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For Minnesota—Fair Monday; ; warmer In western; and southern portions; Tues day fair; colder 'in northwest portions; light to fresh northeasterly, winds, shift ing to southerly. , .:•■"" For Wisconsin—Fair Monday and Tues day; light north to northeast winds. For lowa—Fair; warmer Monday;. Tues day fair;. easterly winds. . For North Dakota— warmer Mon day; Tuesday fair; probably colder; southerly 'winds,, shifting to northwest erly. . ■-. . . . For South Dakota— Monday; warmer in eastern portion; Tuesday fair; variable winds. For Montana—Fair Monday and Tues day; westerly winds. -St. ..Paul — Yesterday's observations,, taken by the United States weather bu reau. St. Paul. P. F. Lyons,. observer, for the twenty-four hours ended! at 7 o'clock last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature, 27; lowest temperature, 14; aver age' temperature, -20; daily range, 13; barometer, 30.30; humidity, S4; 7 p. m., temperature, 25; wind north; weather, clear; precipitation, 0. '~?;-^3 • Yesterday's Temperatures— - *SpimHigh '--': *BpmHigh Alpena .. ...3ff 40 Huron .. 38 44 Atlanta. .. ...30 34 Kansas City .45 66 Bismarck ....3» -:0 Memphis ....30 SO Buffalo .. 32 34 Minnedosa ..30 S3 Boston .. ..:.S6 38 Montreal ...... 48 56 Calgary .. ..10 ill Nashville '....32 SI " Cheyenne ... .33 40 'New- Orleans.3B -44 Chicago .. . .31 GO New York .. .52 62 Cincinnati .. .34 58 North Platte.42 44 Cleveland 7...5S ■40 Norfolk ..... 38 40 De-over .. ..30 £0 Omaha .. ....58 62 Dcs Monies...s2 :' : Philadelphia .36 - 38 Detroit 34 SGiPittsburg ....42 "42 Duluth 24 ■« .Qu'Appelle ..50 ■ M Edmonton .CO . r»2i'Frisco :. ....46 54 Grand Haven.7o V 0 Salt Lake ....24 26 Crreen Bay ..32 38 Ste. Marie ...44 48 Helena 40 ■»,Washington .5G 64 Jacksonville .36 4'lWinnipeg 24 3i> . *Washinston time (7 p. m. St. Paul). MONDAY, NOV. 18, ISOI. Brother McCardy: Beware the man damus. It is a boomerang. . Let there always be -hereafter a secure string to your refusals to audit. The man who plays the role of his own lawyer, even though "lie ii a reform official, usually has the same, old kind 61 a client.:- . ' JMVIi THEIR XATIVi; ZANJD. ' A suggestion appeared in one of The Gin],.;, contemporaries recently to the effect that. it would be cheaper for Eng land to bay a ticket to the United States for "every poor Boer in the Trans vaal than~to exterminate -or subjugate I them. Without .doubt England would rejoice if- she had such an opportunity to end the disastrous war which she wages against a -liberty-loving people—heroic to a pitch that lias excited the. admiration of- the whole world, and resourceful to a degree.which has amazed their en emies. But it is not ' certain that the Boers would sell their birthright for a ticket to a foreign lami. In fact, there is every reason to believe that they would scorn such a if made to thi m In « urnest; The Boers are not fighting to protect mere property. "With the exception of the gold mines at Johannesburg and the diamond mines at Kimbc-rley there Is little;of value in South Africa—and the . Boers themselves own tout slight inter est in either ■ gold ■. or diamond mines. They are farmers and .stockmen, and the elements are often unkind to them, crops failing and : stock perishing.. by hundreds. - But the Boers are rich in patriotism and love of" the land wherein they dwell. They left their homes .in Europe" to escape their oppressors, and were driv en from one location to another in .South Africa by the greed of men 'de . lighting to call themselves more .: civ ilized, more advanced, than the refu- ' gees. At last there was no place for them. to. trek to, and in protection of such property as they had accumulated, and in defense of-the homes they had established, the Boers made a stand - against English avarice and oppression. . They are not to be bought off with steamship and railroad' tickets. ..Lib- i erty i* more precious to them than gold, ■' more IV l)e; desired than wealth. That the struggle for liberty will be contin .;. lied, even as the American colonists struggled lo ultimate victory under con ditions rar.cn similar, Is the belief of. "all impartial, students of the sturdy char acter, of tbe people of the two repub lics wliieii avaricious Albion has declar ed by in-jtulamation to be no longer on M the ma jr."* - ■ . ——■ *' —" . . Well; ihi> gopher is no match anyway for the badger. Th(» animals are in whol ly different- classes. mriTisir: prestige ..•s orely - . WOVyiiKD. To any thoughtful man the \ prediction made at ' the outbreak of - the South [ Af rican war. I Chat the subjugation of: the Boers v,'tmld test the military and finan cial resources of the British- empire, would EOnnil as little % more than "a thought horn of a bitter. anti-British feel ing or. an expression of profound. admi . ration oC the Boers.- ' Yet Ihj^ prediction,has Seen more than fulfilled. The: dispatches ■ today show the Eritisb cabinet on the verge of demor- alization, arid the war office , wholly de - moralized, it has required all the affirm ativc oCiciat.'lying, and concealment of : f ; ...'<• ~» the British-ministers (and com- manders to prevent the world from know ing how wretched a plight it is in which the king's army is in South Africa. 'V It is a remarkable proof ■of the ■ solid : arity •. of h British public sentiment that; ■ the masses pay.so-little; attention to the | protests ;of men like Mr. John Morley whom they were in the ■ past disposed ;to treat with the highest consideration. .Of course the British blood is • up, • and the ' animal nature of the - race 'is'■ in the as cendency. . It will; probaWy remain so till the end; but "■ it. is reasonably '■ sure - that even at that, the end will never .be '■ reached as long as . there .is to be -'found ■ a body of able-bodied Boers in the Trans vaal. " Olive"/SchreinVr - was n#t far I fromi: wrong when i she ' declared that ' England: would never - succeed .