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transported from scenes Of war to the
more enjoyable realms of farce, pre-
senting for a weeks engagement one OF
the big comedy successes Of last season,
Mistakes Will Happen The engage
ment will commence with a performance
tonight and will include the usual after.
noon performances.
Novelties in farcical comedies are ex-
tremely rare, but this is an instance
where the author has really devised a
lot of new and novel situations, where
the dialogue is bright and crisp, some
times even brilliant, from the first until
the final curtain. Heretofore it has been
the melodramatic author who has put in
buzz saws, railroad trains and cotton
presses, while the writer of farce was
content to use over and over again the
same old material. The author of Mig
takes Will Happen" makes use Of
coupe, a common garden hose, hay rake,
an oat bin, some hay, pitchfork, an az.
a pug dog and a trained rat in producing
some of the laughter, which is incessant
almost from the first until the final cur
tain. Perhaps one of the greatest nov.
elites in Mistakes Will Happen Is
that 1t tells a story, a continuous cui-
2minating story, which In itself is most
amusing. A certain society woman,
VINO mas flcn husband, is deSiTouS OF
becoming an amateur actress. She meets
the leading man of a certain theater,
and he, in consideration of $50, agrees
to coach her. This actor has written
a play which every manager to whom
he has sent it has refused it. and he sees
in the society woman the chance of
possible production. The actor has s.
cretly married the leading lady of his
company, and both he and his wife live
in terror that their secret will be dis
covered, for they have a manager who
objects to having married people Upon
his stage.
The society woman also has husband,
who poses as a moralist, but who, as a
matter of fact, Is just as human as any
sother man. He meets the actors wife,
and she, thinking to help her husband,
decides to try and get him to produce
her husbands play. Both c9epes make
an appointment for the sanleEp!ace, day
and hour, which happens to Be the rich
mans coach house The, agrees goes
there to read the play to tl1e society wom
ans husband. Naturally this leads to all
sorts of ridiculous complications, and
things get pretty generally tangled be-
fore the end Of the second act. In the
last act, however, matters ARE straight
ened out to everybodys satisfaction. The
marriage Of the actor and actress be-
comes known to their manager and he
promptly discharges them both But the
society woman comes to the rescue, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
PHASES OF APHASIA
PECULIAR DISEASE WHICH HAS
BAFFLED THE REST MED
ICAL SKILL
SEVERAL KINDS OF APHAsIA

The Gear Of Russia and Gen. But
terfieId Among the Sufferers From
/ the Disease-The Exact Converse
/ OF the Condition Is Where the Pa
tfent Can Speak, Read Manuscript
or Print, but Cannot Write.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

miles from, and $500 feet above. the
starting point. in less than nine months
from the day when the first line peg was
driven
In the spring of last year President s.
H. Graves arrived in the United States
from London. He carried the sole pos
sessions of this arctic thorougafare, the
charters from the English government
granting the right of way over British
territory. from a point near Lake Ben
nett to Dawson, and from the United
States government over the strip of
American territory lying between the
sea and the international boundary line.
Armed with these documents Mr.. Graves
started for Alaska, arriving in April. 1t
seems incredible that in so short a space
OF time immense quantities Of railroad
material could have been purchased and
shipped three-fourths of the way to the
north pole, and that the same weeks
should witness the organization Of as
splendid corps Of civil engineers as ever
sighted SeXtant or made war upon ma
ture-yet such is the fact
RAILWAY IS MAKING MONEY.
nc BSleId1 SONeltiis5 Tie WHOl0
system is tho white Pass & Yukon
route" but this is merely a caption, and
covers three distinct charters. From
Skaguay to the international boundary
line, twenty-eight miles, the road will
be officially known as the Pacific & Arc
tic Railway and Navigation company"
The majority of this stock s held by
Americans, or, at least, In the name Of
Americans The next division, which is
now under rapid construction, crosses
British Columbia, and is to be called the
British Columbia Yukon Railway COM
pany." The last division will traverse
the Northwest territory, q and is to be
known under the title of the British
Yukon Mining, Trading and Transports
ton company" The stock covering the
British divisions is mostly held in Lon
don and Montreal.
The road has been carrying freight and
passengers as far as Glacier station,
about five miles from the summit, for
several months. During February the re-
ceipts Of the freight department alone
were $3,700 day, and those Of the pas
senger department $500. Indeed, since the
first of January the receipts have equaled
the payroll expenditure, including a con-
struction gang Of between 1000 and 1000
men, Now that freight and passengers
can be landed at the top Of the dreaded
pass, Mr.. Gray anticipates that the re-
ceipts will be doubled.
Yet this fine showing Is not obtained by
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her husband agrees to produce the play.
incidental to this quartette, and aiding
and abetting In the fun are an English
coachrnan. a boarding house keeper who
has seen better days; pugilistic plumb
er. and q newly imported German maid
servant Assisting Mr.. Dickson this sea-
son Is promised q cast Of acknowledged
competency. The leading feminine char
acter, rare opportunity for a comedi-
enne, has been entrusted this season to
the hands of Miss Lansing Rowan, an
actress whose beauty, grace and dra-
matte talent are said to make possible a
most perfect delineation Of the character.
Such well known players as ]. w. Stand
ish. Ben Deane. L. r. Willard, Elsie Es-
mond. Ada Eckert, Lottie Hyde and 9TH
ers are found in the supporting cast.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

