The Saint Paul globe., March 16, 1902, Page 20, Image 20

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Copyright 1902, by
Robert Howard Russell.
A BOY who had been fed on Home Influences for 20
years finally had to get out and finance his own
Meai Ticket. Therefore he decided to tear for
the Tall Buildings where all the large Fortunes
are made.
When it came time for him to take the Train,
his Father handed him a little Book of Hunches.
"In this Book you will find the most valuable Tips
that have been doped out by the 32-Candle Powtr In-
mcuTtitwj^^
Sect a Pin and Pick It Up—
All That Day You'll Have Good Lack.
ttellecte," said his Governor. "If you read this Book
you can't go wrong. In fact I think you will Bat bet
tor than 300 right from the Start."
So the Young Fellow packed the Book in hig Tele-
St. Paxil's Most Unique
Settlement.
It is the contrasts that make life pos-
F:!)lr. if you are a victim of the "blue
<3* vils" nnd inclined for a long walk let
your outing take you down Fifth street
below Robert, then down around the bi£
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TWO OF THE OLD RESIDENTS'.
railroad offices, and out over a bridge
until you reach a little settlement that
lies at the foot of Dayton's bluff like sedi- '
ment in the b >ttom » f a big- pool. If you
arc not too tender-hearted, a tour of ex
lon (I.rough this tiny settlement
must of necessity lighten your spirits so
f> rtunate will your tot appear by con
trast. If you are tender-hearted—well,
you had better keep away from the tiny
settlement.
It was one day last week—one of those
■ spring days that made everybody
lust to be alive—that the writer
had occasion to take such a walk. J.he
BKy was the brightest of blues. Beyond
the smokestacks and the business blocks
a glimpse could be had of stately Sum
mit avenue residences, of peaceful church
spires, of a distant river and low lying
hills. Everything drew the eyes upward
and if it had not been for the happy
ts of some children the writer would
not have glanced down, and if he hadn't
glanced down he would never have seen
ettlement. It was just a collection
of tiny hats that lay in evident discour
agement at the foot of wme sheer bluffs..
As if the bluffs themselves uid not pre-"
sent a sufficient difficulty so far as any
climbing up process was concerned the
soft siulng- mud was spread like a
treacherous carpet in front of the huta
and behind the. huts and at all sides of the
huts. Evidently, whoever had placed the
huts had been governed by no uncom
fortable sense of mathematical precision
In the matter o£ street line or boulevard
line. On the contrary, a happy reckless
ness had led each builder to follow hi*
own fancy with the result that front
dorrs faced rear doors in blissful con
fusion with just a foot or so of space be
tween.
Children Well and Happy.
But those details were not taken in at
n glance, for tnere were the little chil
dren. A group of them had joined hands
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scope with ths Military Brushes and the Sachet Bag
and made his first long Jump.
Having arrived in the City he began to answer the
"Help Wanted" Ads. He found some very Fancy
Openings for a Man with a little Capital which he was
willing to let somebody else Mold for him. Biit the
Business World was not exactly clamoring for a Gui
tar-Player who had nothing to show except some Scarf-
Pins and Military Brushes, not forgetting the Sachet
Ba«.
After he had drilled up and down the principal Streets
without having a Lucrative Position forced on him, he
consulted the Book and was told to 'Take up the Work
nearest at Hand," so he got a Job shoveling Snow, with
the Result that he froze his Ears and was landed by
Pneumonia.
After he got out of the Hospital he consulted the
Book and learned that "All Things come to him who
waits." So he sat around Hotel Offices, reading the
Advertising Blotters and waiting for a Benefactor to
discover him. Nobody except the House Fo'.icc-man sezm
ed to pay any Attention to him. Finally he took
another Peek at the Book of Wisdom and read as
follows:
"See a Pin and pick it up •"*;,,
All that Day you'll have Good Luck."
He went out looking for a Pin and finally located one
at a Crossing. He stooped over to pick it up, when a
Trolley came around Dead Man's Curve and caught
him amidships. They separated him from the Fender
and he got his Name in the Paper, showing that even
an obscure Youth from the Country may now and then
attract Attention in the bustling Metropolis.
The Company compromised with him for $209, and
now he had begun to earn a little Money he felt a re
newed Confidence in the Guide-Book.
He opened it and read: "Boldness in Business is
the first, second and third Thing." So he walked into
the Office of a great Corporation and asked. "Do you
need a good Vice-President?"
