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The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
HATE TO BE sLIGHTED.
House Committee Library VIII
Fight for Their Report.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-two news
paper men in congress are full of fight.
and intend to have what Lord Dun
dreary calls "a wumpus and a wow"
Both OF them are from New York,
and botht Of them possess forensic as
we'll as literary ability. Amos j. Cum
mings and Lemuel Ely Quigg are mem
bers of the house committee on the
library, of which committee, Mr.. Har-
mer, of Philadelphia, is chairman.
During the last session Of congress the
committee was authorized to hold spe-
cial meetings and make recommends
tions to congress for the government
of the new congressional library.
Two weeks before the present session
Of congress began, Messrs. Harmer,
Cummings and Quigg appeared in
Washington and began a thorough in
vestigation of the subject, having be-
fore them eminent librarians of the
country. The result of their work was
embodied in report to the house,
through the committee on appropri-
ations. The latter committee has COM
pletely ignored the work Of the COM
mittee on the library and presented a
new report. Mr.. Harmer has said moth
ing as yet, but Cummings and Quigg
are rampant. Mr.. Cummings says:
''Our committee worked under author
ity from the whole house of representa-
tives, and not under authority from the
committee on appropriations. We will
not submit to such autocratic domina-
ton from a committee of the house
without strenuous opposition" Mr..
Quigg has introduced bill covering all
Of the points recommended by the COM
mittee on the library, and will offer it
as an amendment to the legislative
appropriation bill. Quigg and Cum
nings are full of fireworks, and will
make things interesting on the floor Of
the house when the bill is under dis
cussion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
THE DECLINE OF THE ADVENTURE
STORY

A writer in the New York Press, who
processes to have had his finger on the
pulse Of the book trade, comes forward
to tell us that the decline of the "swash
buckler romance" has at last begun.
This is reassuring news, indeed For
the last three years the tale of ad-
venturQus action has reigned supreme
in current literature. The first books
of the sort were a refreshment and a
change, and had the imitators of Wey-
man combined the study of character
with the delineation Of action, as he
did in "a Gentleman Of France" the
day of their supremacy might have
been longer one. Probably it was
for our sins that the literature Of gore
came upon us in such a deluge Before
its arrival, in America at least. the
school of Mr.. Howells had been su
preme. With the best will in the world
toward Mr.. Howells' novels it cannot
be claimed that they stir the pulses
or penetrate to the deeps Of the soul.
AS far as they go in their delineation
OF life and character, they are good,
but their range is narrow and action is
practically non-existent in them. 1t
was inevitable that there should be a
violent reaction and that for a time
the romance of action should have
downed the novel of character. But the
latter, 1t seems, is rising again and
with fresh strength, from it's over
throw. Theron Ware" is more pop
ular than the Heart of the Princess
Osra;'' Sentimental Tommy and '.Sir
George Tressady" have far outstripped
the Gray Man" and King Noannett."
After all, ''the proper study of man
kind is man." and tales of blood and
battle have but a limited usefulness
as compared with those delineating the
strife of the spirit. 1t is well that the
novel of character is again in the
ascendant, and more than we'll If the
writer's of it have taken to heart the
lesson of their brief eclipse and real
lied that to hold the attention Of the
public novel must have action of
some sort, Vigor, strength and sineW.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
THE SPIRIT OF THE .CHRIsTMAs
CARROLL

The performance of a dramatized
version of Dickens christmas Carol"
which will be given under the auspices
of the Teachers association next Sat
urday, is an event of some magnitude
quite apart from the interest naturally
felt in an amateur dramatic perform
ance in which well known people are
engaged. In some sense it points to a
revival OF the old-fashioned ideas about
Christmas, and it is one of the reason
able hopes of the Teachers associa-
ton that it may promote those ideas
in the minds of the school children who
see it. AS is well known for a few
years past the Christmas Carol" has
not been in the good graces of the
philanthropists. Mr. Howells in par
ucular objects to it at length as SEN
timental and tending to cause undue
seif-gratulation over the happiness
caused by our few small Christmas
charities 1t is Mr. Howells' idea that
everybody ought to be miserable until
such time as the world is so made over
that everybody else has a comfortable
income, and charity becomes one of
the lost arts through lack of occasion
for it. The conscience of our generation
is already pretty thoroughly awakened
over the condition of society, and there
seems no particular reason to suppose
that it will ever be permitted to slum-
Der soundly again; also, most of us are
thoroughly familiar with the sensa-
ton of misery caused by other peoples
woes. If therefore there is any COM
fort to be derived from Christmas CIV
ing in the old-fashioned unscientific
way, let us take it in Heavens name
and be thankful. Any feeling of salts
faction we may get from our own
virtues in this respect is likely, at best,
to be too short-lived to be harmful. A
spasm Of reckless human sympathy
once a year is better than none at all.
and is a great relief to the feelings of
the submissive charity-worker who
does all things in order and according to
months of the time. The spirit of the
Christmas CAROL may be old
fashioned, but it is one of those old
fashions which it is good to revive, and
touch of it will be an excellent thing
for our young people.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

