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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

SO hard that every newspaper office in the
Cnlteo states knows all about it through
circulars. The specific grief of Mr.: Hess
is found in his statement that he made
Mckinley president, and has failed to get
a postoff1ce in return. After waiting thre,
years for some little reward no matter
IL nothing better than the privilege Of
carrying water to the elephant durtnr
which time he has found both Hanna and
Mckinley In polar temperature, he has
sent to the White house an itemfzed bill
for expense incurred in making the pres
ident. He wants Mckinley 70 please re-
NIT" the sum of 81, 115O9. What the 9 cents
was for does not appear, but 1t was prob
ably expended on the presidential back
bone where the evidence of the greatest
economy exists. Accompanying the bill
is the indignant inquiry: Where was
Marcus Hanna, Dawes. Platt, and the
bunch when I started the Mckinley move
ment?" According to his own statement,
Mr.. Hess started the movement in 1892,
anu IL he Will examine INTO certain evil
dence he will find that Marcus Hanna had
taken hold of the task before him, along
with H. H. Kohlsaat and a certain Cleve-
land banker. These three had paid the
debts Of VIM. Mckinley, bankrupt, aggre-
eating some $50, eco. and It ought to De
plain, even to Magnus Hess, that if this
had not been done It would have been i'm
possible to make Mckinley president.
But, accepting the claims of Mr.. Hess
as true, he will get mighty little sympa-
thy. If he made possible the present
trust and imperiaIistic administration he
deserves to lose the s6,115.O9 it cost. and
he can only increase his troubles by adj
vertisng himself as the guilty person. His
experience ought to serve one good pur-
pose, however, and that to discourage 9th
err poor workmen from trying their hands
at president making. The man who I'M
dertakes to do the job in return for q
fourth-class postoffice isn't apt to be par
ticular in regard to the timber he selects.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
FROM MANY SOURCES.

The scabbards worn by Russian Off
GERS are made Of papier- nache
Greek and Roman doors invariably
open outward; person passing out Of
the house is therefore obliged to knock
on the door before opening it, to avoid a
collision with a passer-by.
Snakes of ali sizes abound in the Su-
nlatra jungle. Monster lizards are
there, measuring six and seven feet.
The house lizard is about twelve inches
long, and makes a noise like the bark of
q toy terrier.
A physician declares that a person In
robust health walks with his toes point
ed to the front, while one with his health
on the wane gradually turns his toes to
the side, and a bend is perceptible in his
knees.
a shark in Florida river met a 400
pound turtle. and tried to swallow him,
tail first. The turtle extended his for
ward hippers, and the shark after re-
peated efforts to get him down. was re-
luctantly compelled to turn the rascal
out.
There are now over $50 street railway
eighty years ago, there were only about
sixty The remarkable increase IS due
almost entirely to the adoption OF elee-
tricity as a motive power for such roads
A bright boy in the district Of New
York has long list of customers whose
pencils he keeps sharpened, and who also
patronize him tor new pencils. He has
a patent sharpener, and goes from store
to store and Office to office and he makes
between 20s and Cos a week, working
four or five hours day.
1t is the law in Maine that the bounty
for bears shall be paid when the ami
malls nose is shown; in New Hampshire
the ears must be exhibited. Some enter
prising sportsman living near the Dor
ders of the two states get q double bcun-
ty by collecting on noses in one state
and on ears in another.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
MORE CARD SHOULD BE EXER-
CISED.

