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AUS ! THE ARGONAUTS. Incidents of the Minneapolis Quest of the Republican Golden Fleece. Nerve of the Adventurers in Tackling a Colored Joint for Four Votes. Tie Trip a Hilarious One and the Argonauts Homeward Bound. The Argonauts have not all returned. They will probably sneak back In small detachments, using those trains which reach the city at unusual hours, so as to avoid the demonstration which they feared might have been prepared for them. The advance guard got in early yesterday morning, and tile main body will report to-day, though quite a num ber have gone to* assuage their grief in the fountain of life as seen in New- York city. It has already been an nounced that as far as securing the con vention is concerned, the mission was a failure: but it must not be imagined the trip was wholly without good results. In merely bidding for the convention Minneapolis gave herself a great na tional advertisement, and the delega tion did not permit the city's reputation to suffer. So. after all. there is nothing to regret, and a brass-hand welcome might not have been badly out of place as was imagined. The Argonauts felt that they had done their full duty and had bad a royal good time, so they re turn home happy. TIIE TRIP was an exceedingly enjoyable one from beginning to end. The special Wiscon sin Central train, which left Minneapo lis Sunday evening, was a splendid one of three new sleeping cats and a diner, and it was the opinion of the delega tion that a finer train never carried a more enthusiastic body of young men. Loren Fletcher and Tim Byrnes were in command, and took possession of the forward ear. The Dakota contingent, with the outside state delegates, were in the same car. while the state officers and a few other retiring delegates oc cupied the rear coach. By common consent the middle coach was styled the "ungodly car.'* and contained the younger men. including the members of the pros. Here Freeman Lane, J. C. Novell. Jim Nash. Steve Lovejoy. C. H. Benton. C. C. Dunn and others held forth, ln this car Charlie Hunt was the Ganymede who presided over the choice collection of medicine, which com pletely filled the smoking compartment. The start was a little stiff, but good feeling grew, and by the time the cars had crossed to Wisconsin the ungodly were singing "Almost Persuaded" at the top of their voices. "Shall We Gather at the River.'* "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and "Asleep in Jesus, followed and finally "Marching Through Georgia** was taken up. Sacred had given way to secular and war songs had grew into popularity. At last "Simon the Cellarer" was bawled out and after that it became a go-as-you-please. Midnight had come and then a few quiet games of whist and seven-up were begun, to while away the time. The hours new on and the crowd thinned out until finally the car settled down to a quiet that was unbroken until morning. The stay at Chicago may be quickly summed up in a stroll about town, dinner at the Grand Pacific and the start for Wash ington in a special Baltimore & Ohio train. During the stay, broad banners had been procured, bearing the legend. "Minneapolis. ItSSi," and were fastened to the sides of the coaches. It was dis covered, however, that the Chicago painter had added his name, "Ed munds,*' to the banner, and the combi nation was so suggestive that the name as cut out. AT WASHINGTON. The run Eastward was without event. When the train polled in at Washington on Tuesday evening, Col. C. *w. John son met the delegation, which was driven to the Arlington. Though head quarters were established there and a few of the Argonauts located at this ho tel, its high rates did not favorably im press the Northwestern delegation, which scattered among the many not too good liosteiries of the city. * The Omaha delegation was already estab lished at tin* hotel, and Minneapolis, with a great Sourish of trumpets, took two parlors adjoining. A meeting was at once held and the work of buttonholing members of the national committee was assigned among the Argonauts. This settled the merry adventurers hustled out and "saw"" the town. The absence of several prominent Minneapolitans who were expected, and the want of an abundance of boodle, soon made them selves felt, and the Argonauts worked at a great disadvantage, though they cer tainly deserved credit. The fight was among Chicago, Cincinnati and Minne apolis, and was carried by the former simply by the power of the money. There were on the national committee several men who were "on the make:"" they were for -ah- and Chicago hid this price and got the convention. Though * Freeman Lane got a proxy from Montana, and through the pro found argument of Senator Windom, and the eloquent platitudes of Col. Plummcr were not without influence. the committee was brought out by the windy city. Minneapolis stood third all the time, and could two votes have been lured from Chicago a dead lock 1 would have resulted, and Minneapolis might have got there. AX CXriDEXT of the expedition was the desperate effort to secure the colored members of the committee, Carson, of the District of Columbia; Lynch, of Mississippi: Cuney, of Texas, and Johnson, of South Carolina. Carson, who achieved great notoriety as the man who heat Bob Ingersoll as delegate in 188*, is a stalwart African, with magnificent physique and a white bead crowned with a Buffalo Bill hat. He keeps a cheap saloon and dive on Pennsylvania avenue, purchased after be returned from the Chicago convention, prior to which time he had been driver of th Black Maria. The Argonauts made a descent on Carson's place, by appoint ment, on Wednesday night, with the feeling that if lie could be captured the other coon committeemen would follow suit. At 10 o'clock 1 dropped in there. and the scene, with the Argonauts in full possession, was a stirring one. Two rooms, over the saloon, were thrown into one by folding doors, and there the gane had assembled. Gov.Millette was at a brassy piano, and with more force than skill was pounding out the chords of an accompaniment to "John Brown's body lies a moldering in the grave. A group of half Argonauts and half resident darkies surrounded the instrument and carried the song. Winn Bracken's powerful baritone ami the ponderous bass of E. A. Sumner rang out above the rest, like the roar of the thunder in the bowling of a storm. The other guests were ranged about the wall, while several white aproned darkies industriously rushed the growler. Col. Charley Johnson v - as master, of ceremonies, while Col. Plummer and Freeman Lane vied with each other iii blarneying Perry Carson, the hero of the hour, lt was .i thrilling scene. How much credit is due the Argonauts for the nerve with which they underwent the torture of drinking that stale beer and vile _in. all f«r the good of the cause! And yet it profited nothing. Every coon member of the committee went back on them. Chicago gave them $130 each and the .teed was done. Helot. The City Mission. The demand for more room increases ail the time at the City mission, and in consequence last week the store on the ground iio!»