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TO-DAY'S WEATHER.
Washington. Jan. 2i— Forecast till 8 p. m.
Sunday : For Wisconsin: Warmer, generally
fair; southwesterly winds. For Nebraska:
fair; westerly winds; stationary tempera
ture in eastern, slightly colder in western
portion. Fsr Iowa : Fair, warmer in eastern,
stationary temperature in western portion;
westerly winds. For North-Dakota : Gener
ally fair: northwesterly winds; colder in
northwest, stationary temperature in south
east portion. For South Dakota: Fair dur
ing Sunday, with northwesterly winds and
Slightly colder. For Minnesota: Fair, ex
cept local snows in extreme northern por
li.'ii; westerly winds; warmer in southeast,
colder in northwest portion.
OXKXBAL OBSERVATIONS.
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hi. Paul 29.76 32 Helena 30.06 42
Duluth 29.76 26 Ft. Totten
LaCrosse.... 20.94! 26LFt. 5u11y .... 29 82 42
Huron j IMinnedoea.. 29.86 14
Moorhead... 20.74 28 Calgary 30.02 34
St. Vincent. IS , Edmonton .-
Bismarck.... 29.88 38 Q'Appelle... 29.80 30
Ft. Buford... 29.eS 3* Med'e Hat... 30.00 32
Ft. Cußter...|3o.oo 42 1 i Winnipeg .. 29.84 14
Local forecast for St. Paul and vicinity:
Pair; stationary temperature.
P. F. Lyons, Observer.
THE STORY OF A DAY.
Senator Hearst is very low.
Terrific snow storms prevail in Russia.
John L. Sullivan is suspended from the
Elks.
Insurgents in Chili gain strength and con
fidence.
Senator Pierce gives a banquet at Bis
marck.
Jersey City has a remarkable series of cas
ualties.
The big Minneapolis walking match begins
to-night. .
• Hall will come from Australia to fight Fitz-
Mrnmous.
Judge Jackson, of Kentucky, rules in favor
of lotteries.
Interest in the Koch treatment is abating
In Europe.
Charges of the use of boodle are bandied
about at Pierre. IffTF?
The Texas legislature is about to sit down
on prize fighting.
Lord Salisbury declares that home rule is
practically dead.
:, The silver pool investigation elicits no im
portant information.
Two more regiments leave Pine Ridge for
their regular stations.
Germany thinks of repealing the prohibi
tion of American pork.
. The United States senate makes no prog
ress on the closure rule.
Houses are swamped by the breaking of an
Ice gorge in the Mohawk.
Settlers along the Red Lake reservation
ask for arms and ammunition.
The senate committee on elections reports
iv favor of seating Mr. O'Brien.
Nebraska's legislature wants the mortgage
on the Union Pacific foreclosed.
There is a project on foot to connect Chi
cago, Dnluth and Buffalo by a ship canaL
.A. Q. Mills declines the presidency of the
board of professional base ball associations.
Senator Dean introduces a bill in the Min
nesota legislature for the squelching of spar
ring matches. ■:£'/.*
The attempt of a Democrat in the Illinois
legislature to secure a pair while he has an
eye cut out is not successful.
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JEWS IN THE CENSUS.
The new census seems to afford the
first data of an official character in re
gard to the Jews in the United States.
A recent bulletin by the bureau has
indicated the statistics gahtered. No
former census has attempted to consider
them as a race. In nativity they repre
sent every civilized land, and some not
so classed: but, whatever their birth,
the racial characteristics are presented.
There does not appear to have been a
general enumeration, but special work
to afford basis for some conclusions.
The matter was in charge of a Mr. Sol
omons, evidently himself a Jew. He
sent schedules to 15,000 Jewish families
and received returns from 10,618,
numbering 69,650 persons. ' The number
is probably sufficient to warrant the
generalizations as applicable to that ele
ment in the United States. The num
ber of children born to each mother is
4.06. This is slightly below the average
of the country, but the smaller death
rate makes it really greater in results.
Physically, the Jews average above the
other classes. Cripples or imbeciles are
very rare, and intemperance almost un
known, although tew are entirely ab
stemious. One of the tables given indi
cates that they are worth more to life
insurance companies than other people.
One-half of the females live to sixty
live, and one-half the men to seventy.
This is twenty years for each more than
the average life of people in this coun
try. It is a very suggestive fact if half
of the Jewish males live to seventy
years. Yet some classes of diseases
are more prevalent with them than
the mass of population, such as
diphtheria, nervous diseases and
those of the circulatory system.
They have few deaths from consump
tion, scrofula and tubercular affection?.
Their sanitary regimen and dietary sys
. tern date a good ways back, but do not
seem to have been greatly improved on
by those who have more modern meth
-7: ods. Perhaps the most characteristic
and interesting information gathered
relates to the occupation of the males.
There are .18.115 included in the total,
nnd of those 235 are lawyers, 173 doc
tors aud 3SS of other professions, or 846
in all. The financiers and officers of
■ companies are 422; wholesalers, '',149;
and retail dealers, 5^82. Those in
mercantile ; pursuits, then, number
9,131, or about half of all, and not
including clerks, commercial travelers
'.and other employes, and . dealers
in wines and liquors. Those that
may be classed as artisans num
ber 2,075. and servants, messengers and
unskilled laborers^ S4l. The peculiar
fact is in the sinallness of the number
who would be qualified for membership I
in agricultural parties. There are but
383 out of 18,115 men who come into this
range. Even of these not maijj hold
the plow in person. The farmers,
planters and overseers number 111;
the stock raisers, herders and drivers,
135. As patriarchs and tillers of the
soil the Jews are out of practice, but in
the mercantile lines and some others,
where the paths lead to honorable
thrift, they are largely represented.
They have their share of the good things
of life, and stand near the prosperous
front more freely than is common with
the other male elements. Not much in
formation seems to be gathered about
the Jewish women; but they do not
hang their harps on the willows.
STILL. WESTWARD.
Capt. Geokge fl. Moffett, who has
been the chief editorial writer on the
Globe since it has been under its pres
ent management, severed his connec
tion with this paper about a month ago,
and has departed for the Pacific slope.
He came to St. Paul from the East,
where he had been prominent as a
newspaperman and in public affairs,and
since he has lived among us he has added
new laurels to his past achievements.
