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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

for the sisters but the old log building,
known as st. PauPs chapel. which had
just been vacated by its Catholic con-
gTegation who had moved into the new
two-story brick building near by, was
placed at the disposal of the sisters.
This chapel and the brick building as
well, stood at the corner of Bench and
fWabasha streets. The accommodations
were most meager. In fitting up their
school room the sisters found that
neither pencils nor pens could be pur-
chased in the village. These, with 9TH
.er necessary school furniture, had to be
brought to st. Paul by boat. The first
school opened with nine day scholars.
Two of these first pupils are nuns Of
the Order Of st. Joseph; two others,
Mrs. William Hannegan and Mrs. C.
Porter, are now living in Duluth; at
least two are dead and of the remain
ing three no record has been kept. The
first boarder> received at the convent
was Miss Mary Rice, daughter of Hon.
H. NJ. Rice, one of the pioneers of st.
Paul. The young school girls home
was on Summit avenue, but the dis
stance from there to the school on the
bank of the Mississippi river was con-
sidered too great for her to traverse in
the winter time. In order to make suit
able accommodations for her the sis
tiers fitted up a shanty near the school
itself. As the school spread these shan
ties increased, for instead of charging
the original building when more room
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

hospital was built, and the ground on
which stands the present academy was
purchased. For three years this
ground was used as a cemetery; then
the property out near Como was pur-
chased, and the bodies were removed
there. st. PauPs pioneers were sturdy,
healthy people, and there came time
when there was greater need of room
for school purposes than for hospital
purposes. So the sisters decided to
use the hospital building for the school
and to transfer the few patients that
were in the hospital to the old school
building. The convent continued there
until 1871, when the first part of the
present building now standing on Mar
shall avenue, between Western and
Virginia avenues, was erected. BY this
time the school had largely increased,
and not only st. Paul girls, but girls
from the various parts of the state and
from other states as well, attended
From time to time this building has
been added to, and today it is a most
imposing edifice. The day the school
was first opened in st. Paul there was
an attendance of nine pupils Last year
the pupils numbered $50, including the
drawing and music pupils. The faculty
fifty years ago consisted of three
teachers. Today seventeen devote
themselves to the education of the
young women intrusted to their care.
Two years ago the last addition, a
chapel was built This chapel is beau
tifully decorated by the sisters of the
convent. The decorations consist of
full-sized copies of the paintings that
hang in the cathedral in Montreal.
They are excellent works Of art, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
NAMES GIVEN IN
NOME DISTRICT
How Rivers and Creeks Came by Their
ApPelations-Ideas of the
Pioneers.

NOME Alaska, Aug. 16.-When Jafet
Lindeberg, E. o. Lindbloom and John
Brynteson, of the Pioneer Mining COM
pany, arrived at the mouth of the
Snake river in the fall Of 1898, and
then followed the course of the river
to Anvil creek, they named it the
Snake.
When they located Discovery claim,
almost under the brow of Anvil noun
tain, they called the creek Anvil, be-
cause of the anvil-Shaped rock which
rests on the summit of the mountain.
And the rock is very good likeness
of the article so essential in the black
smiths forge.
They passed over the high ridge that
separates Anvil creek from Snow gulch.
The latter was so named because Of
the abundance of snow found in it.
Glacier creek was so named because
big glacier had already formed in the
creek.
This party also named the river
which they found east of where the
town of Nome now stands, Nome riv-
er, after the big promontory few
miles below.
Why Dry creek was so named is evil
dent; and the man who named Extra
Dry, Charlie Hoxie, 1T is said, probably
so named it because both himself and
the creek were extra dry.
Cooper gulch was named by Lon
Cooper, well known miner who was
in Nome in 1890.
Dexter creek was named after the
old pioneer of Golovin bay, John Dex-
ter.
Osborne creek was named fer Capt
Frank Osborne, the original discoverer.
Who named Buster, or why it was
given such an appellation, is not
known.
Newton was named after a man of
the same name, but was originally
known as the east fork of Dry creek
Saturday was named on the last day
of the week, and the man who named
Wonder creek wondered whether it
contained gold. 1t has since been DEM
onstrated that it does.
Otter creek, a tributary Of Nome
river, was SO named because one day
in the early spring of 1899 land otter
was killed at the mouth of the cJeek.
The creeks called Schley and Hobson,
on Nome river, were named for naval
heroes.
The man who named Lillian creek
had sweetheart OF that name.
Hastings creek, near Cape Nome,
was named for w. B. Hastings, for
merly agent of the A. c. company at
st. Michael.
Nobody knows who named Peluk
creek. 1t was probably so named be-
cause all the other creeks in that sec
ton had been staked, or in other words
all other creeks were Peluk so far as
a chance to stake is concerned.
The man who named Solomon river
probably was thinking Of King Solo
mons mines.
Big Hurrah creek is said to have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
The English of the Future.
low Our Spelling Must Re Reforrned

