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MONDAY. JAN. 7. ISOL
" THE I^VfiE SETTLEMENT." .
There has been no problem presented
to the business community of St. Paul
for many years thai has touched more
closely the city's future development
than the one of the increase of
trackage facilities at the union depot.
It lids puzzled the most enlightened and
discouraged the most hopeful.
All who have given serious thought to
the subject understand fully the great
disadvantage which the city suffers in
the peculiar topographical conditions at
tending the location of the present depot.
The founders of the city built with little
understanding indeed of its possibilities
or requirements as a commercial com
munity. Had they even a spark of fore
sight among them they would never have
laid the foundations for a business sec
tion, such as exists today in the manner
adopted by them. There was little
thought among them of the utilization of
space for public facilities; and the
problem which the union depot has pre
senter] from time to time is in a sense a
legacy of their lack cf thought.
> ; For present purposes the solution of
the problem suggested by the joint com
mittee whose report has b/?en marie
public; ,will doubtless prove satisfactory.
But to meet the ultimate needs of the
community it will in time prove as Inad
equate as any other of the other make
shifts which have been resorted to in
the past The shameless demagogism
which has found expression on this sub
ject is made quite plain in the readiness
with which the committee recognizes In
the suggested settlement the paramount
Tight of the community to be protected
In the fullest exercise of riparian rights. ■
That the title to the property involve.!
thould revert to the city in case the loca
tion of. ilie depot were changed is a re
quirement which fulfills all the practical
needs of the city and protects all interest
which it can possess which the railroads
should not enjoy in common with it.
The settlement proposed seems reason
able on its face. Nothing except the un
reasonableness of one of the corporations
Involved and the ignorance and dema
gogism shown by those who professed to
have the weJfare of ihe city alone at
heart has prevented an early and ami
cable adjustment. If the city authorities
will approach the subject In the same
spirit as the committee has evidently
treated It. and will not permit themselves
to be swerved from their duty by out
side considerations.' they will accept th's
proposed settlement, making such addi
tional changes in it as they may find
■ necessary and consistent with the pubifo
interest.
In no event should the settlement be
much longer delayed. The city must be
the chief sufferer from the failure to com e
to an agreement. • Little is asked of it in
the proposed adjustment, while, a., a mat
ter of fact, a sound public policy would
demand c f it, if necessary, the making
of substantial and valuable concessions
in order to increase materially the exist
ing facilities for handling the carrying
commerce of. the community.
MAKE IT APPLY GBXERALLY\
By those who watch the "current of
events in political life the adoption of
the principle embodied in the primary
law now in operation In Minneapolis la
regarded as marking an epoch in the
development of our electoral system
The greatest event In. the operation of
the American representative system dur
ing the century was the adoption of the
Australian ballot. Atone stroke it put
an end to the chief opportunities for
fraud in the exercise of the . franchise.
The tissue and the marked' ballot and all
the other, devices designed to reveal the
•way in which the voter had exercise!
the franchise were rendered of no avail.
Secrecy, the unfailing security for an
honest ballot, was rendered inviolable,
and the corruptlonlst robbed of all his
influence.
•There, are still many drawbacks at
tached to the operation of the Australian
system. Indeed it will probably prove an.
flcult. If not impossible, to secure a rem
edy, for such defets. Yet the great end
of relieving the voter from the chief
barriers against his casting a free ballot
has been accomplished, and the existence
of the present balloting system gives no
excuse whatever for failure on the part
of the voter to follow the dictates of
judgment and conscience while discharg
ing the weightiest duty of his citizen
ship.
In an almost equal degree the new pri
mary system relieves the first step in
earning out the will of the voters of the
pollution which before tho advent of the
Australian system was common to every
step Decenary In registering the popular
will. Under its operation the obligation
Is Imposed on the people themselves. It
they fail to discharge their duty they,
must assume . the - responsibility.. Candi
dates c.ir.not be "set up" under it by the
Politicians. Any man.who has an amU- ;
tier, to onur public life may, have his
■
claims passed upon In the primary by the
voters of his locality.
We have heara~a grreat deal of the refer
endum. It is a scheme which has fright
ened timid people because of its popu
listic origin; but It is put Jn practical op
eration under the new* primary system
with the best effects, ft enables the people
in the first Instance to *ay by tfl*. majority
who they desire to be their candidates.
It blots out the local convention with its
blocks of mercenaries from the several
precincts with their votes ready to de
liver to the candidate offering the high
est price. It puts an end forever to tlie
hole-in-the-wall caucus system, which
has been the chief infamy of the Ameri
can political system.
The initial effort to introduce the new
system in Minneapolis has not, of course,
been attended by the most encouraging
results; but those results may be ex
plained by the natural defects, capable
of remedy, now visible in the system,
and by the lack of familiarity on the
part of the voters with Its actual opera
tion. Yet the public has accepted It as
a necessary improvement in existing
methods and as being promotive of th-ilr
right to select their own servants.
The legislature will be asked this win
ter to extend the new system to th«
cities of the state. It must comply with
the request. Every attempt already mide
to reform the American primary has
been a pitiful failure; and law after law
to that end has been passed and repealed
successively for the past twelve or fif
teen years. The Minneapolis law meets
the situation as effectively as it can be
met at present. It can be improved, ?o
as to enable the American people to
avoid the pollution of the very source
of their political freedom and power. It
should be made a state law applying to
all municipalities. Until it is In general
operation it is idle to think of giving the
people the untrammeled exercise of their
right to select for themselves the m«n
who will fill their pubjic offices.
