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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
THE BRITISH ARMY.

While some attention is directed to
the army by incidents recently de-
veloped. it is noted that Lord VOL
sELEY, the second officer in command
Of the British army, incurred an adj
monitOry suggestion from the war sec
rotary and inquiry was raised in parlia-
ment over an article he wrote in the
last months Harper's Magazine, criti-
cising the British army. He was adj
mOnished not to write any more of that
sort OF literature. The notable points
of the article were that CRoMwELL's
army was great contrast in material
and efficiency to the present army,
chiefly because he paid enough to at
tract good class of men. The present
enlistments are mainly boys,Wh die off
ike sheep when sent to lndla. The
pay is so meager that the writer says:
''If we now could only offer as pay and
rations what the United States soldier
receives, far larger number of eligible
men would seek to enlist, and we could
afford to be more faStidiouS and par
ticular as regards the health, strength,
moral qualities, and social position or
those we enlist"
He draws ludicrouS picture of the
equipment of the soldier. The private
has uniform too tight for good service
and only fit for lunatic asylum. The
general is compared to dresSed-up
monkey on a hand organ, With mean
ingless cooked hat and feathers Of the
last century. He also assallS the gro
tesque absurdity of requiring men to
stand with their heels close together.
About the only commendable feature
he finds about the army is that the
''Officers are the best In the world"
That's pardonable pride, and, of course,
will not be taken as strictly accurate.
The present strength of the British
army, as stated, does not compare with
that of some other European countries.
1t comprises in the various branches
lOe,2 SS men at home and l0l, 1886 abroad,
besides native force in India of 1874, 100,
and the reserves, but small portion of
which have had any military training.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
SUNDAY CHATTER.

The Mosems are regarded as specially
superstitlous, and recent exhibition Of
their absurd notions is cited as pecu-
IiarIy fantastic. The Turkish sultan a
few weeks ago sent three hairs from the
beard of the prophet to the town of
Aeppa by special envOv. 1t was an
affair of state, and the embassy received
honors all along the route. The gov
ernor of AlnppO came ont in official
parade to receive the messengers. The
difference is more in exhibition than in
essence. No doubt the MahOmmetan
finds in Christian lands rites and Gus
toms that seem ridiculous. and most in
dividuals have a closet of superstition
within. A man died in the West few
weeks ago prominent church member
and worth half million dollars. When
a widOwer a number of years ago he
was in great doubt as to his chances Of
winning a certain handsome girl. and
did not dare propose. One day he was
noted to carefully pick up long hair
in the street. He said it was the same
color Of that of the girl. and he Knew
that she wOnld now have him. She did.
and he attributed his twenty years of
happy married life to that horse-hair.
Most people like to see horseshoe over
the door. 1t is probable that Bob In
gersoll has his pet superstitionS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
Virginia will pay its debt.

Virginia will pay its debt
The price Of rubber is to be advanced.
Ex.Copgressman Taulbee is recovering.
Iowa Democrats nominate Bestow for SEN
Rtor.
Chicago's board of trade cuts off the bucket
shops.
Young Abraham Lincoln is steadily i'm
proving.
Constans, French minister of the Interior
has resigned.
North Dakota's attorney general is accused
Of flippancy.
The Baltimore & Ohio may absorb the Chi
Cago & Atlantic.
Judge Kerr decides that the park board law
is constitutional.
Gov. MeIlette signs the South Dakota pro-
hibitory measure.
SIossom beats Scnaefer in the New York
billiard tournament,
The socialists show heavy gains on the sec
ond ballot in Germany.
The Players league schedule is to be rati-
fed at Cleveland March 10.
Willard and Lowry are to make great I'M
provements at Meeker island.
Bishop Hurst's scheme for Methodist
university assumes definite shape.
Madeline Frelnghausen goes to the peni-
Tertiary for maintaining fence
Father Fleming tenders the use of the new
school st. Johns to Supt. Gilbert or the city
schools
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

