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burning ''vicis" cause me to slip and slide
like fellow with his first pair of roller
skates on, the hagstones are so smooth and
slippery.
As We draw near the monastery a drone
begins to make itself heard. 1t is the
drone Of human voices and each step we
take brings it more noticeably to our
ears.
As we pass under the strangely rooted
portal, Jeu Ngong stops me to call my at
tention to the monster Buddhas at each
side Their only claim to attention IS
that, sitting, they are each twenty three
feet high. Had / seen them first | would
have 'marveled greatly" but Buddhas are
so common in China one ceases to marvel
What interests me more is the sight that
greets my eyes in the great open court
beyond. Here are groups of hundreds and
hundreds, to say nothing of knots Of ten
and blocks of five. The individual is rare.
unless it be some sleeping coolie or un
noticed beggar. What are they all here
for, and what are they doing? Let's go
slow and see.
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The Home
BY CYNTHIA GREY

j der of one or the other of your neighbors,
and when he looks around pretend you
were not reading.
BY all means so manage that you won't
lsee the conductor collecting fares until he
says, Fares, pleased" and it is custom
airy to have previously arranged that your
purse Is in the front of your shirt waist,
buttoned up under a jacket. Have numer-
Gus handkerchiefs, small parcels and vari-
GUS ribbon ends ready to make their exit
with the purse and in your blushing con-
fusion and hasty scramble after the ribbon
ends drop your purse. That is the only
way to divert the conductor an dhe en-
joys humping heads with three or four
other men who bend at the same time to
recover the fallen purse.
Grab the purse when it comes up as
if you never expected to see 1t again. Men,
especially conductors, respect a woman
who knows enough to keep an eye on
them
Find the ticket in a compartment of the
purse which you had forgotten, and Just
as the ticket catches the hight have your
veil drop over your eyes and obscure your
vision.
Don't fail to signal the car to stop three
streets too soon, and by no means discover
your mistake until the car has come to a
standstill.
When you arrive at your street stop on
the rear platform, or on the ground with
one foot on the step, TO explain to the
conductor that you never knew X street
from Ystreet because the two corner gro
ceres have the same pictures in their
windows" Take plenty of time to 20
into details, for the conductor has by this
tune become attached to you and will
hate to see you go.
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STREET CAR MANNERS FOR WOMEN

In the first place, don't fail to signal
at least three cars and get on two OF
them before you discover tnat you are 60
ing east when you should go west.
" hen the westbound car comes along,
don't forget to stand ON the wrong side
OF the street, and alter rushing franticaIly
after the car, having been successful In
catching the conductors eye, don't forget
to glare spitefully at the conductor as
you lelsurely mount the steps. Your hnal
leisure will impress him with your dig
nifty and your dagger glance will make
hun feel that it is all his FAULT that women
won't learn where the car stops.
Don't fail to choose as the hour for
returning from shopping excursion that
hour when everyone else, especially worm
out working people, are going home.
Don't forget to pass the length of the
crowded car looking significantly to right
and left until some man far more weary
and deserving of seat than you are, rises
and offers you his seat. Be sure not to
thank him, for it is mo more than he
should do" and, besides, you may be saw
ing his life by forgetting THANK you,'
which would be likely to bring on heart
failure due to surprise. Then men have
no feelings; they are queer kind of an
animal; they feel uncomfortable seated in
a car; they prefer to stand. 1t rests
THEM to hang to the straps.
Be sure to drop into your seat and set
tie yourself comfortably, pushing back un-
til the men at your sides are pushed to
the edge, then remember to wriggle your
elbows constantly, especially if your neigh
bors are reading papers. And under no
consideration forget to read over the Shout
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dotted designs are made up of the tiny
green leaves of the aged pigmy itself.
Here, also, are strange and rare flowers
and plants, trained into shapes of Buddha,
with Buddha's carven and painted head
surrounding each Scummy ponds of stag
nant water are indicated by a profusion of
water lily leaves, and smoke-like willows
dangle down to kiss their brilliant blooms
hard by the edge.
Three hundred years ago the Hoi Tong
monastery was founded, but it is a safe
prediction that in less time than that 1t
will be given over to railroad yards. For
they are dispossessing the fower-boat peo-
pie over in Canton to make made
ground for that purpose. And the rail-
road has reached point within three
miles of that city.
In connection with Canton's "made
ground" l was struck by the fact that
there are no tin cans or bottles in it. Tin
cans and bottles are not-in fact, nothing
is-thrown away in China. Everything is
utilized to its fullest extent.
DICK WOOD.
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CAN1ON, emma, Dec. z5.-instead OF
nnger DOW dJ the eIIu Vi d Ilieai IN CHINA
tic water Drings you Dasin VI not watur
dnu d not LoNCI. Al tuIs nOt Cinlate-
anu canton Ii not-tne reason Decones
UUsIous. ny lnauIglng In tils nquid IuA-
ury sou are greatly 1eIresneu anu ENJOY
the sweet sensatIon Vi Ieenng, at least,
LeinpoIarIy cool.
-A4Uer our mornings hot towel Jeu
NgOng anu mysen once more DatlIe our
way through the TlVer craft anu over 10
40 Nam, when 10 ulrecLy across from
canton.
oa1eiy arrived ON the do Nam side, our
sampan draws INTO d little sip, or DlInd
canal, with steps leading down W II. here
we behold baUnlng boys, mothers washing
immature recalclJrant images of them
selves, and the KIND OF water buttaloes
you see IN magazine pictures of Manila.
The water buttaloes are nose deep IN the
shiny slip OF water. They are Kidding
themselves of gnats and flies, as the fox
rids himself of heas.
1t is the noon hour. No Ham is dis
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MORE RAILROADS NEEDED BY TACOMA

