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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

three visitors who were B. F. Cue, David j.
Cue and their cousin, A. l.. Smith, OF Buff
falo, heard much that aroused their curiosity
Their host, however, seemed concerned and
uneasy when any mention of the expedition
was made. He probably knew more about 1t
than any other person in the town. Finally
on the day when the young men were to re-
turn he called young Smith aside and went
out for a walk with him. During the two
hours that they were gone the old Quaker
revealed all that he knew of the proposed raid
to the young man.
Il tell thee this in confidence" he said
''Yet thee can use it seems best to thee
Something must be done to save the lives Of
those men. | do nothing. l cannot be-
tray their condolences nor can see them go
to death and take a course that will cause
other bloodshed"
way can this thing be stopped? You have in
fuence with John Brown. Can't you per-
suade him."
''AIl that is in my power have done" re-
piled the old Quaker. "He believes that he is
ordained to overthrow slavery in this coun-
try. If l thought he could do that I would
bid him go in Gods name; but what good
can come of this shedding of blood? His
whole band martyrs in spirit. They know
to what fate they go. How can l betray such
men? pray God l have not done irremedi-
able wrong in telling this to thee; but some
thing must be DONE and I am bound and
helpless. Thee must devise some plan of
saving the lives Of those men, thee and thy
friends Consult with them and do as the
Lord gives thee light to do"
Late into the night the three young men
discussed the problem of stopping the raid
without harming old John Brown. Moses Var
ney having insisted that no harm must come
to his friend. They were all young. David
Cue the youngest, being but % years old,
and inexperienced in public life, and in their
hands was an event of tremendous import.
How far the national destiny depended upon
their decision, they. of course, did not even
family suspect. Had they been endowed with
the spirit of prophecy their course might have
he ON mo o
only to save The lives OF a handful Of men
embarked on a quixoticaly deadly enterprise,
and they could not see the shadow of the
coming war cloud. Few there We're, and
those the wisest Of public men, who saw 1T
then Confronted with so hard a problem
to be worked out in so brief time-for they
realized the necessity of haste-they decided
that the wisest course to pursue was TO send
two letters to the secretary of war from
different postoffces warning him of the con-
templated raid. Both letters were written
in the little Jog cabin of the Cue family at
Rock Greek and were mailed in the morning.
A. L. Smith wrote one. David ]. Cue the
other,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

pocket they were enough to draw the
entire population.
Preacher Pellet walked past the
crowd with his usual hearty Good
morning. boys, and mounted the plat
form His opening prayer just struck
our fancy, because it was so short,
only about two sentences, asking for
help. Then he began a hymn about
being far from home and wanting to
be led on, and sang it so softly and
we'll that it was a question whether he
was a saint and didn't belong in Ar
kansas. or the biggest hypocrite on the
face of the whole earth and ought TO
be in Missouri. All the men were get
ting mighty interested by that time.
When the hymn was over he picked
up a Bible to look for q text. Every
body took a fresh piece of tobacco and
crossed his legs to listen. 1t was mar
velous to see how his fingers ran over
the leaves of that book and pulled out
the page he was looking for just as
they had riff1ed and shuffled the cards.
"He opened up and went at 1t tooth
and nail, told us all about what a
bad man he had been. and how he had
preferred to play poker at one time ana
drink and steal horses than to sleep
and eat and be in good health. He
said he had been a pretty good hand at
such things, and that he could pull
IOuF aces OUT OF d pack OF CdTuS aS
easy as rolling off log and could 10
UP any poker game in Arkansas for
any amount, only that money wasn't
what he was after just then and didn't
cut any figure. He was a dead shot
He told how he had made an ace out
OF a five spot at twenty yards, and
offered to prove it right there if any
man would hold the card. Probably
everybody believed him. for l didn't
hear anybody offer to hold the card
After the experience Of the night be-
fore we didn't doubt his skill at
gambling.
1T was all mighty interesting and l
don't believe there was a man in the
crowd who even remembered about the
$500 while he was talking. Then he be-
gan to talk nicely like a tenderfoOt
and everybody began to feel bad and
the women folks cried little I can't
remember what he said but he ended
ing to come down that way after all
but that the spring freshets were sure
to. and that we had better let the old
town G1e. There wasn't any more poker
In that particular place in Arkansas for
long time, although before he closed
the revival meeting that night he gave
back to the citizens all the money he
had won from them.
81 have always wondered since then
whether or not it's the correct thing
once in while to do evil, that good
may come Of it. If that man had
stuck to gambling he might have had
all the money on earth"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
The John BfoUn Letter.
SSs&y
Secret OF History Revealed After Thrty-seven Years

