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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
RURAL ELECTRIC LINES.

Electricity as a motive force is doing
good work in the cities. In the past
three years it has supplied more than
400 street car lines in this country. In
spite of the faults found with the trolley.
system. it is the most economical and
convenient yet put into operation. 1t
may give place to something better for
use ill crowded streets, but in the less
populated districts it is likely to have
the field for some time. AS the use OF
electricity for a motive agent comes to
be familiar and its production is cheap
ened, it is inquired how far it may be
utilized in the country. An authority
who has been investigating the subject
concludes that it is quite possible
to give a large part of the falm-
ing community a share in its adj
vantages. As rule, the common roads
in the country are good only when the
natural conditions refuse to let them be
otherwise. 1t is often a difficult job
and heavy tax on the farmer to get his
products to the railroad lines. In the
cases of the large farmers. and the
smaller ones in compact districts, it is
claimed to be practicable to lay electric
lines for both freight and passenger
use, but more especially the former.
AS there would be no need of fast move
ment, the tracks could be made some
what light, aud almost no grading
would be required. They would lead
to the nearest points on the lines
of railroad. Should the theories held
N nln frio
gard to the practicability of providing
a motive force for farm operations and
to furnish heat materialize, it would be
possible to establish these spur tracks
far more generally. A writer on the
subject in one of the trade publications
thinks there would be an opening for
capitalists in buying up lands and con-
structing electric roads to reach them,
making their profit out of the increased
value of the lands they touch, as well as
the freight charges. He is of the opin-
lon that the company could afford to
haul the farm products at nominal rates
by reason of the enhanced value of the
lands, and as an Inducement to people
to settle on them. Then pretty little
villages would spring up frequently,
and many manufactures would find
it desirable to locate along these
lines. In his annual report the
postmaster general anticipated that i'm
prOvement in the facilities of the mail
service would be had by the extension
of electric lines into the rural districts.
He thought they could travel at eight or
ten miles per hour over the rolling
country. In the coming era the line be-
tween city aud country life will be
greatly reduced, evidently, by the use of
electric force. The horse will not fol-
low the stage coach and horse car, but
his taskslmay be less severe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

call him Charlie, partly because that is
his name but more particularly because in
1868, '64 and IS. it was under this cognomen
that he made friends and drew rations of
hard tack. porcine anatomy and beans in
the old Sixth regiment Michigan cav
airy, Custer s brigade, cavalry corps. Sheri-
dams division, army OF the Potomac
He also occasionally drew his pay, and his
breath. l was a member of Company F.
First Michigan cavalry. and at the close of
the war both Lewis and myself had made
ourselves so indispensable to the government
that it hesitated 10 part with US. 1t continued
to hesitate nearly a year. Ad interim we
were assigned 20 special duty at Fort Leaven-
worth-he to the lever that moves the world,
small army printing press-I to the custo-
danship of big book of records at the head
quarters of Gen. G. NJ. Dodge. Lewis and
l boarded at the same beanery and, although
he ate on an average, much more than did,
we both paid the same price One beautiful
Christmas morning when the echoes of
merry carols fingered in the air, and even the
sparkling frost OH the gum trees seemed to
gem the atmosphere of peace on earth, good
will toward men, Charlie made me present.
1t was handsomely framed motto to hang
IN our room. 1t read
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
A CASE WITH A MORAL.

Farmers make a great mistake when
they turn away from the merchants who
live among them and have an interest
in their prosperity to patronize the ire
sponsible agents of unknown houses in
distant cities. Some of the South Da-
kota papers relate the experience of
great many farmers in that state with a
pretentious Chicago institution that has
lately disappeared from public view.
Its methods were ingenious, and it's
victims are very numerous in South
Dakota, and, perhaps, elsewhere. Its
mission was to save the farmers the ex-
travagant prices they were said to be
paying for family supplies. The agents
solicited them to become members of
the Chicago institution that was to bless
them, but to secure membership it
was necessary first to buy a certain
book for $3.50, worth about 50, and to
give solemn pledge never to reveal to
any one not member the prices at
which they obtained the goods, which
were alleged to be 40 to 60 per cent be-
low those charged by home dealers.
Some unimportant article thrown in at
nominal figures as a bait was dwelt
upon as a sample. One of the farmers
who had been taken in by the sharpers
was in st. Paul recently, and had the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
INVESTIGATE RAUM.

