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The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
PLAN SERIES OF GREAT LIBRAR-
les

The problem Of what people should
York in about as large shape as any
thing of the character ever came be-
fore like body, for to these gentlemen
is left the selection of the books which
will make it possible for the readers
of the great city to begin to enjoy the
S., 100000 given by Andrew Carnegie.
In large measure the people them
selves are entitled to say what shall
be put within their reach. On the east
side, for instance, it is found there is a
great demand for books of zangwill.
In another section it is discovered that
fiction authors have the call. Care
| full attention is given and will be given
| in the future to the wants of those
who read library books. From this it
may readily be gathered that one Ii
brary will have books varying widely
! from those of some of the others. In all
there will be sixty of these libraries,
so distributed that nobody in search
| of a story. or work of reference need
| so more than quarter Of a mile for
| it. When completely stocked each Of
| these centers of book distribution will
contain from 5000 to 10000 volumes.
The cost of these will vary to a con-
siderable extent, but the average will
not be far from $4,000.
Once equipped the big burden of
taking care of these magnificent lib
raries will fall upon the city of New
York When the Carnegie money is
placed it is estimated the municipality
will be obliged to appropriate some
thing in excess Of 100000 a year. From
four to six library buildings will be
erected each year after one general
design and all of them of Indiana lime
stone. The structures will be three
stories in height on lots fifty by one
hundred feet. In each of them the first
floor will be given over to books for
adults, the second to- books for chill
dren and the third will be devoted
largely to reading room purposes. Each
will contain about 1000 volumes Of the
best fiction and there will be frequent
transfers of volumes from section to
section of the city.
1t will be the initial purpose of Di-
rector John S. Billings to see that no
books selected are morally hurtful, and
| to get as large collection Of helpful
volumes as possible without making
the library hopelessly dull.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

play the role of Lazarus at the gate.
There is no need Of it. The tide Of
real prosperity has set toward them,
1t has been a long wait. but all things
come to those who wait.
There Is such thing as building up
the national resources at the expense
OF neighboring and competing peoples.
That Is the policy which is now being
urged in Canada, and we are to realize
the direct application of the rule to US.
We have Canadian trade in our grasp.
We have said, and keep on saying, that
we will sell to- Canadians, but that we
viii not buy. The Canadians at last
have made up their minds that trade
shall no longer be mere Jug handled
affair, and that if we want to sell we
must also buy.
This is the direct result of the de-
termination Of the high protectionists
to kill off reciprocity with Canada and
other peoples. How long the Ameri-
can people will continue to sustain such
courses, the coming election will go far
toward deterT1ing
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
THE LAST DITCH

TX Lao I'll Sfis
A study of protectionist literature
makes one fact plain beyond dispute
1t is that protection was ever regarded
IN the earthly economic history of the
country as national expedient, made
necessary by our situation as a ma
ton in its infancy.
AS we progressed, for full half
century the main, if not the only, argu-
r1le1t in favor of protection was that
1t was necessary to give our own
manufacturers government advantage
to prevent their suppression liz foreign
competitors.
Henry Clay was in his grave before
the doctrine of protecting the Ameri-
can workingman through the existence
of tariff duties was thought of being
seriously advanced. But it in turn be-
came the stock argument in favor of
high tariffs, and so remained until Ia
Dor organizations and prevailing indus
trial disturbances, strikes and lock-
outs, showed just how delighted the
workingman of America had become
with the conditions attending his toll
and with the protection" assured him
by the high tariffs.
Then came the trusts on the scene.
And the infant industries had grown
to be monsters. It could not be urged
by any politician who wanted to keep
his face that the tariffs should con-
tinue high for the protection of infants
who had developed as, for instance,
had the tin plate trust which only ap-
late as ten years ago.
Today the friends of protection
that is the political tools and dupes Of
the over-fed and over-grown infants
are obliged again to fall back on the
exploded fraud that high tariffs are
needed for the protection of the
American workingman. None dares to
put this proposition squarely before
the public understanding longer. And
hence it is that we are told that there
must be protection calculated on the
basis of the difference between the
rate of compensation prevailing in old
er countries in like industries and that
prevailing here.
No such basis of calculation is pos
sible. But the pretence is as good as
any other. Ask any skilled mechanic
who is a member of a labor union what
figure the tariff cuts in fixing the scale
of his wages, and he will laugh his
questioner to scorn.
But protectionism has reached its
last ditch. Whether it will survive
behind that ditch after this election is
over remains to be seen. The let-well-
enough alone" cry represents the last
ditch. 1t does not pretend to stand fol-
argument. It casts. aside the veil OF
argument, and trusts to Hamlet's phil
Dsophy which teaches its disciples tc
endure the ills they have rather than
to fly to those they know not of. They
may not be evils at all; we do moi
know. But let US let well enough alone
even though the evils we dread should
prove to be blessings.
When an individual or party comes
down to a position of this kind to sus-
tain his or it's contentious. there car
be no lower descent.
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...DudOeiser und der JFeetbaN Game. :.

und mega phones, und id vos such a
skinch for Minnesota dot I vos so sure
aboudt id / offered to bet der thinks
OH Minnesota Dare yoS no takers
und don I raised der limit, bud i'd vos
nod use, nobcdy wanted any uf Id.
"Dey got away from der post ad
chust see p. m, to be exactly aboudt
id. Dare vos nod much bidding und I
will nod attempted to explanation to
you aboudt der ubs und downs, und
gains und loosings, interferencing vich
vos very had, und dings lige dot AS
der game progressioned der stiffness in
der air hung aroundt in chunks vieh
mate id hard to mage some breath
ings Bud soon der ackony vos ofer.
I'd vos anodder Won uf dose Waterloo
loos nit Napoleon left oudt.- und a
grandt eAkibitioning uf Napoleon
crossing der Alps und der retreat from
Moscow. Aeh, Louie, id vos pidiful to
sec dot fig bunch uf Minnesota beef
oidefs laid low in der high grass by a
bureh of Cornhuskers. Id vos sur
priSSl TO me to see der disappearance
uf dose oIt golt ribbons. AS der null
titude slowly came to und realized dot
Ger stuff VCS off, dey slowly faded away
lige der dew before der morning time
sun. Dare vos no skene uf refelry ad
night by Ger disappointed students.
Dey stood aroundt in punches on der
discusSioned Wy vos der reason und
greadt heads uf ankwish stood oudt on
der eyebrows as dey pidifully cried,
fVot iss der answer I know vot iss
Ger answer. You dink 1 am going to
set Two red abbles," bud 1 am nod.
Tier coacher,' iss der answer, und I
can profe id.
"He has been trying all along to
show dose big Holsters how to play
feethalI ven he should haf been In
structioning dem aboudt ubbercuts,
side stepping, sklfnching und choltS in
der soda plexus. Dots ware We vos
lame und led der Cornhuskers ged
nod enough uf der olt chenuine rough
und tunlbling bitzness lost der game.
Dot iss der real reason und id amusals
me to read Id in der newspapers
ahoudt der ccacher being all to blame
chust lise he could play der whole
game himselluf. Chust vait until Vis-
kinsin comes. We vosn't ready for der
Cornhusllers und dey took der game
ven We vos logging der onder way"
'Eudweiser,'' set Louie, "You say
dey tage der ball und try to mage a
goal nit id. Vot iss a goal, yes?"
wy" I set, "a goal iss-vy id iss
cEust q goal, dots vot id iss, aindt
.id""
You seem to be veil posted on feet
ball. set Louie.
'Vy nod 1 set, 81 neffer saw game
in men whole life" Und den dey hat
to carry Louie oudt
-Budweiser.
Per E. Weisenburger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
TOO MUCH JOHNSON.

