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DEC. 7, 1900. | KICKING AGAIXST THE PRICKS. j Beyond all comparison the most re markable contention put forward by those who oppose the payment of ship subsidies is the one that, because Brit ish maritime commerce, while not sub sidized, flourishes, Americans should not expend the national funds in promoting their shipping: industry. : We can very easily refuse to accept either the premise or the conclusion in volved in this proposition. They are equally unreliable. England's foreign commerce, the most immense, as it is the most far reaching, the world^-haa ever known, is, pure and simple, the product of protection. We use the word protection advisedly. It is the most of fensive that can sound in Democratic ears. Protection is today, and has been since responsible legislation was first formulated in England, the great policy of the British empire in regard to'its maritime interests. I Now that England has won through well-considered and liberal national poll cy toward shippers, the virtual control of the world's commerce, what more natural than that she should disaffirm any policy on the part of a commercial rival which might head in the same di rection? She finds quite a clever advocate of this idea in the current number of the j Forum.- It is Mr. Benjamin Taylor, and lie lives, by the way, in Newcastle on-the-Tyne. Mr. Taylor is a bright man. He knows how to state a case in half, to make the better seem the worse and to keep out of sight all facts r. hicta might injuriously affect his case. j Mr. Taylor, very wisely for his cause, [takes up the contributions of Mr. Eu gene Chamberlain, the present commis i Bioner of navigation, to the literature of .the subject and seeks to meet their con tentions. How illy he succeeds is made very plain by his entire article. Let us see how at the outset he avoids the main facts involved in the case at issue. In the early paragraphs of "his article he says: I "The British government does grant what are called mail subsidies to certain steamship companies; and British ship ping and ship building have thriven as the shipping and ship building of no other country have done. But there is jio connection between the two facts, ffhe ogress of British merchant ship ping is in no sense or degree due to the (payment of mail subsidies, which are simply remuneration for cargoes car ii. i. That cargo is postal matter, but | the money paid for the carriage of it is lust as much freight as the money paid foy me: chants for the carriage of Man chester cottons or American Hour. If the iUnited states commissioner of navigation j falls into the error of connecting Brit ish maritime prosperity with mail sub sidies, it is not surprising if the fallacy is pretty current in the United States." This sort of special pica of - confession and avoidance will deceive nobody. It is , bad enough as it stands, but when it is •followed up by matter far less covert ■in its nature and effect, its true nature as a plea is made plainer. _*or instance, in discussing these same subsidies, tho 'amourt of which Mr. Taylor, literally dare not, for the integrity of his argu ment set forth, this advocate of foreign shipping interests says of them: 'They are only attractive indirectly in respect-to the prestige attaching to the night to fly the Royal Mail Hag, and many of these mail steamship owners will confess to you, in the confidence of private intercourse, that the game is not .Worth the candle. They are in it, and they continue in it, as is the custom of all men of commerce, to run in grooves; but they are by- no means the beneficent ly endowed beings that Mr. E. S. Cham berlain's argument may lead the gen feral reader to believe." Why does not Mr. Taylor tell us how little they are endowed? He has every variety of figures to give on different phases of this subject, but not a single ■one to show how much her majesty's government pays for carrying mall ►freight." } But, mi-leading as his position is, he ?would not urge that England has never put forward her national funds to aid !her shipping. He would be -laughed at for the contention. And no student of this question who is anxious to see American shipping develop to reasonable proportions will delude himself for a moment with the belief, after nearly forty, years of experience, that there .can be anything like a spontaneous growth of American foreign shipping. No; •-.either Mr. Taylor's arguments or figures, nor those of any other of the ad vocates of his school, touch the. vital question of how best to promote the for eign shipping of the United States. COLONIAL aOVERXMEATS. • From the treatment of the Philippine Question in the president's message it is •fevldent that he hopes, ultimately, to govern those Islands not as colonies, but as United States territory under the con stitution as it now stands. Already are ,the Hawaiian Islands and Porto Rico lUnited States territory, with practically a territorial government. The Philip pines, however, are a harder proposi tion, owing not only -to a state of war, tout to the various degrees of civilization "existing among the inhabitants. The plan of the president for the gov ernment of the islands, while not ex plicit, has the virtue of meeting the pres ie'nt demands. The mingling of civil and military authority Is always a delicate problem, especial so when .any,: portion* ,of .the people to -be governed arc in arms against the proposed authority. .