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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

company Good dancing and singing.
fetching costumes and adequate stag
ing make "A Hot Old Time" one Of the
successful plays of the season.
A treat is in store for lovers of that
everlasting success, Uncle Toms Cab
in" which comes to the Grand at an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
WEAPONS In WOMEN'S HANDS
MORE A FAD THAN EVER

A Glorious Method Of Developing
the Figures of Young Femininity
a Good Fencer Must BE Grace
full and mt Her Ease Under Any
Circumstnnces-M All I'M
der Control With Skill.
Correspondence The st. Paul Globs.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-The more
or less fanciful statements that women
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

ls4Col dllIdCllNe comedy entertain
ment is announced for presentation in
this city at an early date, in the visit
of that big laughing success "a Trim
to the Circus" 1t treats Of incidents in
connection with circus, and conse-
CUently opportunities for fun-making
are numerous. Bright, sparkling
music, witty dialogue, quick action and
clever speciality features combine to
provide an entertainment of genuine
fun interest A splendid company Of
artists will present the piece and the
scenic equipment will be adequate.
"a Hot Old Time" which follows
blue Jeans" at the Grand, is comedy
written by Edgar Selden, author man
ager. who wrote the successful Me
Kenna's Filtration" Absurd and anus
ing situations are the life of the piece,
and bright music with other special
ties enhance the attractiyeness. The
plot is the old yet ever new mistaken
identity idea, which has slSved so
well many writer's for the stage. from
Plautus down to the moderns, but in
the present comedy the theme is dress
ed in new garb. and laughter Is the re-
suit. Johnny and Emma Ray carry off
the hOnorS in their company of well
selected performers. Their character
delineations, Johnny as the Irish ex-
pressman, and Emma as Mrs. Gen.
Stonewall Blazer, boss of the whole
outfit" are irresistibly funny. Made
leine Marshall and Kitty Nelson are
sparkling successes as Cherry and
Blossom Blazer, and their clever dane
ing specialties have an important part.
Bernard Dyllyn. 'Alkali Ike" is cast
IN a part well suited to his talents.
He males up as Buffalo Bill with
realistic effect. John C. Leach, Sparks
3. j.. Ssnith and Lillian Marlboro ha.p
to fern The rest Of we'll balanced
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

When it comes to the tour de force, the
same left hand is marvel of assertive-
ne ss.'
There is no doubt" the same critic
continues, "that Josef Hofmann is a
pianoforte player of the very first rank.
not only as compared with what we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

early date. 1t will be presented by
Al w. Martins big company of white
and colored artists and $4,000 worth Of
magnificent scenery and effects.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

Berlin, five ladies and four gentlemen
having banded themselves together
with the object of reviving the study
said to have danced as child before
Friedrich Wilhelm.
The emirent Bayarian tenor, HI.
Fcgl, of Munich and Bayreuth fame,
has never received more than 50 900
year. The best barytones at Ger
/ man opera houses earn about $4,50O,
the BASES 3d. 900.
Sig. Puccini, composer of La Vie de
Boheme," has accepted a Hbretto by
Schurmann and Iilica on the subject
of Marie Artoinette" The opera is
in five acts. opening at Trianon, and
closing with the execution, ard it will
probably first be produced In Paris.
Anna Hegner, a sister of the we'll
knokn pianist, Otto Eegrer, has Just
made her debut as Il ~violinist in con-
cert rooms at Basic and at Carlsruhe.
with great success, the critics being
unanimous in acknowledging her ex-
ceptional gifts. She is only fifteen
years Of age, ard native Of Basic.
One OF the most talented contempo-
rary Portuguese composers, Senior
Victoria Hussla has completed an i'm
portant orchestral composition. dedi-
Gated to the memory of Vasco da
Cana, which L. to be performed iu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
po1ENEsrAx TREASURE CHESTS.
They Are Considered ms Necessary ms Safes
and Vaults in Wall Street.

