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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
TT THE TnEAT ERS,
METROPOLITAN

Tire popular Neil company could not
possibly have chosen a brighter little
play with which to open up it's return
engagement than the one presented at
the metropolitan last evening. 1.-The But
terh1es is the lightest bit Of comedy
with the barest thread of plot but it
Is real life that it DEPICTS the light, gay,
tiippant life of society, with the one soil
tary characterIof Hiram Green, a plain,
un1ash1onable, homely, but kindly sold
man, to give 1t necessary tone He is the
only solid character, the others are mere
sketches, but the various members of the
company infused into these sketches
enough of life last, night to make them
human. Henry, Guy Cartoons good work
was not marred in any particular by the
treatment it received last evening. The
play, besides, was, as usual with this COM
panys productions well staged and, as
the feminine part of the audience might
say, 'adorably costumed' =
Hiram Green, of course, is the central
hgure In the play, and Joseph B. Ever
nam was entirely Hiram Green. He did
not play the part Everham is always a
clever, capable actor. but he surprised
himself last evening. He was always
dignif1ed, without being stacy, unaffected
and natural always.
1t is difficult to imagine the correct Mr.
Mayall when he must allow himself to be,
OAACS III d WIlIe, the least little bit
ludicrous. AS Frederick Ossian, the
spendthrift and man of the world, this
Is occasionally necessary and he man
aged 1t well. Such part as he had last
evening is not the best suited to Herschel
Mayal, but it probably is good for him.
for there is absolutely no opportunity for
the over tragic, which is Mr. MayalTs
bette nOir.
Fred Butler, as Andrew Strong, had an
ntI he
unnecessarily obrusive, though he might
easily have done so. AS the spoilt son,
Darlington, George Bloomquist was quite
adequate, and Emmett ShackeIford and
Frederick Wallace supplied their respec-
tive parts in the domestic machinery of
the mimic home life as quietly and I'M
ostentatiOusly as we'll trained servants
should
Of the women Edythe Chapman and
Angela Dolores shared honOrs. Miss
Chapman, the rather buIlied daughter,
has an opportunity, and it's an opportun-
lty Miss Chapman never lets slip, to adorn
her svelte figure with very modish
gowns. Miss Chapman, however, is not
a mere clothes horse, and her acting last
evening was quite up to its usual high
mark. Miss Dolores, as Mrs. Stuart
Dodge, was very smart and, of course,
very pretty. Miss Lila Vane was a dain-
" little comedienne, graceful and chic.
Agnes Maynard, as Mrs. Ossian, did all
that the part, required. The play con-
tains one or two especially good comedy
scenes and they We're cleverly handled
last evening.
The audience was a gOod-sized one ard
one that was not slow in evincing its ap-
probation. The play will be repeated to-
night and tomorrow night with Wednes-
day matinee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.


1t would be difficult at this time to
estimate the gain to American commerce
which will ensue from the agreement
reached on the reciprocity treaty with
France; but that material gain will
ensue to the trade OF both countries
! is not open to question. Viewed from
the French standpoint that people are
already expressing high hopes of large
ly increased exports to the United States.
Without q specification of the lists upon
which The minimum of duties is here
after to be levied it would be difficult
to realize just the nature or the extent
of the gains which will come to American
commerce.
OF all the nations of Europe, France is,
perhaps, the most nearly self-sustaining.
There are American commodities, like
cotton and crude oils, which that nation
must in the nature OF things depend
upon foreign nations for, and more espe-
4 cially upon this. But indvidualism in
industry has been carried to such lenge his
in that country, and the people have al
ways been so entirely self-dependent ard
satisfied with the conditions attending
/ the exercise of individual energies in
their own land, that no great addition to
our imports can be looked for in any but
the cruder American products
1t is none the less gratifying to reflect
that the artificial barriers which have
! been erected between the two nations
/ through the barbarism of practically pro,
hibitive tariffs have been partially thrown
! down American breadstuffs will find
/ there more general market than they
/ ever have before and certain lines of
American manufactures, which have
shown the inability to cope successfully
with native products in other European
! countries, will find their way into France
/ in greater volume than they have in the
4 past.
I The great ultimate result, however.
I which we may all safely look forward
! to, will be such a demunstrati of the
/ gain to both nations of more rational
trade relations as will in time result in
the complete breakdown of the wretched
/ Chinese wall which both nations have
! built around the energies of their peo-
pie. AS long, however, as the principle
of high tariff is recognized by two such
enlightened peoples as the French and
American we can look for nothing more
than mere mitigation of the evils of
that system, which thus far have been
sufficient to keep the two countries as
far apart in their commercial lives as if
foreign trade were a danger rather than
a gain to a nations prosperity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
WHEN HAVE TIME.

