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Patrons ami friends are cordially invited 10 visit and avail themselves of the facilities of our Eastern Omeo while In New York. ■-': ..- TODAY'S WEATHER. Washington, Dec. 2;s.— Forecast until 8 p. in. Thursday: - Wisconsin: Increasing cloudiness, fol lowed Thursday nicht or Friday by rain or ■dow; colder by Friday morning; southerly Wands, shifting to westerly. , Minnesota, North and South Dakota: In creasing cloud in csv with snow and colder weather by Friday morning, and indications of an approaching cold wave; winds shifting to northwesterly. - Iowa: Fair Thursday, with southerly Winds; colder, and probably snow Friday. general observations. United States Depaiitment of Agricult ure, Weather Bureau, Washington. Dec. 23, 6:4$ p. m. Local Time, Bp. m. 75th Merid- Jan Time. — Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. : ; >=r, s 1= p ■ Place of c«• S S Place of 65" 3 g Observation. s£.S a -Observation. BS- S2 --o ?•- m 7 1 tr -1 . re " • 0 • ' *? 1 • ■' "7 : St. Paul 20.04 321 Miles City... 20.90 10 •Duluth 20.91 26! Helena 30.12 12 i Lacrosse. ..■::.<.'.>■'. 36 Ft. Sully a Huron [29.70 30 IMiiiuedbsa. 20.80 14 i Jloorhead... 29.76 36 Calgary. ...!:>0.40 0 6tr Vincent.. l29.S2 20 j! Winnipeg. . 29.0 C .6 Bismarck... 29.70 24 iQ'ApDelle... 12 | It. Buford . . 2!>.78 IS IMed'e Hat.. 30.28 4 for St. Paul, Minneapolis and vicinity — forecast to Bp. m. Friday: Winds mostly southerly, with stationary temperature Thurs day, will veer to colder westerly Friday; gen erally fair weather Thursday and Friday. PB P. F. Lyons. Lo;ral Forecast Official. ■■» .. WOULD EVADE THE ISSUE. •* Not very long since a prominent Re publican paper expressed the belief that there was one more Republican .president in the Moody shirt. The Na tional Economist at Washington, the official organ of the Farmers' Alliance tin 'l Industrial union, which ought to be a reliable observer, insists that "the old parties have abandoned the tariff as an issue, and are engaged in a con spiracy to make the next campaign hinge solely upon a revival ot war .prejudices." That is so cross a misap prehension in its breadth that it [jnust be supposed to bo an over- Bight growing out of the habit of yoking tlu- . old . parties together. n The Democrats have about as much r taste tor.the ensanguined garment as t the bull has for any, object of that hue. $$ut there are indications " that the Re rpublicans want to get, away from the tariff issue. In some quarters they in sist -upon forcing. the.silver- question to the front. Johx Shermax thinks he i worked a great many, votes out of it in the Ohio campaign, and that it will do still better in the general result. CLARKSOXhas given it oui that the Re publican party will make the neero the issue. He does not make the platform, of course, but he is at tne head of the national committee, and his position gives his statement value. Its meaning is that he would revive the force bill and stir all the sectional prejudices possi ble. There is no concern for the wel fare of the colored man in the South in it.', lie has suffered before that the pol iticians might have power. But it is not believed the country is in any mood for this diversion. It is doubtful that the considerate judgment of the party, •when its judicious manipulators come to the Twin Cities to build a platform, will follow the present Claijkson de livery. The breezes that bring useful votes are not likely to be in that direc tion. The chief significance of the ex pression and apparent tendencies is that ; the Republicans want to shun the tariff issue. In spite of some intimations by the president, the current of events is not vindicating the Republican legisla tion on II:.; tariff. The people have thrown blackballs at its supporters at all the late elections: The Democrats »re a unit, and aggressive and defiant on this issue. They can win with it, and are not likely, to be enticed by the enemy into taking ground of his selec tion. BOSTON PROHIBITION. ■ It is a queer incident in the current history of Boston that at the election last week that city came near the pro hibition line, in its vote on tUe license question. A year uco tiiere was 1.V24'.» riajority in favor of license. This year this is cut down to 4.":27 on an increased vote At the same time the Democratic majority exceeded 1.j.000. The local ipross has various explanations. Some attribute it to tiie growth of temperance sentiment, which, if the fact, would be a 'marvelous change, and afford fair pros pect thatatan early day Boston would be 11 prohibition city. It lias never been sus pected of having tendencies of that BOft. Its early idol and personification of its spirit. Daniel Webmeb, often indulged to excess, and his example has been followed by John 1,. Sullivan and other representative citizens. The more reliable analysis of the vote seems to be that the Democrats were out of liumor over the success of the Repub licans the past few years in capturing the liquor vote of the city. The Repub licans have allowed it to have a large hand in the state legislation and the en forcement of acts affecting it. Had it defeated (Joy. Russkix in November, it is believed prohibition would have car ried in December. The moral jan be worked out by the politicians. CULbOBTS bOOMLETS. Senator Cii.i.om, of Illinois, who lives at the home of Ai:i:aiiam Lincoln, and likes to be thought of in connection with liis memory, is inflating a number of his boomlets,to have them ready in case there is a chance for him to get on the presidential track. Among these are his car-coupling bi!i, which has an ob ject demanding the attention of the hu mane, and the one-cent postage meas ure. The first would be expected to have very considerable assets for the mover in votes from the class coiibid eivd. The postage reduction i<? in pursuance of the last Republican plat form, and Is specially urged at present by certain business houses in the com luerc.ai centers, it is an object for a (inn that sends out letters by the thou sand at a time to have its postage ex pense reduced one-half, The tanner or laborer who writes a letter once or twice' a week is not very greatly concerned whether the postage is one or two cents each. if -there is a big deficiency in the treasury caused by fie reduction, he must help pay it. chiefly in order that the persons