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Globe's Circulation Last Week
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of circulation of the St. Paul
Globe, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the actual circulation of
the St. Paul Globe Is herewith correctty set forth:
Monday, Nov. 19 T ...... 17,450
Tuesday, Nov. 20. 17,400
Wednesday, Nov. 21..- 17,390
Thursday, Nov. 22. 17,400
Friday, Nov. 23 .................. 17,650
Saturday, Nov. 24 . 17,600
Sunday, Nov. 18 .17,500
E. P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of November. 900.
H. P. PORTER,
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn.
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press and mailing departments to check and keep tab on the number of
papers printed and the disposition made of the same. The Globe is the
only St Paul daily paper that makes this offer. "
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WEDNESDAY. NOV. 28. 1900.
A GREAT MAN GONE.
After twenty years of devoted and
valuable public service; after having at
tained to the highest eminence in the
profession which' he adorned, Cushman
K. Davis has laid down the labors and
responsibilities of an eventful lifetime.
It seems but yesterday since the peo
ple of the entire land were engaged in
the expression of the high esteem in
which they held the deceased statesman
and jurist. Through every mouthpiece
of public sentiment from the periodical
press and the public platform to the ad
miring commentaries of his official as
sociates, the high tribute of the Ameri
can people to his sterling worth as a
public servant was listened to. He never
sought the outward expression of pub
lic approval. A native diffidence and
modesty with which all who knew the
man were familiar withheld him from
Such manifestations of his great abili
ties as might receive the public acclaim.
He discharged the most onerous duties
of the highest station in such manner
as had long marked him among the lead
ers of public thought as one of the great
Americans of the day. It was not until
the progress of events of world-wide
concern forced him into the glare of an
International prominence that he come
to be known to the mass of his country
men at his real worth. Having won for
himself a degree of contemporary fame
which placed him on a level with the
few great personalities of his time, he is
removed from the scene of his triumphs
while his honors still remain fresh upon
him.
The life of Senator Davis will be an
Inspiration to all young Americans who
aspire to careers of high public useful
ness. -Entering upon his life work with
out a single worldly advantage, save
such as a sound education and an as
piring mind afforded, he thrust aside all
the opportunities which presented them
selves to his view to enter the service of
his country in the field. In common with
the glorious army of patriotic men who
sacrificed everything short of life itself to
save the republic, the close of Che war
found him entering again upon the
struggle of life, ffis career in his chosen
profession is familiar to the people of
Minnesota. Had he confined his activi
ties to that profession, there Is neither
honor nor emolument, however great,
which it offers tEat lie might not nave
acquired. But the dignity of a ptiblic
career appealed to him as it doos to all
patriotic and exalted nKnds, and he dis
regarded' private interest in the pursuit
of the general good. Of the finest lit
erary attainments and of a scholarship
at once profound and varied, he showed
In his public, as in his professional,
life to what splendid maturity of intel
lect he had attained.
It is truly an inscrutable Providence
whose decrees remove such a man in
the very height and prime of a majestic
intellect, and while yet his countrymen
have fresh upon their Tips the words of
praise and admiration with an unlook
ed-for revelation of his powers had
called forth. Still young and at the
very threshold of an imminence des
tined, in the usuaf progress of events,
to become historic," he is called away
from the scenes of an exalted activity.
His place in history is secure. But had
it been vouchsafed in the mysterious dis-
pensation of human events that he
should have lived the full span usually
allotted to those who trace deeply their
influence on contemporary life, he was
certain to have ranked with the highest
and the greatest Americans who have
served in public station.
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A SPECIMEN ANTI-TRUST LAW.
As all the world knows, chiefly by
reason of the activity of the Republican
brethren during the recent presidential
election against all trusts which possess
ed the slightest flavor of Democratic pol
itics or politicians In their membership,
the New York ice trust is a very wicked
concern. Our rough-riding vice presi
dent-elect has himself said so from sev
eral stumps located in widely separated
sections of the country, and all good Re
publicans necessarily accept his author
ity.
The New York ice trust has been pur
sued and prosecuted in a greater variety
of ways than any other trust that ever
was or perhaps ever will be. It has been
prosecuted before the criminal bar, be
fore the civil bar and before the bar of
Republican public opinion. Mayor Van
Wyck and Richard Croker, both of New
York, have been held up to public
obloquy In connection with it, and an ef
fort has been made to deprive the former
of his offlce for his supposed connection
with It. Newspapers of yellow tint have
vied with each other In setting upon it,
and every ambitious orator and politician
who acknowledges the leadership of that
truly good anti-trust statesman, Mark
Hanna, has won the plaudits of the pub
lic in connection with it.
