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Mistress Peggy at Court.

In October of 1774 Peggy, daughter of
Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts,
went with her father to the Queens draw
ing-room at st. James.
She was bright and observing young
lady, and the following is an extract from
letter which she wrote to her sister in
America regarding the English court:
"Four OF the young Princes came in
after l had been there half an hour. 1
never saw four SO fine boys. After the
drawing was over we went into the
nursery. and saw the rest of them. was
highly delighted, and could scarcely keep
my hands off them: such smart creatures
never beheld. The Princess Royal, with
two sisters and little boy. which I took
to be about years old, stood in row,
one just above the other, and little one
in leading strings sitting in a chair be-
hind them composed this beautiful group.
was determined, if possible, to kiss one
OF their little pudsev hands, and with some
difficulty persuaded Mrs. K. to go up to
them, there being great deal of company
in the room. She at last went, ana I
followed her. / asked Prince Ernest for
his hand, which he very readily gave me,
and gave it a hearty kiss They behaved
very prettily; they eourtesied to every
body that came in, and the boy nodded
his head just like little Tom Oliver
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nearer and nearer and the heat and smoke
almost sitting her. 1t gave way at last
and then the top of the little carriage
wouldn't go under the beam over the door
way and it had to be lowered. Minutes
seemed like hours to plucky little Pauline
and she began to wonder if nobody was
ever coming to help her save the house
and the town.
Somebody was coming, and just as the
phaeton was rolled onto the lawn in front
of the house and the little girl had tum-
bled down beside it to hide her face in her
apron and cry the firemen came Gathering
up with their changing bells, their hose
carts and their strong arms and roaring
voices.
The fire had good start, for it had been
smoldering since early morning where
some boys had fired crackers in the alley.
A hot north wind was blowing and the
flames had already caught the roof of the
barn on the opposite side of the alley and
hrebrandS were scattering for some dis
lance, falling everywhere upon shingled
| roofs dried like finder by the hot sun that
| had not once hidden. his face in cloud
the long summer through.
On the other hand there was an abun-
dance of water, and, thanks to some lucky
chance or prudent ferethought. there we're
| men enough left in town to handle it to
the best advantage.
The hight was not over in an hour.
Roofs of stables fell in here and there and
the flames leaped high when they fed upon
stores of dry hay and sun-dried boards.
1 The alleyway was swept clean for once
and only light bed of ashes was left of
the little row of stables that had lined it.
Happily every bodys COW had been driven
out to pasture in the early morning and
everybody's horse had gone to the picnic.
The fire was a loss and trouble, but when
the people came back to their homes at
night and realized how near that little city
had come to sharing the fate of other val
ley towns which had been wiped out in a
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The Day We Celebrate.

The times have changed since that great
Fourth of July in l776, and if any boy or
girl is going about with any idea that those
"good old days" were better times for chill
dren than these days it is good time to
correct that impression. Were there really
any children in those days, though /?
There were no books for children, 10
books about children, that is certain.
There was the English Reader, to be sure,
but that was terribly serious volume.
well calculated to discourage the habit of
being a child. On the whole its pages
breathed the spirit of the attitude Of our
excellent foremothers and fathers upon the
child question. They did not believe in
any one being a child single moment
after he got through being baby. The
idea OF helping child to get over it and
become as stern and Incorporating as
themselves was ever present. Really, /
think nobody lived in those DAYS who
would have dreamed that anything that
any boy or girl could do, anything that
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chubby little darling brother into the
house and out of danger She left him
with mamma, and without saying word
of the danger she flew out of the house and
down the street to give the alarm. She
had to go long way to find anybedy-was
there living soul in all that town but her.
self? She called "Fire!" again and again,
and presently she saw man running
away from her, and at last the welcome
sound OF bell.
Back she ran then and found the flames
devouring the beloved PLAYHOUSE that was
all her own. Nothing could save that, and
q corner of the roof of the barn was already
blazing. Dear old brown Bess was stamp
ing and neighing in her still, frightened at
the noise and smoke. The little girl
rushed in and united her, but that absurd
horse was so frightened that it took long
time to coax her out of the stable. She
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paved the air and tossed her name, almost
screaming in her terror. Pauline never
finally Bess was safely shut up in Mr..
Moore's corral across the street The barn
was blazing finely by this time and that
beautiful new shiny phaeton they were all
SO fond of was still inside it. The child
slid back the heavy doors of the carriage
house, Juggling first at an ugly bolt that
was almost too much for her fraii fingers
and left them bruised and bleeding. The
door stuck fast half way and Pauline
worked desperately, the flames creeping
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The March of the Children


