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THURSDAY, FEB. 28. 1901.
IVFORTIXATB SAMPSON.
'" Admiral Sampson is a most unfortu
nate gentleman. His latest appearance as
the reputed author of an official indorse
ment will find as little of toleration
among the mass of the American people
us was bestowed on it by Senator Allen
during the debate in the senate on Tues- '
day, ii reveals him as a hopeless snob;
and, speaking as the ranking active of
ficer in the American navy, his words
must be taken as in some measure an
arraignment of the present system per
taining to the appointment, education
and promotion of naval officers.
Th<> most unfortunate circumstance re
garded from the purely public point of
\iew in connection with Admiral Samp
son's foolish Indorsement is that it fore-
tells the continued failure on the part
of congress to adjust the rewards which
should bt> distributed among the men
who did so much of honor to their coun
try before Santiago. It will help to keep
alive the animosities growing out of tha
contentions of the friends of Sampson
and Bchley, and will indirectly inflict the
3t Injustice on a number of heroic
men.
Admiral Sampson is entitled to hia
opinions on every conceivable subject. It
does not matter that those opinions placa
him out of touch with those around him,
or that they are deeply objectionable to
nine men out of ten. They are his opin
lons, and he is entitled to entertain them,
and, within bounds, to express them.
iuit when the chief officer of the Ameri
can navy commits himself officially to
■ucta doctrine, it is but natural that those'
In whose service he is should be dis
posed to inquire whether his opinions, so
foolishly and offensively expressed, are
not of a character to disqualify him
from representing this people in any posi
tion of dignity or honor.
Senator Allen does not make Sampson's
offending any more grievous by his
brusque and ill-natured comment on It.
If Sampson did convey such social and
professional doctrines to his superior of
ficers concerning the Qualifications of
commissioned officers in the navy, Allen
Is unquestionably right in designating
him an ass; and either he or the sys
tem which he represents, or both, should
be speedily superseded.
CUBAN" FOLLY.
The current declarations of Gen. Go
mez concerning the situation in Cuba
sustains the high opinions, as a soldier
and patriot, which the Globe has con
sistently expressed regaiding him. At no
time, even while he was the object of the
abuse and, hatred of the representatives
of the most powerful and Influential
American journals, and every effort was
being made to render him an object of
aversion to the American people, did the
Globe hesitate to express its faith in
the old San Domingo soldier.
"If the Americans ■were to withdraw to
day I would go with them,' says Gen.
Qomes. This, In the face of the hysteri
cal demands of the noisy patriots In Ha
vana that the American troops be with
drawn willy-nilly by June 1, is at once
pithy and plucky. Such language is pe
culiarly encouraging at this time when
the American people are becoming pro
foundly impressed by the belief that a
terrible mistake was made in compassing
the political independence of the island.
Gen. Gomez is in agreement with all
reasonable persons In his belief that to
withdraw the American troops at this
time would result in the Cubans engag
ing in a civil strife within sixty days of
the disappearance of our flag from the
island. His recognition of the obligation
of the t'nited States to secure the estab
lishment of a stable government in Cuba
before their withdrawal, and to prevent
the island from passing under foreign
control, will no doubt have the effect of
impressing the Cuban people with the
peri] in which they stand of rendering
of no avail the vast sacrifices which have
be(>n made in behalf of Cuban liberty.
The reported action of the Cuban con
vention in adopting a resolution declaring
that Cuba would not make treaties with
any country which would endanger the
sovereignty of the republic or allow the
Island to be made a ba?e of war Opera
tions against the United States or any
other country, means nothing whatever.
It is plainly an attempt to avoid Cuba's
Obligations to this nation. It is puerile,
and will be futile. Whether or
not the Cuban people are to
show themselves practically un
worthy of the political independ
ence which they are on the threshold of,
this people cannot commit the unpardon
able act of stupidity of leaving anything
to the option of a people who, in na
tional convention, are capable of making
isuch a wretched exhibition of themselves
as they have thus far made In seeking to
cast aside all restraints of policy and
good sense on the eye of assuming the
obligations of nationhood.
It may be that the American people
will r,nd In time that it is impossible
to enforce the obligations which they
are now seeking to impose on the Cub
ana. In such "an event, with tho obli
gations embodied in treaty form,
Cuba would be the same .as any
other nation, and the enforcement might
have to be accomplished through resort
to force.
Ir. the present critical • situation it w;ll
be a very gratifying- circumstance if it
should prove to be true, as stated by.
Gen. Gomez, that the Cuban people arc
not responsible for the contentions of
the American politicians of the con
vention who seem incapable either of
gratitude or common honesty.
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THE ADMiIMISTRATIOX 'AUTOCRATS.
The charge ■: made by Congressman
Lents, of Ohio, against the speaker in
volves a serious violation. of the priv
ileges of members 'of congress. That
charge has been met by. the speaker by
what is equivalent to a plea of guilty.
Accepting his explanation at its best the
violation of the privileges of the house
Involved, in exercising a 'censorship over
the speeches of congressmen far exceed
ed any such breach of privilege that
could be involved in the publication in
the regular order of any address what
ever delivered -by a qualified member.
