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Patrons and friends are cordially invited tovibit and avail themselves of the facilities of our Eastern Office while In New York. TODAY'S WEATHER. Washington, Jan. 31. — Indications— For Michigan: Light rains, slightly . warmer; south winds; colder Tuesday. For - Wiscon sin: Haiti, turning to snow; col i wave; winds becoming northwest. For Minnesota: Rain and cold wave south : fair and colder; north erly winds. For lowa and Nebraska: * Turn- Ing to colder winds, becoming northerly. For South Dakota: Turning colder; north erly Willds. genkkal OBSERVATIONS. I kited States Department op Agricult ure, VVeatheb Bureau, Washington. Jan. 31, 15:4? p. m. Local rims, S p. m. 7oth Merid ian Time.— Observations taken at the same moment of ti:no at all stations. Tlace of S Sjs 1 1 riace of If I § riace of =- 5 3 Place of 3~ 3g ODserration. 5 £.' -- Observation. 5 £. 2 — lO'- ; O ■ ~ -. ; ~ ■ a : : 7 St. Paul 23.9 a M) Miles City... J30.06 26 Duluth. ...-. •.■.•'.'■> v. 1 Helena 30.02 88 LaCrosse...|2i).9C ; 40'! Ft. Sully j Huron 29.90 32 tiinuedosa. 30.18 12 Jloorhead... 130.06 .> Calgary. ...133.04 24 St. Vincent.. ~;><.v: 24 Winnipeg. .130.14 14 Bismarck.... 30.10 26 iQ,"ApDelle. .. 30.30 is Ft. Buford..i3\l4! 241j>ied'e lint.. •.'.'.H- ) 32 For St Paul, Minneapolis and vicinity forecast to 8 a.m. Tuesday: Winds veering to colder, northwesterly: rain, followed Mon day evening or night by fair weather. V. F. Lyons. Local Forecast Oflicl/' A TALK OF ART. The Gloise published in its news col- Omnf yesterday morning a path) ti- re count of the difficulties attending the higher intellectual life, which some of its readers may have overlooked be • sause of the obscurity of its position. A Minneapolis artist hal renown in the city of his residence, the hope of fame beyond and genius in his soul. But he had neither money in his pocket nor food in his stomach. A Minneapolis woman had no love for art for its own ■ake, and no very good manners nor re spect for her contracts, if what is said about her is true. But she had a board ing house for which the artist had a passionate need, and she had a lively ambition to see her features immortal ized on canvas in the conventional hues, of pink and white. These two thus supplemented each other, and entered into a solemn compact under their respective hands and seals of . the following nature: lie was to paint her portrait with accurate flattery, and she, in return, was to sup ply him with a place to sleep and food to eat for the full term of forty weeks, and, as he claims, with all the privi leges accorded to her most favored boarders. It is hardly necessary to tell the story of what ensued to any one familiar with the history of art and literature and intellectual pursuits in general. He, of course, did his part faithfully, and with deft touches caught her happiest expression, and landed it securely in a shape which her posterity In the boarding house line might pre serve among their choicest household relics. She. on the other hand, having no appreciation of the artistic tempera ment, soon tired of his society. She ob jected openly to his loafing about the parlor in the day time, and befouling her antimacassars with cheap tobacco smoke, as artists are bound to do if they would have inspiration for their work. She criticised the cut of his clothes and the style in which he wore his flowing locks, because they differed from the fashion affected by the gentle men in trade with whom she was ac quainted. Cut to all these things he submitted with patience as long as the food supply was uninterrupted. When, however, she helped him last at the ta ble, and sometimes forgot to help him at all, complaining that he had eaten so much at the previous meal as to need nothing at this, he left her roof more in sorrow than in anger. At' an earlier stage of the world's history there would be no remedy for one thus crushed to earth, but these are happier times. The courts are open to the soulful and the intellectual as well as to the vulgar moneymaker, and he has sued her for the value of his painting, which he esti mates at a figure arrived at by reckon ing her board and lodging as worth SO a week. She is said to admit the mal treatment in her answer, but to set upas & defense that he did not know his business, and that the picture is no good. The Globe predicts that a Min neapolis jury will make short work of the case. In a center of its sort there are artists and better artists, but it is not admitted that the poor artists exist. He will get the price which is due him, because his craft deserves support" and encouragement, if for no other reason. It was all right to trifle with poets and such in medeaival Florence, and to make them climb back stairs for a , liv ing, but it will no go? down in Minneap olis. All its Dantes are bound to have a good time,- and if they can not secure it in any other way the law will look out for them.. THE WOOL DUTIES. The Woolen -Manufacturers' associa tion that delighted the McKinloyites recently with its protest against the free wool bill was not the representa tive body it WO3 taken for by many. It was more a political aggregation than a business body. It affected to speak for the woolen manufacturers as willing to pay more for the raw material imported rather than have the home wool grow ers come in competition with the wool produced abroad, and especially ob jected to the reduction of duties on woolen goods. The Wool Consumers' association, representing the great body of woolen manufacturers of the coun try, comes into the arena with an en tirely different expression. It urges the passage of the bill now before the house pioviding for the repeal of duties on wool, even it it does involve a con siderable reduction of the tariff on woolen manufactures. They insist that the success of tneir industry and its ability to give full employment to its labor depends upon, their ability to procure their material on equal terms with manufacturers in other countries, who coins in compjtition with them in foreign markets. This, bo far from de ereaaing the demand and price of Amer ican wool, will add to them, as there will b.' more of tho required foreign article to mix it with. The history of the industry shows that it has been more prosperous under low tariff, and the price of tho home-grown wool has been higher than under duties like tho present ones. THE SENATORIAL. CONTEST. The friends of Ctshman K.Davis have already begun to take counsel to getnor iv order to secure his return to the United States senate a year from now. If the Republicans control the legislature, they feel confident that no candidate will appear against him in the party caucus. Perhaps this is true. Hut what if the legislature