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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-25

erai of the minor characters, including
the De Treville of Edmund Whitty, were
good.
The Three Musketeers' continues as
the Metropolitans attraction through the
remainder OF the week. with Saturda,
matinee
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-25

Gov. Smith, of Montana. should call an
extra session of the legislature 1t
might prove a financial chinook in an
otherwise dull season
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-25
GRAND.

Each succeeding performance Of ''Un-
Gle Toms Cabin at the Grand opera
house has been witnessed by an audience
of increased size
Little Ethel Davis, who assumes the
role of Eva, IS a talented little tot and
gives most! delightful performance OF
the part.
AT the Grand the coming week, COM
meneing Sunday night, Russ Whytars
brilliantly successful drama. For Fair
Virginia, - will hold the boards.
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cuhnn Postal Frauds Next.

Little FAILS Herald.
The Pioneer Press. Minneapolis Tribune
and st. Paul Dispatch have swallowed
the Porto Rico dose, although bitter, and
the Minneapolis Journal, while choking
a little, will soon get it down.
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Charge.
Paris Office. No II Rue Scribe. Readers
Of the Globe When Attending the Ex-
position, Are Invited to Call at the
Globe Office.
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Secretary Of State Berg should have
that letter to Citizen John Lind set to
music. Then he could warble it.
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WEATHER FOR TODAY.

AIinnesota-Fa Friday; Saturday fair
in eastern. probably showers and cooler
in western portion; fresh east to seu'h
winds, becoming westerly Saturday.
IOWa-Fair and warmer Friday and
Saturday; winds becoming southerly.
North. Dskota-Fair Friday; Saturday
cooler; probably showers; variable winds.
South Dakota-Fair Friday; Saturday
cooler; probably showers; variable winds,
Montana-Generally fair Friday and
Saturday,; westerly winds.
Wis"Ousin-Fair Friday and Saturday;
fresh east TO south winds.
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RIVER BULLETIN.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES.

River forecast till p. m Friday: The
Mississippi will remain nearly stationary
in the vicinity of st. Paul.
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Yesterdays observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul,
p. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature ................... 81
Lowest temperature .................... IS
Average temperature .................. 90
Daily range Observation-Disclosures. Is
Barometer ........ ......................29S % 50
Humidity ........ Observation-Disclosures. 81
IScIpiIdOloH .'-..--..' .'.-..'--...-.-...
D. wind aaet. thar cIl.a1
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OCEAN LINERS.

Washington time q p. m. St. PauD.
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GLOBES TELEPHONE CALLS.

THE NORTHWESTERN.
business Office 1908 Main
Editorial Rooms 70 Main
Composing Room 1924 Siatn
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Business Office 1889
Editorial Rooms IS
Evening star., 1900-10-11

pers! NO! Can an English erl stand under
Eer Windo at mite with his katarr and sing
Just one Curl without having all the papers
from kalkutta to Sleepy Eye minnesota
print the hole thing and fill the harts OF
dozens or manly yung Americkens that are
trying 10 be nobulier and better for her
sake with dispair when mebby IT wa. only
a frendly act after all? No; that's where
the sad part of it comes when you haft to
mingle In high circles and the world can't
go 10 sleep at mite till it gets the papers
ana sees what you es been doing that day
what We OF to be thankful for is
don't no what it is. Nav got bizzy
watching Little albert so he wouldn't tip
the baby out OF the high chair, and forgot
that she was Letting the which hazle run
DOWN paws back. SO when he got quiet
again he couldn't think what he was going
to say.
Evening star., 1900-10-11

