The Saint Paul globe., 1901-01-19

| oo Hot remember ever having heard that
any of the distinguished generals (either
/ Northern or Southern) in our Civil war
/ ever participated in any of these 'strenu-
Gus college fights or other STR nuo s
amusements which are 50 strenuously
urged by prize fighters bull fighters, and
| the recently elected vice presi1ent Of the
United States
An Eastern theatrical manager says:
Something should be done to regulate
! the charges made by foreign artists COM
Ing to this country and, with but few
exceptions, simply robbing this public by
| charging the most unheard-of prices
/ Nothing can be done as long as a cred
ulous public will pay big prices to see
! something foreign, when the domestic ar
ticle is frequently the better thing.
| There is a bill before congress to make
! tratn-robb.ng capital cffense, punishab
by death. 1t makes the robber resi- onsi-
| BILE for all the direct as well as indirect
| consequences of his crime.
The Beers, according to the Cleveland
| Leader, have at l azt made 1t certain hat
England will think long and well before
| attempting the conquest of any other
country inhabited by white men. BY
| their stubborn Valor ard their fortitude
| in suffering they may have prevented
great wars and terrible slaughter.
The typewriting machine is cutting
into the business of bhe steel pen makers
In every large business house and office
| typeWriters are in use, and in some
! houses they have system of keeping
books with typewriting machines. In
| the Office of the register of deeds in New
| York and other large cities all the rec
| ordS were for years kept with pen and
| ink, but now the copyists employed work
! typewriting machines Deeds are copied
| into the record books with the aid of
the typewriter, and the copyist of today
has not the political sinecure he had a
few years ago, when any schoolboy was
competent to be copyist Hundreds cf
| boxes Of steel pens were in use in those
days, but now they use only about l per
| cent of the quantity formerly required
The grip is quite aristocratic this year.
| the president of the United States, mem
bers Of the cabinet and of congress, gov
ernors of state, high officials of the army
and navy and college presidents and pro
! fessors are among the sufferers But the
! humblest citizen is not an immune
| There is an organization in several of
the large cities of Canada to promote
| the organization of the United States of
| Canada.
While the presents Of the Vanderbilt
French wedding are no doubt beautiful
| and costly, yet the pictures Of them in
the New York papers do not appear much
different from pictures of like articles in
the page advertisements Of department
stores appearing the G % b e.
what becomes of the pennies is a good
| deal like the question as to what becomes
| of pins. Last year the United states
miiits coined sc, ,S3S 700 bronze cents, more
than in any year. Their output In 1895
was 50, 600; in 1896. 100000 in 1877
5e,eOe,eeo, and in 1898, $4,000 900. Nobody
boards cents. Nobody melts them down
q rate which often befal1s gold coins
Ihey do not wear out, but somehow they
disappear before they have had time to
get rubbed smooth, as do nickeIs and
silver coins.
The new Australian republic or fedora
ton. formed by the union OF the six
brltlsh colonies of New South Wales.
victoria, Queensland, South Australia
western Australia and Tasmania, follow
the American plan in eecting representa-
tiVeS IN national legislature, except that
members of the upper house will he
elected at large by the states, instead of
by districts, as is the case with members
OF the lower house. Only nominal SOW
ereienty is paid to Great BRIT
ain, the home government being re-
strlcted to the appointment of an execu-
tive, whose duties in the main are per-
functory and so prescribed as not to in
terfere materially with the independence
Of the commonwealth. Yet it is singular
that while Britain welcomes a republic
In Austria it Is suppressing republics In
South Africa
Gov. Bliss, in his recent message to
the legislature Of his state, says: "F'irm-
~ believing that the growing use of
cigarettes Is menace to the youth of
Michigan, I call the attention of the leg
islature to the evil and advise the most
stringent legislation possible in order that j
the sale Of cigarettes may be dis
couraged, if not prohibited.
The rivalry between Chicago and New
York now takes the form of which is
superior in vices. The Inter Ocean quotes
an observant Ch1cagoan who had lately
visited New York as saying: "a man
walking from the Inter Ocean office to
the Auditorium annex Ga half dozen
blocks will be accosted by more beggars,
solicited by more abandoned women, and
If the walk is taken after dark, will have
to dodge more footpads and hold-up men
than would cross his path in New York
If he were to walk from Union square
to Central park something over two
miles) every day for a month. A walk
through the slums and red light districts
Of New York is attended by about as
much excitement born of danger as
would attend a walk through Lincoln
park on a summer afternoon" 1t is I'D
to New York, supposed to be wickedest
city in America.
Now there is talk of lengthening the
terms of members Of congress to four
years.
Nicola Tesla, who talks so much about
what he intends to do with electricity,
has so far never discovered or invented
anything Of practical use.
The agricultural department has dis
covered, as the result of experiments
covering several seasons, in different
states. that flavor may be fed into eggs,
and that many eggs which are supposed
to be injured through packing secure
their flavor and color because of come
thing which the hensshave eaten. So all
the strong things which housekeepers
say and think about eggs should not he
charged indiscriminately against the ship
pers and dealers.
Horses in the British army in South
Africa last about an average of three
months. It has been decided to substitute
bicycles, or the men are given a choice
between horses and wheels.
The mineral production of the United
States is estimated at $S0O 0C0,e0O nearly
double that Of England. and more than
that or England and Germany combined
There is a disposition to view the peo-
pie Of other lands as behind the times
if not down right heathens The sultan
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