who oil the mails, with their letters may b^ beiiehtted. Still, cheap postage is a good thing and popular. Cullom so understands it. : .: THK HOL'SK COMMITTEES. The selection of the house committees for llu> present congress has been a task BHed with unusual difficulties, and for thin reason it is not possible to teii at once how wcil Mr. Cmsp has done his work. The Democracy has an over whelming majority, but composed for the most part of untried and inexperi enced men. Apart from what lias been disciosed by the preliminary fijjhl over the speakersbip, there have been few data at hand from which to accurately determine their prediiietkMis or their fitness for one position or another; and now that they have been assigned, their names surest little to the great public, which must remain in doubt as to the result until enlightenment comes with the future. The unfortunate attitude of Mr. Mills has added materially to the com plexity of the situation. He is not the first man wiio has been worsted in such a contest after having attained a prom inence in his patty which seemed to in sure his promotion. Samikl G. I!ax pai.l, as clear-headed, honorable and valiant a statesman as ever sat in the house of representatives, after having presided over several congresses, gave way in 188S to the great Kentuckian Whose views on the tariff problem were more in accord with the Democracy's programme, of him no one can say that he suffered in prestige, or did less effective work thereafter for his coun try's cause. But Mr. Mills' cast of mind is of the make or break order; and, while he is able, strong and patri otic, he admits of no compromise, and leads to victory or a defeat which nei ther invites nor welcomes quarter. The immediate effect of the Texan's mental complexion was to impart great bitterness to the struggle for the chair. And this has been naturally followed by his own personal displaceiuentjand the discomfiture of his conspicuous ad herents. Mr. Mills is popular in the Northwest, ana the CiIX>BE would have been glad had events so shaped them selves that he could have been offered and accepted his old place at the head of the ways and means committee. Under ordinary circumstances this place would; have been accorded him. But it became impossible when his cau didacy was made to represent extreme measures, to which the majority of the party expressed its dissent by its choice ot Mr. Ckisp for the speakersbip. It would have stultified the significance of the victory, had the direction of tariff legislation been delegated to a man completely out of sympathy with the prevailing view, and so outspoken in his opinions as to make their modifi cation a thing not to be thought of. A cood many ail van I ages will result from Mr. Spbixgeh's premiership, if it is proper to apply this word to the posi tion which he will hold. First of all, he is a Northern man, and this will disarm the criticism which would have been widely and forcibly made had the two first places in the new congress been filled by men who had sided with the Confederacy. Besides this, he is ■ man of moderate opinions, strong in debate, fruitful in resources, cool-headed, amia ble, and at the same time alert and vigorous. The minority will find him hard to confuse, and the raw majority which he will have to gukle wi-Ji t'mtl him a captain firm and wise. If, how ever, Mr. Mills or anybody else has qualities of leadership better than his, neither precedent nor the written or unwritten roles of procedure require that he should yield in this regard to the chairman of the ways and means committee. Mr. Randall led the Forty-eighth congress, although he was a member of the committee on appropri tions; and years before that den. (!ai;- Fii.i.i) made the committee on banking, to which Mr. Blaink had relegated him, the most prominent one in the house. The Globe suggests that, when Mr. Mill-' lu-alth is restored, he come boldly out of his retirement and show his caliber by laboring stoutly at Mr. SPBIKGER'S side for the Democracy's and the nation's good. MINNESOTA'S SHARP. The Northwest, has fared ill at Mr. Chisp's hands.and there is no disguising the fact that this is a serious disappoint ment to this region. Mr. Castli;, with his wonted perspicacity and thorough ness of method, has so carried himself as to secure a chairmanship and a posi tion on another important committee. Hut Mr. Hall and Mr. BAKBIE& who followed Mr. Mills' fortunes.havebeen almost entirely lost in the shuffle. This is in striking contrast to the treatment of the three Democrats who represented Minnesota in the Fiftieth congress, of whom Mr. Kit j;. at the time a new member, was appointed to the ways and means committee, and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Mac Doxali> gained valuable assignments. The party in this state, which knows the ability of its two rep resentatives who have beer, passed over, feels that a mistake has been made. But it must be remembered that, in spite of their reputation at home. neither Mr. Hall nor Mr. Bajuues enjoys as great v prestige abroad as did either of the Democrats whom we sent to the last Democratic house. They have both their spurs to win, and the Globk has no doubt at all that before the session is many months old their colleagues will recognize the same qualities of capacity and character which have given them a position of honor and dignity among their constituents. There is only one danger, and that is lest their courage may wane udder the in itial blows which attend their public careers. Those who know them best, however, feel sure that they are too brave soldiers to be disconcerted by their experiences, and that in the face of defeat they will only renew their struggles for tbe pre-eminence to which they are entitled. The outlook is that there will be field enough for their votes and voices. As predicted yesterday morning, the coin age committee embraces an overwhelm ing majority in favor of the free coinaee of silver, and early in the session a bill will be reported for the advancement of this project. The GLOBE believes that it reflects correctly the prevailing senti ment of this country when it decares that such a measure is not demanded by the business condition of the country, and is not calculated to further the am bitions or interests of the Democracy. The sections where free silver is de sired are