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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12
other morning waiting for the cable c

other morning waiting for the cable car
to start up In order to get home. .
TELL you-felt bit scary on this
trip" observed one of the men, as he
knocked the ashes from his pipe and
glanced at the clock.
What was the matter. inspector on
the carp" asked one. Flat wheel?"
queried another. -
Worse than that. Forgot my red.
Left 1t In the office. First time ia six
months"
Where did you get yoursq" asked
the tall man with the sandy beard.
"Pve had it long time. Cub gave 1t
to me and he got it from the Fat
Nancy wreck" was the reply.
Just then the whirr of the cable be-
came audible in the clear morning air
and the mail-slinger made a RUIZ for the
avenue.
What's red?" was asked of clerk
who was still lounging in the room.
For reply he opened his valise and
drew out dingy red mall sack. 1t was
plain canvas pouch, such as Is used
for mail matter of the lower ella sses
and. save for the color, did not differ
from any one of the hundred thousand
or so that the government owns
"Once in a while we have little
smaSh-up, you KNOW" ne said, land
occasionally some Of the boys get hurt,
or worse. Our cars are pretty danger
Gus places in the event of an accident,
and il there IS any danger, why It's
usually felt most in the mail or express
car. 1t isn't often that they are seri :
Gus, but now and then one of the boys
gets Smashed, and then there is patur-
ally some blood around. and it gets on
the mail sacks. In the old days the
government very considerably used to
put such sacks out Of use, for you cant
get the stain out. Then some genius
conceived the notion of dyeing hem
red, but that only served to mark th g m.
Every business has its supersti-
tfons," he continued. land L guess we
are no exception, for some of US have
an idea that it Is lucky to have a red In
the car. l don't know why, I'm sure,
unless 1t Is on the principle that the
same sack will not be in two bad acct
dents. So when one comes our way we
freeze OIL to it, and try to Keep it handy.
"Of course" he continued, rather
shame-facedly, sit seems like queer
kind of feeling to have a reminder Of
that sort around, but it's all In the way
you look at 1t. aud there are lots OF
things just as foolish that other people
do"
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tour of about two months. They return
home In tlme Tor Tie CLIIs;m,s season.
honolulu Dancers

Honolulu Dancers
Miss Maude Hobson, the premiere
gaiety girl, has not decided whether she
will accept the offer of NJ. Marchand,
the proprietor of the Foltes Bergere,
Paris, TO perform real Honolulu
dance. supported by native women.
Miss HobSoJ was married to the late
Capt. Haley, of the Hussars, and went
with HIM 10 Honolulu, where
he became commander in chief
and prime minister. and she
acted in the capacity Of lady-iu- waiting
10 the QGeen. Consequent! Miss Hob
son has had every opportunity of study
ing the Hawaiian dance. She wished
to give one of them at the Prince of
Wales theater, but George Edwardes
would not give her the necessary per-
mission, saying that although he was
not prudlsh, he must draw the line at
Hawaii.
Henry Irving is spending fortnight's
holiday at Gailoch. on the west coast of
Scotland; Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Scott
have gone TO Switzerland, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Alexander are at Cromer.
An operetta by Signor Tosti, who was
recently appointed professor Of sing
Ing ut the Royal Academy of Music.
will shortly be performed before the
queen, under the direction OF the COM
poser himself. All the performers will
be members of the royal household, and
the operetta will be stage-managed by
Hon. Alec Yorke.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12

