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MINNEAPOLIS. NOTE AND COMMENT. One evening, in the office -where The deeds are reaistered e.iyh day; A war arose, among the maids Who push the pen bo zealously. No question of the latest styles Provoked the theme, for every one Was urgently advancing, who Was the most handsome gentleman. At length one damseL fair to see, With raven hair in mnzy twist. Said. "What's the use ol t*>ilkimr. girls, Frank Nyo— is the handsomest." The last photograph of Lying Peter in the Tribune bears a close resemblance in pose ami facial expression to O. E. Remey. The pupils of the public schools as sembled in the opera bouse on Saturday afternoon didn't appear to have any on due amount of awe for President Aus tin, of the board 01 education. One young ruffian actually yelled rats as C. I). Moyer spoke for the twenty-fourth time. The Patriotic Sons of America will now look aJ)«ut for a safe bank in which to deposit the proceeds of the presenta tion blow-nut. Here's a chance for the order to make a record for itself by do nating the amount to the Dakota suffer ers. While the exposition management is awaiting suggestions for ideas for the next exposition, it is odd that no one has thought of a carnival of authors. Many local people would be glad to take part, and by getting up handsome uoeihs, scenes from popular works could be ably represented. Such an affair in Chicago, held in the exposition building, drew 17.000 people. When added to the other features such an idea should assist in the drawing powers, as some 200 Minneapolis people would take part, and their friends would be anxious to see how they sustained their characters. An English, Irish and Ger man castle could be erected and peo pled with characters to represent the age. The old fight between the Catholics • and anti-Catholics is again on. and any amount of bad blood is certain to be stirred up over it. Most level-headed people will think that both parties are making a mistake. No good will come of this quarrel. It is, in the first place, a causeless quarrel; then it is a sense less one to boot. It is a causeless dif ficulty because the anti-Catholics have no justifiable reason for bringing up re ligious issues. They have no place in politics, and the majority of the people — the most intelligent majority at that — are opposed to it. The Catholics of Min neapolis are not demanding that the school moneys shall be divided between public and parochial schools. It is, moreover, doubtful if many of them really think the school moneys should be divided. The Catholics are wrong, too, in noticing such a movement, es pecially when fathered by the persons who are working up the division. If Intelligent people will treat the matter us it should be treated — by utterly ig noring it— lt will result in consigning to political oblivion the promoters of it, from which obscurity they never would have emerged but for the notice they have received from misguided agitators. The Evening Hyphen's warning to the Minneapolis 400 to look out for a prototype of Paul Clifford was thrown away, ••bassiety" could not afford to Ignore such persons. There would be no young men left for the fair daugh ters to smile upon. Deputy Postmaster Hughes has not been in the postofiioe all these years without learning that it pays to "stand in" with the more subordinate em ployes. When Comptroller Calderwood talks on the "financial status of city affairs," he will carefully eschew ref erence, to the fees of the city clerk, by request of C. T. H., c— y cl— k. The action of the Church of the Re deemer people with reference to aid of the Dakota people is very much like a man's licking the little brother of the muscular citizen who has iusulted him. Dr. Burrell is expected to return this Week, anil as a consequence all upopu lar iiistitu turns are preparing answers to roasts which will be held in reserve. What has become of that phenomenal catcher which the base ball manage ment was about to sign? Can it be that these gentlemen would do such a thiug us make a great big bluff? Once upon a Time there Was a Lion who Dwelt in A forest which He was fond of Calling his Own. But t.*ie Other Rninials who Lived in That same wood declined to bow to his Authority. Then would The lion Stand upon his Hind legs and Road forth maledictions upon the heads Of all Beasts round About because They had not The good sense to see That he was a Grand monarch who should Be looked Up to as the only and Original Boss. But they heeded him Not. Then he determined to make War upon A family of Industrious squirrels who Were laying up Stores against The time when a Cola" winter would come. But a certain Fox came to the Rescue of the squirrels. This fox Had no Large whis kers To lend dignity to His counte nance, but he was A hustler. He set All his friends to Work. In time It came To pass that the Be-whiskered lion was Foiled. But the fox was Too 'cute. He was Not satis fied with yictoiy. He desired to Harass his foe. So he Kept up a Series of petty persecutions Until The other l»easts be came disgusted With his tactics And he lost some Of his best friends. Then the. lion Laughed. Moral : Too much Of a good Thing is worse than none At all. (Respectfully