Raum's pension methods will be in
veStlgated i'll spite of Watchdog"
Holman's disposition to favor them
New York Telegram.
Pension Commissioner Raum's esti-
mate for next years expenses In his
Office is startlingly large, but perhaps
his sou wants to get married. Chicago
Times.
commissioner Raum will have no diff
ficulty in getting all lie asks from the
house." Motif Holman can help him,
and Raum and Holman are reformers of
the same kidney.-New York Adver-
tiSer.
The bureau has become hospital for
party invalldS in the Democratic as well
as in the Republican camp; and hence
the reluctance among the recipients of
patronage to make scrutiny into the
manner in which its money has been ex-
pended and its business conducted
Philadelphia Record.
If Commissioner Raum has half the
intelligence of Capt. SCOTS celebrated
coon he will come nown at once without
waiting for this committee to discharge
its report. Besides, this is propitlous
time for him 10 return TO Illinois and
add one more to the numerous RepubIi-
can candidates for governor.-Chicago
Times.
A congressional investigating commit
tee is to inquire into the management of
the pension bureau. aud it is expected
that the facts disclosed will materially
modify the disposition of the American
public to put every suffers clerk and
coffee cooler on the pension roll. There
must be an end to this pension nom
sense some time; and this is an auspi-
cious period for the revival OF reason
able views in regard to the subject
Philadelphia Record. -,
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A TIME TO BUY

Just now is a favorable time for those
who are prepared to erect business
structures this season to contract for the
steel beams, as the prices are 25 per
cent lower than they were a month or
so ago. Possibly they may remain
down, but that is improbable. The
usual combination or trust had amonp
protected manufacturers has enabled
the rolling mills to fix their prices as
they desired. One of the largest of
them was the Pittsburg firm of which
CARNEGIE is the head. 1t has had a
disagreement with the other members
OF the combination, they not being will
ing to allow it as large share in the
pool as it demanded. 1t pulled ont
of the deal, and, in consequence.
prices of structural iron and steel
beams have gone down % per
cent. There is no cut-throat war
between the late members of the brok
en- trust. nor any intimation that their
goods are being sold at Improbable fig
ures. They are probably making legiti-
mate profits; consequently there is no
occasion to sympathize with them in
their temporary inability to add 25 per
cent to the reasonable rewards of their
business. Unless CARNEGIE has really
been gathering more millions thaE sc
can conveniently care for, it is to Is
presumed that his firm will soon accept
compromise and allow the prices to
the public to go upward 25 per cent, as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
FREE SILVER.

There is every indication that free
silver has been pocketed for the present
at leaSt.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Free coinage is dead in the senate
finance committee, and the probability
is that that body will pass an interna-
tional conference bill. - New York
World. @-ss.
The free coinage men in the house
are reported to be circulating petition
to the committee on rules requesting
that a time be set apart for the consid-
Grafton OF the bills of the com
mittee on coinage, weights and
measures for the free coinage of .Sil-
ver." Apparently. however. this de-
mand is nearly as gross deception as
the plea that free coinage would insure
observation-disclosures Tribune.
The apparent determination of the
riends of unlimited coinage of silver to
force bill through the house embody-
ing their ideas should not be looked
upon by the business men of Philadel-
phia as nothing more serious than a
false move on the part of the Demo
crat ic majority. That way lies danger.
Ignorant men. deluded men, designing
MEN and dishonest men of both parties
are inoculated with the free coinage
virus.-Philadelphi Record.
If the bill is what the dispatches rep
resent it to be. it is by far the worst of
its kind ever reported by committee
of the American congress. 1t is bill
not only to degrade the standard value
in this country one-third, more or less,
to produce contraction such as was
never before experienced, to create
panic ten times as disastrous as that of
1878, 10 rob every man who works for
wages, or who has few dollars in a
savings bank or an insurance policy on
his life, but it is bill to make the gov
eminent of the United States disgrace
fully recreant to sacred trust-tO make
it the meaneSt and most contemplate of
repudiators.- Chicago Herald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
"RATS."