A man seeking death. knowing that he
will be punished if he fails. will take
extra pains and precautions TO make
death certain.
This law was born of superstition.
passed by thOughtlessness and enforced
by ignorance and cruelty.
When the house of life becomes a
prison, when the horizon has shrunk
and narrowed to cell, and when the
convict longs for the liberty of death,
why should the effort to escape be re-
garded as crime?
Of course, regard life from natural
point of view, do not take gods, heav-
ems and hells into account. NV hori-
z0n is the known, and my estimate of
life Is based upon what | know of life
here In this world. People should not
suffer for the sake Of supernatural be-
ingS or for other worlds or the hopes
and fears of some future state. Our
Joys, our sufferings and our duties are
here.
The law of New York about the at
tempt to commit suicide and the law as
TO divorces are about equal. Both are
ldlotic. Law cannot prevent suicide.
Those who have lost all fear Of death
care nothing for law and Its penalties.
Death Is liberty, absolute and eternal.
We should remember that nothing
happens but the natural. Back OF every
sdlcide and every attempt to commit
suicide is the natural and efficient cause.
Nothing happens by chance. In this
Werld the facts touch each other. There
is no space between - no room for
change. Given certain heart and
brain. certain conditions. and suicide is
the necessary result. If we wish to
prevent suicide we must change con-
ditions. We must by education, by
invention, by art by civilization, add
to the value of the average life.
We must cultivate the brain and
heart-do away with false pride and
false modesty. We must become gen.
erous enough to help our fellows with
out degrading them. We must make
ihdustry-useful WORK of all kinds -
honorable. We must mingle little af-
lection with our eharity-a little fellow
ship. We should allow those who have
sinned to really reform. We should not
think only of what the wicked have
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Scared.
Detroit Tribune

Detroit Tribune.
The clocks of the city were pointing
all the way from l :35 to 2:17 a. IN.
1t was. however, long past midnight.
who's there?" shrieked the woman
IN the brown stone house. upon which
the electric light was throwing a garish
glare as often as once an hour.
u am burglar!" responded the man
who stood beside her with pistol in his
hand.
Il know BETTER" she cried: "you
can't fool me. You are my husband"
Can nos convince you?" he falt-
cred.
Never! I'll teach you to come home
at this time"
In wild alright he fled.
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POSTAL CLERKS

Do Not Like to Handle Mail Bags
Which Have Been in Accidents.
Washington News
a group of railway postal clerks. just
in from run, stood in the transfer
Office at the Pennsylvania station the
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circumstances and conditions s some
times in the calm of judgment, some
tiues in PASSIONS storm and stress.
sometimes in whirl and tempest of in
sanity-ralse their hands against them.
selves and desperately put out the light
of life.
Those who attempt suicide should not
be punished. If they are insane they
should. If possible, be restored to rea,
son: if sane, they should be reasoned
with, Gained and assisted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12

WELDON GROSSMITH
As the New Boy,
At
The Vaudeville TheateE.
A Matchless Success.
Best Safety Matches
Made in Germany.
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IS SUICIDE A SIN !?
Col Robert G. Ingersoll
Writes a Letter on a
Timely Topic,
ALTHOUGH A NOVEL ONE.
The Wonder Is That So Many
Endure to the Natural
End.
LAW IS OF NO AVAIL.
The Statute Against Suicide,
He Says, Is Foolish and
Cruel.

1mpelled by the large num Der of
suicides In the past few months Col.
Robert g. 1ngersoll has written the fol-
lowing letter to the New York World:
do not know whether self-killing i 8
on the increase or not. If it is, then
there must be, OIL the average. more
sorrow. more failure, and. consequently,
more people are driven to despair. In
civilized life there is great struggle,
great competition, and many fail. To
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12
BASE DECEPTION.

Once met the dearest maiden
In the ocean-lovely girl
With complexion like the lily,
Flashing eyes and teeth of pearl.
And I lost my heart completely,
Said, All, lovely maid, he mine
Told her of my burning passion
Ere left the foamy brine.
Told her of my love-Great Heavensl
While the waves upon her beat
Hiding all the lower regions.
And her great enormous feet.
When saw them in the sandals
Flowing on the sandy shore
'Lack-a-day' heart was broken
To recoYer-neyermore
Henry Lippincott.
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; :4;; SCHUNEMAN & EVANS! #% rs,
DRIVING OUT SUFFER- GOODS

More and greater reductions to reportW1l get
through cutting prces?Not until the stock is
OF the wayTomorrows Special Sales strike home
OF you-suppy want-satisfy ne ed-and save.-Goo1
goodsNobodys Mistakes nobodys leavng but fres and
fashionable goods offered such riculousy low
prlcesThis will go down commercial history
as remarkable in which the rights of quality
overthrown and low prices held sway.
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Base Ball Sunday.

