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


At the time Of the breaking out Of he
war in 1861, Minnesota raised her first
regiment of soldiers, one which after
wards became historic in the annals Of
the war The regiment was r9ndez-
voused at Fort Smelling for some weeks
prior to being ordered to the front. Col.
German, who was in command Of the
regiment, on one one occasion invited
his eXceHency, Gov. Ramsey, up
to the fort to review it. The
governor mounted, riding down in front
Of the regiment, when he had reached
a point near the center, a salute was
fired; as the cannon belched forth, the
governors horse reared, gave a plunge
sideways and dismOunted his excel
lency, who was laid sprawling in the
dirt A newsboy with a bundle Of ex-
tras all about the war, standing near
the cannon, exclaimed to the can
noneer, YOU have played hell with
your old gun, and have killed the gov
ernOr and you had better skip" AS
matter of fact. however, the governor
was not killed, for after having been
we'll rubbed with arnica and having a
couple of drinks of old Monongahela,
he was carried off to the fort. When in
a talk with the sutler, he said 1t was
most extraordinary affair, and he was
at a loss who to Blanche
cannon or the horse, FOR, after fifteen
years training with the Pennsylvania
militia, it was the first experience in
that kind of military movement.
The first secretary Of the territory Of
Minnesota was Charles K. Smith. of
Hamilton, O., who, when he reached
st. Paul, was introduced and known as
Judge Smith. James NJ Goolhue, of
the Pioneer, anxious to know how
Smith came to be dubbed judge, sent a
special envoy to Ohio to ascertain just
what the facts were in regard To his
right to be called judge. on his re-
turn, the envoy reported to tfoOdhue
that Smith acquired the title IF Judge,
not from any judicial position, but from
the fact that in Butler county, Ohio,
there were two rival distilleries, each
Of which claimed to make the best
whisky, and after many quarrels, it
was agreed that the matter be arbi-
trated. and Smith was chosen referee.
His decision met the approval OF all
old sOakers, who at once ST. led him
Judge" a title he was ever after
known by.
The first Thanksgiving day in MIN
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nesota was on the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1850. 1t was a problem with some
of the earlier settlers why Gov. Ram
sey should set apart the day after
Christmas as Thanksgiving day. An
old fellow who appeared to be better
posted than his fellows, accounted for
it in this way, and said that the young
man whom President Taylor had sent
out as governor of the territory was
no sucker, and that he knew what he
was about when he issued that proc
lamation. He wanted to give the boys
a chance to sober up after Christmas,
as two days dissipation on frontier
whisky was certain death.
In 1849, Abram Won Voorhees,, OF
Ohio. and Nathaniel Green Wilcox, Of
Illinois, were respectively appointed
register and receiver OF the land Of
flee at Saltwater. On their way TO
Minnesota, both coming to Minnesota
Oh the same steamboat, as the boat
was passing UP the ST. Croix Wilcox
took Voorhees, to one side and said to
him: Military title goes a great
ways with the people In Minnesota. and
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I have a suggestion to make, and it
is this: I will call you major, and
you call me colonel. 1t will give us
more prominence" Voorhees, kicked
a little as he was the older man and
thought that he ought to have the high
est military title. Wilcox was obdu-
rate, and spoke Of his good looks, dash
and sOldier-like bearing. 50 it was
arranged. When the boat reached
Saltwater, Burt LOOMS came aboard
and made inquiry of the clerk if the
newly appointed register and receiver
of the land Office were aboard. Will
cox, hearing the question, at once
stepped up to LOOmis, and introduced
himself as Col Nathaniel Green Wilcox,
receiver; Van Worries, the receiver, as
major. Burt in turn introduced them
to the crowd as colonel and major re-
speCtively, and ever afterwards they
were known and dubbed with their re-
spective titles. and perhaps for years
there were not dozen men in the ter
ritory who knew but what these titles
had been honestly acquired in the
service Of their country. Men are no
different now from what they were a
half-century ago. We have now IN
st. Paul great many colonies and ma
JOrs who have never had a commission
or know how to draw q sword or fire a
gun.
Among the arrivals in st. Paul in the
early hfties was a gentleman who
afterwards became known as the lead
ing real estate man in the Northwest.
On reaching st. Faul he proceeded to
the American house, then one Of the
principal hotels in the city. Register
ing his name, he called for a room, and
was shown to a six by six room in the
attic. After taking in the situation,
he returned to the office Of the hotel