CHORDS \M> DISCORDS.
When the senate, doing the unexpect
ed thing, came down on the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty like a thousand of
brick and smote it with meat axes and
flails, until there was nothing left of it
but the frame around the place where it
used to be, then, indeed, the most of
us simple folk stood by in mute sur
prise; but a few of the more knowing
ones realized that it possibly meant a
knockout blow for the Nicaragua scheme
and a corresponding boost for the
Panama deal. Who said money? Money
is no object!
It was a godsend for the Republican
country editors. All through the presi
dential campaign, they had been de
nounced as slaves, tools, hirelings and
lickspittles of Great Britain, and they
had no other choice than to face the mu
sic. But here was their chance, and
they set the eagle screaming till
the echoes resounded back and forth
between the Rockies and the Alleghenitis
and all the stars around the "E Pluribus
Unum" got jarred out of place. On the
other hand, the Democratic editors felt
that having shown their colors all
through the campaign, they did not. have
to rehabilitate themselves by any splurge
of jingoism, and, besides, they had evi
dently studied the question calmly and it
hardly seemed to them like the right
time to let the eagle scream and the
welkin ring. The Gl ob c was pleased
to rmtice .that most of them understoc.d
the weighty questions invohed and dis
cussed them dispassionately. But oc
casionally one of them lost his head and
was carried away like the Glencoe Enter
prise which evolves the following:
"The latest move of the Panama canal
lobby is the announcement that England,
Germany and France Lave entered into
an agreement 10 jointly complete and con
trol the Panama canal, regardless of con
gressional action on tne bill for the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal. The
Panama crowd have unintentionally help
ed the Nicaragua canal. Were the peo
ple of the United States to wake* up
son-.e morning and read in cold type the
fact that England, Germany and France
had taken stock in the Panama water
way, fuere would be a demonstration
akin to that aroused by the destruction
or the Maine. Then, if never before,
would the construction of an American
canal, fortified by American twelve-inch
Kins, become assured. We must have the
Nicaragua waterway, and we will have
it, without regard to the Clayton-Bulwer
compact or any other. It is evident that
if England attempts to meet the amend
ed Hay-Pauncefote treaty, by any such
scheme as this, me will, hear a few old
fashioned ear piercing screams that will
mean business from the Amerihan ea
gle."
Dear brother! Have yqu any idea what
you are talking about? Are you really
awako or talking in a trance? In the first
place your announcement that "England,
Germany and Prance have entered into
an agreement," etc., has not even the
shadow of a foundation. But do you
know that the Panama company has con
cessions to build a canal, • that a large
amount of work on this canal has already
been done and that the above mentioned
rations may find a way to supply this
company with the necessary funds for
completing the undertaking as a private,
neutral, enterprise? And what can you
or anybody else do about it? Haven't
European companies the right to engage
in private enterprises m South America?
And if a neutral canal is built at Pana
ma, what good would a fortified canal
through Nicaragua do us? You will find,
on studying the subject, that there Is
only one of two consistent courses to
pursue. Make the canal neutral, which
■will render it safe against attack and
destruction, and then depend upon our
navy to keep the enemy from using It In
case of war; or, make It an exclusive
ly American and fortified canal, In which
case we cculd never f ee l sure of its jeing
safe until we had annexed all of Central
America, and then, to prevent the build
ing of a rival canal through the isthmus
of Panama, annex that territory also.
THE LADY STENOGRAPHER IX
\y~: Vz '"-T danger.
The several systems of abbreviated
longhand which does duty with many
energetic young ladies for phonography
Is fast falling into dlsesteem, and the
young ladles who practice such systems
are accordingly becoming less highly
appreciated in business circles.
t>ay by day those who are charged
with the conduct of large enterprises in
their several departments are declaring
themselves to be less satisfied with the
presence and services of young ladtes
whose chief occupation Is that ot re-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBIS, MONDAY JANUARY 7, li,u..
ceiving letters in dictation and transcrib
ing the same. In fifteen years or ?o
this form of feminine Industry has de
veloped to .ts present proportions. Thou
sands upon thousands of charming youi.g
ladies have in that time been advised by
their m'rrors of the gradual fading of
the freshness and bloom of youth, and
have failed to observe the approach of
the Prince Charming, whose errand is
to carry th m away from the vicinity
of typewriters and account books. But
until of late there has been no lessen
ing of the enthusiasm with which the
delightful young persons have recourse
to their chosen calling. The interiors
of business offices have continued to
be suggestive in their appearance of the
honored feminine practice of affixing
bows of ribbon to articles of furniture,
while the spittoon- and other uncanny
contrivances have disappeared from
view.
It Is a rather cruel ending which ap
pears to be in sight of the dreams which
the advocates of the higher education
have dreamed. Since the happy advent
of woman's intellectual emancipation,
we have all been ardently looking forward
to the time when literature and art and
science and philosophy would be enroll
ed by their ardent pursuit by the fair
sex in vast numbers «nd on terms of
most complete equality with man. The
dreams have been realized in so far that
many and many a beautiful young crea
ture has found the tips of her fair taper
ing fingers tipped with Ink stains and
her delightful fresh young face marred
by the appearance of glasses, made nec
essary by the exhausting nature of (he
visual labor imposed on her.