Aug. 18th. at White Bear Lake. Mime.
apolis vs.. Kansas City. Round trim
rate. 25 cents. Trains from Union
Depot.
The evening world., 1894-06-23

follow them as best It could and by
slow perseverance master new tunes.
But when the new tunes came to be sung
could not Join in singing them. and
every now and then even the choir
would get the tune into such hopeless
tangle that II broke down. and left Mr.:
Gran to finish verse by himself as II
he were performing solo with harmo-
mum accompanim iment.
John had such a paternal interest in
the choir that far from feeling any mali
cious Joy In his successors difficulties.
the Unsatisfactory state OF affairs was
honestly a great trouble to him. But
what could he do? They would not let
knew how II fretted and worried him; he
was not proud enough 70 cloak his hu-
initiation In offended silence. but gave
nity' nnty sure al always u the @ sympathy Of his
hearers. But all his old ardor had been
severely checked he did not take such
hearty pleasure In the sunday services
as he had taken formerly, and by de-
Rrees became less regular In his attend
ance until he left of coming OF an even
Ing almost entirely.
there Just as the last hymn was being
sung. man came hurrying along the
aisle into the choir, checked Mr. Gran,
brought him suddenly down from top
note. and whispered hastily In his ear.
The choir went on singing, tbs, organ
went on playing. but Mr.. Gran dropped
his mn-book, and, without waiting
for his hat. rushed with white, terror.
stricken face down the aisle. and out OF
the chapel, like man suddenly gone
mad Mrs. Gran started from her pew
and called TO him as he passed, but he
was gone as II he had not heard her.
once in the street, Mr.. Gran redoubled
his speed, and ran as he never ran in
his lie before. The messenger could
scarcely keep pace with him;
Have - they -got-my - little - girl
out?" Mr.. Gran painted. hoarseiy.
Dunno" responded the messenger.
They overlook and passed others run
ming in the same direction; soon they
could hear a confused uproar on ahead
OF them, and. suddenly turning n corner.
house, which was nothing now. so far
as they could see. but a black mass OF
wreathing smoke. with n lurid heart of
fire.
In moment Mr.. Gran was pushing
strangely silent. gazing up into the
smoke. He saw at glance hysterical
servant girl standing among them.
wringing her hands and looking up with
the rest, and srasped her arm ana
"Eme? whsrc is Emer' he shouted,
wildly
"Oh. sirr' cried the girl in helpless
terror, I'D put her to sed upstairs,
He was gone; he had his latchkey out
Of his pocket and dashed wildly under
that choking canopA OF smoke, and up
the few steps TO the front door But
At the same instant an inartlculate roar
burst from the entire crowd. three or
him and dragged him back by main
force. shouting frantically; shes here!
Hs's sot heri Aurrah, Look! There he
10! Hurahl
The evening world., 1894-06-23

Mr.. Gran, impatlently i've heard ali
the best singers In the world. male and
fftmIIaie 1d.tsuSs and such singing as HIS sir
keen M ,;,ssn sss for music NJ like NJ myself" said
s!ss i is* sssrrSsfss sss Ssfs; ys PSs
Owe must have that choir reformed,
sir; half Of it cant sing, And 1t must
why not lead IT yourself. Mr., Grar.
leader than yourself"
era Me tS.y SSna coda dH it. nos s replied Mr.
man."
80 "Bsttsr7 err, Where are they going to find
"Well, anyhow. " cried Nj. Graf as
they parted. you call for me tomorrow
evening. and wen go and see Mr., Mutt
about It, Good night. uncommonly in
eEsnT se hs ws aier inat NJ MH Mn he had
them: knows vocal talent when he hears
It,. Keen hearing. He picked out. my
voice right across the building, my dear:
round to see who II was. Very clever
He went with Mr, M!fln on the follow;
them the aSi aifabiy in in his Bis neat little study
sit down, gentlemen" he said. beam
ing upon them through his spectalces
.d hardly expected visitors this evening
NO, sir" replied Mr.; Gran. solemnly,
and see you about little matter con-
nected with the choir" ,..
..N6,s SYesT said said Mr.; tonSy' M%tt' inauir'nsy'
He had a horror OF anything going
wrong. He was an easy going, quet,
good man, whose chief fault was an
over-anxiety to please everybody. He
was gentle and Supersensitive to such an
extent that he Would pubup. with almost
feelings with unpalatable truths II was
not positively his luty to utter.
We'll 1t Is something wrong" an
"Yes?'' said Mr.. Mutt again. inaurirgly.
Yes. It's about Mr.. Wicks's singing,
sir" pursued Mr.; Graff decisively; "and
"wrongT' SAID Mr., Mutt uneasny.
Yes. Isn't right note in II, sir.
What do you say. Mr.. Mirin?" cried Mr..
Mr.. Minin said he was afraid 1t was
bad" calculated Mr., Gran. "I never
heard anything worse. Never. 1t is
s%PS mpPoS.' 'fSSskef SSt Is ne.ry ht to say It's
marked the minister feebiy.
"oh. It isn't him. II his voice was az
good as he is-but 1t isn't: Hes got no
YOice1nonS n;,rS, a. all sir; He .n SSnt sing
lead that choir any longer. It-well, it's
Hes fond Of hx work. He does his
best, Mr.. Gran. And he is really an
ors All 8sss a8Ssi does srisS nS. Mt so
choirs. He's good man, but has he got
The evening world., 1894-06-23