referred to the Times). " 'Tis lent!" wails T. S. V., the sweet singer of the South side, and if he got no better security than an I. O. U., he will probably quit the game loser. t% Fake journalism," shrieked the Black Hills editor of the Home Plate, as his 27-shoote.r leaped from his rear tmwsers pocket, and the hectic flush of honest indignation mantled even to the tips of his celery-top beard. Then he eat down to a plain wooden table, picked up an ordinary lead pencil and wrote a "fake" account of the exercises at the Grand, in which Miss Alice Wier was made to read a poem. The Eight-Hour Movement. A labor mass meeting was held at llarmonia hall Saturday evening, which was addressed by noted local speakers. Re.v. H. H. French, ex-Gov. A. R. Mc- GijJ, A. H. Edwards, A. B. Martin, editor of the Labor Union, County Commissioner John B. Swift, and others spoke at length, u Don the eight hour movement, and recommended plans for legislation and self-govern ment to bring about the desired end. The prevailing tone of the addresses was to the effect that the movement would win in the end. A Lake Train. Nelson Williams is the prime mover In an attempt to have the Great North ern railroad officials put on a train run ning to Lake Miunetonka on Amil 1. A petition has been circulated "and pre sented to the officials, with thirty-five signers. The petition asks that the train be run until Nov. 1. The signers represent the leading property owners of the lake, and they are all of the opin ion that the Hotel Lafayette should be opened by May 15, in order that the de inauds of the cottagers may be met. The presidents and past presidents of the Woman's relief corps of Uie city met In the parlors of the Brunswick hotel Saturday to make the necessary arrangements for enter taining the lady delegates that will be In at tendance at the G. A. R. state department en campment which will be held in this city March 19, 2o and 21. Plymouth Congrega tional church was chosen as their place of meeting. THE CITY'S NUISANCE Night Soil and Offensive Re fuse on the Banks of the River. Intolerable Odors That Make Life a Burden to the Unfortunate. The Apparent Effect of a Gig-antic Nuisance on the Death-Rate. Sanitary Laws Made by the Legislature Said to Be Unconstitutional. Two years ago the council appropriat ed quite an amount of money for the erection and maintenance of a crema tory for the destruction of organic mat ter by fire. The crematory was built on Hennepin island and proved a great success. It destroyed over 4,000 dead animals and several thousand barrels of butchers' olfal and cf-her offensive mat ter during the last year of its existence. The city fathers, without any special investigation, ordered the furnace to be closed at the requestof a few Enstsiders, who complained that the offensive odors issuing from the chimney flue consti tuted a nuisance. It was discovered, however, after the plant haa been con demned, that the disgusting smells did not emanate from the crematory, but from a large peat bog that had been burning all summer in Southeast Min neapolis. This placed the aidermen in an embarrassing position, and rather than to admit their hastiness aud be come the laughing stock of their con stituents they bolstered up their nerve and stood "pat." The city is now practically In the same condition it was before the prob lem of the disposal of waste matter was agitated. The dead animals are removed to the stockyards, and the garbage, animal manure and other offensive re fuse is dumped into the Mississippi river. The city now maintains two dumps — or, rather two nuisances. One is on Hennepin island, near the Tenth avenue bridge, aud the other is at the east end of the Washington avenue bridge. When the water is low the refuse accumulates on the banks and shoals oi the river, and creates a nui sance which makes life a burden to those who unfortunately have to con tend with it. The night soil is depos ited at the lower dump, and the banks of the river for a mile below are heav ily encrusted with this refuse, which causes AN INTOLERABLE NUISANCE. If a citizen commits a crime by main taining a petit nuisance in a back yard, what does the city do when it maintains a gigantic nuisance that doubtless has been the primary or ultimate cause of several hundred'deaths during the past two years? it is not probable that medical science has been sufficiently developed that the origin of any sickness that results in death can be directly traced to the city's nuisance, but any person with common sense, after thoroughly studying the question, will be convinced that the of fensive aroma that permeates the air along the banks of the river is anything but conducive to health. THE DEATH RATE STATISTICS in Health Commissioner Kilvington's annual report show that the Sixth and Seventh wards, which are near the river, have been especially unhealthy during t*re past year. The number of deaths in the Sixth ward has been nearly double that of any of the other twelve wards, and perhaps it might not be amiss to presume that the vitiated atmosphere that results from the refuse on the banks of the river has had a tell ing effect on the mortality. If street cleaning plays as prominent a part as