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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22

that would burn he polished the handles of big
front DOORS he beat carpets and little boys who deed his
authority And in the flower of his life he attained to the
dignity OF jantorship Thereby he fell Being unused
to the purple high living heated his blood.
Like newly rich he ate truffles with his pie
and ate pie four times day. His pebeian blood rebeled
but he persisted and fate took hand in the undog of
him. That which wont to be elevated in
scorn when the tenant approached the anor be-
came suused with blood that had been unduy enriched
Strange disturbances took place the organ In anger
and despair the antor hid his head-he had in order
to hide his Finally he the medicine men
and they discovered the truth.
Truf1es had combined with his naughty feelings to
produce and the fell disease fastened upon that
feature of his which had been used to
the contempt the anitor felt for the earth
over whom he had lorded it, The may have to
come off,
What lesson is here taught to those placed in
authority those of who dwell in aatsl What a
warning against the practice INDUCED by iantors of mix
ing trufes with pie for the tickling of pancreatc gland
built for the enjoyment of corn beef and cabbage
Nature, in the of Scharf, sharply rebelled
against unnatural conditions. 1t is permitted that jan
itor may have the feeling and seeming of millionaire
but he go in for truf1es Better diet of ham
and eggs with comfort than to feed ruaes and pie
to the loss of ones nose
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
Girls Choosing Their Husbands.

In England, leap year is supposed to
confer upon the fair sex the privilege
of choosing life partners for better or
for worse, but the custom is more
honored in the breach than in the
observance. The Gypsies, especially
in Hungary, enjoy and make a very
extensive use of the right at all times,
in accordance with an ancient custom.
Thus a manageable young Gypsy
girl in the land of the Magyars, as
soon as her heart Is smitten, takes
good care that the smiter shall hear of
the havoc he has wrought and have
chance of consoling her. With this
praiseworthy object in view, she has a
love letter indited. places a coin in
piece of dough, bakes it and throws
the cake and the billet doux during the
night into the bedchamber of her
bridegroom elect. Then she possesses
her soul with patience and awaits
developments. The Burmese maiden
begins her marriage campaign at a
much earlier stage. In order to get
together a goodly gathering Of young
men from whom to choose, she places
lamp in her window at night-it is
known as 'the lamp of 1ove"-and en-
tees all those youths who are can
didates for the order Of benedict. In
sunny Andalusia, the peasant girl
whose heart has been stolen by stall
wart young husbandman, prepares a
tasty pumpkin cake and sends it to his
home. If he eats it-and the Andalu-
sian girls take good care to make 1t
highly edible-the pair are forthwith
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
OriaTn of Pearls.

