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A ■ S^2l S (Slob* PTTBMSITED EVERY DAY -a TUB yealc • , :>v^ 15 A.l l. -~"~ TERMS. I'EP <**n, BY NAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID: rj-tii/r, »lx days in the week 13 00 DAILY, permontli 75 DAILY and SUNDAY, one year 10 00 DAILY and SUNDAY, per calender month.. 90 SUNDAY, one year 2 00 WKKKLY, one year • "0 ITT" Correspondence containing important news Folici'.ed from every point. Ucjocted communica tions cannot be preserved. Address ail letter* and telegrams to THE GLOBE, ST. PACT* MIW. ST. PAUL. PUN DAY, AUOCBT 10, 1885. ZW~ The WAsnivr.Tov Office or the Globe it-at THi: NOKTHEASTCOUN'EU OF PZXNSYLVANIA AVENUE AMI FOCKTKKXTII STREET. TUX CmCACO OK TUB GLOBE is at No. 11 Times BCILDOTO. PT" Tin" HonnUNUI nrrirE of the Gi.oue JSATKo. LT.T Kikst Avk.nTl: SOOIV. t~&~ THE Stili/w\atkh Office OK toe GIOUE is ATiVo\4 Booth iiain eaaa DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Office of Chief Signal Officer, Wash ington*, D. C., Aug. 15,10 p. m.—Observations taken at the same moment of time at all sta tions. ■':'' . - • 3i [3j Stations. o Wth'r Stations. I =i\\"th'r St. Paul To'cicar Vteksbiirff.". 74 Clear La Crosee... 66 i lear NcwOrieans 76 Clear Bismarck... 73 Fair Galveston.. 81 Fair Ft. Garry... ni',llazy Shreveport. 78 Clear Minnedosa..! . • | Cincinnati.. 05 Clear BCoorhead... 66 Clear Memphis... 71 Clear Qu'Appelle. Nashville'6B Clear Ft. Vincent.. 71 Clear Cleveland .. 58 Gear Ft. Assin'bn. .. Clear Dcs Moines. Clear Ft. 15 v lord ..71 Clear St. Louis... 69 Clear ]';. Caster... Bl clear Chicago 64 Clear Helena (lear Montreal... 163 i Clear Huron 7-' Clear Quebec .... 67 j Clear Mod. Hat 1..1 New York. Clear Dulutfa 71 Clear Jloston 61 Clear Albany |60|Clear [Washington 65 ; Clear Tin: HOVE iiEPonT. Barometer, 30.013; thermometer, C 6.6; rela tive humidity, 75: wind, south; weather dear: amount of rainfall, 0.00; maximum thermometer, 79.7; minimum thermometer, 64.6; daily ranee, us.l. Hiver—Observed height, 3.5; fall in 2t hours, .0. Note —Barometer corrected lor temperature and elevation. P. P. Lyons. Signal Corps, U. S. A. INDICATIONS. Wastttnoton, Aujr. 10, 1 a. m.—For the up per lake region, fair weuther, followed hy local ruins, a slight fall in temperature, vuri nMc winds. For the tipper Iffl—liwlpiil anil Missouri valleys, (air weather, followed i>y local rains, southerly winds, beoosßtßg; vari- BUghf tall in totiii>er:itnre in northern portion, stationary temperature in southern portion. Tin: prices. The stock market was active and strong yesterday, especially for the Vanderbilts. Bie Grangers were barely steady and the Northern Paeiflc,Oregon Transcontinental and the Chicago, Burlington & Quinsy were heavy. The announcement that rates were to be restored to-morrow, and tfae fight the VanderbUl lines stopped, accounts for the Strength of the hitter. Luke Shore was also strong from the opening to the dose, on the strength of the report that a settlement had been completed with the Nickel Plate. North western sold near the opening nt 102, but it was afterwards heavy and closed with* a loss of '-_. while St. Paul la higher, and the North ern Pacific and Oregon Transcontinental are down each J 4 '. Wheat was dull and lower at nil points. NUB OF TIIK NEWS. The clhtolu'l's are dissatisfied with their land ;■ Tivn of Kittson's horses ran second la races ufjbputh. shoppers and locusts are ravaging: the fcrtjSs in Montana. St. Paul Western Union Idunsnh of fice --\ iii Im- moved to-day. VanderbiU is compelled to either build a road or forfeit t5.000.000. Private Secretary Lamonl reads the news papers for the president. Prominent Republicans Indorsed Judd, the ex-labor <ij-r« at and horse tbi«f. j'lm son of a Swedish count has been the waiter In a Pittsburgrestaurant Ear years. The Northern Pacific's finances show a small s;ii|iius tor the fear endina*June 30. Commodore Kittson's horses returned to Midway on account of Johnston's lameness. The IfilwaukeeA St. Pn;jl lms ooanaeooed cutting l relfrtat rates ) torn < blcago i<> Austin. It is believed that the Sir Charkw Dilke goandal will bt settled without legal pronciw .loin! Boach, after MttUng lii-i aeoonata, will bavo i-:i,ooo,iitio to put away lor a rainy day. [nterest is rapfcllj dying out la tho raoem exposures of the tralße In ynuug- glrJa In London. BefonneN are ttappjr because peaatoo awd leai examiners win oomeunder the civil ier vire rules. Commissioner of BtatistiosNordia kaa oom pletad his statement of ilnr crop aereafß oi tti>' state. A list of delegates to the river ponrpntk>o to ! <■ h«-l(i in s.. Paul in September ims been v' eived. rdand Democrat* Indone tbeadadate tmtfoo mildly, and ask UuU tin- ranalabe mi ned out. The e&st-lxHind movements of Simla, Hour and produce from Chicago hist week do crc#>cd 5, .mi tons. The troops are being ordered In readiness to help the cattlemen got their stock out of Utoludiau territory. Census turns from Ilcuncpin find UaTn- Roy unties show St. Paul to have a popu lation oi' 111,291 and Minneapolis 129,200. Ono person died and seven or eight others nrc dangerously 111 -it Chicago from cutinjr liad-stools, mistaking them for£musan ■i:..h.,.iv of Preller, believed to have been murdered by Maxwell at the Southern hotel, St. Louis, \. is exhumed to be identified by friends in • ■.■;■;.■,■!. —ioniti burgiars who reeeatr/ rto . Puul and Minneapolis are daiag ta« >r in ■ ii-. the latest haul betas made »t (>t:• -•.\ ::'.<■. .'iinii. rate.* nf the Irish (fatJoaal Leapuo of uulud utChicago and adopted an ttddrosK to tho Irish people i<» aid Paroell siully in the cotaiug EngUsh elections. ; i(i'!.lli Liergt r.... i c-.i m. THE CENSUS IIFTI I!\S. An examination of the census returns of Ramsey and llennepin counties, in which an- respectively situated the two cities St. Paul and Minneapolis^ will suggest to the annd of the reader a comparison of meth ods adopted by cities in these days to ad vertise themselves. There are two ways of ngnring out the population of a city, One i- the ground plan, the other is the paper plan: The ground plan is to enu merate only those who arc DOM fide resi dents within the corporate limits, those who are actually on the ground when the census is taken, and who are there as actual residents. The paper plan is to in clude in the list not only the bona tide residents but the transient population. In communities where the former plan is adopted old-fashioned ideas of honesty pre vail, and where among otticials the old-time notion! of regard for tlus sanctity of an oath are strictly observed. In communities where the latter plan is adopted the spirit of modern enterprise appears as a new evangel to teach the doctrine that the ends will always justify tiie means. The idea of official duty is that in the case of a rivalry between the officer's constituency and some other constituency he must put his people ahead. His whole duty is embraced in the j r^f»'le idea that his bailiwick is to make the biggest showing if he has to spread himself t.