St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
ALL SORTS or HINTS.
Pertinent Pointers to the Fe-
male Makers Of Christ
mas Gifts.
Observations Of a Faded Phil
osopher on Life's Fail
upeS.
How a Young Mans Popular
ity With Himself Ended
in Pain.
Why the Tailor Now Curses
Law--Paragraphic Per-
sonalitieS.

Among the nice presents for young ladies'
to give their gentlemen friends at CHRISTMAS,
which viii not be worn out nor used up, SO
that they can be always preserved as cher
ished mementos are:
Embroidered slippers two sizes too small or
made very tight across the instep.
A preltily embroidered money purse is
gift that will last long time The average
man always carries his small change in his
PANTS pocket and what bills he manages 10
get hold of in his vest pocket so that either
a purse or q pocketbook will not be soon
worn out.
AS every man who does any Office work is
certain to have an ink bottle or two. the pres
ent of another one will add to his assort-
ment. Presents OF paper cutters. calendars
and blottng pads that are showered on MIN
by insuranc. companies and advertising
firms are pretty sure to be preserved as
Christmas souvenirs. -
Shaving cases for travelling provided with
tin razors and brushes that shed their halr he
Will lie certain 10 keep III nice state OF
preservation.
Those cigars that come in fancy boxes dis
played at the tohacconists about Xmas tme,
on which the dealer makes up the cost OF the
box IN the cheapness of the cigars, VIII be
found to go good ways. as the recipient will
keep them to give to his friends
If you buy any collar. cuff or necktie boxes
wont hold much of anything.
If your fancy alights on matchbox, get
one for wax matches, which he is almost GER
tain not TO use. Ii will lie too short for luci-
fers, so he will keep 1t at home and the In
scription will not be worn out
Under any consideration do not get him
a dozen or so fine linen handkerch1efs. q
handsome scarf pin, silk hose that will fit
HIM. nice umbrella or a cane-lf you must
buy cane get gold-hea one, as not one
man in hundred will carry one.-H your
selection is a book. give him one you would
like to read yourself. SO you can borrow ~
or one that you think will do MIN gooo:
and be will not wear out the cover, nor dirty
the pages perusing it.
Il
lie was standing IN the corTioor OF tne
Rochester building yes erday awaiting an
interview with Secretary Holt, of the asso-
ciated charities. The man was quite old and
thin and gray. His hat was battered, his
clothes torn and awry. and his face unshaven.
He had failure unmistakably written all
over his person. When approached ne SAID
he was hunting for job; wanted to saw
wood or TO do anything else 10 earn quar-
ter.
''Yes, I'm q failure he said; been one
all my life. But then know a thlng or two
I've been merchant, a railroad conductor, a
country editor, commercial traveller, clerk.
bookkeeper, and followed other pursuits.
N born engineer, but DIDN'T start rlghI.
Got on the wrong track and have never oeen
did you ever look around you and try TO p.ck
out the failures who are stumbling through
lite? The woods are full Of them. You can't
count them.
IA distinguished writer on political econ
omy and social ethics has said that of o
merchants but 3 make what the world recog-
nizes as successes. The 81 failures are alb
sorbed in the great army OF toilers, whose
united efforts represent the aggregate en-
deavor of bread winners. The proverbial in
junction 10 Try, Try again finds no actlVe
response or obedience III The heart OF a man
cursed with failure, for the world has
and he is made to realize it. Human nature
jealously cherishes and guards its recollec-
tons Of battles lost OF broken resolutions
and shattered schemes, and hurls them with
deriSive gesture in the face OF the man who
has lost his footing.
mistakes are fatal. In the face OF over
whelming defeat flippant universal Judg-
menU sees and fills the end and its results.
but is blind to the tortuous, obstacie-beset
road that leads to all inat cesslble goal. Ihe
lives of great men are shadowed with defeat,
and genius cannot brook it, The brain is
sensitive organ that recoils and shlvers at
the touch Of obstruction to It's designs.
thoroughbred horse having lost an English
Derby walked to his paddock. stretched him
self upon its floor, refused TO eat or drink.
and died. The consciousness OF having been
'bested' killed him socrates Killed hlmselt
not because he dreaded the effects OF his
own teaching or to demonstrate the truth of
his own philosophy, but because he refused
to witness the Ignomlny OF defeat. the fuullty
of glorious life and his enemies triumph.
Greeley baffied died like a wounded deer
that seeks the solitude of an unexplored
forest as the scene of its last agon1es. Ma
poleon mingled his tears with the waves that
beat upon his rocky isle and broke his heart.
not because he was a prisoner and exiled
from France, but because the memory OF
Waterloo would not down.
Men of coarse fiber are not easily discour-
aged. The fears of the world are as nothing
to them. Failing in one direction, they
skinned. BY a succession of failures some
men attain a so-caiIed superiority over their
fellows. II is an artificial success and short
lived. The man who makes a success of his
life is the man who has directed successfully
the very hest of .he talents If he have more
than one, that have been given him. The
man whom nature intended tor poet may,
by reason of circumstances or MS environ.
ment, become a successful merchant; but, all
the same, his life has been failure. A man
must be held responsible tor the disposal of
his abilities. E. l.. Davenport might have
made clown, superior in the estimation
chose to follow his natural inclina-
tlons and became tragedian. Though
he mastered but few characters, in so
tar as he went, his artistic lie was a success
Gen. Grant might have developed into
wealthy tanner, or cultivated innumerable
acres OF Missouris land, but the grandeur
that surrounds his name and follows his mil
itary career would have been wanting. In
Zululand q young prince lost his life in q
search for renown. 1t was the mission of
Napoleon to re-establish royal dynasty; to
demonstrate to the Bonapartists that the love
of war and of conquest dominated the breast
of the youth whom the changes of tickle
government and the devotion or his follow
ers might some day elevate 10 throne. This
the prince did, and though his life went out
in tie attempt. its object was accoml llshed.
I'm going to tackle a job of wood saving this
morning and see if l make failure OF it,
And he ambled off.
Il
Manager Robinson, of Nicollet avenue
gymnasium, is trying to compete for prize
as ''wage-worker," and the objection is
made that he is q professional" but he will
probably be allowed TO remain in the race
under the plea that he is a blacksmith at his
business.
i
A group Of lawyers was gathered in a cor
ner of the large room at the court house one
day last week when the conversation turned
upon the uncertainty Of the action OF a petit
jury.
I'm nine cases out of ten ] can tell. If am
trying case, just what the jury will do,''
remarked q young attorney who has been
practieing law nearly year.
well" Frank Nye broke in, maybe you
can, but you're pretty good little man If you
can. Your remark reminds me of a little ex-
perience of mine which cured me OF any
pretensions as jury mind reader.
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