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

&c noiiial llan' Inc golden text Is Love
my Neighbor as Thyself." People are
trying TO be good Samaritans all over the
earth' but their ways are not all in ac-
cordance with the golden text.
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tomorrow the boys and girls Of st.
Paul Will march off to school again after
the summer vacation. We hope that
each and all can respond to the verse:
We're jolly girls and boys
With our many, many joys,
We are glad to sing the livelong sunny
day.
We will go to school and work,
Not pupil here will shirk
Tho perhaps there may be others, sir,
While there has been some complaint
about heat this summer 1t may interest
q b g readers TO learn that the hot
test place on earth is Death Valley, about
sixty miles from Barstow, California The
valley is 200 feet below the level of the
sea. The mean annual temperature is 102
degrees above zero. The annual rainfall
is less than an eighth of an inch, and
the average humidity is less than any
other place where a record as been taken
1t is simply the hottest and dryest place
in the world Year after year the fierce
sun beats down from a cloudless sky.
Many lives have been lost in trying to
croSS it,
A preacher at Hackensack. N. J., the
Rev. w. D. Holly, Episcopalian, has de-
clared against women taking off their
hats in church. He has the Bible back
of. him i'll this quotation: "But every
woman that prayeth with her head I'M
covered dfshonoreth her head" Paul had
no idea of the size of the modern dress-up
hat.
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, who
lived nearly 400 years before Christ. said:
For no one loves the man whom he
fears" The same thought is expressed in
John w., Is: There is no fear in love:
nut perfect love casteth out fear"
President Mckinley is thankful to God
for the safety of Minister Conger and
the missionaries who escaped, and he
mourns for those who have fallen, Rut
think you that these are more righteous
man those upon whom the tower Of
SLOAN fell?' Is there not a little tinge
OF sacTilege in this thing of rulers thank
ing God for the deliyerance of sons.
winch really makes the Supreme Being
responsible for the horrible fate of Others
not so fortunate?
says the Rev. Father Hebron. of this
cfty' In his Plea for Rural Life:'' 'sThe
problem then is, how 10 turn the tide
toWafn the country, or how to arrest this
drltt from the farm to the city. False
ideals have somehow got possession of
the people. There is a vague desire to
become suddenly rich. and it is forgotten
that where one succeeds ten Thousand
fall A positive distaste for humble. hon
est toll is all too prevalent Manual labor
is IN dishonor. Soiled hands and clothes
ti1,o
ones wits, else what Is education for and
education is now universal All there 8
me rub Education is largely to blame.
1here Is plenty of education, but 1t is
not the right Sort
On Sept. 3, 1913, was fought the battle
of Flodden, resulting In the defeat of
the Scottish king, James ", killed by
an arrow, and the loss of 10000 men hI,
the English army under the command of
the Earl Of Surrey. There was little
cause for the attack made upon England
by James, and the overthrow Of his army
brought wide dismay and sorrow to Scot
land The people were committed fully
to his interests, and blinded through in
fatuation to One, the Many suffered
Perverse and degenerate Denloc1 at and
turn-ooat Republicans" says the P. p
Well. we'll what's the matter? Nothing
except the Democrats and some Republi-
cans don't agree politically with the 2.
P. ard the administration.
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Cicero, Roman phi osopher. who lived
in the last century before the beginning
of the Christian era, said: .<Wtat is
there so king-like, so noble, so generous
as to bring aid to the suppliant, to raise
up the broken in heart, to save and de-
liver from danger?" This same idea is
expressed in Psalm ixxii., r. For he
shalf deliver the needy when he c1ietb.
the poor also; and him that hath no help
err"
Perhaps you hadn't thought of it in all
OF It's bearings, but our country has nil
mons of people in it not of the white
race, and they need education, and some
of them need ciVilizing Home first aud
the world afterwards is a good motto
The Pacific coast states contain MANY
Thousand Chinese and japanese, more in
number than the Protestant churches
nave OF converts in China and japan.
ana Ilttle or no missionary work is being
done among these Orientals at our own
doors. It's more romantic to go to China
The Chicago Tribune last Sunday dis
cussed editorially the free pubic hath
movement in the country. St Paul now
ranks with the foremost cities of the
country In free out door baths, and it's
only a question of time when cheap in
door pubic baths for the whole year will
be naugurated here.
There is general prosperity in all parts
of North Amerca-in Alaska. in British
Columbia, every province OF Canada, in
the United States, in Mexico, and even
IN the revolutionary states of Central
America. The question Of politics or kind
Of money has very little to do with it
It's european demand for goods Of these
countries.
The trustees of church at Lexington
Mo, discussed the question of allowinor
women to wear their hats during service
one man proposed that the women he
asked to sit on one side of the room and
see now they liked to try and get a reeD
at the preacher through the usual maze
or ribbons. feathers, gewgaws and fur
velows commonly found on the heads of
a few hundred women. The question ra-
mains unsettled as the trustees agreed
to disagree.
Minnesota has gold fields I'D in tbe
Rainy Lake region-or greater area than
around JShannesburg--aY a railroad
would hasten development The count a.
IN the northern part Of the state are as
big as the smaller New England states.
now mat northern country will grow
when 1t gets a coed start.
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Seneca, Roman philosopher. who lived
In the first century of the Christian era
said: Successful crime is dignff1ed with |
the name of virtue; the good become the |
slaves of the impious; might makes right. |
fear silences the power of the law" 1t |
was the English poet, Young, who put |
the same idea in rhyme: