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when some one has a malicious or
selfish end to serve. The days when
it was a misdemeanor for a man to
kiss his wife on Sunday, and when
to perform any kind of labor was q
miSdemeanOr promptly and severely
punished, are SO far in the past that
we read of them with a wonder that
men were ever SO bigoted and mar
row, mixed with a sense of thank
fulness that we live in an age that
has outgrown such childishness
The man who is persuaded in his
own mind that a piece of work on
which he is engaged needs compile
ton finishes it on Sunday without
so much as a thought that he is
transgressing any law human or
divine, or, if he thinks of it, it is
only to resent it as an abridgment
of his individual right of free action.
The legislature Of this state may
pass the bill-they are capable of
this as Of any other absurdity-but
it will pass into the statutes, there
to repose in perpetual Sabbath day
rest, thing apart from the busy
activities of men, serving only the
purpose of some future student of
the history of the people who will
make 1t serve to illustrate again the
futilism of legislation applied to re-
Hgious ends. Serving no good pur-
pose, it can serve only a bad one,
stimulating afresh that repugnance
of men to such control of their ac-
tons, and melting them to unusual
acts to express their revolt To tell
the man of today that he shall not
do that which he believes he has
a right to do is but to stir him into
acts designed to show his defiance of
the restriction and his contempt for
the law. Beyond this is the unwis-
dom OF enacting law that is fore
doomed to constant infraction, and
which invites disregard because of
the weakening effect it has on pop
ular respect for law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
MRS. MARY ]. REID.
The Literary Point of View.


Octave Thanet once remarked:
Frank Stockton owes half his fun
to the contrast between his prepos-
ferrous situations and his matter-of-
fact actors and his perfectly serious,
simple narrative" So it is with
Trilby. The characters are singu-
larly human, entirely true to mod
ern life and society; the style is
charming in its simplicity, the motif
only being audaciouS and improb-
able. With great art, however, Du
Maurier has taken but one short
step beyond the probable, a step
which almost seems within the reach
of modern science. He has also
placed Trilby in that ''it-might-have-
BEEN atmosphere which adds so
much to the effect of Maud Muller.
Strictly speaking, Trilby is not
realistic novel-it is a psychic novel
in which realistic methods are en-
ployed. The realist is supposed to
depict life as he sees it. Trilby
should rather be classified with the
fantastic creations of Gautier. The
character of Trilby is very charm
ing in a novel, but her grace would
disappear like the morning mist if
she were lifted out of the covers of
book. During the last decade there
has been an over-Study of the class
which Trilby very POLITICALLY repre-
sents. and the old-fashioned virtues
attendant upon wifehood and moth
erhood are being too much ignored.
In a conscientious effort to obtain
the masculine point of view, our
women are losing some of their
femininity.
1t is not so much what Trilby it.
self is, as what it is leading us to,
Whichs makes a delineatiOn of that
type dangerous. If the boundary
line were drawn at Trilby and to the
novelist it could be said: So far
thou mayst go, but no farther-Tril-
by (the irresponsible artists point of
view and THE Heavenly Twins"
the abnormal Woman's view, might
be safely admitted to literature. but
one feels like inquiring, how many
more steps are to be taken before
one reaches the end. If the modern
novel is simply to be a dumping
ground into which the whole of mod
ern life is to be thrown, heller.
SHELTER, without any criticism or Sc
lection-for the very doubtful benefit
of posterity and ourselves-then
nothing should be excluded. and
Mr. lola is right in his theories.
When, however, one thinks of the
evils towards which the modern
spirit is wildly rushing, and of that
consumptive boy-the illustrator of
the yellow BOOK" the
last hours of his life in searching for
types to personify the ''Beardslev
woman is there not something
CHASTITY about such art?-if art if
may be called! Is it not time to crv
Halt. to the artists and novelists
Who are caricaturing our times and
are squandering their talents upon
butterflies and gargoyles?
Modern life is so complex. one NAV
waste ones force with such ease.
that the question, What shall read
and what discard?" is a very vital
one. Two sayings illustrate two
types Of authors: One is the remark
OF Senac de Meilhan, Necker's op-
ponent, Truth does not excite me.
only novelty" and the other is that
me ola epigram of Millions, "a good
book is the precious life-blood of a
master spirit. To which type does
Du Mauripr heIono2
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DR.. c. EUGENE RIGGS.
Specialist in Mental and Nervous
Disorders.