should be divided, as it was at tl.e last session'; 1 Will there be a coali'.ion between the Democracy and the Alliance, or will a few Democrats unite with the Republi cans and sond Mr. Davis back to Wash ington? Some people can be found who regard this as possible. They reason that self-respecting men will not con sent to any sort of barter with a party led by ltiXATirs I)oxxkm,y on the in- Bane platform adopted at the recent Minneapolis convention, and they count i>:> our senior senator's admitted ability and charming personal qualities to win some votes for him. should he need them, even among his political oppo nents. Whoever seriously holds such views is doomed to bitter disappointment. A long series of essays from his pen in the Forum magazine on the needs of inland commerce, or on any other subject, would not avail one whit to effaca the impression his public career has "made on the Uemocracry of Minnesota. He might write an epic poem, and illumine it with all the warmth ami interest Ins presence carries with it on the stump or it the dinner table, but it would be powerless to distract the popular mind from the disappointing record of narrow partisanship which stamps his conduct in official life. He may come home from the national capital next fall and head his party's fight in every quarter of tiie state with his old-time brilliancy and euthusiasm. but even among his cham pions he can never again kindle the de votion of former days, and he will find no well wishers or secret sympathizers with his ambitions among his foes as he has in the past. Ihe circumstances are inconceivable under which a Democrat or an inde pendent legislator should givn his vote for the advancement of Cushmas K. Davis. He is a man of learning, of character, of energy, and of generous instincts. But so also were Mr. Com stock, Mr. S-vidru, Mr. Halt, nnd Mr. Di'xxkll, who represented Minnesota in the Fifty-first congress. His name, however, is forever linked, as is theirs, with the three infamous achievements which have characterized the Hasbi sox administration. These are" the Mc- Kixi.icy tariff bill, the force bill, and the prodigal expenditure of a billion dollars of the nation's money during the short space of a single congress's exist ence. There is no future in this state for public servants who proved thus false to their trusts. Neither Mr. Cosi stock. Mr. Sxioeu, Mr. Hall nor Mr. Duxxell is at present considered iv con nection with the incumbency of any elective office. Neither should Cu.sii ma.n K. Davis be. The people of Min nesota believe in tariff reform, in per sonal liberty, in economy and simplicity of administration. Let the Republi cans, if they dare, put our senior seua tor at the head of their column and try to carry this commonwealth *or protec tionism, sectional hate and extrava gance. The (tl.obk does not believe that they will make much headway. There may be doubt on some questions. I'erhaps it would be better, should the Democracy hold the balance of power in the next legislature, to invest with the senatorial toga some out-and-out Kepublican of position and influence than to return an unreliable demagogue of the Peppbb pattern. This will be a subject for future determination. But one thing is certain, and it is this: A man who voted for the McKixley tariff bill, the force bill and the appropriation bills of the Fifty-first congress must be retired to private life at any hazard and at all hazards. No considerations of local pride or personal friendship must be allowed to stand in the way of this programme. CHARLES HAD DON SPURGEOX. News of the sudden death of London's most popular preacher will come as a shock to millions in America. His fame was world-wide, and the loss to religious circles will be universally deplored. With us the effect of Rev. Spuijgkox's deatii in England can be better appre ciated when we compare it with the de mise of Hknuy Ward Beeches in New YorK. What Beechsb was, polemically, iv the United States, Splkgkox was in all England. lie stood in the same position as an emi nent pulpit orator, yet divested of the strong political attributes with whici Beeches delighted to clothe himself. The death of Spubgeon was sudden in the sense that, in this country at least, it was entirely unexpected. Yet within less than eighteen months the distinguished divine was brought very near death's door by a complication of diseases from which he never entirely recovered. Since then his health has been precarious, and he lias been obliged to forego a lanre portion of the religious work that he loved, and which has endeared his name to thousands. Dying at the age of fifty-seven yenrs, Mr. Spubgeon has been a preacher silica h3 was eighteen. At that early age he connected himself with a "lay preachers' association" from whence, in 1853, he was called to the New Park Street Baptist chapel in Southwark, London. Here his eloquence attracted immense crowds. So rapidly did his popularity increase that in lstil a chapel capable of seating betsveen five and six thousand was erected for his congrega tion in Newton Butts. His success as a revivalist has been great, so many as 13,000 having been admitted to his church daring his pastorate. In his re ligious views Mr. Spubgeoh has been a liberal in the sense of reconciling re ligion with the practical duties of life. A hard worker both in and out of the pulpit, he apparently labored in full sincerity of purpose for the pure love of the cause to which he had devoted him self at so early an age. In the death of Mr. Sitkgkox one of the creat theolog ical lights of the world has gone out, and London's humanity has lost a friend. NOT SO IMPORTANT. The current impression is that the meeting of the Democratic state con vention in New York tins month for the election of delegates to Chicago means that the entire delegation from the state will be controlled by the influ ences that may dominate this conven tion. There are but four out of the seventy-two delegates representing the state to be elected by the state gather ing. These are the senatorial delegates. Each congressional district will elect two delegates at local conventions to THE SAINT fAUr^ILY GLOBE. .MONDAY MOBBING. FhliTiV^nT 1, 18'ja. bo held at later periods. Their action will bo individual and independent. Should, the state convention act in the interest of any aspirant, It does not follow that the districts will concur in such action. For instance, should (iov. Him, be in the field, as many assume that he will be, it il highly probable that the state convention will be favorable to his caudidacy, and elect four delegates committed to him, whether instructed or not. The dis tricts will, no doubt, choose delegates irrespective of this fact, some being for 11n.i., others for Ci.kvki.axd