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onies can unite. whatever their separate
prepossessions and prejudices may be.
I'm this Canadian question. meanwhile,
we should apply the principle, and decline
in any part of the British empire, what
ever the cost may be, to give most-favor-
ed nation treatIIent to Germany or any
other nation refusing to give most-favor-5
ed nation trea tfnent to Canada or any
other part Of the empire. We have SUBJ
mitted in times past. to differential treat
ment by foreign eountries-e. g., BY
Spain-although 1T was always felt to be-
hard test of our free-trade principles.
But We are really shut up to an opposite
course, for POLITICAL reasons, when for.
eign countries begm to use the attach
ment OF the mother country to tree
the empire ITSELF. What particular meas
ures we could take; against Germany it
would perhaps be premature to discuss;
But We are by no means defenseless; fit
should come to reprisals, however unde-.
sirable it may bs 4to contemplate such
possibilities.
IF further. we are to revise our meth
ments with foreign Countries treating the
empire as a unit Instead of negotiating
for the separate parts OF It. the time has
come for establishing a commercial coun-
ell to assist the~fefeign s,office, in which
there would bearepresentativeS not mere
" of the self-goyerning colonies, but of
India and other parts of the empire
as well Such a council would likewise
be convenient body for discussing in
a business way withSrepresentatives of the
colonies the whole subject of preferen-,
tial tariffs and sother protectionist de-
vices to which they are SO much attached.
THE practfcaI point let me repeat it,
is that4Wea have now case where some
thing must be done or the empire itself
will be in danger. 1t is hardly to the point
to show, when the colonies are SO much
concerned, that a particular course is
against the settled fiscal policy of the
mother country. 1 have no fear myself
that any serious infraction of free trade
policy is probable; but at whatever risks,
the issues before the country must bse
faced, And there is less risk to the
cause Of free trade in an open discussion
with the colonies than in blind refusal
to discuss the matter at ALL" 1rfrs
7sr-~ rnrt -WeSthall SchvIer
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intervene in the internal affairs of the
British empire which the whole empire
must resent. AS free trader my opinion
is that Canada in its own interests has
made a mistake. But the mistake is an
honest one quite within the rights of Can
ada; and, just as Canada sent volunteers
to help in the South African war against
the enemy. the whole force of the British
empire must be used is necessary to vim
dictate the right Of Canada to import more
freely from the mother country and eX-
port more freely to it than it deals with
any foreign country. This proposition is 50
elementary that l for one cannot conceive
the littlest of Little Englanders dissent
ing from it. If the empire is nation. as
we must conceive it to be, each part Of
the nation must take UP the Quarrels of
the rest No portion should provoke I'M
case, however mistaken. Canada has not
been provocatory to foreign countries.
1t has done no more than give a prefer
ence for which it's political connection with
the mother country, apart from other rea-
sons, was sufficient Justification For
Germany or any other foreign country to
insist upon national and not merely most
characterization treatment is an imperti-
nence or worse as there is no proposal
on the part of Germany to give national
and not merely most-favored- nation
treatment to Canadas imports into Ger
many
1.-THE argument may be carried step
further. If we are bound to take up the
quarrel of Canada this is a good reason
helping Canada in the way it would like
to be helped although that way may not
commend itself on its own merits to the
judgment of people in England A sympa-
thetic government is entitled tefask Cam
ada to look at the question of remedies
from the point of view of England as we'll
as it's own; but the case is not one for a
non-possumus on either side. The self
governing colonies are our partners; ane3s
distinct issue of foreign interference
with the internal affairs of the British
empire having been raised by them. we
cannot merely reply by simple no to the
not business in so vital an issue as that
of the existence of the British empire it
self. If possible a remedy must be found
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our rivals any more than the eXpan-
sion of our trade. Alienation of our
colonies would be as dear to them po-
litically as commercially and in say
ing this we fully recognize that they
are only playing their own game in
legitimate way. They are not to be
blamed for desiring to see us weak and
disunited, or trying to take away
as much Of the employment of our
people as they can. But we are very
much to blame if we do not strain
every nerve to Illustrate their schemes.
and if we fail to play our game with
strenousness equal to theirs
There is nothing to bear out the very
pesslmistic. dispatches with regard to
the Balfour ministry. published In
America. On the contrary, the nation
seems to be coming to it's senses and
the recognition of the fact that there
are clearly two sides to the great cues
ton which is now being threshed out
throughout the British empire.
Back Up Chamberlain.
The action of the birmingham ChanliAer
OF Commerce and the Cardiff Chamber Of
commerce has created a marked impress
sion on the popular mind. Both these
podles passed resolutions declaring that
the suggestions of the colonial Secretary
deserve the immediate and serious consi6--
Grafton OF the country at large and of the
commercial community in particular.
II IS supposed that this action on the
part of two leading and conservative com
mercial bodies Is a fair expression of the
temper In which the subject viii be ap-
preached by the great body of serious
people VINO really care not so much about
the petty calculators of party as MANY
suppose, at least when the interests Of
the empire are at stake
Sir Robert Giffen, lifelong advocate
OF free trade, In discussing the matter.
said to Your correspondent:
what. is really in question, as be-
tween the British empire and foreign
countries, is the assertion of the unity of
the British empire itself. Canada may be
right or wrong economically in giving
a preference to the mother country as
import duties; but for foreign countries to
object isNsHrely claim on their part to-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
laws of Science Are
Now Declared Faulty
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July Are
the existing laws of physics to be re-
constructed? The potentiality of radi-
UNI is leading scientists to discuss this
point.
+ Notwithstanding what may almost
be termed the dogmas of science there
have always been sceptics as to the
infallibility Of the systems which have
been. built up by Davy. Newton, Her
schell, Tyndall, Huxley and others.
1t has been easy enough to scott at
religion and ridicule philosophy, but
the arguments of the scientists were
supposed to be infajiiDle.
Now there are attacks being made
on our venerable friend. the Nebular
Hypothesis and the Atomic Theory as
hitherto promulgated. Their old ally,
the Indestrictibility of Matter, has evil
IDENTIFY suffered a shock according to
reports reaching us from the internal
tional chemical congress, whilst scien
lists seem to be pressing hard in pur-
suit of the elusive Ultimate Atom.
The paper read by Prof. Crookes was
very sensational He said:
"The chemical atom may be actually
suffering a catabolic Transformation,
but at so slow a rate that supposing d
million atoms fly off on every second 1t
would take a century for it's weight to
diminish by one milligramme. This IA
tai quality of atomic dissertation ap-
pears to be universal and operates
whenever We brush a piece Of glass
with silk"
, Sir William cited the utterances OF
Sir Humphrey Davy and Faraday as
anticipating the possibility of reducing
the elements to simpler bases and
sketched the significance of the Roent-
gen rays and the Becquerel rays and
the experiments of Curie and others.
SAIL these observations" he said,
find internal connection in the dis
covery of radium, which Is probably
the basis of the coarser chemical ele-
ments here. Probably masses Of mole
cules dissolve themselves into the ether
waves of the universe or into electrical
energy. Thus we stand on the border
line where matter and force pass into
each other In this border land lie the
greatest scientific problems OF the fu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05

