The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-25
MONDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

1t Is not generally known that in the
life giving environments Of Minnesota
there is a large variety Of medicinal
plants. They grow by the shores Of rivers
and lakes, on the prairies of the south
and in the pine lands of the north.
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The new edition OF the Roman Catholic
Index Expurgatorius, contains a
list Of over 5000 books under the ban Of
the church. French books constitute a
large majority and include the works OF
Balzac. Lamartine. Hugo, Sue, Dumas,
lola and many others.
1t is not singular that army officers
and commissioners sent to the Philippines
declare that the natives are not fit for
self-goVernment. And the newspaper cor
respondents who have joined in this opin-
Ion have been given jobs of helping to
rule the 'lawless" people of our new
dependency. But correspondents and
others, who declare that the E.ilipinos
have right to govern themselves in
their way-just as hundreds of other races
govern themselves each in their way
nave not been popular with the authori-
ties.
The next session Of congress will be
asked to grant statehood to Oklahoma
1t now contains over 100000 population
NO territory has a stronger claim. It's
admission will add the forty-sixth star
to the American flag.
The Boer war has been going on now a
year and half, and has passed through
three stages-the Butler stage (disas-
trous); the Roberts stage (an immense
army and the capture of the Boer cap
1tals); the Kitchener stage (the Boer as
cir rraiT oy7d
for more British troops) The grim
conqueror of the Soudan is not now
fighting naked savages
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Oh. the beautiful snow is deceitful;
The poet but moves us to SCOTT
It's light when 1t falls, but so heavy
When you find you must shovel 1t off!
Washington Star.
The 'fbiilion-dollar congress- that
created stir ten YEARS ago is to be
succeeded this year iby what nearly ap-
proaches a billion dollar session If
averages mean anything the congressicn-
al appropriationsEof, this closing session
means tax of over so upon the ordi-
nary American family with $500 or 5000
income ss1s
The following is an extract from the
oath taken by theSjn@J king of Eng
land: Il Edward do solemnly and sin
cerely, and in the presence of God, pro-
TESS, testify and declare: do believe
that, in the Sacrament of our Lord's
Supper. there is not any transubstantfa-
ton of the elements of bread and wine
into the body and blood of Christ at or
after the conservation thereof by any
person whatsoever, and that the invoca-
ton or alteration of the Virgin Mary or
any other saint, and the sacrifice OF. the
mass, as they are now used in the
Church of Rome, are superstitious and
1dolatrous." This is not calculated to
make millions Of British Roman Cath
olics more loyal. Many years ago mem
bers of parliament were freed from TAX
ing this oath, and Catholic members will
introduce a bill to have the quoted pas
sage omitted freIn"the monarch's oath
If the governors continue to take a hand
in stopping "srarring Matches prize
fighters will have to go to work
Who bides his time-ke tastes the sweet
OF honey in the safest tear;
And though he fares with slowest feet,
JOY runs to meet him, drawing near;
The birds are heralds of his cause,
And, like never ending rhyme -
The roadSides bloom in his applause
Who bides his time.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Is it cOwardly, mercenary Or what that
congress still refuses to announce anv
policy toward the Philippines? In order
to bring about a pCaae that would be no
sacrifice Of pride to a great many peo-
pie and no sacrifice of honor to the Fill
pinos, we could5 declare our intentions.
Is it the spirit of greed and of the free
bocter and pirate that hopes to make q
dollar out of it that hold us back from
doing what traditions of an honest lib
erty-loving people demand?
In italy one of the peculiar customs Of
the peasant classes is-the wearing of price
marks on their new suits of "hand-me-
down clothing. In other countries the
tag is torn off 4t-opce. AS over 100, 600
Italians came to t4lisicountry-one fourth
of the entire emigration Ct the year
the style may become popular here To
wear the tag shows that the Wearer has
now suit, and thatit cost so much 1t
might prove quite an advertisement if
dealers could induce customers to wear
the tags.
1t was seven years ago, in January,
that Mack wrote the following screed
to the Benson Times concerning the new
capitol site: THE deeds of the state CAP
1tol site are nearly all signed and filed
for record. It is a fine place, on account
of height and isolation, for an astronom-
fcaI observatory or would work up nicely
into limekilns, but no mere fit for a state
capitol site than the plains of Kandiyohi
county, where wild geese are said to
wear rubber 'waders' and carry life pre-
servers as they cease their flight for q
night rest on earth'S surface It's safe
TO wager kings ransom to a Populist' s
opinion on the silver question that in ten
years from now the state could not real
lie one-half the amount paid for the
land by the capitol commission. But it
is great locality for drainage. 1t is
said that when 1t rains in the summer
the water runs so swiftly down the steep
decliv1ty that the friction caused by con-
tact with the stone creates heat that
turns the water into steam, and the foot
OF the hill is colony of laundries."
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Prof. Mangasarian said, in an address
in Chicago the other night, that when
man is rich In his nature riches will
make him more beautiful, but if a man
be moral and mental pauper riches will
only make his vulgarity all the more
glazing. The noble-hearted confer a
greater favor on riches by accepting
them than riches can7bestow upon Them
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It is the opinion of the librarian of con-
gress that wood pulp paper will not last
century. Before 20Go all the books and
newspapers now In evidence printed on
that kind Of paper will have crumbled to
pieces What a mess of dust there will
be in the newspaper file rooms of the
Minnesota Historical society, and in the
library rooms of the daily newspaper Of
fees Of the city.'o re-
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The Rev Dr. Arundel, Episcopalian, OF
Firtsburg, in a recent address on "Pov-
erty and its Relief. said: Poverty IS
such hindrance. Poyerty is also on the
increase The nation is growing richer