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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
THE STATE FAIR.

The state fair will open this year
under the most favorable conditions,
The past year witnessed a high meas
Ure of good times prevailing among all
classes of the people of the state. in
GLIDING the farmers. The crops, which
are just being garnefed, offer in their
abundance the fullest assurance that
can be offered that the prevailing pros
perity both in city and country will
be continued.
The state fair is intended to especi-
ally promote the interests of the farm
ers. 1t offers them each succeeding
year the opportunity to acquaint them
selves with the progress made in the
various pursuits which relate to agri-
culture. But it is not alone for the
farmer that the event possesses it's in
terest and value. No resident Of the
city can afford to neglect the oppor-
tuIlity Of visiting the state fair, with
its wondrous assortment of the fruits
of the productive energies of the peo-
pie. Both as an educational influence
and as an agency for giving the people
an opportunity for recreation it merits
the highest possible public support.
The next fair will exceed all others
in interest, just as the present day
represents a material advance on the
conditions which work to the general
enlightenment. The management Of
the fair has shown during the past few
years it's determined purpose to render
the occasion one Of almost national in
terest. Public patronage has been gen
erously bestowed on the occasion, and
the response of the management has
| justified the Hberality of the people
In the displays of the products of the
state, and in the splendid facilities for
popular enjoyment which are offered
both during the day and evening. the
state fair presents attractions to the
enlightened public which no other oc-
casion whatever offers.
The present fair possesses a measure
of public value which has not been re-
allied in the past in the demonstrations
! which viii be made for the benefit Of
the people of the agricultural sections
of the methods Of the construction of
improved roads at the minimum of cost.
Were there no other object Of interest
and value to the people of the interior
of the state than that which will be
! furnished in the construction Of
stretches of improved highway during
| the progress Of the fair, that Of itself
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18

would justify a large attendance of the
people. The demonstrations that will
then be made will probably mark a new
era in the construction and mainte-
nance Of public highways.
The success of the annual state fair
always depends in great measure on
the support of the people of the Twin
Cities. And the dependence is honor
ably recognized, as the record of at
tendance on both st. Paul and Mime
apolis days has always indicated. This
year the attendance and patronage of
the people of the cities must be greater
than ever before. From what is now
known Of the plans of the management
the state fair of 1902 will offer induce
ments to a general attendance that
never were realized in the past. The
people in every walk of life have a
well defined obligation resting on them
to make the success of the coming state
fair phenomenal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
BUYS TALKING DOG, BUT
NEVER SPEAKS AGAIN
ventriIoquist's Canine Registers Vow
Never to Say Another Word.

The following story is told of a VEN
trilOquist now famous, but at the time
Of this happening so hard up that he
used to walk between the cities where
he was to appear. On one of these
tours he came to Philadelphia on foot,
and on the road he picked UP miser-
able little dog because it looked SO
much like he felt" The story will ex-
plain what became of the dog.
The first house he came to was a
saloon, and, of course, he wanted a
drink. He had no money, but went
in to see what he could do.
The proprietor, a German, saidI
We'll, what will you have?"
It'll take ham sandwich" -.
The German was so surprised he al
most tainted. He looked at the dog
a moment and then asked:
What did you say?"
81 said a ham sandwich"
Hans thought it wonderful that a
dog should be able to talk, and asked
who had trained him, how long it had
taken, etc, and wound UP with:
"HoW much you take for him?"
"Oh," said the ventriloquist 'T
wouldn't sell him q any price, but as
[ am a little hard up just now, and
if you will lend me $50 I'll leave him
with you till I bring the money"
"All right" said Hans. Il just want
him for a little while so I can show
him to some smart people I know
around here"
So everything was settled, the money
paid, ETC., and as the ventriloquist went
out he turned and waved his hand to
the dog and said:
Well good bye, Jack. I'll come
back soon"
you mean SON f-a-gun, to sell me
for 500 after all I've done for you! So
help me, Moses, I'll never speak an
other word as long as [ live"
"And he didn't.-Philadelph Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
BRIDGING THE CHAsM.

