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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
THE HOME COMING OF MIR. AsroR

William Waldorf Astor is aceumu-
lating more OF tina dust which he
shook from his feet when he went into
a gilded exile some few years ago. He
got back to New York the other day
and his home coming was unmarked
by any of the features that make the
return Of an exile an affair to warm
the heart. Accompanied by a valet he
left the ship, got into a cab and was
taken to one of the numerous palaces
which he is entitled to inhabit by virtue
Of proprietorship. But there was no
hand outstretched in greeting to this
man who owns more Of Manhattan ISL
and than n one else in the world.
Even his agents and relatives, prob
ably al his own suggestion, avoided the
pier upon which Mr.. Astor landed. A
lonesome and homeless man he re-
turned to the land that gave him birth
and no pulse beat the faster for his
coming.
Mr.. Aston is immensely wealthy. It
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

is said that during the period Of his
absence his realty holdings In Manhat-
tan had Increased $685. 900. coo in value.
Thousands upon thousands of New
Workers. pay millions to him In rents.
And his coming made no more of a
stir In the city than did the arrival of
the meanest Of the Gallician emigrants
who landed the same day.
William Waldorf Astor chose to cut
himself off from his country n his
kindred. He left his native land. It has
been freely stated, because he desired
to escape the imposts of the tax col
lector. He could not take with him
ana did not sell the property from
which his great income Is derived. He
took what he could OF his portable
wealth. He did not elect to live in Eng
land because Of any prediction he had
for that country, but for motives pure
ly selfish and pecuniary. His great
wealth has given him prominence in
London, but 1t has not brought him
happiness, If we are to believe the sto-
RES that are told of him and his re-
Bluffs at the hands of the socially great.
And his wealth did not suffice to create
for him the place he aspired to in Brit
1sh politics. OR as a publicist. A Croesus
he went abroad and an Astor he re-
turns, but has he gained anything?
Spurning the land that gave him birth
and riches he has found no favor in
other lands. He is as much a wan
derer as though he had not where to
lay his head.
What did Scott say:
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
VINO never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land.
The career Of William Waldorf Aston
may yet serve man well when it is
written. 1t will stand as a warning
and an example-though 1t might well
be lost on one who, like Astor, is I'M
affected by the idea of a home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

commissioners, in their desire to use
county funds in the same old way, an
up against provisions OF the law re-
quiring them to assign money for re-
pair work to the township authorities.
This did not suit thenA at all. Their
official purpose in life being to put this
money themselves where it would do
them the most good, they did not like
1t. Referring to their proper legal adj
wiser, they were informed by the coun-
ty attorney that this was their duty.
Then h county auditor came into the
game, and he has refused to perform
his official duty. After being snubbed
and turned down by the attorney gen.
eral of the state, he still follows this
course. and no funds are available for
road repairs.
We have precious little sympathy
with any of the parties to this con-
troversy, where none have been really
and sincerely concerned about the maxi
ing of good roads. The Good Roads as
ISOLATION has been called into being by
the deplorable conditions described
and is doing what it can. But there
can be no assurance that our roads will
be put or kept in good condition, none
that the money which we pay will be
honestly and profitably spent, short Of
the election Of men pledged to do their
duty instead Of using their offices for
their own political advancement. 1t is
now up to he people Of Ramsey coun-
ty to elect a county board of competent
and public spirited men, and a county
auditor who will give more of his at
tentiop to public needs and interests
than to politics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Contemporary Comment
Where Mr.. Fairbanks Must Speak out

I &c. EL
The Home Market club is, in fact, a
select body of highly protected manu-
f~acturers to whom the Dingley sched-
ules are meat and drink and money ga
lore. This is the body that Senator
Fairbanks is to address. He cannot
give it h weak stuff he has been Civ
Ing the Vermont electors. He must
give it strong tariff pabulum, hot and
~nourishing. He must stand pat" on
the Dingley act; he must contend for
the wall Of fire about the United States
which no dumping foreigners shall
invade with their shiploads of alien
cheap labor goods. Thus far in the
campaign Senator Fairbanks, being a
reserved sort of man, has said nothing
In particular, and o very much of
that; but when he stands up before the
home Market club he must speak right
out and say to Massachusetts whether
the vice presidential candidate is for
or against Canadian reciprocity, or for
or against thai judicious revision of the
trust-breeding, MISUNDERSTANDING tar
III which the country demands.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Peril of the Parker Candidacy


