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For Dakota and Nebraska: Light rains: slightly cooler; variable winds. For Wisconsin: Light raiu; stationary tempera ture; variable winds. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 1 "h KiT - a _ a =_, 2-5* -m o? »* go Place of 52 1 3 Place of 2« || Obs'vation. 22. _■=- vatiou. §° j***- § "_= I 73 ?:a 5 : * -..;'•? r* • v St Paul 29.98 54 Helena ... 30.04 03 luluth... 29.98 56 Ft.Tot.en. .:..„ .... lacrosse. 29.94 50 Ft. Sully. .30.02 04 Huron 30.02 68 Minnedosa 20 94 62 Moorhead. 30.00 6- Calgary.... 29.90 00 St. Vincent 30.00 68 I Edmonton. I -•••••-• •Bismarck. 30.04 00 Q'Appelle. 29.92 56 Ft. Buford. 30.04 64 Medic c B. M 0.02 o4 Ft. Custer.. Winnipeg.. oP.O*' <° . The street cable in Chicago makes fen and a half, twelve and fourteen jniies an hour on the different sections. But the streets are flat, and generally Straight. The New South is showing up with Ravines banks and building associations, nnd thrift and prudence are becoming pervasive. The era of development for tnat region will be a grand aud contin uous oue. o The prettiest of all the photographs extant of Mrs. Cleveland is said to be the one in which she holds in her arms her little namesake, Baby La jiont. She is very fond of looking at it herself, it is stated. At Prague the authorities fined a Street car company 55,000 for not run ning the cars during astrike,and threat ened to take away the charter. Whether that was a justifiable course depends upon circumstances not reported. «— The Chicago authorities seem slow to learn that the press is the most efficient agency they can employ in ferreting out criminals. The cases are numerous in which its lynx scent has followed the criminal to his lair after the police had utterly failed. «^ In the national cemeteries it is stated that more thau 100,000 of the graves are marked "unknown." In one of them out of 15,000 about 12,000 have ' this chiseled upon the slabs. Thousands whose return was vaguely hoped for years after the war sleep with the un named. _-» An Ohio paper claims to have mani fested its enterprise by disguising one of its reporters as a woman to re port Mrs. Jenness Miller's lecture to women upon her dress reform/in which she gives object lessons in female at tire. It must have peculiar ideas of de cency ana propriety. — _■ John L. Sullivan is becoming quite an observer, if not authority, in various practical matters. lie has discovered that the average business man eats too much for the sedentary life followed, lie should take more time to his lunch and drink less water. One retorts that John is not an authority on water, from experience. __. Daniel Webster did very well for Ins time, but would be counted as slow and fogyish now. When he was secre tary of state he did not rob the news per offices for foreign ministers. He paid: "An open attempt to secure the aid and friendship of the public press by bestowing the emoluments of office Upon its active conductors seems to me, of everything 1 have witnessed.the most "reprehensible." The statement appears in Eastern papers that a dozen theological students at the Yale school for training preach ers have had their orthodoxy upset by reading '"Robert Elsmere." It is prob ably fortunate for them that they read the book before they attempted to ex pound the immutables of their creed, as' teachers without mental ballast are like boats without rudders. mm The recent legislature in Illinois passed 'a law prohibiting the employ ment in any state or municipal work of any persons not American citizens, or ho have not declared their intention pf becoming such. The officials or con tractors are required to make inquiry in this matter before employing the men. If any such are found at work, they must be discharged, and any contractor who employs such may have all he has paid them charged to himself. It is lather a singular law, but if it is en forced, parties can easily get past it by taking out their first papers. If the ob ject is 'to compel all alien residents to become citizens, it will fail, judging from the experience in this state. Thousands file their intentions, and stop there without perfecting their citi zenship. ' _ '■-' -^_» The Presbyterian assembly in Xew York adjourned without any expression Of opinion "as to the expulsion of the harsh and .virtually obsolete dogmas from the confession of faith. The in- • quiry has been submitted to the various presbyteries as to tlieir wishes in the matter, but with no intimation as to What response is deemed judicious to meet the spirit of the age. . it is not an ticipated that any material excision will ensue.! On the prohibition question the delivery is inconsequential and value less. Constitutional prohibition was not indorsed, nor was high license, but a somewhat vague declaration against the 'traffic was made. The individual member will follow his own judgment in this matter. The prohibitionists, es pecially, will be dissatisfied with the outcome. — m — The president evidently holds to the theological dogma, ••Once in grace, always in grace," and that his predes tination papers have been filed. Still, his example is conspicuous and influen tial with many of the younger and ■weaker brethren. . Even if Blame fills Ins Sunday pew the world sees the pres ident on the 'dancing waters in the sacred hours, looking wistfully down to they sportive and- enticing fish, and picturing in his mind the panorama of their ascent at the end of . his tackle. The Highest Teacner said the evil was in the mind, rather than in the act. It is immaterial who wins the wager, that in a few Sundays more en the water he will have his line out, and spit on the bait, just like Democrats and bad peo ple. He is likely to furnish a sad object lesson for Waxamaki-I.'s pupils.- USES OF WEALTH.; The recent 'discussion through the newspapers concerning the proper uses of wealth has brought Andrew Carne gie, the wealthy Pennsylvania iron master, to his feet with a proposition that the tax laws should be so amended as to compel the millionaire classes to disgorge a part of their accumulations for public uses. The proposition is all the more remarkable because it comes from a man whose property yields him in one day more than the average yearly earnings of the American people, and yet he supports his proposition with an argument fully characteristic of that sturdy common sense for which the Scotch people are noted. Mr. Carnegie points out that under the law of competition society gains cheap comforts and luxuries, but loses its homogeneity, and class divisions with class frictions result. Under the competitive system there must be great scope for the exercise of special ability in the merchant and the manufacturer who has to conduct affairs upon a great scale. That this talent for organiza tion and management is rare among men is proved by the fact that it in variably secures for its possessor enor mous wealth.' no matter where or under what laws or conditions. Men possessed of this peculiar talent for affairs, under the free play of economic forces, must of necessity soon be in receipt of more revenues than can be judiciously