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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
Again the Balance of Trade.

That venerable and, in some quar-
tiers. still revered theory that accepts
the annual balance Of trade" as indi-
eating a condition of national prosper
ity or adversely should be especially
happy this year. if theories are subject
to emotions. It's basis is in the very
natural and usually accurate statement
that men prosper in proportion as they
sell more than they buy. If, when &C
count Of stock is taken, so argue the
balance Of trade theorists, man finds
that he has sold two dollars worth OF
products to one dollars worth bought,
he Is doing a prosperous business. Anu
forthwith they apply their formula to
the trade reports of the nation and
conclude that it is prosperous or the
reverse as it's statistics Of imports and
exports show the excess on one or the
other SIDE 1t is very plausible prop
osition, automatic to certain peculiarly
constituted minds.
This years report Of the treasury's
statistician shows a phenomenal bal
ance of trade in our favor. 1t shows
that, since July /, 1897, there have been
exported from this country products
valued at $1,210, 274,O1 while there was
imported merchandise valued at the
point of shipment at 616,052, 1854. max
ing the excess of sales 1854, 221, Isl, or
very nearly two to one. This does not
include the precious metals; merely the
merchandise of the factories and the
produce of the farms. OF gold, in coin
and bullion, we exported S15,324 1929, but
c11r q 10 ,,at
import Of $99, S45, 059 OF silver coin and
bullion we sent abroad $54,942,572, and
received $10,S90,261 leaving an excess
Of exports of $44. O52, 81. which brings
our excess of exports, treating silver
as a commodity, to $685., 273, 442, or over
two to one. Applying the balance-of-
trade reasoning, we must deduct from
this the gold, which has presumably
come to US in part payment Of this
balance" and this leaves the foreigner
still owing us the very handsome sum
of $53S, 424 1888. Still accepting the logic
of that theory, we must expect this bal
ance to be liquidated in gold coin Of the
realm or in equally serviceabie bars,
a result, If attained, that will have
some serious consequences. 1t VIII eX-
haust the gold held both by the Bank
of France and the Imperial Bank of
Germany to pay it. Or it will take all
the gold in the Bank Of England, over
three hundred millions, and leave
deficit of couple Of hundred millions,
which the gold of the German imperial
bank would just about make good. Or
it would wipe out the gold holdings OF
the national banks of Belgium, the
Netherlands, Spain and Italy and make
a big hole in Russia's. AS this would
bring about a tremendous financial
panic in these countries, that would
react upon US as did the Earrings fail
ure in 1890, it is to be hoped that Uncle
Sam will not be too severe in collecting
his balance"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
PAPER WAS WORTHLESS.
j. l.. Strauch Swindled Out of $50
by Some Men.

j. l.. Strauch Swindled Out Of $50
by Some Men.
J. L. Strauch, a loan agent with Of
fees in the Globe building, yesterday
requested the county to issue warrants
fer the arrest OF half a dozen young
men whom he claims swindled him
out of $50 Mr.. Strauch says his loss
is the result of a clever conspiracy
such as was worked successfully on
local money lenders two years ago.
The plan, according to Mr.. Strauch,
is for one of the gang to represent
himself a time keeper for some firm or
contractor and to insure loans made
to persons whom he recommends. In
the present case Mr.. Strauch says
young man represented himself as the
time keeper for the Mississippi Valley
Telephone company, and afterwards
visited his office with several appli-
cants for loans, representing that the
men also worked for the telephone
company. Different small loans were
made on these representations ard the
borrowers required to make an as
signment of their pay. In this way Mr.
Str2uch says he loaned about $50 be-
fore becoming suspicious. When he In
vestigated he found that neither the
supposed time keeper nor any of thos%
who had secured money from him
worked for the telephone company ana
that the assignments of pay were I'M
der fictitious names.
Some of the alleged conspiratcrs have
left the city and as Mr.. Strauch was
not certain as to the names of the
others, no warrants were issued. The
matter will, however, be further in
vestigated by the police.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

organizations to start with and Zoll-
man Will have the First and Second,
but will be confronted by the PROPOSE
ton that there will be three Germans
nominated before 1t gets to him. If
Btgelow and Fitzgerald effect a COM
bination they cannot be beaten and
In the meantime 1t Is becoming more
apparent every day that any good
Democrat can be elected over any or
the men mentioned for the Republican
nomination for county attorney.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
Leap Wear Must Die.