This transaction has already found a
parallel In the recent action of the house
majority in the case of Congressman
Sulzer. There, for ' the protection of an
officeholder and politician toward whom
congress owed no duty whatever, a gross
assault was made on the rights and priv
ileges of a member; and statements sup
pressed for which the ".member avowed
his readiness to take all responsibility.
There is a divinity which, hedges in the
imperialist autocrats of the administra
tion, which it is entirely fitting, should be
made the object of worship- of a body
which has squandered the national funds
in carrying out the purposes of these
same imperialist leaders to an extent
which would have been utterly incredible
ten years ago. >
But the American "public may be ex
pected sooner or later to draw the line.
It will be to their own detriment if they
do not. The outrages perpetrated on
the rights of congressmen individually
and collectively represented by the Sulzer
and Lentz episodes are the natural out
come of the principles of conduct which
are being made to apply more and more
closely each succeeding day to the con
duct of our national affairs. Perry Heath
and the senior senator from Ohio are of
more moment in the estimation of the
Republican majority in the house than
the protection of their own rights and
privileges as congressmen. That majority
constitutes itself a sort of Pretorlan
guard around the men through whose
great abilities in the domain of political
management we are in such large meas
ure indebted for the privilege of having
many of our most important national af
fairs conducted by a few favored syndi
cates.
It is quite as well that the spectacle
should be presented to the country.rep
resented by the administration majority
standing as one man in defense of those
who were entitled to no defense at their
hands, even at the cost of the destruc
tion of one of the highest traditions of
congress. Gen. Henderson had as little
right to interfere with the pubHcation of
Mr. Lentz's speech as the president of the
senate or any official of the administra
tion possessed. His submission of it to
Gen. Grosvenor, and their joint censor
ship of its contents, is without warrant
or justification, and plainly shows that
it is as partisans of the McKinley ad
minlstraton. rather than as responsible
officers of the house of representatives,
that they-felt at liberty to exercise their
censorship.
It cannot be long at the present rate of
progress in the extra constitutional meth
ods which have distinguished every re
sponsible officer of the present admin
istration for some years past in the dis
charge of official duties or privileges, un
til the men who thus stand up as a par
liamentary bodyguard for those who real
ly rule this people under cover of an ex
ecutlve and legislative system, find them
selves in the same position as that in
which they place Mr. Lentz and Mr.
Sulser. The wrong done the former gen
tleman, and practically confessed by the
speaker, is one which goes to the very
freedom of congressional representa
tion.
It is indeed a strange and regrettable
circumstance that no member of the ma
jority was heard on the floor on Tuesday
to protest against the grievous wrong
done to every member of the house by
the autocratic action of the speaker.
The Democratic minority is to be con
gratulated on the stand they took on the
subject; and it is to be hoped that they
will not be content until every parlia
mentary method is exhausted to bring
home to the country the wrong thus con
summated on congress and the"- people
alike.
TAMMUUITS BIiUXDER.
Tammany hall has made what looks
decidedly like a monstrous political
blunder.
Election after election a crowd of greedy
and hungry place-hunters array them
selves against the old organization in the
name of reform and there prevails for
some time thereafter more or less of pub
lic excitement. Tammany and the Tam
many leaders are then abused and s'.and
cred. But the election comes; and except
in a few special cases the result shows
the remarkable hold which the Demo
cratic organization has upon the electors
in New York.
• The usual situation is called Into exist,
ence at this time. Every effort is being:
put forward by the "reformers'" to pre
judice Tammany. It has been so for
many months past; but all the indica
tions continued until within the past
forty-eight hours to point to the almost
certain success of Tammany. "Within
that period, however, Tammany seems,
in popular parlance, to have "put its
foot in It." It has virtually turned the
police department over once again to
the control of the. former chief, lievery,
a man who on the showing of the Tam
many people themselves has been guilty
of corruption and coercion of the worst
kind, and who, in deference to an
aroused public sentiment, Tammany
THE ST. PAUV GJLOBJS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1901.
itself had removed but a few weeks a*}
from charge of the department.
This action has been taken through the
action of the Tammany mayor, Van
Wyck. The real friends of reform had
insisted that the power of appointment
of the police department 'of the city
should remain in the hands of the city
executive, and had succeeded in beating
Boss Platt's state constabulary scheme.
No sooner had the legislation accomplish
ing this end been enacted into law than
Mayor Van Wyck placed at the nominal
head of the department a politician
named Murphy, who never had any con
nection whatever with the police depart
ment; and the first official act of Murphy
was to appoint Devery aa his deputy. The
thing involves a reckless defiance of pub
lic opinion and a monstrous repudiation
of official oblieation.