ex pended upon themselves, and according to his theory it then becomes a problem deserving public attention of what to do with the excess. It is to this question that Mr. Carnegie addresses himself and applies the argument in support of his proposition that the public are en titled to that excess. The proposition has a communistic. feature about it that sounds strangely coming from such a source, but the fact that it does come from that source will attract the more attention to it. It is not Mr. Carnegie's idea to abol ish the competitive system. On the contrary, he holds that it is better for the human race than any other that has been tried. He thinks it all right that the few should continue to amass the bulk of property, but that they should be compelled to administer their wealth in the public interests. One plan that he proposes is to tax large estates left at death so heavily that there will be no inducement for a man to leave large holdings behind him. He is satisfied that the Pennsylvania law which gives to the state one-tenth of the property left by its citizens has had a salutary effect, and that the budget recently pre sented in the British parliament pro posing to increase the death duties is indicative of a healthy change in pub lic opinion toward his idea. He argues that it is more apt to be a curse than a blessing to leave huge fortunes to heirs, and that men who leave wealth to public uses only after their death may fairly be thought to be men who would not have left it at all if.they had been able to take it with them. He does not undertake to set bounds to the share of a rich man's estate which should go at his death to the public through the agency of the state, but he does commend the justice of the judgment rendered in Shy lock's case' which decreed that one half of the Jew's wealth should come into the privy coffers of the state. .This, policy would, in Mr. Carnegie's opin ion, work powerfully to induce the rich man to attend to the administration of his wealth during- his life. - -;■■■ ■-; When it comes to the :. question of dis posing of individual surplus wealth Mr. Carnegie : departs from the accepted i ideas on that subject, aud, in fact, strays ( from the teachings of Christianity. He : denounces almsgiving in unmeasured terms, and says most positively that it would be better for mankind if the mill ions of the rich were 'thrown into the sea than to be spent as most charity contributions are now spent, in encour aging the slothful, the drunken and the unworthy. He insists that nine-tenths of the money now expended in so-called charity produces the very evils which it proposes to cure or mitigate. The only true reformer is the one who is as care ful and anxious not to aid the unworthy as he is to aid the worthy, and perhaps even more so, for in almsgiving more injury is probably done by rewarding vice than good done by relieving virtue. Peter Cooper, Enoch Pratt, Sena tor Stanford and others are held up as examples of rich men who knew how to administer wealth wisely, because they studied the best means of bene fiting the .community and returned their surplus wealth to the mass of their fellows in the forms best calculated to do them lasting good. According to Mr. Carnegie's idea, the best way of benefiting a community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise; to provide parks in the cities and means of recreation by_> which the toiling masses are helped in body and mind; to add to the pleasure of the masses and improve the public taste by establishing public libraries and art galleries, and institutions of various. kinds which improve the gen eral condition of the people. "Thus is the problem of the rich and the poor -to be solved," says Mr. Carnegie. "The laws of accumulation will be left free; the laws of distribution free. In dividualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor; intrusted for! a season with a great part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering . it for the community far better than it could or would have done for itself. The best minds will then have reached a stage in the development of the hu man race in which it is clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men into whose hands it flows, save by using it year by year for the general good. This day already dawns. But a little while, and although without, incurring the pity of their fel lows, men may die sharers in great busi ness enterprises from which their capi tal cannot be, or has - not been, with drawn, and is left chiefly at death for public uses: yet the man who dies leav ing behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during life, will pass away unwept, un honored and unsung, no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cany not take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: -The man who dies thus rich dies dis graced.' • - y HENCE THE RECORD. A Boston paper, in philosophizing upon the geographical features of the divorce business as indicated in the no table statistics recently gathered, by Mr.' Wright,' and soon to be published in detail, accounts for the large num ber of divorces in the newly settled ter ritories by their disorganized and un settled social relations. This statement would seem to carry the impression that men - numerously on moving out to the! new lands forget that they are married and fail to send for. their families. Di vorces consequently ensue: :-:. There are, . of course, such instances, but among THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 2, 1889.— SIXTEEN PAGES. the residents of the territories who have the > family with them 1 divorces are al most unknown.' Nowhere is a ; good wife put at a burlier valuation.'.'. The 'di vorces ■ are largely obtained by people who; come out for them alone and stay long enough to" com ply. with : the •". law. ] ' .The .domestic infelicities that lead to divorce are less frequent in the new set tlements of the West. than in the old ; states ot the East. THE JOHNSTOWN HORKOR. The . Johnstown horror is the most disastrous flood calamity that this coun try has ever known, and approaches in magnitude" some, of : those horrible de structions from ' watery which occasion ally occur in China. .The full details ■ are not yet known, but it is certain that the loss of life is enormous, and one does not have the heart to stop and compute the loss of property in the presence of such a death roll. The vic tims are more ''thau a thousand, and when we remember that it is a big battle in which 1,000 men are killed outright, we can form some idea of the magnitude of the calamity. Everybody is won dering now how these people could have been content to live under the perpetual menace of that res ervoir, but it should be borne in mind they were lulled into a sense of secur ity by their faith in the science ; of en gineering, which pronounced the dam secure from everything except an earth quake, and by the additional fact that it had stood so long without the least evidence of giving away. We are not to find fault with them now for what proved their fatal mistake. While la menting the dead, burl hearts go out