From the Washington Star.
In time leap yesr will! go ont of exist nc !,
entirely" explained en- almanac compute ;
but as 1t will not occur for over SOD years
we haven't much personal interest in the
event. In the ordinary course of events 1868
would be leap year, but it will get LETT in tn =
calculation. In other words, while it do .
occur. 1t does not occur. simply bscsuse it is
ret in the agreement that it shall occur TIE
story is long che, but II can b bri5f17 t5li
so that the ayerapc person can understand j.
without much difficulty.
in 1857, in the arrangement of the Julian
calendar, ten days were drcpped SO as 20 get
things running On the then new but the p-t s.
ent basis of calculating time. So as to Ike =,
things running right IT was determined that
a year ending a century should MT be BIZ
there YVES no leap year in 100, 1860 ror 1900.
1t is, or at least wass rather rough on h ,
ladies, who have special advantages in lean
year, for it is the only year that 1t Is prcpsr
fer them to propose themselves in marriaee
but, as it has always been 50 in mat ers af-
fecting womankind men always find rea-ons
for restricting their privilsges The lad es It
left again in 1903. but; though there will not
be many of these who. see 1900 who will Sc,
1900, the latter year, ending a fourth century,
will be a leap year. In. this way thres DAYS
are retreDched in four centuries and tn, re-
naming seven days will be made I'D il a
little over 500 years. After that calendar
years will be like solar years, and future err
rors in the calculation of time will occur no
more.
The loss of leap years will in Thousands OF
mathematicians Of the centuries hence viii
be so flip in handling figures and ma king
calculations that they will have no diff ,plty
in keeping things going correctly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
In Woman's Realm.
IS THE STAGE paoF1rABLE,
what tho Experienced Say About q
Woman's Chance Of Success.


What the Experienced Say About q
Woman's Glance Of Success.
Tho New York Tribune has been taking
up the discussion II probable Hvelihoods for
women graduates of colleges The possi-
Diiities and probabilities of the stage were
treated IN its celumns by Vassar graduate
VINO mas made for herself a place In the
greenroom. She says:
If there are more women than ever be-
t tI. there are moro professions open to
snem. became AM actress because / had
o ds,a talent and because knew that my
education would be a great help to me In
reaching the coveted goal.
or Inc aiumnae Of more than one Of our
women,s colleges include a professional act
Iess. me ambition of undergraduates with
ioneings Tor the stage finds an outlet these
aays IN the various clubs devoted to histrionic
NJ NJ. IN winch all the wpmen's colleges abound.
MOI only In the portrayal Of character. in elo-
Eutionary eHect. stage setting and costum-
ing IN are ingenuity and keen dramatic instinct
oi,scern1pis, but the constructive faculty Is
oI .S stIlKlngly apparent in the cleverness
VIII winch students adapt plays. frequently
pro9ucing' original dramas worthy of public
r rer s,. 1t Is not improbable that Vas
Mawr girl may yet produce the long-expected
American DRAMA
r Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske is not SO en-
couraging. She says:
would say that the stage should, of all
liihss De the last resort of any young wom-
an VINO simply wishes to earn bread A
young woman may. with legitimate hope,
st 81 e medicine, dentistry, architecture any
OF the professions into which woman has sue
cessInily been introduced with the bread
winning ldel and even with expectation of
eeistnction; but the theater presents a diff
ierent ASPECT Success in any phase Of art
necessarily implies a special aptitude In the
stuceht. Who would recommend painting or
music as special vocation to young
for either? ~
-, Infatuation for the stage is widespread.
manly OF merely physical fitness. aspire
10 the theater. There is. Of course, de-
mana Tor simple beauty on the stage, but it
n Iicies, and promises nothing for the future
on the contrary. the future is distinctly dis
courag1ng to it, for when beauty is gone and
she Joins the multitude of the unemployed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