Imperative 1t must be done. But
how? Not by provincial and sporadic
efforts, but by an authority which al
will recognize and with which all viii
cooperate.
How was the Spanish .orthography
perfected? The answer is simple and
easy. This was brought about by the
Spanish academy. That society of tho
learned is the recognized authority II
the Spanish world. 1t speaks DELHI
erately and only after due considera-
ton of every subject which 1t takes
up. But when it speaks, it's word is
law to the literary world.
Neither in America not in Grea
Britain have we academies, in the
sense in which the word is used or
the continent of Europe. In America
an academy is a school. In Great Brit
ain it is an association Of artists or o:
specialists in some form of inveStiga-
ton. In France and in Spain it is de
signed to be an association Of the men
most eminent for learning and for lit
erary genius, and it is charged with
grave possibilities.
The Royal Florentine academy o.
Italy dates from 1882 and has done
much to unity the language in a coun-
try so long divided into petty king
doms.
The French academy has been the
laughing stock of the world since it
foundation in 1886 Richelieu, who
much he was adding to the gaiety
nations. 1t has had but forty mem
bers at one time. For fifty years
met three times a week to work upol
a French dictionary. The fierce con
tentions of the sessions, the duels tina
were fought on account of them, the
schemes of outsiders to get in, and tn
Of he int
ments to membership have been thu
subjects of club talk and Of editorial
g1bes and jeerS for centuries. VIVA
has this academy ever done to improve
the photography or the rhetoric o.
the French? is a question often asked.
Not much in comparison with VIVA
1t might have done, 1T is true; but j.
has been of some real value, neverthe-
less.
For an example of the greatest pos
sibilities in the work of an academy
the world turns with pride to thu
Royal Academy of Spain. It is the
youngest of the three, since it date
only from 1714. 1t has elevated the
standard of Spanish prose and poetry
1t has perfected the Spanish spelling
and punctuation. 1t has caused the
Spanish language to grow in grace
and in power. This is fortunate, for
Spanish is one of the languages tina
VIII live. 1t Is one OF those tina
are growing in use, for the Spanish
speaking world is charging in mum
bers.
The English-speaking world nov
absorbed chiefly in it's great govern
mental and industrial enterprises, viii
turn to a practical solution of the
spelling problem in due time. We
shall have an academy of English, wit
representatives from every branch
the race by which English Is spoken
1t will represent the best thought O.
writer's, editors, publishers and educa
tors. When such a body of men shal
| put forth a plan for reform, its adop
| ton will follow at once. Such, 2.
| least, would seem to be the true SO
1 luton of the problem. But such q
| academy must not be founded on tn
narrow plan of the old French acad
envy. 1t must be really representa-
l tive, as the Spanish academy has beer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOSEPH'S

was needed. the sisters simply erected
another shanty. When, in 1852. the
Catholics secured the property on
which Sehuneman G. Evans store and
the present Cathedral now stands, the
sisters took possession of the building
then vacated and the school was ma
terially enlarged.
Had Small Faculty.
Two class teachers and a French
teacher comprised the faculty. Nearly
all tho pupils were French or of French
extraction, and on that account it was
necessary that the French language
should be taught. In 1853 st. Joseph's
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
BY DR.. Hubert M. Skinner.


