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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
GET TO WORK

Commencing today, the movement for
the raising Of funds for the return of the
boys of the Thirteenth starts on it's way
to success. The badge which is the in
sigma of active practical interest in the
movement should within week be seen
on the breast of every citizen of st. Paul.
Not only the men, but the ladies should
hasten to decorate themselves with the
visible evidence of their devotion to the
young men from among their friends and
neighbors who have borne themselves for
so many weary months to the enduring
honor of the state and nation.
No work that committees may do will
suffice unless the people themselves take
hold of the movement. They it Is who are
expected to contribute. the necessary
funds Were it possible to collect the
necessary moneys from those who have
wealth which they can conveniently ex-
pend in so good a cause, it would be
against the true spirit of the movement
to secure the amount in any such man
ner. 1t must be a popular movement
to be such a success as it should be, and
in order to pay the young men of the
regiment the compliment which is intend
ed TO be bestowed
Every business house in st. Paul should
at once take the matter in hand and in
augurate a subscription among it's en-
Moves Such nj will
a degree of concentration in the move
ment which is necessary to its success.
There are thousands who might feel dis
posed to give their subscriptions, but to
whom the opportunity to do so vii! never
directly come unless through this OF some
corresponding method.
Every fraternal order and social Or
ganization, every trades union and COM
mercial organization should inaugurate
the movement among its members. Ev-
cry public Office, every railroad Office, in
word, every institution, public and pri-
vate, employing labor to any extent.
should at once take hold of the move
| ment for the purchase of the badges.
| The good name and IiberaIity of the
city is at stake. What moneys we raise
will be bestowed to the advantage of our
| own young men. There is not a family in
| this city whose members nave not one or
more friends among the enlisted men of
| the Thirteenth.
The duty of the people of st. Paul is
clear. The GIob e believes that they
will! discharge it in manner to the hon.
or of the community and its people. No
public occasion, making demand on their
generosity, however great, has ever found
them wanting. Every instinct of national
ana state patriotism and local pride is at
work to render the movement a SPEEDY
! and complete success.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
ROYALTY INCoG.

1t has become a recognized custom for
royal parsonage, when travelling beyond
the boundary Of his own country, to adopt
for the time being such a title as he may
select, of a lower rank than that which
by birth he has the right to hold.
Queen Victoria takes her incognfto title
from her favorite residence. AS Countess
of BalmOral she now visits the sunny
shores of France each year. Doubtless
the many happy recollections connected
with her Scottish home Influenced her de-
ciston in the matter; for, ever since 1874,
she has assumed the style of the chate-
laine of Balmoral when abroad; before
that date she travelled as Countess of
Kent, which title the Duchess of Edin-
burgh, since 1874, has occasionally as
sumed when in England.
The Prince of Wales has several in
cognito titles, the Earl of Chester being
perhaps the one he uses most frequently
He has sometimes travelled as Duke of
Cornwall, Earl Carrick and Baron Rem
frew. Princess Beatrice takes the title
Of Lady Carlsbrooke since her appoint
ment as governor of the Isle Of Wight on
the death of her husband.
There is infinite pathos in the sight Of a
ref1ned-looking, sad-faced woman who
moves quietly about Paris during her fire.
quent visits. clad IN the black, trailing
robes which show that she Is widow
and bereaved mother. This is the Count
ess de Pierrefonds, who assumes the title
as her incognito but whom the world
knows best as Eugene, the eX-empreSs
of the French.
Queen Natalie of Servia is never so we'll
pleased as when she throws off her royal
titles for a while and assumes one of the
many appellatfotrs of lower rank to which
she is entitled. y
The king Of the Belgians travels as
Count Rivenstefn, invariably putting up
at his hotel in Paris with far less hustle
than that which the arrival of an ordi-
nary foreign count would entail.
The king Of Sweden travels as Count de
Hava. 1t was Under this title that he
stayed at Cannes last spring.
The present ear and czarina have
never yet Travelled incognito.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21

