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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
Cav Tgainsf Flying Machine
BY HUBERT NJ. SKINNER

! the animal world. The tiny animal
which consists of a globe Of proto-
plasm grows so large that its surface
IS not sufficient for it's bulk, and then
divides by what is called simple fis-
sion. rolling apart into two globes.
In the scale of animal life, the larger
the bulk of the animal, the less it's
proportion Of skin covering-the less
it's power as compared with that of
the smaller animals. Were it not for
this fact, we should not need the
flying machine at all. If elephants
had strength and agility in proportion
to those of fleas, we could train them
to jump from America to Europe, and
to carry loads upon their backs.
While speaking Of measurements,
let me say that the ellipse, popular
ly known as the "oval," Is battling
to the average citizen, and is perplex-
ing alike to most pupils and teachers.
"OVaP mirrors, tables, picture frames,
wash bowls, etc., are as common as
those that are circular. "Ovaf' parks
and race tracks, "oval" parterres, ETC.,
are frequent. Yet how are their areas
to be measured? Test books of arith-
metic, Of mensuration, and of plane
geometry are silent about the ellipse.
Dictionaries and cyclopedias do not
answer the question. The answer is
not at all difficult, but it is singularly
inaccessible to the public, whereas it
ought to be very common property.
The rule is this: Consider the large
and small diameters of the ellipse as
the diameters Of two circles. Multiply
the one circle by the other, and ex-
tract the square root. In other words,
the ellipse is mean proportional be-
tween the small circle and the large
one.
Even the parabola is now becoming
familiar to the public. 1t is not gem
orally known that the area inclosed
in this curve is equal to tWo-thirds
OF the rectangle through which it
passes. The discussion of the flying
machine problem, it is to be hoped,
will remind the public that the subject
of mensuration and the principles in
volved in 1t have been very made
quately taught in the public schools
for generations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
LOST HIS SIGHT, BUT
FOUND HIS SISTER
She Reads His Letter of Inquiry About
An Eye Specialist and Makes Great
Discovery.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 4.-Seeking tho
sight which hard newspaper work had
blurred, Lutte Wilcox. Denver editor,
through a letter to Editor Murphy, Of
the Toledo Courier Journal, accidentally
discovered his sister, whom he had not
seen since he was nine years old. Com
nunications to Mr.. Murphy are read by
his wife. Murphy was recently treated
by Baltimore specialist deriving much
benefit, and since his return to Toledo
his mail from people with afflicted eyes
has been enormous.
When the mail brought the letter from
the Denver man asking advice about his
eyes, Mrs. Murphy joyfully recognized the
signature as that of her brother, whose
youthful spirit, angered by a reprimand.
had prompted him to run away from his
Pennsylvania home. Mrs. Murphy had
never heard from the lad since the day
he left.
A peculiar circumstance Is that Mrs.
Chapman, a girlhood friend of the Dem
yer editor, is staying at the home OF tne
Murphys.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
ECCENTRIC PANMuRE GORDON.