difficulties, he recoNected that, previous
to his illness, he had. put his name to. "a
bill of e220 Within "a fewz~days of the
time it fell due he seemed very restless,
and had long conversations with his over
seer, who could not make out anything
he said At last, one day he exclaimed,
"I want hundred, another hundred, and
something less than a. hundred. -
1t will easily be seen from these SeX-
0mples that this mans power of articu-
late expression was deeply damaged. His
case indeed, was in many respects a
remarkable one. He had been an accom-
plished linguist, and after the attack of
aphasia his conv ersation chiefly consist
ed of a jargon composed of a mixture OF
words from many languages, and some,
it was believed, belonged to none. His
intellect did not appear to be much, II at
all, affected. On meeting an old friend
after a long absence he usually began
the conversation in English, but soon
struck off at a tangent for some other
language. Surprise uniformly produced
English, while anxiety with him seemed
to find it's natural expression In foreign
tongue on possibly in a mixture Nof
tongues Twas also observed that when
at a loss for, the termination of word
STRAIGHTFORWARD It the-4ast
syllable of a synonym. In this way he
manufactured the word "EUZ-cure, a
compound Of the first syllable of guzzler
and the last of epicure.
ACUTER CASES.
In acuter cases the destruction Of the
power of articulate expression is more
complete The patients cannot articulate
correctly, a fact of which they are pain
fully conscious, and they often remain
mute rather than subject themselves to
1idicule or criticism. The ludlcrous part
of this phase of the disease is that in
case certain words or phrases are retain
ed OF regained after the attack these
words or expressions are used in a pecu-
liar, automatic way by the patient in re-
ply to any question asked. These phrases
or words are, of course, in the majority
Of cases, ebsurdly irrelevant TO the ques-
ton asked.
Dr. Hammond cites case where a pa
tient would reply Hell to pay under. all
circumstances. Another patients unvary
ing reply was 81 want protection and
a third would say nothing but "Umbrel
la! Umbrella!''
In one instance the total vocabulary Of
an aphasic consisted of five words, yes"
mo-" three always" and ''helo" (for
Eelong, his own name). His use Of the
word three" was very peculiar. When
asked if he had children he said Three"
but held I'D four fingers. How many
boys?" Three but he held up two
fingers. How many girls?" Three"
but he again held up two fingers. What
o'clock is it?' Three and he raised
ten fingers Gt was 10 o'clock. 1t is pos
eible that he may have used the word
three as a representative of numbers
in general lin the same way as all alge-
brist uses a letter of the alphabeD, leav
ing it to his fingers to indicate the partic-
ular nuT-b cT he meant.
Another patient replied NO to every
question, but accompanied it. with a nod
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

of his head when he meant to mean
yes" One old gentleman, on the other
hand, had only one word, Eyes" which
he used on all occasions, even when he
shook his head in denial. 1t is noteWor-
thy that, when in the vocabular only
single word survives the wreck of the
faculty Of language, one word Is very
often the little monysyllable Of affirma-
ton or that of denial
There are curious instances of patients
who could not take the initiative in pro-
rouncing any sound, but who would re-
peat the last word they had heard with
meaningless iteration. Thus, in French
hospital, an applicant for admission was
asked:
Are you not from Haute-Loire"
Whereat, like an echo, he replied,
"Haute-Loire.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
By Rail TO DAWSON
WHITE PASS s. YUKON RAILWAY
IS NOW NEARING COM
PLETTON
TRAINS ARE NOW RUNNING