He has done great service with his
tongue and pen for the advancement of
our city's interests and the cause ot the
Democracy. All his acquaintances here
are his friends and well wishers. He
combines with the highest qualities of
mind rare good fellowship and the
warmest heart. He has tasted the joys
and possibilities of life in the great new
empire beyond the Mississippi, and he
goes to the borders of the Pacific in the
hope of a still broader field for his
powers. The Globe congratulates
Portland on the acquisition it is about to
secure. It thanks Capt Moffett for
what he has done for it, and bids him
God speed aud success iv his new home.
ROBINSON ON RAILROADS.
Habby P. Robinson, who is the ed
itor of a local newspaper devoted to ap
preciative articles on the doings of rail
roads and railroad men, has writteu a
pamphlet which is called "Our Rail
roads; being a statement of the value
and savings of the railroads of .the
Western states." It is sold for 25 cents,
and this Is said to be its second edition.
It appears to be reDublished at this time
in its present shape because the sub
ject ot railroad legislation is before the
public. Its final sentence is a rhetori
cal inquiry, "Do we need more anti
railroad laws or do we not?" And the
pages which precede this outburst are
tilled with figures and a strife of words
designed to convince the reader that the
railroads of the Northwest are in a
desperate condition through no fault of
their own. and that tha only way to
save their lives is to let them do their
own sweet will, however much the pub
lic may suffer. In other words, Mr.
Robinson has presented to the Dublic
in his brochure what we take to be the
railroads' side in the existing contro
versy, and the reasons why they think
that they ought to be left alone.
There are two ways of looking at a
production of the kind which is offered
to us. One is to say that the author
does not know what he is talking about.
The Globe does not suppose that Mr.
Robinson would like to have people
regard his effort in this light. It is only
a few years since he jumped into the
arena and broke lances with Mr. Don
nelly amid much applause from our
railroad kings. He could not have done
this unless he was well informed. The
other view is that he deliberately dis
guises aud misstates the facts, in parti
san zeal omits the story which would
work against his case, draws false in
ferences from admitted premises, per
verts the established principles of rail
road law, and, in order to bolster up a
cause which must rest ou the shifting
sands of desperation if it needs such a
defense, commands everybody to forget
his own experience and his own powers
of reasoning and adopt a style modeled
on the methods of "Alice in Wonder
land." These are frightful alterna
tives, but every reader of Mr. Robin
son's book must choose one or the
other.
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CONDITION OP RAILROADS.
Mr. Robinson has a preface in which
he tries to explain the mysteries of rail
road building in words of one syllable
so that even the wayfaring man, though
a fool, may have no difficulty in under
standing them. He says that if a man
wants to build a road worth 81,000,000
he starts out with this much money and
does it. Wnen he has used this up, in
order to get additional capital to im
prove his property, he borrows a mill
ion more ou the security of his in
itial investment and issues bonds
as evidences of his debt. The
proceeds from their sale he uses in
betterments, so that he now lias ?2,000.
--000 invested. At first he makes a profit
on his venture, but all this he turns
back into his road in the shape of im
provements. After a while, however,
harji times and low rates come, and he
can not earn enough even to pay the
interest on his bonds. This means
bankruptcy, and his capital is "wiped
out" under the auctioneer's hammer.
Lest anybody should not see all this
clearly, Mr. Koijlnson, in parallel col
umns, shows that it is exactly similar to
the career of the farmer who starts
out with a capital of §1,000 invested
in a farm, who mortgages this for
$1,000, 'and who is ultimately evicted
from his homestead by a foreclosure,
because times are hard and prices are
low. Surely this is as simple as can be,
and if anybody does not grasp it, let him
hold up liis hand and have Mr. Robin
son call him a dunce.
This is the preface, and the rest of the
pamphlet says that the aggregate cap
italization and funded debt of the rail
roads in the United States is nearly
$9,000,000,000. In 1889, on the part of
this represented by bonds, an average
return of something under 5 per cent
was paid, and on the part represented
by stock an average return of something
under 2 per cent. The total of stock
and debt on all the railway lines in this
country is about $58,000 a mile. In the
Northwestern states it is £10,000 a mile
below the average. The ratio of operat
ing expenses to gross earnings is lower
in the Northwestern states than any
where else in the Union. The average
dividend payment on the stock of these
Nortli western lines was in 1889 less than
one-half of 1 per cent, and 80 per cent of
the stock paid no dividend at all. Mr.
Robinson says that this ought not
to be so, because the railroads are en
titled, like any other enterprise, to a rea
sonable return on the capital invested
in them, and that the $60,000 a mile of
capitalization and bonded debt which
they return represents honestly their
average value per mile. lie admits that
this will excite some skepticism, but to
prove it he calls attention to the tre
mendous rise there has been in the
value of the railroads' land holdings, to
the tremendous amount of capital
which is annually "wiped out" b3 r rail
road foreclosures, and to the fact that
the average cost per mile of railroad iv
Great Britain is $193,000, in New South
Wales ?65,000, in Victoria s7o,ooo, and in
India SSI.OOO. Mr. Robinson says that
the reason why there is so small a re
turn on the $00,000 a mile, invested in
railroad property in the Northwest is
because there has been so much hostile
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 189 L—SIXTEEN PAGHfc
railway legislation, and that ; this de- ;
structive practice ought to be checked. -
The Globe thinks that it has sum .
marized the contents of Mr. Robin- : '
son's book accurately. "It thinks it
proves beyond question - that there .is
the most crying need tor just the sort
of railroad legislation .it has alii along
demanded. This legislation should be
aimed to secure the most complete
publicity concerning the condition and
achievements of all corporations en
joying monopolies or exercising govern
mental functions. We need legislation
to compel the railroads to tell the
truth. : The Globe begs to state that :
the men who use comparisons and
figures to blind the public eye in
matters of this kind are no ordinary
liars. They do not deserve to be
classed with the modern men who hang
around the entrance to : the synagogue.
The chief usher should show : them
down the center aisle and plant them
in the front seat along with Ananias
and Sappiiiba. . ''.-~;Vti -
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RAILROADS AND THE STATE.
Everybody knows that the railroads
of Minnesota did not cost anything like
what their stock and bonded indebted
ness aggregate. Nobody knows what
they did cost, except the men who will
not tell. The representative railroad
builder does not start out with a million
dollars to build a million-dollar road. •
He starts out with nothing, and he pays
for his enterprise with bonds, which are
issued in an amount greater per mile
than all his expenditures. He sells
them for what they will bring, and they
very frequently will not bring much
because they are thrown on the market
when the road is first started, and it is
pare speculation as to whether they are
worth anything or not. The most
favorable authorities estimate that of
the $4. 000,000, 000 which represents ap
proximately the face of all the railroad
stocks iv the country less than $1,000,
--000,000 would cover all the money
which is actually in them. The rest is
fictitious. Of the bonded indebtedness
estimates are not so accessible, but
millions of bonds have been floated at
fifty cents on the dollar, and seventy
five to ninety cents is a high value for
very good ones at the initial negotia
tion. Everybody knows this, even Mr.