- Government of -the Philippines by the Taft commission and the _military arm of the United States is unique in the-his tory of colonial ; governments. No one will -contend that it is a constitutional government, but there are -some things which must be done without authority, if the authority cannot be found in the constitution.*- The government: of the Philippines at the present time is a war measure—their government under the .constitution, should the - war ' suddenly cease, is an other proposition^^Considering the Ha waiian islands and Porto \ Rico" as colo nial dependencies, the United^ States is still *an infant in colonial possessions. Great Britain. stands first. as a colonizer, then ; comes - France, followed by the Netherlands and Belgium. Germany has 11,000,000 colonial '■ subjects— United States about the same ' China, Russia and Turkey have de pendencies over which a kind of su zerainty is claimed,'but the colonial rela tions as we understand them do not ex ist. 7 At this time the nature of the govern ments adopted for the colonial posses sions of the leading civilized nations is of absorbing interest. Great Britain gov erns her vast colonial population (375, --000,000) under one of three forms. First, colonies having a responsible local gov ernment, in which the crown has only a veto on legislation,-and the home gov ernment controls no' public officer ex cept the governor; second, Colonies pos sessing representative legislative institu tions, with a reserved veto power in the crown, but in which the home govern ment retains control of ail public-, offi cers; third, crown colonies hi which the crown has entire control of legislation, and the administration of public affairs is carried on by the home-government. Of the first class, Canada, the Austra lian confederation,'• _ Cape ; Colony and Newfoundland are . examples. _- The Ber mudas, the Barbadoes and the Bahamas represent the second class. The work ing of the third classes seen in Gibral tar, Hongkong and India. The govern ment of India is under the control of the secretary of state for India, the imme diate authority being vested in a vice roy appointed by 'the crown. The local government is conducted largely by the natives. French Algeria is governed by a governor general appointed by the home government, and is under the con trol, of the-ministry. The. chamber of deputies legislates for the colony, ln Madagascar the same system prevails, except the civil authorities act in con junction with the military forces occu pying the island. . The government of French colonies differs from that of the British in the fact that the colonies send .a senator and two deputies to represent them in the French assembly. These representatives are usually selected by a council. The government of the East India Netherlands' resembles the sec ond class- of "British colonial govern ments. German.colonies are governed directly by the crown. The problem' of governing", the . hetero geneous- millions of the Philippine group to the satisfaction of, not all, but a ma jority, and still keep within the constitu tion, is a delicate proposition. Without a constitutional amendment the only feasible method is to erect, or cause to be erected, territories out of those por tions of the islands having a homogene ous population, capable of understanding the principles of civil government. The president speaks of the Filipinos j as the nation's wards. Just what legal j meaning the word will grow to have re- ! mains to be seen. The greatest difficul ty which will confront us in the assimi lation of this East.lndian territory will not arise in the problems of local gov ernment of the natives, but in the In dustrial complications that will develop, in the United States when the country is thrown open to the influx of the Eastern • hordes. Possibly congress can find a remedy under the "constitution— the president recommends none. THE CLATTtWf-BBLWR TREATY. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty is a modi fication of., the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, made in ISSO. If the former is not rati fied, it will be necessary to annul the latter before ;we can undertake to con struct the Nicaragua canal. The next question is whether we can honorably annul said treaty. Towards the close of the eighteenth century a British settlement was made at Balize. Even before that time the British authority had been extended over the Mosquito territory, but -in ISI4 this was abandoned according to the treaty of Madrid. Later on, however, the Mos quito territory was brought under the protection of the English superintendency of Balize. An English settlement, Greytown, was made at . the mouth ;of the San Juan river, and the district thereabout was forced from Nicaragua in 1818. England was thus In actual possession of the eastern terminus of the -proposed Nica ragua canal. ".■77 Upon the discovery of gold in Cali fornia it seemed very desirable for the United States to have a canal connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific, and the United States began to question Eng land's claim to the . territory which in cluded one of the two possible routes for such a canaL This agitation resulted In the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, by which both England and the United States bound themselves "that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or main tain for itself any exclusive control over the said j ship canal," that .it should not be fortified, and should be neutral at. all times. .