Most of us who believe in the grand,
mission of emancipated womanhood in
the realms of active life must necessarily
feel oppressed by the thought that the >*-d
mirable beginning which had been made
by the sex la the noble pursuit of the
wilting of abbreviated longhand is not
destined to find full fruition in her con
trol of the main avenues of advance
ment in the natural activities of the
world. Learned professors, their hair
in ringlets and their raiment spotless and
distinguished by its adaptability to the
requirements of their complexions; pro
found explorers in the world of scientific
research; doctors of the law, qualified
to disturb the mental repose of the most
intelligent jury, have not appeared in
such great numbers ameng the sex as
many of us had anticipated. But we
have consoled ourselves by the reflection
that in the process of evolution the lades
of the stenographic note book would, in
fr.ture generations at least, show the
splendid intellectual possibilities latent
in the feminine composition.
And now, when we had reconciled our
selves to what the" future might prpducs
here we are confronted by the threat
ened exclusion ,of woman from her
chosen calling of stenography. Is there
no one to intervene and put an end to
what must be regarded as a very blight
on the emancipated woman? The
enemies of tho sex are heard proclaim
ing aloud that the prevailing raid on
emancipated woman is not unlikely to
increase the population of the nurseries
and to lessen the sense of subjection in
the breast of man who has- heretofore
found himself exiW from office and
counting house by the activity—at re
duced wages—of his emancipated sister.
Let us to the rescue. What would th«
world be if the charming lady stenog
rapher (so-called) were to become ex
tinct? Then, indeed, w^ould woman sink
back into her old state of vassalage, <»nd
be expected to confine her thoughts to
tho monotonous and exhausting duties
of wifehobd and maternity. Then would
I forever die out from the land the in-
I spiring voice of the female suffragist,
nnd might the saloon and its kindred
evils flourish In the xaniestralned ability
of depraved mankind to secure the seat;
heretofore occupied by woman beside the
desk and typewriter.
Abbreviated longhand, cr, as sonic
prefer to regard it, elongated shorthand,
as practiced by emancipated woman,
must not be allowed to perish from
the earth. Of what avail would It be.
even were the supply of old maids ma
terially lessened, if so serious a check
were to be put upon the ultimate re
alization of woman in a state of com
plete intellectual, economic, moral and
social emancipation, as must inevitably
result from the suppression of the laly
stenographer (so-called).
MONDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
Three years ago a dozen men of Bridge
port, Conn., organized a "suicide club,"
or, at least, they called it that. Singular
to say, only one of the twelve Is now
living, and he says the club has dis
solved.
Tomorrow an important meeting will
begin at the state capitol. There will be
five day sessions and two evening ses
sions, devoted entirely to the discussion
of subjects pertaining to agriculture. Tn e
questions for discussion will Include
sugar beet culture, the Pan-American
exposition, dairying in Minnesota, Influ
ence of feed on the body of the growing
pig, wire grass and its uses, how shali
the Minnesota farmer improve the cattle
upon the farm, the care of the brood
sow and her young, fattening sheep, tho
live stock markets, the kind of cattle the
farmer should grow, etc. These ques
tions will be handled by men, each one of
whom is an expert in his line. On
Wednesday afternoon an address will be
given by Hon. J. H. Brigham, assistant
secretary of agriculture.
The gentleman who has charge of the
bureau of bacteriology In the national
depaitment of agriculture says that all
kinds of diseases may be traced to the
eating of un3pashed fruit, and particular
ly of unwashed grapes. After washing
some grapts which had stood for a long
time In a basket on a fruit stand the
man of science found that the water con
tained tubercle bacilli in sufficient quan
tities to kill a guinea pig In two days.
The board of trade at Plalnfleld, N. J.,
has asked the city council to appropriata
$1,500 for the purpose of advertising the
advantages of that place for those seeking
homes and sites for manufacturing en
terprises. Under a New Jersey state law,
local authorities can tax property one
half of 1 per cent for such purposes.
There is no reason why advertising would
not pay a town as well as It pays indi
viduals when It Is done wisely. The old
and always true adage, "Judicious adver
tising is the keystone of success," would
seem to apply in town expansion as well
as In.business prosperity.
Among President McKlnley's accom
plishments Is the feat of smoking 57,000
cigars during his fourteen years in con
gress. He always bought his cigars by
the box and left the box at the cigar
stand, callr.g for the smokes as he need
ed them.
Today, Jan. 7, is the anniversary of
the birth, i n n\^ o f Gen. Israel Putnam,
of Revolutionary fame; of Millard Fill
»nore, in 1800, the thirteenth president.; of.
Albert BierstaUt. in 1830, the eminent
landscape painter; of Thomas Dewitt
Tuimage, - n 1832, a noted American di
vine.
