The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-19
TUESDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

several governors in messages to leg
lslatures now In session uttered words of
eautlon against the needless multiplied
ION Oh statutes. The passage of a few
Wen considered laws will be much better
than flood =unimportant measures
Iusheo through without care, all of
"hlch VIII have to be gone over bv tho
courts and many Of them upset. There
are too many conflicting and confusing
laws now in existence.
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Today, Feb. 19, is the anniversary Of
the o1rth in 147S of Nicholas Copernicus,
1ne ceIeorated German astronomer; of
zen. theodore Lyman, in 1892. a well
known American author and politician:
OF Sidney Rigdon, in 1893, Mormon
leader and first printer of 1.-THE Book
OF Mormon" Of Rev Leonard Bacon. In
1eoz' popular American divine and au-
thor; Of VIM. W Story, in 1919, an
American lawyer author and sculptor.
Mr.. Patrick Groves late of Omaha is
stu lost. The man who finds him will
get handsome reward
Our readers interested in Minnesota
trees, fruits and flowers, should send
81 to A. w. Latham, Minneapolis. Sec
rotary Of the State horticultural So
c1ety, and get copy of an illustrated
work Of 513 pages, devoted to the sub
ject, including the society's Illustrated
monthly for the year.
Over 300 patents have been issued on
smoke consumers, but so far, none seem
to be practical, or at least they are not
used
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It is said that nearly all articles origin
ally in leather are now being made of
Faper-such as suit cases. travelling bags
ETC., and so successful is the imitation
that man who had himself been in the
paper business for many years bought
an article of this kind recently under
the fun conviction that it was leather
he was purchasing.
Reform clubs are discussing the ques-
ton of desertion. 1t is said that too
many husbands are deserving their wives
and occasionally wives desert their hus-
bands.
1t is reported in a letter from Rome
that the popes income for 1900 amounted
to $4375, eco, nearly two-thirds Of which
was income from securities and Peters
pence. The expense account of the holy
father for the year,is figured at $1099,
600, of which S483,000 represented salaries.
The remainder of the account includes
the expense of Keeping up the Vatican,
the repairs at ST. Peters, charities and
contingent expenditures. The most nota-
bic item in this account is the personal
amount to $780, showing that he lives
a simple life. There will be a balance
of over IS, 000000 to be added to the con-
tingent fund, which now amounts to
over $50, 900, 600, a large part of which is
in American securities.
Charley Wesley Dean of Chicago. has
started paper called Name in the
Sky" edited by the spirits of the illustri-
Gus dead. The first number has articles
from Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson,
and other modern and ancient worthless.
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A new term has been invented by the
trust promoters. It Is now community
of interests"
The photographer was numerously
present in England during the last days
of the queen and the first days of the
king, and nothing seemed to have escap-
ed inside palaces and. outside, to judge
from the illustrated papers. This could
not have taken place without the royal
knowledge and consent.
The baseball horizon is full of fight. The
''magnates," who are in the game for
revenue, are girding up for lively con-
test from all appearances The real
struggle for supremacy is between the
National and American leagues. There
will be twenty-four clubs in fifteen of the
big cities, an average of nearly two clubs
per city. In two of these places, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, each of the three
associations has planned to locate clubs.
This means that in these two places at
least one club must go to the wall. The
American league has only one city
CleveIand-all to itself, while the Ameri-
can association is minus opposition in two
Louisville and Indianapolis. The Ma
tional league will have five towns in
which it will be the whole thing as re-
CARDS baseball-that is, unless a return Is
made to the twelve league circuit, con-
corning which there are many rumors.
The National league has the most money,
but the American has the best managers.
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It is reported that Murat Halstead will
take day off and write the history of
the Victorian age de had a writing of
the Galveston storm off the press ten
days after the disaster, his history of the
Cuban war was ready when the war
ended, and the ink IS scarcely dry on his
histories of the wars,in South Africa and
in the Philippines. rs such stuff history?
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Horse hide is now being made into
patent leather for shoes.
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The spring excursion rates fer country
merchants are in effect this week to the
Twin Cities. Our iobbers are prepared to
take care of all customers.