St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-07
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

While there is SO much talk among
the business men about patronizing
home industries, would it not be we'll
for the church people to patronize
home charities a little? The reports of
the different churches show liberal
S sums given for the support of foreign
missions, yet at the meeting of the
Homeopathic Hospital association last
evening, 1t was reported that the effort
TO get churches to endoW free beds at
the hospital has been an entire failure.
And yet this Is the most practical of
charities. if the term "churity'' nova
days can be construed as meaning in
any sense the alienation of human Suf-
fering,
The suggestion that Will E. Steele
shall be chosen TO succeed the late 4. Nj.
Wilson as member of the park com
mission is certainly a good one. fer-
haps no better selection could be made.
The only objection that can be raised to
him is that he is not Maineite now
serving his second term on earth.
Bob Evans has Just returned home
again from somewhere, and has again
"laughinglv repliedf to an evening
time he goes out of the city he brings
back some Highly important informa-
ton concerning the innermost work.
ings of national politics. Robert says,
by the way, that the report that he does
not intend to let Merriam be governor
again is not "authorized."
C. a. Nimocks in the Times grace
July attempts to turn victory into de-
eat by assuming to receive County AT
Orney JamiSon's opinion on tax rebates
as a good thing.
A revival of the union labor party
with six .planks is threatened as pollt-
ical diversion this fall, which can be
used for the purpose of cOmpllcatlng
the situation and hiding the main issues
at stake.
There is but little encouragement
nowadays for young men to engage in
the so-caled intellectual callings."
Some years ago it was an honor to
young man to have passed an eXamlna-
lion and to start out in the world as Il
doctor. lawyer, journalist or preacher,
and young men taking a course in col
lege usually had some Of these voca-
lions in view. This state of things
has continued until the professions
scarcely afford even the best talent
more than a meager living. In the
United States the average income OF the
lawyer is about five hundred dollars a
year. The newspaper reporter draws
salary of from $40 to $40 week, and
the preachers allowance depends
largely upon the charity and caprice OF
bis parShioners. These figures are not
very aluring to the ambitious young
man Of the present. The hOnorS are
rather empty when one is scarcely able
to exc out a subsistence. and the last
few years there has been notable de-
crease In the number of young men
seeking professional hOn0rs.
The last week of the Verestchagin
collection at the Panorama building
promises to be the most successful of
the three. from pecunlary standpoint
So far this week the attendance has
been very large. Next Sunday night
will be the last that the collection will
be ON exhibition here, as Monday the
work Of packing the paintings and
curios will begin 1t will take whole
week 10 get them in readiness for ship
ment.
Now that the railroad company pro-
poses to carry its feed wires under
ground, some people are of the opinion
that the storage battery system will not
be given trial.
The eXpresSmen who have taken the
law into their own hands and propose
TO pay only the amount of license they
shall dictate may learn that there is car
Tied on the pay rolls of the police de-
partment an official called license in
spectOr, whose duty it is to enforce GER
tain city ordinances.
AID. Tom Downs attended the special
meeting of the council last night armed
with a weapon which was something
like cross between broadsword and
bowie knife. 1t was formerly carried
b. zone of the famous Louisiana Tigers,
and was sent to him by one of his South
eTn friends.
An immense placard, the work of
some wag, adorned the front of the city
clerks desk in the council chamber last
evening. 1t read:
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