Nor does the explanation attempted by
Mr. Croker through the cable mend mat
ters in the slightest. The Tammany or
ganization, through the action of the
Tammany mayor and his Tammany ap
pointee, Murphy, has deliberately chal
lenged the law-abiding masses of the
people, by having placed back in the re
sponsible position which he had dis
graced and from which with its own
sanction he had been dismissed, a man
sunk to the eyes in corruption and offi
cial scoundrelism. It has told the people
of the big city in so many words that
it will continue to sanction the acts of
its representatives in running the police
department as an engine for the illegiti
mate gain of those of its members who
are willing to share in the spoils which
come from official prostitution.
The British government has purchased
for army use in Africa more than 185,000
horses.
The greatest suffering in the Boer war
seems to be endured by the American
horses and mules.
The protective tariff may have been a
good thins in the past, but we have cer
tainly" outgrown it.
It is reported that McKinley has decid
ed not to send the Cuban constitution to
congress in its present form.
Some people think that the best way
for the United State 3to get control of
Cuba is to let the Cubans have their own
way.
The Porto Rican legislature has made
an appropriation to send 200 men and
women to be educated in the United
States.
The Philippines are ours and will never
be anything else. The only question now,
is how to give them a just and equitable
form of government.
The new interpretation of the Monroe
doctrine is that the American trusts are
entitled to anything they want on the
American continent.
Those who point to the Latin race as
moribund and decadent will find It rather
hard to account for Italy's rapid growth
in population by their theory.
The capacity of the Niagara falls power
plant is to bo increased from 50,000 to
100,000 horse power this year. The power
is being distributed to Buffalo and other
points.
Admiral Sampson's intimation that a
man's standing in the navy should de
pend on his "social position." has brought
a whole swarm of hornets down upon
his ears.
It is very easy to see how badly our
manufacturing trusts are in need of pro
tection from the foreign competition
which they are daily defeating in foreign
markets.
The uproar, riot and mob rule in the
Austrian parliament sound like the bo
ginning of the throes of dissolution for
the national incongruity called the Aus
tro-Hungary empire.
There Is quite an incongruity in our
claim of being the greatest world power,
at the same time admitting that our in
dustries are but infants that cannot live
without protective pap.
The population of Italy amounts to 35,
--000,000. In spite of the fact that about
5,000,000 Italians emigrated during the last
20 years, the increase of population for
that period amounts to 7,000,000.
Government by despots very- frecruently
moves with far greater dispatch and
celerity than government by public opin
ion, but the latter moulds the character
of the people from within, while the for
mer acts upon them as an external force
that frequently penetrates but little be
low the surface.
Commerce can only be based on the
principle of fair exchange. The protec
tionist idea of selling billion dollars'
worth of our goods to foreign countries
while the tariff keeps the foreign goods
out of our markets, is an egregious fal
lacy. If foreign countries would consent
to do business with us on such a plan,
they would merely ruin themselves.
Capt. Evan Howell, of Georgia, re
cently gave Senator Platt. of Connecti
cut the following sure cure for insomnia:
"When you go to bed and can't sleep,
get up and take a drink. Go back to
bed and wait half an hour. If you do not
go to sleep, get up and take another
drink. Repeat thi3, suh, at intervals of
half an hour. If you do not go to sleep
for four times, making four drinks, then,
suh, if you are not asleep you will not
care whether you sleep or not."
The constitution of Mississippi pre
scribes as a condition for the exercise of
the voting privilege the payment of poll
taxes two years in advance. The Birm
ingham Age-Herald says of the practical
workings of this provision:
"This condition is working too well,
for not only are the blacks disfranchised
by it, but very many of the whites also.
The time for the payment of the poll
taxes has just expired, and it is now
known that a majority of the white
voters will not be allowed to vote for
congressmen and other officers in 1902.
The number of the disqualified is in
creasing each year, and in some coun
ties of the state it is becoming lamenta
ble. In Yazoo county, for example, hav
ing a population of 43,948, and at least
9,000 males who are old enough to vote,
the number who can vote has been re
duced to 2.537 by the poll tax condition.
The vote of the state last November
was 57,459, whereas in 1876 it exceeded 164,-
COO. It is now thought the vote of the
stato may faii below 30,000.
THIRSDAY GLOBE GL4i\CES.
This is the last day of the last winter
month, according to the almanac. Won
der if March will come in like a lion?
—o—
The religious orders In the Philippines
own most of the valuable lands in the
islands, and it is now proposed that
the United States buy the lands from the
orders and sell it on time to the people.
The situation Is about the same as In
Ireland, where most of the property is in
the hands of landlords, and the masses
of the people are renters. So another
big bill of expense will soon be urged
upon the American people in behalf of
"duty" to our new wards, who are wards
only by compulsion.
Men who do not favor the enforcement
of all the laws should not accept office.
The annual report of the. Massachu
setts stale board of arbitration and con
ciliation practically admits the impoten
cy of the voluntary System when It says
that the prevailing opinion seems to be
that arbitration is "an excellent thing in
all quarters but one's own." Last year
only 11 per cent of strikes were brought
before the board-by Joint petition, and 26
per cent by the petition of one side, and
in both the board .had to go out and hunt
up and beg to take part In settling the
differences between employes and em
ployers. The report says that arbitra
tion, to be effective, must be compulsory;
that society must choose between a sys
tem of forced interference and the pres
ent policy of permitting labor and capital
to fight out their battles in the old way,
come what may in disorder, riot, suffer
ing, bloodshed and untold loss to the
community no less than to the combat
ants.
