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-"tin" jEteilp I i i i 1 (Elobe. BY H. P. BALL. NO. 17. WABASHAW STREET. ST. PAUL. Terms ol Subscription for the Daily Globe. By carrier (7 papers per week) 70 cents per month. Uy mall (without Sunday edition) 6 papers perweek, CO cents per month. By mail (with Sunday edition) 7 papers per week, 70 conts per mouth. THE SVBDA.X GLOBE. By maii the SUNDAI GLOBB will bo one dollar per year. THE WEEKLY GLOBK. The tf XBK&Y GLOBB is a mammoth sheet, exact) doable the size of the Dally. It 1B jest the papei for theflseide,oontalnin#in addition to allthe currew news, cheloe miscellany, agricultural matter, market reports, bo. It is furnished to single subscribers at $1.00 per year. Poauge prepaid by the publisher on all editions. All mall Hnittoriptlons payabla invariably in advance Daily Globe Advertising Kates. Fourth Page 6 cents per lino every insertion. Third Page cents per line for the first week. All subsequent insertions 3 cents per line. display Advertising (on Fourth Pago only) doubli e'eove rates. AD Advertising is computed as Non pareil, 10 lines to an inch. Ucading Matter Notices, First, Second and Fourtl Pages, '2fi cents per line. "S,^cial Locals," Second Page, 15 cents per Use. Blading Matter Notices, Third Pago, 20 cents pei line. The OLOBB offers no yearly spaco, bui proposes charge by the line for the space ocoupi'vi, and tht ohar^e for the last day will bo tho ame. as for ft first, no matter how many Insertions are oiar.i Jtatas are fixed exceedingly low, and no charge IB made for changes, as it is preferable t hsv T^y, Matter very day if possible. t*T. PAf/l,. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER!. 1878. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS STATE TICKET. Associate JusticeWm. Mitchell. State AuditorMahlon Black. Clerk of the Supreme CourtDillon O'Brier. CONOBKS3IONAL TICKET. First DistrictWm. Meijrben. 8econd DistrictHenry Poehler. Third DistrictIgnatius Donnelly. COUNTY TICKI'T. District JudgeWcstcott Wilkin. Sheriff.lames King. AuditorS. Lee Davis. Probate JudgeHenry O'Oorman. County Commissioners (city)Jobs Wagner J. F. Hoyt. County Commissioner (country)Edwan O. Hone. Superintendent of SchoolsEugene Hen drickson. LEGISLATIVE TICKET. Senator, 23d DistrictJ. H. Re.iney. Senator. 24th DistrictC. D. O'Brien. Representative. 1st and 2d wardsJosepb Oppenheim. Representative, 3d wardJacob Mainzer. 4th wardL. B. Hodges. 5th wardJames Smith, Jr. CountryLorenzo Hoyt. SIXTH WABD LEGISLATIVE TICKET. For SenatorDr. C. P. Adams. For RepresentativesT. O'Leary. Dennis Ryan. William Grace. W-lliam Murphy. Edward H\ land. POLITICAL MEETIwGS. HON. IGNATIUS DONNELLY will address his fellow citizens as follows: Potmne de Terro, Friday, Nov. 1. Minneapolis, 8aturday, Nov. 2. Little Falls, Monday, Nor. 4. HON. WM. L. BANNING will address his fellow citizens at Stillwater, Friday, Nov. 1. How do the German and Scandinavian voters of the Third distriot like to be ap praised by Washburn as worth only a dol lar a head?" A NEW system of business eoonomy taught by the Wflshburns: If you can't sell your bran for double its market value, sluice it into the Mississippi river. WASHBTJBN says he can buy the G?rrnan and Scandinavian voters of the Third district at the average rate of "only a doUar a head.'* "Will tbjey Bell out to him at tha*or any other price? WASHBURN is not a greenbacker, but he re lies on the greenback to elect him. His pile will not hold out till the votes are all cast, however, and his bank book will sh*w a bal ance on the wrong side, with nothing ti servo as compensation for the deficit. GREECE ia a little kingdom bni a plucky one. She demands the rectification of hei boundary in precise accordance with the terms proponed at the Berlin congress, ai.d failing to secure it, proposes to tackle Tur key single-handed and compel submission. DEMOOBATS who vote for Washburn next Tuesday (fortunately there are but very few of them) will lay themselves open to the charge of having received a share of Wash burn's corruption fund, for it is notorious that he is using it to purchase all the votes that are in the market. WASHBTJBN has been at Stillwater promis ing to prevent the construction of a boom at St. Paul if they will support him. Then he goes to Taylor's Falls and promises to cut the throat of Stillwater, in order to build up the last named place. Of course he will oheafc somebody. JUDGE HTJMPHBEY, who is runnnig for Con gress in tho Seventh Wisconsin district, is contributing to Washburn's canvass, as his voters from the border counties are being run across the St. Oroix river to vote for Washburn. How does Judge Humphrey like this sort of a thing? Poon Louis Napoleon, who thought to capture the Princess Thyra, of Denmark, for his mate, has been "cut out" by the aris tocratic Duke of Cumberland, a relative of Queen Victoria. The nuptials will take place very shortly, and the young Frenchman will have to look elsewhere for a bride. WASSBTJBN'S corruption and is large and apparently exhaustless. He is beginning to find that it will take more than "a dollar a head" to buy the" German and Scandinavian vote. These people do not relish the idea of being bought by the money out of which Washburn and his gang swindled them. WASHBURN'S inherent perfidy is illustrated by his treatment of his friend Gov. Pound, of Wisconsin, who is running for Congress on the other side of the St. Croix river. Pound is trying to make Republican voters, and Washburn is stealing them from him and colonizing them in Minnesota for elec tion purposes. THE Golos,.oi St. Petersburg, Bays the people of Bussia are warmly in favor of a renewal of the conflict with Turkey. Well, we know of nothing to deter them. Let them pitch in, but remember that they have flther ftrmies to fight besides {,he Xwks^ and f- irt- -^Yln-'si ,i 1 that thoso armies are not as easily con quered. They will find their handa foil this time. THB Washburn swag was brought to town yesterday, and C. D. Gilfillan made the chief disposer thereof. There are several minor dispensers, such as Barden, Newell and Mead, but Gilfillan is the chief custo dian. The boys who design to vote for Don nelly should go for the swag, put it into cir