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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

written. Mr.. Stoddard is one of the few
men living who could do for this inky
territory what Fitzgerald Molloy did for
Fleet street-and do it better. He was
one of the old set of contributors to the
Knickerbocker. back in the sos, and
has been in the journalistic harness
ever since. He was one of the family
of poets that included Bayard Taylor,
Walt Whitman and Edgar Poe.
Do you remember the poem Brown
Ing wrote OH the man who had once
seen Shelley? | never see Mr.. Stoddard
prOwling about Park Row in his short
sighted way, under a shocking bad hat,
without something of the same sense of
wonder-did you really hoD-and-nob
with Poe, drink with him, lend him
ture got its inspiration in Pfaff's smoky
beer-ceIlar seem far away to this gener-
alton and as legendary as FitZjameS
O'Brien.
He is still sturdy old man, this poet,
essayist, critic and friend of poets. He
is in his siXty-nlnth year, but has es-
caped the worst part of old age-groW-
Ing old His hair is white and the
lower part of his face is hidden in a
white brush of beard, but there is still
a deal of youth at the bottom of his INK
well. Like almost all the poets whose
fame was wen in the early part of the
century, he had clear head and good
sound body. When he was a Young
man he worked in an iron foundry,
and there are legends still told of his
extraordinary strength. Now he is a
ruddy-faced, near-sighted, STOPPING old
man, with a hesitatIng step and a neg
ligence III dress which makes him
noteworthy even in Park row. He is
the last man one would take to be the
poet of those haunting lyrics, redolent
of violets and youth and spring. He is
on the staff of an afternoon newspaper,
and works as hard as the youngest
reporter. He smokes corn-cob pipe
and tells good stories = good, virile,
Iaughworthy anecdotes, not designed for
little children.
He is one of the few poets whose mar
i RED life has been ideal. Over; forty
years ago he married Miss Elizabeth
BarstOw, who was belle in those days,
and is the authOress of many charming
poems of valid beauty. The Stoddards
live In East Fifteenth street-pleasant,
old-fashioned part of the city, covering
the old Stuyvesant farm.
An evening with MIR. Stoddard over
the papers and books in his library is
more than Liberal education;" it is a
degree i'll Letters and humanities.
VANCE THOMPSON.
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lolanthe." He was the central figure
of 1.-The Mascot" but again he failed.
He tried a season on the road, pursued
everywhere by duns. He was bounded
right and left. His manager had to
jump acrobatically through windows
to escape importunate creditors. The
tour was one of the most disas-
trous things known. Poor Dixey was
simply spat upon by the public that bad
kissed and careSsed him. Then he tried
bold experiment. He hated "Adonis,"
but he revived it at the Casino. The old
name drew for time. Folks took the
children that had grown up in the last
seven years to see their old favorite. :.
But the public taste had changed.
"Adonis' drew for time; then it
smashed itself into smithereens, and
Dixey went out of town under man
agement at which he would not have
looked in former days.
His career has been a curious eXa M
pie of the cruelty and persistent tickle
ness of the public. Now he has re-
turned to his old manager, E. E. Rice,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

to New York wiser and sadder man.
He tried new production, 1.-The Seven
Ages" but although he was excellent
in it, the public would not have him.
They wanted the inanity of "Adonis."
and they did not get it in 1.-The Seven
Ages"
Then he tried Legitimate" farce with
Charles Frohman. He played in 1.-THE
Solicitor" and 1.-The Man With Hun
dred Heads" and admirable he was.
too. The public still cried out for imam
ity, and Dixey was a dismal failure.
The aduIation to which he had grown
accustomed was succeeded by impolite
indifference = the Indifference that
yawns and chafes. Charles Frohman
relinquished him, and he went
over to Harry Askin. who placed him in a
comic opera setting at Palmer's theater.
He appeared as Bunthorne in "Pa-
tience," as the Lord Chancellor in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31


on that occasion as superb ruin. I
listened to the descriptions of her past
beauty and power with a saddencd in
terost.
That she had been "the rage" at one
time could we'll believe. But the rose S
and raptures OF pleasure"had formed too
great part of her life! She had lived
too intensely. and so the end was near.
That was what everybody said, and 1t
seemed true.
Yet here, after eight years, we find
her In new play, younger, more beau
tiful, and with an added power and
charm,; a more subtle actress and more
fascinating woman than ever before.
Some body whispers to me that happy
love marriage, that wonderful elixir of
youth, has brought it.all about.
Delightful little stories are told of the
reality of this union-the rich aftermath
which she is gathering after a diSaS
trous harvest. One likes to think them
true-and TO believe that the storm
tossed heart of this gifted artist is at
last anchored in an enduring love.
One likes to see, too, that woman is
capable of rebuilding her youth, her
beauty, her talents and her career on
what the world has seemed to consider
|. the ruin of all these; and to compel that
|. world to recrown her with fresh Iaurels,
as Rose Coghlan has done.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

