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4 GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CALLS. ' ' THE NORTHWESTERN. Easiness Office . . . ... . lOGS Main Editorial Rooms ...... 78 Main Composing Room 1034 Main *';. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Buainesa Office 1005 Editorial Rooms 78 ©to §•*♦ Uctu I mobs OFFICIAL PAPER, CITY OF ST. PAUL. THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul. ::inn.. as Seoond-Clasß Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. I 1 mo 1 6 mos I 12 ir.os Dally only 40 $2.25 $4.00 Dally and Sunday .50 . 2.75 5.00 Funday .... 15 I .78 1.00 "> COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By MalL I 1 mo | 6 raoa I 12 mos Dally only I .SI $1.50 I f3.00 Dally and Sunday .35 I 2.00 I 4.00 Sunday 1 ...I .75 1 1.00 BRANCH OTFICE3. New York. 20 Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicago. No. S7 Washington St.. Wil liams & Lawrence In Charge. TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 1901. A DEPLORABLE UESTJI.T. The condition of opinion which the former superintendent of the St. Paul public schools shows in his letter lri Sunday *s Globe to be prevalent in Chicago regarding the scholarship of the graduates of the high schools of that city is worthy of general attention. Not even the most unreasoning of the pa ■ ho are ever ready to resent any thing approaching criticism of the public school who know Mr. Smith will charge him with any prejudice against the pub lit- school system. lit r.' is an extract from Prof. Smith's letter in the Globe of Sunday, which embodies in brief form the complaints which have found expression in Chicago: At the Merchants' club bfa-nquet held on last Saturday representatives of two great mercantile establishments present «»<t a severe arraignment of the result of high school work. The principal speaker was John G. Shedd, who said that not 30 per cent of the employes in his estab lishment had graduated from the high school, and that he found such material very unsatisfactory indeed. His speech and those that followed were but repeti tions of the complaint being so loudly uttered here and in many other places respecting the deficiency In essentials, such ;is writing, arithmetic, spelling and geography. Neither the superintendent <-f schools nor the superintendent of high ■Is. both of whom were present, said one word in reply. The daily papers ap- BTOvi v the- criticisms and concede that it is the severest kind of condemna tion of the Chicago schools as now man aged. John V. Farwell Jr. approved all that Mr. Shedd said, but went furthei ami paid a high compliment to country high schools, from which his establish ment had secured the beot young people in their employment. Are the Chicago high schools or graded schools exceptional? They may be, al though Prof. Smith does not indicate sucii to I>i* t!»e rase; and he is a gentle- man of the widest experience, and, as his letters show., of the keenest powers of observation. To many who have not had the ad- Vantages which are so lavishly placed at 'i>posal of pupils in the public school It will stem strange that the scholastic training in the graded schools is not of itself sufficiently effective to turn out boys and girls who can read and write without the possibility of failure in spell ing or grammar. A boy or girl with a certificate of having passed through the Rghth grade has put his or her time to little use for practical educational pur poses if it is not the universal rule that he or she is to be regarded as thoroughly up at least in llthe three r's." The fault found in Chicago and elsewhere is not, however, that the graduates of the graded schools Auuiot do the pimple clerical work which is look c-J for from a young man or wom as who enters a commercial cstubluh ir.< nt. The fault is that after four years of further scholastic training, and with a high, school diploma behind them, they are unable to do It, at least in the city lit Chicago. To those readers of the Globe who may not have had their attention di il to Prof. Smith's last Sunday let ter to the Globe it will be interesting smd instructive to set forth here his summing up of the complaints In ques tion. It id as follows: H is claimed that pupils cannot spell correctly, or write legibly, and that they are unntted for work in positions re quiring much writing. Mr. Shedd said that not only wore they Inaccurate in calculation, but they made figures so Poorly that very often it waa not easy to distinguish between the figures 1 and 7 the figures 3 and 5, etc. It is also charged that t!ir-y read so imperfectly that fall to understand fully the written communications that they must consider in addition, taking in complaints that come from all quarters, it is necessary t'j mention that they are often lacking In proper respect to their employers that they are impatient and restless that they are not willing to undergo the or oeal of endurance, and that they are too often concerned about 'their rights " It as not necessary to go further nor to ap prove or disapprove these various Charges. It is sufficient to say that prob ate grounds exist for the complaints and ascertain what, If possible to re move them can be done. There is a great deal more in the letter of Prof. Smith which is worthy of the at tention <>f every parent who has children in attendance in the public schools. Jt forth the professor's view of tha proper remedy. The need of a remedy is conceded. The Glo b c does not pretend to be able Xp state the true remedy. it leaves that work to those whose profession qualifies •*£hem for it. It