-in ■. subjugating; South Africa as long :as there : remained * a Boer woman" capable of bearing a .^hild. ■ The policy of slow annihilation, which Lord Kitchener declares now to be the only one which will produce the success sought, may be carried out, and it may win. But:before that event arrives the prestige of the British empire as a fight-J ing power will .have : suffered an eclipse , which nothing short of another Waterloo will ever raise to the point at which v it; had remained since the days of the Duke of Wellington. . ;^;.-' T . Sunday's G 1 o 1> c was easily the best paper printed in the Twin Cit ies from the viewpoint of the foot- ball enthusiast. Its report of the game was comprehensive and vivid, its charts of the play the first of the kind ever seen in ■ the' Xorthweat, and its pictures of the players and the grounds at Madison in every re spect No. 1. In local and general features. The Globe also held iirst place. ; Modesty prevents us from saying more -than this; he Globe is in front; the others are away back sitting down. - . ':. -~mr- .'. -. ... ' '-. ■' '-■' col. It. li. IIAItItISOK, LAWYER. From a current newspaper item it is learned that Col. Russell B. Harrison, son of Benjamin and - great-grandson of William Henry, has read law, passed the required examination and been admitted to the bar, together with the heredita ments, appurtenances ■'."'.' and emoluments thereunto appertaining, to be laconic. And for why, guess. you, did Col. Har rison seek to be a lawyer? In order ihat he might defend himself against what he claims is the harsh treatment of the war department. And this leads to the query. Wherein has the war department dealt harshly with the scion of the. house of Harrison,' boasting two presidents? Particulars; are lacking in the item men tioned, and are not clearly in mind. :; But, it seems, Col. Harrison went val iantly to war in the time when his coun try called for soldiers to march against the man-eating dons. If memory serves us faithfully Col. Harrison's first achieve ment was the detection, while in the iiuartermaster's department, of a car lead of overripe potatoes, which some unscrupulous contractor was trying to sell to the government for the use of volunteer boys in camp. With a bravery not exceeded by tr>at of Benjamin ot William Henry on the tented field, he defied the contractor and thwarted the base attempt to foist unsanitary pota toes on the soldiers of the union. Well, the war went on, and Col. Har rison won other and higher honors, but wound up with a wrangle over some ac tfounts. As is often the ease, his accounts were discredited by the war department, and to this day he has not been able to get a settlement to his own liking. With an implied distrust of the ; legal fraternity which The Globe regrets exceedingly, Col. Harrison thought it necessary to. forsake the Martian camp and take up the study of law -in order to right his real or fancied wrongs. Com ing of a lawyer father, and he of a long line of lawyers, the reflection upon - the legal fraternity implied in Col. Russell B.s action gives The Globe surprise and pain. TheGlobeis confident that among the members of the bar . there w must be some gentlemen equal to the arduous task of defending Col. Harrison, whose genius for getting into trouble has. followed him from Montana to Florida. The decision of the supreme court af firming the sentence of Fred Briggs will help to prevent the reform movement in Minneapolis from losing its interest to the voters of that town before they are officially called on" to pass judgment on it. JIO H' RXTFOKSrS ABE VOX. The theory on which all Rpublicars have acted in their assumed desire for municipal reform is that the poor, com mon, uneducated, hard-working mass of city population are from choice in favor of corruption in public life. Few arguments have been heard di rected against the ascendency of Tam many Hall in the affairs of New York city which did not involve this assump tion. The Republican press has never tired of sounding the alarm against the influence in political life of the ignorant, foreign element in American society. According to Republican philosophy, if the disfranchisement of such people could be accomplished, at least in a qualified way, intelligence and virtue would be sure to win the day in the fight for municipal reform. The success of Seth Low in New York involves a sore blow to this view. The Republican reformers recognize this truth, and they are keeping mighty still on the subject. The returns of the groat struggle in New York show that some of the most decisive majorities against Tammany came from districts, the residents of which are mostly illit erate foreigners. Even the infamous "red light" district loomed up grandly with its anti-Tammany majorities. The inability to explain this phenome na without admitting the vital truth whiah it embodies explains Republican silence. And yet the true explanation is us simple as it is true. Avowed reformers have always been regarded by the poorer Classes in American cities as representing THE ST. PAUIr ULOBB, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901. the better-and-holier-than-thou notion. The poor voter has as little toleration for dishonesty as his better-to-do and more pretentious neighbor—often more. But, naturally enough, he has resented the advances toward him at election time of that class of his fellow citizens which shows not even a human interest in him between elections. Municipal reform is an impossibility without the active co-operation of the masses. That co-operation can always be