, and in the midst of the mud and the [
refuse were playing, "ring around a rosy" j
as contentedly and as happily as their j
l.ttle sisters up on the aristocratic avenue, j
They were pretty children, too, in spite j
oi unkempt hair, dirty faces and tattered
garments. One little mite whose pretty
head was "sunning over with curls" wore
but a single garment that originally, must
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A TYPICAL DWELLING, CONNEMARA FLATS.
have been a gingham apron. The chubby
limbs weTe bare to the knee and were
splashed with the mud in which the
children played. A few of the children
THIS ST. FAU& Gt,OB^;iSSUNDAr, MAKCH 16, 1902.
Group of Quaint Irish
Families at Foot of
Dayton's Bluff.
had more clothes on, but every garment
was in tatters. In the doorway of one of
the huts £at a small girl holding a baby
nearly as big as herself. Four more
children played near her. Somebody
called from inside and the small mother
staggered up with her burden and disap
peared within the door. She reappeared
without the baby, but with a tin pail
swinging in one hand and began to make
her way across the littla desert of mud
that separated her from the one dry path
in the settlement.
The day was pleasant, so nearly all
the doors were opened. In one of theee
opened doorways sat an old man, smok
ing a pipe. He was not clean, and like
the children, he was ragged, but unlike
the children, he did not run away When
he was spoken to. Perhaps it was in
difference, or It might have been curios
ity. At any rate he removed his pipe
from his mouth ana nodded civilly in re
sponse to the "Good morning" that was
given him. Beyond his bent shoulders
a glimpse could be had of the single
room that comprised the house. A bed,
a cooking stove, chairs, a table and a
number of live chickens and a lordly
rooster occupied the room. The presence
of the chickens disturbed the old man
"hot a whit. Only when a nighty hen de
liberately hopped on one ragged knee, in
order that she might more easily gain
access to the hut, did he give a mild
"shoo," which did not, however, hasten
in the least the leisurely hen. It was
such a rich, Hibernian "shoo!" that the
writer: remembering also the brogue of
the little ones who played "ring around a
rosy," asked if the neighborhood was
entirely Irish, and in return she was re
warded with its history, for it has a his
tory, and an interesting one, too. The
old man first explained, however, with a
brogue so rich that at times it was dif
ficult to catch his meaning at all, that
he himself was not connected with that
history, but that his presence in the set-
tlement -was the result of a long train
of misfortunes that had robbed him of
health and a modest comlpetence, and
made him a pensioner on trie bounty of
a widowed daughter. According to~the
old man, the writer had stumbled on
the Connamara settlement or "patch,'r
as he himself called It.
Came From Emerald Isle.
Early In the '80s there had come over
from Ireland a little band of Irish peas-
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HOUSES ON THE CONNEMARA FLATS.
ants from the mountain districts. They
came direct to Minnesota, part of them
settling in Graceville and part In St.
Paul at the foot of the bluffs. They had
the usual illusions about the abundance
of dollars that could be had almost for
the asking in the big, "Western country,
and ■when they found themselves strand
ed, as it w«re, on the little patch of
"Don't wait for the ElesAor," was the Reply. "Fall
down the Shaft." ..-, . ** >^[
"Hold on!" said the Youth. "Perhaps I selected
the wrong Hunch." * " „ ™ :
He took another looW'at his trusty Volume and read:
"Be Modest." Also, "Humble Beginnings make great
Endings." S
r _i
A Trne Friend Gave Him a Tip.
Come to think of it," he said, "I should be Tickled
to get anything to do."
They put him to licking Labels and answering the
Phone at G Pesos -per Week.
The Book told him to plant something every Pay-
Day, no matter how thin his Envelope might be, so he
lived on Elairs and Tea and wore Celluloid Collars. He
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YOUNG INHABITANTS OF CONNEMAKA FLATS.
ground at the foot of the bluffs some-of
them lost heart. Th« sturdiest, with the
quickness and adaptability of their race,
worked themselves up, triumphantly
climbed th<* forbidding bluffs, and are
now enjoying independence. By far the
largest number was thus able to take
advantage of the larger opportunities the
new country afforded, but a little,
handful has been left at the foot of the"
bluffs, too indifferent or too dishearten-"
ed to make the slightest attempt at
climbing. They are practically by them
selves, and the quaint Irish customs that
their more fortunate countrymen have
forgotten are retained in the little set
tlement. In one little hut live two sis
ters, one of whom makes the exquisite
Irish point lace that Is the delight of the
fashionable world. When asked how she
had learfted it, she explained that she
just picked it up; that she had made lace
of that sort ever sine? she was a little
girl. Yet she confessed that she could
not read, and that she had never attend
ed school f<.-r one day in her life. Evi
dently she dia not realize the value of
her own skillful handiwork, for she said
that she and her sister supported them
selves by washing and Ecrujblng when
they could get employment.