is enough for a public ■Journal such as this to call as general -and as frequent attention as it can to th« -Complaints made against our school system, on which so much of public funds is expended, with a view to having an adequate remedy applied, especially when those complaints reach down to the fundamental question of their efficacy in the work for which they are main tained This work the Globe will continue to do as long as it thinks it is needed to be done; and it will not be deterred by the vociferous criticisms of its course which »-( Indulged in by those displays of Cemasoglsm in meeting such criticisms others arc expected to accept as the as surance of their superior patriotism. VAX SANT VS. AMES. The conflict of opinion and purpose be tween the two Republican executives, Gov. Van Sant and Mayor Ames, offers a beautiful illustration of the skill with which Republican statesmen play the game of politics on the principle, so ex pressively defined In the language of the street as playing both ends against the middle. Gov. Van Sant and the at torney general in their belated recogni tion of the illegality of the proposed boxing exhibitions successfully pose as conservators of the peace and moral order of the state. Mayor Ames, on the oilier hand, demonstrates with the suav ity which distinguishes him In his rela tions toward the sportive element of so ciety that after all the prevention haa resulted simply from the personal and official peculiarities of the state execu tive, and is in no sense expressive of Re publican executive policies in municipal affairs. It will be very interesting to observe whether Mayor Ames will carry out his implied purpose of suppressing all forms of athletic entertainment which endan gers life or limb, as he puts it, h._U within the city during his administration, under whatever auspices. His undertak ing, should he assume it, will bring home td the people of Minneapolis the truth that Mayor Ames is no respecter of persons, and that any rule of conduct applied to the '-fancy" should In his view be good enough fo apply under like circumstances l<> otlu-r elements of society. Taken literally at least Mayor Ames proposes to put an end to the athletic entertainments offered to the public through the Young Men's Christian as sociation which come within the category of athletic exhii itions, and that the practice of football playing, even when carried on under the auspices of the state university, will find in the city ex ecutive of Minneapolis a relentless foe. Those v.ho do not enjoy the blissful ex perience of living under the Ames Repub lican regime in Minneapolis are not likely to _ engage in any consideration of the---various questions which tho an nounced purpose of Mayor Ames sug gests. Whether football playing is m any sense or degree a "brutal" exhibi tion, as the term is applied to boxing ex hibitions, or wtietncf the sparring son tests which.we.gather from the mayors di claraiion of purpose, are conducted in Minneapolis on the premises of the Young Men's Christian association, can be suppressed by the mayor without any infringement of the "rights of 'those who conduct them or participate in them, may be left for adjustment t~ is future. In any event it is quite certain that if Mayor Ames undertakes seriously the literal execution of his plan of suppress. ing these exhibitions there will be lively limes in the neighboring city. The situation created by the conflict of authority between the governor anj Mayor Ames is sufficiently interesting to arouse curiosity as to which line of pol icy is really representative of the Repub lican idea in executive station. It will probably prove to be the fact, however, that each, within the sphere of its pro ponent, will be effective for his purposes. It is not at all unlikely that the party in terest will be equally advance.! in Minn; apolis by the attitude of sympathy and sorrow which Mayor Ames assumes to ward the projectors of the proposed boxing matches, and in the state by the Spartan determination of Gov. Van Saat to enforce the law at all hazards against Mayor Ames' friends and patrons. THE PL.VCE TO BEHUN. It is now generally accepted as true that the mighty steel combine conducted under the direction of Messrs. Morgan and Carnegie has been successfully ac complished. Despite all the euphemistic expressions, coined to rob the transac tion of its true public significance the truth remains uncontroverted and incon trovertible, that the great steel manu facturing industry of the United States is hereafter to be conducted under a single management, and that all pos- Bibility of competition in that industry' is removed for an- indefinite period to come. There is no way in which such a transaction as this can be gainsaid. The public accepts it as an accomplished fact. The newspapers and the politicians alike apparently have decided to treat it on wholly different lines from those pur sued in regard to other like combina tions. The Morgan-Carnegie transac tion has not resulted in evoking any thing like an antagonistic sentiment in any direction, so far as is apparent up to the present time. Representative Babcock recently intro duced a measure in the house of rep resentatives removing the tariff from steel manufactures. The author .of the bill is the chairman of. the Republican congressional committee, and such ac tion on his part would naturally be re garded as possessing some considerable degree of political importance and in terest. The event, however, shows that such is not the case. The bill has been completely ignored, and from present in dications there