The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-19
MONDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

Minnesota has nearly 100000 acres of
public land yet subject to entry or pur
chase from the government, and over
one-half of it is still unsurveyed. The
largest acreage of public land is in Bel
trami and Itasca counties. And yet we
are exploiting distant lands when mil
liens of acres of soil in Gods own coun-
try await the intelligent use of man.
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The annual revenue of the East India
government from opium is $4,000. 000
Ninety per cent of the opium goes to
China, last year $500 chests, each weigh
ing l35 pounds, were exported.
Gen. MacArthur's report for the period
covering May l to Sept. l. 1900, places
the casualties of American troops at
268 killed, $50 wounded and 55 captured,
while the Filipino losses for the same
time were 1927 killed, 694 wounded and
1854 captured. Out of a total of 622S4
for our army. there were 1888 sick on
June L, making the large percentage of
$40 per cent.
The establishment of a Jewish state
in Palestine is no dream. The Society
OF Zlonlsts is composed of men and wom-
en- of means and character, and business
is meant
Today, Nov. 10, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1852, of George Rogers
Clarke, an American soldier and explorer.
Thomas Jefferson called Gen. Clarke the
Hannibal of the Vest Gen. Clarke
was the chief actor in the conquest of
the West from the English French and
Indians. At the age of twenty-five he
planned and executed the reduction of
the British forts between the Ohio and
Mississippi. That took place in 1883,
and on the settlement of the western
boundary, when peace was declared, it
was placed at the Mississippi river
Clarke was active during the Revolution
in pacifying Western Indians, and serv-
ice among them brought to his notice
the beautiful country along the Ohio. He
subdued the hostiles, harassed the Brit
ism, established posts and built forts,
thus giving security to the pioneer set
tiers of Kentucky. He died in 1915
A Maryland court has just decided that
under the new charter of the city of
Baltimore the school board cannot elect
a nonresident to the position of SUPER
intendent of the public schools
a native New ZeaIander by the name of
Wherahiko Rawei is Iecturfng in this
country raising funds in behalf of re-
ligfous work among his people, The Ma
oris. Everybody in want of money. even
Europeans of title, come to America
Today, Nov. 10, is dedicated in the
Catholic church calendar to St Elizabeth
of Hungary She is the patroness of an
order of nuns. Many pictures of her
have been painted.
The drunkenness and crazy demonstra-
tons in London, for which the return of
city imperial volunteers from South At
RIGA was the excuse, calls forth remark
able protests from the leading pubic
men. The Speaker, a prominent organ.
declares that the degrading influences
Of the last twelve months have left mel
Their self-contrOl nor self-respect in the
populace, fed daily on a diet of sensation
alism and passion" The Spectator saws #
were better that the people should al
ways remain under the ''Iong gray
shadow left by Puritanism'' than com
bine the Roman elephant with the leer
of the satyr on such occasions. Even
Lord Roberts sends a request that no
more such excuses be shown in future
welcomes.
The public schools" are not doing a
tithe of what they should do to give our
boys and girls refined and beautiful man
ners. 1 say 1T strongly, for on this one
point I feel deeply the lack of training
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thank no teacher for telling my child
pagan fairy tales. Paganism has gone
through human filth and degradation.
No class of stories needs greater win
moving than these myths from the Greek
and Hindu writings. It is not necessary
to go through this to reach the beautiful
and elevating.-Dr E E. White
Today. Nov. 10, is the anniversary of
the birth, in ITO, on the sea between Den
mark and Iceland, Of Albert Bertel Thor
waldsen, one of the most eminent OF
modern Sculptors; of Ferdinand de Les
seps, in 1905, the builder of the Suez Ca
nal; Of Capt. Ancrum Winslow, in 1911.
captain of the Kearsarge during the fight
with the Alabama; Of James Abram Gar
field, In 1881, the twentieth president
"a commonplace life" we say, and we
Eut why should we sigh as we say?
The commonplace sun in the common
place sky
Makes up the commonplace day.
The moon and the stars are commonplace
And tho flower that blooms and the bird
But dark were the world and sad our lot
II the flowers should fail and the sun
And God, =" who studies each separate
Out of commonplace lives makes his
beautiful whole.
Susan Coolidge
Tears can be used in legitimate argu-
ment according ito the following state
ment from Nashville paper: F'OficiaI
sanction has been given to an opinion
always held by women that tears are a
legitimate argument. A ruling made re-
Gently by the judge of the appellate court
in Tennessee refused to set aside con-
viction on the ground that the Jury had
been improperly influenced by the tears
of the prosecuting attorney. On the con-
trary, the court went so far as to de-
clare that. If counsel has tears at COM
mand it may be seriously questioned
whether it is not his professional DUTY to
shed them whenever proper occasion
arises
A creamery trust is now being engi-
neered by Phil Armour according to re
port. The Chicago packer has heretofore
represented the oleomargarine interests.
The new move is looked upon as an at
tempt on the part of the ''oleo'' men to
secure control of the dairy interests in
order later to advance their oleomargarine
interests. 1t will take a good deal of
money to get control of all the cream
cries, hut the people in question have a
good deal of it.
In the mountain sections Of Kentucky.
Tennessee and Virginia the people stin