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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-08-08
taught a singing school In Rome.

At about the beginning Of the
sixth century, Gregory the Great
added many valuable features TO
church music. aud founded a singing
school or conservatory Of music, that
continued to exist three hundred
years after his death. Still II was
not until about the year 1900 A. ID.
that our present musical scale was
arranged by . monk named Guido,
Of Arezxo.
Since then music has gradually i'm
proved, both sacred aud operatic,
until today 1t has been brought up to
high state Of excellence; where il
breathes to tho ear the clcaresl inti-
nation; touches aud gently agitatcs
tho agreeable aud sublime passion.
II wraps US in melancholy snd ele-
Yates US with joy; 1t dissolves aud
innames; II melts US to tenderness
aud excites us to war. II Is an in
teg.al part Of our nature and is q
part Of that divinity which God has
planted within us. We find 1t In the
pratlle of the babe, In the school
boys or maiden's shout OF joy; in
the hum Of tho bee, or the signing of
the winters wind.
All sound cmanating from vital
energy is said to blend iu one great
symphony in the koy Of +.
Music required no discovcrer; nor,
yet was 1t necessary that It should
have an inventor. II is an inspira-
ton Of the soul, aud in laugh or sigh
porirsys ell It's emotions. This is
the oldest as well as the most divine
of all the arts and Is found truly con-
genial to the nalurr Of man; for, by
Its powerful charms the most dis.
cordant passions may be barmonizcd
aud brought into perfect unison.
There is nothing ihh.dlls 90 many
varied clIsnges In human lie. II
tsmcs the savage breast when
wrought up TO the highest state of
frenzy. 1t soothes the unhappy, and,
although man may be o'erwhclmed
with gloom, its invisible chords so
weave themselves around his soul
that he forgcts trouble and turns TO
worship from the sanctuary of his
heart. the incomprehcnsible God
who Is the author Of all music, and
who has filled his entire being with
a thrill of exquisite delight
Music forms a medium for the
most complete expression Of all the
emotions of the soul; rs love, envy
hate, joy, penitcnce, alteration ant
praise.
The greatest expression OF tn,
heart OF height, of depth, of length
of breadth, can never bc compassc,
by words. From this there neccs
sarily results that not only operaii,
aud sacred music should be cult
waited and made use Of to influence
the masses; but home culture IN III,
bosom OF the family should be zeal
ously prosecuted. Pleasure and re
7 creation we all must have and u,
pleasure costs less In proportion t,
Its worth than music. Ii will max
the home more bright aud attractive
|, and should biud each heart OF tn
family group into one common BON
of mutual sympathy and love; and
. as all nature sings its vesper song il
r xcc0n, ,paniment to our evening chan
, we are carried back 10 tho time whc
. oil the moruing stars sang for jo!
aud the angels iu heaven sang praise
8 to the Most High. -
! Their secret IL Out.
All Sadicville, KY, was curious I
! learn the cause OF the vast improve
: mrnt in the health of MIS-. ). 7. Viii,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
WE ARE MAKING HISTORY.

Never since the thunders of Napoleon's
artillery shook the thrones of Europe has
the world been so devoted to history-mak-
ing as 1t is today.
The history of the human race is a
series of mighty pulse -beats-world sys-
toles and diastoles. Events, like an i'm
peded mountain torrent at certain inter-
walls will break over the obstructing con-
servatism and flood the world with
strange and unexpected things. Theories
and institutions, centuries old, are over
turned; national boundaries waver and
settle on new lines or disappear; the
peasant sits on the throne Of kings, and
1t all happens in the natural sequence of
logical Incidents
Carlyle remarked that history was made
up OF the Individual acts of few men.
This may have been half truth once,
but the world is much bigger than when
the great dyspeptic grumbled and thun-
dered at humanity. The history that is
now making is not the resultant of indi-
vidua! forces. The world is adjusting it.
self to the new order of things brought
about by a half century of material in
vention. True. there is echo of these
religious ard philosophical controversies
that once produced social crises. but 1t
is only an echo; unaccompanied by
graver phenomena it would not be
noticed. The peculiar wave OF moral
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
CHAPTER XVIII.
AN EXCITING CHASE.


