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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
STORIES OF THE STREET.

Some years ago when I was working
in Minneapolis said Playwright George
II. BrOadhurst, recently, Il had occasion
to interview a Dakota real estate agent
who had come East to sell lots in a town
site he had mapped out on the bound
less prairies Endeavoring to find out
what they had in my friends town,
asked him:
q" Have you a church at your place?
&" Church?
eyes, a church
Oh, yes, / know what you mean
one OF those things where they ring a
bell ike thunder every Sunday morning
Yes, we've got one
" Don't you ever attend?
" Me? No, I never have yet. put in
$50, though toward building it,.
" How did you come to do that If you
don't take interest enough to attend?
Oh, I knew what I was dCing-we
couldn't sell any town lots without one.
There's nothing will eaten the Eastern
Spectator when he comes out to buy
real estate ike a church with a long
slender steepie sticking up on it like the
nozzle of tin oilcan.'
Millionaire T. B. Walker was a guest
at the Fifth Avenue hotel recently, and
talking to an old friend, he related the
story of the luck which gave him his
first start in life.
twenty-five years ago." he said, I
was a Woodworking clerk in a whole
sale house. 1 succeeded in saving a lit
tie money out Of my salary and went
to Saratoga on a vacation. While en-
toying cigar On the veranda Of the
Grand Union hotel a stranger approach
ed and said:
Are you Mr.. Walker, Of Chicago?
4 am at your service, l replied.
ct am told you have a piece Of
ground in that city (naming the Local
tior) and I would like to buy it..
my first impulse was, OF course, to
tell him he was mistaken but on a
lucky second thought 1 asked: 'WhaGn
you give?'
" 'Twenty-four thousand dollars.
Hin. Make that in writing, will
you. I am going home tonight and will
let you know by telegraph in four days.
''WeI" continued the speaker, 'the
offer was given me in writing, and l
came home, hunted up the piece Of
ground and found it could be bought for
$1,000. \ friend advanced $1,000 of the
purchase money, and four days later 1
sold 1t for $4,000 clear profit of $1,000
And that's how I got my start"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
SOLDERING AS A DISSIPATION.

People may denounce mtlitarism as
much as they please, but the military
spirit appears to be increasing among
American citizens. Every national, secret
of benevolent society has its drilled and
uniformed battalions who are ready on
the shortest notice to don their war
paint and appear on parade The num-
Der of educational institutions which
hold forth as an additional inducement
for pupils the addition Of semi-military
training to their course is on the in
crease. The children have their Boys
brigade and even religious organizations
adopt military titles. discipline and drill.
The latest development of the military
craze is the military campaign club. All
over the country the Republicans are Or
ganizing uniformed marching clubs dis
tincty military in character St. Paul
has its Roosevelt Rough Riders, a Re
publican institution Chicago has it's
Cook County Republican league, which
boasts of 10000 tenlisted" members,
every congressional district in the coun-
ty having at Least one full regiment"
Uniforms patterned on those of the regu-
lar army are worn, and in every respect
they resemble militia regiments.
1t may not be long before the American
citizen will be summoned TO meals by
bugle call, and tramp to a church where
the bell in the steeple has given place
to a. bass drum. We will summon our
workmen to labor with reveille and send
them to bed at .'taps."
There is a serious side to this as well
as humorous. If the military spirit is
guided and balanced by solid, true pa
triotism, we'll and good; but if it is due
to mere love Of military display the gilt
ter and jingle, the end of republican sim
phcity and plain sturdiness is not far
distant
Soldering for love Of country is a
virtue, but soldering for the love Of
soldering is Il vicious and dangerous
form of dissipation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
BEHIND THE TIME.