Panmure Gordon, generous, chart
table, hospitable good fellow, is dead at
the age of siXty-five. Gordon will be
distinct loss to that gay crowd which
gives most attention to clothes because
he died seized Of 500 pairs Of trousers
of all patterns. Whether he had these
in his wardrobe for the purpose Of
clothing the neither limbs of regiment
in an emergency or merely imagined
that he might some day have personal
| use for them does not matter. He had
them and thus marked himself as an
| eccentric; perhaps Mary MacLane
would say a genius.
Gordon wrote a book, "The Land Of
| the Almighty Dollar" some years ago,
| which caused most Americans to cor
daily dislike him, but he got his fame
along other lines. At one time dogs be-
came his fad and he paid $3.50 for a
| fox terrier with an extra-long tail and
an eXtra-short pedigree. Later he turn
ed his attention to carriages and gath
cred at his country seat a museum
style of vehicle of the known world. Be-
sides he designed a kitchen and dining
room on wheels, fitted with appliances
for cooking and serving an elaborate
course dinner.
Panmure Gordon, however, shone
with greatest splendor as purchaser
extraordinary of male paraphernalia.
Not a sovereign in Europe had in his
wardrobe, not forgetting the numerous
uniforms needful to meet the require
ments of their rank, as great an array
of clothes as Gordon. A fire occurred
at Loudwater, his home, a few years
ago, and when the insurance compa-
MES came to make an adjustment it
neckties, all the personal property Of
Gordon, had been destroyed. It was
also developed that Gordon, much to
the disgust of the companies and the
amusement of the casual onlookers.
had thirteen overcoats which he had
never seen, that unworn boots stood in
rows in his closets and that he pos
sessed almost fifty unused canes and
umbrellas. To these must be added an
enormous drawer full of evening waist
coats and another overlooking with
new white flannel trousers.
With all his eccentricities, however,
Gordon was prince with those who
knew him, whose greatest delight was
to give pleasure to his fellows. While
most Of us will differ with any man
who imagines he has need for 500 pairs
of trousers and LOO neckties, the
world does not seem to have suffered
because through one short, fitful period
Panmure Gordon was part of it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
FAvoRs VAST HEATING PLANT.
John w. Willis Believes the People Should
4 Act at Once,

4 Actat Once.
To the Editor of The Globe.
That a momentous public emergency
exists by reason Of the conflict raging in
the anthracite coal regions Of Pennsylva-
mia, and the consequent scarcity of an
thracite, is universally recognized. This
fact shows the dependence of the Ameri-
can people upon that form of fuel. No
such dependence should be longer toler-
ated by the people of this city. On the
contrary, they should fortify themselves
against any possible commotion in the
business connected with fuel production,
and, at the same time promote their COM
fort and reduce their household expenses
by the cooperative heating and lighting
of all public and private Structures
1t seems to me that the people of st.
Paul should Immediately. through the
charter commission and otherwise, put into
motion the various agencies of public ac-
ton to the end that the municipality may
construct and operate vast mechanical
establishment for furnishing to the citi-
zens generally heat and light, and to man
ufacture heat. light and motive power.
The furnaces employed could be con-
structed upon scientific principles, so as
to insure the complete combustion of any
supplied with heat whether anthracite
were in the market or not. Our people
could doubtless make arrangements with
the federal government by which a mas
sive dam, with locks and sluices neces-
sary for the purpose of navigation, might
be constructed across the Mississippi
river at or near Fort Smelling. The water
power utilized by such a dam would not
only furnish electricity sufficient to light
the streets off, this Getty, but also would
furnish power enough to fill with water
from the river some large reservoir, and
from these could be taken all water re-
quired for cleaning and Sprinkling the
streets and for extinguishing fires Thus
the beautiful lakes fronsswhich our pres
ent water supply is derived could be
saved from dangerous depletion.
1 believe that the plan which I have
suggested is measure of practical econ
omy in keeping with the progressive spir-
it Of the times, and well calculated to
and against the schemes of capitalistic
exploiters. Your fellow citizen,
% John w. Willis,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

For Minnesota-Fair Sunday; warmer in
southeast portion; Monday fair; variable
winds
Upper Michigan-Fair Sunday and prob
ably Monday; variable winds.
Montana-Fair Sunday; cooler in north
central portion; Monday fair.
North and South Dakota-Fair Sunday
and Monday.
Wisconsin-Fair in west, rain east por-
ton Sunday; Monday fair; warmer in west
portion; fresh to brisk north winds on
Lake Michigan becoming variable.
lowa-Fair in west, rain east portion,
Sunday; warmer in northwest portion;
Monday fair; warmer.
st. Paul - Yesterdays temperatures,
taken by the United States weather buo
reau, st. Paul, P. F. Lyons observer. for
the tWenty-four hours. ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
peratuIS and elevation: Highest temper
AZURE, SO; lowest temperature SO; average
temperature, 80; daily range, 21 barom-
eeter, SO.O6; humidity, SIS; Precipitation, 0;
p. m, temperature, sc; p. M, wind,
calm; weather, clear.
Yesterdays TamDAra
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
a Natural Question.