It was once a. widespread belief that the
beautiful pearl was formed in the opster
shell by the qualification of a drop of
dew. Plfny, the naturalist. foStered the
idea. and many poet has deScanted upon
it in flowing language. Columbus found
the same notion prevalent among the
semi-Savage tribes of the New World.
But since science dealt with the question
in her usual matter-of fact manner 1t
has been generally believed that the
formation of pearl Is due to the presence
in the she'll of some small fragment of
foreign matter, such as a grain of sand
or a small particle of drift wood. This
intruder irritates the mollusc, which pours
forth an extra quantity of nacre the Sc
erection which solidifies into mother-of-
pearl SO as to cover 1t, by which process
1t gradually becomes a pearl. In other
cases the valuable product may be formed
in the shape of hillock to defend the in
mate of a shell from the fncursion of
who was recently requested by the Colo
the pearl fisheries of Ceylon, in a lecture
before the Royal institution differentiates
between pearl produced by the frrita-
ton of a foreign substance and what he
calls a true and natural pearl, which is
stated to be due to the presence Of
parasitic worm. Prof. HerdTnan Illus
trated his remarks by a very beautiful
series of slides which demonstrated the
life of the pearl-oyster from the young
freely moving spat to the time when It
becomes fixture upon old shells or other
convenient objectS.-Chamber' Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
CUBA is FREE FROM
FEVER AND SMALLPOX
No Cases Since 19o1-TubercuIosis on
the Increase.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 21-
A copy of the monthly report of DR..
Carlos ]. Finlay, chief sanitary officer
for the Island of Cuba, which has been
received at the Cuban legation here,
contains the following:
1.-THE showing for 1902 and the be-
ginning Of 1903 is very satisfactory,
not only in regard to the complete ex-
emption from yellow fever and small
pox, but also in, the number of deaths
from malaria and in the total NOR
tality There has been no smallpox on
the island since July 1900, nor yellow
fever since September, 1901, and the
progressive decrease in malaria has
continued without Interruption. The
condition regarding tuberculosis is not,
however, so satisfactory. There has
been an increase of to 6 per cent
in deaths from that disease in each'
of the years 1901 and 1902, and at the
present time the proportion of deaths
from that cause to the general mortal
ity amounts to over 16 per cent. The
superior board Of health is making Sc
rious efforts to increase the efficiency
of sanitary measures in that direction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
WIFE FINDS BODY
HANGING IN SHED
Carl H. SEVERN, a Lake Elmo
SalOOnkeeper, Ends Life
With a Rope.
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
SALTWATER, Mimi, June III
Carl Henry SEVERN, Lake Elmo sa-
loonkeeper, committed suicide by hang
ing early this morning at his residence.
His wife found the body suspended In
the wood shed before o'clock. He
was So years Of age and leaves a wife.
four sons and a daughter.
For score of years he lived In STILL
water where he worked in a flour mill,
but the past seven years lived at Lake
Elmo. He was in good curcum-
stances and planned to build a resi-
dence in Saltwater. His elder two sons
attended the saloon. Three years
ago he took the Kelley cure and he has
not been himself since. Thursday and
Friday he drank considerable but was
sober on Saturday. About o'clock
Saturday night he bought some ba-
nanas, took them home and was in
bed at midnight. His movements aft
er that were not known by the family.
No cause for self destruction has been
assigned.
Emil Seekel had a narrow escape be-
ing killed while unloading logs from
car this morning. A log from one car
hit him in the head and knocked him
down, a log from another car fell on
his hand crushing it. Had not a log
chain held the logs he would have been
crushed to death.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
THE GENESIS OF RAGT1ME.

The composer of "Its Up to You Babe, insists that
the composer of Good Morning, Carrie has stolen his
melody outright and New York judge will have to de-
eide whether the contention is just More
over, composers of the incidental "coon song music in
various musical comedies have been accused by other
composers of plagiarism, and announced that
or later all these disputes will find their way into the
courts.
Before deciding whether injunction shall be is
sued restraining the composer of "Good Morning, Car
rie from publishing the song his name the judge
Of will have to dip bit into the history Of rag
time music While it is difficult task grasp the
principle of the syncopated measure deciding the
ton of plagiarism is quite different matter and the
judge will doubtless find that he has intricate prob
lem to solve For to the unntated who to be in the
majority, songs, like coons. all very much
alike.
Everyone who has witnessed the various musical
comedies that town has noticed the surprising
similarity of the various popular songs. When song
makes decided hit, half dozen at least that follow it.
sound like many refrains of the first. Somebody has
declared that strain of five notes be found in all
these popular songs and will dispute that the
possibilities in the way of combination of these five
must of necessity, be limited. +ae W
AS matter of fact all coon songs or ragtime melo
dies are cribbed. If the composers have not cribbed
from another they have crbbed from the darby
the South who first sang the plantive airs. And the
Southern darky received the airs from his African
cestors who sang the songs while they worked hunted
fought feasted. There were so many Of these
airs to begin with, but using them for foundation,
posers have been able to build up surprisingly large
number of so-caed popular songs" that please for
and then settle down in the bottom Of the
sic until another composer resurrects them and
writes another song around them.
The difficulty is that those ragtime melodies
written, rule, by who know little nothing
about harmony composition. Dvora5 has called the
colored folk songs the native American music but yet
it has dignity in this country for the that the
composers who have published the airs compos
at all in the correct understanding of the
great composer might put this folk music of the South
darby in worthy form, thereby redeeming from
its present degraded form few darby melodies have
been thus dgnifed but enough to redeem them all
OF course America cannot boast of many notable
posers but those that she boast Of have failed sig
nally to realize the possibilities of these airs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
THE DEMANDS OF CUPID.

