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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
CAREER OF DISSOLUTE But
GIFTED SPANISH WRITER:

aftairs." He gravitated toward the
theater early in life, and it was
through mixing with theatrical folk
that he found himself, in his twenty
fourth year, charged before the au-
thorities in Madrid with criminal libel.
There is no doubt that he deserved the
sentence of Punishment from the
kingdom which was passed upon him,
and that kept him in exile in Valencia
for several years His biographer has
gone thoroughly into the case, and is
forced to the conclusion that in this
episode "Lope sank to the lowest
depth OF turpitude." His punishment
taught him nothing. Despite marriage,
despite his entrance into the priest
hood, he continued his dissipated hab-
its, and down to the day of his death
his best friend among men was the
Duke of Sessa, whose own life was one
long scandal.
Here and there there is bright pas
| sage in the story of Lope's career as
man. For one thing, he enlisted in
the Armada, fact which proves him
to have been capable of rising to a
plane of emotion higher than that on
which he moved as gallant of the
stripe of SesSa, and he seems also to
have had moments in which he con-
Quoted himself in his own home like
gentleman and father. But when all
is said, Lope remains, whether in the
priesthood or out of it, distinctly I'M
| edifying Spectacle-considered simply
! and solely as q man. AS it happens,
| however, the author in him is so per-
sistently to the fore that it is impos-
sible to concentrate attention very 'ong
upon his private life. IndGed, his pri-
vate life seems subsidiary to the life
he led as one Of the most prolific writ
! ers the world has ever known. He
| looms in the annals of Spain as pub
| lie institution, source of entertain
| ment unriValed before or since. Stud
/! led in this light, he has kind of fear
full fascination. One forgets that he
was, in many ways, a scamp. One is
content to delight in him as man In
troduced into the world simply to
| amuse it with poems and plays-es
pecially plays. He is said to have writ
ten eighteen hundred comedies and over
| four hundred autos, and out of this
| total the titles of six hundred and eight
! conedias and forty-four autos are
known today. He composed" says
Prof. Rennert, with confident,
breathless speed, often scattering his
jewels with a spendthrift's prodigality;
! the musical verses trip from his pen
without effort, and, to all seeming,
spontaneously" His friend Montalvan,
who wrote his biography, speaks of his
| having composed in two days q come
| dia (which it would not have been an
easy task for the nimblest scribe 10
copy in that time, and he adds that on
] one occasion, in Toledo, in fifteen con-
secutiye days he wrote fifteen acts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

HE Spanish dramatist, Lope de
Il Vega, whose career is surveyed
with devoted scholarship in volume
by H. A. Rennert, Phi. D., is one of the
most human figures known to htera-
ture. He was great writer and
weak vessel, dissolute man of genius.
If it is impossible to love Lope de
Vega, it is equally impossible to hate
him; he was so sincere, he was so en-
gaging a personality, and he conferred
such benefits upon mankind with so
gracious hand, that even his severest
judges must part from him in fairly
good humor. He requires sympathy as
well as the judicial faculty in his BIZ
ographer, Prof. Rennert is well equip
ped at both points. He admireS Lope
with enthusiasm, but he is not blind to
any of the Spaniard's> shortcomings,
and, in fact, takes all possible pains to
tell the precise truth about him. wheth-
er it be damaging or not. His min
utiae go very near to making his book
dull one for the general reader, but
the student of Spanish literature is
bound to appreciate the fullness Of de-
tail with which Lope's career is here
set forth. Nothing that can throw light
on even the obscurest passages in that
career is omitted; the author prints
two or three valuable documents in
appendices, and he fills nearly one hun
dred and fifty pages with an invaluable
photography, based on Chorley's eel
ebrated catalogue. With a good repro
duction of Tristan'S portrait of Lope
at the beginning of his volume, and an
admirable index at the end of it, he
places before the public the most COM
plete biography of his author to be
found in English.
Lope de Vega might justly have
been made the hero of one of those pic
uresque novels in which his country
men delighted. His father is said to
have been man of singularly noble
character. TN the Madrid hospital,
Ell Buen Suceso, Felix de Vega and his
children made the beds, swept and
cleaned the passages, and washed the
feet and hands of the poor" But while
Lope inherited many of the fine in
stincts of his parent, he seems to have
been a scapegrace from the start. We
hear of him as jealous SchOolbOy,
and we are justified in believing that
he studied at the University Of Alcala,
but he was still in his teens when he
| first fell in love, and he appears to have
gone on falling in love until he was an
old man. He fell in love, moreover,
not after the fashion of the discreet
| poet, but after that of the born profit
gate, and scores of Prof. Rennerts
pages are necessarily devoted to the
| celebration of anything but credttabie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
DUSK IN THE FIELDS