is not any substantial likelihood of its being heard of again. The tremendous profits which are shown to have been realized by the Carnegie interests in the conduct of the steel industry are in great measure the product of the discriminating tariff now existing. Practically no steel manufac tured products whatever are being imported. The vast existing tariff as intended operates only to "pro tect" Messrs. Morgan, Carnegie and their associates in the recent tremend ous deal. The "infant" industry which is the object of this protection is of such proportions as to arouse the wonder of the entire country. It is quite evidently self-supporting, notwithstanding that It may not yet have reached the stage of economic adolescence. The Globe has already ventured the opinion that If a serious movement is ever to be inaugurated in the direction of securing the repeal of existing tariffs on products controlled by the trust no better beginning can be made than in the case of the great steel combine which has just been effected. It is a THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1901. highly moral spectacle to observe An drew Carnegie disbursing his millions in the endownment of educational and oth er public institutions; but It would be quite as well for the general prosperity and w.'ll-being if Mr. Carnegie or his successors should be saved the trouble of thus disbursing or pocketing for their own enrichment moneys which come to them through - burdensome taxation laid on the..shoulders of the people .of the United States. ■ r—■•»■ '-. ' THE OSINirOTIiIXT ATE. One of the marked characteristics o* the evolution of Imperialism in the I'nit ed States is the assumption of power by the senate. Never in the history of our 110 years of national existence has there been such a manifestation of I-am-the whole-thingness by any department of the government as the senate has shown during the session now about to end. The senate was designed by the fram ers of the constitution to act as a curb on the possible aggression's of the execu tive on one hand and as a balance wheel to prevent the more popular branch of the legislature damaging the machinery by a too ready response to hysterical public sentiment. The theory was ad mirable and would be of inestimable value In a scheme of government design ed for revolutionary people. The senate under our political institu tions has evolved from a check upon the governing forces of the nation to the po sition of dictator of national policies and one by one the prerogatives of the lower house as well as the executive have been assumed by this mimic house of lords. Filled with men who represent the cor porate wealth of the nation it has boldly taken upon itself the functions of dic tator. Treaties negotiated by the executive are ignored or openly rejected, because they happen to affect the individual in terests of a senator or some of his friends. Precedents In the matter of ex ecutive appointments are ignored and policies forced upon the administration whether they be agreeable or no. The constitutional prerogative of the lower house to originate bills to raise revenue ana to appropriate the taxes is set aside with no word of by-your-leave or with your consent. National legislation of vital importance is held up that a sena tor or two may be given an opportunity to make an attempt to loot the treasury for the benefit of themselves and friends. "I am the state," says the arrogant senate and woe to the public man tq pub lic IK* who dares to controvert the as sertion. We have an executive with a cabinet which we think is striving for the best interests of tte country, but its con stitutional power as well as its inherent prerogative to carry out a national pol icy is usurped by the senate. We have a house of representatives chosen by the voice of the people, but who hears of that body now—it cuts no figure in the great national problems of the day. The great trust wave has struck our political as well as our industrial'sys tem and the senate is the first example of the political combination. What is the cause of this senatorial aggression? There are causes and many; among them might be mentioned the character of the men who at this time dominate the senate and those who are supposed to guard the interests of the house. Then the immunity from public chastisement which the senator enjoys makes him arrogant per so. The lack of positivism in the executive is a temporary but po tent cause of the absorption of power by the senate. The speaker of the house Is without ability to assert his own or character to demand respect. He is nerveless and subservient. Occupying a position in the republic second only to that of the president he can not rise to the level of his fate but bows to the senate lords and in humble accent proclaims his fealty—"leh dien." A Jackson, a Lincoln, a Cleveland or a Harrison in the presidential chair and a B'.aine or a Reed as speaker of the house would soon teach the senate its place, but with the power now wielded by the senate such men ai'e not likely to reach those places—the combination is too strong. The remedy? Ah, there" s the rub. Election of the upper house may check the tendency to ignore the people's rights, but nothing but a politi cal resolution will restore the equilib rium of our governmental scheme. And so the Mill City is not going to have its "mill' after all. Senator Hale says that all the sjldiers now in the Philippines will be on the pension list in five years. As our worthy administration looks at things only through the eyo3 of the trust octopi, it is no wonder that it