Public sentiment in Minneapolis Is
aroused against the barbarous conditions
which prevail there with reference to
the treatment and detention Of patients
suffering from contagious disease. 1t Is
not many wesks since the public prints re-
peated the accounts of the escape Of cer-
tain smallpox patients from Minneapolis
private residences. where they were sup
posed to be quarantined, and their ap-
pearance in st. Paul 1t is still shorter
time ago since the health officer Of st.
Paul was represented in the public press
as having secured the arrest of prac-
ticing physician who did not enforce the
quarantine requirements against one Of
his patients alleged to be suffering from
contagious disease.
Things move rapidly once they get
started in a downward direction. Hence
it is, no doubt, that within the past day
or two the county commissioners of Ram.
sey county refused to put in the budget
of annual expense of the county any item
for a contagious ward. For four years
and over the Clio b has engaged in
ali agitation Of this subject. From time
to time the reading public have been made
acquainted with certain facts pertaining
to the old pest house which are unworthy
of civilized community Private infor-
nation has much more to relate in that
direction showing that for the sake of
the patient, as well as from other con-
siderations, the victim of contagious
disease is almost better anywhere else
than in the place provided for such cases
in this city.
1t is not different in Minneapolis The
prevailing agitation is making this much
plain. School teachers and others whose
occupations render them peculiarly liable
to contagious disease are actively engag-
ed in the movement in the adjacent city
20 secure a decent detention hospital The
movement, too, promises success. Ours
has passed beyond the stage where sue
cess is now possible at least for a year
to come. But we can have the assur-
ance, at least, that in case Of an out
break of serious contagion among us
we may send some of our patients to
Minneapolis for treatment.
The city physician has done everything
possible to secure official action on his
demand for the establishment Of a con
tagious department in the city hospital,
but all to no avail He has kept up his
efforts in this direction for years, and
he has been backed by all the force of
the local press, but in vain. The county
commissioners just as lightly passed by
the demand as if it were the scheme of
some enterprising politician who was
seeking to secure some small advantage
for his locality
All this is very unfortunate. These two
citise are much behind even smaller cities
than they. In the East the contagious
departments of the city hospitals have
been established and conducted on the
highest plane of professional skill for
years. If the prevailing activity in the
movement in Minneapolis has any meas
ure of success, no doubt we in St Paul
will not long lag behind in the movement,
which is one of the most needful that
can be inaugurated in connection with the
public service.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
OLIVER GROIN WELL'S BABY
CT,0TEFENS

The baby clothes OF the late Oliver
Cromwell were sold at public auction in
London the other day and were knocked
down for $160. That amount was the
highest limit of the bidding, and a
number of very excellent people are be-
watling the fact as evidence of the de-
generacy of the age. That the frock and
other infantile articles of wearing ap-
parel of the child which afterwards be-
came the Great Protector and assisted
in shortening the stature of Charles the
First by a head should be sold for the
absurdly low, bargain-counter figure Of
$160 has filed them with great grief.
Just why a few old baby-clothes
should be considered sacred and have a.
fancy value placed upon them is not easy
to understand. Oliver Cromwelrs moth
er, who PROBABLY made them, may have
taken some, pride in her baby's ward
robe; but. judging by the human nature
of today, It is not likely that any of
the matrcn contemporaries Of Mrs.
Cromwell cared a cent whether Baby
Cromwell wore a snock. a bishop, a
founced tippet or overalls. If Oliver
was half as rough and tough in his early
youth as. he was when he reached years
of doubtful discretion, his baby clothes
would not be good for very much. The
stockings would surely be full of holes
and the pinafore would sport many a
rent; and it is not taking too pessimis-
tic view of this matter Of the old baby
clothes sale to advance the opinion that
if the purchaser had paid $16O instead
of $3.50 he would not have secured
much Of a bargain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

desired by those who seek to influence In
certain directions the progress Of events
in China.
The South African delegates were not
so much out of the way when they de-
clared that the situation in their country
was likely to profoundly influence the
progress of affairs in the East. 1t is
quite certain that had England a free
hand at this moment her statesmen ana
soldiers would be aggressively engaged IN
an effort to solve the Chinese puzzle &C
cording to the interests of the British en-
pire.
Had this nation not engaged itself as
an active factor in the Eastern situation,
we could afford to look on quietly at the
situation in China. There would be no
possibility Of enlightened Chinese senti-
ment involving US with the other powers
in the conviction that we were engaged
in an effort to control their territory or
to rob them of their liberties, and Ameri-
can life and property in China would at
least be relatively safe.
Until the world is allowed to know
something Of the actual existing state of
things in China, it is best for the ordinary
observer to believe nothing that he hears
or reads. The truth cannot long be sup
pressed. The movement toward control
ling the political and territorial fate Of
the empire is making rapid progress. Eff
forts are in progress to enable an agree
ment to be reached among the powers.
Until this end has been reached, or it is
agreed that it is impossible in the i'm
authentic news than we have been re-
ceiving for two weeks past Indeed it
remains true, as it has been from the be-
ginning, that the only channel through
which public intelligence can now be re-
ceived from China which is not hopeless
ly polluted is the American channel, and
more particularly the American official
channel
Until some decisive conclusion has been
reached, the American influence should be
directed, not in sustainment Of the claims
of any or all of the interested powers,
but toward creating such a world senti-
ment as will promote the retention by the
Chinese people of the largest measure
Of substantial control over their own
country that is at all consistent with the
advance of progress and civilization in
the Orient
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
FROM MANY SOURCES.

