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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

'Scoose me, bos'n,' says the cook,
floor much slip. You fall down be-
cause you slip ;.
wall, the bos'n, he looked all
spun out. Suddenly he hauls off
again, an blowed if he didn't go down
once more, while that blooming Jap
helps him up, a-bowin' like a French
dancin' master
Scoose me. you all time Slip he
says.
"sThat's So says the bos'n, lookin'
all ratified, an I'm much oblig'd to
you fer a-helpin' me up. Boys, |
reckon we'd better be gettin' that
coal if we're goin' to have any break
fast
well, what we think that Jap gave
us fer breakfast? Ye'd never guess
1t was petater pie Yessir, mash
ed petater pie. Course we kicked, an
the mate he said he'd fix that cook
Seems he'd sent petater pie to the
cabin, too.
| I'VE heard the mate a-cussin' in the
galley. an the cook he was a lettin
out a string of "scoose mes Sud
denly we heard racket, an the
cook he come out on deck, neat an
trim like he always is.
'Genelmen,' says he, de mate slip
on galley floor. If you please, come
help me pick him up. Very sorry
please 'scoose grease on floor
wall, that mate went aft as meek
as little boy
Boys says he, we mustn't b
jumpin' on the poor cook cause he's
a foreigner. He's little man, an is
tryin' his best, an we might help him
a bit when We can. Reckon two o
| we had better scrub up the galley
floor fer limits little bit bad of
from all the grease. Bill has been /;
spillin over it the last few days
Its most anazin' thing, bu
everybody as has ever had row will
that cook O. ourn is allus a-slippin.'
what We call it? .JitsooF What.
that? Jap wrastlin'? No, sir. tain
that-no wrastlin' to it. He is too
small a man to wrastle, an too polite
wall, so long! I've got to skip
Here he comes down the wharf, an
he'll want me to peel spuds fer hin
| if he sees me-"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Chinook Charley recovered himself.
He grasped a Ratchet from a rack and
struck at the black object that had
fastened itself to the boat 'midships.
and with roar and a splash the
strange animal let go. The boat
righted itself.
Set sail! Cut the 1inel' yelled
Charley.
L had the mainsai1 up in minute,
but when Anderson grasped the end
OF the line it hung slack.
It's caught on the keel or rud-
der he swore.
:. 1--WE could feel the Juggling of the
line below. Meanwhile, the half-set
sail had carried us away from the
lnfur1ated beast in the water, but we
lurched again as the line caught I'm
derneath became taut
Suddenly we found the boat going
astern, towards the south shore Of
the estuary about quarter of mile
distant
by this time we had fully recov-
cred from our panic. Charley and 7
got out Our Winchesters and opened
fire on the beast which had us in
tow, but apparently our bullets had no
effect We continued shoreward until
we saw the beast struggling through
shallow water. Then the boat struck
the beach and the beast renewed its
roars.
"The line slackened and our tug
turned and made for us again. We
kept firing, but it came right on. Be-
tore we knew it there came fearful
crunch on our stern, and the boat was
quaking as though an earthquake were
crushing 1t. The after part of our
craft was nearly all in splinters when
the three of us jumped and made for
shore through the shadows.
On shore we could still hear the
noise going on aboard the boat. Then
came another big splash, and we saw
the black object coming through the
shadows. Apparently it had at last
loosened the line, for it came on un-
lmpeded. Instinctively Charley and [
had held on to our rifles in our fight.
and again we opened fire. With last,
mighty roar the beast stopped and
churned the shallow water up about
| 1t into whirlpool; then it became
quiet.
We waited quietly till daylight.
Then we discovered big brown bear
lying dead in the shallow water, with
Anderson's harpoon foot deep in one
of its shoulders
1T had evidently been trying to
cross the narrow estuary from the
island on which the settlement stood
to the mainland. Our boat was fear
fully smashed, but we managed to fix
it up well enough to take us and the
| bear back to the settlement"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
on the wharf.

