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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-12-21
-uE ANGEL At THE HELM.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.

A CHRISTMAS STORY.
-ae Wild lad, stranger,
I'D seemed to be "hell bent;
- time the great reformer,
Nd taught NE to repent.
no money had taken
1a,.a.d. now, to restore;
-, tread again the pathway
peeqre my mothers door.
rrorged to ask her pardon.
And see her sanity face
-. f~o,hers and my sisters,
And view the dear, old place.
r. .v-u their grief to gladness-
g. mothers heart at rest;
- lad been her fav'rite-
The .On that she loved best.
0-a scene | saw in fancy,
w... should cross the sea-
~-. me, it seemed glad Christmas
VIII rs giftbearing tree.
: Santa Claus" I'd enter,
and with a pack Of playthings-
Likewise the stolen gold.
..w The yule log blazing,
The .uirth and mistletoe;
Tie little ones al cTowding
,,4.nd the tree a-elOw.
And. ..eu the cry Of rapture
Tit. quick, responsive start
Nh mother, as the wand'rer
sac presses to her heart!
Az. II II 'ries, but haunting vague
Came stealing soft and low;
viii. far faint spirit voices
Kept urging me to go.
And. so for home | started
trrGs5 the salt sea wave,
To yin my mothers pardon,
Or seek a sailors grave.
The sen vas bright and sparkling
when first We sailed the craft.
H.rh fiOateG like a feather
While winds were fair abaft.
BIZ. Wien tho land no longer
A -tIgle eye could view,
4 hurricane descended
That threatened ship and crew.
and i.erccIy flashed the lightning
Along the tapping sail;
TIL, Ecn grew faint and fearful
Who gazed upon the gale.
7 fGt myself a craven
with blanched and haggard che,
feared the gold I'd hidden
Had made the good ship leak.
I thought Of the dear mother
| had not seen in years,
Whose prayers, like white doves.
followed
Her sorrow and her tears.
Of mother, sweet and gentle
And. of her broken heart,
It now. some guarding spirit
Did not its aid impart.
But, brighter flashed the lightning
And. higher dashed the waves,
Whore many of my messmates
Had found their wat'ry graves
Then. called upon heaven,
And prayed with all my soul
Tie ship might reach it's harbOr,
The golden store it's goal.
md, as | called in anguish
Across the sea at night,
NethOught | saw a spirit,
All clad in shining white.
And kneeling down, l wOrshiped
Though waves sought to o'erwhell
For. 10, there stood as pilot
An angel at the helm!
And there he stood in glory
Until the dawn Of day,
When oceans conflict over
We anchored in the bay.
But. oft. again in fancy,
see that raging tide,
The dark, dismantled vessel,
And bright, celestial guide.
So. that sweet scene [ pictured
!. thus. was spared to see
Dear mother and the children
The candle-sparkling tree.
And to return the money,
With one repentant tear;
And cry, hurrah for Christmas.
The Monarch of the Year,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-12-21

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get in your stocking this morning?
waSgS-My foot
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A merry Christmas te all, my dear fellows,
say I
May you live in enjoyment, and live till You
die,
May you share in the good things the world
can afford
And never look sad at the gay, social
board.
A happy New Year-let me drink to You
To the men, to the ladies, to the srr;t
the small;
The ladies I'll ,oaat in a glass of GOO,
May your pixies, waan old, look as sm!l-
ing as mine!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-12-21
A CHRISTMAS CASUALTY
Mrs. SANTA C1Aus-What's the matter

With your hand?
SANTA CLAu--Some fresh little boy put
,stecl trap in his stocking to see if there;
xasy was such a person as me.
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

hoN 0AAAAy W tsic Eui0AS
of thous2nds Of children and
Eown people who have en-
joyed the sight OF and helped
to fasten the fragile ornaments
to the Christmas tree know
whence these dainty nothings
come? AT least nire-tsnths
OF the worlds supply Of these
flimsy little knick knacks
come from Thuringen-Wald,
the forest of Thuriagen, in
Central Germany. Nothing
could more appropriately be
called the storeroom and
workshop of Santa Claus than
these elevated, as well as iso-
lated, forest-clad mountain
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-12-21

So. that sweet scene [ pictured
!. thus. was spared to see
Dear mother and the children
The candle-sparkling tree.
And to return the money,
With one repentant tear;
And cry, hurrah for Christmas.
The Monarch of the Year,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

gradual loosening of earth ties that
makes one realize. with Lowell, that:
Death Is beautiful, as feet of friend,
Coming with welcome at our journey
end.
To the surviving relatives and friends
there is always more or less of shock
when death comes into the circle and Sc
lects it's subject, and more of shock when
the blow comes quickly. The sudden sew
erance of ties is more painful than when
lingering disease has gradually wonted
us to the inevitable. but after all the
principal concern is with the one whose
time has come. The unavoidable must
be met, and he must go down alone into
the mystery, only greater from It's con-
seriousness than was the entrance from
that other mystery through birth, and
why should not one deem himself. and be
deemed by those whom he leaves, as most
fortunate If the weeks and months OF
slow wasting away be spared him and
them, and he step from full life into the
fullness of that other life which we all
feel, If we do not know lies beyond?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
A FOREIGN VIEW

The development Of the trust conspir-
acy In the United States is being watched
among foreign observers with scarcely
less interest than attaches to 1t among
our own people.
In few of the European countries has
the trust evil reached any such proper
tons as should cause any great immedi-
ate concern. Trusts have manifested
themselves in Russia, Germany and Eng
land to greater or less extent and in
the last named country American exam
pie seems Of late to have worked very
strongly on the minds Of the Industrial
classes. The downfall Of the Hooley Spec
ulative craze operated for a timo to dis
courage the movement in England; but
the conditions are becoming more favor
able every day, thanks largely to the ac-
cepted results of the movement among
as.
The voice Of warning is heard In Eng
land, however, very clearly and our case
in this respect Is being put forward to do
duty as "a horrible example"
Writing recently in Justice, M. FL.
Hyndman has this to say regarding our
present position:
There Is practically no free market in
anything except, perhaps, bread and
meat. The middle class of America is be-
ing completely crushed out as an indie
pendent class. Distributors and shop
keepers, wholesale and retail, are nothinu
more than the commission agents Of the
trusts. No respectable merchant or store
keeper can call his soul his own in his
his commodities at the price which the
trusts dictate"
There may be something of the ring of
British exaggeration regarding undesir-
able social Or political conditions in Amer
lea observable In this extract. But 1t is
lair to point out that 1t Is merely pre-
liminary to the general proposition. that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

implements of play will be provided. AZ
custodian will be put in charge to pre-
serve order and volunteers will assist and
direct. The Central high and Mechanic
Arts schools have donated to the move
ment the proceeds that may come from
the concert to be given Monday evening
of next week. and various other methods
of raising the eternally necdfu in any
movement will be used.
We need not make an argument for
this good cause. 1t is like an axiom, 1t
demonstrates itself. Children play in the
streets because they cant play elsewhere.
and the education they set there is
prolific source of the disorders that ne
cessitate a police force. Give them places
for their sports where sympathetic but
wise supervision will be provided; where
the environment will elevate instead of
degrade and there is not only a present
good but one that will reach out far
into the future St. Paul people have
never been slow to respond TO such APP
peals If they have waited for someone
or somebody to make the start. Now that
IL is made. and under such excellent aus
pieces. its success is one of the certain
for the schools entertainment will be
the means of showing and The test of in
tereSt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
need of public baths does not call for

need of public baths does not call for
demonstration.
Brookline. Mass. is not a community Of
any great proportions. 1t could not rsa-
sonably be expected to set an example to
its sister communities in any direction
touching the public welfare. And yet
Brookline stands unique and exceptional
among American communities in relation
to the maintenance of places for public
bathing. There they have public baths
which are resorted to by all classes of the
people throughout the year. The rich
send their boys and girls there to be
educated In swimming. The Brookline
Swimming club has a weekly rendezvous
at the public bath, which is attended by
all, young and old, rich and poor without
any thought of social disadvantage or
prejudice.
The site of Brookline's public bath is in
the center Of the town population, ad-
joining the public playground and the
high school building. 1t Is established on
ground owned by the city, and its con-
struction and furnishing has cost the
sum Of $4,000. 1t is Of brick, faced with
stone, and is 124 feet long and 50 feet
wide. 1t contains shower baths, plunge
bath and a natatorium, or swimming pool.
which is 80 feet long by 26 feet wide. In
addition to all this it includes a number
of private baths.
Now. let it be remembered that this ad-
mirable Institution is almost self-main-
tanning. 1t is always so during the sum-
mer season, and it is believed before long
that it will become SO all the year around.
Why should not st. Paul, and indeed,
every other city and town in the country
Of any proportions, have such a public
institution? There is nothing else that
will conduee In greater measure to the
public health at so small a measure Of
expense. Public health and public en-
joyment alike demand it The cost need
not be great. What We need is a perma-
nent beginning. If we had more baths
we would have fewer police, fewer health
inspectors. fewer prisoners in the police
station and generally less for our crimi-
nal and health authorities to do.
1t Is a sad commentary on our civili-
cation that the average citizen, rich or
poor the officeholders alone excepted,
never comes In touch with our municipal
authorities. only in connection with our
system of public parks. except In soma
disagreeable relationship. The gain to
good citizenship from the maintenance
of public bathing places would be even
greater than it Is through the mafnte-
nance of our public park systems
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
PUBLIC BATHS.