* Some people claim that \ this treaty is no longer.. binding. Senator Mason - says that if two men had . enteredi into an agreement fifty years ago to. build a house in" partnership," and the house not having been built-in the meantime, either of the parties,, finding it to his best in terests to build a house for himself alone, has a perfect moral right to inform the: other party "that"" he "does hot consider himself bound "by the contract made fifty years ago.*. T The question is, however, wfiietber THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1900. F«iSaC'* wWßiir- — ■-•_ •:-=.- ■_■!«' :;,'-=< ;Scnator. Mason's - example- is , a .perfect' parallel. 7- : ■ The English, on 'the other hand, main tain that they gave up their claim to the Mosquito territory only in considers of our guaranteeing the* neutrality, of the : canal, as stipulated by H the ; Clayton-Bul wer treaty, and lf: we accept that version " we: are certainly in all honor bound .to abide by the treaty." We cannot jwell go back of "that treaty, and maintain:'that England .had no right to the Mosqu.'to territory. '. The treaty itself looks very much like an indirect recognition of Eng land's .. claims, " and ' the undisputed fact remains that England was at the time, in actual possession of Greytown and the surrounding country, and claimed au thority over : the entire Mosquito territory, by reason of her protectorate over the Mosquito .Indians, who Inhabited that country. . o If we annul the.Clayton-Bulwar treaty, it will be equal to declaring the claims, which England had to Greytown and. the Mosquito territory before 1850 null and void. In 1850 such action on our' r^rt would' have undoubtedly resulted in a war with Great Britain/ Such, of course, would not be likely to result now, on' account of the way in which Great Brit ain is otherwise engaged,- and? on ac count of the general European situation, but it would not fail to produce at least considerable ill-feeling. BE PRACTICAL. In his annual, report, Prof. Robinson, of the Central high school, makes some very practical suggestions. < This is a practical age and the Ameri cans are the most practical, people of the age. That is • certainly true in a general sense, but we cannot apply it to our high schools and colleges. Our educational system is still modeled on a plan that was fairly satisfactory fifty or a hundred years ago, when commerce and industry were still organized along comparatively. simple lines, so that there was but little demand for higher educa tion outside of the limited number" of those who were preparing for the learned professions like law and medicine. - Eut times have changed completely and commerce and industry are now so high ly and intricately organized that there is an enormous and constantly growing demand for-young men who are not only well trained and. skilled, but actually educated along certain lines outside of the so-called learned professions. Very little has been done in this country- to supply this demand. On this question Prof. Robinson says very appropriately: In view of the fact that from 75 per cent to. s*l per cent of ail high school pupils are destined to enter business or social, life without other preparation than that furnished by the high schools, it is certainly surprising that the courses of study have hitherto - been shaped* almost entirely by the needs of those prepar ing for the professions. So extraordinary a condition of affairs may indeed be ex plained by reference to the rapid and un expected growth of the schools in recent years; but it admits of no defense. "Already the matter has come to such a pass that high school graduates, who often know much that they will never need and little that is of practical use, find themselves at a positive discount by reason of their preparation, while the captains of industry are driven to fill all places requiring special skill with men of foreign training. Inquiry in almost any large establishment will substantiate the truth of this statement. It is discred itable that such a condition has so long existed; it is inconceivable that It should long continue to exist. The time is al ready at hand when the prosperity of. the nation at large will depend upon its ability to maintain and extend its for eign trade in the face, of the fiercest competition. "What is true of the whole country, is even more obviously true of St. Paul. The prosperity of this city is absolutely bound up with the expansion of her com merce, domestic and foreign. The busi ness men who have charge of this great taking certainly - have a right to expect from the schools all posible as sistance. "It is a notorious fact that the com mercial conquests ... of - Germany and France are largely due to -. their un equaled system of education for busi ness men. Is there any good reason why they should have a monopoly of such education? How could our high schools give more effective aid than by supply ing to our business establishments young men, thoroughly trained in Eng lish, history, commercial geography, arithmetic and practical methods of ac counting—provided, always they remem ber how little any school training can take the place of actual experience? It It be objected that this has already been tried, with doubtful success, the answer is two-fold: First, that the men em ployed as* teachers have usually known little beyond the routine of bookkeeping; second, that the fatal mistake has been made of inventing a short and easy 'commercial course,' which has, in con sequence, forfeited the respect of all right-minded students... No course, what ever its nature, can succeed unless it be free from all suspicion of serving as an easy road to a diploma. - "Whereever thoroughly educated teach ers have been employed, and the course placed on the basis of sound scholarship and rigid . requirements, business educa tion has achieved a phenomenal success, not only in Europe, but also in various cities of the United States. In fact, the movement in favor of the 'higher edu cation of the business men' has already reached remarkable proportions, .