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4 ■ THE ST. PAUL GLOBE t, ■—. ~ ~" :'"V'.;: ..-,:..' .■ THE GLO3K CO.. PUBLISHERS v-':'; ■■"■- __ f!f!C!Pre; K(^^^^ > -■ CITY OF SI P3IL li-.titt »t fcrlcfike st St. Faul. Minn.. »s Second-Class Mattsr- : ! ■-! ' _ . . . . .■ ■ .**"' 'ELEPHONE CALLS. v~,i.M-**m— ?3Usl-333. 10*5 Mali. Sjfcm*!, 78 Maty -wA,C?t7—Suslnesi 1063.- EdltjrU!:;73. /; . ■/ ; CITY SUBSCRIPTION ; '..-. Hr rtrr'.er -.. - " I I mi. 1 *-mr* t t2 n?t riflvr-l» •'SO J2.2S i'.OO rli^Sun^-:.... ■■■■..■.■...■■...■.■.■■. ;? 0 f .OO COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTION}. ■• ..-, - ■ By Veil . . — |Ijivi:| tmoi il?^"' r^yf:-":: -—:! Is si.so ;-: 88; l^S^- .......................... \ -35 2.00 | 4.00 ' r RANCH OFFICES. \.■". . .. . . New Vcrk. 10 Erixce flreet. Char. H. Eddy In Chares. 1 Chicsce. Nc. E7.V.'ashteEton St.. The F. S. Webb Company !r\ Chare* . MONDAY, JULY 27, 1903. A LARGE PROJECT. Some months ago a few citizens came together and put info definite shape plans which had long been in their minds for a great general hospital, not only to be an honor to St. Paul, but to supply the wants of the hospital population of the whole Northwest. This project is in no sense a rival to existing institutions which are doing mag nificent work in St. Paul, or a great money-making scheme, but the idea is to build an ideal hospital fitted with the latest appliances of electric apparatus and hydro therapeutic appliances which shall be open to all persons, regardless of their ability to pay. It is not the intention of the committee to ask funds for a charity hospital, though the fact that a man is un able to pay for treatment will not bar him from its serv ice; but it is intended primarily to establish it for that great middle class of persons of moderate means who do not ask for charity but who are unable to pay high rates and yet always meet their expenses and never live be yond their means. The organization of a project as large as this must necessarily be non-sectarian, not controlled by any clique and influenced by no political or religious affilia tions. With this idea the central committee is composed of representative men from professional and commercial ranks who are banded together with the sole object of building a hospital which, far from injuring existing insti tutions, is designed to augment and supplement their work. It has now come to be understood that it is almost impossible for the sick to receive proper care in their homes. With the wonderful increase of scientific knowl edge, and the necessity of perfect antiseptic and sanitary environment, beside the utter inability of the private house to furnish appliances and conditions required, the hospital today is a greater necessity than ever before* Physicians know only too well that many lives have been sacrificed because of the improper housing of the sick poor. It is the hope of the group of gentlemen who have this projected institution in charge to have in connect .tion with it a great free dispensary where the sick poor can come freely and receive the best medical attention that even money could procure. The tremendous success of the existing University Free Dispensary and its pres ent inadequate accommodations for the crowds that daily flock to it amply testify to the need of larger quarters and increased facilities. Further, it is the ambition of the board of trustees to establish in connection with this great hospital a de tention hospital for the insane; a pavilion exclusively for crippled children, and a convalescent home. Few realize the need of the latter. With the best intentions it is pos sible for but few hospitals to keep patients through a long convalescence; and in the case of the poor and in digent this enforced turning out and going back to squalid homes in unsanitary surroundings often undoes ill the good work done by their sojourn in the hospital. It is a large project and a comprehensive idea that is being agitated. Its realization would be a work of years and involve the collection of a great fund of money. But whether its appeal to the people be heard favorably or not, it is well that their minds and their interests should be engaged by the consideration of schemes that have for their purpose the amelioration of human condi tions and the lightening of the common lot. Those young women who fail to land the crown in the queen of the carnival contest may solace themselves with the knowledge that Ferdinand of Bulgaria is sprint ing across Europe in the hope of keeping his head and losing his crown. THE TABLOID JAG. Behold the passing of the pill. An Englishman, who knows that England expects every man to do his duty, even as he did in the day of Lord Nelson, has risen superior to the conditions that encompass his little isl and and perfected a process whereby the beer that makes the Briton to be respected abroad as ■he is revered at home shall be available for the globe trotter in the wilds of Canada and the jungles of India. Jealous