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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, II Oct, s1.-Cattle- Receipts,
500; nominal; good to prime steers, SIS 25
@5.65; poor to medium, So. 4O@5.75; stock
ers and feeders, $2.25@4.40; cows, $3.50
4.25; heifers, $2@4.95; Gamers. $1.25@2. 40;
bulls. $2@425: calves, $S@6.75; Texas fed
steers, $2.75@3.50; Western steers, $50
4.50. Hogs-Receipts today, 1000; Mon
day.. 10000; about steady; mixed and
butchers, $5@5.45; good to choice heavy,
$49o@5, 70; rough heavy, $4,6o@4,S5; light.
$490@5.S5; bulk of sales. ~$4.S5@5.1 10.
steady; good to choice wethers, 1903. SIS !;
fair'to CHOICE mixed, S2@3; Western sheep,
$225@360 native lambs, $3.25@5.40;
Western lambs. $3.5O@5.25.
Midway Horse Market.
Minnesota Transfer, ST Paul, MINI
Barrett q Zimmerman report that re-
ceipts of horses are larger than heretofore
this fall; lumbermen bought actively; Sc
lection exclusively of heavy horses weigh
ing 1,600 pounds and upwards; carload
lots being the bulk of sales Values:
Drafters,. extra $1,000 225
DraIterS, cnoice ...-............. 14001 100
Drafters. common to good. 12O@140
farm mares. extra t...... 49,. 135M155
Farm mares, choice ....... 1206135
Farm mares, common to good. 1O0Ql2O
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ton, satolIi and Martinelli, are now car
dinaIs.
The creation Of new American car
dinal. whoever he may be, viii be at
tended with much pOmp and ceremony.
An embassy viii come from Rome bear
ing the letter Of the Pope and the
priced red hat. An archbishop win rep
resent the Pope IN bestowing the in
sigma Of Office on the newly-made car
dinal, and the ceremony viii und0ubt-
eddy take place in the cathedral Of that
servant Of the church who is chosen for
promotion. Aside from its soIemnity the
event will be notable from a spectacular
standpoint and Americans wiz have an
opportunity TO see on American soil one
or more members OF the Vatican Guard
clad in their picturesque uniforms. The
ceremonies Of investure being concluded
in America it viii be obligatory that the
new Cardinal shall visit Rome and pre-
sent himself in person before the Holy
Father TO receive the apostolic benedic-
ton. The return Of the newly-created
cardinal after the conclusion of this
ceremony viii be made the occasion OF
great demonstration.
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one day during theI week with a very
caustic criticism # Greenough's CLASH
caIIy dressed statue OF the Father OF His
Country His plant did not seem to
have any effect on the body polite
And still another correspondent in the
neighboriniz city of Georgetown George
town was then a municipality Of itself
and had not the honor of being part
Of Washington hazarded long trip
in one of the omnibUses that Piled
between the two cities. and came here
on a round of sightseeing. He made a
day of it. and went straight back to
Georgetown and wrote card to one
of the Washington papers.
He had to give vent to a grievance
caused by a glimpse OF the piece Of
statuary on the east pOrtico Of the
Capitol. representing the hunter strug-
Cling with the Indian. The Georgetown
man did not like the work, and he
wanted 10 have his dislike chronicled
in history OF the statue he ungraci-
ously said. The white man is too big
for the Indian. and does not look half
mad: the woman looked too much like
the one did when the bear and her hus-
band had a fight; the baby seemed
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THE WEEKS OCCURRENCES EXACTLY HALE CENTURY GONE By

wrapped in blissfuI ignorance; the tog-
gerry of the man is what the doctors
call disease when they do not under
stand it-sui generis."
Why, certainly. there was something
doing in that period of time between
November 20 and November z, Ammo
Dominj 1853.
Railroad Interests.
