The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-14

pulling c. & NV. train to Milwau-
kee, from Chicago, refused to quit blow
Ing, and the noise kept up for distance
OF sixty-hve miles, much to the surprise
OF villagers who heard the shril1 sound
as the train rushed through their towns.
In no part Of tbs United States are
people allowed to go about with deadly
weapons shooting or stabbing those who
are obnoxious to them, but political
speakers every year are allowed to III
the ears Of hearers with words aimed
at ths character and reputation Of
said in his st. Paul speech. "They (the
Democrats) stand for lawlessness and
disorder, for dishonesty and dishonor,
for license and disaster at home and
cowardly shrinking from duty abroad
Reckless and brutal speech is not much
less mischievous than physical agrees
siveness. Admirals Dewey and Schley
are Democrats, and Capt. Clark, of the
Oregon. and so are 100000 white Amert-
cans. According to Roosevelt. about
half Of the voters OF the country seek
its downfall.
Aug. IA is the anniversary OF the birth
of Ewart Seton Thompson, author Of
'TWild Animals Have Known" Q860). Mr..
Thompson lived for several years in Win
nipeg, and has been a frequent visitor to
St. Paul.
Gen. Lew Wallace says: ST am in favor
OF an amendment to the constitution by
which all future proposals Of territorial
extension shall be referred to the people
Of the United States and decided by their
vote" Why not apply the same rule to
wars with foreign countries?
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France has been trying five years to
convert Madagascar into q peaceful pos
session., but the assimilation Is as far
incomplete as ours Of the Philippines, and
we have been at it only two years After
subsection 1t will take big army to keep
them in subsection
Aug. IL, 1777, was the birthday OF Hans
Christian Oersted the Danish natural
philosopher, who founded the science of
electro-magnetism. He announced his
great discovery Of the relation between
magnetism and electricity in 1920, and the
electric telegraph was one of the most d.
rect practical results of his discovery.
He wrote a number Of books, and made
a number of important discoveries In
chemistry.
Charles Sanders, a Milwaukee street car
motorrnan, was seriously burned around
the neck the other day by his celluloid
collar catching fire when his motor burn
ed out. Now the superintendent of the
line has issued an order forbidding en-
ployes from wearing collars of that mate
rial.
Today, Aug. ID. Is the anniversary OF
the death Of DR.. VIM. auckland, the en-
inent English geologist QS56), and George
Cembe, the famous Scotch phrenologist
QS5s).
It costs about $500, coo an hour. or Sc, 900 =
| COO a day, to run the national government.
Quite different from the days of Wash
! ington. when the new government tried in
! vain to borrow 100000 in Europe. a sum
now spent in a half hour.
Luminous paint is being used on fire
| alarm boxes Ia the Eastern cities. On q
dark night it is possible to distinguish the
| location of a box SO painted q distance
| of ten blocks
| Today, Aug. IA, is the anniversary of
! the birth of Letitia Elizabeth I,andon
| who wrote extensively in England under
| the initials of L. b. L. Q802); OF Park
! Benjamin American poet and Journalist
! Q8O9), and of James Strong, American
| theological writer, and author OF an ex-
| tensively circulated book, '.Our Country
| QS22).
Today Is the anniversary OF the first
| expedition Of the New England forefath-
ers against hostile Indians. It was a
! warm August day in 1861, and an excit-
ing enc fer the settlers, when Capt.
| StandiSh marched away from the Massa-
| chusetts town at the head of his little
| army. Longfellow tells about it in verse:
NH'iPIr6G ten In OF IL
out of the village
! Standish the stalwart it was with eight
of his Valorous army
| Led by their Indian guide, by Hobomok
friend of the white man.
Northward marching to quell the sudden
revolt of the savage"
One rich man of New York, e. ]. Wen
! dell. has a very useful fad. For years he
has been helping bad boys. He has
over 1900 on his list Of those whom he
has found homes for, and he has 1ile
containing correspondence with them
which he highly prizes.
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Prof. Wood, Of the National museum
! at washington, who has made q study
| OF bird language, says the crow Is a
| great talker and the wild turkey CON-
verses more or less freely, but the hon
/ is the best conversatonalist Of ALL He
thinks in the future the language OF the
| feathered tribes will be grouped, and men
/ will get an idea Of how the birds have
been talking with each other for CEN
| turtles.
The prominence of the tail of the ma
| tional ticket does not please Mr.. Hanna.
| He thinks Teddy is entirely too pictur-
esque and theatrical. The cowboy style
of campaigning Is not inspiring conf
/ denC6 among thinking DeOD1a
Gen. Miles is soon to blossom out In a
uniform of great brilliancy It's his own
selection, and modified from Russian I'm
perial uniforms that caught his eye while
abroad. The coat has three rows of but
tons and gl1tters with gold lace. The
caps he and staff will wear are after the
Russian military style. II he goes to
China he will appear as dressy as Fl
Hung Chang and his yellow shirt and
feathers.