All history contains no such spectacle
as that which the appearance Of the
principal Boer generals evoked on the
streets Of London during the past for
ty-eight hours.
Scarce a month has passed since
these men led their countrymen on the
fields Of battle against the soldiers of
England. Within that time, too, the
terms traitors, rebels and felons were
IN general application among the peo-
pie of England, directed to the mem
bers Of the BOer race. Yet, scarce is the
Ink dry on the agreement recitfng the
terms Of peace, until Boer ana Briton
alike give expression to the admiration
and good viii with which each regards
the other.
1t was not so in the past. The VIC
tor Of ancient Rome reproduced him
self in different forms among the yari-
Gus races all down through the cent1lr-
les. The vanquished, no matter how
brave or however deserving his cause,
was made to bear all the worst conse-
ouences of defeat
1t may not happen that the relations
Of the two races in the future in South
Africa win be maintained on ANYTHING
Of this basis. But it is certain that the
bitterness with which the representa-
uves Of each viewed the other for two
generations, and which found express
sion at different times in war and
bloodshed has come to a close, never to
be renewed.
The word comes from South Africa
that the conditions attending the op-
Grafton Of the mines which were sup
posed to represent the real cause of
hostility between the two peoples are
not as favorable to their proprietorsbin
as the advent Of peace led them to ex-
pect, and that the disposition Of the
English people to migrate to the farms
and mines Of the Transvaal is not at all
marked. These circumstances NAV
well be. They are not surprising. War
was inflicted on both peoples mainly
through the greed of those who claimed
the ownership Of those mines. and
sought their exploitation. They mis-
calculated. The conditions will prob
ably be never more favorable to them
than they were when they forced war
on two brave peoples.
The future of South Africa is as
sured none the less certainly. Its in
dustries viii grow, and its people viii
be blessed with the blessings of pros
perity and liberty The rights Of native
and uitlander will alike be respected.
since each has given to the other the
most satisfactory demonstration that
no violation of those rights will be toll
Grated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
woMEN's SKIRTS TOO LONG.

To the great disgust of those who
like the sensible and comfortable in
dress the women of the world are con-
stantly following the freaks of fashion
to outrageous lengths. 1t appears that
whenever the recognized head of fash
ion in Paris or New York suggests
anything outlandishly different from
the vogue, our mothers and sisters and
cousins rush away and buy it, no mat
ter whether it is becoming or healthful.
just at this 1uncture a decree has gone
forth that long skirts shall be worn,
not skirts that are a little longer than
those in use at this time, but much lon
ger extensively so, both front and back.
Referring to these a New York fash
ion writer says they will be of such
length that it will be difficult to walk in
them and they will require much prac-
tice preliminary to promenade. This
person, herself a woman, says fearful
ly that getting around with them in
the street will be attended with great
difficulty and that the woman who has
much walking to do will have a season
Of WORKOUT bindings and backaches
ahead of her.
What confession and yet it is made
without syllable of protest. Why
does not this writer sound note of
warning and urge American women
not to follow the new fashion. The
women themselves can turn their backs
on these hideous innovations in a
manner so emphatic as to prevent their
general adoption. The long skirt
should be frowned upon effectually.
Have the women sufficient spinal col
umn to resist this effort to introduce
something which has nothing to recon-
mend it except the bald fact of the in
crease of sales by manufacturers of
cloths used in dressmaking?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
CREDITORS TAKE OUT
POLICY ON COUNTESS
London Art Dealer Insures Anna
GouId's Life for 100000 to Sc
cure Debt If She Dies.

NEW YORK, Aug. News that
policy for 100000 francs ($400, 000)
on the life of the Countess Boni de
Castellane is now in the hands of
Ascher Wertheimer, the London art
dealer, from whom the count bought
many of his art treasures, is received
with surprise by the friends of the
countess on this side of the Atlantic.
That this policy exists and is now
in Mr.. Wertheimers possession was
fully confirmed by Mr.. Maurice Inter
meyer, the lawyer who represented the
Goulds in the adjustment of the debt
to Wertheinler. The policy is to Sc
cure Mr.. Wertheimer for whatever
balance is due him of the 10000
francs owing should the countess die.
By the terms Of the settlement the
Wertheimer claim was allowed in full,
with added interest of per cent. The
countess undertakes to pay this at the
rate of 100000 francs a year, or the
whole in four years. The American
courts are to make an order for the
installments on the income of the es-
tate now in charge of George J. Gould.
To provide against loss in the event
of the countess death, an insurance
policy covering the entire Indebtedness
was handed to Mr.. Wertheimer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
TO A CABBAGE LEAF.