Within the same days there was held
in this city meeting Of the directors
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. w. G. Harrison. the presi-
dent Of the company. presented its an
nual report. setting forth the business
operations for a year, its condition at
that time and future prospects; and the
joint committee Of the city council TO
whom was offered memorial by the
corporation asking the city to indorse
bonds to the amount of s5.O0o,Ooo unani-
mousiy reported that every interest Of
the city as a corporation would be BEN
Gifted by indorsing the bonds Of the
railroad company according to the pc
tition sent by the corporation making
such a request
The council also in this week adopted
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to the National Intelligencer," advo-
Gated the appointment of Hon Richard
]. Bowie. "the late Wing candidate for
governor Of Maryland" as president of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany.
Albert Wells Ely. Of the Census Blu
reau. then located on Eighth Street
north of the Patent Office, published On
Monday a long communication on ply
sioIogy - The Motive Power of the
Blood" in which he sarcasucally dis
scented from statements made on that
subject by DR.. Samuel A. Cartwright.
a well-known scientist OF that period.
Mr.. EIy's card was very interesting
paper to naturaIists. entomologists, an
atomists and others OF that Tx There
were also several communications anent
the census. all in this particular week.
A writer who signed his card Kirk
land" took occasion to uphold the truth
OF the statistics Of the churches. as
made public by authority Of the Super
intendent of the Census. against adverse
criticisms made by several papers IN
different quarters Of the country. An
other correspondent rushed into print
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tween the Vatican and Washington are
so one-sided, as It might be expressed,
the Holy See sends merely an arch
bishop as apostolic delegate rather than
a cardinal as papal nunciO.
Honors to Faleonio.
Nevertheless. as has been said, it is
within the range OF possibility that
Delegate Falconio will be made a cardi-
nal ere he departs from the City on the
Potomac The late Pope Leo is known
to have been especially DESTROYS to see
diplomatic relations between the Holy
See and the United States Government
established on Il firm basis. and 1t has
been limited that he would have be-
slowed the red hat upon Archbishop
Falconio had the Washington authori-
ties consented to send to the Vatican
even a semi-ofhcial envoy. Should the
promotion to the college Of cardinals
not come to the apostolic delegate while
serving in his present capacity II will
und 5ubtedIy come, in recognition OF his
services at the time of his transfer.
Such a reward would at least appear
to be presaged by the fact that both the
former apostolic delegates to Washing
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y THE ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR TOYS Il

tian festival But we do not all know
that a similar festival, with the tree as
a crowning feature. is observed among
many heather nations. and that it
comes from sun worship, which is older
than history.
The revival of the sun after the win
ter solstice has ever been the subject of
rejoicing and OF celebration by ceremo-
MES which represent the new light
brought back TO the world. our tree.
with its small candles. its gilded knick-
knacks and toys for the children, is a
direct descendant of this old festival IN
honor of the sun.
Traces OF it exist in Ireland, where
the service tree is found adorned with
burning lights duripg Christmas night.
The English yule log is a faint survival
of this festival. But it is beyond these
that your attention is drawn back
further even than the Druid mysteries
of the Gallo forests.
1t is to China. that home Of all won
ders and of all history. Ii has been
shown that as long ago as 24I u. & 4
tree with 100 lamps and flowers was
placed on the steps Of the audience hall.
This appears again in the records OF
Princess Yang, who lived 1875 a D.,
and who caused a 100-lamp tree. 50 feet
high, TO be erected on a HlOuntdlu-
1t was lighted during New year
night, and the illumination was seen
for hundreds OF miles, eclipsing the
light OF the moon. This candle tree is
no longer lighted in China, being -
placed by an unusual number OF lam
terms. which are hung everywhere a
suggestion of the tree, however, still
survives in Japan.
At the New Year two evergreen trees
are placed without on either side of the
door Their tops are tied together with
the sacred band of straw, and various
objects dried Holsters and oranges, are
fastened tc their branches.
These curious analogfes between the
toys OF nations so widely separated are
regarded by Mr.. Cuiin as a new Illus
tration of the fundamental snAtY of the
human racA
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% HE familiar toys with which chli-
dren play have a long and honor
1 able ancestry In past ages these
plavtbings were regarded as seriously
as the tools and weapons and other ap-
purtances Of man. More than that
they were often his most cherished
possession. they were symbols OF his re-
Ugious aspirations. factors in his wor-
ship, sometimes the very images of the
gods themselves" So says Stewart
Culin, curator Of the archaeological mu-
scum OF the University of Pennsylvania.
