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MONDAY, DEC. 17, ISOO. _ v
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EXPAXSIOX VS. I3IPERIALISM.
The fight against imperialism goes mer
rily on. and that is quite as it sliould be.
The' work Demoratio papers are doing
along this line is most commendable. It
should, however, be borne in mind that
there is a vast difference between. ex
pansion and imperialism. '
The Democratic party has always
etood for expansion. It has made this
country the greatest country in the
world. It ben extended liberty and the
constitution from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The acquisition of the country
west of the Mississippi was expansion,
and it was the work of the Democratic
party.
Expansion means extending- the equal
justice of American laws and the liberties
of American citizenship to other territory
and other people.
Imperialism means the governing of
conquered subjects by an arbitrary form
of government, without giving them the
equal justice of American laws and ths
liberties of American citizenship.
Expansion is popular in this country
and always has been. To fight against
it is worse than useless. Imperialism is
absolutely repugnant to American ideas
of liberty, and it is doubtful whether
anybody could be found in this country
to advocate it. The verdict of the late
flection does not mean the people have
indorsed imperialism. It means that the
people wore not convinced of the justice
of this charge as brought against the
Republican party. Time will tell.
As far as the "consent of the governed"
is concerned, the attitude of the Demo
cratic party on that question in the past
is significant. By the Louisiana purchase
and the. conquest of New Mexico and
California we acquired a great many new
subjects against their will and bitter pro
tect. But having brought them under the
American flag against their will, we gave
them all the liberties that the flag stands
for. Having made thorn Americans
i their will, we made them against
their will share the same rights and
liberties that we ourselves possessed.
This has been good Democratic practice
in the past, the supposition evidently
being that American liberty and the jus
tice of American laws were good enough
for anybody, whether he appreciated it or
not.
As to tin- Philippines, it is true that our
military government there is arbitrary
and despotic, fully as much so as the
Russian government in Siberia or down
trodden Poland. It therefore offers a
pplendid subject for denunciaf on, but it
must be remembered that the Philippines
are in a transition stage; that we are
there confronted by conditions, not by
theories, and that the measures applied
must meet the present case.
The people realize this and look at the
Philippine question in this light, but
they demand a policy which will ulti
mately give to the Filipinos the same
rights and liberties which we ourselves
enjoy. If the; ailmini.-ftration is success
ful in inaugurating such a policy, the
charge of imperialism will always fall
flat, but if the demands of the people in
this respect are not acceded to, they will
make it mighty unpleasant for the. party
in power. '■
AEW VOKK'S SHORT-SIGHTED POL-
There has existed more or less of
alarm in Greater New York for some
years jjast at tlie steady decline, both ab
solutely ana relatively, which has pre
vjiled In t! c commerce of the port or
New York. They are a very slow peop'.e
in New York city. What ad\ances they
have ntaile down there have beeii forced
upon them by the irresistible progress
of events. But nothing, absolutely nota
in>;. has been done to "give permanent di
rection to the great commercial and in
dustrial forces wilich have been rush
ing forward for an entire century to
render the great American metropolis
the chief center cf the shipping trade of
two hemispheres. That other American
Ports hive of late threatened the ascend
ancy of the imperial city and state la
merely an inevitable outcome of the in-'
tlifferom.-e which - public and private
agencies alike have shown to the nee<l
cf perpetuating: the tremendous ad
vantages which the geographical situa
ticu of the great city, its splendid canal
'system and ihe wonderful natural wealth
of the;state have -secured tc its people.
It may or may not be B,r.other case of
locking the stable door after the' hors-2
•has eE-capcdrLut it is nov,- become quite
apparir.t that the merchants of Ne??
'York, flikl to some extent the "'officials of
the state have awakened to the; danger
v.ii?eh threatens New Yoik ascendancy.:
The recent report made to Gov. Roosevelt
on the contemplate improvement of the
oar.;i was conceived- or. the principle
■ that if a deep waterway wa« established
between the . Hudson river and the Great
Xjftfees the internal FOBHBWee of the state
would sufr.'.r. The policy which has hin
flered all material improvement of the
canals f.. the past fifty years is bearing
Its fruits.' The proposed system ' of
barges which \$ <Je*tgned to meet £h« re-
quirements of the growing commerce of
the lakes is uot stirring up such enthusi
astic faith on the part of those who see
the opportunities of New York slipping
away .rorait as to cover up in any mean..
vre the profound dread which has been
finding expression for so long.
Within a few days representatives or
the Canal Association "of New York, ac
compaoied by^ cepßoaaata>tives of many
of the cities of the .state, waited up^n
Gov.-elect Odell to voice the complaint
which prevails amongTße people that the
interests of cities and state alike are
jeopardized, by the wretched policy pur
sued toward the canal. The chief spokes
man of 'those* "several "delegations, the
chairman of the Canal association, after
reviewing the condition of commerce in
state and .. city,, _ since the decline set in
most strongly, said the Canadian canals
would attract more and more Western
traffic until the state and city, and even
the nation, wo,uJd,Xe^l the need of a com
petent canal system even more than it
does now. He attributed the failure of
the Brooklyn"wharf arid* warehouse to the
decline of canal traffic, and said that the
falling off in the business done over the
canals had decreased the value of real
es ta te Tn the cify.
The only immediate outcome of the in
terview was to secure the assurance of
the governor-elect that he would make
the canals fh"c sufjQeet jpf a special mes
sage to *be legislature after he was in
stalled in office.
