The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-09

Ioday, March y, is the anniversary Oh
| the BIRTH in 1749, of Mirabeau, famous
orator, who started the French revolu-
ton of 1880; of DR.. Gale. in 1858, founder
of the system of phrenolegy; Of William
Corbett, in 1852, noted English political
writer; Of Commodore Hull, in 1775, an
American naval officer of the war of
1924; of Edwin Forrest, in 1906, a popu-
lar American actor; of David Davis, in
1918, American senator and jurist.
1t has been fully established that wire
grass, Of which an immense quantity is
grown every year in the marshes of Min
neSota and Wisconsin, contains a pecu-
liarly strong, durable and workable fibre,
and the business of converting it into
binder twine bottle covers, ropes, mat
tings, rugs, carpet Innings, wicker work,
furniture, ETC., will become large In
dustry in the Northwest.
Some people are happy and some I'M
hapy in North Dakota over the failure
of the legislature to pass laws to revive
the divorce industry, and to resubmit
prohibition and capitol removal to a
popular vote. The wolf bounty bill was
repealed and members from the west
ern counties are displeased.
Prof G. 8. Sargent, who issued a book
On the trees of North America ten years
ago, Is about to issue a new volume
containing more than 100 different kinds
of trees in the United States not known
or described at that time
Every day or two President Mckinley
gives out a list of army and naval officers
promoted to higher rank and pay. This
military business is getting to be
source of heavy expense to the country
The cost of our present establishment
is at the rate of $1,2S8 for each man
in the service, while counting pensions
it is 81, S2S for each man. This is, double
that which any European government ex-
ponds for the same purpose. AS the
Waterman remarks eff Germany and
Russia and Great Britain are world
powers, we are two world-powers" The
growth of militarlsm i'll our country with
in recent years is marvellous, and what
will be the outcome of it no one can tell
The American Rose society show will
be held in New York, March 1921. All
parts of the country will be represented
and the largest collection of roses ever
seen in the country is expected.
The Iowa Homestead says 1t should he
generally understood that in cattle there
are no such diseases as hollow horn; loss
of cud wolf in the tail; that wolf teeth
in the horse never injure the eyes; that
the horse is never bothered with hampers
after it is five years Old and the process
of dentition is complete, and that bots
never eat through the coats OF the
stomach, and in fact seldom If ever, MA
terially affect the health of the horse.
This will be doubted by many readers.
but doubtless they can get the facts by
reading modern works on the diseases
of live stock.
Today, March 9, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1451, cf-Americus Vespucius,
after whom America was named. y Ger
man geographer named Muller, who
printed the story of the voyage by YES
pucius gave the continent that name.
The Minnesota School Journal, of Min
neapolis has this to say OF ST. Paul's
school superintendent: I'VE feel justified
in saying and take pleasure in it, that
| Supt. Leyiston's past work has fitted him
for his present position He seems to
feel and know st. Paul and it's education
| al needs. He shows ambition to Sue
coed. ell believes in doing rather than
in saying correcting by directing
rather than by conspicuous revolutions
ST. Paul and Minnesota should use him
well, for his intentions to help Us are
shown in all his acts
The anti-Catholic oath taken by I'D
ward VII. as king Of Scotland, is still
provoking a good deal of discussion 1t
is the only oath administered in the
world that declares the Catholic doc
trines ''superstitious and idolatrous"
The British empire contains millions of
| Catholics and many Of the representative
people Of England are of that faith
There is one winter amusement in
Minnesota says Old Man Pease, of the
Anoka Union, that 1 never hear any,
body brag about or go into ecstacies
| over. and yet most of us indulge there
in. 1t is called shoveling snow. Heaps
of exertion in it. Just splendid Gor weak
backs. Arguments the pain delightfully."-
Raises blisters on the hands. Starts
perspiration. Uses up your wind and
you find yourself putting like a locomo-
tive. Then like enough, after you have
got your walks nicely cleaned, with n
tWenty-four hours another snowstorm
will come along and you'll have to do so
some more. Yes, it's great amusement,
when some other fellow practices it,
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| Corn is a native of this continent 1t
is usually referred to by botanists as
| belonging to the species Zea Mays, but
there are now five important sub-species,
or races, grown in the United States:
! Varieties are described; 2, sweet corn,
| of which there are sixty-three varieties
grown for table use and canning; g.
| Flint Of various colors and eight varie-
| ties; 4, popcorns, resembling the flint and
! differing in the ability to pop-there are
twenty-six varieties; s. soft corns, of
! which there are ten varieties, none of
! which contain dents. Corn is the largest
crop in the United States
1t is not generally known by house
| keepers that in most hospitals the beds
are placed to head north on account of
| a theory that electric currents pass from
the North towards the equator. And
| that wooden bedclothes are better for
| covering than cotton or linen for the
reason that the latter absorb exhalation
| of the body, while the former, being
porous. permits the escape of these ex-
| udations.
Lord of all rough winds that blow,
/ am March, and ere I go
| will sing you loud and low
| Counterparts Of the farm machines
used by our readers are being shipped to
! foreign lands, harVesters to gather the
| wheat, mowers to cut the hay, and plows
! to turn the soil in distant countries. In
| January over SEQ carloads had accumulate
| ed in New York and other seaports
| awaiting shipment A ship destined for
| the South Russian region adjacent to the
| Black sea left New York the first week
in February with 1000 tons of farm i'm
plements. Last year the American farm