The English starting has been taken to
America, and IS rapidly domesticating
itself. Although introduced only year
or two ago. 1t has increased considerably
in numbers.
The tonnage of the whole mercantile
steam marine of Russia, Japan, or Hol-
land does not equal the tonnage of the
merchant vessels taken over by the
English government as transports.
The oldest house in England stands
near st. Adams abbey. It is octagonaI in
shape, and the walls of its lower story
are of great thickness. It IS LOO years
old, and is still fit for habitation
Two lines of automobile communica-
ton will be opened for traffic IN the
neighborhood of Corunna, Spain, during
the present year.
The extensive arid regions of Northern
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

ponents, evidence on its face Of q. most
convincing character is being offered IN
kentucky courts establishing clearly the
connection between the Republican Off
Gals of the state and the assassin of Gov.
Goeoel. The issue is one of mob law and
assassination against peaceful and law
abiding citizenship. It's effective settle
1nent Is one which will go to the very
heart OF the honor and prosperity of the
state and its people for generations to
come.
Republican success in Kentucky in the
coming political contest would be public
calamity not only for the state. but for
the entire nation. 1t would mean the
tute for the courts of justice. 1t would
mean the substitution of the agencies of
private vengeance for those of peace and
civilization. Itwould convey to the en-
tire world the verdict of the people of
Kentucky in favor Of perpetuating the
reign of the shotgun in the settlement of
private feuds, as well as of public dis
agreements.
There is no other state in the Ameri-
can Union which has so much at stake
in the result Of it's next election. Be
side the question as to whether an end
will be brought to the domination of the
thug and the ambushed murderer, and
to the settlement of private difficulties
by resort to the rifle, knife and revolver,
all other issues, either of state or ma
tional interest, are of little or no moment.
1t matters indeed but little to the average
Kentuckian how even the leading ques-
tons of national moment are disposed of
as long as the question remains an open
one whether barbarism or civilization,
peace or bloodshed, public justice or pri-
vate vengeance, shall dominate in the
social and political life of the state. 1t
is a happy circumstance that those who
have had the interests of the state Dem
ocracy of Kentucky in their control have
so demeaned themselves in the past year
or over that no thoughtful voter can
hesitate in deciding in their favor on all
questions of public interest now under
consideration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
SUNDAY. JULY %, 1900.
CONTROLLING THE SITUATION.

The great subject of world interest to-
day is the situation within the Chinese
empire. No matter what representations
may be made, and no matter what in
formation may be suppressed, there can
be no minimizing of the gravity of the
conditions which the powers by their
land-grabbing schemes have brought into
existence in the Orient
The intelligence, public and private. re-
ceived from China is mostly spurious. 1t
is made current to accomplish Individual
purposes Those purposes relate mostly
to the national interests involved. But
there is hardly line Of intelligence com
ing from China that is not doctored.
There are great interests concerned. All
or most of those interests are antagonis-
tic China is arrayed against the powers.
The powers are arrayed against each
other There is not a single feeling evok-
ed in any quarter, save alone among the
people of this country and among those
natives of other lands who are not blind
ed to the reality Of public robbery and
oppression now in progress in China,
which dares to indicate opposition to the
demands and purposes Of the European
odd W 81 euTqO 10 uonEIed eqL .sIeMod
cess Of incubation and the task is one
likely to prove more difficult than even
the most far-sighted European statesman
has foreseen
1t is almost incredible that the Eu.
ropean powers have not been able to es-
tablish more reliable communication with
the city of Pekin during the past week o,
so. Even now the official cipher of the
state department is denied recognition
and the English influence is busy. fol-
some reason, in throwing dlscredit not
only on the sources from which Ministe.
Conger's dispatch has been received. but
on the. personal and official veracity OF
the representative of China at Washing.
ton. 1t does not matter, as pointed out
by Senator Davis, that 1t would be i'm.
possible for a knowledge of the official
cipher to be had so as to enable a fraud
to be perpetrated, such as is now being
urged against the Chinese authorities; the
assurance of safety which the dispatch
conveys is still not acceptable, apparently
because 10 such assurance is at this time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
STILL THROWING BOUQUETS