try. There is no considerable Opposl-
ton to 1t. The civil engineers men
toned recommend that the subject be
considered in the public schools. The
young minds could no doubt be made
to locate the added twelve hours with.
out excessive strain, but this would
come naturally after its general adop-
ton. When the railroads get ready
to all act in concert in the
matter. the clocks and watches
will soon be equipped In that way, and
the children will go out as merrily at l6
o'clock as at 4. The advantages of the
system are apparent. 1t would do away
with all uncertainty and the use Of the
descriptive letters now requisite. Very
little practice would suggest that 20
O'Clock is the time for the evening
show, and the young man who sits up
with his best girl could learn that the
large hours should not be exhausted.
The only serious objection to it would
be in the striking of clocks. Who
would want to count the strokes from
20 to "a, especially when one was trying
to sleep? But there is very little use in
having clocks strike the number of
the hour. Rarely does person need
to count. One or two strokes are ali
that is needful each hour. A clock
that strikes every quarter of an hour is
a special nuisance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
The Church on wheels.

When it was announced from New
York. while Bishop Walker, of North
Dakota, was attending the general con-
vention, that he had made application
to secure the construction of a Pull
man car for his episcopal work in that
state, the local papers INDUCED in a
good deal of righteousness; but 1t is
now stated that the car is being con-
structed and will be suitably equipped
for the work and use of the bishop. 1t
Is novelty in missionary enterprises
and full of possibilities. The diScOm-
forts OF new country and the incon-
veniences of travel will be avoided.
The noted politicians have sometimes
adopted the expedient of doing their
campaign laborS from railroad car plat.
forms. and were able to cover the
ground with great economy in time.
As the Dakota matter seems to have
been revived since the lottery fiasc0, it
is probable that unusual missionary
lab0rs are regarded as needful now.
The perverse and erring are shown to
be depOrably frequent. The scheme of
putting church on wheels and taking
the gospel around to them at their homes
is hopeful one, perhaps, but great
faith is requisite to much effort in that
direction.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

and educational qualifications that we
could insert in our state constitutions.
The cultured classes and the property
holders have nothing to fear from the
poor and the illiterate so long as they
are honest.
The argument in favor Of compul-
sorry ballot law is this: Taking the
election statistics from the founding OF
the government down to the present
time. there has never been an election
in this country, not even where the
most exciting issues were before the
people. when over 70 per cent OF the
total vote has been cast. Now, who
are the stay-aWayS? Certainly not the
purchasable element. They are sure to
he at the polls early, late, and often. 1t
is the better class of citizens who stay
away, the meh of affairs, who think
more of their business interests than
they do Of the public veal, or who do
not care to be hustled around by the
mob surrounding thepolls. Now, when
the purchasable element can be kept
away from the polls by being denied the
right of suffrage. and the men Of affairs
becompelled to go to the polls, then there
will be- no difficulty in having public is
sues decided right. This, we take it, is
the kind or ballot Gov. BoIEs wants,
and which the GLOBE advocates.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
DAROTA COAL,

One of the great needs of a prairie
region like North Dakota is cheap fuel.
1t is an unnatural condition that coun-
try like that should go 1.50J miles for It's
fuel. For years the Missouri region has
made the Ignite coal, so abundantly
found in that section. its main source of
artificial heat, An energetic effort is
now being made to extend its use over
the state, the Legislature trying to aid it
by enforcing low coal tariff on the
railroads. The Ignite is a partially
formed coal, and would no doubt be a
much better article if allowed to remain
10000 more years, but that would I've
tiresome to hustlers. With some
patience and special adaptations it can
now be used with good results. 1t is
found from the Turtle mountains ON the
north line to Emmons in the south, and
no doubt South Dakota will find it
abundantly on hereservation and along
the river. 1t will be very considerable
acquisition when both states are able to
rely upon their own products exclu-
SiVely for fuel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
THE STRAIGHT DAY.