In the moments of his most enthusi
astic attachment to popular rights dur
ing the recent campaign the great rough
riding governor used to ask his audience
to ask themselves how Democrats could
honorably assail his party in connection
with its anti-trust record, especially In
view of its splendid performances In
anti-trust legislation, and used to "point
with pride" to the fact that tbe nefar
ious ice trust was then being prosecuted
under the Republican anti-trust law, then
on the statute books of his state, and
which had been put there by Republican
statesmen.
Now it happens that the New York
court of appeals has passed on that de
lightful anti-trust enactment for which
Republican politicians in New York took
so much credit to themselves, and it ha 3
been found that great and grand enact
ment does not admit of doing the slight
est thing in the way of putting an end
to the trust evil. It is, in fact, just such
another enactment as we in Minnesota
are Indebted to our Republican states
men for. There is this essential differ
ence, however, between the Republican
anti-trust enactment In Minnesota and
the anti-trust enactment in New YorK.
The former is directed against trusts
"hereafter to be formed," while the New
York enactment can be made effective
against monopolistic contracts "about to
be made" by trusts, but can in no wise
affect such contracts after they are made
and in operation. In other words, lf
some zealous Republican prosecuting of
ficial who was "in on the ground floor"
in a trust concern, so that he knew that
an Illegal and monopolistic contract waa
about to be entered Into, wanted to do
so, he might *" proceed in his ' of
ficial character to put an end
to it. If his official activity
lagged behind his personal Interest, for
instance, as attorney for the trust, and
he did nothing until the contract had
been made and executed, nothing that he
or anybody else could then do under that
law would Interfere in the slightest
measure with its fulfillment. It would
be hard to see wherein the advantage of
such an enactment lies over our osn,
which, by implication, legalizes all exist
ing trust organizations and follows up a"l
that may be formed afterwards with the
most terrific pains and penalties.
The New York ice trust was a "good
enough Morgan" in its way. Let "us
hope that "we will hear no more about
It, at least until the next political cam
paign, and ,that in the interval the Re
publican statesmen who signalized their
virtuous antagonism toward trusts in
every way which eloquent speech might
suggest will forthwith inaugurate a vic
torious crusade against these wicked
formations which did so much to arouse
their wrath for some months during the
past summer and fall. -
From the czar of all the Russians, cam
the irritative of the peace confereno^
Which ended in a scheme for a universal
arbitration court. Now from the con-
THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900.
ventlon of Latin nations sitting at Mad
rid, from the very heart of autocratic
Spain, comes a. unanimous indorsement
of the principle of national arbitration:
Some good may yet come out of Naz
areth. - - .
OUR CHINESE DILEMMA.
The Chinese question is certainly a dif
ficult and delicate one. It is, no doubt,
causing our ~ administration' any amount
of worry, and if it succeeds in handling
tho situation in a satisfactory manner, it
will deserve all credit. It is too much
like a game of blind-man's buff; It is
too much like "groping In the dark, to
get any great satisfaction out of it.
If the integrity of the empire is to be
maintained, the first question Is, whether
there Is enough decent official timber
there to form a new government with; a
government that will be honest, efficient
and progressive and not merely "a re
establishment of the same old rottenness
and barbarism that has prevailed there
in the past.
And there Is reason for grave doubts
on this subject. The young emperor may
mean well, but he . is 'too much of a
sickly, decadent weakling, to be relied
upon. Li Hung Chang is held in great
esteem, but Li has succeded in amass
ing such an immense fortune that the
( question naturally arises, "Where did
he get it?" And concerning all the rest
of Chinese officialdom one constantly
hears the sentiment expressed, that it
is such an absolutely God-forsaken piece
of rottenness, as to preclude all hopes of
reform.
On the other hand, the danger would
be still greater if reform should prevail,
for a united China, with modern methods
and modern ideas, with its three or four
hundred millions of population and its
unlimited natural resources would be a
source of greatest danger to the com
mercial and other interests of Europe
and America. Thus by our superior nat
ural supply of iron ore and coal, we are
enabled to lead the world in the produc
tion of Iron and steel. But China's sup
ply of coal and iron ore is even far
greater than our own, and the price of
labor in that country is only one-tenth
of what it is here. Hence it would "foe
an easy matter for China to drive our
iron and steel eventually altogether out
of the markets of the world, and the
same is true of almost every other line
of manufacture. That such would be
impossible on account of the inferiority
of Chinese labor is a delusion. The
Chinese have a great deal of -natural
talent, they are born imitators and they
would soon learn. And besides, China
might develop such a military strength
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as to become a menace to all the rest
of the world.