The hum of crickets in the meadow erase
The evening song of birds-as silence
deep
Amid the gathering shadows soft doth
creep;
The lonely rustic. when dank night winds
pass,
Of corn blades, where these lusty armies
mass;
No clank of pillow chain. no halleos that
leap
The furrows o'er-a sense of coming sleen
On all the world-yet. here and there a
lass,
Beside an orchard gate. who fingers long
With blossoms in her hand, her heart on
fame,
Or swain, who. through the dews, takes
nearest way;
Then. as the stars come shining thick and
strong.
That last low hush which breathes the
holy name
OF him who guards dark night. as golden
ter Ocean.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
France Will Allow coaiina

France will permit the Russian
Baltic fleet to take coal on at
French ports along the route to the
far East are officially verified This
will permit France to give notable evil
dence of her friendship for her ally.
However, the privilege will be kept
within the strict limits of international
law, the coal supplied not exceeding
the quantity necessary to reach the
next port. Since the next port will be
the rendezvous to which the fleet is
destined, the privilege may permit the
carrying out of the proposed trip.
Otherwise it would be impossible ow-
ing to the short steaming radius of
some of the ships making up the Baltic
fleet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Japs Were Feintine

MUKDEN, July 2.-The flank move
ment by the Russian left wing makes
it impossible for Gen. Kuroki's army
to attack the Russian eastern flank
Moving to the west on the Hai-tchenS
and Liau-yang would extend Gen. Ku-
roki's line of communication to the ex-
tent Of his risking an attack by the
Russian cavalry. 1t is thought the OBJ
ject of the movement of the japanese
left flank was to increase their forces
in kwan Tung rather than to attack
the Russian center.
land Operations Adjourned
ST. PETERSBURG, July 2. = The
outcome of the naval engagements off
Port Arthur and Tsu island is monop-
olizing public interest. The land OPP
erations in Manchuria are believed to
have been adjourned for six weeks un-
til the rains shall be over.
kilograms from Liau-yang agree that
the Japanese are withdrawing from
their positions, the capture of which
entailed the expenditure of SO much
blood and ammunition. The same tele-
grams show that the Russians are
promptly taking advantage of the with
drawal of the japanese and are assum-
ling the offensive, inf1icting consider
able losses on the Japanese.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Parker Will Get Bulletins

KINGSTON, N. Y, July Nudge
Alton 3. Parker will during the ma
t1onal Democratic convention remain
at Rosemont, his home at Esopus.
convention bulletins will be furnished
him. He has declined an offer of the
telegraph company to furnish him with
a private wire to Rosemont, and will
receive bulletins by telephone.
Judge Parker's son-in-law, Rev.
Charles Mercer Hall, will leave Kings
ton tomorrow afternoon for ST. Louis
with a party of twenty-six persons
from Kingston, who will support Judge
7Parkers nomination. Mrs. Hall is now
on her way to ST. Louis, where she
Will be the guest of Mrs Daniel Man
ming.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

I wish to go, dear, dimpled maid.
This pleasant afternoon,
Where your little feet have strayed.
Through all your sunny June;
Take my hand AMI clasp it close,
My promise true receive;
I'll never show the way you go
To the Land of Make Believe"
Through pleasant lanes where hearts
grow,
And buds of promise bloom.
And cheering springs Of comfort flow.
Soft winds watt sweet perfume,
And there fond old time hopes long dead.
Old friends I held most dear,
Old joys that all too quickly fed.
Old songs 1 fam would hear
Shall come and bide with us awhile.
My heart with rapture fill,
And tears forgot I'll keep the smile.
When down the Western hill
The golden sun has hid his face.
And we for home must leave.
Forever holding fast the grace
or the Land of Make Believe"
And some blest day our Fathers hand
May lead both me and you
Adown golden sunlit land
Where make believes come true
Irene Pomeroy Shields, in Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Roanoke, Va.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Newspaper Is Punished