*. * * and there is good reason to believe that the regents of the University of Minne sota, acting on the request of the State Bankers' association, will soon estab lish a school of commerce at the State university., The time would certainly ap pear to be opportune for St. Paul to join this movement in favor of a more prac tical education. The need -Is urgent, local conditions are favorable, and the additional expense would be practically nothing; and if a branch -of the Com mercial Museum is established here, as anticipated, the facilities for thorough work in this line will be unexcelled by those of any city. In the United States." The common sense of the country will sustain the administration in its position on the army bill. Until our foreign pos sessions are adjusted and in : order, an army of 100,000 is not too large for actual needs. It is possible, also, that our new departure in the role of a world-power, with interests, and spheres of influence to maintain, may render it necessary to make a display of force, that peace may be maintained. No matter how we got into the-position where we now find our selves—now we are - there—let: the full dignity of the position" be maintained, even if it takes an army of 200,000 men. The latest opposition developed to the Nicaraguan canal is the fear of earth quakes. They are said to be as frequent as.Central American revolutions. FRIDAY GLOBE GLANCES. The. -farmers of• Minnesota as a rule are - fortunate enough to . have near them ,'akes-and streams from _ which a supply of Ice can be had for summer use. Every farmer 7 should ' have -an Ice house, It will pay for itself in a single season! 7 . It is "commonly thought that potatoes lead ' among crops in Ireland, but it .is not so, according to returns ; this year, as the acreage of oats was nearly double that of: "taters." - - Today, Dec, 7, is dedicated in the Cath olic 1 church ;_ calendar,' to : St. Ambrose, ■ - - ■ -'.^". -..-.7 ■ ' ".:r':- *' -'-'-* ■. *"^^*J^--M uhc;patron ■ saint,-.'t>f.Milan, -Italy, "Many■ wonderful stories are recorded concern ing this saint;; t 7 ' 7 ;. 77 ' '^7 -'77 7-.- ;'•': :_-;?-'$; f ."-^-o— "*" - ..: ■.--.'---.■---•-' --Th 7 "Whole, state of /Wyoming,.as well as Nevada, cast fewer votes : than in -Ramsey county at the '"recent presidential election. On Dec. 7,. 1539, Luther, . Melanchton, and other * doctors of divinity signed : a warrant of approval giving Philip, land, grave,' of Hesse, a staunch friend „of Luther, the 'privilege of S having two" wives. It suggested in the warrant that the second marriage be >in 7 secret, so "that the people Ibe not scandalized," and if any question the story,*' it will, remain with them to prove it. This was fol lowed by a more liberal dispensation from the ordinary rules of morality | when the'-Oalvinestlc- clergy of * Prussia gave to the reigning' kins:, Frederick William HI., the. privilege of having'three "wives at one time. '> :...-. —o— "Carmen" * with, a real bull* fight, is the latest European, operatic innovation. '' "-■ ■ i~'.-'. ''■' —o — '-"." ■•-.; *: '-.. .'- The regular: army of the United States in -1789 was 740 men; on•' Jan. 1," 1804, it consisted of 3,287 men; on Jan. 1, 1844, of 8,533 men, arid on Jan. •1, 1831, of .16,422 men. It is now, or. will be soon,: 100,000 men. As the world--becomes more en lightened it seems that more soldiers and battle ships are needed. The sweet reign of . arbitration seems only a dream of - the sentimental. A German scientist declares that yawn ing is a healthy pastime. It-is whole some, like oatmeal and brown bread. Yawning, it is said, stretches the muscles maybe or the tendons of the head, sends the blood to the jaws and "sharpens appe tite and intellect.' It is a cheap remedy, accessible to young and old, rich and poor, and can never be controlled by, a trust. - - - :.-• . - —o — ■ -•■■■■'■-•■" 'All.is good, as we go through life, _ If we only stop to find it: In our deepest grief, in our hardest strife, ■- There is something good behind it." In European countries cheese is largely a substitute for high priced meat Which the poor cannot I buy. The I Dairy Age says that "in purchasing sirloin steak at 25 cents a pound we get one-third of a pound of digestible nutrients for our money; in whole milk at S cents j per quart we .set 1 pound of digestible nutri ents for 25 cents; in cheese at 15 cents per pound we get 11-3 pounds of digest ible nutrients' for 25 cents. Cheese gives the eater more food for his .money than does beef. As surely as the American laborer lives so will he use more cheese year after year." We note in an exchange that a young lady desiring to know what would keep her hands nice-and white answered an advertisement, and sending some money along, she received this receipt: "Soak your hands in dish water three times per day while mother rests." Is the little toe disappearing? This is answered in the affirmative-by. a writer in the Atlantai Journal-Record of Medi cine, who is convinced that when our re mote descendants play "This little pig went to market" with their babies, the little pig that "cried 'wee! wee!' " will have to he omitted. The little