IN: airy disk that tops nv mental dome
VI t4oqght and soothes my spirit till I
In perfect joy as if besides the foam,
mat from the billOW caBers on the fv
You are the crown that makes me
The mercury that's ninety IN +11a ehada
CLun III creams upon the sWard I lie
AND cares grim harpies from nv vision
fade.
While caterpillars down nv old swan
neck parade.
Now while the can bedeels the peevish
You at your best in mellow beauty
No other leaf your place can e'er usurp.
Wh4 4e bow and then you tickle down
What thrills of rosy posy. are mine,
when you the corned beef's juicy acoI-
Pour out the subtle melody divine
That charms me at the morn and at the
night,
And makes on faney's stream the lily
Your dainty scroll work is dream Of arti
lis vegetable music long drawn out.
That even cheers the pure poetic heart,
That's sullied net by grievous slabs OF
For You and for your glories e'er III
Oh, leaf that's fit to fringe the tabled
OF scarlet lemonade, round which about
The small boys crowd and, large-eyed,
lose control
OF all themselves while joy camps on
each thirsty soul!
Oh, luscious leaf too soon you have to
fadei
Too soon you have to fade, oh, luscious
leaf,
In all your summer scrumptiousness ar
Fayed
OF al The green leaves you are the very
chief;
AS such, oh, may you never come to
grief,
But shine to make my heart go pit-a-pat,
And make the bard review your bright
but brief
Career and shout his more than certain
that
You're all the glory of the airy summer
hat. New York Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
Is BEING KISSED TO
DEATH SHE THINKS
She Is Surrounded by Hundreds Of
Boys, Who Salute Her Violently.


NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Dark-
Bella Relish has been taken to the in
sane ward of Bellevue hospital. Her
delusion is that she is surrounded by
hundreds of boys, each of whom is try
ing to kiss her to death
She is seventeen years old The
youths Of her neighborhood threw
themselves at her feet, and next threw
themselves upon each others throats
Many a duel of fists was fought over
the rivalries.
Presents were showered upon her
and she wore clothes that made the
other girls glare at her with envy.
She imagined she was married to
every one she knew, and thought they
were killing her with violent kisses.
Her cousin, DR.. Max Behr, treated her
for nervousness, and she conferred her
insane ideas on him.
Il am not Miss Refsh," she would
say when addressed. IT am Mrs. Behr
DR.. Max's wife, you. know"
Finally, fearing that some harm
might come to the girl, her sister call
ed policeman today, who sent for a
Bellevue ambulance Bella was made
to understand that the change was for
her good, and she willingly went to the
hospital.
Don't strike her, dear, good doc
tors walled Mrs. Solomon, her sister,
who shares the general belief in the
lower East side that to go to Bellevue
is certain death. Don't starve her
on bread and water. Spare her life
Shes too beautiful to be killed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
HIS REAL FORTE.

In early life twas thought of course he'd
be the President.
He was eminently fitted, but, instead Of
him,
The people gave to baser men the reins Of
government.
Twas a shame to see how others got
ahead of him.
He tried commereialism, but somehow it
wouldn't go.
He found it filled with intrigue and du-
plicity
He swore that corpora lions smacked OF re-
gionS down below
And that tlnanciers were wary Of pub
Hcity.
1t seemed moral certainty that litera-
ture and art
Were fields in which he'd shine and
which would bring to him
The public recognition that he craved,
but from the start
He failed-the critics didn't do thing
to him."
1t really would appear that from mis- Iabors
in the past
His country should regard him as a
creditor,
But, never mind, as ''Veritasn he's struck
his gait at last
He's the man who writes the Letters
to the Editor
Charles p. Graves in New York Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
ECHOES OF WORKSHOP.
MILL AND MINE
Review of the Weeks Work of Every
Nation on the Globe Where Ar
tfsans Hold Sway.

