The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

tal diversion he, devoted himsatf TO- as
tronomy and occasionally to vs2sifying.
The secretary found mental relief in
playing a peculiar sort Of chess, wT1eres
the map of Europe took the place of tho
CHESS board, the knights were warriors,
the castles fortresses, the bishops the
commissary and hospital dcpar iment,
and the pawns were the peoote
After several more had advanced their
IDEAS OF therPre9er Way to- Fels3x their
minds. and bodies it was suggested that
Mr.. \. was yet to be Leard. =
fear you viii laugh at me- he said,
smt1ngly, when 1 tell you of my pei
hobby. don't believe I have ever men
toned 1T before. You all know that I
nave spent some fmty years OF my life
In public service. During tha- time
Fave found it II, e:Ssary to st.iIy the
course or natioas from a somewhat philo
sophical standpoint. The true wav tn
il dye of nations is to examine tl,err critj-
eaIly' not with Our judgments inliu anced
bV our passions and our personal INFER
csts' but as tn )lg!l the events with which
we are concerned had happened a ron
1t has been the object OF my life To
perfect myself i'll that art. Durine NV
career IN congress and while in the cabi-
net l rad many occasions when I was
called upon to demonstrate nv theory
ana 1t often worked out to my ert Ire sat.
fsIactlon. have had many opportuni-
ties. as you know, to obtain Information,
nave amused myself by Iigesting the
unWrltten history of our country. as far
as possible. for the past forty years
WOULD NOT PUBLISH VOLUME
NOW.
ALTHOUGH Mr.. x had already given
to TIE world some Interesting rCnfnfs-
cences, nc one had ever expected that he
had been engaGed in preparing history,
largely, it was suspected, from docu-
merts and personal knowledge which he
a.oEe possessed
And do you intend to publish this in
terosting Nolume, Monsieur Xr INQUIRED
the diplomat.
That cannot answer at present.
| he replied There are many things to
be considered. public man must guard
MS personal knowledge of his poIittcaI
| ard social associates with the greatest
care. By publishing such matter during
his lifetime he may MIKE Tor himself
! powerful enemies where he had stanch
| friends. You can never tell what NAV
wound man even when lou believe Won
! are paying him a compliment If Won
! publish them after ycu are dead, while
/ you may. escape their resentment YOUR
! family may suffer, or il the man himself
is dead his family may suffer. Again, if
| they are published years after the death
| Of the writer. when ali DossibiTftv of
/ harminS any one IS vanished, the ques-
ton arises, would any one be interested
| III the matter" Would for instance, the
! members of Alexander the Gaau. of
| Perieies, Of Augustus Caesar, If published
| today, attract any mere than passing
| notice even among scholars? Would tho
I secret information of diplomatic intrigue
| possessed by Bismarck and Gladstone be
! of sufficient interest century from now
| to cause even a mild sensation? doubt
| if the authentic announcement IN Bis
marclks memoirs that he caused the war
between Prussia and France by forging
telegram would arouse the rancor of a.
| single FrenehInan in the year 2t00. It
may even be possible that by that time
| the two races will have been afilalga-
mated or even swept away by some
| other, stronger race. So you see It is a
81 rious problem as to what disposition
| [ shall make Of the work on which 1
| have been engaged.
| 20 Further than that, he continued. I
! have utilized my study of the conditions
| Of the present to anluse myself with spec
| uiations concerning the future. At the
rapid rate with which inventions are null
! tipIying the inhabitants of this earth In
| 20G0 will be surrounded by couveniences
! of Which we have not more than dreamed.
| Steam advanced the world thousand
| years in a hundred. Electricity has ad-
vanced it 1000 in less than half century.
| Some new discovery, the propulsion OF
| ma chinery by ether. the diffusion of lighI
| without heat or power, and so on, may
advance it thousand years ina day.
Based, then, on study OF the effects
which discoveries and Inventions have had
on the human race up to date, / nave Rea-
| tured 20 peer into the future and frame