What a very ordinary and amusing toy
Is a jumping-jaclS. Almost exactly like
it is an idol which was made by the
Maoris Of New Zealand. They used this
lido, in their religious dances. swaying it
to and fro. We find the same curious
object among the Indians of the North
west: it closely resembles our toys. but
Is employed as an instrument In cere-
monies to propitiate the gods.
A baby's rattle looks innocent and sim
pie enough; IT seems made just TO quiet
children; in reality it is one Of the old
est and most sacred implements of
worship that the world knows! When
you shake tin rattle before a baby's
eyes 10 make him stop crying you are
doing just what priests 1900 years ago
did when they wOrsniped their gods.
Upon the great plateau of Tibet Budd-
hist priests in strange garments still
shake a gruesome rattle. made of two
human skulls covered with parchment,
when they want 10 drive out evil spirits
or 20 call attention TO their prayers.
The weIl-known child's hobby horse
is an almost exact imitation OF a toy
horse used by the Sioux Indians in their
war dances and invested with sanctity
by their medicine men,"
The scissors" toy. made of jointed
State - sold or the streets sVery-
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where, and when it has a clowns head
which suddenly grows into long
iacketed man, il is very funny. But
how different the first use OF this toy
Would you believe 1T, and isn't II very
strange that the ancestor OF TINS Toy
was once actually an appurtenance IN
Christian Worship But it's true, never
theless. such queer things the whirling
of time brings about,
over in England. a thousand years
ago. when the monks wanted to help
the people understand the birth of
Christ and it's significance, they acted
it all out for them in q little play.
These were called miracles, and out of
them grew our modern drama.
In these plays the scissors toy was
used by the star bearer" TO carry the
Star of the East" The Zuni Indians
have precisely the same instrument to
initiate lightning and project the greater
''cosmical worm" in their religious rites.
Certain toys. as everyone knows. are
associated with certain times of the
year. Top time" and marble time"
are quite definite seasons. In China.
Japan, and other Eastern countries the
use of toys at particular seasons can
be traced back in many case- to re-
ligious festivals.
In Korea there is a children's festival
on the eighth day of the fourth month,
and the chief plaything at that time is
an image made OF paper. weighted with
clay in such a way as TO enable il inn
mediately to resume an upright position
If laid on its side. This image, which
is called the "O-tok-i." or Upright
standing one" is survival of an an
cient deity wOrshiped in the days before
Buddhism came into being.
Passing on to n consideration Of our
own Christmas season and of the Christ
mas tree, which is its most spectacular
feature, Mr.. Culin says;
Most of us know that the tree comes
TO us direct from Germany. And we
know of the tree worship of the Druids
which obtained In England and France,
and which probably ho,l some influence
on the latoS RSe of the Urea in the Chris
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cardinal priests are more numerous than
the other two classes combined. mas
much as the cardinals take rank or pre-
cedence according to their seniority Of
service. the new American eSsintee
viii have to take a place at the foot Of
the line of about fifty cardinal priests.
His colleague. Cardinal Gibbons. has a
place near the head of the list. being
sixth in the order of precedence. The
dignitary at the head Of the list was
appointed cardinal in 1854. whereas Car
dinal Gibbons was given his present
Office OILY two years later, but in that
brief interim four others had. received
similar honors.
when discussing the possibilities of
another American cardinal. the Amer
lean pyl-ic is prone 10 overlook the fact
that there is an ever present possibility
that Archbishop Falconio. the apostolic
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ten, the well-known attorney, who had
ir his charge the French spoIiation
claims In this week Of past generations
Mr.. Causten. in a card printed IN the
newspapers. Informed the people OF the
city and the public generally that, hay
ing removed from Baltimore and made
Washington MS permanent residence, he
woud undertake, with his accustomed
zeal and diligence. the settlement OF
claims. He announced that he had then
IL charge the entire class arising ont OF
the French spolalion claims prior to tina
year 1900
Arrivals of Prominent Persons.