culation, but vote against Washburn all the time. BELKNAP doesn't seem to be at all abashed by the exposure of his rascalities when sec retary of war. He carries a high head still, and on Wednesday appeared at the reunion of the army of the Tennessee and made a speech to the boys in blue there. He has more cheek than a lightning rod agent or one of Bill Washburn's manipulators of the swindling brass kettle. '::k ANDERSON has been taken into full fellow ship with the Republican Statesmen at Washington. His last confession did it. Probably no man in the nation has been so utterly contemned as he by Democrats and Republicans alike. Bub since he has sworn that Sherman did not write that much talked-of letter he has been transformed nto a much-abused martyr, and now stands splendid chance of getting that "consulate in a warm climate," within three months. VOTEBS should remember that C. D. Gil fillan is the father of the new election law. it is sufficiently odious and oppressive now, nit a-. Gilfillan passed it, it was still worse. The courts have set aside the feature which 'iestroyed the secresy of the ballot, but there 3 no thanks to Gilfillan for that. He de igned to have it so that he could ascertain Aether the men he bought carried out the contract. By repudiating Gilhllan you re pudiate the obnoxious law. All, THE CUAKGtiS.TRUJS. "Thrse little creatures whom God, in his inscrutable providence, permits to edit the majority of country papers" and support Bill Washburn for Congress for a consider ation, accuse the GLOBE, in its zenl to accom plish the defeat of Washburn, with pervert ng the truth about him in with distorting he facts in connection with his various riDg perations In view of the well known his ory of the man, the charge is absurd tpon ts face, and scarcely worthy of attention. But let us look at the accusations the GLOBE has preferred against Washburn and examine the proofs adduced to sustain them. Primarily the GLOBE has charged Wash burn with being a member of the pine land ring which robbed the State of Minnesota of t-j most valuable timber tracts. In proof it has adduced the fact that although he enter ed the office of surveyor general a poor man, after the lapse of eight years he was worth over half a million dollars, and was exten sively engaged in the manufacture of pine lumber. We have shown by the words of the Press, which now supports him for Congress, that "AMONG THE ASSETS OF WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, the first Sur oeyor General, [at the time of his swindling failure] FIGURE 40,000 ACRES OF PINE LAND VALUED AT $10 PER ACRE." We have shown on the same authority that "MILLIONS OF ACRES of pine forests have thus been concentrated in the hands of small circle of men, nearly all residents of Minneapolis, and it is GENEBALLY BELIEVED THAT THB SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS BEEN LARGELY USED AS \N INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE PINE LAND RING to facilitate their tcquisition of valuable tracts of timber." Has the GLOBE lied in accusing Washburn of perverting his office for purposes of plunder? If so, the official records, hi* schedule of assets, and his own chosen mouthpiece have perverted the truth, for the GLOBE has stated nothing that cannot be proved by reference to these sources of information. The GLOBE has accused Washburn of swindling his creditors by a fraudulent fail ure. The charge is sustained by the testi mony of all to whom he owed money at that time, who unite in declaring that they re ceived only from forty to sixty per cent, of he amounts due them, while his assignees testify that after settling up the business they turned over to him a balance of three madred thousand dollars, with which Wash burn took his family to Europe for a year, \vhi!e his swindled creditors were obliged to redouble their labors in order to make up the losses they had sustained through the compromise he forced upon them. Has the GLOBE falsely accused Washburn in this re gard? If so, more than a hundred of his kindled creditors and his chosen assignees have prevaricated. The GLOBE has accused Washburn of being a member of the Minneapolis Millers' association, which has been for years en gaged in swindling the farmers on the grade and price of their wheat by means of false weights and measures. It has proved that he is a part owner of a mill in Minneapolis which has a membership in the Millers' as sociation, and that he consequently receives a share of the profits extorted from the farmers. It has proved that the little brass teeter, which was introduced and continues to be used as a standard by the association, can be so manipulated, and is manipulated so as to defraud the farmers out of one, and fre quently two, grades of wheat. Mr. Wash burn himself, in a public speech at Anoka, defended both the Minneapolis Miilers' asso ciation and the swindling brass kettlea singular proceeding in one who claims to have no interest in either. The GLOBE has accused Washburn of buy ing the nomination to Congress with the money he has dishonestly wrung from his creditors and the farmers. In proof of this charge it has quoted the words of Congress man Stewart, ex-Gov. Marshall and the Pioneer Press. If the GLOBE has falsely charged Washburn with this crime, then have the authorities indicated testified falsely. The GLOBE has accused Washburn of hav ing been concerned in the Northern Pacifie Construction company, an organization which filched from the railroad company the enormous sum of twelve.hundred thousand dollars, without rendering an equivalent. The charge is proved by the records of the company and of a Congressional committee of investigation. In this the GLOBE has not transcended the truth in fact it has hardly got at the bottom of the iniquity. In none of the accusations it has made against Mr. Washburn has tho GLOBE per verted the truth in the slightest degree. On the contrary its exceeding caution its desire to gay nothing that was not susceptible of the strongest proof hajs prevented, jt from, publishing j8fisas8 2iJt s=r: r#ss Tn ST PAUI other and more serious charges' against the obief of the plundering elan of this State of the truth of which there' is scarcely a