\(>i the building where they are at present was rented, and last night the initial Sunday service was given therein. John Ethridge. from Chicago, preached the address, and tin* hall was pa.-ked full of people. It. A. Torrey, the mission pastor, presided. The musical service lias been much improved within the past couple of mouths. I>e work of the mission in creases day by day and it is doing an incalculable lot of good in a much more quiet and orderly manner than the Sal vation army do "their work. The mis sion people have just completed and published an interesting little work wherein their history i- sketched up to date sin »* its tirst organization four years ago. NOT BY BREAD ALONE. Truth and Duty Are Alone Sufri- ci-eal to Mankind Bey. Marion D. Shutter preached at the Church of the Redeemer yesterday morning upon the words, "Man shall mot live by bread alone." The account of the temptation is the draping that the writers threw about an event which look place in the heart of Jesus. The suggestion to make bread of stones was a suggestion to forego the high and holy purpose that had grad ually formed within his mind and turn himself into a manufacturer of looves for mankind, do something to advance the temporal prosperity of the world and reap profit for himself. The words which be quoted in reply were spoken by Moses ages before him. Jesus found comfort anil strength in a sentiment that had appealed to the hearts of men in other years. Within himself there is a want for something more than bread. There are aspirations and purposes that fame and plenty will not satisfy. Truth and duty are alone sufficient. Jesus was made stronger by the thought that oth er- before Him had felt the same needs and formed the same resolves. He was one with the race. We are one with Him and with all who have been tempted. It is through the Hames of no newly kindled furnace we have to walk when we are called upon to decide be tween the lower and the higher ends of life. Man is a creature of many needs. He must have bread, indeed, but he has imagination that craves beauty, intel lect that demands knowledge, con science that will have naught but right eousness, affection that ask*** for love, aspirations tnat rise to the infinite. These constitute the larger and better part of his nature. They exist, in possibility within the lowest and worst of our face. The real problem of life is to bring them into play and fully develop them. He who lives most is he who uses most of his nature. Narrow ness, in one way and another, is the common fault of mankind. The higher purpose of life is defeated by those who are merely what their professions and callings make them. We are preach ers and business machines and lawyers and mechanics, but very few of us are men in the broadest and best meaning of that term. Each one is shut up in some little corner of his nature, and there he lives and dies. Every man has a higher calling than that by" which he earns his daily bread: he has a higher calling in hi- nature and character. The merchant must learn that he does not live by his merchandise, nor does the mechanic live by his tools. If he fails to grow in love", in righteousness, in justice, in knowledge, his outward success is but the gilded cover ing of a life-long mistake. There an other ways in which the real purpose "i life may" be defeated. We see some times a man whom nature built upon a large and generous plan: whose normal development has been arrested by a rigid and gloomy theology, so that in stead of becoming large and beautiiul and magnanimous, he has become harsh and bitter and almost malignant. Many a fine large nature has been dwarfed by an austere and narrow religion. The aim of life may be defeated by insisting too conclusively upon the cultivation of -ingle virtues. One man will have noth ing but "faith.*" another nothing but "courage.*' The real purpose of life is fulfilled in eloping symmetrically the entire nature. But how shall this cul ture be secured? First of till one must resolve to secure it. When the convic- tion that he must have it burns itself into his soul, w»hen his will arouses and puts on its armor, ways will open and means will be found. Let a man see. in his ordinary work, not simply a means of securing his daily bread, but a means of discipline and culture. Let him train his con science by scorning to do that work in any but the most faithful and perfect manner. Let him cultivate devotion by seeing in his task— though it lie shovel ing earth or mending a fence— some con nection with the larger work of the world in all aires, and thus with the divine plan. In other ways God has provided to meet these higher wants which bread will not satisfy. In the social and domestic relations he pro vides to meet affection. The works of nature, the records of past ages, the in vestigations of science, meet the demand for knowledge. The things wrought by painter and sculptor and poet and musi cian, meet the demands of imagination and taste. Philosopher and prophet- Socrates and Moses and Isaiah and l'aul—- peak to the innermost spirit. God,* Himself, is accessible to him who seeks. What, after all. is this much mooted question of inspiration? Every man is capable of inspiration to a greater or lesser extent: that is. capable of being lifted from lower to higher mood-, capable of hearing in his conscience and aspiration the divine message. Is not this inspiration? Some men have had more of it than others, some have caught the divine tone- more clearly and re corded for us what they heard; but the "canon*" is not closed ami cannot be until ("oil has exhausted Himself, or man has perished from the universe. A LIVING ISSUE. ll* Not a .Jewish, Shall We Have a Pagan or Christian Sunday? Key. W. J. Lhainon preached from the text: "The Sabbath was made for man. and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.