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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

hall. Thus he went from town to town,
covering every town within a radius of
twenty miles from Riceville and he be-
came quite well known for his ability
as a musician and artist.
Enigma to the Natives
To some of the people who were in the
custom of weighing and bordering over
trivial matters, he was an enigma. Here
was a man with exceptional ability who
could easily command a high salary as
cortoonist or musician, and yet he was
content to wander from place to place
giving cheap entertainments and appar-
emily making less than actual expenses.
Why would he do this? What was the
object? Many people asked these ques-
tons, but none were able to answer
them. 1t was evident that he was either
a fanatic or else he was a man who was
crooked and not what he was passing for
Suddenly Prof. Gray disappeared and
nothing was heard of him for several
months. People had nearly forgotten
him as they do the rest of the itinerant
world who are in one place today and
in another tomorrow But one day it was
announced that the long-haired professor
had attended some revival meetings at
Nashville, and had received the grace of
God in his heart, and was now out
preaching salvation to the rest of man
kind. The report was received with dis
credit by many people in Riceville, and
they were unwilling to believe that such
a thing could be the case. But one day
they were convinced, for who should ap-
pear in the town but the professor him
self, and he told them that he proposed
to preach the Gospel to them from the
same platform on which he had stood
a few weeks ago to entertain them with
his songs and jokes and comic pictures.
He wanted them to know that he had
reformed and that the fun and laughter
which had always been his purpose to
produce was not all there was in life
So with this announcement ne opened
up the hall and began his series of re-
Eival meetings. OF course it IS need
less TO say that they were well attended
for the curiosity of the people brought
many there who would not have other
wise made an appearance. He was a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

purpose of giving his spiritual blessing.
but to spy out the evidence necessary to
ing.
Many detectives have been employed by
the treasury department and many clever
schemes have been resorted to by these
men IN fefreting out the evidence they
desire, but it is doubtful If the equal OF
Gray,s experience at Riceville has ever
occurred. His natural ability made 1t
possible for him to take UP role that
do, and it was perhaps the only one that
would have enabled man to reach the
people he wanted to reach When he
came to Meade's door as a minister OF
every other stranger had been for years
1t was the confidence which he stirred up
in the heart of the counterfeiter that en-
abled him to DO the work for which he
had been sent to Rieeyille
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

! with one imitation. The gas bag was Of
godbeater's skin.
The novel theory that the tuber of the
potato is an abnormal growth has been
worked out y by NJ Noel Bernard a
French botanist He finds the growth to
be due to a fungus of the genus fusa-
rum. which is always present in the skin
of the tuberS and at the places on the
roots where the tubers form, and whose
addition to the soil in liberal supply gives
an earlier, larger and more regular crop
OF potatoes. The idea throws light on
the introduction of the plant into Eu-
rope. The fusarium does not exist on
the seeds, and raising potatoes from the
seed docs not seem to have been attempt
ed until the tubers had been planted
long enough to cause the fungus to be in
troduceG and acclimated in the soil
The "Oxylithe' of Prof c. F. Joubert
is a stony substance like calcium carbide
that gives off a large volume Of oxygen
when desired. 1t was intended for use in
breathing apparatus in which divers
are independent Of the external air, and,
aided by a process Of absorbing carbonic
acid gas, its results have been most
promising. The inventor has now found
another field for his stored oxygen. Ex-
pertinent has shown him that l. makes
possible the running of a gas engine in
an alright space, and. moreover, that
it may reduce by so per cent the con
sumption Of gas, petrol or alcohol neces-
sary for given power. 1t seems TO
solve a difficult problem in submarine
navigation by making available other
motive power besides that of electrical
storage batteries
There is little reason for believing that
diamonds will soon lie made artificially
for jewelry. But minute diamonds were
among Moissan's early products OF tie
electric furnace, and chemists are striy-
ing Untiringly to produce larger ones, 50
that we may hope To see the large sup
ply needed for drilling produced in this
way. In late experiments DR. Ludwig
of Berlin. heating carbon in an inert gas
in an iron flask, obtained gray crystals
the size Of a pea.
Clements from water conduits about
Ephesus and Smyrna have been found
nearly alike although representing peri
DDS many centuries apart. mixture
of one part of olive oil with two Of line
proved close imitation.
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ELECTIVE WITH
MANY TALENTS