The other day in Philadelphia man had one Of, his
eyes tattooed blue 1t his own choice Person
ally he preferred the original color which was gray even
though it did not match his other eye which was blue
But the of the optics that did match in color
fell in love with lady who happened to have penchant
for things orthodox When she looked at his blue eye
she ancied she loved him. but when she gazed his
gray orb painful doubts assailed her. 1t was not that
she had prejudice against either color but she disiked
the combination So the gallant sutton had the gray eye
tatooed blue
All of which sounds trivial enough when considered
an individual case but everything is relative
less we're mistaken this romance like all other romances
has important bearing the great divorce question
Incidentally it to place the fault entirely with
men, They set standard in courtshp that they make
pretense of living up in matrimony The sequel Of
the little incident of the attooed eye illustrates this 1t
that the tattoo will last only eighteen months that
the end of that time the blue pigments will disappear
and the woman who plighted her troth aman whose
matched, will be confronted by the hated blue and
gray combination. For she married him believing that
the tattoong would last Is foolish to prophesy that
at the end of the eighteen months there will be suit
for divorce, with the gray eye marked Exhibit Az"
Surely not for what defect in the glamor of
courtship will certainly look like crime in the prosac
reality of married life
And the divorce will point the moral of the tale Had
the bridegroom taken firm stand in the days of
ship there would be undue expectations raised and
the bride would know what expect when the honey
waned. But having cheerfuly submitted having
eye painted before marriage is the bride criti-
ced it, after marriage she feels grieved when he re-
fuses the price of hat? For just such extremes are
represented by courtshp and marriage. The remedy of
course would be a happy medium. Let the young man
Crcse the beloved for her extravaganza and be
her biscuits before marriage and then she will weep
when he does it after marriage. Of such method
of courshp would result in fewer marriages but then
nobody deny that the fewer the marriages. the fewer
the DIVORCES.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
WAR SHIP COLL|DFS
WITH SCHOONER
Captain of Latter Charges Nava,
Officers With Gross NeqIi-
genCe.

BOSTON, Mass, June 21-The bat
tleshlp Massachusetts which left here
yesterday afternoon for New York was
IN collision last night twenty-seven
miles southeast by east Of Boston
fightship with the schooner Martha T..
Thomas, of Thomaston, from Apala-
chicola, with lumber
.5 capt. Watts, of the Thomas, SAYS the
battfeship struck his schooner a gIanc-
ing blow on the starboard side, tearing
Off the main chain plates, carrying
away rails and damaging some plank
Ing about the hull causing her to leak
about two inches per hour. The cap
tain says the weather was clear and
he could see about four miles away.
His vessel, having a fair wind, kept
a clear course, thinking the battleship.
which was headed out the bay, would
give her the clear way.
Immediately after the collision the
Massachusetts put about and followed
the schooner into the bay in case she
might need assistance. But on reachiyg
the 1ightship Capt. Watts decides that
1t was unnecessary. The Massachu-
sets then put to sea.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
REDIsCoVERING THE EARTH.