ineffective. The street railway COM
pany is not likely to comply with its
provisions unless under compulsion,
which may or may not be possible to
apply But the whole unfortunate af-
fair explains why progress should be
less rapid than we desire to see it in
community whose most energetic
work is devoted to a civil war between
its own interests. which could be Of no
substantial benefit even to the victors.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
MIsFIT FACES AND MINDS

w nat opposing and contradictory
forces are at work when the human face
IS formed and the intellect put in behind
1T that makes the face no reliable indi-
Gator of the mental powers it conceals? /?
The harmonies would require that the
strong intellect be given a head and
features COMFORTING with it's qualities
while the face of the man or woman
weak in intellect and morals should
be an unfailing index Of that lack of
character so that all men might read
1T. But while some pretend to skill in
reading the mind and it's traits from
the race, we all have to confess, after
repeated disappointments which fatty
contradict our first impressions, that
we can know nothing of the real per-
son who dwells in hiding behind the
facial mask until we haye "summered
and wintered" with it, and often not
even then. The sour-visaged person
turns out a sweet tempered one, while
the face that denotes angelic sweet
ness merely masks a Xantippe The
confidence man is always one Of frank
countenance and engaging manners.
while the man with the brand Of Cain
on his face proves to be one of the
truest of the true
Nor do faces and heads give any
truer indication of mentality. Carlyle's
comment on a most distinguished head
on the body of field hand, '.great
possibilities much marred," was not
warranted by any experience of men.
One Of our state insane asylums a few
years ago had as patient man Of
massive head, the brow of a philoso-
pher, who did not know enough to eat
the food put before him, but whose
jaws automatically worked when the
attendant opened them and pushed the
food in. A reporter of a city paper
showed an eminent detective photo
graphs of some of our distinguished
literary men, Howells' among them.
and the detective selected Howells' as
indicating remarkable criminal A
New York clergyman, preaching to the
convicts on BlackwelPs island, noted
great intelligence, and, pointing them
out to the keeper after service, asked
if they were not college graduates.
To his dismay but one Of them was,
while three of the most repulsive and
vicious-looking men in the lot were
such. One of the most intellectual of
those who caught the preachers eye
was tough who, the keeper said, "had
since he was a kid
That there is no definite law of as
signment is shown as much by the
condolences of bright mentalities be-
extreme, there are faces that accurately
index the stupidity behind them. Is
there nothing in these fits and misfits
to give support to the theory Of esoteric
Buddhist that we merely provide in
our children habitations for reincar-
mated beings coming back from Kir-
vachan for another birth and life jour-
neyg How else can we account for a
Socrates wearing the face of Caliban,
the kindest of hearts Joined to the
most repulsive of faces, or the coolest
Of criminals wearing the visage of a
saint? We may speculate as we will,
but the fact remains that no mans
face iS q table Of the contents OF his
mind.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
PAUL. aGLoBEa SUNDAY, pEcEMnER 90 1895

Pioneer Press. In writing up accounts
Of such happenings as if they were
actually true, has engaged in the ig-
noble occupation of 'fabricating yarns"
to discredit its whilon proteges 1t has
a bad habit OF inserting the knife under
the fifth rib of a trusting friend in
some unguarded moment, but we never
thought that this penehant would be
exhibited toward Mr.. Doran and Chief
Goss. We tender to those much ma
ligned gentlemen our sympathy and the
renewed assurance of our distinguished
consideration.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

municipal government4w continue to
be painful ulcer, about which the
only question is how often it shall be
lanced. 1t seems to US that there would
be not only more business sagacity,
but more patriotism, to put it on higher
and finer grounds. in working for the
rule of the fittest in our local affairs
than in talking tariff or shouting for
the independence of Cuba.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
A cowARDLy ERROR.