contem poraries have succeeded in withholding from us so far the name of this benefactor of his nation. Bnt his scheme has been indorsed and this hero of the laboratory and foe of the public house will presently be eligible to a niche in Westminster Abbey. Tabloid beer ought to do much for the extension of civilization and the promotion of hilarity among the strange sullen peoples. England gave the opium pipe and the fascinating little black pill to the Chinese, The same advanced people carried the glad tidings of the dawn of civilization to the untutored and naked wretches of the islands of the sea in the form of rum with a head ache in every spoonful. Today the sun ne\ rer sets on the British flag, the smoke of the opium pipe or the aroma of rum. But hitherto British beer has remained British beer —except in the few cases where the Britisher has found the means to carry it with him in sufficient quantities to quench his thirst and impress the outer barbarian with its excellence. The invention of the tabloid takes the limit off. It brings British beer within the reach of all and the impetus that will be given to the movement started by the czar for the establishment of universal peace by reason of this invention may not be readily jneasnred. Incidentally the aims of science have been subserved. It has been proved to demonstration that malt may be ;comprcssed in jag-producing quantities. Hereafter when Jhc person with the fore-and-aft cap meets another with ihe same he&dgcar in the Western—or Eastern—wilds, he will, instead of sitting down and anathematizing the country, ask his compatriot to join him in a pill of Bitter beer. Thus will the amenities of life be promoted to the .utter confounditig of those persons who do not believe that fcoracsc aci-i is all that is needful to preserve eatables and drinkables. It has been shown that adulterated food? are the heaUiiiesi. Sustenance for man and beast has been compressed into measly looking but nourishing pills. And now the very prop of life itself is given into the hands of the wandering Britisher. The user of the tabloid beer may not be limited to the British people. The advance agent in the field of science who has produced compressed beer will pres ently recognize the world-wide field for his activities and we may shortly expect to see upon the market the tab loid high ball and the compressed cocktail. The world moves and the advantages of living are being borne in upon us, for what toper will deny that it is better to sit in his office and swallow a jag at a gulp than to stand at a bar and deplete his purse in the purchase of iced drinks that embarrass the inner man without adding any thing to the volume of possible tabloid joys? The pure food convention struck the manufacturers of doped provender a body blow in declaring against adulerants of every sort, bat let no sanguine person therefore assume that the chemists will at once lose in terest in life .and forget what borax has done for them. THE WALKING DELEGATE GETS THE GOOSE. The walking delegate has happened on evil times. For years the butt of the paragrapher, the object of the cartoonist's derision, he has now arrived at that point in his career where he is in danger of being made the sub ject of judicial investigation while assaults on his person >are of daily occurrence. For two decades the walking delegate has had things his own way. The terror of the'employer and the object of hatred of the non-union workman he has gone on swaggering through life an uncrowned king with all the power of organization behind him and the industrial world for his oyster. He is generally a man of resources and of all the qualities that he must possess to get and keep his job a confirmed belief in himself is the most es sential. The man who could get the place of a walking delegate must have an immeasurable amount of what cannot be described by any other term than gall. To geiher with this quality he must have the cunning of the small politician and the capacity to compel men to his way of thinking, by physical force if necessary. The men who have succeeded as walking delegates might have succeeded in almost any other line, but the very qualities that fitted them for the place have led to their undoing. A couple of members of the fraternity have fallen into the clutches of the law in New York. That they are men of parts and of local importance is shown in the fact that Big Bill Devery has declared his intention of I spending a fortune to free them if necessary. They had barely been released on bail when they heard the news that several of their fellows, engaged in promoting a strike among the foreign sweatshop tailors of tenement districts of New York had been assaulted and beaten with flat irons. The tailor's goose was too much for the nerve of the walking delegate and he has withdrawn from the campaign now being carried on by the Knee Breeches Makers' union. The members of the unions, who are too busy earning an honest Irving to spend time