sees no earthly good in reciprocity. "When sporting Mayor Fleischmann, of Cincinnati, exchanged telegrams of con dolence with Mayor Ames, the wires got red-hot and the operators had their lin gers burned. The great strength of the river and harbor bill lies in the number of con gressmen interested in it. That accounts for its size and also for its assurance of being passed. Just think of all the good that might have been accomplished if all the energy that has been wasted upon the ship sub sidy bill, had been directed towards se curing a national irrigation policy. It is anticipated that King Edward will make his reign one of special splendor, so that London will become a rival of gay Paris and festive Vienna. Unfortu nately the London fog will always be a^t to take a good deal of the gilt edge off from its, brilliancy, The Republican - national platform of 18S6 demanded a practical application of the policy of reciprocity. It is said that this plank was drawn up by a present member of McKinley's cabinet, hence the administration ought to know of its existence in the platform. Yet for all that no attempt has been made to secure reciprocity and for very good reasons. Reciprocity is a phase of free trade an.l free trade is an abomination in the eyea of the trust octopL Julian Ralph explains the philosophy of the latest gorgeous pageant in Lon don by remarking that the English peo ple are so suffocated and chilled by fo£3 and depressing climatic conditions that they hunger for relief in color and merii ment. That Is why they have the most gorgeous army in Europe; that is why they drink more than any two nations on earth; that is why they wear more red on the streets and keep up their mediaeval pageants longer than their neighbors, and arfenhe greatest patrons of the theater, tWfc i|pst ardent lovers of pantomime and baling on earth. "In order to carry^out the democratic republican idea education," sa^s the New Ogeans Picayune, "every child should be taught by the 3tate the substantial rudiments of a practical in tellectual training in grades not higiicr than the grammar schools. After that, all higher education and ail technical commercial, professional or lndustr al training should be at the cost of the learners or their friends. Any system that turns out at the public expense a crop of nondescript collegians, while a large proportion of the population Is not provided with the simplest rudiments of primary instruction, is wrong, and needs reform, whether it be in Chicago or New Orleans." Congressman Babcopfc of Wisconsin has been quite surprised by the spon taneous outburst of Republican enthu siasm for his bill to take the tariff oft from certain iron and steel products manufactured by the trust. Representa tive Overstreet of Indiana said: "The Babcock bill is sound In principle and wise in policy. The duties proposed to be repealed are for protection rather than for revenue, it is Republican pol icy to discontinue such duties when they are no longer necessary." Representa tive Mercer of Nebraska went even fur ther when he said: "The Republican party is rapidly approaching a stage where it will have to take cognizance of legislation of this kind." And these are the expressions of stanch Republicans, men who have a hj gh standing in the party organization, it remains to be seen though whether all this will amount to more than mere enthusiasm. TUESDAY GLOBE GLAXCES. Several governors in messages to leg islatures now in session uttered words of caution against the needless multiplica tion of statutes. The passage of a few well considered laws will be much better tnan a flood of unimportant measures rushed through without care, all of which will have to he.gone over by the courts and many of them upset. There ere too many conflicting and confusing laws, now in existence. —o— Today, Feb. 1», i s : t he anniversary of the birtn in 1473 of Nicholas Copernicus, the celebrated German astronomer- of Gen. Theodore Lyman, in 1792, a well known American author and politician of Sidney Rigdon, $n 1793, a Mormon leader and first printer of "The Book of Mormon;" of Rev. Leonard Bacon In ISO 2, a popular American divine and 'au thor; of Wm. W. Story, in 1819, an American lawyer; author and sculptor. —o— Mr. Patrick Crowe/ late of Omaha is still lost. The nien who finds him will get a handsome reward. —o— Our readers interested in Minnesota trees, fruits and flowers, should send $1 to A. W. Latham, Minneapolis sec retary of the State Horticultural so ciety, and get a copy of an illustrated york of 513 pages, devoted to the sub ject, including the society's illustrated monthly for the year. Over 300 patents have been Issued on smoke consumers, but so far, none seem to be practical, or at least they are not u&pd. It is said that nearly all articles origin ally in leather are now being made of paper— such as suit cases, traveling bags, etc., and so successful is the imitation that a man who had himself been in th.j paper business for many years bought an article of this kind recently under the full conviction that it was leather he was purchasing. Reform clubs are discussing the ques tion of desertion. It is said that too many husbands are deserting their wives and occasionally wives desert their hus bands. It is reported in a letter from Rome that the pope's income for ISOO amounted to $4,375,000, nearly two-thirds of which was income from securities and Peter's pence. The expense account of the holy father for the year is figured at $1,099, --000, of which $483,000 represented salaries. The remainder of the account includes the expense of keeping up the