With the approach of the very warm
weather increased interest is being mani
tested in several communities on the sub
ject of public baths.
There is no reason why every American
city and large town should not have its
public bath On the score Of expense
there is no subs tantisl barrier in the
way. On the score Of public and private
hygiene there is very convincing reason
why the public bath. should be universal.
From time to time we read Of the
death from drowning OF boys who. hay
ing no more available place, engage In
bathing in waters of whose safety they
know nothing whatever No city can
be better situated for the establishment
of public baths at minimum Of expense
than st. Paul. And yet there is nothing
Of the kind here which is worthy of this
name. Cleanliness is next to godliness in
the Individual as In the community. Con-
sidering the limited opportunities which
the poorer people have for the enjoyment
of comfortable and frequent bathing, the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
EPISTLEs TO ST PAUL.

An Eighth ward constituent of County
Auditor Billy Johnson drifted into the
auditors office yesterday afternoon ard
observed to Maj. I.ibbey: as there a
man named Billy johnson who works
around here"
There is a fellow of that name that
hangs around the office. but I never stw
him do any work." responded the major
That's the man." replied the visitor.
81 guess I'll wait for him. 1 never saw
him work either"
r. E. Ferry, of 81 South Wabasha. was
born and raised in Otsego, ~ Y. and
during his boyhood days was contempo-
raneous with Judge r. r. Nelson and
Judge Corey both Of whom were Otsego
boys.
During the eighteen years that l have
lived in st. Paul have never met either
Judge Nelson or Judge Corey" said Mr.
Ferry yesterday. Il often think of tho
old days though, fifty years ago. when
we were boys together in old Otsego
was tritle older than either of the 9TH
ers. but 1 remember some Of the boyish
FRANKS in which we INDUCED together.
Judge Nelson's father. Judge Samuel Mel
son, was justice of the supreme court
OF the United States. and I have dis
tInct recollection of having seen him at
the old folks dances that used to be Civ
en- in Toddsville. He was the courtllest
OF the whole lot of cid people who used
to enjoy those dances and the Spright-
Hest. with the possible exception of Mai.
Lewis, proprietor of the Eagle hotel.
1T was sight that will never be seen
again when those old people used to get
together and enjoy the Money Musk
and all the other old country dances.
There was peculiar flavor of enjoyment
about the whole affair that one does not
ind nowadays. My recohections were
recalled by the recent visit Of Senator
Sam Edick. of Cooperstown. whom both
of the judges Will probably remember
WE'LL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
AIR-DR1vEN STREET CARS.

One Of the most interesting and Valua-
BILE applications of science to everyday
uses recently made is the adoption Of
compressed air as the means of propelIing
street cars. The principle has gone into
practical opera ton both in New York and
Chicago.
The new power Is found to possess
many advantages over the present cleo
trio trolley system, which, in the Eastern
cities. ehas always been regarded with
much public disfavor Among the ad-
vantages of the new system Of propul-
sion is the one that it is impossible for
the motorman either to stop or start the
cars with a jerk. They run with great
smoothness and are not attended by the
now familiar bu2zing noise which attends
the electric cars as they acquire speed
They can be operated on any tracks, thus
avoiding the necessity of tearing up the
streets on which they are set in opera
ton. They can be run at any rate of
speed thought desirable, and their move
ment is infinitely easier than Is that of
the present vehicles. They are heated
from a hot water tank under the car.
which furnishes the heat necessary to the
expansion Of the compressed air.
The description which Is furnished of
the new cars and of the application Of
the new principle in locomotion is very
interesting. The car Is operated by levers
in manner similar to tho electric cars.
There are three levers One is at the
right Of the box which contains the NOV
ing parts Of the machinery and opens
the air valves. Another on the left fur
nishes additional power when needed. The
third is that by which the motorman con-
trolls the speed. They are fitted with
hand brakes, but in case of necessity tho
motorman can stop the car quickly by
pushing the power lever. The compressed
air is supplied to each car in quantities
which admit of a distance OF sixteen
miles being covered by each supply. The
air reservoirs, or bottles" as they are
technically called. extend the entire
length Of the car and are placed under
the seats. They are composed Of new
metal, the secret of which is preserved.
and which can resist a pressure of $4,000
pounds to the square inch, the applied
pressure being but $500 pounds.
In New York the cars are supplied from
an auxiliary compressor. but there is now
in process of construction an immense
four-stage compressor which will proba-
bly, be the most powerful machine of it's
kind in the world It will be of 1,5OO horse
power. with a fly-wheel weighing sixty
tons and measuring twenty-five feet In
cubic feet Of air are taken In at each
stroke and are reduced by q pressure of
so pounds This air at 50 pounds pres
sure Is afterwards raised to $50 pounds by
second compressor, and the original
bulk reduced to eighteen cubic feet This
in turn is reduced in bulk to i've cubic
feet and the pressure raised to $50 pounds
A fourth compressor reduces the bulk to
one and a half cubic feet and Increases
the pressure to 1000 pounds. The whole
operation requires four seconds of time,
and each car is charged in about two
minutes.
The application OF the principle of COM
pressed air had before been quite limited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
EUTHANAsIA, THE HAPPY DEATH

