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became known that the finance minister,
Mr.. Morine, had all the time been So
licitOr to Mr.. Reid, even when holding
the finance portfolio while the contract
was before the legisla ture. On the gov
ernor learning this he dismissed the min
lister and in long official letter declar-
ed that he had and could have no de-
pendence in Mr.. Morine. The latter made
a vigorous reply and started war upon
the governor, but the latter was an i'm
perial appointee and dlsdained to notice
criticisms directed against him. When
his time expired and his successor ar
rived Mr.. Morine sought reinstatement
and as the whole colonial cabinet sup.
ported the proposal, on condition that
Mr.. Morine gave up Reid's soltcitorship,
the new governor assented upon that
condition. Mr. Morine was, however,
only in Office few months when he dis
agreed with his colleagues to such an eX-
tent that this governor had to remove
him also and now he is more bitter to-
ward them than toward his old time OPP
ponents.
TRIED TO FORCE GOVERNMENT.
All this time, though, there was no pro
posal to the transfer of Reds hold
ings to a company. Last winter, however,
q proposal to this effect was made by him
to the Winter, or Tory ministry.
While it was under discussion the min
istry was defeated by a vote OF tbs
house, and in accordance with British
practice, resigned. The Liberals succeed
ed and Hon Robert Bond, who became
premier, took UP Mr.. Reds application.
After examining it he returned an an
SWer that the contractor could only OBJ
tain transfer by abandoning certain
rights secured to him under the deal,
and conserving to modification OF the
instrument in several particulars, TO W.T.
Reid to surrender ownership Of the rail-
road and accept a f1fty-year lease, his
purchase money being refunded him; the
same process to be adopted with regard
to the telegra phs; the land grants to be
amended so. that settlers in actual occu-
pancy of areas acquired by Reid might
be assured of legal titles for their hold
ings; the colony to have substantial
by mortgage under the transfer would
be expended, in a large proportion, in. the
colony, and for the purpose actually set
forth in Mr.. Reds proposal, and not TO
be used in a large measure to recoup the
contractor for his disbursements.
Mr. Reid agreed to the last proposal
and pledged himself to spend the entire
sum in development. AS to the land
grants, he offered to give free ticket
to every bona tide seller. Respecting the
surrender Of any of his rights, ne abso-
The government held to its dictum and
he was equally stubborn. This deadlock
continued for month or more. Then
Mr.. Reid began to discharge his employees,
shut down his works and only run the
trains his contracts absolutely required.
By this means he hoped to disturb the
labor market sufficiently to force the
governments hand. But he failed In
this and then, as a last resort, he set
to work to overthrow the Liberals at the
| impending general election. The manner
ganized for the fray has already been
| detailed The agencies he had to fight
! against may now be reviewed.
| Chief among these was the popular dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

dering more than I could eat. That
same night L came near dying from the
effects OF an overloaded stomach.
soon found that l could not handle
songs to advantage by publishing them
myself, so I placed all that | could pro-
duced with popular New York publish
er. Among the best known songs OF
mine that were then written are THE
Pardon That Came Too Late" Il Can't
Believe Her Faithless,'' Here Lies an
Actor, THE Lone Grave" and This
Curse. I studied music for six months;
think they call this period 1.-TWO terms"
AT the expiration OF the second term
had mastered the Sack Waltz" That IA
about the limit of my musical education
My music teacher was a Miss Fannie
Hartung. She afterwards took the veil
and went into the cloister I have some-
times thought that my bad playing, or
the anticipation of some of the music I
have written, drove her into the retire
ment OF convent
went into business in 1894 and wrote
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me"
This began to be sung everywhere i'm
mediately after It's appearance 1t maze
an enormous hit
Then 1 wrote 1.-THE Banks of thc Wa
bash,' and, later, the preseni-day sue
cess, The Blue and the Gray" NV new
est effort is Give Us Just Another Lin.
coin" and people who know are saying
nice things about it and predicting big
success for it.
Personally 1 don't think thai ole can
write song in a sentimental STRAIN
| one that can catch the popular fancy
without some sort of inspiration | have
| frequently been offered large and tempt
ing sums of money for a song to be writ
| ten In hurry-made to order have
| needed the money in such eases. but I
! couldn't write the songs in that way
realize that my songs are in
! no way wonderful creations, viewed from
the standpoint of high-class music. But
! they seem to please the masses. and the
! classes don't bother me much. suppose
| It's nice thing to write high-cIass mu-
| sic, but this idea of starving to death
and then having a monument put over
| your grave as kind Of offering TO your
! genius don't take my fancy nice
| broiled steak, with plenty of bread and
coffee, makes the most substantial monu-
ment to starving genius
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
SONGS FOR THE MILLION.
An Unconventional Chapter FROM
the biography of IL Writer.