Vatican, the repairs at Sf. Peter's, charities and contingent expenditures-. The most nota ble item in this account is the personal amount to $2,500, showing that he lives a simple life. There, will be a balance of over $3,0ik),0()0 to be added to the con tingent fund, which now amounts to over $30,000,000, a large part of which is in American sccurrtfes. —a— Charley Wesley Dean, of Chicngo. has started a paper called "Name in the Sky," edited by the spirits of the illustri ous dead. The first number has articles from Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and other modern and ancient worthies. / —a— A new term has been Invented by the trust promoters. It Is now "community of interests." The photographer was numerously present in England during the last days of the queen and the first days of the king, and nothing seemed to have escap ed inside palaces and- outside, to judge from the illustrated papers. This could not have taken place without the royal knowledge and consent. The baseball horizon is full of fight. The "magnates," who are in the game for revenue, are girding up for a lively con test from all appearances. The real struggle for supremacy is between the National and American leagues. There will be twenty-four clubs in fifteen of the big cities, an average of nearly two clubs per city. In two of these places, Bos ton and Philadelphia, each of the three associations has planned to locate clubs. This means that in these two places at least one club must go to the wall. The American league has only one city- Cleveland—all to. Itself, while the Ameri can association is minus opposition in two —Louisville and Indianapolis. The Na tional league will have five towns in which it will be the whole thing as re gards baseball—that is, unless a return 13 made to the twelve league circuit, con cerning which there are many rumors. The National league has the most money, but the American has the best managers. • _b'- It is reported that Murat Halstead will take a day off *nd-"' write the history of the Victorian age. He had a writing of the Galveston storm off the press ten days after the disaster, his history of the Cuban war was rtady when the war ended, and the ink fs scarcely dry on his histories of the wars-in South Africa and in the Philippines: Is such stuff history? Horse hide 5s now being made into patent leather for shoes. The spring excursfon rates for country merchants are in effect this week to the Twin Cities. Our jobbers are prepared to take care of all iust&taers. AT THE THEATERS. METROPOLITAN. James A. Herne'a first drama, "Hearts of Oak," was presented to a good-sized audience last night. A popular priced matinee will be given tomorrow after cocn. Minnie Tiltel Brune in a magnificent production of Sardou's "Theodora," will be the attraction at the Metropolitan opera house the first five nights of next week, commencing Sunday night. GRAND. Hoyt's "A Brass Monkey" Is pleasing big audiences at the Grand this week. The first popular priced matinee of the engagement will be given tomorrow aft ernoon at 2:30. There will also be a special matinee, 'Friday, "Washington's birthday. Next week's offering at the-Grand will be Bartley Campbell's greatest drama, "Siberia." STAR. Harry Morris' Twentieth Century Maids at the Star theater on Seventh street are presenting a splendid bill at the daily matinee and evening performances this week. Both of the skits are good, and the olio contains features above the aver age. STATE PRESS COMMENT. | Xelthej- Pay Nor Glory. Siblcy County Independent. Our young men cannot be blamed for not falling over each other to enlist in the army. Sixteen dollars a month isn't much inducement and there is no glory to be had in performing such service as our soldiers must do in the Philippines. Wouldn't Caught Llntl Napping. Mankato Journal. If Llnd had pardoned the notorious Mollle Morris what a din the Republican papers would have raised! But then Llnd didn't, ho was too sharp for the coterie of pothouse politicians who make St. Paul tindr headquarters and who fatten on the spoils there found as buzzardu feeding oh rotten carrion. \Va<eh tlie Game Warden. Roseau County Times. A correspondent to the Royalton Ban ner writes about his party locating on pine lands on the Big Fork and incident ally states that moose and deer are plen ty in that country and that the home steaders had all the meat they wanted. Now watch Sam Fullerton slide up into that country and take in these self-ad mitted violators of the game laws. Sam is a brave fellow, but you can bet ten to one that he will never raid a country where he is liable to be taken for a deer. Piece of Si>ite Work;. Sherburne Advance. The senate refused to confirm the ap pointment of John B. King -as a member of the state board of equalization, prob ably for the simple reason that his ap pointment came via New Ulm. Then King, as editor of a Democratic paper in Nobles county, had occasion to show up Senator Shell as a tax dodger in that county, and through his efforts confirma tion in the senate was denied him. Where Van Snut Stands. Perham Enterprise. If there is a man universally danui ed by the newspapers of his own party it is Van Sant, says the Battle Lako Review. Hia complete surrender and making over of all appointments to the most corrupt trio that ever disgraced a state, has disgusted his warmest sup porters. Men openly say they are asham ed to confess they voted for him. The Battle Lake Review is a Republic an paper and the above is an indicator of the esteem in which the governor is held by the Republicans who elected him. Tax Exemption