or other names favored. In this view the im portance of the action of the state con vention is greatly lessened. It will have value as an indication of party sentiment, and influence the districts to some extent, but does not render probable unan imity in the voice of the state at Chicago, '''he course takou in calling the state convention at so unprece dented a date will probaoly be negative ly influential, so far as it has effect upon the party at large. It may aid to render it impolitic to nominate one of the party leaders of that state, but will have small effect in elevating another. On the whole, it will tend to minify rather than magnify the potency or that great state as a factor in the prelim inary stage of tho presidential contest. ROOM FOR REFORM. One of the peculiar features of the temperance reform work, as a rule, is that those engaged in it have no concern as to whether the liquors used are pure or adulterated so as to be far more de leterious than the alcoholic element should be. Some have even been so heartless as to want the liquors tc be as harmful as possible, in the fanciful sup position that somehow a reaction will be provoked and their use discouraged. A New York temperance evangelist, who is a chemist, has been collecting samples from tony saloons in New York city, and gives out results that are adapted to useful service in the re formatory work. The "fine old Ken tucky whisky" contained neutral spir its, glycerine, |creosote, unslaked lime and fusel oil. But it was comparatively pure beside the port wine and gin. The composition of the latter wrs fonnd to nearly exhaust the resources of the drug shops, many of the ingredients be ing very harmful poisons. Still, in va riety of elements lager beer is the great marvel. Here are some of the alleged discoveries: Pepper, ginger, vinegar, capsicum, cream of tartar;. acetic, nitric, cittic. tartaric, sul phuric and prussic acids; mtric,sulphuricand acetic ether; spirits of nitre, the oils of vit riol, turpentine and cassia; caraway seeds, clover, japoniea extract, bitter almonds, orris root, craius of paradise. Spanish jaice, black ants, dried cherries, orange peel, coriander seed, white oak bark, tannic acid, fennel seed, cardamom seed, wormwood, copperas, alum, sulphates of iron and copper, licorice, opium, gentian root, quassia, coculus indi ctis, tobacco, saltpetre, logwood, marble dust, egtr shells, hartshorn, nutgalls, potash and soda. Some of these are harmless, but others are dangerous to take into the system, as they must be if they really have gen eral place in the New York beers. It is not probable that many of them are found in any one sample, but it would be iv the interest of humanity to insist that no dangerous ingredients should have place. So far as there have been tests made of the beers used in St. Paul it is not remembered that there have been serious imputations as to their purity, at least so far as deleterious ele ments are concerned. It is believed no popular makes of beer are freer from impurities than those of local produc tion. That is the impression given out as the result of tests. It is clearly im portant to reduce as far as possible the harmful effects upon the system of arti cles used as intoxicants, and there is probably room for much reform in this direction. . A NEW HOLIDAY. Congressman Hall, of this state, who is proving a very efficient worker in the house, has initiated our measure that meets wide approval without regard to section or politics. He has introduced a bill that declares "the anniversary of the discovery of America by Cinn-^To phbb CoLiMuus.Jto wit, the 12th of October, a clay of national thanksgiving, on which day the people of the United States may express their gratitude to Almighty God for the lite and services of the illustrious navigator and explor er." It is regarded as quite probable that this view will prevail and another holiday be added to the list. The tend ency of the times is to fewer hours of toil and more days of recreation. There are, however, many who insist that CoLtniBUS should not have the undi vided honor. The Norseman who hap pened somewhere in this part of the world about 500 years earlier has many friends, who are likely to insist that he should be given some sort of place in the records. His neglect, however, to write a book about the country, or even fill a few columns in the daily papers depicting his adventures and discover ies, leaves his surroundings and ac complishments too indefinite to work up well in festive remembrance. It has been said that the man who opens up a new pleasure to the popular life is a benefactor. A whole holiday of jubila tion for a great nation may even in time require an annex in justice to the originator of it. ST. PAUL'S DAY. As the old rhymes in regard to some of the weather omens bear too early date to have more than prophetic local reference, the following lines may have little more significance than that of co incidence: If St. Paul's day be fair and clear. It does betide a happy year; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain. If clouds or mists do dark the sky. Great store of birds and beasts shall die; And if the winds do flic aloft. Then war snail vexe the kingdom oft The specific date is jusf a week old, but the day filled the prosperous meas ure of the rhymes, although it was but an ordinary specimeu of the weather ot the present winter. All of the St. Paul days of late "betide a happy year," not only in the line of ancient adages, but by ail the essential conditions and en vironments. Some Republican papers think the white people at Charleston, S. C, are impertinent to object to a colored post master. The old prejudices do not exist here as in Charleston, yet there would be hasty Republican embassies to Wash ington to protest if the delay in the ap pointment of a postmaster in St. Paul were due to the purpose of the president to find a colored man for the position. It is probably an advertising state ment that Mrs. Hukphbsy Waiid has received from the publishers 8100,000 for her unpublished novel. Perhaps some will remember the name of a re ligious novel by her that caused some furor. The valuation now put upon that is five cents. Ben Butleu's book has been out for some days, and society still moves on at the old gait Coxkling in New York and Cam eron in Pennsylvania tried midwinter conventions to set up the Chicago con vention of 1888 for a third term for Grant. They carried their states, but fell ii little abort at tho outcome in June. Pkrkavs it is a fabrication that the American Construction company has a bill of *.