1t is already evident that the Parker
campaign needs, most of all. the quick
enlng that an issue would give to 1t. If
1t be said that there are issues enough,
and that the voters can take their
choice, the retort is that in great presi-
Dental campaigns a candidacy should
De presented in such high color that it
VIII command the attention of 14,0OO,-
0O0 voters n seize upon their imagi-
nations. If the personality be wanting
to effect this, the candidacy must
have the support of an idea-not many
IDEAS, but one idea that embraces all
the rest. In the present case, the
Parker candidacy is in peril from it's
own grayness. True, a contrast to the
Hamboyant red Of Rooseveltism is de-
slrable but a contrast cannot be an
oblivion and succeed in politics. An
opportunity to change the situation
VIII come to Judge Parker in his let
ter of Observation-Disclosures Mass
Republican.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Tall Girls, Woes

q" want to be one Of the little kind"
said the tall girl. 1.-THE things I've
suffered on account Of being a head
taller than anybody else are too har-
rowing to put into words. I lever got
any credit for intelligence In school
when I was a child, because I was al
ways the biggest girl in the class, even
when l was the youngest.
my dancing school days were IN
Uttered by having to dance with boys
half my size, and since I've stopped
growing hats have been my pet griev-
ance. I've always had to choose some
thing low n fiaring when my soul
yearned for military effects and tall
cockades.
Last week / bought a dream of a
hat. 1t was almost perfectly fiat, and
made OF rows Of plated lace. On the
top was a trim little garden plot of
tiny forget-me-nots, pink button roses
and the loveliest arrangement of rib
bon. l put the hat on and went to a
luncheon. Everybody spoke of my hat.
It's grand said a wee little, wom-
an, but I thought all this springs hats
were trimmed. Yours hasn't a thing
on it,
"tOh, yes, it has, 1 said, and I bent
down so she could see the $40 worth
OF m On top.
We'll, nobody will ever see it up
there said she. Tt looks like a perfectly
plain hat
And everybody agreed with her that
it did. I was h~eartbroken. I took the
hat back to the milliner next day and
had all that lovely trimming taken off
and put under the brim. The hat Is
spoiled, but I was bound the trimming
should show somehow.
Nobody eve sees the top of my hat,
and I might as well have none at all. I
wish to goodness I had lived where
there were giants in the and. There
is nothing in town that can sympathize
Understandings with me but the mon
Iument, and the monument doesn't wear
hatao-Chioa~o Inter 0naan
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
THE COST OF COUNTY POLITICS

THE COST OF COUNTY POLITICS
The people of ST. Paul and the peo-
pie of the outlying districts are at the
present time paying the cost of utter
ineficiency and peanut politics in the
conduct Of county affairs. Our county
roads are In a most deplorable condi-
ton. No money is available for their
repair, because the county commits
sioners on n hand and the county au-
ditor on the other are intent upon play
ing about the meanest and smallest
kind of politics known at the cost of
the comfort and the business interests
OF the community. And the people
have no kick coming. AS long as they
put such men in Office they must pay
the penalty.
to give us the finest roads in the coun-
try. If the money collected from AK
ayers and absolutely squandered in
the last ten years had been put into
good roads, every resident Of Ramsey
county might drive Into st. Paul at
any season Of the year over a highway
scarcely inferior to our asphalted
streets. That money has been spent
mostly for political purposes. 1t has
been peddled out by a gang of small
politicians to help them and their
friends, and road Improvement has be-
come a term Of ridicule.
At present there is a tie-up that Ia
strictly political again. The county
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
War Fever 1nfelicities