New York must sooner or later b:ing
to an end the dog-in-the-manger policy
which it-has purssned* toward the West
in the ma-tter-ofi the utilization for marl
time, traffic of the splendid canal system
of the state. The needs of our internal
commerce cry" out "daily* against keeping
the rana-ts^-m 'leading strings. If the
financial resources of Canada were equal
to the ambitious purposes which have at
all times animated the Dominion in it 3
canal policy'the"*recof(T*TVGuld be much
more damaging than it is. But even wi'-h
what has been done, Montreal has reach
ed a point at which that city threaten?
to control ere ; long all the traffic on the
lake&.whieh-s##tes««-£oreign outlet.
The Western states have been outspok
en for years in their demand that their
commerce may be permitted to reach for
eign markets through' a sliip canal main
tained within American territory. Con
gress has shown the most favorable dis
position. Investigations and reports
have been made from time to time es
tablishing the feasibility-of a ship canal
around,the falls. But at every point th e
great state of .New York^ exercising con
trol over the canal system through which
alone an American shlpway may be es
tablished connecting th& great lakes with
tide water, ,has blocked the great enter
prise.
But the country will still continue to
insist on its demand that the great Amer
ican inland sea shall be made available
for the beneficent uses to which the
growing commerce has long dic
tated that it shall be applied. But noth
ing short of the most persistent urging
of their claims will be effective in even
hastening the time when the vessel laden
in Dulutn may, without breaking bulk,
unload at any of the ports of the world.
It is io congress that the American peo
ple must ultimately look for the con
summation of this great purpose; and if
congress wills it the stupid policy which
ha^: thus far cost New York so much of
her prestige must come to an end.
PROTECTION IN GERMANY.
1e Germany there is a clamor for pro
tection, just as there is in this country.
It is the same kind of a clamor, but with
several bag differences.
Here it is the ancient and time-honored,
"infant industries", that clamor for pro
tection.; They have grown so big that
common men walk like pigmies around
the ir feet, ari<TtHey reach out and choke
off .foreign-competition in the furthest
parts of. the > earth^but they still keep up
their same old wail for protection at
home, amT'the"**farnier and general con
sumer have to *pay for- it.
In. Qermany | the —clamor comes from
the big: land owners that demand protec
tion for agricultural products. In West
ern Germany mosfof the big manufac
turing interests are-located and the land
there is mainly in..»the hands of small
farmers, who realize that their interests
and those of the cities are one. But in
Eastern-Germany the land is divided up
in immense estates owned by the de
scendants of feudal lords, and they are
the onps that want protection.
Anybody knows that Germany's future
depends on the development of her man
ufacturing interests, and in order to com-
pete in the markets of the world she
must secure the necessities of life at the
lowest possible price for her working
men. To raise the price ctf foodstuffs
requires a raise of wages, and that has
to be followed by a raise in the .price of
manufactured articles. But in the mar
kets of the world, he. alone sells that
sells cheapest. All of which shows how
important it is that the laboring classes
should toe able to' get the necessities of
life at the lowest possible price.
But the German land baron does not
see it that way. He demands a protect
ive tariff that would increase the price of
the 'laboring man's bread and meat and
cause untold hardship. He would ruin
the manufacturers, the country, and
eventually himself, just to satisfy his im
mediate greed. All of which goes to show,
as far as protectioa is concerned, the na
ture of the brute is very much the same
everywhere.
Mr. Hanna, in his speech in favor of
the subsidy bill, took occasion to refer
to the success of the inland lake ship
ping, ns an illustration of what would
happen to the oceanic shipping if his
bill were passed: Hanna is a pretty good
business man, but lie don't talk well.
And when he gets on broad subjects
there seems to be something the matter
with his thinker. Now, the commerce on
the Great Lakes has grown to the im
mense proportions' il snows today, be-.
cause it was carried on in a country of
absolute free trade. Put on tariff re
strictions between The" States, as there is
between the llcMed- and other
countries, and see how quickly you will
kill the'lake chffthieFce. The lake com
parison illustrate* », point, but not the
one Mr. Hanna wanted to bring out.
AVo have a nice toy legislature operat
ing in Porto iFtico. it is built just like
any other territorial legislature and has
already introduced nineteen bills and
THE ST. PAUL GLOBg, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1900.
passed one, although not one member
knew a parliamentary rule from the ten
commandments when the thing opened.
Representative Grosvenor, the-greatest
spoilsman in the lower house, is opposed
to an income tax because it is unconsti
tutional. Mr. Grosvenor should remem
ber that the supreme court was prac
tically a tie on the income tax law as
it was framed—the law was unconsti
tutional—not the tax.
A ruling of the territorial court of
Hawaii declares that Chinese who had
become naturalized citizens of the repub
lic of Hawaii did not become American
citizens by the act annexing the islands.
This ruling will hardly stand the wash
of the supreme court.
The 'British government is more in
terested in the events occurring in South
Africa, than it is in the jingo antics of
a few senators over on this side of the
pond. The amendments to the Hay-
Panncefote treaty don't cost England a
cent.
The war revenue redaction bin and the
bill making the appropriation for pen
sions have at last passed the house. At
the present rate of business in the sen
ate, they will be reached some time next
session.
MONDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
There were four towns in Minnesota,
by the census of 1900, with over 2,100
population, that had no existence in IB3>,
to-wit: Two Harbors, Virginia, Hibbing
and Bemidji.