mind Nor had l been especially home
sick OF course, man who has been long
away wants to get back to his native coun-
try, but | was used to travelling and took
an enforced absence philoSophically.
ION this occasion l had been I'm Africa.
not in the wilds. you understand. but still
far enough away from the usual course of
travel so that my eyes had at no time
lighted on the flag that previously had been
most familiar to me. 1t so happened that
L did not it until l reached Paris on
my way home | saw other flags, but not
the stars and stripes, and. as l said before,
L was not looking for 1t and was not con-
scious of any anxiety to see it. L knew
that | wanted to get back to the United
States. Then suddenly one day the old
flag met my gaze. There some sort Of
American celebration in Paris, and the red,
white and blue was waving from window.
l stood stock still for a minute, while
lump rose in my throat; then l jumped
into the street, threw my hat up in the
air and gave wild, western yell that must
have made the natives think l was crazy.
1t was only a piece of bunting. of course,
but i never saw anything before or since
that so thrilled me. L simply couldn't help
yelling, and II was immaterial to me how
big fool L seemed to make myself long
as l gave that flag one good rousing cheer.
That's why / say that the man who has
never been away from the flag is unable
to appreciate what 1t means to him or the
affection that he really feels for 1t. One
must see it in foreign land to gain any
conception of the hold IT has his heart.
And If the mere sight Of 1t SO affected me
under these circumstances what must q
glimpse of 1t at the head of a relief column
have meant to the Americans in Pekin? 1t
was more than the mere assurance of re-
lief, and 1 venture to say that the best
of them never will be able to put their feel
ings into words. There are some emotions
that are beyond description. and principal
among them are those inspired in the
breast of true patriot by the first glimpse
of the flag of his country after he has been
long time without seeing 1t or when 1t
comes as a banner of hope in time of dan
ger and privation.'
Evening star., 1900-10-11
GOOD PROFIT IN SHIP BUILDING.
Those Engaged in the Industry in the
United States Are PrOspering.


From the Engineering Magazine.
That the shipyards of the country are in
a generally prosperous condition is indicated
by the fact that during the last six months
Of 1899 and the first four months of 1900
there was only one failure among firms
operating plants of any magnitude. On the
other hand a number Of ship-building es-
tablshments which had been closed for
some time were reopened and there was
scarcely one of the more prominent insti-
tutions which did not inaugurate enlarge
ments improvements, these extensions
amounting in some instances to a virtual
doubling of the capacity Of the yard Most
significant Cf all is the fact that in the in
terval mentioned there were projected ten
new shp-bulding corporations. which pro-
pose to erect plants entaling outlays rang
ing all the way from $500, 900 to st, 600, 900.
Some of these new projects are already
Well advanced. and if all are carried out on
the lines mapped out the aggregate expen-
diture will exceed $2O,OO0,OOO
The contracts in the hands of the Ameri-
can shipbuilders afford an equally satisfac-
tory showing. There are now building or un-
der contract in the shipyards of the United
States mercantile and naval tonnage which
represents an aggregate value, exclusive of
the armor and armament for the naval veS-
sells of S69.000,O00. OF this total the naval
vessels building for the United States navy
department foot up In round numbers $34,-
100000; the two Russian war vessels. build
Ing at the yard of William Cramp & Sons
Company, S5,0O6.oOO; the mercantile vessels
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, SIS, ,OOO =
600; the mercantile vessels on the great
lakes, S10,OOO000, and the mercantile craft
on the inland rivers, 81 ,JO0.OOO.
Comparing this showing with the volume
Of business on hand in the early summer of
1880, we find distinct gain of 81 900 600 in
the value of contracts inasmuch as the
commissions in the hands of the builders at
that time amounted to approximately $62-
100000. That the growth of the industry is,
moreover, even greater than evidenced by
these figures may be appreciated by a com.
parison of the sundry items which go to
make up each total. 1t will thus be seen
that whereas the volume of naval work fell
off $s.OOO,O00 without taking into considera-
ton the Russian contracts, the value Of the
ships building the inland rivers was al
most doubled, the aggregate of contracts
at the great lakes yards was more than
trebled and the plants on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts show an increase of many
per cent in the commissions on the- ks
Evening star., 1900-10-11
but the wounds are slight. After that we