experts claim for the preserva tion of health, it would seem as though it would be an absolute necessity tlrat the banks and shoals of the river which runs thtough the center of Minneapolis should be kept free from decomposable substance. THERE IS NO BETTER investment for a community than that which tends to preserve the health of its citizens. The demoralizing effect of epidemics upon cities is too well known to need any comment. Under the present order of things the citizens of Minneapolis are absolutely at sea as to where the jurisdiction re poses affecting the grievances they suf fer from — bad plumbing (which often causes Bewer gas), filthy vaults, etc.. and it is not to be wondered at that every now and then the health depart ment is roasted by some exasperated person. The last legislature formulated certain laws for the health department, but they were not eomprehensiveenoug'i to meet all requirements of a perfect sanitary system. "A man's house is his castle. If he maintains a nuisance there it is his business, not the business of the de partment. If the nuisance causes sick ness the health department can quarantine the bouse." That is the substance of an opinion recently made by Judge Emery, of the municipal court. While that may be sanctioned as law it is not good sense, and should be annulled, for the simple reason that the result of infection is somthing terri ble. Take for instance sewer gas aris ing from defective plumbing, which causes diphtheria, or some other malig nant disease, and the patient, before he is quarantined, travels about and spreads the infection far and wide. It is very evident that remedial legis lation is needed regarding the abate ment of nuisances, and the city officials could set no better example than to pro vide some other means for the final dis posal of the refuse of the city. THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK. A Sermon on the Period Delivered by Rev. M. D. Shatter. Rev. Marion D. Shutter spoke ye&ter day morning at the Church of the Re deemer on "The National Outlook." After referring to the holiday of yes terday aud its significance, he said: "I am not quite certain that Washington is to be congratulated upon being dead nearly a hundred years. If that wise and serene face looks down from the bending skies, much must pass beneath it to occasion sorrow and indignation; but much more to thrill with joy and inspire with hope. Although Wash ington died almost 100 years ago, he lived long enough to see the 'meanness of our politics.' No man who rendered to his countiy such services as those of Washington was ever more shamefully abused. Letters were forged that showed that he proposed to abandon the Revolutionary struggle; he was ac cused of drawing more than his salary from the public treasury; the news papers were down on him and published the most venomous things. I am inclined to think that Washing ton would not object to living in our own day. The fact is the "good old times" were something of a humbug. There is uo time like the present. The moment vow passiug is the best that ever dawned 1 Many writers find a mel ancholy pleasure in raising spectres around the prospects of our republic. There arc men to whom everything seems constantly at the brink of ruin. "Chaos is come !" "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson!" they cry, and at the same time feel that the "locks or Samson are shorn, the giant helpless! it is always best to look matters squarely in the face. Dangers are never removed by blindness. Destruction is not averted by crying "Peace!" At the same time Ido not believe the outlook for our country was ever more hopeful. Wash ington—could he return to-day— would TTTE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING*, FEBRUARY 24, 1890. not be sorry that to establish this na tion he drew his sword in battle, and braved vituperation in peace. The dan gers that threaten us may be real enough. The evils must be removed, but the nation -need not be destroyed* Of the signs of helpfulness and. "eje ments of safety Mr. Shuttef men tioned two. First of all the very liberty to which we owe many of our perils. The press, the stump, the platform, are so many safety valves! The noise that is made some times is simply the warning rattle that tells us where the serpent lies! Our public schools stand to-day upon a firmer foundation, for the outcry against them that showed where danger threat ened. The national flag that waves over them shows two things. First — That the schools belong to the state, and not to any sect Second— That the arm of the state is pledged to protect any institution over which its flag waves. The very freedom of unbridled criticism is our safely. What is worked oft in words is so much taken out of deeds— the violence that goes into the tongue is taken out of the arm. Sup press it and it becomes a concentrated power that shakes aud rends— let it Lave the freedom of the air, and it is as harmless as a puff of smoke. It may get into the eyes and cause annoyance, but it soon dissipates. Out of freedom of expr«ssiou grows discussion. Froe discussion brings out what truth there is to be found. Fostered by the spirit of liberty there cotocs in the second place the