"The Bonnie Brier Bush" author, lan
Maelaren, says: "It appears to me that
the #reat..political danger in the begin
ning of the new century will be the
collision Cjt t^fl Western powers in the
East, and th.c chief social danger will
be anarchy among the masses of th«
people at, the base of our modern so
ciety. JVfay I add that in my opinion
the safegyard^against ooth perils is the
application of the Sermon on the Mount
to the lite alike of nations and of indi
viduals?" -
A marble statue of Frances E. Wil
lard «s soqji to be placed in statuary hall
in the capltol at Washington. It will
be the only !s.tatue of a woman ever al
lowed in the historic chamber. It is
donated fc^ the state of Illinois, each
commonwealth of the Union being "al
lowed to honor two persons in this man
ner. The W. c. T. U. will have charge
of the unveiling. '•
It Is the opinion of the Electrical Re
view that the time will come when grass
grown streets will be the sign of prog
ress. And why not? When ail freight
traffic has been banished to under
ground or overhead railways and the
automobile has displaced the horse for
surface travel nearly the entire street
between the pavements can be devoted
to green turf and shruboery. Cities of
the twentieth and following centuries
may be free from dust and the odor 3
arising from animal traffic. The auto
mobile mowing machine may be substi
tuted for the sweeping machine, to the
great improvement of health and in
crease of enjoyment of citizens.
Just as wireless telegraphy is well es
tablished comes a still more wonderful
invention, the radiophone, an apparatus
for talking miles away without the usa
of intervening wires.
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A couple of Chicago university pro
fessors, after a series of experiments, de
clare that common salt in the blood
makes the heart beat. What is more,
they declare that not only does salt keep
the heart in action, but it may cause th?
heart to beat again after it has once
stopped.
1. Ignatius Donnelly said In "Doctor Hu
guet": There are threads that connect
the conscience of the humblest with the
great whi-Je throne of heaven, and when
any man mucaers ■ his . sense of right all
the legions of angeles are disturbed In
their serenity." '
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. A new cqmet, called Giacobini, has been
discovered,; It was first seen at Kiel, and
then at the Lick observatory: In astro
nomical terms, it was located"in right as
cension 22 nours 57 minutes and 1 second
and decllrtation minus 22 degrees 45 min
utes." :! ~ = . • -• ■.. • -
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Several .Eastern dailies have what may
be termed.-a -''Jove editor," a woman who
answers: all 1 kinds >of sentimental ques
tions from young folks In distress or
bilious. 9!WS'. v : .'
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A Chicago judge , recently decided that
, there . was.", no law compelling a ; woman
to work, and, , therefore, discharged a
woman charged with vagrancy: • She was
defended by a woman lawyer, Kate Kane-
Rosso. So that a woman cannot be a
vagrant. Furthermore, have you noticed
that no" one .ever calls a woman a scamp,:
a scoundrel or a rascal? These choice
epithets are applicable to men only.
Three hundred Boston school boys were
asked for a written answer to this ques
tion, "Would you rather be a man or a
woman, and why?" Of the entire 300
only two preferred to be women, one be
cause "the female sex is good without
any trouble, but it is hard for the male
sex to be good." The second boy wanted
to be a woman because "women have
more souse th!jn men."
PERTINENT OR PARTLY SO.
Sixto Lopez, the FfHpino envoy, laugh
ed at the report that Aguinaldo was
dead. So would President McKinley.
* • •
Gen. Edward Molineux wants to know
why the date for his son's hanging is
not set. Don't get impatient, general.
The governor has been busy riding the
goat, and he may overlook it entirely.
* » «
John Strange, of Oshkosh, was offered
a fat position by Gov. La Follette, and
Strange, strange, but true, declined It.
Gov. La 'Follette has found many Re
publicans jus^. as true, but few quite as
strange.
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'"Fighting Bpb" Evans, who command
ed the lowa at Santiago, wants to go to
sea again: Perhaps Bob got Into the
crush at the "president's New Year's re
ception. ' '
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It has been, so cold in Europe during
the last Iweek that the beautiful blue
Danube is frozen over, and the Wacht
am Rheiiv harf had to be adjusted to the
reduced temperature.
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If that board of inquiry inquires into
hazin" in IJre navy, it might get well up
into the adrnfral's family.
Marconi:and iTesla are quarreling about
which has the right key to the message
from Mars. The chances are that Kitch
ener and Methuen are in closer touch
with Mars at this minute than either of
the wireless telegraphers, and they're
not a bit proud either.
Beside marshaling offenders against
the federal laws in Minnesota, with Steve
Picha's assistance, and managing Bob
Evans" senatorial boom with the other
hand, W. H. Grimshaw has found a few
idle hours on his hands, and is now the
editor of a checker column In a Minne
apolis evening paper.
JANUARY MAGAZINES.
The January number of The American
Illustrated Methodist Magazine opens
with a timely article descriptive of the
training of naval apprentices at the New
port, R, 1., station. The writer is Dr.
Cassard, chaplain in the United States,
navy, and by his intimate acquaintance
with the subject he is able to give a
particularly interesting account, which i-s
ilu3trated by snap-shot pletures.
Another article "at first hand" is that
on. the Apaches, by the veteran Dr.
Daniel Dorchester, who for five years
was superintendent of Indian schools.
The story of the founding and develop
ment of Trinity college. North Carolina,
is graphically) told by Mr. Edwin Mim3,
and pictures are given of its generous
benefactor, Mr. Washington Duke, and
of the various, scholastic buildings.
The chapter in "The Illustrated History
of Methodism" is entitled "Unrest and
Secessions." and takes up the stormy
period in the.cfhurch during the early part
of the nineteenth century.