ST. PETERSBURG, July q The
sale of the newspaper Novosti has been
forbidden because Of the publication
by that journal of a dispatch from
London eulogizing the ten column ar
ticie by Count Tolstoy on the war. re-
Gently published in the London Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Cruisers Trip Successful

DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del,
July 2.-On an unofficial or builders
trial trip today the United States ar
mored cruiser Colorado achieved a
maximum speed over a measured
course of 22.31 knots an hour, the av-
erage of two runs under forced draught
being at the rate of 22.10 knots an hour.
This result is highly gratifying to the
builders, as the requirements of the
contract were exceeded in every re-
SDect
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Close GUESSING

What piece is that your daughter
is playing?" -
She only bought it yesterday" an
swered Mr.. Cumrox. But it's either a
Hot Time in the Old Town or Schu-
bertsz renade."-WaShington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
viii Take Bobrikoff,s place

ST. PETERSBURG, July 1T is
said Prince obolensky, formerly gov
ernor of Kharkoff. will succeed Gen.
Bobrikof as governor general of Fin
land.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
RUSSIANS GIVE
JAPS THE SLIP
Wadivostok Squadron Is Said
to Have EIuded Admiral
Kamimura

TOKYO, July 3.-The Russian Via
divostok squadron eluded Vice Admiral
Kamimura Friday night.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
HELP FOR THE INJURED.

In all the busy rush and hum of the
present day there is always some one
who is thinking of how to help bis fell
bowman instead of adding dollars to
his wealth. The latest movement and
one of the best started for long time
is just now under way in Chicago.
where there is so little that's good and
90 much that is bad Men have evil
IDENTIFY been stirred by the dreadful
suffering of the victims of the Iroquois
fire when many waited for hours be-
fore physician could be found who
could administer to their needs. The
Aid Society whose objects shall Re to
check the growth of the casualty list,
resulting from the rush of the modern
industrial life. Workers who enroll
themselves will be taught how to deal
with injuries in emergencies Free
classes for the employees of CONNER
cial and industrial establishments will
be conducted the aim being mot to
produce amateur physicians and sur
geons but to impart such instructions
that when an accident occurs the vic
tim may be intslligently handled and
life preserved until the arrival of a
doctor. There may be little good
come out of Chicago but they have
made happy hit in their First Aid
idea
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
HOLD PRIVATE LIFE INvlOlATt.

There are a great many good traits
about Judge Parker and even if he has
allowed himself to be drawn into a
hopeless race for the presidency he
VIII have friends when the struggle
ends although he does not have the
votes to show for it. One of Judge
Parker's sensible ideas was shown in
his uging the managers of his party to
all unkind references to Pres
ident Roosevelt in the campaign litera-
ture. The Kansas City Journal hits the
nail on the head in an editorial which
pleads for the payment of respect and
honor to all men, be they Democrats
or Republicans, who are elected to
public Office by the vote of the people
holding tina. because in this country
we have no press censor or penalty for
lese-majesry it should not expose our
public officials to unwarranted attacks
upon private character. "a mans
public acts and official policies are
proper subjects for orstorical invective.
but his private life is his own and. if
honorable, should be held inviolate.
More respect for our president, be he
Democrat or Republican. will have q
wholesome effect upon all citizens and
conduce to better Americanism.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
HARDING
Says He Will Defeat Com
missioner IsreaI Trey.

Marion, o.. Sept. 20.-Because for
the third time tine Marion county COM
missioners have refused to have their
annual report published in his paper,
the Marion Star, Lieut.. Gov. Harding
has started war sgainst the board
and Gays he will defeat Israel Trey, a
Republican member for his second
term. Trey voted to have the report
printed in local Republican weekly
instead of the Star.
Harding called at the commission
er's Office today and engaged in a Bit
ter discussion with the commissioner.
Trey accused Harding of not being a
true Republican and of having stolen
the nomination for state senator sew
eral years ago. Harding informed
Trey that he would never get a second
term as commissioner. 1t was thought
for time that blows would be struck
but Harding left during the hottest
part of the trouble. The fight ha:
caused great excitement in local polit.
ical circles.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
THREATENED INJUNCTION.