and, addressing Rodney Parker. the
landlord said Il want a better ROOM"
The reply was, the only vacant room
In the house" Perhaps you do not
know who 1 am, Col. Henry McKenty,
of Pennsylvania, friend of Gov Ram
sey, sir. Il don't care if you are the
brother-inlaw Of the pope, have no
other room for you" replied the land
lord. With that McKenity turned de-
liberately towards the front Of the office
and, taking revolver from his hip
pocket fired two balls through one
Of the front windows. Then turning
again towards the landlord said: did
l understand you to say you had no
other roOm?" NO sir, you must have
misunderstood me; have very nice
room on the second floor" and turning
to a servant said: "ShOw Col Henry
McKenty, of Pennsylvania, and a
friend of Gov. Ramsey to No. "A. and
bring his baggage down from the
attic"
The breach was healed, and from
that time until the colonel quit the
hotel he was an hOnored guest. The
culnel afterwards, in speaking of the
transaction, used to say that Mr.. Par
ker was very accommodating land
lord. "Sir. why. he turned Col. Ben
Thompson and his dog out Of their
room, sir. that I might have proper
quarters; he knew how to run hotel.
sir -
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ironing. with the table piled high In
well-bleached linen. the elderly party
came into the kitchen with Madeline
He walked straight up to where Han
nah stood. with her hot face bent over
the steaming shirt, and drew Madeline
forward.
Hannah. your cousin has promised
TO marry me. She is young and beauti-
full and I am only plain scholar, but
| will do my best to make her a good
husband"
AS if it had been thrust through her
body with the point of a bayonet each
word went to Hannahs heart. 1t
ceased beating. Madeline, Of course,
knew why her cousin had so suddenly
tainted, and the poor little bit Of tri-
umphg made her heart beat quicker,
but when she looked up at her lover
his face was pale with fear. She saw
csok OF agony in his eyes as he
turned them to her for help, which told
her that she did not possess the heart
of the scholar as completely as she
thought. and the devil In her was
reused.
'-Oh. you need not be 50 alarmed:
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and sailed on nearly every sea known
to man. Mr.. Hambln appreciates his
own adventures and has a sailors
knack of telling them to the greatest
advantage. He is perfectly ingenious
in his manner, and breads, not so much
the damaging of his own character,
as the spelling of good story.
The book reads as though it had
been lived rather than written, and
effects the grown reader as a story
that is assured to be really and truly
true effects the child. This is it's hold
Mr.. Hamblin knows nothing Of lit
erary economy; he has so much to give
that he never holds his hand
even out of consideration for his over
whelmed reader. He has enough event
full stuff to furnish a full dozen novels
of adventure; his prOdigality is really
against all the canOns of art, and, if
the book were fiction instead Of fact,
We should avenge our narrowed SYM
pathieS by prOnOuncing the tales de-
cidedly OVerdraWn. If one-half of what
this man has written is true, as GER
tainly his fifteen years in the forecas-
tie has given him reason to know, dan
ger and toll, bloOdshed and brutality
An epOch-maldng book is always re-
spOnsible for many things besides its
own virtues and vices, and it is to be
feared that Mr. Hamblin will find him
self followed by a whole school of sail
OrS, each sea veteran anxious to write
the story Of his life, and thereby gain
the recognition accorded to con Many
Seas" This worthy ambition will not
be readily graitified. We will wait long
hn ogin Ii,
again of the life of hardship, romance
and brutality, and a man Of sufficient
literary ability, force and sense of hu
NOR to make the tale of his adventures
readable.
con Many Seas" by Frederick Benton
Williams. The Macmillan company. New
York; $3.50. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
Mr.. Percy White, the author of
Corruption" might well have called
the novel Mr.. Bailey Martin" Cor
ruption IL A great deal of really re-
markable art has gone into the con-
structiOn of Mr.. Bailey Martin" but
1t is the same kind of art that produces
the CHASTITY pictures, crowding modern
exhibits, of hospital clinics and dis
secting roOmS-the better they are
painted the more obnoxious they. Mr.
Bailey-Martin is the autobiographv OF
an English cad, so caddish il must
be and is from beginning to end-the
very atmosphere is tainted and un-
wholesome! 1t is just in this most
disagreeable element that the high de-
gree of technique is attained Mr.
Percy White so appreciates the point
of view of Mr. Percival Bailey Martin
that one is constantly forced to hold
up to oneself the injustice of confound-
1ng Percy and PercivaL The deception
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
1-You might think Dauber was goi ng sketch this deer