feeling of loyaltj". Mr. Shut ter gave a few ot the elements in our civilization that fostered loyaltj', and closed by emphasizing private own ership in land. He said that any man man would fight for a government under which he could possess a home, and which protected that home. DR. SIMMONS' SERMON. An Interesting Talk on the En larging Idea of God. At the First Unitarian church yes terday morning iiev. H. M. Simmons d«livered an interesting sermon on the "Enlarging Idea of God." He said that the present decay of doctr nes about Deity makes many fear that modern thought will end In atheism. But such decay and tears have often come before, and the expected atheism has at length proved to be a higher theism. What seemed the denial of Deity was only the denial of some outgrown definition and asserted a larger meaning in the term. Tue idea of God has remained through all revolutions of thought, and from each seeming ruin has risen broader, higher, purer; and seems thereby to promise that it will so re main ahd rise, again and always, ever lasting and ever enlarging. Newton's theory of gravitation, for instance, seemed the denial of God at first, but was afterward taken as new proof of divine pertectioo. Even the doc trine that <3od was too good to burn men by the million forever, seemed at first the denial of him, and Dniyersalists were creeled as atheists; but it has since been seen that the athe ism was on the other side, and that the real denial of God was in the doctrine that made him a demon. So the teach ing that God is too great to have died in the person of Jesus seemed anotlier de nial, and Unitarians were thought still worse atheisms: but it is beginning to be seen ttiat the real denial of God was rather in tie doctrine that He was slain one day by a few soldiers, while the idea that He could not die is a far more rev erent one. 80 modern science seems atheistic to many, but its revelation of a divine power working every where through laws that we can trust, working always the miracle of advancing life, smifiug upon us in the beauty of human faces and filline us with the warmth of human affections, is already showing us that we have a far greater and better God than our fathers knew. j IT CANNOT BE SHAKEN. Rev. lihatnon Preaches on the Kingdom of God. Rev. W. J. Lhamon occupied the pul pit in Christ church last evening, and preached a powerful sermon on "A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken," as follows: On the day of Pentecost the Apostle Peter preached that Jesus had arisen from the grave, and on that day He founded Christianity in the midst of Judaism, though the latter was its im placable enemy. Fact is fixed for ever more, and trath is true to all eternity. Truth cannot be frowned down, nor laughed into discredit, nor argued out of existence, nor crucified effectually. Persecution helps the right. Death immortalizes truth. If Jesus had hay* been an imposter the cross would have ended His pretensions. He was not an imposter. but the veritable Son of God, and His death added enlarge ment to His life. The more you come to look at persecution of truth the more you will stand in awe of its folly. The whole force of the ancient world was thrown against the infant church; they they used reason and ridicule and tor ture, and issued decrees, and euacted laws against the disciples of the Naza rene; yet all their efforts came to noth ing, as when mad waves dash themseves to foam around the base of some ma jestic mountain crag. In the conver sion of Saul, the bitterest persecutor ef the church became its mightiest preacher. Kings trembled before him, and nothing could dampen the ardor or thwart the success of his ministry. In the tine language of a recent critic there was in the apostolic day "A tire of faith that burnt to the water's edge all round the Mediterranean, and re made the Roman world." Who can think for a momen t that the truth established in that day against such odds can be at all seriously endan gered to-day by its weaker adversaries? In half a dozen lines any student might easily name as many flashy theories against Christianity, that have been born and bred and buried in the last fifty years. Everybody talked about Kobert Elsmere for six weeks. Since we hear no more of it, we presume it is stored away side by side with Gulliver's Travels or the Arabian Nights, only those books are truer to their ideals, and are far more entertaining, and will hold their place when Elsmere is ef fectually forgotten. After all the lusty boasting we have heard about a philosophy, or a theoso phy, or an ethics, or an esthetics, or a science, or a culture to take the place of Christianity, it still remains a fact that Christians are multiplying more rapidly than ever before, and more is being done to evangelize the world than at auy previous time. So far as any danger to real Christianity is concerned, the real Christian can afford to be the most complacent man in the world. Our house is built on a rock, and the trials of the centuries, having left it still un skaken, serve only to confirm our faith. THEATER PATRONS. For almost the first time since its erection, the crowd that assembled at the Grand Opera house last Saturday afternoon was a