American public men are not much
given to considering the feelings Of
foreigners, and their speeches at public
have not infrequently pro-
voked criticism. 1t has remained, how
ever. for ex-senator Henderson, of Ne
Draska, to dilate upon the reverses of
the Russian army at Mai. Gen. Cor
bins mess, to which Col. Raspopow,
the military attache of the Russian
embassy, had been invited. The exhi-
bition of Gen. Henderson is interesting
as showing how the "in time of peace
prepare for war; fever can sway the
mental alance of a distinguished citi-
zen whose s~lxty-seven years should
have taught him better taste.-New
York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
A CONFUSION OF TERMS

"Dressmaking is human architec-
ture," says the epigrammatist of the
dressmakers' convention in session in
New York city. Those who nave read
the signs of the times Alright knew we
were coming to this. For many sea-
sons now we have been viewing mod
els" examining designs and wearing
gowns that have been Quilt not
made. SO in applying the proper gem
eric title to these various specific
terms, the witty thimble lady has been
guilty Of NJ exaggeration.
But what will the real architects do,
poor things? For SO jealous have we
become of the dignity that lies in a
name that we may be sure If Dress
makers become architects, architects
will choose to become something else.
Time was when the word artist in
this country was considered a high
sounding one. Today few there are
humble enough In occupation to do it
reverence. The man who paints mas
terpieces modestly calls himself a
"dauber." The man who shaves him,
writes himself an "artist." And the
title professor" has shared the same
fate. The individual who plays the
piano in a dance hall, covets the title;
he who receives a few pupils at fancy
prices will have none Of 1t.
Other words have Jared as badly in
this age Of democracy. Portrait paint
ers have workshops, palmists have stu
dos. The m~anicurist receives her
Clients" in a "parlour," but this once
elegant designation Is applied to no
apartment in her employers house.
Women advertise for servants, ladies'
offer their services. It is our method
Of asserting that we are all free and
equal.
But the confusion of terms Is not so
hopeless as it seems. It is really an
evidence of a growing national sense
of the eternal fitness of things. The
~affectation of mediocrity is forcing gem
uine talent to emphasize its simplicity
and a resulted In a reaction against
ridiculous p~retension in this country.
Yet it has been our habit for so long
to decorate a spade and call it an orna-
ment that it would not be surprising
if we went to the other extreme in our
newly acquired humility. However,
the dressmakers' convention reminds
us that some Of us still delight in high
sounding names, SO there seems no
immediate danger Of a too sudden re-
form.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
The GubernatoriaI Standard

The World expresses he sentiment
urged dozens of times by the Troy
Press, as u readers well know. It
will be an unfailing prelude of a glori-
Gus victory for Judge Parker when a
candidate meeting these requirements
of the World shall be named. Sound
and timely counsel of the highest i'm
portance TO the Democratic national
ticket. Judge Parker is accredited
with qualities of leadership of the
better sort, and this confidence would
be sadly impaired If he permitted
Gripping blunders in the state conven-
tion.-Troy Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

about him forget that the strong brain
is developed only by the same inces-
SAINT practice and the same kind Of
self-denial. 1.-THE besetting SIM of all
institutions of higher learning today is
the wasting Of time on things not
worth while. The great duty of edu-
Gators and friends of education today
is to dismiss talk about methods and
courses of study and the length of the
college cours and the conditions Of
degrees, and set sternly to determining
which Of the things now consuming
the students time in our institutions of
the higher learning are not worth while,
which are actually hostile to educa-
TONS highest purposes, and to roofing
them out once and for all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