toe, he says, is degenerate and must go. He quotes cases ; where organs once indis pensable have disappeared in the march of progress, such as the hairy coat of our simian ancestors, and notes others that are fast going, such as the vermiform ap pendix. - The Washington Times predicts that this session of congress, with its many bills involving enormous expenditures, will see a liberal use of . money in con nection with i legislation. It , says: "Champagne, burgundy, terrapin,. birds, lobsters, and those delicate : green salad leaves that \ grow so opulently in the bureau of engraving - and printing, will be plentier in this capital during the next session than" ever . before. Oppor tunities for impecunious young members, whose votes are desired, to. win large sums at "hards', with nothing to go in on but ' the traditional peppermint lozenge, are to be too numerous to mention. Rep resentatives i with conscientious scruples about gambling. will be ■- accommodated at any one of several stock tickers, and ultra good, pure, and pious senators, who are not to be had In either way, will be presented . with handsome copies of the Bible, between the leaves of .which they will be apt to find most comforting and useful paper bookmarks." Intelligence . and application can work wonders. The Hold of opportunity is open to all. An instance of what a man can do in connection with nature is shown by Luther Burbank, who has just de veloped a new fruit called . "plumcots," which have the good qualities of the apricot and plum combined. There is only one nation in Europe with more people than the United States and that is Russia. ;; ■ ■', " - ■- : o— - The Speaker, a Liberal paper of Lon don, in discussing tlie presidential elec tion in this country, quotes the follow ing lines from Emerson as applying to day: ■ *.--.- 7-77777 'Tis the day of the chattel, Web to weave and corn to grind; Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind." . ..; —o— The wooden tooth pick industry is a large one. Hundreds of millions are used annually in thi3 country. It is esti mated; that 5,000 cords of wood are used in Maine alone.every year for this pur pose. Machines turn a butt leg into picks at the rate of 1,000 a minute. The finest picks come-from Japan and Portugal, where they are titled : out by hand. -.. AT THE THEATERS. METROPOLITAN. The young person with brains, . red hair, talkative eyes and no : conscience. whose presence in Thackray'-s "Vanity i*"air" compels one to forgive^, the fact that all the other , characters are j pup-; pets, was made a very live creation on the stage of the Metropolitan Last even ing by Miss Gertrude Coghlan's clever art. Miss Coghlan's Becky Sharp may not be a great creation. .rt is certainly an interesting creation, in essaying the part of an adventuress an actress inva riably plays against the sympathy of liar audience. This is not exactly one of the things Miss Coghlan has to contend with. 77 Becky Sharp does not fail:" to amuse the "Vanity Fair" of today, -.s she did not fail to amuse that mimic "Vanity; Fair" in ; the novel. There are few emotional scenes in the play. ? Emotion wearies and ages, and 1 Becky was always wise. _ Nevins,'/ the playwright, has managed to. make his play interesting without the aid of any notable climaxes; or exhibition of he roics. * A3 the story is, so is the play, an inimitable sketch of a wickedly- clever -but always charming woman, whether at the ball in Brussels, in all the bravery -of satin : and jewels, ror .in the attic in ' Pumpernicle in j not very "clean rags. In the synopsis is of the play the prologue and the acts- are aptly, and in order, named 1 anticipation, aspiration, tribula tion, flirtation, temptation and . separa tion.- In "separation" the audience Is ' given a glimpse of Becky," the governess, at Miss Pinker ton's' academy. She makes her dramatiq exit by/, hurling - a copy of Dr. Samuel Johnson's sacred dictionary at the principal's, head. That ...action promises much, and Becky -nobly fulfils .such promise.; o -: -'■"*„ '■'"'-" 7 In "Aspiration" there is the secret mar riage to Rawdon Crawley, Sir Pitt's pro. posal and Becky : 's chagrin /because \ her; own haste has rendered . her,. powerless to accept. "Tribulation" shows - Becky * and; her 'husband living together, but very: much in debt. The best scene in the play. .is "Flirtation," where is shown a fash ionable: ball room at Brussels, 5 on .the eve" '. of the battle of Waterloo. ' Nowhere?else is the; utter heartlessness7bf .' Becky's character j so'! plainly revealed"as/In" her treatment of Amelia; the ■ only > one who had '/befriended-j her, and In her indiller- c nee to .the departure . of v her /"husbands who, - Whatever his faults, loved her -- The fourth ;act;;; "Temptation,' *is the most dramatic, for Rawdon Crawley returns from- a debtor's -: prison -to rind the old roue, Lord Steyne, making very . real love to a tolerant Becky, and it is thin 1 that 7 Becky : permits herself the -in dulgence of a little, a very little emotion.' The. last act finds . the plucky little ad, • venturess In a garret, ; where some of . her old ■; friends .-v come >to: see her. ; She -Becky to = the last in spite of. her poverty and; her -rags; and: the curtain falls on her drinking a toast to "our first love," with - corpulent Joe Sedley making I eyes at. her. -'v. .