The evident pride of the settlement is
a 'haunted "bouse; The old man pointed it
out, ■ and he tol^ its- story in a hushed
voice that betrayed his awe of the su
pernatural, but which could not conceal
his evident delight: in ; its manifestations.
The haunted house is different from its
neighbors in that it Is whitewashed. It
stands a little apart," .at the head of the
settlement, and guiltless of windows.
When asked why ths people thought it
was haunted, the. old.man explained that
strange"" noises Wf re iuard there at night
and that no one 1 in the settlement cared
to go near*it aft*- da.r.k. The shanty, ac
cording to the ol| man, had been built by
a man who waS not one of the Conha
mara Irish, but <| vyifde. He was a her
mit, living entirely by himself and cook
ing his own meAls. jHe had s nothing to
do with the peop&e of the settlement, nor
was he ever visited by any of his own
people. He .worked at odd JOB 3 and evi
dently earned enough to support himself.
Apparently he never touched intoxicat
ing liquor, for nobody ever saw him
drunk or buying liquor. One "day the
Swede was not seen around at all, nor
for three days following. Finally some
of the children had the courage to go up
to the shanty and pe^r through tha
window, and the body of the man was
discovered lying on the floor. He had
died from natural causes, apparently, for
there were no marks of violence on his
body. He was buried at the county's ex
pense. •■■.-:. ..V'" ."; -
<••* * ■ Found It Was Haunted.
Because of the superior location of the
hut—it is higher up, and hence the
ground about is comparatively dry—an
Irish family decided to move into the va
cated building. There was no lease sign
ing formality to go through, no vans to
be engaged. Only one day seven chil
dren of various ages marched across the
vacant stretch, each carrying some
household article. The parents c'.t^d up
the rear, carrying t'.x coking stove. The
grew Paler day by day and had about as much Gimp
as a City Employe.
The Book told him thS* "A Penny saved is a Penny
Earned," so he was a Tight Wad and very unpopular
around the Shop.
Acting on the Advice found in the Book he rode on
the High Seat of the Sprinkling Cart, but oire day he
read that "All Work and no Play makes Jack a Dull
Boy;" likewise, "Eat, Drink and be Merry, for tomor
row we Die." Next day he dropped his Whip. He
alighted to pick it up and when he turned around, the
Water Wagon was a Mile away. He did not catch up
with it for a Week.
When he was offered a better Job with another
House, his little Manual told him that a Rolling Stone
gathered no Moss and that Contentment was a Jewel.
So he stuck to the Starvation Pay for he read it right
in the Book that True Merit always comes in for a Re
ward. He knew that as soon as he was worth more
Money, the Company would come around and put it
in his Pocket.
Once he got to Fussing Around with a Young Lady
who looked Fine to him and he decided to Tag her, if
possible. His old Stand-By warned him against Pro
crastination and told him that Faint Heart never
grabbed off Fair Lady, so he tackled her on a Corner
after he had known her for two Weeks and made a
Flat Proposition, with the Result that he got the Har
poon in three different Places.
After four Tears he had saved up a .small Roll of the
Needful. A True Friend gave him a Tip on the Stock
Market. It was one of those Tips that come in a round
about Way from J. Pierpont Morgan. It was a Wire
less Special. The True Friend took him up an Alley
and whispered it to him for fear that a Newsboy might
hear them and get his Money down first. Our Hero
was Leery, but the Book said: "Nothing venture, noth
ing Gain," so he margined 100 Shares of Amalgamated
Bronze and told them to close it out as soon as it
touched ISO.
family was* settled Chat afternoon. The
next day they moved out. 'xrmo families
in succession followed their example,
moving in and out. The house, was haunt
ed, each tenant declared. When pressed
for particulars they explained vaguely
that they heard noises; that they could
not sleep, so finally the hut was left
severely alone. Whitewashed and win
dowless, it is not surprising that the peo
ple who live below it have come to en
dow it with ghostlike qualities, for it
looked spectral even in the sunlight.
