The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-05

sometimes well nigh impossible to find
anything which is wanted, and greatly
10 the injury of the books
Harry Rogers, aged eighty-four years.
mas challenged Abraham Oppenhetmer
aSeu elsnty years, to a skating match
atsNeW castle, Pa. The latter claims to
be the champion old mar skater Of the
| country. 'i'0
assuming that the Chinese are h~man
pelnSs, we must admit SAYS the Now
'rk Times, that they have themselves
oeen lar worse treated than the Western
missionaries and their Chinese converts
nave peen treated by them. The Rus
siahs IN their massacures in Manchuria.
the Europeans, under the command of
rleid Marshal the Count Won Waldersee
IN their various unprovoked and ,1nnun-
Isheo acts OF murder, arson robbery. and
az 4Spe, 90 not sElne by the contrast with
lne Boxers. 1t is rather the Boxers who
S H by contrast with them. That the
russians and the Euro peans who ta,,a
oakeh Part in the punitive exnediti,ne-
should assume such a superiority ,or
t me Iellglon. or their civilization as en-
el l'-' llieih TO demand that China should
consent TO receive without remon St,-a, NJ
eiie missionaries of that civilization. is
one OF those grim jokes which anuse or
s .'ca the beholder, according to his in
clVioual temperament The point of II
IS heightened by the fact that the Chr.s
tldh missionaries themselves are under
s s TO be the most voeiferous plaulji-
LOTS OF the operators. the most inorla
eStole uemanders of Chinese blood
%
ne BRUSH museum has COO volumes
OF an English Catalogue" filed with
the names of 100000 English books nrint-
81 eu turing the last sixty years. Addi
L In ms are now being made at the rate ,1f
Who hath his collar button 1os+
The chase need ne'er give Ger
baretooted, let him close his ewes
And promenade the floor
Chicago Record.
. Medical Inspector Persons, U. S. A
says the diseases Of the Philippines in.
clCde various types of feyers. rhe1,-
natlsm, dysentery, diarrhcea. skin dis
eases, smallpox, plague, venereal troubles
l'en' etc Insect pests are very nlImer
Gus and bites often leave bad scars
feVer after exposure to the sun often ec-
ours. rheumatism stubbornly resists
treatment
Inc true style and title of KING Ed
ward VIII. is Edward, by the Grace
CT COD of the United Kingdom of Great
britain and Ireland King, Defender of
the falth, Emperor Of India" The kings
u England wrote themselves as kings of
france up to Jan. l, 1901, when the refer
ence to France was discontinued nv row
al proclamation. William the CONQUER
or, cuf1ously enough, had for STYLE and
TUE only the words "Willielmus Rex
Anglorum." His immediate s1ccasso,s
styled themselvse Kinks of England and
Aqultaine' While Edward III. first laid
claim in his title to the rulershin of
france. Henry V. adopted the title of
rex rex Angilae Haeres ct Regens Fran
c1ae, while James l. was king of
England, Scotland, France and Ireland"
There are fifteen Greek Catholic
Churches in this country The Rev. Jo-
rails Boodoo Maloof has been annointed
to the charge of the Syrian Greek Ortho
dox church in Boston at the request of
the Archlmandrite Raphael, of New
York city, the superior of the Syrian
mission in this country.
A copy of an old Bible recently bought
at low price in an old book store In
Chicago by an old couple found on tax
ing it home that several of the leaves
were pasted together. On separating
them they found six e5 Bank of England
notes ($145. On the back of one of
N1S"7O AiOIOo the 1OfInGr owner OF the 81
bic had written his will, which ran as
follows: Il have had to work very hard
for this, and, having none as natural
heirs, leave thee, dear reader, whose
ever sl1a44-own this holy book, my law
full. heir.
There is not much activity just now
among press agents in exploiting the
Colorado herofsm of the vice president
elect and the Nebraska newspaper bust
ness of the erstwhile presidential candi-
date. The advertising has dropped TO
short paragraphs instead of long tele-
graphic specials
The Beers continue to show activity in
spite of all of the efforts of Kitchener,
and Macarthur does not seem to be
able to quel the rebels in the Philip
pines.
John Allen, the well known and pop
ular Mississippi congressman. Private
John Allen" says he recently made an
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