good story is told on a major In charge
of one of the st. Paul regiments at camp.
1t seems that the MAJORS hobby is that
colored military man is sort of a nonen-
tity and IS cooked upon by the major as be-
ing a very minor character indeed. One
evening the officers of the troops were given
a reception and during the evening the
major noticed a colored man among the
guests. He awaited an available opp -rtunity
ard then walked up to the soldier: What
are you doing here?" demanded the major
in a loud tone of voice. This is only for Of
icers.'
Eyes, sah," replied the colored man,
amazed at the majors manner, but 1 am
an officer. Why. don't you know me. 1 am
Captain Blank. of Company E.''
Well said the major as he turned en-
his heel you coons all look alike 10 me-
And the colcred man turned to one side
fer a good laugh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
SULLIVAN IN A STEW.
Doesn't Know Whether to Pay the
Judges or Not.

County Auditor D. M. Sullivan is very
much afraid of getting mixed political
ly and he wants to be left where no
one will have any chance to complain
of him. He lis in a state of mind about
the matter of the salary of the judges
of the district court.
The county commissioners have noti-
fed Mr.. Sullivan not to audit the coun-
ty allowance of salary for the judges.
The judges are men who must be reck-
oned with and MIR. Sullivan does not
know how much in earnest the county
board was in passing the salary reso-
luton. He wants legal advice and has
asked the county attorney for it. He
said yesterday that he would be guided
by the county's legal adviser.
The county's legal adviser has
troubles of his own and while he tells
the auditor privately to draw the war;
rants he wants time to think over an
official opinion. Mr.. Sullivan will in
sist on Mr.. Anderson advising him
what TO do
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

ed by some one having both military
and civil authority. He will be a gov
ernor general. It is stated that Gen.
McKfbbin Is assigned to this duty
Professionally. But 1t can be but tenn
porarily If the avowed object Of the
war Is to be given effect. If that is
done it will require the immediate or
ganization Of the civil government I'M
der the exclusive control Of the Cubans
Our work will be simply to see that this
government is STABLE"
The Cubans are acting on the as
sumption that the policy formulated in
the war resolutions will be carried out.
1t was reported that Garcia had select
ed one of his subordinates for governor
general Of the province. The junta is
already pressing the appointment of
DR.. Castillo, a naturalized citizen,
graduate of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania and man said to be of high
character. They say that there is row
the opportunity to test Cuban capacity
FOR Self-2overnment, a mOoted question,
and that they should be given the ear
lest possible chance. If the admins
tration was sincere in its purpose to
nlent, it now can show it. It's action
will determine that sincerity, they say.
II an American is chosen, it will indi-
cate not only a lack OF confidence in
Cuban capacity, but an Interior purpose
of annexation under guise of a present
protectorate. 1t must be confessed the
jurta puts up a stout argument.
But we apprehend that it will be flu
tile. Whatever the Interior purposes of
the administration, there are plenty of
good reasons for denying the request
The war is not over, and until that
comes the conditions for establishing
civil government do not exist. The
occupation must be military. Again a
large portion Of the people of the
province are Spaniards either in SYM
Eathy or fact. They are the owners
OF property. They have been the rul-
iEg class. Between them and the Gu
bans there exists an animosity of
whose ferocity we have had only too
much evidence. Time must be given
fer passions to cool before the once
subject people can be given the gov
eminent of the once dominant. We
learned that lesson after our own Civil
war. So the impatient Cuban must
wait both for his chance to demon
strate his capacity for governing and
for his opportunity to eXult~ over his
former CppresSors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
Cuban or American Governor.

The administration is Immediately
confronted with situation that de-
nlands the adoption of a Cuban policy.
A large portion of the province of San
tiago passes into our control by the
equalization. The immediate necessity
is the preservation Of order. This can
only be done through civil authorities
supported by the military. Spanish
laws of local administration must be
continued, and local civilians must be
entrusted with their execution. The
United States will have to be represent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
A Philanthrbpic Denti.t.

A novel philanthropy has been instituted in
Toronto. A p1lysiciaM desired that patients
who needed to have &heir teeth attended to
and were too poSr to pay dentist should be
found by the CHURCH. 4societies and sent to
him. 1t was d3ficulG to find patients that
would accept his offer but by persisting he
secured the co-operatiop of parents who would
allow their chill Hren TO be treated Much
money has been spent in fitting up a dis
pensary and operating room, and nearly two
thousand children have had their teeth cared
for by him during the past year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
THURSDAYS WEATHER.
Fair: Warmer.