Objection is made to the habit of plac
ing movable billboards which the theat
rical companies scatter so liberally about
the streets Saturday night. They lall
down and are blown into the street, and
splinter up under the feet of passing
horses, with jeopardy from sharp wire
nails.
The English sparrows are now desig
nated as "rats of the air," owing to their
destructive habits. The harsh things
that are said about the English sparrow
are none too severe. Its meanest trait
is that of driving off other birds. Among
th<sie which it whips are the wren, gong
sparrow, chipping sparrow, yellow bird,
oat bird, oriole, blue bird and even the
robin; in fact, fighting as it does in num
bers, it will .thrash and even ktfl almost
any other bird. These insectivorous birds
which the sparrow drives away are of
more use to the farmer than he perhaps
realizes. Then the English-sparrow preys
upon almost every product of the farm
and garden, from the early fruit to the
ripe fruit and the mature grain. An ex
haustive investigation made by the de
partment of agriculture shows that hard
ly a crop is exempt from this pest's rav
ages.
The North Dakota state experiment sta
tion is justly proud over the tact that at
the Paris exposition a gold medal was
awarded for the cereal exhibit made by
the station. The exhibit consisted main
ly of a collection of wheats bred up by
the station, which were shown with the
parent sorts from which they came.
Rev. Dewitt Talmage says to "abstain
from these books which are apologetic
of crime. It is a sad thing that some of
the best and most beautiful bookbindery
and some of the finest rhetoric have betn
brought to make sin attractive."
Lord Salisbury's appointment of his
son, son-in-law and two nephews to his
new cabinet is at least a proof that he is
not wanting in family affection.—Boston
Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt will cease to be
governor of New York Dec. 31, and for
the first time in a long while will be
out of office, and then only until March 4.
—o—
Lady Mary Maurin, who died in London
recently, having nearly completed her
100 th year, had, during her whole life",
an unvarying habit of eating something
every two hours. She never in any cir
cumstances departed from this custom,
and to it she ascribed her good health
and longevity. When traveling she car
ried a little bag of sandwiches with her,
and at the expiration of every two hours,
she would open her bag and eat one or
two. Up to the end of her life the mind
of this marvelous old lady seemed strong
and active, and her memory was remark
able.
The National Retail Grocers' association
convention will meet in Detroit, Mich.,
Jan. 22-24.
A fur trade paper, says: "From all
known indications to us folks who handle
animal skirs and get to observe nature's
schemes for protecting animals, the man
ufacturers and glove workers anticipate
unusually severe winter weather. The
fur of all animals this year is very heavy
and the hair of horses and dogs is longer
than usual at this time." December has
not borne out this idea.
The Washington Post, in speaking of
the late Senator Davis, says: "He sac
rificed everything for his books. Once he
told a friend that more men were killed
by seeking exercise than were shot down
in war. His recreation was the reading
of Virgil and Cicero in the original lan
guage, and the study of law books and
the review of the history of nations.
Give him.an open fire and a book, and all
the rest of the world could go fishing
or hunting or golf playing without ex
citing his envy. He had no out-door
habits, not even finding any delight in
walking. He wanted also a cigar. He
was an inveterate, prodigious smoker.
All day long he smoked big, black cigars
and many of them. Perhaps if he had
taken more exercise he would have had
more vitality with which to combat dis
ease, for he was not an old man. Death
came to him at the age of sixty-two. If
there is anything in heredity, he ought
to have lived to a green old age. His
father -and mother survive him."
"Kx-Fresident Harrison said in an ad
dress the other night that the constitu
tion follows the flag and that Porto Rico
and the Philippines are a part of the
United States. It is now up to Mr. Me-
Kinley, who has been acting as if these
islands were subject territories.
California stripped 15.721 cars of or
anges, and 2,212 cars of lemons this year.
The Florida orange crop filled StfC.OOO
boxes.
Queen Victorias eyes are so bad that
she can no longer read, and a regular
reader is employed to read her che news
and latest literature.
The main building of the Agricultural
college, Ames, 10., burned last week. Its
original cost was $158,000. Many of the
students lost their clothing, books, etc.,
and the regular session is interrupted.
It is estimated that 100.000 horses have
already perished in the Boer war.
The St. Paul Elks will give away $I,COO
in presents to boys and girls at the
Grand opera house. Christmas.
A correspondent of an English paper
writing from South Alrica, says that be
entered a Boer camp after an assault
by the English troops and saw a girl of
sixteen or eighteen years lying dead
with a rifle in her hand and a bullet in
her head. Its hard to conquer a peop'e
when the women fight.
The United States court at Dcs Moines,
Ie, last week ruled that debts on "opl
tional deals" on the Chicago board of
trade axe gambling debts and non-col-,
lee table. As a result, Russey, I.ightner
& Co., of Chicago, lost $4,000 to Robert
E. Eby, of Adair, 10.. the jury holding
out that amount in its judgment for the
Chicago firm on $19,000 warth of notes
bearing Eby's signature.
