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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19
Sound Reasoning.

"Sambo," said the owner of country place to
his gardener Concerning that tree [ wanted you
to cut down, my wife thinks it had better be al
lowed to stand"
''Well, ah think it ought ter come down, Massa
Brown" the reply.
''What your reasons for thinking so.
Sambo?"
''We-n, sir, sir, de first reason am dat de tree
done keep de light off de greenhouse; de secon'
reason am dat it's getting old; and de third rea-
son am dat [ cut it down last night."-Harper's
Weekly.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19
Two of Lies Tragedies-the Blind Man and the
Drunkard.
A. @. GREEN.

The blind pencil-vender was at his post yester-
day afternoon. Down East Trade Street, more
than in the other directions the view suggested
autumn 1t halcyon weather and the light
had that dreamy quality which has pleased and
teased poets from the beginning of time and has
put them to looking on the happy autumn fields
ard thinking of the days that are more"
Amid the chuf1e of feet the pavement and
the noise of traffic stood the blind man, his chin
on his breast. his shoulders dropped, crying his
1t is the most pathetic sound that may
be heard in Charlotte.
While two friends were standing near looking
at him and commenting the sadness of his lot
and the mystery of the Providence that had his
making along came the patrol wagon, rolling
1nerrily to the Tombs, with drunken prisoner
People waited stepped aside for the wagon to
pass, not raising their eyes to see common
thing as a under arrest. They passed the
blind man where he leaned against his telephone
pole, and not out of a hudred glanced at
him. Yet Markham's "'Man With the Hoe" has
lot the sermons the poems in him that either
this blind man or this drunkard might inspire.
The life that raised up clay and nodded this
blind man of it, put lungs and heart and brains
into it, has fought its path through death for
million years. Ignorant of its destiny, 1T has
fought to keep living; has taken clay and made
kings of it. and has, of the same clay fashioned
cobblers 1t has lodged in palaces and huts, in
the field cf battle and guided plow through the
field of corn.
And here it is blind. But, mind you, that per-
sistent cry: "Pencils! Pencsp' 1t is not tired
discouraged it is fighting still. That man
hears thousands of feet tread past him. to and
from every train he hears the roll of the omni-
buses; the clang of street cars, the numbering of
wagons, the confusion of street calls, the laugh
ter of and the voices of children. these
are his familiars, for he is in the midst of them,
the mortal enemy of death. And, the perpetual
mystery of it is that he doesn't know any more
why he keeps at it and will not surrender than a
ship knows why it responds to the rudder. He
doesn't try to think of it. Aspiration and pride
distractions to his mind, but he himself is
their concrete.
But the drunk fellow went merriy to prison.
a million years of struggle has resulted in him
all the sweet springs have bickered their way to
this bitter sea. While hundreds of thousands of
soldiers are ranged against another for prop
crty principle, and while other thousands are
treless toilers lest the dear lease of life should
cease before harvest, he giggles out of the world
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-19

An old adage runs: "a man is known by the
company he keeps" An exchange very aptly re-
marks that "a girl may be known by the company
she declines to keep" Why shouldn't this revision
apply to as we'll Exchange
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION

1t was Charlotte Perkins Gilman, we
believe, who admitted the other day
that since children were here they
might as well be provided for. Lon
dons smart set takes precisely the same
view of the matter. 1t has opened
hotel which caters exclusively to
babies. People of aff1uence whose So.
cial duties demand that they shall
travel much, register the babies at the
hotel and are relieved of all further re-
sponsibility. Unless they desire it, par
ents do not have to visit their offspring
until the latter are ready for school, or
even until they are ready for society.
cially recognized the baby by building
for Its comfort a hotel, but the idea
has much to commend it, and it is not
improbable that it will be adopted
Such a hostelry suggests possible So
luton of the fiat and apartment house
pfob1en. Writers of advanced views
like Mrs Gilman assert now that it is
impossible to live the higher life with
out living the separate life. With fa-
ther at his club, mother at her club,
the, furniture in fiat and baby in a
hotel there is no reason why this should
not be practicable.
And up to date, the plan is the only
feasible one that has been proposed
It's all very well to threaten with the
law stony hearted landlords who evict
babies, but as a matter of fact tenants
who have eliminated the baby from the
problem of their existence are on the
side of the landlords and would con-
nive with them to escape the strong
arm Of the law. A hotel for the evicted
ones would be an honorable compromise
and there is no reason why it should
not be made comfortable one for the
baby
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
THE PoTEHT ELEMENTS