the air of all being engag ID, in their own
ing. That they Were entirely in earnest
in their undertaking is attested by the
fact that. In the course Of a few min
utes, the adult population of Natchitoches
parish. Louisiana, was less by four than
1t would have been had this Characteristic
method not been adopted for the adjust
ment of private dispute.
1t affords no pleasure to record such an
event. and still less to the q o e to di-
rect general attention toward 1T. The
words of bitter condemnation which sug
gest themselves Of such a tendency, man
ifesting itself day after day In Southern
communities widely separated, and shown
nowhere else in this land where men do
not carry their lives in their hands to be
surrendered to the first armed man that
comes along, are not uttered in any spir-
it of sectional hostility. They will be
spoken here and elsewhere mostly in the
spirit of deep regret that Southern So
c1ety shows no substantial readiness TO
rid itself of such infamies.
1t is but a few days since Gov.
Northen, of Georgia, addressed himself
to the citizens of his state against the
prevalence of mob law. Mob law, as
Gov. Northen and everybody else knows,
is too often expressive of the disposition
of the community in which Il exists 1t Is
rarely sporadic. Its punishment or sup
preston may not be looked for in any
state of society where such occurrences
as the one referred to are possible. And
they are not only possible, but they are,
as we say, of daily occurrence through
out the South.
Let the Southern papers and people say
what they will, men who desire to pursue
peaceful lives will continue to give
wide berth to the South, even if the race
problem were solved tomorrow. as long as
the shotgun remains so potent an infiu-
cree in it's social life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
THE PEOPLE EXPECT TT.

The current report that Mayor Ktefer
has decided to make a number of changes
in the leading officers of his police force
may have no better foundation than the
universal expectation that he will do So
The qualifying statement which accom-
pan1es that report, that if the mayor
does not do as expected 1t will be he
cause he is afraid of the effect on his
candidacy for denomination. is, we he
lieve, unjust to the mayor. His enemies
in his own party have discovered that
he is quite capable of beating them hands
| down at their own games So far as
control of the machinery available for
securing a denomination is concerned
these enemies of his have been reduced
to a condition of comparative HELPLESS
ness.
Under such circumstances the DELAY Of
the mayor in reorganizfng the police de-
| partment is hard to understand # cor
tainly needs reorganization from the
standpoint of the pubic welfare. No
| one can claim, with even the apnearanca
of intelligent judgment. that such re-
organization would prove injurious to
! Republican prospects in the coming local
election. The present administration of
| the police department is worse than a
farce: it is a disgrace. The latest series
of burglaries which have taken place
would indicate that the force is Differed
| by dummies. The robbery of a saloon
on Cedar street. recorded in these col
umns yesterday, in the very business
heart of the city, is inconsistent with
! even the maintenance of their rounds
| by the several officers, unless the dummy
theory is correct. The trials which are
now in progress in the municipal court
/ Of the policy gamesters, and of the man
Bishop, show two things to be true; that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
FACTS ABOUT FLIES.
How the Little Household Pests In
crease and Multiply.

crease and Multiply.
Chicago Chronicle
How fast do flies multiply" An ordi-
nary house fly will lay 120 eggs during
its existence, and 80 per cent of them will
be Matched out. During the ordinary sum-
mer twelve or thirteen generations of
flies will be produced, 50 you can make
the calculation yourself Every female
fly is the progenitor Of millions of flies
during a single summer. There are four
or five kinds Of house flies The most
common known to entomologists is the
''musca domestica," medium sized gray
ISL fly with its mouth spread out for suck
There is another fly called the ''stomozys
claCitrans,' which resembles it closely,
but differs in having an important ap-
pendage that is built to pierce the skin.
1t is second in abundance. There are sew
eral other kinds of flies, but these two
are the most common, and TO them we
owe the nuisance that housewives suffer.
The eggs are Matched into larvae within
tWenty-four hours after they are laid
They remain in the larval state from FIVE
to seven days, and the pupal state a SIM
liar time. The average life of q fly is
from ten to fourteen days. We are accus-
toned to think of flies simply as a nui-
sance; but they are undoubtedly the car
rIers of contagion, as was abundantly
proved during the War of the Rebellion,
and also in the camps of our army last
summer. It is the judgment of the high
est authorities that a considerable part Of
the typhoid fever was due to the flies in
the camps
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21