running for the office of walking delegate are getting a bit out of patience with the walking delegate and he is likely to lose his job by the abolishment of his office. If it should happen that the walking delegate should be cut out of the unions the cause of union labor would not suffer. Desperate cases require desperate remedies sometimes, but there is no disease from which laborsttf fers that is one-half as menacing to the cause for which' the unions stand as the insufferable individual who has come to be known too often as a petty dictator in the administration of the office of walking delegate. Kansas newspapers are now. agreed that the wheat crop of the bleeding state will amount to between 800,000,000 and 18,000,000,000 bushels which mieht ac count for the uncertainty of the market if the market was ever affected by reports from Kansas. In Mary Mac Lane's new book there is no reference to the tooth brush. Which goes to show that the pet abominations of our youth may become the things to be desired of our maturity. Patti is coming over for another fareweil totrr. Winch ought_ to make the oldest inhabitant's recollec tions of Patti's first farewell tour a marketable magazine commodity. EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS. More Governors Needed in Kansas. Always count on Kansas for something "new and strange." The latest exhibit of this sort is made by State Labor Commissioner Johnson, who has warned his fel low officials, from governor down to the humblest of fice clerks, that he will prosecute them in the courts if they do not stop violating the eight-hour day. Gov. Bailey, in response to this warning, says: "I was not raised on an eight-hour schedule, and I don't intend to adopt it now. Why, I couldn't perform the duty of my office, as I have sworn to do, without working nights and often on Sunday, and I don't think Mr. Johnson will be able to find a court that will punish a man for doing his duty." Johnson is firm and says "the object of the eight hour law is to give more people work, and the public offi cials should set a good example to other employers by complying with it to the very letter." One of two things, therefore, seems certain. Kansas must give more gov ernors work by employing more than one chief executive, or Gov. Bailey must be prosecuted by the Labor Com missioner for violating the eight-hour law.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Oh Tommy, Tommy Lipton. Up at Larchmont, on Long Island sound, the yachts men the other evening entertained Sir Thomas Lipton and edified him greatly by the singing of a song in par ody of "Tommy Atkins." One verse ran thus: '"Oh, Tommy, Tommy Liptori, we have welcomed you before, And we hope again to welcome you a dozen times or . more; '; ' '-.'..,'. :,\ • . We have faith in our Reliance, whom we trust to rule the blue, - -. ■ .'■ . ■ '. : \ But losing. Tommy Lipton, we had rather lose to you." . It is pleasant to be assured that the challenger for the America's cup was greatly pleased :by /the song and asked for; a f repeat. The verse quoted expresses the American sentiment on this subject about as accurately as possible. There is no snobbish '.. hope that Lipton : may take the . cup. . But there is a ; hearty and i: sincere feeling ' that he is entitled to it if any one is. It is a far cry from Lipton to Dimraven and the former has done a ; great deal to eliminate the ; unpleasant ; recollection left by his prede- ■ cessor as a challenger.— Star. ■ ; Coin Is Plentiful for Hustlers. Kansas is advertising for 5,000 men to harvest her wheat crop. The prevailing wage is $3 a day, and yet there are thousands of men sitting on dry goods boxes at country stores roasting the government because they have not received their share of the per capita circula tion.—Chattanooga Newi Troops Needed at Home. It begin* to look as if it might be a good plan to take some of our troops from the Philippines and garri son them in American cities, where the civilization is older, but seemingly less reliable.—Detroit Journal. Much Water Not Necessary. Ordinarily the American naval officers draw too much water for the Thames but doubtless London will add a sufficient amoyul of Scouh and rec.—Grand Rapids Press. THE ST. PAUL GLOBK, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1903. JAtSlTpaiil™ 1 i; y |n Theaters ij "The Two OrpTians" at the Metropoli- : "'" f y tan. ' "' ' "■' : -:,:' The, largest house which has greeted the t Ferris; Stock .. company v during « its present: summer engagement was at the Metropolitan last ; ni;rht to.see "The Two Orphans," D'Ennery's '•--, great: emotional drama,. with s^irich - the company open r ' ; ed the tenth '.week of its summer :en-> gagement. '■. That? the play, is every bit as popular as" It was , twenty or - thirty, years z ago; was -iindicated by the liberal ; .applause accorded it. -- ■■'• ■•••—■■■ -• •-; --- — » :-' The principal parts were in capable hands and the piece as produced last night was very acceptable Ito - the : au dience. v Blanche "Alexander as Hen- ; , rie'tte, and : Emely ; Batlo as Louise, - the two • orphans, ■ acquitted themselves creditably and the play apparently lost nothing by the T absence : from the cast of Miss : Mattie f Choate, who :. has been ■ playing the leading roles. Lillian Allen, as La {Frochard; the - old : hag, ."contrib uted more than any : other person in the cast \ to the success of the play, her in terpretation being so vigorous and nat ural a3 Ito win for her the admiration of all. g Miss Orris : Ober, as • Marianne, an outcast, took* advantage {of ; the op portunity afforded her in the first act to display her ability in the emotional' line. t . : • " Frederick Montague did well as Che valier Maurice D« \ Vaudrey, , although he could have injected" more- spirit into I the lines he spoke. Charles Burnham, j as : Pieard, i the valet to ■ the ' Chevalier, was the signal for applause every time he , made his appearance and : deserved ly so. The work of Lon Beasley, as Jacques Frochard, ; the outlaw and fa vorite of his mother. La Frochard. was ■ not what might have : been expected, nor was it so good as that of Frederick : Clarke, who took .the part of the crip ple, Pierre Frochard. ■..:■ The duel be tween the two brothers in the closing . act Is hardly one which would cause an audience to : thrill and could be improv ed upon considerably. ,.;. . -r " ; ];; The play, however, causes one to for | get minor; defects, and as produced was l most pleasing- tp the audience that witnessed it. ,'The Two Orphans" will be ; seen ;at . the.Metropolitan the . re- J mainder of the' week. ' - - OUTLAW QUEEN IS AT LAST CAPTURED For Many Years She Has Escaped Clutches of Law. GUTHRIE, Okla., July 26.—Dora Cox, an alleged horse thief, has been recap tured and placed in jail at Watonga after successfully eluding the officers since 1898, when she escaped from the county jail at Kingfisher. The woman was for several years a member of a gang of territorial outlaws. Finlanders Fight Fatally. SAULT STB. MARIE. Mich., July 26.— Mat Makie, a Fin-lander, shot and in stantly killed Sam Hall after a quarrel that originated at a Finnish wedding here early today. The dead man had b^en in the United States but a few rnontlv •- ;, : TAi-KIN' 'BOUT TROUBLE. :.- ; "This world's so foil 'o" trouble,"" ' '■'" - . : I hear so many say, .— ■.'■■•- >■-■■-.■■• •"j: : ; An' 1 wonder if "it^rcally is,"' '■' '-, . i r Or only seems that Way. ! An' I wonder:if the foiks who find ;-■•* This world so very bad, ' . ,' < Are lookin' with their smilin''. eyes. ". ;■ '- Or eyes jes* lookfn" sad. ■; ■"...• ''"' '. ' . : I wonder if they're <lookm'. out :T&. see what they can do ?~-*>2 • : By thin kin'— about themselves— ,,.. ." ah But think in' some 'bout you— ■. .'- .-"- An' 'I. ; wonder = if they ever -: tried " r ■ ■ i : To git braced up with "this— V ' .'.';?) A-lookin' 'round: to see how much Of troubles they could niiss? '" An' have you ever thought'about '■'■ :' ■ i The greatness of a smile? ■-■■-.-.: -■ ' ■■'• • ) Wall, if you've hot.,-it might be well ::- ' ' .-"'.To.try it for.a while. -: :,. •; L~: . I Because' a smile will do you- good ■ll - No matter where you go. : > ... For frowns are mighty common things, .- (An' we all know that's so!)- ■■■: . .. : ■ But say, .can anyfcody telli-:■;(> ■>.'■•■.-. . ;• Why smiles should come so high,. " ■'. ':: An' f towns should ; be r such common. v. '• tilings. '.'.[_' ■'.-. -■ ■ . . . .- Beneath. the self-same sky? • ,^...-.: If folks could only know how much ' ;• - . : They 1 lose by Iqokin' sad,- ••< . y> .-■■ ... They'd all cheer 'up' an' spend' their time . A-tryin' to look glad. .^ : For every time you hide a sigh . : i Behind a smHsnt face, • ••' You've took avftitHiien.-from ■ your soul, ■ An' give the a place " ■ An' He's the -orie^who'loves to see His children- loo,kin' 'gay r An' be-in' happy in His grace, r:;■•■:■;_ .; An' makin goDd«Hisway. , j An' if you think you've had too much, An' - things- atajij even : now. I May be you'll find out by an' by — The '.'wherefore an" the how." ;s ' V ; An' I believe b. pjre ■■ you die . : ; You'll see 'twas ,for the"begt,',ir^S^ : An' that'Jnstead,'q' bein' wronged ' ■ . That mostly^•pjij'ye.been blest;-.. : An' • that your^^frpublesi' made you big- . : An' . chart an' strong. ; An' 'stead of Bein' setbacks . .-._ . They've-help^f^-ou git along; An' if you. hadn't had 'em •■:.. ■ ; You could never understood; - ' An' . now, I ask you. my good . friends.: Do you really. think you could? -: ' ■ '"■"'..' - '.-.-;,. —Chica-go Chronicle. TODAY'S WEATHER. WASHINGTON". : July >: 26.—Forecast: Minnesota—Fair;- warmer Monday; ; Tues-; '■ day, showers; ■..: light : variable ' winds, be coming southerly. • : ' :-". ...'•>'. ' Upper: Michigan ; and Wisconsin—Fair Monday; ■'.-Tuesday, fair, warmer; light, variable winds. ••■ ->■: . _ . : . . ■ ! North - Dakota— Monday Tues-: day, fair. ■. ■;.'^~-~--> ■■■■' '.