List TO the sound OF the drumming!
Gaily the children are coming;
Sweet as the smile of O. fairy,
Fresh as The blossoms they carry,
Pride of the parents who love them,
Pure as the azure above them,
Free as the winds that caress them,
Bright as the sunbeams that bless them.
List TO the voice-echoes ringing!
Sweeter than birds they are singing;
Thoughts that to virtue invite them
Wed unto airs that delight them.
Truths that their future will cherish
Soul-planted, never to perish!
Only 10 senses completer,
Heavens choicest music were sweeter!
Virtue, unconscious and pretty,
Walks through the streets of the city;
See the gay bannerets flying,
Notices and titles undying,
Truths dearly hallowed and olden,
Braided in strands that are golden;
Words for the spirits desiring,
Sentences sweetly inspiringl
When In @ voice OF caressing.
Christ gave the children his blessing,
Twas not for one generation,
But for each epoch and nation.
So through the present it fingers,
Shed from the bountiful fingers;
So unto these 1t Is given,
Types of the angels in heaven,
ARTHUR SELWYN's Notebook
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summoned the good doctor to a case which
1t would be inhYmanity to neglect.
Pauline and that she an and baby JACK will viii
manage somehow. 1 know it will be a
dreadful disappointment to you To- stay
here, daughter but 1 think your mother
needs you.
81 can't stop to discuss the matter, so
will say good-by, and you must decide for
yourself"
He drove away. And Pauline didn't
stop to think the matter over for a single
moment. She ran in to bind wet towel
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Philosophy of Babyland.

little boy, who is nothing if not dill
gent in the study of history, was one day
reciting fiuently on the subject of the
battle of Bunker Hill" He had it by
heart. The little voice piped high as he
described how " the patriot ranks lay
quietly behind their earthworks until the
redcoats were within ten rods, when Pres
colt shouted 'Fire!' A blaze of light shot
from the redoubt, scattering whole panta-
looms of the British. The survivors,
But there was no chance to dispose of the
survivors. A shout went up from the
class. After all, 'platoons" looked very
much like spantaloons.' Bazaar.
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lieve in equality. That word obey is
relic of barbarism. 1t comes from the
times when women were in bondage" and
the bride gave her head pert little toss
and shot a glance at the groom
There was twinkle to the Mayors eve
as he read the ceremony and when he came
to love, honor and obey" he left the last
word out. ''I'll have to tell my wife about
though" unused the Mayor as the happy
pair gave their names as Charles F. SEES
singer and Pauline E. Becker of Phila-
delphia, The bride was brunette and
about Is years old and the groom was
about 40. The pair left the same night for
Boston.
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the after-glow batbed the gate, the islands,
the distant city and the near by hills in al
glory of rose and crimson and gold. The
air was growing chill as | went indoors.
The last bird was silenced, and only the
shrill song of the frogs intensified the
peaceful stiffness of the June twilight.
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Yankee Doodle.