Robinson, and it will not convince peo
ple that it costs 100.000 a mile to build a
single track, unballasted railroad across
the prairies of*tttttnesot« and Dakota,
even if Mr. Robinson should offer a
duly verified affidavit that ten times
that amount is expended per mile in the
wilds of Australia. The only way of com
paring the cost of a railroad with, its
capitalization and bonded indebtedness
is by starting with the amount of money '
which these represent, not what their
face calls for. To do anything else is
to beg the question. Nor does Mr.
Robinson's preposterous suggestion
that a great deal of railroad capital has
been "wiped out" by foreclosures help
matters at all. The Globe seriously
wonders if Mr. Robinson really be
lieves that when a railroad is organized
there is any diminution in the amount
of its stocks and bonds in the market.
If lie does, he had better talk to some
lawyer about the elements of insolvent
corporation management before he
rushes into print. j If he does not be
lieve this, and says so nevertheless, it
makes his argument as unreliable on
this point as it is on what else he ad
vances.
If a railroad were a private enter
prise, it would have a right . to earn
what it could, like any other investor.
But it is not. It is an arm of the state.
The state delegates to it certain of its :
own functions. It gives it the right to ;
condemn land, it arms it with extra-'
ordinary powers for its organization and
protection, it aids with contributions
of land, and every town along its route,
taxes itself under the state's permission
to assist its construction. All that it is
entitled to in the way of profit is what
amounts to an average return according
to the market quotations on its honestly
constructed plant. To argue otherwise
would be to say that if there were one
source of water supply for a city, the
law should allow some individual to pre
empt it, lay his pipes through '.its
streets and then charge what he pleased
for the water without which the
nunicipality could not exist, nor its in
habitants live. If the legislature is not
to interfere with railroad rates, it should
be shown that the terrible plight of the
railroads, which Mr. Robinson tel
about, is due to the state's refusing to
let them earn a fair return on their
honest investments. As long as they
lie about what "they have in their
property, they must expect those who
have power over them, hitting in the
dark, to do them harm.
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TROUBLE WITH RAILROADS.
The Globe is no enemy of capital,
and no friend of the fanatic and an
archist. But it does not believe that
the sorrows of the railroads are due to
legislative regulation. It admits that if
railroads were allowed to charge for
their service whatever rates they cared
to fix they would make more money.
But, in such case, instead of bearing in
part the consequences of their
own dishonesty and folly, they
would throw these on the shoulders
of the public. Railroads newly
built in an unpopulated country:
can not expect to earn handsome divi
dends, even on their cost, at the outset.
The lawyer and the doctor spend fifteen ;
years in idleness before they begin to
support themselves. • The manufacturer
and the jobber in a strange city have to
balance ultimate gains against initial
losses. It is contrary to all human ex
perience that Mr. Hill should build
TOO miles ot ; track across the impene
trated stretches of Montana and secure
a return from a country where no man
lives. If he wants to go on a royal .
march to the Pacific ocean, it is nobody's
business to stop him; but, in the name
of all that's honest, is it fair to say that
the legislature of Minnesota has no
right to protect its people from a sched
ule of charges based on the theory that
a miracle should be performed, and the
Montana Central road should 5 per
cent for its stockholders? '
Some years ago a project was con
ceived of connecting the Union Pacific
with the great lakes antl giving it an
outlet by water through Duluth. The
Duluth, Huron & Denver road was the
first step in the scheme, its roadbed is
now graded through the state, but no
train has ever run over it. With a
southwestern outlet, the timber of
Northern Minnesota would find a ready
market on the treeless prairies of Ne
braska and Kansas, and great lumber
cities would grow up on the upper Mis
sissippi. The scheme miscarried fora
good many reasons^but one of them was
this: When oue of our Minne
sota railroads learned that the
plan was consummating it ran
out a branch line paralleling the
route determined on for tlie new road,
and, with amazing rapidity and at great
expense equipping it, anticipated its
rival in a field on wiiich it had relied.
This branch line was built not because
it was needed, but to crush an enemy, in
the same spirit which led the medieval
baron to build a castle atraiust his foe's
advance. This branch lias never even
paid its operating expenses. Its con
struction was a magnificent achieve
ment, but it was not business. It was
war. What Che Gi.oiifi ;asks b tiiis:
Shall the maintenance of this ;• fortress
be paid for by ' the rest of the people
of Minnesota or by the men who built
it? Shall every man, fides between
St. Paul and Minneapolis :be : taxed for
this sort of madness, or shall : it . crush
those who are responsible for it? There
is only one answer. Eailroad kings can
do what they will with their : own,
the day iis passed when any monarch
can exact the cost of his battles from the
reluctant pockets of an honest ; yeo
manry. ; . .-..•.^ ;■>;>■ ':''-■■ r-.^t
Let us find out how many enterprises
of this kind are covered in the railroad
history of our state. Let Senator Mayo's
resolution be adopted. r . When we have
diagnosed '■". the ■■ disease \ perhaps we can
learn : why railroads do not pay, and
help to save them from themselves.
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SOME OP THE HEALTH : FADS.
Perhaps the general trend of investi
gation and physical economy is right in
attaching so much importance to the
prolongation of existence. The tenacity
with which the average individual clings
to life is proverbial, if not altogether
reasonable. The disposition is to sacri
fice much of the comfort and pleasure
of existence to keep the physical ma
chine from wearing out or breaking
down. Peculiar styles of feeding and
treating the - structure are ~ devised.
