The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
THURSDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

THURSDAY GLOBE CHANCES.
Tomorrow is Friday and a holiday.
being the 169th anniversary Of the birth
OF George Washington. He was born
on Friday, and the 22d of February
comes on Friday every twenty years.
Today. Feb. 81, is the anniversary OF
the birth. in 1872 of Maj Gen. Nathaniel
Rochester, founder of the city of that
name IN New York; of Gen. Santa Ana,
in 1888, Mexican president, defeated by
Scott and Taylor in the Mexican war; of
elizabeth r. Thompson, in 1921, a noted
American philanthropist; of DR. Wolcott
Gibbs, In 1922, an eminent scientist and
author; Of Alice FL. Freeman, in 1856, a
leading pioneerStn the couse of female
education and also Specification.
The success Of the Cudahy kidnapping
case has openedSup a new business, not
kidnapping, but of employing private
watchmen to guard the children of the
rich. 1t is estimated that there are now
10000 men who get their living by this
work.
Queen Victoria did not break the record
of long reigns in Europe Louis XIV.
two years. She treigned and lived longer,
however, than any other English sover-
eign. Her age was eighty-one years and
212 days.
Now comes a doctor with the claim
that If men would quit the habit of wet
ting, combing and parting the hair there
would be no more badness in the world
Would he have US become nation with
football heads of hair and Indians?
Bishop Potter. of New York, has been
to the Philippines and China. OF affairs
in the latter country he says: Our
policy III China has not thus far been
happy one. Processing Christian en-
gineers, capitalists, merchants and
bankers there, aFeh responsible for what
has happened the past year If Ilwere
to defend any nation against the charge
of unchristian outrages I would take a
brief out in favor of China. Nothing
could have been more brutal than the
policies Of the Christian nations in the
past year in dealing with this pagan peo-
pie"
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There is current belief In Europe
that China IS an exploited mine of I'M
told. wealth in precious and rare metals
and specializing governments propose to
get big slices Of territory, regardless Of
the rights of China. The American idea
too is that the Philippines are also rich
n minerals, with chances for speeula-
tors.
A new spelling book has been intro
Guced IN the schools of several Eastern
cities in which there are important
changes in the spelling of words. Among
them are "thruf for through "altho" for
although and "catalog" for catalogue.
Des Moines paper recently printed a
two-column portrait of 'tCol J. Fl. Nah
Ter, of Chicago the eminent scientist
and inventor Of ,the 6Perfected' Oxygenor
King" It's the same colonel that used
to sell buggies in this city.
proposition Is before the French as
sembly to establislsl baby market in
Paris, where the children of Indifferent
or poor parentsImay be placed, to be
sold TO persons Who4can give security 20
care we'll for them
A letter from Cape Nome, sent via
Dawson, after the close of navigation,
contains this poetic paragraph: Here
lies the rolling sea. Towering above
that are the ice green mountains, and
towering above the mountains is the
price Of grub
The fad Of the late Baroness dHer-
pent, of Paris, was devotion to homeless
animals She kept, and by will pro-
vides, a small corps of bicyelists con-
stantly in search of waits and strays,'
and all so found whether cat, dog or
other animal, are taken to enjoy her-hos-
pitality. Even the dead are not ne
elected When her employees find a dead
animal they do not throw 1t into the
River Seine or the garbage barrel, but
take it to a quiet cemetery at Neuilly,
where it is given burial. Already $500
dogs and nearly as many cats are IN
tered there, with flowers growing over
their graves. The baroness became i'm
Uttered toward humanity by disap-
pointments and decided to comfort her
loneliness by bestowing kindness on
animals.
Advertising has already taken posi-
ton among the modern arts. This has
been recognized by the most successful
merchants and manufacturers, and yet
there are shrewd and careful business
men who neglect no detail Of inside ar
fairs who permit ''any old thing to
appear in print to advertise their goods.
A poorly arranged window display would
outrage their feelings, and yet their
newspaper ads do not come up to the
standard of their business. The G b e
advertisers Most of them furnish good
matter and the g orb e con1pcsitors are
'onto their jobs37 for no better displays
are to be found IN anS paper in the coun-
try, and we aree notf throwing bouquets
at ourselves in saying so.
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A st. Louis man recently printed a
book called 1.-THE Earth Coraered. /"
There are rumors in the air Of corners
in commodities and in business concerns,
but that the earth is cornered is new
sensation He says there are J6,0D,GG
landless people rcthesUnited States, men.
women and childrens Who pay week by
week for the privilege OF living on
the earth. and get our land area is not
over populated. There is room for mil
lions of people on the vacant lands Of the
country There is room in Minnesota
and the Dallotas Tor a good many more
people.
Patron!Zing the slot machine is a pri-
mary step in gambling. The percentage
like any gambling device, is largely IN