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The feature,iof The National Maga
zine for January is an article in which
Senator Mi'A. Hanna seta forth the bene
fits which, in his opinion, would accrue
to Ame*an- commerce and industry
from the>t>aesing of the proposed ship
subsidy b}ll, tyi an article entitled "The
Revival of -American Shipping." Joe
Mitchell ghap^le's gossip of "Affairs at
Washington" $s as usual the most timely
and pertinent comment on men and mat
ters at tj£} Rational capital. A special
correspondent of the National lately
returned from South Africa, writes in
terestingly of "Midwinter Day In a Boer
Camp." A clear idea of the difficulties
attending .the political reconstruction, o£
our new possessions is presented In "The
Constitutional Convention In Cuba." An
other most timely and interesting article
fas "Can Congress Change Congressional
Appointment?"
In the way of fiction the January nuni-
her of the National Magazine !s espe
cially strong, and the list of authors
represented comprises such well known
names ag Octave Thanet, Jack London,
Clinton Scollard, Elmore Elliott Peak«,
AVilliam McLeod Raine. Theodosia G»r
rison and Hayden Caruth. The regular
departments contain a great amount of
timely and Instructive matter.
In the January Atlantic Prof. Wood
row Wilson opens the first of an import
ant series of papers Uy famous hands,
with "The History of the Reconstruc
tion of the Southern States "
Elizabeth Blsland discusses "The Tirre
Spirit of the Twentieth Century," the
changes that the nineteenth century has
wrought, and the programme and ideals
with which the new century will begin
11. Van Bergen t ketches the history of
the empress dowager of China,, her phe
nomenal rise to power, her present graap
of the situation and the things necessary
for the future of China.
Charles A. Conant discusses "Tb«
Growth of Public Expenditures, showing
that if more is spent nowadays than for
merly, more is demanded, and a higher
grade of public service is required in
every direction.
Mrs. "Sarah M. Handy discusses "The
I^ast Days of the Confederacy" as they
were seen and lived through by a woman
who was in the midst oi the final strug
gle.
W. Is, Scalfe gives a powerful descrip
tion of Plttsburg, its attractions. Its op
portunities, its demerits.
R. B. Johnson gives a summary of the
year's results In his "L,etter From Eng
land." He touches on the Boer war and
its consequences, the deaths of the year.
The great productions, literary, scien
tific and artistic, are graphically sum
med up, and the future of the coming
year suggested.
Henry D. Sedgwiok Jr. contributes "A
Gap in Education," discussing a topic as
important and necessary as it is general
ly avoided.
The serials of Mrs. Wiggin and Miss
Jewett increase in interest and attraction,
and are accompanied by lively shorter
fiction.
The number contains reviews of "Fic
tion, New and Old," with special articles
upon the lives o f Cromwell and Rowland
B. Robinson, some impressive poetry and
the bright and varied "Contributors'
Club."
An article in the January St. Nicholas
that will appeal to boys is "Jack Jou e tt's
Ride," an incident in the Revolution,
when Tarleton's men, sotting out on
horseback for Monticello, were fore
stalled by a young innkeeper, who rode
thirty miles in two hours, and warned
Thomas Jefferson of his danger. The
author of this account, R. T. W. Duke
Jr., rightly holds that the deed deserves
to rank with the famous ride of Paul
Revere. Another paper that .teems with
adventure is "The Diver," by Cleveland
Moffetf—the first of a series of articles
on "Careers of Danger and Daring."
Some of the experiences of professional
divers are extremely thrillling, and Mr.
Moffett writes of them in a very viva
clous style. On one occasion he donned
a diving suit weighing nearly two hun
dred pounds, and nailed a bit of wocd
on a submerged wreck. A spirited ballad
a la Kipling is Mary Austin's "Rhyme
of the Pronghorns." and a good "darkey"
story is Ruth McEncry Stuarts "Varth"
Ann of the Evergreens." Tudor Jenks
tells, in nineteen paragraphs, the history
of the past ninetec-n centuries, and Laura
E Richards relates in half as many
stanzas the tale of "The Gargoyle and
the Griffin," one of the characters there
in being Confucius. There are other
rhymes and jingles, the serials run alonp:
entertainingly, and the departments of
"Books and Reading" and "Nature and
Science" present the usual variety of
interesting matter.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
An unusually large Sunday night audi
ence greeted Frank Daniels last night at
the Metropolitan opera house in
his new comic opera, "The
Ameer. The frothiest of the frothy
is this new musical skit that Mr.
Daniels makes s=o funny. Of catchy lit
tle airs there is an ahundance, of spright
ly marches and spirited choruaes there
is plenty, but the opera contains nothing
that will tax the comprehension of the
least musically inclined. A comic opera
in the most literal interpretation of tha
phrase is "The Ameer," but, of its kind,
it's a clever production. The music, by
Victor Herbert, Is lively and melodious
throughout; the libretto, by La Shelle
and Frederick Ranken, piquant and dean.
Even more than most comic operas doe 3
it depend, for its success on its inter
preters, and Mr. Daniels, while he is the
extremely facile prince of the funraak
ers, has surrounded himself with a com
pany that is musical and capable. The
male chorus is remarkably good.
It is a pity that "The Ameer" does not
afford even more opportunity for its dis
play. The brigands' chorus, In the sec
ond act, was especially well sung.