Another ia tai accident at the new capitol
building occurred on Friday, a workman
falling headlong from the roof to the
basement floor This makes the third IA
tally at the building this year. and last
year there were one or two fatal acct
dents.
1t looks as though there was careless
ness somewhere in the recurrence Of such
shocking affairs. That workman could
fall from roof to basement seems to in
dictate that the contractors or their su-
perintendent are not exercising all the
care they might for the safety and pro-
lection of their employees. To cover the
floor sills and beams of the floors below
where the men are working with rough
lumber would prevent the possibility OF
such dreadful falls as that suffered by
Fridays victim. At the worst they could
but fall to the floor below and might es-
cape with a few bruises. But the joists
at the new capitol are uncovered and I'M
protected, and body may fall from the
roof to the basement with nothing to in
terpose.
This state Of affairs is not necessary.
1t is not an unavoidable condition in the
erection Of lare buildings. The mas
sive court house in Minneapolis, much
larger building than the new capitol, was
erected without the occurrence of a sin
gle fatal accident. and the court house and
city hall in St. Paul was, the C l be-
lieves, erected without any loss of human
life.
Without desiring to criticise unfairly
the contractors for the new capitol, the
G l o b would earnestly urge upon them
the desirability of at once adopting such
precautions as will prevent similar acct
dents in the future
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
GENIUS.

dimes Suggested by tho Question Of
Child)
You ask me, dear, where genius lies,
BY what tongue 1t may be known?
It's eager eyes, search a thousand skies
Each as far as our own.
It hapnts the dens of the city.
And sits by the side Of the throne.
A million feet, press the busy street,
But genius walks alone.
1t dwels in the gloom of a garrett.
Far from the world APART:
Its inspired pen, cheers the world of men
While poverty IS eating It's heart.
1t dwells in the depth of the forest.
BY the side of the tinlest streams,
And all It's days are an endless maze.
OF hopes and beautiful dreams.
Until the touch OF the unseen spirit,
Shall quicken the budding hour;
And an obscure name shall leap TO fame
And join the ranks Of power.
Robert B. Scott, St Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
A REAL PROBLEM.

We are facing all sorts of problems,
and it is probable that most of them will
be solved to the satisfaction of the
country and the world. But a problem
little thought of and discussed is the one
that crime is increasing. and how to stay
it interests social reformers a good deal
more than It, does the general public.
That crime is increasing in this country
IS a fact fully established. And what is
the reason? Some say it is a relaxation
of moral and judicial severity. Others
say it is pity for offenders instead of
punishment-fowers and petitions and
public attention The following figures
are taken from the United States census
for the periods named:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
OUR REAL COMMERCIAL RIVAL.

OUR REAL COMMERCIAL RIVAL.
The secret proposal made by the Rus
sian government to Secretary of State
Olney several years ago, suggesting that
the United States enter into a trust or
agreement with Russia, to control the
price of the worlds wheat supply, has
great significance, in view of recent
events. The greatest and most immedi-
ate result of such combination would
have been to place all the great wheat
consuming nations of the world at ire
mendous disadvantage, so great indeed
that it might, as a writer in McClure's
Magazine suggests, have been a reasona-
bic ground for war.
But the significant feature of the pro-
posal, so far as the United States, is that
the Russian government in making it
made a practical admission of the fact
that it recognizes in the United States its
only serious competitor In the worlds
markets, SO far as the staple natural
products of Russia and the United States
are concerned To the Russian mind
competition means rivalry, and rivals-en-
emies The Russian proposal for COM
bine having been rejected there must
have remained behind feeling of
chagrin, which under favorable conditions
might turn to hostility
1t might as well be recognized now as
at any other time by the United States
that in Russia this country will find its
most formidable rival in foreign trade.
The geographical similarity between the
two countries is becoming more manifest
every day. The opening up of Siberia
has disclosed the fact that Russia pos
sesses a wheat growing and stock rails
ing area in no wise inferior to that Of the
United States; also, that in timber and
minerals it has equal resources
If the United States requires access to
the markets of China and the Orient In
order to dispose Of its manufactured prod
ucts and surplus food stuffs, so will Rus
STA; and Russia will have this advantage
that its Siberian anchurian railroad
will give it easy access by convenient
back door into the heart of the Chinese
empire. Its Siberian wheat fields will be
within easy communication with half the
population of the Celestial empire.
The manufacturing nations of Europe
may compete with the United States in
some lines and in some markets for a
time, but they rest under the overwhelm-
ing disadvantage of an inferiority III the
extent of their natural products and raw
material. Russia's enormous natural re-
sources are practically undeyeloped. but
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

they are known and understood by the
Russian government. Hence the Siberian
railroad. Russia occupies a geographical
position in the Eastern hemisphere similar
to that occupied by the United States IN
the Western hemisphere. Her eyes, like
ours, are turned towards the Orient.
Her great ports will be in the Pacific.
and her great trade will be across that
ocean.
1t is not therefore unreasonable to re-
gard Russia as the great and perhaps the
only serious future commercial rival of
the United States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