It is estimated that 200.00W Americans
visited Europe this year and spent $10,
--000,000, and half of the number in question.
were never west of the Mississippi river,
and know personally little of our magn"fi*
cent Wesu
Tom Moore could not have been de
votedly attached to creeds when he wrot.3
this:
- &hall 1 ask the brave soldier who fights
v^: by my .side -.' ■ '-T^fi-:-; : " ; .-■-■-- -
in : the i cause of » mankind if - our; creeds i
•agree,?. •■-•■■■• '.-v l.--'-.--i '■ ? -r-:;. -. -.-
Shall [ give' up the friend I have valued
.■-..-. and tried ... ■ / -. ■: ■-'---•.. ;;;.: .•■ : -
ir lie Kneels^not' before the same altar
-- ■'- with me? -■■.■ ;^ •-■--. •
From ; tlTj^bgretic - girl of my : soul : should
V To >seek_samewhere else a more -orttio
■■•••-- dox kiss? -'•■ .-
No I ; Perish 4 yje hearts ■ and the \ laws 'that
"-. Truth .^alfl* of; love by a standard like
tins'
The sai-mdh pack of Puget sound this
year dropped off 50 per cent. The flsh
didn't come in from the ocean.
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The tomato pack of 1900 is estimated at
1 ; OW,OOO eases; with Maryland in the lead
with nearly 2,000,000 cases.
The owner' of an automobile has re
vised an old saying, so as to make it
read, "Money makes the auto go."
"In busirttess there's no success
, For one who drinks," he said
You re wrong," said Winks; "the man
who drinks
Is swe to get a head."
Philadelphia Press.
It is estimated that not less than 50.000
Christmas trees were brought into St.
i- aul this year from our Northern forests.
Mohammedanism is said to have made
vigorous growth and progress in Asia
and Africa- It is a. rising power in In
dia, Burmah and China. A writer in the
-December North American Review says:
"Where Mohammedans find an ancient
civilization, as for example in China,
they avoid either wounding or provoking
those of a different belief, and manage
to_adapt religious ordinances to old cus
toms. They include the old feasts in
their calendar, and take an active share
m all the doings of their fellow citizens
of a different faith."
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
The pretty story of "The Bachelor's
Romance" is not unfamiliar to a St. Paul
audience. Last evening at the Metropoli
tan it was told as effectively, perhaps, as
it has even been told on any stage. Into
his conception of his character of the
mao who has grown old in books, and
who—is airoused from their study only
when youth Has all but fled, to find that
there are better thing's in life than bound
volumes, Mr. Tim Murphy has infused
so much that is so lovable, and yet so
delicately humorous, that it makes a
story alraos-t in itself. "The Bachelor's
Romance'^ ij- a character study, rather
than a dramatic study, although there
is plenty of action in keeping with the
atmosphere of the play. It is a story of
a biook-w£fmJand of his ward, the for
mer a scholar forgetful of the world;
the latter; a young, beautiful and willful
girl, his ward. The book-worm falls in
love witlr his ward, but mindful of h;s
p.gc, finds it aifficult to believe that she
can ever feafn to love him. The comedy
throughout is'fine and delicate. There is
nothing inharmonious in the whole play.
The company assisting Mr. Murphy last
evening was :an entirely capable one.
His daughter. Miss Dorothy Sherrcd.
makes a dainty and lovable Sylvia. She
does not depend on mere girlish loveli
ness for her success, but is an artistic lic
tle player. Excellent character work is
done by O. J. Griff en, as Martin, the
servant. This character is Dlcksonian,
and Mr. Griffen admirably interprets it.
Another i?ood bit of character work is
that of Louise T. Boucicault, as Aunt
Clementina. The Kest of the cast was
satisfactory. The audience was hearty
in its applause last evening. Several
times was Mr. Murphy called before the
curtain. In a brief speech he acknowl
edged his indebtedness to James Neil!,
of the NeiU Stock company, for permis
sion tn present "The Bachelor's Ro
mance': in St. Paul. Mme. Modjeska, R.
D. McLean and their company formed a
box party Jast evening.
GRAND.
James Neill and his excellent company
of players have returned to St. Paui,
after an absence of more than a year,
opening the week at the Grand last night
with "An American Citizen." Mr. Neili's
home-coming was attended with a wel
come such as is very rarely extended to
any actor, and demonstrated, beyond per
a<l venture, that he is a very, very greac
favorite with the theater-going people
of St. Paul. One may be excused for
speaking of Mr. Neill's return as a
home-coming, for he has been seen here
so many, many times and is so well
known that he has come to be regarded
as a St. F"aul "product. Mr. Neill is not a
great actor, and his company is not a
great company, but he is a good actor
and handles his character with an ease
and an assurance tha'. cannot but bring
success, and he ha_s surrounded himself
with a support that is especially well
balanced. '
In Mr. Neill's support are several old
favorites, 1 tnriuding Edythe Chapman,
Julia Doan, Rose Sw a in, Frank Mcyiears,
Benn Howard, Emmet Shaekelford, Scott
Sea ton and George Bloomquist. - Miss
Chapman'is'as clever and winning as
ever, and her Beatrice Carew is a finished
piece of^-work. The other characters,
and especially that of the American gin
in the hands of Miss Dean, are well cared
for by those mentioned above, and J. W.
Burton, Grace 1 Mac Hawkln, LUttftn An
drews. Vera Gray and Victor Mohl. Mr.
Neill has an admirable chance in "An
American Citizen" to show some of his
beautiful and elaborate stage settings,
and those of last night were fully as
gt)od as in the old days. The piece is
also handsomely costumed, some of the
gowns worn being exquisite creations.
"An American Citizen" will be repeated
tonight, Tuesday and "Wednesday after
noon and evening:. Thursday and Fri
day night the bill will be "A Parisian
Romance," and Saturday afternoon and
evening "Aristocracy" will be produced.