Some would have coarse and unpal
atable Internal supplies. All sorts of
dietary schools have had their -rise to
promote this great end of protracted
existence. It is gratifying to know that
tbe recent experiments of sanitary
chemistry in Boston, using Minnesota
wheat to some extent, have supported
the belief that the bread made from the
'fine white flour, that is most agreeable
; to the eye and palate, is really
the best adapted to meet the human
needs. It will be found, after a while,
that appetites were made more for use
than ; punishment. Perhaps a rational
philosophy will have place and find
more " useful concern in the condition
than the duration of the human econo
my. One of the incoming longevity fads
is the -'Kneipp cure." Its main feat
ures were the craze with a class forty
or. fifty years ago.but did not have a pro- t
tracted run in this country. They are
likely to have a new turn while the
general mind is especially directed
toward V- vitalizing expedients. This
K>*eipp is . a Catholic priest, who
originated the scheme in Bavaria about
fifty years ago for his own benefit,
and now at seventy or more he is re
puted ;to be as rosy and fresh
;as most young men. The plan is to
' absolutely discard silk and woolen cloth
ihg,and use/linen so coarse as to scratch
and make one exceedingly uncomfort
able. -Then trke a cold bath every day
and put on the clothes without drying
or wiping the person. A period of ■ ex
ercise follows, so brisk as to heat the
water on the person. For five ■ minutes
or so then a barefoot walk should be
had upon wet grass or ; in ''the snow.
This may be gradually extended to make
the feet tough. Hard beds must also be
.bad/and the diet of the simplest. There
is no doubt thßt the party who survives
this sort of regimen forty or fifty years
will be too tough to be affected by any of
the more timid 'ailments of life. It is
quite possible for young persons of vig
orous constitution to endure the ordeal.
. Personal; knowledge is had of young
men who followed the scheme so far as
to bathe in ice water in a temperature
25 deg. below zero, and at times plunge
in a snowdrift entirely naked. It is riot
remembered that any of the parties
broke down under such shocks, nor
learned to esteem them a luxury auhj
delight. The activity of the movements
averted dangerous chills. This is some
what of an extreme case. -There are not
many who would undergo it for any
anticipated '' benefits. '• The better phi
losophy of scientific inquiry is uot to
sacrifice the pleasurable features of ex- :
istence in. pursuance of a theory that
nature favors hard and disagreeable
things. The appetites and sensibilities
will be found good counselors, if not al
ways quite safe guides. .
_• SOME INEQUALITIES.'
Not much credit for novelty is to be
given the discovery that Justice winks
at times, whether blind or visually
alert. In a New York court the other
day there was no imputation of lack of
celerity. A young man was arrested
for kissing a bright and pretty school
teacher on the . street without her con
sent, and within an hour from his ar
rest he was equipped • for a six months'
term in the penitentiary. .It is not in*
timated that his offense met too sudden
or excessive retribution. There is hard
ly any prerogative of the sex that should
have more jealous immunity than the
lips. The man who kisses a woman
against her evident desire, whether on
the street, or .In sequestered quarters,
should have. his fate dictated by the ag
grieved party. If, in this case, the
offender was a stranger and nuis
ance, the sentence was light, if
quick. Had he killed the : girl
in place of kissing, and the. evi
dence been equally clear and unques
tioned, his sentence would not * have
been so summary. He would have been
boarded a year or so at public expense,
and, if then tried and convicted,' the
chances that he would be hung arc not
alarming. But about one out of fifty
murders brings the guilty party into
serious and prolonged trouble. .The
New.York court is not peculiar. The
minor offenses are. usually punished
with prompt and quite full measure of
justice. The prisons and houses of
correction in most of the states are
thronged with men and boys who
have committed the lesser crimes, as
human justire looks at them, I'liose
who ■ steal a few .dollars ■' have
small chance to escape through the j
ingenious crevices of the law. They
are convicted and likely to serve out
their terms." The other day a man in .
Maine was 'being made uncomfortable :
because he had stolen 8180.000. How he ■ ,
happened to be convicted is j uot under- .
stood, but the natural sympathy for so
big a thief was made to reach the White
house, and the president pardoned him. .
That he was a gentleman, a person of
generous impulses and high character;";
was evident from the size of his deal.
Perhaps all men are equal before the
law, but the big rascal is likely to feel
fewer of its' rigors. I &
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THE REVIVAL MONTH, j
From all times in the historic period i
January has been the mouth when re-/,
ligious revivals were hi operation. Any ;
Methodist communion that did not dis
play spiritual convulsion at this period :
was in a dubious way. "Revivals . might ;
extend into other months, but ilieir mi- I
tiation followed the holidays. After the
fiivolities a calm naturally ensued, anil
the new year was - favorable to a new ;
departure in the. higher relations. ' It is
remarked that only sporadic indications
of : the old custom are notiee.ible this
month. There is no epidemic apparent.
Whether this is due to the influence of
so many legislative bodies ;in session,
with no moral disparagement to . them,
or the absence of tlie usual ; frigidity in .
the atmosphere, is not assarted. There
is an impression that : hard times and se
vere weather are in some way conducive |
to religious revivals. The philosophy j
of the matter is not considered: lie
fact is only noticed^ "•
—
The contrast 2r drawn = Lctweeu two pro. ■--■
. fessions. As lawyers become aged ' they ? are
■ able to exact much higher - fees. It :la sup
posed they find out more ways -to baffle . th«
' endeavors of the law. In a Ust ■of English,
lawyers who died last year fortunes of $500,
--; 000 are common. One who lived to his
ninety-ninth year had a : personal estate of
$3,500,000, besides large realty. In nearly all
cases the older the attorneys the richer. With
■the ministers the reverse was the ; fact As
'[they become hoary in years and nearer their
celestial rewards, the smaller are ; their I fees
and the less their inducements to live.
i Thb teter In : the Illinois legislature has
gone on all the week, and no one has been
flipped up.' . The vote has ! never varied j from
Palmer, 101; Oglesby, 100, and Streateb,
3. The steering committees have had a nice .
job to keep every man on deck. It is much a
test of endurance and luck. The | Democrats '
will win if they can hold on long enough.
I The Sioux may have one advantage from
the war. The killed will help to get down to
r the figures of the census which they claimed
were too ~ small, nnd they will i draw just as '
many rations. They will note that rations
come all the some, if the consumers are
fewer. K^*-- '• '■"■"' - , ■ ' -V "••■■•: : ">. :
i ■ ■ — — — • ?evs-
J Thebe were no new wrinkles in war's
grizzly front worked j in on the Sioux in the j
late unless, perhaps, the Oatlings or light .
machines. Some of that smokeless powder
might have been tried, but the field was.
hardly sufficient. • ':^^
''■'" — — «■> — -':';.•
•■, ; Vice Pbesident Morton has been able to
bo invigorate his stamina in the refreshment
rooms as to insist that the cloture can come -
into the senate if it wants to. It must not,
however, trouble the buffet at the Shore-. :
ham. ■■■-» . ' / : ..*:. V ; . c ".'. ;
;'• > ■'. " im — -- : --'.-t: --'■:
'•: A snow BTOKM and blizzard of forty-eight
hours in sunny Italy, where a great part of :
the people usually go Darefoot all f the J year,
must be a refrigerating experience. .' . .