Russia is against partition, and that
sounds suspicious. It sounds like the
protest of the fox against the farmer
selling his chickens. Partition or no par
tition, Russia will probably insist on keep
ing Manchuria, and she could not hope
to get so very much more even in case
of partition. The whole affair looks very
much as if Russia were merely scheming
to get the other powers out of China,
establish a government which she can
keep constantly embroiled and under con
trol through her secret intrigues, and
then watch her opportunity and finally
absorb the whole country. This would
be a great blow to the interests of our
own country, it would also be a great
blow to the interests of England and
Germany. The prosperity of these two
countries would suffer very materially,
and as the great bulk of our foreign trade
is with these two countries, any se^
back in their prosperity affects us very
perceptibly, for the more prosperous^they
are the more they can buy of us. When
they are prosperous, we are prosperous,
too, and conversely.
England and Germany are no doubt
suspicious of Russia, and if they feel
that their suspicions are sufficiently well
founded, they will insist on dismembering
China now, rather than to take the risk
of having Russia get all of it later on.
In that case, we can hardly afford to op
pose England and German, but at the
same time we could not afford either to
relinquish all claims to indemnity or ter
ritory. It is therefore quite possible for
the situation to work around In such a
manner as to force us to go in with the
other powers for a partition of China.
THE SOUTH AXD THE PARTY.
Ex-Secretary Carlisle is a Southern
man, with a well known disposition to
regard most questions of a public char
acter from a Southern standpoint. He
has recently submitted to an interview
by a New York reporter wherein he is
represented as declaring that no reor
ganization is possible without Southern
initiative and consent. He bases his as
sumption on the fact, as stated by him,
that of the 155 electoral votes cast for
Mr. Bryan "only thirteen were chosen
outside of the Southern states, and these
were chosen in only four states by pop
ular majorities aggregating less than
55,000."
Mr. Carlisle takes a narrow view of a
great question. Montana, Colorado,
Idaho and Utah furnished the additional
thirteen votes to which Mr. Carlisle re
fers. Would he attach the same rela
tive importance to those four states that
he does to the South and disregard the
other states from which, outside of the
South, the Democratic party has in the
past received the votes which have won
success for it? Only two, and, probably
only one, "of the four states named can
be said to be normally Democratic.
The Globe is little concerned over
the reorganization schemes which sensa
tional daily newspapers have gotten up
for their own purposes. The Democratic
party will be "reorganized" through its
local, state 7 and - congressional conven
tions all over the country when *" they
come to be held. Democratic voters,
whether or not they believe in traveling
the beaten path to national defeat, vill
. take part in those . conventions. <^hey
will decide what kind of reorga"* ration
is necessary. They will lay down the
principles on ' which the Democracy will
.In the several states fight again the bat
tle for ascendency, in national politics.
The South will . have - much to say, .Jut
it will . no, have all "to say. Any do mi-
.nance- which the South has enjoyed in
the immediate past in the councils of
the party has been due to the ascendency
among Southern Democrats of men of
the highest intellectual attainments, the
highest trained ability for public life and
the most unblemished. rectitude in all the
details of public and official duty. To
men like Mr. Carlisle himself, not to the
vast Democratic pluralities of the South
ern states or their solidarity in attach
ment to the,..fortunes of the party, it is
due that Southern statesmen enjoy their
great prestige" among the Democrats of
the entire country.
It is a party misfortune, bordering en
a crime, that| in the presidential election .
just closed, the national . Democracy
should be confined to a 'total of 'thirteen,
votes outside of the South. Those who
are responsible for It should be heartily
ashamed Of the results of their leader
ship. It shows; that : a great historic
political party has been brought to its
knees through mad-cap folly and incom
petence on the." part of those who,-for
nearly five , years, "have arrogated to
themselves the control of its destinies.
No; the relief is not to come from the
South, if that i#- what Mr. Carlisle
means. It must come from the heart, of
the American Democracy in every section
of the country, the South included.
In estimating electoral results there is
a short-sighted view generally prevalent
which leaves out of slg*ht the splendid
addition which, is made each succeeding
year to the political population of the
country through the attainment of ma
jority by thousands of young Americans.
From all one may judge, the vast pro
portion of these young Americans are
as completely lost to the Democratic
party as if they had never been born.
They have repudiated the new Democ
racy, as they might repudiate Socialism
or Populism or any other political folly
which the American sense within them
warned , them to avoid. The mass of the
party adherents may well ask them
selves whether it is worth while longer
to submit to a leadership which, judging
from the results of the last two presi
dential elections r is certain to sacrifice
to the party the attachment of this class
of voters, and thereby assure continued
Democratic defeat during the lifetime of
the generation how appearing-' on the
scene. „ 7
Mr. Carlisle is greatly mistaken if he
believes that Democratic reorganization,
as a preliminary to future success, de
pends on the initiative of the South or
of any other section of the country."
President iMcKlnley has begun his an
nual exercise of throwing out feelers to
test the public pulse- It is said he is
anxious to know how the people feel on
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the army in
the Philippines and an amendment to
the currency Taw. On these, and a few
more matters, if he keeps his • right ear
pointed forward, he may hear something
of value. Election is over now and the
press will talk straight.