RICHARD CROKER. poses to rake
Mr.. Croker and his Tammany cohorts
fore and aft. Not only will all
sorts of legislation inimical to Tam
many Hall be started, but there is
evidence that strong investiga-
ing committee may endeavor to over
turn the various Tammany departments
in this city. Mr.. Croker processes to
feel no alarm at this state of affairs;
indeed, he is on record as saying that
he will welcome any investigation.
Heretofore Investigations of the Tam
many methods in this city have not
proven of much account either TO the
investigators or the investigated. What
worries Mr.. Croker more than the COM
Ing investigation is the large element of
disgruntled men i'll Tammany hall who
are opposing his one-man rule in that
most powerful organization. These
men have seen Mr.. Croker become all
powerful almost in the twinklIng of an
eye. They have seen him rise from an
unimportant leader of ward district to
the most powerful political potentate
that even New York has ever known.
They have noticed, with increasing sur
prise. how everything he touches turns
to gold; indeed, he seems 10 be gifted
with the touch of Midas, and, from a
poor man living in a tenement apart
ment to millionaire living III a palace.
his step SO dazzling in its movement as
to make other men wonder why they
might not succeed as well if Croker
were only out of the way.
The opposition to Croker in Tammany
Hall is well organic d. The men who
are leading the movement as yet speak
In whispers, but they will come from
under cover in due season and give the
great chief battle royal. This bids
fair to be more interesting to the stu
dent of politics tnan any political quar-
rel that has been waged here for some
time. Croker is known as a hard hitter
The men who propose to overthrow him
are alert, positive and courageous fight
erS.
The Republican leaders look on with
the same interest that spectator does
at tug of war when both sides are
evenly matched. They not only hope
to overthrow the Tammauy ticket in
New York city next November, but they
speak hopefully of eIecting Repub-
Gcan governor as well. 1t is just posi-
bic that these gentlemen may be count
Ing chickens before they are Matched,
but there is no installing the fact that
the fight against Croker in Tammany
Hall will be waged with relentless fury
from this hour. Croker may be able to
stave off the struggle, but the disinter-
eSted spectator thinks this does not
seem possible. 1t looks as though he
would be driven out of Tammany Hall
within tWelvemonth.
FOSTER COATES.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

sixty years. He walks every afternoon,
winter or summer. but now his strolls
are short and leisurely ones. When he
was young man in Scotland he often
walked sixty miles a day and
thought nothing Of it. Not long
since his son made him present
of coach and team, and he uses them
now and then. Ills wife, who is seven
years his Junior, is his loving and con-
slant attendant, and carefully guards
him against all chance of harm or an
noyance, while the good doctor sincerely
appreciates her kindly offices and never
tires of sounding her praises whenever
opportunity offers.
The one thing in which DR.. McCosh
takes the greatest photographer even
than in the work he has done for
Princeton, is the fact that all of his
books have yielded him profit. He is
especially proud of the fact that his
royalties last year amounted to several
hundred dollars. So it will be seen
that in the hands of thrifty Scotch
man even abstract philosophy can he
made to pay. RUFUS Il. WILSON.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
r. H. s1oDDARD,s OLD AGE.
The last of that rare fellowship of

The last of that rare fellowship of
poets that made the early literature of
this country is Richard Henry Stoddard.
For the last forty years he has been
familiar figure in Newspaper Row."
Old country writers go to Fleet street
as inevitably as the toy duck goes to the
magnetized needle. In this country
the men in whose blood is the virus of
printers ink gravitate sooner or later to
Park row. tits not much of a street. 1t
begins bravely enough at Broadway,
only to lose itself in the worst part of
the Bowery, where they do such things.
But 1t has history which should be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
Too Much Happiness.