Hill. Morgan Messenger. The new bill exempting $300 personal property from taxation instead of $100 ought to receive the indorsement of every fair minded man. As taxes are now collected, the poor man or one In moderate circumstances pays more than his share toward the maintenance of a. government. Thy bill, of course, will not lighten the burden cf the average ;nan, but by m?.ki>ig such a law a de ficiency will be created which must be filled, and as a result some plan is bound to be adopted which will corral tne rich and compel the to do their part. There are thousands of dollars of per sonal property in this county alone which escape the assessor's notice and some of this property it seems ought not to be very difficult to locate. TOWNE'S RETORT TO BEPEW. Pitsburg Dispatch. Ex-Senator Towne, of Minnesota, be sides possessing the gift or oratory most inspiring and of a tongue most cutting, has also a wit that is most nimble. If you do not believe this, ask Chauncey, Depew, end man and star joker of the senate. Senators are still talking of a flashing retort of Mr. Towne to the New Yorker at the conclusion of the speech of the former, which was at once his salu tatory and valedictory. Mr. Depew was among those who crowded around Mr. Towne, tendering their congratulation.-!. He had been an intent listener through out the three hours' discourse. "Mr. Towne," said Senator Depew, "I congratulate you. Tour delivery was fine, your diction elegant, your perora tion superb and your argument damn able." Like a flash Mr. Towne retorted: "Mr. Depew," he said, "I am delighted to know that you approve of the only fea tures of my speech which you could com prehend." So, the Minnesotan, in his short but glorious career as a senator, must be given credit for not only making a nota ble speech, but for raising the heartiest laugh at Mr. Depew's expense that worthy has thus far experienced in his senatorial career. That speech, by the way, has aroused more favorable com ment among senators, members of the house and public men generally than any similar effort made in congress for a long time. Some of its more enthusiastic admirers, among them Mr. James Creel man, one of the best known correspond ents in America, have even likened it to the immortal efforts of Webster. While this opinion is doubtless somewhat over drawn, the speech, at least, possesses sufficient merit to make it do down into history as one of the grandest among the discussions on the Philippine prob lem. THE PARAGRAPHERS. Mueli More Dense. St. Louis Globe Democrat. There is less of the feel-bad in Mr. Markham's Victorian ode than in that of Laureate Austin, but the latter surpasses the hoe-man'in concealing the purpose of his ode. Rent tn the Administration. Philadelphia Times. Congressman Brown, of Ohio, rips the administration up the back on its policy as to the Philippine islands and Cuba. One Thine: He Must I^earn. Philadelphia Ledger. Wu Ting Fang should understand that Chinamen must not criticise American* as Americans citicise Chinamen. The Only Inference. Washington Post. We infer from the criticisms of Russcil Sage that he is not on the inside of the pending deals. Arouses Curiosity. Baltimore American. Hobson is to receive a silver tea and coffee service. The bride's name has not been made public. Wn'a Deep Contrition. Atlanta Constitution. Minister Wu begs pardon of Gen. Oils, but says he's another. - . ! m MAAKIXDTa ENVY. They talk about the busy bee In moral ajcents strcng. We'd work all summer, too. if we I ,-- Could* loaf all winter long. --Washington Star. LIBRARY NOTES. The March number of The Smart Set opens with a novelette by Mrs. Burton Harrison, entitled "TJie Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch." This is perhaps the strongest and most dramatic story Mrs. Harri son has written, and from first to last It is vibrant with emotional interest. The second feature of importance in the number is the $500 prize story, by Henry Goelet McVickar, enttTled 'The Whirl of Chance." It is a tale of Monte Carlo and the Riviera, seasonably appropriate, vivid in its coloring and instinct with the enchantment of the whirling wheels of fortune. "The Loves of Mr. Heath " by Flora Bigelow Dodge, sets forth in the guise of fiction an under side of English social life that is known only to the initiated—the loyalty of single men to married flirts whose rights of prior possession are openly exercised against possible rivals with matrimonial designs. Mr. Heath, a member of parliament with a prospect of being prime minister, has been largely aided in his career by Lady O'Brien, and when he falls in love with a fetching Ameri can widow he soons discovers that he Is no match in diplomacy for the wo man to whom he la held to owe alleg iance. "The Current of Things," by Ed gar Fawcett, Is a story of a brilliant young fatalist whose experience in his peculiar courtship of Lady Isabel Orrow goes far to substantiate his theories con cerning: inevitable destiny. Mrs. William Allen, whose "Love Letter of a Liar," published in The Smart Set last fall, created a social sensation, contributes to the present number a story of the Phil ippines, entitled ''The Mestiza." Other conspicuous contributors are Edith Bige low, Bliss Carman, Ella Wheeler Wil eox. Edith Sessions Tupper, Clinton Scol lard, Gertrude F. Lynch, Gwendolyn Overton and John Regnault Ellyson. GRANT AND THE MULES. Story of Hl* Work a* a Lieutenant in the Mexican War, MaJ. J. A. Watrous, U. S. A., tells in this week's Saturday Evening Post sev eral good stories of Gen. Grant when he was a, lieutenant In the Mexican war One is the