railroad facilities than those Of thern Pacific
Tor anyr abroad
While Tacoma has been Helped Northern
past those
Northwest reaching out and inviting railroad then
and help swell he of trade
airoa come
In these the the
are indispensable to development rogess
few days Union Pacific officials
around that the
Have been taken % isalrod hTe?
Its advent would
Then there is the Great Northern al
Tacoma the country
The
work.
ii il
the community OF interests between the Northern
cannot the latter be induced 0
These questions the
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FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR
PRESENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, Dec 22.-FIfty million
dollars for Christmas presents in this one
city. That is the estimate which a de-
partment store officer made yesterday. He
said it was very conservative. In another
store they told me they'd wrapped Up and
sent away almost $4,000 worth Of stuff
right from their back door. These people
laughed at the $5O,O000OO estimate and
said S75,O000O0 would be nearer. But
then they'd just had John W. Gates in
the shop.
There you have New York's Christmas
spirit measured in dollars The lump sum
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THE RIGHT TO TRUTH

truths No
call them
Thousands hem wtnoutut them
All the world at of
plagiarism Shakespeare particularly to
OF himself of which $ to
Nowadays of
thought respond by in
an general nearly all pagaris
nave seemed
Nded
wider circle of minds, them to a dehntep
somewhat observations in of
ha President Roosevelt has
interview by
booders These xractsa reex examples:
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porting itself. Porters have laid aside
their poles ven the beggars have ceased
begging. And all seem betaking them
selves to the Hoi Tong monastery, whittier
we are in like bound.
The bare, or soft clad, feet of the
streaming multitude give out little sound
as they glide and slip along over the cen
tury-worn hagstones leading to the monas-
terry. 1t seems we are going east, but di-
rections are bard to tell in China. | 4hayg
yet to see rooster weather vane with tifs
old familiar N. S. E. w, and a watch and
the sun seems about the, best way to- de-
termine the matter.
Jeu Ngong is bare headed, is clad in
the filmiest of filmy fabrics that you can't
see through, and wears no socks. but a
pair of light rubber slippers. Jen Ngong
is sensible. | am sweltering. And that
isn't ALL The taczs in the heels of my
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takes your breath away But, measured
in smiles and lack of crouch, it's even
more impressive. When several millions
of people are either stripping themselves
to buy these scores of millions of Christ
mas gifts or working twelve hours in the
day to sell them. there's bound to be a
big tension. With it all, somehow, the
patience of the metropolis never snaps at
Christmas time. Above the hollow-eyed
shopgirl, driven from sunrise till late even
ing in her fetid pen behind the counter.
above the distracted hubby, doing out
till-Fberuary money in his wife's clutches,
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monks fed the poor at that time, the pres
ent day inhabitants of Canton and Ho
Nam contribute freely to the support of
the handful of shaven-head monks who
still linger in the shadow of Hoi longs
departed glory. For, with the enlighten-
ment of southern China in recent years,
many monasteries and temples have been
allowed to fall into decay, and their idols
are more tolerated than revered.
in the gardens beyond the walls of the
moi Tong monastery are the tombs of
the first monk and his immediate asso-
ciates in the founding of the institution
Passing out through the last tortuous
turning of the last long corridor, past
damp cells, long locked, vision of peace
full loneliness, bathed in green, greets the
gaze. In these gardens we find that
strangely dwarfed tree, grated and grown
into the shape of perfect fan, whose
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STAND TOGETHER...WORK TOGETHER