~),7r)0,000 against the government of Chili that it has put in the hands of a son uf Minister Euan for collection. A war would cost more. It is probably that the Chilians will not love the United States as a Chris tian people should; but if they settle up on business principles, it is not best to require them to make salaams to Pat EciAS. ; It is observed at Washington that no part of the country is more eager to light under the Has in case of war than the South. There should be no dispar agement of its patriotism. The war witii Chili has cost this country more than Euan's son can make out of the nitrate beds after a war has put his father's friends aud pals back into power. Chili is not likely to be a comfortable place for Americans for some time, if it was all a mistake. Nor will Egan be any more popular. The trouble with the Alliance forces in the house is that they all wanted to wear shoulder straps and leave no pri vate. HicncuLF.s attacKed the heads of the hydra singly. That is the way proposed with the McKixlky hydra. The wool market begins to show ani mation, now that thero is a prospect of having free wool. Bi.aink's letter of withdrawal, it is feared, has been lost out of his pocket and not found. DAVID BENNETT HILL. The statement that Hill "does not de sire to hinder the success of his party by forcing himself upon it" is one of those fairy tales which are devised from time to time for the diversion of the marines. — St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When, on Washington's birthday, the New York Democratic convention leads out with a solid delegation for Hill, there will be a wonderful craning of necks to note the effect upon the rest of this broad land. — Cincinnati Enquirer. Whatever may be the opinion in the West and South, the impression pre vails among New York Democrats that David 13. iiill holds big and little ca sino, with a prospect of cards and spades, in the presidential game.— New York Advertiser. The fact that David Bennett Hill wants a midwinter state convention for a change, and gets it, should not be over looked by those persons who imagine Mr. Hill is not in the race for the presi dency. He is there, and moving with more or less precision.— New York Ad vertiser. The drift of Democratic sentiment is unquestionably in favor of Hill just now, but there are many chances for him to lose his advantage during the next four months, and it may be that fate is merely encouraging him at pres ent for the purpose of getting a decisive whack at him in June.— St. Louis Globe- Democrat. DOTS ON DIVORCE. Another woman has sued for divorce after looking through her husband's pocket. She ought to have known it was loaded.— New York World. Mrs. Jame3 G. Blame Jr. was entirely justified in refusing to compromise her divorce suit. She already had been compromised enough by her marriage.— Chicago Mail. Why the Divorce Reform league should meet in Boston, with Chicago aud Sioux Falls ready to entertain its members, is one of the mysteries that is not likely to be solved.— Detroit Tribune. The fact that several London divorce suits have lately been decided in favor of the husband may be taken as an indi cation that Englishmen regard the pres ent as a time for Englishmen to stand together.— New York Advertiser. Boston has a National Divore Keform league. It is worked in the interest of New England spinsters, who think that the matrimonial market has been bulled by the letting loose of too many fasci nating grass widows.— Si. Joseph News. A New York paper points to the nov elty of "a suit for divorce in the county court of Media, Pa., by Jane Dawson.'' The novelty consists "in the fact that .Fane and her husband are both Quakers, and divorces iv the Quaker church are things almost unheard of.— Chicago Inter Ocean. SENATOR DAVIS. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, has a noteworthy collection of Napoleoiia, embracing 300 books and quantities of pictures. To the senator the "Little Corporal" is the greatest hero of history, and he reads every line he can rind re lating to him.— New York World. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, has a fal for collecting books, pictures and manu scripts bearing upon the life and history of Napoleon, and believes that the hero of Austerlitz was the world's greatest soldier. Corporal Tanner has a differ ent opinion.— Philadelphia Times. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, wants congress to make • Oct. 13, the anniver sary of the day Columbus discovered America, a day of national thanksgiv ing. It certainly will be appropriate to . so observe the day next year in memory of the quadri-centennial of that inter esting event.— Inter Ocean. :. -^^- .. - IS THIS SOMETHING NEW? Powerful Organizations to Insure People Against Poverty. Probably next to death or serious bodily injury, poverty will be conceded to be the worst of human ills. It will .therefore' be a matter of large public interest to know that complete arrange ments have been made to insure the people of this country against that dire evil. ' .fi It has been well known that com panies are in existence to afford indem nity for almost every possible ill. The building may burn and there is fire in surance to meet the loss. A man may be injured, an accident policy plasters his wound beautifully. There is : in surance against tornadoes on land and wreckage at sea; insurance, to protect employers against embezzlement and owners of plate glass against breakage;, live stock insurance, matrimonial in surance, and lately a society has been organized in this and an adjacent state to insure people against being assaulted and murdered! • .->?> But insurance against poverty ia quite another matter. It is the asser tion of holy writ that we must always have the poor with us, and like other scriptural statements, it proves sadly true. But amelioration of that stern truth is found in the fact that great or ganizations are now in existence by which all men who will, may by a rea sonable thrift guard against the possi bility of poverty. There are erand com panies, more opulent than any others in existence, which for the payment of small pums annually will guarantee any man that at the end of a fixed term of years he shall have money paid, if he so arranges, running up into the thou sands, directly to himself; or, if he dies before the designated time, there sk«H be a fine estate in ready cash for his fa "But that is life insurance "sa -s the ■it any name you like, but it is y and unequivocally iuaurauce povercy. SUNRISE SIGNALS. In theexoltoment ot tho moment over the ttinu'iible udjuslmcut of Chilian matters we trust I'residunt llanisjii will not torget to muster out the Kalaiuazoo militia. The New York Recorder heads an editorial "Fishy Politics." Aud yet the Recorder is one of B, Harrison's best frlemls.iiiid should, consequently, be more eouaiderulo. It may bo true, an frc<iuently staled, ttiat "the Tories aru