As the writer carefully picked his way
through the mud, he met the little girl
who had started out with the empty pail.
It'was no longer empty, but the thi<^?"
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THEIE FIEST PICTURE.
foam mutely but eloquently explained
the reason why not all of the first dwell
ers in that little settlement had been
able to climb the bluff whose summit
m<iant prosperity. It explained, too,
why the little children were compelled to
play their '"ring around a rosy" game in
filth and rags, instead of up on the sum
mit, in cleanliness and pure air.
LENGTH OF DREAMS.
Three physicians were discussing the
matter of the length of dreams a day or
two ago, when one of them related a
strange experience.
"Yesterday afternoon," he said, "I call
ed to see a patient, and, much to my sat
isfaction, I found him sleeping .soundly.
I .sac by his bed. felt of his pulse with
out disturbing him ajid waited for him
to awaken. After a few minutes a junk
dealer's cart with discordant ringing- bells
turned into th* street, and as their first
tones reached us my patient opened his
■eyes.
" 'Doctor.' he said, 'I'm glarl to sr-e you
and awfully glad that you woke me,
for I hove been tortured by a most dis
tressing dream ihat must have lasted
several hours. I dreamed that I was
sick, as^l am, and that my boy came
into the room with a string of most hor
ribly sounding- sleigh bells and rang them
in my ears, while I hadn't power to move
or siK>ak to him. I suffered tortures fo^
what appeared to be an interminable
time. I'm so glad you woke me.'
"The ringing of those bells for one sec
ond had caused all of that dream and
just at the waking moment."—New York
Herald.
Wary Politician.
"Why don't yon try to destroy voup
enemies by making them your friends?"
said the man f>f noble inspirations.
"I wouldn't dare try It," answered Sen
ator Sorghum. "As soon as I made any
overtures of friendship, they would think
they had me down, and they would be
gin 10 try to jump on me."—Washington
Star.
Taking It Easy
Farmer Skjnem—Doin' y«r spring
ploughin' yit?
Farmer Wiserube—Yep. Hired the oat
field to a feller to practice golf.—Denver
News.
$32.00 to California.
Tickets on sale every day during March
and April with choice cf three through
tourist sleeping cars via Chicago Great
Western Railway. For information apply
J. N. Storr, city ticket ajft, cor. sth and
Robert sts.. St. PauL
In a few Days he received a Business Letter ,
as follows: "You Lose."
Once more his Visible Assets consisted of th« Mill
tary Brushes and the Sachet Bag.
He headed for Home and as he walked in he <=aiii
"Folks, I've come back to Eat."
"Have you got it in Large Bills or do you carry i
New York Draft?" asked his Father.
That was a bummy Chart you gave me." replied
the Boy. "It had me steering in all Directions 1 wish
you'd take back your Proverbs and give me a Rectoe
for cocking up a few Practical Schemes."
MORAL: No matter what the Play,' there is in old
time Proverb to back it up.
FINNS TO EMIGRATE
MAY FORM NEW ELEMENT AM(>\<;
SETTLERS IK OUR NORTH.
WEST
LATEST MOVE BY RUSSIA
Crushes Rational Life by Abolishing
Finnish Army, and Yonn^'Men
Leave Home to Avoid
Conscription.
Special to The Ulolic.
HEL3INGFORS, March 15.—A large in
flux of Finlani'ei-s into the United States
may be expected during the coming sum
mer.
The reason of this is the arbitrary ac
tion of P.ussia in reference to the control
of the Finnish army. The recent d
ion that every male Finn of a certain age
must serve for five years with the Rus
sian colors under Russian commissioned
and non-commiasioned officers, has given
the death blow to Finnish aspirations.
Formerly botli the Finnish army and
navy have been separate from the Rus
sian, and officered by their own people.
The new regulations are unendurable
to the young Finlanders, and many have
already em'grated to Sweden and Canada.
Fcrme"Hy the native regiments practically
controlled themselves under the tutelage
of a bureau of Finnish officers, in turn
under the commanding power of the Rus
sian, minister of war.
The new regulations do not recognize
the existence wi any Finnish army. Con
scripts from the Finnish provinces are
now to be enrolled directly into Russian
regiments, being liable to serve in any
part of Russia and abroad. There is no
chance of promotion for them any more
than there is in the old Finnish regiments
to which Russian officers are appointed.
The drafts are to depend, so far as
numbers are concerned, entirely with the
Russian minister of war, so that the last
vestige of Finnish independence is for
tver sweat aside.