STAR.
Phil Sheridan's New City Sports,■: at
the Star last:night, proved "to be one ;of \
the liveliest vaudeville productions ever
shown in - the house. The basket ball
gam© by a bevy o f - girls \in seashore;
tights -was almost, enough to ; put hair
. on ;a I bald - head, and ".: the I. comedy, - "Hot
: Time^.in a New York Hotel," t wasrper-.
fo.rmed : at . a Kansas > cyclone ; pace, all of
which was decidedly entertaining. ".; '
is Naturally the "basket ball game was
the feature of the evening. '. --27.".
;.. One of the features of the evening was
the work of ; the Josselin trio, whlch;per- ;
■ formed upon the trapes. Their part rof
the programme was artistic : without any .
I misapplication ■of I the term:, Their j pos
tures - lit- midair on the tether used in
climbing to : the ; trapeze : were sbmething
out :of the ordinary, and well worth see
i ing twice/.' 'j^- -.-:;^" '■ -;.-::". - ■-?-•.■; -"I
.'.'.' Miss '-' Kitty Miley "in : her songs - did .
creditably., so too .Craig, and Ardell.
In their musical performances,
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) PERTINENT 08, PAETLYSo]
v.- ; j--.ii-,-i.v.-*ri.'..a«.r:-i- .-■ ■ ■ ■-,--:.- ■-.-■-■r''.r,r:r- :'■:* •■'
; ~ The newspapers :of the v/crld : last. year
weighed WL'.&Br tons, of which the cdi-:
torlal pages of / the ; Republican organs"
composed byjfar.theilargest part.
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The expected:: copper output of the '
world fon;l9oft is r; 325,000,000 C pounds, I; of :
which P.^j^ Gctcheli was Ja? very small
part.vVUi-3 W 1? ■:■.- ,; — ■-,-'.■ '
"■■:i.^'V ..f-'V''SS i: f&i-..i-"* ■•■*:.-".■-. ■
- The f foreigon diplomats<i imprisoned iin '
Pekin ateTflbr4?f- mules. No wonder China
finds them9fetut)barn now. :: -.?:"::; .
..' -'~":'i~ '-^r -3"::'' J-j^_. '•_.•-' *,:-.; "■■ - ' " ■ ' _ '
; An America>;. has . set "up steam pumpsf
on the ; river Jordan and ships bottles of "
water from the j sacred stream all over [
Europe. is undoubtedly from Connec
ticut. I*'-' y-':tr:.-Jii - • ;'■■ "~;:-.-\ ■ -.•■••■■ -"; • -..:■;.'
y~~-'~?''''"7f~ : :Zj±^:'-■'-*;' *r - *]■■■ ' ''.-'-''- ' '" :■ ■
I ":': New York has a ; restaurant i where { eof -"
fee is 25 r cents ja v cup. There ; are grounds
to believe the proprietor needs 1 the ; mo n ey.
[ STOKIES OF THE STREET. (
He thought he loved her, but it was
only puppy love. It served her purposes,
however, for she kept him walking a
chalk line to perfection as long as it
lasted. Did she want to go to the opera?
If so, Johnny must immediately get in
terested. Did she love dogs? If so,
Johnny must adore them.
She was the thinker; he the one upon
whom her "thinks" we're Impressed
Well, it so happened that this charm
ing little bunch of magnetism wanted to
go to a ball to be given by one of the
athletic clubs of the city. Johnny—that
isn't his name, but it cuts no ngure—
suddenly took a notion to go himself; m
fact, he became so interested that he got
himself put on the committee of arrange
ments and worked ever so hard.
On the afternoon befoie the evening
when the ball was to come off he deco
rated the hall, helped wax the floor,
clean the windows, etc. At 7 o'clock he
said to himself:
"I'll now take a glass of port wine, go
home and get my supper, fix up and get
the girl."
There was a 3mall keg next to his
hand. The only thing he could find was
a large cup. He turned on the wine, but
before b.e could close it again the cup
was full. He drank it and went home.
After eating supper he went up stairs to
dress.
That was the last of litt'.e Johnny. He
wasn't used to port wine, and had lain
I down to get over the dizziness when Mor-
I pheus overcame him. The ccftirt house
I tower struck 12 when he awoke, and it
i was too late in the night to go to the
I ball.
In the morning he sent the young lady
an apologetic letter, saying that he was
deathly sick, but, strange to say, he for
got to mention what made him sick.
They don't speak now, and he doesn't
cafe.
A new benedict is like the man in the
moon. He is apart from the rest of the
world, soars in the ciouds, shakes hands
with himself and herself, her ideal, im
aginary self, and all this and that until—
until he ceases to be a new benedict.
When that time has arrived, his "in
nards" are soured up to a stage where
he' can no longer see things on an in
clined plane, and the world seems to
hump itself along at the regulation gait
fixed by astronomers.
There was a benedict in St. Paul with
his wife not so very long ago. They
came from Minneapolis. They registered
at the Windsor hotel as "W. E. Marks
and wife," but the name on the register
was wrong. He knew it and she knew it,
and four men from Minneapolis knew it,
but the benedict and his lovey-dovey
wife did not know that they knew it.
Well, something happened. The four
dear, kind, good friends of Mr. Marks'
secured rdms next to that occupied by
himself and his "half so much." When
the shades of eve had fallen and the
couple had gone to peaceful rest they
were startled by a knock on their door.