Then did the Chinaman give full rein
to all the pent-up passion in his Oriental
nature. He stamped and ragged and paced
the room like wild beast. His face
was distorted and he became wholly an
animal. Like some wildcat he sprang az
Philip, who, retreating behind the table,
took up chair to defend himself. Tho
clatter and the yells of the Chinaman
brought up Blunt
Take him awayp roared Philip, as
the landlord appeared at the door. Hes
mad! The Chinese beast! Take him away
and lock him upi''
Prize-fghter as he had been. Hercu,ean
as was his strength, he seemed little in
clined to tackle this splitting, scratching
creature. He watched him for few
roments as he raced about the almost
empty room. He did what many a man
of higher calibre would never have
thought of doing. He took the Jug Of
water from the washstand in the corner
and emptied it over the Infatuated Jinfou
Instantly, as the shock came up him.
the Chinamans yells ceased. He splut-
tered and grasped, and reeled, and, finally
depositing himself in the armchair re-
lapsed into a violent attack Of coughing
Philip seized the opportunity to dodge be-
hind Blunt.
''Wot ave yer been adding to imp"
growled the landlord.
Nothing. / told him something he
wanted to know, and he started off like
this replied Wharton. whose face was
deadly pale.
"Water!" gasped Jinfou "Water:'
Should have thought you'd had enough
of it, cried Philip. However, wait
second and I'll get you some.''
He went into another room and speedily
returned with a glass Of water. Then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
THE GOLDEN IDOL.
by FERGUS HUME.

Good-bye-youH take care bout them
coppers?'
Yes; you'll hear nothing more about
them" said the Chinaman. Then he de-
parted.
Nebby had every reason to be we'll salts
ned with his mornings work Although
ne mad said nothing about it, Philip had
given him 95 for the idol, which, with
Jinfous Eli made ZIG in ali, witch was
more than enough to secure for him the
greatest ambition of his life-a coster's
barrow. And with visions of this and fu-
ture ease and prosperity, Nebby turned
over and went to sleep.
AS for Jinfou, he went off in high glee
The Chinese writing on the linen box in
structed him clearly where to look for
the box containing the twenty-four idols
and the steel key would open it. There
remained to get access to the box. This
could only be obtained by showing the
token Of the god. Philip Wharton had
that token, and Philip was in Blunts
public house-the same in which Leonard
had been imprisoned for so long
J1nfou had no doubt about Philips being
there. He would have given the address
to Nebby without fear, knowing that
Leonard would be unwilling TO prosecute
him. Therefore, straight from the hos
pital to Gravesend went Jinfou
arrived, and he walked to the public
house at the back of the cul-de-sac
Blunt mindful of the ESQ he had received
from him, was as civil as he was capable
of being. He admitted that Philip was
there.
Slipping sovereign into the landlords
hand, Jinfou made straight for the room
at the end of the passage. There he found
Philip, and with him. as ever, a plentiful
supply of brandy. He arose in alarm as
he recognized his visitor
what do you want?"
'The Golden Wang-HoY'
"oh." said he. sneering. you're day
behind the fair, if that's what your
AFTER
Come, now, no lies. I've no time to
waste. I'll pay you WELL
Course it, 1 wish Then he faced
the Chinaman. IT tell you have not got
it, he said, desperately.
''Then you know who has! Twenty
pounds for the information. There you
are-quick!"
Philip picked up the notes and put them
in his pocket.
"Jael Moss!'' he replied
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

terest which individuals may have in their
maintenance; and so the Torrens sys-
tenn is not being adopted generally as It
should be, simply on account of the
general inability to get out of well
travelled rut.
AS long as there is no positive interest
manifested in this admirable measure
there is no great need of course that
the private interests which would be in
jured by it's adoption should actively
engage themselves in its defeat. But
to the fact that their loss in the adoption
of the Torrens system will be the publlcs
gain, and they are taking all the neces-
sary precautions to prevent it's enact
ment 1t is all good citizens business
that this bill should become a law, but
as the old saying has it: What Is
ness" So the G o b e appeals to pub.
lic-spirited citizens generally, especially
to all real estate dealers, to actively en-
gage themselves in this measure before
it is too late Even if they cannot sue
coed in securing its adoption, they can
at least help materially to arouse the
public interest in it and make it's
adoption at the next legislature much
more probable than it would otherwise
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