n 49, 80
AV1 the land,' said the doleful
sailorman on the wharf
'Ye see that craft there?" he con-
tinued, pointing to small bark heav-
ing alongside the pier well, that's
our craft She's loadin' up timber fer
Frisco. She was an albright craft one
skipper like father to us, mate
very religious, second mate same's one
of us.
But here our skipper goes an
ships a new cook, one O. these little
yeller Japs, an he turns Our craft
into a red-hot packet ahoat Shipped
him by contract fer a whole year
What does he do? Take club to
us? | see as you don't understand
yeller Japs. Now, if he played that
game, we'd understand how to get
back at him. No, that amt his game
wall, we see, ne came aboard ii
Honolulu Seattle Bill had beer
cookin' fer few days an near had us
all laid up. So we was pretty GLAD
when we knew he was to be relieved
by a regular sea cook. Well, along
comes the Jap one fine mornin' up the
gang plank s1nilin'-a little, yeller
sawed-of Jap wot bowed every time
We looked at him. Bill, he came out
o the galley an CHIMNEY Moosey
that's his name sort O, he goes in.
"Fust day was all right CHIMNEY
Moosey certainly could cook Wall
next morning-Sunday, mind we, wher
we used to sleep till noon-we was al
woke up by a fearful row, tin par
bein' hammered like a gong. We al
sat up in our hunks, an there wa:
CHIMNEY Moosey in the middle o the
forecastle, an he was bowin' righ
an left to us, same's one o them thea
tire fellers.
"What in the name O. Brigham
Young is eatin' your yelled thu
bos'n.
""Scoose me, genelmen,' says tina
cook, I must have coal from de fore
peak You SEN ZIP coal, oderwist
breakfast no can cook
You go chase yerself,' yells tn,
bos'n again.
Coal must have says the cook.
The bos'n up an jumps out on tn,
floor. We all thought he was agoin
to haste that Jap; leastways he haul
ed off, an first thing we know bos'l
was slap-bang on the floor Seemed
like the Jap just shook hisself like
wet dog. The bos'n got up an pull
himself together, mad as thunder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
A Valuable and Instructive Lesson
for the Seeker After Health
and Beatty
and Beauty

z 1 is perfectly true that you can hang
your clothes OH hickory limb and
Il not go near the water at the same
time that you are getting some
of the benefits of swimming. Not
that swimming on dry land will ever
rival that sport as practiced in some
cool, transparent little mountain pool
or in the frolicsome, boisterous surf.
The refreshing water about you and
the bracing air above you cause gen
uine swimming to distance all the
beef, iron, and wine combinations that
chemists ever compounded. But if,
IN place of beach or mountain
outing, you are spending your summer
in the city's dullness, do all the
swimming you can at home, and be
thankful for even a hall bedroom
natatorium.
1t is argued by swimmers that their
art is a frst-c1ass form of physical
culture. Nobody can doubt this.
Watch them in the water; every part
of their bodies is busy, every mus
Gle must be alert and ready for &C
ton. Why not give the muscles the
same exercises out of water?
Nowadays many swimming schools
possess a canvas belt for the benefit
of new pupils. The belt is put around
the pupils body below the upper part
of the chest; to the belt is attached
a rope which passes through a pulley
in the ceiling. By means of this SIM
pie apparatus, the pupil is held to
some extent in swimming position
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

, and is taught the motions without
being obliged to sustain himself in the
water. For dry-land swimming it
would be a good idea to initiate this
method, using two belts, however, in
stead of one, SO that the body might
be suspended horizontally, balanced
by one belt beneath the chest and one
about the thighs.
A more primitive way of teaching
swimming is to let the pupil lie face
downward across the piano stool.
This you can do in your own room
without any trouble whatever, and by
going through the motions of swim
ming you will not only derive physi-
cal benefit but be in practice and
ready for your first ocean plunge
when the opportunity offers.
To begin with, the swimming
teacher gives you lessons in breath
ing, but | cannot recommend this par
ticular form of breathing for dry land
The deep-breathing exercises which
you have learned call for inhalation
and exhalation through the nose, or,
better yet, in at the nose and out at
the mouth The scientific swimmer
takes in his breath through the mouth
and lets it out through the nose,
counting breath to each stroke
Except that you, on your piano stool,
must breathe in as we'll as out through
the nose, you may follow this rule.
Being loosely clad and extended in
proper position, face downward, be-
gin with the breast stroke. While
doing this you must imagine yourself
submerged except for head and shout
ders. The more you can draw upon
your imagination in this way the more
good you will get out of the effort,
for you will put plenty of force into
battling with imaginary waves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Hover passenger, was one Of the
seven who died in the first sickness.
and he left no descendants. The ira
dition concerns a Thomas Clarke.
Was he the mate of the Mayhower?
The story goes that he was the first
of that company of pilgrims to put
foot on the soil of the New World.
He landed on an island in Plymouth
harbor, now called Clarke Island, sup
posedly in honor of the mate. If he
was one of the officers of the May
flower, he probably went back to Eng
land and did not return until three
years later, when the records show
that Thomas Clark landed in New
England. He was a man of educa-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
The Summer Girls Freckles.

