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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25


who died something over month ago at
his home in Paterson, N. j., is another
show place Of the senate wing of the
capitol. 1t is a large room and furnish
ed handsomely and Substantially. Accord
ing to the report of the sergeant-at-arms
1t contains thirty-two articles. There are
two things in the room which Win be
pointed out by the average capitol guide
One is an oil portrait Of the first presi-
dent Of the republic, George Washington,
and the other is a gilt toilet mirror, which
has history. This mirror was purchas-
ed by order of Adams when vice presi-
dent and cost $50. When it came to be
paid for Mr.. Adams was very severely
censured for his extravaganza. It is a
small affair, and only unique and inter-
esting because OF Its associations 1t is
encased In gilt frame of ANTIQUE pat
tern, and the glass itself is only about
the size of an ordinary newspaper sheet.
In this room is also al old cIock-another
grandfathers timepieca. Van.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

A more fitting time than the present
could not have been chosen by the gentle
men who met on Saturday evening in the
Commercial club rooms to give voice to
their protest against the open display of
vice to which this community has been
treated for many months past through
the shameless inaction of municipal au-
thority.
By character and position the men who
have undertaken the good work in ques.
ton are freed from all suspicion of po1it-
zeal motive. There is something far no
bier and more valuable to the people OF
st. Paul beneath their action than the
TOO often ignoble ends Of local politics.
They have started to do that which has
been left Undone too long No other class
in the community could have inaugurateo
the movement more fittingly than they.
Their motives are above all suspicion.
They are servants of public and private
decency. They step from their domain
of pulpit and counting house to right a
grievous public wrong. It is no more and
no less wrong that it has been toIer-
ated, and, we regret to say, promoted for
their own ends by certain class of pub
lie employees.
We here in st. Paul have in recent
years been m liking at least a show of
public virtue. There is not single d.
rection in which that show has prevailed
but thai the city has been the loser, ma
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
SMART SHORT STORIES.

A good story is told of British colonel
who possessed a prodigious appetite.
When in Wales he went on a walking
tour. and stopped for midday meal at a
village inn.
On inquiring what he could have for
lunch the landlord announced roast
goose, hot, and ready to be served, and
an apple tart. The colonel was Informed
that half a crown was the price for the
repast
Having demolished practically the whole
Of the goose and all of the tart, leaving
only a few bones and an inch of crust
to tell their tale, he proffered the half
crown.
The landlord woefully accepted the
coin, and, with a sardonic grim ejacu-
lated:
Next time you are down this way give
my friend Jones at the house opposite
call. l will hand you 3s Cd if you will
serve him the same way"'
Dean Hole tells of a very innocent and
gentle curate who went to a Yorkshire
parish where the parishioners bred horses
and sometimes raced them. He was ask
ed to invite the prayers of the congrega-
ton for Lucy Grey. He did so. They
prayed three Sundays for Lucy Grey.
On the fourth Sunday the clerk told the
curate he need not do it any more.
Why" said the curate, lis she dead?'
NO said the clerk, "she's won the
steeplechase." The curate became quite
power in the parish.
Enormous prices were paid for the pin
ming on of orchids and buttonholes at
the Charing Cross bazaar in LOndon-in
some cases G5, or SIS, having been de-
manded and given. This recalls the can
tankerous action of an elderly gentleman
at bazaar given some years ago. when
the professional beauty" was first
known by that term. One of these, be-
fore serving the elderly gentleman with
a cup of tea, told him the price, which
he paid; and then, after taking a sip
herself, added: And a guinea for that"
There's your guinea said the gentle
man, land now give me clean cup"
There was family of ten children. or
phans, whose estate consisted of quar-
ter section of rich zinc land, and the
syndicate that was developing the re-
gion wanted the property. The guardian
was shoemaker in Williamsburg. He
had been a friend of the childrens IA
ther and was working hard to keep their
estate intact until they grew up, and to
educate them meantime.
After he had refused offers that in
creased $4,000 at a leap day after day for
of $500, &c., SO that they would cease both
ering him. 1t happened that particular
property was an imperative necessity in
their plans, and they would have given
twice as much. So they took him up IN
twinkMrg. The court approved the sale
and the amount was handed over in the
form Of certified checks. The shoemaker
looked At the papers, found out from the
banker that they were good and then
said to an agent Of the syndicate:
Gould you give me part cash?'
why, man, you have it all in cash.
'fYes-.-. But. L want some of. 1t in
in"
''Curency?"
Eyes. l guess that's it,
well, how much do you want?'
'I want about 50 cents. L have been
promising them children that they should
have an ice-cream soda as soon as 1
could afford it, and 1 know they have
been expecting 1t long enough
And the syndicate bought the soda
water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

