The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28


we have such strenuous leaders as Tams
and Teddy?
The posters displayed around the city,
advertising for naval and military re-
cruits, bristle with as many promises ats
the average rummage-sale advertisement.
Patriotism needs, it seems, to be coaXed
with all sorts Of money.
o.
Senator Towne is to speak today in the
senate, and something good may he eX-
pected. Gen. Clapp will be sworn in to-
morrow.
do you think of your faults; still less
of otherss faults. In every person who
comes near you look for what is good
and strong. Honor that. Rejoice in 1t,
and, as you can, try to initiate it. And
your faults will drop off like dead leaves
when their time comes. john RusAin.
Mrs. E. A. Smith died at Mason City,
To-, last week of one of the strange.t
diseases on record-o5t eomalac ia-Which
is the wasting AWAY of the strength of
the bones and making them brittle. While
turning the patient in bed during her i'll
ness the bones efJher legs and several
ribs were broken.
ST can't abide to see men throw away
their tools to strike as if they took no
pleasure i their work, and was afraid O.
dom a stroke too flueh. I hate
to see mans arms, drop down as if he
was shot, before the clock fairly struck,
just as if he'd never a bit O. pride and de-
light in his work The very grindstone
'ull go on turning a bit after you loose
it''-George Eliot in adam Bede"
The Daily Mails published at Shanghai.
has inaugurated a scheme that has a
"Goodnow' flavor. Il invites opinion in
writing as to the probable position of the
Chinese empire on Dec. 81. 1901 Each
letter is to be accompanied by a remit
tance of e10 and the person who comes
nearest to the truth will take the Whole
pool.
A blind girl, Miss Katherine J. Dugap,
conducts the choir in the Episcopal
church at st. Johnsburg, VT. Her music
| is in raised characters and she stands
| before the choir with her left hand upon
the notes while conducting with a baton.
She is we'll educated being a graduate
| OF the Boston school for the blind.
o.
The English sparrow is being trapped
| ana eaten in France Meat is expensive
IN european countries, and 50 this little
meal. 81
! Queen Victoria seems to have been able
tc save about $1,G00,Q00 a year from her
| income. Sixty millions is a nice sum
for family already we'll provided for by
annual pensions. A little of that would
have established or endowed great chart
table and educational institutions.
If Editor George T. Rice, of Manila
| formerly of Red Wing. Mimi. was
| guilty of criminal libel he should have
been tried and punished. Gen. MacAr-
| thur in banishing him has assumed ar
bitrary military authority. Martial law
does not prevail at Manila, where the
! Taft civil commission is supposed to
have some sort of say so.
The divine right of hunger justifies the
| wrestling of the North. American CONT
nent from the Indians and Transforming
| a game preserve into the worlds granary
| and homes for millions. If Americans
I could live in the Philippines and Were
overcrowded at home there might be
! some Justification for the present war,
| but as all there is in it is for fortune
| hunters the war has none of the claims
| to justice so frequently quoted in behalf
of our other wars, To fight for ones
home is one thing, but to fight in the
! interest of spectators is another. In &C
| curing the Philippines we are not get
|
| be exploited for the benefit of syndicates
! and ''policed" at public expense.
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The Housekeepers Alliance, for the
training of servants, has been started by
some of the good housewives of Phlla-
delph;a. The start was made with $1,000
! and few rooms; now the organization
occupies large building. Many appli-
| cations are on file for admission, the
| school being crowded from the first.
| Glasses in all branches of domestic serv-
ice are carried on, and restaurant is
about to be started to furnish market
| for the cooking classes.
It is stated that King Edward desires
! himself to be addressed as His Imperial
Majesty" The love Of title is overpow-
ering and next to money. Even Wash
/ ington is said to have expressed a wish
| that he be addressed as His High
Mightiness" when the question of titles
was discussed by. congress and 1.-THE
President" was selected.
| Nothing rarer than a cowardly peo-
pie. One learns to estimate military
courage very moderately, when one secs
| that the Roman legions, precisely waer
| they We're mercenary, bad, slavish and
halt freedmeu-namely, under the trium-
Virate-fought more ceurageously than
| ever. The citizens fought and died ia
| the very last man for that insignificant
| lncendiary,. Catiline, and only slaves were
| made prisoners. This, from Jean Paul
Rlcnter, is respectfully referred to Gov
Roosevelt. Emperor William and othe,
strenuous statesmenswho believe that the
military life is the only kind of existence
that makes great men.
to'-oA
Today, JAM 2S,% lis THE anniversary of
the birth, in ITS, Of James TalIuadga,
| one of the founders of the Universitv Of
New York; of William Tudor. in 177e tn,
first editor of the North American Re-
view, and originator of the Bunker Hin
monument.
The smallpox scares are too often well
worked schemes which end in helping to
swell the bank accaunts of certain
number of doetorSa 50
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| Mrs. Corvallis West, better known as
Lady Randolph 0hurahiII, mother of the
| war correspondent and author who lee
tured here IatelyIshas adopted the Eng
hsh custom of carrying the household
keys She has beautiful house gown
| Of turquoise velvet belted with a cord
| and tassel, and attached to the tassel
| is a huge bunch of silver keys These
keys are very pretty. though probably
| in this case never used, and represent
| the keys to the linen closet, storeroem.
4 etc, which the ordinary housewife would