this government in the Cuban affair
will take the form Of a disgraceful jim
goism. We regret this all the more
deeply because we believe that the
hearts of the people are true and their
judgments sound. We believe that a
in favor Of active physical interven-
tion by the United States to protect
the Cuban people from determination
and to secure for them the same meas
ure of liberty that we enjoy. This is
the only manly, patriotic or decent
thing for us to do. Instead of that, if
the policy mapped out by the senate
committee on foreign relations is to be
followed, we shall invite all the conse-
quences of a war with Spain, and pos
sibly with one or more other European
powers, on grounds which it is impos-
sible for us to justify or to maintain
The resolution which has BEEN ap-
proved by that committee acknowl-
edges the independence of the repub-
lie of Cuba" 1t couples with this the
foolish and pusillanimous insult of
saying that the United States will use
it's friendly offices to bring about an
end of the war between Spain and
Cuba.
Now, every reader of the newspapers
knows that there is no Cuban republic
to recognize The thing exists only on
paper. 1t is an imaginary state. 1t pos
ment, no army or navy, no central
authority, nothing tangible but name
For the United States to recognize
this imaginary entity is to stultify it
the consequences that would follow
such bravery and boldness as are fitted
to our national character and reputa-
tion. 1t is just as much a war meas
ure as it would be for us to order our
Heets to take possession of Havana
and to throw every Spanish soldier out
of Cuba. We avoid nothing; we take
all the responsibility; but we choose
deliberately to do this in fashion and
for reason which cannot be justified
instead Of asserting manfully that we
take our stand for humanity and JUS
tiee. and defy the worst.
Above such low level we fear that it
is useless to expect our congress to rise.
Jingoism has the floor. Never was
there better opportunity to discern
the abyss that lies between the lingo
and the patriot. The latter would say.
IN this event, that we can no longer
loiter in silence and inaction while a.
brave people are crushed by a nalig-
nant force that may destroy but can
not subdue them.-It would say that the
United States owes a duty to humanity
and to itself and proposes to discharge
that duty, appealing to the God Of ma
tions and accepting the consequences.
Whatever they may be. The latter.
mouthing wordy declarations and lis
tening for the approving murmur of an
unthinking populace, puts a shifty eva
sion into the nations mouth and sub
Jects us to every risk and every danger
that an honorable policy involves, only
to put us in a position for which there
is no reason and no apology. If we
cannot prevent this evil mistake. we
can at least enter the indignant protest
which every patriot feels at this shame
full sacrifice Of nations opportunity
and this debasement of the patriots
plea to the politicians bid for votes
on platform that will enable him to
claim that he was not responsible for
what might follow his ignobIe declara-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

worthier work. to strive to make 1t
so, and we feel sure it is more reason
able. as well as more wholesome view,
to think that all activities, journalistic
and other, are working, through va
ried fortunes and happy and unhappy
fluctuations, toward a higher rather
than lower plane
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