had when it is sought earnestly and intelligently. Republicanism could ,no more have accomplished of itself what was accomplished in New York city, on election day than could nihilism. The overthrow of Tammany was a Demo cratic victory. **t was accomplished un der Democratic leadership and by Demo cratic votes. It can never be accomplish ed otherwise, because the masses of the people in every community are Demo crats. -. It would be a happy circumstance that decision of the supreme court which sustains the law providing for the ap pointment of a committee by the council for the condemnation of property needed for market house purposes could find a broader application. The number of meritorious public improvements which have been beaten by property owners in this city who are looking for a fortune through the sale of their property to the community is about in inverse ratio to the number of fortunes which these grasping and litigious mortals have been able to realize in that way. President Roosevelt has turned the pic ture of "Gas" Addicks. of Delaware, to the wall, whereat the St Paul Globe goes into convulsions over the disruptions it sees in the Republican party as a result. The Globe better be hunting a. safe re treat from the cyclone of Republican bal lots that is sure to follow Presides Roosevelt's fearless policy. As long as tha people approve he has nothing to ue afraid of.—Redwood Review. Yes: and if Roosevelt is the fearless man that our Republican friends say he is, there may be a cyclone of another kind, and our esteemed friend from Red wood may be helping to pick up the scat tered fragments of a national administra tion. The views of that intelligent juryman.; ■who declared that he did not regard the negro as human ought ;' to commend themselves to a great number of - people.; Those who start negro barbecues from time to time might ease their consciences ■materially by an avowal -of the . same opinion. ." ' . To do away with runners it is not ab solutely : necessary to run away with the idea : that they have run -. too far away from their legal rights. v ? - . - Even had the referee decided that Jef freys committed a foul, the public would be still satisfied; that Ruhlin was .rotten. ■; , ■ > • ' •""'-" ' '■»'— — ■ ■ * : "' ■ Form*Sjide \^* Remarks .. "With Wabasha, 1 IJed Wing . and seven other : towns worse than themselves clam orous \ for the ) girls' training| school; :if you ;" remember/ that - Leavitt and Litch field. are one and the same, who'd you bet on? " ■.;;.. : . T _ v ( For the first time; in ; history, a Cana dian .will ■ act as chief administrator \of Canada.. This is a very dangerous prece dent. Why, the - man ' may . know some thing of the county and the people. This pure food commissioner idea is all right, but the present burning need is somebody or something that will ef- fectively remonstrate with and fine the cook lady when she burns the potatoes, boils the tea and ensaffrons with the soda the joyless and soggy tea bis cuit. Can't Mr. Roosevelt attend to this? The Bullion woman appears to be more brass than pure gold. Having acquired the Hope lady in the person of May Tone, we now proceed on our triumphant way to absorb the Hope diamond. Thus all our Hopes are realized. Look at that man Schwab reach for another million-dollar job. Not content with the Amalgamated Steel, he actu ally suggests a shipbuilders' trust, with himself as promoter, and adds this com bination would absorb all, the capital and brains in the United States. Mod est man, that! Question heard in the Third congres sional district: "Why, oh why, does the party look so coldly on our Joel's gubernatorial ambition? Is he not great, grand and imposing: and has he not the only perfect political organization in the state? Is he not the whole wheat, and has he not the support of the North field News?" The abolition of sabretaches and white bandoliers is responsible for more grumb ling in*, the British army than all the South African disasters put together. And yet we say women have a monopoly of all the vanity. — Mrs. Nannie Moos-Larned-Browning- Englert runs the Coffln-Snell-Somebody Else-Coffin-Snell lady hard for matri monial dishonors. The latter married and divorced the same husband three times and married and divorced another man, while the M. L. B. E. woman, who is barely twenty, has been married only three times, and divorced twice; but of course she is young yet. Heard in Minneapolis: First senator to country constituent: "Hush,* now, this is strictly on the q. t. I have a tip straight from the governor there will li no extra session." Second senator t« same politician, ten minutes later: "Now, this is strictly confidential, I had a long talk with Van Sant this morning, and he is going to call that extra session, sure." Wraith of Van Sant, in puzzled soliloquy: 'Now, if I call that extra session I'll not be nominated, and if I don't call it the politicians will all be out against me dead sure. Is it better to tfe damned if I do or be damned if I don't?" • A One-Sided View. Senator Hansbrough has written aa other editorial on the tariff Question, and advance copies have been sent out. text being published in another column of todays Herald. It will be noticed that the senator scores the Democrats for fa voring tariff revision, and calls particular attention to the unfavorable criticisms of his position which have appeared in the St. Paul Globe. The reader of t^ws editorial, if he did not know better, would conclude that it was only from Democratic sources that such criticism had come. It was to be expected that there would be Democratic opposition if for mere partisan reasons. But is it possible that the senator reads only his Democratic exchanges? Or is it possible that having read the Republican papers Of the Northwest he has failed to notice that the papers of the Republican f;iith have been more severe in their criticisms of his position than have those of the opposite political faith? If these facia have escaped the observation of the senior senator it may be as well to re mind him of them.