Russian has penetrated Lhassa, the sacred city
Of the Buddhss in the heart of the Thibet The fact
does appeal to with the force that street car
strike would and it is infinitely of less present
Quence than the possibility of in wheat, But
it is really of the remarkable accomplishments of
the and is of importance that brings into touch
with modern civilization the last people the face of
the globe who have yet felt the march of time
IN their intellectual and industrial development There
IS not another country than Tibet and another
al than Lhassa that has reaction that
from contact with the white man.
The centuries have rolled over Lhassa without
touching the strange city its people 1t the heart
though hardly the inspiration or the soul of Buddhism
a religion that counts hundreds of millions among tE
adherents its various forms It does not stand in the
relation OF Rome to the Roman Catholic for those of the
who adhere to Buddhism know the religion only
in its forms, and little nothing of its traditions They
have no more knowledge of the dalai lama, except as
something abstract concerning their faith than do the
savages of Africa To the Buddhsts of the higher
classes the dalai lama is human type and representative
of Buddha AS matter of fact he is boy brought up
by the priests of the inner temple That he is always
boy due to the fact that the ministers who him
TO 1t that he is brought into with the
lower priesthood the aty and he to exist be-
tore he attanS age when he might become self
sertve The mystery of the dalai lama has been pre-
served for centuries by system of assassination The
exploitation of the mysteries of the temple of Lhassa
may have much to do with destroying the tendency Of
the seekers after strange faiths look for the light in
Buddhism
The exploit of M. Zoubikov in securing admission to
Ihassa marks him of the great explorers Of the
age incidentally it practically limits the field of specu-
lave exploration to the poles. Asia holds no spot un7
known to the white man. outside the Arctic circle o.
posed to the advance of the white Thibet was the
ignorance of ages and the erocy of fanatcism that is
unspeakable His advance is opposed the confines of
the polar regions by savage What has over
come in beating down the opposition of savage peoples
he will overcome in the fight with savage nature The
poles remote as they were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
JET AND WHITE MORE
AT HOME INLEXINGTON
With Their Accustomed Rations They
Spend Quiet Day in Jail.

LEXINGTON, KY June 21.-Curtfs
Jett and Thomas White, Of Jackson.
KY, spent a quiet day in jail here.
They were not accessible to visitors,
and the usual religious services were
dispensed with on account Of the
crowds of curious people who would
have taken advantage of the services
to gain admission. The two men were
allowed pint of whisky and had their
meals sent from restaurant, with a
parting admonition from Judge Hargis
to the jailer to allow Jet and White
to have any orders they desired and
expense charged to him. Judge James
Hargis returned to Jackson today. He
left message requesting the prisoners
to be courteous to the Jail officials and
to visitors and expressing his regret
at their conduct Saturday, when they
used abusive language to those who
saw them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
NO COLOR LINE IN MUSIC.
A Southern Tribute to the Melodies of
the DarI<ies.

Those who have charge of the local
arrangements for the Confederate re-
union at New Orleans very properly
want music, and call for twenty bands
The bands of the city all belong to a
union, and some of them are composed
of colored people. To supply the twen-
ty bands called for makes it necessary
to include some, at least, of the negro
artists, and this the local managers OBJ
ject to. They have been notified by
the union that unless they accept the
negro bands along with the white they
can march without music.
Where the objection to the colored
musicians can come in we fail to see
They will only be employed for their
music and nothing more, and we ven
ture to say they will furnish more
really inspiring heart-lifting music
than all the other bands-composed Of
foreigners as they are-ever dreamed
of, and more reaching after the South
ern heart.
Why, the Southern negro melodies
are the only distinctive American mu-
sic today. And when did Southern
people cease employing the colored
band, string or footing instrument, or
both. for their strictly social func-
tons? We have danced all night till
broad daylight and gone home with
the girls in the morning to the inspir-
ing strains Of "Old Frank Johnson"
and "Pompey Long" and they have
successors who are quite as responsive
to demands upon them.
If our bellies and beaux can afford to
step to the music of eolored bands we
old veterans can afford to march to the
strains of Dixie" or the "Mocking
Bird" of the 'Suwanee River" when
rendered by our Southern darkies, and
If any one on earth ever threw his soul
into his music it is our Southern negro
when he is glorying hallelujah, touch
ing the light guitar or footing famil-
lar Southern melody on a horn. Let
the committee on arrangements go on
with it's business. The old vets are
willing for the sons Of their old planta-
ton .darlzies to make music for them
anywhere. Raleigh Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
MY SHIP FROM SPAIN.