"Mr. Marks! Oh. Mr. Marks! Can we
see you Mr. Marks?"
A whispered consultation inside, but no
answer. Mr. Marks had evidently made
up his mind to make a sphinx out of
himself.
"O! O! O! Mr. Marks! I say you. Mr.
Marks! Can we see you a minute?"
Nothing but silence followed, so the
unwelcome visitors wrote notes and stuck
them under the door. They said:
"How are you, Mr. Marks?" or, "Con
gratulations, Mr. Marks;" o r, "Will you
let us see you in the morning, Mr
Marks?" and the like. That kind of work
couldn't be kept up all night. It wasn't
in the nature of things.
The men sat up all night, drank a great
deal, just about enough to make Minne
apolis feel good, and talked about what
they would do in the morning.
Dawn came and with it Mr. Marks and
wife. They were going to give their
solicitous friends the slip, but they had
not been watching tJae stairway like
hawks for nothing. They swooped into
the shrinking presence of their victims
with a vengeance and showered con
gratulations promiscuously.
Of course the benedict had to pay the
hotel bills and buy the drinks and, above
all, grin goodnaturedly while doing it.
He couldn't help himself.
When the four left the "two," one of
the former called Mr. Marks aside and
said:
We are always delighted to see any
of our old friends meet with, good for
tune, and if—er—there are ever any more
"Marks" you can depend upon our hearty
congratulations."
The recent unsuccessful attempts at
suicide which have stirred the commun
ity bring to mind an incident in that
line wfaich occurred some time ago.
In one of the large office buildings
of the 1 city there is a janitor named
Fritz, who, on state occasions, sees how
near he can come to drinking all the
beer in town. Like many others who
imbibe, Fritz becomes very remorseful
as the bad effects of his indulgence wear
off, so remorseful, in fact, that he feels
that life is a mere bubble and it would
be pleasant to become an angel.
A drug clerk ;n the same building who
knew of Fritz's despondency, decided to
give him the long- w i s hed-for opportunity
to hie himself off to another world, and
straightway prepared a mixture of salt
and sugar to be presented to Fritz on his
return from the next "periodical."
The janitor returned, more despondent
than ever. The engineer was chosen as
the man to deliver the deadly poison. H e
went to Fritz and in heart-breaking
tones expostulated with him for his fall,
told him about the poison, and ended
by saying in a sepulchral tone:
"Fritz, will you take it?"
The answer came, in a voice subdued
but determined, like that of the bride
groom, saying: "I will."
Fritz stood for a moment, reflected on
his long and checkered career, his boy
hood days, and wasted opportunities. His
features b-cam e set. a determined li^ht
shone in his eye, and with a gulp he
swalloped the depe.
He turned deadly pale. The engineer
poized him and in an entreating voice
cried out: "For God's sake, man, run!
Run for your life! You must not die
here!"
The"dying-man looked bewildered for a
moment,': and then, _ with a bound, he
dashed into the; street.'; Along - the streets
.he . ran at a ; maddening pace, knocking
down street signs, jostling pedestrians,.
ignoring: all; that interfered with- - his
. flight. ,: His . mind : was now burning ■
: with the one thought: r^ ■'.■l'^'-'r:'.':'-'".
■ : "I must not die on the street."
21. He. soon reached ;: his home, i which is
on the . "West side, , hurried -. into bed- and
. became | deathly , sick. : For "three - 3ays
he lay at death's door to all appear
ances. r. On - the ; fifth "he < returned ito I his j
work, and sought out ; this. old ' friend, the
engineer. -v. On seeing him he 1 looked
ashamed, as though he : had failed in do
ing ,: his ; duty, ■ but - approaching • him,' re- \,
marked: '■;■;- ,■'■-: ,-■:.■■■■. - ■ ".-_.
1 "It almost finished me. . A ; little = more
and I would, have stopped drinking.'' :
-. _—. — na> "" ——^—— ;_ ■
."One of the "In jnrlous Trusts.'* /
Cleveland Plain Dealer. .:-'■' [ - : -y;
H Notice I has been v served I upon - jobbers |
'of ' paints and glass by the window ; glass \
■ trust r. that, if ',thejr;expect to con tlnue^
[ their business : relation -with^the trust,
they must agree not; to handle any for
"eign-made glass. unles3 l it ; th«s output ■
of a manufactory for which some mem
\ber of i the : trust has : an agency in : the ;
United States. This is to ' completely shut ;
out { competition, and any dealec who re-":
\ fusas to sign the ra eement^: dictated
; the trust will be prevented getting sup
plies of any kind. :
«^
Worrying tlie : British Taxpayer.
r Pittsburg Dispatch. :: r "
'V When>. theTcoinmercial -, Briton ponders
thestatementCbf the Statist 2 that Eng
lish ? trade is dwindling- in ; South Africa—
the bothersome Americans having cap
tured even that Uganda \ bridge ; eontraot-i^
and places \it side \by side wSth the pros
pect of severely increased taxes he Is
likely to; firid^al new reading •-,\o\ President -
Kruger's declaration about the cost of
i the I conquest. The ; thing which j staggers
British humanity commercial circles j
•is • decreasing- trade and \ increasing ; taxes. ;
Circulation of the Globe
For November,
Ernest P. Hopwocd, superintendent of circulation of the St. Pav\*
Globe, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the actual circulation of
, the St. Paul Globe for November. 1900, is herewith correctly set forth:
i.... -.17,600 16 17,720
* 17,900 17 17,725
3- 17,855 18 17,500
4 21,400 19 = ..... 17.450
5 — ..17,675 20 17,400
6 21.900 2i.. 17,390
7- ..-.24,100 22 17.400
8 21,200 23 17,650
9.^ 18,350 24..v....17,600
10._ .18,000 25....... 17,400
11 17,800 26 17,400
12.... ...17,600 27 17,400
13 ...17,550 28.......17,450
14... ..17,550 29 17,450
15. .~~.17,500 30 17,600
; ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ist day of December. 1900.
