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Washington-, Nov. 24.— For Wisconsin: Fair, except in extreme northern portion local snows; stationary temperature; south- easterly winds. For Iowa: Fair; stationary temperature; southerly winds. For MJnne- ota: Fair; stationary temperature; south- easterly winds. ForDatota: Fair: station- ary temperature In southern portion ; slightly colder in northern portion; southerly winds, fckifuun to westerly. - • -'■ V *•' GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. ' s Si . W w <? 3* £.5.2 sS °c ' tsS.- 2 o Place of 5 2 3g ' Place of _ ~ go Obs' ration. 2° £& Obsvation. = ° 30, Sv'4 !!-3 _. S : « 2 : 2 1* -•■■ : * !*;... : 9 St. Paul.... 30.44 [36 Ft. Buford 30.20 36 St. Paul.... 30.44 SB Ft. Buford 30.20 36 Ft. Sully . 30.26 36 Ft. Custer. 30.30 2G Ft, Totten. 30 32 3" Helena. ...30.28 26 Luluth.... 30.52 34 Minuedosa 3o.32 28 La Crosse: 30.48 38 W Appelle 30.24 22 Huron 30.30 4=«» Calgary.... 29.76 42 Moorhead. 33.38 20 Medie'e 11. St. Vincent 30.36 "*2*f Fort Garry .. Bismarck. 30.30 Edmonton. 30.46| -4 If the coal barons do not like the weather of late, th« consumers do. Kansas was the only state that chose a colored elector. His name is John L. Waller. :; There is no Daniel Webster to There is no Daniel Webster to head a Harrison cabinet, but there are FORAKEB and Elkins. Expectants will take note that Gen. Expectants will take note that Gen. Harrison is a regular smoker, but only uses small cigars of clear Havana. Jehu Baker was beaten for con- gress only 16 votes, and of course he will contest, if the house is Republican. i Most of the city pulpits are tackling Most of the city pulpits are* tackling Robert Elstnere. lt is not supposed that they are in collusion witn the pub lishers. ♦ MonTON is the richest man ever elected vice, president, and yet there are St. Paul parties who remember hire as a draper and tailor in a country vil lage. *m — - -v;, 7 Recently the thermometer at the home of Mr. Blaise touched 5 below zero. A fall in temperature there has been known before alter a presidential election. AAA:. -yAA _*»- The Republican elected" to congress from Louisiana favors "the highest kind of protection for sugar and rice." He will not bo iv line with his party on that question. • The example of President Cleve- land in choosing an experienced, jour- nalist for his private secretary is not the only one that his. successor will do well to follow. *__ If $75,000 arc wanted to meet any de- If $75,000 arc wanted to meet any de- ficiencies in the receipts for the in- augural expenses, pass the hat among those who won bets on the" election. Democrats are not flush just now. mm - • It would be mean to charge Mrs. Cleveland with impairing the conti nuity of one-term views about the White house. Even bachelors have been willing to make it eight years. - v ' m The trouble as diagnosed by the Dem ocratic doctors was that there was not time enough for the voters to under- stand the tariff. It is hoped they will keep on reading up the subject till 1892. 1 , All the more populous territories All the more populous territories will follow the example of North Da kota in preparing petitions to congress for immediate admission. The dooi should be opened to all that have oil in their lamps. — 1— Boston and Chicago have been con- Boston and Chicago have been con- gratulating each other over the long- distance telephone upou the delightful weather. It is pretty well spread out, bit the upper Mississippi is admitted to have the choicest samples. ■ - — ms* An early resident of St. Paul re- An early resident of St. Paul re- members a -November that will compare favorably with that of this year, also a spring equally commendable— like those he knew in Jersey. That state has not been given lull credit, evidently. President Cleveland will fill out the first century of constitutional and splendid history, and his successor will be fortunate if he makes the first pages of the second . hundred years equally creditable to himself and the country. The disposition of the ex-presidents is a matter that troubles a good many people. Mr. Hayes went into the poul try business, and still there are not eggs enough to supply the home demand. Mr. Cleveland will be able to take care of himself. _ .7 ' The statistics of the prison at Still- The statistics of the prison at Still water may add a paragraph to the dis cussion of the success of the marriage relation. The proportions there are given as 101 married to 314 unmarried. Matrimony evidently diminishes the chances of getting into the peniten tiary. — t_m— A Democrat was elected one of the A Democrat was elected one of the railroad commissioners in lowa by a few hundred majority, and. the Repub lican papers look upon it as an invasion of their property, although it is the first Democrat that state has elected since the Republicans first carried it. It is the first step. mm While the Philadelphia carpet man- While the Philadelphia carpet man- ufacturers, since the election, see the need of adding 5 cents a yard all round, it does not occur to them to advance wages. In fact, they are considering a - proposition to reduce them 10 per cent. Their infant industry will not pass the dependent stage as long as the people vote them tribute. _ ' . ■ "*• m — ' The New South statesman, Henry W. Grady, probably was more sue- cessful than lie wished to be in his two column effort'- to- convince'- the legis lature of Georgia that he was not an aspirant for the United States senate." If it was, as suspected, strategy to se cure the prize, it was too intricate for the apprehension of the Solons, as they elected Colquitt the next day. 7 -mm- Investigation is being made at St. Investh; ation is being made . at St. . Louis of the anomaly of ' low-priced cat- tie and high beef.' This is a— matter of - concern,' both to ; growers and | consum ers. The Vest senate committee wants . to find out if a trust has been formed; among the packers, and the (convention . of stock growers is in pursuit ; of sim ilar information. The public don't care. whether trusts are private— they : are oppressions to be overthrown. A' ;' tt PURITY OP THE CHURCHES. PURITY OF .THE CHURCHES. ; Nothing has occurred in religious cir cles recently of a I more" startling : char- acter than- the publication in the Fort-; • nightly Review of Canon Taylor's ; articles, which he presented figures and statistics to show that foreign mis-. sion work was a failure,- and that Mo hammedanism was outgrowing* Chris-; tianity. The causes for the failure of | mission work, as enumerated by Canon i Farrar,- have already been referred. to j in these colums. Now the question arises why is it that Mohamme danism is outgrowing . Christianity? Seldom, if /ever, does a Moham medan renounce his faith. He is; also .ia successful proselyter. It is no surprise, then, that Mohammedan-; ism should be on the increase. But why is it that Christianity does not gain in the same, or even a greater propor tion? I The Chiistian faith is.surely" sublimer and more beautiful than the Mohammedan. Our Christian civiliza tion is of a more ennobling type. So that, leaving out of "consideration all question of divine influence or of spir itual manifestation, and studying the subject in a purely secular light, we fail to discover why the gospel of the Naz- arene is not more attractive to mankind -than the fanaticism of Mahomet. The fact that it is so must impress itself upon every intelligent mind. Why, then, is the beautiful flower of gospel truth per mitted to dwarf and wither, while the; rank weed of a sensuous faith flour ishes and spreads as the green bay- tree? ;2H;'. i .. The cause of causes for the dwarfing; of Christianity was forcibly set forth by; the Rev. Dr. Hams, at the recent ses sion of the Episcopal church congress in New York, when he said that compe tition, in Christianity .was ruinous.; Upon the old principle that a house divided against itself must fall, the rise and growth of Christian sects and denominations have been bane ful to the spread of Christian in- fluence. The strength of the Mohamme- dan church is its unity. Its one motto, "Ai.i.An is great, and Mahomet is His prophet," has been the inspiration of its progress and the bond of its union. No creed except that which the prophet taught finds lodgment in the mind of the believer. The progress of Chris-; tianity has been wonderful, it is true, yet if in all the 1,800 years of its history; the Christian church had been cemented in one faith, and all its armies had gone forth conquering and to conquer under one banner, who. can estimate the achievements that it might have accomplished? Even to-day, if those | throughout the world who pro- fess the Christian - religion were: to congregate together and, mak ing a common cause of their faith, in- augurate an era of aggression, who could picture the grandeur of their conquests or place a limit upon the pos sibilities that Jay in their pathway? But instead of that, the church is split; up into sects, each going its own way, and often in opposite directions. In- stead of unity there is division. -There is likewise a useless expenditure "of time and energy, for we find a dozen factions occupying the same field where only one is needed, and the other eleven could be more profitably employed in other directions. Thus we find sect rivalry to be the great obstacle in tne way - of Christian progress, and the preachers are mainly responsible for it. Catholics, Protest- ants and Greeks are at war with each other. Sects iv the Catholic church, sects in the Protestant church are all engaged in internal strife. Presbyteri ans laugh at the Methodists for shout ing so loud. Methodists rail at Presby terians because they have long faces and wear blue stockings, and' both unite in ridiculing Baptists for their water-cure theory. Episcopalians ac- cuse Catholics of teaching superstition, and the Catholics in turn taunt the Episcopalians tor their tendencies to imitate Catholic rites and ceremonies. And so the wrangle goes on while the devil, the Mohammedans and the pa gans are reveling in victories. Is it any wonder that Christianity is being out- stripped in the race while every Chris tian church is hustling on its own hook with the devil picking up the hindmost? Viewing the matter from a human standpoint, it seems impossible that Christianity should extend its influence over the face of the whole earth until Christians shall have first learned what the children of this generation have long ago learned to be the 1 secret of worldly business success— the value of co-operation. x ■. ;" m. ' -'-.-- SHALL WE FLY? SHALL WE FLY? ' This age of scientific development and of .mechanical invention has pro gressed to that period where there seems to remain but one unsolved problem in science and mechanism. It is how to, construct a flying machine. We have learned how to tame the lightning and apply it to useful every- day purposes. We have learned how to glide over the earth with a speed as if on the wings of the wind. We have overcome space .and eliminated dis tance. We have our writing ma- chines, - our talking machines, and the submarine, cable has brought the whole human family into a . speaking acquaintance. About the only thing we can't do now is to fly through the air. And how are we to accomplish that?— for human ambition can never be satisfied until man can take the 'wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth. The balloon is the nearest approach we have ever been able to make toward a flying lie, and yet it is an unsatis- factory experiment; for with all our progress in the physical sciences the balloon of to-day is no improvement upon the first one that Montgolfieis sent up. ■ This idea of flight through the air is not a new one with the human race. Man . entertained it long before he thought of wedding steam to locomotive agencies. It is probably older than me- chanical invention, for it is altogether likely that away back in the prehistoric era the human mind would dwell on the easy and rapid movements of birds and yearn for a like means of unincumbered migration. Perhaps all of us can recall some time in our childhood days when we were tempted to fasten turkey wings under our arms, and, climbing to the top of the fence, make the experiment of sailing out into the air. We can' put our fingers now. on limping men: who got their halted gait just in that way. This idea -of learning how. to fly has always had a strong hold upon the human mind: : Mythology winged its deities, and ancient poets' invested- earth-bound creatures with the attri butes of fowls of j the air. \ Coming on down the centuries. we find fancy giving place to - experiment, until in 1775 we I'indGAi.iEN advancing the theory that as vessels.buoyed by the air they contained. THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 188S.— TWENTY PAGES. could sail over the sea, so other suitable j vessels could be constructed in like man- 1 ncr to sail over the I surface of I the -7* at- I • mospheric ocean.'"; This was getting the j question of aerial flight down to a scien tific basis, and , attracteds! the attention ; of European savants, y Galien's theory was that the atmosphere hung Imv . two layers, the lower, because yof its density, . supporting the upper; and his idea was to place a boat on'; the j sur face of tlw lower with its sides and sails rising into the upper region, and then it could sail perfectly. The theory. was good enough.but when it came to a prac tical application the trouble was bow to get the vessel up there. - Still, out of it originated the balloon, and that is as "far. as scieuco and mechanism have reached in aerial navigation. The par achute, with which -Baldwin is creat ing a sensation, is a much older, inven tion than the balloon. There is no reason, however, to be discouraged/ The possi bilities of human invention seem to be illimitable, and in the light of what has been done within the last century it is not a wild j prediction to say that our grandchild as they wing their flight from city to city and 'from land to; land, will wonder at our ; stupidity that we didn't discover how easy a thins it was to construct a flying machine. . — mi ■ ' .