The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26


not been prosecuted. Just before the
presidential election there was a great
show made of extraditing and disposing
OIL MS case, but he has since dropped
as completely out of sight as did the
late well known Mr.. McGinty. Does
Nicely know too much that he is not
brought to justice 2 Z Do h 'gh officials fear
disclosures if they attempt to punish
him?
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has is
sued circular to all affiliating unions
warning them against going into strikes
too hastily. Among other things, ne
says: No strike Should be ordered un-
til every effort has been made by d
committee to settle the difference with
the employer. A strike should be inaug-
urated only as last resort. A coneil-
latory policy is more advantageous than
a contest. Arbitration should be offered
before strike is begun. 1t is easier
to adjust difference before a strike
than after. When the union enters into
an agreement with an employer its
terms should be faithfully kept, regard
less of Temptations to break it..
The Georgia department of agriculture
says the farmers of that state used over
10000 tons of imported fertilizers this
go ~ PAO00CC ITS CtOPo- nat CAPOii-
siye drain is one not imposed upon
Northwestern farmers.
Tom Johnson, the Democratic mayor
or cleveland, is certainly not in favor
with Mark Hanna since he induced the
board of tax equalization to raise the
Republican campaign leaders assess
ment from $627, 7S0 to 1898, 800.
Sampson and Schley are both close TO
the time of retirement from active serv-
Ice. Schley's time is Oct. next. His
active period of forty-five years shows
seventeen years and two months at sea,
and twenty-five years and four months
ON shore. Sampson record covers four
teen years and eleven months at sea
and tWenty-seven years and nine months
on shore when he retires. Schley has
commanded more ships than any other
officer except Rear Admiral Albert 5.
Barker
Ernest Seton Thompson, the Manitoba
naturalist. known personally to many
people in st. Paul. and whose books
are known wherever English is read,
says: ut is well known to scientists
that the common house mouse has a
song not unlike that of some birds. Oc-
caSlonaly gifted individuals are found
that fill our closet or cellar with mid
proud of. Yet further Investigations
have shown that the common deer
mouse of the Eastern woods also is
gifted vocalist"
A garden school is an experiment at
Pueblo. Col. Each pupil has a small
plot of his own and an interest in GER
tain common beds of plants. The chill
dren do all the work under instruction.
During the latter part of the term the
garden adds TO the noon lunches and
all share in the profits of the sales.
Eastern people always evince surprise
at the enterprise exhibited in the public
improvements enjoyed by every Mime
sofa town and city. Electric light tele-
phones, water works street railways.
churches, schools, hotels daily papers,
sidewalks. graded streets, opera houses,
local telegraph offices business houses,
etc, to a degree not seen in the older
places in the East of many times the
population.
The Utah 1Iormons are carrying on a
continuous and well organized missionary
propaganda in this country and Europe
1t is said that over 1000 missionaries are
now at work in the United States, the
country being divided into definite mis-
sion districts. Twenty or thirty are at
HO4h III MINNESOTA, ana are SAID TO be
winning converts. They go from house to
house and engage in heart to heart"
talks.
The new English racing yacht. Sham
rock H.. the tea merchant second ven
ture, now in New York, is said to be the
fastest boat of its class ever built in Eu-
rope. Owing to it's peculiar construction.
as also of the American Columbia and
Constitution. they have no value for any
purpose except tests for speed. They are
mere racing machines, and were built
for sport alone.
The bureau of entomology at Wash
ington is now busy preparing to exter-
inmate grasshoppers by spreading among
them deadly plague. 1t is in the form
of germs and will be sent in bottles to
farmers in the grasshopper infected por-
tions of the United States with directions
for their use. The fungus or germ is
obtained from South Africa, where it
has been used with great success. vast
hordes of the hopping pests having been
destroyed. The farmer gathers the hop
pers and puts them in box with the
germs, and when the insects are infected.
they are turned loose to spread the
disease among their fellows.