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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
ACTORS WIT AvERTED RIOT.

There have been a good many stories
told of the quick wit of actors who have
turned an accident or panic or row
into joke said Tom Leigh, the old-time
actor, who has just gone to Cleveland to
raise a disturbance in the G. A. r. "a
good many of the stories are fakes, 1 sup
pose" he continued, but some are true,
and there are lots that have never found
their way into print. The press agent
wasn't as numerous. or as clever in the
old days as he is now.
81 remember an instance in which John
Brougham carried off a most difficult sit
uation by a clever bit of improvisation,
and saved the old Winter Garden from
the disgrace of a riot 1t was the first
night on which he played. his burlesque,
Columbus there, and the house was
filled with his friends.
among the most enthusiastic of these
friends were great crowd of Fenians,
just then been elected president of the
Irish Republic at the old Fenian head
quarters in Seventeenth street. There
was a jollification in honor of his cleo
ton, and as he was a personal friend of
Brougham's s. it was natural that he and
his followers should buy UP nearly all
the orchestra seats in the house for the
opening night, as they did.
Il was in the cast. and SO was Jack
Study but if anybody ELSE in the COM
pany is now alive ] don't remember who
| it is. 1 played the part of a big Indian
| who first appeared on the stage as a
HloSocHSeI bilH6AtlS dispatches AlO4ii
| Washington.
Just as 1 came on q discussion that
had sprung up among some of the ex-
cited Fenians developed into quarrel.
The house was already disturbed, and
| there was every prospect of fight in
| the orchestra in another minute.
81 delivered my message, and Brough-
| am replied to me in the words of the
! piece: Il
"Confound you, JhaEe donen
| ''Then, turning from me to the foot
| lights he went on, as if it were a part
| of his speech
COR would you, like band of Fen1an
brothers,
All fame abandon to defame each
other?
| If with such sentiments I sent out any,
Remember I'm head center here, Ma
honey.
"There was a roar of laughter from
the whole house at this and the Fen
ians joined in it as heartily as any one
else. There was no further talk or in
dication of trouble, and the play went
On without interruption."-New York
Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

The Democratic journals would set a
magnificent example if they would keep
on saying just such kind and appreciatlve
things about President Roosevelt as have
filled their columns for a week past, to
the end of his term. They will be just as
true all along as they are now. They
show, too, that Democratic journals can
be. when they choose, broadly American
Now if they will only remain in the pa
triotic attitude of the past few days the
country will afford such spectacle Of
unity as has never before been exhibited
Pioneer Press.
The Democratic press is generally pa
triotiC and generous too. When the gem
eral condition of the country demands it,
you will always see the Democratic press
holding up the hands of the presi-
dent, be he Mckinley or Roosevelt.
This is nothing new. Would we could
say as much of the Republican press. AL
ready, both Republican leaders and press
have attempted to make political capital
out of the recent public and national ca
lamity We hope that our neighbor the
Pioneer Press will be one of the last to
join such an unworthy procession.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
IN A BoER REFUGE CAMP.

Empire Review.
The sentiments of the people as to the
continuance of the war are by no means
unanimous. Not long ago two Transvaal
women C'black cappies'') came to see me
about some strife, and fell to discussing
the situation of affairs. One said: Il
have lost all hope. Let the English take
the land, and let us get back to our
homes. l should like round robin, sign
ed by all the women In camp, to be sent
to our husbands on commando, begging
them to submit and end the war Other
wise, should like the English to send us
bodily back to our own people in COM
mando to be looked after. They could
not feed us, and they could not see us dis
OF starvation, and that would be the
means Of ending the war" The other
woman replied. ST would not sign such
a document. / am not without hope even
yet.
my old man is on commando. and
knows better than do, and would not
ask him to surrender If could find him.
Besides, do you know that when Paul
Kruger went to Europe the ship was
enveloped in Egyptian darkness for
twelve days and nights7 Thus the Lord
tried his faith. On the thirteenth day
the ship sailed into q calm sea and
bright sunshine. This miracle was per-
formed for our guidance and instruction.
/ tell you have not lost hope that we
shall still regain our country
Another noticeable social feature of the
camp Is that the Free Staters and Trans
walters do not associate with one an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
IT'S SKUNK HUNTING TIME.
A Profitable September Industry in
MRine-YieIds S125,OOO Annually.

