The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-24

great quantities of meat, bacon. pre-
served vegetables. groceries, -four and
biscuits and forage were shipped.
Mrs. Nations Kansas plan of irving
to enforce prohibition by smashing saloon
furnishings is Spreading to various
states, and may become quite a fad
among women folks.
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The public may be surprised to learn
that there is no such thing as a cork
leg. Artificial legs are made of COMPOST
lions of wood, rawhide, steel and rub
ber There was a time when cork was
used as a filling, but that has passed.
Cork, Ireland, at one time had a famous
factory for making artificial legs, and the
term cork leg may have had its origin
from that fact
The Chinese minister, WI, is noted for
asking questions. The other day he was
at dinner and had ex-senator D. B.
Hill, of New York. next to him. Are
you married?' was a question to Mr..
Hill. mo-" was the reply. You ought
to be taxed; you ought to be taxed said
Minister WI, in very positive terms.
You are not doing your duty to your
country. You ought to be taxed, be-
cause you are not doing your duty to
your country"
Erastus Hall lives on large farm in
Washington county, Kentucky, and has
not left his house since his sweetheart
died, thirty-lve years ago. No visitors
have been admitted and his farm opera
tons are managed by an old negro. who
is the only person that has seen. Mr..
Hall in all these years.
The other day an old couple named
Philip w. Bridt and Mary Rail, aged re-
spectively seventy-one and seventy, pre-
scented themselves with license issued
in 1862 to Rev. Dr. Shannon, of Toledo,
O., and asked to be married. The parson
refused to marry them on the old licens G
and they got a new one. The old gen.
tleman explained that they had put the
wedding off from time to time but in
tended to spend the rest of their lives
as man and wife.
The theory of the English constitution
is that the throne is never vacant. The
sovereign never dies, the succession of
the heir being instantaneous. There is
now no Prince of Wales, but the title can
be conferred upon King Edwards eldest
son, if he sees fit.
We have sterilized the milk:
We have strained the prowling microbe
Through the finest kind of silk;
We have bought and we have borrowed
Every patent health device
And at last the doctors tell us
That we've got to boil the ice
Chicago Record.
Norman Mckinney, negro lynched in
Florida, last week, charged with train
wrecking, was arrested because his shoes
fitted the tracks of those seen near
where the rails were wrenched off. He
was hanged to a tree after a struggle
with the mob. His fingers were cut off
by members of the mob as souvenirs.
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The New York Sun of the 10Th inst,
says 1.-The recent report cabled from
Europe that Archbishop Ireland may
soon be made cardinal did not surprise
his friends in this country for they have
had cause to be aware of the growing
favor in which he is held by the pope.
Ever since last summer it has been be-
lieVed in the higher ecclesiastical circles
of the Catholic church that the pope was
seriously considering the advisability OF
raising another American prelate to the
rank of cardinal and many thought that
the distinguished honor would be con-
ferred upon Archbishop Corrgan. It is
possible, it is said, that Mgr. Ireland
recent vigorous advocacy of the rest0ra-
ton of the temporal power of the pope
may have influenced the holy father in
his favor"
Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota,
has introduced a bill creating a depart
ment of education, and giving the chief
a place in the presidents cabinet. AS
the senator's state has just adopted an
educational qualification for voters the
new department is right in line.
Unless the death of Queen Victoria
causes a postponement, the queen of
Holland will be married Feb. Z, accord
ing to official report from The Hague
1t is estimated that nearly 100000 PEG
pie spend their lives working under
ground in mines, for coal, metals and
salt. Great Britain has one-tenth of
these underground workers, or more
than double the number in the United
States.