The brilliant Nobody
who manufacturing
the steady influx o population.
There other Puget with The
has done much develop
jewellers the Sound
The
and which destined to be They all best Bck
merely wastes that be devoted useful
Of
Of Tacoma
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Come EgIifb Ne TO China
BY DICK WOOD

A VISIT TO THE HEAD-SHAVEN
MONhS Or BUDDHA Al THE hOI-
1ONG MUNASIEk1, NEAk Gan
IUN-PU DLIO SQUARE 6rEAArK
InEhE AZ IN A.uEnICA
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Nathan Bradfeld, son of Patrolman
Bradfield, who died yesterday. will be
buried from St. Leo's church at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGES.

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Bribery has not been included in ex-
tradition treaties heretofore, as the
necessity for it has not arisen. While
there may have been as much official
corruption in former years, there has
been more developed and brought to
light in the immediate past than in
the preceding century of our eountry's
history. Il should be the policy Of the
United States to leave no place ON
earth where a corrupt man fleeing
from this country can rest in peace.
The exposure and punishment of the
public corruption is an honor to a ma
ton, no Ia disgrace. The shame lies
in federation, not in correction.
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FOLK INTERVIEW.

Bribery has not been included in
treaties heretofore, because there has
been no necessity for it. There have
been more cases of bribery in the Unit
ed States in the past two years than in
the hundred years preceding. 1t may
have been just as common heretofore,
but the evidence of it was not brought
to light. If the present program is
carried out, and there seems to be no
reason why it should not be, there will
not be civilized country on earth
where boodlers fleeing from the Unit
ed States can rest in peace. Sure and
swift punishment of public plunderers
is a states honor, not its shame. The
disgrace is in federation, not in corrup-
ton.
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In the face Of these rsembances authorized
White House ad
This course that the president fully
thought nailed
officially among enab rights such as those of life
liberty and the happiness. .---
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
ROOMS FOR RENT.
PATENT ATTORNEYS.

WILLIAMSON & MERCHANT Games F.
patent attorneys and solicitors. Main
office 929-935 Guaranty Loan Bldg.
Minneapolis. Mimi; branch room. 81
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
OPEN DOOR POLICY
MAKES PROGRESS
Prince Ching Promises to Sign Treaty
With the United States.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 17.-Min-
ister Conger at Pekin has secured writ
ten promise from Prince Ching to sign
on Oct a treaty with the United States
which will include guarantee that Muk-
den and Tatung Tao shall be open ports.
PEKIN, Aug 1.-THE arrangement
made by Minister Conger for the signing
of a treaty providing for the opening of
Mukden and Tatung Tao on the date OF
Russia's promised final evacuation OF
Manchuria ends the stubborn resistance
by the Chinese which for some time prom
Used to be successful
Prince Ching made one defense after
another until all were exhausted. He
first argued Russian opposition to the
opening of these ports. He then said
that he was not informed that Russia
had consented to the opening. Finally
he refused on tfe ground that China was
unable to open towns which were held
by another power When the present set
tlement was proposed with the eXplana-
ton that China must presume that Rus
STA intended to fulfill her evacuation
agreement, Prince Ching reluctantly gave
in.
Tatung Tao is small port which does
not promise much business to attract for
eigners in the near future. Its opening
is mainly important as victory for the
open-door principle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
CALLS MERGERS HELPFUL.
stuyvesant Fish Says Consolidation
Cannot Be Prevented.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Stuyvesant
Fish, president of the Illinois Central,
commends business consultations as
helpful to the general prosperity Of the
country
Consultations and mergers will
continue right along" he says, "but the
railroads will never be controlled by
one man; neither will the government
take control of them. These CONSOLE
dations are aimed to secure greater
economy and should bring about lower
rates. You can no more prevent con-
solidation in the interest of economy
than you can make water run up hill.
The right way to do is to let the rail-
roads consolidate or merge all they
want to. Then let the people look aft
er tariff rates and taxation. There are
some 500 railroad companies, and these
will sooner or later be merged into
twenty or thirty corporations 1t is the
memorable logic of events and the ten
dency of the times.''
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WANT COLUMN BRANCH OFFICES:

eoNG nue. Corner Corner St. Hlbans; 4os seiby
aysn1e and s49 nniye and aeenaa
s. II. REEVES, Druggist. Seven Corn ls,s.
L. ]. ABERWALD,5 Druggist. cor. Rice
and Iglehart. 80.
sihA and Gr ehos Streets R.ussi
SEVER Wesley. Druggist. Maria ave-
nue. and East Third street. s.,,,
w. A. FROST & CO., Druggists, Selpy
WALTER NELSON, Druggist. University
avenue and Rice street.
REITZKE & CO, Druggists. Seloy ana
A. & G SCHUMACHER. Druggists. 4so
West Seventh street.
J. W. NELSON, Dale and University.
c. I. HELLER. Colonnade, st. Peter ana
c. F. RUTHERFORD. st. Peter ana
Fourth streets.
W. K. COLLIER. East Seventh street.
corner Sibley.
=; I; MGALL 4ss Broadway.
DREIs g. PHARMACY BaAIa corner Ninth ara ra
eEoRaE st 6 pA ssFfssT5 & Co. s7s
? = East Seventh Street = - .
H. W. DICKMAN, Druggist. $50 East
,or,>IS e e,e street corner Beech: ua
3. "A. TRRAT.s44s Broadway: .ss-s
P. H. INCIDENTS, 472 Wabasha.
M. S. COURTNEY. 47S Wabasha.
W. e. LOWE. Prescription Pharmacist,
corner Twelfth and Robert streets.
J. A. BATTo, Druggist. 300 JackFon
A. H sONNEN Druggist. 574 Rice street.
L. III. LUEDERS." Pharmacist, sT9 Rice
street
WALTER NELSON. Druggist. 2s4 Rice.
corner Summit.
WALTER NELSON. Druggist. 896 Rice
street.
DR. MARKS. Pharmacy lis S. wabasha.
HALL & KRAFT Druggists. 42S S. Wa
HANS MADsoNepruggist, 17s Concord.
ECLIPSE DRUG STORE. lis S: Robert.
6. A. WOLFRUM. Druggist. 572 Kent.
.. c: KISSEI. Druggist, 561 Thomas
S. LUEDERS. Druggist. Front and Gaul-
tier streets.
A. L. WooLsEY. Druggist. sol N. Prior.
F. A. HoLCoMB. Druggist, 954 Payne.
A. A. CAMPBELL. Druggist. 235 Rondo.
CENTRAL PHARMACY. Tenth and Wa
EDMuNp J. FUCHS. Druggist. 1893 East
Seventh:
E. E. KEEPER, Druggist. $50 South Rob-
ert
G. F. UMLAND, Druggist, AL University
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thorough investigation of the subject
extending over several weeks, and the
railroads finally agreed to the reduce
-tion. When the work of checking in
the new rates began it was found that
the territory affected, especially of
lines operating in Southern Minnesota,
was much greater than at first antici-
pated, and at first it looked as if the
entire matter might have to be thresh-
ed over again.
Practically all the roads have SUD-
mitted the new rates for approval
There are some discrepancies, how
ever, and some slight notifications OF
the order that will be desired, and it is
to finally settle those mooted points
that hearing is held today.
j. H. Hiland, traffic manager OF the
Milwaukee, as in ST. Paul, and will UNI
doubtedly attend the hearing today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18