chicago RECORD. -
Madam" SAID the prospective
boarder, timldly, do you have any little
boys in the house?"
'No, sir" SAID the lady who had adj
yertised for a ledger.
mo piano?"
mo, SIR"
you don't serve stews very often?"
mo"
~ ell, madam. and the young mans
voice sunk to a whisper as his face
flushed, do you serve-stewed prunes
at each meal?'
/ No"
"Then, madam" said the youth as he
turned away with sigh" "then l can
not be your guest. feel that ain not
worthy Of it."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

is only when his psychologist detective
methods. have succeeded in uniting
all the various lines leading up to
"a general clew and when he
has, SO to speak, traced a crime through
all Its .ramifications to his own satisfac-
ton that he "opens up" to the press;
then, when the newspaper men are no
titled that the superintendent will talk
with them, they know there is good
STORY in the wind.
1t would be difficult to describe his
method of story telling other than to
say that it is full of incidents, episodes
and passages all finally pointing through
a single inevitable conclusion that one
is strongly reminded of Poe's Goldberg
story. In telling his stories, moreover,
/ it must not be imagined that he draws
from imagination; on the contrary, his
special detective, Tim Golden, who
practically acts as secretary to the
superintendent, usually sits inside
ready with the official documents in the
shape of documents. affidavitS and court
records to clinch with day, date and
circumstances such statement as the
superintendent desires to emphasize.
One of Byrnes' peculiar hobbies has
been the collection of live criminal rec
ords of which he has such an aggrega-
ton as would appall the ordinary col
Iector. The result is that when he
wishes to throw out drag net for a
haul he rarely makes mistake.
As might be expected Supt. Byrnes
has been made target of good many
! attacks of different kinds, some of them
particularly unjust.s He has been &C
cused of becoming suddenly rich, the
Implication being that ne has used
his official position to acquire
wealth. The truth is that out
of very moderate income which
! has been uninterrupted for years
: he has saved enough to make some Or
! binary profitable investments in real
estate, but he is not in any sense spec
/ ulator. His city house on the West
| side down town Is by no means stylish
i residence, and he owns, or did lately, a
i summer home at Far Rockaway, where
i he goes every year with his family.
i Lone of the rarest and most lovable
| features of Tom Byrnes' character is
] his kindness and consideration for those
! who have taken the first step in crime.
| While he can be severe enough with old
F.! and persistent offenders he has been
known time and again to hold out the
| resculng hand to the young law breaker
and to set his feet again on the path OF
| honesty and rectitude. There are many
| ElensinNeW@Yor DIRK and other cities who
Tara out. of Jail and leading free aud hon.
! orable lives today through the kind,
ness OF ..geoti-heartedT and sympathetic
Tom Bvriies.s EBEN CLAYTON.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
FIRE SALE OF
Blankets Confortables

and success will probably be his soncs
more. To some extent he deserves suer
cess. He is a thorough artist, and lie
tried to lit himself into the higher
channels of amusement purveying. His
failure was due to the public stupiditys
He had made his fame as buffoon, and
the public wanted to see him thus. =
ALAN DALE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
reached the end of her career, the as
sertion seemed to force the result.

w oilldH udu no
power to live
down o u blic
opinion.
But this is no
1 o n er true.
F u lily Ell G h t
years ago l
h card r o S e
.Coghlan spoken
of as one of the
"has beens." [
saw her at that
time in a play
which perhaps
lent weight to
those comments.
She impressed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
HEAD OF NEW YORK POLICE.
Should Superintendent Byrnes be
forced out through the eXigenIieS of

local politics,
n e W 7 DIRK
will miss one
of the most re-
markable and
vigorous per-
sonali t lie s it
has known in.
a generation.
None of his
spredecess orS
brought t he
lpolice force
up to the same
sta Il d ard of
efficiency, and
h a d it n d t
been for the
intarnne0dlinC
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

pinnacle and
worships him;
then it tears
down the pin
n a Gle a n d
jumps upon
t h e m a n"
Ut h ere was
much bitter
ness in Dix
ey's tones, for,
Though he did
not say so, he
was speaking
of himself. He
was the man
upon the pin
nacle, whom
the nuhlio Lad
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
DIR. M,oosH AT EIGHTY-rwo.

