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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
LORD ROSEBERRT.

remarkably Palinerstonian traits, for he has
the courage Of his own opinions, and he is
even apt to take hgh-handed course with
parliament, on provocation. He has the Pc
culiar British bIuntness which overrides
forms and ceremonies, and hits the bulrs-eye
in its own way. 1t used to be related of Pal
merston that, when he was ambassador to
Turkey, he instructed an attache to convey
to the Sultan, England's remonstrance at
some offensive official act that had been
committed. Gin plain English" he said, ad-
dressing the attacke, "Y gu will tell the Sultan
that if he doesn't come to our terms we will
pitch him into the Bosphorus. Of course"
he added, seeing aIook of panied astonish-
ment on the face of the official, ''you will tell
him this in diplomatic language" Roseberry
would be quite likely TO follow similar
sturdy policy in an emergency, and would
make little either of parliamentary or cabinet
opposition at real pinch.
Roseberry rarely ATTENDED the meetings of
the Gladstonian cabinet, and was almost al
ways in the minority. 1t was the rule, rath-
er than the exception, to find him opposing
Gladstone, for he isjon almost all foreign af-
fairs a stubborn conservative. 1t was an
terms upon which he entered the cabinet
were that he should exercise no influence in
antagonism to Home Rule, and he, in return,
demanded that no one should interfere with
him in the foreign Office. He kept the for
eign policy of the government in his own
hands, and interfered as little as possible
with home affairs. With Home Rule as advo-
Gated by Gladstone, he had no sympathy, but
Lord Lorne's scheme for the complete fedora
ton of the British Empire had his warmest
approval; in other words while he could not
bring himself to support the plan to give the
Irish parliament of their own, he was will
ing to endorse such measure, if it were
broadened out to include parliaments for
Scotland, for England, for India, for Aus
tralia and for Canada. He held that, from
@ch separate parliai hent, there should he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

aud George w. Cable have appeared on the
same platform, and Bill Nye and James Whit
comb Riley have made one of the most at
the public for years.
Paul Blouet Max OReiD has made great
deal out of his satirical brochures, but much
more out of his lectures, which, despite his
French accent, or it may be because Of it,
have brought him in a great deal of money.
He made some S12, 900 in seven weeks during
his last tour here, and he has just finished
eighteen months in Australasia aud South
Africa-promisng lecture fields, from which
he took back to France about $4,000 in cash
Among the women lecturers Anna Dickin
son was once one of the best cards. Susan
B. Anthony, Miss Frances Willard, Mrs. Liv-
ermore and Mrs. Cady Stanton, although
harping on one string, continue to do it
to the tune of 5000 night. But there are
no new women entering the higher walks of
this most attractive and lucrative field, and
when they do, it is to be hoped that their
themes will be less hackneyed and didactic.
''The Woman of the Future" "What Shall
We Do With Our Daughters?" Temperance
in the Home" and SO on are, or rather were,
important themes before use had made them
threadbare and repetition reduced to the level
of the trite and platitudinous.
One of the most lucrative fields for the ac-
complished lecturer is the Young Mems Chris
tan Associations. These are we'll organized.
AS rule they are well housed, they give in
telligent audiences, and they pay good prices
for good work, though unfortunately they do
not hermit q latitude of troptnant that nokas
them familiar with the very ablest men,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

The drawbacks to taking up public lectur-
ing as profession, even where one has the
ability and the story to tell, is the fact that to
win Immediately on the platform, one must
have achieved distinction in another and
often an entirely different field. The lectur-
ers like Stoddard, who depend as much on
the beauty of their lantern pictures as on
what they have to say or how they say it, are
more closely allied to the Snowman than to
the teacher. though they certainly afford an
entirely harmless if not an exhilarating form
of entertainment.
Those who have won and are winning
should encourage men and women with the
proper gifts TO study oratory. Great rewards
await those who have story to tell that will
interest humanity, and the recitation Of
which will thrill the audience and Impress
them with the honesty and intense earnest
ness Of the speaker.
ALFRED Il. CALHOUN.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.