The reports of the agreements and dis
agreements of the representatives of the
powers in China are as nerve-destroying
as the Chinese, reports of the condition
of the legationers four months ago. Th©
question was then "Are the legationers
alive?" Now it is, "Will the empire be
allowed to live?" ."7 '* '".-.,..'
Is a one-man-corner on corn a trust.
As long as this combination can keep
the yellow stuff up to 50 cents, the farm
ers will stand solidly for trusts, and
air that they may mean in the future.
In France, they say President Kruger.
In England, it is ex-Autocrat Kruger,
in Holland, it is Oom Paul. When he
goes back, what will it be? Or, will he
ever go back? '
WEDXEiSHAY GLOBE GLAXCES.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day in ac
cordance with custom-and proclamation.
The day is a timely preparation for the
Christmas days. A thankful heart makes
one desires to - share good things with
those less fortunate, and by the time our
greatest season of rejoicing has arrived
the rubbish of our little grievances and
affections has disappeared, and in every
mind may run the refrain: "Help us
to be loving and; giving and thankful."
The fact that Christmas trees—
green from." outside counties— al
ready to be J seen stacked up on vacant
lots, is a reminder that another holiday
season Is at hand.
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Minnesota ..Food and Diary Commission
er Bowler, is actively cfter all kinds of
frauds and imitations and adulterations
in foods, liquors, spices, etc. He is now
running down the business of the ren
ovated buttermakers, who have been
putting their products on the market with
out the proper label. Last week a Minne
apolis concern was fined $100 for using
"formaldehyde" to preserve milk and
cream. This preservative Is a dangerous
agent, and at the same time, the average
consumer has but small or no knowledge
of it,-and therefore may be easily im
posed upon. For some purposes it Is a
useful agent, but as an element of food
It is an injurious substance.
The International fine stock show to be
gin in Chicago next Saturday, will be the
greatest gathering of choice animals
cattle, horses, sheep and hogs—ever seen
in the world, according to reports.
Today, Nov. 28, is the. anniversary of
the birth in 1757, of William Blake, a
gifted English artist and poet; of Victor
Cousin, in 1792, French philosopher and
patriot.
At a recent book auction, sale In New
York, a copy of Poe's "Tamerlane," pub
lished in Boston,' in 1527, and, originally
picked up in an old book stdre for 50
cents, sold for $2,050. Copies of other of
Poe's books sold'for $1,100, $GlO, $365, $240
and $150.
William W. Campbell is a young Cana
dian poet, whose muse iis distinctively
Canadian and loyally English. In the fol
lowing lines from his poem "Victoria," he
refers to the Americans: -
"Not that we hate our ' brothers to the
."...' south, ' -
They are our fellows in the speech of
mouth, • ■.__—•
Th*y are our wedded kindred, our own
blood, .."- -:: . ~p_f.
7?he same world evils we and they with
stood, ;i\: srfi
Our alms are theirs, one common future
good." _ -
The department of agriculture has is
sued a pamphlet in which is: discussed
the "Spot Disease of the -Violet" The
annual sales of Violets .throughout the
United States is estimated at not less
than: $1,000,000. One of the most wide
spread and destructive maladies known
to attack the violet is the spot disease.
Owing to the ravages of this disease, the.
cultivation of - the ; violet has been : aban
doned [in | many sections _of I the J country,
; and -in "others it has become necessary to
adopt ; new methods of handling the
plants during the growing season.
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The body of Charley Hoyt was buried
at Charlestown, N. H. ; On the coffin
was a silver plate with "the inscription:
"Charles Hale - Hoyt, IS6O-1900." The
service was in the 7, Episcopal ; church.
The choir sang "Abide With Me" and
"Lead, Kindly Light," and the solos
, "One Sweetly Solemn'■;•- Thought" and
"Only Waiting" were rendered.
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The anthracite coal.kings who recently
conceded 10 per cent increase to miners
have; just increased the price 75 cents
per. ton. A Philadelphia dispatch says:
"The advance affects the New York and
Eastern trade and touches the West
very seriously, but will.not affect Phila
delphia for the present, as the Reading
will not advance rates over the Sept.
IS declaration before Dec. 1.
A company has been organized ln
Montana to build an' electric road be
tween Billings, at the junction of the
Northern Pacific and Burlington roads,
to Great Falls, on the Great Northern.
Water power on the Missouri and Yel
lowstone would generate the electricity.
Congress will meet next Monday.
There is much important legislation.
The Nicaraguan canal, subsidies for
ocean steamers, parcels post, reduction
of war taxes and governmental systems
for Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii, and the
Philippines will all be considered
probably end in talk. Next week Thurs
day the Grout oleomargarine bill,-" in.
which it is proposed to tax the colored
product, in imitation of butter, 10 cents
a pound and uncoloied product 2 cents
a pound, will be taken up. It is thought
the bill will not pars. Thirty-three
states, containing 82 per cent of the peo
ple of the United States, have enacted
laws prohibiting the coloring of imita
tion butter to resemble pure butter.