|
After thirty-seven years of secrecy
the facts about the famous John Brown
letter have been made public. Investi-
cation as to the authorship of the let
ter at the time led to nothing. Sus-
picion pointed in half a dozen different
directions, none of9them the right ona
! Conjecture on the matter has formed
! a part of every WCrk dealing with the
events just prior to the Civil war and
| the letter bade faitto become an Amer
! lean historical mystery; put now. with
the consent Of9lthe author of the LET
ter, ex-Lieut Gov B. F. Cue. Of Iowa
has cleared up the mystery and told
the story of the writing of the letter
in the Midland Manthiy. His brother
! David ]. Cue, a. we'll known portrait
| painter of this city, is the man who
wrote the letter
After the Inflated raid of John Brown
the letter was published and in the in
Vestlgation by acomnittee of the senate
OF the United States in December, 1859
into the matter Of the raid and attack
on Harper's Ferry it was prominently
brought forward. The committee was
made up Of Senators James NJ. Mason.
of Virginia; Jefferson Davis, OF Missis-
sippi; G. M. Fitch. of Indiana; Jacob
Collamer, of Vermont. and ]. r. Doc
little of Wisconsin; and the efforts of
the majority of the senators were di-
! rected toward duplicating prominent
Republicans and abolitionists in the
North in the instigation of the raid.
The attempt failed, and a bomb was
flung into the camp Of the pro-slavery
men when it was developed in the
course of the investigation that the let
ter had been in the hands of the sec
rotary Of war, John B. Floyd. a Viz
glnian and an ardent Southern sympa-
thizer, nearly two months before the
raid took place, and that he had made
no effort to stop the plans of Browns
men. ~
The letter reached the department Of
war in an envelope marked private"
and stamped with Cincinnati post
mark although it was not originally
mailed at Cincinnati. 1t was read. as
follows, to the senatorial committee:
Cincinnati, Aug. 90
Hon Mr. Floyd, secretary of war.
Washington D. c.,
Sir: l have lately received informa-
ton of a movement of so great import
1t to you without delay. I have dis
covered the existence Of a secret orga-
nization having for it's object the liber-
/ alton of the slaves of the South by
general insurrection. The leader of the
| movement is old John Brown late of
Kansas. He has been in Canada dur
ing the winter drilling the negroes
there, and they are only waiting his
word to start for the South to assist
the slaves They have one Of their
leading men Ga white mani in an arm
| DRY In Maryland; where it is situated
| have not been able to learn, AS soon
as everything is ready those of their
number who are, in the Northern states
| and Canada are to come in small COM
panies to their rendezvous, which is in
| the mountains of Virginia. JPhey will
pass down through Pennsylvania, and
+ Maryland and enter Virginia at Har-
per's Ferry. Brown left the, North
about three OF. four weeks ago, and will
/ arm the negroes and strike the blow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