-- South % —Scattered . local . rains and showers-. Tuesday, fair. . —Fair Monday and Tuesday. : Montana—Showers and not - so warm •Monday: Tuesday,, fair..- ■_. - - St. . Paul—Yesterday's temperatures, taken by: the United States weather bu reau. -1. W. E. Oliver, observer, for ;- the twenty-four hours ended at""7 o'clock last night—Barometer r corrected for tempera ture and:. elevation.. • Highest ■ tempera ture, 68;. lowest temperature, 60; I average • temperature. 64; daily range. .8; barome ter, 30.18; humidity. 81; precipitation, T.; . 7 . p. m, temperature, 68-; : 7 p. in. wind, southeast; weather;'cloudy.'■.•-■*:-; . ! . Yesterday's Temperatures— ' ' - .MfessSßfflK*BpmHighi--- »BpmHigrh Alpena • . .^v 66 ?• 74| Jacksonville " - .78 >: 88• • BfUtleford --66 B 68i Los Angeles..6B . 7ft Bismarck , ... 86 "881 Memphis . -r... 88 90 ; Boston j .. '?. :; 74 -&2jMedK'ir.e •*■ Hat.64 vB6 : Calgary > .".: £9 l>4!Milwaulcee :.'.:.62 68 Chicago •... i .64:xiS r6 Minnedosa. r.-,72 7ft • Cincinnati . ... 88 94lNew Orleans .76 86 '' Cleveland .-.68 .fffflWew York ■•'.".".•: 78 88 : Denver ... 8€ 2! Oklahoma --.:.84 88 • : Des' Moines .«6t;-88!Omaha ..."....86- 88 Detroit 7fr-^Philadelphia .78 92 Duluth ' 64 ' .<6!€J-tiAppene ,-..78 80 El-Paso .-..":. .86- »S!9an Francisco 54 t>Z ■ Edmonton > . .-6D IM\ St Louis : :. -: 9ft -&4 , Galvesten . ..£♦ «2iSalt~ Lake ':..90 92 ■ Grand Rapids?* ••' Sain Antonio r- .80 '■" 81 Green ' Bay.. .&& •: 70lSte. Marie ...61 «4 ; Havre . .-..■.82-': 86(Washington .-'.82. 94,: : Helena "^Winnipeg 'V.". 80 ; 82 ;HtttOn..v.'.v.-:.".-®:3*6|;«J>'/.;;-:- I-••"-:" ." : ; ' ' '■" —.i.- - .•.■-*•- i-ioil';-'-■ -••.■■' •• ■'" ' -■ ' . •Washington lime (7, p. in, St. Paul). . : River BuHetm^- - .;,.?: ' ■ ■ -; ■-: '.':•- HV-" v;• iHnsrer - Gauge "-Change in '.'..: --: .r"tElTft. Reading:. ;24 Hoars. St. Paul ..v...Va4< ,:J. •-/ 5.4 -•■, ■.-.;- —0.". ; La Crosse ..... 10 6.3 ..V - —0.3 Davenport .... 15 ■ ■- V..■-.■ ■.-. •.-• ' ... St.. L0ui5........ 30 --—F- MEXICAN ROADS INCREASE RATES » : Advance -. Authorised by the Government fto Offset De- preciation in Silver. MEXICO CITY, July 26.—The gov ernment has issued a decree granting to the railroads such an increase in their passenger and freight rates as will practically put them on the same basis as though their receipt" -vere in 50 cent dollars. The decree was issued in response to a request fro mthe Mexi can Central and Mexican & Interna tional railways that they be permitted to increase their rates on account of the continued depreciation of silver. . The decree states that during the re mainder of the present year railway companies shall be authorized to make a 15 per cent increase in their traffic, with the exception of corn, wheat, cot ton, firewood, charcoal, coal and all articles of export, It being understood that inasmuch as this authority is granted in favor of the present rate of exchange the said increase would be suspended should exchange fall to 220 or less. The action of the govern ment is praised as an indication of its desire to do justice to corporations having gold interest to meet abroad, and which have to buy heavily of sup ply in the United States and elsewhere at gold prices. The reason- why the relief is restricted to the remainder of the present year is understood to be the hope that by January 1 the peso will be stabilized probably at 50 cents gold value. The increase in rates applies to pas sengers as well as to freight charges. NEBRASKA SUFFERS SEVERE HEAT Lack of Moisture Also Having Bad Effect on Corn. OMAHA, Neb., July 26.—Extreme hot weather prevailed throughout Ne braska and Western lowa today, the maximum in Omaha being 98. On the streets the mercury reached a much higher point, and the humidity was very great. At Schuyler, one death, that of Rupert Barnoe, was caused by the heat. The weather bureau prom ises no immediate relief. Two points report hot winds, and these, with lack of moisture, are beginning to have a serious effect on gTowing corn. ONE SPECIAL SESSION ENDS IN COLORADO Governor Refuses to CaM Second Spe cial Meeting for Further Work. DENVER, CoL. July 26.—The general assembly adjourned at 1 o'clock this morning after having passed a general appropriation bill for which the session was called. The house defeated the senate joint resolution calling upon the world's fair board to disband. Gov. Peabody refused to issue a supplemen tary call for a special session to con sider an eight-hour bill. Train Kills Three. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 26.