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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
ROAsTs THE POLICE.
A Commission Man Takes Blue
coat to Task.

coat to Task.
To the Editor of the Globe.
L shall conform to request that ap-
peared in the GLOBE quite recently and
be as brief as the subject under con-
sideralion will allow. While it is the
duty of policemen to see that the law is
enforced, it would have shown wisdom
on the part of several members of our
present force if they had taken lesson
or two from our eX-chlef before they
donned the blue coat. That in their
eagerness to make good impression
upon the ''city fathers they go beyond
their bounds at times cannot be queS-
toned; and. as thugs anu cut-throatS
escape their notice, one can hardly cen
sure them for making unwarrantable ar
rests for the sake OF keeping up appear
ances. If nothing more. The arrest of
two jnotfensive citizens for selling
poultry on 'peddler's license was the
gallant act of an officer last week. Upon
short hearing the court dismissed the
case, with the request, however, that
the offenders" should procure a
butchers license. This they did, and
opened business Oh East Seventh street,
much to the discontinue of several
butchers in that locality, who doubted
if the new firm were complying with all
the requirements of law. The sus-
picions of a knight of the club was
also aroused to such degree that he
pressed the buttOn;" the patrol did
the rest. Taking man from his place
OF business at the inStigatiOn of Jeal-
GUS competitor is an act that an officer
should suffer for. oh, law, how many
crimes are committed in thy namew
especially under the present admins
tration. A shame that honest men
should be subject to such treatment and
criminals reign supreme.
JOHN MCCABE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLERoY.
Mrs. Burnett Tells of the Hero OF
Her Famous Story.

Mrs. Burnett in her talks to the chill,
dren the other day in Chicago. says the
Post, told this characteristic little story
of the boy who was the original little
| Lord Fauntleloy. The children made a
clamor and gathered about her at the
close Of the reading of the fairy tale.
why, what do you want?" she
asked, laughing.
please tell us about little Lord
| Fauntler0y?" asked little yellow
haired girl in the front row.
sob, WE'LL" said Mrs. Burnett, laugh
ing again. and she told about the blithe
lad who is as famous lin his way as
Midshipman Easy or any other hero OF
our boyhoOd. She described him. a
1.-the, slender fellow, with big eyes and
great mop of flaXen hair He was
pretty (this pleased the girls, but he
could run faster than most any other
with the biggest applause from the
fair face and his yellow curls, pIlloWed
against the black cheek of his negro
nurse, and she told how good and kind
he was and how much of little gentle
man.
"Just to show you," she said, she had
little girl friend in Washington, and
they We're talking together about their
friends and family.
lowell, said the little girl after
while, your mother isn't as great an
author as Shakespeare
''Fauntleroy looked at her in amaze
ment and indignation for moment.
You he said, are the most ungen-
tlemanly lady | ever heard.'"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
"UNGODLY GOTHAM"
An Eau Claire Man Takes g. Shot
at Dr.. Parkhu. st.
To tho Ed;to, cf ,lo N1obo

An Eau Claire Man Takes q Shot
at Dr.. Parkhu. st.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Thanks. once more. for your eminent
ly correct view of ''Ungodly Gotham"
Your short article is admirable in its
way. You are nightly right about the
ByrneS-Parkhurst scandal being a sub
ject for the pen OF lola. There is a
great deal that might be said upon the
topic if it were not so inetfably nasty.
Thus, it might be pointed out that DR..
Parkhurst is the successor of Dr.. Cros-
by: that Dr.. Crosby was the friend and
imltator of Anthony Comstock, and
that this obscene combination had
power enough, under the rule of the
Republican party, TO obtain a long
series OF most dangerous, denoraliZlng
and undemOcratic federal statuteS-the
first passed as pendant to the omnibus
bill, Il few minutes before midnight.
March 2, 1873, during the three days
pillage which then used to end Il ses-
sion-the last, the famous anti-lottery
law. Or it might be remarked that Dr..
Crosby predecessor to the death
less ParkhursD, was among the
chief promoters Of that high
pressure education winch is now
making every girl familiar with the
mOnstrous details of Greclan vice i'll such
writer's as AliStOphaneS, and bearing
fruits like the Mitchell-W ard tragedy
at Memphis; while these very men OBJ
ject to having "a young person" read
Eugene Sue, and strain the constitution
to prevent the sale of modern books
whose very worst specimens are COM
paratively decent. Never in history,
fiction or experience did | meet such a
glarng example of inconsistency. Then
there is the controversy itself. Looking
at it as plain member OF the popular
jury. / rather incline to dlSbelleye the
Inspectors story; and. with regard to
Parkhurst's proofs that he is no better
than he should be, TO reply, what sort
of greenhornS do you take us for that
we should need that informatlOn" But
after tie endorsement" Parkhurst's
"methOds" have received from his fell
low ministers, you deserve all praise
for telling plainly how he looks to lay
mems moral sense. In this whole
frightful transformation scene OF com
plicated monsters, head and tail" the
..bad enlinence," the dragonshlp of
loathsomenesS. belongs. unQueStlonably
to him. He has made ComstOck pure-as
a very dirty shirt lnightattain the dignity
of white one by being put OH native
of the Congo Free state. C.L.JAMES.
Eau Claire, Wis, Dee. II.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
DRAMATIC CRITICISM.
Amusing Comments on an Even.
ing Papers Work.