in sympathy to the survivore as they stand there to-day,' contemplating the fearful ruin that was wrought in so short a time. ''_•'■""■ ■_» THE SEASON. Last winter was remarkable for its mildness, and the month of May just closed will be memorable in the meteor ological annals for the coldness of its latter half. The first part was rather warmer than the average, and in the East was almost unprecedented ; for heat. The latter part had severe frosts and low temperatures, that were spe cially felt further East. From Illinois to New England, the growers of vege tables, fruit, and to some extent grain,' suffered very materially. In a con siderable scope of country in Southern Michigan, Western New York and Northern Ohio, the damage is serious. In the Northwest, crops were less ad vanced, and the injury is not extensive, at least west of portions of Wisconsin. There is some confirmation for the theory that nature averages about the same in heat and cold as in rain, in the long run. The prophets of a hot and dry summer have not had much sup port in this latitude as yet. THE DAM HANGER. The disastrous results from the burst ing of the dam at Johnstown, Pa., should remind us in this section that there are some dams on the Upper Mis sissippi, and that it would probably be a wise precaution , to keep an eye ' oh them. There is no immediate, and scarcely a probable danger from that source, and yet it is one of those things that should not be wholly disregarded, because it is within the range of possi bility that these dams may break some day ; and, as a natural consequence, the country for some distance below would be inundated. We have a security in the knowledge that the dams are well built, and that breakages do not usual ly occur, until the dams are grown old. But we should also remember that these dams are in a remote locality, with no one particularly interested in keeping a, . watch over . them ; "that they might be undermined by the water, or evil-dis- : posed persons may go there and maue breaches in them, ... so as to per mit the ; huge volume of water to escape from its confinement; and in, either event there would be a flood of extraordinary . proportions. While there is no probable danger, still the possibility of it is enough to justify the taking of the proper precautions to avert the calamity that would be sure to follow. . The Johnstown reservoir was sup posed to have been in a perfectly secure condition. A Pennsylvania railroad en gineer inspected the dam once a month, and on his last inspection reported that nothing but some great convulsion, of nature would tear the barrier away. The people. of the fated city had the same feeling of security that ;we how enjoy; and yet, in an unexpected mo ment, there was a cloud burst, the foundations of the dam were loosened, and the little city of Johnstown was swept from the face of the earth. PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY. Newspapers are generally inclined to give little object lessons in practical philanthropy, or to touch the popular life in some beneficent way. One of the most extensive and successful measures in this direction in the recent history of . the press was the cheap coal scheme of the Philadelphia Kecord. Five.years ago the management of that excellent journal concluded that the barons and monopo lists of the city were squeezing the peo ple unreasonably, and they went to work to break down the monopoly. They made ; long time contracts with mines, rates with railroads, and opened yards in Philadelphia. Their prices covered all expenses, with no profit, and they liave continued ou that line since. As a re sult it is said the consumers have saved over $0,000,000 in the five years, with no expense to the Record, and the dealers . have all been forced to the same prices. The prices announced to go into ' effect : there to-day are said to '- be the lowest known in Philadelphia in thirty years. The Record is a popular local paper, * IT IS SPREADING. It has been remarked of Christian civ ilization, that it goes to the benighted with a Bible in one hand and a rum jug in the other. The Hindoos are reported becoming greatly alarmed at the spread of the drinking: habit among the natives, through the influence of the English. They have been a very abstemious and sober people, but a' recent memorial to the British - authority • there sets forth that their old-time character is imper iled by association with the English. The natives are getting to drink like Christians, and vigorous legislation is asked for. English philanthropy and optimism: have been in the habit of pointing with high satisfaction to their work in the way of spreading Christian ity and the blessings of - civilization in India. This sort of ; commentary from the heathen Hindoos will hardly flatter their pride. That it is based upon facts is too obvious to be questioned. ■■„ They educated ., the American Indians very numerously in the same directi on .and enabled them to get out of the way of Christian progress._ . ; y . Almost every phase of life is to have its congress at Paris during the \ centen nial. They will legislative, resolve and deliberate for the world in "the ; several lines. One of the roost important proba bly, [of these ■' is the ■[, peace congress, which was to Inaugurate its sessions yesterday. *:. If it could have, in its mem bership the czar, Emperor William and the dominant parties -. in England and France, it would be likely to in. : sure the floating of the white flag oyer,: Europe for a time. y Some one enumer ates; sixty-nine • of ;. these international gatherings. [One-is a pigeon ..fanciers' congress; a bakers' congress,- which will regulate breadmaking . tor "all civilized people ; then a psychological ; congress, and a good many that deal [with medi cine find hygiene. About the only miss ing feature is base ball. The [swing around the world of the team last win ter will need to.be supplemented by the tour of the St. Paul pennant swingers before other nations come upon the dia mond. — — ■"**-"»■ — TOPICAL TALK. ' V*._ y How much money has ; been spent in paving the streets in St. Paul? Well, if the figures were given, they '• might astonish [you. Property [holders who have paid the assessments have made no complaint • that the amount was too small. There is a pile of money, and a big pile at that, represented' in asphalt and cedar blocks in this city; and yet it is not satisfactorily demonstrated to the property holders that they [ have got the worth of their money. In most ; in stances it has surely not come back to them in the increased value of their property, and so far as the comfort and convenience of - these street improve ments . are concerned, much depends upon their durability, a problem which Time only can solve* A durable street pavement is yet a matter of experi ment An objection to the asphalt pavement is that it . is a horse-killer, and five years hence still more serious objections may be apparent , There are those who think that ; the cedar block pavement will yet prove ruinous to the health of the city, because of the con tinuous decaying processes of . the wood. It is to