Inc vicinity of Riceville had been over
run with counterfeit coins for a long
time, and matters were getting serious
IL had come to pass that the merchants
We're having so many each day as to
seriously interfere with business profits
When the days earnings were taken to
the bank to be deposited it was hard to
see several dollars pushed back over the
counter and hear the cashier say These
are cOunterfeits.''
The people put up with the matter for
a long time, until it became so serious
that something had to be done. 1t was
evident that a gang of counterfefters
We're operating in the vicinity, and were
flooding the locality with their product
of spurious coins. At first it was thought
these coins came from some other sec
ton of the country, and that they drifted
IN by chance, but when it was discov-
cred that large percentage of the quart
ers and half dollars in circulation IN
the neighborhood were bad, it then was
considered high time to notify the au-
thorities of the treasury department.
asking that a man be detailed to investi-
gate the matter.
The president of the local bank at Rice
vile wrote to the secretary of the treas
ury asking that the matter be investi-
gated and something done to relieve the
situation. This letter received 10 answer,
but he was wise enough to know that
1t was causing some action that would
sooner or later result in the running
down Of the men who were manufac-
turing the coins in opposition to the laws
of the country.
One day man appeared in town and
made arrangements to rent the town
hall for two nights, saying that he want
ed to give series Of entertainments.
He posted up all over the town and
through the surrounding country large
bills which announced that Prof Gray,
the celebrated soloist, cartoontst and
banjo player, would give an entertain
ment in the hall at RicevilIe on the next
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. ADJ
mission 70 cents These bills were found
at nearly every cross roads for miles
around, and smaller bills were left in
every house.
So we'll was the entertainment adver-
tised that when the doors opened on
Tuesday night a large crowd was wait
ing to enter the house. Prof. GRAY him
self was at the door and received the
money as the crowd passed in. He was
noticed by some people to look carefully
at every piece of money handed him.
and occasionally he would be seen to
gaze at the face of some of the people
with look which suggested that he
was either looking for some one, or was
student of human nature trying to
study the faces of those who came to
hear him sing and play, and to watch
him draw comic pictures
The entertainment passed off without
event, as did, the one the next night.
and then Prof. Gray left RiceviIe and
went to Emeline, little town about
ten miles distant. At that place he re-
peated the programme followed at his
last stopping place, and stood at the
door to receive the money handed to
him in payment for admission to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23
willing to obIIge.

1--WE have called" said the head Ct the
deputatiOn OF citizens, ito protest
against the street car service you are
giving US. Why. some OF US cannot
even get a strap 10 hang on by.
Very well gentlemen. i shah at once
increase the service, said the affabie
nagnate, while the fdarts of III depu-
tation leaped with JOY. ''by putting I'D
more straps. Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

tribute could be paid to him as a judge
than this fact that he has never had an
opponent for the position.
Although nearly sixty-five years of age.
ana having spent a lifetime at hard
work, yet Judge Kelly is hale and hearty.
Always of rather delicate frame, yet he
mas been blessed with good health and a
hardy constitution that has withstood
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

all the influences of a. life of hard work
and a great deal Of exposure Each day
he may be seen walking along Wabagha
street on his way to and from the court
house.
He is man well learned in his chosen
profession and one who has gained a
reputation as a judge because of his
fairness and wisdom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23

I have a surprise for you. have
brought lovely big rubber plans for
rs TO have in our room. and every day
We will water it, and
Gracie-Ob, Miss H., can't I have the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23
First Fruits.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, this morning
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
CENSUS DlSBURSING CLERK
Short About Eight Thousand Dollars
Admits the Shortage and is
Superseded by Hon. John w.
Langley.