The whole crowd was simply crying
and. sobbing and shouting all together.
And looking UP. dazed and bewildered.
man coming down a ladder through that
binding suffocating smoke with lit
tie child In his arms. Before the man
had reached the ground Mr.; Nj, Graf h,1
rushed forward, snatched the child into
his own arms, and held 1t close, as II
he could not assure himself even yet
swarmed down upon the rescuer. cheer
Ing and making frantic grabs at him.
II he had had hundred hands every
man In the crowd would have have shaken pSsn
would not let him get away; they
pressed about him. and would not leave
him alone. His face was all blackened
scorched by the fire. but they knew him :
they knew him In spite 81 all. God bless
him! 1t was John Wicks, And the
crowd rolled on before him; as he went
chsering and grasping his hand until at
last he escaped into his own house and
shut the door on them. Then they ran
back to the scene OF the fire. and found
the Are engine hard at work and the fire.
escape just arriving.
Early next morning. soon after John
had opened his shop. Mr. Gran came
quietly in, looking nervous and depressed
His old. blatant self-assurance seemed 70
have quite failed him: he shook John
hand warmly, and seemed as ne
wanted to say somethins, and did not
the awkward silence. said how sorry
he was for the great loss Mr., Gran must
have suffered by the fire. when Mr.. Grait
"Ali I insured" % ne said. with an eff
fort; don't matter n bit. 'Tisn't that
ST. Mr.. w!cks," he continued 6rokenly,:
oLr-only one, sir. and -
He gave 1t up, He dropped his arms
on the counter, and ma his race ~ mem m
hear. John did not know what TO do;
lie ran his fingers through his singed
hair and stammered awkwardly that II
Was all right AMI didn't matter, when
himself. He stood upright, cleared his
throat. vigorously, began to say some
thing, stopped, leaned across the counter
aid grasped Johns hand again, huskily
calculating: t" God bless, bless you! y %na M
shop. Two days after ne came in again;
but this time he had got himself well
under control He spoke with his old
self-confidence, his old air Of imperative
decision. And having thanked John In
his little ones lie, he continued;
me ca favor. Mr.. Wicks. l am too much
upset to attend to the choir at present !;
In fact. between ourselves, ! can make
nothing q II, Knew ! couldn't i before ,S S,d !
try II; and I've tried II and failed sir,
and / know OF no ono so capable OF
leading II as yourself. You leo II sue,
sessfully before; WI yoS; as vs,I a personal
But / thought" said John. lnnoesnt-
tSousSt i R Rsd.f had no voice. sif,,' -
''Ale7 Not me. Oh. no. cried Ar.
The evening world., 1894-06-23