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, ■ Next Tuesday Yilas will be elected sena
tor in Wisconsin, and if on the same date In
galls is not made a political stiff in Kansas, .
■the signs are a fiaud. .-.'- "r. . .^c'-l
— ■■ i ' ''■
'-: Some senators would have it understood
that they missed a good chance to swell their
silver pile on an occasion. Perhaps they
held on too long. ?C- i
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WIMODAUGHSIS:' ; :
There probably never was a woman
so' poor-sighted . that she could not de
tect powder on another woman's face. —
Atchisou Globe.
She— Do you call me your angel be
cause you think lam fly? He— No; be
cause you harp so. — New .York Herald.
- — Darling, this engagement ring is
worth 5350. She— The last one 1 had
cost $400. He— You are older now —
New York Herald.
v. Clara — Oh, 1 have so much to say to
you. Maude— And I to you. Let's go
to the opera to-night.— Life.! -:. V.
'ii-i Maid— Mr. Small couldn't call to
night and he sends his regrets and this
little present. Miss Littie— Thanks for
both. —
'•Rejected you? Why, I thought she
had a . great interest in. you." ■•'Bat
then love isn't so much a matter of in
terest with her as capital," — Philadel
phia Times. . )'.-. ■ .
"Does Brown play a good game of
whist?" asked Mr. Hicks. "Yes; I sup
pose he does," said Ethel. . "But he
plays a stupid sort of game. Never says
a Brooklyn fife.' v{, v • '
' When a lady of uncertain age tells
you coyly that she has seen, twenty
seven summers, it is altogether impolite
io ask her if she remembers still how
the last one of the twenty-seven looked.
— Somerville Journal. ijj*-. ,;/'
He (feeling his way)— "l— l wish we
were good friends enough ( for ; you— to
call me by my first name." She (help
ing him along)— "O your last name is
good enough for me." — New York
i Weekly. • " ;
i Mr. Slimpurse (aftpx a decided re
fusal)—l know what the matter is. It's
because lam poor. You would marry
me if I were rich.
| Miss Gailie (thoughtfully)— Perhaps
fio^but you would have to be very, 1 very
rich.— New York Weekly.
"I may," said the maiden, paint my cheeks .'
h* When powder's cheap and handy, {■'.( :
But at least Ido not paint my nose, ' .
r And do it. too, with brandy.
■ ■ '•- ' ; —Philadelphia Times.
"I beg pardon, but won't you ask your
wife to remove her hat? I can't see the
stage." Husband (whispering back)—
"Ask her yourself, please. You don't
know her as well as 1 do." — Fiiegende
Blatter.
Mrs. Grundy— lf that stranger you
were talking to said nothing about his
wite. how do you know he is married?
Mr. Grumps— "O, he looked so sort o'
srnathetic when 1 told him I was.—
Good News.
She is a girl of the period ; her father
runs a railroad, and talks business to
her; so. when Algernon softly caroled,
•'meet me alone" with tender signifi
cance, she merely said : "Meet you a
loan, my dear boy ! Possibly; what in
terest are you paying, and what can you
give for security?"— Washington Post.
Mother — -the matter, Clara?
: You look distressed. Clara (a bride)—
George has— has had to co off on a— a
; trip,' and he wou't be back for— for two
days— boo-hoo! - Same Mother (some
years later)— How long will your hus
band be away? Same Clara— l forgot to
ask. — New York Weekly.
"Send rue a simple rose to tell your love.*'
she said. '--":■/.. -^
And he replied, "I think I'll send a note in
-11 stend ;
For note and postage cost but one small
dime, all told. v •"" v ~
While roses cost to-day just twice fueir
i weight in gold."' •,
—New YorK Herald.
';■ Ignoramus (at a patty a few years
"hence)— " What in the world is the mat
ter with Miss Beauty's once lovely
arms? They are full of horrid red
* blotches* and scratches." Scientific
Guest— "O, that's all right. - She lias
simply been vaccinated' against con
sumption, small-pox, typhoid fever, and
twenty or I' irry other diseases."' New
York Weekly. .
-as*. —
To Every Bride a Diamond Ring.
It was one of Emma Abbott's idiosyn
crasies to make a present of a diamond
ring to every bride in her company.'
Every baby born in the troup(and there
were nine children when the company
went on the : road last fall) received a
check for $100, which was deposited in
some bank." at interest,- for a little one.
! Miss Abbott often spoke glowingly about
the Abbott balms, and she always . en
couraged matrimony among the mem
' ber.* of her company, in which, it is
'^aiil, there was never a. scandal.
'-n ___: • • -
t; Worth Twice as Much. *
•America.
"' Dash ley— Waiter, a bottle of port.
Waiter— Yes, sir. Would you like
very old port, sir? * :
■'} Dashley— Why? Is there any. differ
1 ence? ' .. , ■.
lj Waiter— Oh, yes, sir. The old port
3 lias cobwebs on the bottles.
j,^ '^ ' Good News to .Her.
• Boston Courier.
(•» Miss Decollett3— "1 learn from the
papers, Mrs.' Prim, that dress goods are
going up."
% In. Prim— "The good Lord be
praised, I allus did approve the oF
fashioned style of bavin' em come right
clean up to the neck."
■a — — i -
Not a Good Point.
Brooklyn Life.
There's just one good point about
Miss Bristle."
v.-."?. ? ?." .
"Embonpoint." :
THETOILEB.
Heavy the heart and weary the brain, *
»>• But write, my pen. ah, write 1 -.
For rest from labor will come again
;..* With a kiss from her lips at night.
Sonnet and story— trace them. well, ■"'.-; ..; *-.
-,Iv beautiful Ifnes and bright; : .■ _ -'
But lenderest thonshi in my heart will dwell
On the kiss from her lips at night.
And the world may frown on the head bowed
■•..;•:.■ down, ."'";;•:-. .;•■.'-"■■•••.. V-'- 1 •"=-.v ';
c< And its splendors veil from sight; -■ ■ '
jl bear the cross, for I gain the crown : , /. "■■
With a kiss from her lips ai night! -*-
*— FranJi L. Stautou la * Atlanta ConstilutfoiK
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.