; H. P. PORTER,
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn.
—————^-——. *"
Thomas Yould, being duly sworn, deposes and says: lam an employs
exclusively of the St Paul Dispatch, in the capacity of foreman of
• press room. The press work of the St Paul Globe is regularly done by
i said Dispatch under contract. The numbers of the respective day's cir
culation of said Giobe, as set out in the above affidavit of Ernest P. Hop
! wood, exactly agree with the respective numbers ordered to be printed by
', said Globe; and in every case a slightly larger number was actually printed
! and delivered to the mailing department of said Globe.
; THOS. YOULD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ist day of December. 1900.
S. A. YOUNG.
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public, Ramsey Co . Minn.
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites any one and every one interested to. at any time,
mak© a full scrutiny af its circulation lists and records and to visit tts.
press and mailing departments to check and keep tab on the number of
papers printed and the disposition made of the sams.
HILL'S PRESIDENTIAL BOOM
Said to Be "Picking at tbe Shell"
at This* Early Date.
New York Tribune.
David B. Hill's boom for the presiden
tial nomination in 1804 is beginning to
pick at the shell. A twitter has been
heard from Chicago, and from other
parts of the. country there are vague re
ports of talk about him for the nomi
nation. . It- is known that Mr. Hill is
anxiously working to bring about his
nomination in 1904. He has been in
consultation with friends in various parts
of the country. The one great obsta
cle in his p^-th is Richard Croker, backed
by Tammsuiy Hall. As long as the war
fare between Croker and Hill is kept up
t-he latter iesows he can never have the
solid vote ot the state back of him. Some
of his ftlfmcfs tirge him to keep on fight
ing Tamjn&ny. and say that he will be
strongei^w the national convention if
opposed by Tammany than he would l>e
with Tammany's support. Tammany is
nttterly hated by Western and Southern
Democrats, and at Kansas City, when
Tarrimany^ humiliated Hill, the Western
and delegates gave the ox
senator a reception second only to that
of Bryan. This set Mr. Hill's heart to
"going .pitapat," and awoke ambitions
for the nomination in 1904.
•-.: On..the other hand, some advise him
that he can get calong: -better by making
: peace with Tammany and having a unit
ed delegation from this jj state. Mr. Hill
is looking only at the politicsl of the
situation and trying, to formulate a plan .
which. will suit his own selfish ends best.
Of course, if he can overthrow Croker
and go to the convention wit
a solid delegation back of him and the
prestige of "having vanquished Croker,
he will be much "stronger- To this end
.Mr. Hill has; decided that vice in New
York must go, and he is manifesting
tender ' solicitude for the moral welfare
-of this city. ; •
': Mr; > Hill's i whole, political energies are .
now being directed toward the overthrow
of Croker. .'He is ? consultation with the",
anti-Croker Democratic leaders here, and.
while he will not appear openly in the
fight he will give these leaders the bene
fit of his advice and counsel. He is
urging- that an independent- Democratic
organization :be formed, and if this -is
done Hill will grab it to use as - a club
! to batter his way along the path to
political preferment.. He has been giv
■en' to understand j that his op?n interfer- |
ence in . the ' politics :of this * city would
he resented, but with ■ his old-time cun
ning, he stands in the. shadows scheming*
■arid planning and looking ahead tc;l9oi.- i
| Some of Mr. Hill's friends are quietly
sounding the Democratic leaders bver/the.
country and trying to obtain their
pledges. - Some are talking a little, but it '
Is understood that Mr. Hill doesn't ,want
the propaganda talked about yet, for the j
feax that his plans may be thwarted
V——— '•— 0& _ "" "./v>-
Wlrtt THE PARAGRAPKERS.
Forelnj? Procew. / -
Anaconda (Mont.) Standard.
Bf ChmnSerlain has,- virtually been forced :
to promise kindly treatment, if not actual
justice, to the Boers, while President Me- ;
Kiriley never tires <of . telling- about the
blessings he intends to confer upon the
- Filipinos. -7;p.' i:: '■'■". • • ::: .u-.'_
■^^^' Trust* Bouud to Win.
-• Baltimore World.
: The oil trust has gained a victory ir. the
courts 'of Ohio. Tmsts: are bound |to win
under the ; present administration, esj»eci-.
ally in the state of Hahna* and-McKin
ley. ;-,..-->:.-:;,..„.... -•■-'■• ."■;••.•'
i
I *''-Vyi Has No : Bnafnnift .In Cuba.
lr New World. : ; '*-•-.--
J- Although Lawyer Lindsay is ■workLns
for his i client, Neely, the alleged postal
thief, many will- agree with him ; that . the
United i States has no business in: Cuba
now.
EuS^S As the I/a test. -^SSi
Denver News. ".;. .■'"r-^"^" ."■- V, • i ".::i-"
\'l Santa Claus will hardly neglect :to : stuff \
the young | Senator Beveridge, , of -Indiana; •
: into the '] administration's stocking as the.
latest improved rattle box. _ . .
