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TO-DAY'S WEATHER.
Washington, Feb. 3.— For Wisconsin:
(Snow; warmer; variable winds. For Mis
souri and Iowa: Rain; colder: winds be
Coming northwesterly. For Minnesota and
Dakota: Snow: colder; winds becoming
northwesterly.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. y.-.y.
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THE WLtKI.Y REPORT.
United States Signal Office, St. Paul,
"Feb. 3, 1889.— For the week ending yester
day the snowfall reported from that portion
Of "this state mainly comprising the water
sheds of the Minnesota and Upper Missis
sippi rivers has been very light. Enough to
make 1.04 of an inch of water fell at both
Alexandria and Redwood Falls and also at
St. Paul. No precipitation was repotted from
either Fort Ripley. Ortonville. Fergus Falls
or Tracy. Tliere was about three inches of
miow reported on the ground at all stations
except Fergus Falls, where eleven inches
■was reported.
P. F. Lyons. Sergeant Signal Corps.
Now that the Samoan flurry is over
the country has a chance to return to a
bUidy of base ball rules.
■pi — —
They still talk of a tariff compromise
at Washington. This tariff talk, like
the brook, goes on forever.
.^mWm^-
Four, weeks from to-morrow Hak-
BISON will lie president de jure and
Blame will be president de facto.
It has been favorable weather for
walking in New York city of late.
March is the blizzard season there.

Business is reported as alarmingly
dull at the great gambling centers. The
chief industry at Monte Carlo is under
a big cloud, and depression is reported in
the New York stock exchange and Chi
cago board of trade.
mmm.
The predictions of a bin war over
the water may be taken as pretty fair
assurances that peace will continue. It
is the unexpected that generally hap
pens with nations as well as individuals,
especially in European politics.
i m9m
A couple have just been married in
Kentucky after twenty-five years of
steady courtship. For twenty-two years
they never missed a wooing seance on
.Sunday. It is not stated what has in
duced them to abandon their protracted
felicity.
— mm* . ..
Lx Chinese quarters the past week
there -was a celebration that overtops
all the centennials. It was the 5075 th
anniversary of the Chinese world. Pan
Ko Wong was the founder. Some
prejudiced people think he might have
found better employment.
The slight snowfall yesterday morn
ing may be credited to KEIXOGG and
mercury. lie says the first part of this
month will be wanner than the latter
portion, but the average will be above
the mean of the season. It is pretty
safe to anticipate that the winter will
keep up the gait all the way through.
m,
Conki.ing is dead, but his friends are
not. It is reported that they are waxing
indignant over the prospect that Blame
will be the right bower, the little joker
in fact, of the new administration." They
would not have voted for Uaekiron if
they had known that he would go back
on them in this way. . yV
■«■■ — ■ — — 2'
A Washington paper proposes to
kill what it calls the woman suffrage
craze by a law compelling men and
women to marry— those remaining sin
gle at the age of . thirty to be drafted
into matrimony as into the army. A
good many of the men would no doubt
want to hire substitutes. ' '- ■ '
"*»"
The apostles of muscular develop
ment and manly sport — Sullivan;
KiEHAiN, De*-PBE- and Mitchell—
have interchanged such endearing
terms as "monkey, rat. baby, duffer,
loafer and coward, and still they don't
fight. It is monotonous. Cheerful con
tributions could be had to a diet of
Bough on Rats for the whole kit.
— »
The new constitution adopted in New
Hampshire provides that no person
shall be eligible to citizenship who can
not read the constitution in English
and write his own name. Propositions
of that sort in some of the Southern
states have excited general indignation
among the Republicans. Don't voters
need these acquirements as much in
South Carolina as New Hampshire?
-Mm* j
The practical feature of this winter is
observable by the ash gatherer and the
dealer in cold weather clothing. The
latter is cutting off all the margin to get
his stock down to normal bulk. It is
estimated that the reduction in fuel in
heating stoves is not less than 35 per
cent, and in furnaces 25 per cent. The
latter have worked at a disadvantage as
compared with stoves, for reasons ap
parent to those who use them.
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When* the llaihu son infant at In
dianapolis is given elaborate attention,
it may be noted that in the absence of
the mother, as of late shopping in New
York, Grandpa llaiuusox is said to be
the only person who can soothe the in
fantile institution. His inaugural is
laid aside to walk the ..floor with the
cherub and quiet it with lullabies. Pos
sibly this has interrupted .his cabinet
efforts. --' ' • -V.;.'
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Theee lias, been complaint that in
■»ome of the debating societies con
nected with the' high school", topic? un
suited to the female* scope^prior to the !
years where the vision of rights denied -J
is impressed, are selected- An Eastern '
ladies" seminary lately took a conundrum !
that seemed ."entirely congenial: "Is ;
life worth Jiving without a beau?" and j
still there was difficulty. None of the i
volatile young charmers could imagine j
anything to be said y pontile a_.nn.nive,. :
and the.debate was only carried" on •.by
inviting the 'participation of 'maiden -
ladies of forty and upwards^ VV
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PRINCE RUDOLPHS DEATH.
No event of recent date, not even
Boi"i.a:xgei*'s late victory, has pro
duced a more profound sensation,
throughout Europe than Prince l\v
doi.ph's sudden death. The mysterious
circumstances connected with his death
naturally excited universal interest,
even when' it was given out, as first
told, that he had died from' heart dis
ease. But as the mystery deepened,
and the public was informed that he
had died a tragic death, popular inter
est increased and excitement ran high
er. Still, when it came from official
sources that the unfortunate prince had
fallen in a duel with a man* whose honor
he outraged, public, curiosity was not
satisfied. It is now insisted, and with a
warmth suggestive or intense feeling,
that he died at the hands of an assas
sin, who acted "under the instructions of
Bismarck. To give coloring to this
theory, the mysterious deaths of Gam
bet*^' and other enemies of Germany,
are recalled, and the intimation
strongly made that BismaikK's hand
can be traced in all those trag
ic occurrences. While the great
German chancellor is known through- |
out the world as a man of iron will
and insatiable ambition, it would be i
hard to make people on this side of the |
water believe that he would resort to i
the crinics of the Dark Ases even to pro- j
tect the integrity of the German em
pire. But the sentiment is different on |
the other side of the water. Bismarck
is looked upon by nearly all the nations j
of Europe as a person embodying the |
viciousness of the Anti-Christ. The j
positive qualities of the man. added to j
his ability, have made him the dread of j
the continent; consequently the Eu
ropean mind is prepared to believe any
thing had that is said about him. Even
the frank avowal made by the old Em
peror Joseph as to the cause of his
son's death, and the manly position he
took with respect to it. will not remove
the popular impression that it was Bis
marck's deed. The effect of this pre- j
judice against the German chancellor j
in Connection with the mournful events j
at Austria's capital, will be to hasten
the approaching crisis in European
affairs. _
THE NATION'S FORESTS.
