The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-10

The man who has just begun his fourth
term as premier of Great Britain is Rob-
ert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, third
Marquis of Salisbury. He is seventy
years old, has yearly salary of $4,000
ana a private annual income of 900
from estates.
The only crime in China for which the
thief may be justly killed on the spot by
any one finding him is robbins graves
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Maritime experts expect In the near
future to make steamships possible OF
crossing the Atlantic ferry in four days,
or 100 hours. This will be a reduction of
over one day in the present schedule.
1t is not every one who uses a sponge
knows that 1t is the body of an animal
Inc surface4of a sponge is covered with
little holes that are larger at the top
than at the bottom, while the whole
mass contains a system Of channels
When the animal is alive water is kept
moving constantly through these chan
neis by means of minute, hair-like appen-
dages, which the little polyps agitate
The water thus drawn in brings with It
the food required for the sustenance of
the sponge.
IN China the physician gets his pay
Wnlle patients are in health. When they
are sick his pay stops
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Helena Modjeska recently said to a re-
POI hope that the twentieth CEN
turN viii witness renewal of adnaira
tlon Tor Shakespeare. which will lead
to the further development of dramatic
literature and dramatic art
Athletic sports in every field enjoyed a
Doc. IN lsoo The contests held at Paris
last summer in connection with the ex-
position, at which American athletes
practically defeated the world, did much
Tor track and field games in this coun-
try. During 1901 the interest will un-
uouDtedly be far greater because the
scene of international action will be laid
In America instead of abroad.
There is no trouble in any country for
relic hunters to secure ali goods in that
line that they have the price for. VS.
ltors TO the western Part of America Who
want indian relics to take home with
them can find them ready made and
much prettier than If they had ben made
a hundred years ago Relic makers have
secret process by which an ancient APP
pearanee is impaired to bones, pots,
arrowheads, etc.
1t is said that the value of the chicle.
the basis of chewing gum, that is pro-
duced in Mexico is three times as great
as that of the eountry's present rubber
product.
Mark Twain declares that going to bed
is the most fatal of human habits in
asmuch as fully 80 per cent of all deaths
take place in bed.
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II you go abroad this year 1t might be
Wen TO post up on foreign names for the
bicycle: Ceierifere. velocifere, veloce and
Velo In French: velocifero and bicicletta
IN Italian; fahrrad, in German: euasTna
feiehai and stZu-tzun. in Chinese. and
sneiWiel and voetwell in Flemish
A recent directory shows 2,O52 wholesale
grecers in the United States. of which
number Minnesota has IS. doing business
IN Ii different places in the state.
An authority writing on the deformi-
tes of the human foot says: Parents
should give much more thought than
most do to the feet of their children,
that they may preserve them from the
oeIormitfes and disease which so MANY
have to endure
The Duke of York has been appointed
commander-in-chief of the RovaI Ma
rines in the British navy, being advanced
over s1xty-three officers in line of pro-
motion The duke had the advantage Of
being near the throne. But there is
much dtsapproval of the appointment.
Today, Jan. 10, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1871, of Gen. Ethan Allen.
or Revolutionary fame; of Michel Nev in
1907 famous french marshal; of Dan
lei Wise, in 1913, a famous American d.
vine and writer of books for the young.
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The quickest train in the world is said
to be the "flier'' on the Philadelphia 4
Reading railroad, between Camden and
Atlantic City. The Northern railway of
france contends that its recent run of
tSo miles In 1874 minutes and 80 seconds
breaks the worlds record and transfers
the honor to Europe. The distance from
Camden to Atlantic City is 55h
miles, and the train runs at the
rate of G6.6 miles an hour. The Penn
SylVan1a covers the run between the
same points at the rate of 643 miles an
hour The fastest long distance tra;n
is the New York Central, New York to
Buffalo, 4io miles, at the rate of 50 %
miles an hour.
The car of Russia is represented nm
The holy synod as the secular head of the
Greek church by M. Pobyenotestseff. 1t
was through hin that Count Tolstoi was
accommodated. To pronounce his name
you sputter twice and sneeze three times