the South, which already be longs to the Democratic party, and the mineral belt of the West, where the Re publicans have, and will continue for a long time to have, the ascendency. In the East, where party lines are drawn with less permanence, a feeling of dis trust is excited at the prospect of such legislation; and iv tha Northwest, which is now debatable around, in as far as there is any knowledge on tbe subject, THE FAINT TAVL EAILY GLOBS: IIFII.SDAY KORNING. DECEMBER 24, 1891. to fir is there pronounced opposition to ail immediate meddling with the ua tonal currency. The Globe has discussed the general problem a srrcnt many times in its col umns in a temperate and moderate way. It is of the opinion that the friends of a gold standard overestimate the dangers which will accompany its abandonment, and that the friends of a silver standard are too sanguine when they think that a great revival ot prosperity and a gen eral diffusion of wealth waits on the enactment of a free coinage law. It is wot necessary (at this time to rehearse tilt; reasons it has already adduced for this positioa which it has taken. But, judged simply from a partisan stand point, it thinks that it would be bad politics for the Democracy to confuse the issue ot the next campaign by espousing a radical view on the cur rency question, and it uvges Minne sota's representatives to work earnestly against a programme of thi.s sort, which may fatally weaken the party's strength in quarters whose support is needed for its triumph in I 80& "WILL HE DO IT? Should the president, as recent dis patches intimate, exercise the authority given him in the McK.im.ky act to put new duties upon the products of coun tries that have not made reciprocity treaties with the United .States, a direct issue would probably be made for the supreme court. That body would have to settle the question whether congress could, under the constitution, delegate such a power, affecting the interests of the whole people. The statement is that on the first of .January the presi dent will issue a proclamation announc ing that he has applied the statutory power given him, and imposed duties on sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, hides or such of these as he sees fit. The du lies he will impose if he uses his oppor tunity are: On sugar, 2 cents a pound; lower grades, less down to 7-10 of a cent; molasses, 4 cents a gallon; coffee, o cents a pound; tea, 10 cents a pound, and hides \% cents a pound. Sugar would not probably be affected, as the principal uroducers, such as the West Indies and Germany, have made some sort of concessions. A couple of the less important South American coun tries might send their sugar to other markets. Then, when the president comes to hides, he will pause and reflect. The duty on hides will endanger the votes of the shoemakers in Massachusetts and the East to the party. States that must be had would be lost. A foreign trade in leather goods amounting to 512,000,000 would be imperiled, and no consider able vain in votes would be had among the hide producers. Secretary lU'sk may think Massachusetts should be punished for its late voting, but the president will not do it in this way, if he is to be the candidate. Nor will he think it safe to impose duties on tea and coffee to increase their cost materially to consumers. Ha may discriminate against Uruguay in tea and Argentine in coffee, but they will cut no great figure. Janan and China are the coun tries that supply these articles of com mon use. They will not be shut out by duties of :j and 10 cents a pound. The Asiatic producers would never discover that the shippers pay the duties, but the consumer* In this country would be quick to find out why their grocery bills were enlarged. The president may con clude not to issue any proclamation. IT PROMOTES DISEASE. While one feels inclined to kick at the unusually wet weather of late, there is some compensation in it, if a French expert on the subject has sized up the situation rurhtly. He, and others who have verified his conclusions, finds that there is comparatively no dust in the atmosphere after a rain. The differ once in this matter found at Paris after a dry week and after a heavy rain was about as one to ninety-two. The dust is the stamping ground of the microbes that produce the disease. Snow, how ever, will do as well or a little better than rain, as it holds the germs. High temperature cuts littie figure except as it induces carelessness resulting in colds. The Northwest is especially fa vored so far. while the grippe is roam ing the country generally. It is milder than before, and a New York physician of note says that while there is no pre ventive, there need be little fear if the people keep the system in good trim and carry a stiff upper lip. The digest ive organs snould be in good working order and the body kept warm, but tne emphatic injunction is to '"wear pure woolen garments." There's the rub. The millionaire and the sleek, close man who is able to revel in luxuries can import the pure article and have silk en vironments, but not so with the average citizen. Under this McKnrunr system shoddy is taking the place of the pure woolen article. ll.»ceut estimates put the spurious element at from 50 to ( .»3 per cent i ji the goods that the masses are able to buy. Bat this eminent physi cian says that to be an efficient protec tion against the disease eerms pure woolen clothing must be had. McKix i.ey ami his protection workers have made this impossible to the many, and have forced then toacceptclothing that leaves then exposed to dancer from epidemics and Mffering from the se verity of winter weather. The system, then, is a menace to life and health. .'One of the California members of congress drew §I,;;*>S.B •in mileage last week for 3,422 miles, while a Maryland member got but 57.20. As the members are paid for their time, there is no reason for paying any mileage except traveling expenses. It is worth $1,000 more to live in California than Maryland. The members fix the distances themselves, and might go around the world and double their salary- If the administration and the Republican party were as much opposed to the. Louisiana lottery as they have claimed, they would aid the eallant men who are so nobly fighting it in Louisiana, in place of hunting for a paltry political advantage. There is