The conservation of the forests on the
national domain is becoming a practical
and immediate question in national
affairs. As the first step in the effortto
provide for their conservation the last
number of the Garden and Forest advo
cates the withdrawal from sale of all
timber lands belonging to the nation.
In making this proposition it is con
ceded that it will not be necessary to
preserve and maintain all these forests
permanently, but it is urged that the
precise extent of forest territory that j
will be required can not be determined j
until there is a thorough examination !
of these regions under government su
pervision, and of the agricultural coun
try depending upon them for its water
supply. In the same connection it is
proposed that a commission be ap- j
pointed by the president to make a thor- J
ough examination of the condition of j
the forests belonging to the govern- j
ment, and of their relation to the agri
cultural interests of the region through !
which the streams flow, which have i
their sources in these forests, ami !
to report, with the facts observed,
a comprehensive plan for the preserva
tion and management of the public for
ests, including a system of training, by
the government, of a sufficient number
of foresters for the national forest serv
ice. It would be a part of the work of
the commission to determine what por
tions of the existing forests on the pub
lic domain should he permanently pre
served, and in what manner the re
mainder should be disposed of. It is
also suggested that a national school of :
forestry should be established at a suit
able place in one of the great mountain
forests ou the public lands, and its
equipment be made as thorough and ad
equatefor its purposes as that of the na
tional military academy at West Point,
ln this way the national forests can be
so managed that they will be perpetu
ally reproduced, and will yield forever
an abundant supply of timber for the
inhabitants of the adjacent country,
and a revenue which will more than
sustain the cost of the forest service.
While the forestry commission is
being organized and making the neces
sary examinations, it is proposed to have
the care and guardianship of the forests
belonging to the nation committed to
the United state- army. The measures
which have been tried by the govern
ment to protect timber on the public
lands have been measurably ineffective.
The forests have been pillaged by
settlers and by the employes of railroad
ami mining companies without scruple or
limit. The officers of the United States
army having been educated by the na
tion for its service, it is urged that they
are better fitted than any other class of
men for the '-work, of guarding the na
tion's property. -In these times of
piping peace -the army is idle and can
be assigned to this duty without preju
dicing the public service. There is
very little work for the army to perform
in the way of looking after the Indians,
consequently it is entirely available for
the service of guarding the national
forests. ! y. V
DR. SMITH ON TEMPERANCE.
Dr. Smith's exposition of the tem
perance situation yesterday, perhaps
for special - -illumination* of the law
makers, centered upon high license for
the cities by state law, and local option
by counties for the country, excepting !
all towns of 5,000 population and over, j
The fact was recognized that prohibi
tion is futile in localities where the
friendly sentiment is not vigorously
dominant. He takes great satisfaction
in recalling his part in the high license
contest of two years ago.
STAGE AND PULPIT. ;
As a stroller in one of the Twin Cities
yesterday was looking through en
trancing nature up to its peerless au
thor, he observed in one place work
men putting the finishing touches to a
dramatic temple, and not many blocks
distant the sons of toil diligently com
pleting the interior of a church edifice,
and was led to wonder if there was not
at least one tie of sympathy and kin
ship between these centers of influence
and attraction. "
«B3f
PROHIBITION IN NEBRASKA.
The Nebraska legislature is having a
red-hot time over the submission of the
prohibitory amendment. The senate j
has passed it and the house has been
wrestling fiercely with it. The opposi
tion is strong and has compelled the ac
ceptance of an amendment submitting
high license with, it. A three-fifths
vote is requisite, and the submissionists
seem to lack two of . the number,'* but
may gain ' them. The Omaha ! papers
predict great disaster for that city if ■
the amendment is adopted, and. -insist
that the prosperity of- the -state will be;
stopped. It is evidently apprehended
that the arid ' tide- will sweep over the
opposition if it has' a chance in the
slate. The Prohibitionists insist that
they will matte it the. issue iv ' polities'!
THK v SAINT PAUL.D AILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY' 4, 1889.
; regardless of the welfare of the g. o. p.
; if they are not given their way, now, andl
the anti element will hold the party re
sponsible if it yields to the . demands of
the rcstrictionists. On the whole there
seems to be trouble . brewing - for the
ruling party there. -. y
. . m^. •
MUSCULAR EDUCATION.
There is a good deal of flippant com
ment upon the encroachments of the
national game and other physical exer
cises "upon the attention of the students
of the higher educational institutions.
In tlie Atlantic Monthly for the past
month a college professor has an article
upon the growth of athletic sports iii
these classical temples, and finds a good
deal, of - room for commendation. His
observation is that the drunkenness and
carousing.once so frequent have nearly
disappeared, and that the use of tobacco,
to pernicious excess is now rare. Even
tea and coffee are much less used. As
regards tobacco, however, he is unable
to find any mitigation of the disgusting
cigarette. In spite of this dudish feat
ure he is disposed to look approvingly
upon the modern tendencies. 7
SUGAR DISCRIMINATION.
The manufacturers of sugar from
glucose and the makers of maple sugar
are kicking over the senate bounty to
cane, beet and sorghum sugar pro
ducers. They claim that the discrimi
nation is unjust, and their claim for
government fostering is as good as
those of the others. -The glucose peo
ple put their production of "grape
sugar" at 550,000,000 pounds a year,
and provide a market for a big lot of
corn. Vermont alone produces over
11,000,000 pounds of maple sugar, hut it
is so wedded to the paternal style of
government that there should be no
squirming there over its natural fruits.''.
But the bounty business is more honest
and couraeeous than the stealthy pocket
picking of the monopoly tariff system.
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; OUT OF DATE.
The mugwump sneers at the impres
sion that this is a specially enjoyable
winter, and says it is the tendency to
look at all the weather moods as un
usual. He delves into the musty past
and brings up the whiter of 16S8 as a
duplicate of the one on hand. Very
likely that was the fact, but ordinary
people don't see many winters 200 years
apart, and in spite of all carping will
persist in pronouncing this as the most
even-tempered ana good-natured winter
of which they have personal knowledge.
: mm*
A PAPER in the February issue of
Scribner shows the physical disadvan
tages under which women labor, . by
vicious and unnatural styles of dress
ing. The theory is that they should.be
as large and strong as men, and have
been enfeebled and stunted by the un
natural requirements of dress. For
3,000 years skirts have hampered their
progress. .Reformers on that line will
secure social if no other martyrdom.
Reform may come in 3,000 more years,
but the present tendency is not marked
in that direction.