The coming full moon will be the time
for hunting skunks in Eastern Maine
and about 100 Of the unemployed country
men will take dogs, and, going out to the
meadows where the fat graSshoppers are
asleep, will select their game by the aid
OF the moons rays and will kill and skin
all the dark-colored skunks they can find
leaving those of a lighter complexion to
survive the winter as best they can and
bring up new brood for next falls kill
ing.
Fashion in furs regulates the price of
skunk skins. Three years ago the coat
of dark skunk was worth from $50 to
-, and there were not enough to supply
the demand. Since then the muskrat has
Supplanted the skunk as the wearer Of
profitable skin, and only the very
choicest of skunk pelts sell for 81 this
season. But when there are from ten to
a dozen fat Skunks to be had on every
acre of meadow land, when a hardwood
club is the only weapon required in the
killing. and when every fat skunk re-
CARELESS of its color, holds more than a
quart Of oil which Is worth S. a gallon
wholesale, there are always men who will
chase skunks for the money there is in
the business.
From 100000 to 10000 skunks are slain
IN Maine every year. The practice of
killing the black ones and leaving those
OF lighter color to perpetuate the race
has reduced the income received from
the furS to small figure and has prac-
tically eXterminated the dark Skunks,
but the demand for skunk oil is steadily
growing and the price has gone up 81 a
gallon since last year. The oil is not
only used by residents of Maine, who es-
TEEN it highly for its virtues in curing
rheumatism and stiff joints, but the
druggists send many gallons out of the
state to be sold in Boston and New
York. 1t is probable that nearly - 900
gallons of skunk oil are produced in
Maine every year. Most of that used
locally is pure, but some of the oil sent
out of the state is adulterated with fat
obtained from hens and woodchucks, a
practice which has proved more profit
able and less disagreeable than the old
way of making the labels on the bottles
tell the truth about what WIS inside. AS
the impure oil seems to effect as many
wonderful cures as the genuine article
the men who work the imposition on the
public stand small chance of detection.
Most of the skunk pelts taken in
Maine are sent to a Philadelphia firm,
where they are tanned, dipped in a black
dye and made UP into furS for export
to France and Germany, in which coun-
tries they pass as monkey skins. The
killing of SkunkS begins in September
and continues for about a month, by
which time all the fat ones that contain
oil have denned up for the winter It
is estimated that the Maine SkunkS yield
an annual revenue of from $l25, 900 TO
S150,009 which is double the sum made
from all the honey bees in the state, and
as the skunk is the greatest enemy the
poultry grower has to face, the Staying
of so many foes adds greatly to the
amount of eggs and dressed fowl pro-
duced in the state.-New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
DUSK.

Beyond the burning rhapsody of noon.
The winds elusive harp-note in the
trees.
Between the sunset and the primrose
moon
There is rapture all unknown of
these
The harmony of twilight Natures note,
Prolonged, pellucid, subtler far than
song,
Bearing the lifted soul till it doth float
Upon the heart of night and find 1t
strong:
Against this bar the waves of tumult
fail
And tides slip back into a silent deep;
The world. beneath white and wind
less sail,
Drifts outward to the vaster sea of
sleep,
And thought, starlike, doth rise above
Times shoal
To find thee still-thou twilight of my
-virginia woodward Cloud in The Book
man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
SONNET.