-. * ... ■ ... ■■- Miss Coghland makes a very beautiful Becky, certainly.7_" The gowns of "that period suit her admirably. - Perhaps there is more of winsome candor in the young actress* face than little red-headed Becky's own acting could ever have managed—by the way, Miss Coghlan" hair is golden, not red—but her.manner and| her.; voice are always the', manner and tlie -voice, of the adventuress, tho . polished adventuress.. ; Miss. Coghlari"; was admirably - sup. ported last evening. Especially clever was Miss May Donahue's portrayal- of the. character of Mrs. Maj. O'Dowd. Herbert v Fortier, as Rawdon Crawley, Cecil Kingston as Lord Steyne, and Har. ry Hanlon as Joseph Sedley, were entire, ly adequate. - Joseph" :Cleworth's Pitt Crawley, and Miss Annie Aliiston's Miss Crawley . 5 were interesting;-' characteriza tions. .7*7: 7r; ■•'■ -:" ;- ." ■ ■-• ' ' The good sized audience present, was .very- demonstrative in its approval. Misa Coghlan received : several curtain - calls. ' The play will be presented the remain der of the .week, with -a Saturday mati nee. .; :: -BISPHAM-GORDON RECITAL. - Songs of. love in 1 all its moods, songs .of the sea, of the wood, of grim-visagell war and of the many emotions . that ; play forcefully or 'lightly or soothingly upon the heart chords "of mankind are what a large number of music-loving peo ple heard at the People's church -last ,night.77: ' ..; 7 That the song recital of Miss Katherine Richards Gordon and Mr. David Bispham was a success goes without saying. The church |was filled, and, at the close of the long evening's programme, every soul went home . feeling that he or sho had been.ennobled, lifted up, made for getful of the troubles and -. woes .of worldly life to live wholly in the : pres ent, and untold things. Such was the song recital. Mr. Bispham needs no advertising; nor Miss Gordon. His forceful whole-toned baritone voice and her clear, smooth so prano voice are advertising enough. Time and time again the singers were encored, and beautiful roses were given to Miss Gordon by admiring friends. The programme began with the "Song of Repentance," Tannhauser, Mr. Bisp ham the singer. In close succession followed ' Chanson," from the old French, arranged by Sauzay; "Let the Dreadful Engines," Purcell," and "The Pretty Creature," Storace.. The last named seemed to be the favorite with the lis teners. .: -• Miss Gordon followed with Rett. Strophes, "Lakme," Delibes, and "La Chanson dcs Baisers Valse, ' Bamberg. In the last named the refrain is: "Kisses that are given, Kisses that are forbid, Kisses pardoned by heaven, Kisses Cupid has hid." Most charmingly did the singer acquit 'herself. One song that aroused great feeling during the evening was "How Deep the Slumbers of the Floods," Loewe, and sung by Mr. Bisphom. Music and words so harmonized in feeling and sense, espe cially with the fine interpretation, . that it was impossible not to be deeply stirred. ' If the song of "Edward," Loewe, by the same singer, had not followed, the audience would have gone home too much impressed with the sorrow in life. It is from an old Scottish ballad and, though the words were hard to under stand to those knowing little of , the dia lect/there was a force and fervent feel« ing in it that pleased all. . " Miss Gordon, to many, seemed to be at her best in the "Gypsy Songs," Brahms, or "Zigeunerlieder" in the original. Lightly,. trippingly, airily went the words, and the singer knew well how to handle the modulation of her voice. In the care-free and blithesome, Miss Gordon is most at home, a fact evident to even the most untutored. '— One of the features of the evening was the duo, "Amours Villageoises." After its rendition the singers were obliged to appear again and again and make their bow. The songs in English, however, seemed to be greater favorites. "The Wedding Song," C. Loewe, from the German of Goethe, was sung by Mr. Bispham, and in it the imagination of Goethe was strikingly shown. GRAND. "War on Women," the attraction at the Grand the current week, has caught on with local theater goers in a decided manner. It is a drama of intense action, thrilling scenes, and numerous laughable situations, and the interest dees not lag for a moment from the rise of the cur tain to its final fall. Miss 'Hope Booth, as Margaret Prescott, finds r ro: c well suited to her dramatic abih'i 'a! she is most ably assisted by K-clv.-aru Trevor and Charles Clarens. The scenic effects and accessories are elaborate. Matinee tomorrow at 2:30. "Man's Enemy" will be seen at the Grand the coming week. , STAR. - The Gay Morning Glories are enter taining large audiences at the Star this week,- with one of the fastest bids in comedy, burlesque and exceient musical skits 1 that has been presented at this theater this season. Every performance is to a crowded house, the winter evenings presenting few cosier resorts than the new Star. . .__?*. : _— i PERggg-SNT OR PARTLY SO.. [ Who would have thought that a mu nicipal government must he overthrown just because the Pioneer Press lost tho city printing? * * * Gov. Roosevelt will go hunting in Col orado this winter. Can he be gunning for the -Victor rioters? ... ~ * * * The Duke of Manchester's purchase of a $2,000 brindle terrier shows an early adaptation to the customs of Tammany's sons. : -.7 - 7 Queen Victoria's message to parliament | tells them what they \ are there for in ! one sentence. 'She seems to have McKin j ley badly beaten in. the- gentle art: of | condensation.: '--■ ._.".'-".■.■*.* * The street railway canductors and mo- I tormen are wondering if they . are not I going to get the raises which were made j conditional on the election of s McKinley ! and Van Sant. - - --:■■■'--♦ *-.