The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-21
FRIDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

Many of the G l o b readers will recall
the train load of reindeer and J4apland-
ers that passed through st. Paul, to the
coast over the Great Northern, for
Alaska, several years ago. 1t cost the
government good deal of money Both
the deer and the Lapps developed an
unfortunate tendency to die off prema-
turely One of the returning herd mas
tiers says that the climate of that part
of Alaska to which the deer and their
shepherds We're sent was no more ri5or-
Gus than that of Lapland in which the
animals and their keepers alike thrive,
but Tor some mysterious reason Alaska
food and Alaska conditions of the wealth.
er were deadly to most of the two foot
ed and four-fCoted eXiles. 1t is a puzzle.
The penny saving system inaugurated
June is, 1897, in the Chicago city schools
| is a success. A total of 1,S75.N50 stamps
from one cent Up to fifty have been pro
Vided by the children. In this way pen
MES that formerly went for gum, candy,
cigarettes, and the like have formed the
beginning of small bank accounts OF
which every child is proud.
The homeopathic physicians are moving
to get recognition in the medical corps
of the army and navy, where they are
now without representa- ton.
o.
Congress has taken action by instruct
ing the house committee on coinage,
weights and measures to take UP the
question Of adopting tie Metric system.
The committee has decided to report
fayorably Congressman Shafroth's bill,
which provides that after Jan. !, 1893, all
the departments of the government OF
the United States in transaction of all
business requiring the use OF Weignts
and measurements Except in completing
| the survey of public lands shall employ
and use only those of tie metric system,
which shall be the legal standard OF
weight and measurement of the United
States. Mt present the use Of the metric
system is OPTIONAL
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A maya zine RECENTLY discussed the. ques'
ton: Should literary persons marry?
A newspaper -spggests that the point is
Of no more Importance than these!
should publishers prosper Should
editors edit orr Write:" Should critics
keep cool9" "Shoula poets sleep on the
floor or the woodshad?'' Should city
people keep ;chickepgs2"
Today, Dec a,zAs the anniversary OF
the birth, in 1893 efjJean Baptist Racine.
the eminent French dramatic poet; OF
BENJAMIN Disraeli&Lorde 2Be aconsffeld, IN
1906 an eminent. English Jewish states
man and author; of DR.. Archibald Falt
archbishop of Canterbury, in 1871, Eng
Hsh educator and divine
1t is estimated that 100000 people
cross Brooklyn bridge every year. This
is the largest traffic on any bridge in the
world
]. Pierpont Morgan and William Rookie
feIIer served on a New York jury re
Gently. Among the cases was one award
ing $50 damages to a scrubWoman. Inc
defendant was another scrubWoman, VINO
was accused of slandering the first The
aggrieved party, sued for $4,000. These
men set a good example of civic duty to
New Workers.. since their valuable time
could have been SPARED on payment OF
small fine. Men who thus escape jury
duty are known in the New York courts
as 'sleepers," and 1t is very COM
mon method of evasion. Mr. Morgan has,
however, never been found wanting IN
his duty to his city
Paper is entering largely in uses other
than that of printing. Furniture made
of paper became popular in English
houses where there was a desire to be
imposing, but where good solid furniture
would be too costly. Now decorators OF
houses, even of those of wealthy peo-
pie employ compressed paper largely, eS-
pecially for paneling work for halls, cor
ridors, etc Very fine baluster rails are
also made in imitation of mahogany. The
houses of European artists are furnished
throughout with papier mache with metal
inlay. Even flower pots and vases which
are generally taken for majolica ware
and porcelain are composed of paper as
well as the costly antique weapons with
which the walls are hung.
People who think the country is all
taken up may be surprised to learn that
within our present boundaries that nearly
one-third of our domain is still unoc-
cupied In some of the older states,
as in those more recently settled, i'm
mense tracts of unoccupied land still
form portions Of the nations possessions
Thus there are 42S,SS3 acres in Alabama,
500. 600 in Louisiana, 2S5 600 in Mississippi
1900 in Michigan. more than 5,62I, 1874 In
Minnesota and 69,073 400 in Montana, ac-
cording to the report of the national land
Office 1t is not, of course, to be under
stood that all these lands are suscepti-
BILE of cultivation, but many of them are
or can be rendered so. It is therefore
obvious that within the original bounda-
ries of the nation there is yet for gen
erations to come wide fields for agricul-
tural mineral and manufacturing de-
yeIopment without running risks in tropi-
cal lands.
New substances, or minerals in new
forms. are being discovered right along.
Celulith is the name given to a substance
produced by long and continuous beat
ing of wood pulp. 1t is transparent and
elastic, hardening slowly until it attains
the consistency OF horn. its specific gray
ity being about As. The cellulith may
| be worked as is horn or ebonite. Com
| bined with sawdust and 80 per cent lamp
| black, the result is a kind of a dark
ebonite This is dense and may be pol
ished.
Trinity college, Washington, D. c., re-
Gently dedicated, is the first Catholic cell
lege for the higher education of women.
Arbitration by the United States has
made friends of Brazil and Argentina.
If arbitration can soothe the fiery South
American republics, it ought to accom-
plish a great deal in other directions.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat
Strikes are quite proper, only strike
right; H4f
Strike for some, purpose. but not for a
Strike for your manhood, for honor and
Strike right and left till you win a
Strike for your freedom from all that is
Strike of off companions who often beguile;
Strike with the hammer, the sledge and
the ak; ~
Strike off bad habits with burdensome
tax;
Strike out unaided, depend on no other;
Strike without gloves, and your foolish
ness smother;
Strike off the letters of fashion and
pride; 5if
Strike. where It's best. but let wisdom de-
did .
Strike a good blow RWlliIe the iron is lot;
| Strike, keep striking, till you hit the