Specialist in Mental and Nervous
Disorders.
THE HYPNOTIZING OF TRILBY.
1t is clearly apparent that, what
ever the artistic and literary abil-
| tiles of Mr.. DU Maurier. he has not
| taken the pains to inform himself as
to the scientific status of hypnotism.
Indeed, so utterly incongruous with
all established facts are the phenom-
ena related by him that they are
clearly beneath the level Of scien-
tific problems, and in that respect
they do not deserve discussion for a
moment.
However, as you intimate that
many readers of Trilby, who chance
not to be well-informed as to the
real nature of hypnotism, are curl
Gus to know if many of the start
ling incidents related of Svengali's
powers are within the range of prob
ability [ might answer that when
the uncanny musician first placed
his pretty, if not small, young
friend under his hypnotic influence,
in order to relieve the neuralgia of
her eyes, he was combining himself
to the possible. All his future oper-
atoms in the same field are alto
gether incredible. To begin with, it
is quite impossible to hypnotic any
one against his will. Trilby at first
consented to be hypnotized SO as to
be freed from pain. Later she re-
fused, and with good reason, to al
low Svengai to relieve her, and she
began to positively loathe him. 1t is
said that she was forced to go to him
for temporary assistance, but it was
not necessary for her to be hypno-
tiZed by him again. Certainly she
would have objected. This objection
inert
Z The browning absurdity of the
book from a scientific standpoint, yet
iA@ne of it's best features from an
artistic and dramatic standpoint, is
Trilby's singing with such Won
ssdrous skill at the mere will of her
|shypnotizing master. Nothing could
Oc OppOSSo W oil
A hypnotized subject has only the
capabilities which he possesses when
in his ordinary condition. Hyp-
notism can add no natural powers.
If Trilby had no ear for music and
no taste in singing, not all the hyp-
notizers in Europe could make her
sing well while under their influence
Incidentally might refer to the
| odd belief that for eXerting power
| full hypnotic influence one must pos
sess a striking and somewhat pirat-
| zeal appearance. 1t is assumed that
black hair, dark, piercing eyes, and
/ an expression more or less forbid
ding are quite essential. Svengah
| encourages this belief by represent
ing the same type. Yet Charcot the
| elder, without doubt the most sue
cessful hypnotizer of modern times,
| was a man Of extremely benign and
/ amiable countenance. 1t might not
| be unnaturally inferred, on general
I principles. that prepossessing
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AT LEAST FIFTY DEAD.
HORRIBLE DISASTER IN AUSTRI.
AN SILESIA
EXPLOSION IN A MINE
EntOmbs Two Hundred NcrI1meu
-Rescuers Recovering the
Victims.

TROPPAU, Austrian Silesia, March
16.-An explosion of fire-damp took
place today in the Hohengge mine.
belonging to the estate of the late
Archduke Albrecht, of Austria. At
the time of the explosion there were
200 miners below
Later in the day eighty of the min
ers were rescued. but the remaining
12O are imprisoned in the galleries.
which are blocked with debris. The
bodies of several of the imprisoned
miners have also been extricated
from the ruins.
During the day twelve dead bodies
were recovered, and a number of
miners, fifteen of whom were in
jured, were rescued, and it is now
believed that not more than fifty
periShed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
REV. DR.. S. G. SMITH.
a General View.