been a profitable field for lecturers. Henry
Ward Beecher could not have paid his eX-
penSes on an extended tour through the
South, while DR.. Talmage, who is not so pop
ular in the Eastern states, draws crowds in
the South and West. The political preiudices
of the people have no"doubt much to do with
the varying popularity OF the clergymen
mentioned.
A well-known manager assures me that he
stands ready to pay Chauncey M. Depew $500
a night and expenses for one hundred nights,
or about four months work; but the chief of
post-prandal orators is satisfied with his
present income and the daily growth of his
fame. George W. Cable is native of Louis
lana, and the foremost literary man produced
by the South since the war. He is one of
the most popular lecturers and readers in
the Northern states to-day, yet the people in
the land of his birth decry his talents, and
would not go to hear him talk if the admiS-
sion were free; another case where prejudice
blinds to the recognition of talent.
George KEENAN, the Siberian traveller, is
one of our most popular lecturers. He is
not strong man, but if his health permitted
he could make $3.50 night for ten months in
guard him against the unproductive days of
old age. Colonel Ingerson has been offered
$4,000 and expenses for a two months tour
in Australasia but he does not care for trav-
cling, and as he says, 'the American field is
yet far from being exhausted" He, like
many of the other successful-the most sue
cessful lecturers, indeed - regards public
speaking as "a side issue aud a recreation"
Doctor Talmage largely manages himself,
and he is quite as competent to attend to the
business as he is to the platform end of the
work. He averages 5000 night, and it is
said, in addition to his other sources Of rev.
enue. he clears not less than $4,000 year
by his lectures. In June he starts for four
months tour via Australasia and India, and
he has 900 assured before he packs his
trunk
The combination lecture Is new thing in
this form of entertainment Mark Twain
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
women Writers Not Always Pure.

professional reader for some Of the lead
ing publishing houses in New York, says that
the manuscript sent in by men is morally
cleaner than that submitted by woman. 81
have always had a chivalic respect for the sex
of my mother" he says, "but must confess
that in the intimations, the impure sugges-
lions, and the voluptuous pictures that affect
the imagination, particularly of the young,
women rush In where men would not dare to
tread. Reading manuscripts has lessened my
respect for the sex. and I am sorry to have
my idols shattered and my ideals dispelled."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
Opium Joints.

Why should there be such prejudice
against opium joints, when Now York states
men run gin mills under sanction of the law?
Opium pays its duty. and the fact that it is
recognized. like whisky. as an article of COM
merce, implies that it will be consumed.
The police get cheap glory by iaiding opium
joints, where the people who "hit the pipe"
are as harmless-exoept to themselves-as
sheep, but the gin mill whore all tho crimes
are encouraged, is fostered by law. for tho
profit of the vote-commandlng statesman.
Consistency might be q jewel, If we could
find it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

number of pictures would be recorded, each
one of which would show the foot and the
whole Of his body in slightly different posi-
ton, as the step progressed. The series of
pictures would be passed before the eye so
rapidly that only one picture would appear,
and there would be perfect reproduction of
the step.
The Kaleidoscope runs about thirty seconds
every time nickel is dropped into it. and in
that time, it will be seen, more than thou
sand separate views are slid under the little
glass window in the top.
AS we left the building in which the kineto-
scope stood Mr.. Dickson pointed to the re-
markable photographs theatre in which the
kinetograph does its work. 1t Is called the
"Back Maria, " and it is so arranged upon
pivot and a track that one can easily move it
around to the position required to meet the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
LECTURERS AND LYCEUMS.
The Former Not as Popular as
they Were in the Past.
PHILLIPS AND OTHER PLATFORM STARS.
The Requisites to Success as a Leo
turer at fac Present Time = The
Growth OF lie Lecture Bureau
The Local Lyceuia and its
Lucrative Field.