The Schedule Time Will BE About
Twelve and One-HaIf Days From
st. Paul to DawsOn-Remarkabl
Speed and Success in Railroad
Construction In the KlOndike
Country-Cost $4,000 "a Mile.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

locomotive, like mad bull with it's head
down. A dull thud, a deluge of snow,
ana the engine stops midway through the
drift with wheels a-whirl. Another run
for it, and we are through with a rush,
and out upon a creaking, trembling
trestle. Here the science and skill of the
constructing engineer is put to its sever
est test. One month ago this gorge was
level full of snow Shovels had first
cleared the way and tossed the white
blocks down the mountain side; then
came the rock men to prepare the founda-
ton with drill and dynamite, during
weather SO bitter cold that the hospital
tents were filled with frost-bitten men.
Then the slender timbers were lifted to
the level Of the grade and the rails laid
across.
Another mile and we drove through q
tunnel under the backbone of the last
ridge, and, following the contour of a
natural amphitheater, stopped before a
long line Of tents half buried in snow.
From one foated the stars and stripes,
from its nearest neighbor the union jack
between, passed the international boun-
dairy line. We were at the summit Of
White pass.
COST IS $4,000 A MILE.
The cost of the road so far has been
about $4,000 per mile. 1t is narrow gauge,
AAA@ Ola POui4u ldIlS U6lilS uSSQ. 1Qer6
are more curves than straight lines Ac-
cidents are inevitable, but there have
been few fatalities considering the dam
ger of the work and the severity of the
weather. Two men lie beneath an i'm
mense block of granite, too large to be
moved. Others have died of pneumonia
and freezing.
Speaking of these things, one of the
engineers said that he believed nothing
short of divine interpos1tion had saved
him and his men from an awful death last
November. A charge of giant powder had
been tamped home. and the warning sig
nal given He and his assistants stepped
behind an eighteen-inch tree, supposing
that the blast would be of the usual force,
where 100 pounds of explosive is used.
For some reason the spark machine failed
to ignite the fuse-a most unusual occur
renee. After waiting a sufficient period
the engineer examined the batteries and
found that. instead of 100 pounds, the
workmen had put in 1900 pounds. Re-
firing to a greater distance, the spark
machine was again operated-this time
successfully. The impact was terrific.
Twenty-Five hundred yards of rock was
dislodged and thrown into the air One
piece measuring twenty feet by thirty
struck the tree behind which the party
had first stood, shattering it like a pipe
stem.
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pie of rank whose names he had forgot
ten were styled such names as the
king" 1.-The queen" the grand vizier
Occasionally, to mark more clearly the
person to whom he referred, he had re-
course to mimicking characteristic traits
of manner, or showing off oddities of
personal appearance, such as describing
with his arm the capacity of an abdo-
men.
On one occasion he put an almanac into
the hands of his medical attendant and
asked what o'clock it was-meaning the
day of the month. On another occasion,
on going out for a drive, he gave his
cCachman the rather indefinite direction,
Take me to the place where L never was
before-alluding to a new bridge in the
neighborhood.
TO show still further this mans verbal
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Tbs ever-popular Nelll Stock company
will begin a return engagement Of two
weeks at the Metropolitan opera house
tonight, presenting the beautiful drama
of Southern life, Alabama by Angus
tus Thomas. 1t will be a. pleasure for the
friends of this company to learn that
Miss Grayce Scott and Mr. Charles Wynn
gate have rejoined the Neilis and will ap-
pear in Alabama" tonight The travel
Ing organizations are compelled by pub
lie demand to furnish new plays, very few
Of which will run for more than a year or
two. The plays which have been pro-
dUced for two or three years are dis
carded, no matter how successful they
may have been, and remain for years I'M
used and forgotten untiErevived by some
stock company. 1t often proves that the
revival is even more of alsneeess than the
original production, and this was the
case with the Neil performance Of ALA
bama" in Minneapolis last week. They
broke all their records of business in that
city, and scored the biggest success they
have achieved during the present season.
It's production in st. Paul. will be antici
pated with much pleasure by the patrons
of the Metropolitan, for alabama is a
play that will be appreciated by all adj
nlirers of the higher class of drama. 1t is
considered one Of the most beautiful plays
of it's type ever written. There is some
thing quantity sympathetic about the
story and action of Alabama, and it
appeals with resistless influence to those
who delight in tender touches of senti-
ment and the purity of the stage. With
love and sentiment for a basis and
pronounced vein of comedy to relieve it
from the slightest suggestion of gloom,
successful modern comedy-drama.
For the latter part of the week the
Neill company will produce "a Social
HighWayman,' with Mr.. Neill as Cour-
tice Jaffray, a lole in which he appears
to the greatest advantage. The play is
a dramatzation by Mary F. Stone, Of
Elizabeth Phipps Trains famous prize
story in Lippircott's Magazine. The story
IS that of man moving in the best So
ciety, whose position gives him the en-
tree to the most exclusive circles, and
who takes advantage of the fact to skill
fully rob his fashionable friends and ac
Quaintances. His career Of deception and
theft, his final exposure and sudden death
are shown with the most perfect skill Of
the dramatists art 1t is one of the
and, with the possible exception of Capt.
Swift" the most popular drama they
have produced in these cities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
What is your name"'
"Haute-Loire.
What Is your trader
GIIo,,ta Airn -