really no other politics there now but the lottery, mid it de pends upon the Republicans whether the in famy shall be exterminated or perpetuated. The action of the management of the lead- . ing theaters in Minneapolis in discontinuing Sunday night performances attracts wide at tention, with much favorable comment by the leading papers. Some, however, have - the queer idea that it is in deference to the moral aims of the Republican party, and In view of the convention to be hela there. There are still funny people in the world. _ — Possibly the state immigration bureau would do well to send out in an advertising way some of the decisions of the courts. One of the most recent to attract attention in the East is the enjoining of a young man from calling on a young woman whose relatives Objected. This is suppose*' to lighten the duties of the bull-dog, and give inoro repose to ihe paternal boot material. ' The mild weather and rotting ice have not induced needful caution among the skaters , on the lakes, and cases of drowning are re i ported from many of them. Of course, skat ins; onght to be ■ safe sport at Christmas, but it is not ibis year, and those 'who prefer not to winter under the ice will do well to exer cise unusual caution. It is au aggravation to be drowned in the holiaavs. ■ ■ 'Mexico- lets corn coins in free to her hnn pry ■'people. The theory d:>es not prevail there that a tariff does not add to the cost of tile couMinier. ' SUNRISE SIGNALS. Had .Mills been elected speaker of the house, would James X. have been a Castle In the air? The plot of "The Next Ice Age," a now work of fiction by a rising young author, is not founded upon the appointment or Ice man Turner to be doorkeeper of the bouse of representatives. * * * Mr. Crisp is under the weather; Mr. Mills Is under the impression that he has not been fairly 'treated, and the country is for the under dog in the fight. But which one is it? * • ! Congressman McMillin says that for seven years he made it a practice to commit a poem to memory before breakfast every morning. But this fact was not used against him in the speakership contest. -• * • Know all Boston by these presents that the Chicago school teacher is paid a smaller salary than the Chicago expert pigsticker. Comment is excited by the fact that a man residing in Montana, has been sleeping con tinuously for six days and nights. Perhaps he is from Philadelphia. * ■» ♦ "The National League and American As sociation of Professional Base Ball Players" is too long a name. Some one should short stop it. ♦ * As Secretary of War "Steve" Elkins will now proceed to mobilize his political strik ers, heelers, mules and baud wagons for the campaign of 1988. * » Blame, Harrison and Elkins are as thick as three in a bed. But which is the party to be kicked out? * • The sidetracking of Santa Clans would grieve many a little heart. By all means give him the right of way. * * "Les portes de la grande salle s'ouvrirent. Dans le fond" la chapclle dv vieux manoir e:ait resplendissanle de lumiere, l'Enfant Jesus sur sa couchc de palllc parut rayon naut de gloire et de pardon. Le vieux Due tomba a genoux (levant l'Eufant Dleu. "flomme:" ditla voix dv pretre, "Jesui est ne, a souffert, est mort pour racbeter les peches de I'homme. Tv as peche, tv as souf fert, tv te repens, Dieu te pardonne 1 Que ton ame s'envoleen paix!" Alors le vieil lard tournant sou regard vers la lampe a'or fit an dessus un ange aux ailß3 blanches. Cet ange il le reconnut— e'etait le gardien de la lampe brillant; l'ange lvi sourit douce ment, etprcuant daDs ses ailes la lueur prete a s'eteindre il s'envola vers le ciel. Le Due de KerberzofF etait mort!"' — Grand climax of the divine Sara Bernhardt's story, "A Christmas Repentance," in the Boston Globe. MS X • m Curious Inquirer— ls young Edward M. Field mad? Ruined Depositor— Don't know, but I am. v c '. * • « He— Been shopping for Christmas goods eh? She— Yes, and I'm dead heat out. He— Were you on the rush line, or only a quarter-back? * > Just at present there is no respectable young man in the United States who need envy Judge Woods in the position to which he-has been recently elevated by B. Harrison. * • The Milwaukee Sentinel springs the fol lowing -holiday conundrum : What do for eign newspaper correspondents mean when they say 'semi-ofßcial advices?'" Semi-of ficial advice is something that will lay the foundation for two or three columns of good paid matter explaining how it happened that the semi-official advice was utterly untrue in every particular detail. - « • • If you don receive your expected Christ mas presents from abroad on Christmas, do not tear a passion to tatters. Remember the overworked expressmen and mail carriers are doing their level best to get them to you. the same as they are leaving no stone un turned to get your presents into the hands of the other party. V * * * Oh, holidays most happy ! Since we the tidings learn, -.-. That congress. Crisp and snappy, ■ Will through them all adjourn. z\ ' "Tomorrow, and tomorrow," Groaned Macbeth, in despair. But tomorrow and tomorrow. There'll be carols in the air. -* » The Cincinnati Enquirer is bringing all the influence of its displayed ads. and all the journalistic talent and profound scholarship of its advertising solicitors to bear against the candidacy of John Sherman for re elec tion to the United States senate. * * In view of the equivocal positions occu pied just now by Edwatd M. Field and Joaqnin Miller's son. Is Oliver Wendell Holmes still of the opinion that "the young blood ought to have a chance to be heard?" V Indignatinr— Madam, excuse me. but I can see nothing of the play ou account of your hat. Scornful Beauty— Do you not think my hat is pretty? Indignatius— Very, but : I was not aware that I was attending a flower show. *- » •-*_-•-. The announcement : that Yale and Prince ton will play a came of chess by mail would imply that the cripples are not yet out of doors since the last game of football. a^ RICHARD IS RIGHT. Richatd Mansfield announces that he will limit his advertising henceforth strictly to the press. Evidently "Rich ard's himself again."'— Chicago Mail. Mr. Mansfield is right in resolving to confine his advertising to the newspa pers. Who ever saw any one reading the dead wall decoration??