The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

who died Oct. 7, 1896. said that: ..It l.
| genius and not the want of it that adul-
terates philosophy and fills it with err
ror and false theory"
A monument is to be erected on a Swiss
mountain to Barry a ST. Bernard dog,
with a record for saving the lives of
forty persons lost in the snow.
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| Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, is not
only good fighter, but he has good
sense. There is the text for a Sunday
| address in these words spoken in reply
to how he lived: 81 live quietly, sleep
| regularly, drink moderately, little ale
| or beer, never spirits. / would as soon
learn to crochet as to smoke cigarette.
Drink, late hours, cigarettes in youth,
| and the idea some men have that the
| way to have fun is to ruin your health
| those things make young men old"
| The Methodist book concern reports
| that only two out of fifteen church pa
| pers printed under the name of Christian
| Advocate in different parts of the country
are on a paying basis. The net loss on
| the others-$108 900 in four years-had been
| borne out of the profits of the publishing
| business known as the Book Concern.
!. The daily papers keep the people posted
| on religious topics.
| The office of insurance commissioner in
| North Dakota needs more investigation
| than the insurance companies do, II all
reports are true concerning the acts OF
| the commissioner. This same position
was formerly held by Gov. Fancher, who
| has been pulled off the ticket by the state
central committee.
| The "Bible House, In New York Is for
| sale. It is one of the notable buildings
! oe tho CITY The Sun in commenting
cows. s'It is a significant circumstance
that the American Bible society, the
Goat organization for the distribution OF
| the Bible, which has been In existence
| for more than three-quarters OF cen
t,,rv is now meditating the sale OF les
-+o,,s,ye Bible house at Fourth avenue
eA N1i,+b street, and the transferring OF
a. anu noanrfacturing and publishing busa-
| . 10 10 some country place, where prop
49, For the purpose is far cheaper.
+ualve-year-oId boy is in jail at
na,'aton Or. for killing his fatnef
~ asleep IN retaliation for severe
whipping.
rha Tinted States torpedo poae
distinc+ive Irish name, was launcneu a
e., davs ago at Elizabeth, n. ). II cum
n,oro+es the heroiSm of the " bfleii9'
father and sons, who aided In the cap
tnra If British war sloop at Macilid''
Maine. MAY II, 1775. This was the ~
naval engagement of the Revolutloll'
The attack was made by luInoer sioop'
commanded by Jeremiah y Brlen'
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p,ohord e,rashaw wrote in the Seven
tenth century an epitaph for his frlend,
Dr. Ashton, which might considered Dy
some folks Just now, as we are nearing
the twentieth century:
Sermons he heard, yet not SO many
AS left no time to practice any;
He heard them reverently and then
His practice preached them Ger again.
An old settler died at Kenosha, WIS,
recently He was noted for his honesty
humanity. kindness, liberahty, and dqye
CT children As to the latter it is said:
cat his funeral the children Of Kenosha
cutnumbered everyone else, Many, q
man now living and who when dead will
be inferred in "a marble mausoleum. will
not have such a noble and honorable an
epitaph as that simple statement of
fact .:'a.s-.:s.,ss>t Fs:s... -.
The official figures of the British losses
of 1851 dead and wounded. $50 a. .
t'ss-te % ,yf
The Democratic suggestion flor de-
partment of labor, with a cabinet officer
at its head is not bad one. 1t could
take hold of the QUESTIONED arbitration
and possibly prevent so many disastrous
strikes. 1t would also give a recognition
to labor, and add to it's dignity, which it
does not get now in, the side issue in
which It now appears among the govern
ments burea u.s. 49, ~ -ys,:a ~ -, 49,
On Oct. 7. 1885, the first congress of the
American colonies met in. New York.
The business men of New York. who
furnish the mass Of clerical employ
ment. united in opposition. to vertical
writing in the schools, and the school
board of that city has stopped it. The
system is too slow and laborious.
Cicero said many years ago, in the
last century, B. c.: LET man love him
self not more than his neighbour This
Is repeated in other words In John xiii,
"a; "A new commandment I give unto
you. that ye love one another; as
nave loved you that We also love one
another Like the Declaration of In
dependence. this is rather ancient for
these strenuous days.
A Chicago woman has established and
endowed a home for Homeless cats,
Philanthrophy takes queer turns. A
home for Chicago waits might put a
few more stars in the womans crown
when she is passed in the gate by St.
Peter
1.-The Chinese government must be
promptly re-established and enter into
new treaties with adequate provision for
reparation and guarantees for the future.
Most of the United States troops are to
be withdrawn from China Immediately
China Will be compelled to punish her
own culprits. No one outside of ad-
ministration circles can quite understand
how all these things are to be accom-
plished after the troops are withdrawn.
II this clearly defines the course this
government Is TO pursue as we are In
termed by the state department; please
give US statement that is a little 'smud
dy and perhaps the public will get a ba+-
ter insight into the McKInley-Hay di-
piomacy
A series of winter socials" is being ar
ranged by Presbyterian church in Chi
cago, in which dancing will be a feature.
What a change from the old days
The weather for the last week or two
comes as near keeping the people guess
Ing as the election, or our Oriental COM
plications.
No progress is being made towards the
punishment. nor even the trial of Neeley
and Rathbone, who robbed the Cuban
revenues. and it looks as If they may
escape prosecution 1t is possible that
tnat they know of shortcomings higher
IN the rnIificai Inddnr0