even her clever needlecraft 10 mend,
and the elderly party would put on
the new shirt or wear the new socks
without the slightest suspicion that
the familiar patches and darns were
MISSING He acted as intellectual 1000
and nourishment to her starved brain,
and she became the practical part Of
his uneVenly balanced character, which
nature had left wanting. She often
argued with herself that their existence
together in that house was proof
that purely platonic friendship can
exist between a man and woman IL
they are intellectual people. 1t was a
false argument and she knew 1t, for
her love for him (of which he never
for a moment suspected) was eating
her strength away day by day ana
undermining her constitution. she hau
his undivided attention and he was
fond of her but the fact that she was
a woman and not much over thlrty
had never really forced itself on his
feelings. man, If he could have
made himself1;a as -useful and as COM
nanionable, could have taken her place.
One day the piece Of Humans lie
was broken by the coming OF a COUSIN
an orphan like herself, who had writ"
ten and asker, Hannah TO give nef
home while she looked for work. Han
nah wrote and welcomed her with bit
ter n?isgivings at heart. She had to
toll night andJ day to make money 70
raw for food for herself and her lodg-
er. .
Madeline came, and. like 2, rot wind
nassing over a sensitive plant. she
wifhered up Mammals courage. she
was Young. and the beauty of her AMI
NAL health was startling. She stood
in Hannah's humble parlOr in the noon
day sunlight, straight as young PAIN
tree and beautiful in symmetry, pulls
ing. tingling fpieee Of flesh and blood
coIored like a pale pink peony. Han
nah felt herself grow older as she look
cd az her. Madeline's eyes were so blue
that If YOU came into the garden and
She was there it was her two eyes
f,inged with black that caught her
notice and her childishly perfect teeth
closed tight when she laughed, and her
passionate lips quivered into smiles
P1ne ewes such as Madeliues and white
vcl,ng teeth alone can make face pro
yoking to the dullest sensibilities; when
she Introduced herself Cblushing for her
own nrettiness) to the elderly party he
cursed the white teeth In his heart
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she has tainted through sheer jeal-

she has tainted through sheer Jeal-
Cusy.'
For a moment he stood transfiXed. All
that he had been blind to for years was
made plain to him now, and in that
moment he recognized the heartlessness
of the woman he had proposed to only
ten minutes ago.
Are you a woman to tell a woman S
secret and make light Of it?'
Madeline was frightened at the look
Of scorn and contempt in his eyes,
which had always looked at her so
gently. She stood at bay and watched
his trembling hands sprinkling Han
nah's face with the cold water she had
used for sprinkling the linen. 1t was
kept in a small white bowl on the iron
ing table.
''I've not said anything that the
whole village does not know, Arabella
included, that Hannah Fletcher has
been waiting to marry her ledger for
the last ten years.
''Then, by God, I'll marry her now.
I love her, I tell you" He chafed the
pale cheeks and rubbed the thin hands.
I've always loved her. oh, my God,
what a selfish fool have been"
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you loved me but ten minutes ago.
For a simple scholar you are wonder
fully quick at love-"
"Ten minutes ago I did not know
that it was Hannah 1 loved as man
ought to love the woman he marries.
Your beauty deceived me into believing
that I loved you. 1 had not given q
thought to love until you came. I ask
your forgiveness"
Tears, which were always ready,
came into her blue eyes at the harsh
words he had spoken, but she knew
that they were true. She had no love
for the gray and elderly scholar; he
was to be her refuge from work, and
she loved ease. She stood for a mo-
ment or two and watched returning
consciousness CULVER over Hannah's
pale face, and then she turned to go.
After all, Hannah is growing old,
and she has been good to me. 1 will
not rob her of her elderly lover"
A lover was waiting for Madeline half
a mile out of the village. He was
provision dealer, and Madeline would
have preferred being the wife of a
scholar. The Queen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
On Our Boouz Table