The Office of county surveyor is hon
estly and ably administered by the
present Democratic incumbent, Mr..
John 3. Irwin. Under the former Re-
publican incumbent, the management
Of the Office was attended by proceed
ings Of questionable character.
The main trouble until Mr.. Irwin
took hold, was that the office had been
regarded and treated as a family asset
by the Johnsons. 1t was then Johnson
Jr., with Johnson Sr. as the deputy.
It will be Johnson Sr., with Johnson
years if this well-known office holding
family are allowed to have their way
Do the public forget that Johnson
livery bill? Evidently the Johnsons
think they do. Hence the elder john
son is to the fore this time, instead
Of the young man Johnson, who prob
ably regards himself as politically dis
abled as the result of the decision Of
the courts on that same livery bill.
For fear the reader should not re-
call about that livery bill, it was this
way:
Johnson Jr, while surveyor, put in a
big bill for livery hire. 1t was the
Johnson family rig, if we are n6S mis-
taken, that the county was asked to
pay for the hire Of by the members Of
the Johnson family The bill went to-
the county commissioners, and, Of
course, the majority of that glorious
body, being composed of Republican
statesmen of the same type as Johnson
Jr., ordered it paid forthwith. The
county auditors Office, under like aus
pices and direction, indorsed the claim.
But it wasn't paid. And it wasn't
paid because Mayor Smith was mayor
and had to sign the warrant which the
Republican statesmen had agreed to
draw in favor of paying the Johnson
family for the hire of the Johnson rig.
And Mayor Smith, not believing that
the Johnson family should feed the
family nag, as well as themselves out
of the county crib, decided he would
not sign.
Then the Johnsons went to law to
compel Mayor Smith to sign the war
rant to pay their livery bill. They
went all the way to the supreme court.
But the courts could not see the mat
ter as the Johnsons saw it, and the bill
remains still unpaid.
Now, if the tax payers of this coun-
ty want to restore the Johnsons, why
they can do SO of course. But they
will, in doing so, lose the services of a
capable and honest county surveyor.
They will by doing so relieve Mr.. Irwin
from the necessity of holding an Office
that he probably does not regard as
especially desirable. They will, too, re-
store the Johnson family to the dis
charge Of the, duty which has proven
so agreeable to them for a period that
covers an ordinary lifetime, of draw
ing their sustenance from the proceeds
of the public taxation. They doubt
less, however, know the Johnsons well
enough not to be in a hurry to do this
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

were not born yesterday, and they do
not have to be told why they are kept
feeding on hlsks just outside the Union
breastworks. They are waiting. not
patiently, to be sure, but waiting
nevertheless, to get even for the in
dignity they have suffered through all
these years, and that Is why they are
going to put a fine bunch Of Demo-
Gratis on guard for the Southwest. The
border Americans shoot far and
straight They are not pretty, but they
are proud, and justice is quite as
sweet to them as to the proprietor of a
Vermont sugar bush.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
WHITE GIRL BECOMES
A RED BRAVES BRIDE
Curious Indian Ceremony Performed
After Christian Service in
Old Kentucky.

sTURGIS, KY, Oct. 25.-Dr. Lousi
Pretty Eagle, an Indian doctor OF
Wichita Mountain, 0. T., was married
near Morganfield to Miss Eta Reeves,
a Methodist minister performing the
first ceremony and Chief Prairie Dog
performing the second, according to
fhe indian custom, part of the rite be-
ing to place in the bridegroon's hand
two revolvers and a feather.
The feather was then placed in the
brides hair and DR.. Chief Prairie Dog
said to her: "As long as birds have
feathers they can fly" He pledged
the husband to protect her in peace
and in war, and then danced the we'd
ding dance, after which an Indian song
was sung and the ceremony was at
an end. Miss Reeves is pretty and
eighteen. They were married on
Leer,s Hill, where a dark tragdy took
place some years ago, in which another
bride Of an hour lost her life.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
BUYS A GRAVEYARD
FOR A WHOLE TOWN
Mrs. Frances Smith Pays $500 for a
Burial Place in New
York Village.

PINE PLAINS, N. Y, Oct. 25.-Pine
Plains. Duchess county, has bene-
factress. AS result of a mortgage
foreclosure sale instituted by the At
lantic Trust company, of No. 81 Wall
street, a referee yesterday sold the Ey-
ergreen cemetery in this village. The
bidding opened at $1,000 and Miss
Frances Smith, of Pine Plains was the
Miss Smith, who is wealthy, will, it
is said, present her purchase to an
association to be incorporated at once.
1t is said that this IS the first case
of it's kind in the history of the state
of New York. Milton A. Fowler, OF
Poughkeepsie, was the plaintiffs attor-
ney in the suit The Pine Plains
people are happy now that their beau
tiful cemetery is to be their own, and
in future far better cared for than
heretofore.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

