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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
ANoTHER rRIAL IN sroRE.

We had hoped that the efforts of the
administration to strike out new lines
for itself would not take the old and ia
miliar form. Of the evil-disposed person
who sought to get possession OF Alad~
din's lamp, by Offering US new postage
stamps for old. 1t is announced in
Washington, however, that Postmas-
ter General Gary proposes to restore
the sickly green two-cent stamp of
unlamented memory. We are heartily
sorry that this gentleman should feel
it incumbent upon him to signalize
his term of office by this measure.
The return of the government to the
use of the terra Gotta stamp, pleasing
to the eye and of excellent design, was
welcomed by everybody. During the
period when our postage stamps were
changed every four years, the letter
mail of the people of this country was
made to carry some of the most I'M
artistic incongruities in outline, and
some of the direst denominations Iii
color that crude sense of art could
devise. We had hoped that those
horrors had passed away forever. The
present issue of postage stamps is not
an artistic paragon, but it is neat,
pleasing and satisfactory. Why on
earth should it be changed? The
chances are that the substitution will
be for the worse instead of for the
better. It requires an artist of no
mean ability to originate designs of
real merit for postage stamps. The
surface available is so small that the
work has to be of peculiar excellence.
The straining after novelty is almost
sure to have first place. Then comes
the question of coloring, which is
scarcely second in Importance. We are
told that a green stamp costs less
than a terra Gotta one. So does any
other cheap and vulgar horror, as a
rule, cost less than something really
artistic
While we are squandering not less
than $100,000G0O annually on extrava.
CANT and corrupt appropriations, it
does not seem to be necessary to save
few thousand dollars by tinting our
postage stamps with the arsenic hue
of the unripe melon, instead of the
beautiful coloring that is now III
vogue. If anybody has influence
enough with the administration to pre-
vent it from giving US another carni-
val of cheap and nasty experiments
with our postage stamps, we hope
that it will be exerted freely
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

Why should not the beet sugar industry
be more generally fostered and cultivated in
this country ??..7Winona Herald.
No industry" has been more assiduously
"fostered'' and Cultivated than this. Does
not Minnesota offer bounty of a cent a
pound for the production of beet sugar? Did
not its legislature buy 5000 pounds Of seed
to start the industry? Did not that rose
bud statesman, whom Stearns county con-
templates with such reverent awe, get
freight zone bill through to help it along?
Did he not organize capitalists into
company with million or two of stock to.
build plant that is still seeking loca-
ton? Has not the state 1900 pounds of that
beet seed left to give the industry fresh
start another year? Did not Bill King lend
a helping hand in buying the seed? Is not
to enlarge the field-Hawaiian annexation
opposed by California because it will COM
pete with their beet-sugar infant? Did not
congress put a tax of 195 cents on imports
in its behalf and tack on something extra
in the discriminating tax? Did it not exempt
from impost all machinery imported for use
in sugar refneries? Where have you been
at for the past year or two, anyway?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
SMALLEST IMMIGRANT.
Eight-Year-Oid Girl Comes From
Ireland Alone.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-The smallest,
youngest and brightest independent
passenger who ever landed in this
country came through the barge office
TO-DAY. She was Mary Hasty, eight
years old, from Irishtown, County Ma
yo, ireland. She had valise as big
as she was and shoes eleven inches
long, and came as an independent pas
senger in the steerage of the White
Star liner Britannia
Little Mary came to this country to
meet her aunt, Mrs Kanut, of Sleeps
head Bay.
When the long line of immigrants
formed Mary took her place to await
her turn at the rail when Agent Nc
Cool stopped them to ask the orthodox
questions. Mary tramped along with
the rest. Presently McCool looked
down and beheld the quaint little
figure. She was clad in good, rough
clothing, protected by a red bib, and
crested with gray Tam O'Shanter
and birds wing
McCool scoughed with discreet sur
prise. The face upturned to his was SO
sober it rebuked anything approaching
levity.
And pray what is your name?" he
asked
Mary Hasty, SIR with just the
falntest semblance of courtesy. The
clear quickness of the reply nonplussed
him.
Your age, Miss Mary?"
Eight sir"
Where do you come from, and where
are you going?"
Without taking breath she said she
was from IriShtown and was waiting
for Auntie"
What is your occupation?"
This was the next question in the
h1n(N l.. 4
would have slurred over it had not
Miss Hasty piped out: I'm not doing
anything much now, sir. I've gone to
school most of my life, sir, in a con-
vent. in County Mayo"
Down went the answer and McCool
cGuShed again to refrain from smiling
How much money have yOu?"
In true woman fashion little Miss
Mary began fumbling under her bib.
She looked as busy ard iinrert&pt rs
possible, and after some difficulty eX-
tracted shiny little purse from some-
where under the bib
In moment she had opened it ard
held it up for McCool to see the con
tents. I've got 10 cents left, sir, 10
cents and some Irish MOSS
What are you going to do in this
country Mary?"
The very best I can, sir"
This was Marys climax of Informal
ton, and she said it as if it should
be the most complete and comprehen-
sive answer in the world.
Then Mary Hasty, carpet bag purse
and eleven-inch shoes, passed on.
She sat down in the Enclosure and
watched her oil-clOth valise, now and
then craning her neck to peer over it
at the immigrants
Mrs. Kanut was notified of the little
ones arrival, and Mary sat there just
as contented as a mouse She was a
rosy-cheeked creature, all health and
animation, and twinkling with joyous
excitement at her Importance in that
thrOng of women. Many of them sat
beside her from time to time and chat
ted with her. She told them she had
five brothers and sisters and a mother
and father in Irishtown. She was the
pioneer of the family, she explained
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE.
Change ia Daily Conditions Dis
eussed by Rev. j. p. EGbeFt'