The scene of the opera is laid in Af
ghanistan, and consequently the scenery
is gorgeously tropical. Harmonious com
binations of color please the eye as
thoroughly as the stirring music rests
the brain. A dainty bit of the opera is
the marching of a couple of score of
pretty girls Is heliotrope uniforms. L'ven
more fetching la the song and cake tfance
by the mixed chorus in the last act.
There is enough of a plot about "The
Ameer" on which to hang the many
comic situations, with some effect of
probability. The Ameer (Frank Dan
iels/ rules Afghanistan. Always in need
of money, he has hit upon the plan of
marrying a wealthy wife every year and
using her money to pay the tribute that
is demanded of him by the British. The
supply of home girls with money gives
out, so the Ameer arranges to marry an
American heiress. If she doesn't arrive
in time he is to be hurled into a dungeon.
To make the interval of waiting Kvely,
brigands plot against his life, and he does
not find existence at all monotonous.
Assisting him a3 funmakers are Heeza
burd, the lord chamberlain (Owen West
ford), and Craekasmile, the court Jester
(William Corliss). They are both decid
edly clever. John Wheeler, as Knifem, a
brigand, has an excellent voice, and his
makeup is sufficiently ferocious. Ralph
Winston, captain oi the British guards,
Is a picturesque ligure in the opera. Rhys
Thomas, who plays the part, sings quite
as well as he looks, which is s.aying
much. Very little is demanded of the
women of the cast. Hefen Redmond,
who fs pretty and hay a pleasing soprano
voice, is Constance, the American heir
ess. Her solo, "Fancies," is ore of the
ambitious son<?s in the opera and It was
well sung. Kate Uart makes a satisfac
tory Mirzah, the oriental dancer.
The audience was unusually outspoken
in Its expression of pleasure last evening.
Mr. Daniels received many curtain ca'.ls
and a speech was demanded of him.
The speech, a clever take-off on the am
bitious orator, was characteristic of the
comedian and pleased the auHience
mightily.
"The Ameer" wfll continue at the Met
ropolitan the first half of the week, with
Wednesday matinee.
GRAND.
"Thfi Heart of Maryland" has n o t lost
any attraction by reason of familiarity.
At the Grand la3t evening an audience
packed almost to standing room wit
nessed the initial performance of the
week of this same attraction, -snd gave
approval in the shape of uastinted ap
plause.
"The Heart 6f Maryland" borders on
the melodrama and, as all war dramas go
in respect to booming cannon, hair
breadth escapes and valiant deeds, ha»
lost nothing in realism and the sensa
tional.
The plot is laid in the South, midst
scenes of battle and carnage, and finds
interest to the beholder In the efforts
of the heroine, Maryland Oalverr, a true
sympathizer of the "lost cause" to aid
in the rescue of her lover, a Northern
soldier, who, by the varying fortunej of
war, finds himself in the clutches of the
enemy. With it comes the conftlctiu<»
emotions arising from blood tie 3, which
often found father leading the gTay,
while son had joined his fortunes with
the blue, the climax, the sensational
rescue and the exposure of the ever
preseot villain in the mask of patriot-
Ism.
Illness of some of the members nearly
caused the substitution of under- |
studies for a number of the Important !
impersonations, and the programme was j
so arranged, but by last night tha sick,
with the exception of one, who was tak
en to the hospital, had so far Improved
that the original cast was unimpaired.
Commendable work is done by Mls3
Mabel Howard, the heroine, her imper
sonation of Maryland Calvert, a verilaUle
daughter of the Confederacy, b. ing or'
merit. She is emotional to ;i degree, and
in this respect was given a rousing re
ception by the audience.
A thankles3 part, and yet one in which
the portrayal was of a hi?h order, wa3
that of Col. Fulton Thorpe, by Herbert
Bostwick, who, in the language of theat
ricals, was the villain. The intensity of
his work was worthy of the hls-se^ that
came, instead of applause. Another
capable portrayal was that by Walter
Belasco, the provost sergeant and ex
jailor.
The company is a large one. and ita
scenic effects excellent. Especially was
the latter so in the reproduction of the
old belfry fn which the heroine does the
sensational by climbing its rickety stairs
and grasping the big bell in an effort to
aid In the escape of her lover and pre
vent the sounding of the alarm.
STAR.
"New Majestic Burlesquers" is the ti
tle of the production at the Star this
week. There are some features in It,
particularly in the olio, that are sur
prisingly well performed. Mile. Ray. as
a dancer, acrobatic an otherwise, doe 3
charmingly, while Baader and l.aVelle,
In their fancy trick bicycling, do things
never dreamed of by others in th-ir
class.
There were a number of "art pictures"
(more properly, living pictures), pre
sented during the evening and these at
tracted considerable attention.
Jessie Padgham, who sang a number
of songs, has a beautiful soprano voice
and a graceful dignified bearing that is
pleasing.
The Rydon and Nelson trio, triple bnr
experts and high casters, do their work
quickly and cleverly. One of the trio,
.after turning a giant swing, lands to the
floor with a double somersault, something
that few bar experts in the country do.
The'trolley car trio, in their acrobatic
feats, are strikingly original in some
things they do. They twist themselves
in all conceivable shapes and the novelty
of some of the situations strike those
who see forcibly.
The evening"s performance opened with
a musical travesty, entitled, '"Mixed
and Twisted." It was amusing
throughout and the costumes were at
tractive.