It is late summer time; and, in dream
OF lustrous weather. August wanes, and
droopS. Y Il
cloudless azure, heaven. in silence,
StoopS "a
Over world filed with the russell CLEAN
OF rdpened corn-fields, and the paler gold
OF piled sheaves, that. far off, dreaming,
On. Upland iId slopes. TIE streams run
! drowsily
Within their narrowing beds, their story
Their old glad frolic OF the spring days
The hum Of insect Life. the bras cay
tune, 49,.
And all the magic music OF glad June
Are hushed; and, In the silence, ever
A voiceless whisper falls upon the ear.
A breath that tells the summers end is
near. y~si asz.,+s
M. c. c. In Chambers Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
DISCONNECTED.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Say, Name, said the hello girl, dur
ing a lull in the calls, to her intimate
friend who occupied the next chair, lis
is true that you have broken off your
engagement"
Sure thing" answered Name, as she
chewed her gum with renewed vigor,
oh, Name, did you really?"
well, guess"
Oh, Name what was the matter?'
He heard about my going down the
river with a strange young man.
oh, Name, did he really?'
Yep. Then he had the nerve to call
ME up over the phone and read the riot
act to me! Said if I was going to carry
on like that, he didn't want me to be
wearing his ring
oh Name, what did you say?''
Ring off,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

other The former Eare better educated
and more refined thkns the latter, and the
Transyaalers, who Gre decidedly the; more
bellicose, taunt the Free Skaters by call
ing them Hands up!' jeering at them
for surrender ing and accepting the situa-
t1on so calmly. But | have never seen
or heard of any violent wranging or
quarreling among them, nor seen any
squabbling or fighting Among them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

Roosevelt is making preparations to
break into the solid-South chest. He not
only says that when he was governor Of
New York he appointed three Southern
men to one Northerner, but that his
uncles and his aunts were Confederate
sea captains and ell that. Why did he
not tell that year ago?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

President Roosevelt Depew calls him
Teddy In New York; does not want to
have detectives shadowing him. He init
mates that he is able to take care OF
himself and that IL any crank thinks he
is a good shot the bluff will be called
any old time and anywhere. Wen, that's
all right. That Is the kind of Jacksonian
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
He Helps Them.

| Philadelphia Press.
HES one of those idiotic funny men
who are continually making puns, isn't
| he?"
Yes, that's his style
''How is it he's so popular with the la
| dies, then I wonder?"
''He is only popular with the ladies who
| have pretty teeth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

The Sampson witnesses, in the SchIey
investigation, object to having the long
finger Of Attorney Wilson shaken at
them. What Will be their feelings of In
jured dignity when they catch a glimpse
of the public finger after the inquiry is
over?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
His Penuriousness.
Puck,

PUCK.
Jay Green (solemnly-I was readin' an
item In the paper last night about Str1
that was pizoned by eatin' Toe cream. She
died In awful agonyl
Miss DaAsy Filters (sarcastically)-.
H'ml She would have been aliTe yet IL
she had been keepin company with FOUL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Troubles and Trials.

Chicago News.
"I tell you, SIR" said the clergyman.
have too many lawyers
There Is where you are away off," re-
piled the Judge. 1.-THE real trouble is due
to the fact that there aren't half enough
o1i q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Smile Gave Her Awax.

Boston Herald.
Mistress-Did Mrs. Brown leave any
message when you told her was out,
Norah7
Servant-No mum, she didn't say any
thing, but she looked kind O. pleased like
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Easier.

Judge.
my dear, how can you object? He is
Yes. but, mamma. he has been mar
ried before" ~
s.what of it? 1 should think you would
rather marry a man who was house
broke"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

Will the Pioneer Press please let the
world know what Kitchener is going to
do next down there In Boerland? There
is a riddle on which the seer p. p.
can exercise its seerness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

Be sure to read the naval romance
running in all the papers. 1t is a great
story of intrigue. jealousy, bravery and
heroism. When it is finished you can
guess who is the hero.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Trouble Only Begun.

Life.
Wife, had to get a policeman to put
out the cook.
Husband-Gone. is she?
ooh no. He proved to be her best
fellow, and they're both waiting for you
in the back hall"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Sounded Like Him.

Philadelphia Press.
"You're British officer" said the
Beers to the captive, but De protested
he was not.
~ regret to say" he began.
Kitchener himself" yelled the Beers,
dancing with Joy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
Excessive JOY.