the morale of the police force is as low
as it can we'll be. and that, where alto
gether degrading demands made by the
superiors of their subalterns do not suf-
flee to prove the unftness of the head of
the police force, falseheod and insub-
ordination On their part toward the
mayor establish it beyond all question.
Aside from whatever reason there ex-
Kiefer's good intentions, there exists
also another reason for the prevalent
belief that Mayor Ktefer will do his
duty toward his rotten police department.
1t is that the two heads of that depart
ment. Goss and Schweitzer, have both
insulted their superior officer, while re-
sorting to a scheme which the mayor
himself has very properly characterized
as childish.
For all party political purposes, Goss
and his associates are far more accept
able to the G o than could any intel
ligent men be whom the mayor might Sc
lect to disprace them. But there are pub
lie interests, which all good citizens hold
dear. that dictate the universal demand
that the mayor may relieve himself Oh
the current charges of political cow
ardice prevailing against himself, by pro-
ceeding at once to put the department on
some basis of reasonable efficiency.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
NEWS OF A DAY IN BRIEF

Chicago-James P. Young, a private in
Company d, Thirtieth infantry volunteers,
was killed by a freight train at Evanston
today.
st. Louis, Mo.-Frank w. Funk, ac-
Cused of the murder of William Brooks at
Washington. D. c., was taken to the
Capital City in charge of Detective Ed
ward Weldon, who left on a train for the
East today.
Hampton, Fla.-Deputy Sheriff Kite at
tempted to arrest a party of Illicit distill-
ers, who opened fire. Four shots took
effect in the sherffs back. causing his
death. Kite shot and wounded two Of his
assatlants, but not fatally.
Toledo, GA fire caused by the ex-
plosion of an altar lamp at the Church Of
the Good Shepherd this morning de
stroyed the church building with all the
affairs and statues The loss in $4,000
Norfolk, w. Va.-The four-masted
schooner Augustus Palmer went ashore
last night near Thimble light. All were
saved.
Seattle, Wash.-The steamer Roanoke,
arrived tonight from St. Michaels, Alaska
with 350 miners, and gold dust estimated
at $3.50, co.,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21


Inc country can now be at ease. +be
administration has never had a serious
thought Of Interfering in any way with
Gen. Otis in his conduct of affairs in the
Philippines He has done as well as anv
officer could nave done under the cir
cumstances, with the means at his dis,
pcsaL So says the new secretary Of
war, and the new secretary of war ought
surely to know.
The belief has prevailed that the re-
sources at Gen. OTIS command were
what Gen. Otis thought entirely adequate
for his purposes. Even in this respect
evidently, we have all been mistaken.
We must now conceive the repeated dis
patches of Gen Otis to this effect to
have been censored by the general him.
self and to have told either more or less
than the truth.
Who then is responsible for the re-
sources at Gen. Otis command. which
1t is now conceded were wholly made.
quate to the work to be done? Not the
general himself. That much at least
seems now to be. plain, since the astute
lawyer who is at present running the
war department implicitly says so. Not
congress. That body placed the re,
sources of the entire country at his dis
posal. including the additional resources
which are now about to reach him. Not
the American people, since they have long
been convinced that Cen. Otis would
never accomplish anything without a
largely increased army.
Can it be that the great imperialist adj
ministration has been playing fast and
loose all this time with public senti-
ment, as well as with the great military
commander whom it placed in control at
Manila? Is 1t conceivable that there
was just the slightest possible adnfxturc
of politics in this long-drawn-out cam
paign of driving" the Filfpinos? The
American people have a notoriouslv
short memory. Might they not have
forgotten all about the little affair of
subjugating the Filipinos if, for instance.
it had been all disposed of say a full
year before the holding of a presidential
campaign?
Well. it would be really hard to offer
categorical answers to all of these cues
lions, There is one fact which has a
more or less close bearing on the situa,
ton, looked at from this point of view.
and this is that at least the campaign for
the Republican presidential nomination
will open very closely on the heels OF
the rainy season on the island of Luzon
and that by the time Aguinaldo is cap.
tured in his lair we are all likely to be
growing more or less heated in our eff.
forts to put our pet candidate in the
White house.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
THESE BEAT THE WORLD.