but the wounds are slight. After that We
all took refuge in the cellar.
after the bomba rdment was over the
general decided to change our quarters, as
the building was evidently too prominent a
mark for the Chinese gunners, who had sue
ceeded in getting the range to a nicely. So
we moved over into a house belonging to
Mr.. Cousins, agent here for MesSrs. Jar
dine, Matheson & Co., who kindly placed
the whole of the ground floor at dis
pGsal. But the Chinese gunners apparently
got to know of our change of abode, for at
midnight they managed to burst two shells
outside the front door. fortunately with
| out damage. Our host had very bad luck.
A bullet came through his window in the
middle of the night and wounded him in
the leg while he was in bed. 1t is, fortu-
nately, nothing serious
To-day has been fairly quiet in the town,
the Chinese directing most of their shell
fire on our batteries. situated on part of
the mud wall which surrounds Tien Tsin.
We returned very heavy fire both from
naval twelve-pounder and also from three
% guns of the Hongkong Battery event
ually sflenctng the enemy's guns about
midday. l accompanied the general to the
mud wall to watch the effect of our fire
1t was very interesting sight The Jap
apese had their guns we'll in advance of
ours in the plain. We Were firing over
their heads, and the combined artillery
fire seemed to be doing a good deal of
damage to the enemy. While watching
these operations we were sniped at In rear
by some Chinese sharpshooters, but these
were soon dispersed by a few Japanese
cavalry.
THE Japanese have astonshed us all
They are magnificent soldiers, and their
officers are exceptionally intelligent and
clever. Their medical service is recognized
to be about the best in the world Every
thing they do is done In smart and SOL
dier-like manner. The enemy's strength is
roughly estimated at 10000 imperial Chi
nese troops and 1900 Boxers The inter-
national troops muster about 10000 up to
the present. of which about 5000 are Jap
anese. Our forces are being rapidly in
crea
Evening star., 1900-10-11

stairs she hur1 led down. opened the front
door and closed it after her. Then she
looked at the number. She had entered the
house next to ours. She was in the street
with her waist and her wraps in her hands
and her hair hanging down her back. She
ran up our steps and found that in her
haste to leave the strange bed room she
had left behind her latchkey and her jewels.
l was awakened by our bell ringing loudly
and slipping into a bath robe I went down
and opened the door. My wife simply fell
inside and tainted. You can imagine my
feelings at seeing her come home in such a
condition. When she recovered conscious
ness she told me the whole story.
1T did not surprise me that she had gone
to the door of the next house, but I could
not understand our latchkey opening 1t. l
assumed that probably the door had not
been properly locked. 1t was evidently i'm
possible for us to keep the story to our
selves. My wifes jewery. some of it
marked, was in tie bed room of the house
next door. We decided not to arouse our
neighbors at that hour. 1 arose at day
light next morning and asked for Mr.. JONES'
our neighbor. l never had met him, but he
knew who 1 was. 1 sent up word that 1
must see him at once. Down he came in a
bath robe. and when l told him the story of
my wife's adventure he was skeptical.
Your wife was probably tired and a
little hysterical.' he said. My front door
was locked last night, and l am sure if she
had come into our bed room, as YOU saw.
she would have aroused U.S.
1t can easily be proved said l. Just
go up and see If my wife's jewelry is not on
your wife's dressing table
when he came down with my wife's
jewelry in his hands his face was a study.
1t was a relief to me when he laughed
ard l Joined him. We agreed to keep this
story TO ourselves. We found that one
iatchkey would unlock both front doors
and then We discovered that our key would
unlock every front door on our side of the
block Whether this was due to a mistake
or was joke of the builders I never dis
covered wonder that more such acci-
dents didn't occur"
Evening star., 1900-10-11
THE RHINOCEROs BIRD.
Has Become n CarnivOrOus Animal
and Mutilates Cattle
From the London Stan