mule story. He tried a detail cf men and many ropes, but the mule sot the better of the experiment. Then this happened: "Returning', he gave orders to take the "THE GOLDEN IDOL." i'Z, BY FERGUS HU/V\E. • Synopsis of Preceding Chapters—The scene opens on Fletmouth pier, where Norah Wharton is awaiting the arrival of her lover, Lieut. Jayne. just home from Chinese waters. Among other taints the young sailor has brought home with him is a six-inch idol of beaten gold, which Norah seize* eagerly to place on the mantelpiece. Acciden tally, however, it gets dropped into a tali Chinese jar, where, for the time the talt leaves it. Next day Lieut. Jayne is missing, and Norah remembers that on the pier he had noticed a Chinaman waiting, and that afterwards he had seemed less willing" to give her the idol. A boat is found on the beach somewhat damaged, and with blood marks on tiie •white paint. Rowland Gaskoll. a cousin of Jayne's, who also loves Norah, threatens to foreclose a mortgage on Jaynes' property. He also suggests that Philip Wharton, Norah's brother, is re sponsible for Lieut. Jayne's disappear ance. Fancy made no reply. She was accus tomed to be told she was like her father. It was at once the highest compliment or the direst obloquy—according to the subject in hand and the state of her mother's nerves. In the present instance she stood reproved, and maintained a ju dicious silence. Although it was quite able to make a start on Its own account, the machinery of Mrs. Wharton's nerv ous system was not capable of activity for any great length of time, in the ab sence of a direct supply of verbal fuel. She made a fresh start at the elder sis ter. "Norah," she said sharply, "you must help me to put up the clean curtains to day!" "Well, mother, I'm afraid it'll have to be rather late, for I promised to go out with Rowland. He is doing" everything he can to iind Leonard, and 1 must help him." • "Don't be a fool, Norah! Neither you ! nor twenty Rowlands will find Leonard. He is dead. I tell you. Its just an ex cuse for gadding about. Anything to get away from your own honTe and leavo* your poor mother to do aA the work:" "But you've got the 'paragon' now, ma." "Hold your tongue. Fancy! and go to school." "I am going." Fancy rose and .shook the crumbs out of her frock on to the floor. "I'd go to Jericho to get out of this!" Mrs. Whaii.on'3 facial muscles con tracted ominously. "Really, Norah, that girl is beyond anything! What can " Miss Prim be thinking of? Where does she get her manners from? I'm sure "a more centle creature than I never lived, and yet my children . Ah, well, it's past words. Give me the paper, Norah, and I'll try and read." Thankful for any respite, however short, Norah settled her amiable parent for the time being and ran up stairs to dress. She was anxious to see the gen eral as early as possible. In her bedroom she found the industri ous Jael, applying thereto methods of the same wholesale order as had seemed necessary to her cleanly mind In the drawing room. The chest of drawers was emptied, and its contents were piled up on the bed. "I thought I'd better give it a thorough, turn-out, miss," said Jael; •"and then I need only do the light dusting every day!" •'Quite so, Jael. But you might confine your 'turn out' to furniture. I am quite able to look after my clothes and paper*. Flac« them back in the drawers, plea-sa, and leave the room; I want to dress." The maid did as she was told. When 6he had gone. Norah took what she re quired and locked the door. She was beginning very seriously to misturst this over-zealous maid, and to entertain^, the strongest suspicions as to her motives. Only half an hour before she had seen her in Fancy's room in easy contemplation of tl'at young lady's water color draw ing of the Boojum; and, although it was, of course, quite possible that Jael might count a ' critical spirit in art among her other acquisitions, Nornh did not incline to think that her manifestly curious in spection of fancy's handiwork -,va3 : prompted by f:heer love of art on this oc casion—and that without any detraction from her sister's achievement. Then it struck her that, perhaps, she was some what hard on the girl; she was probably nothing but meddlesome and inquialtifi. "But even so," she summed up, "I pre fer Martha, with all her faults." She left the house and hurried off to Gen. Burnley's. The old man received her with coldness and (she thought) sus picion. ; From the outset ho made it quite clear that he knew her.errand, an 3 was not inclined to part with his now treasure on any terms. ♦ — "You come for the Joss/. I know," paid the old man. They were In the room in | which he had received her before. "You I do. Well, i am going to say you c&Tit ! have it. I've paid you a good price for it. Look at it up there! — it .bs more suitably placed? No. Thcra it must clay, my dear—it must." "And pray, General; who told you 1 wanted -it back?" asked Norah, a trifle ruiflod at having the wind thus taken out of her sails. "Gaskell—he did. '. He was here an hour ago, and wanted to buy it back from me. I could have got £10 on my bargain from him, I - could. But moneys nothing tj me compared to the joss." "But, general, didn't Rowland tell you about the advertisement?" ''He did—ho did.' deems some black gi ards. have offered to restore Mr. Jayne to the bosom of his family in return for my Joss! Confounded-impud«noe! Ex cuse me, my dear. I don't believe— a word of it—don't—not a word. All lie*, believe me—all lies." "It is-the truth!" cried Norah. with sudden vehemence. ' "O " general.' give me back the Boojum. Here is y«ur money.'' She pulled it out of her pocket. "Surely a man's life is of more value to you than that idol!" '"Now, my dear, you really musn't place — r GLOBE'S CIRCULATION F«R JANUARY. Ernest P. Hopwood. superintendent of circulation of the St. Paul Globs, being duly sworn, deposss and says that tho actual circulation of the St. Paul Globs for tho month of January, 1901, v/as as follows: Total for the moath -529,550 Average per day ....". 