The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-13

way to East Aurora. This he consid-
ers an education for bis workmen, who
are allowed to stop work land listen to
the visitors If they can Ne induced to
make O. speech. HI
message toTGareia."
In regard to the fahnous Message to
Garcia" he says 1t was written one
evening in an hour, rand only covers
about 1900 words. Without thinking
much of 1t himself, he printed 1t in the
March Philistine Of the year 1899. The
first intimation he had that the March
number was popular was an order from
the American News company for an
extra 1000 copies, and even then he did
not know what the attraction was. The
next day a telegram came from George
III. Daniels, of the New York Central
road, asking him to quote a price on
a reprint Of 100000 copies of the Mes
sage" in pamphlet form, with an adj
vertisement of his road on the back.
Hubbard not having the facilities for
a rush order, gave Daniels permission
to reprint it in his own way, and the
result Of it was that after 5000 Of them
had been sent out, he got out an edi-
ton of 100000. Two or three of these
100000 editions have been sent out
since then by Mr.. Daniels, beside the
printing Of the Message" in over 200
magazines and papers, 1t has been
translated into nine languages, and the
total circulation has been over 16,000,-
600 copies.
Hubbard gives a short sketch of his
own career, which has been strange
one, but has fitted him for just the
work of which he has made such sue
To co.. VIC 40 r,l1I
lie speeches, introduced speakers, CIV
en- temperance talks, and would have
taken the lecture platform if it had not
been nailed down." Referring to the
lecture he once gave at the Waldorf
Astoria, he said he did it with much
trepidation, because he had printed I'M
kind things of the hostelry and the
sort of people that inhabit it. But it
was under the management of Maj.
Pond, and the lecture room, which is
supposed to hold comfortably 500 .peo-
pie, was packed by 900 at 81 apiece.
When it was over, he said. Maj. Pond,
who was waiting for him, fell on his
neck and rained Ponds Extract down
his back, crying: ooh! Oh! Oh!
Why didn't we charge them So apiece?'
Last year he gave eighty-one lee
lures and made for himself $4,000 so
doing. Near the end of his article Fra
which these are few samples:
"Art is the expression of mans joy in
his work"
when you read beautiful poem
that makes your heart thfob with glad
ness, you are simply partaking of the
emotion that the author felt when he
wrote it." 9 T.
life is expression Life is move
ment outward and unfolding, a devel-
opment. To be tied down, pinned to a
task that is repugnant, and to have the
shrill voice of necessity Whistling eter-
nally in your ears, Do this, or starve;;
is to starve; for 1t 1Starves the heart,
the soul, and all the higher aspirations
Of your being pine away and die"
"The Roycroft idea is one of reci-
proeity, mutuality-You help me and
I'll help you. We will not be here for
ever anyway; soon death, the kind old
nurse, will come and rock US all to
sleep. and we had better help one an
other while we may; we are going the
same way-let's go hand in hand"
The Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.
In spite of the fact that nothing is
settled in regard to the Cecil Rhodes
scholarships, there is a great deal of
discussion all over the country about
them, and one state, Indiana, has gone
into the matter thoroughly and is now
wrangling as to who snail have the
prize and why. It is argued that SO
long as the scholarships are a gift to
the state, that the state university
should send a representative. To this
others answer that a capacity for lead
ership exists outside the university and
that all should be given a chance to
compete. Then, Independent institu-
tons put in their plea and claim that
their graduates should be sent, and a
merry war is being waged about the
matter that seems by no means near an
end. The language in which Mr..
Rhodes clothed his ideas about the
scholarships was somewhat vague, but
it seems to those who have given the
matter any thought that it was his in
tention to give the honors to graduates
Of our institutions All this, however,
must be decided upon when the money
is made available and the requests
likely to become of practical value to
the young men Of the country. How
ever, it is settled without a doubt there
will be many disappointments and
much discussion about it before the
will can be put into effect.
A writer says in al.current review
that probably as many books are unac-
counted for as there are pins lost. 1t is
estimated by some one that so many
pins disappear every year that there
must be a solid crust over the earth
composed entirely of pins. Equally
mysterious to many is the fate of the
many books that are put out by pub
fishers every year and, not finding a
market, accumulate on the shelves.
The writer says theyMg goa to the paper
mills. Thousands of volumes, perfectly
sound, are cast aside each day, and in
New York city alone itRis estimated
that there are tons of novels, histories
and other books destroyed every day.
Tremendous editions of a book. which
was expected to be a quick seller, and
became a failure. goto make up this
waste, and are sold to- "a paper dealer
for prices all the way from half a cent
a pound down to 15~ cents hundred
weight Their first step on the down.
ward road is to have their covers strip
ped off, and the leaves thrown in one
pile and the covers in another. The
latter are almost a dead loss. The pa
per leaves are then put into bales
weighing from 500 to 1900 pounds each
and sent on the last stage of their
mournful journey to the cemeteries of
the mills, where they are put into great
tubs and undergo a. cleansing process.
This the writer speaks of as their
purgatory from which they emerge
freed from their inky sins, and in the
form of pulp. It is interesting to know
that this pulp will never make as good
paper as formerly, the reforming pro-
cess it has gone through having taken
something from the quality of it and
it will have either to be used for a
cheaper grade or made into extra good
wrapping paper. Such are the last sad
rites and last days of many books that
are started joyfully on a hopeful ca
reer by optimists who believe they
have created imperishable literature,
whereas they have only given employ
ment to a pulp mill.
Cure for Indigestion.
"How Can Cure My INDIGESTION %
by A. K. Bond, M. D., is a book that
may not be literature in the best sense,