The promise of the English premier
to make things more agreeable in par
lament for the aesthetic gentlemen
who are thinking of resigning on ac-
count of the turmoil reminds one of
the superabundance Of remedies for
the anarchist trouble which followed
the assassination of President McKin-
ley. In neither case was the root Of the
evil complained of ever touched on.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

IS II is not the ill-health Of the pre-
mier which threatens the ascendancy
of the Laurier party in Canada, but the
determination Of the mass of the Ca
madam people to render themselves
commercially and .industrially inde-
pendent of a people on their southern
frontier who have refused for an en-
tire generation to trade with them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
People and Things :.


while on these shores. Where on earth
could he have gone when he was over
here?
1t seems that Miss Stone is not going
back to Turkey. The sultan, who is
somewhat of a connoisseur himself,
has let it be known that he does not
want her and yet it has not been re-
ported that the sultan ever had the
pleasure of Seeing Miss Stone. The
whole country resents this decision Of
the turkish deSpot, as we have rarely
mad so successful missionary in the
Orient as the lady in question. 1t was
because of her immense success in
ctV1lizing and Christianizing that she
was kidnapped and secreted The sultan
knew that If she went on and his peo-
pie were initiated into the mysteries of
civilization it was only a question of
time when his throne would be occu-
pied by some enterprising Christian
and he would have to go to the rear
and sit down, if he was fortunate
enough to remain on earth. And now
when Miss Stone desires to return to
the same field of labor to continue her
work in order to earn money with
which to pay back the kind-hearted
and generous friends who raised the
wherewithal for her release she Is
thwarted by that horrid old sultan. The
mistake she made was to allow her
pictures to be published in the public
prints.
A man in Michigan has recently in
vented machine which he believes
will be of ineStimable value to business
men. 1t is something designed to stop
the giving of overweight by careless
clerks in grocers' shops and other
places. When the clerk puts on the
scales something he carelessly counts
as pound a bell will ring if the goods
weigh a fraction over. Now, if some
one would invent a machine that would
ring still louder bell when the weight
is snort, matters would be eVened up
and everyone be happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shook, of Elk Point,
). b., have grievance and thereby
hangs tale. 1t seems that on the last
Fourth of July, that glorious day of
noise and liberty, Mr.. and Mrs. Shook
were taking a walk on their native
heath, conversing together amiably
about the state of the weather and
other interesting matters, when sud
denly along came a buggy in which sat
a certain DR.. Ringsrud-a very promi.-
nent man Ringsrud, having twice run
for governor, but not hard enough
and the equine attached to the buggy
without warning grabbed Mrs. Shook
with his teeth, shook her violently and
threw her TO the ground. Mrs. Shook
claims never to have done anything
to Mr.. Ringsrud or his steed and is
therefore utterly unable to account for 2
the fierce attack upon her, and now
sues Mr.. Ringsrud for $4,000, added to
which Mr.. Shook sues also for $4,000 to
pay him for the terrible anxiety of
mind suffered because of the assault
and battery upon his wife by the afore-
said horse. DR.. Ringsrud Is at loss
to understand why things should be
thusly and there is much trouble and
distress in the Shook and Ringsrud
households. The moral of this tale is
to buy an automobile-which is un-
able to bite-and keep up with the pro-
cession of progress.
The X-ray is developing some re-
markable powers. A man in Montana
claims that it cured him of paralysis,
on6 n rn fLa ortot Txoc.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Probably the lesson which the Cana
dian government has had in play
irG the humanitarian in the cases of
the Doukhobors will teach some of the
officials that in government as in cob
bling it is an admirable thing to stick
TO the last.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Behold the fate of Africa on the
carving basis! May it not be an addi
tional blessing bestowed on China by
these United States that in addition to
preventing the carving process in her
case, we have helped to keep her sons
at home to develop their own country.
Let us at least assume a virtue, even
if VIC have it not.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

It is not unlikely that the future mur-
derer who contemplates using knife
will take pains to clean the weapon in
view of the finding Of the doctors, that
the human heart may be stitched up
and the patient saved, if the knife is
not unclean.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Whatever may be the preference Of
his constituents as to his being re-
stored to the seat in the senate cham
Der which he filled with so much honor
and ability, there will be no division
among them in, the desire that Sena-
tor Ives may be restored to his good
health as speedily as possible.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Perhaps the world was not after all
created in six days, as the Bible re-
formers insist. But, who is the worse
off by accepting the belief? The wise
ran who can tell always that thing
is not so has yet to show that he is
anything more than a negative quality
III the world, anyway.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
coAL.LAND OWNERSHIP.