worthy representative of the kind that weekly filled the Min neapolis theaters, the Pence and Academy of Music, when those places of amusement were at the height of their glory, years ago. Over ten hundred children's tickets were sold, say nothing of the adults. About two hours before the time announced for the curtain to go up the little oues com menced to assemble, and by 1:80 the entire street was literally jammed. Although the entertainment given on that occasion was a most worthy one, as well as entertaiuing, and tended to inspire patriotism in the breasts of young Americans, still it canuot but be noticed by those interest ed in such things that the methods used in attracting children never change. That does not mean on this particular occasion, but always. It seems that our forefathers struck the keynote in gain ing the patronage of children, or rather their parents, because the consent of tne parents has to be gained first before the child is given the price of aemission. The solicitor goes around to the schools arid places In the bands of each scholar a small pasteboard ticket, which reads: • ................. ■ , ''•'•':• • j ' THIS TICKET WILL ADMIT A ■ '. • SCHOLAR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS \ ' '. to A GRAND STEREOPTICON EXHIBITION i-.. : ' ■ It tiie THEATER, . " i SATURDAY AFTJ3RNOON, FEB. 30, ! ! WHEX ACCOMPANIED BY 10 CESTS. ''. m. ............... ..." ...... .... ..9 ■ : ' • *'■■ •• ; , The kind of company the child has to be found in is plae-ed in very small type, but it is usually the most important line on the ticket. Almost every other de vice has been tried by the managers of traveling companies, but none so ef fective as this. It has been said by aged members of the profession that this same method was used to ensnare Tbespis and many of the boys then run nine the streets of Athens by Manager Aeschylus, who had resigned his post-; tion of general in the Athenian army to accept the management of Bacchus the- j ater of Athens. This was about 450 years before the Christian era began, and as Athens was considered a good show town, and as the Bacchus didn't have auy competitors, Aeschylus suc ceeded in getting all the latest attrac tions. "High Tide," "A Clean Sweep," "Maggie Mitchell," "Keep it Dark," and ail those big attractions made their first success about that time. Twice as many children will buy their tickets and get into their seats in a theater in the same length of time women can. It sounds strange, but ii is a fact. They always have weir money ready in their hands— mouths— when they come up to a box office, and buy their ticket and scramble up the stairs, three steps at a time, with a joy and blaze of happiness beaming from their features that easily tells what they are thinking of and pro claiming them childish "gems." This is, of course, from the age of five to ten or twelve years, but when below the earliest of these ages they yell "Papa," or "Who is that man, ma?" at the actors in the midst of a serious stage situation. Why, that throws an entirely different colored cal cium on their childish natures. Children, no matter how yon so that they talk, have a disposition to wards plays; in fact, it seems inherent in human nature. That's probably the most reason why the drama has existed for over 2.000 years. Pat Bauman, the doorkeeper at the Grand, was one matinee afternoon .quickly ap proached by two chattering little fairies, who said: "Mister, won't you let us go m free? Us little girls are'go ing to play 'Babes in the Woods' in mamma kitchen-, and we want to see if your players know more than we?" The little ladies were admitted without a ticket, and eagerly took in every situ ation, and probably profited by what they saw, which added much to the elaborate kitchen revival of "Babes in the Woods." Parents are not only look ing more and more towards the drama as a moral educator for their chil dren, thereby drawiner a large share of youthful patronage, but child heroes are at present the reigning successes in plays, as illus trated by the prosperity of Tommy Rus sell and Ray Muskell in "Little" Lord Fnuntleroy," and Little Bslie Leslie, in the latest New York Lyceum theater success, "The Prince and the Pauper." I It must be remembered when the word drama is used as a moral educator it does nor. refer to the blood-curdling, re volting scenes that have been allowed to exist under that title and fill the patron of the cheap price price theaters with a sincere feeling that the only attributes to immortality that are necessary are a pair of big top boots, plenty o"f experience in crime, blood hounds, gun | powder, red fire and something to wreak his vengence upon. The characters put upon the stage by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett are anew and exceed ingly happy contribution to recent stage productions, and by their faithful ex hibition a few years" more will weave a web of goodness and morality in the atrical j performances that such attrac tions as "Whirlwiud Jack, or the Night Rider's Revenge," or shows of. this or-' dei ; can never break, because they won't be tolerated. ?m;-. 