When I have time I'll pause and turn
aside;
I'll take the narrow way. forsake the
wide;
I'll shun the thoroughfares where traffic
grinds,
Forever and anon;
Where lucre'S sheen the soul of mankind
blinds,
But drives and shoves him on,
And guides his fingers to his neighbours
And sinks him to perdition's depths or
worse;
I'll quit these scenes some day
When / have time
When I have time, at home I'll spend it
more;
I'll kiss the face that greets me at the
door;
And by my tired wife I'll take my place.
Her burdens will I share.
III smooth her way; I'll Danish from her
The shad'wy clouds of care.
III HE me to the by-ways; the oppressed
I'll aid; FIJI comfort the distressed
These things III do, and more
When have time
When I have time I'll make my peace
TN tread the paths that other saints have
trod;
I'll take my dusty Bible from it's shelf
And read itthroNgh and through.
I'll learn to love my neighbor as myself
a precept learned by few,
And then, some day. III lay me down to
rest
Well satisfied that have done my best
Some day; not now; not yet;
When / have time.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
NEWS OF a DAY IN BRIEF

London The house of lords today
passed the second reading of the 1.-THE
rent charges bill by a vote of 113 to %.
New York-Hugh r. Healy, formerly
a molasses merchant in this city, has
filed petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities,
$l23,312; no assets.
Washington - The enlistment for the
new regiments Saturday was 49, making
the total 4267.
Milwaukee-About thirty delegates of
the Theatrical Mechanical Association of
the United States and Canda met in an
nual convention today
Wilmot, Ark-Chick Davis, the negro
murderer of William Grim, a respected
farmer, was lynched here early TODAY
lie was oVertaken in a cOrnfield, and
snapped both barrels of his gun at the
pursuing party, and was then fired upon
by them and instantly killed.
Washington-United States Treasurer
Roberts, as treasurer of the Dewey home
fund, today received, through the San
Francisco Examiner, contributions
amounting to $1,513, making the total to
date $16,518.
London-Letters of administration on
Augustn Days personal estate in Eng
land have been granted to the Hon Ber-
nard r.: e. Darlington, private secretary
to the Marquis of Salisbury, as the reD-
resentative of the widow of Mr. DAILY and
the executors of his estate
Mount Pleasant-In resisting the at
tempt Of three negro hold-up men. who
We're going through a railroad camp near
this city today, Fred Bennett, white was
SHOT and will die
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
EVOLUTION OF FIsHHOOKs.
invention Did Net Involve ANY
Great Ingenuity or skill.


Great Ingenuity or Skill
Popular Science
Men nave doubtless been fishers from
very remote times; hunger would teach
Ihem 10 catch fish as we'll as to h1l,'+
mammals, but while the evidence of the
latter are so abundant in the shape of
stone weapons, the weapons or imnle-
Hehts used for catching fish, being made
OF less durable material have disan-
peared. The exceptions to this general
statement are the few instances where
hsh hooks made entirely of stone or OF a
coInolnauon OF stone and wood, or bone,
ISsv9 peen preserved with the other i'm
PIGMENTS of similar material.
Fish hooks Of silicious material have
not been found in America, but hooks
composed of flint or chalcedonv and hone
nave been found in Greenland.
he invention of rude implements to ia
c1l!tate the catching of fish would not re-
qulre the exercise of any great ingenuity
or mechanical skill. From watching the
lSh snap at or swallow objects thrown
IN the water the idea of tying some
tempting bait on the end of q string
and throwing it into the water. To ha
seized and swallowed by the fish, which
could then be pulled out by means of the
stFlAS, would be very simple, and from,
tTlls to the earliest known attachment for
making the capture of the fish moro Ger
tam, that of attaching a silver of wood
to the end of the string or line. in such
d way that any attempt at escape on the
part Oh the hsh would make its capture
more certain, was very easy
Afterward pieces of bone or wood.
sharpened at each end, and sometimes
grooved in the middle to keep the string
from slipping, were evolved
implements Of this character are still
used by the EskimOs for catching sea-
gulls and other water fowl. cord made
OF braided grass, fifteen or eighteen inch
es long, is loOped around the groove in
the bone, and fastened to a trawl line.
kept extended by anchored buoys, the
bone being baited with small fish, into
which the implement is inserted length
wise, the traWl lines are placed near the
breeding places of the birds, and would
be equally effective in the capture of GER
tain kinds of fish
AS man gained experience and ad-
Vanced in knowledge other forms of i'm
PIGMENTS would be evolved, better suited
for the purpose, but. with the exception
of better material being used in the man
ufacture, the isEhOoks- of the civilized
nations of today are but little in advance
of those used by savage races and pre-
historic peoples
Prehistoric fishheoks of bronze and
others made from the tusl1s of the wild
boar are found in the Swiss lakes.
Another form Of bronze fshhooks, found
In the Lake of Morat, is almost identical
i'm forn with those used today Clipped
flint ffshhools are found in Sweden
Among the aborigines of Wisconsin
native copper was used in the manu-
facture of various weapons and nipple
merts and fisnhooks of beaten copper
have been found II. some of the mounds
in that region.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
Do Animals Rcasone