Change ia Daily Conditions Dis
cussed by Rev. j. p. Egbert
Rev. John P. Egbert preached an
Interesting sermon at the House OF
Hope church yesterday morning. He
said in part:
"The evil of so many things is not
simply in the things themselves; it is
in our treatment of them And the
good of the greatest things is not sim
ply in the things themselves, but 1t Is
in our reception of them and what
we do with them. AS an illustration:
Debt in itself is not such an evil thing,
at the first sight. But how evil it may
become. If it forbids our generous
treatment of the things that demand
of US generosity; if it forbids jus1
treatment of those to whom we are i'll
debted and those whom we ought To
help; if it begets such habits of thought,
such moral conceptions that 1T makes
our obligations to our fellow men sec
ondary to our own comfort ana con-
yenience and prosperity. it ceases to
be simply a little bit of debt; 1T be-
comes a great moral power down in
the very heart of the life, moving it TO
evil and getting it ready for possible
evils still beyond. And so it is with
everything that is in violation of the
fundamental teachings Of the moral
low They cannot be escaped.
.eWhat we need in this world is some
one who can lead us to what is posi-
HE to US. For every man is to he
Judged not by what he is, but by what
is nossible to him And the leader must
be one who will lead us into greater
and greater possibilities. [ mean by
that simply this: Certain things are
POSSIBLE to you today-certain achieve
ments. certain thoughts, certain COLI
oaptions of life. If you examine your
SELF today and can make just Judg-
roent of yourself, and then examine
Yourself tomorrow and make a per-
feet1v inst Judgment, you will find thai
Won are not the same in these Two
1ovs Either something more has be-
como nossibIe to you or something less.
The man who stood at twenty years
of age feeling all that was possible 10
hin, was moderate achievement, MOD
crate scholarship, moderate concep-
items of life and duty, may at tnlrtV
have them so exalted, so loeai, So III
snired by some new growth that ne
is not AFT all the same man. There is
an Infinitely larger possibility open
before him. and he feels little by little
that all things become possible TO nm,
INST as the great apostle VINO once 1eit
that the law defined all the poss1blit-
Ties of life found years AFTER that, py
the coming Of the Chr1st-HIe 10 ais
life, the revelation OF the meaning OF
death, Of life, Of immortality, OF God;
- the beundless, endless growth Of
the human soul, all things were posi-
HE to him, that nothing could stop the
growth of a soul made in the image
"rTo discover the great need of our
souls and to be impeIled by it to seek
the truth that satisfies that need, TO
discern Gods purpose in rousing us
by the entrance of truth, is the deep
act and richest thing the soul can do.
# is the beginning of a movement in
the life which will end at last in will
ing to do the will of God, in loving to
do it."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.
with a Soul Above Selling Lace He
Thought of Something Else.