> do it. Thus it is that when a census cnnies to be taken we see the difference in the application of the two methods. One city—it may be New York or Philadelphia —will send its census takers out with in- struct ions to take the names of only bueh persons as are known to be bona tide i>- idents of the city. The result is a good showing, and the city is satisiied. Another city, indoctrinated with the new gospel ol enterprise —say Chicago or St. Louis for illustration— sends out its census takers with instruction to pad the ligures until they are swelled be yond the showing made by its rival. The result is that in addition to taking a ii>t of bona lide residents, the hotel registers are oopiei, the boarding huUM's are visited, the lakes and the MBMMOC resorts within a radius of twenty-live miles are sroured, excursions are gotten up, and people from Dakota and Montana and other dislant plaOM are brought in by the train-loaii. and when the census returns are made up their names all appear In the popula tion of the city. The city with its modern IdOM of enterprise Is proud of the advertisement it gives itself. So much for the two methods. Now, as to St. Paul and Minneapolis, the reader will have to determine for himself which, if either, of these methods the two cities have adopted. The Globe can only speak for Si. Paul. We know that in this city the census was taken on the old-fashioned ground plan. There was no paper padding about it. The only fear that has been expressed is that in the desire to make an honest count the as sessor has omitted to list some names which ought to have been taken, and in some instances has been negligent about enumerating boiia iide residents. St. Paul has every reason to be satisfied, and is proud of the phe nomenal growth it has made. An increase of 70.000 in population in five years is a growth without precedent in the history of cities. We, are willing that our figures shall go to the world, for they bear upon them the impress of truth. We hope the same is true of our twin sister. The return made by the cen sus taker will be a surprise to many i>eople in that city. Old residents of both cities, Who have watched the growth and develop- inent of the twin sisters agree in tln:r jud; mentthatHt no time within the last He yeai> has there been a difference of more than from tw<» to five tiiorsand in their population. It is a lit'.le singular that only a week .il." a monJag pa)>er in lOaaeapo li.- pobUshed, what ii rlilaMid to be Eraai authentic sources the actual foot iiii-'s ol the two census returns, bt. l'aui's popalatioa was iriv.n at a frac tion over 111.000 and Minneapolis a frac tion over llsooo. Tin- oj.inkm at the time of those Who were in condition to form cor rect Hstimatee was that st. PaaTi imm§ had fallen a little below the mark because of the assessor's negligence, and that the figures given to ' Minneapolis were a little in excess of its real population because of the extra-ordinary effort Bade In that city to show up to its full limit. The candid opinion of the best informed citizens of the two cities was (li.it their populations was about equal, and that 115,000 would have covered cither of them. It will be observed that the oflicial figures given out by the Minneapolis news paper a week ago more nearly accorded with an honest public opinion than did the Hennepln county census returns made yes terday. A still more singular fart is that when a few weeks ago a directory of the two cities was published, there was only a difference of 805 in the two directories. Calculating upon the same directory basis, there was a difference of less than :»,000 in the population of the two cities. St, Paul's census falls below the directory basis, as is always the case, while Hie Minneapolis census presents the wonderful and heretofore unheard of fea ture of being largely in excess of a direc tory estimate. It is unfortunate for our twin sister that these sinsrular features In connec tion with its census should appear so prominently, as it will give rise to a sus picion in MOM quarter that there ii.i- been crookedness. It is a matter of sincere congratulation all around that here on the banks Of the upper Mississippi is what is virtually one city with its popula tion of nearly a quarter of a million and rapidly expanding Into the commercial metropolis of the continent, as it is now of the great Northwest A SUGGESTIVE IM< TTKi:. There is no limit to the hßagteatlOß of the pictorial arti>t in Hmm latter days. A I'hilad.'lphia newspaper publishes a ii ai-coiint of the (iiiAXT funeral last Saturday, aoooav panied by an immense cut representiuif the anicel with trumpet in hand callinsthe armies of earth to judgment. The de.-itrn of the nrtist is to show that in the linal iv- riew to be made by tho Great Captain of the Universe, of all the world's array of Embom heroes Gkant is to stand highest. The artist had a protty conception of his subject, but tho picture shows that the de tails are, a tritlo irrotes'iue. Judsiinjj from the way his jaws are puffed out the an::'! who has been doin^ the trumpet act seems t-i have had a hard task in awakening: the slumbering warriors. It has evidently re quiivd a ?:ood many lon>: and loud b!a<ts from QABRUEft resonant horn to get some of the old C.ksajjs, BaPMM and Alkxan- DBM into line. The appropriateness of the attitude the artist has jriven Gaijkikl may have been NggMM by the fact that in some instances il took a treat deal of blow \wz and hard pun"m£ to some members of tliis firand army of departed heroes into a niche In Fames temple. The.trum.j>et biowiag lias had a different effect, however. M tiie bird »>f liberty, who is mounted on a constellation of bright stars in the neighbor- hood of the anirel's sphere. From the WSJ his wings llutter and his feathers are li izzled wo should say that he was a badly frightened eagle. From behind the weep in*: QoddflM of Liberty, who reclines iv the distance, there protrudes the head of a tur key BOok. This Ifure caught Its inspira tion in the mind of the artist from the fact that either the noihiess will have no pedes tal on which to sit when judgment day comes.or that KosroECoNKLiNO wasdeuied the privilege of placing the laurel wreath of fame on the brow of America's hero, an honor which Gabuiki. has usurped. Along procession of couutless heroes sweeps along, in the center of which is the immortal <ii:.