The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31

Barometer, 20.i3: thei ICOn2tGr, 10; Telat1Ne
humidity, 81; wind, southeast; weather, parlIy
cloudy; maximum thermometer, y; minimum
thermometer. >: daily range p; amount Of
rainfall or melted Snow in last twenty-foar
Note-Barou2eter corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. Z. Lyons, Observer.
r9gE Sun Still SHINES.
If "alI are architects Of fate, working
in these halls Of Time" there are some
pretty gloomy structures being pre-
pared for doomed souls in these days Of
wandering IN the wilderness. It seems
to Us to be an opportune time for a
word of warning as wei as a word of
cheer; for nothing can be more certain
than that the people are planning and
perfecting more i'll fortune for them
selves by the spirit which they mani
fest in dealing with the present and
its future. Never yet was good fortune
born Of dependency. Never yet did
the wall of the complaining tighten the
burden on weary shoulders. And of
all the habitations Of men, good luck
gives the widest berth to that where
some miserable being has cast himself
down to bemoan his unhappy lot.
We confess to little patience with
those of our people who have been go
ing about Of late with glum faces, talk
ing Of the untowardness of business
conditions, swapping dolorous conf
dences with doleful waggings of the
head, and looking as if they were chief
mourners at the funeral of their own
hopes. We have to tell them that not
only is it not of this stuff that brave
men and women are made, but that out
of it the fabric of success has never
yet been woven. A stout heart and a
merry face will put more enemies to
rout than anything else; and the cour-
age and determination Of men fight
half their battles for them Recent re-
verses have been nothing so far out Of
the common that we need wear Grape
on our hats for a twelvemonth. Bust
ness conditions are not SO unparalleled
IN experience that we need to make
them the sole and everlasting topic of
discussion. And the one thing which
is doing more harm today than all
others, that which is retarding i'm
provement and taking the heart out of
people and creating distrust of our
splendid resources is the gloomy air
that sits so heavily upon our people
and the melancholy complaint that has
taken the place Of a hearty greeting
and a courageous hand grip between
friends
Is there a community in this coun-
try that has gone forward uninter
ruptedly to great successes save by the
strength Of indomitabIe pluck? Is not
our own story a witness of it? Would
there have been a ST. Paul but for
the interchangeable determination of the
men who braved hardship and danger
and fought with the beasts of want and
depression and Encouragement forty
years, and again twenty-four wears
ago? Were they of the stuff that SITS
down in Indifference to the outer world
to tell the rosary of it's own misfor-
tunes? Where would have been our
wonderful achievements. where the
growth, where the actual wealth. not
ore dollar of which has vanished. if
the early days Of this state and this
city had been marked by the temper
ament Of the disappointed child instead
of the dauntless man whose fortune lies
not in inflated values, but in his own
strong arm and ready brain?
We have. entire and hearty sympathy
with all who have fallen into misfor-
tune. There is no true man whose
heart does not ache for those who find
the savings Of years swept away and
the effort Of the day scarcely equal 70
its needs. But after all, this is 2
world for brave men and not for weak
lngs. We have the storm and the
lightning and the food; and we do NOT
sit down after them to declare that it
is OF no use to plant and to till against
the will Of an angry and inscrutable
Providence. We 60 to work next dav
to clear away the wreckage, to build
statelier mansions on the ruins. tn
wrest from old misfortunes new happi-
ness. And the sun shines and the flow
ers nod In the soft west wind. and
earth gives her increase, and we know
that it is Gods world after all. For all
that is best in it, the bounty Of nature
her certain answer to the willing hand
and all the strength and nobIeness that
true hearts lend to one another when
they are stirred by the simple and
genuine emotions that make men of Us
and tell US that life is worth living. are
no less sure in storm than in the sun
shine.
It is a part of the curse that is on
US, the curse of an age Of ugly and
sordid commerciaIism, that communi-
ties and nations should feel, as they do
ct the end Of this century, the unbear-
ablencss Of any interruption or slacken-
ing in the. process OF accommodating
wealth. "What ye seek, we will fnd;"