Most people have all impression that
the attempt to substitute the twenty
four hour system of notation that at
tracted so much attention few years
ago has been given up as one of the
whims of Innovators. A report recently
adopted by the American Society of
Civil E gineers in regard to it shows
that it is making progress, and in no
distant period is likely to be generally
in use. That body sent circulars TO
most of the railway managers of the
country. and out of 237 replies only II
disapproved of it. Those that favored
it represent $4,000 out of the 100000
miles of road on the continent. The
hesitancy in adopting 1t is due to the
inconvenience to those who use it when
connecting with roads that adhere to
the old bifurcated system. Many ia
vOred its adoption this year, and nearly
all believed sufficient unanimity could
be had In the matter before the end
of next year. 1t appears that in Canada
nearly all the dominion roads and all
lines west of Port Arthur have used
the continuous time tor two years, and
find no inconvenience from it. The
roads that have adopted it comprise
more than 1000 miles. The United
States seems to be behind the Northern
neighbors in this matter. In several of
the foreign countries the change has
been made. In Italy and Bohemia it
has been in use for number of years.
One of the great clocks of st. Peters
cathedral at Rome has the dial adapted
TO this notation. The great lines of
telegraph from England to Egypt, In
dia, China, Australia and South Africa
are operated oil this plan. and its gen.
eral use In Europe is delayed by similar
causes TO those 10 the way in this coun-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

Now THAT Chicago is the worlds fair
city, all sorts of freaks may be looked
for there. One of these is an electrical
contrivance for the use of highwaymen.
1t is sort of internal machine, and not
a pleasant affair for lonely interviews,
if the city electrician is correct. He is
given as authority for the statement
that storage battery as large as cigar
case could carry enough electricity to
''knock man cold" and the thief
could apply it by touching the man with
metallic plate in his hand. 1t would
not operate. however. if persons had
rubber shoes or non-cOndueting soles.
Then the wayfarer could carry one also.
and apply it to the thief. There are
several uses possible for electricity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

mystery will be explained. A genuine
the stage and in the presence of the
audience. 1t will be performed with all
the regulation burglars tools used Or
dinarily for that purpose, and will be
performed by genuine experienced
cracksmen. The two reformed safe
breakers, ''HandsoTe Bilp' and "Rub-
Der Shoe Dan," have been engaged by
the museum to show how this marvellous
thing is accomplished.
Eddie Abbott. little boy six years Of
age, Is In novel role for child. He Is
magician, and performs all the won
ders of genuine necrUmancer, but he
himself is the greatest wonder. The
Climax quartette return to the museum
next week, and the stages will be filled
By two clever little companies.
i
On May 5, Manager Harris will inaug-
urate spring and summer season of
opera. On that date there will be
grand opening by the Carleton Opera
company, which will appear i'll the lat
est ana most popular creations. The
Wilbur, Bennett and MOultOn CON-
panies will appear later.
Il
He dlIIdCIlUll uL lIlG INCONVENIENCE IOr
the last half of this week will be the
well-known Richard and Pringle's
Georgia Ministries. They will open on
Thursday evening, playing four nights
and Saturday matinee.
Il
Vernona Jarbeau will open weeks
engagement at the Harris theater on
next Monday evening, playing the
sparkling cOmedy-drama starlight
the first half of the week. The last
three days an entirely new play, writ
ten especially for the actress, Wills oc-
cupy the boards.
Il
Pantomime such as the inimitable
Fox was wont to present, with enough
novelties to satisfy the most critical Of
first-nighters, will be seen at the 0lym-
pic all this week, with Saturday and
Sunday matinees. The veteran Nick
Roberts heads the combination which
has the contract to please the Olympic's
patrons. Among his aids are the MIN
BILE DoniZettis. six in number. rein
forced by William Siegrist, of acrobatic
renown; Mollie Thompson and the sis
ters Van Dornen, wire dancers and vo-
calsts of repute; Fdirchild and Living
stone, tire-eaters; the gymnastic Rex
ford, Edward and Caroline De Haas,
jugglers, and hosts of others. The
finale of the excellent entertainment
afforded by the above is comic ballet
Of action and trick pantOmime.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
Electric Jars.