The recent riots here, on the anniver
sary of the publication of the Russian
manifestos of 1899, only give a faint idea
of the actual state of indignation among
the Finns throughout the country. The
people are even turning for sympathy to
their old enemy, the Swedes, with whom
for centuries they were in conflict, and
who subdu>d them so far as to force their
language upon them. Sweden, however,
is powerless to help them against such a
great power as Russia, and their only
hope now lies in expatriation.
Finland occupies toward Russia, in a
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He Headed for Home.
il.s'r. <>, a similar position to that which
Ireland bears to England. With a pop
utatlon about half that of the X,
isle it Is a country more tahoapii
and scarcely more fertile. \i, ■
summer or six weeks' duration. a
rainy season, form the only break in
the monotony of an almost eternal win-
The climate of FinlanJ seems i
colder, and wher.
was formerly called the
den from its plentiful harvests of barley
and rye, agriculture has for gome time
been .steadily declining. The Pinna now
chi. Hy depend upon cattle raisins f OJ
tenance and upon the pr
once magnifies nt forests In thi
timber, pitch, potash, tar and ro-i n
the hardiest bi rrles no* ripen theri
in the extreme north vegetation Is
fined to mosses and liverworts !
nately there is plenty oi ri the
Russian nobles not yet having pr« -einpted
the forest preserves. Reindeer, elks
vers, wolves and foxes furnish
and food supplies for the long months
of winter.
The people were formerly nomad? and
pirates, belonging to the n ranch
■ LJgrariai
gists claim to have been of ; i
golian descent, and the Finns are In that
way akin to the Magyars of Hui
They differ from all European natioi
cept the Laplanders.
Owing to their aggressive tactics they
were attacked bj Eric of Swedi .1 In the
twelfth century and compelled to
civilization. They are a bravi and hardy
race and make pood citizens when allowed
what they regard a< proper lib
are a class of people who <!■
for city existence, preferring pastoral
pursuits and a hunting In. imenl
tiea of Bupercivinzatkm. The Bwedea
and the Finns fought Incessantly for
many years—until R.is-si.-i b\
territory inch by inch finally suci
jn obtaining rontrr.] and established .t.
grand dnehy in place, or over the native
government.
IMir.TTY OI.I) IIOV.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, v.
ty-six years old, was engaged In an
earnest argument with Senator B
of Georgia, over Mr. Hoar's bill foi
protection of the president of the United
States. The senate was very quii
the other members wen
the contest between what are termed tii>
two most stubborn rm-n in that •
Mr. 1! midst of 1
arguments when Senator Depew sn<
The ven< rable Mast
fore' d to step >
a time
with a Berio-comlc buz-/, and ends v.-iih an
explosion which would n
god think the villain was gefti -
gunpowder stunt. Mr. Hoar fai
■and looked sternly at the Interrupt* 1
ator Depew's eyes Riled with ti 1
vine tears—and he buried his face ■
handkerchief. All the rest of the
tors laughed at the scene except tl>.'
ticipantp. 5Tr. Hoar had to wail foi
before he proceeded.
After the session Mr. Depew, who is six
ty-eight years old, went up to the defend-
er of the traditions and dignity of tho
senate to express his regret thai tho
sneeze had arrived at such an Inonpor
tuni' time, but Mr. Hoar received tho
apology coldly.
"You know, Deoew," Mr. Hoar paid, se
verely, "that I disapprove of such boyish
pranks on the senate floor and I am great
ly displeased."— Bee.
Those Harmles* Solili<'r«.
Recently a soldier was discussing poli
tics in a tobacconist's shop with two red
hot anarchists.
"Tell us," they asked him. "if ono day
the downtrodden workingmtn were to re
volt, would you be one to fire on them?"
"I? Never!"
"Bravo! You are a true comrade! Here,
master, bring us some of your bcf=t ci
gars; we must make our gallant sympa
thizer a present."
A box was brought, and at th ir rcew-si
Tommy filled his pockets with choke
Havanas.
Then one of the anarchists put anoth< r
question to.-the.. brave soldier, th" friend
of the people.' -■*:*? :'*.''•>
'*How many rhnn, "Bntire fellows like
yourself, can we count on in th-: bar
racks?" he was-' i*skel.
"All the band—they will act lik* my
self. I play on the big drum, you know,"
he casually remarked, an blowing a iiig
cloud of smoke into the air, he wakd
out.—Answers.