manner OF beautiful pictures. The gun
and drum, the prancing steed and the
divine doll, in all the beauty Of an elab-
crate couture, repose peacefully beneath
its shade. And when the night falls, and
the gentle mother lights up the white and
blue and red wax candles hidden away
between it's branches, was ever on this
earth more perfect representation OF
Fairyland itself?
What a marvellous man IS this Santa
Claus, that he has held within his spell
at one time or other the wisest and the
most worldly Of US ALL Childhood itself
knows no greater source of delight than
he, and when the beautiful veil which
hides the reality from view is moved
aside, what an ever-abiding source of re-
gret is all unconsciousIy presented to
view Life is not long enough, nor hu-
man happiness or triumph broad enough
to measure the loss which that one mo-
ment of disiIlusion reveals. Who is he
with life so full of bliss that he would
ment, and live again In the Paradise
which Santa Claus once created for him !?
In the Congressional Directory just is
sued Chauncey Depew gets more space
| than Is given to the president. Mr. De-
pew Is counting a trial for lese majestic.
Now that Mr.. Chamberlain thinks of
| it. he remembers there is a saying that a
| soft answer turns away the ultimatum, -
| or something like that
go to the ant Is the good advice given
the sluggard, but usually he goes to his
| uncle when the pinch of poverty comes
| The war fever is spreading. A Cincin-
natl preacher announced his text as from
the gospel according to Dom Paul
| Gen. Otis Is strongly reminiscent of
the nursery jingle, Little boy blue, come
| blow your horn"
1t is probable that in his letter to Santa
Claus Mr.. Root said something about a
| vice presidency.
Santa Claus might make himself popu-
lar by dropping a new charter in ST.
Pauls stocking.
We may differ as to the century but
we can all agree that Jan. 1, 1900 begins
a new month
An exchange suggests that the proper
Iength for short skirt is a little over
two feet.
England made the mistake of trying to
conduct champagne war upon a beer ba-
sis.
England objects strongly to the "open
door" at Lourenzo Marques
Inc q wishes you merry Christ
mass and happy New Year.
what S the matter with Gen. Otis? He's
all write.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
THEIR SAD CHRISTMAS.

