The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-22
THURSDAY eLoBE CHANCES.


| The theosophists Of the Twin Cities are
! looking forward with interest TO series
| of lectures to be delivered early in De-
| cember by Charles W. Leadbeater, a
| former clergyman of the Church OF Eng
land, who ranks next TO Mrs. Besant as
an exponent of their philosophy He
says theosophy affirms three great eter-
nal truths: First, that God is good; sec
ond, that man is immortal; third, that
as We SOW so shall we reap.
Every reader OF the G o b may not
be aware of theefact that Minnesota has
good many thousand acres of main
land territory not possible to reach ex-
cept by boat or else travelling over roads
belonging to foreign government. 1t
is located alongside the Lake of the
Woods, and is part of the boundary
line provided for in the treaty of Ghent
between the United States and Eng
land.
The use of slang is entirely too para
mount. The Glance" man, walking
about block behind party of girls the
other day. heard among other express
sions: ION the square," hes a lob
ster," nit" ION the hog train" and
stop kicking" These were all spoken
in staggering tone of voice, and seem
ed so incongruous and ridiculous, coming
from apparently innocent girls.
Today there will be an eclipse Of the sun,
visible, however, only in South Africa
and Australia and not total, but annular
This word is derived from the Latin
"annulus,' meaning a ring; and it is ap-
piled to such a eclipse because the sun S
proximity and the moons distance make
it impossible for the moon to cover the
entire face of the sun; consequently, a
ring of the suns brilliant face is left
surrounding the black disc of the moon
and so bright is that ring that the solar
corona cannot be distinguished. On May
Is we had total eclipse and there will
not be another visible in this country
for eighteen years. On June %, 1908,
there will be an annual one visible in
Florida.
In Mexico a jury consists of nine men,
and a majority convicts If a verdict is
unanimous there is no appeal
1t is said that over 10000 head of fine
stock will be on exhibition at the inter-
national show to begin at Chicago Dec. l.
Nearly all the great cattle, sheep, swine
and horse associations in the United
States will be represented. Over $75, 600
in prizes will be given.
ed from our navy. Congress has provid-
ed for about doubling the number of war
ships, and there is a large shortage In both
officers and men to equip them Large
inducements are offered for both naval
and military recruits, posters as gorgeous
as those used by, variety shows explain
how much money soldiers and marines
can save and what good times they can
have, but the prettily clothed figures are
considered too alluring.
Ministerial associations In Several of the
large cities have Endorsed the work Of
the American Young Peoples Temper
ance union In trying to secure the sig
nature of a million voters who pledge
themselves to vote for national prohibi-
ton in 1904 If a million names can be
secured. This movement is under the
patronage of the Million Voters league
and the Million Vote department of the
Young Peoples Christian Temperance
union both OF which are non-partisan or
CARNATIONS.
A Porto Rlcan who had lived in New
York for seven years was refused a vote
in the recent election. AS the case stands
it seems that the way is a good deal
! clearer for Italians, Hungarians, Poles,
| Greeks, Armenians, and even Turks to
get in their votes with US than for men
who come here from our new possessions.
DR.. William Cleveland, of MINNEAPOLIS.
in a letter to the Progressive Thinker.
spiritual paper, sof Chicago. on the
subject of mediums, says: ''There are,
many mediums being developed in all
parts of this land of the free. We have
some of the very best in the Northwest;
some in Minneapolis and some in ST. Paul
I am sitting occasionally with a gentle
man and his wife in st. Paul. Capt. and
Mrs Simonton. She is wonderful ma
terializing meditfm;i full forms appear
Some of her guides sing the sweet songs
of heaven; others play the guitar: 9th
ers whistle loud and shril1; others talk
in audible voice to their parents, who
have been left to mourn the loss of their
children. The mediums live in the high
er circles of the city, and are highly re-
spected'
While the other powers are pickering
over what to do in settling with China,