work Of the college period. They are
impairing standards of study and Of
efficiency, and they are fairly Destroy
ing the old notion Of plain living and
high thinking, which was eve more
thoroughly realized than within the
bare walls of our older and ruder in
situations Of learning.
The change Is ar altogether unfortu-
nate one. There are some paths that
you cannot strew with roses in impu-
nifty. The old adage that there is no
royal road to learning has a very grave
significance for Jul time. A certain in
dolence and a certain luxury have
crept into the college and university
life by good-natured yielding to the
suggestion that the boy and girl might
just as well enjoy themselves on the
side while they are getting an educa-
ton. Partly it is due to co-education,
which makes it utterly impossible that
the young man and the young woman,
who are being thrown together daily
and who must obey natures imperious
inner laws Of attraction, shall be able
to give to study that concentration OF
thought which the best work demands.
Our educational errors have been
many and serious. Our notions Of the
mingling of social with student life
are crude and foolish. Our conception
Of the relation Of higher education to
the individual and the state will bear
revision. The rules by which high
schools, colleges and universities all
over the country are conducted foster
more or less s~quandering Of time and
are unfavorable to concentration. The
puritanic Idea is not wholly lovely, but
1t Is one from which we cannot get
away in the development Of character.
The athlete knows that he can develop
muscle only by exercise. He and those
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Teddy's Military MeoaIomania

!, Filled with alarm at the strength of
the sentiment of the country against
Mr.. Roosevelt for what has been aptIy
termed his military megalomania, the
Republican organs with one voice are
resorting to the cry that there can be
no cause for alarm, since Mr.. Hay will,
In the event of Republican victory, be
kept at the head of the state depart
ment. This looks very much like a
fatal admission on the part of the pres
idents Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Where Poker LANGUAGE Fails

Poker phrases are common In this
campaign, but the one has not been
cointed yet which will express the feel
ing of the New York Republicans, who
in trying to fill a gubernatorial hand
drew for Elihu Root and caught Tim
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Among the M~errymakers
A Nealected Nohle

The way the ladies chase a title in this
country, wherever there is a title in sight,
is too well known to require comment.
M. lie Comte Frontage de Brie,
The Baron Schwartzenstein,
Prince Shakemoffsky,
The Marquis of Macaroni-
such names as these set dowagers, ma
irons and maids to spinning all sorts of
plots.
But tell me, ladies all, nave you not
neglected a gentleman bearing an oriental
title far superior to count, marquis,
baron, or prince, right at your doors and
ready to be had for the asking?
Have you ever considered the claims Of
"Ameer Nobody ?"-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

Theodore Roosevelt never held the
same Office twice.
He has held numerous offices, but
was never ~reappotnted or reelected to
n Of them.
And he has rarely retired from one
without a rumpus with his official as
sociates.
MI. Roesevelt's whole career empha-
sizes the fact that he IS essentially a
one-term man, a fact likely to gain
greatly in impressiveness by the result
of the next election.-Troy IN. 70
Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

PETER, of Kansas. is coming to MIN
nesota t o teach the Republicans how
to vote the. straight ticket. And even
this VIII be forgiven him if he changed
the style OF his whiskers when he
trimmed his politics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
accommodating

pat said the proprietor, ut is IN
honest fact that you are saving more
money than / am"
"Well, sor, you've been too good a boss
fur me to sthand thot. Of1 take the
business, pay yeZ the wages Dim now
dhraWin', and make it two hours less fur
a days wurruk. Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
A New Breed of Republicans

The Roosevelt campaign in New York
has begun with the speech of Watson,
the Populist candidate for president.
In this is some compensation for the
stream of cold water that has been
poured upon his campaign by his pro-
hibitionist ally, Swallow.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
First PRINCIPLES

Hans Christian Anderson was asked
how he came to write his wonderful fairy
stories.
"It was just the result of practice" he
modestly explained. I always had to tell
my wife where I had been when 1 came
home late"
Bowling In reverence, his friends humbly
begged for a few samples for practical
use.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
And II Was uncIe,s Turn

Uncle Sam is accused of selling gold
bricks to the farmers in the recent
Rosebud land lottery. Turn about is
fair play.-New York Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Explained

Mrs. Buzzer-Good Gracious! Why does
Mr.. Crouch plant cabbages in the front
yard?
Mr.. Buzzer On, you see, ne SMOKES
result of some of his cigar stubs sprout-
ing.-Chicago News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Secret Out