Some school children We're being shown
through the Capitol. the other day and
among other places the vice president 8
room, says the Washington Post. Mr..
White. the handsome young clerk Of Sem
ator Frye undertook to play guide for the
Here" said he, els the bust of George
Washington, the first president Of the
United States. He Is dead now, you
know. And here IS the f,, nus +, Of Jefferson
son, one Of the vice presidents. He died
A little girl looked up Al at Mr.: White te
S M1th BUST Wlde too ogen She askedBoston Jour
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
WILL PLAN FOR IRRIGATION.

The national irrigation convention
which is to begin four days session
at Colorado Springs tomorrow is to
set well on its feet work which will,
1t is believed, eventually result in the
covering of the barren prairies and the
great plains of the Rocky mountains
with a population more dense than
that of an farming community in the
world. That the body will be attended
by many distinguished men, including
James ]. Hill. Senators Gibson, Perkins
and Patterson, is already assured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

these political bandits. who take the
lives of their victims while protesting
friendship for them.
And Cuba, fairest child of the tropics,
deserves better fate. Its sons fought
through ten years of grim war to throw
off the Spanish yoke and establish a
government Of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people. Let every
American voter take a hand in helping
them to get in fact what they have so
long and valiantly sought-independ-
ence
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

No administration editor either here
or elsewhere has been heard yet to
charge those who have put the Sultan
of -Sulu'' on the stage with being aiders
of rebellion, copperheads, or even plain
"auntieS."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

AT least one candidate for local office
whose expense account has been filed
must be regarded as having had plenty
Of fun for his money, and as having
made considerable noise for so small an
amount. Among other things he APP
pears, by his accounts, to have hired a
brass band.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The fellows VINO pretend to know the
whole thing are-now most urgent In the
expression of their conviction that
nothing can be done through the courts.
This ought not, however, to prevent
somebody from trying his hand at that
method of settlement,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
s. ,e,d BY BY. any man who ever heard tn


Spain may ben decaying nation; but
the latest announcement of Spanish
national p@icy does not indicate any
intention to stay decayed. Spanish
politicians have hit on the Washing
tonian policy Of no foreign alliances,
but commerce with all nations what
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The devotion which the mine opera
tors show to citizenship Of the state
Of Pennsylvania. and the amount of
dependence they place on what the au-
thorities Of Pennsylvania may or may
not do in q given instance. hardly needs
an explanation In order to be UNDER
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The weather mans reputation as a
prophet may be sustained by his pre-
diction of rains for today; Sut his pres
ent popularity will in any event be a
vanishing affair If he keeps up his
present progress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The readiness with which some folks
take UP an unimportant incident in the
teaching calling as the medium OF
reading lectures and otherwise growing
incohrent would indicate that recent
experiences have not taught them when
to keep still.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The arrest of that hold-up artist up
in GAINESVILLE shows that the old plan
Of neither capturing nor convicting
such characters is not in operation any
longer this side of the Minneapolis d.
Yiding line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

''Whom the gods wish to Destroy"
ETC., is a pretty old gag in it's way. 1t
is not unlikely, however. in the i'm
mediate future to show that, like good
wine, it improves with age.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
Knew His Weak Point.

EittIe wynnfe Ijusf returned from Sum
day SCHOOL, lis it true that even the hairs
of our heads are numbered?
Mr.. Frontseat-The Bible says so. my
child.
Little Wynnie lafter pause)-It won't
will 1t. papa2-Ju Judge. - -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The country never knew until now
the adherence in which the despised
coal baron held violence and outrage
especially when it prevailed in his
immediate neighborhood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The churches are little late in the
game. Yet their appearance at all In
the effort to keep the people from suf-
fering is good, even if not familiar
circumstance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
$5,572,951

1t was to a professional Friend that
May telegraphed her marriage to Brad
ley. She put it Strong, too.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

1t is pleasing to note that the Monroe
doctrine continues to have a place in
all party platforms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
Mangled in a MergenthaIer.

