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but pretty well satisfied in what place
he Is acting"
Just before MAJ o'Reir; IN M. Paul
BloueD recently delivered a lecture to
the students Of religious college in the
East, one of the professors stepped for
ward and offered a prayer, in which he
said: 20, Lord, Thou knowest that we
work hard for Thee and that recreation
Is necessary In order that we may work
with renewed vigor. We have tonight
with us gentleman from France. whose
criticisms are witty and refined, but
subtle; and we pray Thee to so prepare
our minds that we may thoroughly un-
derstand and enjoy them" ST am still
wondering" said O'Rell, whether my
lectures are so subtle as to need praying
over, or whether those particular audit
ers were so dull that they needed divine
assistance to help them out OF one
thing l am morally certain-that they
showed, by their appreciation, that the
professors prayer was not in vain
The late Mrs. Giadstone's implicit con-
f1dence IN her husbands ability-whIch
amounted almost to a belief in his in
fallibility-is we'll illustrated in the fol-
lowing anecdote: During the troublous
times Of 1885, just before the fall Of Khar-
toum and the murder of Chinese Gordon,
which were really the cause of the de-
feat Of the Gladstone ministry a little
later, statesman high in the councils
of the Liberal party called at Mr.. Glad
stones residence, and was cordially re-
ceived by his wife. He was in a lugu-
brious frame of mind, and spoke dismally
of the situation. "Ah. Mrs Gladstone"
he began, these are dreadful times. The
clouds are very thick. We can only re-
member that there is One above who
will help us in all our troubles, and that
He will guide us out Of our difficulties"
ooh, yes replied Mrs. Gladstone, with
great cheerfulness, "he Is upstairs shaw
ing Just now. but he'll be down directly"
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SUNDAY. JULY 8. 1900.
THE WINE ROOM EVIL.

Over in Minneapolis they are in the
throes of a wine room agitation. Arrests
are being made and threats of the most
serious kind are being hurled at the
saloon keepers who maintain such places
in connection with their saloons. The
city regulation recently passed against
the wine rooms provides for the tearing
down of partitions. The police, under
a Democratic local administration, seem
intent on enforcing the regulation; and
those saloon men who have shown any
unwiilingness or delay in meeting the re-
Quirements of the ordinance have been
promptly brought into jail.
As long as the memory of the ordinary
man can run back, this movement has
been more or less active. We have had
it in operation in St Paul at intervals for
fifteen years or over. The wine rooms
have been wiped out of existence from
time to time here and elsewhere in the
interval but they still flourish In spite of
police activity and penal regulation.
1t is beyond all denial that such places
ought to be closed and kept Closed 1t is
right and proper for any person to resort
to a saloon if he thinks proper to do so.
And it does not Of itself neces sarily in
volve any serious reflection on the char
acter OF any woman that she enters a
saloon But such places have been dens
of vice IN this city and elsewhere While
We N St. Paul have changed our city
administration in the past, ostensibly at
least, in order to improve the moral as
pect Of things, and have put and
kept Republican politicians in power for
full period of four years, it has remain
ed true that the wine room evil reached
larger proportions and was much less
subject to serious regulation during that
period than ever before All this. too.
was accompanied by continued assurances
OF a determination to put an end to the
wine room evil.
The effect of the new regulation in
Minneapolis will be watched with some
interest. If public authority has the
power to compel a saloonkeeper or any
other storekeeper to pull down partitions.
1t has the corresponding right to compel
him to make any other change in the
manner of his doing business. There will
be test made undoubtedly of this ques-
ton; but in the opinion of decent men
and women, no matter what the result of
that test may be, it is time that some
adequate remedy be found for bringing
to an end a form of activity which is
disgrace to those who engage in #, and q
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of railroad commtS>Iione- g ra.,,,, :,
ot.isa ole' S~4ring for the proper dis
.1.a- 50 U ~ duties disposition for fair
. - I'D careful weighing of both
slueE OF every question brought before
's oooy. These qualities are peculiarly
lacAlng In Mr.. Staples. Set and deter
.aLl.ed IN his own way, no amount OF
evsoepce could change him If his prejudice
ieo MIN to either side OF a vindictiyc
disposition. he would go to almost any
!engtn TO crafty personal spite or Sc
/ cure revenge, qualities so utterly repug-
nant to judicial Office that they ought
forever to haye barred him from even
consideration in Connection with such a
nomination.
Mr.. Staples has been quite successful
In manipulating affairs in Dakota coun-
ty for his own advancement, and by
ways fairly well known in that county
mas succeeded in securing his own cleo
ton to the state legislature for num-
per of terms. But it is a noticeable fact
that while be could be elected by a fair
majority he never went up to st. Paul
with colleague from his own party, al
though his fellow candidates were always
his equals in all qualities That would be
likely to commend them to the public
MT. staples has been a fairly successful
trader, and these who know him will
not be surprised at the reports already
oCIIlS sent out by d1terent dailieS to the
erect that movement is on foot to Sc
cure his Endorsement by the Democrats,
Mr.. Staples may have been quite success
ful In the past in trading oft his col
leagues on county ticket, but an effort
to trade a whole state ticket for the
selfish qualification of one candidate is
probably trifie bigger job than even he
can accomplish, In few townships his
proWbeating tactics may have been sue
cessful. but he can hardly expect to con-
trol eoth parties in the whole state. On
the whole, the Republican candidates far
railroad commissioners are three good
men to leave at home. and perhaps
Staples Is little the best of the three
for that purpose
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wrong and detriment to the COM
munity in which it is maintained.
.cPREPARE TO HEAR THE WORST.