Here is the recipe for favorite
English lotion for removing freckles
in the summer time:
Take an ounce of lemon juice. ONT
quarter of dram of borax, powdered
and half a dram of sugar. Mix well
and let it stand in a bottle for three
days. 1t will then be fit for use, ane
should be rubbed on the face ane
hands continually.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

ton, a representative to the General
Court, and was employed to audit
the accounts of Plymouth colony
Perhaps he was one of the trio
Joseph and Bray Clarke being the
others-of whom it was inscribed
upon tombstone in the Dorchester
cemetery:
Here lie three Clarkes, their accounts
are even,
Entered on earth, and carried up to
heaven"
Among other early settlers was 10
seph Clarke, who was born in Suf-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

eTHE name Clark is derived
from "clericus," meaning a
priest, or one connected with
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nag and under American auspices aid
them to develop themselves economically
and politically, educate them IN the the
ory and practice Of self government, ana
confer on them the blessings OF free gov
ernment and free institutions as rapidly
and as fully as they are capable Of adapt
Ing themselves to the same. and to make
great moral duty entailed upon our nae
ton, IN the sight OF God and man. And
It Will be one Of the most glorious memen~
tory, that we did not shrink from this
duty, that we assumed It with an energy
and zeal that became the great republic,
and that our efforts are blessed and
task we assumed in the case Of Cuba, but
tn the case Of the Philippines Il was inn
mensely greater, much more tedious and
the. case Of Cuba there was something to
build upon, I'm the case of the Philippines
next to nothing Although tWo-thirds Of
the Cubans are pure whites, and many OF
them had a fair knowledge of the essen
tial elements Of an organized government.
and their country was in q fair state Of
industrial development. with q large ur-
ban population. with seaports and consid-
erable commerce, yet 1t took us until
May 20, 1902-a period of three years and
five months before we could launch Cuba
upon the -political sea as one among the
nations of the earth, and for fear that
sne would not be equal to the task and
might meet with shipwreck, We supplied
ment- She is still, in a measure, our
ward. She still leans upon US, and we
have more than a friendly eye TO her well
fare. Her flag waves near our shores, in
the very shadow Of the Stars and Stripes,
where no outsider dare disturb her.
Couldn't Stand Alone.
Compared with the Cubans, the Fill
pinos were as babe in the cradle along
side a full-grown man. They were not a
homogeneous people, with a single lam
guage, but were composed Of several
races and many tribes, several languages
and many dialects-many of them unciv-
ilized, and most of those who were civil
lied in state of peonage, landless, and
little, If any, better than serfs. What
little of government they enjoyed was
given them through the church. II that
proved oppressive and they endeavored to
shirk it or rebel, Spanish bayonets were
at their backs. Only a small portion Of
their country was titled or developed.
They were mere Infants politically. So
cially and economically. How could such
a people, poor, helpless, and without any
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cheerfulIy assumed ana nOb1y carried out
Even Aguinaldo has become reconciIed to
the new life and the new Order prevail
ing in the Philippines, and this gives us
tant future, even the Democracy may be-
come reconci1ed
CommercIaI Conquest.
But while we have thus gained great
moral victory. we have also made a COM
siye In its future possibilities Our great
held Of future commercial expansion lies
IN the Orient, with its teeming millions
for years been reaching out for this trade
ana commerce, and to aid her in the task
she mas long ago secured Singapore,
Hongkong and Shanghai a. jobbing and
trade, and az cOaling and relay stations
for her fleets. Those countries, Japan,
Korea, MancEiuria and China with an
iat1on Of $50 600 are frem 5000 TO 7,OOO
miles distant from our commercial cen-
ters on the Pacific coast. Before the ac-
Quisition OF the Philippine islands our
only resting place and coaling station In
all this distance was Hawaii from 5000
to 5000 miles distant from those coun-
tries. BY the acquisition of the Philip
miles, and population OF 1885 900. we
not only secured the control OF the trade
Of these Islands but we secured great
jobbing and distributing center in close
tAA<SG
Oriental countries. and great relay and
supply station for our fleet. America Is
now. for commercial purposes, at the very
doorstep OF the Orient Not only have
our Pacific ports an advantage over Eu-
rope in the matter OF distance. but this
advantage will also accrue to our Atlantic
and Gulf ports by the construction of the
Panama canal, the right to construct
which was secured by the energy and
foresight of our vigi1ant and active preSi-
dent in the face OF Democratic criticism
and Democratic obstruction.
In 1892 our total commerce with the
Oriental countries was $102, $50. .6S4 and in
1908, III years later, it was S213, I01 .04S
more than doubled in IL years, and mind
you this increase occurred while the
Boxer rebellion, which seriously inter-
fered with trade, was on in China This
Oriental trade Is still In its infancy. AS
these countries become enlightened and
developed their wants win increase. so
that for years to come they will continue
to furnish us an ever-groWing and ex-
panding market Our lodgment in the
Philippine islands has given us a moral
The Redwood gazette., 1904-09-28
HON. KNuTE NELSON.
United States Senator From Minnesota.