To the Editor of the Globe.
When NJ. .Victorlen Sardou conceived
Andrea" in the brain, whence so many
famous plays have issued, it is to be
presumed that he spent no less care in
its construction than in that of his
earlier and later efforts.
That the Two reporters, whose brief
scintillations in the second act of his
play seem to have aroused the profess
sional Ire of one of your evening con-
temporarieS, should be mercilessly set
down as miserable caricatures," calls
to mind the parable, if 1t may be so
called, Of the theatrical pig. For the
sake OF harmony let us say that the in
cident occurred at the Comedle Fran
caise at the production (perhaps) of one
of = NJ. Sardou'S earlier efforts,
before he had risen to diSdain
the introduction of a pigs squeals.
The company must have been lament
able one, for not a single member had
the ability to initiate the cries of an
animal to whom we owe so much, from
FranKforterS to pork chops. In despair,
the stage manager ordered a live pig,
VINO was prOdded in the proper places,
as an inducement for MIN 20 vOcaliZe.
read. ''the vile imitation of pigs cries"
was severely censured. ANY one could
see with half an eye Tor rather could
hear with half an ear that there was
nothing pOrcine about them"
The application OF this little pig tale
will De seen when it is known that one
of the gentlemen who enact the report
ers in Mile. Rhea's production of
princess Andrea" was for two years
reporter on a Cincinnati paper. Since
he has retired from the field of journal
ism mot, indeed, because of his inabil-
ity Ito retain his place on a reputable
newspaper for two dayS") he feels free
to admit that the Revel type of journal
iSt is not extinct, and to claim that FAX
ing" has not yet become fairy tale.
Newspaper men are prOyerbially SEN
sitive as to any exposition of the foibles
and weaknesses of their calling note
the violent scoring given Sol Smith
RussalFs The Tale of Coat" for the
sole reason that it contained an enter
prising journalist who, apparently, trod
on numerous repOrtorial corns.
NJ. Sardou, | have no doubt, was far
from the intention Of holding up Revel
and Widmer as types of newspaper men
as far as was Shakespeare from bold
ing up Dogberry as a type of police
magistrate. But, inasmuch as ] have
met, even in my brief experience, sue
cessful reporters not unlike Widmer and
Revel, l feel impelled to quote the fore
going parable" | AM, sir, your most
obedient Servent.
BENJAMIN HOWARD.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
.BoLTlNG sac GATES"