tFrom CoIlectis a Made in 1871
Father aud went down to camp,
Along with Captain Gooding,
AND there we see the men ana boys,
AS thick as nasty pudding,
Chorus
Yankee Doodle, keep IL up,
Yankee Doodle, dandy,
Nina the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And there we see a thousand men,
AS rich as Squire David,
And what they wasted every day,
wish 1t could be saved.
The 'lasses they eat every day
Would keep an house winter;
They have so much that l ii be bound,
They eat 1t when they're mind to.
And there we see swapping gun,
Large as log OF maple,
Upon a deuced little cart,
y load for fathers cattle.
And every time they shoot it OF
Ii takes horn of powder;
And makes noise like fathers gun.
only nation louder.
went as nigh to one myself
AS Siah's underpinmng;
And father went rs nigh again,
L thought the deuce was in him.
thought he would have cock ed 1t;
1t scared me so shrinked 1t off,
And hung by fathers pocket.
And Captain Davis had q gun,
He kind OF clapt his hand ont,
And stuck crooked stabbing iron
Upon the little end ont.
And there see a pumpkin shell
As big as mothers bacon;
And every time they touched it OIL,
They scampered like the nation.
/ see little barrel, too,
The lads were made of leather;
They Knocked upon't with their clubs
And called the folks together.
And there was Captain Washington,
ANA gentlefolks about him.
They say he's grown so tarnal proud
lie will not ride without 'em.
He got him en- his meeting clothes,
Upon slapping stallion.
He set the world along in rows,
In hundreds and in millions.
The flaming ribbons In his hat,
They looked so tearing fine, ahl
wanted jockily to get,
To give to my Jemimah.
see another snarl Of men
olgging graves, they told me,
80 tarnal long, so tarnal deep,
They tended they should hold me.
IL scared me so hooked 1t Of,
Nor stopped, as remember,
Nor turned about till got home,
Locked up in mothers chamber.
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Sunday After the Fourth.


Sunday-school teacher (reading aloud y
Johnny was little boy who did not know
any better way to spend his nickels than
in buying cakes and pies" Now can any
OF you boys tell me better way?"
Class-Yes'm. Candy.
Teacher (sadly)-No. boys, not candy.
Small boy-Shucks! I know. Fire
crackers, of course !-Exchange.
Customer-Those crackers I bought last
night were the best ever saw.
t Dealer Went off all right. did they?
Customer-They did that! When my
boy fired them all off at o'clock this
morning there wasn't one in the whole lot
that made the least little bit of noise !
Life.
Johnny-My papa is going to buy me q
new watch for my next birthday.
Mr.. Smith-When is your next birthday,
Johnny?
Little Johnny-A year from last week.
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"Before taking it l had falling of the
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eight children, and was approaching the
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81 took the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
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Auntie-Douglas, don't you. think you
are a pretty big boy to need a nurse?
Deuglas-She isn't here to take care of
me. She is to take care of the little BOYS I
play with, so that l can't hurt them.-Ex-
change.
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The Temple Society has $40 members.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
WILLBUY THE EXPO
PARK BOARD so DECIDED AT A
-,AL MEETING LAST
-uU
TEN FOR, THREE AGAINST.
STATE LEGISLATURE WILL BE
ASKED TO RATIFY THE
PURCHASE.
FREE MARKET SCHEME DEAD.
Virtually Killed
Gallagher,s Bill-WOrk of
the Grand Jury.