be hoped! that these fears will not be realized, for in other respects the • cedar block is the best paving material that we have. It is noiseless and makes a soft road-bed, so that a horse's limbs are not staved to pieces in driving over it, as is the case on an asphalt or stone pave ment. It was suggested to me the other day by an old citizen and large property holder that a great deal of money could have been saved on street pavements if the matter had been wholly remitted to the property holders on each street. His idea was that, inasmuch as the property holders -have to foot the bills, they should have been the ones to let the contracts and supervise the" work. Ac cording to his " plan, the city engineer should prepare the plans and ~ specifica tions for a given improvement, to be ap proved by the board of public works, - ' arid then it commission of property holders on that particular street should be constituted a local board for letting and superintending the! work. ' In this way the property holders could be satis fled that tiie whole amount of ' their as sessments went into the improvement .; mi '*! ['..'[ ['■' ■•*' t Have you observed how lawn tennis is growing in popularity among the young people of St. Paul, and has it oc curred to you that is filling a want that the social conditions of the time have created? The > growing popularity of the game is a gratifying evidence of im proved social conditions, for the capacity, to enjoy this game demands a certain degree of culture that is not required in the enjoyment of other popular out-door sports. Lawn tennis is free from the taint of professionalism its atmosphere/ is one of sweetness, and one that will always keep the came pure, because it is the only public game to which women are admitted on equal terras.- The earli* est reference in English literature to the game of tennis is found in the works of the father , of English -poetry, # for Chaucer must have had the game in mind when he "Wrote the lines— '--"-"■" "-"^ "But can stow playen racket, to and fro, --T Nettle in, dokke out, now this, now that." ' The "racket" of the middle ages grew' into the "cricket" Of latter-day England, then into "court tennis;" and finally Maj. Wingpield, .■ an English cavalry officer, invented lawn tennis. It is only within recent years, however, that lawn tennis has developed into its high st.tte of perfection. In 1881 the United States National f La wir Tennis associa tion ; came into existence. Two years later the Western Lawn Tennis associa tion organized, with its headquarters at Chicago. . About the same time two other organizations sprang into exist ence—the Southern Tennis association and the , • Inter-Collegiate > association. Richard Dudley Sears was ' the first winner of the United- States champion ship, which he held until two years aeo. - when he retired.unbeaten, on account of physical debility.: > Henry W. Slo cum Jr. was the next winner, and still holds the championship. For obvious reasons the West is still a long ways be hind the East in proficiency in this sport, but the indications are now flat tering that the time is not far distant when the West will come to the front. . 11l ■ yy ;. : There has been a great deal said in the newspapers lately ; about the Clan na-Gael iv connection with the Cronin murder, and yet there area great many newspaper readers who have no intelli gent ' idea what : the Clan-na-Gael ris There is a popular error in supposing it to be a part or branch of the Parnell movement for the redemption of Ire land. On the contrary, it is a very old organization, which has outlived its use fulness. It came into existence long before [ the Paknell movement origi nated, and was .founded upon the idea that the only hope of rescuing Ireland from British oppression was by force of arms, Armed resistance to English tyranny was the cardinal faith of the Clan-na-Gael, and while the sentiment was approved by the mass of Irishmen at the time of its formation, the progress of events has demonstrated that the modern idea of securing home rule for Ireland by peaceable methods is the wisest policy. .. . . y,— "> " ■ Till . The latest fad in New York society is "roast puppy" suppers.! They actually roast a young dog and eat him* with a relish; and what is more, those who have experimented with dog. flesh de clare that it is most toothsome. If some enterprising St. Paul man would gather j up the 15,000 dogs that roam our streets and ship them right . away to ' New York's '.'Four Hundred,'' I would advo cate the building of a monument to hi* memory when he is gone. If we have! one nuisance less tolerable • than arir| other, [it is the superfluity of dogs in? town. ■ ..-yy.'. ; '•_•- ;.-,:; \£y : 11l ".-•!!;- Cheer up, young ladies— ye ; who imagine that .the. , reign of Aphrodite has passed away forever. The Kalian goddess has appeared once more on earth, and a dozen New Haven maidens stand witnesses to her power. Just as the flowers began "toy bloom last spring twelve young ladies of New Haven mef? 'under a spreading elm near the classier grounds of Yale, and formed themselves into a sacred sisterhood according to the custom of the times when Pan's melo dious •[ pipes v awakened young lovers from . their dreams. Each ' swore -a mighty oath to be married before : the fleeting year had passed, and in pledge of ; their compact ; the' one ' first married was to bestow upon \ her bridesmaid a \ pair of silver garters, she in turn was to give them to her bridesmaid; and so in succession until the talisman had passed around - the whole i sisterhood. An in. ventory .; of . the association : taken the : other day shows that seven of ;. the orig inal twelve have been"; married during .the year," and 'that *■ in '" every case- the; maiden to whom the garter was given has been ..the,' succeeding bride.; .The, other five are engaged, and it is only a question of a few weeks when the whole baud will be united. ! ■■';■' : - '..VT". ; Ill "*" ,- '.There is another ". epidemic of bank ! embezzlement, and it ;. is all accredited I to. the old cause of the directors failing '; to-direct. Vi Still, I am of the opinion that I these epidemics would ; not be so fre ! quent "if , the general Immunity from . , punishment had .not made the crime of | embezzlement so ! popular. 