—Grar^d Forks Herald. Public Opinion. \ Reciprocity or Exclusion. When Japan has established her steel plate industry and the variously pro jected • anufactures conflicting with the Westei world, it will not be long before a tariff wall shuts out American com modities. For a while the United States has had an Q pen field in Australia, Eng land and Japan, with a partially opened door in France and Germany. The doors are fast closing anrt must eventually shut. Intelligent reciprocity holds the sole future success in the international field.—Baltimore Herald. Head's I Win, Tail* You Lose. Senator Lodge's ingenious scheme for "general reciprocity" seems to be win ning much favor in thoroughly orthodox circles within Republican lines. Being in favor Of .reciprocity but opposed to reciprocity treaties, in Mr. Lodge's sug gestion is found a loop hole of escape. The French, Argentine and Other trea ties can be defeated under cover of giv ing the country some kind of a maximum and minimum law which it is known beforehand that congress will not pass. While still shouting for reciprocity, the organs and orators can satisfy them selves and the trust magnates which they stand for that the tariff will not be touched. The party is to be con gratulated on having found a way out of its accumulating difficulties in re gard to a great question.—Philadelphia Times. The American Railroad System. With the formation of a single great corporation to control the warring trans continental interests of the great North west American railroads as a whole may be said to have reached the point, solid but elevated, toward which they have been struggling for the two genera tions since their inception, and which less than ten years ago seemed beyond the reach of many of them. With all the various geographical systems now in strong hands, with overbuilding and reckless competition insured against, these institutions should now be as se cure as the government which protects them. The conservative processes of the last few years are as marvelous as the progressive movements of the years that went before. The building of 2u0,000 miles of American railroads has been no greater task than the adjustment, now nearly complete, of each part of this enormous system to all the others. —New York Press. m Political Diplomats. An American citizen who has long re sided in the City of Mexico has written a letter to the New York Sun, criticising the conduct of certain members of the United States delegation to the Pan- American conference. Society at the Mexican capital is punctilious and the failure of the Americans to observe the expected social requirements, according to this observer, has given offense and hurt the cause of the United States. The first instance he cites is that of the performance of a leading member of the United States delegation at the reception given by President and Mrs. Diaz to the delegates. He was offered the distin guished honor of taking the presidents wife to supper. His blunt reply was that he was tired and was going home. This, at least, Is the story circulated in the capital. Again, when an elaborate reception was given at the department of foreign affairs, only one of the women in the American party appeared in even ing dress. The others wore street cos tumes to the scandal of Mexican society women.—Kansas City Star. If Orthodox He May Steal. The outcome of the recent election in Pennsylvania is, by contrast with the re sults obtained in other states, an ex ceedingly disheartening experience. In Pennsylvania, both in the city and the country districts, public spirit is appar ently an .unknown-quantity, or* to state the case in most exact terms, it is not an element in determining political re sults that can be depended upon to lead to a majority vote. If the political thieves and scalawags are Republicans, or more especially if they are good protectionists, they can count, in Pennsylvania, upon receiving a sufficient support to secure their elections, even though there should be nominated against them men of the highest reputation for honor, honesty and ability. Perhaps no more striking illustration can be found in any part of our country of the demoralizing and de praving effects of a system of public aid in private enterprises than is presented by the -political situation in the Keystone state. Provided the bosses are sound on the subject of industrial protection, they may loot the: public treasury to their heart's desire without fearing that a re buke will be administered to them by their constituencies made up of the classes to which we have just referred.— Boston Herald. How About Matt Qnay? It is hard to down Addicks permanent ly. The Republican national convention at St. Louis in 1596 gave him a backset by shutting him and his delegation out from recognition. When the door of that body was slammed indignantly In his face there were that the country had heard' thee last of him. But this was an error. His ambition to get into the senate irrespective of the wishes of the better portion of the Delaware Republicans has created deadlocks in that state's legislature and vacancies in the senate, and contributed thousands to the Democratic vote. Even now Addicks says he is not going to give up. According to report, he says the federal patronage in Delaware does not concern him one way or the other, that all he wants is the senatorship, and that ht will v*>rk for that as persistently as before. Yet it is safe to assume that his power tor mischief to the Republicans from Vo;s time onward will not be so great as for merly. President Roosevelt's enrollment among his active enemies means that Addicks' days as a marplot in the Re publican party are numbered.