reasonable legal doubt, although no moral doubt of their truth is admisaabie. The GLOBB has treated Washburn far more fairly and considerately than he deserved. It has not accused him falsely of aught, and has proven each and every charge by a u*ass of evidence that is absolutely overwhelming. THE NORTHERN' PACIFIC CREDIT MOBILIER. Every citizen of the State of Minnesota is interested vitally in the completion of the Northern Pacific railroad. That great high way to the Pacific ocean is absolutely essen tial to the development of our farming, man ufacturing and commercial interests. The national legislature is to be asked to extend the time for completing the road for a few years longer. A bill for that purpose is now pending in Congress, but before it shall pass the members will want to know how the. affairs of the oompany have been managed heretofore, and a committee to ascertain the facts will pr .bably be appointed. The fmt thing that committee will have their atten tion called to will be the operations of the Northwestern Construction company, which, according to the St. Paul Press, was a "gigantic ring which was got up at Minne apolis to plunder the Northern. Pacific Mail road companythe Northwestern Construc tion company, so called, which pocketed over a million dollars from one contract to be divided among a dozen men." They will find that the company was organized on thv plan of the infamoun credit mobilier con struction company, which robbed the gov ernment of many millions of dollars, and buried a score of prominent politicians be neatha load of disgrace from which none o\ them have since recovered. They will fur tber find that amon^ the men who compose that mpany were Bill King, Bill Windom and Bill Washburn. If such a thing was possible as that Washburn should be elected to Congresshappily the prospect is very re motehis first official experience would bt to answer at the bar of the House to a charge of conspiracy to defraud, and to show why he should not be expelled from his seat. The people of this district made the mis take once of electing a man to Congress who could not take his seat by reason of similar frauds contmitted. Do they want to make another blunder of the same sort? The of fense for the commission of which Bill King fled to Canada to avoid playing chequert with his nose in a penitentiary, was similar in nearly all respects to the offense commit ted by Bill Washburn in connection with the Northern Pacific credit mobilier. Can the most important commercial district ol Minnesota afford to send men to Washing ton who are bound to be kicked out of their seats because of their plundering of the pub lic? One would suppose that one experience such as this would suffice. If the inside history of the Northern Pa cific credit mobilier company was known, ii would be found that Bill Washburn and hit pals who composed it were really instru mental in preventing ihe completion of tht road to the Pacific coast. Their robberie^ were conducted on a gigantic scale. On* contract, according to the Press, brough them a hundred thousand dollars each, and one outside of the ring can tell how much more was filched from tht shareholders and bondholders by the sam means. It is almost a certainty thijt the full extent of this iniquity will be ex posed before the Forty sixth Congress con venes. In that case Mr. Washburn's mail will have to be direc'.ed to Botr.e convenient point in Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, and he, like "Little Villain" Fletcher, will be "i na hell of a fix." Unless the people of this district wish to be disfranchised in Con gress, however, they will never consent to the election of the ring chief next Tuesday. OUR LEGISLATIVE TICKET. St. Paul has not always had reason to be proud of her representation in the Legisla ture, but if the Democratic nominees are chosen next Tuesday, as they should be, there will be no reason for regrets. In the First and Second wards Joseph Oppenheim is the candidate who should be elected. He is a business man, and repre sents the business interests of the city. It is time that more business men should be sent to the Legislature from this commercial city, and Mr. Oppenheim is the right man for the place. sfi In the Third ward, Jacob Mainzer is sure of an election. The ward and city will be well taken care of by Mr. Mainzer. He has had previous experience in the Legislature, and will prove a valuable member. In the Fourth Ward the Minneapolis Mil lers are endeavoring to defeat L. B. Hodges by running Warren H. Mead. Mr. Hodges has inaugurated a popular fight for the peo ple, but unpopular with the rings. If Mr. Hodges goes to the legislature he can do more for St. Paul than almost any other man, because all of the country members will be favorable to him. On purely local, selfish grounds he is the man to select, and on the great issue (the brass tester) his elec tion is indispensable. St. Paul cannot afford to array herself against the people and in behalf of the ring. In the Fifth Ward James Smith, Jr. needs no introduction. His opponent is sup ported by ex-Aid Fisher and by Bill King. Barden went back on 1 ho' City last spring and joined hands with Bill King, doing all he could to break down the State Fair at St. Paul. It is surpassing impudence that he should be a candidate. Mr. Smith ought to have almost a unanimous vote. From the country Lorenzo Hoyt is the right man in the right place. He has pre viously served in the Legislature and proved one of the most valuable members in the body. His re-election ia a foiegone con clusion. WASHBURN CONSIGNED TO INFAMY BY THE "PIONEER, PRESS." We extract the following from an editorial in the P. P. of the SOth: For a great State like Minnesota, which issued these bonds under the solemn sanction of a constitutional amendment, and the pay ment of which it pledged its faith and credit before all the world, to now stoop to the paltry trick of dishonoring its obligations in order to buy them in at a fraction of their face value, and force its creditors to take a lot of trumpery wild lands in full settlement of these claims, is an impudent swindle, which, if perpetrated by a private citizen, would consign him to deserved infamy, etc. That ia just