They Are Considered MS Necessary as Safes
and Vaults in Wal Street.
Savage life in the South Sea Islands has little
worth the keeping. Still there are accumula-
tions of beads and bits OF ribbon and various
trinkets to which the half-clad owner clinRs
with as much persistency as others have been
known to give to gems and bonds. Having a
treasure necessitates a treasure chest, even
though 1t Is no more than a wooden box. From
end to end Of the archipelaGoes OF the Pacific is
spread the ambition to own n box with n lock
and key. In the trade known as blackbirdinR
each wretched slave makes his servile contract
for food. wages and "a box. Food Is eaten,
wages are squandered. but to thousands Of
poor black boys in the wild islands the
bokus remains as the one thing tangible out
of years Of hard labor on distant plantations.
With the steady demand for this sort OF
joiner work. created by the universal demand
for a box. the Chinaman has seen his way to
such n modest competency as contents the
early stages OF Monaghan industry. In every
group. boxmakinR is almost entirely in the
hands OF Chinese workmen. who have mysterl:
have established themselves among the earliest
intruders on savage communities.
boxes. the islanders had boxiike receptacies,
n Wa abarI E iIeM sPPeecI1ImnsssHIssn are To yet 7 to be found;
on the outside, .scooped out within by the use
OF nTe and shell RouRes. and covered with n lid
OF the samo wood arranged to slide along
strips Of plated cocoanut fibre. In the early DAYS
sandalwood was n ~favorite material for these
barrel-shaped boxes; and abundance Of orna-
mother-of-pearl and teeth Of various animals.
including man.
With the coming OF whalers and traders has
passed the old simplicity OF manners where The
direct methods OF club laws acted as a sufficient
check on theft. Nowadays the islander must
pository OF his odds and ends OF wealth. Nor is
this the only protection, this lock with the key
tied securely about the neck OF the owner.
There is an added security in a lock which
rings a bell as soon as n key is put into the KEY
hole. AS soon as that style Of lock was intro |
duced u drove out all others and caused nRreat
revival In the box industry. With this CON
mony: tho alarm bell rings loud as notice that
some one is at a box. and the curiosity of the
nelghbors is counted on to make sure that the
recently become one OF the most characteristic
sounds OF island village life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
PASSING OF 11arEn1cK,s WATERMAN
With Other Duties He Performs the Func-
ton of an Alarm Clock.

With Other Duties He Performs the Func.
ton of an Alarm Clock.
Among It's many claims to fame Limerick has
enjoyed for some time the distinction Of being
the last city In the United Kingdom to intrust
the safety OF the lives and the properties OF its
residents to watchmen. But the question OF
the abolition of this functionary and the sub
stituting OF ordinary policemen Is now being
aRitated. and conservative citizens are much
wrought up. The proposal. say they. aims at
reducing Limerick to the level Of the ordinary
British commercial town OF to-day,
One would not imagine that the Limerick
watchmen would be much of a terror to
evildoers, for they are mostly white-haired.
more or less decrepit. and. IL Jealous in the dis
charge Of their duties. are somewhat slow in
their movements. Their functions are three
fold. The first is to make their presence
known. and to this end when on his nightly
patrol the Waterman carries a large stick shod
with iron. with which he raps the pavement
with the regularity Of n clock. The second is
TO inform the citizens as to the conditions of
the weather and the clock. The third is more
or less perfunctory-to keen order.
A few shillings is all he gets q week. but the
n MI the S1 GiseS HsFsa'e Of pIE ts funetIoes. to R mske @ eioefy
arc rare in Limerick. while many OF the citi-
SSens are sSSmpelled to get up at uneo1scionahle
sion the Waterman to arouse them at the hour
desired and Ray pay him a small sum per week for
standing in the street in front of the house,
banging on the pavement with the stick and
bawling. 1t Is this last performance which has
caused all the trouble. Newcomers to the city
and persons. OF nervous temperament have
They do not mind. they say. the tapping Of
the stick when the Waterman is on his patrol:
stentorlan Twelve o'clock and ali's we'll"
=" Eleven o'clock and a fine night" become in
time less startling. But what they never can
the pavemen at odd and unearthly hours ac-
companied with shouts OF up Pat, o o'clock %
UP jim. . O'Clock! UP. up. up, ye divel. uppa
uuupp!" And captious persons have confided
their troubles to the more progressive citizens.
urging that the practice is unworthy of one of
the most civilized cities in the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
United After 81 Year. by a snake story.
n" The Cincinnati Enquirer.