A quarter of century ago, when Wendell
Phillips, Beecher, John b. Cough and men Of
that stamp were still in their prime, they
could fill the largest halls, even with circus
in opposition, and they and their managers
made money. The success of such lecturers
led hundreds of men, whose abilities were
not commensurate with their vanity and am
bition, to enter the field, and who through
their vapid mediocrity brought the name
lecture into disrepute, particularly in the
large cities. Where people in search of amuse
ment can find every variety.
Educational and literary societies still give
winter courses of lectures in cities like New
York, Philadelphia and s3oston, but it is the
subject treated rather than the ability of the
lecturer that draws. Outside of these lecture
courses. the people can be drawn TO hear
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
The Origin of the Fan,

The following pretty story. translated from
the Chinese gives the origin OF the fan, which
if not true, deserves to be: A famous prince
counted as not the least OF his treasures q
beautiful daughter. In those days it was the
custom for all Chinese ladies to wear masks
in public. At the Feast of Lanterns, the
great holiday of the empire, the princess was
SO overcome with the heat, that she was
forced to move her mask; but she held it be-
fore her face, and while doing so moved it.
The attendant ladies followed her example,
and from this came the idea of the fan, which
in China at least, soon took the place of the
rnnaSl.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
Brevet widows WHO Deserve a Pension.

There are to-day in the North and South
thousands Of unmarried women between the
ages of forty and fifty-five, whom Major CAL
houn calls "Brevet Widows" He claims
their husbands were among the 100000 young
unmarried men who were killed in battle or
died of cams disease during the war. He
says 'these women deserve a pension far
more than mady women who are getting
one.' Some of these brevet widows know of
their loss, but, happily, the majority are in
ignorance of it,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

New York and Brooklyn undertakers are
contemplating a near demise will please
govern themselves accordingly.
President Carnot of France has a salary Of
$3.50, 900 year. five times that of our presi-
dent, in addition to which he is allowed SER
wants and carriages innumerable and the use
of a number of urban and rural palaces.
The one man in the senate who is greater
than his party and greater than the senate, is
John Sherman of Ohio-by the way there is
there ever will be, for men with dormant i'm
pulses and ever active brains are phenomenal.
A Chicago man stole frame house. moved
it fourteen blocks and then sold it. He was
not so very, very bad, for he considerably
left the cellar.
Corey's army, as he is learning, is like
sack; it can get along without legs, arms, or
a head, but it cannot move save on its belly,
and that belly must be kept full.
1t is said Queen Lii of Hawaii is coming
over here to lecture, and, to make her pres
ence more royalty realistic, she is to wear
crown while speaking, 'just as she does at
home"-except when the royal brain is
wooing repose and wears a night cap.
If Colonel Breckenridge had it to do over
again, well-he wouldn't do it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

perpetuated by the kaleidoscope. The pletur
shown herewith is only one of hundred
of which include Shadows complete per.
Torrance. 1t has been stated that Sandow
was photographed while holding Mr. Edison
out at arms length with one finger, but this
is not true. Sandow could easily have done
it, even had Mr.. Edison been a much heavier
man than he is, and during his visit to the
laboratory it was suggested that such pict-
ure should be taken, but for some reason or
other the idea was not carried out.
During the experiments that were made
with the photograph an incident occurred
that was calculated to test the nerves of those
who took part in it. 1t was decided to at
tempt to photograph bullet fired from a
rifle while it was flying through the air, and
this was accomplished; but as the same
thing has been done by others, Mr.. Edison
and Mr. Dickson claim no credit for original
ity in their success. A bullet was heated
white-hot, and a charge of powder was
poured into a rifle barrel. The bullet was
then put into the muzzle of the gun and al
lowed to roll until it reached the powder.
which instantly ignited and sent the ball fly
ing through the room within range Of the
photograph. This delicate operation had to
be repeated three times before a good i'm
preston could be obtained, and as NAV be
imagined, it was mighty ticklish BUSH 10
These inventions, the kinetograD NsA he
kinetoscope and the phono-kinetoscope put
Mr.. Edison as certainly in the foremost place
among photographers and electro-photogra-
pliers as the other products of his genius
entitle him to rank first in the school of cleo
tricians. 1t is difficult, while the revelation
is fresh in our thoughts and new to our I'M
Outstanding, to estimate what the kineto-
scope will contribute to the progress OF sci
ence and the education of man. It will dis
close movements that hitherto have eluded
the eye, and as to which speculation has been
misleading, and it Will make the great leaders
Of the present live again in the future as
their contemporaries see and know them.
What other uses will be found for it it is too
early to say. That it will enhance Mr.. Edit
sons fame and increase the sum of the
worlds debt to him is beyond question.
-- GEORGE M. SMITH. +
One Of the best remedies for sore throat
Is four teaspoonfuls of cider vinegar, four of
water, one Of salt and a small pinch of pep
per. Gargle every hour.
General McClellan's son is acting mayor of
New York, an excellent young man. but his
political promotion is not due to his excel.
ence. And yet we cry down hereditary
rulers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