VI a.
(By Paul Dresser.)
The first song / ever wrote was THE
Letter That Never Came" 1 did it in
June, 1886. l gave the song to man
whom l no longer love. He was to ar
lange the song and return it to me in
the form of orchestration and piano
score for purposes Of publication. / went
on the road with a thea trical company,
and after writing many times for the
return of my manuscript song and re-
ceiVing no reply, one day picked up a
copy of the New York Clipper. and
there, in staring type. was the announce
ment of my song, 'The Letter That New
er Came" but with the other fellows
name tackled on it. l never received a
penny for that song.
1 remember standing a the corner Of
Eighth street and Broadway, New York
one evening, conscious of the fact that
my sole worldly possessions amounted
to IS cents and the clothes [ wore
was an absolute stranger in New York
but everywhere / went I heard some ono
singing THE Letter That Never Came ,;
Another man was getting the money and
L was getting the laugh. / did not know
whether to invest my 65 cents In a he'd
and nights lodging or save it for break
fast; finally decided that 7 would need
the breakfast more thar1< the bed. so /
knocked around all night
L shall never forget the circumstances
attending the appearance of my second
song, II Believe 1t, For My Mother Told
Me So" / published this song myself.
and, strangely enough, it made a hit.
I can remember the first money that l
received as author and proprietor The
amount was about $3.50 and when 1 re-
ceived all this money in a bunch I al
most had hemorrhage. I was SO i'm
mensely tickled that I Immediately went
out and bought a dinner for myself, or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
SUN DOG LED HIM AsrRAY.
Sea Captain Sails Four Hundred
Miles Out of His Course.

Philadelphia North American.
w hen the Portuguese bark VentI1rosa
CaPt' Laureiro. arrived in this port re-
Gently, on long voyage from Lisbon
shipping men wondered how the time lad
been lost Capt. Lanreiro said he had
Sood weather and favorable winds. nut
seeiilsu aVefse to explaining how sixty
I'VE DAYS had been consumed on the t,.ID.
he Venturosa is now living off Point
Breeze, loading a cargo Of case oil Yes
Iefday her master was in a more connu-
NEGATIVE mood and told remarl1a hle
story concerning his vessels detention.
we left Lisbon under cloudy skies. -
he said, land sailed many DAYS by dead
reckoning. l was very anxious that the
sun should come out, so [ could take a
sl2ht, but the sky remained overcast
MOI until the tWenty-secOnd day did the
sun appear, and then l was reused nv a
1rIghtful clamor en- deck
When hurried uT I found the men
SeStulat1ng and pointing at the sky. To
my surprise, there We're two suns in evil
dence, both shining brilliantly and al
fcrding a spectacle which might well
cause alarm.
81 had previously seen the sun dog.
as 1T is called by seafaring men an at
mospheric condition where the real SIM
reflects counterpart of itself nearby
In this case, however, 1t was impossible
to distinguish between the zeal and the
mock sun, and as noon was approaching
there was little time TO lose
The mate and myself both took Out
seXtants. ] made observations from what
L thought was the genuine article. while
the mate took an observation of the 9th
er. Naturally when we worked out the
sight there was a difference between us
of many hundreds of miles
Il was certain that I was right that
set the course by my observation, in
tending to verify it the next day. I'm
fortunately, the sky was again cloudy a
noon, and remained so for nearly twt
weeks. When the sun finally appeared
without it's companion of the previous
instance the observations made by tn,
| mate and myself showed us to be nearl,
400 miles out of our course. We at enc
realized that we had been sailing by tn
! wrong sun and hurried to set matter
right. This accounts for our long voy
age"
The phenomenon of the ''sun dog ha
been frequently observed by navigator
! in the tropics, where sometimes sever
! suns are seen at time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

strange disappearance of poultry and
pigs Many suspicious characters were
arrested, but the depredat tons still con-
tinued. At last one day farmers lad
reported that he had seen the devil i'll
the shape of a serpent making away
with pig across a field. Similar stories
followed thick and fast. The people of
Armagh began to believe that the neigh
borhood had been given to evil. Pray
ers and eNorcisms were tried without
vain. At last Mr. Wilson'S drunken eX-
plot was recalled to memory by a
writer in the Freman's Journal
The mystery was cleared up. Bands
Tor the eXtermination of the monsters
were organized by the peasantry.
CObras. bcas and other reptiles were dis
covered, pursued and killed. But it took
many years before that portion of Ire
land was restored to the virgin condition
in which St Patrick had left it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

But 'twouldn ter 81 dat big Thanksgivin'
dinner up,
Tho we'll know'd de tuckeys in de trees
nigh de top
. off went fer three whole nights, a-Watchin'
en- a-spyin',
But u'ckeys desc days roosts high dar weren't
a-tryin'.
I'd gin 1T en- started home when all on. ii
heard
De loudest kind o. scrat chin hind a cabin
in de yardi
Hit cum from out zen a barl what were settin'
by de do.
Den sumpn gun a-gro wlin', which 1 kRow'd was
'posSums, sho'.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
THE ARMY OF HEALTH.
The Army ia the Philippines TnsIc-
nificant Compared with This One.

n1hcant Compared With This One
If all the people of the United States :
Canada and Great Britain who male
daily use Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
could be assembled together it would
make an army that would outnun1l,er
our army of one hundred thousand by
at least five to one.
Men and women, who are broken
down in health are only part of the
thousands who use this popular prepa-
ration, the greater number are people
who are in fair health but who know
that the way to keep well is to keep
the digestion perfect and use Stuarts
Tablets as regularly as meal time comes
to insure good digestion and proper as
similation of food.
Prevention is~always better than cure
and disease can find no foothOld if the
digestion is kept in good working order
by the daily use Of Stuart's Dyspepsia,
Tablets.
Mr.. Thomas Scale, MayfeId, Cal,
says: "Have used and recommended
Stuarts Tablets because there is noth-
ing like them to keep the stomach right -
Miss Leila Dively, 1927 Plnmrner St,
Pittsburg, Pa, writes: Il wish every-
one to know how grateful l am for
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. ] suffered
for a long time and did not know what
allied me. I lost flesh right along until
one day l noticed an advertisement Of
these tablets and Immediately bought g.
50 cent box ait the drug store am only
on the second box and am gaining In
flesh and color. i have at last found
something that has reached my ALL
ment."
From Mrs Del. ElGred, Sun Prairie,
Wis. II was taken dizzy very suddenly
during the hot weather of the past sum-
mer. After ten day of constant diZzi-
ness went to our local physician, who
said my liver was torpid and I lad over
heated my blood; he doctored for
two weeks without much Improvement;
1 finally thought of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets (Which l had used long before
for various bad feelings) and the first
three tablets helped NE.
'They are easily the best all around
family medicine / ever used"
The army of people who take Stuart's
Tablets are mostly people in fairly good
health, and who keep well 10y taking
them regularly after meals. They cons
tain no opiates, cocaine or any cathartlc
or injurious drugs simply the natural
peptones and digestives which every weak
stomach lacks.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
| by druggists everywhere In United
! States, Canada and Great Britain. J
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
HIGH PRICE FOR HEROES.
Great Britain Has Paid Dearly for
Her Military ChIeftaius.

ondon Cor of the Chicago Chronicle,
Now that the bill for the externinatto,,
OF the republics in South Africa IS TO he
met some of the English parasraphers
are doing little figuring on the price
OF heroes and wondering what Lord
Roberts price ought to be MARLBOROUGH
cost the country something like IS. Cox. 600
IN cash and palaces, to say nothing Of
what he got ION the side" The hero Of
Trafalgar was paid for at about the Same
rate, and as $25 900 year goes to every
Lord Nelson forever and ever. or until
the socialists get into power. the Nelson
bill will run up to 100000 or so every
century so long as the title lasts. The
Duke of Wellington was paid more in
eash, but the pension was wisely limited
to two generations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

I crope up ter de bari, en- We're reachin' in
my arm,
A-eanin' in de bari, never 'spectin' any
harm,
When sump'n hit me from behnt-it
ha' been a rail
Den me- en- pozsums bar'l en- all, went
poundin' down de hill
I laid dar kinder dazed like wild my
senses in a fog,
'Twel great big man cum runnin' wild a grea
big yaller dag
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

