The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05
SATURDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

Livery state has large tool house In
winch good many farmers keep their
implements. Take trip out on anv of
the railways and you can see it. 1t is all
CUT OF doors: 1t has blue canopy in the
sumner ana dark gray or white one
IN winter. 1t is all right as long as If
don leak. The manufacturer is very
much pleased to have purchasers store
their goods in this house.
IShatlus ponnelly once said in a speech:
The shallower the mind, the more posi-
tive 1t is usually upon every subject The
deepest thinkers adopt the Scotch YER
act, Not proven as to many of the
great problems in life''
Today, Jan. 5, is the anniversary of tba
pirth, in 1873, of Commodore Stephen De-
catur, hero of the war with TripoIi He
was killed in 1920 in a duel with Com
modore Barron; of Gen. z. M. Pike in
IH9, an American officer and traveller He
was one of the first government officers
TO visit the Northwest. Pixies Peak Is
named for him. The only known an
thentic portrait of Gen. Pike belongs to
the minnesota Historical society in this
city.
The senatorial pot is beginning to boil.
Next week all the regular candidates,
with several dark horses. will be in their
stalls.
Tesla has made some remarkable dis
coVerles in electricity, but his predictions
as to communication with the inhabitants
of other planets indicate that wheels be-
gin to whirl in his head
There is disposition to deprecate the
British campaign in South Africa but
candidly our campaign in the Philippines
is not one that can be pointed to with
much glory by civilized people. We
have 10000 troops there and during the
$ last i've months of war that was de-
clared over a year ago we have killed
nearly 1.SO0 Filipinos, not to speak of
thousands wounded, but what we are
proud of is that our loss was small
o.
Moderation is most difficult virtue
Almost any one can say, st will not
drink drop for year." or 81 will not
smoke for a year." but few are able to
adhere to a resolution to drink or smoke
only once a day.
The eX-train robber, Frank James. is a
candidate for doorkeeper of the Missouri
house of representatives. He reformed
several years ago and thinks he should
have chance to get into politics, and
is willing to begin in a humble capacity
by being a doorkeeper and then working
up.
Congressman McDermotr, of Nav Jer-
sey, in speech against a permanent
standing army of 100000, said: IF your
(RepublicaD excuse is the ksisting con-
dition in the Philippine islands, then
limit your bill to an army of 1OO, 900
men for two years If you cannot sup
press the insurrection in the Philippine
Islands within those two years, then it
will be proper policy for the United
States of America to DO what Spain cid
after she had held those islands for three
centuries-to find some other nation that
wants to buy gold brick in Asia and
sell those islands to her Gaughter.) If
in two years 100000 men cannot Quell a
riot in islands populated by 100000 of
Malay Indians and Chinese-populated
by 100000 of people, only 5000 of whom
| are of Castilian blood and pure whites
if you cannot make American citizens
of those people in two years, you can
not do it at ALL
It looks as if the train boy, peanuts
or ''newsy," has to go. Several large
Eastern lines have already dispensed
with him.
The latest careful computation of the
losses inflicted upon Galveston by the
great storm is ST., O5S, us
All sorts of honors are being COME ed
upon Lord Roberts for managing an
army of 250.O0o men In a r9ar with less
than $4,000, and the war is now looming
UP stronger than ever.
A $5o,OOOOO0 trust is being organized to
control the farm implement business of
the country. Sixty factories in tie
West are in the combination as a starter
Matt Quay, who has the Republican
caucus nomination in Pennsylvania for
United States senator. is not a states