"New Jkhsey is able to discriminate
between politics and courtesy. It is the
only Northern state the 'presidential
caravan from Indianapolis to Washing
ton will pass through as hostile terri
tory, and yet they are making the most
elaborate arrangements to do honor to
the visitors. They accept the situation
gracefully and do not forget that they
are American citizens, proud of their
government.
-OBfc.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Mayor Tlart. of Boston, is fond of comedies
and light operas.
Sir William Pearce left a fortune of
$0,250,000; all to his widow and son.
The Duke of Newcastle fell down stairs in
babyhood, and has ever since been a con
firmed cripple.
Paulus. the comic singer who has made
Boulanger, receives an income of about
100,000 francs a year.
Howard Meyer, son of a New Brunswick
millionaire, is the richest patient in the
Bloomingdale Lunatic asylum. lie has an
income of $70,000 a year.
The Vossiche Zeitung, of Berlin, speaks of
Mr. Blame as the principal member of the
senate committee on foreign affairs. And
yet the Germans are not frightened.
Mme. Mateo, wife of the Japanese minister,
wore a gown of cafe an lait brocade at a re
ception in Washington last week. A. Japan
ese tea gown would have been more appro
priate. . ■V«v;'- ■'• ''.-.,"
' Charles Prince, of Boston, says that twenty
years ago a Harvard graduate didn't know
the difference between a sloop, a cutter and
a catboat,aud now it's the only thing he does
know. y.'y
Rev. Anthony Swenson. of Detroit, is the
first Swede to become a Reman Catholic
priest since the Reformation. Out of a popu
lation of G,000,C00 Sweden has only 2,000
Roman Catholics.
Representative Nichols, of North Carolina,
is the latest addition to the number of candi
dates for the position of public printer under
Gen. Harrison." Mr. Nichols is a practical
printer of long experience. ... 2 ' ■■'_ ..
The report comes from London that Will
iam Walter Phelps has written to a friend in
that city to secure for him a large l house in
Grosveuor square. .' ' The inference ' is . that
Mr. Phelps expects to be minister to ' En
gland. ' - ._'.„ y
Somebody who is given to gossip, asserts
that Chauucey M. Depew, Alonzo B. Cornell,
F.rastus Wimau, Warner Miller, Daniel La
mont and Ella Wheeler Wilcox's hnsDand
make close confidants of their wives and be
have towards them as though they were still
suitors. --y.y
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FOR STATE HOUSE EYES.
Among the important bills introduced in
the legislature during the week is one pro
hibiting the sale of cigarettes or tobacco to
children under sixteen years of . age. The
bill is a good one.— St. Peter Herald.
If the legislature will pass a stringent law
this winter against prizefighting and Kindred
••amusements"'— and passes no other general
jaw— we will say, -Well done, good and
faithful servants!"— St. Charles Union. -
If the lone mother of dead republics could
look back upon the doings of Minnesota leg
islators, she would whi«per softly in each ear
that dishonesty in politics' has been: the
ruination of many a strong nation.— Red
Lake Falls News. -;,y V Vy^VVV- V
The legislature talks ot revising the Gen
eral Laws of the state. There has been none
since 1878, and there have been amend
ments passed at every session of the legis
lature since. It is, no doubt, a good thing.—
Alexandria Post. .
To a casual observer from the outside it
looks as though many unnecessary clerks, at
a salary of $5 per day, are being provided
for by the house and ' senate. ' . Don't spend
all the state funds in such foolishness, gen
tlemen.—Granite Falls Journal, . -.; -..^Hy ■:<*■ '..
Mr. Willrich, of Ramsey county, has intro
duced a bill iv the lower house to prevent
the sale of fresh meat and j fish on Sunday.
We can't see how this will promote' the bet
ter observance of the Sabbath, for then every .
man would De compelled to go fishing Sun
day.—Martin Sentinel.
Representative Heidemann, of Brown
county,, introduces a bill in the legislature
appropriating money for . the relief of per
sons in Brown county who lo«t their crops
by hail last summer. Such a hill should not
be considered even; | It would be the height
of folly to pass it.— St James Journal,
j The title never reveals the "little "wood
chuck," and nothing is known of it until the
legislature adjourns.; : If j the [ members ; will
riot protects their constituents, give the press
a chance publishing every bill of this
kind, and we will warrant that the. steal, if
any, will soon be headed off.— Sauk Rapids
Free Press.- -•' ■ : . ■. __ %}_*yV: ;
: When another divorce bill is introduced j
into the Minnesota -■ legislature it is to le j
hoped that the. best legislators will 'not ab- j
sent themselves on the day it "comes [ up for" j
discussion." A few of the * Catmets raised a•" j
feeble Voice against it, and it would be well
for some Qf them to talk to $ their represent
atives at St. Paul.— Winona Herald. V. r ;,--.VT: .'
p A bill which will strike terror to the hearts
of corporations iv this state, and more es
pecially to the railroad companies, has been
prepared, and on Friday of this week i was
introduced by Hon. L. H. McKusick in the
lower branch of the legislature. The bill
provides* for a constitutional amendment
compelling corporations to pay a tax ou their
real, personal and mixed- property.—
City Pioneer. *y v V < .'-...
It does seem rather inconsistent for the
members of the legislature, after having pro
vided through the railroad' commission that
the highest rate chargeable by the railroad
companies . for passenger fares should be
3 cents per mile, to collect from the state 15
cents mileage for themselves, both going to
and returning from the capital, although all
nave passes. .This isn't "reform, "' gentle-,
men.— St. Cloud Journal. y ; -y..'---
TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is fighting tho
bill introduced into the state legislature to
prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxi
cating liquors. Better be a little careful,
brother; the ) Republicans ( down our way
claim to be the real consistent Prohibition-
Faribault Register.
While the people ought to be allowed to
vote on this question if they really want to,
we seriously question the expediency of such
a move at the present time." It is doubtful if
such a measure would pass at this time, ana
if it did not it would demoralize tne temper
ance cause and retard it for Appletou
. Press. V v '' V / -- ; fVV;VV.^*V*-V^-y--- '■■'■
There is not a third party member in either
house, and as the Prohibitionists deem them
selves such efficient politicians we hope this
pet measure of theirs will have few sup
porters. - It would be poor public policy and
poor partisan policy to favor a prohibition
amendment at this time.— Little Falls Tran
script." y-;.”