A friend of mine who recently spent
a morning with DR.. McCosh at Prince
ton gives me some interesting details of
the manner in which this grand old man
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

ton. The lead
erShip of Tam
M a n y Hall
makes him the
most powerful
man in politics
in this country.
but his very
success is also
the element of
his gre a t e S t
weakness.
The Republi-
can legislature,
soon to meet In
Albany, pro-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
FIRE SALE OF
MEMS FURNISHINGS.

Mems Natural Gray Cancels Hair and goo
Merino Under Shirts and Drawers, GOV
heavy weight; Powers Prices. csc
and 75c; Fire SAFE Price. -, Each
Mems Extra Heavy Ribbed Wool I'm
der Shirts and Drawers. natural EOo
gray: Powers Price, SL00; Fire cav
Sale Price ............ ...... 80. Each
DR.. Wrights Fine Fleeced Under 7Eo
Shirts and Drawers; Powers Price, GU
Sl.00: Fire Sale Price ................ Each
Mems All-Wool Medicated Scarlet QOo
Under Shirts and Drawers; Powers OOS
Price, 81. 25; Fire Sale Price . Each
Mems japanese Silk Handkerchiefs, OOo
plain white or with printed borders AOC
Powers Price soc; Fire Sale Price. Each
Mems Cashmere Muf1ers; Powers OOo
Price. soc; Fire Sale Price ......... AOO
Each
Mems Plain White and Printed Bor-
der Hemstitched Handkerchefs; Ro
: Powers Prices, 12Iaesand l5e each; w
Fire Sale Price -. .........!...... Each
Mems Ties-Tecks. Four-in-Hopds fEo
and Putfs; Powers Prices. 25c, SOC LOU
and soc each; Fire Sale Price,. Each
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
FIRE SALE OF
DRESS GOODS.

Having purchased from the Powers Dry Goods Co. the
Cream of their large Dress Goods stock will Offer COM
mencng Tuesday morning the grande of genuine bar
heard of in the Northwest This is indeed time
liberal buyng the values have had precedent in the
history of Twin City merchandising The goods nearly
all perfect the damage having been done principally to the
papers in which the goods wrapped.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
spending his sunset days. He is now
eighty-two. and though the mind is still

C | e a r, the
body d a j | y
grows feebler
ana the end
may come at
any time. He
still writes a
little, but only
a little, and a
b o o k II o w
p a S S / n &
luIOuSu u ii Z
press will be,
he says, his
last word to
the public. to
which he has
been speak
Ing more or
less regularly
n ma
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
RET URN OF ROSE ooGHLAN.

Thissis certainly ''woman's century,"
In elden times. when the world began
to Bay for any cause that woman had
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
DIXEY's ACKNOWLEDGMENT

"The public is a cruel and merciless
affair."" said Henry E. Dixey to me a
short time ago. at sets a man unon a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
Sensational Sale
of Boys Suits.

The Powers Dry Goods Co.
had no Boys Suits, but in or
der that our Clothing Depart
ment may not be sighted, we
shall offer during the great
Fire Sale:
Your choice of all of our BOYS
SUITS which sell regularly at
500, $3.50. $500, $780, $500
so and SS00-tor ages 10 IA Cd. M
for only. QF.OU
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
OUR COMPOSITE LETTER.
TROUBL0US TIMES AHEAD FOR TAM
MAHY'S CHIEF.
CROKER AND HIS ENEMIES.
Men Are Plotting Day and Night
for His Overthrow-The Check
cred Career Of Henry Il. Dixey
"A Glance at superintendent
Byrnes-Two Famous Men in
Their Old Age.
Correspondence of the Globe.
Copyrighted. ]

NEW YORK, Dec. est looks very
much as though Richard Croker was
going to have hard time of it within
the next few months. The big chief of
the Tammany society is beset by foes
within and foes without the organiza-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
FIRE SALE OF
FINE LINENS.

100000 worth OF Housekeeping Linens, signify
damaged by water during the fire the PoaOerS
Dry Goods Comlbamys (the goods suffi-
GENTLY to njure them in the east will go in the Fire
Sale at rdiculously low prices
INT Heavy
~A0A - Powers
fH Fine German Cream Damask patterns Z5n
E,ET Heavy
5 1ss VIII f o SGsa quality Power" Price was 62c
TIT 72inch Fine Bleached 71o
- lent value al S1OO; Fire Sale
LOT ss1s2 pGs S: Fire Sale sPa Napkins
LOT @ fa Fire g Sale fss Napkins
TIT 100 dozen ALL Price, I'M
T,fGT 500 dozen Assorted
LIZA "
Powers o eachy
I'M 0500O ALL
The above only few of the many great bargains that
we shall offer in this department, commencing Tuesday
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
CIOakS and FurS
At Fire Sale Prices.