*' Mark ii.. 23. The Jewish Sabbath, lie said, like the rest of Mosaisni, is a thing of the past, ami should have been out-grown ere this by ai out nineteen centuries. We cannot receive it if we would, and I for one would not if I could. Jesus never said, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." There is no such com mand in the New Testament. All such legalism belongs to an earlier era than ours, and is a part of that theocratic system of the Old Testament, which is superseded by the theanturopic man of the New Testament. I am neither original nor alone in con tending for this distinction between our modern Gentile Sunday and the ancient Jewish Sabbath. It would be easy to name a host of the foremost writers, preachers and theologians who never dreamed of confusing these days. In deed, the phrase "Christian Sabbath" was not applied to our Sunday. Lord's day. till the twelfth century. " That was in the days when people kissed the pope's foot, canonized saints and burnt heretics. Luther voiced anew to the world the spirit ot our text and of Christian liberty when he said in hi.- *• aide Talk.*" "If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake, if any where any one sets tip its observance on a Jewish foundation, then i order you to work on it. to ride on it. to dance on it, to feast on it. to do tiling that shall encroach this Chris tian liberty." Making due allowance !>r the warmth of these words they still show us quite distinctly that Luther knew the difference between Mosaism and Romanism on the one hand and Christianity on the other. In short, why should a good Christian Dutchman, or Englishman, or Ameri can be more sanctimonious at sunset on Friday than at sunrise on Monday? But* because we have outgrown this ancient and austere and Puritanic style of "Sabbath." shall we there. ore have no "rest day" or day of worship? Shall we have no distinctly humane and therefore no distinctly divine day? No day of rest and recreation for the work ing-nan, the business man, the profes sional man, nor any day of worship for the Christian? Here our subject nat urally divides, applying itself to the Christian and the non-Christian portions of community. First— As to the non-Christian. The church has no claim on any such to keep holy or sacred any day of the week. He who is not a Christian is not a worshiper of Christ. Our religious duty is either to convert them or let tbem alone on Sunday just as we do on Monday. Sn* long as they are irre ligions. or Pagan, or idolatrous the Lord's day has no claim on them, THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1887. and if they were not at the theater they * might lie at some thing worse provided it could be found. There is a legal side to it. and a humane side, and a social side, all of which rest on an entirely different basis. On the humane side of the question there is much to be said, but 1 pass it by with a sentence or two. When France tried her every tenth day rest she found her people taking every fifth day. Thus over the Godless legislation of the nation nature raised a defiant protest, and her voice was nearly in keeping with the revelation" of Moses and of Christ. Then France said, "We will observe Sunday in the name of political economy and hygiene, if not in the name of religion." Polit ical economy and hyj:i*ne,national pros perity and the physical strength of man and beast demand this day of rest. To defraud them of it is dangerous to the state and cruelty to the person. A word on the Christian side. Under Christ we have no Sabbath in the legalistic sense. We have a day of worship, a "Lord's day," a day on which it right to do whatever helps us in what ever way. Our observance of it is first and foremost a question of worship; after that it is a question of rest and recreation and of well doing. There is a line between decency and desecration which any man of Christian sensibility will not overstep. The Christian law is. "Remember all thy days to keep them holy: but on the first of the week thy Lord arose: thereon -halt thou" worship the Lord thy God in Christ; on the other six be thou diligent in business, not slothful in spirit, serving the Lord." After all our talk who knows but that for a rational and immortal being the highest rest from work must be found in worship? I quote from Freeman Clarke as he quotes the first Napoleon: "As I was walking in my garden at Malmaison I heard the distant sound of a church bell at Kuril, and 1 stopped, moved involuntarily by old associations. .If I. a man like me, am so affected, how much force must such influences have on the ma— of mankind." A day of rest and recreation and peace worship sweeping over a continent, with its sound of church bells and its sacred music following the sun in his course, and little children gathered into Sunday schools in the great name of Christ and God. and commerce and fac tory wheels stopped that men may hear great nature and the Bible -peak of God and of themselves, and thought and meditation and worship and consecrated limine life- who can tell of the worth of such a benediction for the individual, the nation and the church for time and eternity? RELIGIOUS REFORMERS. True Faith Has No Fears, But Acts Boldly. At the First Unitarian church Rev. 11. M. Simmons preached on ••Religious Re formers,*' taking his text from the pas sage telling how Abraham showed his faith by going from his father's house, "not knowing whither he went." He said many are so leaving to-day and are accused of lack of faith for it. But true faith follows wherever the divine call, througli reason and conscience leads, and does not ask where it is going. It trust- that truth is best for men. and that truth is too well established in God's world to be endangered by man's efforts to Bnd it. True faith has no fears lest it may damage religion, but ever acts boldly, knowing that religion is too deeply rooted and divine a thing to be harmed by the most vigorous criti cism. William Norris Hunt used to like the story of the savage tribe that every year put its old men in a * tree. which it then violently shook and dispatched those who fell. It was a bad way to treat men, but not a bad way of treating opinions. It might be well If our preachers would occasionally give th? theological tree a good shaking and bury the doctrines that fell, instead of spend ing so much time trying to glue them on and keep them from falling. Let it be shaken. Only the false will fall. The true will all survive. As has been said, "no radicalism can outroot the truth, and no conservatism conserve anything hut the truth.'