Superior Leaderi The unaualined
praise Of the press Of at least two states
Minnesota and Wisconsin-is shovered
upon the st, Paul G. 0 e, for its re-
fusal to swallow the nauseating dose set
before it by the free silver doctors at
Kansas City. And the Glob will
thrive long after the doctors have died
from an overdose Of their own medicine
Princeton Union: Our esteemed con-
temporary. the ST. Paul G. O b G, doesn't
feel bit more friendly to Bryan and his
heresy than it did in 1895, and 1t doesn't
care rap who knows it. The c. l o e
Is being generally commended for its
display of consistency.
Lisbon Press: The only out-and. out
Democratic daily paper in the Northwest
of any prominence, regulates Bryan be-
cause Of the Is to l feature of the plat
form adopted at the Kansas City cOnven-
ton.
Slayton Gazette: The st. Paul GIobe
the leading Democratic daily paper of the
Northwest, repudiates Bryan and the
Democratic platform adopted at Kansas
City The o b says it will remain
Democratic as it always has been.
Alexandria News: The st. Paul
G b e bolts Bryan and Stevenson, re-
fusing to support the national Democratic
ticket 1t could not do anything else and
be consistent, for it was for sound money
four years ago. Its consistency, however.
will be at a considerable financial loss.
which makes its position all the more
creditable to it.
Vernon Center News: The St. Paul
G g (DemOcrat) always consistent
in v1-1a 2 IaTi h
the best, refuses to support the Kansas
City dictum platform nor candidates, and
severely scores the leaders in that con-
vention.
Albert Lea Tribune: The St Paul
Daily G ! o b g, the only Democratic daily
in the Northwest, bravely and sensibly
repudiates the free silver plank Of the
Democratic platform, and plainly tells
its reasons therefor. The G. ! o b is a
fearless paper and where it loses g, few
nOnsensicaI Democratic supporters by
its attitude. it wins the good viii Of the
staunch old line Democrats ard the free
lances, the great army of independent
voters.
Pine City Poker: The St Paul c. l o b e,
an able and fearless Democratic daily, re-
pudiates the free silver plank in the Dem
Ocratic platform.
Dawson Sentinel: The st. Paul ITO e
has bolted the Bryan crowd again, for
which act the G 0 b e is to be congratu-
lated.
Forest City Qo) Press: The st. Paul
G o b is and always has been a strong
Democratic paper, but it utterly refuses
to swallow the Is to I pill.
Morris Tribune: The ST Paul Clio g
has again bolted the Democratic national
platform on account of the "re-assertion
of the free silver fallacy." The G / o b e
has been getting on its feet lately as the
organ of the Democracy and for it to
make this bolt certainly entails more pc
cuniary loss than many publishers are
willing to sustain for the sake Of their
convictions
Austin Transcript: The st. Paul
G o b e, the Democratic organ of this
state, openly bolts the free silver heresy
of the Kansas City platform. This action
required the courage Of convictions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
RIVER BULLETIN.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.

