The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-08

The total deposits in the SAVING hanks
OF the country Jan. 80, last. were
Sz'45V,0VO, representing 6,200,779 depositors
Frot. Atkinson, superintendent of pub
nc instruction in the Philippines, wants
normal graduates for teachers. Primary
ana grammar grade teachers on three
year contracts are to receive S75 a month
superintendent $1,000 to $500 a wear
and all travelling expenses to Manila
pald. Supt. Atkinson also asks for
graduates from agricultural schools
and colleges in order that scientific farm
ing and horticulture may be taught from
the first.
The now famous khaki color. the
Iaoeless olive colored canvas cloth, used
Tor uniforms of soldiers in warm
CLIMATES, was the accidental discovery
OF Manchester England cloth house
r. frankfort Moore an English novel.
ISL. wrote and published thirty-one books
before he succeeded in writing one that
attracted enough attention to pass into a.
second edltion Did you ever read one
of his books?
Wonders are not ceasing Sir William
): Preece, an English scientist, announces
that he has perfected an invention
whereby intelligent human speech can
be transmitted for many miles without
a wire
The Brussels Independence Bslge. the
leading paper of Holland, in discussing
the election in this country, SAYS: cit is
easy to see that with the victory of I'M
perlallsn1, the great republic can no
longer be asked to protect the weak, for
1t will, like Great Britain, endeavor to
place the yoke of the ccnqueror upon
no ~
come apparent. In the Philippines
where the rebels had promised to accept
an arnlsuce in case Bryan was elected,
the struggle Will be revived With re-
neWed vigor and cruelty The Ameri-
cans will throw thousands upon thou
sands of soldiers into this abyss, Just as
Great Britain is sacrificing her best bat
tahons IN South Africa. In Cuba, the
struggle will be no less troublesome,
though perhaps less bloody, since the
Americans obstinately refuse the prom.
ised independence"
Tuesday, Dec, 8, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1912, of Mary Stuart Queen Of
Scots, who, flying for refuge to Queen
Elizabeth, was put to death in 1881; Of Eli
Whitney, IN 1765, the American incentor
Of the cotton gin and improvements in
fire arms; of Elihu Burrit, in 1911, s1he
learned blacksmith" of Robert Collyer.
in 1923, "the blacksmith preacher" Of Joel
Chandler Harris, on Friday, Dec s, 1S4S,
known as the author of the Uncle Re
mus" stories.
Count Boni de Castellanes father pro-
tests against the narrow parsimony" of
George Gould in only allowing the count
and wife the paltry sum of S250,OOO a. year
to live on
I'm these days of So and so fines for
all sorts of serious offenses, it is refresh
ing to read that a judge in this city las
imposed a sentence of fourteen years I'M
prisonment on a man convicted of keep
ing a low dive. A few more such con-
victions and sentences would make much
easier the task of those who are trying
to close up the wide open dens of vice
now furnishing in this city"-N Y
World.
steamer left Portland, Or, a few
days ago, for Vladivostock with a mis-
cellaneous cargo worth about $4,000, con-
sfsting of flour, fruit, meats, butter oats,
hardware, etc. Confirmation is at hand
of the Russian intention to put a tax on
our imports into Siberia.
In 1890 Europe imported about 20, 0OO, 00l
bushels of corn from this country In
1899 the corn export reached nearly20O,
OO0,O00 bushels,
The papers say enough about the $9O,O.C
damages claimed from Turkey on ac-
count Of the destruction of missionary
property as If the finances of the nation
depended upon getting it. 1t looks as if
sending warship to collect It will cost
the government more than all the mis-
sionary society will get out of it. Better
advance the sum out of the treasury and
cut off some extra finish or flourish to a
government building or battlesnip, or else
go and get it and stop playing The
baby before the world.