If that bill passes there will be no longer
room for doubting the charge of the third
party men that the Republican party is de
pendent upon the" liquor element, aud 13
obliged to cater to it. The people of Minne
sota will not be trifled with. Our opinion of
that bill is that it is being passed in the inter
est of the ] liquor \ men of the state, and its
whole aim is to secure delay.— Lac gui Parle
Press." v; rV ':-'■'—' ."-
That county option as a method of abate
ment is legal and constitutional, is affirmed
by twelve judicial decisions. It is its eminent
justice, its popular Democratic basis, its tried
and practical efficiency, and its peculiar
adaptability to the present measures and to
the present stage of public opinion in our
state that make county option the coining
temperance measure for Minnesota.— Howard
Lake Herald. '. -"• ■.."•: ■."'y'^'y'': .'?': -y -:'. •■
Members of the legislature are reported to
be pretty generally suspicious of temperance
legislation. County option and prohibition
bills are likely to be amended, delayed,
dodged and finally pigeon-holed in the
hurried closing days of the : session. For
those who like that sort of a thing high
license and convenient nips ' are about the
kind of a thing they like.— Hutchinson
Leader. •
Some member has introduced into the
legislature a bill to confer local option pro
hibition upon counties, and the leading Re
publican papers think if it shall be modified
so as to exempt incorporated villages and
cities from its provisions it will pass. Brother
Cole and the saloon men favor this, and
since the , Republican party stands pledged
by its last platform to maintain high-licensed
saloons, why should it not adopt it? Almost
any sort of humbug will satisfy "aunty
saloon" Republicans of the Griffin-Foster
Waseca Herald. r -V
«BS_ '. '.
WHAT EDITORS SAY.
Mr. Crale tries to scare sombody by telling
on what bad terms Blame is with all the big
. men. Don't fret. It the Plumed Knight goes
in the cabinet they will all come buzzing
about.— Mankato Free Press.
What St. Paul loses for lack of an ice pal
ace and a winter carnival the rest of the state
gains In the lessened cost ol living and in the
comforts of a remarkably mild and delight
ful Montivedeo Leader. . VVV'I
The fee system should be abolished and the.
oil inspector given a salary sufficient to com-'
pensate him for the work he does. Under,
the fee system he is the best paid' official in
the state and does the least work of any.—
Sibley Independent. • ' y;yy .:.:'
It is not in good taste to criticise the gov
ernor's appointments, but' we may par
doned for saying that tha new inspector of
oils does not possess the unbounded esteem
and confidence of the governor's constitu
ents in their vicinage.— Ortouville Herald.
Sam 11. Nichols received the appointment
of state oil inspector. By the way, the St.
Paul Globe made the prediction early in the 1
campaign last summer, that the doughty
Samuel would gather in the luscious persim
mon in case Gov. Merriam "got there."—
Brown's Valley Reporter.
The legislative whitewash brush has cov
ered the bribery stains lhat smirched certain
members during the senatorial contest. A
few sheckels and . a legislative resolution
wiping out records have a wonderfully sooth
ing effect upon distinguished gentlemen who
squander public funds and increase taxa
tion.—Preston Republican . y.~
When urged to appoint a certain man to
office because he had made quite a number
of political speeches during the recent cam
paign, Gov. Merriam made the following
reply: "Well, wasn't he paid for making the
speeches?" Judging from his appointments
made so far, the governor is carrying this
idea out to the letter.— Wadena Tribune.
The underhanded attacks of the Pioneer
Press, through its Washington correspondent,
upon James G. Blame is mating that paper
no friends. It has long been known that the
Pioneer Press is not frteudly to Mr. Blame,
but we supposed it contained enough of the
element of truth and justice to at least treat
him with the courtesy due him as one of the
greatest men o f his time. We were mistaken
—Heron Lake News.
. The St. Paul Pioneer PresS is mad all over.
It made the concession that the senate tariff
bill was all buncombe, and Its contemporaries :
are not yet done making fun of it. Then;
along comes H. P. Hall, the old editor of the
Globe, whom the P. P. thought it had killed
off for good, and opens up competition again.
Hall proposes to print law supplements at
one-third of : the price established by the
Pioneer Madison Democrat.
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REAPPORTIONMENT.
Speaker Graves and Representative Flynn,
with one or two other members, have drawn
up a plan for. reapportionment which, it is
believed, is the fairest that can be framed at
present. Duluth Tribune. ■ . ■ ,
' The state will be reapportioned for legisla
tive purposes this whiter, if the legislature
does its duty. It needs it. as the gravest in
justice is done the Northern portion under,
the present arrangement.— Sauk Center Her-
ald. ; ". -. '; - "* ~, -■ *<
The Minnesota legislature - have set in mo
tion a movement to redistrici the state into
legislative districts. This was expected, and
of course the wishes of the people of the dif
ferent localities will be consulted as much,
as possible.— City Post. V
The way Western Minnesota has been re
fused just representation in. the legislature
If an outrage unprecedented. This appor
donment is glaringly unjust, and if the legis- ■
lature continues to refuse a just apportion- f
ment this district should take such aggressive.;,
measures as will force a just and equal rep
resentation.— Lake Falls Gazette. . )
Let what few members we have from . the j
Fifth district be heard from on this question, .
and demand that a measure of this kind be -
foremost in commanding, the attention of ;
our law makers, and that in justice to the in
habitants of the state a reapportionment bill,
drawn in such a way as to secure equal, fair
and just representation, will be i passed • be-'
fore our legislature adjourns.— Red: Lake
Falls News. : * - - -*?
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V JURY REFORM. V
It is gratifying to note that at least iome of
the members of the legislature are not over
awed by the halo of sanctity which is sup
posed to surround our jury system because of
its antiquity.— Bock County Herald.
It will, at any rate," destroy '. the one man
power of the crank, the mule, or the fool that
Is often found in the jury room. '..-Nine out of
every twelve will give us honest and reason
able decisions, of tener than the enforced
unanimity of : the :j whole dozen. r Thanks to
Mr. Stevens.— Wright Times.
It is to be hoped that. the legislature will
submit the constitutional amendment allow- ..
ing three-fourths of a jury 10 rend aver- »
■ -diet in civil actions. The farce of making
prisoners of jurors and starving them until
■ j they 'are* willing to swear they all think alike
1 is a disgrace to this age of alleged civiliza
. tion. *- The jury j system is by no means above
, and beyond reforming because of its age. It
.'ls a good deal of a fraud, aud this hi would,
• make it much more capable of rendering •
justice.— Hutchinson Leader. *
; The demand for ballot reform has become,
so ; widespread"" and so "earnest that it will
doubtless be generally heeded. The ' present
I conditions show a decided growth in 'political*
I ! Irortesty. . The Minnesota governor is only
I; onfe*of many who have recommended,' with a
i pttlntedness ; that . ; shows sincerity and zeal,
j plans for preventing the corruptionof the
: voter and the securing of an absolutely secret
I ballot, so guarded as to make intimidation or
j corruption "impossible.— Red" Wing- Repub
lican.
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,i JOCUIiARITIES. . ,
: "Are you* not ashamed, cousin, to kill a
pretty little.bird like that**" "But, my dear
girl. 1 thought it would look so well in your
hat."' "True, I didn't think of that Its ex
acily the same shade of gray.- You are kind."