Gov. Flower could scarcely have
raised more odor if he had said ''Musk-
rats. "-Philadelphia Record.
From latest advices it is gathered that
rats have been gnawing the Flower
presidential boom until there is but lit
tie of it lett.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Should Gov. Flower be nominated for
president by the Democrats the rat will
snpplant the rooster as the emblem of
that rganization.-St. Loui., Star Say
ings.
The governor of New York is now
known as RATS" p. Flower. The first
time he is personally addressed thus he
Will be apt to say, "Cheese it."-Colum-
bus journal.
Slang aside, there are plenty of in
stances which prove the truth of Gov.
Flowers saying: ''Rats! rats. a full
treasury breeds rats The United
States once had surplus Of Sl00. 600, 900.
The Republican rodents of the billion
dollar congress got at it, and where
once there was plenty there is now
hole.-New York World.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
WAY UP IN G.

If you want to make boy work with
out knowing it get him safety bicy-
cle.-Ram'S Horn.
1t must have put man in good spir-
its to see an old Bourbon make wry
face.-Yonkers Gazette.
All nations shall pull together for
good. which they cannot do i'll tugs of
war.-PIcayune.
The fellow just out of the lookup is
the fellow who thoroughly enjoys the
freedom of the city" -Columbus Post
1t is funny about the policeman-the
tougher the characters that go with him
the more highly we esteem him. Ell
mira Gazette.
The wasp is slender and graceful in
MS movements, but his attentions are
often too much to the point to be agree
able.-BinghamtOn Republican.
Men who start out to be loved for the
enemies they have made usually quit
business before they begin to realize on
the affection part of the investment
Washington Star.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

to rouse popular sentiment here in its
favor. But, as MIR. WAsHBURN points
out, the trouble is that it nowhere APP
pears that this is so. Before Minnesota
will consent to the project its methods
must be made public and clearly eX-
planned. Mr. FERNow does not conde-
scend to do this. The only thing he
does say is that the association wants to
have. an empire within our borders set
aside as national park and forestry
reservation. Butsuppose this should be
done, what would be the next step? The
promoters of the idea owe it to our peo-
pie to enlighten them on this point. If
their measure is practical one, and of
public utility, they can count OH the sup
port of the GLOBE and its intelligent
readers. But as long as it is envelOped
in darkness and mystery there will be
opposition. We cannot be expected to
approve of so important thing when
we do not understand it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
FORESTRY RESERVATIONS.

An Interesting controversy has been
waging for some months between the
Minneapolis newspapers and the bust
ness mems clubs of half dozen Mime
sofa cities on the one side, and the Amer
lean Forestry association on the OF her.
1t has all grown out of plan to create
national park and forestry reserva-
ton, so called, in the northern part of
this state. The first move was made
last winter. when a resolution passed
our legislature providing that tract
not less than 10000 acres should be set
aside for the purpose. This was fol-
lowed month or more ago by a petit
tion to the president of the United
States praying him to designate a
district including 100000 acresof pub
lie lands to be used in this way.
The project from the beginning had
excited opposition, because it see med
to mean that large part of our do
main should be permanently closed
to settlement and development. Six
million acres equals more than
5000 square miles, an area greater than
is embraced within the limits of many
of the states of the Union. The partic-
ular region under consideration con-
tains much mineral wealth, as we'll as
the most extensive forests and fertile
fields. If it is ultimately opened to gen.
eral entry and capital is turned towards
it. as would doubtless be the case, pro-
vlded nothing is done to interfere with
the natural course of events, it will be-
come the seat of teeming population,
and contribute with the strongest cur
rent to our power and resources. If, on
the other hand, it is converted into a
playground, while 1t may be pretty
enough to look at, it will add nothing to
the material prosperity of this common
wealth.
The controversy in this shape has
now been transferred to Kate Fields
Washington, where WILLIAM d. WASH
BURN Jr. presents the views of the Min
nesota lumber interest, and gives ths
objections to the project which have
been generally advanced by those
who would be most affected, should
it be consummated. Mr.. FERNow,
the president of the American
Forestry association, replies to his criti-
cism in a column of comment. He says
that the proposed reservation OF 6,OOO,-
900 acres has no relation whatever to
the Itasca park scheme. The ltasca
park scheme is state measure cover
ing state lands, and designed to create
state pleasure ground. The other
concerns lands owned by the United
States government, and aims at the
rational development of their resources,
and not at their withdrawal from use
and occupation. The programme of
his association, he states, is to save
forests from wanton destruction; to
bring them within reach of the markets
by encouraging railroad building; to
see that new growths are started where
the old ones have been cut; to prevent
the head waters of streams and rivers
from being denuded of their protecting
trees. and in general to do a hundred
very good things.
No one can find fault with any of
these intentions, and if the six-million-
| acre reservation is calculated to help in
| their realization it would be very easy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
EAT MORE AND DRINK LESS.