The exposition building will be
saved, and the park board is to act
as the knightly and noble savior of
the endangered beauty. The special
meeting called by the board yester-
day afternoon resulted in a victory
for the advocates of the proposed
purchase. The motion to take such
step was carried with 10 votes
against 8, those who voted against
being Commissioners Stoft, Jones and
Ryan
The special committee made a
favorable report, and this re-
port was adopted by the
board. The purchase will be
made according to the plan laid out
by City Comptroller Nye. That is,
the board will pay some $15,O 900 in
cash, and give a mortgage for the
balance of the purchase price. The
mortgage will be made to fall due
time, it is hoped, the city council will
have been authorized by the legisla-
ture to buy the property, and thus re-
lieVe the park board of its RESPONSE
bility. Should this not be the case,
the board will have had time to as
certain the true will of the people.
The report as adopted makes the pur-
chase dependent of certain condi-
tions, but as those have already been
filed the matter can be considered
as practically settled-or settled for a
couple of years, alt least
President Folwell appointed Com
mdssioners Pratt, Ridgeway, Woods,
Nye and Stoft as members of the
committee to arrange the details of
the transaction.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
HUNGRY REPUBLICANS FROM
MINNESOTA GATHER AT
THE CAPITAL.
ARE SEEKING SOFT SNAPS.
HEATWOLE BACKING HIS OLD
p OPPONENT, CAPT. REED, FOR
A HOUSE POSITION.
AUDITOR DUNN BEGINS SUIT
For Recovery of Valuable Swamp
Lands for the
H.. State.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ,18. Con-
gresham Minor, of Sturgeon Bay,
WIS, is here with his family for the
winter. He has rented a furnished
house on Capitol hill Congressman
IaWney is supporting Mcdowell, of
pennsylvania, for clerk of the house.
Representative Heatwole says he fa-
1ors Davis for president, with Reed
as'second choice.
Congressmen Heatwole and Tawney
had a long conference with Mr.. Nc
Dowell, the Pennsylvania candidate
for clerk of the house, this afternoon.
Mr.. Heatwole is desirous of securing
the position of assistant sergeant-at-
arms for Capt. A. H. Reed, and says
that he will wait until Reed arrives
before pledging himself for clerk. C.
E. McKenny, of North ST. Paul, ar
rived today and called on Maj. Nc
Dowell. In addition to Capt. Reed,
Minnesota has a number of aspirants
for good positions. C. E. McKenny, of
North st. Paul, who served as enroll
ing clerk in the Fifty-first congress, is
a candidate for that position, with eX
cellent prospects of success. If Nc
Dowell is elected clerk, McKenny is
pretty sure to get the position. Frank
j.. Mead is after a position of some
kind, either In the postoffice or in the
folding room. Smith D. Fry, who lived
in Minnesota in the days when the
wild coyote howled around ST. An
thong Falls, is a candidate for tally
clerk. Olson. the no-armed soldier
from Winona, will seek to secure his
former position at one of the doors.
Several other candidates for minor po-
sitions will doubtless develop during
the week, when all of the members ar
rive
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
A Glenn Knockout.

Judge Elliott heard further argu-
ments yesterday in the application for
a receiver for the Hennepin County
Catholic Building and Loan associa-
ton. V. J. Welch and Louis FRESHMAN
made arguments for the appointment,
and Messrs. Davenport and McHale
spoke for the company. OF the 1OS
names attached to the complaint, Mr..
Davenport stated that % had asked to
be taken off OF the 81 left, so were
debtors to the association, and 7 bor-
rowers, not in arrears. OF the 80 re-
naming. only two or three had not al
ready begun proceedings for a with
drawal The case was stopped to
make room for the criminal calendar,
and will be reopened at O'Clock this
morning. Several members of the as
sociation were present from both fac
tions. and after the close of the hear
ing several high words were ex-
changed. W. F. Hart again made an
accusation against John Lally. one of
the signerS of the affidavit. I4ally re-
sented it, and knocked Hart fiat or the
floor,
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
TERRELL IS DOING WELL.
America VIII Not Interfere in the
Armenian Question