—Jos hua Butler, wife and infant child were struck by the east-bound Black Dia mond express on the Lehigh Valley railroad late this afternoon while driv- ing across the track at Port Bowkley, six miles from here, and all three are ; dead. The horse was also killed and the carriag-e demolished. Meant to Be Funny A Sock Symposium. (In an endeavor to fix the status -of the sixteen-inch sock for women. Scis sors has sent out a staff of interview ers for opinions upon the new low-cut fad. Here are some results:) M. O. Skito —I am heartily in favor of the sock. It is both comfortable and cool, and besides, is very convenient for a quick lunch. F. Lea —The sock does not affect our line of activity. We get there just the same. R. Ed Ant —The sock Is the logical evolutjon of the open-work stocking. The tendency is toward going bare foot. However, a mere bluff at wear ing something' heightens the chic ef fect of the costume. All we fear is a reaction in the direction of rubber boots. M. L Crobe —Have no criticism to make of the sock, unless it is that we are subjected to a sudden change in diet whenever the lady of the house confiscates papa's socks to wear on a shoppingr tour. Raney Day—They are coming into deserved popularity. Let the good work go on. —Omaha News. COURTIN'. I rely don't know 'zackly why I like to gaze in Mandy's <?ye. I never could quite understand Jes' why I like to hold her hand. Most times I'm restless as kin be. But when she's present, gracious me! I could keep quiet fur' a week In hope* that she was goin' to speak. I like to watch the sunbeams there A-playin' in her wavy hair. I'm happy, yet I sometimes sigh; I rely don't know 'zackly why. —Washington Star. One-Sided. "Miss Gabhie seems Hke a pleasant person to talk to." "Huh! she doesn't seem to think so." "Why—er—how do you mean?" "She seems to think she's a pleasant person to listen to."—Philadelphia Press. Rich Ground. "The flowers along your garden fence seem to grow better than any of the others," remarked the visitor. "Yes," explained the host. "That' 3 where we have always buried the neighbor's cats." —Chicago Inter Ocean, Nothing Improbable in It, "This paper says there are 190,000,000 toothpicks made in the United States every day. What do you think of that statement?" "It doesnt surpfise me at all. I have seen so many men on the streets cv.cry day che-wing^ their toothpicks that my system was prepared for a much great er shock than that." —Chicago Inter Ocean. AN ITALIAN REPRISAL BY HELEN M. GIVfNS. Copyright, 1903, by Daily Story Pub. Co. When Willis ran into St. Peter's to escape one of the sudden downpours so prevalent in Rome during the sum mer months, he was still possessed by the sense of injury that had been his ever since he had hurried down the slope of the Janiculum an hour before, and had failed to see little Rosetta leaning over the wall near Tasso's oak. At their last meeting, as she told him, between the bursts of weeping, of her father's determination to have her w redding take place within a month, Willis had understood the necessity of putting an end to the romance an idle spring day and a peasants' fete had been responsible for. It had all been idyllic and innocent enough. Being a good fellow in the main, and moreover, not -wildly in love, Willis was capable of a sharp twinge of conscience when he realized the child's distaste for a marriage about which she had at first prattled hap pily enough. But Rosetta was so pret ty, so full of distress! Who could resist the temptation of seeing her once more? Besides, had he not promised himself to speak wisely and firmly, as became mature twenty-three when ad vising inexperienced seventeen? Such, however, is man's inconsisten cy, that when the trysting place ap peared, void of the trusting maiden, he experienced none of the satisfaction popularly supposed to reward the vir tuous. It is one thing to confront a pair of beseeching: black eyes, in the roie of a stern representative of duty, and quite another to be anticipated; to find the play played out and the cur tain rung down, without any of the plaudits so dear to self-sacrifice. Now, avoiding a procession of damp pilgrims, in whom the odor of human ity predominated over that of sanc tity, the young man strolled down the great nave with lowered head and thoughts bitterly intent upon the in constancy of woman. Thus he did not notice a bucket dangling from the end of a rope until "he struck sharply against it. As he recoiled it rose in the air and he saw it was a rode de vice for carrying: water to some work rren who were repairing the mosaics ornamenting the dome. Willis' lip curl ed -with English intolerance of such methods—his glance following the un wieldy contrivance until it reached a haven under a board stretched from side to side of the railing surrounding the dome. "The signore might perhaps like to see the work nearer. It is very inter esting," said a low-toned voice at his elbow, in Italian. The young man turned quickly, en countering a pair of brilliant, shifty eyes, set in a handsome face of the better type of peasant. "It is forbidden to enter the dome during repairs," he replied curtly in the same tongue. "But I have a brother among the workmen. See, I am taking him the macaroni." holding up a small basket, as he spoke. Then, as Willis shook his head impatiently, he added: "The old sacristan is also my uncle, so. if the signore pleases, I will gladly con duct him to the dome." Willis looked at the speaker with more interest. Rosetta had once point ed out the sacristan, speaking