\\T. Atone place in the line is observed a commotion of some sort, which is inter preted to mean that the colonel of a certain Minnesota regiment is kicking because he has not been assigned to a place at the bead of the column. With these trifling excep tions the picture is an admirable creation of genius. ROACn'S FORTUNE. It is evident that Mr. Roach knew how to take the liood of fortune at its tide. It Is not ivory shipbuilder who can go into bank ruptcy with a surplus of two millions and a half of dollars left in his pocket. Mr. Roach's assignment under the cir cumstances is the wisest stroke in his whole business career. He had rounded out the full period of success in his voca tion. The advent of a reform Democratic administration put to a stop to Mr. Roach's peculiar methods of speculating on govern ment contracts. There were no more big margins of profit in sight on that line. The general depression in business and linancial circles left shipbuilding for in dividuals and private companies pretty well stranded. The best thing that Mr. Roach could do under these circumstances was to THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, BH3HA.T HORSING, AUGUST 16, ISBS SIXTEEN PAGES. close up shop. Tbe time was not only opi*>r tune. but it gave the great shipbiiilder. as he thought, tbe chance to avenge himself on the administration. Instead of closing up his affairs in the ordinary business way. he made an assignment with the expectation of arousing sympathy in his behalf and in dignation against the administration. In this he was disappointed. Yet out of the $2. r>uO,ooo left him over and above his liabilities. Mr. Koatii can afford to pay the expenses of an assignee. LAND OFFICE SWINDLES. In looking over the published reports of the general laud office it is easy to detect that the opportunities for swindling the government under the forms of law were numerous, and in many instances were taken advantage of by the officials. An il- lustration in point is found in the reports for the years ISS2, ISS3 and 1884 in regard to the survey and settlement of the public domain. The following compilation of figures given in these reports for the years named makes a comparative showing with respect to the territory of Dakota in the number of acres of land taken for settle ment under the land laws, and the aniou&t allowed tor surveys: SSS | -* 'v?x* Hi E. 111 I £ E. 111 = « : : : » : : : •- I IZg __£ ? **>£ 51 S .-« £** ?i 5 tx &~*Tl «._ 3) s^K SB _ 5- -j ~ H ~ = s —— = — s •- .®r-° ==» ? •,.;'. 00 ea s JtSa if ililll M - -: 111 r 111 is— • - " — — is •-• '»" Z *ES3 i- o 1 5(3 la r. eS _' |g — =*- &i |g S r'sjii of aif *ssS£ ="§■ ~j IB | ?S| 9 :rr 23 2 5 2= S 3 BBS j-i: ri S :.'?£ s* = - J5 ,««jMp _ r a- p «>'.* *• jca«— " 2J" ti» °* **• F* * •■ —• Q ac ii — i-« "O <* i —— ii y 3 ac »- s4- Ti »- ecu Ti " 3&| — • 9fr| r I I*l ■ ; = S &«•> £* =. s -. r a* : pt B ? r= J- 5«. - ~ ??: 9 g £93 IS 2if *-'— la P 15 - £? »S _ j| -I j;ts X •— I MM " £ *• —c; s "» "b Is i: S. etiip ? jc *7*to r 3 SSc — c£» C -I — *. i;ea >• >• : =- i "■= » Rfcl ="= <* > ■ • >* ™ at.. - P 2*+ os«t 5 1:11 5$ I 111 7? It will be observed from an examination of the above table that II per cent of all the lands taken up in the United States during the three years last reported was taken in Dakota, while the apportionment Of the regular apportionment for surveys lor tlit* same territory was but 13 jn-r cent, of the whole. The inequality here shown MlatM plainly enough that If tLe appio priations made for Daliotu were ample for tin purpose.-., there iniM have been crooked- B6M in the land oflioci of other ten; 1 where amounts so much iv OBMSj of what was required for Dakota wenj swallowed up. Hut while this inequality is apparent, a much more aggravated lorui of disproportion is shown in the amount expended in the several surveying districts duriue Uie three years abo\e named under the spe«i.il-rleposit system of surveys, that is to say, under the art of congress permitting individuals to make fcpsjsJl pj the cost of MBWJjS»Weeiving in return therefor Bttrthtaoai of deposit re ceivable at all United States land offices in lieu of cash. Tto following table among other things will show to wliat extent this ■pedn of fraud was extended. | IlflilllilflHll i f|:'ii;Fr?f!!;f?r i : : FHP: Hi! • • jfj ! : :::: :: : :•:::::• : 2 • •"::•: : ::::::: : : > .2*3 e«a .5 -jars 1 „ I^S j»- - - -5 to> eSe 5 « =■ — 2 ci c=icooasoa« o—-= '= o« —"5 5? is •*-" i; =: is (-U5.2 Z» jr» -«-** -«o a> »♦■ *■ e» -lit — a r L■*r*r*r-r> r 1 >' .*" -i; s — < -- #■ 3-1 X C c*» »CT 3"■• •-C*xt.*ji ?O S I x a I *■' x t j v s ti !; = S - a st"x c " - 2 a >i IS II .- — - ~ •- e-clc,iss---.w(;!»S — ~ w .•-r l; lr. =.-.-r. ;iJPrr <?BJ;:> * - *- — ssij-.^ 1— 7 — g2 2 :;'? • Cj - i: »i c -- c mi: -j qj- -< » »! < • ? 5" r 111 v c» ■»■» — — t3iic>C It 5~ tj ck I 77 ifll 2 - 8 jx | ta ►- c — *._is _—.:_i« £ 5 fcSjßjSftsij '^'; cl_? »-| i;-»»o;a[»c»cnK.<>t..i| ?aa 55 >?« ? I Eo r c •a _ "I : : aa? : : ?s = «• • • is =• : : il :• ; =. m i: • — m ; V »- • i? s c—■ — t ' — 5 c: ■ cc * •4 r 1 J*.— - - - •- ik b sSS££:isSBSa:iSSSg : o \ :> ccs-i;*cyt;i c•-;> -c « £• •-• EsSs£SlSZS§£££! * « : sgillUglgggll 1 qf It is shown in the above table that, while the expenditures for surveys, under the special deposit-system in Dakota, amounted to but 5 per cent of the whoio, ■ per cent, of all the certificates re deemed by the government was paid into Dakota land oftices, and, but fur the timely act of congress of August, ISS3, making certificates of deposit redeemable only at the land otlico in the district in which the land so surveyed is situated, it is probable that a still greater percentage of special-de posit certificates would have been unloaded in Dakota. A comparison of figures, taken from the last-mentioned table, relating to Dakota and Wyoming, will show how a convenient construction of the special deposit law permitted a revel of corruption to prevail in some of the land office*. In Dakota, where but ¥171.033 was expended in three years for special de posit surveys, certificates to the amount of £2,593,720 were redeemed, and 12.433.653 acres were surveyed at a cost of only $2.47 