frenzy which swept over the
United States in 1898. eliminating in
a demand for armed Intervention in the
name of liberty and humanity In behalf
Of Cuba, was the precursor of the coming
revolution. The universal unrest might
have taken another form, or seized upon
another sentiment, but it didn't. To prove
that it was ephemeral-an outward ex-
preston of an inward unrest-we have
but to look for it now; 1t has disappear
ed as completely as the stars before the
sun. The world of unrest, that unrest
born of the power of steam, electricity
and invention has found it's affinity to
which it cleaves with an all consuming
passion-that affinity is commercialism.
All things are subordinated to that one
idea of gain-gain-gain Like those of
the miser, the nervous, bony fingers of
the civilized world are reaching out for
gold. Profit is the password to success;
accumulation the badge of responsibility.
Don't you ere your orses' 'ooffs say
property, property, property"
We are making history. Events tread
upon the heels of each other in their mad
rush to take place. The day is hardly
long enough for chronicle of the days
doings. 1t would seem that the annihila-
ton of the colonial power of Spain with
her complete humiliation, and the rise
of the United States to a world power
with a reversed national policy, were suf-
gun of the Spanish war was scarcely
cold when the curtain rose upon the
great military drama of South Africa.
Whether the war for the control of
Southern Africa is just or unjust, it is
making history-and such history, The
events of the last three years have been
leading up to one grand finale-the events
which have transpired and are about to
transpire in Asia. The cradle of the
race is once more the center Of the
world. Over helpless China spread the
sable wings Of the vampire, Greed. The
fiery dragon of China is no longer
terror to the modern Jason. All! here
will be history worth the writing. 1t
may be, that here, amid the civilization
of ten thousand years, the civilizations
of two centuries will contend for SUI
premacy. And then! All, and then! The
historian of the future who looks behind
the scenes of the great dramas of the
past may not see what we see today.
The old properties will be there, there,
too, will be the old battered scenes, the
gas-scented dressing rooms, but the
actors will be gone Yes, we are max
ing history which our children may read
with delight or possibly with-shame.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

Augustus Thomas great play.
Arizona drew large audience to the
Metropolitan last night, and was accord
ed reception that must have gratified
manager and players alike. A popular
priced matinee will be given tomorrow
afternoon.
The Dairy Farm" Eleanas Merron's
charming picture of rural life, will be the
bill at the Metropolitan next week, be-
ginning Sunday night.
GRAND.
Lovers of melodrama find much enjoy
ment in the performance of " Lost in the
Desert at the Grand the current week
The scene and action or the play itself
are located in the desert lands of Arabia.
and in the working out of the plot ard
story many features new to melodrama
are introduced. The last matinee perform
ance of the engagement occurs tomorrow
at 2:3O
Nell Gwynne" will be presented at the
Grand the coming week by Miss Alberta
Gallatin and her company Of well known
metropolitan favorites.
There is hardly any doubt but what
the "Jolly Grass Widows at the Star
theater will have a record breaking
week, despite the two days of unfavor-
able weather Every evening and NATL
nee performance shows a full house, and
the audiences appear to be delighted
The extravaganzas are unusually elab-
orately costumed and the electrically en-
livened living models are something new
in stage work The company is the
largest that has come to the theater this
year, and the music is as well arranged
as any musical comedy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
UphoIds the Irvine steaI,