o captain, on whose wrinlxled cheeks
Are marks of storm and beating gale,
Have you not seen on distant seas,
Somewhere, glimpse of stranger sail
Perchance when evening shadows fell,
And misty clouds presaged the night,
Uplifted on some crested wave,
Then slipping slowly from the s1ghtP
MY ship should have a sheen of gold,
And silken sails like bridal train,
And bear a perfume, family sweet,
or roses on the hills of Spain.
Youth promised me long years ago
This ship would some time come to me,
And bear It's lade of wealth and fame
From distant lands beyond the sea.
It has not come. I know not why.
1t may have sought this port in vain.
And in some unknown harbor lie,
And idly fret it's rusting chain.
Meanwhile I've beat the anvil's face,
And felt the heated furnace blast,
And wealth of Drawn and honest toll
Into life's circling currents cast
I've clfmed the headland morn and eve,
To scan the dark horizon line,
To catch a glimpse far far at sea,
OF this belated ship of mine.
Full threescore years have fed away,
And still l patient watch and wait;
My whitening hair and feeble steps
Suggest that 1t may come too late.
H. G. Leslie in Youths Companion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS.
Panama Has a Knife for the Knot

There are limitations that unless Colombia unties its
Panama canal knot knife to cut it will be introduced
at home. Ahe state of Panama. which has everything
at stake in the prospective canal across the sthmus
seems disincined to lose all by Of the captous-
ness of the eight other states of the republic Geograp
icay that state may be likened the neck of swan
the rest of the republic being the body comprises the
whole sthmus, with length of nearly 800 miles and
width averaging perhaps Its interests all center in
the canal enterprise, and its people of accord
eagerness for completing the with United
States Now the statement that the of Pan
will not allow the canal to be eopardzed by either
the eageness of the other states for money from
Uncle Sam than the contract calls for by any polt-
ca trickery at the Colombian capital In Short if the
issue is forced Panama will do just what it the
of doing ten years ago. 1t will secede from the
republic set up in statehood business for itself and
promptly cinch the canal contract with the United
States.-Los Angeles Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
CAPTURE Postofflce Robbers.

BELLEFONTE, Pa, June 21.-A
gang Of robbers arrested in the Seven
mountains yesterday had evidently
committed a postoffice robbery
recently. A package they had
buried in the old barn where they were
captured has been found, and in it
were postage stamps Of all denon1i-
nations from / to 10 cents, aggregat-,
ing in value $167.44. In the package
were two bottles of nitro glycerine and
several other articles. One Of the men
was shot by the sheriff's posse, but
probably will recover. vss aoz
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
At St. Paul
Theaters
Woman Against Norman" at the
Metropolitan.

"Woman Against Norman" at the
Metropolitan.
The Ferris Stock company opened
the fourth week of its summer engage
ment at the Metropolitan last night
In woman Against Woman" an in
tenSely interesting melodrama, replete
with heart-1nterest during its entirety.
1t was the first time the play had been
seen in st. Paul in eighteen years, and
the unusually large Sunday night audi
ence appeared to enjoy it thoroughly.
interest in the play itself was in
creased by the capable manner in
which the different players handled
the roles. The character of John Tres
slider, common workman, who mar
ried girl, lived happily with her
year and then deserted her when he
heard untrue rumors as to her past
life, which she could not deny because
she had taken an oath to shoulder the
shame of sister who was married to
nobleman, was Well cared for by Lon
Beasley, while the clever representation
of Bessie Barton, the wronged wife,
was fully up to the standard of Miss
Matte Choate, who is rapidly becoming
favorite with st. Paul theater-goers.
Probably the greatest hit Of the
evening was made by Charles c. Burn
ham, who, as the drunken father of
John Tressider, handled the role in
SUCH natural manner as to receive
much applause. Lillian O'Neil, as
Rachael Westwood, a designing woman.
cared for a difficult part in an able
manner, and contributed much towards
the success of the production. Other
members of the company showed i'm
provement, the play as a whole, being
we'll received
+ woman Against Woman" will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan the rest
Of the week, with the usual natinees.