—o—
The shirt-waist question will soon be
stirring the feminine mind. Maybe some
of the Willie boys will try waists this
summer if It is a warm season.
—o —
There don't seem to be such an interest
nowadays among patriots over the Cu
ban flag.
—o—
A comparison of the cost of the army
and r.aval establishments of the United
States, England, France, Russia and
Germany show that we expended last
year a sum as large as the largest
amount appropriated in any European
country, and our army is the smallest.
—o —
Justice Brewer recently lectured at
Yale college on the subject of reform
movements and declared spasmodic ef
forts to be useless. Among other things
he said: "I know that prohibition has
ceased to be enforced in the large cities
of the state, but spasmodic virtue i 3 next
door to intentional vice. After the spasm
has passed tho community will be more
indifferent than ever, and within ten
years it will be worse than it was at
first. • * • Another matter which Il
lustrates both the spirit and result of
disobedience, and which is a blot on our
national life, is the frequency of lynch
law. It used to be said that was an ex
perience of the frontier, in communitiea
which had not become fully organized
and when the forces of the law were not
yet in successful operation. But now it
may almost be said to have become a
habit of the American people. • ♦ • It
is useless to scold legislators or law
yers or judges or executives. They will
never be any better than the popular
sentiment which is back of them."
J. Pierpont Morgan is a strict Episco
palian, and there ts a report in New York
that he will deny himself during Lent
to the extreme ef not forming a new
trust, being satisfied to rest awhile on
the strength of the recent billion-dollar
steel trust.
—o—
Imprisonment for debt has been abol
ished in England;"bat the same thing ex
ists under another name. A debtor is
sued In the county court and the judge
makes an order that he or she shall pay
so much per week-or-month until the debt
la paid off. If the installments are not
duly forthcoming tho debtor is again
summoned, and this time he is sentenced
to'prison; not for non-payment of his
debt, but for contempt of court.
—o—
The congressional garden and flower
seeds are due. Did you get in a requisi
tion with your congressman-? *
—o—
In Tennessee the penalty for stealing a
horse is imprisonment for not less than
three nor more than ten years, while for
stealing a child it is only from one to five
years.
—o—
There are now 3u,000 pension claims on
file in the pension-office from invalids of
the Spanish and Philippine wars, while
congress ha 3 3,000 special claims in hand.
It is reported In New York that Charles
Dilling-ham, general manager of Charles
Frohman's attractions, say 3he Is anx
ious to make Julia Marlowe his wife.
He has asked her to marry : him several
times. Her reply was always: 'My con
tract forbids my marriage.". And what
makes'the reply all the more exasperat
ing to Dilltngham is the fat^t that he
drew up the papers for Charles Fiohmau
and insisted on the insertion of the
■clause which now keeps them ajrart.
.—o —
Miss Jane Schroeder, who died 'recent
ly in Essex Conn., lett $7,000 to two dogs
which she had picked up on the streets.
During her sixty-five years of life Miss
Schroeder lived In a tumbledown shanty
and devoted her- days to visiting ttae ;
sick of the town-and picking up stray
dogs and cats. During one of these n^ls
sions she picked up a child and adopted
her as a daughter. Gretchen Schroeder,
as the child is called, will inherit what
remains of the -$7,080, should the dogs
die before she rtoes.
- —o—
In Valparaiso and other cities in Chili
the conductors on the street cars are
women. They are said to be very polite
and attentive, arfci'their pay is lifty cents
a day. -
Q.— 0—
The citizens of Washington have raised
$72,000 to be used'in'decorating the city
and for other purposes attending the in
auguration of "Mr. McKlnley next Mon
day. The pageant next week will be
a gorgeous affair compared to the capitol
city's first inaugural, that of Jefferson,
on March 4, 1801, just a hundred years
ago. Jefferson walked from his lodging
to the, capitol and then walked back,
owing to some mistake in not having
had a carriage ready in time.
_o—
It is said some of the "silk" manu
factured in these times in composed
chiefly of wood pulp, cotton and oxide
of tin. Chemistry and machinery may
drive the little factory of the silk worm
out of the field, another victim of the
modern trust.
—o —
Today, Feb. 28, Is the anniversary of
the birth in 1592 of Michael Montalgna,
a celebrated French essayist; of Rene
A Reaumer, In ICB3, a distinguished
French natural philosopher; of Mary
Lyon, In 1797, an eminent American
pioneer educator; of Berthold Auerbach,
in 1812, a popular German author; of
Elizabeth Rachel Felix, in 1820, the cele
brated Jewish actress known as rcachel.
Ground far Pease's Kick.
Granite Falls Tribune.
Old Pease, of ; Anoka. 'lon t want to
remain in the same congressional dis
trict with Duluth on areount of the hog.