The mass of Christian people all over
the world rejoice in the dawning of
Christmas morning. It brings more of
| happiness with it than any other time.
| 1t is symbolical of all that is good In life.
The toiling and suffering and hoping mil
| lions rest in peace and happiness. It is
| only here and there that sorrow visits the
made all the more poignant by the uni
versal rejoicing which prevails
In the wealth of unselfshness which
Christmas calls into being, those whom
sorrow and affection visit are sure of a
deeper and more heartfelt sympathy than
they can experience from strangers at
any other season. Christian men and
women do what they can, be 1t much or
little, to lessen the burdens of life of
those who are less happily situated than
themselves, and to those whom their
goodness cannot reach they send out full
measure of sorrow and sympathy to the
suffering. e..
Most of the great Affections of humanity
have suffered a material check in our
time. The horrors of war, of famine and
Of pestilence are rarer than ever before
They who invoke or fail to guard against
such affections are the mere survivors Of
the ignorance and animalism of the past.
But there is much of individual sorrow
and suffering, none the less, as the prod
uct Of the accidents Of life
We can all feel more deeply today than
at any other time the weight of sorrow
which rests upon the friends and families
of those unfortunate men who, while en-
joying by anticipation the pleasures Of
Christmas time, were buried deep be-
yond human hope or aid In the BrazeneIl
mine, in Pennsylvania, on Saturday
morning. These poor men might have
passed away without having more than
a passing thought bestowed upon them
at any other time. The tragedy of their
lives is unhappily a common one. Such
as they earn their bread in the sweat Of
their faces, unblessed even by the light
Of heaven. OF no other class can II be
oS'AO Win AAkOIO VI elhASOluIS IIQlA CIldC IuS
conditions attending their lives are I'M
worthy of Christian civilization They
are the victims of human greed and
cruelty as no ether class of Americans
can be said to be- Oppression has visited
them unfailingly from time to time for
many a year, They are employed by
those who less than any other employing
interest yield to the humane impulse.
Nowhere as in the coal mining districts
does the curse of monopoly rest It's heavy
hand on the lives Of American men and
women. And nowhere else can so little
of warrant be found in the law, either of
God or man, for even liberation of such
brutal tyranny and wrong.
While the stricken women and children
Of these poor fellows stand weeping at
the mouth Of that fatal pit let us ali
unite in the hope that before the TWEEN
tieth century has sped far on It's mission
it will have brought to this people some
truer understanding than prevails today
Of the curse upon American society
which is represented by the existing sys-
tenn of ownership and operation of the
peoples fuel deposits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
SANTA CLAUS.

When Sancho Panza asked God to bless
the man Tho invented sleep, it is doubt
full whether Santa Claus was known.
Else it is fairly certain that the immor-
tai man-at-arms, in his delightful inno-
cence of heart, would have united the
childrens Christmas friend in his prayer
Was ever a being, however mysterious,
destined to bring with him into this
weary world, since it's very beginnings, SO
much joy as that dear old gentleman?
Into every home that is blessed with
tile laughter of children he comes, even
like thief in the night, though far less
careful in his means of securing en-
trance. Neither bolts nor bars are aught
his rays Of light and joy shine in upon
even the least blessed places in the King
dom Of Babyland. Never seen except in
dreams, yet there is not a line of his
happy visage but is engraven in the very
soul of childhood.
The far-off land from which he comes
must be a very cornucopia of delight.
How otherwise could it be that his won
drous reindeer sleigh never grows empty;
that each little tousled head, as 1t lifts
itself from its pillow, holds within it the
blissful assurance that the little stock
ing which last night measured its gaunt
length by the stove or fireplace will this
| morning fairly burst its slender outlines
to hold in safety it's new-found treas
ureS?
And what visions of bliss present them
selves through the green foliage of the
Christmas tree, as it buds forth in treas
ures of candy and nuts and fruit and all
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
Homer for Mrs. Palmer.

CHICAGO, Dec. 24-Mrs. Louise l.:
Man, secretary Of the Women's National
Auxiliary to the Blue and Gray legion
Kinley saying that Mrs. Potter Palmer
will be appointed director of the Ameri-
can woman's department. at the Paris
exposition The auxiliary had sent
communication to Washington asking
that Mrs. Palmer be appointed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
RUINED BY BETTING.

Wisconsin University Student Ac-
cused by Numerous Creditors.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. PA. H. Boyce,
a student of the Wisconsin university
law school of Sturgeon Bay, Wis, is
spending his holidays in Jail here. having
been arrested just as he was taking the
train for home, on the charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses. Boyce
has been running a students boarding
house as steward, and hts unpaid bills so
far foot up to nearly $500.
He claims that he lost the money on
the Wisconsin, Chicago football game, and
has nothing. Being unable to get bail he
went to Jail, his case going over to Jan. 5.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

MinnesOta-Fair and continued cold
Monday: Tuesday fair. not so cold in
northwestern portion; fresh west TO
north winds.
North Dakota-Fair Monday. warmer in
western portion; Tuesday fair, warmer in
eastern portion; variable winds.
colder in western portion; Tuesday fair:
variable winds.
Montana-Fair Monday; Tuesday fair;
colder In western and central portions
variable winds.
Wtsconsin-Fair, continued cold Monday
and Tuesday; fresh west to north winds
IoWa-Fair, continued cold Monday
Tuesday fair; northerly winds
WESTERLY TEMPER A TIrRES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
EX-JUSTICE IN JAIL.
II. B. Crawford, of Hammond, Ind,
Begins a Term at Eighty.