what Mr. Washburn did. He settled with his creditor? at 60 cents on the dollar, and paid that amount in wild lands. Yet this same P. P. is a warm supporter of W. D. Washburn for Congressa man who paid his debts with wild lands at 60 cents on the dollar, and bad $300,000 left to make a tour tQ -Europe, ^i. ...yil t ^^^m^^ww.4 DAILY GLOBE, FRIDAY MORfrlffGr, NOVEMBER lp 1878. m&BOdM'DOF EDUCATION. Regular Monthly Meeting Last NightAn Elderly Janitor ia a .Bone of Conten tion, but Like Washburn aad the lirast Kettles, He Must go The regular monthly meeting of the board of education took place last evening, when Inspectors Dufresne, Scheffer, nnelly,Mer riam, Cullen, fieuz, Witney, Manson and Dr. Murphy were present. After the routine business of reading min utes, etc., the secretary read a communica tion of Geo. L. Otis, giving his opinion on the act of the legislature referring to the duties of the treasurer of the board. *'?Mx- Donnelly moved that the opinion be published in the official paper. The motion was carried. _- -.A: The superintendent read his report, show ing the enrollment to be: High School 196 Neill school....... Jefferson school.. 581 Sixth ward school. 2r6 241 118 121 Madison school... 412 Vine street school. Washington school 294 McLean school. Adams school 289 Franklin school... 275 Lincoln school.... 292 The report called attention to the fact that there are but three vacant school rooms in the city, and shortly those rooms will be filled. He also found the schools deficient in apa ratus, and recommended the purchase of globes and utline maps for each school. He recommended opening another room in the Sixth ward. He further recommended that children unable to read should only be admitted to the schools twice a year. The report called attention to the practice of charging fees to -non-residents, as practised in Minneapolis, and recommended it in the city schools. ]^c. Total 3,025 The superintendent reported that Miss Walsh, of Adams school, had sent in her resignation. W& The various recommendations of the su perintendent were acted upon separately and adopted by the board. The resignation of Miss Walsh was ac cepted. Mr. Benz, for the committee on property, reported urging the board to make a change the janitor of High school. Mr. McCardy moved that the committee be instructed to discharge the present jan itor and hire anofher. Mr. Scheffer would rather hear an expla nation from Mr. Benz before he could vote. Mr. Benz thought no explanation was wanted the man was unfit fur the position. Mr. Donnelly thought it was hardly right to throw the old man out of employment. He had heard no complaints from Mr Campbell. Mr. McCardy spoke energetically against keeping the man in the position he was a -lovenly old man and not fit to be where there are young ladies and gentlemen. Mc Cardy's meannesa cropped out all through his remarks. The matter caused caused considerable discussion, Messrs. Donnelly, Dufrene and Scheffer speaking- in favor of the old man, Mr. Scheffer urging the xiatter of transfer ring him to some place where he can do the work. Mr. CullenGive the old man another chance. Mr. Merriam thought it was a hard case, and if the board have to provide for him it would be better to pension him at once. On motion of Mr. Donnelly, seconded by Mr. Scheffer, to exchange with Lincoln school, there were five votes on each side. Mr. DonnellyThero seems two opinions on the subject. It has been said that the school IB dirty. I have visiter the school twice and found it clean and tidy. I move a committee of thiea to go and inquire into the matter. Mr. BenzWhy don't you call me a liar? Mr. DonnellyI call no man a liar, there is mply a difference of opinion what is clear to me may be dirty to Mr. Benz. Mr. Withey thought there was no neces sity for a commtetee, the committee on schools had reportea already. The motion to discharge was then put to the vote, with the following result: Yeas Cullen, Benz, McCardy, Merriam, Withey, Manson. NaysDonnelly, Dufresne, Schef fer, Murpby.- Mr. Benz reported that the Wtst St. Paul school would be ready for occupancy next week. It was dccidedlEo open the school officially on Sat uTdoy morning, Nov. 9, when all the teach ers of the publij schools will be invited. Mr. ScheflW moved that the salary of Mr. Donnelly, of Rice street.sohool, be increased $50 a year. Mr. Benz objected. He thought the teachers had quite enough. Mr. President spoke in favor, saying he has three grades, and has plenty of work the people were in favor of the increase they liked the teacher very much, and he would like to see the increase made. The motion was carried. Mr. Benz moved the increase of the salary of the janitor of Sixth ward school to i$30 per mouth. The motion was carried. The usual batch of bills were ordered paid. Ihe board then adjourned. TUE STATE TUEASURY. Statement Showing Hie Condition and M-e Whereabouts of the Money Oct. 1st, 1878. Balance in treasury at close of business: Dr. Cr. Revenue fund overdr'n. 520,316 34. Interest fund 29.322 76 oinking fund 12,798 48 Seed grain sinking fund 245 43 State institutions fund. 13,444 85 Permanent school fund. 9,996 62 General school fund.... 66,914 19 Permanent University fund 1.827 17 Genl University fund.. 8,738 60 Internal improvement fund 1,480 31 Internal improvement land fund 1.846 11 Inebriate asylum fund. 389 91 School text book fund.. 4 31 Total $20,316 34 142,008 74 Deduct revenue fund overdrawn 20,316 34 '$121,692 40 Actual am't in treas'y.. Deposited as folllows: In First Nat'l bank $46,015 45 In Srcond Nat'l hank.T. 17,394 4* In Merchants Nat'l bank 28,990 72 In German Am'a bank. 29,291 79 f--&^g& $121,692 40 To the Greenback Voters of DaTeota County. We, the undersigned, having received a nomination on the Greenback ticket, hereby respectfully resign said nominations in favor of the Democratic candidates for said offices, view of tne fact that the Greenback and Democratic parties coalesce more nearly than any other parties in point of principle, and hence we advise all our friends in the Greenback party to support, the regular Democratic nomineesff or said offices, as we pledge ourselves to do, because of the fact that there is no possible hope of the election of the Greenback candidate, and our contin uing in the field might jeopardize the success of the Democratic ticket. M. SCANLAN, .y Nominated for County Auditor.' C. XjfUTNEy, *_v Nominated for Representative. J".i Custom Receipts. The deputy collector of customs' report for October make the following exhibit of receipts for the month: Duties on imports $2,634 69 Marine hospital tax 22 35 Miscei laneous receipts i Zr 90 00 Inspection of steam vessels.."' ^*J 75 00 Licenses to mates, pilots, etc., l?