During the week a number OF men,
bers OF Congress arrived in the city
to be in good season for the coming
session. These included Senators Doug
las OF Illinois. Thompson OF Kew Jer-
sey. Gwin Of California. Jones of Ten
nessee. and several Representatives.
Among visitors to the city was the
Hon. Richard Rush. who. as one OF the
Smithsonian regents. was here on bust
The Altar and the Tomb.
Hymen's torch burned brightly during
this November week. and several young
men and maidens started out together
on the journey of welded bliss right
here in Washington The papers an
nounced the marriage at the Exchange
Hotel of Samuel Berlin to Miss Louise
V. Marsh. both of Virginia. They sought
the Capital. however. TO have the by
meneal bonds fastened about them. and
this was done by the Rev. ]. NJ. Henry,
of this city.
Henry c. Smith and Miss Maria r. NJ.
Rawlings. both of this city. were also
united in the bonds of matrinony, and
William Lynch took to wife Miss May
Rawlings. both of Prince George county,
Md.
The obituary notes OF the week re-
corded the death from consumption OF
Edward V. Evans. Miss Mary Elizabeth.
the eldest daughter Of Charles and Eliza
Petit. and Mrs. Margaret Brad
ley. who died and was buried from the
residence of James Claxton Mrs Mar
tina w. wife Of a. H. Gallon. died on
the last day of the week
The occurrences OF this seven days
were not In the conventional sense SEN
sationaI, but they were at least inter-
esting. Probably every one OF the prom
inent actors in its events is dead. Like
the week itself, they have PASSED be-
You'd the shadows Of eyadeless eternity.
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Events in Washington in the
Seven Days Beginning No
vember 20, 1853-Adver
tisements by Wen-Known
People Proceedings in the
Common Council. :. :.
By JAMES c. HOLLAND.

ALT a century ago. precisely.
r. the week in November CORE
L 4 spending 70 the week com
mencing today. made its bow
on Sunday the 10th OF the month and
was a beautiful week throughout with
Just such oksrming autumn weather
as ordinarily blesses the people of
this latitude and makes November the
star month of all The twelve.
Thanksgiving Day on Friday.
The leading feature OF the week oc-
CURED ON its first day. when in all the
churches Of the city the Thanksgiving
proclamation of the mayor. John W.
Maury, YVES read. The people Of he
city were requested 10 assemble in she
churches and give thanks for the bless
ines they ha6 received during the year
and the Thanksgiving Day proclaimed
came on the following Friday. The
weather was benign in its character.
Everyone wa. happy and there were
no unpleasant circumstances TO mar the
general pleasure The only drawback
was. as stated in the papers the
scarcity. high Price and inferiority OF
turkeys and poultry. Divine service was
celebrated in all places Of public wor-
ship The President Of the United
States. Franklin Pierce. respecting the
mayors proclamation. attended services
in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, on
Ninth Street, and listened TO the ser
mon Of the pastor. John c. Smith
Business Events and Notices.
Some Of the more prominent business
features Of the week. as shown by the
ads" in che newspapers-the Union
and the National Inteliigencer'-
numerous auction sales announced by
James c. Mcclure. one Of the most
prominent citizens and the foremost
auctioneer Of Washington at the time
Samuel w Tucker. merchant tailor re
specially announced ITO his patron.
and friends that for the present he HAD
removed from his late place OF business
and would receive business callers al
the store Of Mr. Evan Hughes. on tn,
corner Of Thirteenth Street and Penn.
syivania Avenue"
In the same week Mrs. NJ A Tyson
and sisters publicly announced that
their boarding and day school for misses
would commence It's second quarter on
the 9Th Of November. Almost every old
resident remembers the Tyson school.
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u a question whether there would be
such peaceful acquiescence should the
ext red hat go to ST. Paul or Philadel-
Dhia.