per acre, although 22,760,187 acres were required to meet the demands of settlers and the selections made by the Northern Pacific railroad under its grant. In Wyo ming 5670.445 was expended in special de posit surveys while but $400 of that amount was tendered in payment for land at the local land offices; 23,004,013 acres of land were sur veyed and but 811,533 taken by settlers or selected by railroad companies. Commissioner Spark* has put an effec tual check upon tliis species of fraud, how ever, by amended instructions to surveyors general eliminating the opportunities here tofore afforded for speculation in special-de posit shivc>s. The tohaJaM rtateaMaAi herewith given should cumuiend Dakota to the liberality of congress as long as it is the purpose of the government to keep surveys abreast with the necessities of settlement tuk TAxnra powm. In his analysis of the seliish and haphaz ard way congress has of exercising the taxing power. Prof. Sumxer says it has never had any plan or purpose in its tariff legislation. Congress has simply laid itself open to l»e acted upon by interested parties, and the product of its tariff legislation has been simply the resultant of the struggles of the interested cliques with each other, and of the log-rolling combinations which they have been forced to make among them selves. It even iguores the report of the tariff commUsion which was appointed un der the act of 1883. and which, with one ex ception, was comp«"*e<l of protectionists. This commission became satisfied from its investigations that the best conservative opinion of the country demanded a reduc tion of tariff duties, and that excessive duties are a positive injury to the classes which they are supposed to benefit. So far as the report of this commission and its recommenda tions were concerned they were virtually kicked under the. table by congress just as the pro>jK'rity of the eouutry has been kicked ar<und the floor of congress. Tariff legislation is accomplished without any in telligent k:i >f the Industry and What tax any givea article will bear, but is .-hajKHl entirely by tlie power behind it. A < an illustration of this fact. Trot. Simxi.i: when a hutt bill is before congress tlie ii: t with a certain rate on ii certain article, say -20 jkt cent. It i> raised by amendment to 50. the article is ak.-ii im.i a combination and the rate put uji to su per cent., the bill is sent to the other bouse, and the rate on this article cut down airuii; to 4«' per cent., on conference between the two houses the rate is fixed at M per coat He who beOevee to the pro tectionist doctrine must, if lie looks oil at that p believe that the pmeperitf of the country is being kicked around the floor of congress, at the mercy of the chances which are at la>t to determine with what per cent, of tax these articles will come out."' The professor makes a very pertinent in quiry when he a«ks: "If congress can exert the supposed beneficent influence on in dustry, ought not congress to understand the force which it proposes to use? Ought it not to have some rules of protective legislation so as to know in what cues, within what limits, under what con ditions, the device can be effectively used? Would not that be a reasonable demand to make of any man who should propose a device for any purpose?"' Prof. Scmnek says that congress has never had. and never seemed to think it needed to get. any knowledge of the mode of operation of protective taxes. He says '"it passes taxes as big as the conflicting interests will allow, and goes home, satisfied that II has saved tho country. What a pity that philoso phers economists sages and moralists should have spent so much time in elucidat n? the conditions and laws of hu man prosperity! Taxes can do it all. If, now, it were possible to deviso a scheme of legislation which should, ac cording to protectionist ideas, be iust the right jacket of taxation to tit this country to-day, how locs would it tit? Not a week. Dm are 55.000,000 people on 3.500,000 square miles of land. Every day new lines; of communication are opened, new discov eries made, new inventions produced, new processes applied, and the consequence is that the industrial system is in constant flux and i!._'«. How, if a correct system of protective taxes-was a practicable thing at any given moment, could congress keep up with the changes and readaptations which would be required. The notion Is preposterous, and it is a monstrous thing, even oh the protectionist hypothesis, that we are living under a protective system which was set up in ISG4. The weekly tariff decision by the treasury department may be regarded as the constant attempts that are required to lit that old system to present circumstances, and as hi- not possible that new fabrics, now compounds, and new pro cesses should find a place in schedules which were made twenty years before they were invented, those decisions carry with them the fate of scores of new industries which figure in no census and are taken in' ac count by no congressman. Therefore, even if we believed that the protective doctrine was sound, and that some protective system was beneficial, and that the one which we have was the right one when it was made, we should certainly be driven to the cou clusion that one which Is twenty years old is m to bo injurious to-day. There is nothinsr. then, in the legislative machinery by which the tariff is to bo made which is calculated to win the confidence of a man of sense, but everything to the con trary: and the experiments of such legisla tion which have been made have produced nothing but warnings against the device. Instead of offering any reasonable ground for beiief that our errors will bo corrected and our productive powers Increased, an ex aminatiou of the tariff as a piece of legisla tion offers us nothinz but a burden, which tmist cripple any economic power which we have." DR. TAI.M A< X IN LONDON. 1-k. T. De Witt Tai.mai;k. America's great pulpit orator, is sending his vacation ill Europe, A cablegram from London in forms the Globe that the doctor will de liver, this Sunday morning, one of his characteristic sermons in the old church hallowed by the great Jolix Weslet, the "City Koad Chapel, 1? in that city. We are promised the full text of, tl'is sermon for publication in to-morrow morning* Globe. The theme will no doubt be appropriately chosen, the surroundings will be full of in spiration, and if the doctor is. bis usual self this sermon will bo one of the most remark able of the many remarkable utterances which have fallen from his eloquent lips. JULES VERNE'S - KMKT. The many expressions of approbation re ceived from those who have been reading this great story, make it proper tor us to say that we are able to furnish the two numbers of the Svnday Globe preceding thl* which contain the opening chapter.