Waseca County Herald.
AS is to be expected in all matters of
robblng the masses, the old man of tile
whisky and saloon Radical says:
Wolfer was commended because, after
giving the farmers all the opportunity
necessary, he disposed of the balance OF
the Irvine to dealers, just as any sensible
business man would do, thereby prevent
Ing loss to the state in carrying over a
lot of twine.''
We italicise the essential falsehood in
the above extract. The farmers know.
even IT the whisky advertiser does not.
that the farmers were not gwen all the
opportunity necessary to purchase the
Irvine, and that before the farmers or
any one else Except the Irvine combine)
knew anything about the deal the Irvine
dealers had gobbled every pound of state
Irvine at seven to eight cents pound and
that at once they put UP the price Of
state Irvine 100 per cnt
That the whisky sheet should Justify
the outrage is not unexpected. 1t is the
nature of the animal But that the peo-
pie should patroniZe such an animal is
surprising.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
who Cam He Meane

ST. Feter Free Press.
1t would seem that good deal of time
is being unnecessarily wasted by many
of our solons in trying to carve out a
congressional district in furtherance of
their individual ambition and with but
little regard for the interest of the peo-
pie they were elected to serve. Anyone
aspiring to congress should be big enough
to command the support of his party
without the necessity of cunningly splic-
ing a number of oddly distributed coun-
ties together for this purpose, and a
number of those engaged at the capital
in this very business are apt to find in
the end that the voters will consider
them more useful at home than in the
halls of congress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
Mr.. Grode,s Appointment.

West st. Paul Times.
The old saw, "All things come to hin,
who waits was exemplifled in the APP
pointlnent of john S. erode as a member
of the board of public works. Mr.. erode
has been an aspirant of this honor for
IL these many years, and we know of no
good reason why he is not as qualified
or as deserving as any other Democrat
who would be likely to get it. If he Will
get a new pavement for South Wabasha
street this spring we will take off our
hat to him. We have tried to get this
from the old commissioners without sue,
cess Perhaps with the infusion of a Hi
tie new blood like that of Mr.. erode
with Mr.. Hammer, who is progressive,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

When Gen. Waldersee reports fight
with ESQ Chinese killed against only one
German wounded, the administration
organs hold up their hands in horror and
denounce it as atrocious butchery, but
when the same report comes from the
Philippines, 1t is glorious victory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

The new army bill provides for the APP
pointment of 600 Heutenants from civiI
life That means 600 plup1s for political
pot hunters, most of whom do not know
any more about military matters than a
yellow dog knows about conchology.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
Senators by Popular Vote.

Alexandria Citizen
The Nebraska legislature, although Re-
publican, has unanimously adopted
resolution declaring in favor of the
populist idea of electing senators by the
people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Lieut. Charles Kilburn, who recently
arrived at San Francisco on sick leave
from China, says the facts have been
exaggerated, and that the scenes In and
around Pekin were not nearly as black
as they have been painted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
JoIIying Bowling.

Echo Enterprise.
Some of the newspaper boys are using
considerable space in saying nice things
about M J. Bowling. They are following
the lead of some very smooth politicians
who may-not win out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

that there Is some understanding between
Germany and Russia. by which Ger
many refrains from interfering with Rus
sian interests in China. in return for
Russia's non-interference with German
interests in Austria? It will be noticed
that Germany is keeping remarkably
quiet over that Manchurian episode
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Chicago imagines that her municipal
contests are almost equal to presiden-
tia1 campaign. The chief trouble with
Chicago is, that the smoke is so thick
there she can't see beyond her own
border
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Our commercial relations to cur coli
onies and to the Spanish-American coun-
tries has produced quite demand for
men who are able to speak Spanish. 1t
was in answer to this demand, that
Spanish was introduced into the high
school course here in st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
No Need of Restrictions.

Willkin County Gazette.
Senator Pettigrew says the Democratic
leaders In the United States senate ars
a pack of fools. 1t appears as though
the whole legislative body was tainted
with the same malady.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
When a man has been elected

w ItH q IIdlI IIeaS UeeH tItCItu 70 UI-
fee on the ticket of any party, he owes
a certain allegiance to that party. He
owes this as duty to the people that
elected him and if he fails to live up to
his obligations in this respect, he is like
ly to repudiate whatever other duties he
owes the people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
woman's Sacred Right.