BY the United States Weather Bureau.
MINNESOTA - Fair; warmer; southerly
winds.
WISCONSIN-Fair weather.: warmer; light
northerly winds, becoming variable.
NORTH DAKOTA-Fair; warmer; southerly
winds.
SOUTH DAKOTA-Fair; warmer; southeriy
winds.
1OWA-Fair; warmer; souther,y winds.
MONTANA-Occasional showers; southerly
winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

Commodore Schley was a midshipmau ON
the Niagara at the time Fort Sumter was
fired on. When the vessel reached Boston
the captain said to the officers: sGsnsla-
men, we have come to the parting of the
ways. Some of US will never meet again
and some of us will die in doing what we
believe to be right. No oath can bind a man
beyond the strength OF his conscience. hut
on that table, lying upon the flag, / have
written out the old oath of allegiance aud
me. and hope it is on you. Let each of
you go to his cabin and think it over; then
let him come back here and sign below me
or let him 60" When the captain looked
at the names he saw among them that of
Midshipman Schley. you signed, WINNER"
ne ne asked AYE, aye. SIR was the reply
land as in Massachusetts, you know" "God
bless you, boy" exclaimed the old man.
Your father and l fought side by side as
lads In 1872. and while there are some Of us
who are now going away, l prayed Gcd ycur
fathers son would stick to u.s.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
VIII Think for Themselves.

From the Chicago Times-Her
Weird comes from Germany that the women
CT that land are slowly but surely learning
to assert themselves. They are no longer con-
tent to know and do just what their fathers
and husbands dictate and there Is q tendency
to independence in the modern girls which is
CT quite recent growth Perhaps it is this fact
which makes them prsstier and distinctly
more fascinating than they used to be, but
there are still found the artiouated thinkers
who behold symptoms CT danger in the chapgs.
and are anxious to see the good old-fashoned
type of housewife preserved in all her house
keeping glory. VIII 1t be believed in these
progressive days an institution has been
founded In certain capital of the fatherlaGd
where budding womanhood may be taught to
regard her future husband as a sunerior
being to be looked up to hunrbly and obeyed
implicitly? She IS TO have intelligent opin-
IONS but not assert them to think as her
lord and master thinks ard her chief aim in
life is the preparing of his meals. She is to
shrink from publicity. and bear in mind the
proverb, 1.-The place of the woman and the
oven is within DOORS, She is not debarred
from taking interest Id the vital questions of
the day. but she must agree with her hus-
bands views, aQd not assert her own too
prominently She must as well cultivate
many other comfortable stay-at-home virtues
which are calculated to render the happy wife
and mother the Blessing OF the household.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
TroubIe over Rowbcats.

Robert l.. Wharton, living at Martin and
Kent streets, was prisoner in the municipal
court yesterday, on the charge of selling
mortgaged property. w. A. Johnson was the
complainant. He alleged that Wharton sold
two rowboats which had been NOR. gag for
$50 to the Commonwealth Benefit company.
At the request of Wharton's wife Mr.. John
son withdrew the charge. In asking ] dye
Orr to dismiss the case he sad Mrs. Whar-
ton had pleaded with him rot to prosecute her
husband for the sake of the family. He had
no sympathy for Wharton, he sad but in
the interest of innocent sufferers. he would
consent to have the matter dropped.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
A Hint to- Our Soldiers.
Letter to Editor London Standard

1t may be worth while putting on record
that no fatal results need ever be feared in
yellow fever, provided the person attacked.
ance. takes the following simple remedy, viz.
tumblerful of olive oil with the Juice az
lime squeezed into 1t. to be repeated til
vomiting and purging ensues. This is in
fallible in checking the virulence of the com
plant. and speedy cenvalescence invariabIv
follows. have not only proved it's efficency
personally, but have witnessed its compiate
success in dozens Of cases, both in Cuba and
South America. u
Its very simplicity is often the cause of Ito
non adoption, but this should in nowise preju-
dice people against It's use
-ExRerto Crads.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
Fooled Them.
w York Sun.