of his great age and of his relationship to her. Could this young man be the cousin lover agair.st whom the girl re belled? His gocd looks deserved a stronger hold upon her fancy. "How did you know I understood Italian?" Willis demanded abruptly. "I heard the signore speak to a beg gar at the door." Evidently the fellow had been fol lowing him. That he should wish to conduct him to the dome was a singu lar coincidence: but ho dismissed as improbable the idea of any stronger motive than the hope of a possible fee, and, moved by an unexplainable impulse, he determined to accept the offer he had been on the point of de clining. Ten minutes later, stepping through the doorway opening upon the nar row platform surrounding the dome, he heard a sharp click behind him, and turned to see his companion coolly pocket the key he had just removed from the lock. "The signore appears surprised," he said, regarding Willis with a smile of triumphant malice. "He has perhaps never seen a rat caught in a trap. To understand, he must first regard the scaffolding enclosing the platform on the left." The other had mechanically turned to the point indicated. Certainly the left was completely blocked by the scaffolding; but no matter —they could pass to the rfght. Still that smile of triumphant mal ice. Willis made a step forward, but recognizing rather late the value of discretion, paused before the steely glint cf a stiletto. Nevertheless he re turned the Italian's gaze without finchingu leaning- against the wall, and thrusting his hands nonchalantly into his pockets. "The signore will remain without AT JW OPEN SWITCH Engineer and Fireman of Santa Fe Train Are Victims of a Wreck, PEORIA, 111., July 26.—The Santa Fe limited No. 5, out of Chicago for the West, was wrecked at the crossing of the Rock Island near Princeville last night. The accident resulted from an open switch. Engineer Ed. O'Brien and Fireman Charles Vogel, both of Madi son, lowa, were instantly killed. Ex press Messenger R. L. B. BiiJway and his assistant, Ed. Para ha 11, both of Chi cago, sustained minor injuries. BADGER CATHOLICS FORM FEDERATION Bishop Messmer Points Out Their Duties in Political Matters. ■ MILWAUKEE, - Wi3.. July 20.—The Wisconsin State * Federation of Catholic societies - was organized :in Milwaukee to day. ' The ; feature 'of ? the. convention was an f address by Bishop Messmer,. of Green Bay. :':■:■,-' :.-..^xi-< '-J: 7:-- '■ y- ■,-.':: :. The bishop drew, .1 sharp distinction be tween? what he i termed party. politics* . and political principles.'- and! in this he found a nlacc for the exercise of poltU-.-ai rights stirring—or—" The gesture was sig nificant. "I understand. No need to illus trate," said Willis. "Besides there's nothing in my pockets, but the small change I keep for your compatriots. Now, if you will be good enough to explain—" "There is nothing to explain, signore. I am Guiseppe Montanari, who was to marry Rosetta Nicoli." "You have taken too much trouble, Signore—er—Montanari," Willis s:iH. insolently civil. "Still, I am as yet in the dark. Is this perhaps part of the ceremony of announcement?" Montanari's eyes gleamed. "I en re nothing for the signore's words," he said; '"it is with what he baa done that I have to deal. Three months ago Rosetta p.nd I were happy in the thought of passing our lives together. She danced and sang the whole day through. Now she weeps—she turns from me—she will hear nothing of marriage. This I owe to the signore. The debt is heavy." Willis now mo\-ed uneasily. The pathos of this statement, simply made, planted a certain sting, and his mind engaged in a rapid reconstruction of the past, accused him of cutting a poorer figure than he cared to admit. "Montanari," he said, "upon my hon or there has been no—wrong—only—" "I know that," interrupted the other with passion, "else the signore wou! 1 not be standing there —alive. Yet, he mistakes—there has been wrong. Ro setta is spoiled for her own people— her simple home. She has become a dreamer of dreams. The Mother of God knows how it will all end." "Well, what are you going to do?" Willis cried. "What' 3 the use of ban dying words?" He had opened the little penknife in his pocket, resolved that his adversary should not go un marked. "The signore is at least a brave man. For one chance of life would he swear to leave Rome?" "And the chance?" "To cross, by the plank, to the other side or the dome." In ppite of himself the yovog man drew back. A sudden paralyzing fear came over him. Two boards had been tied together by the workmen and fixed across the opening- in the dome. They spanned an aperature nearly thre hun dred feet from the marble floor of the church; and this was the bridge he had been invited to traverse To even contemplate such a passage seemed suicidal. Willis glanced down at the lights glimmering on an altar far below. As he looked, a procession of priests crossed the nave, their chanting mel lowed by distance The sound recalled him to the necessity of action; re