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Condition, Sot'm. Theory. When congress assembles next month it will be confronted with a condition and with several theories. The condi tion is an annual surplus of $130,000,000. The theories relate to its prevention or disposal. A considerable number of men in of fice favor the shortest and easiest way of dealing with the surplus—that Is, spending it. Spending other people's money is always an agreeable occupa tion to the average politician. There are ways enough, of course. Ship sub sidies, an isthmian canal, more pensions, bigger river and harbor appropriations and new public buildings to £e-elect con gressmen can easily absorb the surplus. But there are important elections in near ly all the states next year, and th-e wise and prudent leaders of the party in power do not look with favor upon a new carnival of extravagance. These men, with the president at their head, are likely to recommend a furtner reduction of the war taxes. But vrnat are the war taxes? , When the war for the Union began, forty years ago, the average tariff w^s abcut 28 per cent. Under the stress ior revenue, and to counterbalance internal taxes on manufactures, the average duty was raised to 50 or 52 per cent. At the end of the-war internal taxes, mafh ly upon the wealth and yielding $300,000, --000 a year, weYe <me after the other re pealed. But now, though our "infant industries" are forty years older, the tariff taxes are still up to the highest point of war taxation.—New York World. Tariff Xot a Qne.ition of !-'airii«-s.<. Mr. Roosevelt seems to overlook th» fact that the treaty mode of extending: trade will not apply to the greatest Oi all commercial nations—the nation which buys more than one-half of all our ex ports to Europe and nearly 40 pir cent of our exports to all the world—Great Britain. That nation admits our products free practically without any treaty, and has no duties to lower or remit in ex- change for .a like lowering or remission of our Dingley duties on British prod ucts. Now, what would Mr. Roosevelt do in this case? Would he negotiate treaties with France, Germany and other coun tries agreeing to lower our duties on their products 50 per cent, more or less, in consideration of a reduction of their duties on our products, and would he at the same time maintain the full Dingley rates on British products because the British already admit our products ab solutely free* That would manifestly be a most un just and ungrateful treatment of a coun try which buys from us more than any other score of countries put together and treats us so liberally that she has prac tically nothing left t.o concede. In sim ple justice to our best customer we ought to give her the benefit of our lowest treaty rates. We must necessarily do that purely as a mat*er of fairness and for our own interests, because there is no room for reciprocal concessions on the part of Britain.—Chicago Chronicle. Qlobe goquets. The St. Cloud Times thinks the Democ racy of the St. Paul Daily Globe is questionable because it is using as a pre mium the life of William McKinley. If the reading of the biography of such a man as the late president is bad for the Democratic cause—so much the worse for Democracy.—Journal Press. There Was Room. The St. Paul Globe has improved con siderably under its new management. It is now devoting considerable space to special correspondence from the country towns, and last Monday's issue contained two pages of thus matter alone. There was plenty of room for improvement in The Globe, and the change came none too soon.—Benson Monitor. Thanks, Very Much. The St. Paul Globe has taken a brace under the new management. We do not know who owns the paper or in whose interest it is run. As a newspaper it has improved lately and as such, is today one of the most readable journals of the cities. With its other improvements we trust it has gained a consistency In poli tics that will be permanent. The Globe has heretofore been Democratic except during the campaign, when it grew in tensely Republican. That wasn't a "square deal." May it be different in the future.—St. Peter Herald. At (he theaters. One of the best of those comedies in homespun that faave followed in the wake of "Shore Acres," is Mrs. Parkers play, " 'Way Down East." Its second appear ance in St. Paul was greeted by a large audience last nigtht at the Metropolitan theater. " 'Way Down East" is one of those plays that must always command large audiences because they tell stories that make a strong appeal to the major ity of human hearts. One goes to see " 'Way Down East not because the play introduces a greater variety of live stock than any other pastoral comedy; not because real butter is churned in a real churn; not because one of the most real istic snowstorms ever produced on a stage sifts its whiteness down over the third act. He goes to see it because In its four acts a plucky woman makes a fight against big odds and wins—not a woman of the Zaza type, surrounded by a false atmosphere, but an average wom an more sinned against than sinning. However, although in " 'Way Down East" the story is the thing, not the setting, that setting adds to tne success of the play. The playwright has picked up a bit of New England village life and put it behind the footlights to give atmosphere to her story. The village gossip, the country bumpkin, the squire, the bells, the "hero and, alas, the villain, realistically people the play t A competent company presented " 'Way - Down