a good voice7"
than a good voicS," observed the minis,
''"rhe thing Is. does he understand
MOI" calculated Mr.. MlHn emphatic
mo" echoed Mr., Gran. hes got nc
voice and no ear He can't sing himself
and he's got people in the choir who
can't sing either. They shout sir; they
don't sing Now' sir; we want to get a
and we came to suggest that you should
see Mr.. Wicks and explain to him in
your own perfectly friendly manner that
credit for starting the choir. but he
shouldn't try to do more than he can
The minister still vaguely and uneasily
Wicks was doing his best, and was
he was beaten; he was weak and anx'
ious to please. and yielded at last 70 the
only ask hg, resignedly, who would take
Mr.. Wicks's place If ne resigned.
The best man we can find. SIR" said
clared Mr.. Miiiin, he Is a clever vocal,
list, capable choir master-a
Mr.. Gran demurred. He said NO
Miffin knew what he meant, and would
not listen to a refusal he artfully con
trived 10 draw the minister into the
discussion and, out of mere politene&
and a nervous desire to be agreeable
Mr.. Mutt hesitatingly uttered an ap-
proval OF Mr.. Mifin's suggestion.
THAT settles II then" cried Mr.. Graf
'If you wish 1t. sir. of course / Will
undertake the post. And you may rely
upon 1t shall do my best
proachsd Himself with his own weak,
ness. He had not desired the altera-
ton, and yet somehow he had not only
consented to ask John Wicks TO resign,
Graf to take Johns place. He lay
awake at night worrying over It, but he
had not courage TO undo what he had
done, and for two days he had not even
GioppraSe to go and explain matters ma TO 70
must put It off no longer, for that even
ing tho choir met for practice, So he
called ut Johns shop in the afternoon,
and found him alone behind the counter
pound packets; his usual genial buoy
ancy seemed to have quite deserted him,
and he shook hands with the minister
without saying word.
"Well John" said Mr.. Mutt, nervously,
"yUa-yos DON'T asrSn seem quite up to v6nS SnS
II met Mr.. Mihin yesterday. SIR" John
burst forth impetuous!y, and he said
you wanted me to resign, and-and"-,,
He could hardly control his voice, and
there were foolish tears coming into his
big round eyes "and he said you wanted
Mr.. Graff TO lead the choir. I've led II,
sir, these seven years. You never told
me you 5USn aiSn' Ne Ne my my 'tys G.si 9chn fa
tered the minister. You see
He said you thought I'd got no voice.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
II never said so. john
What's the matter with my singing.

=, What's the matter with my singing.
hut "Npth'ns fMy9s ss.,sevy John Very good singing
y thought you ed my singing. sir?..
II do. John. ! do. indeed. should
ss og yep yGes YaS sns In ss MIR ali yoS %Sre
and I hope ,you'll go on singing still. II
mo. feel as u l couldn't, sir. i feel;
enough for one part Of the chapel, 1t Isn't
good enough for another. feel fits a
sort Of disgrace !!ke sir; l shall still
He looked so utterly miserable. with
the tears standing in his wide, troubled
eyes. and his lips quivering, that the
minister took his hand and said what he
fully understand that II was not his wish
that he should leave the choir, but the
wish OF those musical experts, MI Graf
matters could hardly be disputed; Al
the same time he threw out indefinite
hints that the alteration might be only
temporary, and that before long John
the choir again. Then he Tried to turn
the conversation onto the general topics,
but could not do 1t successfully, and
presently invented an excuse to hurry
away, and hurried away full OF self
reproaches and regret.
And next Sunday the new order OF
things came into operation. Mr.. Gran
cad Q well-trained voice. and certainly
led the choir as It never had been led
before. John sat among the congrega-
tlon with his mother. but he did not sins.
How could he after what had been said
OF him? He was ashamed OF his own
voice, and stood there silent and detected.
The older members of the congregation
and many OF the younger sympa athile ed
with him. and felt that he had been un-
fairly dealt with. and did not hesitate TO
say so. Some OF them during the next
few days wayiaid the minister and spoke
to him about It in such reproachful terms
that he was reduced TO EAking rambling
excuses for his own share In the trans
action, and vague promises that he would
see what could be done, He was q con-
tiuenced. and he had 10 suffer on all
hands for his weakness. He felt that he
had acted wrongly. but did not see how
he was to nut matters right again now
Githout q lot more unPleasaIntness: Every
pulpit he could see John there in his pew
looking hurt and. downcast, Joining In
none OF the hymns and taking but little
interest in the whole service. He missed
o6 10Gn ,s, y9lGe nS ,9o missed it,
mute the singing had lost all its inspir-
Ing hcartiness. and the choir had become
merely piece OF mec1an!Sn.
For. you see, John did not understand
used 10 sing only the tunes that every
body knew, ana thnt all the congrcga-
ton could Join In singing with immense
Fusto and enjoyment, But Mr.. Gran set
himself TO improve all this. He reorgan-
ized the choir, but still he could not get
who were able to read music. So he had
q choir meeting three times q week for
practice, at which he would sing and Mr..
MINI would play. and the choir would