The interest in Trilby is entirely
phenomenal. In twelve months the
book will be stone-dead. 1t is a.
slovenly literary 'skit," and bears
the same relation to literature that
Shoe, Fly, Don't Bodder Me" and
Down Went McGinty to the Bottom
of the Sea" bear to musical history.
Til by is an imp ossible moral mons
frosty. No woman ever had so
much experience and knew so little
about its moral quality. The reli-
gious discussion is miserably weak.
does not belong to the story, and is
dragged in by the tail"
Little Billee," the only really eff
fective character in the story. is
murdered by the author at last. only
because he did not know what else
to do with flesh and blood char
actef. S. G.. SMITH.
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OUTWARD LELY.
The Great English Tenor.
THE MUSIC OF TRILBY.


1t was somewhat surprising to me
to discover that this novel had be-
come so popular in the States. In
London / had observed several COM
plimentary notices of the book in the
reviews as being a clever production,
yet it attracted very little attention.
Recently, however, I have several
times been requested to sing Ben
Bolt, for the simple reason that so
many of the audience had read
Trilby.
Generally speaking, the musical
features Of the book are marked by
a spirit of unnatural exaggeration.
yet they do not fail to exhibit a very
credltable knowledge of music on
the part of the author. Du Maurier
L have long known as a most anus
ing artist. No one can forget his
charmingly droll drawings in Punch.
nave met him several times, and
found him a jolly and agreeable
companion; but 1 have been SIR
pllseo TO see that, though now past
IIty' he has so well succeeded in his
recent literary ventures; and | was
not prepared to find him SO prof.
cient in the musical art.
10 mention details, it is mani
testify impossible for SvengaH to
nave created such marvellous effects
with mere modification of the
,iaseolet. All such instruments have
but a very limited range and power
ana no musical skill can supply these
oenc1encies. The description of
Irlipys vocal apparatus is ideal
EVERY physical qualification of the
perfect singer is there pointed ont
liils feature, at least, is thoroughly
accurate. 10y
Setting aside the miraculous con-
troll alleged to be exercised over
Trilby when singing at the concert
IN Paris, her performance is marvel
GUS to the extent of incredibility.
1t is not, as many suppose, the COM
pass of her voice which is so notable.
but the quality of it. Most of the
songs she sings-"Ben Bolt" eau
Clair de la Lune" and the rest-are
very simple compositions, and pre-
sent no difficulties. In one case, how
ever, she is stated to have sung the
Same verse three different times, and
each time with a different express
sion, or, rather, 1 should say she
sang it the first time without any
expression whatever, which is mani
testify one of the greatest miracles
in the whole performance l have
seen great deal said about
her final number in the concert This
piece of Chopin's is certainly diff
cult one, even for the piano, yet it's
range is not beyond the powers of
the human voice. The quality, I re-
peat, not the range, of Trilby's
voice was its wondrous character
istic. This characteristic was so
very wond as to be quite be-
yond the bounds of all past observa-
ton. Patti is usually supposed to
have a wonderful voice I have
heard her sing, and I have sung with
her many time, but 1 am sure she
would have felt utterly crushed in
the presence of ''la grande Trilby.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
A WkTERY CYCLO NE:
1t Leaves a Path Of Destpue-
ton Through Coosa VAL
ley in Alabama.
MANY LIVES WERE LOST.
Crops Completely Ruined and
the Country Laid in
Waste.
MORE DAMAGE FROM FLOOD
Which Follows in the Wake
Of the Storm--DetailS
Meager.
MORE DAMAGE FROM FLOOD

GADSDEN, Ala, March ia wa
terspout passed over the Coosa river
valley, forty miles from here, late
this evening, leaving death and de-
struction in it's path. The telegraph
wires are down and particulars are
hard to get, but it is known that
several lives were lost. The damage
in the vicinity of Gadsden is enorm-
Gus, crops drowned and the country
laid waste. The Coosa river is rising
a foot an hour at this place 1t is
already swollen from the recent
heavy rains, and the deluge of this
evening will spread over the valley.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
NINTH WARD REFORM.
1t VIII BE Pushed on "a Date Not
We. Named.