The ancients, less impregnated with
fear OF what comes after death than are
the rod and candy" children of later
days and civilizations, gave to such a
death as that which came to Roswell P.
Flower, and that comes so frequently to
others, the name Of euthanasia. the ham
Ply death. They had no future to peer
into that was made gloomy with doubt
of whether 1t were to be q life of idle
bliss or one Of equally idle misery: but
they had full knowledge Of the miseries
attending the prolonged decay, the weari-
some care to others, of death by slow
disease. and they deemed him fortunate
to whom the end came suddenly with no
note Of warming
One needs that philosophy which comes
with experience of life to overcome that
dread Of death which Is so strong in
youth, with It's exuberant vitality and
buoyant hopefuiness, when to live Seams
the only fit condition and its ending a
catastrophe. and when the voiceIess mvs-
teries are asked why we should not go
on living forever. One needs to have
experienced the failure of the aspirations
and ambitions Of youth. to have had life's
illusions dispelled, to have felt the ''slings
and arrows Of outrageous fortune" to
have suffered the Ellis that flesh is heir
to" before one can look upon death with
indifference If not with welcome as rest
after prolonged and futile struggle. One
learns to see the infinite wisdom I'm this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
FOR PUBLIC PLAYGRouNDs.

The Civic league takes the initiative Of
planting the public playground among the
features of our civic life Elsewhere these
have begun in like manner. by individ-
ual. then organized effort, and, having
demonstrated their right TO exist, have
become Incorporated as public functions,
figuring annually in the budget St. Paul
Is proposed to make a beginning on the
lots at the corner Of Jackson and Ninth.
the owner Of which has given the use
without charge. A shed for shelter from
rain and from sun for the s1ittfe ones,
swings, teeters. bars. sandpiles5aad other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
4 GOOD SUGGESTION.

VI dll Lie COHtflDuIiOIiS Illus IdA W tllc
literature of the trusts and their regu-
lation there has been none more practi-
cal in its character that that made dur
ing a session of the Industrial commits
sion by James W, Lee. Of Pittsburg.
Mr. Lee Is a lawyer and apparently has
had much professional experience in OPP
position to what may be regarded as the
oldest and most powerful of the trusts.
the Standard OIL company. His testi-
mony, therefore,, relating to the oil COM
binations may be 7dfsregarded that OF
a prejudiced witness The expression of
his general views on the subject are
nevertheless worthy of serious considera-
ton.
1t has long been regarded as true that
the most highly criminal feature of trust
administration is the practice which pre-
walls among such organizations of de-
Hberately accomplishing the ruin of those
competitors in business whom they are
not able to bring into their organiza-
tons. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
men In various commercial and manufac-
turing enterprises have been ruined by
the destructive competition of the trusts.
Since these organizations have OBJ
tanned control in so many industries, the
need of destroying competitors by fore
ing prices down to such figures as to in
volve ultimate ruin, and then restoring
them after the offensive competitor has
been annihilated, has not been so great.
But the practice is carried on now, as 1t
always has been since the general advent
of the trusts. This is the evil which
cries most loudly for remedy at the
hands of the criminal authorities of the
country The offense is readily admissi-
BILE of proof Where a trust is engaged
in selling it's commodities at less than
cost the law can very readily. on COM
plant of a competitor, create the pre-
sumption that such sales are made for
the accomplishment of the complainants
or others ruin.
With such law in operation in every
state in the Uniolg and honestly enforced,
as enforced it would necessarily be in
case of Individual complaints being made
at least that evil would soon be abated.
Mr.. Lee urged pn the commission the
necessity of limitihgI the capitalization
Of corporations $This remedy, while 1t
might not be as effective as the other,
would accomplish much good. Such a
limitation must be established sooner or
later IL the trust nnonstrosity is to be
destroyed. 1t is a serious and difficult
subject, however, what maximum amount
of capital should be allowed by law.
And, moreover, If the various industries
of the country are to keep on being alb
sorbed by the trusts for year or two
longer without adequate remedy, such
a remedy as this, to be at all effective.
must involve the destruction Of the ex-
listing trusts.
Indeed, the only really hopeful cir
cumstance relating to the search for a
remedy against the trusts up to the pres
ent Is that the light of public scrutiny
and condemnation Is being turned with
such intensity on those creations as rem
ders the discovery of an effective remedy
sooner or or later inevitable.