-■'. THE DIVORCE RECORD. The divorce' statistics of the United States are being-compiled by a commis sion, and it is alleged that they show a constant increase hi. proportion to the marriages. In some states there are from nine to five per cent of the mar- riages that eventuate in divorce. This is stated as being five times greater than in the leading European countries. The facilities for divorce; in some of the states are to a considerab Ie extent-re sponsible for their number, but there is a fruitful field for investigation and re form in this matter, v.y :. m. The official vote of New York gives The official vote of New York gives Harrison, 14,321 more than Cleve- land, and Hill, for governor, 18,120 in excess of Miller. The Chicago Globe and some other ! Democratic papers in- sist that this is conclusive of bad faith on the part of friends of the Democratic candidate for governor; That is a hasty view, and not necessary to an explana tion of the discrepancy. There were local questions that affected many votes on th a state ticket. Republicans chose to vote for Hill, but that does not mdi cate trading 'on the part of Democrats. Still, the result is unfortunate for Gov. Hill. _/. ',- mm - Had Abraham Lincoln lived to Had Abraham Lincoln lived to this day, will any one claim that he would have revised the statement that "as a result of the war, corporations. have been . enthroned, and the \ money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudice of the people, until all wealth is aggre- gated iv a few hands and the republic is destroyed?" . mm Dana, of the Sun, gives it out In "Dana, of the Sun, gives it out in Paris that the election has definitely settled the tariff question in favor of the Republican theories. He reflects his personal wishes, and not the true situa tion. I The goddess of reform may have a discolored eye, but time will heal* the defect. .- ' NOT READY TO TALK, But Andrew Carnegie Gives Lib- erally of His Wealth to an Irish- American Club. ; 7:-. Pittsburg, Pa., N0v. 24.— reply to a letter from Dr. J. Logan, of this city, asking Andrew Carnegie to come here and deliver a lecture this or next month before the Gladstone-Parnell club on the issues between the Tories and the Liberals, Mr. Carnegie has responded as follows:- New York, Nov. 21, 1 888.— Logan, Esq. Dear Sir: Many thanks to the club for their invitation, tmt'it is really not in my power to comply at present. Some of these days an opportunity will arise for a, great meeting. Parnell will be acquitted and beat the Times, or a general election will come, and then will be the time. to strike home and send over resolutions to Parnell and Gladstone, Slorley and the others. I may be in a posi tion to help you then. Meanwhile you had better put my name, on the subscription lists% for as much as any other. 0110 subscriber.* Very truly yours, Andrew Carnegie. «i» ■ NIPPED IN THE ICE. NIPPED IN THE ICE. Canadian Craft Imprisoned in Lake St. Peter. - -.;--' - Quebec, Nov. • 24.— The schooner Audet and Robitaile was cut through by the ice on Lake St. . Peter. She filled and capsized. Three other schoon ers have been towed into Three Rivers, as the captains refused to come on here trom Montreal. The ice is three inches thick on the lake. The steamer Pomer anian is not likely to get away from Sorel this winter. a» . Goes to J rial on Its Merits. Watekbury, Conn., Nov. 24.— Judge Andrews, in the superior court to-day, overruled tbe demurrers of the defend- ant in the celebrated 'Bridgeport-Hotch- kiss will case, involving ah restate of SI 2,000, ()00. This removes all the tech- nical defenses and allows the case to go. before the superior court on its merits. ««»> Arrested for Criminal Libel. Arrested for Criminal Libel. Special to the Globe. -' iv '; - Providence, R. 1., Nov. Charles C. Corbett,' editor of the Dispatch, has been arrested upon a criminal suit for libel brought by J. F. Moore, : and the Dispatch Publishing company has also been sued by Moore for $10,000 damages for libel. _ ■ '7 • ' Cleveland Leads. To the Editor of the Globe. . ;1 ~".v. 7- 1. What was the popular vote cast for each candidate for president at the last elec tion? ---.-■•' ; ■ . . - - - - 2. Where Is the largest number of foreign-born inhabitants, in the Northern or iv the Southern states? [1. The official figures are not in. The popular plurality for Cleveland :is between 50,000 and 70,000. 2. Foreign-born citizens are thickest In the North.] . — ■- THAR WAS JIM. Wildest boy in all the village Up to every .wicked lark; Happy at a chance to pillage Melon patches in the dark; Seemed a 'tarnal mischief breeder, Fur in every wicked whim . Put your hand upon the leader/ Thar was Jim. r ."-.;yyy--.^: lie was eighteen w'en the summons . Came for Union volunteers, An' the firm's and the drummin's, An' the patriotic cheers . Made us with excitement dance, sir, Eveu ol' men, staid an' prim, - An' among the fust to answer, Thar was Jim. One day w'en the Gin'ral wanted Volunteers .to charge a place '• - Whar the Rebel banner flaunted Impudently in your face. ■'■■'"- .-; 1 7.7 Seemed as though the cannon's bellers Had no skeerishness tor him,- Fur among the foremost fellers, " : Thar was Jim. - How we cheered 'em at the startlu' . .V 4- On the fearful charge they made. 7 , - Though it seemed that death was sartin '• "',-"-■ .In that orful Hiubuscade. .•*•,_' Once the smoke. riz up, a-showin' Them up as the hill they clim. " An' ahead, an' still a-goin', . •7 Thar was Jim. -. "Git lhar?" Wal, yer Just a-screamin' ; Nothin'. could 'a stopped them men, Each one seemed a howliu' demon * Chnrgin' on a fiery den. ■■-• Purty tough w'en next I found him, . Fur with face all black an' grim, y Bead, with dead men all around aim, Thar was Jim."' ■ ,'-■.', y-v-y - Friend o' mine? I reckon, sorter;' /• Ayy.-: Met him first one winter night; ;y-;/: - Lord! but wasn't that "storm a snorter,""- "- Wen 1 went fur Doctor Whites' . Wen I heerd my wife a ple-adin' . • -- Me to come an' look at him, : Layin' in her arms a feedin', Thar was Jim. - ■ . — Capt. Jack Crawford. v" ; SUNDAY SALAD. y : There, has • been ,no sermon preached' in St. Paid: for a long time which was spoken with more force or that excited. more general •' comment \ than the one "delivered by Dr. Christie at the House of Hope last Sunday. % His subject was the training of children, and \ special stress was laid upon the duty of parents to impress : their children , with the dig nity of labor. He held that it was ■ more honorable to ; make J a -mechanic out of your boy than to make ; a dude of him* j and certainly more "useful for your girt to learn typewriting rthan to bo pound ing the life out of! a piano; This is the : kind!; of . • gospel 1 truth j that ; the : world stands in need of. ; ; ;'.' ; '-■ SSI , . .-. It Is singular how far our educational methods have gone astray in- this ago, which is chiefly .distinguished ?. for. its practice of the Baconian " principle utility and progress. i Is it possible that we have - been so absorbed with tho wonders of mechanical invention, which greet ; us on every -side,l that we have neglected to impress upon our children that labor Ais V the .primary agent of human advancement, and that it is only by toil man ( can establish his suprem acy over the earth -and subjugate all that it contains to his I comfort, wealth and happiness? The idea that .labor is" degrading belongs to the pagan age of philosophy, a' school of philosophy which taught that the golden age of the human race was that when men had no protection against; the cold except the s kins of wild beasts ; when they were in dependent of material substances and disdained to look: upon mechanical con trivances. r< yy * yyr - . : . -.