The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-12
FRIDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

From all reports the baseball season
will be one of the most active for years
The changes in the complexion Of the
clubs ere notable, many new faces w IL
appear, and Notwithstanding all the talk
of war during the winter the season will
start off in better shape than for several
years. The old ST. Paul club, now IN
Chicago, promises to be one of the great
est in the country. The National league
games will begin April IS, six days ahead
of the American league.
Today April u, is the anniversary Of
the firing upon Fort Sumter, at Charles
ton, S. c., and therefore the date Of the
active beginning of hostilities in Ameri-
cas- greatest war.
Did you ever notice any signs of death
around a hotel? Somehow guests don't
expect people to die in a hotel but they
do, but no signs of mourning are ever
displayed.
Ladies and others who are through
with the heavy shoes Of the winter,
which are too good to throw away.
should stuff them full of paper, just as
the foot fills each, and put them away
until needed again. Also rub the surface
with vaseline. Then put away until
needed and they viii fit again just as
good as ever.
The steamship Rhein arrived in New
York Saturday with 2,449 Storage pas
sengers. This breaks the record for the
largest number of immigrants arriving
on one steamer. Among the cabin pas
sengers are two dwarfs under two feet
in height. One is a woman nineteen
years and the other a youth of eighteen,
and they are acrobats as well as diva. is
The crew Of the vessel numbered 409
Cyclists are looking forward to a season
Of unusual activity. The National Cycling
association circuit of nearly thirty tracks
will be ready early in May New tracks
are expected to be added. The grand cir
cult begins July 5.
| Peace problems in the Philippines will
! be the source of more worry for the gov
| eminent that the war. The latter means
| force and the stronger force wins but
trying to set up a civil government is
another proposition. We had q long, bit
ter trial in the South after the Civil war.
Any ruler can carry on war. But to de-
eide what to do after the war is over re-
| quireS wisdom
1t is not generally known, hut Lord
| Kitchener, like Lord Nelson, the great
naval commander, is blind in one eye.
So active have been the police in ar.
| resting men who spit on the sidewalks,
and in public buildings, and about cars
| in New York, that the disgusting habit
| mas about ceased.
According to the present programme
England is to expend $45000,OoO on new
war ships and largely increase the marine
! forces The large increase in the naval
| strength Of France Germany and Russia
| is the cause Of this activity, and the
| island empire must keep ahead of all
| rivals. But this will be task in this
| day of rapid naval construction among
| the great powers.
| S. E. Larrabee, well known Montana
! stockman, recently sold his stock Of
horses to J. B. Haggin for $50, Geo. This
| is said to nave been the largest private
| sale of the kind ever consumnated in the
| United States.
| All or the American volunteers who
/ were with Funston are to be rewarded
! with appointments as regular army Of
| ficers. Rewards of some sort Will also be
| given TO the native officers and privates
| of the party.
Manchuria, about which there is much
| talk owing to its seizure by Russia, is
| the northern province of China, and is
nearly as large as the United States
| east of the Mississippi river.
| Chinese dentists extract teeth with