What Is your name?'
"Haute-Loire. " -
What Is your trade?"
''Faute-Loire. -
But is not your name MarconP'
Yes"
What is your country?"
Maroon
May" said the physician, that Is your
name"
With a gesture Of Impotence the patient
uttered an imprecation. He could not re-
peat the oath when requested to do so.
This shows how automatic action of the
vocal organs may survive when the pat
lent is off his guard. Explosive epithetS
are habitual mode Of expressing passion,
and action followed its stimulus SO long
as it was unconscious. Nor is the pres
ence of active emotional feeling always
necessary. A French patient whose vo-
cabulary was limited to the simple affirm
alive Our on an occasion uttered a
distinct 'Merci'' when a lady picked up
and handed to him a handkerchief he
had dropped.
His friends were ella ted at his supposed
sudden recovery of speech; but hetwas ut
terly powerless to pronounce the word
again, although inplored to do So, after
it had been repeated to him several times.
The force of old habit had brought out
the word, apparently without difficulty,
but no amount Of voluntary effort could
reproduce 1t.
WRITING AND READING. '
A man who was capable of only pro-
nouncing the meaningless sound Cousisi
could write his name correctly, though he
could write nothing else. When asked
for his address he again wrote his name,
despite an acute consciousness of mistake.
In another case a man who could speak
Only the two words Mamma" and 'No,"
was asked: what is your name?" Mann
ma what Is your age?" Mamma,
no" But on being asked to write his
name he did 50, very legibly, Henri
Guenier." Asked to pronounce II, he re-
peated the everlasting Mamma Ask
ed to write Mamma he wrote Cue
rier.''
A victim Of agraphia, when asked to
write the Lords Prayer. produced the
following:
cor hather daddha ca ka kava hoona
kear ten take Their bingham ter der
gemees Ike i'll ter as It's in heaven give
US ther des ker des derres," &C. 1t will
be observed that a few words are written
correctly, while the others for the most
part bear no resemblance to those they
were intended to represent. One curious
circumstance regarding this man was,
that though he could not write one of the
nuneral series in words, he could write
them in figures-at least up to- twenty.
This apparent anomaly proba bly, arose
from the much greater compactness of a
figure as the symbol of an idea as COM
pared with a word. III
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Speed and Success in Railroad
Country-Cost $25, a Mile.
On May 27, 1885, the silence of the ap-
proaches to the White Pass of the Chill
cat mountains was broken by the explo-
sion of tons of giant powder, and LOCO
laborers, armed with bar and barrow
drill and dynamite, pushed out from the
head waters of Lynn canal, leaving two
shining lines Of steel in their wake. 9th
er railroads have conquered greater
heights and spanned wider chasms, but
for rapidity of construction in the dead
of an arctic winter over an almost insur-
mountable mountain range, the White
Pass & Yukon railway must stand in
conspicuous commence.
At first the wiseacres srlilingly nodded
their heads and whispered, Scheme;
Skaguay has seen her best days, and
there are town lots for sale" AS the
grade neared the granite wall a mile
high, and the snow flied every cut and
canyon, even the hardy packers" said
that the construction gang must surely
tie up until spring, but the indomitable
officers and engineers were not built on
that plan. From ten to forty feet Of
snow was removed, the roadbed hewed
from the granite cliffs, and train pulled
to the summit, twenty and four-tenths
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