A good deal of litigation is sprlnging
up in the cities that have the electric
street cars with the telephone companies
in cases where they use the same streets.
The difficulty is pretty much the same
in all of them. The electric railroads
almost invariably use the single trolley
overhead system. with the return cur
rent in the ground. The telephone
operates i'm similar way as rule, the
current out on single overhead wire
and the return in the earth. The eX-
perience is that this mode OF both OH the
same streets involves trouble for one of
them, and the telephone having the
weaker current is the sufferer. The
suits have all been brought by it. The
railroad force is not affected. 1t is said
that in some cases the telephone wires
have been made practically useless.
The remedy is for one of the parties to
abandon the earth circuit andsubstitute
a metallic circuit. The telephone peo-
pie claim prior rights by having first oc-
cupied the streets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
Nav Go For officials.

The supreme court of Massachusetts a
few days ago rendered decision affirm
ing the right of citizens and newspapers
to indulge in pretty free criticisms of
officials. In local meeting one of the
speakers regretted that the representa-
tive in the legislature from that district
had changed his mind on certain ques-
ton, and said that sometimes the
change of heart comes from the pocket"
A suit for damages for SANDER followed
and the case went to the supreme court,
which decides for the defendant in an
elaborate opinion discussing the sub
ject of criticism of officials. Liberal
views were expressed and ir was not
held as ilbeious that the representative
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES.

The fact that HENRY WILLARD is to
spend the week in the Twin Cities for
business purposes, with the knowledge
that he has the confidence of unlimited
millions seeking juticious investment,
is calculated to add to the hopefulness
with which the spring opens, and in
tensify satisfaction at the successful in
auguration of system of electrical
transit that Is pleasant to enjoy, and
conducive to growth and development.
Without any assumptions as to pur-
poses or interests to be subserved, it is
evident that st. Paul can take new
start in prosperity and growth if her
citizens are alive to the opportunities.
Advantages are not going TO he loaded
upon those who sit with folded hands
and outSpread laps alone. There is no
danger of too much local ambition and
enterprise. All things do not come to
those who do only waiting. 1t is good
time to be reaching out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
TOPICAL TALK.

A Tardy Fame see that my friend,
Ignatius DOnnelly, has
Crowns DIR. been down at Cincin-
natl during the past
Donnelly. week delivering anti
Shakespearean iect-
ureS, and according to reports of the
Cincinnati press he received an ovation
from the elite of Porkopolis such as no
literary lion has had In those parts in
recent years. Mr.. Donnelly's fame as
author and orator had preceded him.
and when he got there he found audi
enees that delighted both his heart and
purse. Murat Halstead's paper says
that Mr.. D0nnelly made as good an Inn
preston upon his audiences as his audi
ences did upon him. In fact, there was
a'niutuality of esteem and admiration
established at once between Mr.. Dom
nelly and the Cincinnati people, and al
ready half-d0zen pork packers have
adopted 'Cryptogram'' as the trade
mark for their sailed hog flesh.
Of course we Minnesota people are al
ways proud of Ignatius Donnelly, and
are not afraid to trust him anywhere,
except in politics. 1t has often been
wonder to my mind why man of such
scholarly attachments and literary re-
pute has escaped the notice of the col
leges, who are SO liberal in bestowing
degrees. In any other country in the
world Mr.. Donnelly would have been
DR.. Donnelly by this time. and would
have been known by his title elsewhere.
see that my old-time acquaintance,
Thomas Nelson Page, who has made
some reputation as writer Of negro
dialect. has been doctOred by three col
leges. Chauncey Depew, who has some
fame as an after dinner speaker, has re-
Gently been made doctor of philosophy
by celebrated New England college,
and a doctor of the laws of liter
ature by Southern institution.
And yet neither of these gentlemen
have anything like the literary
tame acquired by Ignstius Donnelly,
whose books are the talk of both the old
and the new world. Perhaps Mr.. DON
nelly feels more distinguished by being
neglected by the colleges, and yet he
has suffered great wrong in this re-
Spect. And it is a wrong that shall not
60 unredressed. For right here and now,
of its own motion the GLOBE confers
upon Ignatius Donnelly the degree of
doctor OF philosophy, doctor OF laws of
literature, and doctor of anything and
everything else that he may express
preference for But from this forth he
shall be known to the world as DR.. Don
nelly. and the degree is worth all the
more to him because it is conferred by
newspaper that Is not lavish with its
distinctions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
The Man
Without a
Country.