*. These back numbers will cheerfully be fur nished free of charge to all who apply. This story will have a great run of popu larity. There i* a little *hrine at Hamadon in Persia which is very dear to Uiblu believers. In it rest the mortal remains of Queen Esthkb end her faithful kinsman.Moßi They are covered each by a wooden ark on which are small pieces of paper-like label-*, covered with Hebrew characters. They are placed there by the Hebrew pilgrim*. All are under a small dome some fifty feet high. The building- is of red brick, the walls much patched by mud: the blue dome is of tiles. These tombs are held sacred by the Hebrews in Persia, and to them thousands make pil grimages annually. With a case of As-iatlc cholera in No* Jer sey, one thousand cases of small-pox in Mon treal, the yi-llow fiver in Texas, a peculiar brain disease of great fatality raping in Georgia, and not foellng very well ourselves, it 1« about time that the cucumber aud water nielon season should fome to an end. It is singular how rival towns will keep up petty Jealousies. There Is Chicago still pick ing Maxwell all to pieces because bo pre ferred St. Louis as the scene of bis great sen sation. Chicago furnishes the last toadstool vic tim. It is singular that people for the sake of eating a tasteless mushroom will incur the risk of beimr poisoned by toadstools. THE TOWN TATTLER. Luna had hum? her mher bow high over our backyard one ni*bt not long ago. Tho spangled sky waa unnecked by clouds. Gen tle zephyrs toyed with au old red quilt on tho line, and no sound disturbed the congenial silence save now and then the fervent invoca tion of a lonely feline. It was a night for love. The cans and empty beer bottles in the alley glistened In the moonlight like the rip ple* of Lake (.'ouio, and the soughing of tho wind in the branches was as musical as an JJolian harp. He bad been there to dinner and bis beautiful red count«uaacehad caused the insurance man to consult his table of rates several times. The embarrassment of his manner was suvgostive. although the fur tiw trlauoes ho cast upon Miss Jones left lit tle for mere suggestion. They had been on the back porch ohm dark. *-Mi>- JoneV I heard him say, in that voice peculiar to con fessions of love and great crimes. "You probably see tbut I am embarrassed to nUht." c*.—c*. Oh, no indeed, not in the least." "I am, though, and all on your accouut." "Mine? Why, how ridiculou-:" '•Miss Jones, or Hattie, if I may say so, T am going to ask a question which may offend your" ("not that, lam sure," very softly from Miss J.), ''but I have known you somo time, and I have done everything in the world to cure myself, but without success." Hero foHoweJ a lony silence, very irritating to a man who was anxious to learn how the thin* was done. Finally it was broken hy the lady. "Perhaps It was ordained that you should not be cured." I wish that I could reproduce the Rssurinff tone in which this was uttered. "God forbid," was the pious but seemingly Jrrelevant response. ''You are cured, are you "I hardly know what you mean. I—l feel I funny." ••Why—why, your feet, you know, MlSi Jone-." A few minutos later a dark form climbed over tiie back fence and with unsteady steps took its way towards the Tivoli. *♦* Going down Third street the other day, I was preceded by a man whose figure bore evi dent signs of belonsrin.' to a grantor. He carried loosely in his band what might have passed for a trunk, but which was neither a valise nor a carpet-sack. It was a long, wooden box. and, although it would hold a ton of hay, its probable contents were a paper "dickey" and a pair of stout boots, provided in case of rain. He walked along quite rap idly until he had passed the Merchants, when be slackened his pace and commenced looking for sotnetfilng. Seeing tho sign. "Cut Kute Tickets," he started for the door, but he might as well have started for tho moon. His chances of reaching there would Lave been as good. A tribe of runners surrounded him instantly, and their howls could be heard a block away. "This way, sir. for your railroad tickets." "That man will cheat you." "This fellow has been arrested for swinging- countrymen." "Keep your bunds on your pockets while that red-headed cuss is about." The miserable ruralite was frightened out of hi* wit«, as well he might have been. He forgot all about his contem plated purchase and tried with tho energy of desperation to escape his tormentors. The lost I saw of him bo was still elbowing and pushing his way down Third street, pursued and surrounded by the hungry crowd of ticket scalpers. **♦ It reminded me of the halcyon days of yore when an arrival at the union depot always furnished work for two or three hacks, his baggage going in one and himself in another, and generally to different hotels. A few days ago I saw that the old tiros were not extinguished, merely smouldering. A careful and business-like traveler was bar gaining with a backman at the union depot to take him to the Merchants. The regular price was two dollars (so tho Jehu said), but in consideration of business being dull he would do tho job for f 1.50. The bargain was struck and the astute stranger was driven up Sibley street at a furious pace. I sup pose that the enterprising driver took his load to its destination on the principle that "tho longest way round is the shortest way home." *»* -lite the (insurances we have that "a policcmau's lot is not a happy one," there are divers and sundry people iv St. Paul who would gladly exchange the plain habiliments of a private citizen for the blue coat, brass buttons and other insitrnia of office which distinguish tho stipendiary guanliuu of the public peace. More thun 400 applications for positions on the police force aro on file iv the mayor's office, and the fact that there are no vacancies does not seem to influence appli cants in tbe least. All the applications are indorsed by "influence" of one sort or an other, and each applicant looks in now and then to see how his little matter is progrvssinir. Calls of this sort keep the mayor's affable private secretary from growing lonesome When he is not entertaining applicants for positions on the police, force, he can givo his time to