agiiiti ulurmed," but there is no. necessity of this so long as they retain their invincible cinch on the Associated Press cables. The fact that Sen Butler Is writing a book about -the war" may undo tho work of all tUc combined monthly magazines during the past twenty-five years. The father of Thomas A. Edison looms into prominence on the strength of being al most an exact doublo of James G. Bliiine. This is, probably, a case of reversed heredity. An exchange suggests that Lily Langtry would do well to taite a course of the Keeley cure. But "both Lily and the cure have al reatiy received plenty of free advertising. Brother Dewitt C. Talmage has shaved off his whiskers, but ii is au utter impossibility to curtail that smile. When Benny got his gun, You oughter 6ee 'em run. Them Chilliuns! Them villiuua! Oh, golly ! but 'twas fun — When Benny got his gun. Pat Egau is described as "a low-voiced, quiet-looking person." But, however low his voice, it is thousrht in many quarters that the said voice is still for war. Miracles are being performed at Eau Claire. VTis. Gen. Alger should transport his presi dential boom there immediately. The reappearance of Col. A. R. Kiefer's mayoralty boom suggests that somebody near the corner of Fourth and Robert streets- has overslept himself. My name is Calamity Jerry. 'In Bocks, economical, very; i I'm a jay in the daylight. But watch me at car night, Disporting with champagne and aherry. » * . ■ ■ *• - After all, should Hill and Gorman crowd each other off the track, the whirligig of pol itics may slip Grover Cleveland under the wire as a dark horse. "''\: ; : r ; : Show mo a man I can't lick— or a pledge I can't break.— Johu L.. Sullivan. Rail as much as you wish against Johu Chinaman, he is one of the only class who keeps out of Amoricau poorhouses, and no one can deny that he has removed from American families many of the soap-suds terrors of '"Blue Monday." Persons inclined to dispute the above philosophy are re quested to do so without sayiug "Rats!" Postmaster General Wiuianiaker has at last made partial atonement for the inferior quality of postal cards with which he has lately deluged the country. Iv his latest in structions and postal guides for the use of nostmasiers and letter wriiers he says: Faueiful additions should not be made to the official aud recognized names of post oliices, as they are apt to mislead. * * * For example, Pattagampus, Me., should not be 'extended into ''Pattagampus-on-the-Peu obsoot." This suggestion is in line with common ssnso. It scores a point agninst the one who named "Poughkespsie onthe -Hudson, " and that other triple-hyphenated "Hampshire-by the-Sea." Such affectation i 3 detestable. If long continued a certain town down the river fa Missouri may wake up, rub its eyes, and ask people to address letters to its resi dents -St. Louis-by-the-Raiiroad-Water- Tank." Or, perndventure, the craze may spread to Michigan, and letter-carriers and mailing clerks will struggle with "Kalamazoo bv-a-Woodpile," or "Paw l'aw-by-a-Pile-of- Telegraph Poles."' The nuisance is terrible, from tbe fact of its unlimited horrors. Brother Wanamaker is right, and it is the dntyol all good Democrats to hold up his hands In this movement. We say Democrats advisedly, because it will soon be out of the power of Republicans to hold up anybody's hands. SCINTS FROM "SLUG FIVE." To go forward, a business man has to be well backed up. The saleslady who has a faded appearance is probably shopworn. Full power or capacity of the mind can not be attained unless free from fear aud superstition. The brook that has run dry may be said to have reached an extreme condition. Tbe pugilist is a close-fisted individual. Extravagance in languftffe is not generos ity. Some people are ever rsady to give ad vice, but little else. In graveyards the corpse is made to lie about six feet below, while the tombstone is made to lie above. The flower of youth often has a breath of intoxicating fragrance. A Current Event— An electric shock. The musician who issues a forged note should be made to dance to lively music. The man who is continually raising the wind must blow himself pretty often. Thin people are often thicK- headed. Notwithstanding the swell evening cos tumes, there is more get-up about people in tne moruing. When a fellow succeeds in embracing his girl he may be said to be Holding his own. Pity and Business. Philadelphia Times. Decidedly, women are unfit for the newspaper business. A young man, despondent in Chicago, offered a lady reporter of that proud city the oppor tunity of her life by writing her a con fidential note telling her that he was going to commit suicide. He then com mitted it. so far as lay in his power, by takfng chloral, but she was foolish enough to hurry to his side and save him. Now, a male reporter would have known how to discharge his duty to his profession and to society, lie would not have hurried until the idiot was in good literary shape. ); .In Love and the Soup. New York Herald. ( Jje "Martin— l hat ze consomme here called ze lof. . \ 2 Bond— love? X.c Martin— Oui." [Bond— lsn't' that a queer name for a soup? " -Le Martin— Iteez for ze man vat eez in lof ac ze same time. o Dears at Any Price. ; Chicago Tribune. Some persons are finding fault with the appearance of the goddess on the" the new silver quarters. Do they ex pect .to.-get a : Psyche, or a Hebe, or a Venus for 25 cents?. — ~ .. The Dumb Man's Monopoly. Boston Poet. Self-respect will not ■ permit a man to boast of his own good deeds," while "ego-"' tism will not permit him to ifceep quiet about them. -,'■ ■-■,'■■ ~. — : — < a — — :.• . Cheek Phenomena. v ' ; 'Chicago Inter Ocenn. • It ; is leap year,. and while Chicago •blushes behind ; her. whiskers she could not say no to the Democratic girls. v : NEW BOOKS. "Women Must Weep" is the titlo of a cleverly written book, tinged with Faw cett's Inimitable pessimism. The key noto of the book is struck when Mrs. Ileii'crnun, the wife of a wealthy liquor denier ant! politician, says: "Us women, as regards marriage, are the under doga in the tight. There arc three things that pester and torment us when We net to be wives. Most of the men— 1 wont say all of 'em— but most— either don't stay true, or else they drink more or less bad, or else they're regular devtls in their own homes. Marriage is all such a queer kind of risk, and we women have got to take such awful risks— ten times worse than the men must. Oh, you can't prophesy about these things! The only way is to find out after ward. And that's the sad part of marriage; you've got to find out so much afterward." The three hero ines of the story find, each in her wed ded life, one of the three fates Mrs. Heffernan declares. Around their stories Edgar Fawcett has woven a Btrons novel, whose characters are all distinctive types of modern New York life. There is evidence of carelessness now and then, but on the whole the style of the book is excellent There is a strong argument for temperance in the story, and a revolting picture, which bears the stamp of truth, of the cor ruption of machine politics in New York. The brilliautcynicisms in which Fawcett excels all his school are scat tered lavishly through the book and make it fascinatingly readable.