— York Recorder. Mr. Mansfield, the actor, says he con fines his advertising to the newspapers. He is sensible ana business-like. Thea ter patrons read the papers.— Chicago Inter Ocean. * This is the ace of advertising. Com munities as well as individuals are do ing much to get their names before the world as frequently and as prominently as possible. — Mail. Richard Mansfield, the actor, lias de cided that the only kind of advertising that pays is that done in the newspa pers. Mr. Mansfield's head is level, and don't you forget it, —Baltimore lier ald. Richard Mansfield has determined to abandon the billboards and confine him self to advertising in the newspapers. His example will never be followed by the "sraiety," "folly"' and other half draped companies. Their only chance.' of making a living lies in gaudy posters which may induce some clergyman or sewing society to complain to the po lice.—Chicago Times. -«». JAY IN THE SWIM. If Jay Gould lias joined the Four Hundred there's millions iv It.— Chicago Tribune. Jay Gould is about to burglarize his way into New York society. The Four ' Hundred may as well surrender.—Kan sas City Times. We trust that Jay Gould's daughter, who is to maKe her debut in society next week, will be taken at pa-rvalue. — Chicago Mail. It is probable that if Jay Gould likes the Four Hundred that he will buy it and water its stock.— Omaha Woild- BerakL The admission of Jay Gould into the Four Hundred seems to put watered stock on a parity with aristocratic fam ily stocks.— Chicago Times. • A contemporary asks, Is Gould Short?" Well, he is not so all-fired short, but he wouldn't make a success ful Cardiff giant. —Chicago Globe. Jay Gould's [fatrkhter. Helen, will make her society debut Ml .lan. 20. The young lady is tan and slender ami has nark brown hair and <*>••>. A:! things being asrrt'eaole and t!ie old man irni cious. an eligible youmritiari will find in a marriage to-Mtss <;<> 11 that In; has iron a tieaaure.— rinlaJelyiiia Times. WALKS AND TALKS. : "Shakespeare will live forever, and I pro pose to stay by the legitimate while I live." said Frank Hennig. the leading man for Thomas W. Keene, who has just closed an engagement at the Metropolitan. Mr. Hen nig is one of the promising young actors on the American stage. He began life as a tele graph operator and was remarkably expert in handling the Associated Press report. lie • was born iv Wheeling W. Va . Nov. 23, 1859, and Is the son of Dr. E J. Uennig, a promi nent homeopathic physician of that city. At - ,4he age of fifteen Mr. Hennig became a stu dent of Shakespeare, possessing a wild In fatuation for the classical drama and the 'thespian's art. At eighteen ho made his first visit to New York and entered the college of oratory and acting, where he graduated at twenty-one. During his studies he followed his profession of telegraphy, receiving Asso • ciated Press and specials for the New York papers. At one time he was looked upon as being almost ths youngest telegrapher in America, being efficient at fourteen. Miss Katherine Rogers gave Mr. Hennlng his first professloaal engagement in 18S2. opening with her in Newark, N. J., "doubling" Ben volio and Paris in "Romeo and Juliet." The following season he joined Mr. Keene's com pany, and played the same season at the Cincinnati Dramatic Festival,- appearing with Fanny Davenport, Modjeska, Agnes Booth, Marie Prescott, T. W. Keene, Fred Warde, Robson and Crane, Barton Hill. John Jack and other prominent actors and actresses, receiving most favora ble comment. He has remained with Mr. Keene ever since he first joined his company, except during tho tragedian's teen months' retirement, when he supported Miss Bella Moore on her visit to California. His experience has been almost exclusively legit imate, having played in nearly the entire range of Shakespearean dramas, from the smallest part up. He says: "The classical drama is the acme of art. and the only gen nine school. Legitimate actors are growing scarcer every season, not that Shakespeare is waning, but because there are so few suc cessful tragedians, and since the stock system wont out of vogue there is comparatively little schooling. Nowadays a combination runs one play an entire season when in the stock days the actors and act-, resses where schooled to play many parts during a season— comedy, tragedy, melo drama and all: Shakespeare will live for* ever, both on the stage and in the library; but in this progressive age the public de mands spectacular productions and novel scenic effects of the immortal bard's works as well as in melodramas or other stage rep resentation!). . It is, perhaps, lamentable, but it is true that there are not enough patrons of the theaters who can appreciate Shake speare's plays for their own depth and merit.". Therefore, to successfully pecuniarily pre sent them managers must oiler glittering aud brilliant effects to the masses to assist them iv enjoying what they really cannot under stand." — — "The cheap lunch counter establishments of a metropolitan city meet with all sorts of odd customers," said a typical "hash-slinger " yesterday. "A good many times the propri etor gets the worst of it. There are a lot of fellows who walk in, take a seat as near th c door as possible, and, a.fter eating what they get, walk off without settling. The waiters are all behind the counter and can't stop 'em. But there is another kind of men that often get in their work. I'll tell you how they do it. One calls for something that costs about 10 cent 3, say a sandwich and a cup of coffee. When he eats it be says he hasn't bjeu given a check and the waiter gives him one. Next day he comes in and eats a stunner. His check is 40 cents, and that's a lot in a cheap house. But when he gets to the cash ier ho produces a ten-cent check and lays down his dime. Do you twig? Well, be had pocketed his first check the day before and swore he hadn't been given one. Then he got another, see? But that's an old gag. and we're all getting on to it. Yesterday I caught a fellow at it. but he didn't seem to care much, only he had to pay for what he got. and i suppose that hurt him some." ' ■ v DRAMATIC DATA. The popular* comedienne and sonbrette, Fannie Rice, surrounded by an excellent company of comedians and singers, will in troduce the new and successful musical farce-comedy, "A Jolly Surprise," at the Metropolitan , tonight. The company will; play a special Christmas matinee