beggars, peddlers, people who want passes, seekers after the mayor's signature, politicians, newspaper men. strangers in seirch of information, women who havo lost their bnsbands, husbands who have lost their wives, workinjrmen who want to know what the field of labor is here, people after pardons or dog licenses, the Irrepressible genius with a little theory as to how tho city ought to be run, and others of that ilk. He can do hl3corrcspondlng.at night or when he is not busy. V The other day flre young worklngmen from Chicago paid the mayor's office a visit. They were victims of some employment agency in the latter city, where they had been guaran teed employment in Dakota at a dollar and a half per day and half-fare rates to the point of destination. They came through to St. Paul according to contract, but at this point they were asked full rates to go beyond, and a deficiency in funds brought the expedition first to a halt and next to the mayor's ofllco. They wanted his honor to intercede for them and secure half-rate tickets. Why these strapping, able follows should ask the city to assist them is a business prob lem somewhat beyond tho average compre hension. The town is red with signs offering employment on form 9 or railroads to day laborers, ami thero is no manner of reason for an able-bodied man being idle in St. Paul a day. Of course our Jobbers are not run ning 1 up and down the streets seeking flnan- cially-.^randed jrentlemen to manajre their business for them. !mt when tho choice is be tween begging a fjuarter and shouldering a shovel, an honest man should not hesitate. ••• Apropos to charity is a story characteristic of drummers. Not long ago a train on a p !n:>'.' nt railroad in this state carried a jolly p .rty of Uvt St. Paul commercial travelers, ilic-y were bound to different points and whiled away the time with stories more witty than nice. In one of the passenirer coaches was a man-faced woman, neatly but poorly dressed, in whose arms wa« a sleeping buhy. Ju?t as the train left a small station the baby began to breathe unnaturally, and in a few moments had passed away. The jrrief of the mother can be imagined better than described. She was among strangers and far from her home and friends. Inquiries revealed the fact that she was entirely destituto of money, and the officers of the road were compelled by duty to require some disposition of the body to be made. The story spread through the train, and then the laugh in the drummers' car wiu stilled, the idle jest ceased its round. They went In to the side of the affected mother and in voices as gentle as a womans tendered manly sympathy. Tender bands,took the dead child from the arm- which held it in their agonized grasp, wiiilo without *_ word the five put sufficient funds in the hands of one of their numbi-r. A little coffin was t.-l graphed for to the next station, the express charges away out on the frontier were cheer fully pald,and the mother given in the neigh borhood of $50 in cash. When this was done some one in the oar suggested starting a contri bution and offered to head the list with $2. The five generous good fellows arc well known lftre, and I would gladly give their names. except that my informant enjoined me to secrecy. Young man, don't imagine that because a gir isuiUes at you she loves you. We have seen young ladles smile at the antics of a cage of monkeys. How do you know but that she takes you for the lost link? — Stockton Maverick. MAUD S AND HEE RIVALS. The Great Turfman, Robert Bonner, Talks About the Speed of Trotters. The Money He lias Invested in Blooded Horseflesh. Money Invested in Immense Stock Farms by Enthusiasts. Km* York MalL Since Maud S beat her own famous rec ord on the Cleveland track by half a minute, her owner. Mr. Robert Boaner, has been in d:si!y receipt of letters and dispatches from all parts of the country pongratulatm:: him on ber wonderful achievement. These communications are scrutinized with a pro fessional eye and tiled away with reveren tial care. The inquiries uppermost in the minds of trotting men are. can Maud do bet ter than she has done, and if so. to wnat lK>int may tne trotting record be lowered in the future? There are enthusiasts who af firm that the time will come when trotters will vie with the running record, but thor ough horseman of all dassea scout this idea. On this subject, and others of kindred hV tamt, the views of Mr. Bonnet himself will be welcomed. That gentleman, was seated hi his sanctum in the Ledger office when visited by a Mail and Express reporter. The walls oi the spacious apartment were cov er* I with pictures of t.i<t steeds, aiul por traits of lmcrs of horseflesh. Gen. Grant and Johnnie Murphy were awarded con spicuous places. "At what point will the trotting record reach its BBDJtnf mused the genial editor. A thoughtful pause, and then came theeon n, "it's lipoonlhln to say, and it would hardly be the part of wisdom to ven ture an opinion. In 1807 I paid SBs,ooofor Dexter, whose record was then2:l73l(. He was tiie kinp. and nobody thought he could be dethroned, but Hams came along iii and trotted his mile in SrlSKi Which was far ahead of the record. I bought Ilarus lot ■S'.H.OOO. and they all said Boii ner has a Hyer who will never take any body's dust. It wasn't so, though, for the following year St. Julien trotted in 8:11& beatim; Hams by two full seconds.'' "What was the next trotting turf sensa tion?" "Maud S made the next sensation when ?he beat St. Julien in &:19)f. Since then she has been steadily lowering her own record. At Kixhester in 1881 she made the mile in S:10v 4; Li>t >ear. while owned !>y Mr. Yanderbilt. she trotted in 2:0.»' 