Miranda, she's my wife, you know, ses she to me-
she,
we hain't got nuthin' nice ter eat fer mex
Thanksgiving Day;
De preachers 'spectin' sumthin good-you kno'
he's Sho' ter come;
He likes ter eat wild us, he ses, bekase he feels
at home.'
Now, Randa amt done spoke right out but dar
were in her eye
A wink what calld fer ipossum, a tu'ckey
de sly;
She knowd did'n have fowls ner yt
cash at all,
En- fresh-cotch possums amt good dis airIy
in de fall
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

Nor Most neautifui nnd rruiifui xearp
Are late m Life.
Since woman is IN the main but g
bundle OF paradoxes. it Is not 80 sur.
prlsing TO hear That a normally healthy
romen IS younger. mentally and phys
ltally. at 30 than at 40. The reason IS
somewhat reconcile, but stlil one TO
Ne rendered tn plain words. This re-
~juvenation comes from a sort Of sec
ond growth Of nerve tissue, or, more
accurately, a new arrangement Of
nerve cells, which takes place COM
monty In the decade between IS and
As The rearrangement is somewhat
analogous to the root-making Of a rose
or a towering shrub. Almost every
onA has noted how the riotous vitality
Of the vernal impulse wreaths rose
trees In blossom up to the period Of
midsummer. Then, though the bloom
ing continues %laggardly, the flowers
are poor and small. as though the tree
were tired Of fashioning them and
fretf1l beneath the strain. BY and by,
as August Yields to September. the
aowers. though they, may be fewer,
swell to more than the glory Of spring.
They are truly royal. loose4leafed long
Btemnied, he~avy-headed blossoms, full
Of every virtue-size, fragrance, color
and endurance. Then the gardener
tells you It is because in the height of
the warm weather rose struck new
roots. and Is full Of tne rich juices OF
d second growth. It is somewhat the
same with fruit trees-which, indeed,
occasionally blossom and let fall crops
Of youns fruit. Inevitably they make
new wood, which, II only it harden
sufficiently, is the best of all wood for
either cuttings or grafts-because. say
the o~rchardists. 1T has more life in
It." Grs 0e vines, too. have a trick OF
putting krth new blooms IN the fall.
If they chance to be very abundant.
new wine in the cask which has ceased
%fermenting often begins again to hiss
and bubble.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
'.cbfnere'' Gordon.

The present trouble in China sug-
gests the need Of another "Chiness"
Gordon, who immortalized himself by
the suppression Of the famous Tai Ping
rebellion and in other memorable cam
paigns. In China, whittier he was sent
after the rebellion had been shaking
the foundation Of the empire for sew
eral years, Gordon accomplished a task
which restored tranquility to an en-
pire whose population outnumbers
that Of Europe, repaired her desolate
cities and gave her toiling millions
Of peasantry the l~onged-for peace.
waiting for which in vain they had
ceased to till their paternal lands lest
they should be but Offering fresh temp
tations to the spoiler.
Before Gordon's rule the soldiers
paid themselves out of the loot"
Regular pay was now given, and plum
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

IN the anxiety felt by the Methodist
Episcopal Board Of Foreign Missions
regarding the fate Of missionaries in
China the names Of many Of the self
sacrificing workers there have been un-
der frequent discussion, and some Of
them are becoming familiar to the pub
lie. OF Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell, mis-
s~ionary in charge Of the Girls High
School in Pekin, whose picture appears
herewith, the question many times has
been asked; Why does not Mrs. Jewell
escape from the danger that surrounds
herr" And those knowing her person.
ally have as many times replied; Mrs.
Jewell would never leave all those chill
dren that are in her care. If she could
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

The great majority of college wom-
en-, precisely like college men, are look
ing forward to serious work, and re-
gard their college training as a step
ping stone to that. It is inevitable
chat they shall pass through a season
Of perplexity, OF wondering whether
anything is worth while, and OF en-
deavoring with o or less disap
pointment to discover Just the lot ii
life which God ear them to fill. {,
Margaret f. sangster In the June Ia
dies Home Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

animals Of these vast and inaccessible
regions for years; he has travelet
more Of their country. and visited
more Of them Ia their own native
homes than any living man. He has
had the courage to penetrate the nos
%forbidding regions and suffer the de
p~riyations u must experience in
order to study these animals from life.
The result Of this work is found in
many and important forms of animal
life e before known. During Mr..
Stones travel in the north he was
alone thirty-three days among the
murderous He'll Gate Indians Of the
Lizard river, where his experiences
were most thrilling. He has penetrat-
ed and crossed the most northerly
reaches Of the Rockies both summer
and winter, and for forty-hve days
lived on nothing but fresh meat and
tea.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
To Ar surkeY.