Cash-Gertie's pompadour Is just too
lovely. How does she make it stay up?
Miss Ribbons She's got one OF her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Sure Enough

"Of course. 1 don't want to criticise. but
I don't think it was altogether right for
David to say all men are liars"
We'll, at any rate, 1t was safer than to
pick out one man and say It to him.
Philadelphia Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

published an article carefully review
ing the local business situation, and
announcing it's conclusion that busi-
ness prosperity for the Northwest in
general, and for these two cities as
their main business centers. was all
that could be desired. It showed that
the apprehensions which have been
felt on account Of the injury to the
were wholly i'll founded as to the con-
sequences supposed to follow. 1t proved
by reference to the current market re-
ports that the mount of cash to be
realized from the farms of the North
west this year would equal or exceed
that of the notably prosperous years
in our history. 1t was not the express
sion of a hope, but the record of a fact.
To this conclusion Thu CT O e is able
this morning to give the confirmation
of a host of well informed witnesses.
Those in the best position to know
and judge the facts tell through our
columns this morning their opinion of
the business situation. 1t confirms in
every particular our earlier outline.
Men whose daily interests keep them
Northwest are as positive as we are in
their estimates Of the situation. They
show that the total actual money value
of the crop in the Northwest will be
AVA above the average. This tells the
tale. What our business men and busi-
ness men everywhere are concerned
about is the amount of money that the
tiller Of the soil will have to spend. He
is the backbone Of the market. Ac-
cording as he Is able to spend literally
or obliged to economic, business grows
brisk or dull. He is able this year to
be as large a purchaser as ever, and
he will be.
The undoubted damage that has been
done to the wheat crop is fully coun-
terbalanced we are sure, and indeed we
think that it has swayed in the other
direction by the great advance in
prices. Take a single report which we
ave received from one Of the big
wheat counties In the Northwest. This
Is n where in past years the farmers
would have been well satisfied with
fifteen bushels to the acre, and in such
years they would have sold the grain
at so cents. Our report shows a very
variable crop condition, ranging from
five or six bushels on the most IN
fortunate farms to as high as twenty
On the best; and from grain weighing
a little over 40 pounds to the bushel
to the best market grade. Our corre-
spondent places the average yield for
the county as a whole at ten bushels
per acre, and the average grade as
No. g..
Now September wheat sold in Min
neapolis on Friday at over $1.13 per
bushel. Figuring out the returns on
that basis 1t will easily be seen that
the cash value Of the wheat crop this
year is going to equal anything except
the banner years In the Northwest. AS
to other crops, there is not a cloud In
the sky. Everything but wheat has
yielded ~profusely, and quality Is as
good as quantity. The yield of oats is
almost unprecedented, barley Is a good
second, hay is abundant and Of fine
quality, and the prospect for corr is
excellent. Nothing can now destroy
the promise of these crops, which are
| the most important item in the farm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Mo Hone FOR Her

Hiller-So you think Mrs. Styles is no
sort of a cook? Have you ever eaten
anything of her cooking?
IanesNo, but I know she is always
reading cook b-ooks.-Boston Transcript. /.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
EnectIxa

Dramatist-Tm going to write a piece
now that will make people open their
mouths.
Friend-Yes, to yawn.-Meggendorfer-
Batter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Foresight

Mother (who is going on a boating par
ty with daughter and several gentiemen)
Now, min me, Rosa, you mustn't sing,
because If you do no one will rescue you
If you fall in the water!-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

"Old Pease,n of the Anoka Union, al
ways O. sound Republican, hits the nail
squarely, when he says that, Should
the best man win, a Democratic gov
ernor will be elected in Minnesota the
coming Northumberland Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

There was once a time when a re-
ported failure Of the wheat crop would
have created a panic in Western Min
nesota. Now it scarcely disturbs us.
We are NJ longer a country for wheat
only."-Sauk Center Herald.