How many lives are ended annually
in the Mississippi river at st. Paul ana
Minneapolis? How many bodies hoat
by in the placid dark waters OF the
stream and are never found? HOW
many more are decomposed and pc
come the food of fishes and insects
Though it is impossible to estlfnate
the number of corpses that yearly
float down the river to the gull or that
remain on the bottom and are never
seen. it is certain that their number is
far greater than the number OF those
that come to the surface and are found:
The unusually large number or
bodies that have been given up by the
river during the past three months
forces to mind the new character the
stream has assumed. No fewer than
eleven bodies have been found in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
A PRAYER.

Lord God ere shall cease to be of use
In this world, where the Fates play fast
and lose
With their poor toys; while have some
strength still
To shield the weak when men would do
them i'll;
red, ,ef
And can serve with hand, and heart,
and head
While have still my senses and some
wit
To use for God and man as I see fit;
Then let the shadow fall upon my face,
So l may go in peace to mine own place,
Ere I grow old and helpless. to depend
Upon the charity of some good friend
Leaving this lifes joys with no vain re-
grets,
The World forgetting as the World for
gets.
Esther NJ. Clark in Kansas City Star.
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get but small proportion of the num-
Der of bodies the muddy waters con-
ceal. Who can tell how many corpses
are lying at the bottom of the river, or
who can estimate the number that has
floated by us?
1T is usually an exception when a
body comes to the surface, for after it
has remained in the water for certain
length of time it becomes in such a
condition that it cannot float.
when a body has been in the water
for some little time it fills with gases
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
River Gives Up but Small
Portion of Its Victims

which give it buoyancy. When these
gases exhale the body sinks and will
never rise again. II anyone happens
to see the body when it is on the
surface it will be found; otherwise it
is lost forever. Then there are nine
chances in ten that the body will not
be seen, for traffic on the river is light
and a body might float for miles with
out being seen.
at frequently happens that a body
NAV be caught on some snag below the
wafer and may remain there for
months, and when it becomes loosened
il rises to the surface. We have had
bodies come to the surface in this man
ner quite frequently.
eff a body is nude there are fewer
chances of its being found, for it is
usually the case that they become
Shiny and then slide along, being less
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
The Temporary Home of the FriendIess Dead.