The rhinoceros birds of Africa have long
enjoyed the reputation OF being friends of
man, by reason of the services they render
III Kidding cattle and horses of insect pests
From the days of LIE valiant down to our
own times, travellers have written in their
praise, and the account of these birds and
their habits is of the brightest bits of
description in Milais' Breath from the
Feldt- In appreciation of their good Of
fees they were awarded special protection
a. the international conference on the pres
ervation of wild animals in Africa held in
London last May
For some little time however, it has been
doubted whether their usefulness had not
been oVereStimated or, at any rate Whrth n
er the good they did was not more than
counterbalanced by the injury inflicted t.y
them on domestic animals in probing and
deepening existing wounds. These lniseiy-
ings were strengthened when Lori Phillips
told us how the Arabs detested the rhi-
noceros birds because they worried the cam
els and Hawker wrote of the Somalis driv-
ing them away when they tried to settle on
the baggage ponies. Now much graver
charge Is brought against them. backed up
by convincing evidence, at least so far as
regards one part of Africa.
Prof. Ray Lancaster has Just Dubiiehed
letter from Captain Hinde Of tae British
East Africa protectorate, in which that Of
ficer says that owing to the destruction of
the native herds in Ukumbani by the cattle
plague, and the eating up of the sheep and
goats in the famine, the birds were deprived
OF their accustomed insect food. In conse-
qGence of this they have become carnivo-
rous and attack any domestic animal not
constantly watched and protected. Captain
Hinde asserts that perfectly healthy ami
mails have had their ears eaten and holes
torn In their backs and lanxs hY these
birds with their large and powerful Ills.
This categorical statement pats The al.era-
tion in their feeding habits beyond all pos
Sble doubt. and shows IN the wor.is CT
Prof Lancaster. that they arc dangerous
and noxious creatures" at least in tha. part
of the protectorate of which Captuin HInde
writes
This change Of insect food TO the flesh OF
living vertebrates Is paralleled in the case
of the kea parrots Of New Zealand which
formerly fed on the grubs that lived IN the
woolly tufts of composite plant allied to
the cudweed. Within recent years. however.
they have freauented sheep stations for
The sake of the offal from the slaughter
sheds. Now they will kill sheep for them
selves. digging down through akin and flesh
Evening star., 1900-10-11
One-Legged Base Ball Player.

FROM the 1nlcaKo Chronicle
Members of the Kenwood Country Club
have a mascot in Willie Howard the one
legged base ball player. The little fellow.
eight years of age, is considered one of the
most expert amateur ball players on the
South Side. He manages to run the bases
on one leg. OF late the young man has fire.
quentiy been asked to appear on the tennis
grounds. 1t is said that whatever side he
champions is sure to be victorious in the
tennis contests. Any fipe afternoon when
there Is tennis gamesin progress Willie
Howard is very conspicuous. He Is re-
garded by some of the best tennis experts
as the forerunner of good luck. During last
week Willie was In great demand. 1t is
said his services were bid for long before
the champion tennis contests began at the
Kenwood Country Club.
Little Willie, as he Is Familiarity called by
his many friends, takes a prominent part
In base ball games when there are no games
Of tennis in progress. As batter he is
said to be the equal of any one on the Ken
wood grounds OF late the young fellow
has discarded his habit OF running the
bases with crutch in hand. 1t is said
that Willie believes 1t undignifed to run
the bases in his former way. The result is
the youthful ball player now covers the
bases In a hop. skip and jump fashion.
Evening star., 1900-10-11
CHINESE MARKSMANSHJP.
Account of Their Gun Practice by n
British Officer.

From the London Telegraph
Writing from Tien Tsin on July I. one Of
the officers with the British relieving force
gives the following account of the Chinese
gun practice:
I'VE were heavily bombarded all day YES
terday by the Chinese imperial troops and
Boxers. In the morning the shells were
falling rather wide of their mark, but
toward O'Clock they had succeeded in
getting the range Their chief target for
some considerable time was evidently the
domicile of the English headquarters stan,
and toward 3 o'clock they succeeded in
putting three shells into the building with
In the space of fifteen minutes. Some of
us had very narrow escapes. A common
shell came through the window of the
r. A. mess, making a hole in the mess
table within four inches off where Capt.
Prynne. R. A. M. c., was sitting There
were four other officers sitting around
the table, but no one was hurt. Another
shell-shrapnel this time-came clean
through The roof and burst over the STAIR
case where / was standing at the time,
and what was left OF 1t pierced a window,
wounding Lieut.. Browne. R. E., who was
in the yard just under the window. He
was hit in three places and badly bruised.
Evening star., 1900-10-11
HOLD OF THE FLAG ON THE HEART,
Meaning of the Stars and Stripes
When Seen After a Long Absence.