Perhaps the custom Of "tipping" waiters Is
not so prevalent In St. Paul as It is In East*
crn cities. Bnt it pre^aits here to a reason
able extent, and perhaps commensurate with
common sense. And tipping is all right
enough in its way. It is perfectly proper for
the generous millionaire, or even the 160,000
and 5100,000 fellows, to give of their sub
stance to those whose fortune has not
dropped them down among the roses. It is
also right, generous ana proper when ap
plied to sleeping car porters. But when
wealthy corporations and employers taKe ad
vantage of human generosity, tipping wait
ers or porters becomes a curse to the tipper
and the tipped. It is said that the wages of
porters have been cut to $15 per month and
those of waiters to $8 per week, and these
employes told to depend on the public for a
decent salary. This is all wrong. It places
the public in the attitude of payiug the legit
imate running expenses of corporations and
business men. It is a wrong against the man
of slender means, who cannot afford to be
generous with tips. Every corporation should
pay its servants sufficient to enable them to
be as courteous and attentive to the poor as
to the rich. Each man who accepts service
at hotel, restaurant or on a palace car is en
titled to the best service to be had, it matters
not whether a waiter's salary be $8 or 518 per
week. Those who can afford to tip employes
should do so without feeling that they are
contributing, not to the waiter, but to the
pockets of wealthy corporations. Let it be
so arranged that the man of modest means
can enjoy the same quality of service as the
millionaire who tips and tipples at the same
table. Any other system is radically wrong.
w • *
The political touters for Mr. Ingalls say
that he will have a majority on the first bal
lot in the Kansas legislature. Are the politi
cal touters of Mr. Ingalls aware ot the fact
that Sockless Simpson has taken to wearing
gold-bowed spectacles?
* # ♦
Skimpole— l like to order a new suit of
clothes. It gives me something to look for
ward to.
Haggles— The anticipation of getting them,
eh?
SkimDole— No; the time when the note
falls due.
• « •
The Republican Boston Traveller infer
entially says that James G. Blaiue differs
from Grover CJevelaud in many respects,
indeed, he docs. Grover Cleveland can carry
the state of New York, and Blaiue caunot.
The St. Joseph Daily News, one of the
bright aud spicy papers of the country, pub
lished a New Year's annual. The Globb
took pleasure in complimenting a really mer
itorious piece of enterprise. A few days
thereafter the Globe received proof slips of
tome of the tingling little bon mots in
"Slings ana Arrows." with positive instruc
tions to give due credit if the Globe availed
itself of ihe brilliant scintillations. Of this
the Globe took official cognizance. But now
comes the News of the 21st inst., with a quar
ter column of Globe editorial stolen bodily
from the Globe's columns of the 19th in
stant, and transferred into the department of
the News reserved for the grayest of its gray
matter. Is this rigul, Mr. Schultz? You
know it is not, and you know that we know
that you know so. Please forward apologies
by slow freight.
* •» •»
Some people send in communications to
the newspapers, and others send them in tq
the Minneapolis Tribune.
* * ♦
A New York journal speaks of Gov. Hill
"winning by a uose." It was generally sup
posed that Mr. Evarts was seriously handi
capped by his nose.
* • •
Poweil Clayton, of Arkansas, snys he is not
"particularly wedded to the force bill." Of
course not. The force bill is, and has been
for months, the petted odalisque of old
George Frisbie Hoar. Morganatic marriages
are not en regie, even in Arkansas.
* * #
If it be worth S"> per diem to raise the flag
over the Minnesota state house, how much
extra should be allowed for pulling it down
out of the damp night air?
Mr. Dunn, at the conclusion of his contest
with Representative Price, took occasion to
thank his supporters and "the few Demo
crats who had risen above party." Mr.
Dunn's intentions were courteous, honorable
and generous. But how could Democrats
rise above party when their party is already
on top?
* * »
Wife— What are you reading, Tom?
Hubby— The mortgage on our house and
lot.
Wife— Dry reading, isn't it?
Hubby— Oh, no; it is increasing in inter
est.
FOYER AND FOOTLIGHT.
The appearance at the Metropolitan of the
Jefferson-Florence Comedy company at
tracts admirers of old-school comedy, who
are unable to find a Derformance to their
liking every day, while many others who are
fond of fine acting, in whatever surround
ings it may be displayed, will derive equal
enjoyment from the engagement of this
strong organization. Monday Richard Brins
ley Sheridan's fine comedy of "The Rivals''
will be presented, with Mr. Jefferson in his
fine impersonation of Bob Acres. It is one
of his old parts, but his revival of it several
seasons ago was in the nature of a revelation
o the younger generation of theater-goers.
Mr. Florence's Sir Lucius O'Trigger is
scarcely less artistic a creation in tts own
way. His association with Mr. Jefferson for
the production of the masterpieces of
comedy is one of the most salutary
and interesting incidents in the annals
of ihe American staee. Mrs. Drew's
Inimitable impersonation of Mrs. Mala-
I prop has become a stage classic.
to praise which now would be but indulging
iv needless repetition. No other embodi
ment so true and so adequate has been seen
within tlie memory of those now in middle
life, and no one else has denoted the harm
less self-sufficiency of ignorance with so fine
an air of decorous authority. Iv the "Heir
at-Law" Mr. Jefferson will be seen in his
great creation of Dr. Paugloss, LL. D. and A.
S. S.. which rfliiks with the finest of his
dramatic characters, while the purl ot Eze
kiel Homespun, as interpreted by Mr. Flor
j ence. Is an artistic revelation. The company
supporting the comedians comprises Mme.
Ponisi, Viola Allen, Elsie Lombard, F. C.
Baugs. Frederick Panlding. George Vf, Den
ham, FreU G. Ross, Joseph Warren and John
H. Goodwin. •■The Hivnls" will be produced
Mondßy and Wednesday nights and Wednes
day matinee, and -'The Heir-at-Law" Tues
day night, with its wealth of scenery, cos
! tumes aud projierties.