A few citizens of the Ninth ward met
last evening at 767 jackson street with
a view of effecting immediate re-
forms, but nothing was really done.
Senator Stevens, Representative San
ders and Aid. Murphy were expected
to be present, but they were not.
H. Mink moved that a permanent
organization be effected Mr. Mink op-
posed politics. He said there shouldn't
be any, at least in municipal affairs.
Politics was especially to be Stunned
when it came to the election of local
officials.
Other gentlemen followed Mr.. Mink.
each pointing out how things were
as they should not be. Mr. Ahern had
been policeman himself, and he
knew that policemen were worse than
Trilby. He could prove it by his own
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
----Sslls---
miners Utterly Destitute,

CINCINNATI o., March 16.-Owing
to cold weather the past week, reports
have been received of increased suffer
ing among the destitute miners in the
Hooking valley. The relief committee
has resumed work here. carload of
provisions, worth $780, was sent from
Springfield today, and other places
promise help early in the week. The
relief will be continued until April.
when work will begin on mining for
the lake shipments.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
A SURVIVAL OF THE OBSOLETE

A SURVIVAL OF THE OBSOLETE.
In making his protest against the
Sunday laws and their proposed eX-
tension, in his communication to the
GLOBE of yesterday, Mr.. Phelps put
the argument on its only tenable
ground, and the same that Paul
the Apostle put it on in his letter
to the Romans, when he wrote: Zone
man esteemeth one day above an
other; another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully pur-
suaded in his own mind" This is
the idea of individual responsibility,
which is as correct and sound in
secular as in spiritual affairs.
Our Sunday observance laws are
but the tattered fragments left from
an abandoned past by the progress
i've movement of the human mind to
f1utter in the wind, with as little
effect on human thought or action
as the bull of the pope had on the
comet; relic of the innumerable
laws of those benighted days when
kings and prelates and parliaments
were using the powers of the state
to legislate humanity into submits
sion to dogma. They survive be-
cause they are not enforced, because
they mean nothing more than a good
natured tolerance of the futile in
tolerance of that devotional element
OF our population, as distinguished
from the moral element-alwavs
separable quantities-who are not
content with being devout them
selves, but would compel every other
one to be so.
The futility of law when it op-
poses the freedom of human action
has no better illustration than in
these laws which forbid and punish
the performance of any kind of labor
on the Sabbath day. Long since
they lapsed into innocuous desue-
tude, resurrected and applied only
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
! TRII RYe WHERE LIES IT'S CHARM
i AAA31 AND ITS INSTRUCTION 9

Du Mauriers novel is the quintes-
sence of modern fads. It's charac ter
istic is uptodativeness. With a sin
gular skill it has been harmonized
in absolute unison with the chords of
popular fancy. Possessing a polit-
ical subject, it would have been a
triumph of statecraft, and in the
clever artist, the successful novelist,
has perhaps been lost an astute pol
itician-a Disraeli sacrificed for a
Du Maurier. No party would have
failed to approve it, for all would
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Inst Rifes for Thomnn-

WEXFORD, r. T., March 1.-THE
funeral of the Right Rev. Elisha
Smith Thomas, ID. D., the late Episco-
pal bishop of Kansas, was held here
this afternoon in st. PauPs church.
WEXFORD is his native town and the
body was brought here from the West.
Rev. Borden Smith, of WEXFORD, as
sisted by Rev. Daniel Goodwin, of East
Greenwich, read the services. Many
clergymen from all parts of the state
were present. The interment took
place at Elm Grove cemetery.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

Senator-elect Mines will draw his
salary as lieutenant governor of
Michigan to the end of the session
and also his salary as United States
senator. If David B. Hill had done
that, Republican papers would have
raised a howl that would have been
heard around the land.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