HI
Begins a Term at Eighty.
HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 24.-H. B. Craw-
ford, the aged ex-justice Of the peace, who
was sentenced to serve from one to five
years in prison, under the indeterminate
sentence act, for malfeasance in office,
was today taken to the Northern Indiana
penitentiary. where his faded gray locks
were cropped and a suit of prison stripes
was substituted for the apparel of ordi-
nary life. Though he is eighty years of
age, the prisoner, who was a soldier In
the Civil war. accepts his fate with the
utmost unconcern.
The grand jury indicted Crawford two
years ago. He was taken Ill and continu-
ance after continuance was granted, until
al last trial was had before a jury In the
court of Special Judge Kopelke. of Crown
Point. Conviction followed, and, though
the sums claimed by the state were all
repaid. Gov. Mount refused the plea for
a pardon.
Crawford's friends hope that he will be
pardoned after the first year of his term
has expired.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
,EMPERATuRES
WASHINGTON time q p. m. st. Paul..
CHRISTMAS AND THE HOME

All over the Christian world TODAY the
home is the scene and center of the HUI
man affections. The world may have cast
the lot Of the individual far off from the
influence of the home. It matters not
how far away he may be- or how utterly
a wanderer on the face of the earth.
there IS somewhere a home, Of which his
mind presents the picture. It may have
long since passed away, as all things
earthly Will do, or it may be in some land
which he will never revisit; it may even
be the product of the Imagination, as the
place of ultimate worldly rest. But the
man to whom the vision of home does
not present itself today were far better
dead than alive.
At no time does the spirit of Chris
tianfty make itself so manifest in the
lives and characters of men as at this
season. The Christmas holidays bring
home to us the feeling of universal hu-
man brotherhood We stop in our pursuit
of earthly blessings to renew the simple
virtues of the truly Christian life, the viz
tues of charity, Of peace and of love-
Members of the same family gather under
the same roof tree. They tap the hidden
well springs of affection which bubble
forth in deeds of kindness. Many token
OF love which has been thought dead
presents itself at Christmas time. He
who Will not recall his friend today is
Incapable Of true friendship Neither
time nor distance avails in any Christian
household to cloud the memory of the
absent one.
No state of society is truly healthful
which does not promote the practice at
this season of the idea of family reunion.
Today is all oasis in. the endless days of
time. Childhood looks forward to it with
that degree of faith and hope which is
born of unworldliness and which lives
on an innocence which is free from all
guile. No little token bestowed on a
friend fails in making life more beautI-
full. No written line or token sent but
blesses the receiver and adds to the
worlds supply Of goodness. Living In an
age when most things are thoughtIessly
measured by the standard Of money, 1t re-
mains true that cost counts with most of
US. both in giving and receiving. But each
little present goes to cement friendship,
and lifts both giver and receiver just SO
far above the ignoble influences to which
men and women can trace most of the
SORROW, that visits than
Home influence is not always bad It
cannot be- until the meaning of Christmas
is lost or unknown. Some Of US who are
not rich, and still more those Of us with
whom life is hard struggle may be less
deeply impressed with the spiritual in
fuence of Christmas If so, we suffer a
bereavement far greater than we can ever
hope to understand. Among the happiest
homes on the worlds surface today are
many Of the poorest. The love which
brought our Redeemer among US there
abides The members of such households
love each other, as He told us we should
all love one another. It Is out of such
homes and out Of the spirit of the Christ
mas time, must come if it ever comes,
the sentiment which will make all men
brothers in reality, as well as in name.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
MRS. sANDERs0N'S PLANS.
She Announces That She Will Reside
in Battle Creek.