One Of the best remedies for sore throat
is four teaspoonfuls of cider vinegar four of
water, one Of salt and a small pinch of pep
per. Gargle every hour.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

"Hello John, how do you feel to-day"
John. 'With my fingers, as usual"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

General McClellan's son is acting mayor of
New York, an excellent young man, but his
political promotion is not due to his excel.
ence. And yet we cry down hereditary
rulers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

OTIS of our land looked forward to the new
year with doubt and almost despair Foes
were on every side. ready to invade and
desecrate the home of freedom, which was
then comprised in narrow strip of
thinly settled country on the shores of our
eastern ocean. To-day the temple of lib
erty is arched by skies stretching from
ocean to ocean, and it is filled with the
fairest trophies of mans endeavor. Art,
science, literature. and religion have
been revivified by the breath of the pub
lie, which, like the Hercules of the fable,
has strangled the lion of tyranny, has per
formed the labors deemed impossible,
and reigns the ideal of government in ev
cry land, vital force in the world, a
center of impulse and aspiration.
A runner must pause TO take breath, n
birds flight cannot be straight upward or
it's wings will weary, and now and again
fate lays her HAND upon nations that they
may pause to view whence they have
come and whittier they go. The year past
has witnessed such halt in our own ca
reer of material prosperity. Though finan-
cal distress was widespread, and the
wheels of commerce almost idle, even this
pause in the race has made its contribu-
ton to the national greatness. Public
and private beneicence has reached a
height never before witnessed in any
country, and the narrow lines of intoler
ance have been erased or dimmed by
the Christening touch of adversely.
AS individuals, the New Year opens to
us boundless opportunities. If it brings
sorrow. Is not woe the fire that is to
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
Year, Irresistible In sway.