The closing burletta Is entitled, "The
Kneipp Cure," or "The Power of the
Kissing Bug." Edward Morris, as Hap
py O'Harra, makes everybody laugh. At
one moment he looks like Solomon; an
other the Yellow Kid. He has a great
power of changing the facial expression.
The burletta Is made amusing largely
I through him.
STATE PRESS COMMENT, i
Kidnaper* and Cnrfevri.
Jladella Times.
It doesn't require a curfew ordinance
to keep rich men's kids at home for tiu
time being. Still Madella has to continue
the curfew.
Any Mini < nn Uuulii j .
Glencoe Register.
It is surprising at thi# stage of tha
game to see how many persons there
are that have the "necessary qualifica
tions." Generally that means a peti
tion.
Where Decapitation Gneo.
Nobles County Democrat.
Ex-President Harrison suggests that
decapitation would be the most effective
manner of disposing of our ex-presi
dents. ' Under an imperial government it
is at once a logical and proper policy to
pursue.
Why Sot Pension Editors.
Western Guard.
The gathering pedagogues in St. Paul
last week declared in. favor of pensions
for its members. The State Editorial as
sociation whicft win meet in a few weeks
might also consider the question with
impunity. "Old" Hall, Pease and Char
ley Mitchell will be entitled to a p.n
sion or something better in a few years.
Pointer for Van Saul.
Wabasso Standard.
There is scarcely any doubt but that
Van Sant has a headache these days,
brought about by the many earnest en
treaties of lazy politicians tat jobs. It 's
safe to say that in many Instances ap
plicants are those who did the least for
their party during the recent campaign.
Helnn Foreign Capitalist*.
Reform Advocate.
In ibOO the British owners of breweries
in this country received net profits o£
$1,085,010, as compared with $83G,C00 la
1S!K). The dividend returns are small,
but tliat is because the capitalization fca
excessive. It is said that 80 per cent tf
the breweries of this country are owned
in England. The L'.citish stockholders
are pleased at the action of the house
In reducing the tax on beer 25 per cent.
It will add millions to their income.
Does Follow the Flag.
Minneapolis Democrat.
Ever since the respected Magoon re
versed himself so directly on col:n':il
questions at the orders of the secretary
of war, other Republicans have be?n
flopping. Not all do so wittily, how
ever, as Cfriet Ju3tice Sulzbaeher. of
Porto Rico, who recently admitted that
he had said that the constitution follow
ed the flag-. "But," he said, "I did not
say how fast it followed it."
Two Kinds of Corner*.
Martin County Sentinel.
The day after the .election of McKin'ey
the beef combine, of which Cudahy 13 "a
star of the first magnitude, arbitrarily 1
raised the price of meat 1 cent a pound,
while the price of live" stock deciine.i, i
and recently a few of the lawleus "com
mon people" sot a corner on the mil
lionaire's son, and pot up the price of
Cudahy meat to about $230 a pound, and
"dad" came down just as promptly and
as gracefully aa the people did when
forced to buy their dinner the day after
election.
If Is not the- loss of $25,000 to a mil
lionaire that the nubile deprecates, but
with one accord all good men hold up
their hands in horror at the bare thought
of kidnaping Innocent children and hold
ing them for a ransom.
,But the kidnaping of a millionaire's
child and the "kMnapingr" of the food ol
the poor people are crimes of close re
lationship, and the punishment shou'd
be severe and relentless In both cas:s.
But the millionaires and a majority ~>Z
the people do not choose to admit or
realize that such Is the truth.
Knw Trusts smußhirr Men.
Olmsted County Democrat. .
' Kx-Congressman - I-entz, of Ohio, his
a-way of stating facts: that make him
: easily^ understood. . His ' reference ;to . the
removal of "Attorney General Monett by
the = trusts-, coincides ■= significantly. ; with
. th*"^ abandonment •of , the rutts against
: trusts •which' Mr. Monett r v be.ran. It will^
be- remembered that Mr. Monett was the
.Republican £ attorney general of OI:fo—
and as ■such prosecuted trusts under '.he
Ohio law, - : with such unusual vigor, far
a Republican /"officeholder,, as to attract
the i attentton ; and ".win. the • conftdence. of
the :whot« country. ' Not: unnaturally ■ the
trusts: suspected ■ him ;of trying to make
a "strlkii"—so they ~ offered a ; bribe., ft"
was 1 enottarhr-J4o(»,oCo—to f satisfy y. the \
most greedy "striker." But Monett was
not the kind of game they suspected him
to 2 be —lie " refused ; their offer and :. pushoJ
his J prosecutions. When the ', trusts^;: re- "
;ili::cd that ]he was not: a "striker," but'
an ; honest . official, they bethought tb«n- .
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR DECEMBER.
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of |
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being 1
duly sworn, deposes and says that the '
actual circulation of the St. Paul Glob; I
for the month of December, 1900, was '
as follows: '
Total for the month • 533,250
Average per day 17,201
ERNEST p. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 31st day of Dscembsr. 1900.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn
[Notarial Seal.)
Tr.omas Yould, being duly sworn,.de
| poses and says; !am an employe ex
, clusively of the St. Paul Dispatch In the
| capacity of foreman of press room. The
j press work of the St. Paul Globe is
i regularly done by said St. Paul Dis
| patch_ under contract. The total nurr.- !
i ber of copies ordered printed by saiH
[ Globe from the Ist until the 9th of De
cember, 1900, inclusive, was 156,150;
i and every day a slightly larger number
than ordered was actually printed and
delivered to the mailing department of
said Globs. THOS. YOUI.D.