East" • last T night. . Many -; of the principals _; are: new," v but none . of'-J the changes> made in the cast have weaken ed " the | play. "/ Charles - Reigel * fits , neatly into the role'of Squire Bartlett, honest, warm-hearted, but a trifle narrow. Grace Hopkins plays the part, of ; Anna Moore, succeeding Phoebe : ; Davis,".' who : created ' the role. The character is ] rather a dif ficult one to portray, it is so easy for the • actress to ( become melodramatic and thus destroy the naturalness of the part. Miss [ Hopkins' portrayal was • simple ;; and - sin cere.. - In the. trying climax \of ( the third act her impassioned outburst -before she faces the storm outside had all -the effect of -.; spontaneity. . . ' '. | £ Loyola O'Connor,- as Martha Perkins, the gossip; John E. Brennan as Hi Holler, ,the chore ; boy,""and John C. r Hlckey :as \ Seth ' Holcomb," all did excellent character: ; work. *■'■ Charles A. Burke as Rube Whip pie, sang "Air Boun Round With a Wool en . String,'.'. a song that made the gallery happy. Miss Gracie Hull, a very youthful • and decidedly^ pretty ingenue, played sat isfactorily the part 'of Kate Brewster. : :" The ; audience - was . demonstrative in its - approval : and curtain calls were numer ous. ; c ;,. - "') •-'■=''-— '•'-' ~'J-\ ■:'.- " :.:' I " 'Way Down East" will be at the Met ropolitan the remainder of the week. The usual -matinees ..will- be .given:'--.'- v.: - Cylde Fitch's "Barbara Frietchie," the play Chat brought : Marlowe ;. fame and j considerable wealth ; last' season, was ; seen : for the first time in St. Paul .at the Grand .'last night. _v The : audience was a fairly .: large; one, ,; and t Fitch ;in his con struction of the play borrows ' from Whit - tier one of his prettiest creations, "Bar bara Frietchie," around which he has woven a story ■ that breathes I patriotism and love. Unless it is in the closing act, ■ ; where -'. Stonewallr Jackson, .V" pointing ; ■to • Barbara "as she defiantly waves the Stars and Stripes, utters the famous words:: " "He ; who touches JaY hair i of ■ yon gray ; head,'' etc., the lines :. are' original. •'. ■ Barbara Frietchie, the central figure in this admirable blend of the blue and gray, finds meritorious portrayal at the hands of Miss Frances Gaunt. Miss Gaunt is stately, a veritable daughter of the Confederacy, though love later sup plants country, and while perhaps a trifle dramatic in scenes that do not demand it, her work throughout is admirable. Unless it is J. H. Hazelton, Barbara's father, the only other characterization worth mentioning is that of Capt. Trum tmll, by Richard G. Williams. He is an ideal soldier and a satisfying lover. Both he and Mrs. Gaunt suffer a severe handi cap in the shape of poor support. The "Dainty Paree Burlesquers" at the Star this week could cut out the open ing and closing burlettas and still give a good performance. The olio is long and strong. The initial piece, "Royal Trouble," doesn't amount to much, but the rlmaining portion of the performance is a winner. The Lynotte Sisters begin the olio. M'lle La Toska, a most mar velous contortionist, folds herself into startling poses. Honan and Kearney put up a ludicrous burlesque on a boxing match. The next number introduces Louise Carver and Genie Pollard. Louise Carver needs no introduction, as her face Is familiar to patrons of vaudeville. There is no funnier woman in the busi ness than she. Miss Carver Is something of a contortionist also, and her humor is apparently spontaneous. Shattuck and Bernard in "The Tramp and the Lady" are more than entertaining. Shattuck does a serious bit. Fagin, the Jew, just before his execution, from "Oliver Twist," which is a commendable piece of acting. "Just Plain" Fred Wyckoff also does a bit of character work in the role of a country cousin. A most decided hit were the Grahams in illustrated songs. An innovation in this sort of a perform ance is the handling of the lantern by Gracie Graham. The performance ter minates with tiie burletta,. "Paris Upside Down." Jhe globe's jg~|*fl Jfow to cCeatn Spanish. BY GEORGE F. m'kIBBEN, A. M. ARTICLE HI. (Note—Because of the typesetting ma chine's limitations we substitute for n with the tilde, in the few words requir ing it, the combination ny, which has the advantage of giving the pronunciation of the omitted character. The position of the acute accent is shown where it is most important by one of the figures, 1, 2 or 3, after the word requiring an ac cent. Thus dil, diol, indicate that the last vowel is thus marked, but 2 the next BY GEORGE: P. STKIBBEX, A. M., - - . " ■ ' ■ - y?r. Professor of Modern Laugnoges in Denison University. to the last vowel and 3 the second from the last. In the reading lesson, however, figures in parentheses have a value there explained.) 32. 'Many nouns are treated like adjec tives in taking as modifiers masl, more; menos, less; muy, vexy, in the sense, of more of a, less of a and very much of a, etc., respectively. The Numeral Adjectives. 33. Cardinals— 1. Uno (un), una. 14. Catorce. 2. Dos. 15. Quince. 3. Tres. 20. Veinte. 4. Cuatro. 25. Veinte y cinco. 5. Cinco. veinlicinco. 6. Seis. 30. Treinta. 7. Siete. 40. Cuarenta. 8. Ocho. 50. Cincuenta. 9. Nueve. 60. Sesenta. 10. Dicz. 70. Serenta. 11. Once. 80. Ochenta. 12. Doce. 90. Noventa. 13. Trece. 100. Ciento (cien). Ist. Primero (primer), a. 23. Segundo, a. 3d. Tercero (tercer), a. 4th. Cuarto, a. sth. Quinto, a. 6th. Sexto, sesto, a. 7th. Septimo, setimo, a. Bth. Octavo, a. 9th. Nono, novena, a. 10th. Decimo, a. 11th. Undecimo, a, 35. Fractionals— Vi. La mitad, un medio. 1*&- Uno y medio, una y media. 1-3. Un tercio, la tercera parte. 