A Correspondent who Applauds
the Act OF Congress.
To the Editor of the Globe.
am a Democrat, and am as proud
that it was the act of q Democratic con-
gress which laid the embargo on Sun
day opening of the worlds fair as | am
chargined to see the great Democratic
DAILY GLOBE fostesing the anti
Christian crusade to bring about re-
consideration OF that act.
The worlds fair directors have &C
cepted the peoples cash, with the con-
ditfons attached to that acceptance, and
it would SAVIOR strongly OF case of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenseS,
were they now relieved Of those CON
ditionS.
Tie talk about individual members of
congress being influenced by fear Of
political boycott is all rot. They were
Influenced solely by their honest con-
victions and the knowledge they were
voicing the convictions of a majority of
the people of this land-not the church
members of the land alone. If it could
be demonstrated that Sunday opening
would be at the expense OF the eX-
cheauer. you would not find the fair
managers clamOring for the privilege.
1t would be a grand spectacle, the
highest lawmaklng power OF the land
abrogating one of the fundamental
precepts of laW-one of the staunchest
safeguards of our institutionS-at the
behest of few greedy dollar hunters
No, congress had correct idea OF 1.-The
eternal fitness of things"
The interest displayed in this con-
nection for the education and enlight-
eminent" of the people, the poor wage
earner-who cannot find time in the
allotted six days-lS touching. The cry
that '.should go up from the ranks
of toil' should be one for the
preservation of the sanctIty of this,
their great bulWark. the seventh
rest day. Ye "horny-handed sons of
toll" you have been fighting these
dollar hunters, inch by inch, for re-
ductlon of the daily hours of labor dur
ing the six, and have gained it in few
instances only, at pay on ten-hour
basis. Allow this spirit of dlsreSpect
for the-sanctity of the law to gain pre-
dominance-then why not the factories
and mills, if the big show? They would
soon have you working seven days for
six days pay.
The reference to the senate report of
1879 Is outlItIy IIelcVdHt III JIG lnaItol
of Sunday closing, although it might
aptly be applied in criticising the eff
forts of a certain Christian sect to force
itself into undue prominence in connec-
ton with the worlds fair exercises. and
its unusual activity along other political
lines at present. The first amendment
| to the constitution might be quoted
| with peculiar force by the advocates of
| Sunday closing. The use of these au-
thorities by an "anti'' looks good deal
| like borrowing the livery of the Lord in
which to render service to the cause
of Satan. In prating Of the "boasted
land of liberty" your correspondent
should keep in mind that our country is,
above all and everything, a Christian
country, and should not fail to distin-
guish between the qualities Of liberty
and license. W, A, SIMPSON :
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
TO TAX INAERfTANCES.
Attorney Ovitt Is Pleased With
the Globes Suggestion.

Attorney Ovitt Is Pleased With
the Globes Suggestion.
To the Editor of the Globe.
| have read with pleasure your edi-
torial in this mornings GLOBE advocat-
ing the adoption by the next legislature
of a succession tax, or tax on inner
itances. 1t is remarkable that this
source of revenue, which is so easy to
collect and which is perhaps the least
burdenSome of any tax that can be de-
vised, has not been put in operation long
ago. started some months ago to draft
law with reference to the collecting OF
fees in probate courts. While studying
that subject [ became interested in the
succession tax law, and concluded to
draw. and have drawn q bill taxing i'll
heritances, which ! propose to pre-
sent to the next legislature. | do
not anticipate any objection to the
principle of this form of taxation as a
principle-no one will deny the pro-
priety, apprehend, of taxing distant
relative, who comes to Minnesota to col
lect a large Inheritance, small percent
aye on the amount he receives. But
have no doubt there will be many differ
ences Of opinion as to the details.
AS all the legislators-elect read the
GLOBE, will state for their benefit
some OF the questions requiring solu-
ton.
First-ShouId every Inheritance be
taxed. or only such as are termed col
lateral lnhertances?
SecoAd-Should inheritanceS of less
than $1,000 be exempt from taxation, as
in Connecticut, or would you exempt
oHly $500 as in New I ork, or only 500
as in Pennsylvania?
Third Should an Inheritance of S10,-
coo worth of land be taxed at the same
rate as an inheritance OF $4,000 Ill
money?
Fourth-Should the receipts from this
tax he turned into the respective county
treasures or into the state treasury?
Fifth-If turned into the state treas
ury, should the receipts be devoted to
any specific purpose llke the building
of roads, OF should they be left in the
general fund?
In regard to the second subject men
toned in your editorial, it seems to me
that that is a separate matter, and de-
ponds upon different principles. The
object of tax on inherltanceS Is to pro-
vide a revenue and to collect it III such
a way that il will not be burdensome to
the taxpayer.
The object of law limiting the
amount of property which any one per-
son can inherit is. primarily, 10 prevent
a vast accumulation of wealth in the
hands of any one person-on the theory
that such Accommodations are danger
Gus to the welfare Of the state.
Many objections might be raised to
one not pertinent to the other, and
would like to have the inheritance tax
bill introduced first and considered on
its merits. Yours respectfully,
ALBERT B. OVITT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
AN OLD-TINTE ART.
NeedlewOrll Net Popular Now, Be-
cause SO Taxing to the Nerves.

