The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-22
FRIDAY GLOBE CHANCES.


friday is legal holiday in all of the
states except Mississippi which state has
no enactments upon the subject. WASH
1ngten was born 1863 years ago today,
and on Friday, too.
Mrs. Nation did not invent the hatch
ct cure" for saloons. On July 8, 1896,
party of 300 women at Rockport, Me.
armed with hatchets and axes, destroyed
the fixtures of thirteen saloons. A long
trial followed in the courts, but the
women finally escaped. Rockport has
since had no saloons.
The commissioner of patents reports
that last year there were 2641S patents
granted, including designs; 81 patents re-
issued, 721 trade marks registered, and
73I labels and SO prints. The number of
patents that expired was q, 1856 The
number of allowed applications that were
forfeited for the non-payment of the
final fees was APIS. The total expendi-
lures were $1.260,019 The receipts over
expenditures were s90,S6S The total bal
ance to the credit of the patent Office
in the treasury of the United States on
Jan. 1, 1901, was $5,177, 45S. The patent
office is the only one in the government
that makes money and has surplus OIL
earnings
The tailors of New York city, sc, 900 Of
them, are arranging to buy a tract OF
land and build tailors' town Eight
wholesale firms in our association have
appointed committee to perfect this
scheme" said President Marks the other
day. I'VE believe a movement to the
suburbs would result in vast benefit
to our people,"
Hanna says the lake shipyards can
build ships cheaper than the Atlantic
yards; j. J. Hill says the Atlantic
yards can build ships cheaper than the
British yards; therefore, says Hanna, we
must have subsidy to encourage ship
building. Hanna is always logical in
his demands on the public purse
Helena (dont.) Independent.
Rev Homer c. Shautz, of Mt. Vernon,
To-, has been appointed presiding elder
of the Methodist Episcopal church in
the Philippine islands, and viii sail from
San Francisco for Manila to take up
his new duties on April l. He expects
to take dozen or more missionaries
with him and organize Methodist Epls-
copal churches.
Two young men in Girard National
bank, Philadelphia, have records for
record of having counted 900 Bland sill
yer dollars in ~ minutes. The other
Shelley Heller. has counted in 80 sec
onds 100 81 bills. When they are count
ing money during banking hours the
of their hands are so Won
derfully swift and graceful that it is no
unusual thing for hurried men of bust
ness to hnger a few minutes Just to
watch them.
Senator Chandler, Of New Hampshire.
who was retired by order of the admins
tration because of his independence, was
a stenographer when a young man. and
wrote letters for Gen. B. F. Butler.
A few days ago Mrs. P T. Bulger. Of
Portland, Or, gave birth to twins on an
o. r. & N. train. The elder, a boy. was
born in Oregon, and the other a girl in
the state of Washington. an hour later.
This is the first case on record where
twins were born in different states
Lord Roberts wears goatee. and be-
cause of his popularity in England his
friends are adopting his style of wear.
Ing hair on his chin.
The famous society of communists ar
zoar, O.. has dissolved, after an existence
Of nearly 100 years. In the division of
property each member had about $500,
Dawson City, the metropolis of the
tlondike. has passed it's sour dough
days. The city now has electric lights.
telephones. daily papers, churches,
bicycles, theaters, fraternal so
,let1es, free public library, and good order
prevails. The population is 1000 and
wages have come down to about ss a
day. To Offset this falling off in the in
come all foodstuffs and other necessa
ries are to be had much cheaper. In 1897
nour was retailed at $50 a sack Today
II Is to be had for Sc a sack
Inc Wemen's Reform Club of Brooklyn
VIII ask the New York legislatures 70
pass bill providing that street rail.
ways shall not receive more than 5. cents
as the fare of standing passengers 2
cents more to be collected when thew get
seat. If seat is not given to q. pas-
senger when he enters the car and after
paying cents for his ride he is later Of
1ered seat, he may have the right to
eject whether or not he shall accept it.
II ne accepts 1t, he must pay the conduc
Tor the additional sum of 8 cents. If he
does not accept it, no other fare SHAH he
collected for the remainder of his ride
Regarding transfers, passenger who
mas only paid 2-cent fare will not he
emitted to seat in any other car to
which hesmay be transferred unless he
mas first paid an additional cents.
A year ago today Leslie E. Kelley, in
Ventor, or rather promoter of the Exec
ley cure" for drunkenness, died at Los
Angeles, aged sixty-six years; Dan Rice
the veteran circus clown, died at Long
Branch, year ago today, aged seventy
seven years.
Two little countries of Northern Eu-
rope, Holland and Belgium, have queens
In the ore the queen governs in her own
right, and in the other she takes no mart
in the government and Is only queen by
marriage In the first country, Holland
the queen is supremacy happy in her re-
cent marriage. eThe other Is unhappy In
her marriage, and her children made un
fortunate and unhappy marriages. Be
sides, Belgfum's king is s6ne of the most
prof1igate in Europe, and his queen is
dying of broken heart
No German soldier, regardless of what
may be his rank, must appear in public
except in uniform, even though he be on
furlough. The army regulations strictly
enjoin that he must always wear his
uniform, under penalty of fine and i'm
prisonment.
The men who handle the nations
money in the United States treasury are
not under bond, nor are they watched by
spoilers. The paying teller handles $40
coo, 900 or $40, OK, 600 a year. The exchange
clerk has every day s6e,000,0OO in change
at hand. The money in charge of the
keeper of the cash room runs from s170-
G00, e00 upward, and the chief of the issue
division handles millions every day. Any
of these men could get away with enor-
NOUS amounts of money and be reason
ably sure against detection for con-
siderable length of time. Nevertheless,