The name of our insular possessions
in the far East and the name by which
their inhabitants are known are both
somewhat puzzling to the average
American. Only a few pronounce cor
rectIy the Philippines, the last syllable
of which should be spoken as though it
were pins, instead of pines. AS for the
word Filipinos, by which the people of
the islands are called, but few who
read the word in the newspapers are
able to account for its peculiar spelling.
The Philippines were named in honor
of King Philip, of Spain, centuries ago,
before the Spanish people adopted pho
netic spelling; and we have retained
the old form of the word upon our
maps. Since the reformation of the
spelling in Spain, the Spanish have
spelt the name Of the Inhabitants pho
netically; and as we recently received
from them the word F'ilipinos, we
have taken it in it's modern, phonetic
form.
This word offers an object lesson on
the benefits to be gained by the adop-
ton of phonetic system, as a means
of labor saving. The Spanish language
today is the most perfect spoken or
written upon the globe-though it does
not compare with the English on CO.
piousness. The advocates of phonetic
system of English spelling are advo-
eating a cause of vast importance. Our
language is spoken now by about $780,
100000 of people. At its present rate
of growth, the English-speaking world
will number one thousand millions in
century more. To add one unneces-
sary letter to the writing or typesetting
of so colossal an aggregate of human
beings is a crime. The labor saved by
the use of a reformed system would
support a great standing army.
The great difficulty in the way lies
not in a failure to apprehend the re-
forms which are needed, but in the
enormous difhculty-the present i'm
possibility-of securing their immedi-
ate adoption. Every one of the
schemes started here and there by in
dividual enthusiasts only results in
confusion. Long ago, in America, Noah
Webster began the work by taking
few guarded steps in the right direc-
ton. He found that the final vowel of
the words wax, tax, flax, etc. CORNER
ly spelt wake, take, flake, etc.) had
been dropped. Why should it 1inger in
axe? He clipped off the final vowel of
this word, and thus saved SO 1-3 per
cent Of the labor Of writing it. He saw
that the vowel had been dropped
from the words cold, bold, etc. CORNER
ly spelt could, bould. etc.). Why should
1T Inger in mould? He dropped the
final vowel from this word, and thus
saved 20 per cent After three-quar-
ters of a century his conservative re-
forms are still much opposed by many
English writer's. Australia and New
Zealand are very progressive, and in
these rising commemorative there is
hope for cordial cooperation in all re-
forms based on sound reasoning.
VIII the English spelling ever be
reformed? Certainly. 1t is absolutely
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

lend additional attraction to the beau
tifui chapel. Besides being q boarding
and day school for girls, the building
now occupied by the St. Joseph sisters
is also a home for young women who
are preparing TO enter the sisterhood.
Recently the order has purchased
property out near st. Thomas semi
nary, and plans have already been
drawn for q large and handsome
building that will be used for school
purposes only. The building now oc-
cupied as a convent will be used as
home for the sisters and for those
who are preparing to enter the sister
hood.
Four Sisters Are Dead.
OF the four sisters Of ST. Joseph who
established the convent in st. Paul, not
one Is now living, the last of the four
having died in New York a year ago.
The reunion to be held this week will
probably be attended by large num-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

scarce, and pestilence being fearet
from stencil and exposure. we decided
to evacuate the town and try to reacl
MankatO. The destination was chosen
to avoid the Minnesota river, the cross
ing Of which we deemed impracticable.
The only obstacle between us and
Mankato was the big Cottonwood river.
which was fordabfe. We made up
train of 153 wagons, which had largely
composed our barrfcades, loaded them
with women and children, and about
eighty wounded men, and started. The
march was successful and no Indians
were encountered on the way"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

The sisters of st. Joseph will cele-
pirate on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week the hftieth ami
Nersary of the arrival of the first sis
tiers Of the order in st. Paul and the
founding of the present convent Of st.
Joseph. Fifty years ago last Novem-
Der four sisters Of the Order Of ST.
Joseph came from the mother convent
in st. Louis to start in what was then
the tiny village of st. Paul school for
girls. A year before st. Paul had been
made the capital of a Catholic diocese
and Bishop Cretin had been placed IN
charge. No school had been erected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

been named by Henry Peel, a vel
known native Of Southeastern Alaska
because when a party of prospectors
found 1t and a good prospect there was
a big hurrah."
Council City was so named away
back in 1898, because at the poin.
where the town is now located a coun-
ell was held by a party of prospectoTs
as to whether they should remain ir
that section or come to Nome. Ths.
decided to remain there, and thus the
town was started.
There are hundreds of other creeks
in Seward peninsula, many Of which
have interesting histories, pathetic, lu-
dicrous, tragic, and about whicA
strange stories could be told. .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Used Mimic Bullets.