The legislation sought in the Grout bill
is not to protect butter-makers, \ but to
protect all the people against the fraud
ulent sale and use of imitation dairy
products. -
Today, Nov. 28, is the anniversary of
the death of 'Baron Steuben in 1794, a
revolutionary fiiend of America; of
Washington Irving, in ISSS, distinguished
American author; of Antoine Pierre Ber
ryer, in IS6S, a famous French orator and
lawyer. N-
The paramount flower this season is
the carnation. It is the favorite of Pres
ident McKinley. He seldom appears
without one "fastened to the lapel of his
coat.
Martin Irons is dead. His name was
in the papers a. dozen years ago as a
very influential person. He was a labor
leader of an aristocratic type, and di
rected a railroad strike which caused
much mischief to both labor and invested
capital.
The present century has seen over 600
secret societies organized in this coun
try. A new one is heard of regularly. A
new one •to the "Glance" man is the
"Knights and Ladies of the Golden Pre
cept," the biennial session of the su
preme lodge of which meets at Clinton,
10., Dec. 4, next Tuesday.
A recent dispatch from Washington
says: "Lord Kitchener's plan of opera.
tion in South Africa, harsh though it
appears to be, appeals to officials of the
war department, and during the coming
campaign in the Philippines no mercy
Is to be extended to those in active re
bellion or those who give aid or comfol-t
to the insurgents. It is now proposed
to give the Filipinos a taste of real war
and though the innocent may suffer, it
is only by this means, it is believed,
that the guilty can be reached." We
went to war with Spain because Weyler
followed that course in Cuba. Now we
propose the same thing among a people
whose country and control we bought
without consulting them. The man who
would have said three years ago that
the United States would soon be doing
the same thing would have been de
nounced as a miserable slanderer.
The regular wintiir carnival of crime
has been fully inaugurated in Chicago.
Not a night or day passes without the
report of from three to half a dozen
burglaries, brutal hold-ups or murder
ous assaults. The police seem dazed
and utterly unable to round up the
dangerous criminals. Last year there
were 71,349 arrests made in Chicago, of
which more than 11,000 were for robbery
and burglary. The hold-ups and burglar
ies increase to such an alarming extent
that the average citizen stands appalled.
The present season this reign of thug
gery seems to have opened up a little
earlier than usual and with more than
ordinary brutality.
Steve Brodie has quit the stage and
gone to Texas to engage in the cattle
business. His claim to distinction was
the fad that he kept a saloon In New
York and is alleged to have jumped off
the Brooklyn bridge. -
A Newark (N. J.) millionaire built a
spite fence thirty feet high between his
house and a neighbor with whom he
had a quarrel. A law has been drawn
up for introduction in the next legis
lature of that state to prevent the erec
tion of a fence over seven feet high in
any city or town. This should be the
case in all states. One of the meanest
and pettiest forms that malice can take
is the spite fence, and the law should
certainly not sanction it. The "Glance"
man recalls seeing a spite fence twenty
feet high between houses on lots facing
a pretty park in Council Bluffs, 10.
It may not be possible to have all
your friends together to-morrow, but
you can make those dear to you feel
good by some little remembrance,. if
nothing more than a short letter, a quo
tation, a good wish or a cheery word of
encouragement. There are plenty of
quotations, the kind that inspire courage,
patience, fortitude, kindness, persever
ance, mirth and good cheer.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
The performance of "The Tyranny of
Tears" at the Metropolitan tonight will
mark the close of an engagement that
may well be termed "brief, but bril
liant." It is undoubtedly one of the
most artistic and natural comedy pro
ductions of comedy that has -ever been
seen in St. Paul. The matinee per
formance this afternoon will begin at
the usual hour, 2:30.
Jacob Litt's great production of "Caleb
West" will begin an engagement of four
nights and Wednesday matinee at the
Metropolitan next Sunday night
"Miss Hobbs" will be seen for the
first time in this city at the Metropoli
tan . next Thursday, commencing with a
matinee performance Thanksgiving day.
The Thanksgiving matinee will begin at
,S p. m. .
GRAND.
Today, at "2:30, the ladies and chil
dren will have their first opportunity to
enjoy a performance of "The Man From
Mexico," as it is being so humorously
produced at the Grand opera house this
week by George C. Boniface Jr. and a
strong company. George C. Boniface
has a character that permits him to ex
hibit his comedy talents in a most de
cided manner. His assisting company
is most capable, Gus Pixley in the role
of Yon Bulow Bismarck Schmidt | fur
nishing no end of fun. Those who enjoy
a good hearty laugh will find a bargain
event of this order in a visit to the
Grand this week.