* Wise men do not fear to give up errors, for it is the only way to get the right. They do not fear to give up half truths, for it is the only way to get whole one**. The proverb -ays. "when the half gods go. the gods arrive;" and the fearless faith of to-day is finding that it has only lost little beliefs to lirid immensely larger ones. THE CATHOLIC PAIR. It Will Be Opened at Market Hall Thin Evening. The fair for the benefit of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who desire to build a new home, opens at Market hall this even ing and will continue one ween. Fol lowing are the articles that will lie con tested for. together with the names of the contestants: Sealskin cap, from Lev. .lames McGolrick: contestants, C. L. Harry and Andrew Breen. -'old watch, from Mrs. John Fleet ham: George Brett and Albert Fleetham. Overcoat, from Mrs. S. J. McCarthy; Christopher Hoy and Thomas McCarthy. 'old ring, from Mrs. Hurley; Edward McXulty and Patrick Hurley. Doll, From "Mrs. T. Bolaud : Hattie Cray and Mary Tobiu. Michael Lynott has do nated a valuable lot. which will be drawn for after the fair. The various booths will be stocked with desirable articles and will be presided over by the ladies. WINTERS GAYETY. The Superb Weather and Sleigh- ing of Yesterday Enjoyed. The mild and pleasant weather, to gether with the splendid sleighing, caused many a horse to skip down Park avenue yesterday at a 2:40 gait. The avenue was not only alive with some of the fastest horses in the Northwest, but thhre was a grand display of some line coach turnouts and private teams that cannot be excelled in any city. One no ticeable feature was an unusual large number of white horses on the Boule vard without their running mate*-, the red-headed girls. There were fully 500 teams on The avenue at 3 o'clock. Many were moving along the sides in a fnnerial style, while the gentlemen, with their hisrh-tlyers md trotters, were the center of attraction. There were several runaway-, which might have resulted in some" serious accidents had it not 1 teen for the excellent work of the police force along the avenue. Patience Ceases, etc. Tin; ■-■**■■■■ of the Washington rink announced their intention of put ting a stop to the practice heretofore in dulged En by rowdies who have broken in windows and doors to gain free ad mission to entertainments there. Ar rests will be made if this attempt la made to-night at the Warren-Weir con test, and prosecution- will be instituted. MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES. William Briac- addressed the Murphy club last evening: The board of directors of the Woman's ex change meets to-day. W. W. Satterlee addressed a meeting at Chestnut hall yesterday afternoon. Chief Stetson has received tjoo applications for the sixty vacant places on the lire depart ment. W. 11. H. Bartnrat, of New York, spoke at Spear hail, fourteenth avenue southeast.yes terday. si. Mark's Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew meet this evening at Si. Hack* church. Hey. G. L. Morrill addressed the White Cross society at the Hennepin Avenue M. E. church yesterday afternoon. The remains of John 11. Murphy will be buried from Use Church of the Immaculate Conception Tuesday morning. Postmaster Ankeny will to-day issue cafds from his office giving the rate*? of postage on different classes of mail matter. A crew of men will be sent out by the water department this morning to shut off the sup ply of delinquent water consumers. Tracklaying on the Soo road will probably be finished to-day. On Saturday there was a gap of about four miles to lav. Trains com mence running on regular schedule time be tween Minneapolis and Gladstone, Mich., to day. At a meeting of the Scandinavian Demo crats, held last Monday evening at Norden hall, it was decided to organize a Democratic club. A meeting has been called for this evening at the rooms of the Algonquin club. 31 Washington avenue south, at 8 o'clock, when the club ivld be organized and the offi cers for the same eleciCi AMUSEMENTS. Joseph Murphy opens his week's en gagement at the Grand to-night in Fred Marsdeii's comedy. "The Kerry Gow." "Montana Jim. or the Wife's Claim." a drama touching upon the Western gold fields, was presented to a large and enthusiastic audience at the Pence opera house last evening, for the i first time. The cast was excellent and the play was well put on. Same bill Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. "Our Private Secretary" will be given the last half of the week. "Standing Room Only" cards were hung out at ihe People's theater at an early hour last night. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity and the play, "The Ticket-of-Leave Man," was presented in a decidedly pleasing man ner. Edwin F. Thorne, who was for merly with Nat Goodwin, took the char acter of "Bod Brierly," and was well re ceived. The play will run all the week, and next week "The Black Flag" will be put on. >- \ "Fun in a Boarding School" drew another large house at the Comique last evening, and Miss .losie DoVoy gained any amount of applause as Toil Fairlove. * "The Three Golden Bine shoe Female Combination'" will occupy the theater this week. SOCIAL SUNDRIES. ; Men. Women and Events in So- eiety— Hotel Arrivals. W. S. Devereaux, of Toronto, Ont.. is stop . ping at the Nicollet. F. M. Hine. of the Northern Fish company of Chicago, teal the Clark. George B. Morse. a prominent physician of : Bofeman, Mont., is registered at the Nicollet. James E. Pepper, of Lexington, Ky., and , James King, of Helena, Mont., are registered j at the West. The marriage of Alice Ames, daughter of j J. T. Ames, to Allen Hall, of St. Paul, w iii be j solemnized this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Emerson club meets to-night at the i First lunarian church to continue the dis- j cussion of ihe essay on "Self Keliance." A. C. Haitian, one of the argonauts, had an I unpleasant time of it. He is now laid up at i the St. .lames hotel, at Washington, with an ate ess on his hip. The Young Ladies* Missionary society will : have fancy articles for sale at the Hennepin avenue church next Wednesday afternoon and evening. The Ladies' Aid society of the BloominKton avenue M. E. church will give a dime social Wednesday at the residence of Mrs. E. M. Connor, 2900 Fourteenth avenue south. Mrs. George Howard, who has been spend ing the past four months with friends and relative* in Maine, has returned with her father and mother.and is "at home*' to friends at 2613 Stevens