These goods were not bought from the Powers Dry
Goods Co. but they will during the great Fire Sale
genuine Fire Sale Prices
Our s6.5O Cloth Jackets ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $1,000
Our $500 Chincha Jackets for lS.95
Our %. so Plush Sacques for. 1850
Our $500 Plush Sacques for 1850
Our $500 Plush Sacques for. 80
Our 5000 Astrakhan Fur Sacques for. 80
Our 4750 Astrakhan Fur Jackets for. $3.50
Our 1900 Jackets (ast seasons styles for. 500
Our 500 Baby ClOaks for 3.9S
Our 1850 Cloaks for Children for. 6.9S
Our 1000 Cloaks for Children for Cos
Our 500 AstIakhan Fur Mutfs for. 315
Our 800 Electric Seal Mutfs down bed)... 200
50 Handsome Jackets just receved-every different
sample line comprising the very latest styles-bousht
at haf-price Will go on sale for the first time Tuesday
morning at less than half-price
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31

30, UUU.UU Stock recently by water will 60 sale tuesday
about do The stock mostly good condition.
goods
damage the boxes and which the goods
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
NOTE A FEW OF The MANY LOTS AND PRICES

Cancels Mixtures
es @ dam Csc
T Scotch Plaid Serges combinations all coo 2Qc
Fine Al1Vool Whip
$780, sale SG s:e Fedora Cloth serse wholesale price e SOC
T 49, and 44nch Imported Empress Cloths Whip Cords
retail
LOT Fsas, Wholesale 9s bss made Ger CSC
sn nss vyE pss @ ds ss sE s. S9c
lot Sir Rps re- ss Henrietta Pow c
SikWarp
AOA Powers Wholesale Price Sl75: ~AAo
Other lines of Plain and Fancy Black and Coored Dress
Goods will Fire Sale much lower than have
been heard of in this section of the country
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-31
Fire Sale of

Innings
Will also go at Fire-Sa1e
Prices.
Gray Silesia, 12I2c quality for. Sc Yd.
Crinolines, Ice quality for -. =. &c Nd.
Doubie-Face Fancy Silesias, Csc
Black Double-Face Fancy Sile-
sias for ;.......: I5c I'd.
Cambrics at 2lsc, 3I2c and sc yard.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-02

The gypsies know nothing whatever of
heaven or Il future state of rest for the
righteous dead. their vocabulary having
40 word that conforms with our words
paradise" .heaven." "beautif.l city"
etc. They know Of a god which they
call "devel" and of a devil called beng "
Beng has a home. or an abiding place.
called '.bengipe." but their s~'levei.' or
god. hath not where to lay his head
and is only recognized rs Il wandering
spirit floating about in the upper regions
Of the air. They have IA mortal terror
of both beng and ''devel." but this
does not prevent them from ~cursing both
god and devil whenever anything goes
wrong.
They believe beng to be much sn
perier TO the ''devei," not only III point
of physical proportions, but in his powers
over the world and the human race. as
well as in lis greater intellectually
.'Devel" can be exercised with pure cold
water. but beng viii take nothing
short Of brandy or wine. Edgar Wake
nan and other experts in gypsy lore be.
lieye that they We're the original fire wor
Slippers. and cite many facts to prove the
correctness of their conclusions.-St
Louis Republic.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-02
A s7iser'S Last Wish.

A Greek died in the small town of
Caracal, having always lived on the
aims of his compatriots. Before dying
he made his wife swear that she would
bury him in the dirty old overcoat which
ne Wore every day. The poor woman
had to ask the Greeks of Caracal to help
her to provide the costs of the funeral
A good hearted Greek went to see her in
her affection. and pointing to the body
said he would give her a better coat to
bury the ma in. Then she told him of
the dead mans last wish. The Greek
whose suspicious We're awakened. told
her that she should certainly not part
with the body before she had well exam.
iEed the coat. for there must be some
particular reason for the request. The
widow unpicked the lining of the over.
coat and found 3 . 900 francs III bank
notes which the miser wished to take
into the grave with him.-yienna Cor
London News.