2-3. Dos tercios, las dos terceras par tes. %. Tres cuartos. -Numeral Adverbs— Once. Una vez. Twice. Dcs veces. Often. Muchas veces. Seldom. Rara vez, raraa vcees. It is recommended to identify the verbs, which are mostly of Conj. I, and the ad ectives, of the following exercises: 1. De quel hat) la V.? Of what are you speaking? 2. Los muchachos y las muchachas buscan a los cirados. The boys and g>»r. laok for the servants. 3. Los liFros cuestan (20, a.) stete reales cada uno. The books ccst seven reals each. 4. Doy lecciones de castellano. I give lessons in Spanish. 5. Cain matol a (13) su hermar.o. Cain killed his brother. 6. Le semana pasada, o el mes pasado. Last week or last month. 7. Nosotros hablamos masl que voso tros. We talk more than ycu. 8. E! hombre es menos (32) politico que esplotador. The man is less of a politi cian than a boodlcr. 9. Cuesta (20, a.) ta torta un pan. The tart costs a loaf^ or it costs more than it is worth. 10. Truena muchisimo. It thunders very much. 11. Tronaba toda la noclie. It thun dered last night. 12. Hallel el libro que busquel (20, b.). I found the book that I looked for or sought. 13. Compra el Aleman los bonitos par aguas de los Franceses? Does the Ger man buy the pretty parasols -of the Frenchmen? 14. Ell busca un cuchilo. lie looks for a knife. 15. Muy scnor mio, juega V. en lugar de estudiar? My dear sir, do you play in place of studying? Object Pronouns. 36. The personal pronoun employed as subject of a verb was briefly presented in section 17. We come now to the use of the personal pronoun as object of verbs and prepositions. It is a rather difficult part of Spanish grammar. (a) We recognize two ways of express ing the indirect object, or the dative, and two for the accusative, or the direct object. One is called conjunctive, be cause the object pronoun is joined with the verb; the second way is called dis junctive or prepositional, because the object pronoun is disjoined from the verb and governed by a preposition: me da, or da a ml, he gives to me; te busca, or a ti busca, he seeks thee. (b) Very often disjunctive and con junctive forms accompany the same verb, securing emphasis by redundancy of ex pression: me da a fcii, or a mi me da, he gives (to) me; te busca a ti, a ti te bus ca, he seeks thee; le digo a V., or a V. le digo, I say it to you; les estimo a VV., I esteem you. (c) The conjunctive forms precede a finite verb, unless it begin a sentence or be an affirmative imperative. In the two latter cases, and also when the verb is an infinite or present participle, the pronoun follows and is appended as an additional syllable or syllables (if two pronouns are added, see f below): no me quites el libro, don't take the book from me; procura a tomaria, he tries to take it; tomandolo, taking it. (d) As examples (under b) above show the conjunctive dative and accusative forms of usted, ustedes, are le and les, whicii mean also; to him, to her, to them, and him, her, then. Note the fol lowing additional examples: busquel a VV., mas no les encontrel, I sought you, but I did not find you. (c) The reflective, se, is sometimes da tive, sometimes accusative. Very often it represents an indefinite subject: one they, we, people. Or the verb with se may be rendered by our passive. Exam ples: se halla ocupado, he finds himself busy; se enganya, he deceives himself; V. se enganya, you deceive yourself; se dice, they say, or it is said; aqui se come bien, here one dines (eats) well; aqui se habli ingles. English is spoken here; se compran libros viejos, old books are bought; se quita el abrigo, he takes oft his (own) overcoat. (f) Often a verb governs two conjunc tive object pronouns. The dative then precedes the accusative, unless one of the pronouns be se (himself, etc.), which must stand first. If le or les comes thus to stand before any object pronoun be ginning with l. they change to se; so lo doy a V.. I give it to you; darselo. to give it to him (to them); _dandoselo, siv- ing it to him (to them); se lo presto a ella, I lend it to her; se les envia, he sends them to them. Tha Verb Continued. 37. Conjugation 11, model, comer, to eat; simple tenses, active voice. Prin cipal parts: Comer, comiendo, comldo, como, eomil. Present Group. Pes. Ind.—l eat. etc Como, comes, ccme, comemos, comeia, comen. Pres. subj.—l may eat, etc. Coma, comas, coma, eomamos, comals, coman. Imperative—Eat (thou) etc. , come, coma, eornamos, corned, coman. Impf. md.—l was eating, etc. Comia, eomias, comia, eomiamos, comiais, com ian. Accent on i in each form. Preterite Groan. Pret. md.—l ate or did eat. etc. Comil, comiste, comiol, comimos, comisteis. First impf. sabj.—l should eat, etc. Crmiera, comieras, comiera, comlera mosl, comierajs, comieran. Second impf. sub.—l should eat, etc. ■Comiese, comieses, comiese, comiese mosl, comieses, comiesen. Put. subj.—l shall or should eat, etc. Comiere, comieres, comiere, comiere mosl, comieseis, comiesen. I'udire Gron>). Fut. in.—l shall eat, etc. Comerel, comeras, comeral, comeremos, comereia comeranl. Conditional—l should eat, etc. Com eria, Comerias. comeria, coraeriamos, comeriais, comerian. Accent on iin each form. 38. Verbs of conjugations II and 111 have almost the same endings. These endings differ most markedly from those of conjugation I in the imperfect indica tive, but note the difference also in all forms of the preterite group, where the endings are the same as in the preterite group of the irregular verbs (andar and dar> of the first conjugation. S'J. Conjugation 111, model, vivir to live; simple tenses, active voice Prin cipal parts; vivlr, viviendo, vivido vivo Present Group. Pres. md.—l live, etc. Vivo, vivos vive vivimos, vivisl, viven. Pres. subj.—l may live, etc. Viva viv viva, vivamos, vivais, vivan. Imperative—Live (thou), etc.—Vive viva, vivamos, vivid, vivan. Impf. md.—l was living. Vivia. viviaa vivia, viviamos, viviais, vivian. Accent on i in each form. - . Preterite Group. : Pret md.