tomorrow. The illustrated lecture by James A. Green entitled "Views Afoot in Ireland." promises to draw a great crowd. P. 11. Kelly has ar ranged for the Irish-American club, of which he is president, to attend in a body. R. T. O'Connor. D. W. LawleK'^Sand other promi nent Irish-Americans are taking a deep in terest in the matter 'and will rally their friends for the occasion. The reason for this interest may be readily found in the enthus iasm which has been everywhere awakened by Cincinnati's brilliant young lecturer, who has studied the poetry and romance of the land of his birth, as well as its lakes, its fields aud its mountains, with the fiery pas sion of a young patriot, and has embodied it all in this address, which will be illustrated with views taken on the spot iv a tramp over the Emerald Isle. -i- Wiliinrr. Gillette's latest and greatest suc cess with the delightfully deceptive title of "All the Comforts of Home" is to be pre sented at the Metropolitan next week by Charles Frohman's company of brilliant comedians. The name of the play would seem to indicate that the visitor would be treated to domestic scenes and incidents somewhat similar to such a play as "The Old Homestead" and .others of the same class, but in this he will find himself agree ably deceived. The piece is one uproarious laugh from beginning to end. It is considered Gillette's master work in comedy. PLUMPER FOR PALMER. Palmer stands high up in the list of presidential possibilities, if not next after Cleveland.— Montgomery Adver tiser. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, is the lat est entry for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Several less suitable men nave been mentioned. — Providence Telegram. Senator Palmer never said a truer word than when he jestinsly remarked that the Democrats could not fina a bet ter man than he fora presidential candi date.—St. Louis Post- Dispatch. The . Chicago Herald strongly,advo cates Gen. John M. Palmer for the Democratic nomination next year. Re cent events have demonstrated the fact that Democracy has no special favorite and is ready to place any new name on her list of suitors. Slide up. general !— Wheeling Register, f. .... . The statement from Washington that z the Illinois Democrats have taken up in earnest the matter of Senator Palmer's nomination for the presidency may or may not be true, but this veteran states man has been ever since his election to the senate a presidential possibility.— Net* York World. j Senator Palmer never said a truer word than when he jestingly remarked •that the Democrats could not find a bet ter man than he for a presidential can didate. Fortunately, as the senator -would himself agree, there are several, igood Democrats of whom • the raise 'thing may be said.— jit. Louis Post-Dis patch. The friends of Senator Palmer, of ; Il linois, are trying to boom him for the Democratic nomination to the presi dency. As Cleveland's hopes wane. Senator Palmer's may crow, for the Western Democrats who would support Cleveland as asainst Hill would natur ally throw their influence to Palmer as a second choice.— Denver Time*. ,; _ q ■ New York's Tribute. Troy (N. V.) Budget. The Thankssrivinc and praise issue of the St. Paul. Minn., Glodk of Thurs «ray. Nov. '2o. was a monster. It con tained twenty-eight pases. Eighteen pages were devoted to detailing the re sources of the great Northwest. It teils of v - millions of cheap acres : for home seekers of the fertile soil and delightful climate, great dairy, stock and sheep : section, mines, laanafacturiw*. rail ti):uls. etc., and resources tor 1 10,00 > more |Htp:il»tu>n.-': : L- >iv jii^s are d** voted i<> railroad i:it.T-*-t. mitt are pro ttt-.»'ly iliusir 1 1*-* 1 .. i: i* «,. pat/er.well Vui:»iprcacr»ia3p. v .■•'jn'. x '~i NOTES AND NEWS. * All the city and county offices will be closed tomorrow, Christmas day. Scarlet fever at 1884 Charles street and 108 State street was reported at the health office yesterday. The Minneapolis Blank Book Manufactur ing company increases its capital stock from $30,000 to 540,000. * . Sydney Noman, a well known young man in architectural circles, is the proud posses sor of a bouncing boy. The office of the clerk of the supreme court will be closed this afternoon aud will not open again until next Monday. The Kansas City railroad has expressed a determination to give free transportation to contributions for the Russian relief fund. Thomas O'Brien, who gave himself up Tuesday evening as a deserter from the army, was taken to Fort Snellinjcby a guard. Assistant Attorney General Childs re turned yesterday from Buffalo, where he as sisted in the prosecution of Murderer Mazue. Acker Post No. 21, G. A. R., will hold a regular meeting this (Thursday) evening at its hall, corner Third and Wabasha streets, at 7:3) o'clock. Mayor Smith yesterday affixed his signa ture to the resolution passed Tuesday even ing by the common council providing for the erection of the auditorium. The case against Anton Drop, who was arrested for disorderly conduct, was dis missed in the municipal court yesterday, the complaint having been withdrawn. Building Inspector Johnson yesterday issued a permit to George S. Heron to build a two-story frame dwelling on Selby avenue, near St. Albans street, at a cost of §..'.450. At a meeting of the Journeymen plumbers Tuesday night Frank Burt was unanimously recommended for appointment as plumbing inspector in case a vacancy should occur. Among the statistics brought to light by the labor commissioner is the fact that more typewriting machines are in use in St. Paul than in the entire city of London, England. It was learned at St. Joseph's hospital last evening that C. A. B. Weide, upon whom the surgeons had performed amputation of the lower limbs, was progressing favorably and would recover. * Albert Stauish and J. Wunder, the two men who had a tussle on Moridßyiwlth Officer Ross when he arrested them for disorderly conduct, were fined 85 each yesterday in the municipal court. The East Presbyterian church, corner East .Seventh and Ross streets, will hold their Christmas exercises this evening at 7 o'clock sharp. An interesting programme of recita tions and music will be given. The extra expense list of the state public school at Owatonua for November and De cember was received by the auditor yester day. The expense tor the two months