'PREPARE TO HEAR THE WORST"
of armed and bloodthirsty Cinnamon.
facing the almost certainty of a horrible
death, two or three hundred Europeans
men, women and children-have for a
month past defended their lives with des-
perate determination, hoping each day
for relief and rescue-relief and rescue
which never came Such is the condition
of the Europeans penned up in the lega-
ton buildings at Picking, and now we are
told tc prepare to hear the worst news
regarding the fate of this band of heroic
men and women
There can be no worse fate than that
which befeu the victims of Mana Sahib
and his Sepoy mutineers at Cawnpore.
Men slain with terrible tortures; women
dishonored and hacked to pieces; children
buried alive beneath heap of corpses
in a well or mercifully dashed to death
against a wall
The unspeakabLa atrocities of Gavin
pore beca me possible by the victims be-
ing deluded into surrendering by false
promises of humane treatment. But at
Picking the few white people know the
savage, cruel character of their foes too
well to be similarly deluded into surren-
der. They will fight to the last in their
defense, and when the last hope fails
the women and children will be sent to
their Maker by the merciful hands Of
their husbands and fathers, and the men
will die with their backs to the wall
With all their boosted military strength,
their great armies and navies, their Won
derful cannon and piled up muniti rs cf
war. the nations of Europe-and the
United States. too-have been powerlezs
to rescue these poor victims from the
vengeance of the senselessly infuriated
Chinese. The pitifuIly small forces at
Tien Tsin and Taku sent by the for
eign powers have made brave but futile
efforts to reach the Chinese capital, but
have found themselves outnumbered al
most a thousand to one
The situation is disgrace to Europe
and to the United States. 1t Is a dis
grace to civilization and bloody blot
upon the records o. TIE nat ons who have
fomented the outbreak and are too fee
bic or too timorous to defend their own
people from the consequences.
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SMART SHORT STORIES.