WASHING-A lady would like to get some
gentlemen's washing. Apply at 49, st.
Peter ST
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
IRONING THE PHILIPPINES.
Railroad Construction Will Probably
Be Undertaken Soon.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. II. =
Secretary Root has been in CORE
spondence with Gov. Taft regarding
the construction of a system of rail-
roads in the Philippine islands amount
ing to some 500 miles. 1t is proposed
to build line from Manila north
through Luzon to the harbor at the
northernmoSt end of the island. An
other projected line is a branch from
this north and south line over the
mountains of the eastern coast: An
other line is from Manila south to Ba-
tangas. 1t has been suggested also that
a line be constructed along the west
coast Of LuZon from Dagupan, the
present terminus of the Manila & Dag
upan road to the north end of the
island.
The propositions contemplate aid
by the Philippine government in the
construction of the proposed roads. 1t
is, believed that a guarantee of the in
terest on the amount of the cost of the
roads, in case the roads prove unable
to pay such interest out Of the earn
ings will be sufficient to induce capital
to invest in the difficult enterprises.
The Philippine government could not
make grants of lands to aid in the
construction of the roads, but it could
grant rights of way.
1t has. been determined that the Phil
ippine government. has the authority
. to guarantee the interest on the rail-
road bonds, the payment of interest if
made to constitute a lien on the rail-
road property. z d2
The secretary of war believes that
the construction of these roads would
be of immense benefits and would set
tie for all time the question of possible
Instruction in Luzon. 1t is believed
that early action will be taken looking
to the building of railroads on an ex-
tensiYe scale.
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RATE FOR THE EAGLES.
500 and Wisconsin Central Will Fight
for the Business.

The 500 and the Wisconsin Central
will probably fight it out for the bust
ness incident to the national conven-
ton of Eagles at New York city, with
the probability that the Great Western
will make a bid for portion OF the
east-bound traffic created by the low
rates offered.
Just what move the 500 will make is
not known, but it is stated on good au-
thority that there will be something
doing, and that rate of less than $50
for the round trip to New York is to be
made.
The Wisconsin Central contracted
the business on the basis of an So rate
for the round trip to Chicago. making
round trip rate of $50 to New York.
Yesterday the road gave notice to
the Western Passenger association of
the application of the So round-trip
rate to Chicago.
The strong lines to Chicago seemed
determined to prevent any demoraliza-
ton of rates at this time, by the sacr1-
fee of the Eagle business, and other
east-bound business that the low rate
made by the Wisconsin Central will
create.
F. A. Miller, general passenger agent
of the Milwaukee, was in st. Paul yes
terday, and said that the Milwaukee
would make no effort to secure the
Eagle business, and would not meet
the So round-trip rate to Chicago made
by the Wisconsin Central.
Neither will the Omaha meet the
rate. The Omaha, it is said, once APP
parently had the Eagle business Sc
cured, but dropped it, because of the
expressed determination of the Wis
consin Central to make rate that
would capture it.
The rate will be in effect but one day,
Aug. q, and although it may create
some business, the strong lines seem
to believe it will be better to let the
weak lines handle this business than
take any step which might lead to a
decentralization of rates between the
Twin Cities and Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
ASKS ASSEMBLY TO WAIT.
Something Doing Apparently in Great
Western Sale,

The Great Western will apparently
make no further extensions or i'm
provements until the negotiations now
under way for its sale are concluded.
A petition for permission to lay a
score or more of spur tracks In various
alleys in West st. Paul, so as to make
the adjoining land desirable and Access
Eible factory sites. was yesterday laid
over by the committee on streets of
the assembly. it was said. at the re-
quest of the road.
The Great Western has always been
most progressive in building up indus
tries along its lines. and had plans for
considerable extensions of spur tracks
on the West side. The temporary de-
ferring of these plans is looked upon
by st. Paul railway men as an indica-
ton that the negotiations for the pur-
chase of the road by other railroad in
terests are approaching a fruitful ter
mination.
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WANTS TO RAISE RATES.
But Lumber Shippers Say It Would
Kill Their Business.

The state railroad and warehouse
commission yesterday held a hearing
on the application of the Minnesota &
North Wisconsin for permission to in
crease its rates on lumber. Several
shippers appeared and claimed that the
increase in rates asked by the railroad
company was so great that 1t would
drive them out of business.
After hearing both sides the COM
mission adjourned the hearing for two
weeks. to allow shippers and the COM
pany to get together On compromise
scale of rates satisfactory to both
sides. which will be approved by the
commission.