Quincy, I'll, brickmakers are still out.
ize 90'll-
Elevator conductors at Omaha. Neb..
contemplate forming union
french coal miners are awaiting the
settlement OF the new wage scale!
Chlcago Janitors to the number Of three
hundred have formed union.
Inc santa Fe railroad has granted an
increase IN wages of the car men.
Decreases in miners wages in English
1ederal districts affected 321 900 men.
Olneyyille, r. l., Weavers claim that
next.
TeIegraphers throughout the country
are organizing and will demand higher
wages.
Milwaukee (Wis) capmal1ers demand
sh0rteT hours and an increase in wages.
Stonemasons in Scotland to the num-
Der of 2,600 were given a voluntary in
crease in pay.
Five thousand iron and steel workers
IN South Wales have been granted an in
crease in wages.
The lookout for adjustment of the team
drivers, strike at Hartford, Conn, has
been nlaterialiZed.
Steamftters at Kansas City, Mo, NAV
strike they demand $4 day, an IN
crease Of rs cents
At Everett, Wash, the street ear COM
pany has voluntary raised the wages OF
its conductors and motormen.
Employees of tanneries at San Fran
cisco and Redwood City, CAL are on
strike for increased pay and a nine hour
day.
The strike of boiIermakers at San Ber-
nard1no and The Needles, Cal, has been
settled. The men will receive 80 cents
East BIuehtl, Me. quarrymen have
agreed to return to work at the scale
offered by the opsrators. The strike
San Francisco gas workers have gained
a signal victory in their struggle for
higher wages the increase ranging from
10 to 25 per cent
strike has ended; the strikers lost ali
they fontended for, shorter hours and
higher wages.
At Nachias, Me- the strike among
the mill men remains practically I'M
changed. the men are not organized
and demand a 10-hour day
WhitweH (Tenn.) miners have held a
mass meeting and pledged themselves
never to go to work in the coal mines
at last years scale of prices. -
Negro roustabouts on the Ohio river
are on strike, and white men have filled
their places, sight river men have NOT
seen since long before the Civil war
The Washington Iron works at Seattle
WASH, have voluntarily reduced fha
working Gay Of its employees from ten to
nine hours with no reduction Of pay.
/, AFTER pe1Eg on q strike for two weeks.
the Burlington Qa.) Building Trades
Council and Contractors association set
tied their difficulty by arbitration
ndlan fishermen at Neah Bav near
Fort Townsend, Wash, to the number of
100 struck against a reduction OF two
cents per flsh, causing the canneries to
close.
Machinists and molders In the West
Nashville (Tenn.) shops Of the Nashville
Chattanooga & st. Louis railway have
been refused an advance in wages.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
MINERS WILL STICK
MR.. MITCHELL INSISTS THAT
THEIR CASE WILL PREVAIL
When the Struggle viii Terminate
Depends Wholly Upon the Operators
Eighteen Thousand Men, Have
Left the Coal Felds-No Shipments
of Anthracite Since the Strike Be-
gan.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. IT,
President John Mitchell, Of the United
Mine Workers of America, arrived here
today on his way to Spring Valley Ill,
70 visit his family. While In the West,
Mr.. Mitchell will go to Chicago to
confer with leaders of the miners of
Illinois. He expects to start back for
Wilkesbarre Wednesday.
George Purcell, of Terre Haute,
member Of the national executive
board from the Indiana district, who
has been in the West Virginia strike
field since the first part of June, was
In the city also, and a conference was
held between Mitchell, Secretary Will
son and Mr.. Purcell.
President Mitchell declared that his
visit to the national headquarters was
merely to look after routine Office mat
ters which have accumulated during
his absence in the East, and that it
had no bearing on the strike.
THE situation in the strike field re-
mains the same" said Mr.. Mitchell.
There has been no change and I do
not anticipate any until the trouble is
finally adjusted.
VIII Stick 1t Out.
"TFhe men are just as determined as
ever to win, and will stick it out as
Ions as necessary, SO that it all de-
ponds on the action Of the operators
when the strike will terminate The
financial end of the strike is being kept
up in very satisfactory manner, and
we have been able to relieve every
case of distress. There is no doubt
that we will be able to continue to do
this.
1T is true that some of the miners
have left the field. When the strike
first broke out quite a number of the
non English speaking young men re-
TUNED to their native countries and
other miners have gone to the bituni-
NOUS field and secured employment.
There has been very little emigration
of miners Of late, however. I expect
that, all told, about 1900 men have
left the anthracite field since the strike
began. Except for these the number
Of strikers is as large as ever.
There have been some shipments of
soft coal into the Eastern market but
| cannot say how many tons have
been sent there. There have been no
shipments Of anthracite coal since the
strike began and the supply of that
article is now practically exhausted"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
STRUNG UP AND FORCED
TO IMPART WISDOM
Radical Method Of Getting Tips About
Gang That Isn't Nice.

