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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The smart spring calling costume IL
Illustrated is of cranberry red peau de
crepe over a self-toned taffeta founda-
ton which is cut in five cores and fin
ished with tiny plating at the foot.
On this skirt are sewed three narrow
ruff1es of the peau de crepe that form
the bottom of the skirt, and over them
falls the circular crepe skirt cut into
scallops at the bottom and edged with
a knotted silk fringe of cranberry red
and black. The embroidery that out
lines the scallops is also of red and
black silk and the fullness of the skirt
is confined to the figure by tucks
across the hips.
The bodice is made with short bo-
lero that has a round shawl-like collar
and epaulettes, cut in scallops on the
edge and trimmed with the red and
black silk embroidery and fringe, like
that on the skirt. The sleeves are bell
shaped and are formed of three over
tapping layers of the crepe cut in seal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Mr.. Frederick Lehman Stock. Wedding
will be solemnzed in April.
Mrs Ray Cornell gave a linen shower
Thursday evening for Miss Mabel Mac
Bride, bride of next month. About
an assortment of beautiful linens were
showered upon the .bride-elect
Mrs Cusick, of Fargo, N. D., will spend
this week with Mrs. d. E. Cardinal. of
jerks street
There will be a meeting of the Sacred
Thirst Total Abstinence society this aft
ernoon at Cretfn hall.
Mrs. Charles eastman, of Mt. Airy
street entertained a number of young
lady friends for her sister-in-law, Miss
Lillyn eastman, Tuesday evening, March
81. Misses Ted Mcnamara, Laura Nc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Donald, Coletta Mcnamara gave selections
on the piano. Mrs. eastman was assisted
by Mrs. Edward Mcdonald. Covers were
laid for twelve.
An Easter ball will be given Tuesday
evening, April g. at Metropolitan hall. 448
Wabasha street, under the auspices of the
st. Paul Shamrock club.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

avenue, gave a luncheon in her honor
yesterday,
Miss Minnie Neil, daughter Of the
late Rev. DR.. Neil, of ST. Paul, is the
guest Of Mrs. H. M. Rice, Of Portland
avenue, for one week.
Mrs. George Beardslee, Of Paramount
avenue, will return today from Roch-
ester. N. Y. Mrs. N. S. Dousman and
Miss Dousman have been spending a
few days at Prairie du Chen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
LODGES AND CLUBS.

The Old Friends Euchre club met at
the residence of Mrs. T. A. Tweeddal
Tuesday She was assisted by Mrs. A.
C. Harris High scores by Mrs. John B.
Kennedy, Mrs. Emil Binet and Mrs. D. j.
Buckley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Mr.. and Mrs. James Prescott. of 337
Jessamine street, gave d party in honor
of their daughter Myrtle's birthday. The
reception room decoration was carried out
in pink and green. The tables were laid
for fifty guests, table decorations being
American beauties.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Grove Is, Woodman Circle, will give an
ice cream social and dance in Martin S
w. o. w hall, Monday evening, April
4. The committee in charge are Mes
DANES Kotnour. Miner, Schultz, Shank and
the Misses Mamie Dufour and Alga Lar
sen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The ladies of st. Paul's Universalist
church are preparing for an Easter sale,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Miss Robb, teacher in the Franklin
school, was given an informal entertain
ment Friday, in honor of her birthday
by the pupils of the school.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Mr. P. P. MacBride announces the en-
gagement of his daughter, Mabel Ann, to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The Ladies Aid of Westminster Presby-
terrain Church held its regular annual
meeting at the home of Mrs. J. B. Parker
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Tuesday afternoon The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. e. Keck; vice president, Mrs.
W. M. Beaten; secretary. Mrs. Maud Kot-
nour; treasurer, Mrs Alice Finn; advisory
sharp. An Easter sale and social will be
given. in the lecture room Of the church
Tuesday evening. 18th inst
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bardon, Charles street.
entertained the 1904 Agreeable Euchre
club Friday evening. High scores were
made by Mrs. e. Bardon, Mrs. =. Bnrscht,
Mr. E. Borscht and Mr.. c. Gerber.
Ivanhoe Chapter, O. E.. S., will
give a musicale and dancing party on
Tuesday evening, April s, at the residence
of w. c. Edwards, Summit avenue.
Friends of the chapter are invited to be
present.
st. Paul Court No. S52, c. of H.. will
give an Easter ball at Central hall on
April 4. Committee: Bros. Berggren,
Maxwell, Lund, Nystrom and Sister Prln-
gle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

to be held Tuesday afternoon and even
ing at the church. Ashland avenue and
Mackubin street. A box luncheon will be
served at $50 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The Twentieth Century Literary society
met Friday night at the home of Linus
Miller. GIT Iglehart. Those who took
part in the meeting were Gilbert C.
Staehle, William A. Riordan, Roger Leach.
The officers elected were: President,
John Broderick; vice president, Gilbert
Staehle; secretary. Arthur Hubbell; treas
urer, Maurice Garlough.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The visit of Mrs. Henry De Forest,
of New York. the second since her
marriage, has been the occasion of sew
eral small affairs given in her honor
The Misses Cutler gave an Informal
afternoon thimble bee for her Wednes-
day, and Mrs. John Field, of Dayton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