AT the time joined my regiment at Har-
per's Ferry Charlie was on the ground, and
had been for nearly six months At that time
Upton's Tactics was an unknown work to
me. didn't know the school of the soldier
from school of mackerel Charlie at once
perceived that the rudiments of military ETH
quette were TO me extremely rudimentary.
SO when a guard detail was made up one
/ evening in which 1 was to figure as lone
sentinel near mule pen, Charlie said:
You will go on guard over nine mules
near suffers shop who sells the worst
/, whisky i'll the Shenandoah valley. Conse-
quently the suffers shebang will be crowded
with officers at all hours of the day and
night. These shoulder-strap fellows are de-
cidedly punctlious. Whenever one or more
of them lounge around in your vicinity you
must salute, this way
Here he took my carbine and showed me
! the simple evolutioIls of present arms.
That's dead easy said
Perfectly. It doesn't cost you anything,
1 and does the officers lots of good
On being relieved from guard duty in the
: merning-by the bright light encountered
Charlie
How did you come OUT he inquired,
amy officers come around?''
''Oh, yes l saluted the first squad of them
just as you showed me. But they made
caustic remarks about my style of military
ettque tie
but you presented arms just as l Illus
trated the manual TO your
Exactly"
Singular. What did they say"'
Capt. Watterson was SPECIFICS for five
minutes. Then he turned to Col. Merrill and
said: Colonel, I was all through the Mex
icon, C.,,, Voo
Vista, Monterey and Vera Cruz Colonel.
d-n me, have been in the service since the
first battle of Bull RIM. 1 have seen some
raw recruits and fresh fish by the thousand
boys who didn't know boots and saddles
from the DOxology: but I'll be rammed,
slammed, jammed and ID if ever saw a
driveling idiot sit on the top rail of mule pen
aud salute the officer vfAhe grand rounds"
FosCo
Ward McAliister has cut down his society
circle from 400 TO $50. Another protesting
Cooper Union meeting is in order.
X
Just because Jim Blaine has written let
ter of defamation, Hon John M. Thurstou
absolutely refuses to give up SEQ posi-
ton as attorney for the Union Pacific rail
road and accept the latent possibility of a
nomination for vice president with an at
tendant salary of 5000. Mr.. Thurston wears
a large hat.
Perhaps after the Minneapolis convention
jerry Rusk's weather bureau may catch I'D
with the weather.
1t is evident to an unprejudiced observer
that John M. Thurstons vice-presdentiaI
boom has been telescoped by Gov. Merriam.
Gen. Russell A. Alger was bowled over SO
easily that the wonder is how he managed
to keep his pins through two nominating
conventions.
After Blaine, who?-Buffalo Express.
Nobody Had he been nominated, the
whole Democratic party would have been
after his lingo Jags with sharp stick.
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HE COULDN'T TELL a LIE.
Thought His Master Looked Like
Donkey.