The recent heavy snow storm in New
York will, it is said, when all the dam
age has been repaired, cost that city
something like a million dollars. No
estimate that we know of has been
published Of the cost to London of the
recent heavy fog; but recalling the
fact that the thick cloud settled down
on the city during the busy holiday
season and that all traffic was prac-
tically suspended, it would seem to be
"a difficult matter to exaggerate the
minor ones like the transatlantic gales
that have damaged some steamships
and caused others to lose time, and like
our own local blizzard, serve to remind
people that man is still practically
powerless before the elements.
1t is not because he has not racked
his brain to devise ways and means for
controlling these. For many years now
men have been spending money, time
and strength experimenting with fog
dispellers, but one has yet to be in
vented that will save more money than
its cost. The navigator has discov-
cred that oil poured on raging waters
will calm them, but the discovery has
done him little good inasmuch as even
the big modern ships cannot carry in
their holds oil in quantity sufficient to
be Of service in an emergency. Though
it is believed that the explosion of
dynamite in large quantities will pro-
duce rain. such an explosion does not
produce rain in large quantities. And
apparently nothing has yet been. dis
covered to sidetrack a blizzard
Man marks the earth with ruin, his
control stops at the sea-" sang Byron
in these or similar words; but as a
matter of fact mans control is only a
trifle better established on earth than
on the sea. Perhaps some day the ele-
ments will be thoroughly domesticated,
but just now that day seems far dis
tant. He makes few plans that the
elements cannot upset, and in all his
enterprises he must consider them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

and march. True to the Flag by
Bion were other numbers on the pro-
gramme. For encores the orchestra re-
peated the March of the Toys" and
Perpetuum Mobile"
Inc next concert in the Danz series
VIII be given Sunday afternoon, Jan
soloist. 80 - :
The Merry Maidens at the Star
The Star began the new year with a
very good show yesterday. The enter
talnment is lively from first to last. the
comedians are all capable and the cho-
rus is decorative in a variety of be-
coming costumes The first part is
along familiar lines, but the burlesoue
at the windup is new and full of funny
Si.ua.ions, though the slapstick and the
pladder get good many laughs in the
last part (lf anyone should invent an
autonatlc slapstick there would be q
lot OF comedians out of work.) Sam
Rlce IN Hebrew role, and Bill Spencer
as Hibernian are both good come
dams and provoke much laughter. The
musical numbers are plentiful and pop
ular.
The olio consists of five frst-rate
specialties. Patti Carney, a clever
popular songstress, sang two or three
numbers pleasingly. The Hiatts, in a
musical sketch, ,-tickled the ears of the
audience and received much applause
The Vans presented number of clever
parodies that appealed to the audi
ence, which kept calling for more.
The big act of the list is the Flying
Rathbuns, an aerial acrobatic stunt by
three accomplished athletes, who per-
form several difficult and hazardous
feats. The always popular illustrated
songs were sung by Sheppard Camp in
the absence of Nellie Hanley, who was
billed to appear, but who was called
nome by an unfortunate circumstance.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
PRAISE FOR SISTERS
Cardinal Gibbons Lauds Work,
of Devoted Women

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 1. The
cathedral was filled to overflowing to-
day with worshipers, who had made
UP their minds to start the new year
with religious record. Cardinal Glib
bons preached at II o'clock and his
sermon abounded in sound advice for
the coming year. The subject of his
sermon, however, was 'The Beneficent
institutions of the Catholic Church"
His eminence referred especially to
the Little Sisters of the Poor, of which
order he said:
The Little Sisters of the Poor were
founded in France in 1910. They have
now in different parts of the world
charge of over 800 houses containing
about $4,000 inmates. These devoted
sisters receive into their home not only
those of their own communion. but
also others of other Christian faith. and
others who have no faith at all. They
do not ask the applicants what is their
creed and religion, or what is their
race and nationality, but simply say
to them:
If you are oppressed by age and
infirmity, come to us and we will pro-
vide shelter for you"
The Sisters of Mercy and the Order
of St. Vincent were also referred to
in glowing terms.
At the close of the pontifical mass
the cardinal held his usual New Years
day reception in the archbishop's resi-
dence and greeted several hundreds Of
persons of all creeds.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
BURKEH CERTAIN
TO SUCCEED DIETRICH