From From the St. Paul Book and Stationery
- ?; Appleton Co.: "Tatterly," BY T.
Gallon. 80 cents. "a Pinchbeck Goddess >
by Mrs. J. NJ. Fleming. Memoirs of Marshal
Oudinot." 50 --''- 81 -
Macmillan company: "Bacon's Essavs,. and
sir Thomas Malorys lie Morte d'Arthur. >
Temple classic edition. 50 cents each "Do-
nestle Service" Lucy Margaret Salmon. 81.
Q, ~ ,: T. Fenno: Kitty the Rag," by Rita.
From the Publishers:
-, Peter Collier, New York: CDR Darch's
Mne, by Florence Warden" % cents 1.-THE
Evolution of Daphne" by Mrs. Alic MeNiI-
Ian. % cents
F. Tennyson Nicely New York: '.Fort
Frayne," by Capt. Charles King. so cents,
j. 5. Ogilvie Publishing company: ''Tbe
George Papers" by George E. Booram.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

Jeweied crowns have been rather +ho
this Wi1ter, yet they are considered very baJ
form when worn in London or in Par; ~ q.
American women. Dy
In foreign countries earonet indioato
certain social status, and only priyiIeooS
women Of the nobility are entitled h 49,
adorn themselves. mus
To wear the decoration without the rich.
Is regarded as a snobbish pretentiop Wiz
criticism, 1t is thought, the better class ns
American women wifi seek to avoid VI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

of course, is not always maintained
but it is rare, indeed, that the hero
sees anything with the perception Of a
gentleman.
The other characters, with two minor
exceptions, are as repellant in their
several ways as Mr.. Percival himself
of nobility uprightness and amiability
there is not even enough for the artis-
tic necessity of contrast. Its times are
as bad as its people, it's England a land
of malarial fens, quicksands and ILL
odored eruptions.
That the novel is a strong satire
must be admitted, but-and with the
authors evident consent-a very
nauseating one.
C'Mr. Bailey-Martin," by Percy White.
American Publishers Corporation, New York;
so cents)
Few series of books, meant to edu-
cate the young into a better, freer and
broader knowledge of the people and
countries of the earth, are so adequate
to their assumed task as 1.-THE Stories
of the Nations" published by G. P.
Putman's Sons. The amount Of ground
already covered by this series is enor-
nous, and so far the treatment has
been in keeping with the spirit of the
enterprise. The authors chosen for the
several volumes have been men
who thoroughly understand the sub
jects they have treated, and the simpll-
fication of their knowledge-no easy
task when girls and boys are to be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

cial occasions. Besides his big town house
IN Mayfair, London, he has four country
seats al of them filled with pictures and
curios, for he is of artistic tastes. He has
also committed" a book of poems, which
Every sentimental young woman in I.on6on
society knows at least one or two If these
poems by heart. Indeed no man in England
mas harder time trying to keep out of
matrimony than does this noble earl
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

''The Phantom of the River" seuue l
to ''Shod With Silence" is the second
in the Boone and Kinton series by Ed
ward S. Ellis. 1t is a story modelled
after the Leather Stockings" and
makes use of too many of the heroic
names dear to boyhood to be without
interest for the readers it is meant TO
please. To the adult relation of the
small boy its wordcraft may not be
convincing, and the characters lacking
in real identity, but the adventures
are spread on thick enough to hide
such minor considerations from young
eyes! 1t is to be doubly regretted.
however, that a writer of stories likely
to interest boys should be SO extremely
careless in his use of English. If there
is any class Of writing in which good
style should be a moral necessity. il
is Juvenile fiction
Phantom of the River by Edward S,
Eilis Henry T. Coates g. Co., PHILADELPHIA :
sl.25. For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
tionery company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