>■ •-. SXKO , . -. . - The young people of this generation who are growing up with the idea . that labor is degrading: are the ones who, if permitted to have ; sway, would rapidly - reduce the world again to the condi tion of the barbaric ages. Labor and progress must go hand in hand, and when we lose sight of the truth in our educational methods, we arc preparing the day for a retrograde movement in the.world's history.' . . $$$ --,:-. - The American woman is making progress. She is leading her sisters in all other parts of -the 7 world. Mrs. Addie Ballots, of San Francisco, who has traversed pretty much all parts; of the world, engaged in the work, of ele vating her sex. tells the Globe that no where is woman treated with so much consideration as right here in America. Here she receives a] chivalrous treat ment that is nowhere else awarded her. Even in England, and in the British colonies, where a grand civilizing in- fluence has been at work for centuries, there are yet remains of feudal ideas, and as a consequence woman is still the victim of them. It is true, the Woman Suffrage party makes but little y more progress ; here than ; elsewhere, but woman's fitness for the r discharge of public duties is better recognized. As an illustration of the advance in this direction, at this recent election in this ; state, four counties elected women school superintendents, y -" y -§£§ " g. Yes, it : is true, "Teacher," that base ball players get better salaries than school officials. A good base ballplayer gets $2,500 a year. The average school teacher or official is lucky lo get half of that. But it must be remembered that the people of- this country take more interest in base ball than they do in educational matters. : '-AyA^yy .-, §SS •- The report made by the grand jury «The" report made by the grand jury last Friday speaks rather contemptu ously of our county jail. It is singular that a wealthy and populous county like. Ramsey would be content with such a miserable excuse- for; a f county ■ jail as the unsightly and ill-constructed building which is dignified by that. name. It is an eye-sore now, and will be still more unsightly when the 7 new ; court house is completed. •? '. ~. y §!£§ Another matter called to the attention of the county authorities, and meriting their consideration, is the condition of the reform school. There seems to be criminal neglect on the part of some body in respect to the matter of sani tation at that institution. There is a barbaric tinge to that quality of justice which condemns a bad boy to the reform school to be killed off by some horrible disease. WIT ANO HUMOR. WIT ANO HUMOR, Still on the Beat. * Hotel- Proprietor j (jocosely)— How is your pulse this morning? * ; Bogus Baron (who intends to skip hisl board bill)— Still on the beat— still oh the beat. • "i:;\> '.. .— Young Bloke— Soak! For heaven's sake, -what's, the matter? You're a total wreck. Old Soak— Yes: we had a fare at our house this morning. , - Young Bloke— damage? ."; A.i£j'i Old Soak— Yes, considerable. You see, the firemen came in at the window. I was asleep, and they, began by play-" ing the hose on my breath. I haven't swallowed so much water in twenty years. Ugh ! ' - Ay~: ~:yA~ i.;, -, 7 : Probably. Probably. Maid— l wish I knew how to live for ever. Mistress— Why? Mistress— Why?- Maid— l've told so many lies for you that I'm arraid to die. . ; . - Tilings; Are Not What They Seem. On the wedding morn. . Hail, wedding day ! auspicious morn That gives me pledge divine ; I'll press my true love to my heart, And proudly Bay, "She's mine '." ***** • One year later. v - ~~" r A--~ -y . There's nothing like experience To show one where he errs; But words are useless. You can guess:; That girl, egad— l'm hers Miss Sentimental— There is no poetry in this age— this prosaic nineteenth cen tury. Editor— Heavens Just look at my waste-paper basket. - '•:'■.; Sincerely Sympathetic. ' -Boggles (who has been waiting sixty years for the demise; of a. rich maiden aunt)— good old woman has gone i the way of all flesh. | Ah ! \ Snaggles, say I something to comfort me. - - Snaggles (who has waited almost as long for the same melancholy event)— Are you sure she's dead? Mrs. MaGinnis— Heard the news? Mrs. MaGinnis— Heard the news? t Mrs. Smith— Sakes alive, What is it? ■.« - - \ -.y-:. ' -y. , Mrs. MaGinnis— Our candidate's down*, sick. -' --.77 ' . - Mrs. Smith— Ton don't say so! What— Mrs. MaGinnis— -Over-exertion. I heard John say this - morning he ran ahead of his ticket, and ■ got a plurality. He Had Had Parties Himself. He Had Had Parties Himself. Uncle Pete— Manda, is yo' got dem chickens shet up in the smoke house,' like 1 tole yer? : :. : : Ant Manda— No; an' I'd like ter know what's de marter wif yo', dat you so . 'tickler 'bout dem chickens all 'twonce? 7 7 Uncle : Pete— Nebl>er : you' mind; I know what's the marter, an' dats nuff till dem chickens is housed. When I hear dem niggas dar in de next yard is gwine to hab a party ta-morra . night, I wants .to be sure my chickens doesn't 'tend it. 7 7 y 7 •Way Out West. . Cowboys ; (outside the ; tabernacle)— Let's go in and hear the new dominie. If he's no good we'll shoot him. "(They enter the sanctuary .l yy. ■ * • y■' ''< Preacher— Now,'listen> -to me, you ; blear-eyed galoots, m If any of you draws ■ a pop gun, I've had this I church mined, < arm the first moment I'll -. blow all your rotten souls to hell!— remember. The text chosen for to-day Is "Beelessed be the peacemakers. , ;7 7y y M (Preaches four hours.) 7 - ' t MEN AND; THINGS. V ..An Old"' j* The statement that ,y ■•■"> r :.-: on» of tire electors ?| Elector. ; chosen : in New Hamp- J I A ■:■..'-■ ■■• AAA shire to cast the vote "of that state for. president served in the same . capacity in : 1840, for s the grand- father of the man he now votes for, re- vives early; recollections of the gentle- man with a St. Paul party. , He believes there has been ' no other instance in the history of the country; of a ' man being elected to this position ! a second time -after an; intervall of forty-eight | years,- and ..'. the relationship of the two presi dential candidates adds to the ; unique- ness of the incident. The man who has this * distinction * is Hon. George W. Nesmith,-' a £ lawyer who has served in tfce highest judiciary of the state, j, the legislature . and other prominent posi tions.' He "is V well . remembered by Gen. J. B. Sanborn and Hon. Green- leaf CLARK,of this city.- In their earliest days he was one of the best known j of the public men of : the Granite state.* The father of Mr Clark was also at the time a leading * associate of Mr. Nesmith in 7 public ; affairs. ■: Mr. N. graduated at the collegiate institute, 1820, where the two St. Paul attorneys referred to - received their education later.- He is recalled as a tall, club- footed gentleman, with an elegant resi dence between the pellucid waters of the Winnipiseogee and j Pemige wasset rivers, which hasten to unite just below and form the Merrimack,-the motor that drives . most of the ; spindles ; of , New Hampshire and Massachusetts. » One of the most vivid recollections of the boy- hood of the St. Paul relator lis of the campaign of 1810. and Mr. Nesmith as the chief engineer of a procession from his town to the capital of the state, twenty miles distant. Among its mci dents was a full-grown log cabin, di awn by a great many yoke of oxen, with Nesmith and others dispensing hard cider to the patriotic crowd. The; age of this remarkable man can be inferred from his" having graduated at college sixty-eight years ago. - 7s -rv\^ ■?