'If the em-, ! bezzler were put on the same plane with 1 the burglar, as he ought to be, and the punishment always be made to fit ■ the crime, there would ;be less embezzle-, f ment. V ' . \y ' tin j ...jit is remarkable how intimately the j pleasures and the donors of this life are j sometimes; associated. The body of water which caused the destruction of | the city of Johnstown was dammed up into a reservoir by some wealthy Pitts burg gentlemen who used it as a fishing [ground, and who failed to recoguize the [menace the lake had to the ' region be low. What they: built for their amuse ment proved to be a terrible. weapon of death.';! - - * — » — — SUNDAY CHATTER. ■ In Milwaukee the school authorities | have under consideration a proposition ; to introduce baths in the public schools. ' The idea does not at the start , impress the mind favorably. It looks like mak ing nurseries of the schools and turning over the care of the offspring too much to the state, to the relief of shiftless parents. It is a German idea, and a modern one. The experience at Goet ! tingen is cited. . The plan has been in operation there several > years. y! The. ! baths are fitted up in the basement, and the janitor and his wife attend the re \ spective departments while the children I bathe. Each pupil bathes once in two . weeks, being absent from the lessons j about ten minutes for the operation, : and returning refreshed. It is a sys ! tematic affair, classes and sexes alter- I nating. There is no compulsion, but j gradually nearly all the children in-, ; dulge in it. y The authorities are posi : tive that it works well ; and is a good ! thing, with sanitary benefits. Milwau- • kee is a good place for the experiment in this country. ;, -.' :";,'. tt j A recent occurrence in France, in ; which three American ladies and . a dressmaker are involved, may afford scope for the diplomatic resources of Minister Reid, and possibly enable Secretary Blame to develop a foreign j policy. The three ladies bought or had made two dresses and a jacket at Nice. The package was delivered to them at ; their hotel just as they were about to start for Mentone, but as it contained only a skirt and jacket they refused to ' pay the bill, which was for the full -amount of goods bought. On reaching JMeutone they were at once arrested and kept in jail several hours. A guard remained with them "when they re turned to the hotel, and they finally paid the bill to avoid being sent back to Rail. They were dragged through the streets iv the rain as if they were com-, 'noon criminals. The American minis'-. ter wants an opportunity to distinguish himself, and has it in this. He has a chance not only! to vindicate the rights of American citizens to buy their dress goods in France without being cheated, but can show his chivalry and devotion to the sex. . :. ; > Gy'-^y i ! -•-..-• t tt -.;■ ri.y'y.yyy j In view of the growing frequency of suicide and the greater num ber of domestic crimes.- such as wife' killing and abuse, some insist that these things are fostered by the modern style of theology, that roots out the good old fashioned hell, With its terrify ing flames and brimstone. Possibly there are those who could be deterred by such pictur ing. A arreat portion of the race is not susceptible to influences that come through the moral and intellectual ave nues, and a constant panorama before their vision of fiery retribution might frighten • them into outward . decency. But the age won't take the ancient Satanic dogma. Those who have it in their creeds practically discredit their professions by. the euphemistic way they treat the matter. . Still, there should be impressive inculcation of the universal truth that the harvest will be in texture and fiber as the seed sown. There will be no shortage in the yield from merci ful frosts or other intervention. The. stamp upon the brow of Cain will never be effaced. -.. t t-t - -. .'..- The Salvation Army people have sig nalized some anniversary now on hand or to come in the future, by adding the bass drum and other features to catch the worldly ear and eye. The conserva tive and decorous : religious idea is shocked, of course, with the sound of: the drum in connection with devotional exercises. Habit and prejudice have a good deal to do with the matter. The cushioned, carpeted, fashionable sanctu aries -. have high-priced choirs, organs, violins and brass instruments, with an attractive speaker in the pulpit, all to draw the people and fill the pews. The Salvation Army drums up the crowds by its methods that the esthetic and artistic styles of the great churches will riot' reach. There may not be a great deal of music in a bass drum,' but : it is easily beard, and who shall [determine that it is not as acceptable to the object of worship as the symphonies of art and culture? Then it subserves the same end that fine music does, to draw the people, and give the interpreters of di vine things a chance at them. . t t t [. The programme of | one of the most accredited authorities upon the weather had the first day of June as the center of a storm period of more than com mon vehemence. It was to be a very warm period until' the 4th, with cooler weather then. If this prophet had his eye on the [ Alleghenies and further along in Maryland and West Virginia, he can score. He slipped a figure on the Northwest, as the warm did not come 111,1 and snow was reported in Northern [Wisconsin. There was a little stir in tit atmosphere, but no rainfall. This pftrt has one or two more storm pe riods . this month, . ! the principal one - about the 12th, but no definite location is given. !■; He attributes the trouble to some disturbance of Jupiter and Mars. They are perhaps too neighborly. The weather did not use ito l alarm : ; people near as much before there were learned scientists ".. to . predict According ■• to this : class . of _ people, there jis to be a lively ; sprinkling of very pronounced •weather ; this r - year. People probably would never know it if it were not for the prophets. ' ' -y. PERSONAL. r * .[ Secretary .Rusk favors ; Congressman Reed for speaker of the ? house. This is a case of Tom and Jerry. ...'_-.,'."■-%. '-. John G. Whittier, the poet, says that he expects to live to be a hundred, though he is not anxious to. ;< ;r -y 'v. • ! ; Lord -.: Randolph Churchill : begins to look old and his -■ hair is '■ turning gray. .He has worn himself out turning his . coat ho frequently. . y yy. . , j '" Hans yon Bulow has a secretary whose principal duties lie in satisfying the autograph fiends.': 5 The autograph : collector gejts but little Herr Bulow." r ! :' •Henry E. Fltz, of Maine, has been ap pointed a poslolliee Inspector. , Why hould Wanamaker give ; the Pine Tree , state Fitz? is the question. . ; If the administration wants to stick by llalstead, now is the time for action. The senate is not In session and the un terrilied Murat has gone to Germany. .Notwithstanding the positive an nouncement made in a New York news paper last Sunday, Robert Garrett has not gone to Europe. : He is in Philadel phia at pre__________ryy' GOSSIP OF THE TOWN. [One of the curious tilings in the new court house, which I don't think has yet called forth newspaper comment, is the inscription on the picture representing the Minnesota coat of arms in the coun cil chamber. The . well known motto "L'Etoile dv Nord" is here written to read "Le toile dv Nord." ■ . ..-/ ':•■-'.*.