The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-04
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Ioday, NOV. 4, in the Protestant church
calendar, is the twenty-frst Sunday aft
of Trinity. In the Catholic church it is the
twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost.
The Christian Endeavor and Epworth
league topic is: Matthew XIV, 14-1S, Are
you doing your best The sun rises
today at 6:S5- a. m. and sets at 4:51 D. M.
The moon will be full day after tomor-
row, election day.
After tomorrow the voice of the poIiti-
cal speaker will be silent for time.
Whether the
loud voiced orator who YIELDS
The living mass as If he were its SOUL
is democrat, Republican,, Pop, or what
not, his followers generally believe ev-
cry denunciation and arraignment of the
opposition. Whichever side wins the po-
litical sky will not fall, notwithstanding
all the dire prophesies. Within q year,
more or less, the. Ciceros and Demos
themes of the opposing parties will be at
it again.
October beat the record of twenty-nine
years of observation by the signal Of
flee in st. Paul. It was the warmest
and wettest month, and the only one
without killing frost.
A new burlesque has just been put en-
cast, under the title of "Sarsaparilla."
Today, Nov. 4, is the anniversary of
the death, in 1902, of the famous English
admiral, Benbow, the subject of many
songs; Of Charles Churchill, the noted
English satirieaI poet, in 1855; of Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn, the musical
composer, in 1847; of George Peabody,
the American philanthrepist, in 1863; Of
Eugene Field, popular journalist and
poet, in 1895
The largest plurality on the popular
vote for presidential candidate was Tor
Grants second term in 1872 when he
had over 700, 0O0 For his first term he
had sos, 900. Figure out in your mind
what plurality William Mckinley will
get next Tuesday
The tendency nowadays is for the short
story or novel. In early times writers
strung their stories out with two, three
and even six volumes. Lew Wallace
tried to pad out a good single volume
story into two volumes, but 1t was not
a success.
Today. Nov. A, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1850, of William III. of Eng
land: of James Montgomery. in III. the
English poet; of Samuel Ireneus Prime
in 1872, a distinguished American divine,
author, and editor of the New York
Observer for many years; of Lopez, in
1890, ruler of Paraguay, nd who opened
that country to trade; of Stephen j.
Field, in 1916, associate justice OF the
United States supreme court.
A New York miliiner by the name
of Cast, described as delicate woman,
has made a long-distance bicycle record,
having ridden 2,6e0 miles in the vicinity
of New York in the remarkable time
of 222 hours and 51a minutes, beating
the best mans record by hours and l
minute. Thus a new pace has been set
for the foolish abnormal creatures who
are striving to establish themselves as
unusual specimens of human endurance.
The daughter of Gen. Fred D. Grant
married Prince Cantacuzene, a Russian,
year or two ago. An heir has been
born and it seems to be a very wonder
full child. The American grandmother is
enthusiastic over him. why, only this
week. she says, my daughter wrote
me that this little Russian infant has
begun to notice that leaves fall at this
time of year. What a knowledge of
botany for one so young!"
Today, Nov. 4, the Catholic church
hOnOrS the memory OF St. EmGr1c, q
Christian prince of Hungary in the elev-
enth century. Through his celebrity his
name became a popular one; it was
conferred in the fifteenth cen Jury in the
Italian form Of Amerigo, upon an ItaI-
ian named Vespucci. He did the world
some service by extending the knowledge
in Europe of the continent which Co
Iumbus had discovered. and by a strange
current of circumstances the Western
world came to be recognized by the
name of America, in honor of SIgnor
Vespucci The surnames Amory and EN-
cry are set down being derived by
Emeric.
John w Foster in his new book, 'A
Century of Diplomacy" always refers to
the Omitted States in the singular In
the constitution, whenever that term is
used 1t is the plural.
About the only thing a man can prove
nv an election bet is that he has a bit
of sporting blood in his constitution, or
thinks he has.
The late Charles Dudley Warren be-
gan his literary career by writing con-
tributions for the farmers column in a
Connecticut paper.