liable to be caught on object in the
water.
MANY bodies that never come to the
surface become the prey of fish and
insects. When a body remains In the
water for any length of time 1t be-
comes the victim OF the ravages of the
fish and a peculiar species of water
bugs, which literally honeycomb the
flesh. Decomposition progresses more
rapidly under such conditions than If
the body would remain undisturbed.
IF the river continues to give up as
many bodies during the coming months
of the summer and fall, seasons this
year will be a record breaker. During
but three months eleven bodies have
been found. This is nearly as many
Of 1901 and 1892,
During 1901 thirteen bodies were
secured from the river. During that
year the total number Of deaths from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
Girls and Editors.

Up around Watseka the girls have such
big feet that some of them are said to
have earned as much as 81 per day tramp
ing clods for the farmers during the dry
spell this spring. Ql) Her
aid. Gas
Which leads us to remark that the edi-
tors down in HoopeSton have such little.
heads that they hire themselves out 10
hotels and restaurants f6s tooth picks
Watseka Gid Republican. =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05

drowning was eighteen. Four un-
known infants were found in the river
that year.
"The record for 1902 was a total Of
nineteen deaths from drowning, twelve
of which were in the river. Six I'M
known infants were found in the river
that year. 1850
every one Of those corpses given
up by the water was the result of some
tragedy. But the river continues to
flow on, with no concern as to the
presence of human beings, dead or
alive"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
Pianola Dept. J ass
The pianola
The Standard Piano
Player Of the World

The Pianola has given a
new meaning to the word
piano to a great number of
P e 0 pl e. Formerly, to
people who did not play,
the piano was an instru-
ment that was simply an
ornament to the home.
With the advent of the
Pianola the piano has be-
come a companion and
friend. Buy one. Any
one can play anything On
any piano with the Pianola.
Price $3.50. Easy terms if
desired.
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obtained. The difference in weights
obtained through a long series of ex-
periments, embracing a total of many
years, he could not explain on any ex-
listing hypothesis John Locke.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
After the plspossessIon.

After the Dispossesslon.
woman, lovely woman" sung the
poet, Eden was empty before you
came"
True, true" sighed the shade. of
Adam; "but 1t was even more empty
little while after"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
Overs Hot Weather Specials
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Now pow
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-28
Personal.

"A splendid example of robust West
ern manhood was Carl Schneider, who
has just died at Burlingame, Kan.
aged SO. Mr.. Schneider went to Cali
fornia in the gold excitement in 1849
and engaged in farming. He remained
"a bachelor until more than 60 years
of age, when he married a young wife
in Usage county. To this marriage six
daughters were born, forming, per-
haps, the most extraordinary family
record in Kansas.
The President of the United States
will have a private entrance for himself
and family in the fine new railroad sta
tion now being constructed in Wash
ington. Mr.. Cleveland used to escape
the crowds by having his driver take
him to the forward ends of the trains
instead of entering at the front of the
station, but even this refuge is no long
er practicable, so the private entrance
has been arranged.
Mile. Sarkisova, a Russian opera
singer, was travelling some time ago
on the Transatlantic Railway when
the train ran off the line and FIVE of
her teeth were knocked out. Mile.
Sarkisova brought an action against
the railway company, claiming that,
as the loss of five front teeth prevented
her from singing, she was entitled to
heavy damages. The civil court in st.
Petersburg has just awarded her $4,000
COMPENSATION.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-28
A CAUTIOUS STATESMAN.