- Its philosophy is, however, specious. The author observes isolated cases— types here and tlujre — and from them gener alizes that all marriages are unhappy. The truth of his types is admitted, but that pessimism warps the truth of his conclusions is evident. "Women Must Weep" is one of the cleverest novels of the season. "In Farewell Love!" appears again the tactless woman who loves, who blunders through so much of romantic fiction. In the present case her lack of tact is complicated with unrestrained passion and an undoubted tendency toward insanity, which drives her at last to suicide. The English of the story is picturesque and good. The story itself is hysterical. "The Story of an Emigrant" is of especial local interest, but is deservinsr of wider fame. A3 a story it is doubly interesting because of its truth. The events it deals with, the early pioneer days, the civil war, related in a simple, vivid style, make it readable in the ex treme. India, EuroDe and all the for eign countries wherein this emigrant set foot, are drawn on for material. The twenty-ninth chapter deals with the causes of emigration, American influence on Europe, and other matters on which the honorable author's opin ions may be taken a% sound and the re sult not only of thought, but of experi ence. The book is a large one, but is none too large to contain the good tilings with which it is crowded. A pathetic interest attaches to th vol ume of Lyrics, by Cora Fabbri, about to be published by Harper & Brothers. The very spirit of youth and love and spring breathes through these sweet verses, which have a dainty finish and grace worthy the music of Italy. Ii is difficult to think of their author as out of this bright world; but, alas! Cora Fabbri died at San Kemo Jan. 12. An advance copy of her poems was sent to her early enough, it is hoped, to have given her a passing pleasure. Harper & Brothers will publish im mediately "The Letters . of Ceunt Hel muth-von Moltke to His Mother, and His Brothers,'.' an extremely interesting selection from the family correspond ence of the great German soldier, cov ering a period of nearly seventy years. The incidental allusions, in these let ters, to public affairs and notable his torical events must have a special sig nificance ;to every intelligent reader, while to politicians and soldiers of ev ery country they will possess a rare in terest. But their chief attraction will be found, perhaps, in the pictures which they afford of the count's domestic re lations, and of the nobly affectionate qualities of character which distin guished him in private life. New Music. "Banjo Studies," by Grant Brower, is destined to fill a long-felt waut. It is convenient in size, a thing rare in banjo instruction books, and contains, beside, a simple and comprehensive explana tion of the banjo and its tuning and lingering, a number of exercises and pretty bits of banjo music. It is espe cially desirable for amateurs and begin ners. "Banjo Studies." Grant Brower, Brooklyn, N. Y. . = Books Received. From D. D. Merrill company, St. Paul. "The Story of an Emisrant, Tf by Hans Mattsoh.- From Edward IJrandns & Co., New York, "A Sinner's Sentence," by Alfred Larder. From Laird & Lee, Chicago, "Women Must Weep," by Edgar Fawcett. From Minerva Publishing company, '•Thais." by Anatole France, translated by Ernest de Lancey-Pierson. "Farewell, Love." by Matilde Serao. Periodicals Received. Scribner"s Magazine. Charles Scribuer's Sons, New York. Harper's - Monthly Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Young People. Harper & Bros., iscw York. " , Lippincotfs Monthly Magazine. J. B. Lip piucott company. Philadelphia.- St. Nicholas. The Century compauv, New York. The Ladies' Home Journal. Curtis Pub lishing company, Philadelphia. The Graphic. The Graphic company, Chi cago. . • ■ . - Current Literature. Current Literature Publishing company. New York. The Theater. Des,hler Welch; New York. . The Century. The Century company, New York. Romance... Romance Publishing company, .New York. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. Fowler & Wells. New York. La Revue Fraacaise. Simpson & Co., New York. Magazine of American History. Mrs. Mar tha J. Lamb, New York. " A Difference. Chicago Tribune. Anxious Wife— What is his ailment, doctor? rhysician— l pronounce it paresis, madam. Boston Sick Man (feebly)— According ' to— recent authorities, you— don't pro nounce — correctly. The— accent— is on the— first syllable. " -^^— The Measure of a "Scoop." Boston-Transcript. Reporter of Stunner— That was a big scoop in our paper yesterday. Reporter of Fogy— Yes, but there wasn't a word of truth in ir. ,— Reporter of Stunner— Well, what of that? Not another paper in the city had it. . |; .-_ ■■ . Accounting for It. Chicago Tribune. Chorus of ' Excited Citizens (as the horrible, roaring, ensuing sound dies away)— What is it ! Another boiler ex plosion! ;'.!"...: Theater-Goer (who has heard it be fore)—Xo. It's . only De Wane Hooper rehearsing another "light" opera. And This Is the End. Chicago Tribune. "It seems to be a foregone, conclu sion," whinnied the poor coach-horse, looking at the wall .where hung .the long, black, glossy tail he had once been so proud of, and whisking his mutilated stump sorrowfully. How to Do It. Chicago Tribune.;. "To make a long story short," ob served the city editor to the young re porter, "you may as well hand your stuff to the copy-reader. That's the man over there, with the blue pencil." .; IN THE MAGAZINES. Harper's Magazine for February con tains the beginning of a remarkably at tractive series of papers describing a canoe voyage in 1891 down the Danube, "From the Black Forest to the Black Sea." The first articles of the series is written by Poultuey Blgelow, and su perbly illustrated from drawings made, during the voyage, by Alfred Parsons and F. I). Millet. Julian Ralph con tributes to this number another of his valuable and entertaining papers on the Great Northwest, and, under the somewhat enigmatical title of "A Skin fora Skin," describes the fur-trading industries of British North America and the operations of the once powerful Hudson Bay company. The article is ac companied by several strikingly original illustrations drawn by Frederick Rem ington. Another paper of peculiar his toric as