GRAND-Valentine stock company in
THE Jilt" 8:15 p. m
Woodmen Of the World picnic, Russell
Beach.
Scandinavian society picnic at Fort Smell
ing.
Baseball, Hamm Brewing Co. VS.. Mime
ap9ls Brewing Co, Lexington park,
$3.50 p. m.
Lacrosse match, st. Paul VS.. Minneapolis,
Lexington park, 2:30 D. m
Painters picnic, Inver Grove
Concerts Minnesota State band, Como
park, and S:15 p. m
Concerts Postoffice band, Indian Mound
park, and SIS p. NJ.
wonders, Wildwood a fteInoon and even
Ing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Mnnesota-LocaI rains and cooler Sun
day; Monday generally fair; southerly,
shifting to westerly winds.
IOwa-Fair and warmer Sunday; Mon
day local rains; cooler in western pOr-
ton; sOutherly winds.
North Dakota-Cooler Sunday, with
showers in eastern and fair in western
portion: Monday generally fair; nOrther-
ly winds.
South Dakota-Showers and cooler
Sunday; Monday generally fair; variable
winds
Montana-Showers and cooler Sunday;
Monday fair; variable winds.
WisCOnsin-Local rains and cooler in
northern; fair in southern portion Sun
day; Monday showers and cooler; fresh
southerly, shifting to westerly, winds.
YTTST'EvUn We r-E7NToIeT2 A rTTTPE7S
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
SOME QUEER NAsiEs.

The man from Punxsutawney and the
man from KOkOmO
Discussed the Chinese troubles and the
first said: Don't you know
L think these Chinese names arc queer
enough to stop a clock"
That's right replied another man from
fair CaucOmgOmOc.
The man from Kokomo. observed: by
ginger, that's a fac.
That's what my brother says-he lives
down here i'm Haclensack"
AND still another stranger said the mans
comment was true,
And added with a smile Of pride: my
homes In Kalamazoo
Another man took up the strain: Now
down SkOWhegan way,
day.
The names are all uncivilized and heath
en- in their ring.
That's what 1 tod my uncle yesterday In
IshDeIning.'
"Hohokus IS my native town" another
stranger said,
"And think all these Chinese names the
worst / ever read"
quite true agreed a quiet man.
They're certainly uncanny.
That's what my neighbors all assert In
Tail Holt. Indianny"
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
THE ISSUE IN KENTUCKY.

The declaration Of principles made by
the Kentucky Democracy, in session at
Lexington until o'clock yesterday morn
ing, is well worthy of those brave and
thoughtful men who, in the recent ter
rible crisis in the affairs of the state,
acted with so much of patriotism and
good Judgment The issue which the as
sassins and corruptionists, who sustained
the claims of the man Taylor, have invit-
ed on the subject of the Goebel law is
met as It should be, and the fullest as
surance is offered that the necessary
amendments will be secured to the enact
ment, the Republicans being In the mean
time assured of full representation on all
the election boards, state and county.
While the Democrats of Kentucky thus
challenge the claims of their political OBJ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
WHEN WEBSTER DAVIS SPOKE.

Then up rose Webster Davis,
And nodded to the roars,
And gave his helpless hearers
His lecture on the Beers
Then he sang to "Old Hundred
In plaintiye melody;
90, William Jyan Brennings
Is the candidate for me.
mo. no; I don't mean Brennings-
l suffer from the heat
But Wennirg Brilliams Jyan-
I'll save him from defeat
For with him as our leader
Our march shall never pause.
Hail! lillian Bryning Wcnnans
And his see frilver cause.
'Hurrah for Dom Kraul Puger,
Who has our sympathy,
And Willing lyman Breuans,
Who'll march TO victory
As on and on he rambled,
The delegates would screech:
cit seems that Debster WaviS
Has kOpjes in his speech.
baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: St. Louis, from
southampton. Sailed: Manitou, Lon
don; Spaarndan, Rotterdam; Ethiopia,
Glasgow; Pretoria, Hamburg; Servia,
Liverpool; Hella, Copenhagen
OF EENSTOWN-Sailed: Steamer Waes-
land Philadelphia
ANTWERP-Sailed: Kensington, New
GENOA-Sailed: Vera, New York
HAAMBURG-Arrived: Columbia, New
LIyERPOOL-sailed: Umbria, New
HAVRE- Sailed: I,Aouftaine. New Yorl,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

Mexico are to be irrigated by canals from
aid extended by the federal and state
governments.
A snake short-circuited the telegraph
line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad recently by climbing a pole and
twtnfng his body about two wires.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
a Hieh-Toned place.

New York Weekly.
Spindler-I-er-don't like TO complain.
Mrs. Slimdfet, but it seems to me this is
rather light supper for a hungry man.
Mrs. Slimdiet Chaughtily)-I am used to
fashionable boarders wot gets hot lunch
down town, an don't come home half
starved