LAWRENcEBuRG Ind, Aug. 22.-The Hon.
E ESen m Hedi5on, preesidsnt Of the Board OF County
relatives, aud a family reunion viii tete n1Ia ca
next month. O"ie ni'''
Several weeks since the Enguiro. continued
an account Of Mr., Heaton killing a large biack-
snake That had been, about his premises Tor
OF ~ years. was visiting from a distant Stnte
with u daughter at IBluffton. Ind. Mrs Small
read an account OF the snake and Heaton bainn
her maiden name concluded to write to thSS
dearborn county Official concerning his anceso
Of her writing, Correspondence foli5wond" a00dh
Mrs; small proved to, be, the aged aunt Of Mr.
pSan tba Won ne had not seen since 1881,
scattered and all trace Of leach other lost III
discovery q these kindred enables them 10
and will assist Ia the closing up OF long IN.
settled estate that has grown into value
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
THE ROAD no SAN JUAN.
As Fine a Stone ~ThorouRhRare as An,
Around This City. T

AS Flhe a STONE ThorouRhHare as ANY
Around This City. ,
HEADQUARTERS OF Il WILSON. RIO DEs-
CABRADo. five miles east of Juana Diaz,
on the San Juan road. Aug. S.-The road over
which Gen. Wilson has advanced from Ponce
to this place is as fine as the stone roads In the
suburbs of New York and in New Jersey. AT
frequent Intervals, perhaps every three or four
miles. there stands a large building In which
road laborers live and where soldiers stop
while on marches. and all along the roadside
are piles Of broken stone for making repairs.
There are still two streams between here and
Ponce which have not been bridged, where
men CALAMITY carry women over the fords,
and at these places the road becomes impassa-
bio at times in this the rainy season. There
are. however,. two quite large bridges between
here and Ponce. and many we'll built stone or
masonry culverts for brooks, irrigation bitches
into the canefelds or storm streams. There
Is a fine bridge Just beyond here. The Span
iards have made no attempt to destroy any Of
these bridges or culverts except the bridge
Just beyond us. There they blew up a mine.
but its effect was only to break away part Of
the parapet. 20
The ride from Ponce yesterday was charm-
ing. To the left. among the higher hills, a
terrific rainstorm was raging. but 1t kept TO
the hills almost entirely. only drifting out a
little late IN the afternoon and drenching some
II the marching soldiers. To the right. toward
the sea. frequent breaks In the verdant hills
revealed the blue sea line and at evening a
lighthouse showed out brightly, while Venus
as she set amid the western hills blazed like a
wonderful electric light. To-day a sudden
shower stopped the preparation OF dinner for
a time. but after It came fair skies. with the
sun tempered by fleecy clouds and a cool
breeze from tne sea.
Not a day since We landed has been opprep-
sively hot. while most OF the weather has been
cooler than the troops have found since they
left their own home camps In the north. In
Ponce the nights were so cool that nearly
very one was glad Of a blanket for covering be-
fore morning, There we're some MOSQUITOES
In Ponce. which had the peculiar habit Of up-
only after bedtime. but here at our
camp there was not a mosquito last night.
In the hills last night only half a mile away
rifles wero cracking away, sometimes 10 single
shots. Ike the fire OF "a picket. then in SQUAD
nre, anu then In sharp company volleys, There
MAS however, nc, enemy furnishing a target
lor, THIS Hiring. The Sixteenth Penugylvania
mao Just received Its Krag-J 6rgensen rifles
iha ammunition, and Col. Hulings was send
MS lloh out IN company details to get tar
ger, prhctlce With the new pieces, This work
pelns continued to-day. and one great adj.
vantage OF tho new ammunition Is m1nIfeAf Ia b.
GrouDSS 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
HoUsE oLosED ron r1rrr rEARa.
Opened by = Houseyrnrmine, but Closed
Afterwnrd Except for Funerals.