With a rare display of the sense
of the fitness of things the Mime
apolis Tribune closed an editorial
state as a capitol site with the ap-
posite remark: There were sales of
hogs today at $475." The Trib may
be both silly and foolish, but it is, oc-
casionally, truthful.
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so far as concerns art associations,
will illustrate this much, at least,
that the influence of the better class
of artists and the higher class of art
is always refining and e1evating, and
may even reform a hayward Trilby.
BURT HARDWOOD.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

How would Minneapolis feel if St.
Paul should offer to donate Como
park, consisting of $40 acres, to the
state, provided the latter would
erect upon it state capitol to cost
$1,000,0O0 and state university to
cost $2,000,000? This is quite as rea-
sonable proposition as Minneapolis
has made
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

DALLAS, Texas. March 1.-THE
ground was frozen hard with plenty
OF ice this morning. The thermometer
was at %. A great deal of vegetation
was destroyed, but fortunately there
were not many fruit trees in bloom
Spring was set back more than a week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

Both Swift and Wenter have SOL
EMMY promised to reform Chicago
in the event Of election. But how
can Chicago be reformed unless it
sets its council adrift in Lake Mich
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

John L. Sullivan acknowledges
himself a second-class pugilist by
challenging the winner of the Kill
rain-O'Donnell mill. Who knows but
that George Dixon will challenge
Sullivan yet?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
Met Death in Strange ,Ia.ner

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 10
Miss Grace Coleman, daughter of Rev
DR.. j. l.. Coleman, met instant death
in front of Hoard college last night
She fell from a bridge into d small
stream, breaking her neck.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
BURT HARDWOOD.

The WeII-KnOyyn Artist. Instruc-
tor of the Life Classes ia the St.
Paul School of Fine Arts.
THE PARIS OF TRILBY.
Du Maurier would give one the
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INVESTIGATED IN HAWAII.
Agent Dixon Says Annexation Is
Inevitable.

BUTTE, Mont, March Isl. G..
Dixon, who had been sent to Homo
lulu by Chairman McCreary, of the
house foreign relations committee,
returned today. While declining to
discuss the object of his trip, he adj
mits making thorough investigation
of recent events on the islands, and
gives it as his opinion that annexa-
ton is inevitable. He says natives
are becoming enthusiastic annexa-
tionists, and all favor it except Eng
liSh residents.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17

The Bourbon general, Ii Quor,
seems to have won most of his bat
ties in Minnesota villages.
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Let the negotiations for pigtail
peace at any price proceed. Ii Hung
Chang has been found.
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Uncle Sam now has a chance to
find out whether Spain votes as she
shoots.
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The whisky trust has added kit
of burglars tools to its equipment.
It's agents broke into a safe at Pc
oria
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The legislature has been so royalty
entertained at Duluth that the Ze-
NTH City may now be made the cap
ital of Minnesota.
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Secretary Gresham is getting the
sings and arrows of an outrageous
partisanship that cannot forgive him
for the offense of desertion. What
ever he does he is equally upbraided.
To the Republicans there is no
health in him. If he move deliber-
ately in any foreign complication
they trounce him for his slowness;
if he move, as in this Alliance case,
with promptitude, he is whipped with
denunciation for his unstatesman-
like impetuosity. Clearly Mr. Gresh-
am is to be damned if he does and
damned if he doesn't.
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Official Paper of Ramsey County.

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personal experience 'whin on tn
foorce."
The gallant band of reform Spartans
refused to die that their country
might live, and they will await rein
forcements before organizing per-
manently. The chairman is to notify
them when the reinforcements may be
expected.
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Editor Stead is reminded that Chi
rago gave $4,000, 200 to charity in ten
years.
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DR.. Kelley is something of a snake
baniSher himself.
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TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Indications: For
North Dakota, South DAKOTA ard Mime
sofa: Fair; winds shifting to west and
warmer
For Wisconsin: Warmer; fair; west to
south winds.
For Montana: Fair; southwest winds
warmer.
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