He was a clerk in a dry goods store, and
her beauty and grace simply turned his head.
1t was in a Chicago dry goods store. which
is in it's way unique, and the Chicago dry
goods clerk is a creation indigenous to the
plant he serves. The "boofRl" lady was young
albeit she is matron. and as she stood en-
tranced before remnants of lace and tried their
different effects by spreading the mesh over
her lily-white hand he, poor fellow, was en-
tranced toe.
astically as she laid another specimen over
the back of her small, plump fist.
"Exquisitei Divine!" calculated the be-
wildered clerk, with an energy that ought
to have sold all the lace in the establish
ment but which was lost on the object of it.
us it pure white or cream?' she further
demanded.
pure white. with dimples,'' responded the
lost knight Of the yardstick.
There was one more question for the shop
per to- ask, and she asked it.
''Is it hand-maee?'
NO answered the poor fellow, rushing
on to his doom. cit is heaven-made."
It took the manager of the department some
little time to square the matter up and sell
the lace, and now the too susceptible clerk Is
transferred to a department where ne will be
out of the way of temptation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

The progress that is being made To-
ward an agreement upon an inter-
changeable mileage b-ok by the West
ern Passenger association will be graft
fying to the public. An arrangement
of this kind will be a boon to buslne> S
men generally. The trave ing repre-
sentatives of business houses have to
be fitted at the present time With a
full assortment of mileage books to
cover all the different syster1s of road
within their territory The purchase
and use of these within a prescribed
time limit is something of a nuisance.
One book good over all lines would be
an immense convenience to the travel
ing agent, and it must result in in
creased business for the roads. 1t Is.
indeed, so nlanifestly to their own adj
vantage that we cannot but wonder
why this Improvement has been de-
layed so long Not only the man who
is constantly on the road, but the
casual traveller would avail himself
largely of the privileges OF an inter-
ehangeable mileage ticket.
1t will happen very Frequently that
a man would make a journey of 500 or
! 600 miles if he could do it at the mile
age rate. The points to which he
wishes to go, however require him to
pass over the lines of several different
systems, and he can obtain transpor-
tatior only by buying a regular COM
| bina ton ticket This not only costs
more. but it limits him to a continu-
Gus route, and no deviation from or
addition to this can be made except
at full local rates. We do not think
that it admits of a moments question
that the general adoption of an inter
changeable mica ge book would multi
plv travel beyond all anticipation. One
| of the greatest obstructIons fr the way
of a larger use of railroad facilities
has been the rumber Of vexatious and
cumbersome restrictions thrown about
| the lowest passenger rates. 1t requires,
as a rule the signing of a special con-
tract and a personal Identification and
use within a definite tine limit, and a
whole lot of other. conditions that may
be necessary from the point of view
| of the railroad company, but are Ger
tainly calculated to repel interest in
| and the disposition to travel On the
part of the public.
The greatest incentive to their bust
ness that can be put forward by the
I railroad companies will be ticket for
! distance. acceptable interchangeab
over all the lines within large area
! of territory It will please the public,
/ increase the amount of travel vastly
and practically put an end to the op-
erations of the cut rate agent and the
| sca!per. The roads that have been
! clanoring to have ticket broking pro-
bibited by legislation can quickly dis
possess If in this way. With a mileage
hook that is just as good on one road
as en> another the inducement to cut
rates disappears We hope to see the
/ interchangeabl system extended
eventually from mileage to tickets be
tween the same points. as it is be-
! tween st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
A LUMP RATE.
Why There Were No Fixed
Charges in This Sanctum.