Mr.. H. A. Barrows, one of the most pop.
ular of the clerks of the Twelfth Census,
has gone wrong and cOnfesses TO the en-
bezzlement of s., 800. The news was sur
prise 10 the census employees and to his
many friends outside the Office. The races
did the principal business for poor Bar
rows. The sure tips he got were too much
Of a temptation, He has large family
and for their sakes he ventured and lost.
Mr Barrows made full confession to Di.
rector Merriam who Immediately removed
him and placed Hon. John W. Langley in
charge. Mr.. Langley would become dis
bursting as we'll as appointment clerk by law
July Ist on the reorganization in any event.
The government is fully secured and the
deficit will be made good by Mr. Barrows'
bondsmen, the American Surety Company.
II has not been definitely determined
whether the surety company will prosecute
Mr.. Barrows. but It is more than likely that
they will do so if he is unable to make good
the amount He has already turned over
what property he owns, but it IS not suf-
6cient to balance the deficit
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04

am Of the opinion therefore that the
said A. B. has never been in the military
service Of the navy, and as this was the
only service set forth IN his application
when he was mustered into the c. A. r.,
and as he does not now claim TO have served
elsewhere, / am compelled to decide that at
the time he joined Post No. -. Of this de-
partment he was not eligible to member
ship in the Grand Army of the Republic
and that, such membership being void ab
fNffi0, he should at once be dropped from
the membership of the said Post
Ware. Thank you GLOBE for your specific
information on the subject. may want to
know definitely who "a. B" is.
GLOBE. He is borne on the rolls as George
w. Barnes, the "barnacle" referred TO-
Ware. What kind of Superintendent has
tile Pension Office had heretoforep
GLOBE. We mention ibut two out Of an
honorable list, viz Capt ]. w. Archer, of
Indiana. and Major f. p Halstead, Of New
York.
Ware. What kind of men were theyP
GLOBE. They were brave soldiers during
the war of Is6l-IS6s, and won their titles
both to the ranks they bear and 10 honorable
membership in soldiers organizations. Both
are honorable gentlemen who treated their
associates, subordinates and superiors with
respect and consideration and won the same
in return. They are both held in high
esteem in the Pension Office
Ware. Thank you GLOBE, may need
you further
GLOBE Very wen. We shall be glad to
serve you at any time.
And then we. were awakened by shouts
on the street. The circus parade was pass
ing, passing like Evans, Barnes, el a.,
tinsel, pretense, and sham to bamboozle the
public and deceive the thoughtless, the in
different and the unsophisticated And we
mournfully reflected on the mutability Of
all human affairs, exclaiming with the
seer-.Sic GlOYgd lHAHdfl
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
AUDITOR CASTLE SHAKY.
Letters TO Old Veterans
Something About to DrOp-Hls
Women FaVOrites Cannot Save
Him.

Editor Sunday Globe,
Is Auditor Castle scared2 If he is not
frightened about something "in the wind"
now, why has. he recently addressed con-
hdential Communications 10 some of the old
veterans in his Office requesting them to
state their grievances in writing OF come
and see him personally and mutually en-
deavor, in an amicable way 10 heal the
wounds he inflicted.
All Mr.. Castle, will address you in the
FIRST person. can assure you you are in
very deep water now, and if you are not
good swimmer you will never reach the
shore again, and yoW 5Oaded into the deep
z0dfeT With V0Wy eYeS 0beH If you lose
your job bear in mind you have humiliated
better men than you are, men who would
scorn to associate with you in private life
You have humbled and degraded veterans,
your comrades, "the latchet of whose shoes
you are not worthy to unloosen. How and
why did you do il? You promoted women
not one, two or three-but many. and if
the old veteran stood IN the way of my
little darling" or lady love" yon merci-
lessly struck him down. In nine cases out
Of every ten there was always "a woman
in It."
Inc writer IS not opposed to women in
the departments, but he is everlastingly
opposed to some OF them, as in your bureau,
holding down the best positions, doing
little work Of public value and whose only
qualification is their physical structure and
appearance. What is the secret of their
powerful influence? You know Mr.. Castle
what that winsome, cheerful, bewitching
influence is, and some of your big chiefs
are under the same irresistible spell. 1t
is mutual love" feast So was the last
great feast OF the last night Of the last and
most impious King of the Chaldeans Of
ancient Babylon, Belshazzar. You remem-
Der the Biblical story. In your youth you
read it in Sunday School, and you know
the sequel Of it.
You need not in your extremity, call
upon the Daniels in your office. They can
not, HeY WiH not help you. You have
scorned and insulted them too often One
of their number with the courage Of Cyrus
the great" called your case to the atten-
ton of the President. Your Queen of
Hearts" cannot stem the tide in this in
stancel
Meme, meme, tekel ubhaysiA"
VETERAN.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
To the Patrons Of the Jolly Column.