The Commons Social Literary club will
hold its last open meeting of the season
tomorrow night. J. w. Griggs. president
of the State League of Health. will give
short talk on Vaccination" Others
who have consented to assist in the pro-
gramme are J. A. JeageT, Earl Wetherbee,
Robert Geddes, J. ]. McCaffery Henry
Koenig, Robert Givler, Paul Givler, Miss
Florence Pearson, of the Eleonora Miller
School of Oratory Miss Maxwell's or
cheStra and others.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

Belle Lodge No. 1915. M. B. A, will
give a musical and dance Wednesday
evening at Central hall. Entertainment
starts at SIS prompt. Dancing at 10.
Several excellent numbers are ON the
programme
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
a dditional Sill

The regular 69c quality. 20 inches wild
heavy and lustrous; will wash perfectly.
Don't miss this at. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ....ss
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
Increase in Southern Population.

Superintendent Merriam, of the
Census Bureau, in reviewing recently
the facts brought out by the census
reports, noted the fact that the South
has, during the last decade, increased
faster in proportion to population
than the North, and this in spite of
the fact that but little of the i'm
mense immigration that has come in
to the country has drifted south of
the Mason and Dixon lines. There
has been, however, of late years, a
considerable immigration into the
South of American people, from the
North. The South is to-day the best
field that the United States opens to
the young man of small means and of
great energy. This fact is becoming
better known, and the tide of inter-
State immigration flows that way as
it has not before. The birth rate of
the South is much higher than the
average of the country at large.
While it seems that the original New
England stock is on the way to ex-
tinction, the South is comparative
-ly guiltless of race suicide.-Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK.
Struck a Submerged Mine While Clear
ing Kerr Bay.

Tokyo, May 16.-The japanese
cruiser Miyako was destroyed in
Kerr Bay by striking a submerged
mine. Eight casualties are reported.
The Miyako was lost while assist.
ing in the operations of clearing the
Russian mines from Kerr Bay,
northeast of Talien-wan Bay, on
which Port Dalny is situated.
The japanese Legation has receiv-
ed the following %cablegram from
Tokyo:
admiral Kataoka reports that on
May 18th our torpedo-boat fotilla
continued se~a-sweeping operations
under cover of the feet. The enc
my constructed temporary batteries
On the promontory at Kerr Bay, Ia
lien-wan, mounting six field guns,
beside a hastily constructed fort, and
with one company of soldiers stub
bornly resisted our attack. Our
torpedo fotilla, defying the enemy's
fire, carried out the operations and
destroyed five mines laid by the enc
my. Unfortunately one of the
mines exploded and sunk our cruiser.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24

owner of a building that returns
a yearly rental three times larger in
money than the farmers crop. The
mechanic who buys a 5000 lot and
builds an $500 home for his family,
under the old system, paid taxes on
a valuation of his property equal to
Is per centum, at least, of it's esti-
mated completed worth to him as a
home. Just above him a millionaire,
with a home costing 100000, would
probably pay on a valuation of $780,
900, at the most. All this kind of in
justice is done away with by the New
York and Ohio system. And it ought
to be done away with wherever and
to that degree possible.
There are many of our States, of
which Georgia is by no means the
least, wherein values amounting into
hundreds of millions of dollars are
escaping taxation altogether, or pay
ing out a 1.-THE of that they should,
in which the initiation of this reform
is urgently needed. A campaign of
popular instruction in the fundamen-
tai principles of taxation and dem
o%nstration. of the righteousness of
laying burdens on money rather than
on men, women and children, would
soon bring an agitation in am State
that would not end until this reform
should be safely under way. Soon
or late it will come, but the sooner
the better for just and humane gov
eminent in the State.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
The Abolition of Direct Texas.