IL was necessary that the mailing of the LET
tiers should be so arranged as to preclude tba
possibility Of their being traced to their
source, as the writer's desired above all that
Springdale people in any foreknowledge Of the
RAD. 10 spur the department OF war It
was thought advisable to give the name OF
the leader already known throuehout the
country for his assaults upon the institution
OF slavery and his activity in the underground
railway. Furthermore it was agreed that no
names or clues should be given in the letter
through which witnesses against John Brown
and his men could be secured Smiths let
ter was dated Philadelphia Aug IS, 1859
and Enclosed in a stamped envelope which was
addressed TO the secretary of war at Washing
ton.
This envelope was inclosed in a larger
envelope directed to the postmaster at PhiIa-
delphia. 1t was mailed at Wheatland five
miles from Cues cabin. Whatever become
OF 1t is not known or whether 1t ever reached
its destination. In his testimony Secretary
Floyd says that he frequently received an
onymous letters, to which he paid no atten-
ton, mentioning one from Philadelphia, which
may or may not have been A. l.. Smiths
letter No mention was made by Mr.. Floyd
OF letter corrobOrative Of the famous letter
This was David J. Cues production. The
lnclostng envelope was addressed to John B.
Floyd, secretary Of war, Washington ID. c.
marked private stamped, put into another
envelope addressed to the postmaster at Gin
cinnati, O., and marked at Big Rock. AS
stated in Secretary Floyd's testimony, the
letter reached him In Virginia, having been
forwarded. Had he needed 1t emancipation
would have had a different slogan, and John
Browns soul would hardly have gone march
ing on to the music of what became the
greatest OF the Northern war songs. There
is no occasion for rehearsing here the events
that led up to the hanging of the leader OF
the desperate and heroic cause.
Such is the true story Of the famous John
Brown letter. This account Is taken from
the Midland Monthly, amplihed by what
David ]. Cue told a Sun reporter, who called
on him in his studio last week. Mr.. Cue Is
a small, slight man, with a cear-cut reso-
lutte face. who looks many years less than
his age sixty years. He seems little changed
from his photograph taken a year after the
writing of the letter, largely because he
wears much the same style of beard now as
then.
'It seemed" said he to the reporter, chat
it would be we'll for the much disputed mat
ter of the letter to be cleared up, and when
my brother wrote to me asking If had any
objections to the secret being made public, |
replied that l was perfectly willing that that
closed page of history should be opened
Moses Varney is dead A. l.. Smith is dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
Live % Your Income
A Woman Who Gets Along Well on One Dollar Per Day.

Not many weeks ago a letter was
published in one of our daily papers
from young woman of good standing.
who had left her country home am
come to this city to live, to earn her
daily bread and lay the cornerstone
Of her career, says the woman's column
OF an Eastern exchange. Her question
Go the paper was: How should she
make friends and acquaintance in the
town."
1T was an important question, for no
one can or should live without friends
and it is easily answered. Let the
young woman select and make herself
known in some church, preferably of
the same order as that she attended
at home. There, through her rector.
the guilds and societies, or the church
sociables. she can meet others of her
own class, and the selection of ATTN
ity viii take place easily and naturally.
A much more important and pressing
question just asked is, How shall l
live on my income? ?"
To a stranger in the city or a novice
in Bohemian ways and means, there
is much that can be said about living,
an the city cheaply. Let us imagine
Tor instance, that the income does not
exceed SO per week, many have only
81. some but Sc, and Of these let me
say here, that, if they have everything
to provide for themselves, life must
be a terrible struggle.
The long cross streets of our citv
are fairly hOneycombed with boarding
or lodging houses; frugal women who
have room to spare can help out with
the rent by fitting it, and a Iodger is
little or no trouble. The rector Of your
church, girl with whom your daily
life throws you in contact or the news
paper advertisements will all give you
ideas as to lodgings. You should try,
so far as possible, to locate near your
place Of business; long rides in crowded
cars. long waits upon cold street cor
ners and rough standing in the car
when it has come, all add to the length
and hardship of working day, and
very materially does the enforced rid
ing add to the expense of living. You
should live within walking distance Of
your firm, too, because thus you get
fresh Out-Of-dOor exercise morning AMI
might, and you are ''at home" in your
Den at night. while others still wait
for a car.
For girl with whom every cent tells
lodging is cheaper than boarding
There are hall rooms in the best To-
calities on Spruce and Pine. on Broad
and. in fact, everywhere, to be had
with board for SO per week, but then
there are washing and those terrible
little extras that come as silently and
inevitably as the breath of life to most
OF us and one dollar DeT week is a
small margin upon which to dress.
There are the same tiny rooms to
be had for from SO to SIS per month,
without board. lodgings where your
room is Al night your bed chamber, by
day your sitting room, with every
toilette article out of sight, and the
bed lovely diVan, a most attractive
little reception ROOM
A so per week income will pay for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
He Took the Money.

New Clerk (anxious to show his sagacity)-
This silver dollar you just took in is coun-
terfeit
Proprietor ((nervously)-I was waiting on
the minister's wife.
"But you don't take counterfeit money
from women Just because they happen to be
minister's wives, do you?
mo. OF course not"
Dldn you see this was counterfeit"
'EConsarn it, Young man, If YOU must
know. that's the dollar 1 dropped into the
contribution box last Sunday.-New York
Weekly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
WHERE ROLLS THE TIDE.