: t:ishii< S3 of . the Zenith City, and who
blatrvs him? It is as har.l for the south
end county to get its proportion of the
guv.l things that*fay Irom the tree as
though located in one of the South Sea
islands and some of these days old Pease
' himself may want to warm a J congress
man's seat. ' si"; ; f -■■ •" -••—-. ■
SXOW-BIRDS.
On twinkling wings they eddy past.
At home amid-the drifting,
Or seek the hills; and weedy fields
Where fast the.jSnqw Is sifting.
Their coats are dappled white and brown,
Like fields in winter weather.
But on the azur^sky they float
Like snowflakeae knit together.
-;■. ...-.ct-.' ■-. ■■?.;■■.'~.R'* to' L:-.-: ■. .- •■- ■
I've heard them ,en t&e spotless hills r
■ Where fox and hound were playing,
And while I stood with eager ear -
Bent on the distant- baying. .
J '
The unmown fields are their preserves,
Where weeds and grass are seeding;'
They know the lure of distant stacks Kg
: Where houseless herds are feeding.
O cheery bird of winter r cold, ;-..::';
I bless thy- every feather; X- -;...•;■
Thy voice brings back dear boyhood days
- When we were. gay together. --. ..-". ' . „'
: —John Burroughs in March Century. ,r;
OVEIi TliE itOCKIES
ON A LOCOMOTIVE
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. ( Feb. 21.— The cov
eted privilege of riding on a locomotive Is
not often granted to any one, however
clearly prized. This rare pleasure was
extended to the Glob c's correspondent
by the superintendent of the mountain di
vision of the Santa Fe. This officer of
the road Is a pleasant gentleman. After
assuring me that It was only once in a
very great while that such a request was
granted, and ta turn I had assured him
It was only once In a very great while
that he was affored the opportunity of
bestowing this great privilege on so
great a character and the representative
of so great a paper, smilingly he walked
to the engine and called to the driver on
the elevated seat of the ninety-ton ma
chine:
"Charlie, please allow the correspond
ent of the St. Paul Globe to ride the
length of your run, and make the privi
lege good for the next division if he so
desires it."
I thanked him. The engineer asked if
I was ready to get on board. It being
6 o'clock a. m., and a little frosty, and
the most Interesting part of the sights
not just then in view, I said, "In about
an hour." I went back to the sleeper
and borrowed the porter's blue coat with
white buttons, put on a skull' cap, armed
myself with a new notebook, loaned me
for the occasion, and started for the lo
comotive. The engineer received me
very kindly. His name is Charles Darye,
a young Canadian, whose experience in
mountain running brought him to Ari
zona and gave him a passenger train to
run. He is slightly built, about 5 feet 8
Inches tall. His jaws express determina
tion, his eyes the utmost care. A smiling,
social fellow at stations, but when oiling
the engine, or in the cab, he assumed
the angular attitude, and with that di
rectness of thought that dwelt upon
nothing but an -unconquerable purpose of
duty, he stood, frame erect, shouldeis
thrown to the rear, one hand on the
throttle, the other on the air brake, his
"eyes looking right on and his eyelids
straight before him." He kept his vision
watching every foot of the way, while
his fingers played upon the twenty
valve-taps like those of a musician upon
a keyboard. His fireman, M. J. Phares,
having no responsibility but plenty of
work, was very talkative, and, by the
way, I found him more intelligent and
better informed concerning the country
over which he traveled than any other
person on the road.
"I took my place in the cab on the fire
man's side at a station called Sunset,
and within ten minutes we were crossing
Canyon Diablo, or the canyon of the
Devil, deriving lta name from the in
scrutably distorted, wrent and torn ap
pearance of the rocks that lined its side's
and base and formed the awful fringes
of its crest. Its' devious windings in un
traoeable directions, and its depth, 376
feet, remind a person of the place ever
present in human imagination as the
heme of the spirit whose name it bears.
After passing this canyon we began
gradually to climb the mountain over
gradients 176 feet to the mile. To walk
steadily up those rugged peaks, every
foot of the way contested by the forces
THE GOLDEN IDOL.
—-BY FERGUS mj/WE
CHAPTER XVII.
TEDDY'S LITTLE PLAN SPOILT.
"But, man, don't I tell you I have not
got it? Can't you be satisfied with tifty
now and the rest in a month's time?
Don't be unreasonable!" insisted Mrs.
"Wharton, who had realized by now that
tears were unavailing.
"Then I fear, unless you can procure
the amount in some way, it will be neces
sary for me to take extreme measures,
madam. Might I suggest that you apply
to your friends? Mr. Gaskell, for in
stance, would no doubt "
"Thank you, I do not choose to apply
to Mr. Gaskell. If you will not give me
a month, perhaps you will give me a fort
night?'"
"No, madam, nor a week. I must have
the money by 12 tomorrow or commence
proceedings for its recovery-"
"Then you had better do your worst. I
am helpless. I think that settles the
matter for'the present. Perhaps you will
find your way out now as you found it in
—if not, there's the bell."
S'ne had got as far as the door when
the Jew stopped her.