—l lived, or did live, etc. Vivil, viviste, - viviol, ; vlvimos, vivisteis vlvle ron. — r r. First imp. subj.—. should live, etc. \iviera, vivieras, viviera, vivieramosl vivierais, • vlvieran. : Second imp. subj.—l should live, etc Viviese, , vlvieses, viviesc, viveaemosl, vivieseis, viviesen. . Fut. : subj.—l shall or should live, etc. \iviere, vivieres, ; viviere, vivieremosl, yiviereis, vivieren. ; V - - I-'titiin- Group. £;(~ > Fut. md.—l shall live, etc Vivirel, viviasl, . viviral, vlviermos, vlvireia, viviranl. '-.■'..."'■,. Conditional—l should live, etc. Viviria, vivlrias, iviria; viviriamos. viviriais, vlvi rian. Accent on iin each form. t' r '-:. The Possessive^. 40. The possessive words serve as ad jectives and pronouns, but are commonly called the possessive pronouns. The sep arate uses need, however, to be carefully distinguished. Whether the possessive word be an adjective or a pronoun it agrees in gender, and number, not with the possessor, but i with the thing pos • sessed..; ;- The Possessive Adjective*. 41. As adjectives the possessives may be considered sas conjunctive or , disjunc tive, according as they precede of : follow ; the limited noun. The conjunctives are ; Shorter; and „do • not . vary . for. gender, ex- : ceptnuestro, our, and vuestro, your.-.Tho following table of the possessive adjec tives will bo useful: Singular. • .'; Conjunctive, masculine and feminine, my, ml; thy, tv; his, her, its, your, su. Our, nuestro,-a; your, vuestro,-a; their, your, su, su. : Disjunctive, masculine, my, mio; thy, tuyo; his, her, its, your, suyo: our, nues tro;. your; vuestro; their, your, suyo. ; Feminine, my, mia; thy, tuya; his, her, its,•; your, suya; our, nuestra; your, vues tra; ,their,"-your, suya. • I'lurnl. Conjunctive, masculine and feminine, my, mis; thy, ,tvs; his, her, its, your, sus; our, .-:'■-nuestros,-as;.;.'" your, vuestros,-as; their," your, sus,' sus. '. ' Disjunctive, masculine, my, mios; thy, .tuyos; his, her, its, your, suyos; our, nuestros; your, vuestros; their, your, suyos; rfeminine, my, mias; thy, tuyas; his, her, its, your," suyas;;our, nuestras; your, vuestras; g their, your, suyas. - _ ..' 42. | The conjunctive possessive' adjec- - • tives are not emphatic. Certain' forms :(su,;sus, ■ etc.) j are ambiguous, as ' the above table .shows.." Emphasis ■ may be secured by using propio, own. after the possessive. Ambiguity is avoided by add ing the proposition de, or, and" the dis junctive personal pronoun- corresponding ■ to the possessive word. The latter device is often - varied by substituting . the defi nite article for the possessive : adjective. Observe the examples classified below: ' Unemphatic or ambiguous—My; padre, . my ;- father; nuestro libro, our book;' sus - trabajos, their trials; su tio, his (her) uncle. >. - .-.':■'-.:- ■?"■'■ r:'-: '■■■-'■'. Emphatic or in direct address—Padre mio. father; nuestro propio libro, our own book; sus trabajos de ellos, de eljas; los trabajoa de ellos, de ellas, their trials; su tio de el (de ella), his (her) uncle; 3U tlo de V., el tio de V., your uncle. 43. Possession is denoted often by means of the definite article, when the connec tion , plainly shows the possessor: El soldado recibiol on golpe en el brazo, the soldier received a wound in his arm; ella levantol los ojos, she raised her eyes; bajol la cabeza, he bowed his head. 44. Possession is denoted in another way not employed in English. Tt requires with the v°rb as indirect object the pos sessor, usually represented by a pronoun; and the indefinite article is required with the thing possessed. This is something personal, as a part of the body, an article of clothing equipment, a mental trait, etc. Examples: Besoja V. la mano. I kiss you hand; le tumo la mano. he took his (or her) hand; se heria el pecho, he was smiting his (own) breast; me duels la cabeza. my head aches. The Possessive Pronouns. 45. The possessive pronoun la regularly preceded by the definite article, both agreeing with the fhing possessed: Su padre dcs V. y el mio, your father and mine; mio amigos y los vuestros, my friends and yours; lo mio y lo tuyo, mine and thine. The words that require explanation in the following reading exercise are treat ed in the foot notes, to which the figures refer in order: 1. A Castilla y a Leon. Nuevo(l) mundo(2) dio Colon(3). 2. Dos expeclaculos(4), verdured amenta (5). sublimes(6>. ofrece(T), la naturalexa (8), a la contemplacion del hoinbre; el cielo(9). estreHado(lO), encimaHl). de nue» tras cabezas y el sentimiento del deber 02), en el fondo(13), de nuestra consclen cia(l4). 1. New. 2. World. ". Columbus (sub ject Of preceding verb). 4. Sights, spec tacles. 5. Truly. «. Sublime. 7. Offers. 8. Nature (here the subject of the pre ceding verb). !*. Heaven. 10. Starry. H. Above 12. Duty (an infinitive used as a noun). 13. Bottom, depth. 14. Conscience or consciousness. (Copyright, 1300.) That Expensive Xavy.. Another court of inquiry is in prog ; ress—at = Tutuila, i. the ' island which came to *us f at 7 the ■ partition vof >_ Samoa. One : Capt. Tilk-y. our naval ;; governor there, •has -■ been accused rof drunkenness, and the hearing is in progress. A mathemat- , ical genius lia3 figured the cost of this al leged f jag. Two vessels, the ] Solace i and the Wisconsin* have gone to Pago-Pago with three rear; admirals: and ! other mem bers of the court. The coal i bill *of the . Wisconsin is put down at $35,000. '■■ and that of the Solace at $25,000. It will ? require $25,000 .to j pay j the expenses of ■ the \ court, ; I besides which there are | the pay of the officers and men, and other miscellaneous i items, the f. total being ? figured *at * some ; thins; like * $150,000.-Des Mo'r.cs [ Leader.