political training or experience on the
instant have assumed the garb and SUBJ
stance Of an organized government, have
stood alone as a nation, capable of pre-
serving law and order within and aggTes-
sion from abroad. Any one who is fair
and has given a decent consideration to
self-government would have been at that
time. 1t would have led to chaos, disor-
der and tribal governments, and tribe
warning against tribe. And this would
great and greedy nations as an excuse
for their seizure and partition. 1t is to
the glory of our people and our govern
ment that we have taken sub a people in
such condition. and have succeeded in es-
tablishing law and order among them,
in educating and putting them in the way
of becoming land owners, thrifty and
prosperous farmers, In training them. by
a mass OF object lessons and by entailing
the task upon themselves, in the leading
elements of self-government.
Progress I'm Philippines.
Their political development has gone
hand in hand with their Industrial devel-
Opment. They are gradually being welded
into nation, with a comprehensive and
Just central government. good and liberal
provincial governments and simple and
liberal local municipal governments.
They have a fair share in the central
government, and the major and controls
ing share In the provincial and municipal
governments. They are gradually learn
ing to govern themselves with success.
We have provided them with stable cur
rency on sound basis something they
them of the land ownership, and its re-
sulting servitude OF the frfars. We are
providing them with roads and transport
harbOrs and their coasts we have estab-
lished and put In successful operation,
for the first time, an educational system
among them. We have provided a free
owners. And we have provided for Leg
islature Of their own in the near future.
And while we have aided them TO secure
all these advantages. and many more %
same are met directly or Indirectly by.
their own revenues. Aside from the main-
tenance Of the small army among them
would have to maintain most or them at
home-they are in no wise now financial
burden to us. And It Is great satisfac-
TON t,s ont TO know know that the FIhpinos are, with
selves Of all the privileges and advan-
tages We have accorded them. They
eagerly and trustfully travel the roads
and American spirit. They are fully real
izing the advantage and glory Of living
under the American flag, and have sense.
enoughs ,sasss 70 see that that they need its aid and
We have indeed acquitted, and are ac-
people, Of the moral duty entailed upon us
has cast its benehcent rays in the dis
tant Orient, and brought ID It's wake
prosperity and growth, happiness and Joy
an an, smperasnsanle sa object lesson fer al Il
grand and noble work for helpless and
doWntrodden people the hesotked Democ-
raey cannot appreciate. and continue to
rlalism. but not IN tbs Democratic sense.
if N the imperialism OF hfRh moral duty
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force and momentum for maintaining the
open door and preventing the dismember-
ment of China. The rapid and continued
CROWN and increase of our various pro-
ductive industries require and demand for
our welfare at hOme-the welfare Of both
capital and labor--that the advantages Of
this opening in the Orient should be Sc
cured and maintained In the fullest meas
ure. To fritter them away by casting the
Philippine islands adrift, as the DenOc-
racy would have us do would be short
sighted and negligent in the extreme
1t would be a step backward which we
and future generations would always re-
gret. But the American people will never
concur in such baleful purpose. we
have never made a territorial expansion
but what at the time many good people
questioned the wisdom of ii. But there
has long since ceased to be doubt or
question as to any OF 1T except the Philip-
pine islands. And as the years roll Dy
we shall all no doubt reach the same con-
clusion as to these islands that we have
long ago reached in respect to our other
party will in time be reconciled to this as
it now appears to be recOnciled TO our
financial policy. t
Our Candidate.
our candidate. President Roosevelt, ii
said by the Democracy not to be safe
man. Let us look for a moment at their
basis for this charge. I'm the midst OF the
great prosperity which came to the coun-
of Cleveland was mania in certain
quarters, largely confined to Wall street.
at the foot of Manhattan island. to effect
extensive combinations fn manufacturing
1ect openly avowed to the public was to
reduce the cost OF production, the cost Of
distribution and sale, or the cost pf trans
portation as the case might be- with an
implied inference to the public that the
ultimate price TO fEe consumer would
thereby be lessened These combinations
were @ erected through corpoMrations M ere
a greater or less number OF minor and
competing concerns. These new corpora
fdous, through promoters and otherwise,
enormous quantities OF excessively iii-
flated stock. far beyond the value Of their
properties. including franchise and good
Will II most cases the ..e. dividend ", rsquare-
than absorb all the possible gain arising
from reduced cost Of production, so that
the consumer could NOT count on reduced
But III many cases even this margin was
largely exceeded Large quantities Of
enormously inflated stock were put upon
the market and nalmed or, at par or
incorporatOrs ana promoters knew could
not in the nature or the case I've expected
to legitimately pay dividends and which
did not, as q matter or fact, represent
but little fl any actual value Sometimes
the purpose was to combine number OF
plants and concerns that were getting
little antiquated and stood sorely III need
Of renewal or extensive repairs, with "a
view or unloading them on the public
through the sale Or inflated stock 1n
some cases the object was TO float as
be made 70 absorb, for the mere profit
there was in tAtb the promoters. and still
retain the control through mortgage
bonds and preferred stock og through the
repurchase. mt d. nominal figure. OK stock
nkAu46 az zn kkA aKHk inetnnnm nr
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4. {. Dunn on Gross Earnings Tax.