When the advertising agent of one Of the
greatest shows on earth-for in the circus
business greatest is not superiative term
at ali-visited small town in Kansas last
summer he called upon the editor of the local
paper and inquired the cost of double col
umn display advertisement in the next two
issues, says the Chicago Tmes-Herald
Two hundred and eighty dollars was the
reply, without a seconds hesitation.
Great Scott! Are you crazy?" cried the
agent. What would you charge us for a
full pager"
''Two hundred and eighty-just the same
But how do you figure it?" expostulated
the circus Haven't you any settled
rate for space advertising?"
"See here, mister" earnestly remarked the
editor, 81 don't pay any attention to space in
this deal, but do know just what adver-
tisement in this paper will cost you. You
may have a column, or page. or the whole
blamed paper, just as you like. There's a
mortgage for $3.50 on this shop, and your
circus has got to help me out with it. If it
doesn't, I'm a goner, that's all. You may
move right in here and run the whole shoot
ing match for a couple of weeks but we've
got to ante UP $3.50 before next Saturday
night Now, then are you a friendly Indian
or are you a hostile?"
All the dates and extra posters used last
season by that show throughout the West
were printed by little one-horse newspaper
office in Kansas. The paper is still issued
regularly and its editor shows every evil
dence that he is at peace with all the world
and is prospecting.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

Grover Cleveland knows more in minute
than the whole push of pin-headed pencil SHOW
ers that are endeavoring to slur him by
referring to an unknown ambition for an
other presidential nomination would be able
to comprehend in several life times. Cleveland
possessed an ability such as but few presi-
dents ever gave evidence of. He filled the
presidential chair with credit to himself and
honor to his country. He is now living in re-
tirement at his home at Princeton, N. j.,
where ne has the undivided admiration and
good will of the people. His name will go
down to posterity as one of the most able
of the presidents of the Union, and well it
may. 1t is the small brain and inactive one
that will not grant warrior peace after his
retirement from the feld.-Hinckley Courier.
1t is very safe prediction to make now
that, before four years roll around, there will
be Republicans in plenty who will be re-
gretting- that Cleveland is not in the Great
Apostles place. and still safer one that the
whole lot of these Democratic whippersnap-
pers who have exercised what they are
pleased to- consider their brains in denouncing
him, will be of the opinion the Courier is to-
day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

ers to repeal the civil ' service pct if will
come back on us some day with crushing
force. The Republican party introduced the
civil service plan, and to repeal the act now
Telegram.
The Republicans who are Bowling the re-
fern would do well to bear in mind the cleo
lions of 1882. They pigeonhoIed the Pendle-
ton bill until the voters had to change their
majority in the house to get that bill out of
the senate pigeonhoie, and then congressman
tumbled over each other in their eagerness
to get it out and pass it. II they want an
other walloping let them try to eviscerate
that law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
ASHORE ON CUBAN COAST.
Steamer Niagara FIOated After
Three Days.

NEW YORK. Sept. 19-The Ward
line steamer Niagara, from Southern
Cuban ports, arrived today after be-
ing ashore in Santiago harbor for over
siXty-eight hours. The Niagara left
this port Aug. rs last, on her usual trip
to Cuban ports via Nassau, Bahamas
On Sept. 8. on entering the harbor of
Santiago, she grounded A Cuban pilot
was in charge at the time of the acct
dent. An attempt was made to back
off the shoals, but without success. The
vessel remained in an easy position on
a muddy and sandy bottom for nearly
three days. Meanwhile, all her cargo
was discharged into lighters, also her
entire supply of COAL and the water
in her boilers. Finally, on Sept. II, the
British steamer Name Luke and pow
erful tow boat succeeded in hauling
the vessel off the shoals Capt. Crock
er and Chief Officer Hathaway made
a careful examination of the steamer
and found her uninjured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
KEEP OUT OF TT.
Reckless and Eli-Considered VEN
ture by the Government.
"a. Nc-l.rr
KEEP OUT OF IT.