* 85 00 Storage labor and cartage '^l 25 Official fees 14 40 Total. $2^921 69 wjwsssssBSSBaS- if^^^rHW^ ^CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S SOME. The Annual Mtetin Vt-sierdayIuterMt ing and Valuable Reports. 0ft_ The managers of the Christian Woman's Home held their annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the Y. M. 0. A. rooms. The meeting was opened with singing and prayer, after which the secretary read the minutes of the last annual meeting. Tho treasurer then reported, showing the following income for the year: Cashort'hand $ Member's fees Donations From auxiliary societies From inmates for board For work by inmates. Fines Sundries Charity boxes. .1. Interest on temporary loans Interest on permanent loans Opera House entertainment Building fund loan. 87 .29 25 193 48 147 20 139 30 83 87 1 35 5 00 6 42 7 50 17 50 527 15 100 00 State .air 500 00 Total 91,756 89 The expenses during the year amounted to $ 1,339.97, leaving a balance on hand of $416.92. The report was accepted. BEPOBT OP THE BEOBETABT. The secretary's report was then read, as follows: To the Friends and Members of the Minnesota Magdalen Society. Ti-da, is cur fiifth anniversary, and. in sub mitting this report, I have thought best to briefly review our work from the beginning, instead of confining myself wholly to the work of the past year. In September. 1373, the Minnesota Magdalen society was formed, and the Woman's Christian home opened in November of the same year. We have received a totul of 189, of which 139 were adults. Twelve were friendless women, strangers in the city, who couldn't be received at the Home of the Friendless, and who had to be temporarily sheltered until thev could ob tain entrance to the city hospital (it re quiring fonr months residence in the city) or provided for by their friends. Children, 5(1 Nntnber or death*, adults, at the Home and af ter leaving, 4. Deaths of children, 9. Dis missed, 2. Sent to their homes, 23. Found homeR for, 5U. Married, 13. Returned to for mer life. 10. Inmates now at the Home, 10 and what may seem at first a little startling nf teon of the mothers in this Home have liter ally buried their children alive. Within the last month I was present at one of these living funerals. The girl, not yet 16 yearxof age, (looking like a school-girl you may meet every day) was to give her child away. Early in the morning she had gore to the photographer* to have its picture taken. On her returu the matron left the parlor to bring the child to the new parents. Wo w^re busy talking with them and making the nece-sary arrange ments, when suddenly, from tho adjoining room, I was startled by a wail of grief 1 shall never forget. It came from the mother as she was taking the last lookparting forever from her nelplesB babe. As I listen 1 seem to hear it now. It haunted me for days. We always advise them to give their chil dren away when, in our judgment, the parties applying are suitable. For what can thes? helpless, disgraced mothers do with their doubly helpless, disgraced babes to care for. whose growing breath will only at some future time return upon them curses for their birth. You will notice by the treasurer's report (of the past year only) that tho inmates of the Home have not been alto gether idle, as some havo supposed. The amount earned may seem inconsiderable: but when we take into account the hopeless ness of their future, with no stimulus to work such as we have. th sicknesses of both adults and children, the cooking, washing and ironing of a family, averaging, much of the time, from ten to fifteen, the inconveniences of a private house for regular laundry work, the wonder is that even this amount has been realised. For a long time we could get very little to do. To give an idea of the prices wo were obliged to take, when we did obtain it, I will speak of one lady who gave us her washing and ironing, averaging seven dozen pieces a weekwe fur nishing soap and starch and paying a person 15 cents each time for'goiug after and taking it home. She gave us $1.25 a week, making a little less than nine cents a dozen. This was done for months. We are getting better estab lished in our work now, realizing better pay. We do not expect to charge regular laundry prices, and can make it an advantage to those who hire their washing done, and we are ulad of ha opportunity. We have those also who sew neatly, and the prices charged are very reasonable. Half of all that ia earned in the home we give the inmates, that they may buy thi ir own elo'hingr, as we have never been able to urni&h it unless it was donated to the home. Some of the inmates who are able pre fer to pay their board. Our manner of worship: Morning, reading portions of Scripture by the entire family, fol owed by prayer. In the evening, usually a bible reading, the matron choosing a subject the day before, and the girls studying it mean time as they have opportunity. They have be come very fond of this exercise, and study without any compulsion. Wednesday after noon from 3 to 4 'clock a Bible reading con ducted by the matron. Visitors are welcome to come and participate in this exercise. Fri day afternoon a prayer meeting has been held by one of the managersRobert Smith coming when it is possible. On Sunday at 8 o'clock is the bible class kindly cared for by A. D. Davison, and at 4 o'clock for several months past, one i the pastors from the different churches has preached. If there are any cases that border on the hopeless, they may be classed among the mor phine eaters, and those who drink liquor in any form. One of the class first mentiosed, said no lesn than a month ago, that during sickness it was prescribed bv a physician. At first she was not aware of what she