Edward Thorndike, In Appletons'.
Probably every reader who owns a
dog or cat has certainly answered the
question which forms our title, and the
chance is ten to one that he has an
swered Yes" In spite of the decIara-
ton of the psychologists from Descartes
to Lloyd Morgan, the man who likes his
dog and the woman who pets a cat per-
sist in the belief that their pets carry
on thinking processes similar. at least
IN kind, to our own. And if one has
nothing more to say for the opposite view
than the stock arguments of the psy-
biologists, he will make few converts.
A series of experiments carried on for
two years have, I hope, given me some
things more to say-sOme things which
may interest the believer in reason in
animals, even If they do not convert
him
In trying to find out what sort of
thinking animals were capable of I
adopted novel but very simple method.
Dogs and cats were shut up, when hum
CRY, in Enclosures from which they could
escape by performing some simple act,
such as pulling a wire loop. stepping on
a platform or lever, clawing down a
string stretched across the Enclosure.
turning a wooden button, etc. In each
case the act set in play some simple
mechanism which opened the door A
piece of fish or meat outside the Enclosure
furnished the motive for their attempts
at escape.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
CIR COLONIAL SECRETARY

Unless Mr.. Platt's appointee as secre-
tary of war is misquoted, he will but hold
that position ad interim. His qualifca-
lions all lead him to the discharge of the
duties of a colonial, rather than of war
secretary, and he will no Doubt be pleased
to assume charge of the colonial port
folio when the administration has sue
ceeded in creating so essential posi-
ten.
Doubtless Secretary Root will begin his
preparation for the new and original
duties which have devoived on him un-
der the imperialist programme by reading
up on the subject of British crown col
onies. The subject is fruitful one. and
will furnish many precedents to the
American statesman for the proper adj
justment of all the constitutional cues
tions which Mr.. Root anticipates. The
history of the Sepoy rebellion. for in
stance, and of its suppression; the origin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
Cum PAUL DENIES IT
SAYS THE RJMoR THAT HE HAS
RESIGNED PRESIDENCY OF
TRANSVAAL is UNTRUE
STORY WIDELY CIRCULATED