well as local -interest is an ac count of the "Old Shipping Merchants of New York," written by George W. Sheldon, and appropriately illustrated from drawings by C. p. Gibson and F- H. Schell and from paintings by Eaton and Nagle. A valuable article on "The Royal Danish Theater," illustrated by Hans Tegner and others, is contributed by William Archer. The very interest ing series of "Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne," by Horatio Bridge, is continued. In a paper enti tled "Chicago — The Main Exhibit," Julian Ralph gives a graphic and glow ing account of the present aspects of business and life in the great metropolis of the lakes. In the department of fiction this number offers the following unexampled at tractions: the new play by Amelie Hives, "Athelwold," a tragedy in live acts, beautifully illustrated by Mary L. Gow; "The Littla Maid at the Door," a story of the New England witchcraft delusion, by Mary E. Wilkins. illustrat ed by Howard Pyie: "Marie," another of William McLennan's inimitable French-Canadian sketches, illustrated by C. S. Reinhart, and "Fin de Siecle," a delightfully entertaining character sketch by Robert C. V. Meyers. John Hay contributes a poem, "Nisrht in Venice, which is accompanied by a superb frontispiece illustration drawn by W. T. Smedley. Another charming poem, "The Stone AVoninu of Eastern Point," is by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. The editorial departments are conduct ed, as usual, by George William Curtis, William Dean Uowells, and Charles Dudley Warner. The current number of Harper's Weekly contains an article o:i '-The Modern Orchestra." by Henry E. Kreh biel, which will prove to be "delightful reading to musicians and all lovers of music. It is accompanied by sixteen portraits of prominent performers on orchestral instruments. The same num ber of the Weekly contains portraits and sketches of the Duke of Clarence and Cardinals Manning and Simeon!, beside the usual rich variety of stories, poems, miscellaneous articles, and illus trations. Harper's Bazar for Jan. 23 contains an interesting article on the New York Normal college, by Clare Bunce, one of its graduates. The article is finely illustrated. Among the illustrations are portraits of President Hunter, of the late Miss Wadleieh, and of several pop ular teachers. There is also a portrait of Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, with an article by John Gilmer Speed. Mrs. Onnsbee's valuable series ot papers on "The House Comfortable" is brought to a close, while Emma Moffett Tyng con tributes the first chapter of a new series of sketches of life "In Southern Homes.'" The initial article inthe Xew England Magazine for February is a beautitullv illustrated one, dealing with the life and work of Corot, the great French painter. It is written by his godson, Camille Thurwanger, whose family was intimate with the artist and his family for a number of years. The article contains data and anecdotes of Corot never be fore made public. M. Lamont Brown furnishes a tine engraving of "Corot at Work" for the frontispiece and other engravings in the body of the articie. "Some Letters of VVendell Phillips to Lydia Maria Child" will recall many memories of the great orator. All interested in the material development of New England will turn to Geonre A. Rich's article on "The Granite Industry in New England," which is illustrated by Louis A. Hol man and J. 11. llath'eld. Walter Black burn Harte 'contributes a critical esti mate of Walt Whitman's work and genius, and a short story ot journalistic life called "John Parmenter's Protege." It has a very unexpected denouement, and those who have found amusement in Mr. Ilarte's "In a Corner at Pods ley's" will read this story with some curiosity. Sam T. Clover writes a clever article on "The Prairies and Coteaus of Dakota." It is finely illustrated, and is sprinkled throughout with original verse descriptive of the prairies. Win h'eld S. Kevin's valuable series, "Stories of Salem Witchcraft," is con tinued, and the tine illustrations by Jo seph 11. Hatfield add greatly to its at tractiveness. Caroline Hazard con tributes a stor}-, "A Tale of Narragan sett," which is well illustrated by 11. Martin Beal, and A. E. Brown writes another witch story in which there is no witchcraft. C. M. Lamson writes on the "Churches of Worcester." Albert I). Smith gives a good idea of the war as viewed by those who stayed at home in "A Country Boy's Recollections of the War." The Omnibus department of light, humorous, and social verse is very entertaining in thus number. The current number of Current Lit erature is <t thing of delight. To par ticularize its contents would be hope less, for not an article but is well chosen. For those whose time is lim ited—and since life itself is limited such a condition applies to us all there could be no more desirable maga zine than Current Literature, which is merely a series of tastes of what is best in the literature of the day. "The Theater" is unusually enter taining this month, with its theatrical criticisms and clever extracts from stage literature. The portraits accom panying it are well executed. Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote's new West ern story will begin in an early number of the Century, accompanied by pict ures of character and landscape from the hand of the artist-author. "Op Pap's Flaxen," a new four-prut novel by Bam tin Garland, the author of "Main Traveled Roads," etc., will begin. in the March Century. It is a strong story of the life of newcomers on the plains of Dakota in the days when prosperity first boomed its way Into that breezy region. In the same number will begin Edmund Clarence Stedman's essays on "The Nature and Elements of Poetry." .Since they were originally delivered at the Johns Hopkins university they have been repeated in connection with Co lumbia college in Now York, and have been received with much interest by audiences made up of the students and professors of the college and of the general public. A portrait of Mrs. M. E. \V. Sherwood is the frontispiece of the February Lip pincott, and that charming writer con tributes a paper of Interesting recollec tions. The novelette of the month is "Hoy, the Royalist," by William Westall, a well constructed and admira bly colored laic. The journalist series grows in interest with Julias Chambers 1 article on "The Managing Editor." Hermann Oelriehs writes with evident knowledge of swimmins. aiut Louis N. Megargu contriburea an interview with Dr. 8. S. Huidekoperou '-The Hackney Horse," which will be eagerly read by all lovers of horseflesh. The balance of the magazine is not lacking in merit and interest. Not in the Dictionary. St. Louis Globe-Deniocrat. The whole quarrel with Chili is summed up in the oire word, "Pategan isni." THE GLOBE ALMANAC. The Globe Almanac has been re ceived. It is a valuable work filled witli tacts, figures aud information— Maple ton Enterprise. We are in receipt of a copy ot the an. nual almanac issued by the St. Paul GLOBR. It contains over 200 p iges of selected matter, and will be found use ful on many occasions. Accept thanks. ■— At water Press. We are in receipt of the Globe Alma nac for 1892, by the Globe Publishing company, of .St. Paul. It is a book of 20(1 paces full of statistics and useful in formation. Price, 25 cents.