Smart Set.
81 suppose the Volunteers are glad to
be coming home from the Philippines"
said Mildred.
''Well, I should say! replied her
brother. "They are coming In trans
-tS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
The Brute.

Hewitt-Are you believer in vaccina-
ton?
Jewett-Most certainly. 1t kept my
daughter from playing the piano for
nearly a week
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

1t is becoming apparent that Capt
Lemley was appointed judge advocate
for purpose. He evidently desires that
the accused" should be convicted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

Senator Wellington has been trying to
square himself with the public by deny
ing the spirit of his alleged interview re-
garding the late president. Is it not
about time for Bishop Earl Cranston to
begin to try to make his peace with the
cartoonists? He must remember that
now is the accepted time, tomorrow may
be too late.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

Has not the public been bored about
long enough by the wrangle between the
board of control and the normal board?
There is nothing normal about this con-
dition of things. The next legislature
had better be under some ones control
who can shape It's laws so they Will not
squint toward all points of the compass
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

simplicity we Democrats like to see. 1t is
well. however for personal reasons, not
to get too fresh and breezy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

hanged about his neck and that he be
cast into the sea.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

The advance sale of reserved seats
opens at the box Office of the Metropoll-
tan this morning for the engagement of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Bruno the latter
part of this week. Thursday evening and
Saturday matinee they will play '"Theo-
DORA" Friday and Saturday nights they
will be seen in Cleopatra"
Evening star., 1901-10-09

The decision Of the board Of education at
last nights meeting to include In the an
nual estimates an item of 100000 for a
business high school building will meet the
general approval Of the people of Wash
ington, and it should be followed by con-
gressional action. Ever since the business
educational feature was introduced into the
high school system it has developed at a
gratifying rate and In a satisfactory direc
ton. It has produced large class of we'll
trained young men and women who are
now engaged in many lines of business ac
tivity, and 1t has thereby added materially
to the welfare of the capital. 1t has ac-
complished this excellent result under the
heavy handicap Of an insufficient equip
ment and richly deserves generous treat
ment at the hands of Congress. A liberal
appropriation for centrally located site
and for a well-appointed building large
enough to provide for the natural growth
of the future will do no more than meet
the absolute needs Of the school system Of
which this institution is so successful
feature
Evening star., 1901-10-09
Break This Deadlock!

The correspondence between Governor
Smith of Maryland and States Attorney
Levin of Prince. Georges county in refer
ence to the conditions at Chesapeake
Junction clearly indicates the need of ad-
ditional statutes for the control of such
deadlocked situations 1t appears that the
county attorney cannot act without the
aid of the sheriff, and that neither the
governor nor the attorney can force the
sheriff to act Both officials are willing
and anxious to proceed to take such judi
cial steps as will clean out the moral pest
holes on the District border, but they have
no such power of initiative as the situation
requires. The responsible authority Is the
sheriff, who appears to be immune from
orders from any source which will precipi-
tate action. This is an unwholesome state
OF affairs and requires remedy al the earli-
est possible moment. The welfare of an
entire community such as the District of
Columbia, not to mention Prince Georges
county itself. should not be exposed to so
serious menace without more readily
available means of defense Somewhere in
the law provision should find a place which
will give to the higher county or state
officials the right to intervene when there
is dereliction or neglect of duty on the
part of the sheriff or the constables, and
to force an issue in court which will start
the judicial machinery moving AS the
case now stands the wheels are blocked
and nothing short of the actual commits
sion of an outrageous crime, compelling
action by the force of its own atrocity, or
a change of heart in the sheriff will serve
to advance the cause Of reform.
Evening star., 1901-10-09
&C for lOc Hdkfs.

