St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27
0LOSYK ES ANDSARAH
An Aged Couple Who Take
Life Easy and Enjoy 1t
to the Full.
The War Scares Of Hapri-
sons Administration De-
nOunced.
Situation Of the Behping Sea
Difficulty Succinctly Set
Forth.
A Specimen Of the Rising
Generation Covered With
Glory.

goes to make life bearable, in order to
save a nickel. Why should some men
and women always live for the future
future which never comes. They
carve ont for themselves a fortune, but
never live to enjoyit. When man has
made sufficient money on which he and
his family could enjoy themselves COM
fortably for the remainder of their lives,
why not step aside and enjoy it? To me
it is most unaccOuntable that the more
money a man has the more he appears
to want. [ hate such people. They are
never happy; there is no milk of human
kindness IN their make up. What hun
ger after are people who make the best
OF everything-people determined to get
the most out of the present, and, while
mindful of the future, do not let it
mar their life as hideous nightmare
warning them OF the frivolities OF this
fleeting existence. There is an aged
couple living Oh Dayton's bluff that
admire, and many happy evenings have
! spent in their company.
Old Sykes and Sarah Josephine are
not Overburdened in a financial way.
They have just sufficient to keep them
In comfortable circumstances, and this
position is slightly enhanced by the
small profits of little store they run.
The store contains conglomeratlon of
every thing-fr0m WienerWurSt to ice
cream and oysters TO red behring's. Some
weeks the business gives small profit;
other weeks it just pays bare expenses.
But Old Sykes and Sarah Josephine
never complain. The store is not only
a small source of revenue; 1T is also
source of attractive employment for Old
Sykes. The store and residence are
under one roof, and at the rear Of the
store there is cosy sitting room. Here
Old Sykes and l are accustomed to sit
and smoke of an eveniDg-that is, when
1 can manage to get over to
his place. / have a wife,
seven children and mother-in-law,
and the cares of such family keep one
pretty we'll occupied. There are very
few subjects that old Sykes and l have
not touched upon during these evening
talks. Sarah Josephine occasionally sits
by, knits aud takes in the weighty dis
cussions, and at other times will visit
Mrs. O'Reilly, whose husband, Pat
O'Reilly, died three years ago, leaving
her with a family of fye-three girls
and two boys. 1t was
A Hard Day
for Mrs. O'Reilly when Pat gave up the
ghost, but braVely shouldered the bur
den laid upon her, aided, L am inclined
to think, by assistance from Sarah Jo-
sephine, who is beloved by the poor III
the neighborhoOd.
| spent the evening with Old Sykes
Tuesday. The old man had been read
Ing about the Behring sea difficulty,
and the so-called strained relations be-
tween England and this country. When
/ made my appearance he at once lev
eled question at my head and Sarah
Josephine. smelling lengthy discus
sion, decided upon visit to Mis-.
O'Rielly. On such occasions it is usual
for me to keep an eye" on the store.
There are very few customers during
the evening, but the store always re-
mains open till 10 o'clock. was forci-
bly, impressed by the way in which
Old Sykes handled the Behring bust
ness. There is a great deal of miScon-
ception about it and if its true bearings
were more widely understood there
would be less of this wild talk about
war.
Old Sykes put the situation in this
way: THE Behring sea is stu
ated between Siberia and Alaska. Can
adams claim the right to capture seals
IN this sea, and this is denied by Amer
is right? The solution Of the question
is surrounded by the Interpretation of
several.old treaties and bills of sale, and
the only thing left is to submit to
arbitration. Both countries have agreed
to this, but, in the meantime, until the
arbitrators arrive at decision, Uncle
Sam does not want any seals to be
caught. To this England kicks, and
well, there you are"
1t is pretty mess, no doubt, but Old
Sykes and | agreed that there was
nothing in it calling for resort to arms.
am opposed TO war; so is Sykes. There
is too much talk about war anyway, and
the people who do the most shouting
are the individuals who would run
away at the first scent of powder. Wars
are terrible evils and should not be re-
sorted to except under the direst need. 1t
is outrageous that much of this talk
should be done for political effect. Old
Sykes remarks on this point were, to
my thinking, very pertinent. lie said:
Have you noticed that during the
Harrison administration there has been
continual succession Of war ScareS?
He had hardly warmed the seat of the
presidential CHAIR when the newspapers
belched forth lurid articles on the prob
ability of clash between Germany and
the United States. We tided over that,
and Harrison became engaged for few
months with the billion-dollar congress
and the iniquitouS Mckinley bill. Hay
ing accomplished the work for which
the millionaires of the country placed
him in the White house, the president
next INDUCED in heroics with Italy, an
insignificant European power. This
was followed up by some peculiar dirty
work during the CHILEAN rebellion. the
elimination of which was the outrage
committed by the victorious Chilians on
some American sailors. That was IN
doubtedlY
A Bad Break
of the Chilians, but it was largely owing
to the partisan policy of the United
States in that country. War talk fol-
lowed, and so that Mr.. Harrison could
make himself solid he sent war mes
sage to congress twelve hours after
Chill had decided to eat the rag
Chill out of the way, the Behring queS-
ton is reVivified and now the neWSpa-
pers are red hot with sensational an
nouncements. The two countries are
said to be massing their ironclads i'll the
Pacific, and the thunder roll of their
big guns may be expected at any mo-
ment."
The fight of old Sykes eloquence
was interrupted at this point. A little
boy entered the Store, and l proceeded
TO ascertain his wants.
please, sir" he said, twill you give
me change for quarterW
Certainly" | replied, smiling, and at
once secured the necessary coins.
"Please. sir,"' the little boy remarked
as l handed him the money, "my moth
er, Mrs. McManassey, says Pm to tell
you she'll send the quarter round on
Saturday."
There did not seem to me anything
strange in this request, so. renewing my
smile, bid the little boy hurry back to
his mother, and rejoined Old Sykes.
We continued to discuss the Behring
sea, and eventually came to the conclu-
SIGN that there could be no bloodshed
over who had the right to kill those
seals, for towering above the small
minded self-ClnrifNinZ nnliticianS=fOl-