— St James Journal. The Herald acknowledges the receipt of the Globe Almanac for 18L'2. It is a complete compendium of iurormation. both of general and state interest, and is a credit to the wide-awake paper which fathers it.— Anoka Herald. The St. Paul Daily Globe. Almanac for 1893 has just been received at this office, and it is full of political and vari ous interesting facts. It is a valuable hand book for everyone. The Globb is an enterprising and wide-awaico newspaper— Glen wood Herald. The .St. Paul Globb has recently issued an almanac that contains a great deal of valuable information. The Mirror acknowledges with thanks tho receipt of a copy, and some day we pro pose to take a day off and read it up.— Lake Crystal Mirror. The Argus acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the Globe Almanac for 18'J2. It is a very convenient handbook of reference on political matters and sporting records, and just the thiug for the office desk of every business or pro fessional man.— Caledonia Argus. The Globe Almanac, published by the .St. Paul tiLOBK company, is a valuable compend of information including the latest statistics and a lengthy and com plete list of the most important offices of Use several states and United States. We are indebted to the GLOBE tor a copy of this handy and compact little volume.— Faribault Pilot. The Globe Almauac for 18^)2 is full of useful information. A complete record of the vote of IS9O by counties of the state, postal rates, and a large amount of statistics both foreign and domestic and too numerous to mention, but all useful, fill the little book.— Dodge County Record. The St. Paul Globe has our thanks for a copy of their IS'J2 almanac. It is a book of 200 pages, tilled with interest ing and valuable information. It sells for 25 cents, and-is easily worth muen . more than that price.— Winona Herald. We are indebted to the St. Paul Globe for a copy of its almanac for 1592, for which we tender our grateful thanks. It is a book of 208 pages, as full of information as an egg is of meat. A proper description of it would take a column of our paper. We advise every body who can to procure it.— Morns Sun. The Union is in receipt of the Globe Almanac for 1892, which has just come from the press. It is an exceedingly hrndy little volume, and is a veritable miniature encyclopedia. filled with most desirable information, compiled by master hands. All classes will find it a " book of great value. It is the work of three bright gentlemen of the Glove editorial statf.— Anoka Union. We are in receipt of a copy of the Globe Almanac for the current year, which is a voluminous and valuable book of 210 pages, closely printed. While it is an almanac, it is much more. It is an encyclopedia of useful knowl edge of the times, comprehensive and full, and is. therefore, a valuable work to all classes of citizens. Politics, re ligion, election returns from an inde pendent standpoint, laws, legal maxims, games, the turf and several hundred other subjects are fully treated.— Dodge County Republican. THEY SAID IT, ANYHOW. The baker is busyiest wiieu he is loaf inc.—Atlanta Journal. There are not many men who think their wives have any sense in money matters.— Atebison Globe. The morning is a tune when most young men forget their rising ambition. — Binghampton Republican. How it would facilitate war talk if tha government would give its vessels pro nounceable names!— Jamestown News. Perhaps it is too much to expect that the man who uses big words should fur nish big ideas along with them.—Somer ville Journal. Remarked by the hands of the chron ometer: "We haven't any eyes, but we're always on watch just" the same.— Boston Courier. The backbone of the winter is more or less shaky, but the indiscreet skater only realizes how far gone it is when he breaks through.— Baltimore American. "You must give up that horrible gum." said he. "Because, if you don't, you mayn't marry we." Then the crystal tears gathered in her bright eyes of blue. And she sobbed: "I shall marry no man but chevy;" —Indianapolis Journal. THEY HAVE™ DOUBLES. Lieut. Gov. Sheehan and Gov.Francls, of Missouri, look like brothers. SenatorJlliscock and T. E.Roesche. oJ the Arlington hotel, in Washington, are enough alike to be twins. . Col. John 11. Fellows strikingly re sembles, boch in face and figure, Walter Davidge, the Washington lawyer who conducted tUe prosecution of Guiteau, President Gar field's assassin. • It is given out at this late day that the essayist. George Moore, bears a striking resemblance to Emiie Zola, a fact that has heretofore, probably been concealed in deference to the feelings of Mr. Moore. A man in Oregon looks so much like Gov; l'eunoyer that W. 11. Biggs, a poli tician of that state, poured into his ears a lot of party secrets before discovering that he was not talking to the governor. Big sell on Biggs. • — : «x>- Greatly Surprised. ruck. Bonder— Don't see you on 'change nowadays. Wipedout— No; I've left you fellows and gone into an holiest business. I Bonder— Scott! 1 didn't knov there was any. .—I. A Regular Thing. Puck. "And now," said the Gotham host, a3 lie rose from the dining taUle, "will you step into the drawing room and join Hit ladies?" "With pleasure," responded the gen tleman from New Orleans, "1 always attend the drawings with great regiy larky." _ . Very Dry. New YorK Herald. Bal Dean— The gas used in yom theater must be unusually dry. Futlitcs— What makes you think so? Bal Dean— l notice that it goes out be tween the acts. _ - Why She Lie ft. fjjflj| Why She Left Vaukee Blade. Customer— Will this meat keen a few days? New Clerk— ma'am, it will. We've had It in the shop two weeks now, and it's just as fresh as ever. The Boss (a second later)— Thomas, why -did that lady leave the shop so sudden ly? |£2SbSM -*»■ . A Possible Sample. Chicago Tribune. Father— Well, Tommy, how do you think you will like this little fellow, for a brother? Tommy (inspecting the new infant somewhat doubtfully)— we' got to keep him, papa, or is he only a sample/ * . Leap Year. New York Herald. ~ 'Rosalie— What did Jack say when you proposed to him? - Grace—lie was too frightened to say anything— so silence gave consent.