The largest boot and shoe industry is at
Lynn.
The largest grocery house in the world
is in New York.
The largest hardware house in the
world is in st. Louis.
The largest state is Texas.
The largest inancier in the world is in
New York.
The largest broker is in New York.
The largest stock exchange is in New
York.
The largest city Gin area) is New York
The largest life insurance companies
are in New York.
The largest buildings are in New York
The largest corporation in the world ia
IN Pennsylvania-the Carnegie Steel com
pany, capital stock $3.50, 00O, 900. Next
comes the Federal Steel company, of New
Jersey; capital authorized, $500, 0O0, 900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
BARON HERMAN BACK
RETURNS FROM GERMANY AND
DISCUSSES TRADE RELATIONS
WITH THAT COUNTRY
AGRARIAN PARTY Is ACTIVE
Meat Inspection Bill Killed in the
RetchstaE as Too Favorable to
the United States-NO Reason Why
Pending Problems Should Mott Re
satisfactorily Settled, in the
Opinion OF the Diplomat.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-Raron Won
Herman, of the German embassy, is just
back from a two months visit to Ger
many, during which period he had oppor-
tunfty to observe the progress Of the
meat inspection bill in the reichstag and
note the development of the Agrarian
movement which is having such marked
influence on German affairs, including the
question of exporting German beet sugar
to the United States
When asked as to the status of the
meat inspection bill, Baron Won Herman
said: ''The bill was brought before the
reichstag last spring, but strong oppo-
slt1on developed among Agrarian mem
bers on the ground that the government
measures were too friendly to the United
States. The bill was referred by the
re1chstag to a committee which had full
power to determine what course was to
be adopted The committee reported ad-
versely and that was equivalent to a re-
fusal by the reichstag to take any action
1t may be brought forward again. as
there really ought to be some modification
of the present law. But it is too early to
say what the future plans will be, as
INC IelCuSIdS IS duJOurn6d until NOVem-
Der and everything is at a standstfl 1t
is probable, however, that the govern
ment will consult with the leaders and
see If some understanding can be reached
on the measure
Concerning the Agrarian movement
Baron Won Herman said: cit is very
strong and is turning it's attention to the
interests of the agricultural classes of
Germany. The sugar question is essen
TALLY an Agrarian one. Our sugar inter
ests are seriously injured by the tax and
countervafling duties in the American
tariff and the Agrarians hold that this
not only prejudices their industry but
| that it is a discrimination against them 3"
| On the whole Baron Won Herman seems
to think that pending questions can be
| solved to the satisfaction of both sides
! and that public understanding of the
| legislation involved will solve half the diff
| ficulty. Both nations, in his Judgment.
are too far advanced not to see that their
! interests lie in the development of their
| already existing trade, and mot" as he
says, Gin building up a Chinese wall
against the outside world"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
CHINESE HISTORY.
Work Is Not Published Until AEter
Dynasty's Close.

W OHSS Is Not EuDAISned Unt1A AGtec
Dynasty's Close.
st. Louis Republic.
The Chinese court historians work
does not see the light until the reign
ing dynasty comes to an end.
In this way these Celestial historians
have an opportunity to describe most
truthfully the virtues and vices Of the
various rulers. and the real significance
of the events which take place during
their regime. They can write what
they please without fear of censure, for
they know that their work will not be
published as long as the refgning dynas-
ty lasts.
This has been the rule for more than
1900 years.
The duty Of these historians is to write
a plain account of all the events that
occur during their tenure of office. At
regular intervals their completed work
is taken from them and locked up in an
iron safe or vault. There 1t remains
until the first member of a new dynasty
ascends the throne.
1t is then given, with all the other
histories in the vault, to the court his
torian who is then living, and from the
mass of documents he IS expected 70
prepare a truthful history of the dynasty
which has just expired. The present
dynasty has been reigning since 1914. and
consequently no court history has been
published since that time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
EPIsTLES TO ST. PAUL.

