The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-28


lnhumanity and brutality to horses If
the police have no instructions to arrest
OF report drivers of delivery and express
wagons then the Humane society and the
owners of horses should combine and ap-
point some one to prevent these heartless
sets. 1t is a matter that concerns horse
owners who may not be aware of the
reckless and Vicious habits of some driv-
crs.
This new illuminant metal, radium.
will not come into general, use. until the
Price comes down. 1t is now quoted at
LOCO an ounce. A half pound will make
an ordinary room light as day, and last
ferever:eAto4 80
Andrew Carnegie has already founded
l2e libraries. He says in his last book
that the great question to be asked of
all on the last day is not how they wor-
SHIPPED God but how they served man.
The Brooklyn 7, Citizen has discovered
that of the t$26S, DOC, GOO deposited in the
savings banks during 1900 perhaps fully
one-haH represents deposits of men of
wealth divided among several of these
institutions for the purpose Of avoiding
taxation and pending investment in some
profitable way.
It has been discovered that the Cana
clan thistle has a fiber good for paper
making, and even for the manufacture Of
Goth. Now if the attempt is made to
cultivate it it will probably disappear
1t may be of interest to Western legis-
lators to learn that while Connecticut is
trying to adopt the whipping post method
Of lettering husbands from beating their
wives, Rhode Island is trying to amend
her divorce laws so that wives cannot
so easily slip out of the control of their
husbands, and thus does the pendulum
of reform in New England swing back
and forth and make no progress
So glad to see you, gentle spring!
You're looking well-but say
Why be so formal? Won't you please
Take off your things and stay?
Chicago Times-Herald.
The March number of The Philistine
devotes several pages to the recent hunt
ing trip of Vice President Roosevelt, jill
Colorado, during which he killed eleven
mountain lions, six wild cats, three kit
tens and one bear He proudly an
nounces that he belongs to the Dutch Re-
formed church, and strictly observes the
Sabbath, and yet he knows nothing
about the great truth that all life is one
and that every living thing is a particle
and part of the life of God. Therefore
Teddy does not consider life a sacred
thing. He cannot give back the ruddy
life current, but with gun and pistol and
knife he has sent the shivering soul of
things back to the Maker. We become
strong only In those faculties that we
use; and Teddy has exercised the brute
il his nature until he can do little else,
except to observe the Sabbath. No fol-
lower of Christ ever found delight in do
ing what Teddgrihas DONE
Ed Howe Of the Atchison Globe, says
that 'every man makes the mistake OF
thinking he can fool his wife as easily
as he used TO fool his mother
Alabama has a, couple of old men, but
good ones intheIsenate. During the last
session OF congress, Senator Morgan.
with a brief intermission was on his
feet for six shours, talking steadily. He
is seventy seven-years old; but, to quote
his own language, he is not as rapid in
his action and speech as his colleague,
Senator Pettus, Who is eighty years old.
II cannot keep up as closely with the
procession, ''ole ssaid. II only stagger
along" 10
Be
Our CONGRESSMAN has been over to
Porto Rico and Cuba and spent a few
days and is back and knows just what
the people of those islands need Mr.
Stevens is reported as having spent only
a short time in Porto r co, '.but is i'm
pressed that congress has made a mis-
take in giving Porto Ricans even the
limited self-government which was ac-
corded them He says they are Per-