"One moment, my dear madam, if you
please. New, I suppose you think I'm
very hard on you "
"Hard? I think you're a downright
brute!"
"No doubt. So many have thought
that. I am not, I assure you. If you will
listen to me, we'll try and see if w-.i
can't find a way out of this little difficul
ty Now you seem to have a very nice
lot of things here "He looked around
the room.
"Really," interrupted Mrs. Wharton, I
shouldn't have thought they would have
attracted you." ~ _
"A very nice lot," pursued the Jew.
equably, taking not the slightest heed
of her' interruption. "Is there no one
article, for instance, which you could
select to part with in payment of the
balance? I heard the other day that
Lieut. Jayne had presented your daugh
ter with a wonderful Chinse idol. Now,
something unique of that sort I might be
able to dispose of to advantage. I could,
of course, hand you back anything over
and above the amount duo to me, less
the commission and expenses of the
sale "
"Impossible, unfortunately," put in
Mrs Wharton. "My daughter sold tho
thing you speak of to Gen. Burnley but
a short time back. Indeed, the money 1
have now is the proceeds of it."
"Humph! That's a pity. It'll be sold,
I expect, with the old chap's collection.'
"Speaking of that reminds me, Mr.
Marks—if, indeed, it is possible to forget
such a thins:—that the woman, Jael, you
recommended has behaved abominably."
"Indeed! I am very sorry to hear that.
But in what way is her conduct con
nected with this matter?"
"The hussy had the audacity to hint
that the idol had not been come by hon
estly—to me, sir, to me, in my own
house! What do you think of that? 1
think the creature must be mad!"
"Oh, perhaps you misunderstood
her "
'Misunderstood her? There was no
misunderstanding her, nor was there any
misunderstanding me, I can tell you. 1
sent her about her business there and
then."
"Quite right, quite right. Servants in
these days are a terrible trial. I am
MAGAZINE NOTES.
Tn the March Review of Reviews there
appears a most interesting series of
"Scenes of Country and Town in Aus
tralia," from recent photographs. These
pictures strve to describe the Australian
life of today in many phase 3.
Those who have supposed that tea
growing is impracticable in the United
States will be surprised by the title of an
article contributed by Leonora Beck El
lis to the Review of Reviews for March
—"American Tea-Gardens, Actual and
Possible." The facts set forth by Mrs.
Ellis fully Justify the title of the article,
for it is shown that tea is successfully
Krown and prepared for the market in
the Carolinas, and there appears to be
no good reason why the industry should
not be conducted in other parts of the
South. Science proves that it is feasible.
The Hon. Le Grand Powers, chief sta
tistician In charge of agriculture in the
census office at Washington, summarizes
"Agriculture in the Twelfth Census" for
the March" Review of Reviews, showing
of gravitation. Is a scene never to be for
gotten. But mind is always mlghtlor
than matter, and the inventions of hum
an genius, as shown in the harnessing
of corelatlve nature, is mightier than
unassisted nature. So the old engine, the
grandest of all living expressions of pow
er, moved upward to the heights carry
ing its burden of care after it. It TfXs a
wonderful study. The moment we struck
the grade she- seemed instinctively to
understand her mission. The master
stood in position, both hands on the
throttle, the fireman at the mouth of the
coal pit, one hand on the shovel and the
ether holding the firebox door chain. He
had two motions only; shoveling an-i
shutting. Constantly he was employed
filling the fire pit with coal, occasionally
running to the side of tlie cab and cast-
Ing his eyes along the track on the side
of the curve which, because of its abrupt
ness was hidden from the engineer's
view. The reader can form some Idea
of the work of the second man on the
engine when he Is told that during the
mountain grade climbing he shovels in
coal at the rate of three tons an hour.
How charming, and yet how thrilling,
to see that massive machine struggle
under its utmost tension. Every breath
of its nostrils sounded like the blast of
10,000 cymbals struck In the most per
fect unison. The fire flew from stack
and box door, and sounded like tlie cry
of starving beasts for food. She trem
bled and shook under the awful pres
sure. The coal used was not the best,
and to keep the steam gauge at ISO
pounds was the study of the fireman,
while the engineer kept her movements
steady, that in the crisis no skip of any
kind could be made. It was a great mo
ment. The heights were reached. Then
Jay mounted his seat in the cab, and
shouted, "Now, down the mountain 141
feet to the mile." We were at that min
ute 6,800 feet above sea level.
The engineer, who seemed not to have
changed his position once in the climb,
turned with a glance at the air-brake,
another at the valves, then at the water
gauge. After giving his favorite steed
a breath, which she thoroughly appre
ciated, without a pant she started down
the line. Soon we came to a beautiful
piece of track, straight as an arrow. A
whisper In the driver's ear, "Can't you
let her out a little," and in half a min
ute we were cutting the air at fifty-five
miles an hour. It was a pretty run and
we were all enjoying it, when suddenly
a wild Arizona horse appeared on the
track. The whistle screeched to drive it
off. The horse increased his speed and
remained In front of the locomotive.