CORDELL, Okla, Aug. IA mob
of several hundred men took Levi Reed
and Bud Wingo, outlaws captured re-
Gently IN a raid on the Carey Crayens
gang, from the jail here late last night
and strung them up to trees to force
them to reveal the whereabouts of their
leaders, and to give information re-
garding their crimes. The outlaws
finally gave the desired information
and the mob returned them to Jail,
disappearing, apparently to run down
the gang. Reed was so badly stran-
gled that he. was revived with diff
Guilty. The Cravens gang is one of the
worst that infests this country. Re
Gently they have committed many out
RACES in Southern Oklahoma.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
MAN KILLED AND BROTHER
PERHAPS FATALLY HURT
Excursion Train in Collision With a
Freight in Indiana.


CHICAGO, Aug. 17-One man was
killed outright and another was prob
ably fatally injured in a railroad wreck
at Hammond, Ind, early today. A
Chicago & Erie freight train standing
on the tracks of the Chicago & West
ern Indiana railroad was crashed into
by a special train Of the Chicago, In
dianapolis & Louisville railroad bear
ing 500 excursionists from Cincinnati.
The excursion train was running at a
speed Of forty miles an hour when it
smashed into the caboose of the freight
train.
George W. Farris, twenty-one years
of age, Of Cave City, KY, and employ
ed by the Latrobe Steel company, at
Melrose, Ill, was instantly killed. His
brother, Daniel e. Farris, aged twenty
eight years, a telegraph operator en-
ployed by the Grand Trunk road, at
Milet, Mich, was probably fatally in
jured.
The Cincinnati excursionists were
returning return from ten days trip to
Grand Haven, Mich, and Chicago.
None of the passengers on the excur-
sion train was seriously injured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
Uagrant l>erses.
PLEA FOR THE sUsPENDER.

He t5 jaqntj7y 5 swung down the gay
To his trousers
A hitch.
shirt WASTED dandy of species not rare
And he met the shy glances of maids
bright and fair.
As he gave
To his trousers
A hitch
He thought on his faultless attire with
a smile
And gently he murmured ~T,m inst ~
the STYLE
So he gave
TO his trousers
A hitch
lie paused for a moment to light a cigar,
And he gave
To his trousers
A hitch
lie saw his best girl stepping down from
He started to greet her, but ere he got
TO his trousers
A hitch.
He 7,. said to himself, For once 7 am in it,
l want ant to ff2,PP propose, but how shall I be-
And he gave
TO his trousers
A hitch.
But sad to relate. she his offer declined.
And he gave
TO his trousers
A hitch.
He Whistled and said, 20, well, never
And he sauntered away some solace to
AS he gave
To his trousers
A hitch.
The mex next time they met suypcnders he
And his trousers
They needed
No hitch.
She said, Dear jack I've been think
ing it Ger
And I'm sure I don't feel quite the same
as before"
GNow his trousers
They needed
No hitch)
But e,er he 4, could cry, ''You are mine ever
Of yore. 90
And he gave
To his trousers
A hitch.
New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
The MoTHER,s LuLLAeY.

The winds kiss the tree tops and murnur
GOOD night"
SleeD. little one; sleep.
The sun bathes the mountains in warm,
mellow light.
Sleep, little one; sleep.
The birds hush their songs, the lambs
cease their play;
The darkness of night steals the fast-fad-
ing day,
And fairy lamps twinkle in skies far away.
Sleep, little one; sleep.
The tired eyes close with their lasEes so
long,
Sleep, little one; sleep.
While mother sits rocking and grooming
her song
Sleep, little one; sleep.
The little hand loosens its hold from the
And now for the land of sweet slunber
and JOY,
Where angels keep watch Ger my bright,
bonny boy.
Sleep. little one; sleep.
--Woman's Home Companion.