The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-26
WEDNESDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

WEDNESDAY GLOBE CHANCES.
The Fourth street sign of Nc. Teddy
and Van, ordered from New York paint
ers by the Republican state central COM
m1ttee, had to be taken down yesterday
for repairs. 1t is not adapted to the
peculiarities OF, Minnesota climate.
Archbishop iceland. of this city, was
dignified with the title of commander of
the Legion, of Honor in France yester-
day. The ceremony took place at the
ministry of foreign affairs in Paris.
The fact that there are twelve presi-
Dental tickets in the field shows most
emphatically that there is large diff
ference Of opinion prevailing among
American voters. 1t is not altogether a.
peaceful apd prosperous as the Republic
can poitiahns claim,
Our former fellow citizen, William Wal
dorf Astora nov a British subject, is re-
ported to have added the letter to his
name and now spells 1t Astour, in ac-
cordance with an old English custom.
A Cineirfhati soapmaker- Proctor
last week bought a 100-foot-front lot on
Fifth avenue, New York, at cost Of
| $4,000 foot, the largest amount ever
paid in that acity for residence lot. He
will now proceed to build a honrt to cost
million or two. A few hundred thou
sand dollars don't make much difference
to soap man.
| The street corner orator is abroad in
the land. While he does no particular
good, nor any particular harm, he fire.
quently affords a good deal of, amuse-
ment, and he may as well be allowed ID
have his say, and not have the hose
turned on him.
-ne National Bohemian Catholic Cen
trail union meets in annual convent on
| at Chicago today.
A St. Paul man owned a valuable dog.
1t was taken i'll. The owner was sud-
/ denly called away on business. He gave
his wife minute directions about taking
care of the sick pet. 1t grew worse a
! dog. doctor was called, who said the pup
! was not properly cared for when told
! the treatment. He prescribed complete
! change. When the owner returned he
found on his desk the unabridged die
tionary labeled, What 1 Don't Know
About Dogs while by it was another
volume about the size of a postage stamp
labeled, What / Know About Dogs"
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has gone abroad
again, and to a friend he said: I'm go
ing to forget money The fact that his
mills are making him many thousands of
dollars every day will enable him to carry
out his plans3 He further said: when
ever l COULD have always forgotten
money and thought instead of the ends
1 wished to gain The man who thinks
solely OF money, whose thoughts are
purely money thoughts, makes a debased
creature of himself Mr.. Carnegie has
a penchant for ssermonizing.
Fifty years. ago IS per cent of the SUI
gar used in the world was made from
cane Now It has fallen to about 80 per
cent, sugar beets taking the lead.
The French make spurious mummies
and ship them to museums and collectors
all over the world Buyers who under
stand the situation now use the X-rays
| and discover the sham article.
Today, Sept &c, is dedicated in the
Catholic church to Saints Cyprian and
Justina. Previous to his conversion Cyp-
rian was a magician or divfner, and his
name is coupled in the calendar with
that of Justina, Christian woman who
aided in converting him to Chris tianity.
They were beheaded in the third century,.
The frequent demands made by our adj
| ministration for that little bill of dam
ages. against the sultan of Turkey for
1 the destruction of American missionary
property in Armenia have not been given
lseersideration as yet The sultan may
be a barbarian, but he knows the value
of moaeys and how to postpone payments.
| Senator Stewart calls Bryan traitor
! The Pioneer Press thinks Pnollphe of the
| trifing name calling TRADE of the garru-
/ lous old Gasconder of Nevada to give it
a flash heading on the first page. The
P. p. has a way itself of getting on and
off the fence as nimbly as the old SEN
ator.
| Schools are generally open again for the
fall and winter term. The following hint
! is therefore timely: '"The parents can
| help to improve the school by an occa-
! sional visit thereto, speaking words Of
| Encouragement to the teacher and show
! ing an interest in the children's studies
| But If we would have our schools all
| they should be we will not only have to
employ good teachers, but we will have to
! begin at the beginning and train our
| children to- habits of obedience and in
! dustry.'' Speaking of this latter point
does it ever occur to parents what ire
mendous task it IS for a teacher to secure
| obedience from a class, half of whom
| are never required to obey any one?
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| Since 1869 the records show the burial
| of 110.751 bodies in the New York city
| potter's ffeld-the unknown and friend
less dead
The managers of Miss Helen Gorld's
''Hall of Fame" in New York, may have
| trouble in keeping the names of Fitz-
simmons, Corbett and Sullivan off of the
| competitive lists.
| A new kind of church has just been
added to the hundreds of different sorts
in this country Immigrants from the
Baltic provinces of Russia have organized
what is known as Littish church in
Philadelphia.
Today, Sept. 26, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1888, of Charles Bradlaugh,
a once noted English agitator.
Most of the Turkish ministers to the
different countries are Christians. The
present ministers to the United States
and England are Greeks and belong to
the Greek Catholic church One Turkish
minister and a Christian served Turkey
for forty-four consecutive years in Lon
don.
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There are 1850 organized religious and
charitable agencies at work IN New York
city, and one church for every 2, 400 per-
sons.
The world is full of people unknown
and strange to each other Some of the
strangers are parents and children.
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We are pretty progressive in this coun-
try, but we are behind England and most
continental countries In the matter of
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