NOT long ago Senator Hosr who &c,
noted as an inveterate punster, was ioirD
ed In the corridor of the canitoI by
former colleague in the senate ava os
they approached the entrance to the con
ate chamber Mr.. Hoar motioned his com
panion to pass in first. after Won =" saId
the ex-senator, drawing back politely
NO NO dnoeed' retorted Senator Hoar.
The ks always go before the wise -
=
Paul Deroulede was once talking with
an amiable and very decollete lady in a
salon. His attention was suddenly at
tracted to diamond cross on the ladv's
breast. There was a moment of silence
and then the lady said, affectediy; .sYm,
are looking at my cross" Yes. mad
anne. Does 1t please your" VERY
much. Mails je prefere lie Calvaire"
In his Lighter Moments, the late
Bishop Walsham How tells Of a lady, a.
great admirer of a certain preacher. who
took Bishop Magee with her to hear him
and asked him afterward what he
thought of the sermon. t'It was yerv
long" the bishop said yes" said the
lady, but there was saint in the pull
pit" And a martyr in the pew" re-
joined the bishop.
About the time of the collapse Of the
Confederacy, ex-senator Wigfan was
crossing the Mississippi, making his way
TO Texas. He assumed the character Of
an ultra-Union man. On the ferryboat
with him was federal officer, with
whom Wigfall got into conversation. The
officer confided to him that he was chas-
ing Wigfall. eff I fall in with the trait
or, I'll hang him to the first tree. -
YES" vehemently remarked WigfaIl,
land will be pulling at one end
William Florence, the comedian, loved
to be called out to make speech before
the curtain according to Success), and
one night, in a Connecticut city, after
several curtain calls, he said: Ladies
and Gentlemen-It is to you 1 owe all
the success I have attained in my pro-
fession. 1t was the early encouragement
that I received here that prompted me
to go on with my professional work. I
was here a boy; 1 know you all; 1 rec
ognize you all; we knew each other; and
1 can never forget the kindness that has
been showered upon me by the people
of Hartford" A man In the audience
shouted: This is New Haven, Mr..
Florence" cit thus behooves an actor, .
said Joseph Jefferson. in telling the story
mot only to be prepared In his speech.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
THE TRoUBLEsoME INDIANS.

The prompt action Of Gov. Lind in dis
patching troops to prevent possible up
rising Of Indians in the Rainy lake dis
trict is deserving OF the highest commen-
dation. In dealing with creatures so I'M
stable In temperament and so subject to
only safe plan is to be prepared for any
emergency and to act with vigor and de-
termination. Signs of unrest and excite
ment among these aborigines cannot be
develop without apparent reason, into
serious disturbances, which it may cost
many lives and much expense to quelI
From reports made by Indian Agent
Levecque it appears that the Indians had
been led to believe that great storms
were to come and destroy both the In
dian and the white people, and they had
gathered to perform certain ceremonies
to appease the wrath of the Great Spirit
1t would not have been an improbable
transition for the Indian mind to reach
the Great Spirit and to save their own
lives was to massacre the whites. In
dams have acted upon such conclusions
before now and probably may do so
the Indian in the straight and narrow
path is to hedge the trail with an able
bodied soldier. The sight of a sufficient
number of bIuecoats and rifles helps the
Indians logic wonderfully and prevents
much bloodshed
There Is no doubt the Indians were
greatly disturbed, and the cause was sim
liar to that which led to the outbreak on
the Rosebud, which resulted in the death
Of Sitting Bull and eliminated at Wound
ed Knee. If Gov. Lind had disregarded
the reports and the terrified appeals Of
settlers for protection, in the event Of a
possible outbreak, he would have been
derelict in his duty. But he took the
view that the state militia was organized
for the defense Of the people, the preser-
walton of their lives and property and the
calming of their reasonable fears, and
that it could not be put to a better or
more proper use than by employing it for
the purpose for which it was organized.
His promptitude in ordering out the mill
tary company located nearest to the scene
of the trouble has no doubt served to
calm the settlers and subdue the riotous
spirits of the Indians and prevented what
might have resulted in serious trouble.
If the United States officials had acted
with as much discretion at the beginning
of the Leech lake outbreak as Gov Lind
has done in this case, Maj Wilkinson
and other gallant soldiers might yet be
among the living
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
THI1 LESSON TAUGHT by THE
DROUGHT