-;•? » ££§ . Oh ! How -The question .as to y y-' the. right of another ; Shocking ! narty to use the : pho tograph of a person without his consent is one that is per- plexing and complicating the copyright discussion. The amateur photographer is responsible for the springing of the question. With the perfection-. of : the instantaneous process none are secure from his ravages. His ways are mys terious and unobserved, and parties may only learn by accident that their features, taken at perhaps an inoppor- tune time, are in the possession of an- other, who may be an entire stranger. Legal proceedings have been instituted ,by aggrieved parties, and nice points are presented for adjudication. . Very few are "aware, probably, that anything of this sort has been in use in St. Paul ; but it was learned recently that an ama teur/ who is a good deal of an artist and scientist, has become remark- ably i expert I- in the : use -of -the instantaneous pocket camera, and has a collection of the countenances of people that the victims do moti not dream of. He ' has the entree 'of some of the most select social circles, and has managed to catch unobserved the faces of young ladies wearing. all njfannerof expressions, from the melting of love to the elongations of gum-chew : ing. .'He has them enlarged, touched up and placed in albums, of which he Tuts several. " In places where he could "use it securely he has i taken faces at night by "flash light;" any momentary ablaze. One familiar with society people in the city was able to recognize several that were" well known in a group taken at a residence ou Dayton" avenue. The only thing that throws discredit upon it was the expression of all . seeming to be talking at once. One could almost see the words rolling from ./the^partly, ndened mouths— ■it is known that ladies, ' .'at least in St. Paul, do uot -do that • way. -The most interesting to : some, perhaps, was a spooning, seance between a Marshall avenue * belle and a young professional gentleman. They; were at a social gathering, and seated in a recess where they thought they would not -be ob- served. He has been whispering some- thing out of the cooing catechism ; 7 her eyes have a softness that is quite per- ceptible, and there is a suggestion of mutual- preparation for whistling. -It was not an attitude that would be as- sumed in sitting for photographs. That is -a < charm -of these representations. They are perfectly uatural, no posing for pictures with the made-up expres sion. There was restriction laid upon the narration of the exact modes in which the camera was used so success- fully without being noticed, as it has not yet filled all the albums of the amateur. He will have a collection that will be of rare interest to those familiar with St. Paul society who are admitted *to the artist's rooms. • ' • . " ' r"/,.'l -. - ■.. .: g^§ : . English The English we,speak English The English we speak presents almost insu- ..: We Use. perable difficulties to ' - . foreigners, and espe cially incomprehensible to them is our slang vernacular. An Italian lady, who has but recently come to- St. Paul, has been engaged on the. music for a comic opera, the libretto of which is the joint production of several of our leading society men. In: the first act. of ! the opera the chorus ejaculates: "Chest- nuts!" This expression seemed to puz zle the musician greatly. She read over the act several times, and then, turning to the; assembled .* librettist with a gravely puzzled look, she said, in her quaint English: "Mr. 8., if you. will be so good, I know not why the chorus calls out for those nuts, eh?"' This same lady at a reception recently, where several couples were dancing the Boston din waltz, inquired of. the hostess: "What species of the dance is it?" - §!£§ ' Working ' Recently, in -count- Working Recently, in count- ing the coins in one of the Slot. the weighing machines at a leading hotel. where you drop a nickel to secure 'the use of the institution, there were found about a hundred cent pieces. lt is gen . erally known that " the device is pro- vided to operate with the inspiration of the nickel alone, and that other coins slip through a d do nogood. 7 Of course all these l-ceut-droppers expected to defraud the machine out of the other 4 nts, and a dead loss" was realized, to the gain of the owner of the machine. The moral - might -be' elaborated at length. SS§ A Scheme One of our young so- I A.Schemo ' One of our young so- %». . ; ciety men who is known . That Didn't among his intimates by the suggestive name of Work. ."Peaches". says he hit on a scheme last week by which he; intended to realize quite a t: fortune. He first spent some time in ; learning to imitate the dulcet warblings I of the nocturnal feline.'. This being ac complished, it was his plan to howl un- various, windows until his unhappy audience would rise from their rigllteous slumbers and hurl shoes, hair brushes. water pitchers and other, articles of lvalue at him. r He says he had made ar rangements with a Seventh street pawn- broker to dispose of the. articles thus do-" nated* | He further states that last Wed- nesday night he began to' howl under a Summit avenue window according to his plan. He made night hideous for two hours, and, just as he was beginning to despair: the window was raised, a dark form ! appeared, a '■> voice yelled, "Scat!" and a deadly r shotgun 7 discharged ■ its nine-pound -load v into -This - dexter leg. The young man's reputation for veracity is, of course, not to be doubted. -.;. ;y-y ■';. " ~; [mm ." '." y-r .-'-" s T Dude— : say, ; Mr.- Soak, do yaw kuaw X thawt maw fiancee. ; Miss-- Fox,' . sleeps with haw pet cawt and aca- nawrv? -^ , * y Old Soak— Eh?7 Well, as she's going to marry an ass, she'll have quite a me- nagerie. . OF COMMON RUMOR. r £yy Scott '"< Mrs. Scorr-SrbDONs £',".-.''; . -"" ' is again in Minnesota, y. dons Again, with vocal charms and . * dramatic ability unim- paired. shall never forget v the night: that, as a very small boy. I saw her (for the first time) personify Lady Macbeth. It was winter and stormy, and the barn- like country hall as uncomfortable as it welly could be. When -the -curtain went up a great gust :.. of f cold s; air blew over the •.= audience " and '« left every one wishing that y they were at home. Mrs. ;Sir>DONB ' was quite well aware of the cold, but she was so womanly, that she .fascinated her audience, and before half of the evening's -delights were served, cold and storm were forgotten. When she could stand it no longer she stopped and there was a short intermission, dur- ing, which she came down off the . stage and warmed by a great box wood stove, while many of the audience came for- ward and chatted with her, : Although. but a youngster, I-; remember that the deepest impression . she made upon me was by her womanly qualities. She was graceful, had a sweet voice . and won- derfully deep eyes, that in repose were very sad to look upon. , , .. §£§ _ Judicial . Judge ' Searle, of - • the St. Cloud district, , Peelings, his but recently passed . . 