1 : in November last she went hi &09J4, and on July 80 of this year she placed the record at {, a^ all the world knows." "Will this record be broken?" "There is no more reason to suppose thai the present record will stand than there was to presume that Dextei's time could not be beaten. It wouid be gratifying to n:e if Maad would remain queen of the trotting turf." M.UD WHX DO BSTTEB. "Maud's closest rival is Jay Eye See, and he appears to be keeping quiet." "1 know nothing of the movements of Jay Eye See. but this letter may be of some Interest to you readers." Mr. Homier handed the reporter a letter, which he had just received from teplan. the trainer, who drove the naming horse at Cleveland to encourage Maud. In the let ter Splan said that owing to the rain of the previous night the track was two seconds slow. In npoating of Maud S. lie said: ••Our friend. Mr. Crawford, says we shall uewet look upon her lite again." The Mr. Crawford referred to is the nan aget of Jay Eye See, mid if Spian can sub stantiate what he writes, as Mr. iionner be- Uerea he can. the little black wonder is out of the race tor supremacy, at loast for the present >ea-ou. In this view of the case Mr. lionner was asked: "From what quartet do you next expect to see the record lowered?" "I believe that Maud herself will lower the record still further before this season is over. She is now taking moderate exercise, and will make a trial tor Cast time at Provi dence very soon. President Edwards of the Cleveland Driving association wrote me that if the track had been fast she would have beaten 2:08, and numerous horsemen of experience declare that the track was from one to two seconds slow. On this point, in fact, there appears to be no differ* ence of opinion, and it would not surprise me, therefore, if, under more favorable cir cumstances, Maud S should cover the mile in 2:07, or close on that figure." "Have you heard of the college professor who argues that trotters will yet make the running time?" "That man makes himself ridiculous. Running is the natural gait of the horse and trot i in, an acquired gate. It is there fore impossiDle that trotters could make running tune." MILLIONS BKHHTO THE STT.KY. "Certain breed* rs of thoroughbreds in this vicinity claim that there has been a de cline in trotting interest in recent years'.'" "The very reverse is the bet For every SIOO invested in this interest twenty-five yean ago, there are 9100,000 now. There are over ten trotting tracks in the country fur inie ntuning track. Banning covers enly a fow points, while there are trotting tracks in every section of the country. There is no running track within the boundaries of the Ka-tern sutesorin Phila delphia, and aside from New Fork there is nothing on the Atlantic seaboard except the little ■wirtliifi at Baltimore ami Wash ington. Along the irreat chain of Va:ider bilt roads to the West there was not a single running track until last year, when they establi.-hed one in ChieagO. There is not a tintrle running track in the Northwestern sountry, but all the large cities there have crotting tracks." '•('nn you give an estimate of the capita engaged in bleeding trottinu stock." ••The sum is fabulous, but I could not attempt to trive complete figures. In Orance county, hi this state alone. Mr. Baehnann baa over 1850,000 invested in the hnnhim. and the country i> studded with stock farms like his. the number Increasing year by fear. SoaM twenty-five or thirty years ago Sir. Alexander of Kentucky, who raised Maud S. was the only man in that state who bred trotters. To-day there are be tween thirty and forty stock farms in Ken tucky." "As a business investment, which is more profitable, the raising of trotters or racers?" '"The prices which the animals brim; will be au answer to that question. I paid for Maud S 540.000, for Rsrus 598.000 and for Dexter S: 1."),000. Mo such prices have ever been obtained here for running horses. It was reported at one time that a racer called Kentucky sold forS4o.ooo, but it was learned atterwards that it was not a cash tran>action. and that the figures were fixed j for trading purp"-'"-. ' hXHKNSKS WITHOUT UF.TVKNS. '•Does the breedingol'thoroughbred stock justify the expenditure invohvu."' "The owners of large strings of racers ■ml make a profit n MM way. ebfl I ritOOld think they would >;uit the business. Their expenses are very heavy, and the ra>!i returns which must come from the feffteka g<> to very few botSM compared with the number of starter-. Where the others make their money is a mystery to me. but I am not an authority on the eabjeet The racer is an ornamental horse, the trotter is useful. The man who owns the trotter sits behind him ami enjoys health and pleasure in the drive, while the owner of the racer looks on as a little boy gallopa around a track, and then pays the bill. After six or seven years the racer's career is ended, while the trotter is good for fifteen or twenty years. Only a few weeks ago Ed win Forrest, who is 14 years old, trotted the fastest mile ever made to a top- WSfHI in F:t<-twood park. At half his age a racer would be placed on the retired list." "To whojICMM do you attribute the low ering of tho trotting record?" 'To the vast Increase in the number of trotters, to the improvement in tracks and vehicles, and gent-rally to a better knowl edge of shoeing and handling the horse both in exercise and in the race.' •What strains of trotting blood rank highest now?' "Ilambletonian and Mambrino Chief." ••How came >ou to be such an enthusi astic horseman".'"' '•While overworked as a journalist, my health was breaking ilowu ami my physi cian recommended driviug. Following his advice I found the pleasure of driving de pended to a large ex tout on the speed of your horses. In those days Col. John Harper of Harper Bros.. Couimodure Vim derbilt and many other well-known gentle men were almost daily frequenters of the road. 1 determined, if I could get them, ta have horses no others could pass. At that time Mayor Rice of Boston happened to ha in my om'ce one day. and told me of tha swiftest pair of hones in New England which were owned by a Capt. Kobbins. They had just taken the first premium al the New England lair. I authorized Mayor Rice to buy them for me. They proved excellent, but nothing to compare with what we have now. After that followed the purchase ol Lantern and Mate. Peerless, Lady Palmer, Flatbusb Maid and others. Among tin famous horses which I now own are Maud. S, Edwin Forrest, Rarus and Dexter. GEN. GRANT AS A YOUNG MAW. A Description of the General's Ap pearance in 1851. "The first time I met him was in 1851, the year before he went to Oregon. He was then a young man about 88 years of age, and bad been through the Mexican war. I bad gone into his father's place of business to collect the rent. it was a fear folly cold day in winter, and a big lire was burning in the dingy office stove. Jesse Grant was bending over his office accounts, and near him a slim young man was stretched back in his chair, rather indo lently reading a book. His feet were propped on to the top of the stove, and ho seemed so absorbed that he did not notice my entrance. The old gentleman said, 'Good morning.' and motioning toward the young man, continued, "this is my son. Hiram Ulysses polled bis feet down from the stove, dropped his book to the floor, and very pleasantly shook my hand. "But 1 never became