One of the inevitable reforms of
the future will be the abolition of di-
rect taxes upon the properties of the
peoples of the several States as they
arrive at fully settled industrial
conditions. New York has already
come to the place where only the con-
stitutional tax of thirteen mills is
levied for the interest and sinking
fund charges on it's canal bonds. A
constitutional amendment will be
adopted in 1905 permitting even
those charges to be paid from the
general fund and thereafter there
will be no direct tax levies in that
State. Ohio is now virtually in the
same condition, finding its revenues
almost entirely in franchise, license
and other forms of indirect taxation.
How is it done? By carefully list
ing the values of all privileges of the
people that are used for gain, assess
ing them according to their ability
to divide profits with the State, and
thus making incomes-dollars and
franchises-and not the laboring,
saving, wealth-producing people, pay
the States necessary expenses.
Under this system the man who
has worked half a lifetime to &C
quire a $4,000 farm is not called up
on to pay more taxes than a lawyer
with a $4,000 annual income, or the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24

London, May 20.-The Standards
correspondent at Tien Tsin cables
that while the japanese feet was
covering the landing of troops near
Kai Chau ON Monday, a fierce en-
gagement occurred at Helm Yen
Cheng. Two thousand Russians
were killed or wounded. The Rus
slams retreated and the japanese oc-
cupied both Kai Ping, and Kai Chau.
The Chinese governor at Chen Chow
has received news, the correspondent
adds, that the Russians have destroy
ed the railway between Taschichiao
and New Chwang.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
One of the Causes of War.

The Yalu timber concession is said
to have been one of the principal
factors in bringing about the pres
ent war. So long as the Russians re-
Yalu the japanese, though much dis
contented at the failure to evacuate
Manchuria, we're not willing to
plunge into hostilities, but the pro-
curement by Russia through M. Paw
loft, the resident Russian agent and
Minister at Seoul, of a large conces-
sion of land on the Korean side of
the Yah p~recipitated the crisis.
The japanese felt hal the alleged
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24

timber concessions was really intend
ed for military purposes and they
were confirmed in their suspicion by
Russian opposition to the applica-
ton of Japan, England and the
United States to have free ports
openend at the mouth of the Yalu
River and above at Wiju and An
tung.
The practical effect of this decree
is to break off all diplomatic relations
between Russia and Korea that may
have survived the expulsion of M.
Pavlof from Seoul and the recall
of the Korean Minister from St.
Petersburg.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
Besieging Port Arthur.

London, May 1.-THE Shanghai
correspondent of the Morning Post,
cabling under date of May 16, says
that, according to a native report
from Port Arthur, the Japanese are
vigorously besieging the fortress
night and day by land and sea, that
sixty japanese warships and trans
ports have been sighted in Blackney
Bay, and that heavy firing has been
heard in Kin-chou Bay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
ENERA NEWS
THE REAL POSTAL SCANDAL.
The Inordinate Price the Government
Pays for Transporting the Mails on
the Railroads.

In a recent number of the Worlds
Work, M. G. Cunniff points out the
real postal scandal in the inordinate
price paid by the government for
transporting mails. The United
States, says he, pays more money ev-
cry year for the transportation of
mail than all the other countries of
the world combined. The bulk of
this transportation is by railroad,
for according to a special weighing
of mail by the Postoffce Department
In 1898, IS per cent of all the mat
ter mailed in the country requires
railroad carriage, and the proportion
is not less abroad. Yet freight and
passenger rates are cheaper to pri-
vate individuals in the United States
than in any other country. Why is
it, then, that the cost of mail trans
portation is so high to the United
States?
In 1901, according to the last sta
titles of the International Postal
Union, Great Britain, France, and
Germany alone-not to speak of the
other countries-mailed more than
1900, 600, 900 pieces of matter, as
compared with more than 100000
900 pieces mailed in the United
States.
The other countries of the world,
emitting Great Britain, had $4,000
miles of post-routes more than We.
Great Britain's ~post-routes added to
this total would make the difference
even greater. Thus, Notwithstanding
the cheapness of American railroad
rates on other traffic than mail, for
eign p~ostofices, taken all together,
handle vastly more mail than ours,
send it farther over a greater num-
Der of post-routes, and pay less for
the service. 1t cost our government
in 1901, in round numbers, $3S,500,-
900 for railroad transportation alone ;
the rest of the world for all their
domestic transportation, by railroad,
by wagon, and by messengers, paid
but $37 200, OOO-$1,5 100000 less.
The United States Postofice De-
partment reports a deficit for last
year of 100000. The real deficit
is about 81, 100000 greater, for in the
peculiar bookkeeping used in record
ing postal accounts, the salaries of
the P~ostofice Department, the rent
of large city p~ostofices, and other
postal items are not charged as pos
tai expenses. But even at 100000
the postal deficit is a national dis
grace when we consider the made,
quacies of the postal service. 1t is
caused in the main by the ~inordinate
railway mail pay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
We Do Not Need So Large a Navy as
England Has.