The La Crosse Fair.
For the Interstate Fair, at La Crosse.
Wis, Sept. IL to 15 the Burlington will
sell tickets at one fare for. the round trip.
Tickets on sale Sept 18th to 18th, good
for return until Sept. 18th. Apply at
City Ticket Office, No. 400 Robert street,
Hotel Ryan, or at Union Depot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

Hundreds of lives saved every year by
having DR.. Thomas Electric Oil in the
house just when 1t Is needed. Cures
Group, heals burns, cuts, wounds Of ev-
cry sort.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
"MIsTAKEs WILL HAPPEN"

Dickson in a Comedy Success at the
Grand This Week.
Laughter will succeed patriotism at
the Grand opera house the present week
and the patrons OF this stheater will be
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-19
Extraordinary Result of Kill
ling the Family Hen.

From Golden City, Oregon
comes the following, and as the
first month of the new year is yet
quite young, we are compelled to
remark it is good one:
John Camlinn, farmer resid-
ing near here paid off a mortgage
OH his place Friday and took a
new grip on life, fully convinced
of the efficacy Of an overruling
providence. Camlinn is a small
farmer and has been quite unfor-
tunate. The mortgage on his
place fell due on Friday and he
had not cent to meet it with or
even to pay the interest. Through
sickness and misfortune nearly
everything he had was swept away,
and Friday he found his family
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-19
Gen. John M Palmer j
Needy Circumstances.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. ll-Gen-
eral John M. Palmer, who ran for
president of the U. Sin 1896 and
who served one term in the senate
has permanently lost sight of his
right eye. In addition, his hear
ing is badly affected. The old
soldier statesman has practically
abandoned active participation in
the business of the local law firm
of which he is senior partner, and
is devoting his time at home pre-
pairing volume of personal rem
iniscences and another book
which is so be known as the his.
tory of the bench and bar of Him
OILS. His personal and political
friends in, Springfield are deeply
concerned about his finances,
which, they say are at low ebb;
and have initiated movement to
enlist the services Of Senator Gull
lom to secure the passage of a bill
by congress, which will award him
about 500 per month, payable
during the remainder of his life.
He is how 80 years old.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-19

reduced to extremities fae.faod.
He was compelled to kiln s8ai last
living thing on his. farm Besides
the family in order to keep his
wife and ohiidtA4from starving.
This was heni dnd it cost Cam
linn a pang to Kill it, because the
eggs laid by the hen had been:s
substantial help in the supplying.
of food. In dressing the fowl an
egg was found inside it. When
the egg was opened crushed pa
per was found in it. When the
paper was opened it was found to
be draft for $1,000 indorsed on
the back by Amos Pettibone, -
whose favor it was drawn. Petit
bone is a wealthy man living in
the city, and Saturday morning
Camlinn hitched up his OK team
and came to town bringing the
check with him. He took it to
Pettibone, who in gratitude In
sisted on giving Camlinn $l,l75.-
"a the amount of the mortgage on
his farm and snterest. So Cam
linn paid the mortgage and Sun
day he and his wife and four
daughters joined the church in
gratitude for their good fortune.
Camlinn has always voted the re-
publican ticket and says he always
will.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-19
Grips Ravages Doomed.

So much misery and so many deaths
have been caused by the Grip, that
every one should know what wonder
full remedy for this malady is found in
DR. Kings New Discovery. That dis
tressing stubborn cough, that intlames
your throat, robs you of sleep, weakens
your system and paves the way for
Consumption is quickly stopped by
this matchless cure. If you have chills
and fever, pain in the jback of the
head, soreness in bones and muscles,
sore throat and that cough that grips
your throat like vice, you need DIR
Kings New Discovery to cure your
Grip, and prevent Pneumonia or Con-
sumption. Price so cts and 81. Money
back if not cured. A trial bottle free
at S Elliott's drug store. WIZ