St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-24

whom l know only by his writing" said
man who has won prominence as a
statesman and writer. ''because there
invariably comes somewhat of disap-
pointment to the ideal man l had built
out Of his writings" In another wa Y,
the same experience was that of the old
Irish woman who went to see woman
who had won national fame in the
temperance cause.and WHO was sojourn
ing In the village for a day. Asked
what she thought of the great woman,
she replied: Faith. an shes list loike
ither folks"
Our language, thanks to our Bohe.
mian population and the investigation
of the methods Of the New York police
now going on, is enriched with new
word Which bids fair to take its place in
the next edition of Webster. In every
city where the impracticable good peo.
pie have procured laws aud ordinances
absolutely prohibiting gambling and
prostitution, and where. in spite of
stringent enactments, both continue to
thrive, every one knows, who knows
anything about such matters, that the
gamblers and the madams have all un
derStanding with the police or their
head by which, in consideration of a
monthly stipend paid the officers, they
have what is called protection" Like
That other protection which cuts big
figure in politics. it means that some
one makes something out of it, But
we have no word i'll our language which
exactly expresses this transaction. This
deficiency the Bohemians supply. They
call 1t ''pantata." and apply it both to
the protection itself and the protector.
1t is the chief or his henchmen who
shields them from the penalties of the
law, and 1t is the price they pay for it.
Though the word promises to gain a
footing in our language, it may not,
and it certainly will not when, i'll some
spasm of common sense, The makers OF
our laws recognize that there are GER
tain predictions of our race which no
law can eradicate. which will be in
dulged in spite of prohibitions, and
which, like other harsh features of
humanity. must be admitted, tolerated.
but strictly regulated. Wyoming. we
believe. has the distinction of being the
only state which is governed by this
common sense. which is so uncommon,
and reg ulates what it knows it cannot
prohibit.
One gets closer grasp of the wonder
full growth and development of this ma
ton when lie meets, las had the pleasure
OF meeting.a "a man born in the early part
of this century, and whose life. with
that of his father. who was born in Con-
necticut while Washington was march
ing down to help Lafayette cork Corn
wallis up in Yorktown, spans the entire
lifetime of this nation. He was man
of seventy-seven years. but with a
temperament which cea sed aging at fifty
and frame SO stoutly built OF old New
England stock that it carries its years
as lightly and Its activity as undimin-
ished as men of today of half his years
carry theirs. His grandfather was one
OF "MollIe" Stark'S men who came with
their f1int-locks from their farms in
their blouses to excite the derision of
Baum and his regulars; but who, in
blue blouses and flint-locks, gave the
German general ana his regulars a
good trouncing at Bennington. In his
youth this veteran Of the years had for
a neighbor man who was a neighbor
of Ethan Allen, Of Ticonderoga fame,
who delighted in telling stories OF that
eccentric man. Tall and gaunt he de-
scrlbes him to be, six feet and over in
stockings. broad of shoulder. impetu-
Gus as cyclone and brave with a
courage which never felt fear of
man or devil. While the boundaries of
Vermont and New York were in dis
pute and the latter state assumed juris-
diction over the former. and asserted it
by levying taxes on the people, a sheriff
came up from Albany and distrained
horses and cattle and sheep and drove
them off to Albany to satisfy the delin.
quent taxes. Allen heard of it,mounted
his horse, gathered few nelghbOrs,
and rode pell nell after the sheriff,
overlook him. recaptured the cattle and
took them back, leaving the discounted
sheriff to make his return of non est
inventus. At another time an atrocious
murder had been committed by des-
perate man who was caught, tried, con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged. The
people gathered from all the country
side on the day of the execution to see
the miscreant swung off and justice
done. and their anger was deep when
a reprieve by the governor for sixty
days was read by the sher iff. There
was fear that the villain would finally
go unwhipped of justice. and the mur.
murs were loud. Allen was there, an d
shared the general feeling. Finally,
mounting his horse, he rode through the
streets announcing that. by the eternal.
the man would be hung that day two
weeks. and inviting all the people to
come and see justice done, and on that
day two weeks the man was hung The
governor quailed before the imperious
will Of Allen p. j. S.