The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN.

In his speech at a recent banquet at
the Columbia club in Indianapolis ex-
President Harrison referred to the ella ms
made by some Democrats that his opposi-
ton to Imperialism is leading him to
Organism and said: ITO me the Demo-
cratic patry has never been less attrac-
tive than now. No plan of reorganiza-
ton suggests itself to me, except that
suggested by waggish lieutenant of my
regiment to a captain whose platoonS
were inverted. He said: Captain. If 1
were in your place 1 would break ranks
and have the orderly call the ROLL Per-
haps even this hopeful programme may
fail for an inability to agree as to the
roll and as to the orderly"
While James Russell Lowell was editor
of the Atlantic Monthly, Mrs. Harriet
Prescott Spofford enjoyed a warm per-
sonal friendship with him. and he fire.
quently accepted her stories. Mrs. Spot
ford feared that he might be taking them
because of his interest in her, and not
for the merit of her work. She resolved
to put the matter to test. Her hand
writing was peculiar. One of the most
characteristic letters was her d, to the
end of which she gave a queer little
crook toward the left. In order to dis
guise her work she had her sister copy
one of her stories before she sent it to
letter in which he wrote: 1.-THE DIS may
not be yours. but there is no installing
the fdees. y y
Gov. Sco1e!ds famous COW. whose ride
from Oconto to Madison, Wis, on an eX-
press frank four years ago became po-
1litical episode zYasg sent hone a fortnight
ago. She made the return trip by ex-
press also, but this time there was no
frank on the crate. and charges amount
ing to about $40 were paid TIE crate
bore the inscription: "Scofield's cow re-
turning home after four wears of official
life, older but wiser" Her advent into
politics is not the only distinction the
governors COW has gained Gov SEQ
field has always claimed she was the
NEST wonderful cow in America on &C
count of the richness Of her milk, and
told stories of it's quality which made
Dean Henry, of the agricultural college.
and other experts smile. Determined to
convince them he was right. the governor
one morning last week MIXED the cow
himself and sent the product to the dairy
school for inspection The test showed
the astonishing result of S.4 per cent of
butterfat. capable of producing over
nine pounds of butter to one hundred
pounds Of milk, whereas the average
milk in Wisconsin tests 3R per cent, and
So per cent is very high.
In his ''Eccentrieities of Genius" Mai
Pond tells the pathetic story Of Ralph
Waldo Fmerson's last lecture. delivered
in the Old South church in Boston. for
the fund to save that building from de-
molition: GAS he began reading his
lecture the audience was very attentive.
After a few moments he lost his place.
and his granddaughter, sitting in the
front row of seats, gently stepped toward
him and reminded him that he was
lecturing He saw at once that he was
wandering. and with the NEST charming.
chara cteristic, apologize bow, he re-
sumed his place-an incident that seemed
to affect the audience more than any,
thing else that could possibly have oc-
Cured. A few moments later he took a
piece of manuscript in his hand and.
turning around with It, laid it on side
table. Just then one of the audience
said to me q think it was Mrs. Liver
more or Mr. Howe), please have the
audience pass right out and, rushing up
to Mr.. Emerson, said: Thank you SO
much for that delightful Lecturer then,
turning around waved the audience to
go out. He probably lad been speaking
about fifteen minutes The audience
passed out. many of them in tears. II
was one of the most pathetic sights Z
ever witnessed"