was taking, bnt by the time she was well, she found the appetite so strong she could not resist it. and has since be come a slave to its use. While urging her to give it no (she is taking less now) she said, 1 think it so wrong for doctors to give morphine. Of course I was a great sufferer for months, but it would have been better to have, let me suffer, rather than to have put this awful appe tite upon me." I wish that physicians were not quite so reckless about prescribing mor phine, wine and beer to women. We have had cases where an appetite for liquor was formed in th same way of prescribing, and after they became drunkards they fell. One splendid woman by nature we conld have saved, had it not been for the uncontrollable appetite for beer. We often meet with considerable objection to the caring for girls who have been seduced but have never led abandoned lives. But the girls who supply all the "brothels" are. in ninety-uine cases out of every hundred, those who have first been seduced and since this is the fact, it is not by far the better way to keep them from going any lower. It is theexperience of all temperance workers that the longer a drunkard has been a drunkard, the harder it is to reclaim him. And our experience is that as a class, these girls are &1BO much easier saved at the beginning. But our doors are open alike to all. The rnoBt wretched fallen woman that exists, we welcome with delight and thankful ness, when she comes to us for the purpose of reformation and all the Christian help that can be given we give her. With but one exception that I know of, none have gone back who gave real evidence of con version. We have no hope for those who do not become Christians. Christ alone can Bave them. Without religion they could hardly bare the temptations and scorn of the world for a single day. One girl who came to us was a sore trtal. For a long time it seemed as though she would not only wear the matron out, but that she would dispel -every good influence brought to bear upon the others At one time, while visiting the Home and learning of her fearful actions, I said to the matron, Mrs. Wormwood, "It seems to me we have done all that is possible for her, and she will worry you past endurance, besides the other girls may be lost through her pernicious influence. Had she not better go?" But the matron answered, "O. no let us try hera lit tle longer, perhaps she mav be reached after awhile." I felt rebuked, though 1 was afraid we should lose our matron if she remained. In a short time employment was fonnd for her out of town but we had little comfort when she came back, as we were satisfied she had been doing anything bnt right while away. However, we were glad when she returned to the city, to have her come to us, and we thought it a good sign that Fhe preferred coming, in stead of going to any other place. A physician advised, 119 to lot er go, that we. were wasting i&'-i. w- time with her, and that she was determined only on eviL About this time she wts per suaded from one evil purpose she bad made up her mind to, and soon after went oat to ser vice in a good family, who treated her kindly, and allowed her t come to the home meetings. Not long after this, through the power of Christ, she became a greatly changed girl, both in manner and appearance, and her counte nance took on a cheerful, quiet and happy expression. We have great reason to hope the reformation will be lasting. We have learned not to expect maturity of Christian character in these girls at the begin ning of their religious experience. "It is first the blade, then the ear after that the full corn in the ear." We can tell almost as quickly as they can themselves, when their purposes and aims have been changed from an evil life to those of purity and right living although at times they may be inconsistent in the common, every day affairs of life. We feel that from the time these girle enter the Christian home, they in a measure belong to us, we never losing interest ia any who come or go away. We fully believe thi pre cious proxpi6e: "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children." We still have only the ten auxiliary societies we had a year ago, the two managers who formed these having been kept at home by sickness. Providence permitting, we hope to double this number in another year. As we take persons from all parts of the State, we feel that it is aright that the State at large should assist in supporting this institution. But these ten have done "obly, in not only sending ns inmates for the me, but means also to help us pay their expenses. Perhaps the most vigorous of these societies are the ones in Stillwater, Lake City, Wabashaw and Winona. At the latter place regular meetings have been held during the year, and at its close an annual report of its work was made. The largest number of inmates a the most money have come from Winona. One person sent from that place had been a conrtesan for over eight \ears, and there ha4 never been a more marked reformation any one who has ever come to the Hotne. She ftas gone to her parents in a distant State, and it does onr hearts good whenever we hear from her, as we do occasionally. We are indeed grateful to the Christian women who carry on this work in nil these places, and for the as sistance they have rendered us during the part v--ar May God bless them and us in this work. Our needs. We are thankful, indeed, for the amount we have in our treasury to-day. But with so large a family as we constantly have. one tin Bee how long this sum will last. With rent, matron's salary, fuel, which is a Heavy expense, and provisions to buy by the month, and the increase of prices as the winter idvance it not being possible to keep any thing from freezing in the cellar. We also feel be need of a permanent location of our own. The house we have is desirable in many re spects, but falls far short of what is needful in work. We need more room. that we can bave separate sleeping apartments for all hut the sick, a nursery, sewing room, work room and !on4ry conveniences, wh ch we can never hope to find by tenting a private house. There to, e, we are looking forward to the time when we shall have a permanent abiding place of our own, as