Subscribed and sworn to bsfore me
this 31st day of December, 1900.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn.
[Notarial Soal.J
John L. Brewer, being duly sworn,
deposes and says: lam an employe ex
clusively of the St. Paul Dispatch in the
capacity of assistant foreman of press
\ room. The press work of the St. Paul
, Globe is regularly done by said St. Paul
| Dispatch under contract. The total
, number of copies ordered printed by said
i Globe from the !Oth to the 31st of De
[ cember, 1900, inclusive, was 377,100
, and every day a slightly larger number
J than ordered was actually printed and
, delivered to the mailing department of
j said Globe. JOHN L. BREWER.
, Subscribsd and sworn to before me
i this 31st day of December, 1900.
[ H. P. PORTER,
, Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn
» [Notarial Seal.]
[ FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
J The Globe invites any one 'and every
\ one interested to, at any time, make a
i full scrutiny of its circulation lists ana
| records and to visit its press and mail
, ing departments to check and keep tab
| on the number of papers printed and the
| disposition made of the same.
selves that thore was only one way O t
dealing with that kind of rare bird an
promptly adopted it The managers o
the Republican state convention wer
requested not to renominate Mr. Monei
-?nd they didn't. Trough he was a can
didate before the convention for renom
nation another candidate wxs named an 1
elected along with the rest of the t:cki •
-now we have the sequel. On motion of
the new attorney general, all the ami
trust sult£ before the supreme court of
Ohio have been disrriiS-ed.
THE PARAGRAPHERS.
Choate Overlooked.
Chicago News
Only Ambassadors White, at Berl.i
and Porter, at Paris, seem t 0 have b
quoted in the New Years cables. U it
possible that London did not invit
Choate to take something?
The flewet of i'olltica.
New York Evening Sun.
Mr. Matthew Stanley Quay Is In roll
tics what Gen. Dewet is in war. HI
enemies can never be sure that the,
have him beaten. And when he is bat
en he refuses to stay so.
Might Get Rock to Riinlmi-m*.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Now that the holiday season is ove
the plain people would like to i-ee to-, c
progress in the Neely and Rathbon s
cases, and to have a little light on th;
rest of the Cuban scandals.
Pltr Poor Willie Waldorf!
New York Journal.
Mr. William Waldorf Astor didn't g: t
a baronetcy on New Year's day. or even
a knighthood. When you're pitying your
self for jour own paltry sorruwa, th.nli
of that.
Presented n Phenomenon.
Philadelphia Record.
Ignatius Donnelly presented the ph>
nomenon of a thinker in a scientific ftg
who seemingly used the exact met!)
of scientific research to establish ab
surdities.
Cauac for Speculation.
New York Evening Sun.
What will Shakespeare say to Ignatius
Donnelly, and what will Ignatius Don
nelly say to Shakespeare, if they meet In
the other world?
I,ikes to Dazzle.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Miles says he will not answer Algrr
Evidently Milei has no wish to add 1 1
the gayety of nations unless he can (i 1
so in full uniform.
Hlm Knnk at Court.
Columbus Press-Post.
Perhaps Mr. Hanna will go down i 1
history as the empress dowager of th«
United States.
A FEW JOKES.
Plenty of Hot Air.
Indianapolis Press.
"I cannot live on wind!" bitterly spake
the tragedian.
"But 1 always serve it to you nice anil
hot, d^n't I? retorted the manager, with
spirit.
Evidence of the SeiiMes. f£ •*'
Chicago Tribune.
Girl With the Fur Jacket— peopl •
think it 1:3 all right to eat onions.. and
others don't. \ It's only a. matter of taste.
Girl With the Storm Collar— It isn't.
It's a matter of smell.
Concluding: the Story. i
Philadelphia Record. ..
' De Tancrue—My father la eighty year*
[ old, * and has never used glares. *
I O'SoaQne—Always drinks from the bot
; tle, eh?
r
. Genuine Anxiety. -
Puck.
"Your wife's Just met with a* serfou3
accident, Mr. Wilkens," said the excited
messenger. £ "She ran ■ over .a' dog • while
riding! her wheel, and they've taken her
to the: hospital." __
. Wilkens (excitedly)—as ft a Itvo
and-white fox terrier with dark spots on
his shoulders?'.
The Uuohclur's 1*1 1-it.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Newpop—Tou haven't seen - our
baby yet. He's- only three month 3 old,
.but I tell you he's bright.",..
Jack Bacheller—That so? Can he—er—
sit up on his hind Iceland beg?
■^ ——-—— —^. ■
. . Whnt About Unr Reese t
Goodhue County Newe. ' .•:•■;
Van • San t'* j choice lof ! Jansleson for: pri
vate secretary; Is a ■ good • sign.,:. Van Sant
is a good-hearted fellow,,but- he :Is . weak
: fa:;the:" thinkery. 11. Is a ! v.iso • man ;who
j reoognlzess ra his own i limitations' 1 j and '■ In
• selecting.a .right-hand man who' has? in
- telligent , notions of - public affairs * the
new governor has; taken- the best step
;he could *to J make ;' his i administration. a
success. • -.