lear, Irresistible IN sway
As some steadfast oak is shattered by the
fury of the blast.
As some boulder huge is battered by the
mountain torrent vast,
SO the old year crashes downward into
Times abySSmal Past.
Once again his course repeating. with I'M
tired primeva might,
ON his measured orbit feetinS. swings the
earth with Spendor bright.
Night awakenS into morning. mOruiuy shad-
owS into night.
{ Though the dial's trace may slowly mark
the suns diurnal beam.
Times true flight is measured solely 10y the
noble deeds which CLEAN
Through the era which produced them. in a
broad and blazing stream.
Where are all the ages persisted. living once
in worldly pride:
Whore the years that men have cherished7
Where the hopes which fate denied?
They have gone where all must follow. prince
and pauper side by side
Were the measure from Creation thrice the
years it numbers now.
Still, toward the great duration. Time no
progress could allow,
Deeds alone can mark the wrinkles carved
on Times eternal brow
Tear o. tear the veil aSunder. let us view
the works of yore;
Let us near the battle thunder-See the tro-
phies Of the war;
And whatever lived before us. starting from
Creation core
Level plains. with spires ascending; stately
ships that breast the seas
Magic art her vcSture blending with thous-
and harmOnieS--
And our horoscope turns backward through
decades of destinicS.
States that rose in strength and glory, hearts
which throbbed no accent tame.
Both are seques To the story through the
change of time and name.
Ages bear the repetition. ages hence stall seq
the same.
Man is but a transient vision. but specter
of the stage,
Roaming on to fields elysian, STOPPING low to
fiendish rage.
While the mortal conscience rousing strives
his foredOom TO asSuage.
Fierce the struggles in him burning. thoughts
of vengeance, crOuching fear,
Till the rushing current turning makes its ebb
single tear.
Peace and Justice. Love and Friendship
mingled with the wild career.
age Is uNlnS. youth surviving, love aDide8
and hate has waned.
Some are falling, some are thriving those
profaning, those profaned.
And the cup of earthly pleasures to the Bit
ter dregs Is drained
Some are merry. others grievIng; and an
other cycle won
Shows lifes strong pulsations heaYing meath
the ardor of the sun,
Just the same as bygone ages their yicissi-
tudes have run.
Up to action. for a nation in its fbred frame
can feel
Any deed of Inspiration TO its inmost soul ap-
peal.
And the gOd-like voice within us answers
back the common veal
Walter Scott.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

Birthday i'll popularity. Saints days are
practically unknown except to Roman
Catholics and to some EpiscOpalians but
"from Greenland's icy mountains to In
dias coral strand" wherever the Chris
tan religion has been preached, Christ
mas is n joytime Of the year.
1t was not always so. The memory of
man readily goes back to the time when
Christmas was as nothing to New Eng
landers in comparison with THANKSGIVING
Day. In some hearts the Puritan festival
still holds the first place, but the Christ
mas feast follows hard after it.
To the poor it is one of the few bright
spots in a long dreay winter-a season
when the well-to-do open their hearts and
hands and send bounty into the homes of
the hungry.
To children-ah, what is it not to chill
dren! 1t is their golden mile stone. the
landmark from which they measure ev-
erything. AS soon as they stop looking
back to one Christmas, they begin look
ing forward to another. An atmosphere
of mystery-always delightful to a child
enshrouds the Yuletide. 1t is more than
a family gathering and big dinner and
candy unlimited. 1t is the Christ-child
and Santa Claus, elves and fairies, sing
ing angels and kneeling cattle, Worship
ing shepherds and gift-bearing Magi, n
Star of Bethlehem and n manger, "a
sleighful Of toys and eight tiny reindeer"
all blended in the blissful confusion i'm
possible outside of q childs brain, that
knows not reverence or irreverence, but
bestows wonder and love with impair
tial generosity upon Christian story and
pagan myth.
So it is, after all, to the children that
Christmas is dearest. Next after them il
Is most loved by those who have never
lost the childish heart, those greatly to be
envied ones who still feel christmas in
their bones" as the holiday comes around,
and rejoice in the joy of others more
keenly that in Their own happiness; for
the true E=eaning of Christmas is lost as
soon as the element of selfshness finds
place in the celebration. Even the chill
dren soon learn this, and they are de-
frauded of this lesson is not early and ten
derby brought home to them. They must
not be deprived of the joys of giving, and
they will not be slow to learn that their
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

through paths dark and bloody, through
fiery trials and conflicts, to the glad pres
ent and the hilltop of hope, from which
we may view the Beulah land of the glo-
riOuS future In the immutable purpose
running throughout the warp and wool
of human history, we see the sign of the
Divine hand upon all nations. Through
out all ages, up To this hour when we
stand upon the verge of new year and
II new epoch, mans errors have never
been able to thwart that purpose. though
they have maGo suffering a necessity in
the publication of human ideals.
Our own nation has become the heir of
the worlds noblcat heritage. both spirit
ual and material. Every new year has
marked a stride forward for liberty un-
der law, of culture and prosperity. But
little more than a century ago, the patri-