LINCOLN, Neb., JAN, Interest to-
night among members-elect of the Ne
braska legislature, which begins the
twenty ninth session Tuesday CEN
ters in the contest for the speakership
of the house and the leading appoint
i've offices of the senate and house.
The Republicans are in absolute con-
troll of both houses, with solid mem
bership in the senate and 81 Of the 100
house members.
The United States j, senatorship,
around which usually centers main in
terest in the early days of the session,
is this year delegated to a minor place
1t has been conceded ever since the
November election that Elmer j.. Burk-
EFT. of Lincoln, would become the sue
cessor of Charles H. Dietrich, and
members already in the city say no
other man will be mentioned in the
Republican caucus, if even a caucus is
held. Mr.. Burkett is the present rep
resentative in the lower house of con-
gress from the First district and was
reelected.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
LITERATURE AND THE CHILD

When that public library removed
'4Tom Sawyer and 'tHuckleberry Finn"
from its free shelves lest they con-
taminate the morals of the book seek
ing urchins who patronized the insti-
tuition. the literary world lifted up its
voice in protest. How could anything
SO true, SO natural, SO well expressed
contanninate the child?" it queried in
dignantly. 1t might find its answer in
a paper read before one of the sessions
of the Minnesota State Educational as
sociation. This paper frankly doomed
the hero. 1t declared that it was of in
caleulable value to the child that he
should be able to distinguish and ap-
preciate heroic qualities. It suggested
for juvenile consumption the stories of
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
ADDS TO HIS GIFTS
Carnegie Gives Funds to Des-
troyed Baltimore College

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. l. = Soon
afte the fire of last February the
trustees of the Maryland institute,
which was entirely destroyed, made
statement of their losses to Andrew
Carnegie and asked his aid. The cor
respondence which ensued has led to
the proposition contained in the follow
ing letter, now made public as a New
Years gift to the citizens of Balti-
more. The letter of Mr.. Carnegie fol-
lows:
CAS- I understand the situation the
total assets of the Maryland institute
are $263,000, i.' e., insurance, 10000;
endowment, $4,000; contribution from
the state, $175,00O.
1.-THE city of Baltimore furnished the
institute with site and it seems rea-
sonable to expect that it would not do
less when the institute is ready to re-
build.
81 presume that an amount equal to
what is has now, say $263,000 would
provide a suitable building, the site
being given by the city.
IF this be arranged, it will give me
great pleasure to furnish that sum,
which would duplicate the assets for
the erection of building"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

To all appearances congress will not
touch the tariff revision until next ses-
sion and by that time another excuse
will be found to staye it eff a little
longer.-Young America Eagle.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
A COURTESY DESIGNATION

The conduct of an Englishman Ca
relation by marriage of an American
Of wealthy was such recently that he
felt it necessary to explain that he was
"a gentleman whose name would be
found in Debrett." Had he not ex-
planned, it is presumed that he would
have been mistaken for an ordinary
creature. AS it was, the only consid
Grafton his explanation obtained for
him was the printing of his story in
the daily newspapers under extra black
headlines. The officer who interfered
to protect an inoffensive stranger whom
the gentleman was assaulting inti-
mated that Debrett didn't represent
very .1ive" evidence. sa~
President Eliot, of Harvard, lately
attempted to give a definition of the
word, gentleman. He said, among
other things, that a gentleman was al
ways polite to, and considerate of in
feriors. But in the minds of many this
one qualification Immediately stamped
the definition as an inferior one. For
lacking a Debrett in this country, it
must be mans own estimation Of
himself that raises him so far that he
finds many interiors surrounding him
And, of course, gentleman could not
himself make the distinction.
AS a matter of fact the word is a
difficult one to define and it is not sur
prising that both an Englishman and
an American fell down" when they at
tempted to do SO. 1t is especially diff
cult to define in this age. There was "a
time when the Englishman's explana-
ton that his name was to be found in
Debretts would have been accepted by
police officer as a proper definition of
gentleman. There was time, too,
when it was considered proper for the
person who thought himself a gentle
man to speak arrogantly of interiors" !"
But nowadays that Individual has best
right to the courtesy designation, per-
haps, who never finds it necessary to
refer to Debrett's, or to assert his right
by word of mouth,
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