KEEP OUT OF IL.
It is understood that the naval Officers re-
Gently appointed by Secretary Long to pre-
pare Plans for the erection OF an armor plant
to be operated by the United States govern
meIpt are prepared, to make their report. II
the government IS earnest in its purpose to
enter upon a new field of manufacture it is
open to the sharpeo. criticism. 1t is a step
in the wrong direction. the Mckinley ad
minfstratien is committed to protection Of
the manufactures of the country, as laid
down in the st. Louis platform and affirmed
by the passage of the Dingley tariff bill
| That is the Republican policy and doctrine
That the government should enter into the
business OF manufacturing and place Itself
! in competition with private corporations
which have expended millions of dollars in
the construction of pants, and during the
keeping them alive by heavy outlay, is a
+ proposition that does violence to the d.stin-
gushing article of the Republican creed. 1t
is too witt and violent measure of policy
to be entertained by so thorough going pro-
tectionist as William Mckinley, we should
say.
The government has already some expert
ence in manufacturing. notably arms and
/ ammunition, chiefly in the factories of
Springfield, Frankfort and Rock Island, and
it is safe to say that if the cost of their
product be reckoned on commercial principles
it would be found to exceed largely what it
could be contracted for from private factor
les. For reasons obvious to those familiar
/ with manufacturing, no government factory
can turn out goods as eh9apiy as the private
manufacturer 1t should be the policy of cur
government by Its patronage, to foster and
buEd up the Resisting large manufacturing
establishments! IS of Vtle country, particularly
those engageds in manufacturing war ma
terial not only that it may command their
output in time Of emergency, but that we may
compete with the nations OF Europe in sup
plying the arms and ammunition required by
japan, China aid the South American States:
T thereby largely adding to the commerce Of
the country. This Isl the policy of England
France. Germany and Belgium, which has
enabled these Countries to secure the trade in
this Important industry. Krupp's establish
ment in Prussia is i6he OF the largest manu-
factories in thAs woEld, giving employment to
over $4,000 men, with their families aggre-
eating upwarfl{of 49, Geo souls.
This tbreate ned departure of the admins
tration into the plating armor business ap-
pears to be either a, reckless and iH-con-
sidered ventura or an attempt to create an
other field of government patronage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

it is business to get all you can out of
everybody else, who, after all, is the
government No wonder men throw
their patriotism to the winds and join
the general rush to the hog trough I'M
der the impulse of such reasoning as
that of our old comrade. And who can
dispute the reasonablcness of his ar
gument? But what a blaze of light
it sheds upon the demoralizing effect
of the policy of protection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
SALTWATER NEWS.
Rev. Danner acknowledgements Pre-
pare for the Winter Season.

At the close of the morning service in the
First Presbyterian church, yesterday, the
up and accepted. R. S. Davis was appointed
to convey the resignation to the presbytery
at the next meeting. So tar as known Rev.
Danner has no pans for the future, but may
go East.
F. c. Neumeier and William Schermuly
leave today for New Ulm to attend the Ma
tional grand lodge meeting of the Sons of
Hermann. Messrs. NeumeIer and Schermuiy
are state delegates. Germania lodge, Sons Of
Hermann, will go to New Ulm next Satur-
day evening by special train over the North
western line.
large number of men have gone and are
going to the logging camps in which Still
water lumbermen are interested, and indica-
tons are that the coming season will be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20


We are glad that the duty on white pine
lumber in the new tariff bill was reduced in
the senate from 50 to 81 per thousand feet.
The lumber barons Of the Northwest have
made lots Of money, and if they can't pro
duce lumber in this country with less duty
than 81 per thousand feet they had better
not cut so much and give the forests a chance
to grow. The lumbermen have continued to
make money the past few years even with
this commodity on the free hst-Albert Lea
Enterprise, in May, 1897.
''The tariff robbery is now becoming the
song and dance of the Democratic and Popu-
listic party organs On with the robbery il
it leads to the opening of factories and the
commencement of new business enterprises
of all kinds, which a protective tariff has done
in the past. giving employment to- all labor
ers who desire to work, and thus increasing
the demand for the farmers products at ad-
vanced prices. Tariff robbery is about
thead-bare and will not deceive the great
body of people in the future.-Albert Lea En-
terprise, in September.
Who yanked your collar this time?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Forecast for Mon
dav: Minnesota and IoWa-Generaliy fair;
warmer variable winds, becoming southeast
erly.
Wisconsin-Fair; warmer in central and
northern portions; light, variable, WINDS.
The Dakotas-Threatenin weather. warm
er in eastern portion; easterly winds.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair; variable winds
becoming northwesterly, and cooler IN west
ern portion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
pp.t,,e an End to Suspense.

Henpecker Whose wife has been suffering
from an affection of the throat)-What do
Won think of her, doctor? Tell me- the worst.
Doctor (who knows all about it)-She will
soon recover her voice-London Fun.