*'* : By some curious concatenation of con flicting circumstances the Pioneer Press published a long : account -. in Friday's paper of the Decoration day celebration at White ■ Bear, giving Hon. Hiram F. Stevens' really powerful speech in ex tenso, saying that he was the orator of the day. ; The facts are that while Mr. i Stevens made the speech published, Judge Egan was the orator of the day and his name was not mentioned in the P. P. Mrs. Egan was reading that paper Friday : morning and fixed the judge with a - square and scrutinizing gaze. "Judge Egan," said sbe, "where were you yesterday?" "At White Bear," re plied the judge. "Now, judge," returned she, "the paper says nothing about you being there, and I want to know. where you were." The judge had more fun about that during the day than could be obtained from a whole barrel full of monkeys. jWftMHWH * • #..;*. Clift Wise says that about June 15 he will invite all the newspaper men of the town to take a ride on the new cable line, champagne . thrown in. Praise God. from Whom all blessings flow! * * * Pipe smoking is getting to be a much more fashionable indulgence than it used to be. It is no uncommon thing to see well-dressed men sitting in the win dows of the Minnesota club, or loung ii _ ou the morocco seats in the Ryan, smoking a fine biierormeershaum pipe. A year or two ago a man seen with a pipe in his mouth in the loby of the Ryan would have been approached by Lute Cafferty and asked if he would take a cigar. But it's English, you know. * * * - 1 was reading a light French novel the other day, "Dr. Rameau," by Georges Olinet, author of "Le. Maitre dcs Forges," a book . which raised the author from obscurity to a high literary eminence. "Dr. Rameau" is the story of the life of an atheist, a man of the deepest learning, a doctor against whose skill death itself seemed to be power less, a man with a philosophical mind. As an antidote to "Robert Elsmere." this book is good. The characters are ; powerfully drawn, and are excellent ; types of man and womankind. The book is well worth reading, especially ; by those whose minds have imbibed the ; Elsmere poison. -SMB. .-, * » * Another book that is causing some sensation is "Thou Shalt Not." It is a [ novel based on the seventh command ment, its infraction and the results. It depicts the struggle of a man with his passions; depicts : his fall and ultimate rise. This is a powerful book, and is well worth reading. It merits the ded ication which Alphonse Daudet placed on the title page of his "Sapho." "A mes deux fils, quand ils auront vingt-et translated "To my two sons, when they are twenty-one years old." ..V.- : '? * » * William Wiliard Howard, represent ing Harper's Weekly, is making a tour of the Northwest, and proposes to write a lengthy description of the Twin Cities. In his search after information he visited A. S. Tallin adge, secretary of the cham ber of commerce. When he had got through propounding his scheme, Mr. Tallmadge leaned back in his chair and said, "Well, what's your lay? How much do you want?" "It will not cost you a cent," replied Mr. Howard. The secretary of the chamber fainted. When he had somewhat recovered, he said, "You are the first man who ever ap proached me on such a subject who did not want to be paid. I will take you out driving all day." Mr. Tallmadge is still musing over the wherefore of this thusness. " '. . .'■--■;"•:.■. * * - How funny it is tiiat so few men in this part of the world are judges of liq ours of any sort but whisky. And the funniest part of the whole business is, that they nearly all think they are. If a wine is high-priced they think it is great stuff, , but : if they were offered Veuve Cliquot, green label, at §2.50 a quart, they would think it poor stuff. Or if a glass of Cockburn's 1820 vintage port were given them ', and they were only charged 25 cents for it, they would not know it was anything extra. I tasted a glass of champagne made in New York state, which can be bought at a very low figure, which cannot be distinguished from Pommery & Greno. : Yet I heard a man who is . considerable of a bou vivant describe it as poor wine. * w * Fashion promises to run riot this sum mer in the way of men's clothing. For some years the patterns have shown a tendency to become louder and louder. It seems that they are about as loud now in the way of fancy waistcoats aud neckties as they can become. The pat terns of summer suitings are getting pretty wide in their check, and were it not for the width that, pants or trousers are being worn the garments would ex hibit no pattern at all, the check or stripe being too large for the leg. WHAT PEOPLE SAY. A Lower Town Lady— I give all the rights to men that they possess, and I think that in life we women have riot the hardest part after all, but let me tell you "how detestable some of the men . have become lately in this city. On the Hill a most beautiful residence has been erected. The architecture is exquisite, and I have heard that the in terior is a dreamland of beauty. Every luxury that wealth, imagination 'or fancy can devise is displayed in abun dance in this stags' retreat, for that is . the proper term for it. Think of it, three bachelors have built women haters, of course— because, having it designed : and erected by men, they - inhabit it. I this blessed trio of cranks, with the understanding that no woman in any sphere or . under any circumstances may set- foot upon its sacred (?) precincts. On no considera tion can a woman be employed as a do mestic; on no account can any . enter tainment be given where' ladies can be admitted. Men are engaged in the household affairs, and ; strict orders are given that no female foot shall enter any door of that : bachelordom. . The best . artists and architects have put their brains and touches to its comple tion,' but, withal, they say the feminine hand is missing. : It is a rose, as it were, without fragrance. These three , jolly bachelors have, it is strange to say, a passion for canary birds. They ' have myriads of them about the house. The sweet voices must be '. supplied in one way or another, so even these preju diced "birds without feathers" think. ... • - A Weil-Known Druggist— Our orders for ;, the last year are considerably on the increase. Perfume is now a neces sity where before it ranked with lux ury. ■-•: ■It is now among those who can ' afford to indulge the fashion as gener ally used as in the ancient cities of lux ury. . No lady can now be without dif ferent .kinds ' for different uses. -To perfume the hair is an established fash ion of i to-day. y, First the scalp must be thoroughly -cleansed- and the hair freed from oil, then: the .scent is deftly -. "rubbed in." After that the sensation :■ to „ the '■;. wearer, with .., the tingling warmth -from y the % alcohol in the y perfume, .-. and ; the ; : rubbing necessary to , achieve .'