Professor D. A. Kent. who has re-.
Gently been appointed chief adviser OF
the Turkish government on all matters
relating 70 tho development Of agri.
culture and forestry in the sultans
domain, is a resident OF Jewell, Iowa.
Professor Kent has received notihca
ton from the Turkish minister at
Washington that his term OF service
will commence at an early late and
that he Will be expected to remain in
Turkey five years. The appointment
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

der absolutely forbidden. The officers
of the force we're not always ready to
face their antagonists. Gordon, in his
mild way, would take or the other
Of them by the arm and lead him into
the thick Of the fight. He carried no
weapon, only a little cane to direct his
troops. This cane, which was called
his magic wand Of victory" was an
object Of superstition among the Yai
Pings. who regarded Gordon as a being
capable Of winning battles through
witchery. When the troops were under
ire he would appear suddenly in his
quiet, undress uniform, usually unat-
tended, and always standing in the
hottest part Of the fire. This pictur-
esque and heroic character was abso-
lutely fearless. He would frequently
ride into the enemy's camp alone and
unarmed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
Submarine Torpedo Boafr.

Rear Admiral Hichborn, chief con-
structor, U. S. N, has contributed a
paper Of the highest Importance from
a naval point of view to the Engineer
ing Magazine, in which he demon
strates the success of the New Hol-
land submarine boat. 1t may surprise
the general reader to learn that the
idea of the submarine boat is nothing
new, for Cornelius Van Drebbel, a Hol-
lander, in 1924 took twelve persons for
an under water run, carrying COM
pressed air for them to breathe. Adj
miral Hichborn reviews the develop
ment Of the submarine boat from that
time to this much in detail, and brings
out the interesting fact that Robert
Fulton was turning out twln-screw,
handworked boats of this kind before
he devoted his attention to steam nav
igation.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
Cor Of re Oreso,.

The Oregon is not only dear to the
American patriot by reason Of her SUI
perb history but she cost a great deal
OF money, as Secretary Long VIII spare
no reasonable expense in the effort to
ave her. Her total cost was $6,575.
0S2. OF this total che hull and machin-
cry represent IS. 222.S1O. The ship was
commissioned at the Union Iron
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

ILLS % III uOLu4nb
else. He had been in the thick OF the
Santiago naval battle, his boat had
been struck two or three times and
victory had finally come to the Stars
and Stripes, but even in the enthusi-
asm Of that moment his first thought
was for his vanquished foes. Not only
did he, in conjunction with the other
commanders, give them all the assist
ance in his power. but he even held
in check the rising cheers Of his men.
Rear Admiral Philip had an honorable
career in the navy, achieved we'll
merited success, and died regretted by
all who knew him.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

4 used TO tease my sister dust
40 nave q little FUN;
Id play 4 wuz a-noin' to shoot
Her ears on with n gun,
lu slip right up bohind Greasy
Like. and make 80 popi
And then she'd jump and hollcr.
Now don'tl stop!'
7 used TO say ia ketch 'er-that
I Wu1 a big ny-rnnei
And when she'd 10 TO bawlin' I'd
Just call FER "Cowardy-calfl'
And sometimes in her lap a cater
liar I would drop,
And then. you better bet. she'd yclls
Now don'ti StOpi'
] used TO pull 'er bows undone,
And muss 'er hair ali up;
4 used TO get 'er IN the barn
And 'aicf Ter with my pup.
I used 70 pinch Ter on the arms
And make Ter dence and hon
Until she'd yell like everything.
Now don'tl Stopi'
I'm stiil a kid. but she IS now
GroWed up an got a beau.
Last night ! peeked IN through the par
Lor shutters. and-by Joel
! aeen-l seen-l seen him hug
And kiss 'er quick. ker-popi
And sis just hung her head and said.
Now don't stop. Don't stop, dom
gtOufn
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

This is a famous mine that Is some
times referred to as the Consolidated
Virginia. 1t has had an enormous out
put, being one Of the richest silver
mines in America. It is located at
Virginia City, New, and has the record
OF having produced TO.O 900. 900 OF sill
yer within a year,