In my biennial report as state
auditor TO the legislature Of 1899
81 1-3 per cent of the taxes paid by rail-
roads. After a hard fight the bill pro-
viding for the increase was defeated in
the legislature. In my biennial report to
the legislature Of 1901 the recommenda-
ton was renewed. and after a stiff fight
the bill passed both branches. was ap-
proved By the governor ana was submit
ted to the voters OF the state at the en-
sling election OF 1902 Through failure
ola majority OF those voting at the cleo
ton to vote for the measure II was de-
feated. You understand that the bill
providing for an increase in the taxes
paid By railroads Is In the nature OF a
constitutional amendment and It requires
majority of all the votes cast at the
election to carry II. Again, in my bien-
NAL report to the legislature OF 1908 I
Recommended that the bin be re-enacted
and once more submitted to the people
for approval or rejection at the polls
The question VIII be voted upon again
nexk November, and sincerely hope that
the voters will ratify the action OF the
legislature. The increase, equivalent to
33 1-3 per cent OF the present taxes paid
hy the railroad companies means that
the other taxpayers or the state win ba
relieved Df the burdens or taxation ~
lha extent ok $000,000 annually, and mo a..
lQstlce viii W done tie railroad compap
=
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ter CO., has for practical purposes neu-
tralized this law, SO that It is now diff
cult, IL not Well-nigh impossible. to col
lect more than actual damages.
The Redwood gazette., 1904-09-28

IS The Salt Trust Case--Thta was an
fndictrnent under the antitrust act in the
united States district court for the north
arm district OF California against the Fed
,sral Salt company for having created n
combination and monopoly. and entered
hrol and enhance, and did control and
ssnhance, the price OF salt throughout q
large section OF the United States. The
defendant pleaded guilty on May 12, 1908.
and was fined $1,000 Before this lndicf-
Wnent was found, and prior 20 the passage
anG the act az congress concerning pro-
ceedIngS under which my report Is called
&or th0 government has successfully
prosecuted An the United States circuit
court for the nQrthsrn NAStKzck 0k GmAl1aK-