During the battle the men dug out
several of them and brought them to
me because they were the regulation
mimic bullets, and there had been ru-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

dead found, their casualties must have
equaled, If not exceeded. ours.
Fully 1900 Non combatants.
There were in the town at the time.
on the Esd, as near as can be learned,
from 1000 to 1900 non-combatants,
consisting OF women and children, re-
fugees and unarmed citizens, all Of
whose lives depended upon our success.
1T is difficult to conceive more ex-
citing stake to play for, and the men
seemed fully to appreciate 1t and made
no mistakes.
ION the 25th we found that provis-
ions and ammunition were becoming
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Dimes at pifferent TImes.

Butler (recently engaged by a newly
fedged millionaire what hour would
Miliionaire-At what hour do the bes;
people dine?
Butler Depressing a smile)-Oh, they
dine at different times.
Millionaire-GoodI Then also will dine
at different times!-Detroit News-Trib-
une.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
ApprecIate Him .EerxentIx.

$50 you made great hit in your pre-
sentation of Hamlet, Mr.. Transformer?
out before the curtain" 'sCalIed mef
They dared me!"-Baltfmore News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Not Musical Enthusiast.

why did you have the piano put In
your room at five marks q month extra,
when you can't play note?'
ITO make sure that no one else nlavsn
s-Fhegende Blatters
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12

A Chicago man who lives in Goethe
street gets off the car at Schiller street,
two blocks away, because no conduc-
tor can understand" his pronunciation
of Goethe. II had practised on the
pronunciation for a week." he says,
land l had the sound of the umlaut
down fine. l sprung it on the con-
ductor the first evening. He looked at
me blankly and replied: Huh? l re-
peated 1t over once or twice, and finally
q great light broke over him. oh,
yes, you mean Gothic. Why didn't
you say so?' The next evening the
conductor called 1t Go-eeth. The third
time it was Goethe. Then there was
a raw Irishman in charge of one Of the
trains who spoke it off as Go-tay, with
the accent on the last syllable. One
morning l left an order for my wife
at the grocers. He looked at me in
silence for a minute after l had given
our address. % yes he said, you
mean Gertie street The butcher calls
1t Gaytie, the laundryman pronounces
it Gay-tuh, and the man who delivers
coal REFEREES to it as Goth street. l
have woman friend who prfdes her
self on her culture, who speaks feel
ingly of Gutter street. But the devot-
ed thoroughfare doesn't really get it
in the neck until you hear the janitOr
talk. He calls it Goitre.-New York
Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12
Scoiland's rowu Prince.

AS the Times remarked yesterday,
at may possibly cause to some people
a mild surprise to learn that the Prince
of Wales has been pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. Andrew Graham Muir
ray, K. c., M. p, the Lord Advocate, to
be, Keeper of the Great Seal of His
Principally in Scotland" But, at
the same time that journal does not
venture. on an explanation of the fact.
The truth would seem to be that, ever
since 1893, the eldest sons of the Scot
fish sovereigns has always born the
title of Duke of Rothesay, which is
one of the titles Of the Prince of Wales,
who is declared to be crown prince or
heir apparent to the throne of Scot
land, as well as of England. At Scot
fish banquets they always drink to the
health not of the Prince of Wales, but
of the Duke of Rothesay, just as
throughout all Lancashire the late
Queen was ever toasted as the Duke
nOt Duchess) Of Iancaster"-a cur
ious allOcution, which recalls the
"moriamur pro rege nOstra Maria
Theresa. "-London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12
WISE WORDS.

