The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-20

rights which they have enjoyed ever
since. Inc present Gar, however, has
proken TINS pledge, and by placing Rus
SIAN olncers in command of the Finnish
| army. substituting the study of the Rus
sian iallsu age In the schools, abolishing
| eile Plllllsh nag and by other oppressive
as ne mas broken the national pride of
noble and patriotic people. In their
sorrow the Firms are turning to America
oept. ~ Is the anniversary of the death
in l4io OF owen Glendower. the celebrated
! Welsh chieftains a prominent character
IN the reign of Henry ", and immortal
| lzeo py shakespeare in the play of that
name IL was yGlendower who said to
| Hoispur, L can can spirits from the
body deep"
a fatter day Philosopher, in discussing
| the foreign diplomatic acts of the present
administration, says: DIPLOMACY Is
largely the tactfuI use of humbug in the
place Of fads."a,
| Sept 20 is one of the grave secular hol-
days in. Italy, MARKING as It does. the
! QoWhIal OF the temporal powers of the
fapacy. 1t was, on this day, in 1870
Wnen Rome surrendered to the army of
/ Victor Emmanuel. Napoleon had with
drawn the French forces from the eter-
nal city, and trouble, being imminent, the
King of Sardinia entered the Pontifical
states and assumed control against the
protest of the Pope Many Catholics
! observe the day as one of fasting and
| humilia ton
Messrs. Roosevelt and Mckinley in
their letters of acceptance declared that
we are IN the Philippines TO stay. Are
tney anticipating the action Of congress,
or attempting to forstaE it? The treaty
| OF Paris was ratified by the senate only
upon the understanding with the presi-
dent that there was no intention of keep
ing the islands as permanent possessions.
Mr.. Mckinley has the habit Of changing
his opinions too frequently
David Ross Locke, petroleum " Mas
by" was born Sept. 20, 1888, and first at
tracted attention when he began his
/ Nasty letters in 1860, while editor of a
! paper at Findley, o. He died Feb. Is.
1855, at Toledo, O., while editor of the
Blade.
| We have always thought that California
] had the tallest es-redwoods-in the
! world. They are the largest but the
gum trees of Australia are the tallest.
| Records show that gum trees have been
measured 49, feet long.
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The Chinese department of the British
/ museum contains work of 5,020 volumes.
| 1t is an encyclopedia of the literature of
China, covering a period OF twenty-eight
| centuries.
DR., e. II. Dewey, of Meadville, Pa, is
the leader in a movement against eat
| ing breakfast. my theory" says DR..
! Dewey, sis that it is wrong to impose the
| task of digestion on body freshly re-
| cuperated by sleep, and in condition to
work. Digestion it is we'll known, draws
heavily on the brain and nerve forces,
which should not he taxed at the begin
/ ming of the days work. Food should be
/ let alone, therefore. until such time as
there has been g physical waste of tissue
/ which needs to be replaced by food" He
has many followers in his ''no-breakfast'
! system. When the patient is suffering
from actual disease DR.. Dewey goes still
| further and recommends absolute fasting,
for he believes not only that people eat
too much, but that most ills are caused
by eating. Leopard Thress Of Philadel-
phia, underwent fifty days fast. Col.
Jacobson, of Chicago, has just returned
to his home after a sixty days fast in
the Meadyille city hospital under DR..
Dewey's personal care.
| sept ~ - the anniversary or the birth
! OF Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot and
author He was executed for treason
for trying to organize the United Irish
men" on Sept 20, 1903; aged exactly
| twenty-three years.
Singular to say the missionary soeie-
ties are bringing the strongest influence
to bear upon President Mckinley to keen
the troops in China IT is not curious
| Ia III iY1Io of
| should clamor for force in connection
with the spread of faith The early great
! missionaries never asked for guns and
ships to back them up In the work of
sowing tire seeds Of the church. The
black gowns" penetrated the Western
| wilds of America and did more to sub
due the Indians than all the display OF
/ force has ever accomplished.
The fortune made by Fanny Davenport
the actress, has been scattered by the
widower, Melbourne Mcdowell. The
valuable jewels and plays left by her
have also been sold. Once she was a
great actress with wealth and fame and
many friends. Now her name is scarcely
remembered. Mcdowell has married
again. He is just back from his honey
moon in Europe. Miss Davenport's sue
cessor is NVilhefmina Straus, the divorced
wife Of Louis Brafaun, a Baltimore
broker. Last week Mcdowell was ar
rested in New York and lodged in jail
under charge Of cruelty to his second
wife.
The Cincinnati chief of police last week
ordered down the colored posters an
nouncing the play of "Quo Vadis.'' One
of the posters vetoed by the chief shows
the giant Ursus with Lygia in his arms
after he had dashed Vinicius to the
ground. Ursus is clad in a bearskin. The
chief did. not order down the picture
which shows Glauclss naked in the burn.
ing scene, because e flames hide GIau-
Gus legs The chief also ordered +he
Jolly Burlesqderss I" pictures down be.
cause, in his opinion, the women were
pictured without sufficient clothes
The last fiscal year showed that over
100000 immigrants came to the United
States, Italians leading. Uncle Sam has
shown thus far a marvellous power of di.
gestion-happily for the toiIlng sons OF
men. But how long can he stand itf
He has, however. task enough on his
handS-and stomach-without going on
to reform the world, so long as the world
is coming to him.
The closest race in the growth of two
cities yet noticed was between Detroit,
and Milwaukee. During the, last ter
years Milwaukee increased from 2o4. 4s6 t.