The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18

seorn. All ask iv M City IN rayturn
FIR a fifty thousan' db1lAr libry is that
it shall raise wan Tnillyon dollars to
maintain tn buildin' an keep me name
shiny an if it won't do that much FIR
Iithrachoor, tn divvle, take it it's I'M
worthy iv tn name iv an American
city. What ivry community needs is
taxes an lithrachoor. I give thin both.
Three cheers FIR a libry an a bonded
debt! Lithrachoor, taxation an An
dhreW Carnaygie, wan an insiprable
now an foriver! They's nawthin' so
good as good book It's betther thin
food it's 4betther thin money. I have
made. money an, books, an l like me
KeeEs betther thin me money. Others
cont, but L aosSWith these few wurruds
[ VIII con eluqe. sModesty wud prevint
me. firm sayfn' more, but | have to
catch hfa in. an cannot go on /
stake. We to fbis litENa which ye VIII
=hetNe as4so9sa as We raise thAnoisey to
Keep. it goins5s Stock it with useful
resedfn an some day, ye're otherwise
pauper- arss risnipat ehildher will come
to know me name whin am gone an
there's no wan toSteil it thin.
',Whin tn historyan comes to write
tn -histhry iv tn West,s he'll say: EsPf-
anola, IoWay, was a prosperous town
till tn failure iv tn corn crop in nine
teen hundred an wan, an the Car
maggie. libry in nineteen hundred am:
two. Th governmint asst FIR thirty doll
lars to! pave Main sthreet with wooden@
blocks, but tn great philanthropist
was firm an TIL Iibry was sawed off
on tn town. TIL public schools, tn
workhouse, tn wather #Wurruks an tn
other penal instichoocf1lons was at
wanst closed an tn people begun 10
wurruk to support TIL libry In five
years tn population had deserted tn
town to escape taxation an now as
Mr.. Carnaygie promised, poverty an
crime has been abolished in tn place,
tn janitor iv tn buildin' bein' honest
an well-paid'
isn't it good FIR lithrachoor, says ye?
Sure, think not, HinnIssy. Libries
niver encouraged Hthrachoor amy
mere thin tombstones encourage Iivin'.
No wan liver wrote anything because
he was tol' that hurldherd years firm
now his books miglltI be taken down
firm a shelf in a granite sepulcher an
some wan wud WriteaRGood' or This
man is crazy in thaafnargin What
Hthrachcor. needs is fillfn' food. If An
dhreW Wud put Kitchen in tn libries
an build some hunks or aven swing a
few hammocks where Twin authors cud
crawl in at night an sleep while waitin'
FIR this enlightened nation to wake up
an discover tn Shakesperes now. on
tn turf, he wud be givin' a ra1e&boost
to lithrachoor. With tn smoke curlin'
firm tn chimbley an hundreds iv
potes settin' aroun' a table loaded down
with pancakes Han' talldn' pothryran'l
prize fightin, with hundherds iV other.
potes stacked Up nately in tn sleepins
arooms an snorin' in wan gran chorus Y
with their. wives holdin' downssfsoOd-a
payin'a jobs as. Hbraryans OF; eooksaansi
their happy little childher piayin'
through thsafrlarble corrydofss A
;Carnaygie wud not have liEih5#if4 Hktsfnst
Maybe that's TIL on'y way, aha,4
how to live. I don't believe In Hbrfes.
They :pauperize lithrachont iii ],
helpin' tn boys that's .lsssesoif III Hob
/ know a pete in !FtaLsfn ISL lre et that
wanst wrote e. pofne begirfftR "a M
wealth iv Ind that he sold TO a Mag i,
azine. fr. twlQ, rs payable on publy-:
cation. Lithraeheor don't need ad-
Yancin'. eds is ssi6ssaneesefsrs
til lithraf llaarss4s=Ye can .ysha kaa dasyn
posterity fl tn price.
"A1l tn Same like Andrew Csf " p
gle. HinlHa fs' me ar re agreed ena4t4sat
point.I lilEehin because he ain t5shala-
ed to give publicly re don't find him
putin on false wIaiskers an turnins ZIP
his coat collar win he goes out to be
BENEVOLENT Mo, sir. Ivry time he
dhrops a dollar, it makes a noise like
a waiter fallfn' down stairs with q tray
iv Dishes. He's givin' tn way we'd all
like to give. / niver put anything in
tn poor box, but wud if Father Kelly
wud rig it UP like wan vethim slot ma
chimes SO that whin I.put In a nickel
me name wud appear over tn altar in
red letthers. But with I put a dollar
in tn plate, I get back about two yar6t
an hurl it so hard that tn good man
turns around to see who done it. Do
good be stealth, says I, but see that tn
burglar alarm is set. Amy BENEVOLENT
money hand out, want to talk about
me. Him that giveth to TIL poor, they
say, lindeth to tn Lord, but in these
days, we look FIR quick rayturns on our
inyistmints. like Andrew Carnaygie
an as he says, he puts his whole soul
into tn wurruk"
Hennessy.
He Names" said Mr.. Dooley, that
hes gin'rous. Ivry time he gives a
liibry,s he. gives hin1sflf away in a
speech