avenue. George Matthew Ciprico, the tragedian and elocutionist. will give a Shakespearean recital to-nij«ht at St. Paul"- church, corner of Hen nepin and Twelfth street, for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid society. *! he Garrick Dramatic club will give an en tertainment at Harmonia hail to-morrow night. "Ernest Maltravers" will be presented in three acts. The club has had several re hearsals and will present the play in a highly dramatic style. The Crescent Toboggan club will open its slide at Chicago avenue and esventeenth street on next Friday evening. The members will appear in their new costumes. Several new toboggans have been purchased and the slide has been put in an excellent condition for the occasion. Harmouia hall was comfortably filled last night to witness the performance in German of the comedy --step by Step"' by the Har monia society. The performance went off very smoothly and was loudly applauded all through- At its conclusion the society gave a dance, followed later on by a supper. The entertainment was tnonmuhly enjoyed by all the participants, the dancing being kept up till an early hour. Danz's orchestra furnished the music. HOUSEKEEPING IN -GERMANY. Ways That Seem Strange to Us Who Live in America. In many respects it is much easier to "keep house*' in Germany than in America. German girls are strong and willing, and move along in tlie same routine, never living off at a tangent, as the best Irish girl is prone to do at most inconvenient seasons, says Good House keeping. The houses are almost all apartment houses, with rooms all on one floor. No washing is done in the house, not even the dish towels. Well regulated German families have;. the washing done once in three months only, but the American residents,. not having such a supply of linen, send out the washing once a week. The "wasch trau"' comes in from the country with her small cart, drawn by a dog. and with a huge basket on her own back. The prices are small, the family wash ing for our family of eight costing but about IS a week. None of the bread is made in the house. There is a bakeshop on every corner, and the bread is brought to the door every morning. The rolls are like the French rolls, and are. delicious. The "zwei-back"' or twice baked bread i- a small slice browned on each side in the oven, which makes it very crisp. The black bread conies in long loaves, cer tainly half a yard long. It is very nu tritious, and my children are very "fond of it. It is the universii custom to give each servant on: pound of coffee and one pound or sugar a month, and half a pound of butter a week; also a certain amount id' | black bread daily. This they | use for their own consumption. The cook does the marketing and is perfectly trustworthy. Everything is bought in -mall quantities, and there is almost nothing left over from one day to an other. Nothing is wasted' and it is quite a study to see the various tempting ways In which remnants are "worked over.*' Pieces of chicken, ham and beef are all chopped together, and all sorts of meat cakes aud coquettes are made. A very nice pie is made by alternate layers of this chopped meat and sliced potatoes. tie top being covered with bread crumbs and the whole baked for half an hour. The kitchen is the prettiest room in . the house. The white porcelain stove with its bright saucepans, the dishes ranged around the room in dressers, the plants in the windows, and, above all the cleanliness that prevails, combine ; to make the room a most pleasant pict ure. A servant never objects to doing ) anything that is asked. Blacking the ; boots is a part of the regular work of the second girl. 1 have several times • seen a servant out on the sidewalk help ins: to bring in the coal. If an errand is to be done the girl always goes out i bearfaeaded, even going to market with nothing whatever for head gear. The bed rooms have their peculiari ties. The beds are narrow and short. Besides a large feather pillow there is j a hard, wedge-shaped pillow under- I neath, which causes you to sit up. in bed. Nothing will persuade a German ,j girl to leave it off. Nightly you remove it, nightly it reappears. The top sheet j is Bed on to a sort of pillow which iithe t sole coverlid. It would be comfortable if it were larger and not so fat. hat it j never will stay where it belong--. If ' you pull it up over your shoulders your ' feet stick out: if you cover your 'feet your shoulders are cold, and if you turn In bed it slides off altogether. A Journalist's Sentimental Side. It is twelve years hist Friday night ! since me and the little woman up yon- ! der on the hill plighted our troth, says, the Talbottom Uhi.iNew Era. Those , dozen yean have brought with them , burdens and blessings, and the latter . outweighs the former. Four lovely chil- ; dren cluster about the roof tree and: kneel night and morning around the family altar, and lire is brighter and j happier because of their presence. Love beams brightly in every eye and sweet- ! winged peace sits day by day on the j doorstep. Time has wrought her | changes, and the bride of nineteen has j become the matron of thirty-one, but j growing fonder and dearer each moment. | Husband and father has not been all j that he might have been, but wife and mother and children could find no ! one to take his place in their I hearts. "With all his faults they love | him still." No turkey graced the board of the anniversary, no dainty feast was spread. Nothing save a table for sis and "plain home fare," and bright eyes, chubby faces, dimpled cheeks and hands, kisses and love words, together with sincere trust in God tor all time! What grander bill of fare could be fur nished for any wedding anniversary. God bless all husbands and wives and children and homes '. This is our _n_lr versary-all-the-ycar-round prayer. TELEPHONING BY PROXY. A Domestic Scheme That Did Not Prove a Complete Success. Herr Muller. the manufacturer, had returned from his honeymoon trip, and after a week of connubial bliss in the new home he awoke to the necessity of attending to his business, and so with heavy heart he said good by to his little wife and proceeded to his office, [■situated about a mile from the •■house, says Fliegende Blaetter. The long "hours- of " separation from ' the partner of his joys and sorrows > were, however.a severe trial to his forti > tude, and he hit upon the expedient of i connecting the house and his place of ü business by means of a telephone wire. • And now sweet words of tenderest af fection were exchanged between the : loving couple every hour of the day. A j ; week later the work of the office became i more absorbing, and our manufacturer - j felt himself obliged to put a stop to this ; • waste of time; besides he began ito find that Ludmilla's cajoleries !