The city threatens to enioin the u.
B. & N. from operating cars through
Bellefontaine if the company's fran
chise is not lived up to. The line is
asked to complete the laying of rails
to the western corporation limits fully
half mile farther on west Columbus
from where the track now leaves the
street and runs to Silver Lake park.
Iron poles are also demanded. 1t
would seem that the proper thing for
the company to do would be to lay the
extra stretch of track and make the
other minor finishing touches asked
for by the city. An amicable arrange
ment should be made by all means so
as TO avoid throwing the matter into
court. The U. B. 81 n. has valu-
able piece of property in the franchise
granted through Bellefontaine and
they should show the city every con-
sideration- Bellefontaine officials on
the other hand do not wish to be ss-
we're but they insist on the terms of
the franchise being carried out at
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
ROBBERY
May Have Been Intent of Un-
known Man at PostOffiCe.

At shortly after six O'Clock Tuesday
evening Miss Della Starrett, clerk in
the locs ii postoffice. noticed an unknown
man standing in the postoffice within
the main Office and near the private
Office of Postmaster Campbell. She at
once notified Postmaster Campbell, who
was busy at the time. and the unknown
was hurriedly escorted from the Office.
The man acted as though intoxicated
and claimed to be looking for the sta
tioD. whether the Big Four. Ohio Cen
trail or police he did not state. 1t may
have been that he intended hiding in
the Office in order to remain until after
nightfa1 and then commit robbery.
The individual entered the Office by the
door to the money order Office, which
door had been left unlocked by Mr..
Campbell few moments later than is
the usual custom.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
WILL kNcktRBocKfRs RA6te

The man of today in the funny looking
dress suit that fashion rules he should
wear falls far short of the mark when
il comes to general beauty of appear
anca He was outclassed by We olden
time gaIlants who moved in the social
world clothed in knickerbockers and
stockings How those spider coats
now worn ever came into fashion no
one volunteers to tell and men who are
compelled to wear them will welcome
the day when they are relegated to the
rear English styles are eagerly
adopted by the American gentlemen
and If the movement started in King
Edwards domain is a success it may
not be long until the society man here
adopts the proposed substitute for the
present day evening dress for members
Of the male persuasion. English noble
men and others are now seeking to re-
vive the custom of wearing the knick-
erbockers and stockings. A club has
been formed called the knickerbocker
club. to push the fashion and a recep-
ton win be held at the Carlton shortly
to inaugurate the movement King
Edward is said to be in sympathy with
the movement. There are few Belle
fontaine gentlemen who will be com.
PEELED to add to their avoirdupois be.
fore the fad strikes this city. With 8
liberal diet Of health food this addi.
tional flesh may be taken on in du,
time 80 no alarm need be occasioned
on this score.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson In the international Series
for September 25, l9o4-ouar-
terly Review.

prepared by the Highway and BY
way" Preacher.)
Copyright. 1904, by J. NJ Edson.)
GOLDEN TEXT FOR QUARTER.-''Ths
Lord is merciful and gracious. Psalm
l03:s
The Quarterly Review.
The Kings-The quarters lessons
have taken us over about so years oil
the history OF Judah and Israel. Three
lessons have been devoted to the kings
Of Judah-Rehoboam, Asa and Jehosa-
phat-and nine to the kingdom Of Is
rael. Following the splendid reign OF
David and the magnificent reign of
David's son, Solomon, Rehoaboam, the
latter's son. came to the throne, and II
was his pride and impolitic conduct
which alienated the ten tribes from
Judah. the ruling house. Jereboam,
the son OF Nebst. became king over the
northern kingdom and Rehoboam con-
tinued az king over Judah and part
of the tribe Of Benjamin.
Kings Of Judah and Israel.
The following diagram gives the kings
of the two Kingdoms. the length of their
respective reigns and the prophets who
served in Judah and Israel. Note the
great number of kings in Israel and the
shortness Of their reigns as compared
with the Kings OF Judah:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
SHORT
Was the First
Session
of New York State
Convention.
SENATOR HILL
does Not Cut Much
Figure
In the Big Gathering of Demo-
orats.---PIatform Being
Prepared.