An outlay of fully $20,000 for scenery,
properties and electric light effects was
made before "War on Women," a brand
new - melodrama, was presented. It is
announced to be at the Grand the com
ing week.
STAR.
The ; Dainty Paree Burlesquers. are de
lighting large audiences at this *; theater,
the capacity of the house having already
been. severely taxed by the throngs of
patrons.
Next week the "Gay Morning Glories"
will be the attraction.
Y. M.C. A. CONCERT.
The Chicago Symphony orchestra was
cordially. Welcomed upon its return to St
Paul last evening by the large audience
present at the People's church in the
second of , the Y. M. C. A. series of en
tertainments. The previous visits of this
popular-- musical -organization have
demonstrated its ability to please and en
tertain and that ability was evidenced
last evening in every one of the excel-'
lent numbers on the programme and in
the many encores that were cheerfully
given. Adolph Rosenbecker is a skillful
and musicianly conductor and he draws
forth the very best capabilities of nis
players. The numbers played last even
ing were : Overture, "Merry Wives of
Windsor," Nicolal; Symphony No. 3,
Mendelssohn; Overture, "Der FreU
scheutz," Weber; and a Strauss waltz,
"Wein, Weib und Gesang." A quartette,
excellent in Its ensemble numbers, of
. fair and rather uniform merit in solo
work, appeared with the orchestra last
evening. Mmc Eleanor Meredith, so
prano, - sang a scene and aria, Ocean, do
Ungeheuer (Oberon) by Weber. Mme.
Meredith's voice possesses much sweet
ness, especially In the middle register,
but the upper notes are rather uncertain.
Her voice appeared to better advantage
in the quartette from Verdi's "R'goletto,"
sung with Miss Crawford, soprano; E. C.
Towne, tenor; and A. W. Porter, basso.
Mme. Meredith, Mr. Towne and Mr.
v Porter also sang a trio from "Faust."
Mr. Porter's voice possesses more mel
ody than is usually found in a bass and
his solo, an aria from Verdi's 'Ernani,"
was a very pleasing number. "O My
Heart is Weary," by Goring Thomas,
was sung by Miss Crawford. She was
obliged to respond to an encore. Mr.
Towne sang Romanze from Ponohielli's
"La Giaconda," and in response to a re
call gave a charming little slumber sons.
PERTINENT OR PARTLY SO. >
Capt. Whitney's interview in the Min
neapolis Journal seems to have been the
voice of the better element of the Re
publican party, not of the machinists
and their beneficiary.
The American horse has no fear of the
automobile. Lord Kitchener is going to
take 50,000 of him to South Africa.
The Erie canal has sprung a leak and
will have to wait for a hard rain before"*
the barges can be gotten off the mud
bottom.
If Mr. Phillips keeps on inflating tho
price of corn Kentucky will run out of
whisky.
Maj. Mcßride, who introduced Ootn
Paul Kruger at Monday's festivities in
Paris', is said to have run for parlia
ment In Great Britain while he was com
manding a Boer battalion in South Afri
ca. No pent up Utica contracts the
major's powers, certainly.
Mr. Croker's complimentary allusions
to Mr. Parkhurst ought to draw quite
a crowd to the Madison Avenue church
next Sabbath morning.
St. Paul will eat seventy-five tons of
turkey tomorrow. Have you seen that
some poor family will get a bit of the
bird?
Gen. Buller is to be made Lord of
Ladysmith. It was thbught he had
planned to take up his residence in Pre
toria—by Christmas time.
"Kid McCoy's" grandmother died, leav
ing considerable property, but it goes
to his four sisters and not to "the kid."
She did not like the fighter after he dis
owned the family name, and then beat
his wife. .
A Wisconsin starch factory ls going
to water its stock. Of course, it will
swell out some.
SMART SHORT STORIES.
William Perm was once advising a man
to leave off his habit of drinking to ex
cess, says the Argonaut "Can you tell
me how to do it?" said the slave of the
appetite. "Yes,"' answered Perm; "it is
just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend." "Convince me of that and I
will promise upon my honor to do as
you tell me." "Well, my friend," said
the great Quaker, "when thou findest
any vessel of intoxicating liquor in thy
hand, open the hand that grasps it, be
fore it reaches thy mouth, and thou wilt
never be drunk again."
• • •
The following unique claim is posted
on a mine in the Grand Encampment, in
Wyoming: "We found it, and we claim
it by the right of founding it It's our'n.
It's 750 feet in every direction except
southwest and northwest, and there is
300 feet on each side of this writin'. It's
called the 'Bay Horse,' and we claim
even the spurs, and we don't want no
body jumping on this Bay Horse—that's
what's these trees is around here for,
and we've got the same piece of ropo
that we had down in old Missouri."