— Stodge. -
"Is Washington's Birthday observed in
Texas''"" asked a New Yorker who was visit
' ing! San Antonio. "Observed !". exclaimed;
the, astonished native, "why, it's venerated.
It takes four car loads of beer to fill the de
mand that sacred day."— tings. ,
"I suppose," said I'ptou meekly to the real
estate agent, "that if I hire this flat from you
I will be allowed to sleep in it when I am
tired." . "Well, yes,*' returned the autocrat,
adding R new clause to the conditions of the
lease, "provided you don't snore !"— Puce.
The Aliuister— As your guardian, Lucille.
I must insist upon your regular attendance
at devotional services. His charge— Why.
then, guardy, what makes you use such
dreadfully dreadful words? You needn't in-.
sist at all. I've got a new love of a bonnet
and "a perfect dream of a wrap, and I'd just
as lief go as not.— Judge.
A writer says that the ancient Romans had
no word for "yes." But we would be will
ing to wager a fossilize- cooky that when
Claudius somebody asked Appius somebody
else if he would like to • meander down the
Appiau Way to a certain apothecary's shop
with a back room attachment, there was
some available expression in the language
equivalent to "Don't care 'f I Burling
ton Free Press. - ' V-*"
Salesman— a perfect fit, lady. Shop
per—Yes, they feel quite comfortable. (Slips
off shoes and looks at the sole.) Mercy!
they're a mile too big Why, they're fives,
and I never wear anything larger than
threes! Salesman— These are threes, lady;
but, you see, there's been "such a demand for
them we've been obliged to mark them up.
Shopper— Oh ! Well, I guess I'll take them. 1
thought they couldn't be fives.— Boston
Transcript. . "-;.:.; ■
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A Curious Calculation.
The Satchel. .
Open a book at random and select a
word within the . first ten lines, and
within the tenth word from the end of
the line. Mark the Word; now double
the number of the page and multiply
the remainder by five.
Then add twenty.
Then add the number of the lines.
Then add five.
Multiply the sum by ten.
Add the number of the word in the
i line. From this sum substract 250 and
the remainder will indicate in the unit
column the number of the word. In
the ten column the number of the line
and the remaining figures the number
of page. .-- -._/ - ' '
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Experimental Engagement Rings.
Torre Haute Express.
Young Man (confidently)-! want to
see, some of your solitaire rings. ..
Jeweler— Engagement ring, I pre
sume.
Young V— yes. sir. ;T\- •
Jeweler— Here's just the thing you
want. Alaska stone, rolled plate, and .
warranted for a year. .;,-.., -
Young Man— Hut I want a real stone."
Jeweler— Of course. As I was going
to say, we give one of the plated rings
I along with each real stone. They are ;
exact duplicates. If the engagement is
. a success it is very easy to substitute
the. real for the. imitation. ':?;'.».
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\ ;ri \ Not Reduced. to Want. ,
Chicago Tribune. '
"1 desire to insert this small adver
tisement in your paper to-morrow morn
ing,*' she said. " -''-^y;
"This," said the advertising clerk,
looking it over, ''will go among the
''wants.'". ' -.::'■->'.; ■:-.
"Have you no 'wish column.'"
"Fo, mum."
"Then, sir," said the young lady from
Boston, haughtily, "you need not insert
it. I simply wish a situation as gov
erness. That is all. It is not a case of
want. Is there any newspaper printed
in English in this place?"
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What Noah .Lived On.
Washington Post.
"What, did Noah live on when the
flood had subsided and his provisions in
the ark were exhausted?" asked a West
End Sunday school teacher of her class
last Sunday.
i "I know," squeaked a little girl after
all the others had -riven it up.
"Well, what?" inquired the teacher.
"Dry land," said the kid wisely, and
.the answer passed. V^-^-y^
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The Kitchen's Loss.
Chicago Herald. .-, ■_■■■■■■ " ■;--- '"
y "Look here, young man," said a face
tious individual the other noon in one of
the down town dairy lunch rooms. "1
ordered a stew and here ; is an oyster iv
it," fishing around in the bowl with his
spoon and finally. . bringing ? a lonely I
bivalve to the surface. - y ; ; :
: "I can't help that," responded the .
waiter addressed, never cracking: a
smile. "It's not my fault— it's the
kitchen's loss."
i Practically I'nanimons. '
Harper's Mahazine. - - "." . .~.~-2-._
\ At the beginning of our late war the
secession of one of the states was being
discussed in a little company one even
ing.
"How do: the ladies feel about it?"
asked one gentleman of another.
: "Oh," replied the person addressed,
"the ladies are for union to a man!"
WE KNOW HIM WELL,
i We know him well.'- He is a man y
- Built on the most stupendous plan.
I Flushed with health and strong of limb;
; A hero bold, a warrior grim.
To those who know him not he may be—
| At home he's helpless as a baby.
He lets his tired little wife.
: Who strangely loves him as her life,
' Wait on him with devotion rare.
While with a most complacent air
! .'And perfect ease before the blaze he
' .Lolls around— he's lazy.
■ His wife, afraid to own her souL
I Chops the wood and lugs the coal.
Draws the water, shovels snow,
-1 While he-, a giaut." sees her grow
i More delicate and less admired.
! ''Doing his work— because he's tired. .
i Shame on this semblance of a man, Vyy
. Shame 011 the. woman, too, who can, ;..'",;- .'r
! So void of female spunk and sense,
--} Coddle a creature so immense
; And good for nothing. Spanking, maybe,
j By real men might help the baby. »
i „ H. C. Dodge in Detroit Free Press.
j r 3 MISS MADGE.
Your cheeks were R-glowing with roses,
. Your hair was a ripple of gold ; ; -r -
•Away with the pain that discloses
• The love thai I bore you ol old - ' .;; ;->Ty ;
Your taught me to whirl to the measure
I Of waltzes— schottisches, too.
The knowledge has given me pleasure,
; Miss Madge— and 1 o«e it to you!
; With fingers as light as a fain-.
: You thrummed on the ivory keys:
{With badinage,, blithesome and airy,
1 You taught me to be at my ease,
And join in your melody, ringing. '
: . And : thrilling - : my . heart - through '*. and
t "_ s through: ; ■'--.;r-' : v> -• .
So lam lauaed for singing. _
• Mies Madge—and I owe it to you?
A worldly wise beauty of twenty... ...;-.
; Who rainy a' conquest had seen, ' •
Of lovers you surely had plenty: _•
; 1 Why toy with a lad of eighteen? ' " -
Your'inn'uner, bewitching and artless.