From the New YORK Sun.
Giacomo Crosse. the Piedmontese painter,
known for his sensational figure paintings,
has played trick on the Turin exhibition.
He sent in a plein air landscape under an as
sumed French .name;. the picture was &C.
cepted and was bought by the state as
Crosse then contested his deception, saying
that he did it to show that plein air pic ures
could be manufactured in the studio with
out hayinx natuEa a. q model.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

Gen. Merritt" says one Of the soldier boys
III San Francisco, does not put on as much
style as some of the militia captains. When
he came to leave on hissshp, the Newport
the other day. he did not even take a car,
on street car and paid a nickel for the ride
After he got ON board he waved off ali tnosa
who were trying to make a great ceremony
out of his departure, and said to the ste,mar
captain: Come on; let's get out of this
Then he waved his handkerchief to some
good-looking women on the dock and went
into his cabin to unpack his grip"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
ATLANTIC LINERS.

NEW GORK-Arrived: Trave, Bremen and
Southampton. Sailed Nordland, Antwerp;
Germanic. -
L!VERP0OL-Arrived Majestic, New Yo. X:
Fu,da. Naples.
OUEFNSTOWN-S Catalonia, Boston
SOU IHAMPTON-Arrived: Lahn New York
Tor Bremen. Sal ed: all New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

Travellers unable to buy The ST.
Paul Globe on any train entering
st. Paul Will confer a favor on The
Globe company by promptly notify
ing them of each instance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

AS one rides along that portion Of
Laurel avenue where asphalt pavement
was laid he is struck by the strange
appearance Of the boulevard strip be-
tween the walk and the pavement. The
green of the grass is striped with
streaks of yellow grass, scared and dead
Inquiry as to the cause of this singular
marring of the grassy carpet reveals a.
piece of vandalism on the part of the
employees of the contractors who laid
the asphalt that calls for more
than the condemnation of the
press. They should be made to
smart in money damages for the
injury. 1t seems that the Senegambi-
ans whom the contractors employed TO
iron" the pitch, run at the curb line
to prevent water getting under the
asphalt, cleaned their hot irons by run
ming them over the grass. The process
left these stripes of burned grass to
mar the prospect. If the grass roots
are not killed, another year may re-
move the effects of this barbarism; if
they are, resodding will be necessary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

1t was the "bottling up of Cervera'.s
squadron in Santiago that determined
the course of our first expeditienary
force to that point instead of to Ha-
vaHa, the point of first intention, but it
comb mes with large American interests
most fortuitously. 1t was at an Amer
ican-owned wharf that the landing was
made at Baiquiri, whence ran a rail
read, also American built and owned
Up the mountains to San Luis to the
mines where the Bethlehem and Carrie
gle companies own iron properties that
give Bessemer ore out of which were
n. ade plates that armored some of the
American ships that hamm red the lifA
out of Cervera's warships. What with
railways, mines and plantations tn =
value of American owned properties in
the surrendered district is estimated
at s3O,OOO,0C0
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
The Governors Son.
:, tbo rbicapo Chronic,e

From the Chicago Chronlc.e. = ~
They a.e telling a good story in Massachu-
sets at the expense CT Gov. Wo'c1t's sogrg-
est boy who was of class a KEEL to
name the governor of the state. On rep \
that he did not know he toll By Els
teacher to ask his father that night He re-
turned next. morning to report: "Wsl. -apa
says he is. but he fools SO much don'i
know" ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

ners ought to locate themselves half a
mile to the rear for fear the big ex-
plosive might try to get out Of the
wrong end Of the gun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21
T0DAY's EVENTS.

GRAND-McKee Rankin Company in Ca
mile"
METRCPOLITAN-Dark
butchers Mutual Benefit Society Meeting.
Seventh and Jackson, 8 PM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

The Michigan editors who arrive to-
day are said to be witty, wise and pref
ty this last refers to the women). They
are not geese, either, although they
are Michiganders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

Now Gen. Blanco can commit suicide
If he wants to. He can't even telegram
yellow" stories to Madrid, as the
Americans control all Cuban wires
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

1t looks as if telephone messages in
tended for the Fourteenth Minnesota
would have to be sent to San Juan
Porto Rico, after the next few DAVIS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

This isn't the first time North Dakota
ever did anything unexpected.