Above the wintry winds that roar
Among the snowy hilltops tall
Visions OF rural beauty soar,
VOICES of rustic minstrels call
When 7Qi tits June the month OF song.
Where Cedar rolls her tide along.
Winter Is. not The waters sing
Merrily down past field and grove;
From cup to cup on tireless wing
Swiftly the eager wild bees rove
In yonder maple, clear and strong
Red robin trills joyful song.
That ai-defacing hand of man
Has passed this woodland Eden by;
No blot on Natures perfect plan
Appears before tn enraptured eye;
Clouds wall the lovely picture round
Guarding from man enchanted ground.
Dear woods fair fields. sweet flowers that
bloom
In many a shy, secluded spot,
Here in the distant eity's gloom
Thy gentle peace Is not forgot;
Nor thou who sang thy cheerful song
Where Cedar rolls her tide along
Frank Putnam, In Chicago Times Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
School Was Behind the Times.

The boy with the red satcheI of books was
coming down Decatur street and met the
greasy faced boy, who said:
Say. Joe. whut kinder books dus dey make
a Teller swaller at de public skule?"
ooh. jes gografes and 'rithmetcks, an
things that away"
"Shui Don't hev no Buffalo Bill books
ner nuthin about de Jeems boys?"
Nope"
''Nuthin' bout piruts ner bandits. nuther?"
Nope"
nuthin'? 2"
Nope"
''Shaw, thin, I wudnt go to Their poky ole
skule. Hit mus be dull 'nuff to GIN Teller
de fever. Desc yere skule teachers Is allus
way behind de times, anyhow. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
Interesting to the Clergy.

minister who used to preach In Somer-
vile had little boy. few days before his
father left the city to go to his new parish
one OF his neighbors said to the little boy:
80 your father is going to work IN New
Bedford is he?"
The little boy looked up wonderingly
oh. no." he said. "Oniy preach. SON.
erville Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
An ImDrOyfdent Athlete

who is that husky fellow at the postoffice
window"
That's Swat, the great outfielder. He
gets SIS COO year"
What's he doing at the postofice?'
Hes waiting for a 81 remittance. so he
can join the club. cleveland Plain Dealer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
Sympathy surpnsses Courtesy.

One woman will live next door to another
foT years without visiting her. but let one of
them die and the other couldn't be kept
away from the funerai-Commercial Adver-
tiser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
InscrutabIe Mxsterx.

For the life Of me-" said Fweddy who had
never visited a farm before 81 cawn't see
hew they make cidah out OF these soft apples,
don't y'know!-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

See Michaud's list Of special grocery
bargains for Monday only, on page 81
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