Pretoria Correspondents of London
Newspapers Say the Resignation
of President Kruger Was Duly
Reported There-FaiIure of the
VOIksraad to Agree With the Ex-
ecutive the Alleged Cause.
PRETORIA, July 24-President Kruger
had been absent from the government
building since Friday afternoon, and it
was understood that owing to the oppo-
slt1on' shown to him by the executive
council and the VOlksraad regarding the
question of the Johannesburg land and
dynamite monopoly he had arrived at the
conclusion that he no longer possessed
the YoIksraad's confidence and threatened
to resign. To-day, however, a deputation.
including Gen. Joubert the vice Dresi-
dent; Herren Schalk burgher and chair
man OF the volksraad, waited upon Presi-
dent Kruger and induced him to attend a
secret session of the volksraad. which
TASTED three hours. Meanwhile an anxious
crowd had assembled outside the build
ing, waiting eXpectantly to hear the out
come of what was regarded as a mo-
n1entous debate. Late this evening it
was announced that the voIksraad had
assured the president that it had the ut
most confidence in him. 1t is under
stood, however, that majority of the
members of the raad still differ with
the president on the dynamite MONOPOLY
question.
DOM PAUL DENIES IT.
PARIS Tr1IXr
here from Pretoria, South African Re-
public, say that the absence of President
Kruger from the meeting of the eXecu-
tive council today gave currency to a
report that he had resigned owing to diff
1erenceS between himself and members
OF the Volksraad. President Kruger when
seen tonight in regard to the matter,
denied these rumors, stating positively
that they were without foundation.
WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.
LONDON, July 25.-The johannesburg
correspondent of the Standard says:
President Kruger sent a letter to the
Nolksraad, resigning the presidency in
consequence of the refusal to give him a
1ree hand as to the dynamite monopoly.
He attended the meeting of the raad.
this afternoon, during the consideration
Oh ms letter. It is not yet learned wheth-
er MS resignation was conditional. The
news was kept secret at Pretoria"
Inc Times publishes a statement from
Its Johannesburg correspondent identical
with that telegraphed by the representa-
i've OF the Standard. and says the state
ment came from an apparently trust
worthy source. The Daily Telegraph's
Pretoria correspondent says:
There is no likelihood of the presi
dents resignation, which is not desired
at the moment in the interest of the uft--
Ianders or the Transvaalers, being ac-
cepted."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
SAFE AND REASONABLE.

The plan of adjustment between the st.
Paul Savings bank and it's creditors. as
outlined in these columns, will, no doubt,
provoke much discussion as to it's &C
ceptability. 1t is, however, a measure
which the second thought of depositors
and business public alike will uphold as
a reasonable and secure method of ad-
justing an unfortunate difficulty.
The fact that Is per cent of existing in
debteGness is available shows that the
tirely adequate to the ordinary demands
of its business. The additional fact that
within three years it is found practicable
to realize an additional 60 per cent from
the existing assets of the bank bears
out the claim of the friends of the man
ageElent that the embarrassment which
led to the closing of their doors was
legacy of the unhappy failures of the
past which it was happily in position
to survive.
The depositors of the savings bank
should, in our opinion, not hesitate to
accept this proposal. 1t meets with the
approval of the state authorities. 1t Is
secured by the holdings of the stoclIhold-
ers 1t is based entirely on the present
holdings of the bank, without being in
anywise dependent on the future business
of the bank. Standing on its own merits
the proposal is worthy of acceptance.
But as an alternative to winding UP the
affairs Of the bank with the aid of a re-
ceiver, it is a method of settlement which
should be joyfuly accepted by even the
most skeptical.
The submission of the proposed plan to
a mass meeting Of creditors is, we sup
pose, Inevitable Yet the intelligent con-
sideration of any proposal of that char
acter is usually wholly beyond the ca
pacity of such a gathering, in which one
iIl-advised word is likely to he fraught
liable interests.
Each depositor of the bank should con-
slider this propositions on its merits and
reach his or her conclusion after the ex-
ercise of the best judgment and advice
available. 1t secures in their entirety the
moneys of the depositors within a briefer
period than these moneys would in all
probability, be sought by their owners
were the banks solvency beyond ali
question 1t furthermore secures the
payment of a rate of interest which many
believe is as high as should be paid by
any institution whose function is merely
that Of the safe-keepins of the moneys
of others. If there is any reason why
the plan should not be at once adopted
by the dcpcsitors, the Clio De does not
know it. 1t is tncontestably the hest
plan to be pursued, while the other
courses left open are such as remove all
question as to it's desrability.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
EPIsTLEs TO ST. PAUL.

