The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-21

GLOBE. FRIDAY, SCI
-ble to provide farms and. homes for mil
lions of people"
MI. Hanna is not public speaker, but
nevertheless he has a most effective form
OF argument: sSss$s.
Today. Sept. 81. is the anniversary
OF the birth, in 1756, of John Iloudon
Macadam. the Scottish engineer, who
commenced in 1916, the system Of road
making called by his name. He died Nov.
rs. 1896. after having made hundreds OF
miles OF good roads in England.
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notwithstanding past experience, our
war department. seems to fall short Re-
ports from China state the Americans are
the only Foreign troops that still occupy
TENTS The others are Quartered in build
ings The chilly nights are causing the
United States soldiers much discomfort,
winch Is aggravated by their lack Of
proper winter clothing.
charles M Sheldon, author of I'm His
steps, and editor of the Topeka Capital
during one week of Christian life, has
fountain and it stands where it can best
serve the people.
Article 10 of McKinley's treaty with the
sultan Of Sulu is as follows: ANY slave
IN the archipelago of Sulu shall have the
| right to purchase freedom by paying to
| the master the usual market value" Anv
citizen of the United States can buy rail-
roads, steamboats,, automobiles and dia-
monds II he has the price. Where is the
Sulu slave to get money to buy his free
! domf The thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution says that slavery shall not
exist In the United States nor in territory
controlled by the United States. Yet
article Of the Sulu treaty declares that
the United States will not Interfere with
existing customs of the island-polygamy
| slavery, etc.
| Sept. 81 Is St Matthews day In the
| church calendar. His Hebrew name was
| Levi. He was an officer employed to col
lect Roman public taxes, hence the name
publican, and they were generally hated
by the people. The Savior. seeing him seat
ed and receiving customs, said Follow
me-" and "he arose and followed Him. :"
1t is said that he Wro-e with fea Their from
an ANGELS wing the first gospel of the
| New Testament. The passion flower Is
| dedicated to him in the Catholic "forile-
| GUM"
| 1t is said that among fashionable ladies
the style OF parting the hair on the side
VIII De very popular next winter. Tt was
introduced this time by Mrs James Brown
Potter to whom 1t gives a youthful ap-
pearance.
Chicago has $500 saloons. It is said that
2,0c0 OF them Will go out Of business Oct.
l, and cut off $,000.0O0 of revenue for the
city. It is said that the rise In the price
OF beer fs the principal reason for the
| falling off. SMALL saloonkeeperes who
have depended on the sale of beer by
measurable growler-have been unable
to realize any profits.
NJ 10
The farmers of our neighbor, Iowa. are
| enjoying year Of exceptional prosperity.
There has not been in the memory of the
ofdest farmer year in which there has
been such a complete crop of everything.
| Wheat, oats and potatoes were never
better in quantity and quality. And cat
tie and hogs were never In better condi-
ton. And the Republicans will claim the
state. or
The Minneapolis BARRIERS union has
pushed case to test the law for the
closing of barber shops on Sundays to
where Chief Justice Fuller delivered an
opinion affirming the constitutionality of
the law. Attorney General Douglas, of
minnesota, represented the state, and a
| wealthy railroad man bore the expenses
| of the fight for Sunday opening on the
ground that the law is an infringement
on individual liberty, and that it inter-
feres with an occupation that is a pub
lie necessity.
| The new census of Honduras shows q
foreign population of 81, 400. divided as
! follows: English and Americans, 5000:
Germans and Austrians, 1850; French,
/ $780, Italians, $500; Mexicans, $500:
| Spanish, 5000; Portuguese, 1000: all, other
nationalities, 5000 OF this number 1t Is
! fairly estimated that one-half went there
to engage in legitimate business pursuits,
| while the remainder are forced exiles
| from their native lards-law- breakers
who are safe from. any possibility Of ex-
tradition. Every part of the United
States is represented.
President Mckinley, in his letter &C.
ceptirg denomination, says his Paris
/ peace commissioners. We're confronted
with the alternative of either taking the
| Philippines or else turning them back
| to Spain. Did it not occur to him that
| they might be given a chance to govern
! C-tSihSSINGS. f16 uaQ CQG statement from
! Admiral Dewey that they were more
capable of self government than the Gu
| bans. And why should there be any diff
! ference in the treatment of the two peo-
ples2 Because there was money in it to
some enc.
If the inventor keeps busy the hired
man on the farm will soon be looking
for another job. According to the Patent
| Gazette nat
year cow-mill1ers, automatic watering
| troughs, automatic feed bins, fence ma
| chimes, corn huskers. corn pickers. pea
! and bean harvesters, cotton pickeys, pota
! to diggers and every sort of a seed and
vegetable planter. None of them want to
borrow the buggy on Sunday or demand
| pie every day.
Campaign documents new fill the postal
| cars and posteffices by the ton. Where
| the political PARTIES are dancing. Uncle
| Sam pays the bill to carry around printed
matter telling the people what man to
| select for presidential guardian for the
next four years. Chicago is the great
| center of activity. The average quantity
handled during the past month was over
| fifteen tons a day. The postoffice &C.
partment now mas four carriers, two
horses and two wagons, which make six
| trips each Gay to fourteen different politi-
cal headquarters : national, state and
county. This extraordinary force has no
other work to do, and it's work is sup
Elementary to the regular six daily de-
liveries and collections made by the reer-
lar force The wagons viii hold twenty
we'll stuffed large canvas pouches and
they are filed and enlptied and flied and
emptied again six times each day.
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