■ its aim. make a delightful . finale -to t K e toilet,: . and the gentle y _-agia_.ee to the passer-by is truly delicious. Many ladies call . for ? different -. perfumes for each day; others adopt .one:- 1 style and: use it constantly. May bells, jessamine and cherry . blossom •' are ; : the favorites, though violet and white -rose hold each : its own. 1 have one fastidious customer.; who ■ has - a passion for perfumery, and who orders ; $60 ■ and ; $75 ■>; worth of the stuff at once. ; She uses quantities in her bath, and rubs her hair, feet and ears with it at every toilet-making. Other ladies think only a slight tinge of it as more refined, ; but they make up for the lack of the liquid by using great pillows : or . sachets of - powder ;, and placing; them lengthwise in drawers of dressing case or wardrobe. A craze now is to burn scents and scented oils in the house.: It is syba ritic in effect, but much used in hand some homes. As to the truth of cologne being taken by ladies as a stimulant, that is ' not so. They have taken it oc casionally, but _it is very : rare. ; The greatest extent to which it is put to use for an alcoholic substitute is as an "eye .. brightener." Just after the toilet is completed they put a drop or two on a lump of sugar or swallow the. drops without. They think it will add vivac ity to the glance, but it isn't a general thing. Whisky or brandy is less harm ful than taking cologne at all internally. Of course, it is the alcohol in it that makes the "brightener." " z <§2___m * * An Optimist— am inclined to think that Americans pile up trouble for themselves by exaggerating clangers political and otherwise— threaten them. We all know that if a few days of dry weather "come in the summer there is a chorus from the farmers that the crops are ruined, and the annual late frost that kills the crops is always on time. The rust blights all the oats, the chinch bug and the hog cholera get in their-fatal work, and everything goes wrong as regularly as the years come round. Then the political Job's com forter is constantly at your elbow to re mind you that the bulwarks of the country are -being undermined, and the birthrights" of American freemen in imminent danger be cause this or that party has been defeated. For this class of people there is always pestilence in the air and storm-clouds on the horizon. The most helpless— because the most unreasoning — the whole mournful crew, however, is the man whose theme is the foreign immigration specter. I don't mean the man who thinks immigration objection able because a large class of it of late years is of low moral and mental char acter, and is thus a menace to our social, life ; but the man who trembles for the welfare of our political institutions, and insists that the country has been cap tu red by the foreigners. This man is a real sufferer from morbid patriotism, and generally does his level best to make his neighbors equally unhappy. But his truble is all unnecessary. 'Ihe country is in no danger. In the first place the great bulk of foreigners who come here are honest, - inoffensive, industri ous people, who are trying to better their own condition. Then the percent age of foreign-born population is really small. In. 1880 there were, in round numbers, 50,000,000 people in the United States. Of these, also in round num bers, 6,000,000 were of foreign birth. That is, about 12 per cent, or one per son. in eight, were foreigners. And it is easy to show that by natural causes this percentage will constantly decrease. Death carries off its proportion each year, and the children ■ born of immi grants add largely to the natural in crease of the population. Then, this natural increase itself, among a people as numerous as the Americans now are, is in constantly growing excess of the immigration— speaking comparatively and in proportion to the whole popula tion. —m_Wt»m9__S_t ■ ■•■■' ..»--- DRAMATIC DRIFT. Joseph Jefferson engaged Niblo's theater on Monday afternoon in New York and invited all the orphan and other children's homes to send their charges to him to see him play "Rip Van Winkle." The house was, of course, crowded, and Mrs. Cleveland oc cupied one of the boxes during the .matinee. -i.";" •- ■.•:.. •;•.:-.--. • .' ■— ♦--'•-; .-;:• ,' —•■ * The bill at the Newmarket this week, commencing ; to-morrow night, -will be Hal Reid's new play, "An Ex-Convict," which had its initial production at the Minneapolis Grand last .week under most flattering circumstances. Miss Agnes lieindon takes the leadiug female role, and a good local company make up the cast. Thursday night the Swedish ladies will repeat at the Newmarket the concert lately given at the People's church. :_'.-_•'*. ■ :;'*: The "Romany Rye," which- has drawn packed houses, will be succeeded at the People's next week by "Blow for Blow." All the parts are strong, espe cially those assigned to Miss Moretti, Mr. Lipman and Mr. Russell, while Mr. Martin will take a comedy role. The situations throughout \ the piece are strong, and the action is serious, but there is enough comedy to counter balance, and several songs . will -be throw n in by way of spice. •— IT y Mrs. r Mary Myers, of the People's company, will be given a benefit next Friday "evening, when an enjoyable double bill will be presented. The at attractions will be two farce-comedies. "A Naval Engagement" and '.'Two Can Play at That . Game," the beneficiary having parts which enable her to dis play her ability to the best advantage. Among the volunteers is Miss Florence Fields, of Minneapolis, who will be a drawing card. The advance sale has already been very large. . **■-•• A glass swimmer will be the attrac tion at the j Dime Museum next week. Properly speaking, he is not a glass swimmer at all, but a glass diver. Ar raying himself in a very brief bathing costume, he will plunge headlong into a bed of broken glass. Capt. Mcintosh, the first American to be tattooed all over, and Walter Stuart, the armless and legless carpenter, will also be seen in Curio hall. The De Estes children, the beautiful albinos, will be another feature. Prof. Barton's stereopticon views will be seen on the upper stage. In the lower theater, the Johnson & I Mack Novelty company will present a strong specialty entertainment. It in cludes Nelsonia, the prince of jugglers, in his novel specialty, "The Delmonieo Waiter;" Nellie Hague, the vocalist; Rawson, the greatest ot club swingers, and Johnson and Mack, the character actors. t___mmm_i - — * When Arditi, the musical director, was in ; Berlin lately a visitor was an : nounced to his hotel whose name he did not quite catch, y "I am Mr. Jonas," the visitor said; "you may not remember my playing second violin under you in New York. 1 worked rather hard then, but I' have since changed that profes sion. I am a millionaire -now, and if you will come and dine with me— own the Continental hotel . among, others— l should be so happy to see you aud Mine. Arditi." So he went, and his wife. too. and it seems they had a dinner to shame Lucullus. * * * Eiffel is said to have gained the first idea of the tower which bears his name from sitting behind an American woman in an American theater.— Life. _____B____B___-__?*' ■ *■ * » " The in-Hading company.under Abbey & Grau's , management, began its season at the Loudon Gaiety theater on Monday evening. This was the first time that a French company had ap peared in London under a foreign man agement, that management being Amer ican. - V , » * _. • -■■- t- Amelie Rives-Chanler and Louise Michel, the ; nihilist, have struck up a friendship in Paris. _ .-:■.-.■ •:■. -.'•';- -.-■;•'--* ■» ." '- ' "He, She, Him and . Her" to-night at the Newmarket. -.^. : ■; .. GOSSIP- ABOUT WOMB JT. — ' ' Colorado is said to have . 1,000 women stock growers. •• ." ~ .. •'.