The performance of Miss Agnes Hunting
ton at the Metropolitan theater next Thurs
day evening will have a two-fold interest, in
presenting this celebrated star a-d intro
ducing a new opera— PlinqueUe s latest—
"Paul Jones." Misß Huntington is no
stranger here; but, as she returns after along,
absence, with the prestige of an undoubted"
London success, her re-entry naturally gives
rise to pleasant expectßtions. In the mean
time it may be well to outline the story of
"Paul Jones," 1 the motif of which is a fan
ciful episode in the career of this famous
hero. Iv the first act Paul is an apprentice
to a St.Malo ship chandler, Bicoquet byname,
and, as Bicoq'iet bus a pretty niece, Yvonne,
of course tne two are in love. But Pail has a
I rival in the person of Rufino.a nephew of Don
Trocadero, whose suit Bicoquct favors, and
the natural result follows. Paul is dismissed
by his master, with a promise, however, that
if he returns in three years with a fortune
he shall marry Yvonne. Hoping to gain the
fortune, he, with an old smuggler to whom
he has become attached, volunteers on board
ot an American privateer. Thiee years later
the audience fiuds Bicoquet married to
Rufiuo's sister. Malaguena. Yvonne is being
forced to mnrry IJufino. vrhen, in obedience
to the laws of comic opera, Paul turns up
and challenges Tfufino, who bya stratasem
makes Paul a prisoner and carries him off in
irons to the Spanish main. As Paul Jones'
squadron is hammering the coast Troca
dero is charmed to find Paul in his
nephew's Hands. but Paul escapes,
is mistaken for Bicoquet, and. aided by
Malaguenaand the ladies.succeeds in making
his ship. The Americans attack the Span
iards, aud all ends in the most approved
tashioti. There is an underplot involving
Paul's boatswain. Bouillabaisse, and his wife,
Chopinette, and other characters, who sup
ply the comedy clement. Tlie opera is cast
as follows for the star and her Lonaon com
g>auy: Paul Jones, Aliss Agnes Iluntiagton;
Hunuo, Karl Mora; Bicoc^uet, Eric Thorns;
Don Trocadero, Herve d'EKVille; Bouilla
baisse, flallen Mostyn ; tfetit Pierre, Albert
James ; Chopinette, Mies Fanny Weutworth ;
Malaguena, Miss Millie Marsden; Yyonne,
Mia Marguerite Van Breydel.
There are war stories of dramatic construc
tion and numberless plays taking their
theme from the events of the Rebellion, Dot
no one of these has attained such a lasting
success as "Held by the Enemy," which is
the work of William Gillette who has been
seen in this city in his play "The Professor,"
and also in the character of the lawyer in
•'Young Mrs. Winthrop," when that play was
before the public under the direction of the
Madison V Square ' theater management. So
that Mr. Gillette is not only a dramatic
author but a player as well; but of late years
his plays have met ' with so much success
that he has given up acting entirely, and now
confines himself to play writing exclusively,
"Held by the Enemy," which will be seen at
the Grand opera bouse for the entire week
beginning to-night, when first presented to
the public by its author was only pro
duced after much trepidation onMr. Gillette's
part, as he met with the very discouraging
statement from managers on all sides that
war plays were no good and wouldn't draw;
and so loth were managers of theaters to
touch it that Mr. Gillette was compelled to
incur all of the expense of production him
self, including the rental of theaters, and he
invested enough money to give his work an
experimental season of four weeks, embrac
ing the cities of Brooklyn, Baltimore, Wash
ington and Philadelphia. The play made r
distinct and lasting hit, and ever since thet
first night in the . little obscure, out-of-the
way Criterion theater, in Brooklyn, where
"Held by the Enemy" first attracted atten
tion, it has baen sought after by managers,
not only in this country but in England and
Australia, because it was a success. The
cause of that success may be attributed
to the fact that it has a happy blending of a
romantic love story, a vein of humor, crisp,
clean and bright, with stirring scenes and ex
citing climaxes, all of which is worked out
with the assistance of a series of stage pict
ures strong in their construction and true
to nature. Among, these are | the bombard
ment scene, the hospital scene in the old
Southern church, and the drum-head court
martial of the Southern spy in the embrasure
of the fort. Added to these there are a num
ber of mechanical effects used that are Mr.
Gillette's own invention, and when in the
midst of the engagement, which is heard
only in the echoes that come from it, with
the sound of the rapidly galloping horse of
the orderly as he hastens to convey the rap
idly written orders of the commanding gen
eral, the sight of mud-splashed and powder
begrimed men. as they hurry in to report to
their superior officers is enough to fire the '
blood of not only the old soldiers in an audi
ence, but it never fails to rouse to the highest I
pitch of enthusiasm an audience of ■ any
kind. The quick action, rapid change of
scene, never-flagging interest have made
"Held by the Enemy" one of the lasting suc
cesses of our American dramatic writers.
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The attraction offered at the Olympic thea
ter for the coming week is of an entirely dif
ferent character from anything lately pro
duced in St. Paul. '•"Arizona Joe" is a well
known scout and hunter, and a close rival of
"Buffalo Bill." Opening Monday night, the
play will be that of "Black Hawks." the
scene of which is laid in New Mexico and
Arizona. Among the highly sensational in
cidents that crowd through the piece may be
accidentally mentioned- an attempted stage
coach robbery, In which -Arizona Joe quick
ly arrives in time to rescue the passengers;
and in the second act some remarKable
shooting feats will be executed by the hero.
In all the shooting done by Arizona Joe with
his Winchester rifle ball cartridges are used,
and not shot, n3 with other shooters. It is
promised that the drama "Black Hawks" is
cleverly staged, and the mechanical and
scenic effects are far above the average. The
latter part of the week the bill will be that of
"The Wild Violet,' which is said by the press
of the Pacific slope to be equally effective as
that of "Black Hawks."
MUSIC IN ST. PAUL.
The De Vere concert on Feb. f>at the Metro
' politan will be one of ttie few grand concerts
of the winter, and is creating much stir in
musical and social circles. The prima donna
is so popular here that her coming is eagerly
anticipated by all save the man who "has no
music in his soul." It will be a gala night
fur concert goer?. This is the only time Miss
De Vere will be heard here this season, her
popularity being so great in the East as to
monopolize her time there. The concert
orchestra will be l"rge, and selected from the
best musicians In the city. Their numbers
and the piauo forte numbers, with orchestral
accompaniment, will bo among the enjoyable
numbers of the programme. The programme
will be published in full as soon as Mis.s De
Vere's selections tire received, and any infor
mation desired will be gladly given by K. C.
Mnidock. , ■ .
■ ...:■ W:-jL". 1-1 .
J. Lewis Browne's programme, to be
rendered at the People's church on Thursday
evening, Jan. 29, appeals to the critical taste
and popular sentiment alike, a perusal show
ing a variety seldom exhibited in arranging
a high class concert. >?:;%; V
Mrs. Genevra Johnstone-Bishop, always a
favorite in St Paul, is to sing the "Jewel
Song" from "Faust," two" ballads, and in a
duet with Mr. Drill.