: -""Dominion, of Unwilling; People*.
Boston "C Po6t.
McKlnley has placed' the United States
abreast of /Great; Britain •; in j the race ? for «
imperial dominion over unwilling- peoples.
■ : '-'^'/^ Does tbe Right Tbln^. ,
Indianapolis Press. ; ; Tf' -■'""/■
j'i The war department -i does ;-'. the ~~. right
i thing in ordering 1 ■an investigatJoa. of -Ih«.',
Booz hazing charges.
: ■•
THE PAEAGRAPHEBS.
Will Come Off tlie Perch.
Washington Times.
We are strong in the belief that Mr.
McKinley's able anil discreet ally in tha
end will show himself anxious enough to
take the half loaf of whatever may be
left of British advantage in j the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty after the senate gets'
done with it. /
- Neely'a I'onKloii.
Philadelphia Inquirer. .
" Neely is now in this country, and the
question "is whether he can legally ,b.
extradited to • Cuba to - stand his trial
;* there.
. In the llunnini;. - :. y> ■
London Mail.
Mr. Richard , Croker runs Tammany
Hall Jin America* and race horses in Eng
land. • " ' • ;- :
-. .Count Xot Very; Valuable.
New York World.
It seems to cost Count Castellane. more
money than it is worth to live. .
~" ——^^^^. — ~ *
THE MERRY CHRISTMAS SHOP
I.
Now the windows have displays
That enliven and amaze— •: .- '-■
In a thousand clever, waya
- They are fashioned to at tract I -r
; Silke in many a gorgeous heap,. "'l^^gp
Gems that make'the pulses leap,
Mooing cows" and blatting sheep
With the wolves and tigers packed!
v And cigars
It would be a sin to smoke, -
—' : . And the cars
Built for merry little folk.
• And the drums and horns and sleds.
• And the btasts that nod their heads,.
>' And the rude
Dolls that po?e there in iho nu'lp,
Staring boldlyitfirough the glas3
- At the surging croAVds that pass,
Bringing blushes to the faces of the mod.
est maidens that
Are' composed of bisque and always, in
their way, -.worth looking at!
11.
See her, starting in the morning, full of
elee,
With her^best clothes on, and beautiful
to see, : ■ >. r
Hear her praise '
Christmas days and Christmas wayx
Wr.at a Joy.
' For tho mother of a boy
Or a girl
To get mixed up in tho whirl! >*
O it biings ber childhood back, and rhe
. is glad ■'-'.:'
That they haven't put old Santa ''lavs
away, r \
And she thinks about the orphans and is
- : saA— %: ■ ■■■-.
Ah, if she could be their Santa Clau3
"-< today! ; ; ..
See her stand np in tho car ~
• And, with mar.y.ajolt and jar,
I j Riile alone-
It is merry Christmas time,
All her '. fancies are sublime,
And her b^ing thrills with pleasure and
• . her heart is full cf song!
111.
• See them crowding through the doors
Of the stores;
See the ladies r>a»& and claw, • .
Hear them chatter, hear them jaw, ,'___
■-■- See them 1 smirk / •
"1. At the clerk.
.: See ■ them try -by say ing nice -. W■.
■.-.'- Little tilings to "have the price ':
: Cut in i two. *nd start out angry wh«"
their scheming doesn't work.
'■• See them feel of tliis and that. . .
: " See ■■ them try on cloak and' hat:
r,l ■ - : See them pall . .
At the. lambkin's: tail to hear its-plainti
■ v bleat, ' •■- '-■ ■•
iSee.them feel. its silky wool, —
- Hear | them cry sto one another. . "Ain't
~~ ■ cunning! •■-■ Atn't : it" sweet!"
See tbem-wind the'jumping things ~
- That are moved by Inner springs,
- ■•'.. . -■•"•'^Soe: them tear.: . '■•■
. Down :: tall ;pyramids- of ;boxes- just to see
- what may:.be there,
Hear - them '■: sfgh.
As they wearily examine .stuff they don
intend to buy!
':' .V.iv.-;. ■ /<—
See her starting home at night—
• • -,^ What a fright!, ■
i; They : hnvVj trampled. upon her toes,
-■- There is ; black upon ; her nose, - ■'- -
And her hair in strings 13 hanging ao-w
:-,'i-; her back! "-; . ra
V: She i, sweary. slie i§ sad, -1- _• i^
She's bcdragglod; and: she's mad,
'And::she: hasn't' bought ,the things s
- star ted cut .to , buy, alack:.
, She *.lias 1; fought from store to lor*.
And a horrid swinging- •tioor
--:: ,- ■• Knocked ''Tier.: flat,
And her hat". - ::*i,<r^"
iHaa,been:rulned! by the jamming, -.
And - the knocking, and the = siamnilnsr,
- ■■•■■* ■■■■'r- '. ■ And she stands
In a car that falr'r reeks.
- With a pallor. on her cheeks. "
And thirty-seven ,bu miles in . her: ar
and in her hands. --•- .
- .. - And she speaks •-■',. .-■-. -'";.. *
In a tone, that's harsh and rasping wh
r^:^. she eel* the i breath -to < say. • |
-That in her opinion f Christmas Is an n
:.■_•/•■ aance anyway. '-• •;■■'■- *•
:-;..■ ■-■■: --■ ■ -...■■i-- —a.iE. Kiso:
•• *-Timea Heralt