*." I 7lf Secretary Root had discovered ear i Her how good the fishing in Cuban . wa7 - ! ters is, Grover. Cleveland's - position on • expansion would not have . remained a secret so long. . •■■*■_ * * » The state board of health has a rec ord of seventeen lepers living in Minne sota. This does not include moral lepers. ...- • - .'-'.-» ' • * .- - There were 22,000 seals : taken in Ameri can waters this year.;/ But . the number eof young women - who reached' the seal skin sacque - age exceeds that number considerably. ." __. - - . ::. •-.... -'.»-•.* -.-■-- Miss Marguerite Sylva now has blood poisoning from : a silk stocking. Thus [ does the advance agent get * his 1 lesson "from current events. * . - . i Far. . Chicago Journal. [ .'-" : "How far do we have to go to Fargo?" _ asked i the passenger with .the red eyes. _. "We ~ didn't ' have far to :go - when _ I I called out | "Fargo!! " retorted-the 'con-. ■- ductor. "We've ] gone far beyond ' Fargo. You must be pretty far gone." - ...-■• \ 7y«»'_| :- - -' - '-'' ■-.-:."'■ ' " Circulation of the Globe For November. 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 for November, 1900, is herewith correctly set forth: 1 17,600 16 17,720 ■*....... 17,900 17.... 17,725 3... 17,855 is ...;.. 17,500 4.... .21,400 m .17.450 5 17,675 20..... .17,400 6 21,900 21... 17,390 . 7... 24,100 22... 17.400 8..... .21,200 2 3v .. ... 17,650 P9. 18,350 24 ...... 17,600 10.v v ...18,000 25. ..... 17,400 11 ...... 17,800 26...... 17,400 12.7. 17,600 27 17,400 i3....v..17,550 28.. 17,450 14... 17,550 -29..'..,..17,450 15...... 17,500 30....... 17,600 ERNEST P. HOPWOOD. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ist day of December. 1900. H. P. PORTER, [Notarial Seal.] Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn - ' ■ ■ . " ■ " - - *~~ ~ ' Thomas Yould, being duly sworn, deposes and says: lam an employe exclusively of the St. Paul Dispatch, in the capacity of foreman of pressroom. The press work of the St Paul Globe .is regularly done by said Dispatch under contract. The numbers of the respective day's cir culation of said Globe, as set out in the above affidavit of Ernest P. Hop wood, exactly agree with the respective. numbers ordered to be printed by said Globe; and in every case a slightly larger number was actually printed and delivered to the mailing department of said Globe. THOS. YOULD. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ist day of December 1900 S. A. YOUNG, [Notarial Seal.] ' Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn. FURTHER PROOF IS READY. The Globe invites any one and every one interested to. at any time make a full scrutiny of its circulation lists and records and to visit Its press and mailing departments to check and keep tab on the number of papers printed and the disposition made of the same. LITERARY NOTES. The late Marcus Daly, the Montana copper' Icing, is ' the subject of a brief character sketch in the December Re view of Reviews, by Samuel E. Moffett. The picturesque side of this -Western "empire-builder's" strenuous career is aptly set forth. '-'■''' Eisbop O. P. Fitzgerald, of the M. E. church, South, contributes the leading article in The American Illustrated Meth odist Magazine for December, "On As bury's Trail in the land of the Sky." The article . is, illustrated from photo graphs of scenes In. the picturesque mountain districts of North Carolina. The "Book World," edited by Madison C. Peters, announces for December the following special features: "Christ in Fiction,"- illustrated, by Genevieve Lu cile Farnell; "Hawaii and the Hawaii ans," the first of a series of illustrated articles, by Robert Stuart Mac Arthur, on his tour around the world; "The Empire of the Ghetto," Illustrated, the first of a series of articles by Dr. Adolphe Danzi ger; "The Home Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes," illustrated, by Frank Lee Far nell; "Methodists in Literature," illus trated, by Rev. Henry Moore Simpson "The Men of Wall Street," illustrated; "Life and Times of Bach, the Musician," illustrated; "The Homes and Haunts of Famous Eritish Poets," illustrated; "The Man Behind the Hoe," an answer to Ed. win Markham's poem. • Music, Song and Story is the descrip tive title of a forthcoming new maga zine to be ready early in December with a holiday issue dated January, 1901. It will attempt to answer every demand for home reading and entertainment, and In addition to the ordinary contents of an illustrated . literary magazine will pro vide sixteen pages of sheet music with every Issue. It is to be published month ly from 74 Fifth avenue, N. Y. A noteworthy story by a noteworthy writer will begin as a serial in the issue of Harper's Bazar of Jan. 5. This is "The House of De Mallly," by Margaret Horton Potter. Miss Potter, who has barely emerged from girlhood, is the daughter of a prominent Chicago gentle man. Her first essay in literature was the writing of a book called, "A Social 1.i0n," which was alleged to deal with some local happenings, Ifrid created a great sensation in Chicago. A second book by Miss Potter has been publish d this autumn. Its title Is "Uncanonized," and though only Issued in September, 6,010 copies have already been sold. Her latest story, the coming serial in Harp er's Bazar, is intensely interesting, and shows the imprint of a fresh and vigor ous style. The scene is laid chiefly in the French court in the. time of Louis XV., but partly in colonial America. Miss Potter is about leaving the country for an extended trip in Egypt and the East, v'hieh part of the globe will undoubtedly be the setting of a future story. A PEW JOKES; - - - ■■-..,'■. — His Occupation. Somerville Journal. "Lawyer—What is your .business? | Bankrupt—Well, I suppose I might be called a bill collector. Lawyer—A bill collector? Bankrupt—Yes. At least, I have a larg« ; collection of unpaid bills. The Same Being Ko Joke. Philadelphia North American. "How much does it cost to see Bern hardt in 'L'Aigion?' " "One eaglet, I believe." The Savage Bachelor. Indianapolis Press. : '."What is the difference between raisins and.. reasons?" asked the fool funny boarder. /. : -.