It is perhaps fortunate that some
OF the towns which never get swept any
other way are occasionally swept by a
gale.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
TO OUR FRIENDS.

~ OOn I IG4GN I'D.
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railroad train leaving or en-
tering st. Paul will confer q
favor on the management by
reporting the fact to The bus.
iness Office. Telephone, Min
1908.
Subscribers annoyed by If.
regular or late delivery Of
b e G 1 o b will confer q fl.
vOr ON the management by re.
porting the fact to the business
office. Telephone, Main 1865.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

I. Roosevelt refuses to lie in bed. He
isn't much Of liar anyway.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

Prof. Haupt has discovered King
Solomon'S mines. He will next be
given a commission to find the bones
Of the man who struck the late Will
liam Patterson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

If one or two of those Pennsylvania
coal barons would stand for some Of
flee, the people would be delighted to
indicate to them how popular they are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

washington time q p. m. St. Paul..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

If Laura Biggar had been moral
bigger she doubtless would not hav
done it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

Americans don't get old any more.
Joseph Jefferson, seventy three, is
having vacation with his fourteen
grandchildren, and some time this
month he is going to give elaborate re-
vivals Of rip Van Wrinkle" Bob
Acres" and "The Cricket on the
Hearth"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

Boris has drunk nothing but bromo
settler since he returned to Europe.
What jag he must have got on this
side of the Atlantic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

A Wisconsin farmer has fallen heir
to $S,O00,000. There was enough Of the
money to soften the fall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The future king of Siam couldn't get
lonesome if he tried. He has 236
healthy brothers and sisters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

A book on etiquette ought to be sent
those st. Louis county bears. One of
them had the discourtesy to try to
enter Duluth citizens house unin-
Vited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

The automobile is to all intents and
purposes alive. Therefore, perhaps, a
warrant for its arrest might lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

WORKING. and Success pubushes them. a.
follows.
There IS enc Obligation uroa aH rcr-
s1s rich W nosr EFe are required 20
90 our utuost ~ use wisely the gifts God
has granted us- SO aye expected 70 1--we
Tor Others rather than for oerseiscs. Th-
possession Of veeith s. al uas 9-oted ais
ir bringing about tie raprIrass - IN
fortunate oues and TOE posssssar uay
reasonably be Q 1pectsd re carr On a
larger work than q person vlth very
limiiel meus
ID IS also tras. howeeer that srenflr &
snoaer 5 oniv one way ~ meeting r-r
obligations have Known nary con-
secrared men ard woraen almost peHai-
less uh5 c1-rie5 a greet r1rz fer tie
Master ana Ftrg aecru7f-ned mere rral
soi ft17 ,hase wh iaaar arieG uih
tie olstrlaaticn ~ zealth Thsg esd 81 e
taou which las been zlrea ttsu. a-d
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

the 1isc7ve7er CT the party state Chair
rnansh-p rs The seet - ihe most mighty
iu New YORK EepublicaHtsu- il VAS re-
serted - the Tr.tln .5auuary T. lsD
tt-t. counting state officers - af grades
h.gh and los. with their deputies. 1ssist-
aats. ana clerks the-e were 20 workers
for &-r. Plate about the legislature. ard
they finally brought OF q caucus which
nominated him for the United states
Senate
In ,hese beginning he had struck All
TIE kaHg notes f7- his career-in ,he amor
ous lines To STEELE ia pig Potter. p
in che 5eslre 20 make money ia hs-Iliag
politics as ore would commercial en-
terprise. iu snine ~ Congress NOT 70 de
cczs and ieeis.ste. but 20 ST and dis
t-.alte oaices whore they wo1il g. the
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as 81 pc,itlcs reed nat ~ MISTER r.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