Immediately the hand was on the air
brake, one of the greatest inventions of
modern times, and our speed reduced to
a ten-mlle-an-hour register, all to save
that mountain horse. Charlie could have
thrown it dead from the tract, but the
dlndlier instincts of the engineer as
serted themselves to the salvation of the
animal. •
Two things I am convinced of. First,
that a mountain ride on a locomotive Is
one of the most thrilling experiences on
earth, and, second, that an engineer is
one of the 'bravest men to be found.
-C. H. H.
sorry you should have had this trouble
with anyone coming from my establish
ment. What sort of thing was thia idol,
Mrs. Wharton, large or small, or "
"Oh, quite small. Here is a facsimile
of it." She led him over to the hugo
Chinese jar on which was the present
ment of the idol.
The Jew examined it closely. "Humph!
It's not beautiful. But uniq.ue—ye3,
unique. I know a-man who goes in for
collecting these things. I could have .got
a good price from him for it. But to
revert to business, Mrs. Wharton; thia
jar, for instance, seems to me a very
fair specimen of Its kind. Suppose you
let me have it and twenty pounds, and
we'll close the deal."
"What, sell you the Jar?" screamed
Mrs. Wharton. "Why, I've had it for
years. It is very valuable. It came
from the summer palace at Pekln. It's
worth at least a hundred pounds!"
"Excessive, my dear madam, excessive!
Fifty-five at the outside. Come now,
you'd better accept my offer; it will save
you a lot of trouble. If you don't, you'll
very likely lose the ja* and a good deal
else into the bargain. These things go
for nothing at an ordinary sale."
"No, I cannot sell the jar."
"Well, now, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll take ten pounds and the jar. Will
that do?"
Mrs. Wharton was tempted, hesitated—
and fell. In truth, she had no great love
for the thing. Ten pounds and it would
clear Marks, and she would still have
Norah's forty intact.
"Very well, Mr. Marks, we will man
age it so." she said.
The next day, with every possible care,
the Jew removed his purchase. Yards
of cotton wool were wrapped around It,
and stuffed Inside to guard against any
posaJble breakage. He personally in
spected its packing, and at the same time
handed the lady a receipt in full in ex
change for a ten-pound note. And, In
truth when It came to the point. Mrs.
Wharton regretted the departure of the
Jar little more than she did ihat 01 Mr.
Marks himself.
But not so Norah and Fancy, to whom
it was positive pain to Bee their old
familiar friend borne away. From their
earliest childhood they recollected It, had
played around it, and concocted the
queerest tales about the hideous figures
portrayed on it. And not all Mrs. Whar
ton's explanations of the Jew's obduracy,
and the terrible conseauencea they had
so narrowly escaped, reconciled them to
the loss of it. That yawning corner in
the drawing room was never, to their
eyes, filled up, despite Mrs. Wharton'a
successive attempts to furnish it.
So, too, felt Teddy, who returned a
few days later from town, only to tell,
alas! of the non-success of his efforts.
He noticed the absence of the jar as soon
as he entered the room, anff Immediately
asked what had become of it. He ap
peared terribly agitated when he was
told.
••What!" ha exclaimed. "Sold? You
have sold the Chinese jar to EH Marks?
O Noraii, Fancy, you don't know what
you have 'lone. You have ruined every
thing! Leonard is lost for ever now!"
•■What on earth do you mean, Teddy?"
"Mean?" He could hardly articulate
he -was so excited. "Why, I had the Boo
juni in that jar!"
(To Be Continued Daily.)
i 4* progress of the past decade as dem
onstrated by the returns from all sec
tions of the United States.
• • •
Almost every part of the globe is repre
sented in Scribner*s Magazine for March,
and in every case by some well known
writer who has actually visited the
country which he describes. .Four of the
contributors are distinguished corre
spondents who have had many romantic
experiences. Their articles in this num
ber have to do with the chang:ng condi
tions brought about by recent upheavals.
The March issue of Success has a de
scription of the origin of the live-saving
service, from the pen of former Gov.
Newell, of New Jersey, whose career
has been full of romance. Miss Gould
writes her first signed magazine article
for this issue, devoted to the work of
the ladies among the enlisted men of
the army and navy. The other contrib
utors include Edwin Marklram, Helen
Nicolay. Senator Hoar. Ella Wheeler
Wilecx, Cy Warraan, Mine. Melba. Mrs.
Russell Sage and Thomas Wentworth
Iliggfnson. The entire issue is charac
terized by virility and grace.
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION:!
FOR JANUARY.
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of ! \
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being \ !
duly sworn, deposes and says that thft<!
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globs \~
for the month of January, 1901, was i|
as follows: \
Total for the month 529,550 |l
Average per day 17,082 :j
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD. |'
Subscribed and sworn to before me '
this 31st day of January, 1901.
H. P. PORTER. i
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn, '
[Notarial Seal.]
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites any one and every !
one interested to, at any time, make a '
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail- i
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
Minnie Tittel Brune In Sardou's trag
edy, "Theodora," will close her engage
ment at the Metropolitan opera house
tonight. Commencing on Sunday night,
March 3, for four nights and Wednesday
matinee, at the Metropolitan, S. E. Rorlc
presents Thomas Q. Seabrooke in "The
Rounders," one of the latest and claimed
to be the greatest New York successes.
