The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-22
TUESDAY GLOBE CHANCES.


Rome is paying the penalty of denud-
Ing forests. The Tiber has recently beer
on tear which cost the inhabitants Of
the Eternal City many millions of dol
lars. In years to come the Mississippi.
where the forests Of Northern Mime
sofa have gone to enrich a few lumber
men, will run all over Minneapolis and
all down town in st. Paul, besides other
cities and towns along It's banks.
Senator Hoar, referring to the sparkling
conversation of the late Senator Davis,
said: mo spark from him was ever a
clnder IN the eye of a friend"
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, a major general
In the regular army for month, and
now retired on a comfortable pension
or $4'OVo year, writes that The Hagues
peace plan came to naught because it
would be in the nature of things impos-
sible for man and nations to abruptly
cast aside a habit that was acquired
before history began and is, after all,
an instinct. All animals" continues the
general fight and will continue to, l
think" And the general is a Christian,
or thinks he is. Writing on this same
subject Edgar Fawcett says: "If this
whole abominable curse of war had fewer
christians of a certain thoughtIess, IL
logical and really pagan class to uphold
and advocate it, the great humanitarian
struggle against its beastliness of bar
barism would suffer far less retardment"
Of all the state legislation now in ses-
sion, New Hampshire is the largest, hav-
ing 421 members, or one to each 11O0 of
the population of the state.
William A Clark, the new senator from
Montana, says: II am a happy man,
but there are troubles for every one,
even the man of wealth is not spared
AS to being lucky I am not don't be-
lieve in luck" Suppose the mines the
senator located and bought turned out
like most mining prospect holes do? Was
he not lucky In striking rich leads? Now
he pats himself on the back
and would make the world be-
lieye that he is veritable wonderful
Wizard of Or. 1t has been mere luck in
ninety-nine cases out of one hundred
miners. Did. Stratton know better where
the gold was at Cripple Creek than a
thousand other men who didn't happen
to strike it rich?
Mrs. John Irish, of Buckland, Conn, has
photograph of his baby taken a month
after It's burial. She was unhappy after
tne Iuhefai because she had no picture
OF the little one. She asked a photog-
rapher if it was too late to get it. He.
not thinking that disinterment would be
taken seriously, said that he thought not.
His surprise was complete next day,
when the dead infant of a month was in
his rooms.
girl by the name of May McCanity
is bootblack and has stand in the
Grand Central depot in New York, and
does good business
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Three women, wives of famous hus-
bands and commoners, have been given
burial in Westminster Abbey They are
Lady Palmerston, Lady Augusta Stanley.
wife of Dean Stanley, and Mrs. Glad
stone. The next woman to go there will
probably be the queen.
According to T. Dewitt Talmage who
never loses his enthusiasm: chs CEN
fury Is to witness a great revival Of
religion. The most popular book on earth
IS the Bible; the most popular institution
on earth is the church; the most popular
man IS Jesus. Cities are to be redeemed
and Official authority can do much; but
nothing can take the place of God" We
lear the reverend gentleman is too optI-
misCc. The peace on EARTH good will
to men" doctrine is not being followed
by the followers of Jesus.
1here Is an organization at Spokane to
secure the annexation of the northern
part OF Idaho to the state of Washing
ton. The purpose is to take the entire
region known as the Panhandle" lying
north of the 18th parallel which Is the
southern boundary of Washington This
would include Kootenay, Shoshone. La.
tan, Nez Perez and part of Idaho coun-
ty, taking in the Occur d'Alene mining
district, as we'll as most of the Clear
n 6allc
much left of Idaho in population if the
Panhandle goes.
A man died in Washington recently an
old soldier. He had a claim of $50 O0O
against congress. 1t was not d'sputed.
The senate passed a bill six different
times and the house several times TO
pay it, but tho passa ges were by differ
ent sess. ons and therefore failed. Thsre
are millions OF dollars of honest claims
p1geon-ho!ed in committee rooms, and
they are not paid, because why? Mil
lions are voted for war ships military
posts and schemes of various kinds in
which members are interested. but the
small claimant goes unpaid Want of
congressional action Is a case of divided
responsibility for individual dishonesty
and sin.
There Is no law to punish men for
''1ese majesty" in this country but the
administration knows how to do it with
out law, as ex-Gen. ex-senator ex-
President Benz. Harrison has already
learned. Congressman Clark, of Missou-
II, says: THE way Harrison is cavort-
ing around must cause the cold chills
to chase each other up and down the
splna! column of each and every mem
Der of the present administration from
president to cuspidor c'eaner. 1t is ter
rible to think of him, whom they dare
not denominate a traitor with a big, big
4. declaring against the sacred institu-
ton. the Porto Rican tariff, and insinu-
afng that the admins tration's policy
in the Philippines is wrong! What are
we coming to. anyway, when men are
permitted to gabbls in this sacrilegious
manner?
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