stored his self-command. Turning-, hi measured his antagonist with his eye There was no reassurance in the sighi of the tigerish play of those splendid muscles, evident under the light, foOß< clothing. A hand to hand struck with no weapon but a penknife, against that armed and supple strength, could end in only one way. To appeal to the workmen would be equally useless Montanarl would be upon him at th< first call for help. "This—chance," he said at length with sarcastic emphasis. "W-hy do you give it?" Montanari shrugged his shoulders "There may be many reasons. If } killed the .signore he would not suffer; but to cross the dome so—even if one arrives safely at the other side—" The pause was sufficiently eloquent. Then he continued: "Perhaps it is my fancy; perhaps I may not wish to commit murder." Willis laughed unpleasantly in ap preciation of the other's possible irony. Would you consider your hands clean board" Id take a header off that JVlontanari ignored the question. "Lot me urge the signore to hasten," he said. 'It grows late. Every moment the passage becomes more difficult." What guarantee have I that you won't stick your knife under my ribs the mo ment I turn my back?" tu'i r, hat i s £*■ the signore pleases ta think He has his choice, and he must taKe —now." ■ "I suppose it makes no difference to yon whether I leave Rome by the regular route or by the gate °f the Protestant cemetery? VJ^iV?* aLso is as the sternore pleases. ■Willis fingered the knife In bis pocket. After all—why not die like a man and not like a monney capering on a tight rope, let— hesitated; life is dear at twenty three—and there was a chance. So, sum moning all hia resolution, he made hla choice, setting his feet cautiously upon the narrow pathway where return was impossible. Stepping carefully, yet firm ly, he was surprised at the clearness of his head, the evenness of his heart beats. He could not have been more at ease crossing the floor ttelow. Thus he advanced nearly to the middle of the planks. There they were roughly wired together, and with the weight of his body they began to sag. Feeling the support give under his feet, he involutarily looked downward. There was ar. instant singing In Tiia ears; a cloud of blackness—then of fire, spread before his eyes; an icy sweat started from every pore; his very soul seemed wrenching itself from his body. By an effort of will almost superhuman, ho stopped, closing his eyes and striving to master the vertigo threatening him. He heard the chant of the returning priests. It surged into his ears, deafening him. Reason departed from his racked brain, and imagination, no longer held in check, rioted. For measureless time ho reeled through space on a thread sus pended from world to world, the sport of infinity. Then at last, from the darkness surrounding him. started the affrighted faces of the workmen, looming vague— monstrous through the gloom. Powerful hands seized him as he tottered at the edge of the railing—a . creature from whose haunted face even little Rasctta would have shrunk, crossing herself. by the members of the organization, when the interests of thn Catholic church were in the balance, wbjeh. would not in any wise interfere with their rights ana <lu ties as citizens of the republic, alive to its best interests. Among the specific cases In which this could be done, he cited the Philippine, question, the Indian school problem, and the enactment of a national law for tlic government of the marriage relation and the granting of divorces. The following officers were s.-lected: President, G. T. Mochkes. of OutaK.'imie; first vice president, Otto P. Seifrez. of Milwaukee; second vice president. Dan iel H. Martin, of Brown; secretary. Jo seph H. Carney, of Milwaukee; treasurer, M. A. Jacobs, of Dodge; marshal, Charles B. Miller, of La Crosse. Dover Becomes a Port. DOVER, Eng:., July 2C—A3 a result of the visit and teats made by Rcrr Albert Ballin, director general of the Haiaburs- American line, aTrr* "other officials of the company, who arrived here on -he com pany's new steamer Prinz Sii;2<jmu:id, tha directors of the line have decided to maka Dover :a. port of call. Clijht r>oat3 will call here weekly. including the* largest vessels of the lino, like the Deutschlar.d, and those of the South American. Mexi can and far ; Eastern linesC b<ith outward and homeward bound. Colorado Dally Change* Editors. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. July TC—Geonra Nox JtTcCaii'. for fourteen years c<>nn»crod with Ih« editorial staff of the PhiUdti phia Pre 33. has purchased the- Colortdo* Spring Gazette. Mr. . IVJoCaln' W*D «e"er hSs.connoction with the Tress Auk 1 and assume charge of the Ga»sti,» Auk. 15. After the latter ilate the- Oaz-.-ttp will ba Issued a.-; a H.:publii:.in instead of a Dem ocratic daily. >-; ; * .: Roosevelts Go Church.- OYSTER HAY. .Tjiy ?C.-1h« pru rient. Mis. Bcms*V»M and &TJ thoir cfci.'Srs::. except the your«s?4t J>oy, attei.iled »«"•!«•• this ntorclas i ii) Christ church,