indianapolis Press
is he then so awful home tyrant?'
'Oh, 1t is almost incomprehensible They
say he even demands the right to change
her mindr'
We all shuddered
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

| osophy of life not a religion. shut a
philosophy and a high one He lives in
| peace In his own country. No 400 600, COO
OF white people processing themselves
christians after the fashion we know in
| Europe and America could live in the
same peace and comfort in China. I can
not see why the Chinese have not the
rlght to exclude missionaries from their
country. We exclude the Chinese: Why
should they not exclude US if they so
deSire?"
story is told of a young lady school
| teacher down in Missouri who to dis
courage hardness, offered to kiss the
nrst pupil to arrive at school in the
morning. On the day the system went
into effect the big boys arrived several
hours before school opened and every
pooy was on hand an hour ahead of time.
The two biggest boys each got a kiss,
put the system was abandoned.
There will be ninety-seven members of
the next lower house of congress who
were never there before, nearly one
fourth of the entire membership. Amos
j. Cummings has figured out that the
average congressional life of a repre-
sentative is only four years. Most Of
them find themselves in a situation
where they can with fitness quote the
old couplet:
IT so soon I'm done for.
What was 1 begun for?
The action of the PENNSYLVANIA leg
1siature In passing a bill to authorize
the governor to remove the mayors Of
Plttsburg, Allegheny and Scranton and
appoint recorder in each city, who in
turn will appoint directors" of the vari-
Gus departments of the city governments,
is making good deal of talk. The OBJ
ject is ostensibly to break up corrupt
rings now running those cities Toh1ladel-
ph1a was exempted from the law because
the influence was sufficient to do so, al
though it is claimed that ring rule in
the quaker City Is as corrupt as In New
York. This act DISTINGUISHES the citizens
of the cities named, and places the Of
fees in the hands of vast central power,
or machine, the outcome of which must
end In schemes just as vicious as Is pos
sible under any mere local machine Cen
tralization of power is the order of the
day under Republican rule and the
"Quaystone" state is sure enough Re-
publican.
Mr.. Gladstone, in speaking Of the land
we live in, said: 1.-THE American Union
has natural base for the greatest con-
tinuous empire ever established by man."
And then he added: 1.-The distinction be-
tween continuous empire and the en-
pire severed and dispersed over seas is
vital. Let the people of the New World
work for their own continent. In the
language of their Washington avoid
foreign entanglements' and dominion
over distant lands"
There is a lesson for young men In the
growing tendency among railway and
other companies in requiring sobriety
among employees. Some railways will not
allow employees to drink or even smoke,
while on duty. Recently the superintend-
ent of the Dubuque division of the Chi
cago Great Western took a more sweep
ing advance and issued orders that en-
ployes must not enter saloons or use
liquor on or Off duty, the penalty for
which is immediate dismissal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

'These are the days when one longs
to roam far into the woods where the
plum trees bloom" remarks the Dallas
News POLITICALLY. Schifrmann, Reese and
Warner prefer to go when the plums are
rina
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

The emperor of Austria is far advanced
in years, and 1t is regarded as probable
that after his death the ill-mixed Austro-
Hungarian empire will crumble to pieces
and the German-speaking provinces fall
to Germany. Now, isn't it quite possible
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Student life at Moscow seems to be
even more strenuous than an American
collegiate football game.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Mr.. Carnegie seems determined to give
the world a practical example of the duty
that wealth owes to the general public.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

wide-awake gentleman. there may be
some hope
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

The man that runs up against a she'll
game is not necessarily student of con-
chology
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

1t is interesting to watch the express
sion son a Spaniard's face when you tell
him that we have no Interior designs on
Cuha
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22

Whenever the powers In China are in
danger of coming to blows among them
selves, Ii Hung Chang takes to his bed
room, and gives it out tnat he is dying.
Ii knows how to keep his foot out Of it
when there is any trouble lying around.
ga bill appropriating $4,000 for the re-
lief of Russell Sage" is before the Mime
sofa legislature. mo doubt urgency will
be claimed" says the Boston Globe. Any
body that knows the gentleman is WILL
ing to gamble his bottom dollar that
Russell will urge his claim.