It was first produced there early last
spring and was continued through the
entire summer. The company presenting
it this year is almost identically the same
as in the New ■ York . production, and
Manager Lederer guarantees all the orig
inal scenery, costumes and stage effects
to be exactly the same. "The Rounders"
is by Harry B. Smith, and is said to be
one of the brightest and most amusing
pieces produced for some time. The
music, by Mr. Englander, is of the tune
ful and catchy order, and a number of
the "airs" have been whistled Into popu
larity by reason of the delicious swing
which pervades them all. A series of the
most amusing complications begin at the
opening of the story and continue with
out cessation until the close. In the
hands of the present company, "The
Rounders" have achieved a great success.
It is said that there are more laughs
and encores in one act than is usually
heard or seen In an entire evening's per
formance. The production is one of the
most elaborate Manager. Lederer has
ever sent out from New York, the com
pany bringing all the original scenery
and stage accessories used in the New
York run of the play.
GRAND. i
Russian life and Intrigue, the terrible
features of Nihilism, the marvelous"
method of spying are all cleverly illus
trated in the play, "Siberia," which fa
being presented at the Grand this week
with so much success. A company of
unusual excellence interprets the various
characters In a most artistic manner,
and the scenic environments are all very
elaborate and complete. The only re
maining afternoon performance of the
engagement will be given Saturday.
Charles E. Blaney's melodrama, "King
of the Opium Ring," will be seen at the
Grand the coming week. The play Is said
to be interpreted by an entirely capable
company, and new and elaborate scen
ery has been provided for this year's
production. . \ ;
STAR. ■
The Star theater has not drfl.wn larger..
continuous crowds to -an . engagement: .•
since its opening than are attending. the
Seventh street theater this week. Th«
bill is a first-class one, with unusually
strong features. The eight Cornallas give
a. great exhibition of tumbling. .
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I STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Was HI
Nobles County Democrat
When Van.iiver foole.l Van Sant
wasn't It another case of the Dutch
taking Holland?
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A Way Hunt Hum. -
Martin County Sentinel.
Lemuel Promethlus Hunt, of the Man
kato Free Press, is said to be nursing
a congressional boom. If Lemuel Pro
methius should enter the race Mcdeary,
Miller and Somervllle better postpone all
I'la.ns for summer picnicking. Lemuel
generally "lands."
Millions Cat Little Figure.
Chippewa Count Herald.
Wo do not wish to be considered as
cavilling at all just expenses of the gov
ernment, but we do think that congress
is going a little too far when it ap
propriates $15,000,000 more for the United
States army and navy than , Great
Britain is spending even with the Boer
war - on her hands, and $50,000,000 more
than any other nation in the world Is
spending.
One on Yon Sant.
St James Journal.
Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, thinks
he has a good one on Gov. Van Sant.
On Monday the governor forbade a
"sporring exhibition" In Minneapolis, be
cause it was illegal. On Thursday night
last Gov. Van Sant witnessed - a "spar
ring match" at an Elks' entertainment
in St. Paul, and in an address said ho
had enjoyed himself to the utmost. It
ils a horse on the governor. * ■'■■j',7.''■.
Beltrainl'M Condition.
Crookston Times.
A merry war is on out In Beltraml
county between opposing factions who
with Bern id jl as headquarters manager
the affairs of both the county and coun
ty seat. A glance at the financial state
ment Is enough to convince one that a
vigorous graft has been worked in the
management of affairs, and crimination
. and recrimination are being Indulged in
by both factions. Meanwhile the county
treasury Is empty, and county orders
go begging at 50 per cent discount, as
low as 23 per cent being paid for small
lots. The county has been mismanaged
from its earliest existence and a change
must soon come. As it is, the taxpay
ers will be compelled to labor under a
great disadvantage for many years to
make good for the amount they have
already become involved.
•m
Odious Bunk Check lux.
Leslie's Weekly.
To reduce the tax on beer, cigars and
cigarettes to the extent of nearly $30,000,
--000, and to refuse to take off the two-cent
stamp on bank checks, aggregating less
than $8,000,000 a year, seems to be the sort
of mongrel tax reduction that Mr. Al
drich,of the senate finance committee, be
lieves in. The committee of ways and
means of the : house of representatives
believes in affording relief to the 3.000,000
depositors in the banks who have an un
necessary -and useless- war tax of two
cents thrust under their noses every time
they handle a check. It is hoped that the
house committee will Insist on giving
consideration to the public who patronize
the banks rather than to the j congenial
lobby that handles the funds of the brew
ers and tobacco manufacturers. .
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.Smallpox I'nder Control.
The report of the smallpox cases In
Minnesota, from - Feb. 11 to Feb. 23, has
just ' been Issued by ■ the state board of
health. No . spreading of' the • disease la
feared and 'it Is thought that the epb
demlc Is now under complete control.