NeedleWOrlI Net Popular Now, Be-
cause SO Taxing to the Nerves.
The reasons of tue growing infidelity
to needleWork as an amusement are not
far to seek. The nervous restlessness
OF the modern temperament is one of
them. Cur grandmothers knew nothing
of nerves. and were content in the ac-
compishment of one square of wool
work in the span or labor day uour
after hour sat the mother of all, living
at her spinning wheel or at her tapestry
frame, slumbrous Of brain, tranquil Of
heart and placid of face. while the
world without revOlved in bliss or de-
stair. rocking naught of her whose soul
lay in the evolution Of an embroidered
blossom or the turn of a stocking heel.
Today far other issues claim the en-
ergles and the wits of WomanhoOd; her
ears are no longer closed to the press of
life non to its pain, tor which knitting is
no sedaliye nor crochet an anodyne.
Another reason for the discarding of
what is commonly called fancy work.
among educated women is the spread of
The unitarian spirit SO characteristic of
these latter days. Life is less orna-
mental than it was. but it is certainly
more uSelul as q WnOle. butterflies may
be numerous enough, but there are
more bees. What is the use OF embell-
lShlng antlmacasSars? is a question
Which certainly never occurred to our
fair ancestresSeS, but it rises naturally
enough TO the heart and also to the lips
OF the modern maid who joins Dorcas
society If the love Of stitchery be in her,
Or subscribeS to a library if it be not.
Lawn tennis has also sometl ing to do
with the decline and fall of the work
basket.
twenty years ago the necessity for
physical exercise had not daNDed upon
the female intelligence, and the doc
trines of hygiene were neither under
stood by the public nor formulated by
the faculty. The boys of the family
went out into the fresh air to play bali.
but the girls sat in the school room and
learned to do crewel work, while their
mothers played cIoquet. with never q
vision of tennis TO disturb their 1eth-
yrgy. Now these activities are the rule
instead Of the exception, and as the DAYS
provide no extra hours III which to take
part i'll them, the cult of the health has
superseded the cult of the needle. Mod
ern life has no longer time for useless
stitches, and few enough minutes fol-
necessary ones.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
VOICE OF The PEOPLE,
Some of the Letters Addressed
for Publication in
the Globe.
A Writer Who Indorses the
Idea OF an Inherit
ance Tax.
Another Disapproves OF the
Sunday Worlds Fair
Opening.
A Commission Man Who Takes
a Police officer to
Task.

Every Monday morning the GLOBE
will printsuch communications as itmay
receive that are suitably written and of
sufficient public interest. In order to-
secure publication. such communica-
tiOns must not exceed 300 words i'll
length; must he written upon one side
only of the page, and must deal with
matters of interest and concern to tile
general public. 1t is also necessary that
the true name of the writer accompany
each letter to the editor. Ii desired,
nom de plume will be printed, but the
correct name must be given for the in
formation of the editor. Rejected man
uscript may be called for; and should
any communication fail TO appear in
print, the writer may know that it
failed in some one or more Of the re-
quireMents stated above.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
C,ovTRAcT WORK - FILLING AN

CONTRACT WORK - FILLING AND
~ DRAINING IN ST. ANTHONY PARK
NORTn-Office of the Board of Public
Works, City of St. Paul, MIMI, Dec. >, 1897.
Sealed bids will he received by the Board
Of Public Works in and for the corpora
ton Of the city of 81 Paul, Minnesota at
their office in said city. until II m ON the 10th
day Of December, A. b. 1892, tor Milling and
draining lots /, , ,, 81 and b, block 40, lots
H. Il, 10. rs and Il and that part OF the alley
adjoining said lois, in block ~; also block
-, st. Anthony Park North, in said city, so
as to aDute nuisance or swamps. marshes
and stagnant ponds thereon, according 10
plans and specifications on tile i'll the Office
Of said Board.
y bond with at least two (2) sureties, in a
sum Of at least twenty (}JJ per cent. or d Ger =
lifted check on a bank Of ST. Paul IN sum
of at least ten (D per cent of the gross
amount bid, must accompany each BID. said
check shall be made payable 10 the Clerk OF
said Board
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids
j. G. QUINBY, President Pro lem.
Official: j. Il. KERKER,
Clerk Board OF Public Works
dec3-l0t
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12