7 -i {through^ his -first ex- perience -Jn> the i sentencing of men to death. . In his case he had two to sen- tence I at ' one time. I asked him what his mental sensations were at the mo- ment when, knowing that these lives Were in his power, he decreed that they should end. "Purely that of an instru ment of the law," he replied. "I was there : not ; to be ; swayed by the human within me, but to take cognizance of what the law fixed as punishment for such, crimes and then to declare that punishment. It could not be that one should feel otherwise." I am not so .sure of that, having knowledge of an old and most stern judge, who never sentenced a man to death but what, alter escaping from the stare of the crowd, he was completely uniurvedand often would shed tears of regret. Ho said once: "I never pass that horrible death sentence but what I ask myself If it is right. This sentiment seems unbefitting my position, but I have never been able to overcome it." • v.- >; ■ •- . :i^%yy^''-y^'"A:':-AA- Mimic- Among the pleasant ; ljttle fictions' attached sot inns to Tom Lowky's tray- ?y . els abroad is one, that Abroad, while in Paris and stopping at the Hotel Bristol with his family, he paid $700 a day. for his accommodations, lie was there three days,, and his total bill was $2,100. Of Eugene M. Wilson, it is told that while in Paris his hotel bill was $100 per day. Doubtless these amounts would seem enormous to Mm "nesotiaus who protest against $2.50 per day, but American hotels bid fair soon to* rival the Parisian ones in their charges. One of the New York mem- ber* of the present congress pays $700 a week. for himself and family while at Washington; another Eastern member. pays $500, and any number from $150 to $200 a week. A congressman and his wife can hoard decently in Washington on $15 to $25 a week, but that is consid ered economy of the:, rankest Western type. ;It includes receptions, fashion- able calls, salons, and all the other costly fa s that go -so far to make moneyed men with small modicums of brain influential in congress. Sheer force of ability may enable a member : with small means to triumph over wealth and take an assured political • and social position, but not very often; -.-§!£§ • I Microbes Ignatius Donnelly Microbes Ignatius Donnelly has, I am convinced, a In theory for . everything human and one or two Hair. stored away for the su pernatural. He told a story about Salmon P. Chase the other afternoon, primanly.to prove that oald- ■ ness is caused by microbes operating at the roots of the hair; incidentally, to ■ amuse. A year or two ago a stranger, sitting in one. of the rooms adjoining the senate chamber at Washington, : looked up to a picture of -Salmon P. Chase and remarked: ~- i; !? "Chase is : not bald.- The last time I saw him lie had a fine head of hair." Another stranger, overhearing the re- mark, contradicted him, and asserted that Chase was exceptionally : bald. v "But," insisted the first-man, "the last time I saw him his head was coy- ered; with hair." "And when did yon see him last?" : "About a year ago." : "Impossible! He has been dead for years. Where did yon see him?" "1 was at his grave when his body was disinterred, a year ago, . and, al- though bald when he died, his head was then covered with the most mag- nificent growth of hair I ever saw." V | We all looked at Mr. Donnelly in •admiration. He smiled, and said: . > "That proves to me that microbes de- stroy our ; hair. After 'death, and the body becoming cola, they are destroyed . —frozen— the hair is free to reap ' pear." -. - '"-^.--y §£§ ■"■ -' Up in the The San: Francisco insurance journals are Clouds. Having much fun over the proposed Minneap olis twenty-eight-story business block which Bufeington is said to have in view. In their descriptions of the structure they have added to the block balloons with parachute attachments for the descent of the passengers. They locale upon the roof a large supply of shotted bags for use as ballast with' the balloons, yAn ingenious contrivance in connection : with the water supply at- tracts clouds to the roof, thus providing eternal shade and coolness. The light- ning rods are so constructed that they will draw electricity from \ these clouds and conduct it to the basement, where it will be properly stored for use in lighting and heating the. building. Ar rangements will be made on every floor for hotel accommodations for those who desire to inspect the structure, and to take a week or more in doing so. All the water for use in the building will be collected from the clouds at the top and conveyed by gravitation to the floors be- neath. ' ; v- y-;;:s - -.-•■..'-. "'y-;y'§£§; . Ayyyy- Thanksgiving I was shown a letter Thanksgiving I was shown a letter this week written fiom "- in the St. Paul in 1855 by an early settler to a . Early Days, lady in the East, and who is now his wife. This letter was dated on Thanksgiving day, and in it the writer said : : "Tel! all of the boys that this Is the best country in the world to make . a man wish that he ; was married. It is Thanksgiving, but when I look at my empty pocketbook, and know that work is scarce and the cold very bad, I don't feel thankful at all. Winter is setting in, and they say it will be May. before it is ended, and that we are lucky if we get our mail once a month from now on. You are all enjoying turkey to-day, 1 am sure, and lots of other good things. Pork, beans ■ and hard soda biscuits were my dinner, will have to do for supper, also. JFI would come home, but for lack of many things cannot. This may be the last letter from me until spring, so I will wish you now a merry Christmas and happy New Year." ■ - ■' -^»«— ■ -'..: A-Breast of Fashion. A-Breast of Fashion. ' Mr. Hayseede (reading his Sunday paper)— ydo these 'ere society women wear so little clothes? Pert Daughter— Perhaps, pop, it's be- cause they are in the swim. You Can Travel on Your Tm nk. - Indianapolis Journal. =>.-.■' : "Do you know that if a man i has a heavy trunk he can sometimes travel a long distance on a railroad - without * a ticket or any money?" said a ; young man " yesterday who had recently made his way back ■, from Texas with but a few dollars. "When i'L reached St. Louis I had but 57 cents ]in my pocket, .and I did not know a map there I could : ask for a loan. went |to the ticket agent, aud making .known my condi tion, asked him how I could get to Indianapolis. 'Have you ' a trunk?' he asked. s lir told 7 him I 1 had,-, and he said he would introduce me to the con- ductor. When the . conductor came up ; :* ....-: ------ ! --■ --vV'-T.— -7r--.-'. -..,-■- .-■--.- ■ ■ ■ I was introduced, and he asked me for check to my trunk, which 1: gave , him, and he then,' gave me a small; ticket,"^ which> he said would' get vmy trunk in Indianapolis. I asked him how .much the trunk would cost me when I 'went to get it out, and he said $7. Well, 1 got through all right, but when 1 pre- sented the ticket for the trunk it cost me $9 instead of $7. • I have been won dering ever since who got that money, but I didn't care, for I, was glad to get back 'to = Indianapolis even ■■■ on those terms." -;■.,., y_ ; £ A^AAAAIi DRAMATIC DRIFT. .'. At the Grand the Grismer-Davles company did not meet with the success that was deserved. The company is a good one, 'and no fault can be found with the productions as "they are put upon the stage; but they do not seem to be the class of dramas 7 that will draw well in St. Paul. . Of the - two plays. "Called Back", and "Forgiven," the former had the better reception. - - AA, -. a y .§*£§,. ...