7> ;.jrai '' ■ ii i " AMUSEMENTS. ;'=* The Bostonians commence their an nual engrgetnent to-nieht at the Grand, presenting their greatest success, "Don Quioxte," which is the product of the combined efforts of De Koven and H. B. Smith. Barnabee appears in a well known character particularly suited to his style of comedy, that of the eccentric Don. To-morrow - night "Pygmalion and Galatean " will be seen. "Don" will be repeated at the Wednesday matinee, and the - other new opera, "Suzette," will be given for the first time in the city Wednesday evening. The advance sale has been large. The sale of seats for the long looked for engagement of "The Gondoliers" will commence to-morrow morning at the Grand box office. Manager Daniel Henderson, of the Chicago opera house. is expected in the city to-morrow. Nick Roberts' Specialty company open a week's eugagement at the Bijou to night. A first-class specialty perform ance is promised. The sale of tickets for Mrs. Emma Hovey Williams' concert at the Harris to-night presages a full house. MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES. Wednesday afternoon next the board of education will hold a meeting. :.'.-. .. The North Minneapolis Improvement asso ciation will elect officers next Thursday evening at the A. O. U. W. hall, in Hunt's block. The fancy grocers are working np an in terest in a display of fancy groceries at the next exposition, this having been suggested by the Northwest Trade. There was a temperance meeting at Labor temple yesterday atternoon under the aus pices of the Swedish prohibition club. W. S Tupper led the speaking. Capt. W. H, Whelan has gone to Jackson. where he will inaugurate a two weeks' en gagement in temperance work under the aus pices of the state lodge L O. G. T. At the meeting of the Nationalists Tuesday evening in the parlor of the Brunswick hotel Rev. J. S David will lecture on "The Advan tages and Moral Aspects of Socialism," W. M. Regan, general manager of the ex position, has issued invitations to the news paper men to a collation to be served Thurs day evening at the new office of the exposi tion. The evening of March 4 the semi-annual meeting of the Knights of Labor building as sociation will be held at Labor tempie Four ' directors will be elected and other important business transacted. The rooms fitted up in the North side high school building for the use of the branch library are completed and ready for occu pancy. It is expected to open the library to the public this week. ..- Samuel W. Lindsay, a well-known con ductor on the Great Northern short line, died at his home. 109 Island avenue, Saturday He was twenty-nine years of age and leaves a wife and two-year-old child. I There will be a special meeting of the Homeopathic Hospital association this even ing at 7:30 at the hospital. AH members are requested to be present, as important busi ness is to come before the meeting. At the Murphy club, at H'6 Hennepin ave nue, last night, speeches were mad v by Mr Pratt and Mr. Whitcombe. A very profitable meeting was held. To-night a handkerchief social will be held, at which refreshments will be served. Mrs. Mary A. Livennore lectures this even- Ing at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Eighth street and Second avenue south By request she will give her brightest and best lecture, entitled "Twenty-Five Years on the Eecture Platform." "Relation of Art to Christianity" Is the topic of a lecture to be delivered at Calvary Baptist church next Wednesday evening by Rev. O. L. Morrill. Rev. D. D. McLauria will illustrate the lecture with a large num ber of stereopticon views. — . --, The Norwegian Total Abstinence society gave a temperance raliyand social at Dania hall Saturday night to an audience that com pletely filled- the large building. Prof O J Breda gave an interesting lecture on Ibsen's "Per Gynt," which was followed by a musical and literary programme. - This evening the Hennepin County Scan dinavian temperance - society will hold a meeting at the Labor temple. Prof. Oftedal will preside and speeches will be made by Rev. M. Falk Gjertseu, Rev. O. P. Vangsness, Rev. Gynild Rev. C. J. Petrle, Rev. Prank Peterson and others. IN POPULAR PULPITS. What the Minister of the Present Age Must Do to Gain Popularity. How the Minneapolis Churches Are Falling Into Line With the Age. Some Churches Which Have Acceded to the Demand of the People. Who They Have to Preach to and What They Do to Ec Interesting 1 . There are preachers and preachers,but the preacher who can satisfy the Min neapolis churchgoer must be more than a mere preacher. He must be an orator. He must be a thinker, more or less. He must be something of an aotor. He must be a trifle radical in some way. He must verge upon the sensational. The go«d old orthodox preacher who thunders forth against sin and who threateus his congregation with brim stone, fire and many pronged forks, with little demons on the end of them, will not do. He has been tried in the pujpit, and the people have said "pass." The oreacher of to-day must be a man who is up even with the world on every topk. He must be a newspaper reader. Of course he occasionally de livers himself of sentiments which are anything but complimentary tothe Sun day newspaper, but he is required to read them just the same— and he does it Time was when the