The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.

e. sept. ~ Is the tWenIy-S1Xth sunday
after Trinity. Birth in 1909 Of Raphael
Semmes, captain of the Confederate
privateer Alabama. Birth in 1923 of T.
H. Dodge, lawyer and inventor, the
first to suggest to the postoffice depart
ment the return of undelivered letters
to writer's. Birth in 1880 of Gen. VIM.
B. HaZen. who greatly improved the
United States signal service. Birth in
1899 of VIM. d. Mann, inventor of yes
OF Thomas Mast, cartoonist, who made
the first pictures of the &c o. P ele-
plant" and the @Tammany Tiger"
Sept. % is the anniversary of the
beginning of the siege of Yorktown,
Va, In 1871. Birthfin 1907 of A.,.H.
Guyot. who reVolutioniZed the meth
DDS Of studying geography in this coun-
try. Birth in 1917 Of R. H. Bull, math-
enatician who. discofered the duodeci-
NAL system of calculation. Birth in
1889 of Frances E. Willard. first presi-
dent of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union. Birth in 1857 of Kate
Douglas Wiggin, authoress, and pio-
neer kindergarten teacher.
Sept. 20 is an anniversary known as
"St. Michael and Ale the Angels" in
church calendar being set apart to
dliTgek1IC dIa6ClS. AC
theme offers widesseepe to the poetic
preacher. This day in 1879 was the
birthday of Thomas Kingsford, founder
of the American corn starch business.
Birth in 1881 of John MICA. Schofield,
former genera1-in -chief of the United
States army.
Sept 80 is noted In the church call
endar for ST. Jerome, one Of the most
81 -lxr
fathers, who collected and published
the books of the Bible In the version
known az the Valgah. Birth In 1903 Of
Sylvester Marsh, the cisilengineer who
built the Mt. Washington railway.
Birth in 1914 of Jacob Estey, organ
manufacturer. Birth in 1888 of M. s.
Quay, United States senator from
Pennsylvania. Birth In 1884 of Cyrus
Northrop, president of the University
of Minnesota. ss-s7ssss.
Oct. 1 is known In the Catholic
church calendar as the FESTIVAL OF the
Rosary" The rosary is "a series OF
prayers, which for the convenience of
worShipefs are counted on. a string of
beads. The festival was Instituted to
implore the divine aid in favor of the
church and the faithful. Birth in 1913
of Richard. Mansfield, who was pastor
| two years. Birth in 1881 of Capt. James
| Lawrence, whose ( dying words were
Don't give up the Ship" Birth in 1882
of Henry Clay Work, composer OF
Marching Through Georgia" and other
popular songs.
Oct. 2 Is the anniversary of the birth
in. 1775 of Lymana Beecher, preacher,
| and father of the famous family OF
preachers. Birth In 1917 of Webster
Wagner, inventor of the sleeping car
bearing his name. Birth in 1880 OF
Charles Pratt, founder of the institute
In Brooklyn, N. Y, bearing this name
Birth in 1885 of Theodore Tilton, au-
| thor, poet and journalist.
Oct Is the anniversary Of the birth
/ of George Ripley, editor and critic
| Birth in 1912 of CsaAfles A. PilIsbury
one of the builders Of the great -four
ing mills in MINNEAPOLIS, the largest in
| the world. Birth m 1855 of Lillian
| Whiting, authoress and journalist
| known for her deeply spiritual writ
ings. Beginning iRidS62 Of the battle
of Corinth, Miss. s.cehl