Tim Murphy, the popular comedian,
saw an old colored woman sitting under
an awning fanning herself, when he was
in Washington, D. C, this summer.
"It's dreadfully hot, isn't it, mammy?"
asked Mr. Murphy. " 'Deed it is, chile,"
said the old woman—" 'deed it is. 'Taln't
right for it to be so hot this-a-way. I
tell you, forty years ago, when the
blessed Lawd made the weather, we did
n't have these stewing days, honey, no,
'deed, we didn't; but now these biggety
men up at this here weather office
has the making of the weather, they does
send us anything they please, and they
ain't skillful, chile, they ain't skillful."
Robert Browning and Joachim met one
evening at a friendly gathering in Lon
don. The violinist had "obliged" with
out satisfying certain ladies, who en
treated the poet to obtain from him an
other solo. Browning, feeling the deli
cacy of his task, discharged it diplo
matically, and spoke, as sometimes he
wrote, so as to conceal his thoughts;
while the violinist not understanding,
bowed and smiled, and did not play.
As they left the house, Joachim asked,
"What did you mean just now?" "Oh,"
said the poet, "I wanted you to give us
some more music." "Then why did you
not come and say, 'Joe, old boy, give Us
another tune?' " returned the amiable
violinist.
A guide was showing an American
traveler about St Paul's Cathedral, Lon
don, the other day, and pointed all the
tombs of interest. "That, sir," said he,
"his the tomb of the greatest naval 'ero
Europe or the world hever knew—Lord
Nelson's. This marble sarcoughogus
weighs forty-two tone. Hlnside
that his a steel recepticlo
welghin twelve tons, and hln
side that is a leaden casket, 'ermeti
cally sealed, weighing over two tons.
Hlnside that is a mahogany coffin, hold
ing the ashes of the great 'ero." "Well,"
replied the Arr.erican, after meditating a
bit, "I guess you've got him all right.
If ever he gets out of that, cable me in
full at my expense."
* • •
Bishop Brooks, of Boston, and a friend
were one day coming out of a church
where John La Farge, the noted artist,
was decorating a great window. __he
friend walked toward . a handsome coupe
that was standing in the rain, and said:
"I suppose this Is your carriage, bishop?''
"Dear me, no," said the bishop, I always
walk. . That's a livery carriage waiting
for La Farge." "But La Farge," said
the friend, "has been - working .. in the
church all day, and will contlue to work
until night" "I know,", said the bishop,
his whimsical smile" drawing the corner
of his mouth, "but La Farge can never
work very well unless he knows he's
keeping a carriage waiting for him some
where." 'v'3___fißißßE&£33
THE SOCIAL
WORLD.
The marriage of Miss Emma Sophie
Hallberg, sister of G. E. Hallberg,?to
Adolf C. W. Stirn, was solemnized yes
terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the
bride's home, 499 Marshall c venue. Rev.
Theodore Sedgwick, rector of the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, read the mar- ,
riage service. The bridal party stood j
in the reception room, which was dec- i
orated with palms and bunches of yel- x
low and white chrysanthemums. The
bride was attended by Miss Clara Mey
ers, of Minneapolis, as maid of honor.
George Hallberg, tie bride's brother, was.
best man. Only relatives and intimate
friends witnessed the ceremony, but over
seventy-five guest 3 were entertained at
the reception which followed. The bride *
was gowned in white mousseline de sole
over taffeta, with trimmings of duehesse
lace. A bunch of chrysanthemums waa
carried. The maid of honor wore pink
organdie over taffeta. The following
women assisted at the reception: Mrs.
John McCulloch, Mrs. Henry Morris, Mrs.
J. E. Melin. of Center City; Mrs. Sim
mons, of Red Wing; Mrs. Harry T. Mor
ris, Miss Ella Richards, Miss Flora Mc-
Culloch, Miss Crosby, of Hastings; Misa
Whitten, Miss Woodruff. ;.
Mr. and Mrs. Stirn left last evening
for the East. They will be at home after
Jan. 1 at Helena, Mont.
• * *
The Nathan Hale chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, met yester
day afternoon with Mrs. F. E. Rice, o(
Summit avenue. Mrs. Walter Stevens
read a paper on "George Washington."
Mrs. D. A. Monfort, the state regent, wai
present and delivered a brief address.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller, of South
Robert street, entertained the Midnight
Euchro club Saturday evening. Thos*
receiving favors were: C. Ramberg, H.
F. Lange, R. Vollmar and R. Vollmar
Jr., Mrs. J. C. Miller, Mrs. F. Han ft,
Mrs. C. Miller and. Mrs. H. F. Lango.
Mrs. Larson, of Louisa street, will en- '-'
tertain the club next
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A dinner party was given last evening
at tne Minnesota club by Mrs. F. M.