- The past week has been a very sue- . cessful one .at : the People's, • and • the Eresentation of f "Dr. - Jekyll and Mr. [yde" has met with crowded " houses each evening. The ; story has been widely read, and could not fail to draw when put on the stage. The part taken" by Mr. Lipman is a difficult one, but he has been eminently successful in his impersonation. of tho Jekyll-Hyde com- bination. $33 At the People's theater an event ot At the People's theater an event ot unusual Interest is promised for the week of Dec. 3, being the production of a tour-act comedy written by a gentle- man of this city, and entitled "Our Foreign Corresponaent." As the name indicates, it is a work international in scope and contemporaneous in interest. Mr. Hill has had this piece in prepara tion for some weeks, and has given it exceptional attention, this being the first entirely new production .at the People's under his stage management. Special scenery has been painted for it by Mr. Bender, including a lonely Eng lish garden set and some picturesque views in Venice. The cast will include all the principals of the company in parts suiting their respective gifts/and it is expected that the * first night will bring out an audience as brilliant as that signalizing the opening of this favorite temple of the drama -;-:>;'. :- •-§*£§ :■ - " Richard A. Purdy's new version of "William Tell" met with an enthusiastic reception in Baltimore last week. The play was put on the stage by Frederick Warde, .and is the voting tragedian's latest success.'- Mr. Purely has used some of Sheridan Knowles' play and re- placed much that was old-fashioned in it with direct and beautiful scenes from the great -German original of Schiller. Mr. Warde's performance of the heroic Tell was instinct with fire, energy and passion, while in the scenes where his love as a husband and father was evoked his tenderness and pathos; are true and touching. The scenes of the defiance of Gessler were superbly acted, and the passionate craving for liberty to which Tell gives vent found a sympa thetic response. Mr. ' Warde has un- doubtedly found a drama "which will meet with a warm welcome wherever it is presented. *■ ---.;,- ;v "--y ' §;£§ 1 ' — »■: -As neither the press nor the pulpit has satisfactorily answered the ques tion, "Is marriage a failure?" the sub- ject will soon be taken up by the stage. Next season Agnes Herudon.will star the country in a new play, "Is Mar- riage a Failure?" The title has already been copyrighted. Miss Herndon's.own attempts at marriage will enable her to give the public the benefit of her per- sonal experience. §!«§:,. Maud Banks is the attraction at the Hay market theater in Chicago. Last -week she appeared in "The Lady of Lyons," "Love's Sacrifice," and "Leah, the Forsaken." The young lady has developed remarkable talent within the past few months, and the Chicago press speak of her as a genius and as oue of the most fascinating figures seen upon the stage in recent years. ;v?.; §s£§ •- Mrs. James Brown Potter Is doing; a very.good business this season. She. re- cently played to $7,000 In Baltimore, and she expects to take in not a little money at Wal lack's, in New York, later in the season. The critics say that Mrs. Potter's acting shows a marked Improvement over that of last year, and that she Is really a commendable actress. She has ordered some superb dresses, which may outshine those of the Jersey Lily. :.A:y .§£§.; y:-iy . Gillette's "She" is preparing to take a tour of the chief cities of the country with an organization of seventy people, including William Gillette, David Bel- asco, PhiL.Goatcher, Al Hyman and Charles Frohman. As a spectacular play "She" will be the greatest produc tion of the season. •". SSS Miss Eva Ballou, a San Francisco yyMiss Eva Ballou,' a San Francisco actress of note, but who is a native of St. Paul, is now visiting friends in this city. She is a daughter of Mrs. Addie Ballou, who has gained celebrity as a lecturer and -a - press - correspondent. Mrs. Ballou is also stopping in the city on her return from the Grand Army en- campment at Columbus, and will de- liver a lecture before the Garfield post to-night. ~ 7- -> i i-r:; The Boston Ideals, reorganized, thor oughly infused with new blood and at the beginning of a most successful sea- sou, open a week's engagement at the .Grand opera house. The features pos sessing uniqueness are the appearance of four new people, numbering : among them two of the best known vocalists in America— / L'Allemaud and Georgiene yon Januschowsky— and . the fact that they appear in- four operas, none of which they have appeared in here in St. Paul. Of the constitution of the company the readers of the Globe are already informed; but the strength of the company is said to be not in the individuals alone, but in the ensemble, which cannot help but be one of the strongest in English opera. The repertory is: Monday and Thurs- day nights and Saturday matinee, "Barber of Seville;" Tuesday and Friday. "Carmen ;" Wednesday, "Queen Topaz;" Thursday (Thanksgiving), mat- inee, and Saturday night, "Faust." The new opera, "Queen Topaz," which has received only four presentations in this country, is by Victor Masse, and has a story ,of peculiar interest. -Leo- nora Salviata,a : young Italian noble- woman, has been- stolen during her childhood by band of wandering Gyp- sies, and brought jip under their chief as Queen Topaz. She lives, the nomadic life of : the tribe, and has scarcely reached womanhood when she meets and loves Capt. Rafel, an officer in the Italian army, who has been captured by her tribe and whom she saves from their vengeance. Previous to this meet- ing Rafel has already won Countess Philomele's affections after a desperate flirtation; and this envious woman, see- ing his affection for Topaz, induces nim to believe, by means of a conspiracy be- tween hei self and Annabal . Barbiano, that Topaz is false. Complications fol- low. One night in Barbiano's palace a feast is given. . The . band ,of Gypsies, disguised as noblemen, introduce Topaz to the festivities, and she, during the evening, succeeds in 7 drugging Barbi- ano, and then makes him the hero of a mock marriage with herself. Rafel be- lieves '■ this mock marriage real, and is very much troubled over it. • Here again complications follow, which end by I foreshadowing the - marriage of l Topaz r and Rafel, as well as the Countess Phil ! omele and, her fellow-couspirator, Bar '< biano. '-"-'. - v -Bogardus, the champion rifle shot of the world, and his sons, four stalwart young .fellows, who now share their father's laurels, will be at the dime mu seum this week. Z Bogardus visited St. Paul years ago, when he first i won his spurs as a marksman and '•- gained -the name and the fame, that ho. has ever . since heid, of the greatest rifle shot of : the world. -His four; sons I are chips off • the old I block, 1 and 7 marksmen . every ; inch of them. A -most extraordinary . man is Panneck, famous as" the balloon man, because he is able ? to -inflate? his chest until he is more balloon than man. Doctors are puzzled to account for the power possessed by • this } strange man. . and only after their eyes .have attested the truth of T is claims are they willing .to believe the stories that are told about him. . Naomi .