The dry weather experienced in the
Northwestern states this year and conse-
quent injury to crops has again drawn
attention to the necessity of adopting a
modified form Of irrigation for the lands
where the seVerest effects of drought are
felt. The subject has already received
much attention, hut 40 general plan for
such work has been formulated. Tho
kindred question Of drainage has been
dealt within Minnesota at Ieast-in an
emirently practical and satisfactory man
ner. By means Of state aid bitches have
been dug and INSTRUCTED water courses
upon which might rest a subsidiary sys-
TEN of drains The subsidiary drains are
being constructed as required by towns
and counties, and the system will, no
doubt, be extended ultimately in all the
northern portions of the state where it is
required.
1t would seem feasible to deal with the
question Of irrigation on a somewhat sim
liar plan BY utilizing the available
water supplies and system of altesian
wells, the basis of a water supply in
case Of drought could be established by
constructing reservoirs at suitable points
for the storage of water This might
very properly be done by means of state
or government aid supplemented by aid
from the railroads owning land grants
or other owners Of large amounts Of
land
From such basis supply OF water for
irrigation purposes might be drawn when
required in seasons of drought, through
subsidiary systems of bitches or pipe
lines constructed by township or county
organizations or by private enterprise.
The work of establishing the centers of
water storage might be very properly
undertaken by the government engineer
ing department. just as it has undertaken
the work of constructing reservoirs at the
head waters of certain rivers, to aid
navigation and other river business by
maintaining the stage OF water during
the dry seasons Of the year.
1t would certainly seem that it would
be of immense public benefit for the gov
eminent to undertake such a work for
the benefit of agriculturists, especially
when it is seen that under present con.
ditions millions Of dollars worth Of prod
uCts are lost or endangered at every
recurrence of a cry season. And in adj
dition to preventing such losses 1t would
open up to cultivation the vast areas Of
the West which are now classed as arid
lands and are simply desert wastes.
Much of the land so classed, when sup,
piled with water, becomes exceedingly
fertile. And further than this, the adop-
ton of a general plan OF irrigation would
give stability to agricultural pursuits and
to the general commerce Of the West and
make all classes of people and all kinds
ruinous fluctuations incident to the pres
ent trust in Providence" plan. The agri-
cultural business can just as easily be
placed on a sound business footing as any
other line Of productive work, and Provf-
dence will smile with much greater be-
nightly upon the farmer who places his
crops by irrigation above the effects Of
drought and by drainage saves them
from the more serious consequences OF
excessive rainfall
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
A CRAZY WORLD.

An imaginative writer in one Of the
magazines recently published story tell
ing how great disaster befeu the earth,
owing to the pernicious ingenuity of a
scientist who discovered method of ex-
tracing from the atmosphere one Of its
gases and utilizing it extensively for COM
mercial purposes. The result was that
the atmosphere lost its chemical balance.
the proportion Of oxygen remaining being
much too large and becoming moro ex-
cessive day by day. The result was that
the people on earth also lost their balance
and became, in fact. intoxicated with oxy-
gen. They performed all manner of ex-
travagant actions. and fought. laughed.
danced and rioted individually, COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
a LEssoN FOR AMER1caNs-

The Sangerfest which was recently held
in this city by the Scandinavian Singers
societies was illustrative in the highest
degree Of one Of the great advantages
which come to American society, and
especially to the great Northwest, by the
addition to its population of the sturdy
men of the Scandinavian peninsula.
There is a degree of adaptabiIity to
American social conditions possessed by
the Scandinavians which is rare among
the more southerly of the European races
that come among US They acquire the
language more quickly than almost any
other Notwithstanding race, and
those of their native habits of thought
or action which they bring among-us are
found to be in close agreement with our
own prevailing standards.
The love of out door life Is peculiar to
the Northern races. Among all our inn
migrants there is none who follow out
the habits of the old world in this regard
IN the same degree as do the Germans
They love the open Their singing So
cieties and most of their social organiza-
tons are formed on the line Of outdoor
life. Their Scandinavian kindred do not
evince the same measure of attachment
for social organization. but they may be
said to come easily next in the cultiva,
ton of music and the artistic and aesthet-
ic disposition generally.
There is no American of any nationality
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
OF sOAIB USE.