Afterwnrd Except for Funerals.
BURLINGTON. vt. Aug. 27.-Lucia Maria
Bradley. the daughter Of Hurry Bradley, who
died here last week, was born in Burlington In
the last month Of 1917. When she was four
teen she met younE John II. Peck. a son Of a
weN-established merchant. and she was still a
girl when she was married to him.
In 1853 Mr.. Peck. who now had rlson to the
head OF the business that bore his hume, do
cided that the old-fashioned house In which
they lived ought to be renovated. As a result
the house. outside and In, became as near q
resemblance to a palace ms the people OF YER
mont ever expect to SEQ. The interior at that
time was by far the most beautiful to be found
north OF tho Massachusetts line. The furnish
inRs OF the boudoir OF Mrs. Peck alone cost
$1,000. When the renovation was complete.
John Peck. with the hospitality for which his
family was noted. held n house-warminR at
which nearly the entire town was present.
Not more than two months afterward. while
the beautiful new house was still the talk Of
half the State. the Peck firm failed. The liza
bili;ies were about s1.oOO.ooo. After the set
cement there remained to Mr.. Peck only his
new home, The night OF the failure the shut
Peck went home after the settlement and said
70 his vile that he would go away; perhaps
Sss stlf S0 aS SGH he % %Sfs p EPee sPr b sls rsi| Si% lis lis
ambition to return some day TO Burlington and
months before.
He left the State and started to and another
fortune in untried fields; but luck had turned
Us back TO- him for good, and in a short while
mansion near Lake Champlain. And there his
funeral SERVICES were held, his coffin being
placed in the nfty-foot dining room.
That, night the doors Of the Peck mansion
we're shut; never again to be opened to visitors
by the widowed mistress.
Az her funeral, for the first time since tho cell
ebrated housewarming held early In 1853, tho
npnnln NJ fhn fnNrn n ur Nhn fnfartnH ~ Ala
house..
To the old inhabitants, who had been hon
ored by an invitation TO that distant f~estivity,
IL was Just as though an awakening had over
taken them after Q long sleep. In. the hall
we're the came, great, chairs that had held out
their arms to them that memorable night long
ago In the parlors was the same sumptuous
furniture, richcr than any that had since come
70 town In the boudoir. which tho young hus-
band had made royal for the sake OF his wife, |
Wa Was spread out carefully the rich Goyn with
night when, she, stood in the new drawing room
beside her husband and welcomed the compli-
mentinR guests. II was just as though the
dead woman had arranged 1t for use, and thai
ehc had waited. waited through all the years
Tor the time to wear It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
MRS sAMUE1s AND JERRY SIMPSON.
The Mother of the James Boys and the Med
icine Lodge Sage at a Missouri Picnic.

The Mother of the James Boys and the Med
icine Lodge Sage Mt a Missouri Picnic.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 27.-Lone Jack is the
name OF n town in jackson county where a
desperate battle was fought thirty-Hve years
ago. 1t was a rallyinR place for the Confed-
crates and long after the battle it continued to
be d rendezvous OF the Quantrell raiders. Yes
terday the remnants of the old Confederate
forces and the new generation celebrated the
anniversary OF the fight at a picnic. which also
partooE OF the nature of n political meeting.
More than 5000 people were present and the
management had two drawing cards. One was
Jerry Simpson. from over the border, and the
other Mrs. DR.. Samuels. mother OF the James
boys. Young Tom Crittenden. son OF ex-Gov.
Crittenden, later Consult General to Mexico,
was on hand with his Congressional boom.
But Mrs. Samuels was the centreplece. She
is 73 years old. although her manner does not
indicate it. She was In company with George
Shepherd, who was Ounntrell's First Lieuten-
ant. Mrs. SamuGls talked to the crowd in
punches, and when she spoke it was In advo-
cacy Of young Tom ~Crittenden's nomination.
HIS father, old Tom CrittendenI" said the
James boys mother, pardOned The Ford boys,
WHO killed my boy Jess, and he could not step
inside Of my house. but young Tom has helped
ns, pes ne Si hsld LAB a mIaortgeTee on {ess,s house until
friend and do not hold him accountable for
how her arm was shot on, her S-year-old child
murdered and her husband hanged by soldiers
W2o were se4rching for the James boys. were
msmbers of Qgantrel's band OF Guerrillas.
m%YaI met ara resolved te have ! oSSSptTsii Re;
Missouri.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
GOLD NUGGET IN GOosws CROP.
The Butcher Who Invested on the Strength
of This Lost Money.

OTTAWA. Aug. 27.-Eagemess to amass a for
tune has brought II. Roberts. n butcher OF this
place. to grief. In Gloucester township. a few
miles from this city. is a watercourse known
as Green's Greek. A farmer who possessed
waterfowl found the creek particularly useful.
He brought his geese to market and disposed
OF them to Mr.. Roberts.
III the process OF dressing n goose a member
OF Mr.. .Roberts's family found In the crop what
proved 70 be Il nugget of gold. Mr.. Roberts at
once had dreams that Green's. Creek must be a
come wealthy had presented itself. He hastily
struck a bargain for the. purchase OF the farm,
paying an eNorbitant price for 1t.
The stream was closely searched for evidence
oil nuggets other than the one the goose had
swallowed. but, not even mining experts could
has noy abandoned the search as hopeless. o
wiser. II not . richer. man
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
Our Financiers in Cavite.

G~REENsBuRG. Aug. 22.-It has been discovered
by Tenth Regiment soldiers ut Manila that
Mexican dollars are Just as good ms gold. Alex-
ahder Eicher, a Groensburg volunteer, writea
The mode Of exchange practiced among the
natives bothered the American soldiers greatly
long for the Yankee boys to discover that there
was a rich harvest IN, store for good hnanclers.
Tho purser OF the ship, with a liberal supplY III
Mexican money. exchanged II all for American
money. The natives dc not know the diner
ence, and when. a soldier purchases 10 cents
lean money As every American dollar buy
two Mexican ones. the boys Of the Tenth make
money on every deal"
Evening star., 1898-09-21
GARCIA EXPECTED TO COME.
The Arrival of the Cuban Leader
Looked For.