NEW YORK-Arrived: New York, from
SOUTHAMPTON and Cherbourg.
NEW YORK-Arqfved: Campania, from
Liverpool. Sailed: Maasdam, Rotter-
dam; State of Nebraska, Glasgow;
Patricia, Hamburg; Umbria Liverpool;
Minneapolis, London; Vera, Naples
LIN RPOOL--Arrived: Cevic and Lu-
New York; Etruria, New York
ANTWERP-Sailed: Nordland, New
York.
HAMBURG-Arrived: Pretoria, from
New York; Fuerst Bismarck, from New
YO.k
GENOA-Arrived: Ems. via Naples.a
QUEENSTOWN-Sail Cymric (from
LiNerpooO, New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
THE GRIEE ara MAGN,Is

Human ingratitude takes up all the bill
board, as Magnus Hess, of Chicago, views
It. He may not be well acquainted with
the species of ingratitude that runs riot
among the common herd, but when It
comes to politicians of high degree. Mr.
Hess aches all over because of his expe
rience with them. In fact, he was struc:,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
A contradiction.

Detroit Free Press.
PoHtician-My boy. the door to every
successful business is labeled Push"
Thoughtful Youth-Isn't your business a.
successful one. sir?
Politician-WeH. yes. 1 hatter myself
that it Is very successful. Why do you
ask that?
Thoughtful Youth-Because, sir, I see
your door Is labeled Pull
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
THE DIPLOMACY OF JOHN HAY.

THE DIPLOMACY OF JOHN HAY.
In the light Of the latest developments
it appears that the much vaunted dipIo-
macy Of Secretary Hay in regard to Chi
beginning to end his labors have proved
absolutely futile. His absurd claims in
regard to negotiations for IAN open door,
for American trade in China have come
to naught, and his latest diplomatic, ex-
plot has simply shown Secretary Hay
to be overlooking with chiId-like sim
plicity and infantile vanity
This last exploit was an endeavor to
secure direct communication with Minis
ter Conger at Pekin, and it looks very
much as though the astute Chinese min
lister at Washington had sold Mr. Hay
an exceedingly choice and large gold
brick during the process of the negotia-
tons. Apparently relying on private as
surances of Mr.. WI Ting Fang, Mr.. Hay
publicly professed an abiding faith in
the honor and veracity of the Chinese
government. He was rewarded with the
gold brick bargain, to wit: A pretended
cable message purporting to be from Min
lister Conger announcing. his safety and
the safety of all the 'legationers," and
that they were under the protecting wing
of the Chinese government
At the time that Minister WI gleefully
daIi n
to Mr.. Hay, he must have known, if he
knew anything at all, that it contained
false statements. But presuming that
Mr.. WI knew nothing at all of the situa-
ton in Pekin, the Conger message must
either be a forgery by the Chinese gov
eminent officials, or it was an old mes
sage sent by Mr.. Conger to washington
and detained by the Chinese government
until it suited their diplomacy to deliver
It.
The message threw Secretary Hay into
a severe fit of elf-congratulation, and he
patted himself vigorously on the back
until the London Times correspondent
succeeded in conveying the truth about
the situation to that newspaper Then,
and not until then, did Mr. Hay realize
that he had been gold bricked," and
that "the ways of the heather Chinee
are peculiar" The London Times dis
patch shows that the Conger message.
was either forged by the Chinese govern
ment officials and was only tissue of
falsehood intended to gull the too-confid-
ing Mr.. Hay, or that it was a veritable
dispatch from Mr.. Conger which had been
detained until it would serve the lying
purposes of Chinese diplomacy.
In any case, Secretary Hay has shown
himself to be not competent to deal with
the Chinese situation or with Asiatic dip
lomats, He has allowed himself to be as
easy victim of the grossest deception
as a yokel at a circus. And the pity of
it is that the mans vanity is so great
that he will be the last person to see
this, and he will continue to strut around
and blow his own trumpet as though he
was the noblest rooster of them all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.