and John sherman II the Rochester con-
seation. AID assisting in the beginE.rs oI
that curious 1aetionai warfare he the Re-
publican party which had extraordinary
results Il was then that Plat lIst ie-
t.mated his general position in public
speech. Civil service reform had been
magnifed into unseemiy proportions. 70
and had become a 'shfSboleth shat maui
seated the public" He was referred 10
in the newspaper reports as IAN obscure
but devoted member Of Congress and q
tool OF Conkiing's C0nklins il appears
20 have been selt although he had had
trouble with President HAYES over spoHs
sometimes thought o. public duty bat in
Plat he recognized one who always ker,
an eve single upon The proposition that
there is no other poliucai ruicrum th-a
TIE public orice and no 9.he- source ~
political power than the rewards az g
party Platts lrst appearance oIt u
h.s -obscurity" was then. n notable
triumph OF Conkling IN setting tbs best
Of the resorIners OF his party such ~
George William Curtis f1r iastaace
he had SER ID Cornell ana be hal serr-
d Conkling as "Qatet-Eorke- .or the
party. running 70 and FRO oFer the STAKE
OF their political errands In that way
he presently found himself IL possession
o1 a somewhat vide sc7Ql aintaace aulol &
politicians who were - Faiuc When be
decided % become Coak.i-g Ne Too''
- the Uuited STATE Senate Assard -
his eand.1acy seemed n $50 il 7as 5000
r'a.a tast - have been st-
Ing Vas 70 have intsres-ed lae -aaA ana
Gle 81 his favor. Besi6es be hed 1rtsired
ths Chairzlanship q TIE Republican State
Committee He imedia,ely recosuisaa he
latent posi- eiIitses OF that Ee Vas really
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-05-01
Efficient Temperance.

The Railroad Gazette reports one OF the
speeches at the celebration OF the Baldwin
Locomotive Works which we commend tC
the attention of those who believe that
prohibition is the best mode OF securing
relief from excessive drinking
The speech was made by Mr.. j. Harris
Sanders, of London, a gentleman former
ly engaged in selling goods in this country
and now engaged in selling goods from
this country in England and on the Con
tinent. In reciting the advantages that
had contributed to the change in our com
mercial status from buyers to sellers, he
said:
And there is another consideration that
is of inestimable value to your country
You are more sober, as a people, than
either England or France. Statistics show
that you drink less per capita than Eng
lshmen or Frenchmen. When one consid
ers that England spent last year very
nearly 81 900, 100000 on drink, it is mani
fest that a country cannot afford to waste
anything like so large a proportion OF it:
earnings as that. The wisdom displayed
by the majority OF your people in drinking
only half as much as they drink in Eng
land and France is very manifest, and evl
IDENTIFY also great advantage to your peo
pie generally"
This moderation in the use of intoXicat
ing drink is largely due to the fact that
such moderation, or even total abstinence
is insisted on by the employers OF skilled
labor, and where it is not so insisted on
the better chances of good pay, steady
work and promotion are strong induce
ments to it.-Atlanta journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-05-01
Great Possibilities.

To the man in middle life the question
asks itself, What have / done to make
the world better for my living in it?''
Peasant or merchant. learned or ilhterate
that question must be answered, and the
answer comes with an armful OF Joy or OF
regret, One can make his character great
and noble in. whatever station he may be
placed, and character is, the only thing
that lasts. Death cannot change it, for il
walks through the valley OF shadows tc
the throne of God, to, be accepted there
On this bright morning, if We can con
gratulate our own souls On what they have
achieved we have a new year blessing that
comes straight from heaven. 70 the aged
there is nothing lett but the future. The
past has gone beyond recall, and to-mor
row beckpns. In the sweet faith that the
sun will rise again and that We shall rise
with it the winter points to spring. There
is no sadness, though the journey draws
to a close. for the beyond opens up its
glories and with a single step we shall be
with our beloved ones once more. Il We
have done our work well we sEall 90 hence
with Joy For the young, therefore, ano
for the aged, and for ali, there Is but one
wish-that the year will find US strong fol
its duties and ready to reap the harvest
in the field in which Providence ha:
placed us.-George H. Hepworth.