When Seen After a Long Absence.
From the New York Sun.
How many people fully realize what the
flag of their country means to them? How
rany know the place 1t actually holds in
their affections? 1t may be safely said that
the number is very small. One has to be
away from home to get the full meaning of
1t. Here. where the flag is everywhere it
is treated more or less lightly; indeed. the
average man gives it no thought at all.
traveller. Morgan Williams of Chicago,
recently discoursed entertainingly on this
subject. 1t was just after the relief of the
legations at Pekin.
II can at least partially appreciate the
thrill that the first sight Of the stars and
stripes floating over the relieving force
gave the Americans who had been waiting
so long for succor," he said. "Of course.
never was hemmed In for weeks by a
cruel horde as they were. and the flag could
not have the same significance for me, but
had been for year without a sight of
1t, and when my gaze first rested on II
had to gulp down something that rose in
my throat When left home had about
the same reverence for 1t that the average
American has. and while was travelling
really hadn't given 1t much thought had
had no special longing to see 1t; at least
NO such idea had been formulated In my
Evening star., 1900-10-11

till they reach their favorite morsel. The
change of habits in the rhinoceros birds
seems to have been brought about by the
scarcity of their ordinary food. and in the
kca parrots by the opportunity Of procur-
ing new and toothsome food with comparn-
lively little trouble. In both cases human
agency plays an important though indirect
part, and the story of the rhinoceros birds
Is more instance OF the influence of
civilized man on a fauna strange to the
conditions which he brings In his train.
Evening star., 1900-10-11
Not Very Encouraging.

From the Chicago News.
He-"Did you speak to your father about
our engagement"
She-"Well. not exactly: but I told him
you were thinking of getting married"
He-"And what did he say?"
She-"He said he wasn't surprised to hear
that, for you never did have much sense. -
Evening star., 1900-10-11

Free Instruction in the Art Of Pho
Biography.
Evening star., 1900-10-11
Applied to Jewelry Selling.

The Jewelry business has been
done on the exclusive plan all along
by everybody. You have meas
ured worth by the price-tl1ought
that it couldn't be good if it wasn't
expensive And in truth-under the
system of selling-that was quite the
fact That's been the status for gen
erations. But we've thought why
couldn't the ordinary principles of
big store like this be made to apply
to IeWelrv-as to anv other feature.
Evening star., 1900-10-11

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns Of The
Star.
Evening star., 1900-10-11

Why not? That wasn't good So
have revouioned We have made ewe department that keeps
close with the fads and ancesw keeny scrunz
vauehere be value always whatever into
Sak sore)narked systemwha value
and for oddlyor unquenessor excusveness This
makes bargains possbeequent Makes lowest all the time
We OF that wouldn't print such list oowso
the present seasons novelties:
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
HELEN eouLp MApE CHANGE.

From the New York Journal.
 Paris-It was Helen Gould who brought the Count Boni de Castellane to book. It was her shrewd common sense and ideas of what was right and fitting that forced the spendthrift nobleman down from his high horse. Miss Gould had been watch ing the skyrocl1et rise of her ''powdeD puff brother-in-law, and her calm judgment told her long ago that his fall was as in- evitable as 1t would be swift. For the drop of the stick when the powder burnt out she made preparations long ago.
 Miss Gould studied up the French civil code. She made herself familiar with every detail of the law regarding spendthrifts and bankrupts. And it was she who per- suaded her brother George to take formal action.
 Under the French civil procedure, George Gould Is now the "conseil judiciaire" That is the technical term of his relationship to his sister, the little countess.
 A Gould family council was held, at which Helen Gould presided. The debts, extrava- gances and follies of the Castellanes were discussd in their bearings upon the estate of Jay Gould of which the brothers and sisters are executors and trustees. Then Helen Gould q uoted the following from Chapter IT, Book l. of the French code Of civil procedure:
 "Spendthrifts can be prohibited from go- ing to law, compromising, borrowing or re- ceiving capital, giving discharge therefor, conveying or mortgaging their property without the assistance of counsel, who shall be appointed to them by the tribun- al"
 Had it not been for Helen Goulds knoWl- edge of French law Count Bonl might long CT have played havoc with the countess fortune.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

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