The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-02

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large space IN the public mind at certain
perioos during the last century.
A street fakir did thriving business
III Kansas City selling electric belts until
some one examined one of them. Then
1T was found that beneath a strip of
gauze was layer of dry mustard. When
the Wearer perspfred a little the mustard
was molstened and set up burning SEN
satlon and the sdeluded victim believed
current OF electricity was passing through
him.
The Philippine commission Is prepar-
ing tariff system, but there will be no
determinations against American goods"
IN other words, foreign products can get
into the islands by paying the price, just
as our goods can There will be lots of
experimenting before affairs are on
| safe basis.
Oct. 2. 100, Charles II. of Spain signed
his famous Wi. Bequea thing his domin-
ions to, Freneh prince, Philip, Duke OF
| Anjou, whichs cafised the dreadful war OF
the Spanish succession.
| At a recent Injecting of railway surgeons
Dr. ]. N Hartn suggested several i'm
provements looking to the sanitary con-
dition of the cars; In accordance with
\ his recommendations the Zig Four and
other systems have decided to abandon
plush as q seat covering, to substitute
rubber thing for carpets, roller blinds
instead of slat blinds. and, generally, TO
/ simplify the design of cars for the faci1-
tation of cleaning. The proposed changes
are highly commendable Plush and car
! pets N railway cars are sources OF dis
/ ease and should not be tolerated. Inc
! greatest precautions to. secure cleanliness
should be taken in railway cars, when
are tenanted by such a mixed and ever
changing crowd of human beings: Inc
simpler railway coaches are the better.
This applies to sleeping cars even more
than to day coaches,
Oct 2, 1852, is the anniversary OF the
| birth of Richard III, who was killed at
Boswcrth Aug. 81, 1885. Shakespeare
makes him the subject of one OF ms
tragedies.
The decision of Judge Estee, of Hawaii,
| that q native of Gaum is a citizen ana
can vote in Honolulu, carries with 1T the
right of other nations of the ISLANDS, re-
| Gently acquired from Spain to vote IN
other territories of the United States.
Following up Judge Estee's decision the
people of Sulu are territorial cltlzenS Oh
the United States, and thus the anomaly
of citizen slaves and citizen polygamlsts
is presented. If this decision be sustain
ed and conformed to by the executive
branch Of the government, then all the
people, not only of Hawaii and GUAM
but of Porto Rico and the Philippines,
are full territorial citizens, not subjects.
We are still a republic, not an empire.
But then, to be consistent, the Porto
Rico tariff law must be declared uncon-
stitutional. And when we come to re-
fleet upon it, do we desire all these peo-
pies for fellow citizens" Either they
are and must be so considered, or else
the charge of Imperialism made by the
Bryanites is, absolutely correct. There
is no escape from this conclusion we
must choose one horn of the dilemma OF
From HoffTnan's Catholic Directory for
1900, a reliable source from which stats
tics of the Catholic church in the United
States may be obtained, it is shown that
there are 10 Catholic universities, 1Os
seminaries, Its colleges for boys, 662 acad
emies for girls, 251 orphan asyluns where
in are cared for and educated 50, 453 or
phans and 3,S11 parechial schools ir
which are being educated S54,529 pupils.
Today, Oct 2, is the. anniversary of the
hanging, in 1880, Of Maj. John Andre, as
a spy; it is also the date of the death in
1853 of Francois AragO, the French
scientist and of Ernest sRenan, in 1897
the French writer, author of Life OF
| Christ" and also of st. Paul.
There is more thannone way of max
ing ones self useful Marie Ronge, a
s German lady, who was born in London
and nO'w resides in. Nv uFttembefg,- has
found an3 original Way .gof utilizing her
fine library She writes, to-. school teach
ems. especially in the country, to ascer-
tain their taste in the way Of reading,
and then. sends them parcels of her
books, to be returned at her expense after
they have been read.
At the .consecrat ton Of the Episcopal
Bishop of Carpenlaria, at Sidney, Aus
tralia, a collection was taken which
amounted to $4,000. This is the largest
church collection on record
Galveston was warned by the signal
Office twenty-four hours IN advance OF
the coming of the tropical hurricane
which wrought such damage to the city