Douglass, Mrs. William C. Read, Mrs.
John Towjisend and Miss Finch. The *
guests were the members of the enter
tainment club.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Warner will en
tertain at dinner tomorrow at their home
on College avenue in honor of Mrs. M.
H. Hamilton, of Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Ferdinand Wllllus entertained at
an informal tea yesterday afternoon at
her home on laurel avenue. The guest
of honor was Mrs. Stuckenburg, of
Cambridge. Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Ernst, of Far
rington avenue, will give a dancing party
Saturday evening at Seminary hall in
honor of Miss Hughes, of Cleveland, O.
- * * *
The Luther League of the English Me-,
morial Lutheran church save a Thanks
giving supper last evening at the resi
dence of the pastor, Rev. A. J. D.
Haupt, on Iglehart street. Dinner was
served from 6 to 8:30, covers being laid
for 125. Following the dinner there was a
musical and literary programme. Num
bers were contributed by Joseph Ander
son, Miss Laura Peterson, Miss Han
son, of Red Wing; Miss Delia Chin
strand, Hilda Molander and Edna Red
lund. The entertainment was in charge
of Miss Nellie Carlson, Miss B. Webber,
Miss Molander, Miss Kirk, Miss Strauch,
Miss Mabel Kirk, Will Lundgren, Frank
Lewis and Herman Rutzen. A wale table
was in Charge of Miss Emma Grant and
Mrs. Haubert. Tne decorations . were
jack o* lanterns and corn stalks.
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The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the English Memorial Luther
an church will be held Thursday after
noon, Dec. C, at the parsonage, 175 Igle
hart street. There will be a sale of holi
day articles during the afternoon.
The Hibernians of St Paul will dance
at Armory hall this evening.
Minnehaha camp, Modern Woodmen,
will give a Thanksgiving dance and ban
quet in the evening at Bowlby hall.
TRAINING'HIS SON.
A Democratic Fatlier Cumiuends the
Sentiments of a Correspondent.
To the St. Paul, Globe: I want to
congratulate that "Democratic Mother"
from Stillwater for her very able letter
in the Globe of Nov. 24 (God
bless her). I wish we had more like her.
I want to tell you my experience w.lh
one of the boys. My son, aged 19 years,
came home one night before election
with one of those little yellow bows
pinned to his coat, I asked him why he
wore that, he answered, "Oh, the boss
likes to see it." I told him it' he wore
that people would think him a Repub
lican, he said no. Neither could he tell
why he was a Democrat. I told him that
I was going to teach him why he should
be a Democrat, and from that time till
election I expounded to him good old
fashioned.Democracy, and the best of all
was I had the documents to prove all
I said. Tbe result was the little yellow
bow was discarded and I feel confident
when the time comes for him to vote
he will plump in a straight ticket and
that Democratic. I wound up the last
night by replying to a question of his
why the preachers voted the Republican
ticket if it was so bad. as follows: Every
preacher that votes the Republican ticket
votes to suppress a free people and to >
put shackles on —the limbs of the
rising generation of Americans and be
fore putting on his cassock again he
should go into his closet, clcse the door
and ask the Good Father above to for- *
give him, for he had committed a grievous
sin and badly needed absolution. Yours
respectfully.
—A Democratic Father.
THE ORIGIN OF A SCANDAL.
Said Mrs. A.
To Mrs. J.,
In quite a confidential way:
Tt seems to me
That Mrs. B.
Takes too much—of something— In her
tea.'
"And .Mrs. J.
To Mrs. K. .
That night was overheard to say „
She grieved to touch
Upon it much,
But Mrs. B. took—such and such!
"Then Mrs. K.
Went straight away,
And told a friend, the selfsame day,
' 'Twas sad to think-
Here comes a wink—
'That Mrs. B. was fond of drink.'
"The friend's disgust
Was such she must
Inform a lady, 'which she nussed,'
'That Mrs. B.
At half-past three 7- :
Was that far gone she couldn't see.'
"This lady we
Have meijticjjed. she
Gave needle-work to Mrs. B-,
And at such news
Could hardly choose
But further needle-work refuse.
"Then Mrs. B. t
As iw'll agree,
Quite properly—she said, said she,
:;.V v That she would track
That scandal back
To those who made her look so black.
"Through Mrs. K. T >
And Mrs. J.
She got at last to Mrs. A.,
And asked her why,
With cruel lie.
She painted her so deep a dye.
"Said Mrs. A.,
In sore dismay, .
'I no such thing could ever say,
I said that you
But stouter grew
On too much sugarwhich you do!' " -
—Ex.
m
;_; 7 INFALLIBLE.
If it be true that "love Is blind,"
On this you: may .. rely, men, "■,
There's no eye-opener, you'll - find, '
Can cause a cure like Hymen. ;'
—Dorothy: Dorr, In December Smart Set fi