■."• . "A-woman can appreciate raisins," said the savage bachelor. - The Commercial Instinct. Philadelphia Press. v 7/1-7 I. Mamma—Tommy, do stop that noise. If you' 11: only be good I'll give you a penny. - Tommy—No; I want a nickel. ~ Mamma—Why, little. rascal, you were quite satisfied to b_. good yesterday for a penny. -.. .Tommy— know; : but: that. was a bar gain day. '.// ■ Ready. Chicago Evening Post. .; "Why, Mrs. Parkinson, whatever in tha world Induced you -, to buy that dead black dress pattern? Sufrely r you don't think of giving up bright colors :at 1 your age?'.'/;/. - "No, but it was a bargain, and I got to thinking it might come ln handy, too.' My * husband's. going deer; hunting in the Adirondacks." SMART SHORT STORIES^ \ One day ,° m Corwln, a prominent fig ure in legal and political circles year. ago, met a political opponent with whom he promptly fell Into a discussion, _°™ Lie Argonaut, in the course of which lie constantly referred to the Whig party os if it were still in existence. "Don't you know the old Whig art is dead?" «h* * c. x7laimcd his acquaintance, with evident irritation; "Horace Orse'ey k li ed it, and it's dead and burled." -Cer tainly, said Mr corwln, with much solemnity, "and I am one of It, graves sir, and not to be trampled on'" "' -■■■••**. t3; P- o Johnson, a seaman from the united States steamer Albatross, who was one of the passengers on the "Owl" tram from Los jj Angeles, which a 9 wrecked near Antioch last week thus described his experience: "It was a lit tle after two bells this morning,- and I was smoking my pi pe in the 'Owl's' stern galley The first thing I knew of any happening was when I was thrown vio lently from my seat. After the pitching and jumping had stopped,.l crawled out and saw , that the steering-gear of the Owl had been carried away, causing her to part amidship. The after end listed .badly to starboard and went aground throwing all hand in a heap to the listed side. No lives were lost, however though all were badly shaken up and somewhat damaged. One unhappy pas senger bunted the. glass out of a port hole cutting her head and face quite badly. After wigwagging the craft com ing up behind to change her course, the forward end of our craft picked up the passengers and crew and continued her voyage. As for me,S I will be glad when I am safe aboard the Albatross again. This cruising overland is too rough and choppy to suit me." * * * "Making a photograph of James Harper was the most startling experience of my life," says George G. Rockwood, the New York photographer. "In the year 1569 it transpired that jno good picture existed of the four Harper brothers, and it was determined that they should sit to the same photographer and have a uniform series of pictures made. A very success ful photograph 'of Fletcher brought them all. James Harper was the second to sit for me, and as he was passing out of the door of my studio, he saw a portrait of Rev. Dr. Muhlenburgh, - the founder of St. Luke's hospital. We entered Into a brief discussion of the mighty results pi the well and wisely directed efforts of one man as illustrated in the establish ment of this beneficent institution. He said: 'If anything should happen to me, I believe I should like to be taken to St. Luke's hospital, for there organized, practiced skill would perhaps be para mount to even the tender care and love one gets at home.' His words were prophetic. After declining his warm invi tation for me to ride with him, he left the gallery, I think, near 2 o'clock in the afternoon. About 5 o'clock a gentle man rushed into the reception room and asked: -Was James Harper here today?' 'Yes.' 'Did he sit for a photograph?" 'Yes, and here is the negative—a superb one.' .'Thank God! He was thrown from 'his carriage this afternoon, and now lies dying in St. Luke's hospital.'" THE PARAGRAPHERS. - , - ....... . Bunch of Smyrna Rugs, Say. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. An Ohio man is on deck as United/.; States consul at Smyrna If we do jiot get what is."■ coming to. us in cash we may confidently/expect something equal ly as good. -'-V .■''". Where No Kiel. Is Coming. Milwaukee Sentinel. Even Mr. Bryan will scarcely protest against the . New Jersey Democrats giv ing Mr.- Cleveland a complimentary mi nority. -vote for United States senator. ".': ' - 77W Tribulations of a Statesman.. *■* : New York World. - 757. : ; Chauncey M. Depew's. busy season has t begun.. His problem is .how to be in his seat in 7 the United States" senate be tween dinners in New York city. Fair Warning.to Mr. Wnnamaker. Philadelphia North American. - ' 7 Mr. Quay -will nc^ retire. The reports •" j being spread that he will give way to '■' some other candidate for the senatorship/'; ' j are deceptive. :'^_^P^i_l^ «^_. - -'-'7 -"'•■-■ Complete. 7 Puck. ~ ■ ■'■'* - - : Parke —I had; no' Idea that - your new. house/was finished. - "~ / ':,--'■•• ' -'.J • Lane—Oh, yes!.-Not only finished, but j all my/friends have had time. to tell ma i how. much better it might have been. '- 9 • j