have the other charitable associations of the city. What has been our success? As I refer you to the beginning of this report for he propor lion of the saved and lost, please remember also that not mote than four or five of these 128 girls had a father and mother's carenearly *il of them orphans. O. I do wonder, how many of them can l:ve with every tender tie crushed, a never dying shame resting upon them, let them turn which way they will, to go about the world a "despised thing," while the men who betrayed them are possibly to marry our daughters, sisters or friends. The lesson for us to learn is, that the betrayer is equally as guilty as the betrayed. God forbid that I should make this crime seem less than it now is, but men should be equa.ly blamed. When society will ostracise men as it doeB women, there will not be the need of "Magdalen Homes" that there now is. As we try to place ourselves in the sad condi tion of these women and take a look into the darkness of their future lives, we close our eyes with a sickening sense, and feel that if they were a thousand times more wicked than they are, we would try and raise them up to a purer and nobler womanhood. May light from heaven, shine into all onr hearts and show us the enormity of this great evil, and may we be helped to do all in our power to stay its pro gress. Words express feebly the gratitude we feel toward all who have aided us either by money or influence. The pastors of the different de nominations have assisted us far more than they are probably aware of, by the Sunday af ternoon services, so has also Chaplain Robert Smith. The Pioneer Press, GLOBE and Dispatch have done the best th could to help us, for which we give thanks. And I would not for get Chief of Police Weber, and "all under hie authority," for kindness recived. To Dr. Stone, who has given his excellent services for the past yea.r, (except where inroatea were able to pay him) and to the hearts of friends who haye made us cither small or large contribu tions, we also wish to express our grateful ap preciation. As we take a retrospective view of the past five years, passing through the daylight and the darknessthe surfshine and the storm over smooth seas ad roughwhen, at time*, it seemed we could advance no fartherwe come to tliis hour with thankfulness to the Heavenly Fiiend, who has helped us in our every time of need, and in our hearts cry out, "what hath God wrought." This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Whatever of suc cess we may have achieved, to God be all the glory. I have not purposely drawn a dark picture, but have given only a few true samplis of the sorrows of this class of women. The half never has, and never can be told, of the bean troubles of those who enter the ranks of fallen women. Mas. D. 8. B. JOHNSTON, President of Minnesota Magdalen Society. Mrs. Drew then read the report of the president of the Winona Auxiliary society, which was accepted. Mrs. Morrison, the matron of the home, next addressed the meeting. She gave some very interesting and touching incidents from her experience over twenty years in the good work of reforming strayed sisters, and mentioned soveral pitiful cases which cam* under her notice Bince her connecti-.n with the St. Paul home. She said she knew even of children 13 years old becoming mothers little ones who had strayed from a mother'* lap. The stories she had to hear of man's perfidy were sad, the lives which ruined one had led were heart-i ending, and the outside world knew little of the fearful temptations tv.iat the fallen ones had encountered. Aftei the address of the matron the meeting ad journed, the election of officers being post poned to the first monthly meeting. THOSE KIDS. Discussion Over the Appraisement ol French Kids by New York Importers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.There a prelimi nary meeting of New York patties interested in the kid glove assessment, this morning, at the treasury department. Mr. Clark, representing lselin & Co., agreed that the facts were suffi cient to justify the secretary of the treasury in remitting the entire matter to the appraisers on the ground that there has been no valid ap praisement. There had certainly been irregu larity in the proceedings. Judge French did not understand the secretary of the treasury as advising any course affecting the valuation, but merely to examine the law points involved. General Appraiser Ketchum asked how the appraisement could be reopened, as the gloves bid gone into consumption and Mr. Clarke and the customs officers have samples. The judge said hewoull notify parties interested when he would come to a decision on the legal questions involved, and the conference came to a close. TltanJts Prom. Col. and lira. Owen*. TAxiiOBS FALLS, Oct. 30,1878. To Gen. B. W. Johnson, Hon. W. P. Murray, Gov. Alex. Ramsey. Dr. D. Day, Geo. W. Moore and our other kind friends of St. Paul: GENTLEMEN: Accept with our deep and heartfelt gratitude, our thanks for the very handsome presentsilver pitcher and goblet sent ns on the anniversary of our twenty fifth wedding day. We have not language to express what we feel at this mark of recollection and kind ness on the part of our St. Paul friends. May you and yours live long in the enjoy ment of your present prosperity and happi ness is the most sincere wish of your old friends and neighbors, J. P. OWENS, -_- -g FAJJUIB OW^NS. s^ t^i%/%i%'& JUM*lTOIMhLJ)JII- GLUBKLKTS. The sultan of Zanzibar has acocoanutplanta tion of 90,000 trees, all bearing. Boys in Alaska do not go barefooted after the first of November. It is the custom of the country. The climate of England and the exposure to salt water have caused Cleoptra's needle to 6h..w a disposition to crumble. Speaker Randall and family will occupy their residence on Capitol hill. Washington, about the middle of next month. Commodore Garrison and his yoang bride are preparing to give a series of "at homes" at their Park avenue, New York, residence. Little Mao addressed 25.0U0 Democrats in Philadelphia Saturday night. Thought the Democratic party was dead. Mr. J. Cheever Goodwin, author of "Evange line" and other popular musical extravaganzas, was married last week to Mies Ida B. Driggs, of