average man went to church more through a sense of duty than anything else. He went with the full expectation of hearing the same thing preached that he had heard since he was a little boy in pinafores— and he usually heard it. He generally went with the premeditated design o"f going to sleep during the sermon— andi A 8 THE PREACAEE BEACHES HIS CLIMAX. he did go to sleep. The pastor invaria bly intended to give his parishioners a dose of gospel something like three hours long, and to his credit be it said that he carried out his intention to the letter. He did not care if his con gregation did go to 6leep, although in some places, as among the early Puri tans, there was a regularly appointed individual whose duty it was to keep the people awake. The pastor was paid to preach the gospel, and, with a con scientiousness that was commendable, he earned his money. His long ser mons might sometimes have been prompted by a desire for revenge, be cause of the smallness of his tithes or the light weight of the donation party— but let that pass. The age of all these things— especially outside of the rural districts— has gone. The churchgoer of to-day never goes to sleep over the ser mon. The preaclier won't let him. Even should he by some clnnce drop into a peaceful snooze, in spite of the minister's Impassioned discourse, he runs great risk of having his ribs stove in by a nudge from some excitable neignbor who is carried away by the preacher's powerful periods. It' there be auy one who doubts that what have been mentioned are the prime requisites ia a successful preacher, lei him but examine the records in connec tion with the Minneapolis churches. The saored edifices which are well filled every Sunday with earnest worshipers are the ones who have in their pulpits the men who gossess the characteristics enumerated. Let it, be explained that the term worshipers does not mean that all who go to church go there to worship. Whereas the old-timer went often through a sense of duty, the man of the presenteoes in goodl.v number to be amused. But to return to the minis ters themselves. Take a glance over the ministerial field in this city and notice how time has changed all things. The change did not come in one night, but it came. The change has not be come complete yet, but it is so far along as to be quite noticeable. The Plymouth congregation was one of the first to demand something in the pastor beside the old time-worn subject of eternal damnation. The attendants at that church felt that they must have a pastor who could talk literature and philosophy and politics if need be— some one who could amuse them— and so they extended a call to Dr. Thwing. They secured him and are happy. While Dr. Thwing Is not particularly emotional, he is built on far different lines from the Congregational ministers who have heretofore done service in Minneapolis. - The Westminster church was without a pastor. Dr. Thwing, only one block up the avenue, was attracting a good deal of attention on account of his ser mons, and the Westminster people be gan to cast about for some one who would make the brown-stone church popular. They hit upon Dr. Burrell, made him a liberal offer, secured him, and now his church is certainly popu lar. While Dr. Burrell may be a cvank on certain topics, he is certainly a pow erful speaker, a courageous fighter, a hard hitter, and a man who does not let his profession debar him from taking an interest in the affairs of the city, polit ical or otherwise. When Dr. Burrell came to Westmin ster Dr. McKaig was holding forth from the pulpit of the Hennepin Avenue Methoaist church. Dr. McKaig was a fine man, well liked by his people. His doctrine was of the good, old-fashioned, orthodox Methodist order aud no flaws could be found in it. But one tuiug was lackine. Dr. McKaig had not drawing powers. He could not compete successfully with his more eloqueut and sensational Scotch brother, so of course he had to go and Dr. Tiffany was se cured. Dr. Tiffany had built up quite a reputation in Chicago and it was thought he was the proper man for the place. He has not been here long yet; neither has he startled the city. He will have to do something out of the regular order or he will have to give way. Not long ago the First Bapf st church ] lost its pastor. The other leading churches were doing so much to draw the people within their doors that the First Baptist people concluded that they must get a hustle on themselves and they did it. They held out an in vitation to Dr. Wayland Hoyt. of Phil adelphia, and that gentleman decided to accept. Dr. Hoyt is orthodox enough, and, added to that, he is a preacher who seeks to excite the feelings of his hear" ers by simile, by metaphor and by mim icry, so tt Is probable that he will be successful. No discussion of the ministers is com plete without some reference to Uev. *». L. Morril, commonly known as Go lightly. While Morril has been longer iv the city than any of the jrospel de lineators mentioned before, he does not command the attention the others do, because he lives in the Eighth war*. Mori ill is iiothini.', if not sensational. He must be part and parcel of a sensa tion, eJae his digestion is out of order. He always carries a