••_ y y Lady Florence Dixie's stable is twice as large as her house. - ; Ladies . in fashionable society, have not often amiable countenances. * The thimble has only come into use . The queen of England makes her own tea when traveling." ; '■■■■-'_ Military drill is one of the features of the modern girls', school. - in the kingdom of Siaiu within a few years" Six hundred boxes - were required to contain the . trousseau ' of , the Chinese empress. ■ y. -..-.'; The Duchess of Marlborough made hgr first appearance at court in half mourning. The dames of the Primrose ; league take a very active part in politics in England. . The late Duchess or Cambridge con versed with fluency in English, French and German. An agitation is going on in Germany for the admission of women to tho Academy of Arts. The Duchess of Edinburgh has five huge sapphires which blazed out at the last drawing room. The Empress Eugenic is renewing her youth by a course of baths at an English watering place. • Lady |uurdett-Coutts is the only woman who has received the freedom of the city of Edinburgh. In live months the police matrons of Philadelphia have had under their care 1,129 women and 133 children. -_» ■:"-._' JUMBLES. About two years ago Benjamin Har rison, of Indiana, now president of the United States, says the' New York World, decided to come to New York to practice law. Luckily for him his in timate friends, New and Dudley, saw into the future very clearly and per suaded him to remain in Indianapolis. * * The widow of the late Chicago mil lionaire, Amos J. Suell, who was mys teriously murdered, has announced that the reward of $50,000 which she has of fered for Tascott, the supposed mur derer, will hold good sixty days longer, in hopes of catching the assassin. * - + The furniture of the flat once belong ing to Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Blame, Jr., is offered for sale by a New York auction eer. It is advertised as "the house hold furniture of a young 'couple who have deemed it wise to decline house keeping." * * WHAT'S HER ADDRESS! She's decidedly homely; I don't like her eyes. And the shade of her hair is the tint I de spise. Her complexion is bad, unattractive her chin; Her mouth is too large, her nose Is too thin. But all of these things are but trifles in life. Compared with true graces. I'll make her my wife ; For I gave up my seat in the street car to her, And she looked at me kindly, and said, "Thank you, sir." —Omaha World. •- * . SCOTCH OK SCOTCH-IRISH PRESIDENTS, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, . Buchanan, Graut, Hayes. Arthur, : Washington and the Adamses were of English origin. Jefferson was of Welsh, Madison of English and Van Buren of Dutch descent. Andrew Johnson's is unknown, but was probably Irish. Lin coln and Garfield were English of Teu tonic blood. Cleveland and Ilarrison are also of English blood. 3_L_S__ * -* * When your father's sister visits you lodge her in the aunty chamber.— Life* What this country really needs is less scrambling for office and more straw berries in the shortcake.— Shoe and Leather Reporter. Miss Bugge— O, but mine is such a horrid name! Young Brown— Ah— — um— l'm afraid it's too late to alter it now!— Punch. .••'' Strange to say. none of the American astronomers discovered any of the star route frauds. They have been looking too high.— New Orleans Picayune. Uncle James (who enjoys a "Barkis" . reputation— a trifle near)— Bobby, what would you do if I were to give you a bright new silver dollar? Bobby (with a gasp)— bite it, uncle, to see if it was good.— Harper's Bazar. _-» AFTER BERTRAM'S SCALP. Senator Pope Tells How a Bill Was Fixed. " -~ To the Editor of the Globe. Maxkato May 31.— The following from your issue of this date has been called to my notice: "State Senator Pope, of Mankato, recently stated that Gilbert Gunnerson, late assistant en grossing clerk of the senate, refused a bribe of $ 100 from some corporation to tamper with an amendment to a bill. Secretary Bertram, of the dairy comm ission, 'was the chief engrossing clerk of the senate, and his attention being tailed to this statement, he said: T never heard of such a proposition and am inclined to doubt it. What use would it be to bribe Gunnerson when he never engrossed the bill? 1 did the work myself. Besides, what object could there be attained by bribing the assistant engrossing clerk? All en grossed bills are compared with the original, and any tampering with them would forthwith be discovered.' " * * Some member of your staff has, seem ingly, been very persistent and unscru pulous in misstating that which I have said or done, and I wish space to make a statement or two regarding this mat ter which will at least not be misun derstood. I have never stated that Gilbert Gunnerson, late assistant engrossing clerk of the senate, had refused a bribe. I have never referred to him in any way in connection with his official du ties or in connection with refusing or accepting a bribe. I have stated that A. 11. Bertram, the late engrossing clerk of the senate, who rushes in where "an gels (might) fear to tread," was, in con nection, with other of the senate em ployes, concerned in improperly in dorsing and entering upon the register a certain bill— House File No. 528; that the effect of that improper conduct, had it not been detected and corrected, would have been to advance the bill la yond its legal status, and 1 have stated that 1 was not satisfied that those false entries were purely accidental. And on these statements 1 am not misin formed. _ E. M. Pope FASH ION NOTES. Jet has not gone out of fashion. Irish poplins are coming into favor. Russian leather has been skillfully imitated. Parasol handles have grown ridicu lously long. Sailor hats are only in use lor yacht ing excursion. Fashion in dress is governed by indi viduality this season. About one lady in every six has her hair dressed low. Tan, blue, gray and .black are the fa vorite colors for socks. Some of the new spring hats are like small flower gardens. "Pattern" dresses in wool and other materials find great favor, y • — * -.-- ■'• THE SOLDIER'S EXCUSE. . Away down South, where, light and free. The sunlit streams are flowing. Where flowers blossom o'er the lea . And tall green corn is growing, A Jolly, reckless Yankee boy Ado'wn the road was tramping. With heart fresh filled with new-born Joy, To meet hi., mutes encamping. An ancient rooster and a hen - This lucky wigbt had captured, The very thought of such things then A soldier's heart enraptured; To 'scape his captain's watchful eyes - Experience hod taught him. '•-. •But ere he could conceal his prize The stern commander caught him. "Did yon. sir. take," he fiercely cried, "That rooster to be knavish!" "No. sir, 'twas 'cause," the rogue replied, : „ "He crowed for old Jeff Davis I" When asked why he possessed the hen : He said, with wondrous fitness, "Well— old— hen— why,' gentlemen, " I fetched her 'long for witness 1" Such tales as this, all will 'agree,' 'Are quite too good for keeping. -•'.- yy:-. -Jy '• But. ah! they sometimes bring to me ''_?£'' :'.->.' : .-•■ Sad thoughts of brave boys sleeping . '■ f> - >; ''-_;' Away down, South, where, light and nee. : ..• * The sunlit streams are flowing, y._ , , _>' . V. Where flowers blossom o'er the lea ' "." '■*. And tall green corn Is growing. ■ -<•■..•• —By James D. C'orrothera,