is $1,429 for plumbing, repairs, etc. The state bank of Springfield filed its cer tificate with Public Examiner Keuyon yes terday, showing a paid in capital of $30,060, and received a certificate authorizing the bank to do business under the laws of the slate. There has already been a very gratifying advance sale for the Sir Edwin Arnold en tertainment at the People's church Monday evening. Present indications uoiut to a crowded audience to greet the famous En glishman. The report that the Second National bank contemplates the erection ofja block on Sixth street, opposite the Bjan, is denied by the bank officials. "There is no ground whatever for the newspaper report," said Vice Presi dent Cowley yesterday. James McGrath, the man who stole a robe on Tuesday evening belouging to John Shea, and who was arrested by Officer Schram be fore Shea reported his loss to the police, was given ninety days in the workhouse by Judge Twohy in the municipal court yesterday. . G. N. Cardozo, a furniture dealer on Jack son street, was charged yesterday with vio lating the city's ordinances by placing a quantity of goods on the side wait in front of his store. The case was dismissed on tho promise of Mr. Cardozo not to offend iv the future. It was a very short session that was hell yesterday by the chamber of commerce, and the business transacted was of not much im portance. Secretary of State Elaine for warded ten copies of the consular reports on canals for navigation: Congressmen Hall and Castle wrote acknowledging cornmunicatiousc regarding St. Paul public buildings, ami, on motion of H. F. Stevens, the carnival com mittee was discharged. BASE BALL BANTER. The base ball war is over, and we are now prepared to settle that little matter with Chili.— Detroit Tribune. There is some talk of draping the town in black on the painful occasion of the death of base ball.— Milwaukee Sen tinel. Base ball maenates who met in "peace conference" seem to have carried their carefully concealed weapons with them. —Toledo Commercial. The base ball war is ended. Now. if Chili doesn't set ugly and want to tight, we may look for peace during the next two weeks at least.— Cleveland Leader. Twelve base ball clubs will doubtless run the national gan?« into the ground, and that's why the scheme of the mag nates should be encouraged.— Pitlsburg Dispatch. Peace reiens once more in the base ball world, but at what a $100,000 to $150,000. and Chicago left out in the cold! That is hard on Chicago, but they can now devote their undivided atten tion to the fair.— Boston Traveller. If the twelve-club scheme is adopted in base ball circles, as it seems certain to be, the directors of the proposed new Sunday beer club in Chicago will be able to devote their undivided attention to the brewing business.— Chicago Evening Post. The admirers and patrons of that muscular institution, base ball, will be glad to learn that the war heretofore existing between the two opposing organizations is at an end. the confer ence at Indianapolis naving agreed to consolidate Into one league, composed of twelve clubs, located in as many cities. Of course, Louisville is in it.— Louisville Times. The new base ball deal by which the American association goes out of ex istence and the national league is to have professional ball playing to it self is born of necessity. The game has not proved profitable for two or three seasons and considerable money has been lost which there was small prospects of regaining unless some radical steps were taken in the way of reorganization.— Philadelphia Press. SO THEY SAY. A cornfield is one of the things that is often greatly shocked without the aid of electricity.— Dansville Breeze. The highwayman is enough of a financier to know how to draw on a fel low at sight.— Yonkers Gazette. The pretty pianist always has a strik ing manneranrt more frequently a dis tracting air.— Binghamton Republican. There's nothing in size— when a pint bottle can exert mure influence over | some men than a church spire.—Colum bus Post. There is a good illustration of reci procity in the highwayman. lie holds you uu while you give him a lift.—El mira Gazette. People who have seen two lovers say good-by never have any trouble after wards in believing hi eternity.— Texas sittings. There is nothing in the world more aggravating to a man with a secret than to meet people who have no curiosity.— Atcliison Globe. It is difficult for the average man to hear it said that man was made In God's own image without feeling that he is the man referred t«».- Boston Transcript. The energetic efforts pot forth in Russia ; for the relief of the famine-stricken will en i courage outside liberality. The amount ex-; i ponded The past two months foots up toward [ 5.>).000.0n l , nun still was far below the needs. i There should be the most generous response ! from iiii-* country in view of the abundance • i of fo«iiialalFs. THE WHEAT FUTURE. Senator Casey Takes the Davis View of the Crops of the Future. President Roach Talks of the Golden Red River Valley. The Sa^e Confident of His Re election By the State Alliance. Some Interesting- Homilies Gathered in the Hotel Corridors. Senator L. R. Casey, of Jamestown, N.- D., spent a part of yesterday in St. Paul look ine after business matters, and dining at the Ryan with some friends. Sen ator Casey came on from Washington a day or two ago, but went at once to M i oneapoiis, where he is the truest of bis brother, L. B. Casey, of the Nortwest ern bank. He will go on to North Dakota in a day or two and look after his in terests there Imfnra nfnpn. 