The uproar of Republican orators
ever the New York Democratic plat
form urging government ownership of
great public necessities like the anth-
racite coal mines would seem to indi-
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

It is entirely fitting that Secretary
Moody ana Senator Allison should
start in and settle between themselves
the smuggling issue. When they have
settled the anthracite matter to their
own satisfaction they might give the
neoDle sine enlightenment as to the
Influences which have operated in the
cases of the other tariff-fed trusts.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota-Rain and cooler Sunday.
Monday fair; brisk to high north shifting
to northwest winds.
fair, except rain in east portion; brisk to
high northeast winds, becoming west
lowa-Fair in west; rain in east por-
ton Sunday; cooler. Monday fair.
Wisconsin-Rain Sunday; cooler in west
portion Monday fair; brisk to high
west to northwest winds
Montana-Fair Sunday and Monday;
warmer Monday.
North Dakota-Fair Sunday and Mon
day; warmer Monday.
South Daketa-Fair Sunday and Mon
day; cooler in east portion Sunday
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

LOUIE" L set.
you haf played
some feet ball.
yes ?"
"Vot kind uf a.
drink iss id,
B u d w Ell S e r?"
set Louie.
Dare you go
again. 1 set,
always dink-
| n 6 a b o u d t
Something's to
drinlea You get
q. ride in 5ar no
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

The man who opens his eyes this
morning qualified to vote in every re-
spect save in the one Of registration
alone ought TO be shipped forthwith to
Porto Rico or the Philippines where
the people are not thought intelligent
enough to have the enjoyment Of the
civil rights OF American citizens.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26
EVILS OFTEN BLESS.

Uphill with heavy load
A farmers wheels went round;
A stone was in the road,
At which the farmer frowned.
At once. with snap and crack,
The shaft gave way and dropped,
The wagon staggered back,
But struck the stone and stopped.
That stone. frowned on at. first,
Now held the wogan fast;
The stone the farmer cursed
Reclaimed his load at last.
IT'S thus through life, wis:
The evils often bless,
And hindrance often is
A rock of sure success
Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

The assent of both parties to the an
t,1racite trouble to the selection OF Mr..
Wright as tho. seventh member OF the
tribunal shows that there is a real de-
sire to make UP for the folly which
was manifested from the beginning.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

A Chicago man pounded his wife
with a leg of lamb. He might have
used mahogany table leg. 1t
wouldn't have cost any more and
would perhaps have been more fetch
ing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

It is fast becoming a question, not
whether Canada will continue to main
tain her provincial relationship toward
Britain, but whether England will
much longer consent to have her &C.
cupy that relationship.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

A Utica IN. " man has stolen a
Wagon-1oad of limburger cheese
Speaking of clews, there ought not to
be any trouble in that case.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Chicago club women lament that SO
few of the girls OF that town can sew,
sweep or darn. Some of them do pret-
ty well at the last on the golf links.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

The Rosebud Indian who was hang
ed at Sioux Falls Friday did not look
the part.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Well, have a large red apple. The
crop is 100000 barrels greater in
America this year than last.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

1t looks like the same old coal, but
it isn't at the same old price.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Probably Hall Gaines books would
be more popular if he didn't look quite
so much like SVengai.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

''Who will be the leader of Chicago
society,"" plaintively asks the Inter
Ocean. How would Mrs. Streeter of
the District of Lake Michigan" do?
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Tom Johnson is glad election day is
almost here. His automobile circus is
costing him $4,000 a day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Mad MulIah's method of making hay
differs somewhat from that of Maud
Muller, but it gathers the winters feed
just the same.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-26

Even the railway trains seem to be
trying to take a sFaash at Van SAINT.