The way of the aggressor is hard.
You may follow luck to ruin, but not
to success.
Condemn no one until you have been
in his place.
Obligation menaces friendship and
destroys love.
Ambition and contentment seldom
travel together.
Nature tolerates assistance, but pun
ishes resistance with death.
Self-love is an excellent critic, but
only of others, not Of ones self.
Reputation must be gained by many
deeds; 1t can be lost by only one.
In the diary of life we note our
blessings in lead, our sorrows in in
delibile ink.
Nature makes fools occasionally, and
uses them as backgrounds for her wis
est children.
The love Of n son for his mother
should be composed both Of chivalry
and reverence.
The one who deliberately uses his
friends Is knaoe, but he who permits
them to use him Is q fool
To boast of the wealth or social po-
sition OF friends cannot glorify you;
therefore never boast of them.
1t is very easy to speak well of those
we do not know. 1t is more difficult
not to speak i'll Of those we do.
The seeds of sacrifice will bring forth
the fragrant fruit Of love, and love al
ways has in its heart the seeds of new
sacrifice
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12
East Indian Breathing Exercises.


The Indian sages do not practise
their breathing exercises simply for
the sake of repose and sleep. During
the in-breathing energy is Increased.
These Indians are not the only people
who believe that with the in-breathing
of pure air there comes something still
more vital than oxygen; but the In
dams have developed the art of
breathing more than any other people.
One of their favOrite exercises is to
irhale through the left nostril, to hold
the breath for time, and then eXhale
through the right nostril. Another of
their exercises Is to drink water
through the ,nostrils, and after 1t has
been retained for a short time, it is
expelled through the nostrils and the
mouth. This is said to cool the head.
Chambers Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12

According to very ancient custom
the lord mayor of London will have a
place at the cornoration just about
two yards distant from the sovereign.
At the great occasion the lord mayor
is privileged to be the bearer of the
crystal sceptre. At the coronation Of
George Nv the mayor of London had
his ex-officio place duly allotted to
him, and stood near the king, car.
rying the crystal sceptre. At the
col onations of William Nv and Queen
Victoria, however, the mayors did not
occupy so distinguished a position;
but the old usage is to be revived at
the coronation of Edward VII. The
name of the present Lord mayor OF
London is Sir Joseph Dismdale, and
on coronation day his Coacn will be
drawn by six horses, and his robes
will vie in costliness with those of
the peeresses, being worth some 200
pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12
NOVEL OYSTER BEDS.
Seems to Re Chief Use of the Funn
IL Lin N

Seems to BE Chief Use of the Funny
Turkish Navy.
The Turkish navy in 1878 retired be-
hind the bridges up the Golden Horn,
and there remained rotting until 1897,
the only purpose of the vessels served
being to act as mussel and oyster beds,
from which the dock yard hands oc-
casonally got a good feed. The ships
were dismantled, in many cases parts
of their engines were used for mer-
chant vessels. and it is even said The
propellers were taken to the palace to
prevent anybody making use of them.
When the Greek war broke out. and
daily rumors came of the Greek fleet
doing immense damage to Turkish
seacoast places, q feeling arose that
the Turkish navy must be up and do
ing, and the sultan also saw that he
must make a move. So orders were
given for the fleet to get under way,
and all the mussels were scraped off,
the boilers patched with cement, and
the fleet started. Not one of them was
seaworthy, but they made fine show,
and the populace was satisfied. Their
engines, however, were useless, and
their decks so rotten that in some
cases they could not carry the weight
of the guns. Even when warping
themselves out they had to borrow
each others cables, as they were only
provided with one each. When they
got into the Marmora they did not
know what to do, but luckily captured
small coasting steamer, which pilot
ed them to the Dardanelles. There
several We're leaking so badly that
they had to be beached, while Others
went ashore OF their own accord, and
there they are to this day.
Again the sultan thought something
should be done, so he entered into a
contract with an Italian firm to repair
and "re-everything" eight of the war
ships at cost Of G1,50O,OO0. But the
Italians wanted something to begin
with, and after two years G13O,O 900
has been Forthcoming. Now the sui
tan thinks that his plans will be unre-
munerative, and he wants to break
the contract, supporting his wish with
all kinds of excuses. The Shadows ,
latest proposal is that the Italian firm
should build new cruiser as compen-
sation for breaking the contract.