| * were growing somewhat tedious and I commonplace. But he would not have ! his wife suspect this for worlds. His ( < inventive genius found a way out of the : difficult] . There was an old servant of i the firm. Herr Kobes by name, almost I past work, but retained to do odd jobs ■ about the place. He was a queer old bachelor, with a red nose and a romantic turn of mind; for he was an adept at whispering soft nothings in the ears of young ladies, and fondly imagined the j whole of the fair sex were in love with j him. Besides, the tone of his voice had a striking resemblance to that of his principal. lierr Muller gave this man : certain private instructions, and next i morning Herr Kobes was duly installed at the telephone and engaged in an am ! orous conversation with bis invisible partner, while his principal was busy , with his correspondence. Quite contrary , to Midler's expectation, Ludmilla ap peared to take increasing delight in her j husband's conversation, and the appar atus was kept constantly going. The manufacturer could now attend to his ■ affairs without interruption, while at the same time his wife had no reason to complain of his coolness. This state of things was highly satisfactory. One day, having a business call to make in the ; neighborhood of his dwelling house, he left the office earlier than usual, quite ! oblivious of the Kobes and the tele- I phone, and after he had gone his errand i lie went straight home, as it was hardly i worth while returning to the office at I that late hour. But what was his as tonishment on entering the room to see ; his wife sitting on the sofa deeply ab , sorbed in the latest novel, and at the ; telephone busy talking with the gentle i man at the office— Babette, the old cook ! The Growth of Socialism. Now York Evening Post A socialist has described the tradi tional political theory of English econ omists as "anarchism tempered by an appreciation of the advantages of having ; the inside track.'* There is enough ; scientific truth in this to give the satire ; a keen edge. If property holders jor their advocates try to avoid ! responsibility for what they do. they will " give real foundation j for the charge. Every such misjudged ■ attempt will make the sarcasm sharper, i audits practical influence more danger i ous. If the railroads and railroad own ers are unwilling to face the responsi bility for their accidents, the demand for state ownership and management will be all the more forcible. If property holders as a class are unwilling to face the consequences of what they do. they . must be prepared to see the rights of . property limited. Whoever fears the growing tendency in the direction of j state socialism must regret the adoption , of a line of argument whose ultimate ef fect will be to strengthen that tendency. Senator Cameron and Mr. Blame i ■ New York Herald. Senator Cameron has never had any I antipathy to Mr. Blame personally, but, on the contrary, has been on friendly | i terms with him. But Mr. Cameron is a [ zealous Republican he wants to see his , i tarty in power, and he has opposed Mr. i Blame's desire for the presidential nom i' aation at three different conventions [ because he did not believe that Mr. ; Blame could carry the party into power ,if nominated. He is believed to be of the same opinion still. In 1870. but for Mr. Cameron's opposition, Mr. Blame ) would have been nominated. In 1880 he was a Grant man. In 18H4 he again objected to Mr. Blame, hut his counsels were overruled. Mr. Cameron is not a brilliant senator, but he is an extremely shrewd politician, and his opinion that : Mr. Blame is not an "eligible" candi date has been proved so correct in the past that he nt ed not be ashamed of it. Any man can cut coupons, but a man who can cut a good pair of trousers is hard to Boston Bulletin. local MIIATIOA. Admission only 25 cents to the Battle of Atlanta panorama, in Minneapolis, during the month of December. New Goods In furniture and upholstering at J. A. Fillmore & o.'a, 424 to *128 Second ave nue south. Latest Styles and Designs in Fur niture ! Will be round at .1. A. Fillmore & Co.'s. 424, 420. *r2B Second avenue south. Foot Rests And fancy chairs, bamboo screens and 1 easels, all new; no old stock. Call and see them at J. A. Fillmore & Co.'s, m i to 428 Second avenue south. Remember, Only two blocks from Nicollet avenue can be found the nattiest line of furni i ture and fancy goods in town. J. A. ; Fillmore & Co, I'll to 428 Second avenue ; south. Elegant Holiday Presents j Can be found at J. A. Fillmore & Co.'s, I Second avenue south and Fifth street. Unmarried Persons. Send for free circulars of great inter est to you. Box 846, Minneapolis. T. Ray & Co. j Sell the most reliable teas and coffees in ; the city, and at the lowest prices. Have i you tried them? ! * A Grand Opportunity To get a suit of tailor-made clothes is !,' at Nelson & McLean's, 243 First avenue j . south, as they have a few cloths. slightly : damaged by water in the recent fire 1 which they will close out cheap for a j few days. J. A. Fillmore & Co., | Second avenue south and Fifth street, J are receiving daily novelties for the | Christmas and holiday trade in fine fur j; niture and upholstered goods. All Ready for the Ladies. Mine. Holt, 428 Nicollet avenue, wishes to announce to her numerous friends and customers that she has got thoroughly settled in her old parlors, and is ready to receive custom from all those who desire a perfect fit. The Worst Cough Is relieved by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. But don't delay till the bronchial tubes are inflamed and the lungs congested. Prompt use insures rapid cure. L. D. Blxley, of Barton ville, Vt, writes: 'Tour years ago I took a severe cold, which was followed by a terrible cough. I was con fined to my bed about four months. My physician finally said I was in Consumption, and that he could not help me. One of my neighbors advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and was well before I had finished taking the first bottle. Erer since then ray health has been good." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver ft Co., Lowell, Visa. _-_-b-f-_l_>r_-*a_*-_ __Mtli*_Kb»U-M,i|«. AJirisEHEXTS. HEMEPLVAYEKDE THEATER ! _____ — Six Nights and Wednesday and Saturday Matinee, Commencing Monday, Dec. 12. 