Iv playing upon the piano Bach's Prelude
and Fugue in A minor, Chopin's Etude Op. 10
702. ReinecKe's "Ballade," and Mendelssohn's
minor concerto, little Ethel Herr Jones
(twelve years of age) will display a versatility
indicative of genius.
la two solos and ■ the before-mentioned
duet Thomas Taylor Drill will be afforded an
opporiunity to show his splendid bass voice
to advantage.
Mr. Browne's own numbers will comprise
the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach.
Haydn's "Clock Movement." Lemaigre's
Prayer in G flat, besides, his own "Concert
Variations" and Gavotte in F.
Surely such artists, a well arranged pro
gramme, ami popular prices, should suffice
to draw a splendid audience to this entertain
ment.
I-I
The sixth concert of the seventeenth Sei
bert series will be given this afternoon at 3
p. m. at the Turner hall. The popularity of
these weekly musical events is the best
criterion of their merit. The programme for
to-day is as follows :
PART I.
March— "Metropolitan" Muehlenbruch
Scotch Overture— "lv the High- •
lands" ; Niels (lade
(a) Vulse Lento, I From Ballet "Syl
(b; Pizzicato, ) via" Delibes
PART U.
Oboe Solo — "Concerto". Veroust
H. Wuerz.
Sympboniein G min0r...... Mozart
Andante and Finale.
PART 111.
Tenor — "The Message" Blumenthal
Mr. Chas. Xanten.
Valse Espagnole— "Andalucia" Taiere
Grand Selection— "Daughter of the
Regiment" Donizetti
1-1
The second monthly concert of the series
given by the choir boys of Christ church will
occur at the Jguild hall, corner Fourth and
Franklin streets, Tuesday evening, Feb. 3.
I-I - »
Seiberfs orchestra auswer3 a call for music
at Winona Jan. 30 for Knights Templar en
tertainment. Chicago and Milwaukee bands
have formerly supplied the music for these
swell affair*. We are sure Seibert will fill
the bill satisfactorily to our neighbor, Wi
noiia. .
I-I
The Young Men's Society of St. John's
Lutheran church will give a concert at
Standard hall Tuesday, Feb. 3. The pro
gramme embraces the namea of prominent
local musicians and vocalists and is of an at
tractive nature throughout.
(-1
The newly-organized Twin City Concert
club, consisting of the Ladies' Sappho' quar
tette from Minneapolis, Mrs. Oscar Lienau,
Chris Rodenkirchcn, Eugene Kaeriffer. of
this city, will give a series of concerts at Man
kata St. Peter, Minn., and later in La Crosse
and Eau Claire, Wis. The club has the best
talent, and all of them are well known.'
... . : — ■ — .
THE SOLDIER VOTE.
What Effect It Had on Cleveland's
Defeat. ■
To the Editor of the Globe.
There seems to be a settled determin
ation :on -the part of Democratic papers
to publish every thine: favorable to Mr.
Cleveland's Domination in lS f J2, and to
exclude all favorable references to any
other candidate. The Ui.or.K will prob
ably decline to publish this communica
tion, yet having the success of the party
uppermost in my heart, I feel con
strained, to give expression to my views .
upon this important subject. It will be
generally conceded that our suc
cess in 1592 will wholly depend upon
our standard. beajej;, Mr. Cleveland
contends that his defeat in 1886 was due
to the fact that the people of this coun
try were not sufficiently educated upon
the only issue of the campaign— tho
tariff. Now. in my opinion, the tariff
was in nowise the cause of his defeat,
but that it was brought about, in part,
by the soldier's vote. His vetoes of a
large number of private pension bills
were undoubtedly correct, but in each
one he had a fling at the old soldiers,
showing that he had no sympathy for
them or the cause for which they had
battled. These veto messages solidified
them against him, and it was their vote,
in a great measure, by which
he was defeated. Of course,
there were other reasons, and
among them let me name several.
The men whose brains and money ren
dered his final election possible were
totally ignored by him throughout his
administration, and in his second cam
paign they were not found among his
cordial supporters, and will be absent
and refuse and tail to take part in his
third campaign if the assembled wisdom
of the party should place him in nomi
nation. His concessions to the mug
wumps weakened him; and, as he per
mitted so many of the oflices to be re
tained by the .Republicans, an army of
officeholders arose up against him.
With the Sun and 20,000 old .soldiers ar
rayed in opposition to him, he cannot
carry the state of New York, and with
out it he cannot hope for success.
I do not wish to oppose him without
suggesting an abler and more popular
man; one that can carry not only New
York, but enoush of the Northern
states to render his election absolutely
certain, beyond any doubt whatever.
David B. Hill is the man. With him at
the head of the ticket and ex-Gov. Isaac
P. Gray, of Indiana, for the second
place, every Democrat will go to the
polls' and work and vote for the nomi
nees. Personally, I know neither of
the gentlemen named, but 1 feel sore
that each can carry his own state. I
wish to serve notice on the Globe, and
all other Democratic papers, that in the
opinion of many loyal Democrats, Mr.
Cleveland cannot be elected, and that it
would be suicidal to nominate him.
It. W. JoIINSOX.
Electricity in Music.
Electricity has not been practically
applied in the art of music heretofore,
except, perhaps, in the operating
mechanism of church organs. George
Brand, of the United States navy, has
devised a method by which the passage
of a broken current over a conductor in
a magnetic field produces musical tones
of varying pitch and volume.
Chinese in Java.
The Chinese are no more welcome if.
Java than in many other countries.
They induce the consumption of opium,
to the impoverishment of the poorer
classes. Chinese money lending also
works untold mischief among the poor,
who have to pay such high interest thai
ruin and misery befall most of them
when they once take to borrowing, and
this results in an increase of crime.
m
Bleeker Gets in a Good, (Safe Single)
Epoch.
Mrs. Bleeker— They say that suicida
is greatly on the increase among men.
Sleeker— doubt. 1 Bee in this
morning's paper that marriages are in
creasing day by day.
SOME ONE.
Some one paid that charming Kittle
Stopped to chat with Idlcimte;
Some one said 'twns such a pity
Jinks watt drinking bo ol late.
Some one said that some one told him—
Of the truth he could not say—
. That Miss Lola went out riding
i With the dominie oue day.
Some one's always saying something
That were better left unsaid.
For some time some oue will catch him;
:•. Some one then will punch bis bead.
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