what meaneth this phrase red tape'?"
once said
An Eastern king to a scholar;
And the scholar, peTpleXed, scratched his
scholarly head,
And pulled up his scholarly collar
"'Tis a strange, mad phrase" he at
length replied
Evolved by some Radical wit,
And now, by neWspaper use, applied
To a government perquisite.
otis the veil which shrouds depart
ments deeds;
IT'S the administrative breath;
IT'S the law supreme Of official creeds;
IT'S our governments shibbOleth.
But what Is its use?" the king inquired,
AS the scholar took up his hat.
Were there no red tape" said the sage.
inspired,
WED have nothing to grumble at"
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OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK--Arrived: Campania, Liv-
erpool.
HAMBURG Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck,
from New York
GENOA-Arrived: Vera, New York
NEW YORk-Sailed:~ Marquette Lon
don; POttsdam, Rotterdam via Bou-
logne; Etruria, LIVERPOOL; Anchoria
Glasgow; PhOenicia. Hamburg via Cher
bourg; Trave, Bremen via Cherbourg
and Southampton.
York; Lucania, New York Sailed: Ce-
vic. New York; Servia, New York.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.-Sailed: Alameda,
San Francisco
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
TO CUT A PATH TO pEK1NG.

List of American Regiments Ordered
to China.
Here are the $4,000 United States troops
for Picking:
Third United States infantry. or their
equivalent from this country:
Fifth infantry.
Eighth infantry. or their equivalent
from this country
First cavalry from this country.
Ninth cavalry from this country.
Fifteenth infantry from this country.
Fourth infantry from Manila
Etghteenth Infantry from Manila.
Sixth artillery from Manila.
Seventh i-fantTv from We--na. Mich
Sixth cavalry. which has sailed for Chi
ma
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.

GRAND Boston Lyric Opera company
in The Idols Eye" S:15
Como Park-Concerts by Minnesota State
band, and 8:15 p. m.
Concerts-Wildwood, 3:15 and SIS p. m.
Saengerfest picnic, Fort Smelling. all
day.
Cafe chantant. Mozart han. 9 p. m.
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FROM THE cANTIc1B OF THE ROAD.

A draught Of water from the spring.
An apple from the wayside tree.
A bit of bread~for strengthening.
A pipe for grace and policy:
And so. by taking time, to ind
A world that's manly to ones mind;
Some health. some wit In friends few,
Some high behHviors IN their kind,
Some dispositions TO be true,
Arthur Cotton In the July Atlantic
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The Japanese now focking to the Pacific
coast states are not as desirable a class
as the Chinese. The latter apply them
selves to few employments, while the
former take hold of everything and those
now coming in work for about half as
much as the Chinese get.
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GLORULETS.

A new wrinkle was that at Kansas City.
where philosophical citizens wore Ask
Me buttons, the wearer answering all
answerable questions propounded by
strangers during convention week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

The great land values In London can
be judged when the Southeastern Rail-
way company was asked at the rate of
$65, OC0.OOO an acre for piece of land in
Bermondsey, which had a depth of six
teen feet only. This price was too costly
for even a railway company.
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RIVER BULLETIN
Fall.


River forecast till a. m. Monday: The
Mississippi Will remain nearly stationary
in the vicinity of St. Paul.
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ST. PAUL

Yesterdays observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul.
-four hours ended at o'clock last night
Barometer corrected for temperature
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota-Generally fair Sunday and
Monday; warm Sunday; northerly winds.
loWa-Generally fair Sunday and Mon
day; westerly winds.
North Dakota-Fair Sunday and Mon
day; nOrtherly winds
South Dakota-Fair Sunday, with warm
northerly winds.
Montana-Fair Sunday and Monday:
warmer in western portions Sunday;
westerly winds.
Wisconsin-Generally fair Sunday and
Monday; warmer Monday; fresh north
erly winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

The native born and naturalized
Chinese of Hawaii have organized and
will demand their rights as American
citizens There are thousands of them
they were citizens under the former gov
eminent. and cannot see why they are
not so under the new
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washington time q p. m. St. Paul..