Greek myths. the Morse sagas and the.
English Arthur tales that keep these
qualities always in the limelight.
No one will deny that the hero of old
was nothing more than a bundle of abb
stract virtues fitted together so that
they formed the sembIance of man.
And the warmest admirers of Mr..
Clemens creations will not deny, eth
er, that measured by the lofty stand
ards of the old-time hero, both Of these
interesting and enterprising young
Americans fail miserably Pondering
this, they may conclude themselves
that until the moral standards of the
Juvenile reading public are firmly fixed,
literary standards need be of small
concern.
At any rate that portion of the great
public which considers the child in the
most haphazard, albeit an affectionate
way, will rejoice at being reminded
that middle way is open to the youth
OF the land, or to those who have them
in charge. The child may avoid the
Scylla represented by such works as
Tom Sawyer and "Huckleberry Finn
on which are heaped. if the views of
that public library are shared, moral
wreckage; and it may steer clear of
the Charybdis of the Sunday school
literature of the past. over which is
strewn mental wreckage. For it pos
sesses the mythical heroes who were
never impossible prigs even if they did
lack the seductive human traits of Mr..
Clemens unheroic heroes. At least
these represent literature even if it is
merely homeopathic literature.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
MANY CONVERTED
American Evangelists' Plan
Successful in England

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 1. = The Rev.
Reuben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alex
ander, the Chicago evangelists today
opened the last three weeks of their
revival crusade here with stirring
scenes. A unique observance of New
Years day was the broadcast distribu-
ton throughout the city by personal
delivery to passersby, in private letter
boxes, in saloons, ETC., of 250,000 white
cards inscribed simply in glaring red
type, Get Right With God" Whole
sale conversions have resulted from
confessions at tonight's meeting at
Tournament hall.
Four thousand converts have already
inscribed their names, and it is ex-
pected that 5000 will have made con-
fessions before the eyangelists go to
London for five months crusade on a
larger scale than any similar campaign
that has been witnessed by the present
generation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
MONDAY, JAN. 2. 1905
THE STRIKE WANING

Mr.. T. V. Powderly is not recognized
labor questions, bat he is dead right in
saying that the day of the strike is
over. According to his Interpretation
this is exactly true. 1t does not mean
that there will be no more strikes. 1t
does not mean that there may not be
many and great conflicts between labor
and capital. But it means that the
number and violence of these will de-
cline, that the occasions for disagree
ment will be fewer and that these dis
agreements will be less frequently ex-
pressed by industrial war.
The passing of the strike will be due
to two main causes. The first of these
is the great education that has been
going on upon both sides for many
years. 1t has been a costly lesson.
The community has paid for this in
struetien to both labor and capital by
hundreds of millions of dollars and by
many lives. Labor has had to learn in
this way that it cannot enforce de-
mands by violence. Capital has learned
trary wage or arbitrary labor condi-
tions and enforce them regardless of
justice or of protest. 1t has taken hard
pounding to beat these ideas out of hot
and stubborn heads on both Sides To-
day we believe that the lesson is thor
oughly learned. Few labor organiza-
tions, except the newer ones, those
composed Of inexperienced and gener-
ally ignorant men, attempt or desire to
ride roughshod to their ends Few en-
ployers in these days decline to meet
organized labor or refuse to discuss
grievances with committees of their
men. Both sides have had their edu-
cation
The second main cause is the, prog
ress of organization on both Sides
Labor is better organized than ever be-
fore. 1t has taken years for the differ
ent unions to get into good working
ranks, extend the sphere of their op-
erations and amass physical, moral and
financial power They have SO far
achieved that end that in the leading
trades they represent force too for
lnidable to be defied lightly. On the
other side the organization of capital
has gone on apace. Industry today is
organized as it never was before, and
the forces behind it are mighty.
1t stands to reason that with two
such organizations opposing each other,
actual conflict will be avoided as long
as possible. Half a dozen men may
enter lightly upon a personal ARRAY,
but nations hesitate long before send
ing their armies out to slaughter each
other. The cost of industrial war, or
the strike, is too enormous today, and
the defeat to be administered to either
side is too crushing to be risked. Either
side can far better afford to delib-
crate, to adjust. to make concessions if
: need be. than to fight. The strike is a
million times more costly now to both
parties than it ever was.
Out of such Industrial evolution the
abandonment of the strike must come.
It has served its purpose. Labor could
not have developed its position and
risen to its present standard without
the strike. Capital would never have
understood its own place or won its
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Jan. Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday:
For Minnesota-Partly cloudy Monday.
snow in north portion. colder in east and
south portions; brisk to high north winds;
Tuesday fair.
For Montana-Fair Monday in east;
snow in west portion; Tuesday fair
For South Dakota and Nebraska-Fair
and colder Monday; Tuesday fair
For Upper Mlchigan-Snow and colder
Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy, with
snow in north portion; brisk to high north
winds
For North Dakota-Fair Monday. colder
in south portion; Tuesday fair
For Wisconsin-Cloudy and colder Mon
day. snow in north and east portions;
brisk to high north winds; Tuesday fair.
For Iowa-Fair, colder Monday; Tues
day fair.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