17,082 ERNEST P. HOPWOOD. Subscribed and sworn to before ms" this 31st day of January, 1901. H. P. PORTER, Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn, [NctarialSoal.] * FURTHER PROOF IS READY. The Globe invites any one and every one interested to. at any time, make a lull scrutiny of its circulation lists and records and to visit its press and mail ing departments to check and keep tab on the number of papers printed and the disposition made of the same. next victim to the large rock. It waa " barked as close to the obstruction as J.«. sible without actually touching it. Half f a dozen men Were toW to hold the brut<» by the head, ears and neck, and on nu account to let it advance from the rock - £? S£2'] afL* he bucklea l»8an to fasten the ntulo became restless. Protty soon iLJ?. c f sudden lunge and succeeded In erettinfir four feet away from the rock; llt^V fun , bcsan- Its heels eracke.l fiSi Tf the rock savagely for a shore time. It was a new experience, and ap parently a painful on*, for the battered hind feet were lifted again and again. MiVC7 "ently. and only one at a time ™i* its , head shook and ears flopped ■ ic^vLi mn>h*T? /i Urea and the problem f-cl\t<3. The detail returned to camp lat» that evening having- accomplished its mis sion-taken the kirk out of a drove of as unmanageable mules as ever hauled. pork and hardtack." / Lesion of Honor. 533£fn^£. LegfOn ° f Honor «■"*«■ AUTHOR OF= "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "Monsieur Judas," "The Nameless City," "The Dwarf's Cham ber." "The Red- Headed Man," etc. £??,<,♦'£ r? uch a Position—lndeed, you* T^a ** 3? a Brreat fan°y for this thin —J have. A great fancy!" s o Jut my happiness, general, and Leor'a ards safety! G general, think- . Now, you're going to cry! You are- I " itl ha m n ek Xr/ir^ l^ k "» «•* --understand me^Keep'vour "m n? v ' ?£*? « am quite bent on keeping mTjnis p I SPiii. This v-« sth •l"en 111 say crood-rlav " I could 3 wt out of°7 y "gst*ctto° Nora' ■■ill Jt to Philip next day "^solved to h.ui.t mmm soul should so Imperil ItLff n } mm°rtaL, SSSSSW "S* ap thise'w^tchea, m 'l l *Sa him for one minute. He I asked t me to give you the note. I anTanxious to learn its contents. Who knows what - the unhappy boy may have done^" 5 sh 7™ d3 raad.e her so nervous that:: she could scarcely tear open the envel ordi^; ap o dd she h a nd f et scrap of dirty, paper on which a few lines ■ re as e?o Cws? Vldently ta a hurr" MB ♦ »,'o?ear^": * send thls tO R.s office so ™> m°ther may not get it. I can't meet you today, as I am in danger, and ™i f\ S°, at ,once to London- Will see ! jou again when I can. As £o Leonard's disappearance, ask Bendigo. e ™e note fluttered from Noruh's^'fin th'Z-n n h? o!" she e.ispr. (l . "[5 Bendlgo": Oh. Impossible, Impossible!" JM^r***l^ st? r, Ue(l at North's sudden. ma it Hk>" plcked up the lett er and read It. He frowned and whistled «oftly an*l when he laid it down his face Ve fleeted something of the astonishment or '■ ••Bendigo!" ho muttered. "What can- Bendigo have to do with this?" "Nothing " said orah. recovering her self, "nothing-. Bandigo never leaves Beach cottage day or night. He had told mo so himself." ''Then I fear he told you what Is not true for several times I have seen him in the lower quarters of FlCtmouth.. There is nothing extraordinary in a man of his class frequenting those" parts but !t does away at once with his never leav en ofaph,li fp°'s^-"- AS to th* CUSa "I don't believe It." cried the girl, an plly. 'Bendigo la absolutely devoted to Leonard. H is most anxious to see him and deliver that packet. What ikTs him 6 in?" 80" COUld he have for wishin» "Phlltp does not say he does- He mere ''Jfg' that Bendfeo knows something" Wr^i Ja >: ne ? disappearance." Til a^hfnf'• 'd know he V/ ould tell mi a v dHK nim. M.'i'F^iJ? lea rvf, bd m t0 me- Norah. With h^. lett2r ' *U know how to deal with Norah pressed her hands to her h,>,id and moaned. "My mind will give waT under the strain of all this. Ever since that horrible Boojum came Into th house we have had nothing but trouble.. And now Bendisro-Ben--" She broke off suddenly. "Rowland, what does Neb by know about Wang-Ho?" cu.z, Gaskell turned as gray as a sea-frog ' Nothing that I know of. Why?" »4 Norah related her meeting with tha boy and his terrified flight at the mere mention of the name. "You say that Jinfou f . babbled in hia sleep. Rowland! ell, if Nebby sleeps in that place he may have learnt something. Oh it & terrible, this mystery. What is to be done?" >. -.! . '<- "Listen to me. Norah. I'll put this ad vertisement in the paper stating that the idol i can be exchanged for Leonard. An appointment will follow, and Gen. Burn ley, will bring the joss to the meeting place, where the police will be in hid ing. It is more than likely we shall res cue Jayne, and he himself will be able to furnish the key to all this mystery In the meantime I'll see Bendigo, and Nebby, and Jlnfon, and examine each of them carefully. .In some way or other I am determined to get at the bottom ■ of, this. But you must leave the matte* in my hands and not interfere. If yof do. you will only hinder me." (To Be Continued Daily.) *•