Boston. A society and subscription list have been started in London to encourage the planting of the salubrious plane tree in all the suburbs of the city. In some English oal-pits it is fonnd necos siry to force down 350,000 cubic feet of fresh air every minute to Bupply tho needs of the workmen. Boston Po*t: The French government want to make the Rhone navigable from Geneva to the sea. We don't believe it can be did. But then, that's their Rhone business. The royal court of Jersey has decided that Lord Lyndhurst's law, making illegal marriage with a deceased wife's sUter. not having been registered in the island, is of no effect there. May-day in Paris corses on the 6th of Oc tober that is the day selected by sn.a.l tenants for moving. Within the limits this year there were on that day 7,147 lemovalB and 5,782 movings in. A woman at Burlington, Vt.. recently tied the bands of her little wm behind his back and chained him to th* hiuhin^-post before the house for an hour or more because of some petty fault. Robert Brenson owned property worth a half million twelve years a*o aely he was buried in the potter's field of Torre Haute, Ind. Dis astrous speculation led him to poverty and despondency. A New Orlean* boy was flying his kite. Tho tail got entangled in a telegraph wire. The telegraph wire pulled down part of a chimney. One of the brioks struck Mrs. Arbo. Mrs. Arbo may die. The Emperor of Russia and the Ameer of Cttbul are desirous of pooling issues. The only trouble bruin is that the tail wants to wag the bear, which the latter considers apiece of bear faced impudence. Being unable to make their wedding cake go around (it htood four feet above its pedestal,) Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bell, Jr., had it photo graphed before they went to Europe and sent copies to their friends. The alcalde of Salto, in the Argentine re public, recently seized tl village barber's 8cissor'a for debt, and the unhappy man had to scrape along with his tazor only for some days till the shears were restored to him. On Nov. 14 the French academy will elect a successor to M, de Lomenie. The two candi dates with any chance of success are M. Taine, well known for his works on England, and tho Due d'Audiffret-Pasquier, president of tho Senate. A few months ago the city of Cera, Vene zuela, was destroyed by an earthquake. It is now about to be rebuilt, but upon an entirely new site in the plain below, where several vil lages escaped unscathed, while every town on the hillside was overthrown. Monsignor Dupanloup's death brings the number of vacant seats in the French Senate up to ten. Of these eight belonged to repre sentatives of departments, and two to life Sen ators. Within three years the upper chamber has lost thirty of its members. Mr. Martin was on his way from Madison to Janesville, Wis., to marry Miss Foster, but he chanced to meet Miss Cobbe, whom ho had. once known and loved, and straightway mar ried her, leaving MIBS Foster and her wedding guests to wait in vain for his coming. Twelve years ago Deacon Benson, of Fort Wayne, Ind., a man of 48, wss worth 500,000. He speculated, lo^t money, became a passenger conductor, then a saloon-keeper, then a street car driver, then a pauper. Last week he died in the hospital and was buried in potter's field. A yoang woman ia Leon, Texas, was engaged to be married. That did not deter her from eloping with a second lover but she was speed ily overtaken by the first lorer, with whom she went obediently to a clergyman and was joined in wedlock, the fcecond lover returning home Aifele-s. In August the National wave struck Mem phis, and a Radical-Workingman-independent- Greenback ticket was elected. All the new officialssheriff, judge of the criminal court, and chancellordiel of the yellow fever, and the vacancies hare been filled by the appoint ment of Democrats. Georgia boa*t of a citizen who has never tken a drink of liquor nor had a spell of f-ick ness, never smoked a cigar nor taken a chew of tobacco, never ate an animal that could climb tree, nor anything that could live in the wa ter or burrow in the ground, nor anything that was cooked by a negro. The yellow fever pestilence has afforded per sons who desire to do so a chance to be thought lead, for it was easy to get their names on the death roll. Many fugitives from justice are known to have endeavored in that way to stop pursuit. One of these was the defauiteng treasurer of Bloomington. 111. Among the scanty recommendations of Cy prus is the quality of its 10,000 mules, which are considered the finest bred in the levant, and have been much used of late in the Eastern war operations. There are 45.000 asses in the island, and only about 4,000 horses, ill looking, hardy little ponies. Horned cattle are few, but hheep abound. The late ex-United States Senator John S. Carlile, of West Virginia, was an Independent Republican. He served in the Virginia State Senate from 1847 to 1854, and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1850. He was elected to the national House in 1855, opposed secession and was in the Senate from West Vir ginia during the war. There was a difference of opinion in the Stager family, of Polk county, Texas, as to the proper punishment of children. The fath er advocated the whip, and one day declared his intention of usin? it on his daughter, aged 10. His son, adhering to his mother's views, said that the girl shou.'d not be whipped. The father began the whipping, and the son shot him dead. Alexander, Emperor of Russia, takes, in early morning, a enp of coffee and a biscuit, and then a walk. He can't drink tea because his nerves are shattered by his persistent attention to the government of bia country. At 12 he takes luncheona simple one, as he IB not able to eat rich food. Then he walks or rides, and then goes to his study. He dines at 5 or half past, and after seveial hours of work retires at midnight, sometimes concluding his labors with one round of whist. Uitruuiu Wins. PrrrsBUOOH, Oct. 30 The suit of Geo. De Haven and others against P. T. Barnum wa3 argued in the court of common pleas of this city yesterday before a full bench and an order made dismissing the suit^ %$*& ^_'..isglJjl,i"-a.1 "c-V JV' 'maw ii i 8 i 1 -3 1