To Indicate the geographical considers-
tiozs which will weigh against personal
popularity in this interesting game Of
church politics, ii may be noted that
there are in the United States fourteen
archdiocese. as follows: Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, Dubuque,
Milwaukee. New Orleans. New York,
Oregon. Philadelphia, ST. Louis. St
Paul. San Francisco. and Santa Fe. The
archdiocese of Baltimore. the home OF
Americas only eardinal,l not only en-
braces the old domain of the Calverts,
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and several of the elderly ladies OF
Washington can recall Wi.en they were
misses in their teens their deep
draughts from the crystal spring Of
knowledge under the guidance and
training of Mrs Tyson and sisters. The
week was halcyon week for lottery
ticket buyers. and many lads" appeared
giving the lucky numbers drawn by
some of the holders and several an
nounceme2ts were made of drawings to
come.
Notice was given in the papers on
Monday IF this week, half century
ago. that the steamboat Osceola-many
washingtonians remember that stanch
old steamer-would renew on the fol-
lowing Friday her regular trips 10 and
from Baltimore. and Capt. Samuel Ged-
ney on the same day informed the pub
lie that the Thomas Collyer and the
George Washington, two Of the most
famous boats tina. ever plowed the
waters Of the Potomac. could he had
for pleasure trips: also for towing"
No Lack Of Amusement.
The good people Of Washington did
not repine for lack Of recreation and
amusement during the seven days com
mencing on the 10Th OF November fifty
years gone by. The papers Of the fol-
lowing morning announced that RisIoy's
Varieties. on pennsylvania Avenue.
would open that evening with Charles
Howard and a fin company. There were
three plays presented, viz: The elegant
petite comedy. "Grist to the Mill" fol-
lowed by the I burlesque operetta,
"Jennic Lind while the evenings en-
ltertal1ment concluded with the Iaugha-
bic farce Of 'aThe Wandering Min
streI" The proprietor Of the Varieties
gave notice that no ladies would be ad-
mitted unless accompanied by gentle
men or personally known to the man
ayers. A feature Of the opening of this
show was the reading of an ADDRESS
written by the well-known citizen
/ Thomas Donohue. esq. The reading was
given by Mrs w. g. Gladstone. a we'll
known actress who was very popular in
this vicinity.
Lovers Of music fairly reveled in de-
light during the week. for on two even
ings concerts We're given by the Julien
concert company of vocal and instru-
mental stars. the principal attraction
being the renowned prima donna. Mile.
Anna Zerr. from the Imperial Opera.
Vienna. and the Royal Italian Opera.
London" as NJ. Julien enthusiastically
announced. These concerts were given
at the old National Theater. while down
town IN odd Fellows Hall. on Seventh
Street. the Horn and Lands 'Terpsi-
/ chorean Minstrels and Burlesque Opera
Company were entertaining crowds OF
! citizens.
Notes to the Newspapers.
Folks published cards and communion
tions in the papers then just as they
do now. and this particular week was
not without "A eoodsy showing of them
Justice la an earnest communication
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tcepyright. 1908. by Walden Fawestt.2

w z s s ? 4. :. M = s..::.
not only in the Roman Cath
Ollie Church of the United States but in
official and political circles as well, for
now that Uncle sam has the Philip
pines and Porto Rico the appointment
Of a new prince of the church from
among the residents OF the land Of the
stars and Stripes might have signifi-
canoe in CHER than a purely religious
sense. That new cardinal viii be
appointed in the near future is alto
gether likely. Cardinal Gibbons ap-
peared to forecast such action in his
recent sermon on the Roman Catholic
conclave. There is. it is true. belief in
some quarters that no other American
cardinal VII be created while Cardinal
Gibbons lies, but while there is rea-
son to believe that this would have
been the policy of Pope. Leo XIII had
he lived, it is by no means certain that
it will extend TO his successor
The Prominent Candidates.
The most prominent candidates for
the honor of selection as the second
standard-bearer Of the Roman Catholic
Church IN America are Archbishops