Senator German was asked in Lon
don this week as to what the Demo-
cratic issues would be. He is reported
to have said: "It is too early to talk
about that"
Mr.. German is not free talker to
the reporters at any time on political
subjects. He seems to act upon the
theory that the less he talks for publ
cation the less likely will he be to pro-
woke controversies that will be of no
benefit to himself or his party.
AS a matter of fact, however, a state
ment from him as to the Democratic
issues in the national campaign next
year would be rather premature. He
is the leader of the party in the Sem
ate, and whatever he said on that
subject would be given a great deal of
weight. Just now there is a contro-
Versy between the two factions of the
party as to whether certain things
which the Kansas City platform con-
tains should appear in the next ma
tional platform. II has been Mr.. Cor
mans policy to keep out of this con-
trOVerSy. line time Will come Oh course
when he will have to declare himself
as to what the Democratic issues
should be, but that time will be pref
ty close to the meeting of the national
convention of the party. What he will
have to say then will have great deal
more weight than anything he could
say now. If he should take part in
the pending controversy he would have
to take the side of one faction or the
other. If he keeps out of the contro-
versy he win be in position when the
proper times comes to exert his influ-
ence in the direction of harmony be-
tween the factions.
1t must be evident to every Democrat,
as it is to him. that if the Democratic
party is to have chance to elect the
next President its factions will have
to settle their differences and get to-
gether.
Democrats generally would of course
like. to know what in his opinion the
Democratic issues will be, but they
prefer that he remain silent in regard
to them for the present, if. by so doing,
his influence, later on, in bringing the
factions of the party together would
be greater.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-28
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN
nORsED


There is to be no trouble in the Ohio
Republican State Convention after all,
it seems, over the question of adopting
n resolution indorsing the Presidents
candidacy for the presidential nominal
ton of his party next year. Senator
Hanna, who had announced his oppo-
sition to such a resolution, has de-
cided to respect the Presidents wishes
in the matter. 1t is probable that he
is acting wisely in taking that course.
1t is doubtful if he could prevent the
passage of the resolution If he should
try TO do so. Besides, in opposing the
resolution he would make enemies for
himself, and might endanger his
chances for being returned to the
Senate.
Those Republicans who are opposed
to the nomination of the President
are no doubt greatly disappointed at
the course taken by Senator Hanna.
They hoped probably that if a stand
were taken by a portion of the party
in Ohio against fndorsing the Presi-
dents candidacy opposition to nominat-
ing him might spring up in other
parts of the country, and become
strong enough to prevent his nomi-
ifdtion.
Senator Hanna, however, could not
take any other course than he did
without putting himself squarely in
opposition to the President. The
President asked him to withdraw his
opposition to the adoption of the pro-
posed resolution. His refusal would
have meant only one thing. He seems
to wish to be understood as not being
opposed to the candidacy of the Presi-
dent. He simply opposed the adoption
by the Ohio Republican State Conven-
ton of a resolution indorsing his can
he gave and which some astute poll
ticians regard as good ones.
The outlook now is that the Presi-
dent will have no opposition for the
presidential nomination of his party
that will amount to anything. His
trip through the West has strengthen
ed him--at least that is the inference
from the reports from that section. He
has succeeded in silencing the opposi-
ton that was showing itself in some
of the Western states. With a strong
Endorsement from the Ohio Republican
State Convention it is probable that
the Republicans of other states will
fall into line, and he viii be the choice
of an overwhelming majority of the
convention.
But a nomination does not mean an
election by any means. There is much
opposition to the President in his own
party. AS to whether this opposition
would manifest itself if he should be
nomibated it is of course impossible at
this time to form an opinion that is
at all valuable. One thing is certain,
and that is that the Democrats are
not likely to nominate a candidate
less hostile to trusts than the Presi-
dent is But they may nominate one
in whcr1 the business interests have
more confidence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-28

A certain fellow who answered adj
vertisements in cheap story papers has
had some interesting experiences, ac-
cording to the London (Ky.) Echo. He
learned that by sending 81 to Yankee
ne could get cure for drunkenness
Ano he did. 1t was to take the pledge
and to keep it,
Then he sent so two-cent stamps to
fnd out how to raise turnips success
1Glly. He found out: Just take hold
of the tops and pull
Being young he wished to marry, and
sent thirty-four one-cent stamps to a
Chicago firm for information as to how
to make an impression. When the an
swer came it read: sit down on pan
OF dough" 1t was little rough, but
he was patient man and thought he
would yet succeed.
The next advertisement he answered
read, How to double your money in
SIX months. He was told to convert
his money into bills, fold them and he
would see his money doubled.
Next he sent for twelve useful
household articles and he got a pack
age of needles.
He was slow to learn, so he sent 81 to
find out how to get rich" work like
the devil and never spend a cent" stop
ped him.
But his brother wrote to find out how
to write without pen or ink. He was
told to use a lead pencil.
He paid 81 to learn how to live with
out work. and was told on postal
caro- Fish for suckers as we do