armenian question.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-Admiral
Selfridge cabled the navy department
today that he had put in with his flag
ship San Francisco, at Naples, to get
his mail. He will proceed directly to
AleXandetta, where he should arrive
about Friday next, and will then be in
a position to extend aid to the Ameri-
cans and Europeans in that section in
the event of further uprisings. The
Turkish situation is absorbing the at
tention of the state department at
present and due notice IS taken of the
various resolutions adopted by the
many religious organizations in the
United States. Considering the ter
ribly disturbed conditions In Armenia,
it is believed at the state department
that Minister Terrell has been remark
ably successful in his efforts to protect
the American missionaries and teach
ers. So far as the misfortunes of the
native Christians is concerned, while.
they may properly excite the sympathy
of the entire Christian world the state
department claims there is no war
rant for interference on the part of the
United States, the Armenians being
Turkish subjects for whose religious
freedom the great European powers
are responsible. Any interposition by
the United States would not only be
in violation of our traditions, but might
be used, it is said, as a, powerful argu-
ment to justify European interference
in the affairs of American republics.
In reference to rumors to the effect
that Minister Terrell has rendered his
resignation, it may be stated that the
department of state is thoroughly salts
fieu with his conduct in every particu-
lar; that it has lent all possible support
to him, and that no reason is known
that would justify the assumption that
he intends to desert his post in the
present crisis.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
LANDS ARE SWAMP LANDS.
Auditor Dunn Begins Action for
Recovery of Valuable Tracts.

Auditor Dunn Begins Action for
Recovery of Valuable Tracts.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The cele-
brated section 80 in the Vermilllon
range, in Minnesota, has bobbed up
once more in the land department of
the government. A short time ago
Secretary Smith handed down decis-
ion affecting this case, which 1t was
thought settled the matter for all time.
Today, however, papers were hled at
the interior department by Attorney
John c. Judge, of Minneapolis, on be-
half of the state of Minnesota, and for
Robert c. Dunn, as commissioner OF
public lands of that state, claiming
lots and and the northwest quarter
of southeast quarter of section 80, upon
the ground that it was and Is now
more than one-half wet and overfoWed
land, as contemplated by the swamp
land act 1t is understood that this
claim on the part of the state is but
a beginning of a contest which will be
instituted by State Auditor Dunn to
! recover swamp lands belonging to the
state which have never been certified
or returned to it by the federal govern
nIent. Such lands involved in the con-
tests initiated today are doubtless
valued at anywhere from $1,OOO,OOO to
So, 100000 and will be great acquisition
to the state. They are claimed as
against the state by individuals. Late
today Commissioner Lamereaux decid-
ed to give the state a hearing on its
claim. The time and place have not
been set, but it will probably be had at
the Duluth land office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
WESTERN UNION BEATEN.
Union Pacific Must Maintain It's
Own Telegranha.

Union Pacific Must Maintain It's
Own TeIegraphs.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The United
States supreme court, In a decision by
Justice Harlan today held in effect
that the Union Pacific Railway COM
pany had no right to make lease
practically giving the Wesern Union
Telegraph company an exclusive right
to maintain telegraph along the route
of the railroad company. The case
came here from Nebraska, and the
court, by it's decision, reverses the
judgment of the circuit court of ap-
peals, and affirms the judgment of the
circuit court for the Nebraska dis
trict.
The decision rendered today holds
that the United States has a right to
maintain a bill in equity to compel the
Union Pacific to maintain its own lines
Of telegraph along its railroad routes,
and that the obligation imposed on the
railway company to do this was so
strong as it's obligations to maintain
the railway tracks. In the case of the
United States against the same two
corporations to recover moneys paid
for government messages to the West
ern Union, sent over the lines along
the Union Pacific right of way since
1881, the court affirmed the judgment
below in favor of the corporations.
The court said that if it could be shown
which messages were sent over the I'm
ion Pacific lines on the north of the
railroad track, and over the Western
Union lines on the south, it would hold
that reimbursement should be made for
the former messages, but since the evil
dence was to the effect that it was i'm
possible to distinguish them, it would
rule against the United States claims.
The suit on which the decision was
based, was brought some years ago,
by Attorney General Miller, to enforce
the provisions of the Anderson
act, passed in 1888 which provided
that all railroads and telegraph COM
panies to which the United States have
granted any subsidy in lands or bonds
shall maintain telegraph lines for all
purposes and exercise by themselves
alone all the telegraph franchies con-
ferred upon them and obligations as
sumed by them under the acts max
ing the grants.