' -Ensnared me for aye. as you know— v -
And now lam bitter and heart I ass, - y
• Miss Madge- at id I o*.v-? to yo;t*; -
!' — Fkiit-ccc Kc-i'sLud Brown. -
CLEVELAND'S SHINGLE
Will Be Hung in. Front of a
Law Office in Gotham
Town.
Se nator Frye Wants a Little
More Definite Resolu
tion on Samoa.
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•■"'.- ' . -'* * '-7 : a
Holman in Search of a Com
promise on tha Land
\ . Forfeiture ' Bill. 77
Harrison to Have a Country
V Seat Mrs. Freling
huysen Dead.
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Washington, Feb. 3.- It is authori
tatively announced to-day that Presi
dent Cleveland will return to the state
of New York to reside on the expiration
of his term of office, and will, on March
5, resume the practice of his profession
in "New •' York -city, having associated
himself as counsel with the law firm of
Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MaeYeagh.
IN A NEW FORM.
-
Frye to Introduce a New Samoan
Resolution.
Washington, Feb. 3.— The senate,
by its action last week, did not dispose
of the Samoan question. It will come
up in a new form during the coming
week, and it is likely more decided ac
tion will be taken. Senator Frye said
yesterday that what he expected of the
senate committee on foreign relations
was to report a resolution giving the
president authority to demand that the
status at the time of the conference of
1887 be restored. The committee is now
acting under a resolution of instructions
from tiie senate, but no special meeting
has been called, and the resolution, if
reported, may not come before the sen
ate before Wednesday or Thursday.
Meantime, the Pacific railroad funding
bill is expected to " come up Mon
day at 3 o'clock, and the Sher
man anti-trust bill early in the
.week. The legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill will be re
ported to the senate to-morrow, and the
committee expects to call ' it up Tues
day. It will consume at least one of
the afternoons of the week. Senator
Hale said yesterday that he expected to
call up the census bill the latter part of
the week, and that it would probably
occupy the senate's attention for two
days or more. Senator Chandler ex
pects to .ask the senate to take up his
Louisiana elections resolution about
Thursday. The report of the commit
tee on privileges and elections on the
Washington county, Texas, outrages
will be presented to the senate early in
the week, but it is not likely to be called
up for action. The house, evidently
means to settle down to work during
this week. Besides the usual day ses
sions
FOUH NIGHT SESSIONS
have been ordered— Monday and Wed
nesday night for consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill, Tuesday
night for consideration of business from
the District of Columbia committee, and
Friday night for the consideration of
■pension bills. As Monday is the last
individual suspension (lav of the pres
ent congress, great pressure is being
brought to bear upon Speaker Carlisle
for recognition. Mr. Blanchard has
filed with the speaker a petition signed
188 members of congress, asking him to
recognize Mr. Blanchard to move a sus
pension of the rules to pass the river
and harbor bill. Representative Tim
othy Campbell is anxious to secure the
passage of the bill to pension Mrs.
Gen.:. Sheridan, and . Mr..- Dunn, if.
recognized .by : the speaker, will
move the passage of the: international
copyright bill. There is some talk
among the advocates of these several
measures of forming a combination to
continue the legislative day of Monday
until Tuesday, so as to afford time for
all to secure recognition. Mr. Town
shend will, at the first opportunity, call
up the army appropriation bill, and Mr.
Crisp has two contested election cases
on hand which he has been endeavor
ing to have considered for the past
three weeks. The Nicaraguan confer
ence report is on the table, and Mr.
Clardy will call it up as soon as possi
ble. The report is likely to give rise to
an extended deoate. As the session
draws to a close the bills that are being
pushed forward are so numerous that
any of them may at any time engage
the attention of the house to the exclu
sion or measures-assigned a given time
for consideration.
LAND FORFEITURE.
Congressman Holman Hopes for
a Compromise.
Washington, Feb. 3.— Congressman
Holman says that he had hopes that
some basis of compromise could be
reached between the house and senate
conferrees on the general land forfeit
ure bill. On separate. bills now in con
ference relating to lands in: Alabama,
Michigan and Washington territory the
senate conferrees had expressed a will
;ingness to agree; in the aggregate to a
forfeiture |of j about 2,225.000 - acres of
land. They had also conceded, in cases
were iandjwas within the granted limits
of two railroads and had been : declared .
forfeited by the road, but must be" re
stored to the public domain. If the gen
eral land forfeiture bill could not be
agreed upon 'by the conferrees they
would report the separate bills. He had
no doubt as to their passage. VV V
Made Deputy Collector.
Washington, Feb. Robert L.
Miller, of Ohio, chief of the "loans and
. currency - division ;of the secretary's
office, treasury department, was yester
day appointed deputy collector Of CUSt
toms at Port Townsend, W. T., and left
last night with his wife for his post of
1 duty. -■ v" : V''*" y-VV^'V'^
Mrs. Frclinghuysen Dead.
Washington, Feb. Information
was received here this evening that
Mrs. Matilda Griswold Freylinghuysen,
widow of the late ex- Secretary of State
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, died to-day
at Newark, N. J.
Harrison's Country Seat. VV'
. \ Washington, Feb. 3.— To-day's Cap
itol says that President-elect Harrison
negotiating for a country seat at
Avenel, Montgomery county, which
is ten. miles north of Washington on
the Metropolitan branch of the Balti
more & Ohio. ."y .'
Gen. Drum's Shoes.
Washington, Feb. The . retire
ment of Adjt. Gen. Drum in May next
has started applicants aud aspirants for
the position to renewed exertions. It is
believed in army circles that the con
test has narrowed down to Gens. Kel
•ton and McKeever, both at present as-.
sistants to Gen. Drum.
Both Tired.
Boston Courier. V " v V
Bill Collector (to hhed ;. girl)— Look
here. Pin tired coming around with this.
bill. ' vv-:Vy .',':■"-:.."--■ : "vv-W-
Hired Girl (wrathfully)-^Welh I'm
tired too. having to- leave my work lo
tell you to call again;
B.C.— -Well; you may tell your boss
that this is my last call. -l_i_ißs3Sl
11. G.— last? -'.-.*: . -„ „
B. C. (fiercely)— Yes. . ...-
H.G.— Thank :. heaven. . V,-/V£Jpg|
A i Customer's j Strange- Blunder. -
New York Weekly. ;'.' / ■ ." ' VV .'.'. . "VV
: Dealer— mem . frient, is . your.*
change. .-' Eight dollars from- ten leaves
i two dollars. .'Much ;• obliged^ und VI
hope
'i; Customer— ! ; wha— see here ! . "ion
are charging me $4 each for these shirts.
"Yah. Das is recht." "
• "But exactly the same style of shirts
in the window are marked 50 cents."
"Mem frient," a fine shcntleman *-" like
you vould not year dose shirts in dot
window.' Dose are paper shirts."
DRAMATIC DRIFT.
