doesn't like it and rebels against it.
Within the next few months many 9th
er Republican members will be refused
denominations. Then the rebellion
against the tyranny of Mr.. Reed may
be so strong that he will not be able to
put it down. It is clear that some live
ly times are coming for the Republicans
in congress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
RESTED ON AN ICEBERG.
PeriIous Position Of an Ocean
Steamer.

HALIFAX, n. S., Aug. 4.-The steamer
Portia arrived this morning from New
foundland, en- route to New York. Your
correspondent talked to Capt. Ash with
reference to the encounter his steamer
had with an iceberg off Fogo Head. He
says it was most miraculous escape for
the steamer. A berg $50 feet high and
600 feet long broke in three pieces just
as the Portia. was passing it, One of
the pieces, 200 feet long. which had
sank, came up under the steamer, lift
ing her entirely out of the water. She
remained for some minutes resting on
the huge cake of ice, when the tremend-
Gus sea set her free. The stanchlons In
the saloon of the steamer were dis
placed and bent, aud the under girderS
of the diping table smashed. Capt. Ash
declares he was never in such perilous
position before.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

BLAINE is fortunate enough to have
Senator BILL CHANDLER, one of the
most disreputable of men politically,
use this language in reference to him:
II am becoming accustomed to the
apostacy of old political leaders. 1t
seems to be trait in human nature
that occasionally impels one who has
been amongst the bravest and foremost
fighters III a great cause to falter. turn
backward and join the enemy, some
times almost in the hour of complete
victory. History is full of such IN
stances. 1t seems to be one of the i'm
portant lessons of life that we should
always be prepared for the appearance
of one JUDAS in every band of twelve"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
The Behring Sea Trouble.

Atlanta Constitution.
4, Some unlooked-for accident may force
us into hostilities, but it is safe to say
that.the administration will try to wrig-
gle out of the tight place in which it
finds itself. 1t is good administration
for buster and bluff, but it has no more
vitality and grit than wet rag. After
all its threats about twisting the British
lions tail, it is now sneaking into cor
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
DON'T WANT OFFICE.

The singular statement appears that
the young men in the South are not
hunting for federal offices to any jost-
ling extent. In the earlier times it was
the current impression that officehold-
ing was preferred calling in the South,
and that young men of high blood did
not take easily to the ordinary indus
trial avocations. An illustration of the
present disposition is noted in the ap-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
A Cheering Sight.

Charleston News and Courier.
The "Plumed Knight" as they have
been fond of calling him, may intend to
ride another tilt on his own account.
and to choke off the ambitious ''dicta-
tori at the entrance of the lists. Be
this as it may, it is a cheering sight to
see the tariff rogues fall out, for it gives
a chance to the honest people of the
country to get their rights.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

IT is not quite forgotten that a big
flood year OF so ago devastated valley
in Pennsylvania but it has become an
old story. The hnal report Of the relief
commission just published gives the
data for the historian in the case. Those
drowned in the Conemaugh valley num-
bered 2,142. Those are much smaller
figures than were used at the time, but
they still make it one of the great catas-
trophies of modern times. The loss of
property was little less than s12,000,
600, which is but fraction Of that at
the Chicago fire. The contributions
were SS,742, sl3.7S. All but $14l, 30O.9 SO
was from this country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
The Republican Mixture.

The Republican party of North Da-
kota denounce the lottery in their plat
form and proceed to nominate ticket
largely of lottery men. Query: Did
they write better than they knew" or
was the platform intended to strengthen
the weak spots in the ticket? The Re-
publican platform declares for the ex-
termination of the saloon. which is a
victory for M. N. johnson and the pro-
.hibitionists. The platform is heartily
Endorsed by almost every original pack
age establishment in Fargo. A list OF
them will appear later.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
Would Not Remain So.

Wahpeton Gazette.
The nominee for governor is said to
be personally fine man, but he also is
said to be personally disbeliever in
prohibition. He is against the lottery,
but sonS0Of the delegates remark that
it is hard to. see how he could remain SO
if the men who brought him forward
should attempt to renew their former
plans.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

IT IS stated that the census takers
entirely overlooked the town of Wayne,
with 1880 inhabitants. only fourteen
miles from Philadelphia, as we'll as two
other considerable towns in Southern
states. Whether this is the fact or not, it
is certain that there has been a vast
amount of bungling in the thing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

The census reports are alleged to
show decrease of population of $1,000
in certain agricultural and Republican
counties in New York state. Yet these
counties polled 1000 more votes in 1888
than in 1880. The theory that the vote
can go on increasing while the pOpula-
ton falls away becomes badly fractured
when it is attempted to cover so much
ground with it. Some of the QUAY
methods of supplying voters are much
easier,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

IT IS queer how queer some people
are, In the Forum for this month Mrs.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS has seen
this picture: ''ln the most decor0us
city in our country lady representing
what may be deservedIy called one of
the best families in the state, herself
a mlddle-aged. queenly.- home-ioying
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
To Fool the Masses.

Fargo Democrat
1t is ludicrous to look at that platform
adopted at Grand Forks and then size
up the ticket placed in nomination.
The Republican party cannot fool the
masses in any such gauzy manner. Say,
Pll bet you $25 that lottery bill will be
introduced this winter and that char
ter will be granted to such an institu-
ton for twenty-five years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
The Gangs Victory.

Dlckey County Leader.
Capt. Burke, of Fargo. received the
nomination for governor, Roger Allin,
lieutenant governor, and M. n. John
son. congressman, by the Republican
convention. 1t was victory for what is
termed the ''license and lottery gang"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05

THE Fargo Republican demands that
the Republican candidate for governor
in North Dakota shall pledge himself to
veto all lottery bills. 1t says that five
of the most active workers for the lot
terry last winter at Bismarck have been
put on the ticket, and all who opposed
in any audible way have gone over
board. BURKE does not object to the
resolutions on prohibition, but is ''per-
fectly acceptable" to the lottery fellows
and the liquor men. All ought to be
happy. then.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Return Toward Barbarism.

Albany Argus.
President Harrison should learn the
difference between a civilized and a
barbarous nation. Herbert Spencer
says, in his chapter on Ceremonial
Government, that the giving of presents
to the chief or head man is an estab-
lished usage among most barbarous
races, and originally partook of the
character of a religious act. But the
United States cannot be expected to
subscribe to this custom. We do not re-
gard the presentation of a gift cottage
as religious act.