'HThe Long WALL" the story of an
American boys adventures in Greece
is by Ellridge S. Brooks, the author Of
the very popular Historic Boys and
many another volume that combines
profit and pleasure. Mr.. Brooks is as
sisted in the present instance by Mr.
john Alden, a former member of the
American school of archaeology in
Athens.
The Greek adventures are of a more
didactic turn than those in Anthony
Hopes 'PhrosO,' but adventures they
nevertheless are, and though they CEN
ter mainly around the digging up Of
long buried walls and the discovery Of
an ancient rather than a modern
goddess, they are quite the kind to in
terest any energetic youth of fifteen
The book has many illustrations of
Greek ruins and is, in all ways, we'll
adapted to arouse. in the youthful read
er, an interest in Greek affairs, both
ancient and modern.
The young hero has a perfect genius
for getting into scrapes that is sure to
eEdear him to the bOyish heart and
the scrapes themselves have a way Of
working out to everybOdy's advan-
tage that would simply amaze the
guardians of similarly endowed, but
less fortunate young people.
C'The Long WALL by Ellridge S. Brooks
and John Alden. G. P. Putman's Sons New
York; A.50. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

George A. Benham Will contribute to Har-
per's Bazaar of March 20 a thoughtful paper
on THE Disparity of Wages Between Men
and Women" There will be also several
other articles of particular interest to women,
including timely suggestions with regard to
the new fashions. and the illustrations will
include many early spring costumes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
JACKETS OF ALL SORTS.
They Add a Touch of Distinction 10
the Oldest GOWNS

For street wear the military jacket will be
as popular as ever, braided to give the long
lines a broad effect Some exceedingly smart
jackets leave only the frogs in front but
then there are some which completely
covered with the braiding IT. the soutache
sewed on at the edge. There will also be in
fashion the perfectly plain coat. medium
length, with tight-fttiIg back and loose
fronts. For older women the blazer styles
with fronts faced with silk and edged with
passementerfe One other style which came
in this winter and win again be worn this
spring has velvet reyers, and the velvet is
embroidered with jet. These revers on plain
cloth Jackets are immensely smart and becOm-
ing. A dark blue cashmere costume has one
Of the jackets made of smooth cloth and the
reveTs Of the velvet. II has just been i'm
ported and is evidently to be one Of the
Pique jackets entirely covered with braid
will be most fashionable, and the braidilg
makes delightful fancy work, as it easy and
goes on quickly.
Boleroes. figures and many odd little af-
fairs not dignifed with any name, continue
to be a Joy and delight TO those women who
find it necessary to remodel last years waists
1t is most surprising how one Of these bolerCs
will transform a waist that has seemed al
together passe. Passementerfe and open work
embroidery now made into these jack
cts, which are considered appropriate with
gowns Of any and all materials. Last years
summer silks come out like new under their
kindly aid. Light silks will, with the black
jacket on, look smart enough for any occasion,
while the heavy coarse white laces will give
a dreSsy look to the s0mbre waists that will
make them more becoming tran when they
first made their appearance.
Jacket fronts are often used on waists
when the entire jacket would look too heavy.
These fronts are quite inexpensive. and al
most invariably becoming. OF course they
Of some open work lace embroidery.
The Turkish Jackets much sought after
and are considered appropriate with all ma
terials and coIors, although they look best
II OF white. with gold embroidery, on black
or white silk materials.
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Pioneers Of Evolution. From ThaIaa r.
Huxley" by Edward Clodd is the title of a
remarkable work which will be published
shortly by D. Appleton & Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

The April Century will be a Grant Ne
mortal Number" 1t is to contain an article
on the Tomb of Gen. Grant" by Gen. Hor-
ace Porter, who did so much to insure the
success Of the movement toward raising the
necessary funds for the monument and who
VIII be the orator Of the day on the occasion
OF its dedication April q, the birthday of Gen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21

The March number of 1.-THE Month" is a
magazine of great value. The number of
really desirable portraits is simply astonish-
ing and the book criticism and articles on
Literature" and art are we'll worth pres
ervation.
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The rising Of the Greeks against the Turks
in Crete gives special timeliness to the rem
which F. B. Sanborn has prepared for the
April Scribner's, under the title "Odysseus
and Trelawny-A Sequel to Byron's Grecian
Career" Odysseus was one of the most pic
turesque heroes of that romantic age, and
during part Of the revolution Trelawny and
he lived in a cave on Mount Parnassus.
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Literary Notes.
Nathan Haskell Dole writes to the Boston