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept 21.-The dem
ocratic state convention effected pre-
liminary organization yesterday and
took a recess till this morning at IL
o'clock William b. Hornblower, of
New York. was temporary chairman.
and addressed the convention at some
length. The temporary roll was per-
fected and referred to the committee
on credentials.
Ex-senator George Raynes was Sc
lected as chairman of the COMMITTEES
on resolutions, which will prepare the
platform. A. A. Mclean. Of Orange
county, was made chairman of the
committee on permanent organization.
At 1880 O'Clock last night the DEM
ocratic nomination for governor was
to all Appearances as far from final
decision as ever, with some indication
of complications along new lines
which threatened the much desired
unanimous action of the convention.
All through the Grand Union hotel
where this was taking place the Grout
people were unqualifiedly claiming to
have won.
There were rumors of a possible CO.
alition of certain upstate interests
round Tammany Hall and against the
alliance supposed to be represented
by Senator McCarren. The uncertain
element in the story was that Tam
many's actual position was at this
time shrouded in mystery and nobody
knew where the final lineup would
find the Tammany people. The can
didacy of Mr.. Shepard is the center
about which most Of the anu-Grout
sentiment gathered.
Sixty-five members of the delega-
tion from Erie, Oneida, Onondaga and
other counties in the vicinity met and
appointed n committee of eight, with
Bissell Cary, of Buffalo, as chairman
| to see Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Sheehan and
| urge that no candidate be put before
the convention of whom it could be
said he had been forced upon 1t by Mr.
Hill. They said that they had refer.
ence to no one candidate in particular
but to several that had been named
AS a candidate who could be put be
fore the people as absolutely free
| from, as they expressed 1t, "Hill infu
ence," they favored Mayor Mcclellan
After a conference among the dem
ocratic state leaders lasting from
1915 until 1:25 a. m. this morning IL
an effort to harmonic the conflicting
elements in the party. the members o
the conference separated with the un
| derstanding that they should NEE
again at 8 a. m
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
SPECIALS.

Psinesville, o., Sept. 20-The funer-
al of Rev. Russell Bigelow Pope was
held this afternoon in the Methodist
church. After brief service at the
parsonage proc. ssion of brother cler-
gymen and laymen. church officials
and friends passed across the park to
the church. The casket was borne by
Sperry B. Pope of Chicago. DR.. Paul
r. Pope of Ithaca. n. Y, sons of the
deceased, and the three brothers, Rev
p. P. Pope Of Celina. Rev. T. J. Pope
of Lima and Rev. W. B. Pope of Bay
Citv, Mich.
DIR. Lane. presiding elder OF the dis
trict. had charge of the services.
The remains We're taken to Urbans
for interment.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-23
BEWARE or oTY STREETS,

The following little sermon on streets
is recommended to a certain per cent.
of Bellefontaine' population. 1t is
by Rev. Q. L. Garvin in the Chris
tan:
"How mighty are our city streets.
The channels of intercourse and trade
The architect of modern social lifel
Owned by nobody. belong to every
body. they catch all the good and all
the filth. They attract and distract,
and show people at their best and at
their worst. Use them with sense and
they win bless you. Abuse them and
you have no greater cursa.
Beware of the city streets They
have their treacherous hours 1t il
proper and right to use them at stated
times and for stated purposes, but
again they are to be snunEsd.
''Legalized business hours, including
early Saturday nights. as passagewsys
from home to home, eraud to Grand.
and duty to duty, and such like, gives
dignity and respectsbility to our
streets
But for lounging. lettering, flirting,
gossiping. all city streets
rebel against such evil practice. Yet
the skulking shadows of sinful conse-
quences hover over them so doing.
Let not the girls play with city street:
but honor them and use them with dis
cretion. for they have power to wound
and rob and smite -