If the opinion given by the corpora
Broadway loop ordinance has been
passed legally and could be successful
even over a possible veto by the
mayor. We could wish most heartily
that the persistence and energy shown
by our business men in this useless or
harmful piece Of work were equally
we'll displayed in other lines of munici-
pal activity. If there were one-tenth
the solieitude shown for municipal re-
form and for business DEVELOPMENT in
this town that has been devoted to the
passage of the Broadway loop bill, we
would soon be making enormous
strides ahead. A large body of our
solid men have been enlisted for months
in this struggle, and the common coun-
Gil has been kept engaged upon it,
while garbage contracts go unenforced
and propositions for city lighting are
answered by but a single bid. All these
latter items are Of great financial inn
portance to the city. That about which
citizens and councilmen have interest
ed themselves so deeply is, we are
obliged to say, of no practical value
whatever, while it may possibly be Of
immense detriment to our people.
We have as yet failed to find any
substantial advantage to be gained by
anybody from the proposed Broadway
extension Of the loop That it will not
furnish proper street railway communi-
cation with the union depot, which is
the main point that ought to be aimed
at, appears on the face of it, The
lines which go no nearer that termi-
nus than Fifth and Sibley streets are
practically no better than those which
stop at Fifth and Robert If anybody
believes that the extension of the loop
is going to create a boom in real es-
tate, he is a singularly sanguine and
credulous person. We might put all
the street railway lines in the city on
one thoroughfare and it would not af-
feet the real estate market a particle
Property is going to change hands
hereafter on the basis of natural de-
mand. The time has gone by, and
gone, we believe, forever, when you
can artifcially either make values or
stimulate sales by any such device as
this.
On the other side, the disadvan-
Tor of
which it threatens to business at this
time have been clearly set forth. We
hope and are inclined to believe that
those who are threatened exaggerate
these, although their anxiety and op-
position are thoroughly well justified.
After many years and millions Of
dollars have been spent in building
up retail center in this city, which
we need more than anything else, upon
a fixed system Of street railway transit.
it is an unwarranted hardship and a
suicidal policy to attempt to draw
trade away from that area and to To-
cate 1t elsewhere. We think that the
retail district will hold it's own, by
virtue of it's own power, in spite of ev-
erything; just as we think that any
possible extension of the loop will be
absolutely powerless to add one dollar
to the real estate values supposed to be
affected
Even If this be true, however, it is a
most extraordinary course to make war
upon any trade interest Of this city at
a time when all our energies are need
ed to build up instead of tearing down.
It is probable that the loop ordinance,
even if 1t becomes law, will be totally
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
Postonlce Receipts Decrease.
,ecial TO the Globe.

Special to tho Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-Postmaster GEN.
eral Wilson today gave out q statement Of
receipts at the st. Paul and Minneapolis post
offices for the month of November, 1896, COM
pared with the same period Of 1895. 1t shows
decreases at both Offices attributable to the
unsettled business conditions incident to the
elections. The ST. Paul receipts aggregated
$S2,985 during November 1896, and SIS, est
in the same month of last year This Is a
decrease Of $26S2, or 7.5 per cent. At Min
respectively, a decrease Of $2,s3f, or SIS per
erf
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 5000; thermometer. 10; relative
humidity, so; wind southwest weather,
CLOUDY: maximum Thermometer, 25; minimum
thermometer, 5. daily range, 20; amount of
rainfall or melted snow in last twenty-four
hours. .01.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. f. Lyons Observer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-Enoch Johnson,
OF St Paul. and Patrick T. Russell OF Crooks.
ton, Mimi; Michael H. Brennan, of Devils
Lake, N. D., and Ira G. Kingsbury OF Hart-
ford, s. D., have been admitted TO practice es
attorneys and agents for claimants before the
interior department.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
ToDAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. Dec 19.-Forecast for Sun
day: Internationally fair; westerly
winds: warmer in northern portion.
Wisconsin Generally fair. with possibly
light local SHOWS at lake stations; light TO
fresh westerly winds.
South Dakota-Fair: variable winds
North Dakota - Generally fair; northerly
winds becoming variable; warmer Sunday
afternoon.
Montana--Partly cloudy; warmer in eastern
portion; southerly to westerly winds
TEMPERATURES.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

(Pioneer Press, Dec. 81
/. The hardware store Of McDough &c
Bowers, at TAT and 749 Wabasha, was bur-
glarized early yesterday morning.
2. Four guitars and one mandolin were
stolen Sunday night from the establishment
of A. Johnson, manufacturer of musical in
struments, at 40 w. Exchange street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-19
Is THE NORMA LOST 1!
OUT ONE HUNDRED DAYS AND
NOT REPORTED.
Bound for Honolulu from the south 90.
Capt. Rosehiii-CIose shave Of
q. @. Funk.