GRAND-Valentine stock company in
Lady Windermere's Fan" S:15.
Concert, First Regiment band, Como
park. 3:I5 and S:15 p. m.
Baseball, Hamms VS.. Minneapolis Brew
ing Co, Lexington park. $3.50 p. M
Concert, Postoffice band, Indian Mound
park, D. N.
Annual. picnic of Building Trades Coun-
Gil, Harris park. Fort Smelling.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
Prisoners

What the figures of 1900 will show is
not known, but it is believed that it will
be startling. II the increased ratio can
not be checked through a growth of
better things it will strain and rend our
political and social fabric in the years to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
SUNDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

1t is hoped when President Mckinley
picks up this mornings G o b he will
not overlook the following message from
Isaiah: How beautiful upon tie noun
tainS are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings. that puhlisheth peace; that
bringeth good tidings of good
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
Tlle Deal &c Wantcd.

Baltimore American.
81 expect a great deal from you." he
said, as he looked knowingly at the gen
tleman across the table.
"All right" replied the other.
And he dealt him four kings, but had
the forethought to deal four aces to him
self.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
THE o.H,LDREN,s SUNDAY.

How should child be allowed to spend
Sunday?
This does not appear to be a very deep
question or very difficult to answer. but
it is an important question. and accord
ing to the way in which it is answered
1t gives the keynote for the childs home
life
In some homes the children spend Sun
day according to the religious views Of
the parents. The rigid observers of the
Sabbath send their children to church
service once or twice and to Sunday
school, All toys and weekday amuse-
ments and literature are put aside, and
profane music Is tabooed. 1t is a day
purely for religious exercises and prayer.
This is the extreme case. and among
most church-going people it is the prac-
tice with notifications and ameliora-
lions graduated to the intensity Of their
ideas on religious observance.
Tt is safe to say that there never ex-
listed a child who took naturally, cheer
fully or willingly to the extreme of Sab
bath observance. Sunday. to most child
rem in whose homes such conditions ex-
list, is day Of profound dullness, which
they endure perforce with more or less
grace. The sun may shine, the birds
may sing. the dogs may frisk and gam
Dol, but the little human being must
move sedately in starched attire to and
from church and Sunday school and look
the religion 1t cannot feel or comprehend.
The child bears this burden alphabetically,
as a rule, just as it submits to be dosed
with physic, and Sunday is to such child
rem the saddest day of the week.
A Mrs. James L. Hughes at mothers
congress held in Illinois last week, adj
vanced the idea that: 1.-The child's Ideal
of Sunday should be to make every one
day to be good. Games that are not
harmful on other days are not on Sun
day"
1t would be safe to go further and say
that the happiest children and the hap
piest homes-homes in which the truest
because the brightest Christian spirit is
found-are those where Sunday is a day
of family reunion and innocent enjoy
ment of all the good things that the Lord
| has provided; where decent mirth pre-
walls and where it is not thought sinful
to do and enjoy those things which are
permitted and done and enjoyed on week
days, having a due regard for the peace
and quiet of ones neighbors and consid-
Grafton for all, SO that every one may
enjoy the day of rest in an orderly man
ner without let or hindrance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
PRINTED FOR FUN.
The Head OF the HOus,

The Head OF the House.
Chicago Evening Post.
Mo- said the man at the door, II have
no views on politics.
Well returned the political eanvasser,
Sin that case I'd like to interview your
wife"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
Impressed on Her AIemory.