1 ~*^ ->-. A J \- ZvPv.toS^ Ing to Wash ington. Senator Casey wears classes and has the look of ;i business man rather than that of a farmer, and. in deed, although the manager and part owner of a Bonanza farm in North Da kota, his work is probably more in the line of the man of affairs than actual farming. He is a very pleasant conver sationalist and talks entertain ingly on his work in the sen ate as well a* on his big farm. His appearance betokens the man of peace rather than a tighter, which probably accounts for the tact that in all the rows over the distribu tion of the offices In North Dakota, ho is seldom quoted as saying anything against either Congressman Johnson or his colleague to the senate.llansbrough. This does not mean, however, that he is not a worker, for he is, and the rec ords of appointments In his state will show that he gets his share of the plums. He will come up for re-election at tSie next session of the North Dakota legis lature, but he seems to be taking little interest in that subject. His ulTuble way of meeting men probably explains his last election and it may bring him another when the time comes. Senator Casey is a student of passing events, and is especially well-posted on the subject of farming, and lias great hopes for that business in the future. He takes no stock in the claim that the time of small fanners and small farms is coming, and argues that farming as it is made more and more of a business will lead towards large farms. "Better prices for the products of the farmer are coming," said he, "and the farm er will be in a few years the most prosper ous man in tne country." Whether Senator Casey has been reading the optimistic assays of Wood Davis on the future of the fanner is not known, but he agrees with that writer In his conclusions. Mr. Davis, it will be remembered, claims that the limit of new lands to be dovoteu to wheat rais ins has practically been reached and that, therefore, the tendency of the fut ure must be toward higher prices for wheat. By this Mr Davis does not mean that no more new land will be de voted to wheat growing, but that land now devoted to the crop will be used for other purposes in about the proportion that new land is broken up and planted n wheat. i "The time is not far distant," said Senator Casey, -'wheu there will be less wheat raised than needed for the world's supply. The price will go up uutil it reaches a price that will pay the farmers to turn land back to that crop. Even at 51. 50 per bushel, which would now be regarded as a very high price, a great deal of land will not be used for wheat iv a few years that is now devoted to it." THF VALLEY OF GOLD. President Roach Talks of the Fer tile lied River. Hon. W. N. Roach, president of the board of trustees of the state university and Democratic candidate for governor of North Dakota for the last two cam paigns, was in the city yesterday en route to the East to do some Immigra tion work among old friends in New York state. lie was not talking politics, but of the wonderful wheat crop of the Red River valley. Mr. Roach is not only a keen politician, but be is also a practical farmer and sat on a twine binder for four weeks, cut ting his own and his neighbors' grain, during the past harvest, and for the past two weeks has been hauling hay. Eigh teen hundred and ninety-one was a phenomenal crop year in the lied River valley, and be predicts that 1888 will equal if not sut pass it. He had wheat this season running as high as forty bushels to the acre. Land equally -rood can be bought for from $10 to~s2o an acre. There was an unusually long period of rainy weather this fall which delayed threshing. The recent snow storm, which was ex aggerated by newspaper correspondents into a howling blizzard, was nothing more than a brisk snow storm, a" littiug climax to the long rainy spell, but at no time was the temperature below zero. The snow has all disappeared except in patches, and within a radius of six miles of his home in the town of Lari mora, there are a dozen threshing ma chines now busy turning out an excel lent grade of wheat, notwithstanding that much of it has been standing in shocks. He says that nearly every farmer in his vicinity this year raised enough to pay for his land at $20 an acre, besides all expenses of raising the crop. The use of smoke smudges, he thinks, will prevent the only serious menace to successful wheat culture in the North west. He tried it himself this year, and j thinks it satisfactorily performs its mis sion in .preventing the formation of dew. If the fanners of the Northwest were as careful in their operations as their brothers in the East there would be no doubt of success every year. The average man in North Dakota farms ou a plan so wasteful that it would drive a frugal Eastern farmer crazy. The Da kota farmer generally wastes enough every year to pay his family expenses, j everything comes so easy. • Air. Roach was accompanied by Mr. E. J. Lander, of Grand Forks, and sev eral other North Dakotans also east ward-bound on a missionary trip for the valley. STIIjLi IN THK SADDLE. Ignatius Donnelly Tells of What the Alliance May Do. - The Sage of Nininger came up from his retreat.' near Hastings yesterday, and, of course, spent some time chatting with friends at the Merchants'. He is' •anticipating a very important meeting of the State Alliance at Minneapolis next month, and is confident of his own re-election to the presidency. He chatted entertainingly of the many questions that will .probably come "up, and is firmly of the opinion that it "will be a great meeting. ../'The Alliance," he said, will not fuse with any other party, but the People's, party may. .The question of fusion wi 11 ! probably be considered and the People's j party indorsed, m my opinion. The j question of fusion will depend largely upon the disposition H made of the People's party. A question of' impor tance will be the proposed withdrawal of the Minnesota Alliance from the Northern Alliance and its , union with the Southern body, known as the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. The subject of Alliance stores will be considered. Representatives of the Al liance company will be present to place the matter before the convention."' Sir. Donnelly frankly stated that he expected to be re-elected, and that he anticipated little opposition. The po sition of Senator Hompe. of Otter Tail, he regarded as meaning that he desires lo run for congress in the Seventh dis trict. -/u>; . • HOTEL TIPS. Gossip of Men in and About the Hostolries. Mr. (Sanderson thinks that the northern part of the state will bs solidly for Nelson in the next state convention of the Repub lican party, but be declined to express him self further iv trie matter. . C. J. Gunderson, of Alexandria, who was formerly ilia law partner of Route Nelson, was in the city yesterday on law business in the supreme court. Mr. Gunderson became well known in the last campaign by reason of the '•tariff for revenue only" 1 plank which, he had inserted in ex-Congressman Corn stock's platform at the Little Falls conven tion. 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