Heard you were out at the lake yes
never eats veal. what were the wild
waves saying"
Couldn't hear EN-" replied the Com
placant Chump. Sound was completely
drowned out by the wearing apparel of
the cholly boys"
George, isn't this a beautiful little CEN
fury plant?"
'Ig IS, truly. How old did you say it
VASE
Only a year. They bloom once in every
hundred years, you lnow?"
$50 have been informed"
Come up and call on US when-when
this one blossoms, won't you, George p
We'll really, 1 don't know as 1 can get
around as soon as that What's the mat
ter with waiting until the new state cap
itol is completed?"
Pa said the little Zebidee boy, John
ny Googoo told novel"
Told novel; Why, what do you mean,
my SOM"
why, you must know. Only last week
L asked you what novel was and you
said it was lie
Some of these international conplica-
tons present really amusing features"
I'm what respect?"
why, 1 laugh every time [ speculate
on the chance a kissing bug would have
in operating on President Dole, of Ha-
wall"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
HELD BY PLAGUE.
Novel Predicament of Senator Bev-
eridge, of Indiana.

VI
INDIANAPOLIS, July. PA letter
from Senator Albert ]. Beveridge, dated
at Nagask, Japan, July 8, says that he
Is in quarantine at that place on account
OF the Asiatic bUbonic plague
The government will hold the. vessel. .;
he says, together with all on board un-
til all possibility of danger, in the opin-
ion of the Japanese quarantine authori-
ties, is entirely past. This quarantine
prevents my sailing on the Empress of
India, which would land me in America
in the middle of July. don't know now
when 1 can get away Our authorities
here did all they could to get me released,
and would have succeeded, but Japan is
panicl1y with fear of the plague. The
restraint is most stringent
This plague is unknown In the Philip
pines If | could have come direct from
the Philippines to Japan or America all
would have been we'll But the ships
stop at Hong Kong and at Canton, and
both places are hotbeds of the plague"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
JAPAN AND CHINA.

Russia Alarmed Over Threatened
Alliance Between Those Powers.
SHANGHAI, July 24.-The reports re-
gardlng Japanese-Chinese alliance.
which have been persistently denied for
some time, have now assumed definite
form and are causing great excitement
in Russian Circles
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
TRIAL OF THE PHILPOTs.
Prisoners Insist Upon Keeping
Their Arms While in Court

LONDON, Ky, July 24-The trial of
the PhilpOts for killing the Grifffns on
Little Goose creek last Monday was
called today at Manchester The factions
are on hand, the Philpots outnumbering
the Griffins and Chadwells by one-third,
and all are armed. George PhiIpot and
his friends insist on remaining armed
during their trial, and say they will not
be shot down while prisoners, as was
Tom Baker. The trial is being held
twenty miles from Geographic and teIe-
phone connection
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
CzAREWITCH's REMAINS.
ROdy Now Lies In State In st. Pc
tersburg Gath edraI.


ST. PETERSBURG, July 24.-The car
eWitch's remains arrived here at o'clock
this afternoon. A great and solemn
gathering of the members of the i'm
periaf family and officials met the BODY
at the station. The grand dukes carried
the coffin to the funeral car, and the i'm
posing procession started for the cathe-
dral of Saints Peter and Paul in the fort
ress. Choristers and eccIesiastics bearing
lighted candles preceded the car, which
was drawn by eight horses The coffin
was covered with an imperial pail Of gold
brocade. bordered with ermine Imperial
pages walked on either side with
torches, and the car and grand dukes
ana nigh officials of state followed on
foot. Then Games coaches with the
doWager empress and the grand duchess.
and behind them marched a large body
OF troops. The bells of the cathedrat
were toled and minute guns were fired
from the ramparts of the fortress. Upon
the arrival of the procession at the ca
thedral in the fortress the body was
placed upon catafalque and a requiem
was performed in the presence of the
royal family and the foreign ambassa-
doris. The body will lie in state for two
or three days
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and development of the British colonial
system in the Antipodes, In the Bermudas,
and, earliest of all, In the Barbados, I'M
der the benign sway of Oliver Cromwell,
will furnish ample material, instructive
and interesting. to any statesman who
seeks to apply the British model to our
somewhat crude and disjointed constitu-
tional system.
When Secretary Root has given such
thought and attention to this branch Of
his subject as he thinks it needs he can
engage himself thereafter in a study of
the grand Outstanding and cfvilizing I'M
dertakings of the British government,
covering a period of many centuries and
furnishing many lurid pages in the his
tory of several races from that of the
Irish to that of less interesting races
like the zulus of South Africa and the
Bushmen of Australia. The benefcent
influence of this Outstanding tendency
can be studied with much advantage by
Mr.. Root, with especial regard to the
future of the natives of the Chinese archi-
pelago and the poems and negroes of our
colonies in the West Indies.