without history Of Louis Kos
suth. but when you
Country. ask him for the date of
his death, he will turn
to the encyclopedia to find it. But he
won't find it, for the simple reason chat
Kossuth is still alive. He has been vir-
tuaily dead to the world for over TWEEN
ty-fye wears. in fact ever since he ac-
cepted Victor Emanuel's invitation to
live in Italy. From that OIL he has lived
the life of a hermit in his quiet retreat
near Turin. speaking with no one but
three or four attendants who are neces-
sarv to his comfort. He is now in his
eighty-ninth year, but we'll preserved
for his years. and in the tull possession
OF his mental faculties. The. world
would not now he aroused to the tact
that the Washington or hungary
is still alive, but for Hunga-
rian law which went into effect
last week and which. by its operation,
enatiOnalizedKo ana left hlmWith-
out a country. The law was pasSeu zen
wears ago. but gave the ten-year limit
in which KOssuth or his followers who
were living in exile could recognize the
Austrian emperor's authority, or, on fall
ure to do so. be branded forever as po-
litcal outcasts. KOssuth alone refused
TO avail himself of the protfered am
nesty, and the royal edct went forth
from Vienna last week, putting the
brand of OStracism upon the once-tamed
Hungarian patriot, The people OF
Hungary. however. do not uphold the
emperor in this piece of roya! vlndlct-
.iyeness. for already eightv-three cities
have conferred honorary citizenship
upon him. Next year the people OF
Hungary will celebrate Thousand
years existence of that country
as the bulwark of Europe against
barbarism. and they do not
propose that the laurels shall fade from
the brow of Hungary's stainless patriot.
A determined effort will be mode to
have the law repealed. and to have Kos
suth back in his own land next year.
helping the people he once led to cele-
brate the great national event. Kos
snth is an extreme pessimist. From his
retirement he has been watching the
drift of political events. and recently
gave expression to the opinion that the
social evils now existing could never he
cured until the present population was
swept from the earth and its surface
pe0pled by new race. A cataclysm is
the only hope of solution he can see.
Among some predictions he made one
was that there are men now alive who
will see Ireland become state la the
American Union.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

THE annual report of the Massachu
sets railway commissioners discusses
the sanitary features of railway travel.
They find a general lack OF ventilation in
the cars. 1t is estimated that each passen-
ger should have 800 cubic feet of pure
air-that is, $4,000 feet to car of sixty
passengers. But the capacity of the car
is only 5000 cubic feet, hence in full
car all the air should be changed every
six minutes. The roads don't want
much ventilation, as in cold times it is
more difficult to warm the cars. Peo-
pie in poor health travel for improve
ment, and are poisoned on the cars and
sent back in boxes. But 1t prevents too
rapid growth of population.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

A QUEER test of agricultural piety
was had in Swedish Lutheran confer
ence in Illinois the other day. One of
the clerical members introduced reso-
luton thanking Divine Providence for
the general prosperity of the country.
The farmer members took issue with it,
and voted it down. They admitted that
they had good crops, but the prices were
low that they could not thank the
Lord. 1t would be well for the theo-
logical debating societies to determine
just what degree of prosperity warrants
special votes of thanks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

THE discovery of vast quantities of
salt in Ohio is matter of general con-
graduation. The Ohio politician needs
freshpning and conserving Influences.
A bad odor has been apparent in that
quarter for some time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

ONE of the indications Of develop
ment and progress OH the part of the
colored people is found in the publica-
lions controlled by them. The first
paper established by negroes was the
Freeuman's Journal. and it was the only
one for many years. There are now
over 100 weekly newspapers published
Ivy colored people, with the average cir
cuation of other papers and not in
ferior to them in any respect. A church
review is of exceptionally high charac-
ter. 1t is noted, however, that their
publications are most numerous in the
Northern states. where the colOred ele-
ment is comparatively small. This
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02

should be charged with acting from pc
agent he was amenable to any criticism
that related to his public acts, even If
it presumed that he could be Influenced
in corrupt ways, if no specific act were
charged. The right Of free speech was
to be maintained in spite of annoyance
To the object of it.