The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
What the Editors Say

ment at Washington-whfch is mostly
operating benevolent government-on
the side-in the Philippines-announc
: that hereafter the Philippine commits.
sioners will assess a duty, collect tar
if. on all supplies imported into that
( country from the United States. This
may not seem benevolent, towards our
Filipino subjects. but it is-you don't
I understand 1t. The reason of 1t Is
probably this: What a man receives
free, without having to pay for getting,
he little appreciates. Make him pay
/ extra flor 1t and the more he values it.
We may yet have to, give our Filipino
subjects other lessons like this, but;
while it seems ha Fd,,s it IS 'not-itais be-
cause we love. him so and want to "do"
him good. County Stands
sard. ~.
/ The wife of Methodist minister in
'Crookston has been married three,
times. Her maiden name was PART
ridge, her first husbands name was
Robin, her second Sparrow, and this,
ones name is Crow. There are now
two young Robins, one Sparrow and
three little Crows in the family. One
grandfather was a Swan and another
was a Jay. but he is dead now and Is a
bird of paradise. They live ON Hawk
avenue, EagieviHe, Canary Island, and
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with split tongue, real estate dealer
or lawyer, and an interested relative
of the family.-St. Cloud Times.
Farmers should remember that good
seed corn will be scarce again next
spring and they should at once plan to
save all thoroughly ripe and perfect
ears for seed. l3It2is risky to wait and
pick this out OF the bin when needed
for use. Seed cbrn has to be carefully
handled and protected. It should never
be thrown together in heap to heat
but should be thoroughly dried out in
the sun If possible and kept dry and
well ventilated.AMower County Tran
script. ti Z
The unanimity of opinion in favor of
frost as, ripepeE of corn smacks of
preconceivedlfa arrangement between
the. correspondents and the weather
clerk. We are now awaiting the tes-
timony of the farmer as he issues his
ultimatum from the open door of the
corn crib and that is what will place
the market prfee1on this years corn
crop.-Daily ArguS-Leader
When the old building is. moved out
of. 1t would be good thing for the
state If new set of officers were In
stalled in the various branches. Not
Rsouts what those In the offices at the
present time are all right, and good
men for the places. but 1t, would look
well to start in with a new outfit all
round, don't you Knoxville Graphic
Sentinel.
. Many of our state papers are begin
ming to pump the wind into their favor
lite candidates for various offices. Well,
boys, you might as well wait and see
what the bosses say about things. AS a
general thing the state ticket Is made
by three or four fellows and the bal
ance of the delegates to the state con-
vention. are Observation-Disclosures Her.
aid.
The wife of Rockford man makes
him wear tucks in his night gown.
trimmed with pink ribbon, so that the
baby won't know the difference when
he walks the floor with it at night.
Amt 1t shame2--Mount Morris Qll.)
Index -..4 =.
The difference, In Minnesota G. o. p.
circles. between tariff revisionist''
and stand pattes" is that when cleo
ton. comes around the former gen
orally stands for what the" stand-pat-
ter pats for.--TRelle PLANE Herald
The board decentralization in session
at the state capitol Is in too much of
hurry to remedy the personal prop
erty tax. Why not take a little more
time and investigate the matter thor
oughly first.-The Austin Times.
The governor went down to Chicago
the guest of thas press club, and sang
his great Song,s"The Merger. the Mer-
ger."-Anol1a Union