fShO Ills MASTER LOOKeu Ink Q
Donkey.
Ieyton fitzboomeT, somewhat eff
terminate representative, by descent. Of
one of the oldest f. F. V.'s, desired. as
personal attendant. or valet; servant
who should be absolutely truthful, saws !
the New York Ledger. He had suffered
much from the prevaricating procliv-
ltles OF former menials. He at length
found III the person of Julius Caesar, a Z
youthful darkey from the interior. one
who promised to suit him. Julius de-
clared that he did not know how 10 lie,
and that lie would never try TO learn.
One day FitZboomer appeared, dressed
IN fashion most fetching. He was
bound on visit 10 some lady friend
Julius" said he to his new servant,
chow do look?"
"'Plendid. mas'rl 'Plendidn :
do YOU think I'll do to see the ladies,
Julius?'
lob course yo' will. GolIy, mas'r. [
nebber seed yo' look so fine b'fore in all
my born days. Hi! you look as bold as
a lionr'
"Why. julius what do you know
about lion? You never saw one"
"NebDer see lion. mas'r? Oh, Dress
you. yes. Don't Mas'r Dixon's niger
Jim ride one by here cherry mornin'?"
"Why-you fool that's donkey"
Cant help it mas'r. | don't know
how to tell lie. You look JUS like
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

before. Otherwise there would be q
waste OF the labor and expense of Sc
curing protective tariff so high as to
keep out the foreign articles, and af-
ford them full control of the
home market after they have
killed off or bought out all local
competition. Some are ill-natured
enough to. insinuate that, if they can
make fair profits at % per cent below
the prices the tariff enables them to
charge without getting in any manu-
features from abroad, the duties might
be cut down one-fourth without disaster
to their industry. But that is an illib-
eral view. What is a protective tariff
good for if it does not enable its beneti-
Charles to raise the prices of their goods
above the usual rates of ordinary bust
ness dependent on commercial princi-
pies alone?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14
BROKE HIS PLEDGE.
"A Storytelling Congressman Can
not Resist the Temptation.

"A storytelling Congressman Can
not Resist the Temptation.
John j. O'Neill. the congressman, de-
spite his high position, is guilty of hav-
ing made pledge and smashed it all in
the same day, says the st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
He dropped in yesterday to a place
where many of his friends are in the
habit of assembling.
Hello, John; got any 1892 stories to-
day?" he was asked.
NO. no. boys; don't ask me- This is
New Years, and I've made a resolution
to quit all that storytelling business"
oh. all right; when do you 20
away?"
Sunday"
Pretty tough job, moving the whole
outht to Washington, amt it?'
well. not so bad. 1t depends on the
way you look at it.. It's like the fellow
Grill Prather was telling about. He
was one of those plain. everyday Irish
men with good deal of WITT
The audience began to move away
one at time until the congressman
was talking to himself.
What the miscbief's the matter with
you fellows. anyway?'
whats that song you were giving
us about resolution?''
%" said the congressman, and de-
parted.
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Talman Stirring 1t Up.

Special to the Globe
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 13.--John Tall
man, of the Pioneer Press. who has
been furnishing news to the Duluth
Tribune during the past two years, in
stltuted supplementary proceedings
soon after the first mortgage sale of that
paper, and the latter was cited by the
court to appear at a certain time and
make disclosure as to its assets and liza
bllItieS. j he manager of the Tribune
paid no attention to the order. so today
an order TO show cause why the Trib-
une should not be declared in contempt
OF court was signed by Judge Baxter
The impression seems to prevail at the
Tribune office that the sale of the paper
to the. mortgagor liquidates all debts,
but Talman brought supplementary ac-
ton in order to see just how the land
lay. His bill against the Tribune is $3.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

THE mierobe for embolism has not
yet been found, unless KELLEY has it.
The attacked parties go away from
home and forget To return. The New
York Sun relates a case where man
went to the meat shop for his wife and
was seven years in getting back, and
then did not have the steak. One in
Chicago went to a banquet, and some
time later was found up to his neck in
swamp in Indiana. A Fargo man
turned up in Oregon and was gone six
months. That microbe should be
taken In.