In his published .impressions: of
America Max „o'Bcll says: "If good
companies are rare in America good act
, ors are numerous. The greatest Ameri
can actor is Edwin Booth. - Lawrence
Barrett, who" often plays with him, is
also a highly talented tragedian. In
comedy, two veterans, John Gilbert and
Lester Wallack, must be. named first,
then Messrs. Bobson and Crane. In
purely American plays Joseph Jeffer
son is an unrivaled exponent of simple,
touching parts. Mayo. Florence, Harri
gau are names which are connected
with a thousand successes in the minds
of the Americans. Steele Mackaye is a
good actor, besides being a dramatic
author of great ability. For original,
fantastic creations the palm must be
awarded to Richard Mansfield. For
cleverness at "making up" Mr. Mans
field is unrivaled. The greatest actor
on the American stage is a Pole. Mme.
. Modjeska has no living rival but Mine.
Sarah Bernhardt, whom, to my think
ing, she sometimes even surpasses."
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Al Thayer, of the Cincinnati En
quirer, is writing a play to be called by
the new and strange title— "Quick or
the Dead."- He is having the name
copyrighted.* The central figure in the
romantic drama will be a messenger
boy, who is started on a run to get i a
clergyman to perform a marriage cere
mony. When he returns he is gray
haired and stooped— the minister is a
grandson of the man he was dispatched
for, and tlie expectant bride and groom
have been dead so long that their graves
are forgotten. Hence the name "Quick
or the Dead."
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The oldest musical society in the
world, the Antlitzgesell>chaft. cele
brated its 270 th anniversary two weeks
ago at St. Gall, in Switzerland,
t t t
Manager J. M. Hill was astonished
the other day to receive a dispatch from
Terre Haute. Ind.. that when Ed Nu
gent was in that city he was seen walk
ing along one of the principal streets
with a bladder on his arm. Hill had
never heard of Ed so far forgetting him
self, but the following letter from Tom
Sweeney told all: "Mr. Hill, it is very
true that Nugent did walk down one of
the streets with a bladder. Everybody
was out looking at the wo. \ The pre
vious week a minstrel show had been in
town and one of the black-faced "ducks"
had the bladder on the stage and Ed
had found it and blowed it full of air
and fastened a Jewsharp to the mouth
of it and let the escaping air play the
harmonica." . __
The Same Old Game.
Detroit Journal.
"Why, Mr. Jones, how are you?" said
a neatly dressed man to a stranger on
Woodward avenue this morning, "and
how is everybody in Ypsilanti? You're
looking well.- How are the young la
dies?"'
"Look here, young man you have the
advantage of me."
"Well, now, that's too good, Mr.
Jones! Don't know me, eh? Why, I'm
John.Smith, the banker's sot), and met
you at Ypsilanti last fall when father
and I were there." .'.*S_iaE*j
"Seems to me your face is familiar.
So you're Smith's sou. And how are all
your folks?
"They're well, Mr. Jones. By the
way, I was just going down '*
"Say, Smith," interrupted the green-
Icokin'g Ypsilantian, "Pin mighty glad
I met you. I want to raise *?.">OO the
worst way. Now, if you could just go
on my note at your father's bank—"
But the would-be bunco had disap
peared. The rural citizen placed hi
hand at the tip of his nose and wiggled
his fingers suggestively. He had trav
eled. -••---•*--'-"■'■••'■ y ■■<-■■ ■;•■■ . •- .■•_.■■•:..-•
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*• Tongue Tanglers.
Baltimore News. ' .
The popularity of Peter Piper's cele
brated' peck of pickled peppers will
probably never wane as a snare to catch
the tongue that would be fain agile: bu
that test has formidable rivals. The
following short sentences, as their au
thors maintain, do wonders in baffling
the ordinary power of speech:
Gaze on the gay gray brigade.
The sea ceaseth. and it.sufiiceth us.
Say, should such a shapely sash shabby
stitches show? .
Strange strategic statistics.
Give Grimes Jim's gilt gig whip.
Sarah in a shawl shoveled soft snow
softly. ■-•:,'
She sells sea shells.;-.;";.
A cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.
Smith's spirit flask split Philip's sixth
sister's fifth squirrel's skull. .
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A Tiresome Caller.
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Winks— Hold the baby a mo
ment, there's a dear. I want to put
back these . pictures I got out for Mrs.
Minks to look at. Such a tiresome
creature as she is. She was here for
nearly half an hour this afternoon,
and did nothing but talk about the
baby. V.y ■-' : -".•- '-
'--" Mr. Winks— his little heart. So
the ladies come and sit and -admire and
talk about the little cherub, do they?
Of course they do; they cant help lov
ing " - y■"- *;
. Mrs. Winks— Gracious me! It wasn't
my baby she talked about; ■it was her
own.:-- --. " -■■■ .^"-y^ynV-V: <-'.','?■-, *:-'
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Life Worth Living.
The Epoch.
Friend (to very sick youth Charley,
you must brace up and get well; 1 have
some glorious news for you. -
Sick Youth (feebly)— What is it?
Friend— Your aunt Minerva told me
personally that if you'd only try and
get well* she would leave you every
dollar she's got in the world.
Sick Youth (with more strength)— ls
that so, Fred? Did you ask her how
much she is worth? y'^'v;.-
•*■;.-:-.::■'- -'• ■- — ** • y.y.**.
. A Prndent Maid.
Judge. VVy
"I think I would soon make an im
pression on Miss Prude if it wasn't for
that horrid parrot she keeps in the pat
lor,". said De Jinks. v VVy.y.V
: "That's all imagination," replied Mer
ritt. "I've been there myself. If she
cared anything for you she would throw
a cover over the cage whenever you
called." - ■-.- -:"■; ."-*
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V VV The Plant Idle.
The Epoch.
"My dear," said a ' Fifth avenue mill
ionaire, "isn't this rather an expensive
supper?"
"Expensive, John," replied the wife,
"it consists of nothing but cold roast
lamb and a salad. Why, Marie pre
pared the supper herself." \y",i,
."Yes," he said,' sarcastically, "and
there's a ?0.000 chief down stairs , doing
nothing. You must keep him busy,' my
dear, or we won't get our money back. ,
Difference in Haw Material.
New York Sun.
"Pa," inquired Bobby, "are all the -
people made of dust?"
- "Yes, yes,"- replied the father, who ;
was reading.
"Anil is everybody made of the same i
kind?" continued Bobby.
"No, no: sub**-** of them are made of ;
the cheapest kind of dust to be had."
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Another Brute.
Mrs. Winks—Did you see this article
by Labouchere on English and Ameri
car.'women?.; . V
Mr. Winks— No. What does it say? '
- "It says 'English women do not know;
how to dress.'/' .* ;-*■■** -;:•-■-'■'-':,-; . .