pair of boxing gloves with him, figuratively speaking, and he never hesitates about putting them on. Morrill's main guy is his hatred or" Romanism, and it is by his diatribes agaiust that religion that he attracts attention. He occasionally joins hands with some of his brethren of the cloth, and formulates a plan for the better government of the city, but the plan usually fails, and he is compelled to fall back upon llomauopjuxbia. Then there is Rev. C. H. Mabie. of the Central Baptist church, who is not un like fltorrill In his means and capacity for attracting attention. He, too, has bean here some time, but he never re ceives special notice outside of his own church unless he hears some Jarse wasp buzzing iv his head gear, when he throws off all restraint, turns himself loose until his force is spent, and then sinks back into his former place, as water, after a discharge, flows back into the mouth of a geyser. His popularity depends iv a great measure upon hfs Episcopalians are conservative in matters of religious innovation, but even th«y have taken to sreting minis ters who are likely to attract notice. Gcthseinaiie parish, when forced to seeli a new pastor, turned toward Rev. J. J. Fande, who has a reputation as a work er, and also as an orator. Mr. Fande seems to be a hard, earnest worker, and a pleasing, forcible speaker. He is fully up to the times, and, no doubt, will come as near the "popular" style of preacher as Gethsemane wants. There are other ministers in the city who doubtless deserve mention as pos easing all the qualities which co to make the successful minister, but there is not space here to particularize. The ministers whose names are left ©ut are heard of oftener in minis ters' meetings than anywhere else. But they must have the qualities men tioned at the beginning of this article, else they would not he tolerated in Min neapolis. The minister of the day must arouse the people. He must be able to make his listeners so far forget them selves as to break right out in meetiu' with applause, which is often done in Minneapolis churches. The artist has attempted to delineate one of these scenes. But candor compels the asser tion that, from the picture, it would be hard to determine whether the persons are applauding from joy or attempting to drown the minister's voice. The in distinct lines represent either more peo ple or the dust which is being kicked out of the floor. COFFEE JOHN'S PROTEGE. The Boy's Father Claims That He Was Kidnaped. ; >V - ; - There are some new developments in a case which appeared before Judge Emery Thursday last. At that time Harry Kistner, a lad of twelve years of age, was brought into court by his mother, who charged him with stealing ass gold piece from her. She charged him with being incorrigible, and wanted him sent to the reform school. Th« judge saw into the case at once, and roasted the woman for wishing to get Fid of her child. At the time Mr. Fiehette, commonly called Coffee Jahn, offered to adopt the boy, and Judge Emery took the offer under considera- i tion. Now to complicate matters, the father of the boy. Andrew Kisner, has just ar rived iv the city from Wisconsin, where he claims to be a sawyer in one of the : large mills. He immediately applied to Judge Lochren for a writ or habeas corpus compelling the mother to pro- . duce the boy in court Monday morning. The story told by Kisner is that his wife obtained a decree of divorce from him in Wisconsin, the decree giving him the custody of the boy and the mother the girl. He claims that the mother kidnaped the children, and he i has been unable to find their where abouts until the article in the paper in formed him. The matter will b« argued in the district court to-day. Backed the Wrong Horse. Robert Bell, a laborer, has been for some time dallying with the black boards in the Columbia, with varying fortuues. Finally the horses got into a bad habit of not running his way, and he lost his pile. In consequence he is trying to get back at fortune by a suit against Frank Shaw to lecover $355, the amount he claims to have lost. He claims that the largest share of the money lost • was a legacy he had re ceived from Scotland. LOCAL MENTION. Dealers at Home or Abroad Will find it to their advantage to sell Lillibridge-Bremner Company Crackers, Cakes. Bread and Candies. Their goods are always fresh and best quality. Leaped Out the Window. Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday morning the residents in the neighbor hood of First avenue south and Ninth street were startled by a number of shrieks from a woman who lay on the sidewalk in her nightdress. She was picked up and carried into her home at 120 South Ninth street and medical as sistance was summoned. The lady, who is somewhat deranged, had jumped out of her bed room window. She was not badly hurt. Mi There is a French ball to be given In the near future bj a club with a Spanish name in a Swedish hall. AMUSEIMDEHTS. GRANDE OPERA, Commencing TO-NIGHT, the Favorite BOSTONIANS ! IN "DON QUIXOTE." Tuesday night. "Pygmalion and Galatea"; Wednesday matinee, : "Don Quixote" ; Wednesday night, "Suzette." . NICK ROBERTSTOYELTf CO, The Donizettl9 ! 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