DIR. Stone sat in the Windsor lobby last
evening and told stories, among them
an experience he had while undergoing
the Pasteur treatment in Chicago for the
bite of a mad dog.
The second day after I arrived in Chi
cagO," said the doctor. 81 went around
to see DR.. Lagori and he amused me ex-
ceedingly. He has a dry way about him
that makes it appear that he is uncon-
cious of the fact when he is Joking It
appears that the account of my bite pub
lished in the G l had reached Chi
cagO and the local papers had gotten hold
Of it. DR.. Lagori said to me: ~ reporter
for the Tribune called on me about Ii
o'clock last evening
Yes
g He woke ME up
Z" Well
He asked if DR.. Stone. of st. Paul, was
here, and I told him no, but that DR..
Stone was undergoing the treatment
q" Is be mad?' asked the reporter.
6 I told him no, but that Dr. Stone
would be if I talked to a reporter Then
he went away
George Walsh see they have begun
having softening of the brain over at the
city hall. l wonder where they got the
capital?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
MUSIC HATH CHARMS"
Violin and Flute Have Great Powers
Over Wild Animals.

ORCE SSHAu
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A celebrated naturalist in Paris has
made several experimentssas to the effect
Of music upon animals.
He has successfully offered a little con-
cert to all the animals of the Jardin
Zoologique, and 1t was well received by
the greater number of them. Only few
large serpents and the spider remained
insensible to the delicate attention of the
savant
The scorpions, at the first notes of the
violin. seemed ravished with delight-a
decisive proof Of their intellectual SUI
periority, a fact already we'll known by
their taste for suicide.
The lizards are equally lovers of mu-
sic; they beat the measures with their
tongues and balanced their heads with
more or less quickness, according to the
movements which were played for them.
The polar bear, hearing the violin,
raised himself on his two hind legs and
began to move around his cage, while
making little grunts of pleasure. The
grizzly bears leaned against the bars,
and, to hear better, leaned their heads
upon their shoulders. The lions deigned
to show their pleasure by moving their
tails.
The cobra, which was sleeping soundly,
aWoke at the first strain of the violin,
raised itself upon its tail, after which it
balanced itself to the rhythm of the mel
ody. There was not a change of tone or
of timbre which did not produce a cor
responding change in its attitude At a
tremolo it was his belly which enlarged ;
at ptanissimO its head, and when there
was dissonance the cobra twisted as
though in pain.
To charm the elephant a large flute was
chosen, and in effect the charm was not
long in acting. The elephant raised one
of his immense feet in the air and re-
manned mOtionless while the music las,-
ed; but when the small flute was played
he turned his back to the musician as
though eXasperated and grunted beating
the ground with his paws.
The ostrich also, by many movements
Of its head, showed that the little flute
was disagreeable to him.
The tiger, which seemed delighted with
the violin, gave roar of fury on hearing
the little flute and bounded to the farther
end of his cage.
Inc experiments showed that of all the
instruments the flute and the violin are
those which the animals appreciate most
They proved, too, that. with rare excep-
tons, all animals are sensible to the
power of music, as they were in the time
Of Orpheus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-21
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

Lester & Kent gave an entertainment
at the Metropolitan last night with their
screen novelties and moving pictures.
For churches and schools and such places
the entertainment is all right. but when
IL breaks into first-class theater in a
city in which it has been presented off
ana on for months it is below class.
A number of new views just received
from Paris were rehearsed for the first
time last night, and neither Lester nor
Kent knew. what sthey were going to be
like until theyf saw them on the screen.
When shown with difficulty and an
apology for each box, they were good,
but no better than some of the other
moving pictures shown.
The first part of the entertainment
consisted of a large number Of views
taken In and, around Manila. In view of
the personal interest st. Paul people have
had in the Philippines for the last year
the views furnished the most interesting
part of the programme. The attempt at
humor whichCthel announcer INDUCES in
at times could be cut out without in
Jur1ng the entertainment. Lester & Kent
will give an entertainment at the Metro
po1tan each afternoon and evening dur
ing the week al