any better ac quainted with Cap*. Grant than on the first day L met him," continued Mr. Wade. ••We were of about the same age. and I was considerably interested in the young soldier who had been to Mexico. I often saw him sitting behind the stove in hid lathers store, generally in the same posi tion and invariably with a cigar in his mouth. But he seldom had anything to say, and was always bent over a book 1 do not consider that he was a very prosper ous business young man, because he was generally plainly—often shabbily—dressed, and didn't appear to have very much to do." •Did Grant at this time seem to be a very promising young m.v,?" "I considered him a very ordinary man, Indeed, and never anticipated even a mod erately successful future for him. You Could never get very much out of him. He would merely speak to his lather's custom ers as they passed in and out, and seemed only desirous of keeping out of peoplu'a way and reading his oooks." "What was his personal appearance then?'' •'He was rather slender, but strongly made, and his shoulders stooped a little. He wore a full beard, and had bright, pleas ant-loolung eyes." A Sis-lit in Venice. And so, while we sat drinking our coffee on the piazza, says a writer In Outing, when we saw a bright light suddenly cover the sky in the direction of San Giorgio, and the top of the tall campanile become a mass of Barnes, it seemed as If a meat fire most have broken out on the little island But at almost the same moment the sound of nmsio came from the. lagoon, the people in the eafea quickly swallowed their coffee, jumped op from their tobies, and. without even waiting to pay, but, trusting to the waiters remembering them another evening, ran to the piazzetta. whither we went! With them. There we looked across at the facade of San (Jior-lo rising white and shining from the water. And even as we looked the white blazed into gold and crimson, and then, as these colors gradually faded, the island seemed more than ever like a city of the sea: tor a j-ali' green came to take their place, and it! in turn deepened into a blue as intense and glowing as that of tne lagoon at midday. Then, as it died away, a dazzling sea of red light, as if all the water were burning~hrose behind the chinch, which, with its dome and campanile, was silhouetted in black against the fiery background. After thi* San Giorgio disappeared in the night, and the Dogara, with its beautiful lines, flashed out through the darkness. And as it. 100, was lost in gloom Santa Maria delta Salute, and then the Redentore, wi _.• but tresses clearly defi \ . th in a golden brilliancy that .shot like lightning ■cross the lagoon and wrapped the public gardens in a sheet of tire. And now barges and gondolas came gliding along from the grand canal. There were musicians in many, and they filled the place with sweel sounds. Up and down they went, again and again, their musk] growing loader as they neared the piazetta, fainter as they floated away, until finally, as they went homeward down the grand canal. & ceased altogether. Hundreds of gondolas followed them, the light oncemore shone on San Giorgio, bringing out in low toned relief the long black boats and tho w bite figures of the gondoliers. Then, as with a few fitful Hashes it burnt itself out, a strange stillness fell upon the lagoon, but a few minutes be fore so gay with music. Nothing could be heard but the gentle splashing of oars. Then was something uncanny in the silence, and the gondoliers, in their white jerseys and trousers, swaying slowly backward and forward, looked like spec ters, and the lights in the prows of the gondolas sent long, fiery tracks across tho still, dark waters. To us it seemed as if boats and people could not belong to the actual world. And. as the ghost-like pro cession moved onward silently and softly, we almost believed that it came from the spirit land, and the Venetians, long dead, had come back to see how it fared with the city they so dearly loved. A Nice Ladylike Little Game. New York World. There seems to be a sudden outbreak ol young men In tennis suits on Fifth avenue. Those who are not rigged out in complete tennis toggery content themselves with car rying tennis racquets up and djwii. "It's a mystery to me," said a hotel clerk who was standing with an air of propri* etorship in front of his hotel, where they all play tennis, because there are only three or tour tennis courts in the whole city, and two of them 1 know are closed for the sum mer. As you can't play tennis in the back yard of an ordinary city residence, I strongly suspect that the young gentlemea who drift so merrily past our doors are en deavoring to run a bluff on the guileless public. These preparations that are made for playing tennis anyhow are amusing to men who participate in more athletic games. Most men who are not rampant amateurs are content to play base ball in their shirt sleeves, cricket in trousers, and foot ball in any sort of a rig that they may happen to have on; but when it cornea to a nice little ladylike game of tennis they must have knickerbockers, woven stockings, canvas shoes with rubber soles, knitted jer seys, bright-colored felt hats, leather brace lets for strengthening the wrists, and about two hundred more fixtures of various sorts, After they've got them on the chances are ten to one that they can't play tennis at all." Two Romeon for One Juliet. Oshkcsb (Wis.) Dippau-n. An interesting little love comedy is re ported on the train north. The train had stopped at Ushkosh, where two men walk in-; up and down the platform finally es pied a girl through the coach window They entered the oar and greeted her with, all tiie ardor of two Komeos, she playin* Juliet to both. They endeavored to induce her to get off at Oshkosh, but she felt in clined to go to Appleton. While they were discussing the pomt the train started, and the two Komeos concluded to go to \pple ton with her. Then the picnic commenced. First one would occupy the seat with her, lumping and kissing her with an ardor that was undismayed by the presence of many passengers. Then he would go back to the rear of the car, and the other man would hug and kiss her until his conscience told him that his time was up; than he would retire and give the other man a chance. 16 was fun for the passengers, and the com lm-nt and side remarks may be better im agined than described. The girl was alive at last accounts and is visiting her friends at Appleton. The two men probably hugged each other all the way back to Osu kosh.