The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07


almost every day in the week He is
hard worker and does most Of the writing
on his own paper. Political fighting is
the breath Of his nostrils, and like the
boy with the blackthorn at Donnybrook.
1alr' whenever he sees a head he strikes
it.
ON THE DONNELY FARM.
Inc house in which the sage has spent
G me greater part Of his life for nearly
story frame dwelling, situated in q ho1-
low, for protection from the winter blasts.
me Inc farm buildings are numerous and
WEI Men,kept, while the residence looks out
upon a. handsome lawn. A wide yeranda
eXtenoS on three sides Of the house and
Is aVaiIable from four or five windows Of
u TIE, library. Notwithstanding abundance
OF shade trees and ample porches. the
neat and mosquitoes were Oppressive
Lhese a1hlctionS of the hot season NAV
c ce more than balanced by the safety and
ing room are rather Of Southern type
nlgn, wide and many-windowed Good
sasle was displayed in the furniture and
us l arrangement In the dining room was
Gown the aisle of the house of Commons
aLter making his speech on the second
home rule bill.
Mrs. ponnelly who ia Mr. nonnoI11,,s
| second wife, received us cordially, and at
Ine hospltable board we arranged the ar
da1rs OF empires. Mrs. Lease is a univer-
sne caught the fever of agitation late in
me and will end by becoming q deacon
IA ho politics: Both host and lady guest,
however, struck me as actuated -by sin
cere sympathy with what they believed
| TO be the necessary reform movements
happened to mention my wcrk-con-
ne eIteo h Win literature and art Mr. Dom
very interesting, he said, "and the work
IS useful, but you cannot succeed in max
Ing nao,! II even even pay expenses. The people are
/ e..
tuaI entertainment; they lack food and
cIoth1ng through all this Western eoun-
ery; ana o-cent piece looks bigger than
dollar used to look in former Years.
! used to be able to make a conlforta HE
INCOME at lecturing. but I cannot GET
paid for lectures now, though the people
| are as much interested AIS ever"
NO PROFIT IN REFORM.
l asked him if he founo farming fairly
prohCable Why" he said, ''it just gives
me living, and with my newspaper en-
| ableS me to keep out Of debt but at the
e enc OF the year there's nothing over
mere no money in Populism or in any
| genuine effort at reform; but what's in
man must come out, sad, to the detri-
meht or my own interests, l am for the
silver movement just because [ believe 1t
| would benefit the country" Any one who
KNOWS MIR: Donnelly can readily see that
| with his brain and boundless hurnor 1t
t MUuao De asy enough Tor hdm to make a
| financial success by associa ting himself
with either Of the political parties and
becoming a hack speaker or writer Ruf
tne Iact is that he does not possess one
nave to be born again before he becomes
a hack writer or a hack anything.
lgnat1us Donelly is the best of good
company. He has always been total
abstainer from alcohol in any FORM He
told me that he abstained on principle
But he is interested in everything and
| Is an inveterate joker. After sugper
the host, hostess and guests sat down
| to a small table on which had been piac-
| ed contrivance that enabled us to
communicate with departed spirits. Mr.
Donnelly called up an ex-Statesman of
Minnesota and asked him who would be
the next governor of the state. The gen
tieanan sent message which showed
that the evening papers of the previous
DAY had not yet arrived in spirit land.
He was sent about his business to make
room for Socrates The son of Sophro-
| ntscus was no better informed on current
events, and the operator said to him:
oh! go away, you blockhead, and send
up some fellow that knows something"
MIS-; Lease had a message from the
q relative in New York, which proved
to be SO true that the lady felt it neces-
sary to shorten her visit. In very con-
siderable distress she left for the East
the following morning.
IN MR.. DoNNELRY LIBRARY.
Mr.. Donnelly's library is more imposing
than he represented. Open shelves on
three high walls are packed from floor to
ceiling. The owner Of that library seems
to be convinced that Lord Bacon wrote
the plays of Shakespeare. So far as /
could gather from several prolonged con-
versations, / felt inclined to think that
Mr.. Donnelly's mind runs to mystery and
paradox. He seems to care little for the
| conclusions to be drawn from established
| facts, ~but he Is an expert at drawing
from doubtful or ambiguous premises
such differences as please himself, I
never knew when he was in earnest. At