in Battle Creek.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Dec. A.-Mrs.
Mary B. Sanderson, acquitted of the
charge of numbering her husband by a
jury at Marshall Mich, has arrived here
and talked about her future plans Her
chief regret is the loss of her social posi-
ton, but she said 1t was voluntary, for
she had avoided her friends during her
trouble for fear of embarrassing them.
Today she received about fifty tele-
grams from friends, and she has been the
center of attraction in Battle Creek She
says she will not go to Chicago or Bara-
boo, Wis, to live, despite reports, but will
face the world In Battle Greek. She said
that eleven members Of the jury called
OH her today in Marshall, saying that she
would have been acquitted even If the
defense had entered no testimony.
The public here is now busy figuring
whether or not she will receive Sander
sons heavy life insurance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
BIG ICE HOUSE BURNED.
Mammoth Plant, Valued at a Million
Dollars, Destroyed.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. Dec. 24-rhe
mammoth house of the Spring Lake Ice
company, located on Spring lake. two
miles northeast of this city. was totally
destroyed by fire this morning. enta1nng
loss of upwards. of 100000. 1t was built
one year ago by Chicago capitalists. head
ed by the Barry Bros, of the Chicago in
dependent tug line. About 10000 tons Of
the buildinP I'll "a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
BRICK BLOCK BURNED.
Six-StOry Structure in New York
Quilted by Fire,

Quilted by Fire,
NEW. YORK, Deo 24-The six-story
brick building at 134-136 William street
was Quilted by fire today, and the adj
joining structures at 1872 and 13S were
damaged considerably. The fire resulted
in a loss of about $4,000.
The burned building, which was nine
years old, was occupied by the Berlin
Jones Envelope company, whose loss is
estimated at $55 900. The building at 1872
William street was occupied by Henry
Allen. Wholesale druggist, whose loss is
$4,000 No. 1873 was occupied by Thurs
ton & Bradshaw, importers of gum,
whose loss Is $4,000.
More than three hundred girls employed
by the envelope company will be thrown
out of work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Dec. 24-Mr. Charles
Forward money donated to the Lawton
fund, has telegraphed 1920 to Adjt. Gen.
Corbin as the result of the first day
ed were in amounts of $50 and 500. The
work will be continued next week
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
Piab Operative.

PHILADELPHIA Dec. 24.-The Phila-
delphia reorganization committee of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
company and its terminal companies has
formally declared operative the modified
plan for the reorganization Of the prop
critics mentioned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
TROTTING FUTURITY.
Second Payments Made on Nearly a
Thousand Colts and FiIIies.

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. A.-Seeretary
Horace Wilson, of the <entuckys Breed
ers' association, announces that second
payments in the $4,000 Kentucky Futurity
for foals of 1899 have been made on S4S
colts and tillies out of a possible 1883,
which is the largest number since 1898.
This is the tenth Futurity, and it has be-
come the leading colt trotting stake of the
4
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25
GRAND.

The Grand presents vaudeville for the
best week in the year, with number OF
old-time fayorites. The list of attrac-
lions includes many names which have
been fayorably known for years, with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

In the Congressional Directory just is
sued Chauncey Depew gets more space
than is given to the president Mr.. De-
pew is counting a trial for lese majestic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

Now that Mr.. Chamberlain thinks of
it. he remembers there is a saying that a
soft answer turns away the ultimatum, 3"
or something like that.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

go to the ant Is the good advice given
the sluggard, but usually he goes to his
uncle" when the pinch of poverty comes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

In Washington 1t Is Believed He
VIII Soon Surrender His Portfolio
to Take Place at the Head of
One of the New York Banks
concerning With Capitalists In
Gotham.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

The war fever IS spreading A Cincin-
natl preacher announced his text as from
the gospel according to Dom Paul.