The Arrival of the Cuban Leader
Looked For.
1t is expected by members of the Cuban
delegation here that Gen. Calixto Garcia,
second in command of the Cuban forces
during the war, will come to this country
in the course of the next two weeks, visit
ing New York, Baltimore and Washington.
His coming is looked forward to with much
interest in view of the prominent part he
took in the military operations around San
tiagO, and the unfortunate clash between
him and Gen. Shafter following the sur
render of the city.
His presence in this country is likely to
raise question regarding the old criminal
proceedings pending against him. During
cia was arrested and brought before the
federal court at Baltimore on charge of
directing one of the leading expeditions
He was released on bonds, and then left at
the head of the expedition he had organ
lied. forfeiting his bond. AT the time he
made a public statement to the effect that
the cause of Cuba warranted his escape
from legal prosecution, and that when the
war was over he would voluntarily return
and give himself up to the officers of the
law. 1t is understood that If the govern
ment intends to push the prosecution of
these flibustering cases Garcia will visit
Baltimore and carry out his promise to be-
come amenable to the court.
There has been some talk of a visit to
this country by Gen. Gomez, but the Cuban
officials here hardly expect 1t.
Evening star., 1898-09-21

could carry out the order the fight was
on. The youngster took refuge behind a
tree, and finally lay close to the ground
While he was in that position Coionel
Wood, now General Wood, passed along
intent on some other mission. The boy
moved Colonel Wood thought he had got
ten into another ambush and pulled ms
pistol to shoot the moving Inquire behlhd
the tree The boy had presence OF mind
enough to yell out: Look out, dair, Guile
mel Wood Don't shoot dis niger. Colo
mel Wood restored his pistol and turned ms
horse over to the boy. Street was SO proun
of his record that he was at the 1roht
with the regiment in all of the other hsnts.
Captain LleWellyn intends to take the poy
to New Mexico and keep him.
Each of the callers presented lndl-
vidually to the President, who. after greet
ing them personally, talked with them ana
to- them as a body in an informal manner.
He smoke with earnest enthusiasm OF the
work of the regiment in the santiago cam
paign, saying that he was pleased TO nave
the opportunity on his own behall ana oh
behalf OF the country at large to thank the
regiment through the present delegation for
the work it had done. Your record is
one" he said, ''of which the entire nation
is proud / tell people who talk with ne
about the rough riders that you lelt the
boats in squads of twenty or thirty, inqulr-
ing the way to Santiago, and that you
hardly stopped until you arrived there
You have not only done we'll, he said,
but l have no doubt you would all be Will
ing to again serve Your country in an e1ner-
gency" The response was that they would
be to a man. I'VE want our colonel 10
raise a brigade instead of a regiment next
time, said one of the younger members OF
the party.
The President also congratulated the SOL
diers upon their good fortune in receiving
competent officers to lead them and met
with a hearty response to all that he said
about Col. Roosevelt and Gems. Wood and
Evening star., 1898-09-21
NEEDED AT MANILA.
Orders for Return OF Three Payma.-
ters Revoked.

few days ago orders were issued di-
Iecting the return to San Francisco from
Manila of three paymasters. as it was
thought they We're not needed in the Phil
ippfnes longer. The order was revoked to-
day, upon the receipt of telegram from
Gen. Otis saying that the men could not
be spared He said that four of the pay
masters in Manila We're employed in du-
ties outside of the regular duties of paying
troops. Major Whipple, chief paymaster,
was auditor of the corporation of Manila
Major kelliher was provost marshal and
in charge Of finances; Major Lord was in
charge of the customs of Manila and Ma
por kflbourne was employed IN anot her
financial capacity. This made II lmpossi-
bic to send the three paymasters home as
at first determined.
The San Francisco mint recently coined
half million five-dollar gold pieces. which
were turned over to the pay department
Tor the payment OF troops in Manila. These
have been sent to the Philippines at differ
ent times.
Col. Glenn, secohd officer in the pay corps
and chief paymaster of the department of
the gulf, was in Washington today on his
way TO New York. He will return 20 At
lanta in a short time and resume charge OF
the payment of troops in the southern
camps. Col. Glenn says that the hard work
and hot weather in the gulf department
have caused considerable ill-heaIth among
the officers of his corps.