0 LAUGH ! U SCREAM ! ! U HOAR ! * ! Engagement of the Great Comedians, MURRAY and MURPHY, In Their Original Side-Splitting Absurdity, Entitled OUR IRISH VISITORS! Supported by a company of unrivaled ex cellence, under the management of P. J. M. HILL. Handsomely uniformed band and orchestra. New features! "Sew specialties! New laughs ! Matinees - - - 15c and 50c to entire house. PEOPLE'S THEATER. '•Here's my ticket of leave: they hadn't a mark against me !" Tuesday— Saturday. ""WEEK OF DEC. 1 1.| model presentation Remember for the first time in six Remember To-Night! years of Tom Taylor's To-Night! Thrilling Drama en _________ titled the ________ " TICKET - OF - LEAVE - MAN." produced with eutirely new effects, proper ties, scenery, etc., with EDWIN THORNE (late of the "Black Flag') as Bob Brierly. Get seats in advance and avoid the Sunday night crowd. Prices will remain the same, I<>, -JO. So and 50 cents. GRAND OPERA, MINNEAPOLIS. Week ot Dec. 1-. with grand Saturday mati nee, engagement of the distinguished Irish Comedian, MR. JOSEPH MURPHY. Supported by Miss Stella Teuton and a pow erful dramatic company in a repertoire of startling successes. Monday and Tuesday, "The Kerry Gow;" Wednesday and Thurs day. "Miami Rime:" Friday and Saturday and matinee, 'The Donagh." Seats now on sale. PENCE OPERA HOUSE. Week of Dec. 12. First half of week and Wednesday matinee, the sensational gold-field melo drama, ■'■ "*. "Montana Jim; or the Wife's Claim." Thursday, Friday, Saturday and matinee, the very laughable comedy, OUR PRIVATE SECRETARY. Admission only 10, 20 and 30c. No extra charge for reserved seats. , SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. THE WARREN-WEIR Contest at ; WASHINGTON R NX MONDAY EVENING -fT" The General Manager of the \ Milwaukee Road has kindly con : sented to hold trains until the con clusion of the contest, if necessary, j for the accommodation of parties from St. Paul and other points. ADMISSION ONLY 25c! During the month of December to the BATTLE OF ATLANTA PANORAMA Children under ten years of age 10 cents. i Open daily (Sunday excepted) from i) in the ; morning until 10 at night. Last season in \ Minneapolis. 8.H.D..C0. Syndicate Block, Minneapolis. Amazing Activity at the Great Closing Sale. Tlie volume of trade grows larger the nearer we get to Christmas. To pre vent, if possible, the over crowding of our store next week, we will offer to-day and balance of this week. CLOSING PRICES on GOODS that will make thousands feel they're com pelled to take advantage of the CLOSING SALE PRICES. There is one clear, pointed characteristic about our business methods that finds favor with everybody ' — that is, the bargains we h offer are always genuine, ! and bear out all we claim j for them in our advertise ments. "Honesty is always the best policy." Watch morning and evening pa pers. We'll have something new during the week. . . _ •-■• i _ o=-o- o_ 0""- sn*L- ■ ■ • To-day. and until closed, we offer one case (all we have) imported choice All Wool Dress Goods, in broken checks, 40-in wide: excellent value at 50c, our closing price 25c. TWO CASES, about 80 pieces of the very choicest 40, 44 and 46-inch All Wool Dress Goods, in mixtures, stripes and broken checks; real value Hoc, 75c aud SI, our closing price 35c. We anticipate the biggest run of the season on the above, as.they're the best bargains of the year. Last week we sold 3 cases of Silk DRESS PLUSH at 92c per yard. This week we'll bring the balance of our stock forward and "let 'em go" at our closing price. 92c. A good line of colors, "no walnuts," Upholstery Silk Plush, 24-inches wide, 1 case to sell this week; actual value 92, we close up at $1.60. "The unlucky number." 13 dozen common, every-day cor sets in sizes 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30; good value at 40c and sold by lots of houses at 50c; our closing price 17c per pair. Make haste and secure a pair. Barnes, Hengerer, Demon. & Co. _4^*_______r*_ M 1 prescribe and tally en- A^^m'^^^mmmMl < "°**'*"' Big <» as the only '***********' Care* .n^"*_"*"" specific for the certain cure IW\ TO 6 D_T9.^ 0 this disease. B _!S!'S_JjSL ,, I O.H.LNGRAHAM.M.D., ■ "*"" ****** **'*'• Amsterdam, if. Y. ■ vr duly by lb* We have sold Big G tor __*_— _____! many years, and It has yZ.^ _- ____■ ?* vel, '** be * ,t °** satis *"**""_ vaeumaajmrnmnm faction. __^. OtlO. _*#*■ D. R. DYCHE & CO., «^^V___l^ti-kl 81.00. Bold Chicago, -•^^--___>Ml_-k191.00. Sod by Dru.e'sts. A y E CONSUMPTIVE Use PARKER'S GIXGER TOXIC with out delay. A rare medicinal compound that cures when all else fails. Has cured the worst cases of Cough. Weak Lungs, Asthma, Indigestion, Inward Pains, Exhaustion. In valuable for Rheumatism, Female Weakness, and all pains and disorders of the Stomach and Bowels. 50c at Druggists. FLORESTON COLOGNE. Most Fragrant and Lasting of Perfumes. 2&C. Druggists. I SEAL SACQUES. oIjAJj &A-LU v ___&• r^mW jßmmm __. .__>. __■_■ r***^ ______ Tintßi ____3 i»**v_b*' <■ OUR OWN MAKE. Largest and Best Stock in the Northwest, at GEORGE YETTER'S, 15 Third Street South, MINNEAPOLIS. i =9 Ml 1 1 n 1 11 DEC. 12, at exactly 9 o'clock, all |1 0 ¥ we shall throw on the market J ll Un II a large stock of $18, $20 and $22 Overcoats, and give you your choice for $15. No such values were ever seen before in Minneap olis. Our great $15 Suit Sale was a corker. This is a bigger and better boon for the masses and we expect a rush. No excuse for going without an Overcoat. You can save enough to buy a barrel of flour on this one purchase. Now do it. Here is your chance. Several other lines cut to the quick. We are not going to wait until after Christmas this year, they are going right now. BIG BOSTON ! MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY! Beef and Pork PACKERS, AND GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Market Men, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. Hotel, Family and Lumber Camp Supplieu 34 and 20 South First Street, m^AEAPOIJS, "»ll >>. ------------------b— nullum-.- -i-i-iiiii-iii i wii ii "™l AIIAinDV 62AS best. •*■ riwii Wit 1 sxrmmt MINNEAPOLIS WANTS. Want advertisements for the Globe re ceived at W. J. Hughes', druggist, corner Monroe street and Third avenue, East Divis ion, Minneapolis. SITUATIONS OFFERED. AGENTS wanted to sell Hon. S. S. Cox's latest and best book. "Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey;" facts and fun. history and humor; a book no one can pick up with out reading through; everybody wants it. Address G. S. Richards & Co.. Mackey block, Minneapolis, Minn. 343-346 GENTS W-AN'TED— For George wT Walling* new book, "Recollections or a New York Chief of Police:'" entertaining, intensely interesting and valuable for refer ence; a book of facts taken from the secret police archives; a fast seller. G. S. Richards & Co.. Mackey-Legg block. Minneapolis. Minn., agents for the Northwest. 