To persons who feel an inclination to
travel over that cheap road to fame, the
Jolly Column, we have this to say: The
news is getting abroad that this sort of per-
formance is considered hall mark. or
brand of undoubted in significance and in
consequence. 1t is sad to think that thevery
means some people take to have their big
ness recognized should turn out to be the
surest certifcation of their littleness. If
the editor of the Jolly Column has dragged
you into it against your will, you ought to
have an action in damages against him.
There is still some hope for very young
men and women who publish pufs about
their unimportant and common place life
record, as they are sure to grow older and
may grow wiser, though the latter con-
tingency is not at all certain. But persons
who have reached forty and still revel in
this sort Of thing advertise themselves as
hopeless undergraduates in the matter of
brains and common sense
If you are remarkable in such a way that
the public ought to know II the public will
get the news without your trumpeting it in
the highways and by-ways. Do not shout
in the market place Look at me" for in
nineteen cases out o.. twenty the maddening
crowd will not care much for the sight and
will in no wise be edited by the spectacle.
Do not make Of yourself an ass paradiug in
a lions skin. as the loug ears projecting
conspicuously will always give away the
attempted deception.
Persons who have become notable in any
worthy sense have not done so by courting
notoriety. The courter Of notorietv wins
nothing but ridicule and contempt, and
auer tho r,naf charffah III. ha,,. ...tt.s..,. t.t
ter than pity to offer him Boys and girls,
do not do it. Old men and women, keep
on doing it, if il solaces your declining
years, and throws a sort Of glow warm light
on your tracks, as you thus prove your
selves to be inconsequenual factors any
way, and it matters not how you kill time
for the few remaining years Of your feeble
self heralded existence
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
THE LOCAL STRIKE.
Leather Workers Reach Agreement
other Crafts Still Out.

All the striking leather workers have re-
turned to work at the old rate, with the
promise that their pay will be raised some
time in the near future. This action leaves
Washington with but three strikes-the
iOurueyman plumbers, the carpenters and
the carriage makers, the situation in each
of which remains about the same as il has
been for the past week or ten days
Committees representing the Carriage
Manufacturers Association and the strikers
respectively met in conference Friday last
at St. Joseph's Hall, Fifth and H streets,
but no agreement could be reached. It is
expected that another conference will be
held as soon as the bosses and the men con.
cerned in the difficulty can agree upon a
date.
Members Of both the Master Plumbers
and the Carriage Manufacturers Associa-
tions declare that they are gradually getting
men TO take the places Of the strikers in the
shops of both organizations.
The striking carpenters say they await
the decision OF the committee, consisting of
members of the building Trades Council
and Central Labor Union, which has the
carpenter troubles in hand.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
DROVE OUT BEET SUGAR.
President Havemeyer Tells OF the
Trusts Methods.

During the examination of President
Hayemeyer of the sugar trust by the sub
committee of the Senate committee On
Cuban relations the past week Mr.. Have
meyer said he regarded the beet sugar pro-
ducers as competitors; that he fixed the
price of refined sugar in the Missouri valley
very low last summer to drive out the beet
sugar men and restored the price when their
trade was again secured. He claimed that
the beet sugar men had taken his customers
by unfair means.
Senator Teller called Mr. Havemeyer's
attention to several statements he had here
tofore made regarding sugar production be-
fore an investigating committee of the SEN
ate and the industrial commission which
were conflicting, and he said these state
ments had been garbled. He said of course
it would be impossible for any competitor
to get higher price for sugar than con-
cern which produces 65 per cent of the re-
fined sugar of the country. He said the
United States was a market for Cuban sugar
rather than England because of the differ
ence in freight rates and of the beet sugar
Of Germany, being nearer.
Mr.. Hayemeyer was excused until Monday
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04