The schooner Norma, well Snowr
here, II is feared. has been lost at sea
with all on board captain and
crew, numbering ten soss. me Nor.
February for Honolulu with II ca,gu
of copra. .,.oard the schooner were
Captain Rosehill, his wife aud three
children, mate and for seam,n n.
The schooner is hurdicG days out
ioCay and no news has been reported
of her whereabouts. Tb news of the
probable fate of the Nr.lu1 was
brought to San Fran : go nv CAPTAIN
Luttrell, of the sch )orrr Viking
May 5. The viking was sixty days
making San Franci',o from Kuaaie.
Captain Rosehill left hcrolu'u IN the
Norma for the purpoae Of locating an
island which was sup,IoSeI 10 ubo md
in rich guano. The captain found
the island in former visit to the
South seas and laid n claim in Wash
ington. II was som i'm. before he
received his papers aGd with his wife
and family left in the Norna 90 WORK
the mine. The schooue" arrived sac.
ly and loaded for a r.turn trip. She
left on February as stated and moth
ing further has been heard from h,r.
Captain Rosehill was AT one tine cap
tain of police here.
. The barkentine e. G.. Funk. CAPTAIN
Charleston, arrived in San Francisco
on May G, twenty days FROM Nanului
On May 9Th at $3.50 p. IN. the Funk
had narrow escape fro Il go;Lg
ashore on Mile Rock. at the entrance
to the Golden Gate. On account of
there being no winds and strong
ebb tide Captain Charleston le. 20
both anchors. but they did not hold
until the vessel was within fifty feet
of the rocks. Rockets were fired aud
tons to leave the vessel. The small
boats were swung out and personal
effects and instruments slowed away
in them. Later breeze sprung up
and the Funk was enabled to sail
away from her dangerous position.
She anchored two hundred yards
away from Mile Rock and was picked
up by the tug Vigilant at o'clock
the next morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-19
AUCTIoNEER.

Did you ever see any Success
that was not sooner or later imitat-
edl Do the limitations as a rule
come up to the Successes
We introduced the SUCCESS"
FILTER a few months ago, and
the success we have had with them
has very quickly brought an imita-
ton to the market.
The fact that the we'll known
"Pasteur" Filter makers had to
contract with the makers of the
SUCCESS" for the iiltering stone
now used in the "Pasteur" shows
that the SUCCESS people struck
the proper stone for fltering pur-
poses. So far we have not used the
NAME to filter through, so do not
charge extra for same, but we con-
tinue to furnish you the Best, at
lowest price. When you want a
first class filter. not an imitation
remember that we sell them as low
as the lowest and OiroSo in he name
which other dealers admit is worth
dollar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-19
Highest of all in Leavenng powcr-Laes US Govt Report
RH!a!:!!! RRskiaHs
ABSOLUTEEY PURE
KATE FIELD is DEAD
rHE WRITER AND LECi UHEt
PAs.E, AWAY HERE.
Pneumonia ON Hawai- -
Arrived Today Per
=. ). Hall


Miss Kate Field arrived from lia-
wall ms AFTERNOON IN dying state
pneumonia wasthe trouble. ltd"Nelop-
ed from colu contracted last Ned
nesday She took the w. Il. Hall al
kaaWaloa yesterday. Vt the time
she was very weak ana complained OF
pain in the lungs.
pneumonia developed rapidly. lr.
Adrinnce OF the yacht toronet, who
happened 10 he aboard, returning
from the Volcano gave the sick lady
every possible attention. At noon to-
DAY he announced That there was no
nope for the recovery OF the patient.
She was then unconscious and breath
ing with the greatest difficulty. From
that time until port was reached she
remained in about the same c'ndi-
ton.
Upon the arrival of the Hal at l:ii
Or. Herbert was summoned ana re-
sponded Immediately. consultation
""' '"'' '''N''h NV. wv l''N 7N'i""9s
and they decided that '.rr' WAS
faint hope Tor the life ol Miss FI"il
IL was decided TO remove her from
the steamer to some horac IN She
city. Chief Justice Judd. J.. ".
Thurston, DR. Met ""'r MI others
asked FOR the care OF the patient nj
their homes. DIR. hebrews home was
selected rs being the nearest. At ,
o'clock the lady was removed on II
stretchcr to that place by sailors of
the yacht Coronet.
When Miss Field went aboard the
Hall at Hawaii she said: II am played
out | have been in the saddle, over
these lava beds too much. and begin
to feel the effects of it," She was then
doubtless more i'll than tired.
LATEi-Miss Field passed away 81
little before . o'clock.
Deceased had an international rcpu-
tation as writer and lecturer, having
visited all civilized countries and re-