343-340 FOR RENT. FLATS— Six new brick flats, will be com pleted about Dec. 15, five rooms and bath each: rent $1- to 815 each per month. Charles Sorentz. Room -03 Kasota block. 345-346 ~J_IS*L'ELLANfeOr***.. TO EXCHANGE— BI,6OO equity in house and lot, incumbrance $1,000, for lots or good quarter section of land. Charles Sorentz, Room '-'03 Kasota block. 345-341} BOWER'S School of Shorthand. ESTABLISHED 133 k Shorthand and Typewriting School EXCLUSIVELY. All branches of shorthand work thor oughly taught, and instructions strictly individual. Success by mail lessons guaranteed. Send for circular. 6. B. BOWER, 522 Nicollet Ay., Minneapolis, Minn. iogk Hosprmij IT i -"-■ ■. ESTABLISHED* 1867. AAim Dr. H. Nelson, surgeon in charge. Office. 226 Washington ay. south, corner Third ay. Guarantee to eradicate and permanently cure without caustic or mercury, chronic or I poisonous diseases of the blood, throat, nose, I skin, bladder and kindred organs. Gravel . and stricture cured without pain or cutting. I Acute or chronic urinary diseases cured in I three to eight days by a local remedy. Vic i tims of indiscretion or excess with (rough, in j digestion, tired feeling, nervous, physical and organic weakness, rendering marriage im proper or unhappy, should call or write, as they are often treated for consumption, dys pepsia and liver complaint by inexpe | rienced men, who mistake the cause ofthe evil and thus multiply both. Separate rooms I for ladies. Xo nauseous drugs used. Hours, 9a. m. to 12 m. ; 2to 4 and 7to9p. m. Sun- I day, 2to-Ip. m. Book. 50c by mail. WEST HOTEL The Ouly Fire-Proof Hotel ia Minneapolis. ABSOLUTE SAFETY FROM FIRE! Elegantly furnished and perfect in all appointments. Table and general attendance unsur passed. Rates as low as any strictly first-class hotel. C. W. SHEPfIEUX). General Manager "Star Patent" Toboggans. SNOWSHOES. ICE SKATES. Gymnasium Supplies. _g^ Send for new Winter Catalogue. FREDK. A. LELAND, 462 Nicollet Aye., Minneapolis. Patent Laws— Jas. F. Williamson, Room, 15, Collom Block, Minneapolis. Solicitor of Patents, Counsellor in Pat ent cases. Two years au Examiner in TJ. 5. Patent Office "J lOur Little Ones A " a and the Nursery jTW * 36 BROMFffiLD ST., I^%SMMMw Send a two - cent ■mt^^^MMm stamp for a sample i_ rt *H*U*|_pi T^ ll c "py of the most beau ii~jggjiig'i^i tif til magazine fur ■ children ever pub t^-^-*>*-_^' M l!i!<hp<i and Premium 344:-'J49-lt--r Lilt. ' 3 I GREAT H3LIDAY AUCTION SALE OF Portieres, Draperies, Embroide ries, Oriental and European Table Covers, Antique and Modem Art Brassware and Bronzes. Carriage and Sleigh ROBES, in Lion. Ti_er. Leopard, Fox. Wolf and ("oat. FUR RUGS, in Pure White Llama, foj* Bedrooms. Fawn. Siberian Wolf for Halls and Li braries, and Black Astrachan and Coat RUGS. Italian and European Marble Orna ments. This sale is ordered by the Persian and East India Company of New York, and the {roods will be found the most desira ble and attractive collection ever offered in the Northwest. On exhibition Satur day and Monday, and will be sold at auction, on Tuesday, Dec. IS, at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m., and Wednesday, Dec. 14i at 3 p. m. and 7:Bo p.m., rain or shine, at) 70 Sixth street S., Minneapolis, Jeffery Block, next Grand Opera House. E. W. ALDRICH, Auctioneer. DR. BRINLEY, Hale Block, Hennepin Ay., Cor. Fifth sr. Opposite West Hotel. ! Regularly graduated ana legally qualified, long engaged in Chronic. Nervous and skill I Diseases. A friendly talk costs nothing. It I Inconvenient to visit the city for treatment, medicine sent by mail or express, free from observation. Curable cases guaranteed, If doubt exists we say so. Hours 10 to 12 a. m.» 2to 4 and 7to 8 p. m. ; Sundays, '_ to 3 p. ok ! If you cannot come state case by mail. I Diseases from Indiscretion. Excess or Bx« posure. Nervousness, Debility, Dimness ot Bight, Perverted Vision, Defective Memory, Face Pimples, Melancholy, Restlessness,Losa of Spirits, Pains in the Back, etc., are treated with success. Safely, privately, speedily. No change of business. Catarrh, Throat, Nose, Lung Disease* Liver Complaints. It is self-evident that % physician paying particular attention to a class of diseases attains great skill. Every known application is resorted to, and thi proved good remedies of all ages and coun tries are used. All are treated with skill in m, respectful manner. No experiments am made. Medicines prepared in my own la boratory. Un account of the great numb-f of cases applying the charges are kept low? often lower than others. Skid and perfect cores are important. Call or write. Svptoas lists and pamphlet free by mail. The doctor has successfully treated hundreds of cases u_ Ibis city and Ticinlt-f . IT STAADS AT THE HEAI>. j ,_».SsSil!S'»_tSPfflniyfj *-* ■*■*■*■■■» f ' -"l,WmtfVrt,r^^^m<r'~-' *t" _—____. \ m m3ffnmmnWK*mmw&&iSy "XG ____ The Best "Writing Machine on the market". Call and examine or send for circular, with, i samples of work. Agents wanted. .*_•*-* agents for Maddens Adding Machine. S. K. TTO"VV-__i"__*l_ -Ss CO-i 239 Hennepin Aye-, *•!_________ "J §BEST TEETH $8 f \ SUTHERLAND A RaT, / •■* •* . i \ i'ainlessDcmists.Froia i iSm^\^ 1l to -Si teeth extracted <2N s in one minute without IQ ' Z& l**^«T any pain whatever. No 2^ V n chloroform. No ether. y**o- yJ^JM. Vv I No poisonous drugs. £3 * t&M^lfl A ( ■ o',•0 ' , • Fillings. $1.50. L~3, . ■ S*B_^/^A Largest denial estab e^__ ' ,l^'_i = -\ lishment west of New vo^^t £p3 York city. 38AVashinij c^z.^^ijiini^J ton avenue south, Mm __TtF^ *j^ neapolis. Open even ings and .Sunday*;. 40 Gars York State Apples! BALDWINS and GREENINGS. • Country orders for carload lots solic ited. We ship in refrigerator cars. SLEAVIN & BRODERICK Stores, 103 and 105 Second street south, 24 Bridge square. nil TO Or. K. Walte Specialist Hil r\. Graduate; 11 years resident ■ ■fc»-"U , I of Minneapolis. Why suf fer when cure is mild, simple, certain? Ask hundreds of lea-ting citizens of St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Northwest aa to the satisfactory treatment ami cure. Pamphlet free. 1127 Renuepia Ayenue i Minneapolis. ._}