St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-20

sion on Scott circle. which Window
then owned, and kept open house. The
year following he bought lot and
built his sS5, 1000 brown stone palace on
MACPHERSON square and entertained
magnificently. One of the doctrines in
his philosophy of life is that man
should cultivate his social nature and
that of his friends. Palmer did this.
He went on the principle that it was
just as easy to say pleasant thing as
mean one, and his actions bred him
friends as fast as though they had been
so many Australian rabbits. Before
his term was over he had the friendship
of all his brothers, and he got more bills
through for his constituents than any
man from the Northwest.
Palmer is man of strong friend
ships, and he sticks to his friends. He
is also man of few enemies. and he
once told me that life was too short for
revenge, and that he could not afford to
spend time thinking how to get even
with man who did him an injury.
These features of his character made
him an excellent minister to Spain, and
they will make him strong as lead of
the fair. He is a diplomat without a
the fair popular in this country and the
world over. He will travel over the
United States in its interest. and will
know all the governorSsbefore 1898. and
will have every one Of them working
for him to make the exposition sue
cess. l hear it rumored Sthat he will
take run over to Europe and look UP
matters there this year or next, and the
acquaintance he has will do wonders.
Senator Palmer is in many respects
like Chauncey Depew. He can make
nearly as good an after-dinner speech
as Chauncey, and there is no man in
public life that can equal him in sing
ing Methodist hymns OF Moody and
Sankey songs. Like Mr.. DeDew he has
a temper as smooth as the Lake of Como
in its gentlest- mood. Nothing ever
worries him. He doesn't fret, and he
never loses his head. Ii he is ever an
noyed he doesn't show it, and he can do
an immense amount of work while pre-
tending to do nothing. He understands
how to make others work for him. and
he carries Oh one Of the biggest bust
nesses of the country with no friction.
Just how much Tom Palmer is worth
don't know. l believe if any one asked
him. he would tell him in lazy, unOS-
tentatious way, without thinking.
know, however. that he has his millions,
and that his lumber mills, his pine for
eSts, his great salt wells and his real
estate if put under the hammer would
bring in pile that would have bought
out Job ten times over. that would have.
made the queen of Sheba bow down to
him as she did to Solomon. and would
have redeemed Midas from the lust of
more gold. His wife is also worth sew
eral millions, and the two control one
of the biggest fortunes of the country.
This fortune was made in lumber and
Senator Palmer married the daughter
of his partner. When he began
life he was for time unsuccessful,
but after his marriage. in connection
with his-father-in-law. he made money
hand over fist, and now everything he
touches turns to gold. He once told me
that man ought to work hard until his
property brought him an income of
s., 900 year, and after that he ought to
let up and take things easy. Every
thing comes to the man who waits y
said he, land if you keep your eyes
don't believe that big fortune makes
man any happier. and after he gets
to certain point he reaches the limit
of his spending power. There is no
man in the world who can, for his per-
sOnal qualification, use more than 4 per
cent on S1,000,000. and as for me l can
be satisfied with little"
Still Senator Palmer has number of
very expensive luXuries. His farm, near
Detroit, is one of them, but the increase
in the value Of the land has made this
pay for itself many times over. If he
could move this farm to the worlds fair
it would be one of the great sights of
the exposition. 1t contains 657 acres,
and it is laid out like great English
park. There is a big forest In it. in
which are shady glenS and romantic
drives. and where you may wander
through all the maZeS of ROSam0nd'S
bower and lose yourself in the end.
Every one of the walks has its name,
and some of these hooks are called after
the senator's friends. | remember
Henderson avenue and Sherman, s
hill, and l saw gray squirrel
ator has sixty fine Percheron horses,
each of which is worth at least 81, 600.
He brought some of them over from
France, and he has one horse three
years old which weighs 1900 pounds.
He has four-months' colts which
weigh as much as the ordinary horse,
and he has his own theory of horse
breeding. He fell in love with the
Percheron horse in making a study of
Rosa Bonheur's famous picture, 1.-THE
Horse Fair" and he believes it is the
finest horse that walks. He claims that
it is cross between the Arabian and
the Norman, and it was with this idea
that he sent his farm manager to
Jerusalem to pick him out an Ara
bian stallion. The farm manager
found that very few of the Arabian
horses were sound and Palmer's permit
from the sultan to take away horse
from his dominions amounted to MOTH