Full Laundered Initial Handkerchiefs
And only Sc for Stocks and Bows that
were 25c.
Evening star., 1901-10-09
Souih Carnlina

The bringing forward OF General Wade
Hampton a candidate for United States
senator IN South Carolina would Indicate
that the McLaurin movement must be
showing strength in the state. At the out
set 1t was derided by Mr. Tiliman and his
friends They were so certain indeed that
the Junior senator by declaring in hearty
favor OF certain republican national poll
cies had destroyed himself. that a number
Of candidates for his seat announced them
selves at once. The country was assured
that anybody could defeat the man who
was described as having gone over to the
enemy" Now these gentlemen are with
drawing from the race and exerting them
selves to clear the track for the old war
horse Of the Palmetto democracy. Is this
an unselfsh tribute to the honored veteran.
or is it confession that his name is es-
sential to the success OF the anti-McLaurin
campaign?
General Hampton Is a man OF great per-
sonal worth. and an attractive public fig
ure. He Is one Of the few remaining repre-
sentatiyes of the cid school southern politi-
clan. He has dignity. integrity, high cour-
age. and genuine patriotism. Both In civil
and In military honors he has distinguished
himself and he retired from Office few
years ago with the cordial respect of the
whole country. He Is eighty-three years
Of age In vigorous mental health but some
what infirm physically. 1t was mentioned
IN the newspapers only a few days ago that
MS sight IS much impaired by cataracts.
A''n that an onsration Will shortly be nec-
Evening star., 1901-10-09
A National Need.

The national river and harbor convention
now in session in Baltimore is so near to
the capital, long suffering from the lack of
such imprOvem ents, that perhaps a meas
ure of local benefit may be derived from
the gathering. All sections of the country
are, should be, vitality interested in the
condition of the Washington harbors. 1t is
well established that whatever of male
violent influence is in the atmosphere here
springs in very large measure from the
pestnential fats on the eastern and south
ern water front. This fact should appeal
to every voter who aids in sending rep
resentative to Congress. and, indeed, to
every citizen who plans to visit the
tiOnal capital.
New projects now in hand call attention
to the absolute necessity of congressional
action this winter toward the reclamation
of the Eastern branch from its present vile
condition For example, Secretary Root is
planning a model army post at the Wash
ington barracks to serve as an inspiration
to the military service. How is 1t possible
to contemplate such an institution unless it
is assumed that the malaria breeding
marshes Immediately east of the barracks
will meanwhile be drained, the river con-
fined to its proper course and the banks
developed into wholesome park lands? The
two enterprises are inevitably linked.
But this local water front Improvement
should not wait upon any special plan of
the War Department. 1t should have long
ago been ordered out of sheer elf-defense
by Congress. 1t has been due to the peo-
pie of Washington for decades. 1t is so
long overdue, indeed, that it should be set
down at the very head of any list of con-
spicuous national engineering works to be
undertaken in the near future. The con-
vention at Baltimore. whatever may be its
influence in affecting the course of legisla-
tion, will neglect its full national duty If it
does not recognize the paramount claims
for consideration of the Eastern branch OF
the Potomac
Evening star., 1901-10-09
Before One Starts the Furnace.

From the Chicago Tribune.
People who live in furnace-heated houses
may have noticed the prevalence of SUD-
posed colds, coughs, and throat ailments
Immediately after the furnace has been
started in the fall. AS a matter of fact
experts declare that these ,,idemics are
largely caused by the dust and germs which
gather in the registers and hot air pipes
during the summer and are blown out into
the air of the house when the furnace is
started. AS a preventive it is suggested
that not only the registers but also the hot
air pipes be thoroughly cleaned This NAV
be done by first removing the registers and
giving them careful dusting and wiping.
Cleaning the pipes is more difficult, but
quite as necessary. 1t may be done by at
taching a bunch of feathers to a wire and
pulling it through the pipes. In addition to
the ordinary dust which is certain to settle
in such places during the summer months
there is also danger that it may become i'm
pregnated with poisonous vapors from the
cellar, which may be released by the cur
rent Of hot air rising from the cellar In
view of the large number of houses which
are heated by furnaces the question of
properly cleaning the pipes may have an
important influence on the public health
The question Is certainly one which de-
serves the attention of every householder
who wishes to avoid the usual fall epidemic
OF bad colds and coughs.