-.. Hurst, . the :■> Circassian charmer. Zip and Shoe Fly, ths wild boys, Madam Brouillard's charm- ing-wax groups, and Schwegerling's Fantosh troupe, in their pretty French ballet,- are among the attractions of tho museum .this. 7 week. The Australian Vaudeville in the merry song and dances-^ completes tbe list.' Thursday, Thanksgiving, the. museum will be open " all day, from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. continuously. -. - MS* -. . ' ' The Olympic continues to do a good business. Crowded . houses wa3 their success last week. ~ Commencing Mon- day, Thatcher and Drews, in . their all- feature show, and ■■> Ellsworth* Zouave Burlesque company, the brightest and most novel programme this season. A company of noted specialty artists also, in the production of the comedy on- titled "Is Marriage a 'Failure?" This promises to be a first-class play. With such artists as Thatcher and Drews, negro comedians; Gracie May, the ex- cellent vocalist; Emmcttand Bodel.lrish comedians, and Minnie Burroughs, burlesque artist, we think Manager Wells will be kept busy furnishing cv pacity room. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. iV-'-v; y y"«'' ■" ■ American When congressmen American When congressmen become authors and White produce political nov- els aimed at many Slavery. wrongs of the present day, then indeed is tho .country In danger. Thomas W. Nor- wood (member from Georgia) has de- parted from conventional paths and adopted this role. His Plutocracy, or American White Slavery (American News company) is just fresh from the press. The i.ovel (if It may so bo called) is too long, and it intrudes upon the field of fiction social and political questions usually confined to essays or magazine columns. "The work' was undertaken," writes the M. C. in his preface, "with the intention and aim to do something to point out certain politi cal wrongs, mercantile evils and social follies and vices that are growing at rapid and dangerous speed in our re- public." Certainly enough ground to cover un. der the guise of a novel, and necessarily imperfectly covered by its extent and the limitations of book covers. Wall street comes in for a large share of tho author's attention, and in the characters of Galusha Smiling, Fuller Margin, Mr. Reckfir and one or two others, ho unmercifully Hays the speculators of the money market. . His depictions ,of men are not line, for the evident reason that his aim overcame whatever delin- eativo talents he may have possessed. He sees the dark and gloomy side of speculation, society and politics, and sacrifices his heroes and heroines to it. Much matter very foreign to a novel is introduced, to the detriment of the work itself. Mr. Norwood means well, but unfortunately destroys a great dramatic opportunity in a vain attempt to cxposo a world of wrong. In half of its present compass, and written with some view to dramatic effect, ."Plutocracy" would have commanded a greater audience and accomplished more than it will now. - §j£§ The- Mapleson Belford. Clarke & The Mapleson Bel ford. Clarke & Co., will shortly issue Memoirs. The Mapleson Me- moirs, being the re- doubtable colonel's narrative of his management of Patti and experienco with opera singers. The advance sheets indicate thai the work will contain very much of popular interest. Some of tho stories of Patti are capital, as for in- stance this: .. :»' "Notwithstanding the successful per- formances in America, the receipts never reached the amount of expendi ture. Mr. Mapleson was unable to pay Mme. Patti, and her agent formally gavb him notice to terminate the contract. Mme. Patti, however, sent a message to say that on receiving £800 on account she would dross for the performanco with the exception of her shoes. As tho money was taken at the doors, she ex- pected the other £200 before she would put on the shoes. Mr. Mapleson shall tell the rest of tho story in his own words: • '; . "After the opening of the doors I had another visit from Sig. Franchi. By this time an extra sum of £160 had comb in. I handed it to my benevolent friend, and begged him to carry it with- out delay to the obliging prima donna, who, having received £900, might, I thought, be induced to com- plete her toilet pending the arrival of the £40 balance. Nor was 1 altogetherl wrong in my hopeful anticipations. With a beaming face Sig. Franchi came back and communicated to me the joy- ful intelligence that Mme. Patti had got one shoe on. "Send her the £40.' ho added, "and she will put on the other.' Ultimately the other shoo was got on, but not, of course, until the last £40 had been paid.". 7 - y-'A-y'A, §"&§ Ireland One of the best books of the year is William Under Henry Uurlbert's ire- land Under Coercion. , Coercion. It must, with time, prove to be an honest and impartial presentation of the Irish question from the point of view of an American student. Mr. Hurl be rt visited Ireland this year, and tho book is the result of that visit and years of study of the social and economical questions of that distressed land. With the results of this labor at his command the book meets all sides of the question and re- fleets with the utmost fairness the opin- ions held by progressive Americans to- day on Ireland and her people. What he heard and saw in the Green Isle, val uable correspondence, hitherto unpub lished private documents bearing on tho subject are all . given without partisan bias. The book by the very spirit in which it is written is bound to become of, great historical value. Irishmen, as well as Americans, will gain a new and broader knowledge of the condition of affairs in their own land by the reading of this book. Houghton, Miflin & Co., Boston. ' §«?§ ' Books to White & Allen (New York) have issued a Laugh Over, series of " funny " books for the Chris mas trade. The Thompson Street Poker Club and The Mott Street Club both appear in book form, capi- tally illustrated. Of the series one of the funniest in the way of cartoons is The Hottentot Blue Book, with car- toons by Seyppel. It is a take-off on certain international questions raised between England nnd Germany, and the alleged poetry attached is very bad. But the adventures of the two heroes, drawn by a clever pencil, are sufficiently ludicrous to hide other defects. The de- sign on the cover and margins of the book "is original and taking. St. Paul Book and Stationery company, i §*£§ The Lesser Card players will hail with delight White & Books, j Allen's pocket series of hand-books on draw poker, American whist and euchre, by Denis Do Bebian. They contain minute and authoritative instructions for play- ing. . St. Paul - Book and Stationery Company. ; , Belford's "Annual is an American Eattern after the English Chatterbox. •ickinson's Glass Block. In Christmas books, The Old Folks at Home is a beautifully illustrated copy of "Swanee River.": The illustrations are by Brenneman, a sufficient guaran- tee of their merit. The Life of Christ Calendar is another Christmas number. The designs are •of the decidedly re- ligious type/ At Dickinson's the Belford, Clark * Co. issues are. for sale. They iucludo Tourgee's The Veteran and His Pipe; That Girl from Texas, dedicated to Es- tellc Clayton, the actress; Under, tho Maple?, by • I Unman, and numberless other attractive Christmas books. y Appleton Morgan's The People. and the Railways is just out in book form. • ' Not in This Line. ," Madame Acidulous— Still brooding? A .'-.. Monsieur A. the t father of ten chil- - dren)— No, my dear, I leave that to you.