/ "Maybe not.*,'- : . y : . " *
"But American woman have a natural
taste for clothes." . ; : -V--.-.<r-~&___j
"That's so— not much else, some
of 'em."— York Weekly. -'
SOUGHT JY THREE.
i Valley ; City, Casselton and
Fargo Want the Agricul
tural College. -
Fargo Getting "Done Up" ; on
Every Hand, Owing to Want
of Leadership.
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The Valley City Member Pop
ular and a Good Legisla
tive Trader.
Hot Springs' Soldiers' Homo
Scheme Stirring Up the
Soions Somewhat.
.Special to the Globe.
BisMAiti k. Feb. 3.— The greatest fight
before the legislature now is the loca
tion of the proposed agricultural college
for North Dakota; There are three
town- that want it, Fargo. Casselton and
Valley City. The preliminary skirmish
has already been fought in the Council,
though Casselton took no part, as its
bill has not yet left the house. Fargo.
was "done up" hard in this encounter,
for the same reason that it met with the
same fate in the house on the constitu
tional convention deal; namely, that it
has no one upon the floor who can at
tract allies when the critical moment
comes— that dee. she roll is called
and the ayes and nays, like the up or
down turned thumbs in the ancient
arena, tells whether life or death
is the verdict. So far, when Fargo's
interests were concerned, the other fel
lows have had the votes. It was vir
tually defeated on this measure when'
referred to a special committee of North
Dakota eouncilmen. McDonald, the
Valley City member, is chairman of the
appropriation committee, and. aside
from this potent official influence, is
personally popular and an excellent leg
islative, trader, and, although Fargo
asks for no appropriation and
OFFEIIS kiciitv ACIIKS
of land simply to have it located there,
he has found no trouble to get a favor
able report from the committee for his'
home town, with a 186,900 appropriation
attached. But he still has a great big
fight on his hands. Casselton makes a
reasonable request— only 110,000— and
offers an equal amount of money and
100 acres of land. But what is better
than the best bill, Dr. Glasgow
and Col. Gill are here looking after its
interests. When their combined efforts
fail to win a man to their cause, it is a
cold day along the Northern Pacific
road— we are having remarkably
fine weather now. That soldiers' home
scheme at Hot Springs is stirring up the
lawmakers to an almost alarming ex
tent. It has been under discussion for
several days, and the veteran guardians
are meeting . with surprise parties on
every hand, The amount and character
of the opposition to the measure have
surprised even clear-headed, unbiased
observers. Members of the legislature
seem to pay no attention whatever to
the gunny sack after gunny sack full of
petitions* from G. A. B. posts all over
the territory. They don't deny the an
cient right of petition, but they prove
pretty conclusively that this method of
obtaining desired legislation is very
feeble and impotent, perhaps from age,
Dakota's Supreme Court. ■***- ■;•-•;
Special to the Globe.
Bismakck, Dak., Jan. 8. — Chief
Justice Tripp and Associate Justices
Thomas and Templeton arrived this
morning. Other members of the su
preme court will convene . to-morrow."
It is expected it will be the most im
portant term ever held in the territory.
Aberdeen the Winner.
Special to the Globe.
ABEBP-EX, Dak., Feb. ".—ln the
case of Drake & Bliss versus the city
of Aberdeen, for the possession of
Railroad avenue, the jury brought in a
verdict at '2 o'clock this morning in
favor of the city. The jury was out ten
hours.
Second of Its Kind.
Special to the Globe.
Yanktox, Dak., Feb. 3.— E. Flem
ing, of Fargo, last night organized in
Yankton, Dale, Consistory No. 2, Scot
tish Bite Masons, this being the sec
ond organization of the kind in Dakota.
Births and Deaths.
Special to the Globe.
Fergus Falls, Feb. "..—The vital
statistics of Otter Tail county for ISSS
as returned, show 889 births and 969
deaths. - -
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Those Compound Titles.
Chicago News.
Pedestrian (to Washington policeman)
—What is the meaning of this great
crowd in the street, officer? Is anybody
hurt?
"No; there has been an accident and
the street is blockaded, but things will
soon be in shape again."
"But tell me what has happened?''
"Why, you see. Vice President-elect
Morton has just met First Assistant
Postmaster *> General- Stevenson, and
their titles arc too long -to pass each
other on the same thoroughfare. We ■
are trying to induce the first assistant
postmaster general to resign for half au
hour while we get things into shape.''
_«.
AX ANTIPODEAN BEAUTY.
I wonder what home folks would think who
saw yon sitting there
In that delightful maize of pink of a French
costumiere, "' :■.•■■-
Toying a slender foot, size two, in broidcrcd
silk encased,
Half out. half in. the last court shoe that took
Parisian taste.
The moment they shot - eyes at you they'd
note the union rare. -
Complexion of the warmer, hue -with the
crown of pale gold hair.
'Twas this the Italian masters loved on can
vas to portray.
And some such witchery which moved tho
King Cophetua. - , A".; .-.••/; t
- While the refinement of your face Bad the
unconscious knack. - ' *
The careless captivating grace with which
you're leaning back.
Could not be truer if you were the daughter
of n peer, • '*„• -..•-■-
Or long descended commoner in the same
social sphere.
There's not a fairer in May fair, or better
bred and drest
In all the garlands gathered there from Eng
land's loveliest;
You look so dainty, so complete, so far from
common folk. -
As if you'd never crossed the street without
it Kaieigh's cloak. .
And yet I've seen you, often, too, on a half
"broken horse
Press hard an old-man kangaroo o'er fence
and watercourse ;
Gallop wildfire "P.vixt low-branched trees,
"mid burrow and ant heap. :
And pull the colt up from his knees when
stumbling from a leap. -
And if they knew the simple things with
which you're gratified,
And saw your hearty weleomings arid free
■ dom from false pride, '■; . .y.
They'd never dream that you command all
money can acquire.
And occupy a block of hmd as large as Liu.
colnshire. ; .".'. -''*■, I ■*'
I wish I"d "Mi'.hiis* art to trace you us you're .
sitting there. " •-",.-
With your bright ; summer-tinted face and
golden crop of hair, - ■-
To catch the sweet simplicity and gallant
confidence ; y ... • y -
That mingle in your frank bine eye. and
y. : augur innocence...;. •;, .- y.y.
Innocence need not be uncouth and Nature's
- not ill drest, .:,' : „: ;
' Nor is it any crime for youth to try and' look •
'" her best. -.••;.»T -"'..-. • -.. ... ..
And all delight wh§n wealth and grace, ac
. '•: complished and ornate. - .',"'-. . •■
Seek not with coldness to efface the pleasure
. they create. y ■•*• . ■
— —Douglas Static*! in- Australian Lyrics.

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