Shopping before the holidays is not
only tIresOme but also very difficult, as
so MANY of the holiday presents sold in
this city are so alike as to almost make
your dearest friend whom you buy the
present for think of nothing but copies
Ill the presents received. Kavanagh u
johnson have now OH exhibition at 6S
East Third street the Knock collection
OF antique and decorative furniture,
mirrors, engrayings, porcelains, Delft
ware, bronZeS, repOusSe silverware,
bric-a-brac, ETC., which they will! sell at
auction at the above premises tomOr-
row, Tuesday, Dec. Is, and next day,
CONNIE ncing at 10 a. NJ. and 2 p. III.
each day. AS this is rare opportunity
to procure unique and exquisite holiday
presents. it will pay to inspect goods
and attend this sale.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
THE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
Cotton Mills Are Doing Well in
Massachusetts.


FALL RIVER. Mass, Dec. 1.-THE
outlook for the local cotton manufact-
urers and operatives continues to be of
the brightest character. The trading in
cloth is generally quiet at this season of
the year; nevertheless, the deliveries
are good and equal to the production
The Jreasurers decline to sell largely
beyond all April basis at pres
ent quotations. The operatives be-
gan last week 10 work under
the increased scale of wages and
next week they will receive the first
lnStaliment or new prices. There has
been some dissatisfaction among spin
ners, growing out OF poor light in a few
mills. but it is not likely to become ag-
gravated III character. Secretary How
ard, in lengthy interview, takes the
ground that Chief Wade, of the state
detective force, should at once take
stringent measures to enforce the fifty
eight-hour law, and suggests that all
mills should be started and stopped at
signals from common center, III ac-
cordance with the practice followed in
English mills
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
MANY ENGINES BURNED.
Fire Destroys 100000 Worth
of Property in Colorado.

SALIDA, Col, Dec. 11,-At 6 o'clock
this morning the Denver & Rio railway
round house was discovered OH fire,
and, despite the efforts of the tiremen,
the flames, after almost totally burning
that building and its contents. spread to
the machine shop, which. together with
its valuable plant, was also destroyed.
Seventeen engines were burned in the
round house. it being impossible to run
them out because of the track Oh the
outside being crowded with other loco
motives. The loss on engines, ma
chinery. round house and shops is es-
timated by the railroad officials at $780,
900, but just how much insurance is not
known at present. The burning of the
shops throws 100 men out of employ
meut
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
FELL FItTAEN FLOOks.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-Charles Chanter,
botanlSt employed in the horticultural
department of the worlds fair, today
fell from the fifteenth floor of tine Ma
sonic temple to the basement. His
body was mashed into jelly. The ele-
vator stopped at the fifteenth floor, and
as it started upward without warning
the man in charge attempted to open
the door and get out. lie was caught
between the elevator and wire grating
on the side of the shaft. This grating
bulged out, allowing the car TO pass
Chanter, who at once fell to the stone
floor fifteen stories below. Chanter
leaves widow and a daughter in Kill
bourne City, Mo.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
CARA Men Moving.

LAREDO, Tex, Dec. ia telegram
was received by Col. Ceron, command
redo, from Guerrero, Mex, to the effect
that three squads of Cara men had
crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico yes
terday evening, one squad at San lsna-
clio, another at Rallrina and the other at
place not known. 1t also states that
the one crossing at San lgnacio met
Mexican troops on the river bank,
where a bloody fight took place. The
Cara men then returned to the United
States
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
Pianomakers Burned Out.

NEW YORK, Dec. II. - Damage
amounting to about $4,000 was the re-
suit of fire at $3.50 this morning in the
c. D. Pease s. Co. piano mandatory,
SIS and 800 West Forty-third street. The
cause of the fire and the amount of the
insurance are unknown. 1t was the
busy season and $50 hands are thrown
out of work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
Rucklen,s Arnica sa1ve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pos
lively cures Piles, or no pay required.
per BOX. For sale by j; T. Alien, drug
is, corner Seventh and Jack sob
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12
HOOP La!

Oh. no; oh, no: it cannot be,
1t fills our souls with pain
To think those wretched crinolines
Are coming in again.
Those awful skirts that figured so
For years i'll Punch cartoons,
Where all the ladies of the land
Resembled small balloons.
o Monsieur Felix, Monsieur Worth;
Pray say it isn't true.
Have we not worshiped at your shrines,z
And built your fortunes, too?
Don't make us hate you. as we shall,
We are mighty band.
The ring i'll st. Paul's bad enough,
ThtAoop we cannot stand.