Captain Mahan occupies the high
est place among naval writer's. He
is not only the foremost living au-
thority on naval matters; he has sup
erseded other authors and become the
weightiest authority, living or dead,
on warfare at sea. In England,
where the navy is part of the national
safety to a degree. ~equalled in no 9th
er country, and where, therefore, ma
val subjects are studied with inten-
sity, any magazine article by Captain
Mahan is discussed far and wide, and
his books are the basis on which Eng
fish critics rest. Technical knowl-
edge and large, penetrating insight
into the special subject are combined
with political wisdom; and his writ
ings are almost as notable for under
standing of history as for original
and Illuminating views of war. His
opinions about our need of Hawaii,
of an Isthmian canal, or of Porto
Rico, are the best that the world af-
fords, and so are his opinions about,
our need of ships. Captain Mahan's
view is that we ought to be reason
ably free from attack. He considers
not only the enormous difficulty of
carrying coal across the ocean,, which
would give us the advantage over a
much stronger navy, but also the
complications of European politics,
which would make it impossible for
oo- oo4o~o-oofo1- b oo-l lo1o -h01a
feet across the Atlantic. He adj
vises only so large a navy as would
make us reasonably secure when this
vast natural advantage of position
is reckoned as one of our safeguards.
England is not only cheek by jowl
with other great navies: a channel
of twenty-one miles divides her from
an army of about six hundred thou
sand men. Yet the President of the
United States declares that eve need
a navy equal, ship for ship, to the
navy of any other nation" Because
England, in mortal peril, straining
every nerve, must build as many
ships as any two warlike powers COM
bined, we must build as many ships
as England. 1t is estimated that it
would cost us nearly a thousand mil
lion dollars to arrive where Britain
is now, to say nothing of extending
with her extensions. Even with ma
tional calamity a constant menace,
the strain of naval expenses often
causes grumbling in England. We
believe in a navy strong enough to
protect our vital interests against
any probable danger; but when the
situation is discussed by the Presi-
dent as if our dangers and needs
were similar to those of England, we
are compelled to believe that Mr..
Roosevelt is reaching conclusions
with his combative temperament and
not with his brain; and we may per-
haps be allowed to recommend to all,
as an antidote to the Presidents ex-
citing pleas, a careful reading Of the
writings of hat American whose
judgment and deep knowledge of the
subject have so favorably impressed
the world.-Collier's Weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
BEAUTY HINTS.

Don't forget that the nurses of a wo- mans beauty are seven-fresh air, sun shine. warmth, rest, sleep, food and whatever stirs the blood, be 1t exercise or enthusiasm, says an exchange.
 Don't neglect sleep. You can sleep yourself into good looks A long mar and a hot bath will make any woman look more attractive and lift years from | her shoulders
 Don't eat when tired, and don't work when tired. Ii is a mistake to worl when not in fit eondition-bad for tht work and worse for you.
 Don't miss your "beauty sleep" It is mistake to go to bed late at night rise at daybreak and imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained
 Don't give unnecessary time to cer- tain established routine of housework when 1t could be much more proftably spent In rest and recreation. ! Don't sit down to table as soon as you come in from work Lie down or sit down for ten minutes, waiting until you can partake of your dinner with the phy- slcal machinery rested and refreshed. | with little powdered borax or a handful 1 of oatmeal.
 Don't bathe the face while 1t is very warm or very cold.
 Don't attempt to remove dust with cold water. Give the face a hot bath with soap, and then rinse thoroughly with clear tepid or cold water.
 Don't visit your manicure too often Too much manicuring is worse than not l enough.
 Don't count that time lost which is spent in studying the effects of harmoni- ous colors. Color is of prime importance In dress.
 Don't hesitate to sacrifice a bargain and shut your eyes to hats that are dreams" if you want to make a pleas ing picture of yourself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24

wonderful displays of finished products of all kinds made from silk.
 The foreign section in the Department of Manufactures will have silk arranged with ingenuity and skill. France will send elegant Parisian specialties for Wo- men's wear. showing that the Frenchman is still supreme Tn these special lines, England and Italy will have silk displays. Japan and Chira will have hne exhibits from the coeoons to the exquistely wooven stuffs Silks will also appear in the Mexican section.
 'The latest improved machines will be shown in operation. The looms will manufacture silk thread drawn from the coeoons on exhibition Machinery of all kinds will be shown for dyeing silks, for beating, shaking up. pinnig out, lustreing, embossing
 The displays of silk and fabrics or silk will be comprehensive, There will De raw, thrown and twisted silk floss SIX and silk waste; threads of floss silk, arti- ficial silks. fabrics of pure silk, and silk mixed with gold, silver, wool or cotton thread; fabrics of silk plain. figured or hrocaded, and unbleached, dyed or print- ed: silk ribbons shawls, laces, embroid- cries "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
SILK EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS.

culture and manufacture at every stage from the worm to the woven fabric, is tc be an important feature at the Louisiana purchase exposition in the Agricultural Department and the Palace of Manufac- lures.
 In regard to the exhibit the American Silk Journal says:
 "Cocoons are to be brought from abroad for the purpose of this display, and also the worns will be seen feeding on leaves taken from trees imported from Italy. Machinery in operation will turn out hosiery, handkerchiefs, ribbons, bread silks, etc.
 'In adiaeent space will be grouped the