The mere fact that Hennepin will not
enter the senatorial caucus of the Re-
publicans appears to appeal with much
force to the Hennepin people. Yet the
Hennepin delegation has been distin-
guished rather for the caucuses it
did not attend than for those it was
content. to abide by.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

Should not Thomas o'Brien, the in
ventor of the gold brick swindle, who
has just died in a French penal settle
ment, be regarded as a benefactor? !?
Just think how many people love to be
gold bricked.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

Gen. Lew Wallace is aroused because
the name of New Mexico will go off
the map if the statehood bill passes.
Just as name New Mexico" isn't
worth three wf1oops in Harlem. They
might call the state "Arizonexico' if an
ugly name is wanted.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

George Meredith again gets the CEN
ter of the stage with the statement that
America has never produced great
writer. What George needs is some
close communion with the writings of
Laura Jean Libby
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
Filling Up

At the rise of the second curtain there
were only a few dozen men present.
oh, well, it's long play" observed
the star cheerily Before it's over we
may be playing to full house, eh?''
You will be- responded the manager
gloOmily. 'if the gang keep going out be-
tween acts the way they've been DOING
-Pittsburg Post
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

The Sevastopoi appears to have be-
come. resigned to its fate as the sue
cessor of the distinguished and la
mented Mr.. McGinty It still defies
the Chifu liar and stays down.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
Contemporary Comment
The South NO Comparison

According to Republican papers
there were in the late campaign about
100000 illegal registrations in Philadel-
phia. Dead men. children and even
dogs have been registered there by the
Republican machine. Yet they talk
about election wrongs in the South
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

A scientific authority has decided
now that brain power depends upon
the condition of the corpus callosum
Good enough. Lay it all on the corpus
callosum. He hasn't any friends.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
He Should Be More Careful

Thomas w. Lawson may be accused
OF plagiarism He repeated word for
word what the governor of North Caro-
lima said to the governor of South Car
olina.-Kansas City Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02

Does the proposed war by the sleep
ing car companies on microbes go so
far as to include an attempt to ex-
terminate the megatherium porteris
Africanus?
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
Nothing Sacred to Him

President Roosevelt shows a DISPOSE
ton to attack the government printing
waste. That man will tackle anything,
and next, no doubt, we shall hear that
he is attacking congressional seed dis
ribution.-Philadelph Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
Among the Merrymakers
The Kind Renorter

Cholly-That reporter was kind enough
to mention Gus and me in the society col
umn.
Miss Peppery-Yes?
Cholly-Yaas, he said Among those
present were Cholly Sappey, Gus Dunn
ley, etc.
course, you know ''etc.'' means 'and
other things Louisville Courier Journal