most all the claims does not show the date
Of muster in, that being immaterial in PEN
sion cases. Now, if man who had only
100 days was not mustered in until he had
served fifteen days, Evans is pensioning
such. Very many short term men were not
mustered under two weeks after enlistment.
The fact that he is not making calls for date
of muster in, and is now holding up only
part of the claims is conclusive proof Of the
bold fraud in his pretense. Why hold up
any, if not alll Why not hold up all, If anyS
The legal question is the same in every claim
without regard to the length of service.
The facts convict Evans of bold fraud in
holding up these claims any way he chooses
to explain il.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
MEXICO REFUSES.
viii Not Give Up Kratz as an Act Of
Comfy.

Comfy.
The State Department has been notified
that the Mexican government has finally
refused the application Of the United States
government for the surrender of Charles
Kratz, ex.councilman Of ST. Louis, charged
with bribery. The man has been held un.
der arrest at Guanajara, the Mexican gov
ernment having consented to his provisional
detention for eight days pending consider
alton of the request. The extradition treaty
with Mexico makes no provision for extra
dition on account Of bribery, so the Gov
ernOr of Missouri urged that the application
for the mans surrender be based on an
appeal to Mexican comfy. The Mexican
government has warrant Of law for surrend-
ering a fugitive under these conditions,
providing the other nation agrees to recip-
rocate, which is said to be impossible in
the case of the United States Then an
effort was made 20 secure the prosecution
Of Kratz in Mexico, but without avail, and
under the decision just announced the man
will be discharged aud go unpunished.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
Philippine Expenditure.

In the House Friday afternoon Represen-
tative Hay, Of Virginia. introduced a reso-
luton directing the Secretary of War to
inform the House of the amount Of money
expended in the Philippines for the mill
tary and civil government since May /,
1893.
The resolution requires a statement show
ing the amount expended for maintenance,
the transport service, the insular bureau,
and all items in connection with the oecu-
pancy Of the islands.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
THE SAND BAGGER
Who Has Been Defrauding
and Insulting the Veterans
SUSTAINED BY MARK HANNA

The President and the Republican
Chiefs In His Fraudulent and Sneak
Thief Methods 20 Defeat the Legiti-
mate and Honest Claims OF the
saviors of the Republic-The In.
famous Condemned Mule Trader
TO BE Munificently Rewarded by
RoOsevelt-WIl the Old Soldiers
Resent at the Polls This Gross
Insult2
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04

The Navy Department has received Off
cial confirmation Of thereport that the King
Of Italy had pardoned the four young Ameri-
can officers imprisoned in Venice for alleged
disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
VILERIcSEMENATORS
Are Some of the Washington
Correspondents
ONHEROEs LIKE MILES,

Whose Republican Ideals of Liberty
Are Offensive TO the Imperialistic
| Regime 4 he Rewards Ladled Out
to These Recreant Newspaper Sorib-
-blers-specimens of the Glass Abus-
ing the Gallant and Fearless Sol
dier.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
ONLY A BARNACLE
Inspired This Dreamlet and
Imaginary Interview.
PRESENT SUPERINTENDENT

OF the Pension Building and His
Cory Record in the Late Unpleas-
antness--A Telephone Conversation
With the Incoming Commissioner
Of Pensions-Eyans' Reward For
UNANIMOUSLY Libelling the Veterans
OF the Civil War
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04

Pondering on Evans indecent haste to
secure the richest piekings in the gift of
President Roosevelt before the remains Of
the favoIite of the late President were cold,
we dozed in our chair and again crossed the
Long Bridge with a Springfield rifle and
sixty rounds The transition was rapid
and the intervening years vanished in a
second as we stood in front of the Pension
Building and beheld the Superintendent
kowtowing to Evans on his departure for
the last time from the scene Of his glory as
the Incompatible libeller and infamous
slanderer Ut the men who carried muskets
in the civil war. Rushing to a nearby pay
station of the telephone monopoly we
began:
Hello Central: please give me the long
distance connection with the new Commits
sioner Of Pensions, Ware, of Topeka, Kan
gqe