Indianapolis Press.
ITS been four years now" said the de.
serted lady, since he left me and hu
happy home ! remember 1t Just as wei
as yesterday. how he stood at the dOo
holding it open till six flies got in thu
house."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Observation-Disclosures and cooler Sun
Gay; Monday fair; fresh southwest, shift
Ing to northwest winds.
For observation-disclosures and cooler in
northern; fair in southern portion Sun
day; Monday showers, fresh southeriy
winds.
For Iowa-ShOwers and cooler in wit
ern; fair in eastern portion Sunday; Mon
Gay showers, with cooler in eastern por-
ton; southwesterly winds.
North DakOta-Generally fair Sunday
and Monday, easterly winds.
Montana-Generally fair Sunday and
Monday; variable winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

This kind of weather makes almost
every one feel old. Let the words of DR..
Murray encourage those who are really
old: God never throws a man aside be-
cause he is old. The business world may
90 this, the church is sometimes guilty
-of so doing, but God has planned to
keep us busy to the end,''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Today in the Protestant churches is
Eighth Sunday after Trinity. and in the
Catholic church the Tenth Sunday after
PentecoSt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Lovers. ofs Bonnie Brier Bush" litera-
ture Will be. interested in the following
rendering of the Lords prayer in broad
Scotch dlia4ect: Father O us a bidin
Aboon. d5Tby name be hollei Lat Thy
reign begin! Lat Thy will be DONE bath
in Yirth and Heevin! Gle US ilka day DOR
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Pilgrims Progress has been trans
lated into Chinese. and illustrations are
by native artists. Christian is made to
appear in a long pig tail, and the dun
geon of the Giant Despair is the com
mon wooden cage of Chinese criminals.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
OCEAN LINERS.

washington time q p. m. St. PauD.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Hypnotism is as old as the human
race. Although the name is Of recent ori-
gin, it is nos other than magnetism. Sleep
or uncensciQusness induced by artificial
means is hXRnotism or animal magnetism.
It is som times self-imposed, as seen in
the South in the negro religious meetings,
when men and women become insensible
with what they call the power
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
ST. PAUL.
RIVER BULLETIN.
'ERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.

River forecast till a. m Monday: The
Mississippi will remain nearly stationary
tonight, Sunday and Sunday night.
YESTERDAYS TEMPER T,I-REES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

The Bible speaks OF asking for bread
and getting stone, and it is frequently
quoted as an instance of not getting what
was asked for; but, after all, it IS not
as bad as going to Cape Nome for gold
and getting the smallpox or typhoid fe-
YER
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

There are i'll the United States forty
four different Catholic brotherhoods, with
a membership of over 5000, and 118 con-
gregations Of nuns. numbering about &c.
600 women. Under the care Of these or
ders are 178 colleges, 662 academies, S,81t
schools. with 100000 pupils; 251 orphan
asylums, with $500 children, and S27 char
liable Institutions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

A hundred years ago there were about
fifty versions of the Scriptures. We will
pass the threshold of the new century
with over 400 versions of the Bible or
some portion thereof
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

The president of the Western Reserve
university selected twenty-five passages
from Tennyson's works containing Bible
illusions, and asked a class of forty
three men and fifty-one women to write
answers4sto them, and only one person
was able to give correct replies to all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Bishop Coleman. of the Episcopal do
cese of Delaware has originated project
to introduce church flag, about which
all denomination can rally and be slim
ulated to united effort. His church has
already accepted a design after the style
of the American flag. thirteen stripes,
with a field in the center containing the
Maltece cross.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

There IS a proneness to violence in the
United States not equaled in any other
of the older civilized countries. We en-
JOY the prezeminence of showing more
murders in proportion to population than
any other of the great nations War
teaches cheapness of life, and the free
sale and carrying of weapons not allow
ed in other countries, are incentives to
murder and shooting scrapes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

There Is universally and vitality to
the social question The cultivated
classes are becoming interested, and it is
no longer the working classes alone
which are giving thought and attention
to it. The apparently irreconcilable bar
1iers between the two are coming down.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

Messrs. Mckinley and Bryan are faith
full churchgoers, and today, rain or
shine, hot oie;cold, will find them in their
DeWS. zsT--.I