in early spring, while yet the ground
At morn shows riffs Of frost,
Thrice blest by hunter and by hound,
For else the scent were lost;
lis then that Helen's heart is glad.
Her golf sticks to discard,
Fox hunting is the latest fad
Et-sQ
Alas, for herTdeyoted swami
He loathes the se-called sport,
But follows meeEly in her train
70 pay his humble court.
There is no fox, be sneers in scorn,
The hunt is .but1a drag;
They follow where at early morn
Was trailed an anise bag.
His. deadly rival, who -ean~ride,
Keeps up with her content:
Oer-ditch and fence by Helen's side
And love. is off the scent.
Roy L. McCardell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23
Catarrh Positively Cured.
Trial Treatment Free.
ZANOLI LOSING HIS MIND.
The Alleged Wife POisOner Threat
ened with HystericaI Lunacy.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22-Charles Zanoli the
barber suspected of killing his wives for
insurance money. is said to be threatened
with hysterical lunacy. He starts, he weeps,
he laughs. He is in constant trepidation.
He is pursued by hideous thoughts. Unless
Zanoli RECEIVERS possession of himself 1t
will be necessary for the prison physician
to treat him for hysteria. Zanolfs wives
it is stated, were first afflicted in their
minds Zanoli shuns all visitors. He makes
himself a recluse in his own cell, keeping
as far away from his companions as pos
Sible. Now he kneelS down and prays, Shak-
ing convulsivey with emotion. minute
later he is on his feet and laughs bitterly.
A cynic on the subject of religion, Sunday
he prayed and wept.
ZanOi's Imprisonment has not failed to
arouse the maudlin sentiment of mawkish
women. A number of sympathetic letters
have been received by him at the Tombs
One of the letters says: They have you
in prison, but you must not despair. do
not believe you guilty of such horrible
crimes, and my heart bleeds for you in your
trouble. I hope you will get out of 1t all
right" Besides sending letters, women
come in person to offer sympathy and min
gle their tears with Zanoli. He, however,
refuses to see them. Most of the women
are refused admittance at the door of the
TOmbs when they are able to give no good
reason for wanting TO see ZanOli.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23
HER CONDITION SERIOUS.
Mrs. Darlington Booth Afflicted with
Aneurism in an Important Artery.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Mrs. Ballington
Booth, wife of the commander of the Amer
lean Volunteers, is now lying at the Presby-
terrain Hospital in very serious condition.
To-day Balington Booth received tele-
gram from the physicians in charge, ctatinG
that Mrs Booths condition was alarming.
Her condition has been diagnosed as one of
aneurism in one of the important arteries,
a condition that will require the most care
full attention and one which at any mo-
ment may end the life of the sufferer. At
all events, it is stated Mrs. Booth will be
confined to the hospital for a long time to
come. For almost a year Mrs. Booth has
suffered from this disease, which, TO some
extent, has been aggravated by the numer-
Gus controversies arising out of the so-called
rivalry between the officers of the Ameri-
can Volunteers and those of the Salvation
Army. She is attended only by the physi-
tary Miss Jennie Hughes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23
NINE SAILORS MISSING.
No Trace of Part of the Crew of the
Wrecked Steamer Cleveland.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 22.-The govern
ment steamer Quadra arrived this evening
with the survivors of the steamer Cleve-
land. Most of them, although not seriously
ILL., required medical treatment. Captain
Walbran, of the Quadra, has but little hope
of the second officers boat and its nine
occupants. He cruised as far north as Hes
quot and could find nothing of them. If
they are still alive, they will be found by
the Williapa, which has gone still further
north. The first officers boat was out five
days, being in sight of land, but afraid to
attempt the landing owing to the surf. The
boat was half full of water at the time
and the mems legs and feet are badly swol-
len a result, The third officers beat was
out but two days and the men on her
have almost fully recovered.
Captain Walbran says there will be no
difficulty in floating the Cleveland. There
is big hole in her hull, but it's full extent
cannot be learned until all the cargo is re-
moved. The Indians who looted the ship
have been. sentenced to terms of from one
to six months. Captain Hall and Third
Mate Mellen, with Messrs Metcalf and Ty-
son, representing the insurance companies
and owners, are staying by the wreck and
soon as the cargo is out the tug Gear
will attempt to pull her off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23
TWENTY PEOPLE INJURED.
Serious Accident at a Grade Railway
Crossing I'm New Jersey.

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Twenty persons
We're injured, three perhaps fatally, at
a grade crossing on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western between Passaic and
Delaware, N. j., tonight. They were in
stage, which was struck by a train. That
any of them escaped is regarded as mar
velous. The victims. all of Passaic, are:
William Crane, driver, arm and shoulder
broken and probably fatally injured inter
nally; William Moran, head and body bad
ly cut, skull believed to be fractured;
Charles Swsnkle, skull fractured, face cut
and injured internally. The following were
seriously injured Michael Burns, Lena
bennett, Michael Earnest, John Feeny,
John Hay, Paul Jeffrey, Harry Johnson,
Margaret Kitchen, Samuel McAlpin, John
Nixon, George Roberts. Hugh Tobin, Will
liam Roberts, Nellie Washdyke arm
broken and head cut. In addition to these
several We're slightly hurt.
All the victims are employed in Wothern
& Aldrichs mill at Delaware. about two
miles from Passaic. There were thirty-six
persons crowded into the stage tonight.
The, party relieved the monotony of the
trip by singing, and it was not until the
horses were on the tracks that the engine
was seen by the driver. 1t was then al
most at hand, coming swiftly along. The
driver struck his horses sharply with the
whip, and they leaped forward, then
stopped abruptly as the gate closed on the
other side of the track.
The engine struck the stage almost in the
middle, hurting it several feet ahead and
then struck it again, throwing it from the
track. With the second blow of the loco
motive the occupants of the stage were
scattered in all directions. Assistance soon
arrived, and ambulances and physicians
Were summoned from Passaic.